Three Kingdoms

The weather in the Western Regions is always a bit unkind. It seems to be sunny and comfortable in the morning, but it will become violent and hot at noon, and then the sand and dust will hit in the afternoon, covering the sky and blocking the sun, so that the army has to stay in place . When it comes to food, it is even more important to hurry up and eat when the wind and sand are small, otherwise it is possible to bite your teeth with a mouthful of food and half a mouthful of sand.

  Because Fei Qian had to carry copper cannons and iron cannons, and related craftsmen to act together, the speed inevitably slowed down. This is also something that can’t be helped. It can’t be like what some people say, everything will be fine in one swish, everything will be there, everything will arrive, and everything will be over.

  When camping at night, the number of soldiers is fine, but the craftsmen are screaming, all in a panic. It's not that these craftsmen can't endure hardships, but that they haven't changed rapidly in their daily behavior and habits, and they can't adapt to the changes in the Western Regions.

   These habits are even related to…

   Loincloth.

   For Fei Qian, this thing is naturally called a loincloth, but more Han people call it "裈", or according to its shape, it is called "芝鼻裈".

  As the name suggests, Dubi refers to its shape, and the word “裈” means a garment on one side, and the military character on the other. In addition to the crotch, this thing is also multi-purpose...

As for why it is distributed in the army, and there is a special need to teach people the experience and methods of wearing calf-nosed jackets, of course, it is because the situation here in the Western Regions is completely different from that in the mainland of China, and many original living habits have to be modified, otherwise You will suffer a lot.

What?

  Why no panties?

   Fei Qian does not push underwear, is he worthy of being a time traveler?

  The underwear is really good, but unfortunately it is not suitable for the moment.

  This inappropriate means that it is not suitable for the current productivity, and it also means that it is not suitable for the current actual life.

  Everything should be analyzed according to the actual situation and specific issues. If you just look at one aspect of the matter and jump to conclusions, it is as meaningless as a blind man trying to figure out an elephant.

   It’s not that Fei Qian has never pushed underwear, but in fact this thing is only used by high-end people, and among most ordinary people, underwear is not popular.

  In the current real military life, a later style of underwear may not be as easy to use as a loincloth. At least there is no way to easily remove the sand after the underwear has entered the sand, but the loincloth can.

  To match this, there are crotch pants.

  Only two days away from Yumen Pass, there were some non-combat attrition.

In order to prevent this situation from expanding, some veterans of the Western Regions were assigned by Fei Qian to the craftsmen, and taught some life skills to these craftsmen who had never been to the Western Regions, and had never suffered from the sand and other creatures in the Western Regions, including wearing calves. Nose skills, and some experience that will allow them to survive here in the Western Regions.

  『Western regions are very windy and sandy. If you want to keep your butts from getting dirty, you have to tie this cloth around your buttocks, so that you can open up your buttocks! ”The veteran who had stayed in the Western Regions for a long time dangled the elephant unscrupulously, and demonstrated it himself with his bare buttocks, “See? This way, and then this way... The two pieces of meat in this **** are separated! Otherwise, just wait for the sand to run into the middle and grind your back ditches! 』

  The craftsmen sitting around made noises, and followed them all with full attention. For a while, there were all kinds of black, gray or yellow buttocks around each other, poking each other and checking each other.

  In the current environment, there is no such thing as embarrassment.

  Excuse me, is it more important than survival?

  The sand in the Western Regions has never said anything about embarrassment. These naughty devils will come during meals, adding the unique earthy smell of the Western Regions to all dishes, soups, noodles and rice, and they will also come at any time of the day and night, and then sneak into all the gaps in the human body And in cavities, in the chinks of armor, in the hair, in wrinkles, and of course between the legs...

The cavalry is relatively better, because they sit on the saddle, but the infantry, they must know how to wear the loincloth, otherwise, after walking for a day, they will constantly rub against each other during the march. The buttocks will soon be rubbed red and fester, and then either lie on the stomach with the legs spread apart to expose the chrysanthemums to be exposed to the sun for a few days, or they will walk through the road of life and death dripping blood and pain all the way.

