General Qin

As the sun set, the herdsmen of the Yuezhi began to gather the cattle and sheep grazing on the grassland under the supervision of the Qin army.

In the tents in the distance, cooking smoke rose everywhere.

The Qin soldiers from Senai began to light fires to boil water and bury cauldrons to make rice.

Backed by Helan Mountain, there is no shortage of wood as fuel. There is the Yellow River rushing in the distance, streams intersect on the ground, and there is no shortage of drinking water sources. It is a good place to stay.

In the center of the Qin army camp, the commander's tent under the big black banner.

Zhao Tuo knelt on the felt blanket, staring at the two things on the wooden table in front of him, and sighed slightly.

"Technology without technical content is indeed easy to be imitated."

These are stirrups and high-bridge saddles imitated by the Yuezhi people with wood and leather.

Although the two saddles and stirrups made by Yuezhi look rough and clumsy due to the materials and the rush of production time, there is no big problem in shape and they can barely be used.

Zhao Tuo's face returned to calm, not too surprised.

When he invented the stirrup, he knew this day would come.

Stirrups and Takahashi saddles are both very simple in principle and shape, and the focus of their invention is on the concept rather than the difficulty in manufacturing.

Normal people can roughly understand the purpose and manufacturing method of these things as long as they look at them a few more times. As long as they are used on the battlefield, the enemy can escape a few alive, and basically they can't hide it.

These three things, except that the horseshoe is relatively concealed and requires certain smelting skills to manufacture, the stirrup and the high saddle can be replaced by other materials. Even the simplest looped stirrup can be made out of a piece of hemp rope, so simple to make that no one had invented it before, and probably still no one could have imagined it.

Now the Three Treasures of the Cavalry is learned by Xiu Mixihou and others, but the Qin Army also won the victory in the Battle of Helan, which is worth the money.

Although once these things are spread, it is very likely that the people of the grassland will equip them, improve their combat effectiveness, and make it more difficult for the Qin army to fight against them in the future, but Zhao Tuo is not too worried.

Because of stirrups and Takahashi saddles, the bonus to nomads is far less than the bonus to farming people.

Going from zero to one is always harder than going from one to two.

Moreover, these two things are only auxiliary equipment, and Qin Jun's real advantage comes from all-round technological crushing.

The horseshoe that can protect the horseshoe among the three treasures of the cavalry and allow the horse to run long distances is not something that the current grassland herdsmen can produce.

Not to mention, Qin Jun is still researching more powerful technologies.

For example, just yesterday, a thousand elite cavalry came from Xianyang. They brought a letter to Zhao Tuo's family, and also brought a military artifact made by the Shaofu.

Zhao Tuo bowed his head.

On the wooden table, next to the rough stirrups made by the Yuezhi people, there is also a delicate copper cylinder.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Tuo's mouth.

When the barbarians in the frontier were still trying their best to imitate the old technology of the Qin Empire.

Qin Jun has already used more powerful new equipment.

"The outflow of the stirrups was expected, but it was Su Jiasha, which surprised me."

Zhao Tuo shook his head slightly, and thought of the Guishuang coup that Li Shiqi and others described.

As the eldest son of Xihou, La Jiagu was originally the most likely man to become the new Xihou after Guishuang Xihou was captured by the Qin army.

As a result, less than a day after La Jiagu returned to Helan, he was lured and killed by his sister Su Jiasha in the felt tent, which was so stupid that it made people speechless.

After Su Jiasha killed his elder brother, he immediately won over Xiumi Xihou, and in the name of supporting his younger brother, he controlled the entire Guishuang Ministry in a short period of time.

After learning about Su Jiasha's series of operations, Zhao Tuo was quite surprised and felt that this woman was really unusual.

Moreover, according to the Yuezhi people, after Su Jiasha took power, he actually persuaded Xiumi Xihou and the Guishuang tribe to evacuate together, return to Hexi, and give up competing with the Qin army for Henan.

"This woman is smarter than Rajagu and even Odoga, and her vision is much better."

Zhao Tuo praised Su Jiasha in a low voice, and gave Su Jiasha a high look.

