The biggest difference between the Hu people's march and the Han people's is that the Hu people basically don't make any moves to set up camp. When the Hu people set up camp, it is better to build a fence for the livestock, so as to avoid these big and small guys suddenly being frightened in the middle of the night.
, and then ran away. As for the people, they usually found a flat ground, set up tents and that was it, and they wouldn’t deliberately build any walls or anything like that.
The advantage of doing this is to save time. In fact, this is also an important factor why the Han people cannot chase the Hu people on the grassland and always feel that the Hu people are as elegant as the wind. After all, building a fence for livestock is better than building a camp for everyone.
It's easier and faster. This saves a lot of time and allows you to march quickly.
Under normal circumstances, an army marches thirty to forty miles a day. It does not mean that it can only cover such a long distance, but it is delayed by the time it takes to set up camp and bury pots for cooking in one day.
But the camp has its advantages. At least Zhang Yang is now staying in the fully repaired and strong camp, so he won't be too panicked when he sees the Hu cavalry coming.
If the infantry encountered the same number of cavalry on flat ground, it would be a disaster, but with the protection of the camp wall, it would still be able to fight.
Sure enough, after the Hu people discovered Zhang Yang's camp, they slowed down, stopped far away, and sent a few horses over. In a weird accent, they claimed that they were going to Jizhou and taking them with them for Yuan Cheqi.
Gift's troops asked Zhang Yang why he was blocking the road here, and quickly demolished the camp to get out of the way...
Demolish the camp? You have such a loud tone, you barbarian!
It’s funny, isn’t it? If you want to dismantle it, you have to dismantle it?
The camp should be set up at a key location, not in the middle of the road. Why not just climb to the top of the mountain to set up camp?
But you said it was a gift for Yuan Cheqi?
Zhang Yang is doubtful.
Zhang Yang carefully identified the queue of foreigners, and it seemed that he did see some idle horses among them.
Yuan Cheqi needs war horses, Zhang Yang still knows about this. After all, Yuan Cheqi is in contact with the Wuhuan people, isn't it to get more war horses from the Hu people in the north?
Is this true?
Zhang Yang didn't have the courage to seize the war horse given to Yuan Cheqi, but he still wanted to negotiate. It would be good to buy himself a war horse worth one or two hundred...
Zhang Yang sent an envoy to clarify his identity as a member of Yuan Cheqi, and then explained that he did not set up camp here to intercept the opponent's military horses, and then asked if he could trade some war horses.
Zhang Yang deliberately did not say anything about the passage of the camp, because unless the barbarians took a detour, they would have to pass through his camp if they wanted to pass through this place, so he was not afraid that the barbarians would not surrender.
Sure enough, the barbarians got together and after discussing for a while, they replied that they could exchange armor and weapons for twenty war horses...
"Twenty horses?!" Zhang Yang's eyes widened, "Twenty horses are useless? It's not like I won't give armor weapons! At least two hundred horses!"
The messenger ran back and forth several times before finally settling on one hundred and twenty horses, which could be exchanged for three times the armor and weapons. If prices were stable, an ordinary war horse would cost about fifty thousand dollars.
, Ordinary Zhajia is probably less than ten thousand dollars, and ordinary military swords, not the ones with thirty or fifty refinements, only cost about fifteen hundred dollars, so after all, Zhang Yang can make some money from this business.
"Get ready, so-and-so, go check out the weapons and armor!" Now that the deal has been negotiated, getting one hundred and twenty war horses is a good thing for Zhang Yang, "So-and-so! Take this one
Take it away from Zhajia, this damn thing is still brand new! Did that prodigal kid bring it?! Is there any that is a little bit worn? Please replace it quickly!"
The Han people are short of horses and the Hu people are short of iron. Although the two sides are often in opposition, they sometimes trade with each other. When Zhang Yang was in Bingzhou, he did this thing a lot, so he was very skilled and used it as a matter of course.
It's just a thing, that's all. Do you really want to exchange it for brand new armor and weapons?
But the same is true for the horses that the barbarians brought in. Most of them are older...
There is no other way. The Han people give old weapons and the barbarians give old horses. This is a common practice. Both sides know in their hearts that there is nothing to say, so it is more or less fine.
In front of the camp, the Hu people brought out one hundred and twenty war horses, and after exchanging them with Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang opened the gate of the camp directly without saying a word, allowing the Hu people to pass through the middle of the camp...
Everything seems normal.
But the accident happened at this moment.
For some reason, the barbarians who had just walked into the camp suddenly started running around like exploding wasps, yelling, trampling on the tents, and even lit torches and started setting fires everywhere.
It turned into a mess.
"What's going on?! What's going on?!" Zhang Yang couldn't react. Why did he seem to be trading normally one second, and then slashed someone with a knife the next? Wasn't he a barbarian who gave Yuan Cheqi a gift?
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Although the speed of the horses of the Hu people in the camp has not increased very much, when the heavy bodies of the horses collided, not many people had the courage to confront them head-on, especially those under Zhang Yang who had only recently been recruited and did not receive much systematic support.
Soldiers in training.
The sudden attack by the Hu people caused Zhang Yang's soldiers to fall into chaos. They could not find any structure among themselves and could only rely on instinct to escape and resist...
Just as Zhang Yang started to gather soldiers and prepared to kill the barbarians running around in the camp, he suddenly found that the ground began to tremble strangely, and a large number of cavalry appeared from the direction where the barbarians came from.
, coming at a galloping speed!
Where did this army come from?!
Although there will be scouts on the ancient battlefield, there will also be blind spots. Especially when it is dark under the lamp, after a team is discovered, if the scouts do not continue to investigate, or if they are not paying attention, they may be killed.
The troops behind it were missed.
No matter how stupid Zhang Yang was, he understood that he had fallen into a trap and shouted angrily: "No faith Hu Nu! No faith Hu Nu!"
It's a pity that it's too late for Zhang Yang to scream now. The open camp is like a soldier who has taken off his armor. Countless wounds were cut in an instant, and a lot of blood dripped out.
Under the double attack from inside and outside, Zhang Yang's troops were quickly defeated.
Under the protection of the guards, Zhang Yang, who was fleeing along the edge of the camp, suddenly saw that the barbarian galloping in front of him seemed to be the leader he had traded with before. He couldn't help but feel angry, and ignored the dissuasion of the guards and went straight to the place.
