The fourth more is sent, asking for a subscription tip Taozhou is the western edge of the Loess Plateau, and to the south is the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
Taozhou is in such a convergence zone, the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are completely different landforms, geography and climate, etc., so that this has always been the intersection of Han and Hu cultures, since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty established its capital in Guanzhong began to expand the border of Longxi, and pushed the rule to this area.
Lintao County in the Qin Dynasty, Longxi in the Han Dynasty, and Baohan County in the Sui Dynasty, Han and Hu repeatedly fought here.
Farming and nomadism, two completely different cultures, alternate in this place.
The Sui Dynasty briefly established counties in the area south of Taozhou, but later this area was returned to Tuyuhun, and the Tuyuhun people still grazed cattle and horses.
Now, Zhang Chao is here.
With more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, he marched westward.
Everywhere there are fertile pastures, open grasslands, and crooked rivers flowing quietly.
Along the way, Zhang Chao has seen many herds of antelopes, deer, and all kinds of wild things, which are quite rich.
There is a road for cattle and horses on the grassland, which is the path trodden by herders and merchants.
Su Dingfang has taken the Taozhou cavalry in the past two months, and he doesn't know how many times he has walked on this road, and he knows this grassland well, where there are rivers, where there are mountains, where there are valleys, and woods, all of which have been drawn into a detailed map.
The army marched quietly all the way, without a loud sound.
The scout cavalry kept coming back and leaving without reporting.
The Taozhou cavalry also brought dogs, and the dogs were Tibetan mastiffs, which were quite fierce dogs.
The scout cavalry began their own feeding and training from an early age, and these Tibetan mastiffs could be their most loyal companions and assistants.
Zhang Chao also raised two, and now he follows his horse, although he is only a few months old, he has grown very strong.
Most of the soldiers in Taozhou have dogs, and most of them are this fierce and loyal Tibetan mastiff.
Sent troops to fight, they rode horses and took dogs.
Some of the scout cavalry even kept eagles.
The eagle is the eyes of the scouts, the dog is their ears and nose, and the horse is their foot.
Wei Yunqi also discovered the peculiarity of this Taozhou army early, and this dog is also one of the characteristics.
"Protect it, and find two good dogs for me when you go back" Zhang Chao took a knife and cut off two legs of a hare, and a dog threw one.
Compared with the three earth dogs in the family, these two mastiffs are both large and fierce, but they are extremely loyal to their owners.
Mastiffs generally only recognize one master, are the most faithful, and only listen to their masters.
To raise this kind of mastiff, you have to feed it yourself and take the time to cultivate a relationship with them.
And they eat very well, often they have to eat meat, and it has to be fresh, otherwise they don't have that ferocity.
However, along the way, although he had to feed them fresh meat, it would not bring any burden to Zhang Chao.
On the grassland, it is autumn, when there are many animals and they are fattening.
Mastiffs can often catch prey, Zhang Chao's two mastiffs, one of him named Yamashita and the other Watanabe.
The mastiff is only half a year old, but he is already an expert hunter.
However, the prey they caught will not be eaten directly by themselves, but will be brought back to Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao would peel them every time and then give them to eat.
Zhang Chao not only does not need to bear their food, but can even often pay for freshness, hares and antelopes often have them.
"I'll go back and ask the Qiang people to get you two newborns, and you can raise them yourself."
The Qiang, Di, and Tuyuhun people all have the habit of raising dogs, and most of them raise mastiffs, and dogs are also their good assistants.
The soldiers of Taozhou raised dogs, and it was to learn from them.
Wei Yunqi originally wanted to ask for two big dogs directly, but when he heard that this mastiff was so unique, he couldn't help but be interested, "So, I still have to raise it when I am young, but since I only recognize one owner, this is not bad."
It's just, you two dogs, why did you name Yamashita and Watanabe?"
"Yamashita and Watanabe are just their surnames, Yamashita's full name is Yamashita Jushiro, and Watanabe's name is Eleven."
Wei Yunqi asked curiously, "Could it be that the thirteen under the mountain gave birth to thirteen puppies?"
"That's right."
Tibetan mastiffs are considered large dogs, usually a litter a year, five or six in a litter, to seven or eight, but more can also have ten or even twelve or thirteen.
Zhang Chao raised thirteen under the mountain, and his mother laid down thirteen in one litter.
At the foot of the mountain is the thirteenth, and it is said that there must be a dog king if there are more than seven dogs in a litter.
And generally the dogs that come out are smaller, but the dogs that come out of the offspring are stronger.
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The thirteenth under the mountain is the dog king in the nest.
And Watanabe Eleven, there are eleven in that litter, and he is also the dog king of that litter.
As for why Zhang Chao named the two dogs, as well as the surnames, and the surnames Yamashita and Watanabe, this Zhang Chao didn't say much to Wei Yunqi.
Originally, he wanted to name the two dogs Yamamoto and Tojo.
"The soldiers of Taozhou are really fierce, not only do everyone have horses, but there are also so many mastiffs" Wei Yunqi smiled.
After all, after leaving Taozhou, he left the Loess Plateau and entered the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and entered the nomadic area from the farming area.
This side is a large grassland, which is even more sparsely populated, and the Tuyuhun people they have to deal with also have horses and are highly mobile.
If the Tang army had no horses, it would be slow to maneuver, and it would be difficult to achieve suddenness and concealment.
Even if you win, you can't pursue and annihilate the enemy, and if you lose, you may not be able to run away.
What kind of enemy you have to deal with, what kind of tactics you have to use, and even the supporting equipment.
