Hanbo

Chapter 338 The situation is not bad (4.1K)

Early the next morning, the sky became more and more gloomy, as if the whole sky was about to collapse, Huo Shan set off again with nearly half of the army.

Every time a mile is walked, a hundred people will be left to garrison. It seems that there are a lot of people, but on average, each person has to cover a distance of more than four meters.

But at any rate, the task is fairly simple, they just need to prevent the snow from accumulating and blocking the road.

What Huo Shan left behind were soldiers and horses from the countries of the Western Regions, but they would not be careless, and they dare not be careless.

The rule set by Huo Shan is to supervise each other, and for their own survival, they dare not steal or play tricks.

Once the road is blocked, no one will survive, so after Huo Shan made the request, they readily agreed.

There is not even one person who proposes to retreat, and they are still smart.

When the time came to the evening, the sky at this time was not as bright as usual, and it had become very dark.

Huo Shan glanced at the sky, discussed it with the two skygazers beside him, and agreed that it would snow in less than an hour.

Huo Shan ordered Zhang Anshi next to him:

"Let the heralds pass the order, let the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions set up camp first, don't camp in one place, spread out and set up on the road, it will be easier to clean up tomorrow.

I took Yulin Huben, Huangzhong, and Wusun soldiers and horses to walk a certain distance to let the soldiers and horses disperse. "

"promise."

Huo Shan turned his head to Xiao Hei on his shoulder and said:
"Go around and see if there are any enemies."

The soldiers and horses are scattered too far, and the defense ability is reduced. Don't be surprised by others.

Huo Shan took the remaining soldiers and horses and continued on. After walking for about ten miles, he left Wusun soldiers and horses behind, and the remaining soldiers and horses continued to walk.

The surroundings were already pitch black, and Huo Shan led Yulin Huben and Huangzhong on a fast journey, and they walked for another ten miles before stopping.

The soldiers began to set up camp, and Huo Shan stretched out his hand to catch the big snowflakes falling from the sky, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The flakes of big snowflakes are not terrible, but the fear of snow foam, heavy, will accumulate after falling, too heavy to clean up.

If there is a little more wind, it will hit the face, like a needle prick, penetrating into every hole, and the soldiers will suffer.

But there is not much wind today, and it is estimated that there will be no wind tonight. The situation can be regarded as good. Now we will see how the situation will be tomorrow.

Huo Shan rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his arms, felt the temperature, and then heaved a sigh of relief, the temperature was not too low.

Huo Shan was having fun while suffering, and the situation was still not good. The clouds were so thick and there was no wind yet, so it might take a while.

If this trend continues, you will definitely not be able to climb the mountain within five days, but you must climb the top of the mountain. After you pass the top of the mountain, the situation will definitely be much better.

After appraising the situation, Huo Shan returned to the big tent, then ate and slept to recharge his energy.

The next day, before dawn, Huo Shan woke up, and then the soldiers also woke up one after another, packed up their things, and prepared to continue to set off.

When Huo Shan walked out of the tent, the snow hadn't stopped, but it was getting worse. He took a wooden ruler to measure the thickness of the snow.

"One foot and two inches, this snow is so big!"

"It's really big, the servant has never seen such heavy snow."

The little Lizi next to him had a horrified look on his face.

And Huo Shan's face was also dignified. After a while, he said:

"It's all right now, the snow flakes are big, and they haven't settled down and piled up. I'm afraid that the snow will pile up after today."

Huo Shan looked at the road ahead in the distance, he was now afraid of a section of the road on the top of the mountain, the snow must be thicker there.

But worrying is useless, keep going!
And this might not be a good thing. When it snows, Dawan may relax its vigilance. It is very dangerous to climb the mountain in heavy snow.

Zhang Anshi was left by him in the countries of the Western Regions, and he was asked to be the last one to take charge of the affairs of the soldiers and horses left behind.

The countries in the Western Regions are not a piece of iron, and they need someone to watch over and make arrangements, so Tian Qianqiu temporarily took over the errand next to Huo Shan.

"Didn't we bring [-] more horses, pick [-] strong and strong Lieutenant Generals of Huang, and proceed as planned, and let Shangguan Jie preside over it."

"promise."

In fact, Zhao Puonu had already chosen the candidates yesterday, when Huo Shan gave the order, Shangguan Jie came over directly with the troops.

After coming to the front, 500 horses and 500 horses stopped, and the remaining 83 horses were divided into [-] teams, each team had almost six people, and the last two were divided into the last team.

One person with two horses, one team with two wooden tools, and eight ropes lined up neatly along the most central route of the road, stepped on the snow, and went forward.

