Looking at the map, Yi Zong pondered for a long time, and finally gave up any plan to sneak or bypass Gaoque.
This is also the limitation of the Riverlands.
Although this vast grassland is open, it is not an endless prairie after all.
The Yin and Yang mountains and the rivers together dominate this world.
The strength of a mortal is simply not enough to cross this place.
"We can only do enough damage to the Xiongnu in Gaoque City!" Yi Zong thought.
However, this is unlikely.
After decades of war between Han and Hungary, it can be said that they have a very clear understanding of each other's habits of dealing with each other.
It is the nature of the Huns to run away when the situation is bad.
Since records began, there has never been a story about the Huns sticking to a certain place and fighting to the death.
On the contrary, when they saw that the situation was not good, they fled as many as an ox's hair.
A typical example is that at that time, Yingyin Yihou Guanying led his troops to the north and started the Henan War with the Xiongnu.
After suffering several losses in the early days, the Huns decisively abandoned many of the frontier fortresses they had operated for decades, including even Yunzhong, and turned around and fled back to the grasslands.
Later, several attacks and defenses in Mayi also proved that the Huns would not only retreat when the situation was unfavorable, but even when they were evenly matched, they would retreat as long as they found that they were likely to suffer heavy losses.
No one is better at preserving themselves than the Huns.
"Unless there is something that forces them to stick to Gaoque..." Yi Zong thought, and then he thought of the pregnant women and babies in Yiliang.
The number of these pregnant women and babies reaches more than 40,000!
Moreover, many of them are Dawan women.
Before Gaoque, the Xiongnu had so many pregnant women and babies.
So how many people will Gao Que leave behind?
In addition, there were countless livestock in the concentration camp in Yiliang.
The Huns retreated so hastily that they abandoned as many as 200,000 to 300,000 livestock in Yiliang alone.
Although they are all cattle and sheep, there are also a few horses.
So, after Gao Que's death, how many will this number be?
At least a million, right?!
If such a large herd of livestock and a huge group of women and children were to retreat, how long would it take?
Yi Zong recalled the grand occasion when the imperial court immigrated to Anton a few years ago.
In order to safely send 100,000 immigrants to Anton, the Han family spent almost half a year preparing, and then another half a year to complete the grand project.
The Huns wanted to retreat with such a large herd of livestock and population.
At least it takes half a month!
It might even take a month!
Thinking of this, Yi Zong stood up.
Will the Huns fight to the death at Gaoque for the sake of those livestock, women and children?
Just try it out and you will know.
So Yi Zong stood up, walked out of the military camp, came to Honghu Fortress, found several Shaofu officials who were staying here, and asked: "I heard that the Shaofu once discovered a kind of stone fat in Gaonu.
It can light a fire and can also be used for city defense, I wonder if that’s the case?”
The few young government officials looked at each other, all a little panicked.
The Shizhi Project is a top-secret project within the Shaofu.
The Shaofu hoped to obtain a sticky ointment from petroleum to be used in the construction of roads, bridges, buildings and cities.
However, this plan was severely restricted from the beginning.
This is because Shaofu has only found that kind of stone fat in Gaonu County so far, and the output is low, with an annual output of no more than a thousand stones.
It has no use except for experiments.
However, the emperor was very concerned about this project and encouraged the young master to continue experimenting and developing it.
It was also predicted that this material would replace coal in the future and become the most important and valuable resource of the Han family.
As a relative, Yi Zong knew about Shi Zhi's existence, which was normal.
but……
How did he know that we carried part of the stone grease with the army?
Yi Zong looked at them, but smiled slightly, and said: "It seems to be true. The Shaofu Qing really asked you to take hundreds of stones and stone fat with the army to explore the changes of these things under extremely cold conditions!"
"But, now, I will recruit all these Shizhi in the name of General Chariot and Cavalry, Marquis Dongcheng of the Han Dynasty!" Yi Zong took out a jade pendant he was wearing on his waist, threw it to them, and said: "This is the imperial edict of the Emperor.
The royal gifts given to you, all the officials in the young mansion, please listen to your orders!"
The officials took the jade pendant and took a look.
I saw four big characters engraved on the jade pendant in a small edition: I am here in person!
They immediately knelt down and respectfully received the order, saying: "I respectfully obey the imperial edict!"
In front of Yi Zong, in front of this jade pendant, the officials of the Shaofu will definitely not have principles.
Because they are the retainers of the Tian family.
Not a courtier!
Only courtiers can speak principles in front of the emperor, and retainers...the principle is to obey the emperor's edicts in everything!
However, out of principle, a Shaofu official brought an official document to Yi Zong and said, "General, please sign!"
This is also the system that the young government has begun to establish now: all material and money transactions must be accounted for. In addition to accounting, it must also be filed. In addition to filing, someone must sign and sign.
Even if the person who transfers the supplies is the emperor, the emperor still needs to sign personally before the supplies can be transferred.
Otherwise, if there is a gap.
Then, directly investigate the person responsible for the management of these materials.
If the scope of the defect is too large, the six prime ministers of the Shaofu will also be seated together!
After this unreasonable system was established, it immediately blocked many ways for the young masters to enrich themselves.
Of course, it is impossible to completely eliminate these behaviors.
Of course Yi Zong also knew this rule. He took the document, read it, then signed his name on it and stamped it with his own seal as a cavalry general.
After these Shaofu officials confirmed Yi Zong's signature, they smiled and said: "General, please follow me..."
A quarter of an hour later, under their leadership, Yi Zong arrived at a cellar inside Honghu Fortress.
This may be a cellar left by the Qin people to store wine and grain.
But at this moment, this cellar has become a warehouse for the Shaofu to store certain special products.
Opening the cellar door, Yi Zong followed the officials of the Shaofu and walked in, lit the torch, and then saw that the cellar was full of various materials.
Yi Zong even saw dozens of huge new crossbows.
"The young master plans to conduct winter experiments on the Divine Arm Bow here?" Yi Zong said with a smile, "It's a good idea!"
Because it was winter, this expedition caused serious trouble to the Han army's crossbow troops.
Many crossbows that could be used freely within the Great Wall have lost their combat capabilities on this ice and snow fortress.
Fortunately, the Han army was well prepared and carried a large amount of quicklime. Otherwise, half of the strong crossbow troops would be faced with the embarrassment of being unable to tension their crossbows.
The young government officials smiled when they heard this.
The weapons of the Han army have now established various experimental systems before entering service.
It is not only necessary to find a few pilots in the army for observation, but also to conduct experiments in various environments.
This is a system to ensure the reliability and practicality of weapons equipped with standard mass-produced equipment. (To be continued.)
