sweeping the world

Chapter 559
The scorching sun shines down, the earth is filled with smoke and dust, and the sound of shouting to distinguish between enemy and friend is accompanied by the sound of horseshoes.

The flag will only be unfurled when the knight is galloping on horseback, and it will look awkward when it is fixed.That was because there was no wind, causing the cavalry on both sides to trample on the ground, but the smoke and dust could not be dispersed.

Ran Min stood tall on the bed of a nesting car, holding binoculars in both hands to observe the fighting in the distance, his face was covered with beads of sweat, and the ear parts of his cheeks and the sides of the bridge of his nose were dripping all the time. sweat.

According to traditional saying, the heat in the dog days of summer is unimaginable. Even staying in the shade will be unbearable, let alone staying in the open air.

Autumn has come, and Ran Min led his army to attack Yanmen County. At the beginning, there was no major battle. The Shijie Zhao army in Yanmen quickly abandoned their various garrisons and ran to Tuobadai army to join them.

The battle in Yanmen County was after the Han army approached Mayi, and before the battle started, Tuoba Shiyijian sent an envoy to ask the Han army not to approach the border of Tuobadai country on the grounds that there was nothing wrong with each other before the Han Dynasty, saying Otherwise, once a misunderstanding occurs, it will start a war.

Ran Min didn't have any nonsense at all, he killed the envoy of Tuoba Daiguo, and asked the envoy's entourage to bring a sentence to Tuoba Shiyijian: Don't talk nonsense about those who have or don't, if you want to fight, fight , Get out without a fight.

Ran Min didn't know what Tuoba Shiyijian's reply looked like when he got Ran Min's reply. The fact that the situation presented was that the two sides were at war.

The battle between the Han army and the Tuoba Dai army involved cavalry from the very beginning, and the surrounding terrain of Mayi was flat, which would be a good cavalry battlefield.After the war began, the cavalry from both sides came and went, fighting on the vast plains. However, in general, the troops invested by both sides were not very large. The largest battle was between [-] Han troops and [-]. Tuoba Daijun and Shijie Zhao Jun usually face thousands against thousands.

"The generation army can still fight." Ran Min put down the binoculars in his hand, tugged at his collar, and said: "The guys in the hands of some generation troops are the same as our standard weapons."

Han State and Tuoba Dai State maintained a honeymoon period for nearly three years. During the period, Liu Yan exchanged weapons for a lot of horses, cattle, sheep and some leather and cattle in order to let Tuoba Dai State hold Murong Yan State. Ribs and other things, the number of weapons traded in the past should be [-] to [-]?
The body of the nest car slowly lowered amidst the creaking sound of the machinery. Ran Min took a bucket of water from the soldiers as soon as he got out of the car. !”

The weather in the dog season is really too hot, not only hot but also stuffy.This is the reason why although the Han Dynasty started the war, the scale of the war could not be fought.

To be honest, if the weather is too hot, even if you don’t move, you will feel greasy and sticky all over your body. If you move around a little, you will sweat profusely. If you exercise vigorously, it will cause a state of hypoxia, so you are really not suitable for fighting. when.

The sound of the horn was blown, and the Tuoba Dai army, whose clothes were extremely messy, began to distance themselves from the Han army. They retreated on their own initiative again, and the Han army gave up after only a short distance.

"Look for Robe Ze!" Liu Rui untied the string and took off his helmet, panting heavily, because he felt that there was not enough oxygen, and his voice was not only hoarse but also not loud: "The injured should be carried down for treatment first, and the corpses will be loaded into the car Shipped back."

The fighting has stopped, but the dust and smoke have not dissipated. It is difficult to see what is going on in the distance in the yellow diffuse at a glance. To clean up the gaps in the battlefield, troops need to be on the periphery to guard.

Liu Rui finally felt better after pouring down almost half of the water sac in a burst of "gurgling". He looked around, and there were busy robes around him. He listened carefully and did not hear the movement of a large group of cavalry.

In a battle with cold weapons, many soldiers will not actually die in the fight. They will be severely injured and temporarily lose control of their body functions... which is the so-called transient shock. If the unconscious soldiers do not receive timely treatment, they will basically be Bleeding to death while unconscious.

In every battle of the Han army, there is no way to lose or retreat. After victory, the battlefield will inevitably be cleaned up. The most important thing is to check any Han army soldiers, and those who are still alive will be transported back to the camp for treatment.

Liu Rui had already dismounted and was strolling. After walking a few steps and seeing Pao Ze lying on the ground, he would go over and check his pulse. If he found the injured, he immediately called for help. When he saw many dead horses on the battlefield, he shouted: "The bodies of the horses are the last ones." Get it back too."

