Basically all of Bayar's and Batu's men followed them, and the rest were grazing not far away. They could basically arrive in three to five days, and they could fully follow the Han army on the expedition.

However, Guan Ying had no intention of waiting any longer. Instead, he immediately had leather jackets distributed, and then ordered to set out for the expedition early tomorrow morning.

The Huns have already moved. If they continue to delay here, the battle will be almost over by the time they get there.

As for logistics.

There are almost ten thousand people brought by Bayar and others. It is enough to control the cattle and sheep first.

Just ask someone to go back quickly to inform you and lead people to catch up quickly. It will only take a few days.

"General, you are trying to steal from the Yuezhi people!" Han Xin laughed.

"This is called knowing oneself and knowing the enemy!" Guan Ying corrected him directly.

What does it mean to steal or not to steal? How ugly does it sound?

Immediately afterwards, there was a sigh: "If you say that your Majesty is real, how can you consider everything so carefully?"

"Is this also His Majesty's arrangement?" Han Xin was stunned for a moment and felt a little shocked. This Majesty seemed to be a bit of a monster.

"Yes!" Guan Ying nodded, and then said: "Your Majesty said that fighting on the grassland is different from fighting on the plains. Cavalry fighting pays more attention to mobility. Fighting in the traditional way will definitely not have any good results, so on the march

In terms of maneuverability, we should learn more from the prairie people."

"Bayar and Batu are not heirs, but these two people can be used. They have seen the power of the big man, but the abilities of these two people are insufficient. At this time, they need to stir up their ambitions and give them some sweetness.

Let them see some hope, and these two people will definitely cooperate."

"The Yuezhi people who have mixed into the main force can tell us how the cavalry troops can maneuver quickly and follow them to graze. They can also tell us what distance they should keep and what methods they should use to assist. These are the most important things for the Han army at the moment.

Something missing.”

Han Xin nodded in confusion.

He thought about this question.

But I didn’t think so comprehensively.

Han Xin's own idea was to learn how the prairie people fought and ensure logistics.

Vehicles transporting grain are on the grassland, especially at this time, and the traffic capacity is very worrying.

So he planned to let some people graze behind the army.

The method was correct, but Han Xin ignored that grazing is not just about herding.

For ordinary grazing, as long as there is pasture, it does not matter how fast or slow it is, unless you need to speed up to catch up with seasonal changes.

But fighting and herding are different. He needs to feed these livestock.

At the same time, you must always maintain a certain distance from the army, so that the army can receive supplies at any time.

Obviously, the prairie people are absolute experts in this field.

No matter how carefully Han Xin thought about it, without the help of the prairie people, he would definitely have problems.

Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fight with the Huns for more than 40 years?

War naturally takes time to prepare, and it often took the entire Han Dynasty three to five years to prepare for a large army to go out for war.

Every early expedition was full of unknowns.

In front of them was a grassland they knew nothing about. They had no idea what was about to happen there or how to deal with problems.

But the war had to be fought, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty basically tried to gain experience in his first few battles with the Huns.

Therefore, in the early Han-Hungarian War, the lost party appeared, the group destroyed the party, and the party's vitality was severely damaged...

The Han Dynasty took every piece of experience back and spent several years digesting and absorbing it. Then the next time, another problem occurred, or the same problem occurred.

For example, in the first siege of Mayi, the Han army retreated after being discovered, but the Han army did not attack in time, causing the Huns to evacuate safely. This battle gave birth to Gongsun He, the first salty fish party of the Han Dynasty.

The second battle was the Battle of the Grassland. This battle gave birth to the Lost Party, Salted Fish Party, and Tourist Group Gongsun He's army. His vitality was severely damaged by Dang Gongsun Ao, and the group destroyed Dang Li Guang.

In every subsequent battle, the big man always encountered various problems, but his experience was also accumulated, and the progress bar increased rapidly.

