On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It is said that you want to eat zongzi, but Xilin Shouyu is located in the northwest, where does the zongzi leaf wrap zongzi from? The zongzi couldn't be eaten, so Zhao Ziliang could only arrange in advance to kill the cattle and sheep to reward the soldiers. The soldiers had three meals a day, wine and meat, and they were full, and the officials and generals gave out some meat and silver money to each family, which was counted as a holiday benefit, which made the officials and generals sigh in their hearts that this time they were betting on the right treasure, and they were not wrong.

Zhao Ziliang planned to go back at night and reunite with his family for the festival, so he stayed in the barracks at noon to have a meal with the officers and soldiers of the three armies, and just halfway through lunch, a sentry rode to report: "General Qiyu, the first livestock has arrived, and the caravan sent people to report that they had passed the Donglin guard yesterday evening, and it is estimated that they will arrive this afternoon, and the livestock will be taken care of and driven by Princess Yu Zhu and the men and horses of Kedun Yu Sai, who is still Khan, and there is not much loss on the way."

Like Zhao Ziliang in the barracks and the soldiers to celebrate the festival together, the generals and officials heard the report of the sentry cavalry are overjoyed, these months they eat steamed buns and wild vegetables every day, rarely can eat meat, the cattle and sheep bought are all supplied to the recruits with a relatively large amount of training, even the cattle and sheep of the Dragon Boat Festival to reward the soldiers are sent to buy from the nearby barbarian tribes, the cost is not small, now the first batch of livestock has been transported from Mobei, there will be no shortage of cattle and sheep in the future, there are also war horses, of course they are happy.

Zhao Ziliang immediately asked Brehan to send someone to greet him, although it was very safe to catch this area from Donglin Shou to Xilin Shou Yu, but after all, there were Princess Yu Zhu, Yu Sai Lu and their clansmen in the caravan, and they were newcomers, and it was a courtesy to send someone to greet them, not to mention that this batch of cattle, sheep and horses was the lifeblood of Zhao Ziliang, and there was no room for loss in the last part of the journey.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Princess Yu Zhu and the caravan finally arrived in Xilin with 10,000 horses, 10,000 cattle and 12,000 sheep, and Zhao Ziliang went out of the city with his family, officials and generals to greet him.

Princess Yu Zhu and Yu Sailu, who were in their twenties, rode over with their maids and guards and trotted over and stopped to salute Zhao Ziliang and said, "Yu Candle and Yu Sailu finally lived up to their mission and brought the first batch of livestock to Hou Ye!" The second and third batches will arrive half a month and a month later, respectively."

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Now I am no longer a marquis, the princess, Ke Dun and the clansmen have traveled thousands of miles to drive livestock for me, and it has been hard!" The princess and Kedun showed sincerity, I, Zhao Ziliang, am also a trustworthy person, please everyone present today: I, Zhao, swear to the heavens, according to the contract I made with Princess Yu Zhu and Yu Se Kedun, from now on, the princess and Kedun and the clansmen will be protected by me, as long as I Zhao Ziliang have a bite to eat, I will not starve you, as long as I Zhao Ziliang is still alive, I will never allow the princess, Kedun and the clansmen to be bullied! Even if we die, our descendants must abide by our contract, our three tribes have been friendly for generations, and will never betray it, if one party takes the lead in violating the contract, it will be punished by the destruction of the country, the destruction of the clan, and the death of the family! ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang swearing, Yu Candle and Yu Sailu also began to swear together: "Please Kunlun Mountain and everyone witness: I, Yu Candle (Yu Sailuan), swear to the heavens, our two clans will take refuge in General Zhao Ziliang, and will always be loyal to the general, even if we die, our descendants must abide by our contract, be friendly from generation to generation, and never betray it, otherwise we will be punished by the destruction of the country, the destruction of the clan, and the death of the family!" ”

Both sides formally swore an oath, and the contract ceremony was completed, Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Princess, Kedun, Ben will have prepared wine and food, you two can go with me to eat first, let the clansmen drive the livestock to the place we have designated to graze, and we will send someone to send them wine and food!" ”

"Okay! General, now we are no longer princesses and Kedun, just poor people who want to live with their people! Yu Sailuo said to Zhao Ziliang that she and Princess Yu Zhu were both children of Yiran Khan, and the two were two sisters, but Yu Sailuo later became the little wife of Dengli Khan.

Zhao Ziliang saw that the two of them didn't want to ask for the previous title again, so he nodded and said, "Okay, two patriarchs, please!" ”

"General, please!"

On the way back to the city, Yu Sailuo introduced to Zhao Ziliang the process of coming from Mobei to Xilin to guard and capture, they have been playing the banner of Zhao Ziliang along the way, and at the beginning there were Mobei troops escorted all the way for more than 2,000 miles, so some of the big tribes that passed along the way were intimidated by Zhao Ziliang and the Mobei army in the Mobei grassland, no one dared to fight the idea of this batch of livestock, but when the caravan drove the livestock westward into the Mongolian Plateau, there were some horse bandits on the grassland, these horse bandits wanted to fight the main of this batch of livestock, However, the strength of these caravan guards was insufficient, and they did not unite, and a single group of horse bandits came to be killed under the attack of the caravan guards, after all, the members of these caravan guards were all the elite under Zhao Ziliang before, as long as they wanted, they could form a military formation in an instant to attack and kill on the battlefield.