Fighting in the steppe, fighting with nomads, how to fight without horses Li Ling of the Han Dynasty was also a powerful character, but he went deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu with 5,000 foot soldiers, which was the way to die.
And Huo Quzhi took an elite cavalry, but he managed to go straight to the Khan Court.
Li Ling is brave, unwilling to just be a logistics escort for food, grass and ordnance, and dares to take on the boss alone with 5,000 infantry, his courage is commendable, but his mind is far behind.
In the Art of War, this is the most undesirable risky act.
Sun Tzu said that with the right fit, with the odd victory.
Qi, not a conspiracy, this strange reading ji, is an odd number, meaning a reserve.
Although there are many examples of the weak defeating the strong, the less winning the more, and the odd scheme to win, this is not worthy of praise.
To fight, you have to be steady, unless you are forced to do so, such as Zhang Chao's last battle of Longyou, taking the risk to lure the enemy into the city, and bluffing, risking to enter Weizhou, that is a last resort.
Under normal circumstances, you should never do this on your own initiative.
It's like under normal circumstances, you should think about working honestly to make money, and you can't always think about getting rich overnight by gambling, which is not advisable.
"Duhu, not far from Liyuan County twenty miles ahead, the camp of the Qingye Li Department is there."
Liyuan County, for the time being, only exists on Zhang Chao's map of Taozhou, where Su Dingfang led people to plant a flag, planted a few tablets, and then built a few thatched sheds, even if it is Liyuan County, Taozhou.
However, now it has long been occupied by the Qingyeli Ministry, and the Qingyeli Department is the most unconvinced of the six Yeli Ministries, and it is also the most transgressive into the Black Yeli Ministry.
The young and strong leader felt that Yeli was really old, and since they were all afraid of the Tang people and did not dare to come, then he brought his own tribe to come, and he wanted to take all the territory of the Black Yeli Department as his own.
The young leader of Qingyeli left half of the people in the original territory, and then took the remaining half of the people to the territory of Heiyeli to nomadize.
The other tribes are a small number of herdsmen who came, but only the Qingye Li Department came half, and even directly planned to occupy this place and never go back.
Such a young leader is really young and vigorous.
Zhang Chao had already chosen this as the first target, and there were still six of the seven Yeli divisions, and there were still a lot of people.
The best way is to break each one, and half of the people of the Qingye Li Department ran to Liyuan, this is to send it.
The posture is so good, Zhang Chao is sorry for the hard work of others.
Twenty miles, for the cavalry, is only a matter of half an hour.
Before the final attack, Zhang Chao had the whole army pause its march.
"Take a break, pack your gear, eat some dry food and feed your horse" Zhang Chao dismounted and did not hold any more military discussions.
For today, they have been preparing for two months, everything is ready, now is the time of harvest, it is enough to act step by step according to the plan.
Zhang Chao picked up the kettle on the saddle and opened it, and the meat floss and milk powder in it plus water had already been shaken into porridge.
Meat floss with milk powder, many Taozhou soldiers have prepared this kind of high-grade dry food.
"This porridge is good" Wei went to eat a bowl and was very satisfied.
"Of course it's good."
Zhang Chao introduced with a smile, "Do you know that this meat floss is not an ordinary meat floss, after killing a cow of several hundred catties, and finally making meat floss from the whole body, do you know how much it makes?"
"Two or three hundred pounds" Zhang Chao smiled, the meat floss is made by boiling the meat, and then stewed and kneaded, which is easy to store and eat, and it can be said that there is no water at all.
After the meat of a cow is taken off and processed by boiling, smashing, pressing and kneading, very little meat floss is obtained.
One pound of fresh beef, after air-drying and freezing, six pounds of fresh meat can produce one pound of jerky.
And ten catties of fresh meat can only produce one catty of dried meat.
And the meat floss, out of less.
A cow of nearly 1,000 catties can only produce a few hundred catties of beef, and then the meat floss finally processed into these beefs is only about 20 catties, which can be directly finished with a cow's bladder.
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A cow's bladder is just filled with beef floss made of a cow, and with a bladder of meat floss, it is equivalent to carrying a cow on the body, and it is very light.
If you add some milk powder, a little salt and tea, you can switch to two or three months without additional supplies.
Especially in this season, the horse does not need to bring much feed, some salt and bean cake will do, and the rest can be supplemented by grass.
Wei Yunqi originally thought that this beef floss was the same as jerky, but he didn't expect it to be even more powerful.
The meat yield of cattle is generally only about half of their body weight, and a 1,000-pound cow can produce 500 catties of fresh beef, which can be made into more than 80 catties of beef jerky.
Or fifty pounds of beef jerky.
It can be made into meat floss, but it is only about 20 catties, which is equivalent to 25 catties out of one catty.
"This kind of meat floss with milk powder, made of meat floss milk porridge, quite hunger-resistant, a little meat floss plus milk powder and water, you can make a big bag of porridge, can be managed all day, and it is easy to eat, resistant to storage and carrying.
It is an excellent choice to march and fight, especially when we are at the border here, there is no shortage of cattle and sheep, it is easy to make, and the cost is not expensive.
Compared with carrying wheat rice and fried rice, it is much more convenient, and the army no longer has the trouble of transporting logistics grain and grass. ” Wei Yunqi couldn't help but become very serious, saying this, this meat floss and milk powder are really militaristic weapons, especially in Taozhou, with this, bring a bladder meat floss, then you don't need to carry grain and grass at all.
No matter how many war horses are sufficient, the Tuyuhun grassland is so big that it can no longer stop the iron hooves of the Taozhou government soldiers Thinking of this, Wei Yunqi's excited lips trembled I still owe 9 chapters, and I finally have hope of paying off my debts t1706231537: