On the prairie in September, the grass leaves have begun to turn slightly yellow, this is the season when birds and beasts are fat, and it is also the most suitable season for hunting, because autumn is originally the time when all things are killed, spring and autumn felling, this is the law of heaven and earth.

After dealing with the internal affairs, Xiao Yi took advantage of the natural environment outside the outside world and issued an order to hunt in the grassland in the Xuanjia Army, which can not only provide sufficient meat for the garrison of Yanmen, but also a very effective training method, in fact, hunting is the same as fighting, what is important is a quick response, with a degree, is the best way to maintain the combat effectiveness of an army in peacetime, Xiao Yi has always believed that a troop that can hunt can also hunt the enemy on the battlefield!

This hunting, under Xiao Yi's order, three thousand Xuanjia troops poured out of the nest, in the designated place in turn to finish the formation, from a distance, the flag is waving, the queue is neat, people are like dragons, horses are like tigers, although the formal hunting has not yet begun, but the murderous aura has shocked the animals on the grassland to flee in all directions, compared to humans, the animals' ability to predict danger is undoubtedly much stronger!

Before the military formation, Xiao Yi was dressed in light double-layer leather armor, holding the 'Shadow Treasure Carving Bow', and was loudly issuing the order of the hunt: "The hunting range starts from Yanmen Pass, stretches for three hundred miles to the north, each hundred horsemen is a team, commanded by a captain, Da Niu leads ten teams of men and horses for the left wing, Ma Liu leads ten teams of men and horses for the right wing, the commander personally leads the rest of the men and horses in the center to respond, and all commands are ordered by the horn of the Chinese army; The hunt is limited to three days, and no one is allowed to carry any food except for a small packet of salt, all of which are fed on the prey and drunk by the river. ”

"No! Obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief! Three thousand men and horses, a voice, responded to Xiao Yi's military order.

"Good! Let's go! With Xiao Yi's order, the banner of the Chinese army leaned forward, and the officers and men of the whole army marched towards the depths of the vast prairie like arrows from the string, where they had to complete the reborn change.

The purpose of Xiao Yi's hunt is very clear, that is, to exercise the survival ability of the soldiers in the wild, and the reason why the Central Plains Dynasty has repeatedly suffered losses against the grassland peoples in the north of the country is because the Han army's dependence on logistics is too strong, especially the military rations, once the rear cannot provide enough food and grass support to the front-line army, then there is no need to fight, and the Han army itself will starve to death.

And the Huns in the wild survival ability is very strong, the Hun army to fight, never need to carry much grain and grass, this vast prairie is their natural grain depot, the Huns have a proverb: in the arms of the grassland mother, as long as there is a bow, an arrow, the real Huns will not starve!

This sentence is very revealing of the current problem, and the Han army is completely at a disadvantage in this regard.

With the current means of transportation and transportation level, the cost of transporting military rations from the interior of the Central Plains to the Saiwai grasslands is too high, so high that it is difficult for a strong empire to support; At the beginning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched the decisive battle of Mobei to expel the Xiongnu, and dispatched two major armies of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, with a total of 100,000 elite cavalry, and in order to transport supplies for them, the entire Han Dynasty invested 180,000 horses, 100,000 cattle, and 500,000 foot soldiers. Don't save one in a hundred!

The final result was that the Huns were defeated, and the Han Dynasty was also consumed.

What Xiao Yi has to do now is to let the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army be as self-sufficient as possible and completely get rid of their dependence on the rear, in fact, there is food everywhere in this vast grassland, just to see if you can find it, and whether you can eat it in your mouth after you find it, or whether you dare to eat it in your mouth, Xiao Yi clearly remembers that those special forces in later generations can devour all living things, snakes, earthworms, grasshoppers, bats, all kinds of insects, ...... everything that can provide the energy needed by the human body, is on their diets, Since the descendants of future generations can do it, then as the ancestors of 2,000 years ago, we should at least give them a good start!

The brigade continued to spread out to the wings, expanding the range of their hunting, and the soldiers struck the blades in their hands as they advanced, so as to startle the prey hidden in the deep grass, and after more than half an hour, a reconnaissance ranger with a camouflage net on his body came quickly, looking at the dust and blades of grass that he was covered with, thinking that it must have been caused by an ambush somewhere.

