The poplar forests and other forests on the shore of Juyanze have suffered a catastrophe.

Huo Qubing led the Han army that attacked the Northern Tianshan Mountains, escorted tens of thousands of prisoners, and a huge number of livestock, and returned all the way here.

"But Hanhai."

Huo Quzhi, who already had the relevant map route in his mind, stretched out his hand and pointed to the woods farther away from the shore of the lake and said, "Cut them all down and build wooden rafts." ”

The Han army's captures in the Northern Tianshan Mountains were very large, so many that there were countless of them.

But these cattle, sheep and horses are not the kind of industrial products in the modern world, waiting to be transported.

These animals need to eat, drink, and take care of them in large numbers of people to survive.

Otherwise, they will soon die in large numbers.

This knowledge was learned by Huo Quzhi when he was in school in the lecture hall.

So when he finished counting the spoils and was about to retire, he did not hesitate to order almost all the sheep to be slaughtered.

It wasn't that Huo Qu's illness was red-eyed, and he was not satisfied with all the Huns, and he didn't even let go of the sheep.

It was really because he knew very well that it was impossible for these sheep to follow the Han army for thousands of miles without care.

If the live sheep were left, it was very likely that the Huns would be scattered, so they were all slaughtered.

As for why not make it into jerky. Where did the Huns get so much salt!

Yes, there are a lot of salt lakes here, but these salts are not directly edible, because they contain a lot of impurities, which can cause fatal effects.

Therefore, although there are many salt lakes on the territory of the Huns, because there is no purification technology, they can only beg for the Han with a golden rice bowl.

In addition to getting salt from the Western Regions, there was only smuggling from Dahan.

In fact, the most common source of salt for the Xiongnu herders was animal blood.

Without salt, you can't make jerky.

After slaughtering the largest number of sheep, he drove the captives, cattle and horses, and embarked on the journey home.

As for the lambs that those Hun women were holding in their arms, naturally no one cared.

"General."

Zhao Ponu stepped forward and said, "Are we going to walk along the weak water?" ”

"Hmm."

Huo Quzhi squatted on the ground, took the knotted branch, and first drew a circle, "This is Ju Yanze." ”

Then a curved line was drawn from north to south, and it went south: "This is weak water." ”

The branch nodded in the middle of the weak water, "This is Jiuquan County." As long as the people, cattle and horses are transported to Jiuquan County, it will be completed. ”

"The general is really talented!"

Zhao Ponu said flattering words, but the expression on his face was obviously a little unnatural.

Seeing this, Huo Qubing directly threw away the branch in his hand, "If you have something, just say it!" ”

With the brilliant victory, although Huo Qubing is still young, he has established a high enough prestige in the army.

After all, the entire right part of the Huns was defeated by him, and it was still this kind of tactics that turned thousands of miles forward, rushed wildly and raided, and made people's blood boil, and it was natural to establish prestige in the army.

The soldiers of the Han Dynasty were very simple, and those who could lead them to win battles and be rewarded for military merits were respected generals.

As for age, personality, and character are ugly or something, no one cares.

Speaking of large losses, the sergeants did not care.

When you go into battle to kill the enemy, you should be mentally prepared to be killed by the enemy.

Fighting with their lives for military exploits is like this, and it can only be said that their lives are not good.

Even a lieutenant like Zhao Ponu was unusually respectful when facing Huo Qu's illness.

"General, I waited for the help of the general, made immortal achievements, and was rewarded by the Son of Heaven for his meritorious service. I discussed it and wanted to scrape together a sum of money to send to General Yu."

"Yes."

Huo Quai's illness immediately responded, "When I return to Chang'an City, I will send it over." ”

Zhao Ponu paused, nodded and responded, "Oh." ”

Li Yunze was never stingy with the reward for military exploits, and on the way back from the army, he met an envoy from Chang'an City.

In addition to the natural marquis of Huo Qu's pathology, more than ten of the captains under his command are following the marquis, and the others who have not been able to be marquis can be mixed with the title of the left chief at worst.

As for the reward, of course, there is no need to say more.

Gold and money, cloth and satin are all sprinkled without money, from Huo Quai's illness to ordinary knights, everyone is a bumper harvest, or the kind of fame and fortune.

They carry their heads and travel thousands of miles, isn't that what they do?

Zhao Ponu is a representative, representing a group of people who come to worship the pier.

Their meaning is very simple, they want to continue to follow Huo to get sick in the future.

As for the reason, of course, it's because Huo Qu's illness is too good to fight!

Huo Quzhi also understands this, so he chose to respond without hesitation and quickly revealed such things.

Then, it's time to get down to business.

"The military funds and those women and children are put on the wooden rafts." Huo Quzhi signaled to Zhao Ponu: "The soldiers and horses are divided into two teams, left and right, and branches on both sides of the strait. Drive the horses and oxen, and drag the rafts with ropes. As long as you get to Jiuquan County, it's basically over. ”

Zhao Ponu immediately saluted, "Oh! ”

The Han army's hands-on ability is very strong, and in just a few days, the woods near Juyanze after the last disaster have once again suffered a catastrophe.

This time, even the woods dozens of miles away from Juyanze were cut down.

