Chapter 3042 Concealment is actually old tradition
In the eighth year of Taixing, winter.
The sky is chaotic and the cold wind is howling.
If it snows, of course it is relatively clean to use the snow to melt water, but when there is no snow, the ice layer will be smashed.
In most areas of the northern desert, ice is condensed on the surface. When you need water, you have to use an axe to smash the ice surface, and then take the ice and water back and burn it before you can drink it.
These frozen puddles often have some insects and fish under the water surface. As long as the hole is broken, some fish will run to the water surface to spit bubbles and absorb oxygen. Salvage a few fish is also considered a tooth sacrifice. However, most of the time, the fish have not yet come up, and the ones that float to breathe first are insects, so you will see small white worms twisting on the water surface...
But no herder would care.
Sometimes herders even drink these ice water with insects directly because of thirst.
When did this saying go unhappy and not sick after eating? It was probably in the age when I was unable to pursue hygiene and did not expect to live for how long.
Like the Han people, these shepherds have an average age of about forty years old, and it is a great thing to be able to live beyond forty years old.
For example, Suli.
Suli's camp is located next to the water source.
In the center of the thick felt tent, a bonfire was lit, so that the temperature inside the felt tent was not too low.
When Suli was young, he thought about becoming the king of the Xianbei, but as he grew older, he gradually understood some things and then no longer expected to become the king of the Xianbei.
The rise of every Xianbei king was almost accompanied by the deaths of thousands and tens of thousands of people.
The grudges, love and hatred between tribes are more cruel than the brothers who are underestimated in Qing history. If you reunited and unified the tribe, you basically need to completely remove all the opposition forces, and only one person's voice is allowed, even brothers and parents must be killed.
Suli consciously didn't have that cruel heart...
But he knew these methods, so he expressed his alliance on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to use war to eliminate dissidents, which was almost transparent in Suli's eyes.
Suli could see that Qifu Hegan was a very fanatical person, so he made himself the name of a Khan and claimed that he was the incarnation of Lingfu. On the surface, he formed an alliance with Cao's army, but in fact he wanted to eat both sides, but is this possible? Not everyone is as easy to cheat as the Tufa tribe, especially the Han people.
The Han people are very cunning.
It's like a wolve on the grassland.
When Qifu Hegan wanted to use Suli's tribe to develop the next plan, Suli turned against him.
Qifu Hegan sent the Tufa Tribe and the Rilu Tribe as vanguards, and took the initiative to attack Zhang He's vanguard, just to block Suli and others' words, saying that Qifu Hegan himself sent his subordinates, took the lead and distributed the spoils, so what else can others say?
But I really have to fight with the Han people...
The nightmare under Yuyang City was not eliminated in Sulita's memory.
There are also chains of contempt among the Hu people. The Chinese-style contempt those who are not Chinese-style contempt, and those who are not Chinese-style contempt also contempt the Chinese-style contempts each other. Short-term cooperation is accompanied by longer-term disputes. It is not uncommon to talk about brothers when drinking and say they are sincere when they turn against each other. After drinking, they have no brothers when they are not.
So may the Hu people have a true alliance?
Perhaps there is, but it is absolutely impossible for western Xianbei like Qifu Hegan to suddenly be close to the eastern Xianbei.
Suli sat by the bonfire and held a fire. "How many years have passed, so many people want to occupy the territory of the Han Dynasty... I heard someone say before... The Huns fought with the Han Dynasty for two hundred years, right? What did the Huns get? How much land did the Huns occupy now? When the Huns were the most powerful, they claimed to have millions of people, but what about now?"
Mo Huba nodded, and was also a little moved.
"I said, this Han people can only collapse by themselves..." Suli breathed a long sigh, "It's like the King Wei people in our room fighting the King... Seeing that the Han people were going to fight by themselves... As a result, you see... I said what Qifuhe is doing, it's so stupid that we've mixed us up. The Han people are all guarding now... Do we have a chance? It depends on whether the Han people fight by themselves... When the fool Qifuhegan has made a big alliance, don't the Han people start to beat us? What's the chance?"
Mo Huba nodded, "That's right, Shanyu said it right."
"There are not the Shanyu, but the Shanyu, all of them are fooled by people..." Suli waved his hand and said, "The Han people miss me, and I am just the Han people... This is just this thing... Don't mention the Shanyu, it's all called by outsiders... My brothers still call me that, and they are separated...
"Then... are you still thinking about Yuyang?" Mo Huba asked directly without hesitation.
『…』 Suli's eyes stood up and showed a bit of evil light, "I'm going to hide it from my brothers, this is my hatred!"
"That's why you joined forces with the Han people over there to lure the Han people over there?" Mo Huba nodded, "I understand, but in this way... how do you get rid of the Han people over there?"
Suli sighed, "It depends on whether the talks between Ri Lujun are going smoothly... It is best if it goes well. If it doesn't go well, you may still hurt some flesh..."
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Accompanied by several Hu people, Ri Lujuan found the scouts of the Northern Territory of the Cavalry, and then dismounted and knelt on the ground without saying a word, which made the scouts of the Cavalry suddenly stunned...