In China, people of later generations often think that those gorgeous costumes and exquisite patterns can be called Chinese costumes, but in fact, in the thousands of years of China's development history, those inconspicuous and even ugly clothes are the most important ones. Really close to the people...

  Anything that is divorced from reality is basically playing hooligans.

  In ancient times, clothing was very simple, the basic material was animal skin, and there were no sleeves. If you talk about protecting animals with ancient people at this time, or tell these ancient people how to make beautiful clothes, then guess whether the ancient people will be like dancing modern dances in some historical dramas? The amazing, wow sound?

If someone really travels to the Yangshao culture period or the Longshan culture period, and sees lonely men and women in the wilderness with bare arms and thighs, painted with various patterns and decorations, don't be mean-spirited and say that they hinder the weather, because at that time These people really don't know how to sew the sleeves to the body of the garment.

  If you want to have sleeves, you need needlework first.

The word "bone needle" is simple to say, but if there is no tool provided by suitable technology, let those keyboard warriors who can run the train with their mouths full of mouth and call others idiots at every turn to build a needle without external force. When they come out, most of them are crying for their father and mother to die, and they can't get out.

  In ancient China, people often only had clothes, no clothes, let alone trousers. On the one hand, it is because of poverty, on the other hand, it is because of the temperature. Moreover, most of the trousers in ancient times were crotch trousers, and they only reached above the knees. As for the trousers below the knees, they were called "dandies". , which is equivalent to hanging a Vacheron Constantin on the wrist of later generations.

  And such a scattered process, even the trousers are divided into several parts, is the process of productivity development.

  Traveling away from the original actual situation, the time traveler who just opened his mouth and spit on this idiot, that idiot, probably won't survive three days.

   It’s like being in the Western Regions right now. If you don’t want to deal with the actual situation, it’s a trivial matter if you suffer a loss or get injured. If it’s serious, you will die within a few days...

  『Next let me talk shit! Don't laugh, not all camps dig cesspit for you! Yesterday, there was a fool who ran to **** in the bushes by himself, and took off his pants, revealing the ditch in his back! ”The veteran sneered, with an undisguised look of disdain, he stretched out his hand and gestured under his crotch, “Then he was stung by a scorpion! It swelled up bigger than my head! It can only be cut... If you want to find a chance to be cut, tell me earlier, my knife is fast, and you will never suffer twice! 』

   Everyone's expressions became serious. If they say that other people's accidents are not related to their own, then it is a joke at most, but if they say that they may suffer, then this matter is worth taking seriously.

  In areas like the Western Regions, which are often deserted, everyone likes bushes, including snakes and scorpions.

  『In addition to avoiding shrubs, don’t choose places with many rocks! The ghost knows what kind of insects and snakes will be under the stone when it is turned over! Don't choose to be near the water source! The first is that if you don't like drinking water soaked in other people's feces, then other people don't like it either! Second, no one knows whether the next one to drink water will be a fox or a wolf! ”The veteran tried his best to pass on the knowledge of survival to these craftsmen, “Choose the upper hand! You don't like to eat a mouthful of sand, and neither do those wild wolves and jackals! In addition to carrying a stick or a shovel, you also need to carry a knife when you are alone to shit! The wooden stick is for scaring the grass and scaring the snake, but also for digging a hole... Remember to stick the stick on it after shitting! You **** don't like stepping on other people's **** by yourself, so remember to mark it when you're done shitting! As for carrying a knife, is it to guard against insects or snakes, or sand thieves hide under the sand and suddenly jump out when you shit, you can’t use **** to paste it...』

  The veteran spoke carefully, and the craftsman listened carefully.

  Eating, drinking, and sleeping may sound simple, even a bit vulgar, but these are survival skills.

  Because in the Western Regions, there are not only worms and beasts, but also horse thieves and sand thieves just like worms and beasts.

  These horse thieves and sand thieves, when seen during the day, they are in the state of herdsmen, but at night, they will transform into horse thieves or sand thieves. With the re-opening of the Silk Road in the Western Regions, there are more and more horse thieves and sand thieves. Just by moving your hands, you can obtain wealth that you could not obtain in your entire life. Who can resist such a temptation?