As for the lack of rope or something, there are ways to solve it.

Tens of thousands of Hun women were mobilized, tied straw ropes, dismantled tent leather, and made a large number of ropes on the spot.

So many people and animals gathered here, eating, drinking, and Lazar all relied on Juyanze.

Not only were the woods and grasses destroyed, but they were almost wiped out. Moreover, in order to improve their diet, the soldiers of the Han army who ate mutton until they vomited made bird nets and fishing nets, which almost swept away the birds that inhabited the lake and caused a catastrophic ecological disaster.

Fortunately, there are no environmentalists in this era, let alone wildlife protection.

Everything in heaven and earth is for human beings, and can be obtained anytime and anywhere.

By the time the mighty team finally moved along the banks of the weak water, the huge shore of Juyanze had become almost completely bare.

The flocks of waterfowl in the past, the big fish swimming everywhere in the water, the dense grass on the shore, the poplar forests that used to be connected, etc., are almost nothing.

For the rest, there was nothing but campfires, excrement, debris, and ashes.

Ju Yanze, who was once vibrant, was tossed back and forth twice by the Han army, and he was about to die, and he couldn't recover without three or five seven or eight years of hard work.

Therefore, the presence of troops is the most serious damage to the environment.

The journey along the weak water to the south is very slow, after all, to drag the wooden raft forward, it is naturally not comparable to the rapid march of six days and a thousand miles in the past.

However, this also gave the Han soldiers more time to relax and recuperate.

During the day, he took care of the cattle and horses slowly, and at night he boarded the wooden rafts in batches, and there was a low humming sound that made people feel intoxicated under the night.

Anyway, every night, the wooden rafts on the weak water are rippling and splashing.

Cattle and horses can take care of it a little, anyway, the aquatic plants on both sides of the weak water are abundant, and they graze all the way, and the places they pass by are really eaten cleanly, just like being swept by a weeder.

On the way, they also met an envoy who was taking a boat from Jiuquan County and going down the river.

The envoy brought Li Yunze's will, and after they arrived in Jiuquan County, they would place all the spoils there, and the division would return to Chang'an City, where the Son of Heaven would hold a grand celebration for them to celebrate this brilliant victory.

The fleet of Jiuquan County also came, bringing supplies such as wine, food, oil and salt to the army.

Meat or something, the Han army didn't care, they had already eaten and vomited.

But the wine made the soldiers hungry.

The liquor seized from the Huns had long since been drunk, and most of it had gone into the bellies of the lieutenants and officers.

There are people who are addicted to alcohol, and even have the audacity to steal highly disinfected wine from military doctors.

Although he was beaten half to death by the marching method, he still shouted for joy.

Now that I can finally drink, I can still drink blatantly, and I drank so much that night that I even had a lot less on the wooden raft.

Finally along the weak water to Jiuquan County, Huo Quzhi instructed the county guard, "Build more boats and wooden rows, the weak water channel is very useful." ”

In the face of the general who returned home with a complete victory, the county guard naturally responded.

Huo Quzhi actually attaches more importance to Juyanze, which is an excellent water source and can be used as a base for advancing north, west and east.

It would be nice to build a fortress here.

Huo Quai, who was thinking about the military, embarked on a journey back to Chang'an City.

The officers and men of the army noticed the change in the mood of the commander, and no one dared to come up to do anything.

Fortunately, this is the victorious division, and it is in the land that the Han has begun to control, but there is nothing big to trouble the general, and the captains of each department can arrange it themselves.

Huo Quai's mentality is actually very simple, that is, he doesn't want to go back.

Compared with greeting many royal relatives and nobles in Chang'an City, Huo Quzhi prefers to gallop on the vast prairie on horseback, and that kind of joy and pleasure cannot be given in Chang'an City no matter what.

He even had a wonderful feeling that he was born to gallop across the prairie and fight the Huns.

Such emotional changes have been brought to the outskirts of Chang'an City.

Li Yunze personally brought the royal family and nobles, civil and military officials to the Weihe Bridge to greet them.

The scene is naturally noisy with gongs and drums, and flags are displayed.

The many people who came spontaneously cheered for the soldiers who had returned from victory, watched the captured captives taunt and count the countless trophies, and drooled with envy.

The eyes of the young and strong men are shining, and they can't wait to be conscripted into the army now, so that the Son of Heaven will not be subordinate.

Li Yunze fulfilled his gambling contract and personally stepped forward to lead the horse for Huo Quai.

This kind of glory makes everyone envious and crazy.

The rest of the process is simple, take the loot and valuable captives, go to the high temple to offer victory, and pay tribute to the ancestors of heaven and earth.

After that, he went to the Xuanshu Hall and rewarded the captains and Simas.

The rewards have been set a long time ago, and now it's just a process.

As for the rewards of the soldiers, they are naturally in their respective barracks.

As the main general, Huo Qubing got great glory.

His title was directly in place in one step, and he was named the highest-level Marquis of Che, and the title was the only champion Marquis.

Since ancient times, knighthoods have been given with fiefs as titles.

Hou Hou, the champion of Huo Quai, is the first existence to break this convention, and it is also such a blood-boiling name.

Champion, champion of the three armies!