Akiti Castle!

After encamping, the Han army was much more comfortable in the following days.

The tents provided by the Wusun were insulated countless times better than those in the carports, and although they could not afford to provide enough firewood, the Han Chinese did not resist burning cow dung.

Although the Han people also know how to enjoy, they will never burn cow dung to keep warm because they have no firewood, and they will not think that burning cow dung for heating will disgrace their noble status.

There is no shortage of food or anything now, and at the beginning, Han Yannian's logistical requirements were to give priority to the delivery of ammunition and materials.

But after a few battles, he found that the truth was not like that at all, and then he remembered the reason for Li Guangli's defeat before, so he asked the logistics to make every effort to transport grain.

That's right, now the logistics and supply methods of the Han army have also changed dramatically.

Even if they have entered the Western Regions, the army will still be able to get supplies from the rear.

Judging from the strength and fighting spirit that the countries of the Western Regions are currently showing, Han Yannian feels that their logistics team can probably sweep the entire Western Regions.

Therefore, after getting a large amount of food supplies last time, Han Yannian stopped the logistics for the time being, and waited until the beginning of spring to replenish the supplies.

Of course, the military rations of the Han army also changed dramatically.

In the past, all I carried was rice or something, and I had to take off the husk before eating, and I didn't ask why I didn't take off the husk in the rear and send it, because the husked grain is not easy to store, especially in the unstable environment in the field, it is very likely to be transported all the way, and the grain obtained by the front line is the grain that has sprouted and damaged.

Under Liu Ponu's reforms, the rations of the Han army were mainly divided into two types, one was exactly the same as before, carrying part of the rice, which would only be eaten when there was no war, no urgent mission, or emergency.

The main marching rations were replaced with sacs, a kind of baked, dry, hard bread, which had to be eaten with water, and if it was still difficult to eat, it was broken and thrown into a bowl to soak and eat directly.

It is difficult to meet the physical needs of combat troops made of naan made from noodles alone, so on this basis, certain changes have been made to naan cakes.

For example, salt water is used when mixing noodles, so that the need for salt for food and saturation can be met at the same time.

For example, if you add some minced meat to it and grill it together, although the grilled meat is dry and has a bad taste, it is indeed meat, and if there are seasonal greens or something, they will also be added.

Anyway, what do you say about this thing, except for waste water and waste teeth, there are almost no shortcomings, and it can be stored in a dry environment for two months without breakage, where do you find this kind of good thing?

There is no need to stop when marching and fighting, even if it is a traditional cavalry or infantryman, you can eat while hurrying, it is just that you eat more slowly.

So, don't look at the more than 22,000 Han people who are now in the ice and snow outside Chigu City, but their small life is comfortable.

Naan cakes, rice porridge, cattle, sheep and livestock sent by the Wusun people have been stationed here for more than a month, although the weather has not improved, but more than 20,000 Han people have eaten more or less fat.

But that's not the most important thing.

Inside the barracks, since the arrival of the beating mother's family, Liu Xijun's face has obviously improved a lot, and he always goes to the Han army camp every once in a while on weekdays.

If nothing else, just because she has been out for a few years, she has never seen so many Han people.

Although these soldiers are all big men, Liu Xijun doesn't care at all, and Liu Xijun who stays in the barracks is like returning to his hometown.

The only depressed person is Jun Sumi, but he still wants to marry Liu Xijun, but who would have thought that Liu Xijun would rather stay in the lowest Han pile than say a few more words to himself.

Although he was angry, he couldn't do anything about it.

Grandfather hasn't died yet, nominally Liu Xijun is still his grandmother, well, my grandfather has not been able to do well in the past few years, it seems that he didn't have that before Liu Xijun came......

"Princess, is the weather in the Western Regions the same in previous years?" Han Yannian asked helplessly.

Liu Xijun is a princess, and she can't drive her away, but don't drive her away, she comes to the barracks every once in a while to wander around, and she stays from the sky to the dark, and it's not a matter if she goes on like this.

In desperation, Han Yannian had to find something to talk about, otherwise she would always be asked to look at herself like this, and it would be quite awkward in her heart.

"In previous years, it was not like this, it used to be like this year for a few days and nights, and it continued to fall before it stopped for a few days, it is said that the snow in the north has been half a person high, according to the old Wusun people, this year is probably a disaster year!" Liu Xijun explained happily.

Disaster Year......

Han Yannian's thoughts drifted into the distance.

