Eilechuan, under the Yin Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four wildernesses.

The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

On the grassland in the middle of the north and south branches of the river in Shuofang County, there are more than 400,000 cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and mules, which are leisurely eating grass.

Yu Shi Duqian scratched his already small hair in pain, staring at the map in front of him.

The whitehead scratching is shorter, and the hairpin is overwhelming.

Oh, by the way, Yu shot Shi Duqian's hair without hairpins, he combed his braids.

However, it has only been a few days, and Yu Shi Duqian already has a feeling of baldness, although he is already bald.

The beard has the custom of combing the hair into braids, and likes to comb the hair on the forehead into braids, which is not only beautiful but also prevents the hair from blocking the line of sight and affecting the aiming of the target when shooting arrows.

Yu Shi Duqian's eyes kept patrolling back and forth on the map, his brows furrowed. The map on his desk was not a topographic map for warfare, but a map of the pastures, recording the available pastures in the surrounding area.

Yu Shi Duqian's official position is the herd herd's chief, and he knows from his name that he is specifically responsible for managing livestock.

The first problem faced by the army was not a lack of food, but the fact that the more than 400,000 head of livestock that came with the army were about to run out of grass to eat.

The gang of thieves in the south who lack virtue and smoke, and the execution of the strong wall and Qingye is so thorough that the grassland that can be used under the Yin Mountain can be burned. As a result, most of the originally abundant pastures of the north and south branches of the river were bald. The place where it is not bald is close to Linhe City and Guangmu City, and there is a relatively large grassland around the two cities.

Unless Yu shot Shi Duqian's head was in the water, he would drive the herd over to graze. If the Yong thief is allowed to sneak attack, he will have to face the cruel punishment of Yu Sheshi and An.

But there really aren't a few decent pastures here, and the daily fodder needs for more than 400,000 head of livestock. If there is no forage, whether you will die or not, there will definitely be no milk. This is a devastating blow to the logistics of the Badheads.

The people of the Central Plains generally think that the grassland people eat meat every day, and they are not happy without meat, and that the grassland people bring hundreds of thousands of livestock to eat meat every time they fight.

Miss by a mile!

Livestock is to the grassland people what the fields are to the Central Plains people. The steppe people are extremely rare to livestock, and they will not easily kill and eat meat. Livestock are slaughtered only when they die of old age, entertain guests, and celebrate major festivals.

This was especially true when the steppe people marched and fought, and the slaughter of livestock was taboo in the army. Otherwise, let alone more than 400,000 head of livestock, even if it is a million, it is not enough for 100,000 troops to eat for three or five months.

The main purpose of bringing livestock is to use mules and donkeys to carry some unimportant daily necessities, and at the same time to obtain cow milk, goat milk and mare's milk anytime and anywhere, which is the best food for the steppe people.

A big bowl of cow and goat milk, a hand of dry food, more than anything to eat. As long as there is forage, cow's milk, goat's milk and mare's milk are inexhaustible. Therefore, these more than 400,000 livestock are the biggest source of food for the deer army. Once the livestock is short of forage and weaned, it means that a large amount of food has to be consumed to fill the gap.

Grain? No. Over the years, the Qiangbeard Khanate captured many Central Plains people in an attempt to enable them to cultivate land in the grasslands, but with little success. Except for a few farmland areas in Baihu near Khanting, there is no arable land anywhere else. Even the farmland of the Khan's court did not harvest much in a year, and it was simply not enough to supply the entire army of the Khanate.

"Where is the safe pasture?"

In order to feed the more than 400,000 livestock in his hands, Yu Shi Duqian racked his brains, as evidenced by his increasingly scarce hair.

While he was pondering, a deafening shout of killing came from outside. He walked out of the tent with a blank face, and the sight that greeted him made his face pale and cold sweat broke out.

In front of him, the cavalry of the Yongjun army, who came out of nowhere, were slaughtering the people of the tribe who were protecting the livestock.

With bursts of roars like thunder, the cavalry of the Yongjun Army rode fast like dragons, shuttling everywhere, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, killing people when they saw them.

