It is common sense not to drink swamp water until absolutely necessary, and even if you really want to drink it, you should boil it before drinking it. Why is that? One is because the water in the swamp is stagnant and has no fluidity; The second reason why a swamp is a swamp is that it is a forbidden area for most life, and once you accidentally step into it, you will sink into it, and then you can't get up again.

I don't know how many animals have been swallowed in the swamp, but can you drink the water full of corpses? There is no doubt that there will be all kinds of germs in it, so as soon as you drink it, you will be haunted by the disease!

The envoys had a special vehicle for carrying water, which was a drum box tied up with wooden strips. The boxes are a bit large, each bucket can hold 300 catties of water, and when they are filled with water, they will be put into a vehicle pulled by two horses, and one cart can carry four buckets.

The torches lit on the shore of Shentuze were like daylight, and the envoys were storing water all night, and some aliens who had not slept went to watch the excitement, and for most of the people from Central Asia, they saw a lot of excitement that night.

"That hoisting machine is a little familiar, huh?"

"Well, you can see it in Egypt and Greece, and that thing is a kind of pulley with a cable, which can easily pull hundreds of pounds of objects. When the Egyptians and Greeks built cities, they needed to carry stones and other objects to high places, and they also used these tools. ”

The first to study and use the human crane was really the Greeks. Around the second millennium B.C., they were first used for the lifting of cargo on seafaring ships, and later spread to Europa further west and to countries on the other side of the Mediterranean.

It is difficult to determine when human cranes appeared in the Huaxia region, but at the end of the Warring States period, most of the northern powers were already in use when they built the Great Wall to defend against the southward movement of the Hu people. In addition, the folk well fetches water, the kind of rope is tied to a rolling log, and people shake the handle of the rolling log to draw water. It was widely used in the folk during the Han and Han dynasties.

"Water sources on the prairie are hard to find, but they don't want to pull thousands of buckets, do they?"

"Who knows the thinking of the Imperials? Looks like they're going to do that. ”

"Oh my God! There are so many vehicles, how good is it to load more goods, wouldn't it be nice to drink mare's milk or goat's milk when quoted? ”

"Maybe the Empire doesn't like mare's milk or goat's milk? I've seen most of them drink milk, and that's what I've seen and heard in their imperial capital. Early in the morning, milk is delivered to every household, and adults drink it, but it seems that every child has to drink a large cup every day. ”

Yes, it is difficult for Central Asians to understand the thinking of the people of the empire, but the people on the side of the empire are too lazy to explore the thinking of foreign people, so in addition to the necessary communication, although the two groups of people are walking together, the communication that occurs is really a bit excessive.

Liu Bang, who had not slept late at night, found Han Xin, who had also not slept at night, and he was asking about the five thousand soldiers added to the team. Wondering what that was going on.

"Firearms? I've never heard of it. "Liu Bang has actually heard of it, but he hasn't really seen it. He asked, "Will the five thousand soldiers go with us to the distant Mediterranean?" ”

Han Xinxiang briefly told Liu Bang that the firearms of that school would only follow the envoy to Wusun, and then they would break away from the formation of the envoy corps and stop at Wusun.

"Oh......" Liu Bang asked another question: "What is Parthia and Bactria, they have an enmity with the Wusun side, when they arrive at the territory of the Wusun people, will the Wusun people embarrass them?" ”

It seems...... The Parthian and Bactrian envoys, while on the side of the imperial capital, advised the empire to form an alliance with the two countries on more than one occasion. The basis of the alliance is to jointly divide the Western Regions, and Wusun is also the target of extermination. Such a matter was not kept secret by the Imperial side, presumably the Wusun people knew about it.

Han Xin can be understood as Ta Plati and Angel found Liu Bang and raised similar concerns. He didn't know what the Usun would do to the Parthian and Bactrian side, but it didn't seem that he, the captain of the guard, should worry about these things, but the chief and deputy envoys of the envoys, right?

"It's not that the military people speak more effectively!" Liu Bang was direct and said: "It's a very simple thing. Compared with the imperial civil officials, the imperial military has more weight in speaking, and although he is also a baron at that time, I think that Brother Han's speech will definitely be more effective than mine. Because Brother Han is not only a nobleman, but also a member of the military. He is His Majesty's only apprentice. ”

Han Xin was a little embarrassed by Liu Bang's directness, and nodded silently.

