Chapter 89: To Igo
It was a helpless move to hide 1,800 elites in the horse and get lost.
Originally, Yang Shuang thought that the upper limit of the command of the army formulated by the system was a reference to reality. I never thought that when the Dunhuang Warlord distributed his troops, he knew that the upper limit of the Great Sui Guancheng army was only fifty!
As for Guan Ling, it is two hundred!
The order arranged soldiers on duty for the two passes, a round of ten days, 100 people, 100 people stayed in the Dunhuang military camp for training, this is the Great Sui military system.
As for why such an important place is arranged, only such a small number of troops are arranged, not because the emperor is far away and is worried about the rebellion of the soldiers, but because it is difficult to supply.
Liangzhou, after this war, has lost the ability to be self-sufficient, all the baggage, all from the Guanlong area, the journey is as long as 2,000 miles.
For example, if a laborer transports 100 catties of corn from Longnan to Dunhuang, it will take about a month. If you consume three catties of corn every day, and when you arrive at the destination, only ten catties of 100 catties of corn remain, which is not counting the need for labor to return.
In ancient times, fighting across regions was not as easy as the Turks, which is why cavalry belonged to kings in this era.
If Yang Shuang took out all his subordinates, it is estimated that he would either be dismissed on the spot or sent back to Guannai as a refugee.
The horse thieves who surrendered to Yumen Pass, although they all have true and false bamboo messengers, but none of them want to spend their lives in vain.
After the "epoch-making referendum", no one chose to leave, but obeyed Yang Shuang's arrangement.
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It was noon, and the sun was warm.
Yang Shuang, who was unrestrained and could inspect back and forth at the two passes at will, took Aba, Niu Er and others to quietly sneak into the horse and get lost.
The scenery on the outskirts of the swamp was still the same, and fifty miles deeper, a huge camp appeared in front of me.
In the center, there are many private houses, mills, blacksmith shops, and private schools, and the sound of Zhong Kui leading children reading aloud can be clearly heard in the tinkling metal music.
There are many military camps around, and countless young people are shouting and practicing on the martial arts field, and the leader is Lu Xiaobu.
Beyond the camp, to the north is the endless savannah. Recently, countless fertile fields have been tilted, and the land after the correction is only waiting for the possible spring rain to moisten.
"Knock ······"
"Assemble!"
Niu Er, who fused the soul, became more and more burly, and compared with when he was a pawn, he almost became thicker.
What made Yang Shuang wonder was that the three babies had not changed, and they still looked as thin as a hemp rod, looking like ribs.
"Leave 300 people behind and stay in camp with Lu Xiaobu and Zhou Laowu. Niu Er, select 500 people from the main force to match the war horses first, and the rest of the people will follow closely with the three babies and horses! ”
Due to the rapid evacuation of Dunhuang after the war, there was no time to collect war horses, counting the loss, the war horses migrated from the Styx Ranch were no longer in supply.
Igo was about 600 miles away from the horse, and it took at least four days for the cavalry to raid, and five days for the infantry to carry their baggage on horses.
Of course, this estimate is for ordinary armies, and after fusing the soul of the soldier and the soul of the horse, the speed of their own march remains to be verified.
Soon, 1,500 people started to dial one after another, all wrapped in branches and leaves on their heads, and covered in tattered linen, like beggars traveling collectively.
This is not a disguise, but the current situation of Yang Shuangjun.
Fortunately, several wars have captured a lot, and the broken copper and iron were collected, and Dong Dazhui took the apprentices to work overtime to equip everyone.
"Big brother, is it a little too little to prepare three days of rations?" Shi Da was a little hesitant.
"Not a lot, this battle is not just about victory!"
Yang Shuang packed up his armor, summoned the strange cow, and turned over.
There is still some food in the barracks warehouse, but it can't be moved!
The Sui army was short of food, and the people of Yangguan Ancient Road were completely lost, but he remembered what he once said, 'With my Yang Shuang to eat, I will never starve everyone'.
There is no food, only grabbing!
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Yiwu, known as Hami in the future, was once the focus of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu in the struggle for the Western Regions.
During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Turkic Han people occupied this place, submitted to the Turks, and established the Yiwu State with a city.
With a total population of less than 20,000, the population is less than 20,000, and because desertification is not so serious, it is temporarily in a semi-nomadic, semi-agricultural state.
Early in the morning, it was not yet dawn.
Korida, who was only fourteen years old, drove three sheep out of the gate of the earthen city, and as usual, said hello to the uncle who was dozing off and standing at the gate to guard the city.
His clan uncle is very strange, according to Yiwu custom, when he becomes an adult, both men and women must take a Turkic name, such as him, Helian Kolida, Helian is a surname, Kolida means blessing.
But the clan uncle is different, his name is Liu Ling, a strange and strange Han surname, which makes people unable to understand the meaning of this name.
Moreover, Uncle Clan also gave him a Han name Liu Cong!
Thinking of the ancient Chinese he had learned since childhood, Kolida felt that he was not smart at all.
Leaning over to pick up the sticks scattered by the firewood seller, straightening the bamboo basket behind his back, he drove the sheep to the eastern grassland.
When he went out, his mother said that he would harvest a basket of forage today and make him pancakes to eat in the evening.
Thinking about the deliciousness, Kolida quickened his pace again.
The pastures around the city had long been divided by the nobles, and he had to drive the sheep thirty miles east to find a 'safe' site.
Last time, because I got up late, I passed by here in front of that group of noble children, and I was almost killed.
Kuolida was angry, but he didn't dare to show the slightest.
Going out before dawn and coming home after dark, he has been used to it since he was a child.
"Boom ·······"
Suddenly, Korida stopped, and he seemed to hear thunder.
Learning the method taught by the clan uncle, he was just about to lie on the ground and listen to the movement, when he felt a pain in his neck, and when he opened his eyes, his body was already hanging in the air.
In front of him, he was a strong man with a full beard, bald head and black face, and he didn't look fierce.
"Haha... Big brother, catch a little barbarian! ”
Old Chinese?
"Let go of me!" Kolida was a little frightened, and couldn't help but shout the same language.
"Yo? Can you still speak the original dialect? The black-faced man snatched the rope around the sheep's neck, and galled his horse to meet the rapid herd of cavalry.
"Big brother, catch a little barbarian who can speak the Central Plains?!"
"Bring it here and I'll take a look."
Korida broke free and let the black-faced man throw him under his horse, and on the other side was still a bald bearded man, but he had never seen such a majestic man.
Even the most powerful general in the city is less than half of this person.
"Kid, where are you going?"
"Let go of me, I haven't stolen grass, I haven't stolen sheep, I'm going home!" Kolida was scared.
Not because of the countless knives and spears around, but because of a strange cow the size of a house!
Scarlet bull's eyes, staring at him, huge tongue curling around his mouth and nose, and a stream of saliva flowed.
"Don't Eat My !!"
"It won't eat you, but, only if you quietly take us to the gates of Igo City!"