"Master, get on the horse, we can't beat it." The servant who had followed his cronies for many years stepped forward and pulled Yu Shi Duqian on the horse. Only then did he react with a blank head, and said loudly: "Quick, quick, you take a team of people to cross the river and go to the camp to ask for help, and I will go to the herd to gather people to fight back!" ”

The people of Yu Sheshi herd cattle in peacetime and serve as soldiers in wartime, and there are tens of thousands of people to take care of the herd. There are a lot of people, but they are scattered among the herds because they are responsible for collecting cow's milk, goat's milk, mare's milk, and grazing. But at this time, Yu Shi Duqian couldn't care so much, and rushed directly into the herd, hoping to gather more people to resist the sudden Yongjun cavalry.

Wu Mo stabbed the people in front of him with a spear, brandished his spear, and laughed: "Let me kill all these Dilu and bring all the livestock back." Ha ha! ”

Looking at the cattle and sheep all over the field, and the herds of horses, Wumo's eyes shone with an unusually bright light.

That's right, this strange army was formed by Shuofang County with the strength of the three Governors' Mansions, and the number is not very large, only three thousand people, one person and three horses.

He had already discovered this huge herd, and he had been wandering around for the past few days, hoping to give the Bade a hard time. But this herd has been cruising near the southern branch of the river, and the battalion is ready to support it.

I know that today, this herd came to this place dozens of miles away from the camp because of the pasture. He decided to attack.

One of the scouts reminded, "Sima, there are enemies in the herd. ”

Wu Mo was reminded and hurriedly looked at the herd, and there was indeed a group of soldiers and horses gradually gathering in the depths of the herd.

Wu Mo raised his spear and said without thinking: "Chu Luxu, you lead a thousand cavalry, with branches tied to the tail of the horse, cruising around the periphery, pretending that there are still a large number of cavalry coming. Kill the others! Crush them! ”

As soon as Wumo's voice fell, he kicked the horse's belly and accelerated towards the people of Yu Sheshi, who were gathering.

The main general has already taken the lead, and the minions will of course have to keep up. The Yongguo cavalry rode their horses and galloped, like a line of lightning, fiercely rushing into the enemy's group.

The spears flew in all directions, the saber swung left and right, and the Yongguo cavalry defeated the army that Yu Shi Duqian had urgently organized in one face.

Yu shot Shi Duqian looked at the main general of the Yongjun army who rushed towards him, his scalp was numb, his hands and feet trembled, and he couldn't even turn around and run.

Wu Mo looked at the enemy commander who was getting closer and closer, the spear in his hand shook, the spear shot out like a dragon, and the sharp spear blade easily cut through the armor of Yu Shi Duqian, stabbing him through the heart, and his heart was ruined.

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

Wu Mo raised his spear, lifted the body of Yu Shi Duqian, and shouted in Beidi, and some of the soldiers who accompanied him could speak Beidi, and they also shouted: "Those who descend will not be killed!" ”

Yu Sheshi was originally doing milking work, wearing only a leather robe and a scimitar at his waist, and he was no match for the well-equipped and fierce Yongjun cavalry.

Hear "Those who descend do not kill!" They all fell to their knees.

Wu Mo directly ordered: "Collect all their weapons." All of them! Drive all the livestock west to Riverside City. After the deed is done, if you want to stay, I will divide your cattle and sheep; If you want to go back to the grassland, I will let you go back. You should know my Wu's reputation! ”

Wumo's family, the Wu clan, has always been a naturalized nomadic family flaunted by the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty and the Yong Kingdom, although it has been integrated into the Central Plains, but the nomadic customs have not changed. Its ancestral land of Yongguo, the city of Wu, is one of the few pastures in Guanzhong, and the ancestors of the Wu family have been dealing with livestock and Beidi and Xirong for generations, and have accumulated a good reputation among the nomads for hundreds of years.

Wu Mo knew very well that more than 400,000 head of livestock, such a large-scale herd, if it were not managed by these Yu Sheshi tribesmen with herding experience, he would not be able to control it at all with his 3,000 cavalry, so surrender was inevitable.