Although the army of the Han Dynasty was not short of warm measures, such as the large number of down jackets that Suning bought from the system store, such as the various cotton they planted in the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate, they could already become important equipment for them to protect themselves from the cold.

But every year, the ice and snow in the Western Regions are enough to shock them, especially near Beiting, on both sides of the Altai Mountains, almost when the autumn harvest is completed in the Guanzhong area, it is about to come to the local winter.

As for the more circumferential regions of the Urals, they will be even more exposed to the bitter cold.

Fortunately, most of the employees here are aware of some cold conditions, at least they will not be stupid to come, and they will not carry warm supplies here, but they will feel that the cold equipment near the North Courtyard is overstretched, and it will be even more difficult to talk about when they arrive here.

After staying for a while, even Suning felt that the situation here was too serious, so she had to pick up a Samoyed to keep warm.

Now she can finally understand why the people here like these large white canines so much, without them, I'm afraid this group of guys would not be able to last long.

It's like climbing the peaks of the Tibetan Plateau, where fellow Tibetans always like to carry large dogs like Tibetan mastiffs. The huge body can not only help them keep warm, but also remind them to take shelter in advance when the crisis comes, of course, those large canines in the snowy mountains must bring chews, so as not to cause avalanches and other disasters, but in this plain area, at least when they are not close to the peaks, they do not need to do this, on the contrary, they also need these canines to be quite vigilant, because Siberian wolves will visit here from time to time, If you don't want to be fodder for another group of generals, then this group of canines must always be ready to fight the enemy.

Yes, counting on those bows and shotguns in the hands of the members of the convoy, it is simply not possible to stop the cunning Siberian wolves.

In fact, even the Siberian tiger or the arctic fox that moves more slowly are powerless, unless there are large bears approaching, their shotguns can come in handy, of course, if the number of bears is not one but a group, then there is no difference whether there is a weapon or not, and the survival rate of lying on the ground and pretending to be dead may be greater.

However, when a group of canines is approaching, bears will not easily provoke these places where humans gather, because canines have the bloody nature of attacking in groups, whether they encounter wolves or large dogs, these bears will obediently choose another path, and generally will not easily try to attack.

When Suning observed a similar situation, he unexpectedly remembered something, even if he was as strong as a bear, he would not dare to easily provoke the crazy wolves, so if he could organize a sneak attack army like a wolf from the mountains of the Caucasus and now attack from the northwest of the Persian plateau, then there is no doubt that the Persian sheep that is about to fall will definitely not be able to attack according to its ferocity.

How could a pack of wolves, who were not even afraid of bears, be in a sick and dead lamb, so he immediately gathered his troops and dropped an army directly from the Hezhong area along the railway line, and it happened that the leader of the troops turned out to be the familiar Li Yu.

When attacking the Kabul Pass, it was this Li Su who successfully took the difficult place with a method similar to Caizhou on a snowy night, and now they are afraid that they will repeat the same trick again, and continue to use white cloaks and down jackets as a cover to attack the Persian plateau through the vast Caucasus mountains.

Winter has just begun, and the mountains of the Caucasus are not as easy to traverse as one might think.

What is even more paradoxical is that the so-called Caucasus Mountains are actually composed of two layers of mountain ranges, and the North Caucasus Mountains are called the Inner Caucasus Mountains.

In the 21st century, it belongs almost entirely to the republics of the Russian Federation, the most famous of which is of course the Republic of Chechnya, which has fought two wars, and the Republic of Ingushetia is also located near the Caucasus Mountains.

After crossing here, they reached the Caucasus Mountains, which were mainly controlled by three countries.

They were Stalin's homeland of Georgia, Armenia he conquered, and later Azerbaijan.

The mountainous region of the Caucasus belongs to the rich minerals of the typical Tethys Fold Belt. The world's first oil well was born here. The oil and rock formations under the ground will be of great significance to Suning's next industrial deployment, although the Western Regions Protectorate also hides many precious treasures, but it is not as easy to open as here.

What's more, the mineral resources in the core area are all left to be developed later, so the Liangzhou system, which has an advantage at the national defense level, is likely to choose to develop industry here, solve the employment and law and order problems here, and directly press the national defense front on the border close to the enemy.

Of course, the prerequisite for this is that the Sabbath Empire must be destroyed, because the Sabbath Empire is also rich in oil fields, and. The narrow strip of the Caucasus Mountains was inconvenient for the army to deploy, and if two forces threatened from the south at the same time, it would be difficult for Konzeen to defend himself.

Therefore, if we really want to gain an advantage in the national defense situation, we must occupy a long-term and effective base area on the Anxi Plateau in the southeast. In this way, if the enemy might attack the industrial park, the same can be done by the own troops from the other direction, and if anyone dares to attack the Iranian plateau in the face of the world's condemnation, the garrison in the Caucasus Mountains can also move south.

In other words, when Emperor Saiviru of the Great Qin Empire in the West was still attacking the remnants of the Anxi Empire under the leadership of Babak, Suning's vision had expanded to the future competition for mineral resources, which was also one of his original intentions for launching an attack on this region.

There is no putting the cart before the horse, let alone getting caught in the final battle with the declining Resting Empire, which is about to fall, these are important reasons why Suning made this choice.

If, according to other people's ideas, when the Resting Empire is about to die, it seems that it is the best choice to kill them in one battle.

However, the fundamental purpose of Suning's external expansion has always been to enable the Chinese civilization to have a broader living space and more extensive mineral resources, and the Tethys fold belt will inevitably fall completely into the control of the Chinese civilization, which is the first step of Suning's external expansion.