If the Qin army did not use cavalry to make a surprise attack, but should pay attention to stability, it would concentrate on walking and cavalry to approach Helan together.

By the time they arrived, the Yuezhi people had long since disappeared. How could Zhao Tuo win Helan and subdue the entire Guishuang tribe in one fell swoop.

"This woman has vision, courage, and good ability."

"Now she should be following Hou Mixi in the northern grassland. Faced with the current situation, what choice will she make?"

...

It is about two hundred miles north of Helan Mountain.

On the grassland covered with felt tents, the Yuezhi cavalry from the Shuangmi Department shouted and gathered from all directions on their horses.

In the distance, the herdsmen drove their cattle, sheep and horses to meet up.

The crying of children and women can be heard from time to time in the field, filled with a feeling of sadness.

Su Jiasha stood on a small hill, looking at the tens of thousands of herdsmen from the Humi Ministry in the distance, with a calm expression.

Several fast horses came galloping from a distance, and stopped under the hill.

After a while, an old man in his fifties climbed up out of breath.

Teeth up.

At the beginning, I went to the Great Wall with Su Jiasha to visit the envoy of General Qin's Secret Department, and now I follow Su Jiasha's command.

He bowed to Su Jiasha, and said with a bitter face: "My lady, the cavalry we sent to the north has returned. Sure enough, we found traces of the Qin people at the important crossing of the river."

"The number of this Qin army should be tens of thousands, and the defense is very tight. Several of our warriors were shot and killed by them. However, they did not continue to pursue them. It seems that they have no intention of going south for the time being. Maybe they are guarding against the enemy on the other side of the river. Huns."

Su Jiasha said indifferently: "The Qin army hasn't gone south now, it doesn't mean they won't move."

"When the Qin people finish disposing of the Guishuang Department, they will definitely go north to attack the Xiumi Department. At that time, the Qin army in the north will go south, forming a north-south attack. There are tens of thousands of old and weak in the Xiumi Department, and 20,000 young and strong. , but the meat of the Qin people's sword."

When the surrounding Yuezhi people heard this, their faces turned pale.

Ya Guda tremblingly said: "Your lady, what should we do? Now the Qin army has occupied the grassland, blocking our way to the south, and the north and east are where their partial teachers are. Do we want to go west into the quicksand desert? ?”

Into the quicksand desert?

Su Jiasha shook her head.

Not to mention whether they can cross the vast desert and return to Hexi, but with the ability of the general of the Qin State, it is impossible to let the Secret Department leave.

Tens of thousands of old and weak women and children plus a large number of cattle, sheep and horses cannot go far in a day. I am afraid that before they enter the desert area, they will be chased by the cavalry of the Qin army, and then the army of the Qin army will approach and wipe them out. .

She turned her head to look towards the south, her eyes full of fear.

Now that Qin Jun's partial division was found in the north, her previous guess was correct, and all Qin's two partial divisions were sent to block the road.

The partial division of the Qin army in the south must have also blocked the way for the Yuezhi people to return to Hexi.

This is the tendency to wipe out all three Yue clans here.

"I wonder if Marquis Xiumi can escape back to Hexi."

Su Jiasha sighed faintly, and at the same time she was a little thankful that she didn't follow Hou Mixi.

There, it really was a trap set by hunters.

Compared to breaking through the blockade of the Qin army's partial division, Su Jiasha now temporarily took over the Ministry of Secrets with the authorization of Hou Mixi and the help of his cronies.

This is a good bargaining chip for her.

But how to choose in the future, she still needs to wait for a message to arrive.

The waiting time was not long, and a fast horse came from the south, bringing the news that Su Jiasha had been waiting for.

"Your Majesty, Helan has been completely occupied by the Qin army, and all the clansmen of the Guishuang tribe have surrendered to the Qin army. The Qin people did not kill them, but let them keep a certain amount of livestock and continue to graze on the grassland."

"The Qin people also sent some Guishuang people out, saying that as long as the tribes on the grassland voluntarily surrender to them, they can keep a certain amount of livestock property."

"If you become an enemy of the Qin army, your head will be cut off and fed to the wild wolves on the grassland."

hear this.

Su Jiasha knew how she should choose.