On the battlefield after the fighting, in addition to some soldiers busy, some people wearing gray robes were also active.

Those who wear gray robes have a bamboo basket on their backs, which contain a lot of gadgets, such as bandages, needles, threads, water, and the like. When they encounter wounded soldiers of their own side, they will sew them up if necessary. Wound and dressing.

It was sutures and bandages. Medical instruments were sterilized by boiling water in advance. As for alcohol disinfection, there was no such thing for the time being. It was all because Liu Yan didn't know... um, wine making, let alone distillation techniques.He is an ordinary person who can enjoy some scientific and technological achievements living in modern times, but he has not studied how to do it.Knowing how to use it and how to produce it are two different things.However, he is a king, and he will not let the people below continue to experiment, it is already in progress.

If you insist on having a title, those in gray robes can be called medical soldiers, but the Han army all respectfully call them lay soldiers.The origin of these people is the medical arm in Liu Yan's system, and the military behind them conducts special training. The systematic medical soldiers and the group of people trained later must appear on the battlefield after one after another.

Cleaning up the battlefield can save one's own injuries. In fact, it is also a convenience to count the results of the battle, which can more intuitively calculate the degree of loss of both sides.

On the battlefield after the fight, some black spots appeared on the short hills not far away. They were Tuoba Gu and Tuoba Shijun who arrived at the front line in person.

"3000 people went to battle, and only over a thousand people were withdrawn." Mr. Tuobashi was dressed with his chest exposed and his belly exposed. The belly looked smooth with fat, which made the muscles look very strong.He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance: "I can't tell how many battles I have achieved."

Tuoba Gu took out a long object from his bosom, carefully untied the outer layer of silk, picked up a single-lens telescope inside, and moved it to his eyes for observation.

Tuoba Gu asked for this spotting telescope from Liu Yan when he went to Linzi last time. Liu Yan actually didn't give it to him at first, but later on he stalked his sister because he was Liu Yan's concubine, so he spent a thousand horses in exchange for it. get this.Tuoba Daiguo and the whole country are the telescope in his hand, Tuoba Shiyijian hinted several times that he didn't give it.

When Tuobagu was in the north to monitor the north, he relied on the monocular telescope in his hand several times to detect the enemy first, to be able to make arrangements first, and to make a good judgment before the enemy approached. It is very clear that A "weapon of the country".

The Hu people, except for a few noble people who have clothes made of cloth, wear animal fur all year round, usually sheepskin.It is no problem for them to stay in the grassland where the temperature difference between day and night is huge and the temperature is relatively low, but it becomes troublesome to wear it when they go out of the grassland and go south.

In history, many Hu people were able to invade and occupy the south, but those Hu people did not carry out the occupation. They did not occupy because they were worried about counterattack. In fact, their inability to adapt to the climate was also a big reason.The Hu people who were able to go south and occupy the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty were all ethnic groups who had mastered production technology, except for the weakening of the Central Plains during the Five Husbands and Chaos China, and their productivity was based on the plundering of the Han people.

"Your Majesty has already planned to retreat temporarily." Tuobagu put away the binoculars cherishingly, put them back in his arms carefully, and said, "King Yan has sent an invitation to all the kings to join the alliance, and the place is at the former site of Langjuxu Mountain .”

Now there is no such thing as Langjuxu Mountain. After the name of that place has been changed repeatedly, it is now called Langshan Mountain and it belongs to the Rouran Tribe Alliance.

"All countries want to unite to fight against the big man, but they are extremely jealous of each other. It is not suitable to go to any country." Mr. Tuobashi nodded: "It is really very suitable to choose the territory of those barbarians in Rouran to form an alliance."

The Hu people are also divided into ranks now. Some Hu people who occupied the Central Plains are recognized as superior, and then the Hu people who are farther away from the Central Plains are regarded as bumpkins who have never seen the world. There is also a phenomenon of mutual contempt among them.

Of course, the Jie Clan, who were once superior to others, have been weakened by the continuous attacks of the Han army, and their momentum can be said to have declined. However, they will still get the respect they deserve even though their power is still there. If the Jie Clan themselves do not reposition themselves Regardless of status, various barbarian forces would be happy to beat the dog in the water.

Now recognized as the strongest Hu people's power is Murong Yan country, Tuoba Dai country is second-class, people like Fu Hong are somewhat outnumbered, Zhang's Liang country is not counted by Hu people for comparison, The only one who agrees is that no matter how strong the Rouran tribal alliance is, it is still a bumpkin, and the other bumpkin is the Dingling ethnic group of Donggaoche and Xigaoche.

