webnovelvip Chapter 642 What does it mean
Chapter 642 What does it mean
Chapter 642 What does it mean
"Now you should rest assured, as long as you don't wait until the child is born, you will definitely be able to catch up." Lin Xuan laughed.
This was just a joke, even if Cheng Chumo went back, he would only see his wife once at most, it wasn't too much delay, he still had it.
Even if he doesn't know the severity, Cheng Yaojin will remind him.
"Haha, it doesn't matter if you come back after the child is born." Yuchi Baolin said with a laugh.
Everyone laughed when they heard his words.
"Going back this time, there is one more thing for you to do." Lin Xuan put away the smile on his face and said.
"Just give orders, General." Cheng Chumo said solemnly.
"Don't worry, it's not a big deal, just ask His Majesty if you can leave us [-] sheep to improve our food." Lin Xuan said.
The imperial court will definitely send people to receive the cattle, sheep and horses sent by Xue Yantuo. It is also okay for Lin Xuan to intercept part of the flow, but he will not do such an obviously taboo thing.
"Is this too much?" Cheng Chumo asked.
Meat was scarce in ancient times, although in ancient times, humans had learned to raise animals in captivity.
But chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep were rarely raised by the people of Datang.
After all, it has become a problem for people to eat enough, so there is no surplus food to raise poultry.
When soldiers fight in war, they usually eat noodles. Even when they are rewarding the soldiers, it would be nice if each person can get one or two pieces of meat to taste.
Lin Xuan said that there were 1 heads, but they only had [-] in total.
An adult sheep weighs dozens of catties no matter what. On average, one cat per day takes more than a month to eat.
He felt that it was impossible for Li Shimin to agree.
Even if the lion opened his mouth wide on purpose and wanted Li Shimin to give more, but the mouth was too big.
Cheng Chumo thinks it is possible to ask for a thousand or so.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "It is also skillful to ask for things. We go deep into the grassland, so we can't rely on Datang to transport food and grass there? By then, these sheep will be our food."
Why did Genghis Khan reach Europe?
In addition to the fact that the Mongolian cavalry was really powerful at the time, another reason was that they had no supply problems.
It is very convenient to drive cattle and sheep together during war.
No matter how powerful the Central Plains Dynasty is, it is impossible to do this.
The long supply line alone can drag down the court.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, and there were as many as one million civilian husbands recruited alone.
Although the civilian husbands recruited do not need to spend money, the court has to bear the food and drink of these civilian husbands.
Most of the peasants who were conscripted to transport grain were young and strong, plus the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, it means that the Sui Dynasty at that time had to bear the food and drink of about 200 million people.
These are not the most important. At that time, the population of the Sui Dynasty was about 5000 million.
Remove the old, weak, women and children from these populations, how many young and strong are left?
Most of the young and strong either went to serve as soldiers or were conscripted to transport grain, which resulted in a large number of fields being barren and no one to cultivate them.
In addition, the previous construction of the Grand Canal completely consumed the heritage of the Sui Dynasty.
If the victory is won, the Sui Dynasty may last for a few more years.
The failure of the three expeditions to Goguryeo caused all the accumulated contradictions to erupt, which was the reason for the demise of the Sui Dynasty.
It's a bit far-fetched to say this, but Lin Xuan led his troops into the grasslands, and the imperial court naturally needed to recruit civilians to transport food in order to supply food and grass.
Although they have only 1 people, they need to mobilize tens of thousands of people to supply their food and grass.
Due to the influence of the Turks, the people's livelihood in the northern border is already poor and the population is sparse. If you want to recruit civilian husbands, you can only recruit from other places.
Of course, these are not issues that Lin Xuan should consider, but there is still a serious problem in doing so, that is, exposing the supply line to Xue Yantuo.
Although Xue Yantuo is unlikely to attack them, what if?
So Lin Xuan was going to take some sheep to solve this problem.
"We're going to help them fight, isn't Xue Yantuo not even providing food and grass?" Yuchi Baolin said displeasedly.
"Of course they will provide it. Even if they don't provide it, I will ask them for it, but we can't stop bringing food and grass because they provide it. What should we do if they cut off our food and grass?" Lin Xuan asked back. road.
It is impossible for him to put his lifeline in the hands of others.
Most of the wars in history that were won with less were related to food and grass.
In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao was almost cornered.
If it weren't for the infighting among Yuan Shao's subordinates, Xu You had to take refuge in Cao Cao, exposing the place where Yuan Shao stored his grain, and the history of the Three Kingdoms might have been rewritten.
As for Guo Jiati's theory of ten victories and ten defeats, it seems very reasonable, but it was actually because Cao Cao lacked confidence in defeating Yuan Shao, and it was used to strengthen Cao Cao's confidence.
The ancient soldiers didn't have any beliefs, and what they said about defending their homes and the country was a bit noble, but they were actually just to make a living.
Like the army in later generations that can fight on an empty stomach, not to mention in history, there are very few even in the world.
"General, I understand. When I meet His Majesty, I must tell His Majesty exactly what the General said." Cheng Chumo said.
Although Cheng Chumo said so, Lin Xuan still wrote down the negotiation process and results with Xue Yantuo, including his plan in detail, and handed it to Cheng Chumo to send him to Chang'an.
Just as Cheng Chumo was leaving for Chang'an, Solange also came back to Xue Yantuo.
Yi Nan was under a lot of pressure. Although the possibility of Datang sending troops was relatively high, he still couldn't feel at ease because he didn't get a definite answer.
Knowing that Solange was coming back, Yi Nan summoned him immediately.
"How is it? Has Datang agreed to send troops? How many troops will be sent? When will they be dispatched?" Yi Nan asked a series of questions without waiting for Solange to salute, which showed that he was very confused.
At the beginning, because he couldn't bear the oppression of the Eastern Turks, Yinan contacted other tribes, secretly contacted the Tang Dynasty, and wiped out the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop, which can be regarded as a character.
It's just that the external and internal pressure made him physically and mentally exhausted, and he was in chaos.
"Back to the Great Khan, Datang has already agreed to send troops, but..." Solange was a little embarrassed when he said this.
After all, what he promised Lin Xuan had already exceeded what he had discussed with Yi Nan. He didn't know if Yi Nan would get angry after saying it.
"Just what? Could it be that Datang has other conditions?" Yi Nan asked.
Solange sighed, and told the conditions between him and Lin Xuan.
After hearing Lin Xuan's request, Yi Nan kicked down the table in front of him angrily, and said with a gloomy face, "It's really deceiving people, only sending 1 people, but asking me for so many cattle, sheep and horses."
"Khan, I have already agreed."
Yi Nan turned his head to look at Solange, and said coldly: "You agreed? Do you know what this means to Ben Khan? If Ben Khan really gave it to them, Xue Yantuo would have perished without the Western Turks coming over." gone."
The rest of the tribes will definitely not produce these things, only he can.
He couldn't get that much out at all, so he could only squeeze the herdsmen of his own tribe.
(End of this chapter)