There is no unified national will in the Western Regions, and naturally there is no unified social order. In the land of the Western Regions, there are no moral standards and traditional concepts in the mainland of China. I want to measure the Western Regions with the usual thinking mode of the Han. The behavior of these herdsmen is undoubtedly like asking why the people of the ancient Yangshao culture didn’t wear sleeves and crotch pants.

   Lu Bu’s massacre of Kucha and the deteriorating effect of burning Buddha statues have now slowly spread.

  The most obvious manifestation is that the people of the Western Regions have already used their biggest means.

   Biochemical attack.

   To put it simply, it is the normal water source in front of me, but now someone throws the rotten cattle and sheep carcasses.

If it was an ordinary person, they would be at a loss, because even if the rotting corpses were taken out, the polluted water could not be cleaned up. They could only abandon the water source, and once the water source was abandoned, it would mean that it would be disrupted The arrangement of the march will even affect the acquisition of the next water source.

   Fortunately, on the one hand, Fei Qian brought a large amount of water from Yumen Pass, on the other hand, he knows how to deal with it better than ordinary generals...

  The knowledge "inheritors" of the Western Regions are actually these monks from the Western Regions.

  In the earlier years, these people may also have been witches, shamans, and the part of the tribe who controlled the "mysterious power", and this "mysterious power" was actually the power of knowledge.

  In the Western Regions, there is no unified writing, nor a unified language. There is only a system of fixed inheritance, and there is only religion. The old with the young, a class that can be completely divorced from production, has become a "teacher" in the Western Regions, controlling and disseminating knowledge.

  In this knowledge, there is knowledge about war and biological and chemical weapons.

   This should be the most advanced knowledge and technology in the Western Regions at the moment, perhaps it can be regarded as the "dragon slaying technique" in the hands of the monks in the Western Regions...

   It's just that this time, they are facing Fei Qian.

  『In the thirteenth year of King Ling of Zhou, the coalition forces of more than ten countries including Jin and Qi attacked Qin and settled in Jing. Sitting in the tent on the side of the water source, Fei Qian looked at the color of the sand dunes as the night darkened, from the warm and bright warm color of the day to the current dark and cool color, and said slowly, "Qin Guo Yu The upper reaches of Jingshui were poisoned, causing many soldiers and horses of the princes to die due to drinking water poisoning, and their morale collapsed. In this battle, the allied forces of the princes were in vain, and it was called the "Battle of Delay". 』

  Xu Chu, who was following Fei Qian, suddenly realized, "So we were the first to use this method of poisoning?" 』

Fei Qian laughed, and pointed to the water source in front of him, "Within a radius of nearly a hundred miles, this is the only place that can be used by the army... But it happened to be poisoned here... and Ziyi passed by here before. At that time, this matter was not reported... Zhongkang, what do you think should have happened? 』

  Nature is amazing. Maybe there are deserts all around, but there is an oasis in the sand dunes.

   It's like the Crescent Lake in Dunhuang.

  Now this oasis has poison, but Feiqian is directing people to do the work of "detoxification".

  Looking at the surrounding Gobi Desert, which seemed to be extremely quiet, Xu Chu said, "Master, there are thieves on the side, most likely hiding in these sand dunes!" A certain order, given to a certain team, will surely kill all these rats! 』

Of course, Xu Chu would not think that Tai Shici was negligent during the march. This is almost impossible, so it must be during the gap after Tai Shici set off that the Western Regions Allied Forces, or someone else from the Western Regions, ran away. Came here for poisoning.

   Fei Qian smiled, "This is not clean..."

  Xu Chu's eyes widened. Although he didn't say anything, his expression was dissatisfied.

  『The plague of rats and ants is hated by everyone. If you see it, you will punish it. But when have you ever seen that in a certain place, rats and ants can be eradicated? Fei Qian said with a smile, "You have horses, and people in the Western Regions also have horses. Given the size of the Western Regions, where can't you hide?" If you want to avoid it and not fight, what can you do? To conquer the Western Regions, one should hold sharp weapons, but these sharp weapons are not just swords and guns. 』

  Xu Chu frowned, then became thoughtful.