After hearing that Ri Lujuan said that he was an envoy, the scouts of the cavalry did not deliberately make things difficult for Ri Lujuan. After confiscating his weapons, they took Ri Lujuan to find Zhang He.
When Lu Jun met Zhang He that day, Zhang He was having dinner.
When he was marching outside, Zhang He didn't pay much attention to eating. Although as a general of the Han Dynasty, Zhang He could give extra bacon, meat pickles, etc., and could also let the guards have a small stove, but he felt it was troublesome. Most of the time he would eat big pot rice, but he would serve some extra side dishes. At most, he would cook an extra pot of bacon soup and other soup, and then share it with his guards and others.
When Zhang He met Ri Lujuan and others, he was indeed a little surprised.
『Dear General…』 Ri Lu Jun smiled like a dog-tail grass, swaying in the wind. He sniffed, as if smelling some rice.『Your magnanimity and kindness, like the sun in the sky, warmed the hearts of all of us…』
Zhang He couldn't help but look up at the sky.
The sky is gloomy.
"Stop talking nonsense, what's the matter?" Zhang He didn't like to flatter, so he interrupted the constant flattery of Ri Lujuan and asked directly.
"Uh..." Ri Lujuan was interrupted and hesitated for a moment, and then changed his face to cry. "Dear General, you have to make a decision for us, and we are forced to have no choice... There is a Han general in the east, saying that there is a decree from your emperor, and he insists on coming here to join forces to fight you..."
Halfway through, Ri Lujuan rolled up his eyelids to look at Zhang He's expression, but saw Zhang He staring at him with a deep face, and quickly shrank his neck, honestly like a quail, "Really... we are all forced..."
Zhang He sneered, "Oh? Why did I hear that there were other Xianbei troops who came to your side and joined forces to carry out major events?"
Ri Lujun waved his hands repeatedly, "The general misunderstood, nothing big happened at all! They were forced, even the leader of the other Xianbei troops mentioned by the general was killed by the Han general in the east...
"Hmm? Kill?" Zhang He raised his eyebrows.
This news surprised Zhang He.
Ri Lujun nodded, "Yes! Dear general... It's like this. We don't want to fight, we just want to survive this cold winter, but the scattered tribes are too small in the face of such cold winter... So we gathered together to bring together the power of the scattered tribes so that more people can survive... As a result, the result..."
Ri Lujun sighed, "If you don't know why, the Han people in the east found out. He took people and took the emperor's edict to find us, asking us to follow him to attack Changshan New City... How dare we, so we escaped to Black Stone Forest... Dear General, look, Black Stone Forest is in the north and Changshan New City is in the south. If we really want to attack Changshan New City, we wouldn't go to Black Stone Forest..."
Zhang He pondered.
He did not believe in Ri Lujuan, but he did not completely deny the possibility that Ri Lujuan said.
"The fool from the Tufa tribe before was in the Black Stone Forest, he thought the respected general was in the same group as the Han people in the east... He said that... Well, I won't talk about the matter back then... He said that the general was here to intercept us, so he rushed out, and I couldn't even stop him..." Ri Lujun sighed, "But fortunately, I didn't hurt the respected general, otherwise I would have no shame to come and ask for a meeting with the general..."
Zhang He:『…』
Ri Lujuan continued, "The people from the Tufa tribe were brought by Qifu Hegan, so Qifu Hegan saw that the Tufa tribe was damaged, so they were about to rush up. Then the people from other tribes couldn't stop them... General, look at the whip on my face, which was what Qifu Hegan slapped me after knowing that the Tufa tribe was injured..."
『Later... Later... Han people in the east rushed up and asked us why we arrived at the Black Stone Forest instead of attacking Changshan New City. Then...』 Ri Lujuan lowered his head and crawled to the ground.『Then Qifu Hegan argued with the Han general in the east, and was killed by the Han general... The head was cut off and hung outside the camp... and forcing us to come and attack Changshan New City... We are all afraid, general, respectful general, please give us a way out...』
Zhang He sorted out what Ri Lu Juan said before and after, and then found that it seemed that it could make sense.
But what makes sense in the world may not necessarily be the truth.
Zhang He asked about the forces, subordinates, equipment and other matters of Cao's army. The Japanese and Lu family also kept it a secret. He even described in detail the ratio of Cao's army, such as how many people and horses are there, how many people with vests are there, and how many people with leather armor are there...
Zhang He also used this to gain a more intuitive understanding of the military strength of the Cao army. Even when Zhang He asked about some details of the Cao army, the Japanese and Lu Jun could answer it, which made Zhang He more inclined to believe that the Cao army had really arrived in the Black Stone Forest.
Because Zhang He had been with Cao's army back then, he knew some of the organizational situation of Cao's army, so the questions he raised were all targeted. If he hadn't really seen Cao's army, Ri Lujun would definitely not be able to answer it.
However, after confirming that there was indeed Cao's army in the Black Stone Forest, Zhang He did not feel very happy.
Because this means that he will face his old boss directly...