Every five meters, there will be a team left, five or eight forty, a total of 400 meters, plus fifteen, exactly one mile.

After all the personnel were in place, everyone started to act.

Each team is divided into two groups, each with three people, lined up in front of and behind the five-meter road.

The four remaining horses were set aside, and the two men mounted the horses, and tied their own ropes to the saddle, and the other rope was tied by the remaining man to the wooden implement.

This plank tool is a plank, with two sticks nailed, one end nailed to the plank, and the other end nailed with a handle, distributed in a figure-eight pattern.

After the preparations were completed, the cleaning began. The person behind lifted the wooden board and inserted it into the snow. The top of the wooden board was slightly inclined towards him.

The two riders in front clamped the horse's belly at the same time, and the horse walked forward vigorously, while the soldiers behind held down the wooden plank, and the wooden plank pushed the snow on the ground to move forward.

The soldiers on both sides gathered the snow to the middle of the five meters, and then pushed it to the sides of the road. There were horses and no shortage of strength.

It didn't take 5 minutes, and the ground was almost cleaned. Although the tools were not skilled, the coordination was not tacit, and the ground was uneven, there was still some snow left.

But it's not a big problem. After tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have passed by, there is nothing left. It only needs to clear a lot of snow, otherwise it will be too difficult for the soldiers and horses in front of them to walk.

After cleaning this mile, the five hundred soldiers continued to set off for the next mile.

A rotation of 500 men followed behind.

Behind them is Nine Thousand Huangzhong, and Habayashi Tiger Ben is at the back, but they haven't started to set off yet.

The rule Huo Shan set was that 500 people would rotate every [-] miles, in groups of three, one person would press the wooden board three times, and then change people, three four one twelve, it should be fair.

After the soldiers in front had cleared the first wave, Huangzhong and Habayashi Huben set off.

According to the speed specified by Huo Shan, after a whole day, the marching speed was basically not delayed too much. After walking [-] miles, Huo Shan was very satisfied.

"Shangguan Jie, let the soldiers work harder, you take these 1000 troops and clear the ten-mile road on the top of the mountain, otherwise after tonight, tomorrow will be thicker.

When we passed the top of the mountain, Xiao Hei went to see it. It is estimated that there is no snow on the other side of the mountain, and the road will be much easier. "

"The last general takes orders!"

After Shangguan Jie left, Sun Shang came over:
"The method that the governor thought of is really powerful, and it didn't delay the march at all."

Huo Shan glanced at him:
"Don't talk nonsense here, you go and take a battalion of Habayashi, and clean up all the Dawan scouts on the other side of the mountain near the top of the mountain, and none of them can run away. Bring a few back, and I'll ask about the situation."

"The last general takes orders!"

In fact, Huo Shan didn't ask Xiao Hei to check if there were any scouts on the other side of the mountain. The road was blocked by heavy snow, and the scope of the scouts was reduced to five miles, so Huo Shan didn't confirm whether there was any news.

But as long as you think about it, you will know that there will definitely be, across a mountain, except for the Western Regions in Huo Shan's army, there will definitely be people waiting on the top of the mountain.

It's just that the number does not exceed a hundred people.

As for how Huo Shan knew that someone in the Western Regions had tipped off the news, it was still the same, there was no confirmed news, but there was definitely.

But Huo Shan didn't have the heart to talk to them, now that the mountain was covered by heavy snow, they couldn't send the news.

After arranging things, Huo Shan didn't bother, and Zhao Ponu naturally watched over the camp.

After entering the tent, Xiao Lizi was not there, he took the two remaining eunuchs to prepare Huo Shan's food.

Originally, there were many eunuchs under Xiao Lizi's command, who were in charge of serving Huo Shan and Liu Shi, but this time he set off early and did not bring Liu Shi. There was a big battle in the past, so it was not safe.

Therefore, most of the staff were left to serve and protect Liu Ju. They were all masters, Liu Ju's last line of defense.

Huo Shan is very comfortable in this aspect of life, he can tell Xiao Lizi what he wants to eat, he is on his way for lunch, he can just eat some dry food and jerky, he must eat something good for dinner and breakfast, he is still growing.

Every time they set up camp, Huo Shan's big tent must be set up first, and this time is the busiest time for Xiao Lizi.

After Huo Shan finished his dinner, he lay down on the couch and slept for a while. After Sun Shang came back, Little Li woke up Huo Shan.

Huo Shan lay on the bed without getting up, leaning on his arm, looked at Sun Shang who was sitting on the ground beside the couch, and asked:
"Ask if something came out?"