After the first batch of cattle and sheep were transported, the clansmen of Yu Sai and Yu Zhu were responsible for grazing for Zhao Ziliang, which was their job, and Yu Sai and Yu Zhu were specially responsible for the affairs of livestock stocking, managing the clansmen, and sometimes sending people to teach the recruits to practice horsemanship, and the matter of marching and fighting had nothing to do with them.

Half a month later, the second batch of livestock also arrived, this time also transported 10,000 horses, 10,000 cattle and 15,000 sheep, on the way because of the disease some sick, but the caravan responsible for the transport and Yu Sai and Yu Zhu tribesmen found and dealt with it in time, did not let the infected livestock to transmit the disease to other livestock, to avoid large-scale, large-scale infection, this situation completely depends on experience, this is fortunate to have Yu Sai and Yu Zhu people all the way with them.

On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, the third and last batch of livestock all arrived in Xilin to guard and capture, 6,000 war horses, 10,000 cattle and 20,000 sheep, and now Zhao Ziliang has a total of 30,000 horses, 30,000 cattle and more than 40,000 sheep.

Zhao Ziliang said: "We have more livestock, although the territory under our jurisdiction is not small, but the grassland suitable for grazing is not unlimited, a few months or even half a year in one place to graze is OK, but for a long time in one place, the weeds will not have time to grow, and it is easy to cause grassland desertification, which I believe the two patriarchs should understand!" ”

Yu Sailu and Yu Zhu nodded and said: "What the general said is good, if you don't know anything about the general, others are afraid that they will think that the general is a person who has been living on the grassland." Our grassland tribe grazes, and every once in a while, we have to drive the livestock to move to the pastures where the water and grass are more abundant, so that the pastures that have already been grazed can recuperate."

Zhao Ziliang nodded, said: "My idea is to divide the grassland suitable for grazing into areas, change the grassland for grazing every once in a while, it is good to be in summer now, and it will be winter after autumn, although it is not as cold as Mobei, but the weather will not be too good, the same cold climate, livestock are afraid that they can't resist, so I want to build stables, cowsheds and sheepfolds in each suitable area for grazing, now is the time when the grass and trees are abundant, the weather is good, and it is much easier to cut down trees and transport them over, if you wait until autumn to do this, It's going to be too rushed, don't you think? ”

Yu Sailuo and Yu Zhu glanced at each other, and Yu Sailuo said: "What the general said is very true, but our two clans have a small population and have the task of grazing, so I am afraid that we will not be able to spare manpower to build houses!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "This matter is arranged by Zheng San, you just need to find a suitable location, it is best to be close to the water source, convenient for driving livestock, and the matter of building a house will be handed over to Zheng San to be responsible, and he will transfer people from the army to do this."

The two girls hurriedly agreed: "Okay, we will determine the location as soon as possible!" ”

Zheng San asked, "General, what are the specifications of the stables, cowsheds, and sheepfolds that need to be built, and will they be built on a large scale or just temporary?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Although it is not a big construction, but it must be sturdy and durable, can not be blown down by the heavy wind and snow in winter, nor can it be crushed by the heavy snow, it is best to use ten years and eight years, in order to save manpower and construction period, it is best to use all wood, there are more wolves on the grassland, so it is necessary to be able to prevent wolf attacks, and build wooden houses that can be inhabited by people for herdsmen to live!" ”

Yu Zhu said: "Yes, the wolves on the grassland are very terrible, in addition to natural disasters, the biggest disaster for free-range livestock is the wolves, according to our practice on the grassland, the wolves must be cleaned up regularly, neither can they be killed, but also can not let their numbers form a certain scale, otherwise the livestock will be hunted on a large scale!" ”

Zheng San promised: "Okay, I will let them reinforce and increase the height when we build."

Cattle and sheep can be free-ranged at will, but horses are of great use to Zhao Ziliang, he Yu Sai and Yu Zhu said: "These horses, I am going to use them to make war horses, so you need to train the horses carefully, especially to let the war horses develop the habit of walking horses."

Yu Sai nodded and said, "I understand, walking a horse can make a war horse march for a long time without getting tired, but this kind of horse training skill is very time-consuming."

"Ben will know, so in order to reduce your burden, I will regularly send soldiers to your grazing place, and you will spare some people to teach them how to walk horses, control horses, and other riding skills, within five years, I will train 30,000 cavalrymen with excellent horsemanship, all you have to do is to teach them how to ride!"

"Although the task is very difficult, since the general has opened his mouth, we will definitely overcome the difficulties!" Yu Sailuo did not complain, but promised to complete this task, and he wondered: "General, the number of these 30,000 horses can reach at least 80,000 in five years, according to the current male and female ratio, the number of mares in five years will only account for the majority, is it impossible for the general to use all mares as war horses?" (To be continued.) )