Although Zhang He had made some psychological preparations before, he still felt a little emotional when this day came. This insulting emotion also made Zhang He unable to identify in detail how many lies were mixed with Ri Lu Jun in the truth.
It is actually not difficult to identify lies, but it is very difficult to find out the falsehood of that point in the nine-point truth.
So Zhang He had to report the whole matter to Changshan New City urgently...
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Black Stone Forest.
In the temporary camp of Cao's army.
A group of Cao's soldiers gathered in a place to chatter.
Perhaps it was because of fear, perhaps it was because of anxiety, perhaps it was because of arrogance, or perhaps it was because of arrogance, and various complex emotions were intertwined, which naturally made the soldiers not very unified with the achievements of this attack on the Black Stone Forest.
"It's really boring to run so far, but you end up hitting a group of Hu people."
"Yohe, what else do you want to be interesting?"
"Look at this, aren't this all the Hu people? They used to fight like this before, but they still fight like this now, and there hasn't changed at all. What's the point? I said it's better to fight Changshan than to fight."
"Are you stupid to fight Changshan? Changshan is just a pocket, it is easy to enter and difficult to come out! Idiot, get out of here, too lazy to quarrel with you."
"Uh, speak well, are you really anxious as you say it?"
"You are not anxious, you are interesting, you are not open your dog's eyes to see how many war horses we have? Even a three-year-old child knows that persimmons need to be picked up a soft pinch. You said you don't hit the Hu people first and get the war horses, would you still touch the stones first? You want to be interesting, you and the general apply to be a vanguard and fight Changshan!"
"Ha, how do you talk to me?"
"What's the matter with just talking like this?"
"What are you looking at?"
"I'll look at you!"
Cao Junshi rushed over, one of them on the back of his head, "The army fought for no reason, and the army was twenty sticks! Are you two fucking tired of living?!"
『No...no action...』
"Yes... I didn't do it, I just got to talk..."
Cao Junshi pointed at the noses of the two people, "If I don't come, you both can go to heaven! Be honest... Wow, the general is patrolling the camp..."
Cao Chun patrolled the camp with his guards.
I don’t know if Cao Chun heard it, but when Cao Chun passed by the place where Cao army soldiers were stationed, he seemed to have glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally for a moment...
Everyone quickly looked like a quail with their heads shrank, and kept silent. It was not until Cao Chun walked away that he breathed out. Cao Junshi secretly tilted his head and looked at it, and then gave each of them a single ear pocket just now, "Get out and go to bed! Mom, you can't do anything, just cause trouble!"
After returning to the central army tent and sitting down, Cao Chun ordered: "Send an order to ask his subordinates to be more alert at night! The Hu people are not that well-behaved!"
An escort took the order and left.
Cao Chun looked at the map on the table and asked again after a moment, "Have the scouts discovered the surrounding area? How much coal is there? How much tincture oil is needed? Can it be burned?"
A guard took the latest return and took a pen to mark it on the map.
Cao Chun stared at the guard's notation, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
The soldiers in Changshan New City never moved, which made it difficult for Cao Chun to judge.
Cao Chun's seemingly reckless attack was actually to attract the cavalry and horses from Changshan New City. As long as the cavalry and horses were dispatched, he could see if his old opponent Zhao Yun was coming according to the arrangement of the marching, camp, even scout arrangements, marching rhythms, etc. of the Husbands.
Cao Chun knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent, but if Zhao Yun was gone...
After killing Qifu Hegan, someone happened to give Youbei and Jizhou in the rear.
In this way, even if Xiahou Shang lost to Changshan, it would be reasonable.
besides……
"Xiahou..." Thinking of Xiahou Shang, Cao Chun couldn't help but think of another cavalry general, Xiahou Yuan.
Although Cao Cao naturally tended to be more innate and took care of Cao Chun, he also had a slight deviation from Xiahou Yuan in order to take care of the face of the Xiahou family. At the same time, Xiahou Dun was basically a military logistics manager, which made Xiahou Yuan form a cavalry later than Cao Chun, but his equipment was not much worse than Cao Chun.
The only thing that can widen the gap is the war horse.
Therefore, this time the attack also had a shocking effect on the Hu people, making these Hu people understand that the Han people in Changshan are not easy to mess with, and the Han people in Youbei are also not easy to mess with!
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong has always been human nature.
Cao Chun said again, "If you remember correctly, the person with the third account of C is under Li Junhou, right?"
"It's Li Junhou." The guard confirmed.
Cao Chun said indifferently, "Let him take his men to find some Suli trouble tomorrow morning, it's better to fight and shed some blood... I heard the soldiers in the camp say it's boring... and find some interesting things for them to do...
"The general means..." The guard needs to confirm it clearly.
"That old guy is like a fox... I can't see clearly what I want to do without forcing him... The old guy can cover it up very well, but the soldiers under his command may not be..." After Cao Chun said halfway, he was silent for a while, not sure if he was talking about Suli, Zhao Yun, or himself, "People always make mistakes... But as long as they make fewer mistakes than others, they will win..."