Sun Shang smiled:
"Returning to my lord, I found out after asking, Dawan's [-] soldiers and Kangju's [-] soldiers and horses, they are indeed running towards us, and they are planning to make a surprise attack while we are not on our feet, I don't know about the others. "

Huo Shan closed his eyes:

"Okay, got it, go down and rest."

Sun Shang stood up, saluted and then backed out.

Huo Shan looked at the top of the tent, smiled disdainfully and muttered:
"A bunch of idiots, still making a surprise attack?"

Isn't it just a bunch of idiots, they don't know how to raid at all.

Even if Huo Shan led the army to pass, the terrain of his own soldiers and horses is high, and the terrain of Dawan soldiers and horses is low. Huo Shan has already prepared in advance, how can they charge?
If you dare to come, Huo Shan can take advantage of the location to rush them to death.

Raid, play is a surprise.

'Perhaps, they came defensively, trying to trap me on the mountain. '

Huo Shan felt that his own guess was pretty close.

Huo Shan had this answer in his heart because of the terrain after he descended the mountain.

After crossing the mountain, there is only one road down the mountain, and this road is facing a lake.

The north of this lake is connected to the lake. Huo Shan wants to go west to Dawan, and there is no way to go to the north, so he needs to bypass this lake.

Although this lake is not big, it is an ellipse, one end is connected to the mountains on the north side, and the other end forms an angle with the mountains.

At this angle is a small plain, and the [-] soldiers and horses of Dawan and Kangju are located on this plain.

Huo Shan's subordinates are all cavalry, and besides Habayashi Huben, [-]% of these soldiers and horses have never entered the water.

Therefore, if he wanted to enter Dawan in the west, he had to pass through this small plain in the south, so that he could enter Dawan.

The enemy's [-] soldiers and horses chose this position, which is very good.

As for knowing that this road was blocked by a lake in the past, why Huo Shan still took this road, there are many reasons.

Generally speaking, this road is the shortest, the best way to go, and the most convenient for past and future actions.

Recently, Huo Shan came from Wusun with soldiers and horses, so this road is naturally the shortest.

Although he could bring soldiers and horses from Wusun to Dawan along the mountains and valleys, it was too far away and the road was not easy to walk.

Huo Shan can also go south and enter Dawan through Xiuxun's Niaofei Valley, but the distance will be five or six hundred miles longer.

As for the best way to go, this section of the road is really the best way to enter Dawan in combination with the nearest and almost the closest route.

As for the future arrangements in the past...

First of all, after going down the mountain, this lake is the most suitable place for drinking horses. There is no water on the mountain, and the water source is a big problem for 10,000+ soldiers and horses.

Speaking of which, it was cold and the water was in danger of freezing, but the snow just helped.

In addition to this lake, you can also take a break in this small plain.

Then follow the upper reaches of the river and go downstream into Dawan, then change direction from various branches, follow the flat river valley, and go straight to the small cities and three major cities of Dawan.

Dawan is a nomadic and agricultural country, but their agriculture is developed, which is only relative to the Western Regions.

For the big Han, they are a nomadic country, and they were nomadic at the beginning, and gradually developed farming.

So because of their history and their current nomadic status, they built cities and opened up land along the river.

Because they rely on water sources, their land is not watered, their land is really good, the climate is good, and their agriculture is not as developed as that of the big man.

The reason they depend on water is because of their cattle, sheep and horses.

Although the water source is not so scarce after agriculture has become more and more prosperous, but they have been living along the river, so naturally they can no longer grass.

Moreover, water plants, water plants, this word is not only used separately, but also means that where there is water, the grass will flourish.

Therefore, Dawan's cities, fertile areas, and areas where great forces gather are all along the river.

And Huo Shan started from the upper reaches, it was very convenient to sweep all the way down, and the road was easy to walk along the river valley.

That's why Huo Shan chose this path, everything is good, as for Dawan blocking the road now, wouldn't it be enough to destroy them?

As for the importance of this location, why didn't Dawan build it on the top of the mountain and guard this place?

there are many reasons.

First of all, the countries in the Western Regions are in chaos, but there are basically no large-scale wars.

Secondly, Dawan is a nomadic country with well-developed agriculture, but he is still a nomad, and cavalry is the mainstream, and the city does not fit their situation.

Also, Dawan is a big country. They are not afraid of the small countries on the mountain side, and there are natural dangers in the mountains. Their main direction of response is to the south, west and north, and the east is not considered.

In the end, this is the best way to go, doesn't it mean there is no other way to go?
(End of this chapter)