   Regarding the issue of the Western Regions, some mindless guys just shouted to kill, as if killing could solve all problems, but in fact it was like trying to solve the person who raised the problem instead of solving the problem itself.

The problem in the Western Regions today is like finding a nest of cockroaches or termites in your home. People who take it for granted will step on it with their feet, or even pat them with their hands, and kill the corpses of these cockroaches and termites one by one with their own hands. Long Chen, the slurry flew horizontally, and then there was a loud cry...

   It seems that they have killed a lot, but in reality?

   Two days later, another new one appeared.

   Then find its nest and pour a pot of boiling water into it?

Pouring boiling water is useful, but it is not very useful, because the maximum temperature of the water is only 100, and it will lose its temperature soon after being poured. When it reaches the end, it is often just to take a bath for these guys. From this temperature From a personal point of view, pouring tin water may be a more effective way, as long as it can withstand the consequences of soaking or burning the resulting furniture and houses.

   And this is how it ends?

  No, maybe it can only be cleaned for ten months, and then there will be new ant nests in the house...

   Therefore, if you want to eliminate cockroaches and termites in a certain area, you must not only eliminate them at a certain point, but also clear their surroundings, draw up isolation zones, and carry out encirclement and suppression in a planned and step-by-step manner. The most important thing is to have a weapon that is beyond the power of cockroaches and termites, not to shoot or step on them one by one.

  Technological crushing and irresistible forces are the fundamental.

Just like the Battle of Cajamarca when Spain colonized South America during the great voyages of history, 169 people fought against about 80,000 Inca natives. The factor that made Spain finally win was that they personally killed them in this battle. people? No, the Incas they killed directly were actually very few. Most of the Incas who died in the battle died by trampling each other.

  The more than 60 cavalry and more than 100 infantry had the courage to confront tens of thousands of Incas head-on because the Spaniards discovered that they had armor and horses, while the Incas only had stone knives and bare feet.

   There is almost no need to compare those with armor and those without armor in the cold weapon era.

   What's more, before this battle, the Inca civil war had already broken out, and there were also terrible diseases that made the Incas helpless!

  So can it be said that these 169 Spaniards defeated the Inca Empire?

   Maybe it counts, but it can only be said to be the last straw.

  This is in the same line as the destruction of Indians in North America.

   What exterminated the Indians was not pure force, but technological crushing. A musket could not easily wipe out a tribe of Indians, but smallpox could. Many people think that the scalp order is the root cause of the final massacre of Indians. In fact, it is as simple as a blind man who just touched the tail of an elephant, stubbornly thinking that the shape of an elephant is a rope.

It is not just muskets, armor and horses that make the Indians unable to compete with the whites in the end, nor can they fight back. Disappointed, and lying down to be slaughtered, is their unsolvable and irresistible viral spread.

  The scalp order is just a superficial, deeper level is to allow white people to get in touch with Indians more, so that the virus carried by white people has more opportunities to spread to Indians. As the upper-level Onsa masters, they don't care whether they give 50 or 100, and they don't care whether the white people at the bottom are dead or alive, because if the white people can come back alive, it means that they have killed one more Indian. If they die, they will not lose. Because that would mean sending the Indians a source of infection...

   It's a win-win no matter what, Master Ansa won twice.

  Swords and guns only kill a place or a city, but what a virus kills is the overall situation, the entire region!

   It's a pity that Fei Qian doesn't have such a means to destroy the Western Regions at the moment, but this doesn't prevent him from cracking the ultimate means used by these inheritors of the Western Regions.

   Fei Qian looked up at the sky, the moonlight was clear.

  『Within three days, there will be bandits attacking. Fei Qian said slowly, "Zhongkang can show his skills." 』

   With a bang, Xu Chu lightly smashed the breastplate, and said proudly: "Please rest assured, my lord, the thief will never come back!" 』