Liu Bang saw Han Xin nodding and agreeing, and immediately burst into a hearty "haha" laugh, then walked to the side of the desk and picked up an envelope, and said with a smile: "Oh, a letter sent by the empire." ”

The letter was written by Yu Ji, no wonder Liu Bang had a smile on his face.

"This time when I go back from afar, Your Majesty should be able to handle the marriage between Brother Han and Yu Da Beauty, right?" Liu Bang smiled unabashedly: "Yu Ji is one of the best beauties in the empire, Your Majesty promised Yu Ji to you in her early years, which shows Your Majesty's love for you." ”

Speaking of Yu Ji, Han Xin also had a smile on his face, and he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes. He chatted with Liu Bang for a while before leaving, returned to his big tent, opened the letter, took out the letter paper and read it by the light.

The content of the letter is not too complicated, it is Yu Ji telling Han Xin some interesting things that happened in Nanling recently, and then using obscure words to express her thoughts about Han Xin.

There are a lot of interesting things that have happened in Nanling recently, but Yu Ji's introduction is basically related to the princes and princesses in the palace, one of which is that Lu Ying beat Lu Yang again, because Lu Yang scared Lu Yi with a seafood called lobster.

Lu Ying was born to Zhao Xin, the daughter of Zhao Xie, and she was the second princess of Lu Zhe.

Lu Yang was born to Xiong Nu, the daughter of Xiong Xin, and he was the third son of Lu Zhe.

Lu Yi was born to Lu Pheasant, and she was the eldest princess of Lu Zhe.

Speaking of which, Lu Ying is very deeply loved by Lu Zhe, and when she was young, she showed her status as a tyrant in the palace, and her personality was very fierce at a young age. Except for Lu Zhe, who is a father, who loves Lu Ying very much, Queen Zhao Wan and her eldest son Lu Yi and eldest son Lu Qi, none of them are not very fond of Lu Ying, the result......

"When I go back, it's time to get married!" Han Shin closed the last piece of paper.

Han Xin was thirteen years old when he got engaged to Yu Ji, and Yu Ji was only nine years old at that time. Now Han Xin is eighteen years old, and Yu Ji is fourteen years old. When the girl was fourteen years old, she was already in her prime. Moreover, Han Xin has to go to the Mediterranean Sea tens of thousands of miles away, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take four or five years to go back and forth, at that time he was about twenty-three years old, and Yu Ji was also eighteen or nineteen years old, which is the age when men should marry and women should get married.

With warm warmth, Han Xin slept very sweetly that night.

The next day, a "dong dong" drum beat resounded in the camp. It was the wake-up drum, and in the sound of the drums the camp went from a quiet patch to a noise full of all kinds of neighing of horses.

Most of them were preparing to leave, while some gathered in Liu Bang's big tent to discuss.

"The forward of the Wehrmacht has arrived here." Liu Bang pointed to the map on his desk, pointing to a location 120 miles west of Shentu Ze. He looked up at the crowd and said, "All the way through is flat terrain, which is very convenient for carriages. So our aim today is to walk a hundred and twenty miles, and rest that night in the camp that the Wehrmacht has deliberately left behind. Is there a problem? ”

The map is clearly newly marked with some new markers, indicating where water can be replenished along the way. Then it also marks which area once encountered the Hu tribe on the grassland. Without exception, the marks marked as the Hu tribe were marked with a circle drawn next to them, and a cross was made inside.

"Three tribes of Hu people were found, and they were all eliminated by the Wehrmacht." Liu Bang pulled his beard and smiled: "Maybe when we go over, we will meet the cavalry escorting the prisoners of war back?" ”

Han Xin shook his head: "This won't happen. ”

Liu Bang was stunned for a moment and looked at Han Xin who spoke.

Han Xin said: "The order they received was to open to the territory of the Wusun people, unless those Hu people surrendered before the war, otherwise there would be no living Hu people left." ”

"It's a pity. There was a shortage of labor everywhere, and now slaves were worth a lot. Liu Bang didn't dwell too much. Turning to Chen Yu: "Deputy envoy?" ”

Now is not the time to raise the bar, Chen Yu replied with an expressionless face, and raised his hand to make a gesture of salute.

Liu Bang glanced Chen Yu up and down a few times, and then said, "The deputy envoy went to those messy aliens and told them that we would not make any pauses today. Along the way, you have to keep moving. ”

Chen Yu just responded with "No!" Then he turned away from the tent and went to do what was within his duty.

Liu Bang looked at Yu Fanjun: "Deputy Yu, your responsibility is to ensure that there are no accidents with the baggage." ”

Yu Fanjun also responded to "No! But he didn't leave right away. He looked at Han Xin and waited for Han Xin to nod before turning around and leaving.

"So, you soldiers, it's really ......" Liu Bang shook his head and wondered: "Is it necessary to show your soldier's posture all the time?" ”

Including Han Xin, all the soldiers in the big tent, they nodded in unison, obviously thinking it was necessary.

"Well, military, military, military...... I should be proud, and I am also a person who has experience in leading troops, but it is a pity that I am only qualified to be a lieutenant in the Imperial Army. In fact, he is only qualified to be a military marquis, but Liu Bang will not tell the real answer.

No one went to talk, Liu Banggan laughed a few times and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, what should the big guy do, let's go, set off as soon as possible." ”

In a burst of "promise" sounds, only Liu Bang, who smiled bitterly, was left.

The team set off again, and before leaving, the fortress where the 5,000 border troops were stationed kept blowing the horn, which was a kind of farewell band, and the envoys also sounded the horn in response.

At the sound of the trumpet, the procession began to move straight to the west, the people on the imperial side either rode horses or sat on the carriages, but not everyone from Central Asia had the means of transportation, and many people followed the team at trotting.

The 5,000 firearms soldiers transferred from the imperial capital Nanling, the musketeers were in vans, and a van could accommodate 22 people, not counting the drivers in front of them, and when they stayed in the carriage, there were 10 people on each side, and the two officers on the front wall of the carriage sat on the horses.

The soldiers sit in vans, and the artillery is also carried into the carriage as a whole, but it is already the limit for a carriage to fit a cannon, after all, the lightest artillery covers the gun carriage and weighs more than 1,500 catties. In addition to the artillery, there were two artillery crews on board, but there were no boxes containing gunpowder and projectiles.

In fact, the team transporting gunpowder was hoisted at the rear, escorted by a thousand cavalry on both flanks, and it was a group of men who hung the tail of the whole procession.

Walking on the grassland, people look all flat at a glance, as if they can see the end of the world, but this is definitely not a fact, at least there is no way to see the end of the world, the horizon they see is just because the earth under their feet is spherical, and more landforms are covered.

It had just entered the winter and there was no snow on the grassland, but because of the early departure, I could still see that the frost on some of the meadows had not dispersed.

"In another half month or so, the grassland should be snowing, right?"

"Yes, that's why the 80,000 cavalry of the Wehrmacht are in such a hurry, and they need to arrive in Wusun before the snow season comes."

That's pretty much what it means, winter is coming, no matter what army will not choose to fight in the icy and snowy season, the first batch of Wehrmacht troops went to Wusun, it was the empire that showed an attitude of supporting Wusun, so that the Wusun people could firmly resist the confidence, not that the Wehrmacht troops would be put into battle as soon as they passed.

The Wehrmacht, who arrived in Wusun early, had about four months to familiarize themselves with the terrain and the local climate, and the real prelude to the war was unveiled after the spring of the following year.

"Actually, winter is not suitable for long walks."

"Not for us, yes for those aliens in Central Asia."

"Haha, we can feel the cold when we have warm clothes, don't you see those aliens who are so cold that their noses are red? It is not known how many people will freeze to death on the way in winter. ”

"They don't object, they don't worry about the dead, what do we do for them."

There is Lu Zhe in the empire, and it is not strange that many new things have appeared, such as wool thermal coats that have appeared in recent years, and some extravagant down jackets or something. The unified configuration of the imperial army will naturally not be down jackets, but it is not a big problem to supply one or two hundred thousand troops with wool stuffed and specially fur military uniforms.

Those from Central Asia, are they really not worried about deaths and injuries from long winter treks? Not exactly. They didn't care about the death or injury of slaves, but they still had a lot of regret for those who didn't care about them. There are naturally reasons why they choose to travel in winter, and most of them also buy enough warm clothes from the Empire.

"I wonder if Seleucus marched east? What we bought in the Eastern Empire, shipped back, could be useful in the war. ”

"Isn't some of the knowledge we learned in the Eastern Empire also helpful in the war?" (To be continued.) )