The news that the army was exalting in a foreign land and shaking the famous Ashina Zanhan tribe had been publicized long before the army returned. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Such a victory and such a result is not only the biggest victory in the foreign war since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but also the biggest victory in the foreign war in the past century.

Since the rise of the Turks, they have been the henchmen of the Central Plains Dynasty, taking advantage of the contradictions between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, they have constantly tried their best to do their best to plot against the Northern Zhou Dynasty, or to unite the Northern Zhou Dynasty to attack the Northern Qi, so as to profit from it and interfere with the unification process of the Central Plains.

Not only did they act as long-term people, but even the common people knew about the sinister intentions of the Turks and regarded them as feuds.

The rise of the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains people raised their eyebrows, but after all, the time was too short, because of Yang Guang's reckless army, the Turks rose again, and even surrounded Yanmen Pass, almost captured Yang Guangsheng. A hundred years of hatred, just like the Han and the Xiongnu, even the common people will regard each other as a thorn in the flesh.

But this time, Qin Feng wiped out more than 100,000 people in one battle with 10,000 journeys, and such a brilliant victory was unexpected by all the people.

It has only been ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it has been a matter of recent years to truly dominate the world.

For the new dynasty, although the system and policies have brought a stable life to the people, the real sense of belonging is not very heavy. They recognize the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but they may not empathize with the honor and disgrace of the Tang Dynasty.

It is not an easy task to achieve the popular will.

For this reason, the Governor's Office and the officials of the three states were in the same direction for this glorious victory, and they proclaimed the general trend with one voice. Let the people know that their country is strong, and their country is no longer what it used to be, and it has the powerful strength to annihilate the four yi. In order to increase the cohesion, centripetal force, and heartfelt trust of the border people in Datang.

It was also because of the propaganda of the Governor's Office and the officials of the three states that the triumphant army along the way was warmly received and eagerly watched.

Especially after entering the territory of the three states, the people of the Tang Dynasty, who had been endangered by the breakthrough, spontaneously greeted them, and they all cheered to welcome the victorious army.

In a dynasty that attaches great importance to etiquette, even if Qin Feng doesn't like trouble, he can only follow the general trend.

Before sunset, Qin Feng led his victorious army to approach Gyeongju.

Five miles away from Gyeongju City, Ma Zhou, Liu Renliang, Du He, and Gyeongju's big and small officials stood to greet them.

"Congratulations on the triumphant return of the general." Ma Zhouce immediately stepped forward and congratulated.

The rest of the officials also stepped forward to congratulate, and their words and expressions were full of awe for Qin Feng.

Qin Feng just smiled faintly, waved his hand and said, "It's just a small victory, why worry about it." As soon as we left, Mr., the big housekeeper, was in charge, and it was even harder. ”

"That's what subordinates should do." Ma Zhou smiled slightly, he was really hard, and he didn't say anything hypocritical like not being hard.

The turn of Qin Feng and his personal guards was just the beginning, and with the continuous return of the Tang army. The people of Gyeongju finally saw the amazing harvest of going north this time.

At the head of the city, a group of officials gasped, and Meng Jianmin said: "So many cattle, sheep and horses! Governor, you're not going to take Jieli's logistics, are you? For this young governor, although he obeyed everything at first, he looked down on Qin Feng in his heart, but when the policies of the Governor's Mansion brought earth-shaking changes to Sanzhou, he and Liu Daju and Duan Decao were convinced.

The others also had shocked and shocked expressions.

Seeing everyone like this, Qin Feng was also a little fluttering in his heart: "What is this called much? If it weren't for the fact that I didn't have enough people, I wouldn't have come back. ”

"The foundation of the Turks is strong, this is just the wealth of a big tribe, I really can't imagine how rich Jieli, Tuli, and Yinan are. These are only a large part of Ashina Zhanhan, when the war opened, many cattle, sheep and horses ran away, if you don't fight and directly take over, I'm afraid it will have to increase by about 30%. I thought about it, the next time I went north, I would have at least 20,000 people, of which 10,000 would be combat troops, and 10,000 would be dedicated to collecting and grazing. ”

Princess Changle and Zheng Liwan, who came to meet in time, were also stunned, and Princess Changle couldn't help but exclaim: "The Turks have not had civil strife for a long time, and they have accumulated endless wealth for decades, but they never imagined that there would be so many livestock. By the way, didn't it mean that the Turks were fighting, and the whole clan was dispatched, why did so many people not follow Jieli to confront Tuli and Yinan. "As a royal woman, Changle still knows a lot about some major events in the world.

Meng Jianmin, who is familiar with the customs of different races, explained: "The princess doesn't know anything. The custom of this northern alien race is that both old and weak can open their bows and arrows, and kill the enemy on horseback. Every time they invaded the border of our Tang Dynasty on a large scale, there were 100,000 people following behind. They took the tabernacle and drove the sheep and cattle and followed the army. If we are defeated, they will come and plunder. And this time, because it was a civil war, and it was the time when the Turks were recuperating, except for the young and strong, the rest were grazing in the places where the water and grass were fertile. ”

The army fought in front, and the people followed behind, this is not only the custom of the Xiongnu, but also the custom of all nomadic peoples, such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolian.

