Almost at the same time that Liu Bao arrived at the Yufro tribe, Ma Chao also rushed to the tribe of Chiwule. Chiwule knew Ma Chao, and was deeply impressed by Ma Chao's martial arts, and saw Hemu'er hand it over. Ma Chao’s is also a tribal token, so Chiwule doesn’t believe it.
Knowing that Yehan is dead, the plans between himself and Yehan must have been leaked out. Chiwule is determined to take refuge in the man and be a obedience. Ma Chao is the general of the man, and that is the official of the man, Chiwule. It's the people, Ma Chao is an official, how dare he not listen to Ma Chao's words, since Ma Chao said to "start first to be strong", let's start first to be strong.
At the moment, Chiwule immediately arranged a few guides and led Ma Chao’s troops towards the camp of Yuvro. He himself sent some people to the camp in Huchuquan to report the letter, and then sent people to the one he contacted. Seventeen tribes including Hemuer, please send troops to gather here in advance,
Ma Chao did not refuse Chiwule’s intention to arrange a guide for him this time. Last time he didn’t need Hemuer to arrange a guide because he was originally going to the tribe of Chiwule, and he already had a certain understanding of the path here. Going to Yuvro’s tribe now is an unplanned action. With a guide, you can not only avoid a diversion, but you can also learn about other important information about the Yuvro tribe.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. The addition of the guide will definitely slow down the marching speed of the whole team. Because the snow is too deep, the horses cannot run fast, and the speed is not much better than walking. Although the snowboard can increase the speed, Ma Chao does not mind. Give up a few for the guide to use, but without special training, it is really difficult to control the game. Don’t fail to raise the speed at that time. Instead, throw a few guides to the bottom, but miss the big thing.
Since he couldn't get up fast, Ma Chao simply asked Chiwule to borrow some horses. The Huns are a nation that lives on horseback. Both men and women, young and old, have superb riding skills. There are naturally many good horses in Chiwule’s tribe. Horses, but Ma Chao borrowed these horses not for riding, and there were many cavalry under his men. However, the cavalry of Dahan were accustomed to war horses equipped with stirrups. Although they could also control the horses provided by Chiwule, they were still able to control them because of their riding skills. The level of the relationship did not greatly improve their combat effectiveness. He asked Chiwule to bring these horses as a tool for carrying food and grass.
This time the Han army braved the heavy snow to enter the grassland. The supplies they carried were the war preparations "invented" by Ma Yun, fried noodles. However, the number of fried noodles that each soldier can carry is limited, because these fried noodles seem inconspicuous, but But it is very valuable. With Liu Xin’s current economic strength, even if the soldiers can eat fried noodles every day, there is no need. Now, the marching speed has slowed down, and the number of marching days has also increased. Ma Chao and the others carry Fried noodles are not enough, so you need to buy grain and grass from Chiwule.
The food of the nomads is the cattle and sheep. If they are marching in peacetime, they will start with the cattle and sheep. When they are hungry, they will kill the cattle and sheep to satisfy their hunger. Only a large number of cattle and sheep can be slaughtered and set off with beef and mutton. However, the cold weather also has an advantage, that is, there is no need to worry about the beef and mutton spoiling.
Chiul’s tribe is just a small tribe. It’s still very difficult to feed 15,000 people at once. However, Chiul understands that if he can’t defeat Yuvro, his small tribe will be defeated by Yuvro. The people with Liu Bao ate too much scum, Chiwule gritted his teeth and ordered the slaughter of half of the cattle and sheep that had fallen and provided Ma Chao as an army ration.
Ma Chao saw Chi Ule's painful appearance, laughed, and said, "Don't worry, I have already registered the number of these cattle and sheep. When it settles down, my Patriarch's Guild will compensate you at the price."
The cattle and sheep of the nomads are as important as the fields of the farming peoples. Half of the cattle and sheep are slaughtered. After the consumption of this cold winter, the tribe of Chiuul can be said to be badly injured, even more rare than the white disaster. It's even more powerful. When Ma Chao said that they could be compensated at the price, Chi Wule was happy, and was about to thank him. Suddenly remembered that Ma Chao was just a member of the Han army, he couldn't help but hesitated and said: , So many cattle and sheep are not a small number, can you be the master,"
Ma Chao laughed loudly and said, "My father-in-law said that he will be out, and the ruler will not suffer from his fate. This is what the general general has done."
Now, Ma Chao really loves what Liu Xin said, "I will be out, and the king’s fate is not tolerated." If there is no such "will be out, the emperor’s fate is not tolerated", he will stay honestly in the tribe of Chiwule. Here, where there is a chance to take out Liu Bao’s nest, how can I hit Yuvro’s head now
There are indeed many famous generals in history who dared to make the move of "will be out, and the king's fate is not tolerated", but like Liu Xin, who proactively confessed that his subordinates can "will be out of the way and the king's fate is not tolerated" at critical moments. , There is truly no one before and after no one,
Liu Xin has his own reason for doing this. In this era, the transmission of information is very slow. Even if Liu Xin vigorously develops station traffic and starts to train a large number of pigeons, it still cannot guarantee the timely transmission of information and intelligence, and the battlefield situation is often changing rapidly. If the commander is not given sufficient autonomy, it will miss the opportunity.