"Lord Qiyu, I found a flock of wild sheep thirty miles away from the left flank, about more than a hundred, and in addition, there were also traces of wild horses found by a small river fifty miles ahead, and the number of hoof prints was also as many as dozens!" Approaching, the Rangers quickly reported on what they had scouted for.

"Brush!" Xiao Yi quickly opened a military map drawn on sheepskin, which took more than half a month to gather before the hunt, he sent a large number of rangers to gather it, which marked almost all the terrain and landforms within three hundred miles north of Yanmen Pass, not even a stream, a mountain bag was not missing, it can be said that with a map in hand, the rivers and mountains within a radius of three hundred miles will be all in Xiao Yi's heart.

"The flock of sheep on the left flank is in an open field, and it is possible to flee on all sides, and it will be difficult to hunt for a while, so let the captain of the left flank slow down and not alarm them for a while; Then order the commander of the horse school, divide at least half of the troops to grope forward at full speed, and after discovering the traces of the wild horses, immediately press over to the central position, and the rest of the departments will follow, and there must be no gaps between the teams, if anyone lets go of the prey, the military law is ruthless! After a little thought, Xiao Yat immediately made the right judgment.

"No!" The rangers immediately rode away, and at the same time the banner of the Chinese army waved, and the various divisions immediately accelerated the pace of their advance.

It's a pity that hunting is like a war, there are always countless unexpected events, and just as the army was closing in step by step according to Xiao Yi's command, a ranger once again came to a new situation!

"Lord Hui, when the wild horses were drinking by the river, they were suddenly ambushed by the wolves, and the scene was chaotic, and the frightened horses suddenly fled to the east, and the wolves followed closely behind, and they had crossed the river and approached the right flank of our army!"

"It's good to come! That's a little bit of fun! "The unexpected situation lifted Xiao Yi's spirit, the more complicated the hunt, the more the army's ability to cooperate, and it is also a test of his command level," Ma Liu, who commanded the right flank, immediately shrink the team, be sure to block the fleeing wild horses for me, and the pro-military battalion will attack immediately with me, the target, the wolves!" ”

With a shout, Xiao Yi took hundreds of elite soldiers under his command to leave the brigade and pounced directly on the prey, Xiao Yi's personal soldiers are the best in the Xuanjia Army, all of them have ridden and shot people, brave and good at fighting, not only the elite of the whole army, but also the killer weapon to deal with emergencies, and now Xiao Yi did not hesitate to release this killer weapon.

Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, don't think that the killer weapon must wait until the last and most critical time to be used, that is a wrong military judgment, as long as you can defeat the enemy, even if you just meet with the killer weapon, at least you can hit the enemy by surprise!

The neighing of wild horses, the howl of wolves, and the sound of riders shooting arrows through the air immediately resounded throughout this steppe, and with the competition of several forces, the wild horses and wolves who found that the situation was not good, actually rushed towards the weak link of the right wing of the Xuanjia Army's encirclement network in unison, and the animals also knew that when everyone faced the same strong enemy, even life and death opponents could cooperate, all for survival!

"Pass my military order, let the horses surround the wild horses, capture them alive as much as possible, and follow me to chase and kill the wolves, if I don't completely annihilate these prey today, I will never withdraw my troops!" Seeing that the wolves and wild horses rushed out of the encirclement he had designed, Xiao Yi was suddenly furious, and his three thousand elite knights were surrounded by a group of wild beasts.

The long pursuit began, the prey ran desperately for survival, the soldiers sacrificed their lives for honor, for a whole day and a night, both the pursuing and the chased were exhausted in the end, the fallen prey has appeared, and there are not a few riders who have fallen behind, both sides have reached the last moment, and now the competition is perseverance.

As long as the prey stops and wants to drink water and rest, he immediately chases, that is, he does not let the prey have a chance to breathe, and consumes their physical strength as much as possible, while the rider can rest in batches and sections, drink water, and squeeze the last bit of physical strength in the prey's body in the way of wheel warfare.

Eventually, the prey could no longer hold on, and a large number of tired wolves began to appear on the road, often running and falling to the ground, never to get up again......

When Xiao Yi's last arrow killed the wolf king who led the escape, the hunt finally came to a successful end, and the cheers of the soldiers resounded on the entire grassland, this is the victory they won with their sweat, this is their glory!