Wei Yuan paused and said, "To be precise, in our kind of iron vine, it is probably a big tribe in the Ranqi Qiang Kingdom, the Day Division. ”

"Day, one of the three major tribes of the Ranqi Qiang Kingdom back then, was good at resisting beasts and giving birth to plants and trees to make them have spiritual intelligence."

"This used to be the territory of the daytime, that's why there are so many vines left."

He looked at the vines around him: "These daytime Qiang people, the best grass and trees to give birth to, is this kind of iron vine, but I heard that this kind of iron vine did not grow here at the beginning, and the daytime did not grow them. ”

"Instead, it grew up in Nanban, a country. The people there are two feet long, they do not eat grains, they feed on snakes and beasts, and their scales are exposed under their ribs, and there is a slight light in their eyes. ”

"They all make sharp knives and steel forks, and their faces are ugly, and everyone who sees them is shocked. There is a vine in its land, which is born in a mountain stream and coiled on a stone wall. Its texture is as hard as iron. ”

"They waited until the iron vine was ripe, and then they took it, soaked it in oil, and dried it for half a year; Dried and re-soaked, more than ten times, but only worn into armor. The front chest and back are each used a piece, two arms are two, and five pieces of a large skirt are made, a total of one pair, worn on the body, crossing the river is not sinking, the water is not wet, it is very light, and the sword can not enter. When the crossbow arrows hit the rattan armor, they could not penetrate and fell to the ground; The knife slashes and the spear stabs, and it can't enter, so it is called the "rattan armor army". ”

Wei Yuan picked up a vine and showed it to Wei Lin and said, "Compared with metal armor, it has the characteristics of light weight, not afraid of water, and strong air permeability, but the disadvantage is that it is afraid of fire and flammable. ”

"And they also have a river of famous peach blossom water, if other people drink it to death, but the people of Ugo drink it to increase their spirit."

"I heard that it was more than six hundred years ago, the leader of the Day, I don't know what method he used, he learned it from Nanban, of course, it is more likely that he robbed it, these two treasures."

Wei Lin was a little puzzled: "Nanban, it's far away from us, how do these Qiang people know that there are these two things there, and they can also send troops to rob them." ”

"It's not surprising that many years ago, the Qiang people were not like they are now."

"They have many branches and many countries, and the Ranqiqiang State is just one of them, and the territory is not small."

Wei Yuan replied: "In the Great Han, when it was just established, their land was not as small as the Great Han. ”

"These Qiang people not only border with the Nanban, but also with the Xiongnu. Their footprints are all over Nanzhong Jiaozhi, Yizhou Liangzhou and many other places, almost surround the west of the Han Dynasty. ”

He paused and said: "I heard my father say that when he was a child, in the early years of the first emperor, the Qiang people often colluded with the Huns to rob our Han city and plunder our Han population. ”

"Entering the territory of my Han Dynasty is like entering a land where no one is."

In fact, if you carefully look at the map of the early years of the Han Dynasty, you will find that the territory of the early years of the Han Dynasty is compared with that of Emperor Wu.

It's only half of it, and the area it actually controls is not even a third.

Don't say that compared with the unified Qin Dynasty, it is slightly inferior to the period of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.

can only be controlled, the core area of the Warring States Seven Heroes Hegemony, some remote areas, have been lost.

Compared with a unified empire, it is more like a secession regime that only occupies the Central Plains.

Although the city of the Han Dynasty is majestic, not everyone lives in the city, and not all places have cities.

There is a big gap between the city.

Although for large-scale warfare, there are gaps between these cities, and it doesn't matter much.

Because as long as the city in front is not breached, the enemy will not dare to bypass the city and attack the territory of the return.

Because if you don't break through the city and pull out the camp, it will be easy to be cut off from the back road, and it is not true that you can go deep alone, and anyone will dare.

But it is possible for a large-scale army to dare not invade without a trace.

Therefore, the Huns would hunt in autumn every year to plunder enough supplies for the winter.

And the city is not, when there is no back attack, such as the famous Zhou Yafu army Xiliu.

The fine willow is not the border, but at the foot of Chang'an, which is only a day's journey from Chang'an.

Before the Han Dynasty, whether it was the Son of Heaven or the common people, they were actually under the blade of the Huns.

When the Huns wanted to fight, it was all up to their hearts.

So this is also the reason why when Emperor Wu launched a war against the Xiongnu, the people of the Han Dynasty enthusiastically joined the army.

Not only because of the reward, but also because this war, in the eyes of the Han, is not an invasion or a war, but a revenge.

A revenge after being ravaged and nearly a hundred years later.

Although this war almost dragged the Han into the bottomless abyss, it did play the atmosphere of the Great Han, played the name of a strong man, and subdued the Quartet.

"In fact, when I was young, the border of Dahan was not very stable."

"Fortunately, since General Huo and General Wei Qing defeated the Xiongnu and sealed the wolf Juxu, the Han Dynasty set up Wuwei, Jiuquan, Jincheng, Dunhuang and other counties in Liangzhou, cutting off the connection between the Western Regions and the Qiang Xiongnu."

"Autumn hunting nowadays is rare." Wei Yuan continued.

It's probably not all of it, but it's a thankful thing.

Wei Lin looked at the ring-headed knife in his hand, and six names were engraved on the handle.

From front to back, they are Chen Pengzu, Li Yannian, Xu Fengde, Zhang Jianwu, Xie Yufeng, and Wei Yuan.

The Han soldiers had a habit of carving their names on their weapons.

The reason for this habit is that on the one hand, it is convenient to extract weapons from the treasury, and on the other hand, it is also to facilitate the identification of the body after death.

After all, if you die on the battlefield, most of them will leave nothing behind, a complete and recognizable corpse.

Although, even so, it is difficult to identify the body.

But even so, this habit is still maintained, and the name on it is like a kind of life inheritance.

Some are tragic, but at the same time they are sad, because every name represents the loss of one or dozens of living lives.

"In addition to the iron vine and peach blossom river water snatched from the Nanban, the best thing in controlling beasts is snake control. The iron vine and the snake-like demon beast protect each other, cover each other, and hide in the iron vine, the snake-like demon beast is difficult to find, and it may attack at any time. ”

"The danger caused is much greater than that of Iron Vine alone."

Wei Yuan looked around and said, "But before, this place, although it was the territory of the Day, the Daytime has been driven into the depths of the mountains for a long time. ”

"These vines are still growing in a large area after so many years because of their vigorous vitality, but the snakes raised during the day are estimated to have died because no one feeds them."

"And even if they didn't die, no one controlled them, and they probably scattered and fled. I don't think like these vines, because they can't change their location, so they still gather in one place. ”

He paused and said: "There is no record on the bamboo slip, there is information about the snake group here, although there is no information about the vines on it, but there should be no problem." ”

As if in response to his words, a crimson python snake five or six meters long and with a thin wrist crawled over the fallen tree trunk that had just been extinguished.

Then came one after another, crimson or turquoise pythons.

Wei looked at his father speechlessly: "Dad, can you stop setting up the flag, what are you talking about, are you a crow's mouth." ”