Langshan is a very suitable location for an alliance, not only because the location is within the territory of the Rouran Tribal Alliance, but also because of the strength of the Rouran Tribal Alliance and Tuoba Daiguo, Murongyanguo, Zhangshiliangguo, Fuhong, Jie The remnants of the clan have no grudges or grudges.

Another one is that the location of Langshan is very convenient. It is located in the north of Tuoba Dai State, northwest of Murong Yan State, and northeast of Zhang Shiliang State. No one needs to pass each other. You can directly enter the sphere of influence of the Rouran Tribal Alliance from your own territory, without worrying about being plotted when passing through the opponent's territory.

"The tribes of the Xiongnu still refuse to participate in the alliance?" Tuoba Gu frowned, then smiled grimly: "Those idiots, wait for the alliance, we should take them first."

"Those bastards, naively thought that the big man would let them go?" Mr. Tuoba Shi was sneering: "Would it be true that the absence of blood will produce more imbecile children?"

The tribes of the Xiongnu that Tuobagu said were located in the Hetao area, and they are currently divided into seven relatively large tribes. When they were in the Shijie Zhao Kingdom and there was no trend of defeat, they sent troops to accept the command of Shijie and waited for a decision. After Xiang was besieged, he recalled his tribe.

Liu Yuan's young daughter surrendered to the Han Kingdom. After Liu's surrender, she sent people to the Xiongnu tribes. As a continuation of Liu Yuan's bloodline, she advised the Xiongnu tribes not to be enemies of the Han Kingdom, saying that they should learn from the past model of the Han and the Southern Xiongnu. coexist.

Of course Liu Yan did not make any promises to the Liu family or the Xiongnu tribes, but the center of the Han Dynasty was happy that the Xiongnu tribes were alone, and even began to provoke the Xiongnu tribes to attack the remaining Jie people.

The situation of the Xiongnu tribes inhabiting the Hetao area is actually a bit complicated. There are not many real Huns, and more of them are of mixed blood. The Huns of various ethnic groups call them "Tiefu".

Tiefu has many meanings in the Altaic language family. Initially, it refers to a mixed-race child whose father is a Huns and whose mother is a Xianbei.Later, a Central Plains man married a Hu man's woman, and the Hu man called that Central Plains man Tie Fu, so there is an interpretation of "Hu man's son-in-law".

Among the current seven major tribes of the Xiongnu, four of them are led by the son-in-law of the Hu people, and there are quite a lot of Han Miao descendants in these four tribes.

Generally speaking, the Xiongnu as a nation has actually existed in name only at this stage, and even they are at a loss as to whether they are still a part of the Huns. If they belong to the "Han", there is no so-called Han nationality now. The Han nationality will be replaced by Yang Jian It was only after the Yuwen Zhou Kingdom was "established" that the Han nationality was regarded as an ethnic group. Before that, "Central Plains", "Zhu Xia", "Chinese" and "Xia people" were used to summarize.

Liu Yuan's young daughter, Mrs. Liu, is very knowledgeable about current affairs, and she is trying her best to "link" her identity with Liu Yan. It is not possible to talk about the Huns, but it is more reliable to talk about the blood of the early Han.In addition to some names, she is also doing what she can do, including fighting for the Huns in Hetao, which can be regarded as a small favor for the Han Dynasty.

The Shijie Zhao Kingdom still had a ruling system in Shuozhou. Xie Ai led his army to hunt down Shi Xuan. The Han army that went to Shuozhou was only [-]. The Xiongnu tribes jumped out to make things difficult for the Shijie Zhao Kingdom. Xie Ai was more or less Get some help.

"In less than a month, close to 2 people were folded in..." Mr. Tuoba Shi had a bad look on his face: "That incompetent guy Shi Bin couldn't break through the encirclement and join us."

"Shi Bin can't come out anymore." Tuobagu actually didn't know what Shi Bin's current situation was, he was talking about a fact: "We rushed south and didn't receive Shi Bin immediately, Ran Min had already led his army to arrive. Now is far from the time for a decisive battle between Da Dai and Da Han."

Unless a conflict breaks out suddenly, a war between countries should be a matter of accumulating strength and making what you think is the safest preparation before the war. No one can tell when the decisive battle will break out .

"Meet the alliance first, and see what regulations the kings can come up with." Tuoba Gu was already pulling the reins and turning the horse's head: "For Dadai, facing the big man alone, it is better to turn the spearhead and attack the barbarians in Rouran to the north .”

Tuoba Shijun was very reluctant to admit it, but he knew that what his uncle said was correct. Using Tuoba Dai's strength to challenge Han alone was really the same as asking for death.

(End of this chapter)