It is precisely because of this that it is recorded in Chinese history books that the Central Plains Dynasty defeated several times, even more than ten times, and dozens of times the enemy with a small number of troops. Some people believe that this is a historian bragging. Actually, that's true, and it includes the nomadic people. Because, it is difficult to distinguish between the nomadic soldiers and the people, the soldiers are the people, and the people are soldiers, and they can only be counted in all.

Changle was not familiar with the national customs, and when he heard this, he suddenly realized: "I see." ”

Zheng Liwan couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you say that the Turks mainly eat meat?" How can there be so many? ”

Qin Feng said: "This is what you don't understand, the Turks march and fight with sheep and horses, and graze and graze horses while fighting. And their food is mare's milk, goat's milk, and a little bit of barley grain. So in the depths of the grassland, we Central Plains people will never be able to afford to play with them. Their food is almost unlimited from barley. This time, we kicked the cattle, sheep and horses that they left behind, and their expeditionary army took away the sheep and horses that were used by the army to eat, but it was still an astronomical amount. In order to prevent the defeat and prevent the food from continuing, Ashina Tamhan prepared a large amount of supplies as early as last year in case of accidents, but now they are all cheaper for us. ”

Zheng Liwan suddenly said: "I always thought that the Turks all ate beef and mutton. ”

"That's a rumor, you said that sheep have three births in two years at most, and 100,000 Turks, even if they are given a million sheep and only eat meat, how can they have enough to eat? If it's really like the legend, the Turks will starve to death without us doing anything," Qin Feng said with a smile.

"What a pity! There are too few cows. ”

Many people think that the Turks eat meat and hail them as carnivores, but this is not the case. In ancient times, there was no such sophisticated breeding technology, and even nomads could not eat meat for meals. Otherwise, at most two litters in three years, and at most five sheep per litter, they will not be able to meet their consumption at all. They will only kill cattle, sheep and horses before they die of old age or when distinguished guests come. Their usual staple food is milk and barley, milk is a food with high nutritional value, and it is the purest milk food without any pollution, strong bones and health, and the burly and courageous milk on the grassland is the key to goat milk and mare's milk.

Of the three types of milk, cows are the least milk-producing but most festive animals, and they do not have the same additional role as horses and sheep. The former can be ridden and the latter is capable of producing wool.

Therefore, the Turks did not go into captivity to raise poultry such as farming cattle, which is of little use, but they could not do without it. Nomadism does not mean that there is no farming, just as an agrarian people cannot be without pigs, sheep, cattle and horses. They also need barley to fill their stomachs, and they must also raise some ploughing cattle to plough the land, and plant some barley on the land suitable for farming.

The Ashina Zanhan tribe is a big tribe, but their ploughing cattle are only around six thousand, and because this thing runs fast, there are even fewer of them that end up in Qin Feng's hands.

A day later, Ma Zhou, Liu Renliang, Du He, Meng Jianmin, Luo Tong, Xue Rengui, and Fang Yiai came to the Governor's Mansion to report with a face of wind and fatigue.

"How's the harvest?" Qin Feng knew that they had already cleared up the results, and he couldn't wait to ask. According to the efficiency of Ma Zhou and Liu Renliang, it should be counted.

Ma Zhouzuo said: "Congratulations to the general, this time the harvest is very rich. There are a total of 115,270 sheep and 8,456 horses, of which 6,084 are war horses and 843 cattle. However, there are 4,631 pieces of various furs, more than 5,000 catties of dried meat, and 93,900 catties of barley. In terms of money, there are more than 5,489 catties of silver cakes, more than 340 catties of gold, pearls, agate, jade, antiques, ...... More than two more than 500 pieces. ”

"That's a lot!" When Qin Feng heard this number, his heart couldn't help jumping, and after a while, he smiled again: "More than 10,000 people were dispatched this time, and the total number was much more than last time, but the average number of people was far less than the last time." It seems that next time, I will have to work harder. "The two northern expeditions have yielded a lot of harvests, and Qin Feng has started to think crookedly again.

"That's right!" Qin Feng suddenly remembered something and asked, "During the time I left, can you have any contact with Tuli and Yi Nan?" ”

Ma Zhou said: "Yes, because the general made a lot of movement, Tuli and Yi Nan were not worried that we would not be trustworthy, so a total of 5,000 war horses and 5,000 sheep were sent!" ”

Qin Feng frowned and said, "It's too stingy." Next time, I'll just grab them. ”

"That's it! It is no wonder that in the past, the Turks had to come to the Central Plains every year to wander around, which was really a good deal to make money and not lose money. Du He's young heart almost jumped up with joy, and his eyes bloomed with a strange brilliance.

Fang Yiai shouted: "In the future, we will go to the Turks from time to time to wander around, and we are still worried about eating and drinking? There is no going to the Turks to rob it. We want to let the Turks know that we are only benevolent, and that we are not willing to do anything to plunder, and that if we do it, we will not lose to them. ”

"Don't say it so ugly! We call it hunting......" Luo Tong said solemnly.

Fang Yiai hurriedly changed his words when he heard this: "Yes, yes, yes, it's hunting, it's hunting, and the Turks are our prey." (To be continued.) )