Then in the final battle of Mobei, Li Guang successfully inherited Gongsun He's Lost Party and led the army in circles. When Wei Qing was preparing to clean the battlefield, he came...

And this time, in order to let Li Guang realize his dream, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave him extremely luxurious arrangements.

Zhang Qian of Cao Cao Tong has been following Li Guang. I wonder if Zhang Qian is useless?

It was Li Guang's halo of bad luck that enveloped Zhang Qian, and even Zhang Qian got lost on the grassland map.

Of course, this is just a matter of luck.

But as Wang Buxu, who stands on the shoulders of giants and stands at the end of history, he will never allow such low-level mistakes to occur.

Although this is not considered a mistake historically, because they have no experience.

But Wang Buxing was different. Although he didn't have much experience, he knew how to find experienced people to borrow experience from.

Yueshi is a good candidate for stealing lessons.

Of course, it would be false to say that there is no experience at all.

The joining of Achar and others gave the Han army some understanding of the grassland.

But the scale of only a few hundred people is not enough to support the needs of a hundred thousand troops.

Knowing, understanding, and being able to do it are completely different things.

But Bayar and Batu had no idea that they were actually being used by the Han army. They are still dreaming of making military exploits and then going back to overthrow their heirs and inherit the Yuezhi clan.

…

After the army left the fortress in Yunzhong County and entered the grassland, they were in no hurry to separate.

Instead, they first moved eastward together, and at the same time sent a large number of mixed scouts composed of Han troops and Yuezhi people to conduct reconnaissance in a radius of a hundred miles around the army.

"This damn place..." On the third day of the expedition, Guan Ying couldn't help but curse.

In the past three days, my good temper has been basically tortured by the ruthlessness of the grassland and has almost disappeared.

The troops marched very slowly. Although they were faster than the infantry, they were not much faster.

"General, don't panic, you can't walk fast at this time." Bayar explained quickly.

"Yes, General, even the Huns can't move fast at this time. This environment still consumes a lot of physical strength on the war horses. If you try to speed up, it will inevitably lead to the death of a large number of war horses. In addition, logistics

You will also be unable to keep up. The beasts need to eat, but at this time there is only some hay hidden in the snow. You have to eat while walking. Even if you are anxious, you can only use the hay prepared in advance." Batu continued to explain.

road.

To describe it, the current grassland is like a field where it has rained for three days, and the conditions are only slightly worse than in the field.

Even if it's a human being, the entire top of his foot will sink in if he steps down.

The soles of a war horse's feet are smaller and heavier than human feet, so almost every step requires a lot of effort.

Therefore, in the past three days, the war horse had no chance to run at all, and could only move forward step by step while riding on it.

Of course, Batu still had one point he didn’t say.

The equipment of the Han army was too heavy, including armor and iron weapons, which limited the speed of the Han army.

So even under the same circumstances, the Huns would be faster than them.

Although Guan Ying was anxious, he could only be patient and continue walking slowly.

The scattered scouts have killed hundreds of war horses, an average of more than 30 horses every day. If an army of 100,000 soldiers is as strong as the scouts, they will become infantry before they reach the place. What the hell is that?

Ten days later.

The snow on the ground has almost melted.

However, due to the temperature difference between day and night, ice will still appear on the grassland at night.

Then at noon the next day, it began to melt and the road became muddy.

Repeated day after day.

Ten days later again.

As the temperature gradually rises, the evaporation rate of water is obviously much faster.

The ground was no longer as muddy as before, and the Han army's speed could finally begin to increase.

However, the speed of improvement is also very limited. After all, this is not the best time yet.

According to Bayar and others, in about twenty days to a month, the cavalry will be able to gallop freely on the grassland.

…

At the same time, it was about 800 miles northeast of Guanying Hanxin Department.

Smoke curled up from a camp, and the aroma of meat continued to float.

But the people who were about to eat them didn't have much excitement on their faces.

Although they are not short of meat, it is quite distressing to eat meat every day until they are full.

It’s okay not to eat.
To be continued...