Before setting out on the expedition, he also found a lot of veterans who had come to the Western Regions to understand, and similarly, he also consulted a lot of relevant information.

What does a disaster year mean on the prairie?

Han Yannian's heart is clear.

Although there were only 22,000 Han troops under his command, the combat effectiveness of the new army had already been demonstrated.

And Wusun itself is not easy to mess with, although once the Huns defeated Wusun and drove Wusun here from the Far East.

However, Wusun has been recuperating for so many years, and he has become one of the new overlords in the Western Regions.

There was no record of fighting between the Xiongnu and Wusun before, and if it was the Xiongnu before the Han-Hun War, it did have the strength to crush Wusun.

But now, the two sides are winning and losing each other.

In other words, unless they are really cornered, the Xiongnu will not easily start a war with Wusun.

Coupled with the fact that he was stationed in Wusun, it was equivalent to directly increasing Wusun's defensive strength by a level, and the Huns did not dare to come to Wusun for trouble.

After the disaster year, the Xiongnu must have suffered heavy losses, so according to the previous law, they must make up for their losses by plundering.

If you don't do this, it may not take decades, and there is no need for outside interference, and the Huns themselves will not be able to survive.

Although it is cruel, this is the law of survival on the grassland.

"Is there a precedent for large-scale military mobilization in weather like this?" Han Yannian asked with a frown.

"Probably not, right?" Liu Xijun was also a little unsure.

I haven't been in Wusun for a long time, and I rarely pay attention to these things on weekdays, and I don't even want to pay attention to the things I have been here for a few years, let alone the things before.

But I don't know if I don't know, Liu Xijun is still very willing to contribute his strength.

Although she doesn't know if it's useful or not, no matter whether it's useful or not, at least she can find a family member to talk to.

As for whether it will affect Han Yannian's military affairs, Liu Xijun thinks it shouldn't be, first of all, Han Yannian is stationed here and there is nothing to do, and secondly, what they talk about is also related to military affairs.

Thinking of this, Liu Xijun continued to speak: "The winter on the grassland is not something that can be moved if you want to, it looks like a white expanse outside, but no one knows what is under the snow, sometimes it looks very normal, and it is no different from the surroundings, but when you go up, it will be dangerous." ”

"In my memory, it seems that the communication between Wusun and the various ministries was also broken in the winter, and basically I didn't see people from the various ministries coming, and I didn't see people sent out from Akatani City, everyone stayed at home and did their own things."

"I see...... Han Yannian nodded slowly, for him, this is not good news.

It was difficult for even cavalry to maneuver in such an environment as winter, let alone the cattle and sheep that were driving them.

The depth of the snow on the ground is already higher than the height of the sheep themselves, and it is really difficult for those animals to move in this environment.

Not to mention whether you can get to the destination, even if you don't freeze to death on the way, thank God.

What do the herders do in winter?

It is necessary to build not only a sturdy tent for oneself, but also a sturdy shelter for livestock, usually with sticks propped up on the ground and covered with hay around and on top, at least to a certain extent.

But the most feared thing about this kind of proposed shelter is that it will snow for a long time, and if the snow is too heavy and the shelter collapses, then basically the livestock in this circle will be destroyed.

They can't even wait for you to rescue them before they freeze to death, and the extremely cold temperatures of minus tens of degrees Celsius are no joke.

After learning this, Han Yannian gradually gave up his somewhat unrealistic fantasies.

Originally, I wanted to see if I could use the shortcomings I deliberately exposed to confuse the Huns, and take advantage of the weak stage when the combat effectiveness of the Han army could not be mentioned in winter to lure the main force of the Huns over.

As a result, it seems to be very unreliable now, and I can't move, let alone fight.

Of course, not only the Huns, but also the Han people could move, but the price for them to move was also not low.

After all, there are dozens of half-track engineering vehicles in the team, and a bucket is installed in front of it for obstacle clearance.

Recently, Han Yannian let the wrecker swing back and forth in the camp a few times, not to mention anything else, the effect of clearing snow is still very strong.

Take the initiative?

It seems even more unreliable.

If the nomads want to survive this winter, they have to break it up, and at most there can be two or three families in one place to take care of each other, and there can never be more people in one place.

Because there is not enough pasture, the more people there are, the less grass they will get, and the less grass they have, the greater the probability that the livestock will starve to death.

So tens of thousands of people went north to kill them, but there were scattered herdsmen everywhere along the way?

That little bit of success isn't enough for the coal money burned along the way......

"General, someone outside the camp asked to see him, saying that there was an important military intelligence report......