However, Liu Xin is also taking a lot of risk in doing so. If these generals are acting on their own terms and misjudge the situation, it will often lead to the annihilation of the entire army, or which general suddenly has ambitions, it may also be self-respecting and not listen to dispatch.
Therefore, Liu Xin always considers it again and again when deciding to lead the generals, and he conducts training rotations, changes in defenses, and abolishes veterans of the major army groups, recruits and distributes new recruits uniformly, and uses various methods to enhance the sense of honor of the soldiers as Han soldiers. Improving the treatment of soldiers and preferential treatment to their families. The implementation of this series of systems is to prevent the army from becoming private soldiers of certain generals and to ensure that the army is always loyal to the country. It is precisely because of these premises that Liu Xin dared to take the initiative to devolve the army. Otherwise, there is no system constraint. Even if these generals are all loyal now, who can guarantee that there will not be a few careerists and conspirators in the future
When everything was ready, it was approaching dusk. Ma Chao declined Chiwule’s request for them to rest for another night, and ordered the army to leave immediately. There were a large number of horses and baggage to follow. In time, Ma Chao also holds the mentality that he can walk one more moment, and strives to reach the tribe of Uvro earlier.
In fact, Ma Chao is so anxious because he is playing his own Xiao Jiujiu. Ma Chao is not as impatient as recorded in history. In fact, he also knows strategy and has the ability to lead soldiers. Now, since he already knows Liu Bao Going to the tribe of Uvro, of course, it can be inferred that it is very likely that Uvro will have to do something on Huchuquan, Chiwule and Gutuan. Among these three, Huchuquan has the strongest strength, as long as you defeat After Hu Chuquan, the other two are not worth mentioning. Even if they contact some small tribes, they can only be regarded as a mob. Therefore, Ma Chao can be sure that Yufro’s target will be locked in the direction of Hu Chuquan. ,
This time the Han army entered the grassland in three divisions. It was Zhao Yun who led the way to the Huchuquan tribe. Ma Chao knew that with Zhao Yun’s skill, if Yu Fuluo went to attack the Huchuquan tribe, he would definitely be defeated. In that way, Zhao Yun would have made the first contribution. Although he has also wiped out Liu Bao’s tribe, compared with Yu Fuluo, one is Xiongnu Shanyu and the other is Zuo Xian Wang. At a glance, Ma Chao was determined to make great contributions, so he naturally refused to let go of this opportunity. He wanted to get ahead of Zhao Yun and beat Froe.
However, the weather on the prairie changed as soon as it changed. Starting in the evening, snow flew in the sky again, and the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and the surrounding area was white. Even the guides couldn’t tell the direction, although Ma Chao took it with him. Compass, but those guides rely on the characteristic terrain on the grassland to determine the position. Just knowing the north, south, east and west is of no use to the guides, and Ma Chao doesn’t have a more detailed map in his hands, and he can’t rely on the compass to decide how to move forward. Direction, so the army had to be stationed in place,
The heavy snow fell for a day and a night, and there was no sign of stopping, and the snow on the grassland deepened by two feet. Ma Chao looked at the tired soldiers with anxiety in his heart. Although there was no way to go all day and night, the soldiers were not idle. With,
They entered the grassland this time with only a few tents and horses. The soldiers all got into sleeping bags to rest. However, the snow fell too much. If they got into the sleeping bags and lay down, it would take much effort in the middle of the night. Even people with sleeping bags are buried in the snow, so the soldiers can only take turns to rest. Soldiers who have no turn to rest, apart from being alert, also need to keep sweeping the snow in the camp. Because the snow keeps falling, this workload is It's amazingly big,
Now, in front of Ma Chao, there are three paths for him to choose.
The first way is to retreat to the tribe of Chiul, because they set out from the tribe of Chiul just near dusk. Although they set up a camp late at night, they did not go fast because of the snow. It’s only more than 30 miles away from the camp of Chiulh, and it’s not difficult to go back. This is also the safest choice.
The second way is to camp in place, wait for the snow to stop before moving on. Although sleeping bags are excellent marching equipment, they are far from the tents in the snowy days. Although Chiuul also sent them away They were given some materials for building tents, plus the tents they had originally carried, which could only accommodate three or four thousand people, and many tents had to be used to store fodder. In this way, most soldiers only had sleeping bags During rest, sleeping bags have a fatal weakness. Once they get wet, they will lose their warmth retention effect. As long as they continue to stay in the heavy snow, these sleeping bags will only be wet sooner or later.
Ma Chao gritted his teeth and decided to choose the third way.