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"Uncle Mozhigen," Sun Yi followed Battle's salutation, "what do you think will happen if there is a fight on the steppe and Lin Dan Khan of Chahar is forced to move to Qinghai?" ”

Mo Rigen is an old nomad who has experienced the Great War five years ago, and Sun Yi sincerely asked the old man for advice.

Mo Rigen was stunned, and couldn't help but ask: "You mean that Chahar was defeated and moved to Qinghai?" ”

Sun nodded his head, which is recorded in the Qing history books.

Sun Yi asked: "If Chahar, Tumut and Ordos all move to Qinghai, will they travel west along the Yellow River to borrow the Wolf Mountains and Rivers?" ”

Mozhigen silently took a large sip of mare's milk wine.

When he raised his head again, the old man's eyes were gloomy, "If it really comes to that point, the grassland may have become hell." ”

The old man said that the transition of a nomad was not an easy task. Livestock should drink water every day, and if it is winter, the animals can eat the snow on the ground; If it's summer, heading west along the Yellow River will be the only option.

The old man glanced at Sun Yi and continued, the problem is that the pasture along the Yellow River is definitely not enough to support a large number of livestock.

Normally, herders set fire to the selected summer pastures every spring, so that the grass can grow well when the rains come. In the summer, the herdsmen moved to the pastures that had been raised, and divided the horses into groups of 500 horses, and the 30 miles of pasture land was only enough for the horses to eat for half a month, so the herdsmen moved the pastures every half a month, and went back and forth between several pastures that had been raised in advance, until autumn.

The pastures along the Yellow River have not been cultivated in advance, so not only will they not be abundant, but they will also not be able to withstand grazing. The grass that has been eaten by cattle and horses at most once can continue to graze sheep, and the grass that goats and sheep have gnawed will continue to eat until the grass roots. In other words, as long as the animals along the Yellow River pass through the first time, the subsequent animals will starve to death.

Morrigan said slowly, even if the animals that walked through the first time could barely eat, people would starve because they couldn't make a fire. In addition to water and grass, herders also have dung as inseparable. There are few trees in the grasslands, and the rich and poor alike use cow and horse dung to cook on fires, and the herdsmen are the busiest all day and night. The manure that has just been picked up should not be burned, but should be piled up and dried. Nomads graze their cattle on a fixed route every year, so they often burn dung that has been piled up in previous years, but there is no old dung on the banks of the Yellow River.

Mo Rigen raised his eyes and looked at Sun Yi, "Things won't come to this point, Lidel just asked by the way, isn't it?" ”

Sun Yi saw full of hope in the old man's eyes.

Sun Yi was eager to answer "yes".

But war is imminent, and Mozhigen, as the leader of one side, should know the truth.

Just when Sun Yi hesitated slightly, Mo Rigen had already confirmed the answer by himself.

The old man drank the mare's milk wine in the bowl in one gulp, "Five years ago, there were still 400,000 nomads. In the past few years, even if half of it goes, there are 200,000, and I don't know how many will be left on the prairie in this westward migration! ”

Sun Yi knew the answer, but he didn't dare to tell the old man.

According to Qing history, Emperor Taiji slowly led his army to come, and Lin Dan Khan rushed west when he heard the news. After the war, only 3,000 Tumuts who hid in Daqingshan finally surrendered under the order of the chief, which was the naturalized city of Tumut in later generations. The rest of Tumut, Chahar, and Ordos either moved west with Lin Dan Khan, or were "co-opted" by Huang Taiji.

And Sun Yi now knows that the so-called westward migration road can't accommodate many people at all.

Therefore, as long as Lin Dan Khan has a glimmer of life, he will not easily move west.

How much is 200,000 minus 3,000? Sun Yi, who was born as a programmer, couldn't figure it out all of a sudden.

Sun Yi only understood that the upcoming grassland battle would never be as gentle as recorded in history, and the actual situation was only much more cruel than this.

Sun Yi also took a sip of mare's milk wine, "Uncle Mo Rigen, you have to prepare early!" ”

After that, Sun Yi directly proposed to take Qiqige to run around the horse along the place where he flew that day.

The old man nodded in agreement, "It wasn't just Kikige that day, many people saw it. I'll have someone prepare a horse for you! ”

After hastily eating the feast, Sun Yi and Qi Qige, accompanied by a group of riders, beat their horses like flying, towards the peak of the cliff where Sun Yi jumped off the Wolf Mountain, and ran out for dozens of miles in a straight line on the ground, until they were blocked by a wide lake.

Sun Yi had been carefully observing the sky and ground along the way behind Qiqige, and now he looked down the lake and then at the peaks, but he didn't find the slightest abnormality.

Sun Yi couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

On the return journey, they did not take the same path, according to Sun Yi's instructions, the riders went straight south, and only stopped their horses when they reached the Shennong River.

As far as the eye can see, the other side of the river is a flat river, which is a typical alluvial plain.

It is about 20 miles upstream of Hesheng Wharf, about 40 miles of waterway and 30 miles away from Changsheng Wharf, which is the location of Wuyuan County in later generations.

The Shennong River makes a big bend here, like a big harp, holding the large flat land on the south bank in its arms.

Sun Yi immediately stretched seven or eight strings on this harp in his mind. Each string is an irrigation canal, which starts from the Shennong River and ends at the Shennong River, and the canal water can be artesian with the help of the natural slope. If each household is counted as 100 acres of land on both sides of the irrigation canal, this land can accommodate at least 1,000 peasant households.

Sun Yi was secretly sure that this was the next settlement of the Tiemu Battalion.

On the way along the Shennong River to Hesheng Wharf, Sun Yi observed Qiqige's face and had nothing to say.

"Why are all the women working and not the men?"

Qiqige had already been beaten down by the old man Mo Rigen in private, and he didn't dare to give Sun Yi a face again, but replied with some anger: "The men of our tribe are all dead in battle. ”

Sun Yi deliberately teased Qiqige, "Then can the remaining men in your tribe each marry two daughters-in-law?" ”

Qiqi glanced at Sun Yi, and could still hear some complaints in his words: "How can two be enough!" Each man is at least three or four daughters-in-law. ”

Sun Yi pretended to be in pain, "How tiring a man is to raise so many daughters-in-law!" ”

Kikige was a little anxious, "Our girls on the grassland can work!" You see they get up before dawn to milk and make ghee, and they are busy until the sun goes down. ”

Sun Yi's brows furrowed exaggeratedly, "How come I've never seen you make ghee?" ”

Kikige was really anxious, "I'll fight too!" Fresh milk, sung and beaten 10,000 times, can be turned into ghee. ”

Sun Yi seemed to suddenly realize, "When I arrived at the dock at that moment, I asked Uncle Mo Rigen for some fresh milk, and you will make ghee early tomorrow morning!" ”

Qiqige suddenly pouted again, and replied angrily: "Fight, fight!" ”