Chapter 692: Preparations for Migration
At Yun Yao's succession ceremony, a total of five Bai Ling people successfully broke through to become Zhu Shi, which is also a rare grand occasion for the Bai Ling clan in recent centuries, and it also alleviated the crisis faced by the Bai Ling clan from a large distance, because due to the betrayal of Feng Yi and Yun Qi, the number of Bai Ling clan's Zhu Shi dropped to only three people, and among the younger generation, there was only one person left. Anyway, he is also a teacher.
And after Yun Yao took over as the Great Celebrant Master, the number of Zhushi of the Bailing Clan increased to eight at once, which was the largest number of Zhushi in the past twenty years, so there were some people who were still suspicious of Yun Yao, and at this time they also changed their views, thinking that the Bailing Clan led by Yun Yao still had hope.
The five Bai Ling people who successfully broke through to become Zhu Shi are all young people, two men and three women, the oldest of which is only thirty-two years old, and the youngest is Yun Na, only nineteen years old, which is also the reason why the older generation of Bai Ling people feel hopeful. In addition, there is another important factor, that is, these five Bai Ling people who broke through were all from the group of Bai Ling people who went to Dai County with Feng Hao and Yun Jing, so some people interpret that it is precisely because of the long time they have lived with Yun Yao that they have been able to break through successfully. This also became one of the evidences that Yun Yao was able to carry the hope of the White Spirit Clan.
Of course, the actual reason actually has nothing to do with Yun Yao at all, because the Bai Ling people who stayed in the station were all pumped into the essence of the white water pool and recast the white water, so the probability of breaking through to become a Zhu Shi will naturally be greatly reduced, and the group of Bai Ling people who went to Dai County with Feng Hao and Yun Jing are basically the elites of the Bai Ling clan, and they have left the Bai Ling clan's station for more than a year, and they have not been extracted from the essence yuan, which is equivalent to getting recuperation, plus now they are helped by Yun Yao, so they have successfully broken through.
This point is outstanding in Yun Na's body, Qi Shi Yun Na's talent is not the top in the Bai Ling clan, but she is the first batch of Bai Ling people to leave the clan, and there is no Hui clan, she has lived in Dai County for more than three years, it can be said that she is better than everyone, and she also broke through successfully in the final stage of this time. Of course, at this time, no one will object to the execution of Fengyang.
Then Yun Yao officially appointed the five people who had just made a breakthrough as Zhu Shi, except for Yun Na, the other four were Feng Teng, Feng Yue, Yun Xia, and Yun Jing. plus Fengyue, there are exactly three men and three women. At the same time, Yun Yao ordered to appoint Feng Hao and Yun Jing as his assistants to assist him in managing the affairs of the Bai Ling Clan, while the other six Zhu Shi were under their command to fully take charge of the relocation of the Zhu Clan, and appointed twenty-four managers in the other Bai Ling Clan to assist in the work of the Zhu Shi.
After this incident, Yun Yao's prestige among the Bai Ling clan has naturally been greatly improved, and it can be said that he is fully qualified for the position of the Great Celebrant Master. Therefore, Yun Yao's appointment arrangement did not encounter much resistance, and it was carried out very smoothly.
But just three days after Yun Yao took over as the Great Blessing Master, Feng Tuo passed away quietly in his residence.
Because Feng Tuo had already mentioned to the whole clan that he had little time left, although the time of his death was faster than the Bai Ling clan expected, and Yun Yao had completely won the position of the Great Zhu Master at this time, so the death of the previous Great Zhu Master did not cause much reaction among the Bai Ling Clan.
Yun Yao gathered the other eight masters to discuss, and decided not to hold Fengtuo's funeral for the time being, but only cremated Fengtuo's body, took the ashes away, and waited until Daijun settled down before the official burial. Gao Yuan also supported the decision of the Bai Ling Clan, and said that he would arrange a suitable place for the Bai Ling Clan to live in Dai County for resettlement.
Fengtuo's future affairs were decided in this way, and the next thing is the preparation for the migration of the family, although before this, the Bailing clan has carried out some preparations, but basically each family has made their own preparations, and the overall migration work has not yet begun, because of such a large-scale migration, first of all, a detailed migration plan must be made.
Although the Bailing tribe has no experience in long-distance migration, Gao Yuan is a person who often leads the army, and he has a lot of experience in this area, so the work of formulating a plan naturally falls on Gao Yuan.
However, there is still a big difference between this kind of migration and the army, because a large number of old, weak, women and children are carried in the team, resulting in uneven personnel in the whole team. Gao Yuan is a person who knows the principle of shortcomings, how much water can be filled in a bucket is determined by the shortest plank, and the speed of a team depends on the person who walks the slowest in the team. The elderly, the weak, women and children are often important factors that drag down the ranks during long marches, and in addition, it is necessary to prepare a large amount of food, medicine and drinking water, and the organization and coordination of the work is very complicated.
Plateau and his party set off from Yanmen Pass, and it took more than 50 days to come to the station of the Bailing tribe, considering that a large number of old and weak women and children were brought on the return trip, so the plateau estimated the return time to be two and a half months to three months, but on the way back, the army could be picked up in the area five hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass, so it was almost the same as preparing food and drinking water for more than two months, and the special ability of the Bailing tribe, plus it was the early spring season, the demand for medicine was not high.
After detailed statistics, the total population of the Bailing tribe is now 77,385, with a total of 17,273 households, of which 37,852 are males and 39,533 are females. The young and middle-aged people between the ages of 18 and 40 were 20,787 men and 21,421 women, making a total of 42,208, accounting for more than half of the total population. There are still 10,523 children under the age of 10 and the elderly over 50 years old, and this group of people is also the biggest burden of the entire team.
In addition, although the Bailing people are not nomadic people, they are still relatively developed in animal husbandry, and they are herding methods that combine individual grazing with families and units and collective grazing by the whole clan, and the livestock they raise are mainly horses and sheep, and there are also a small number of cattle and dogs, and they also raise a few wolves.
At present, the Bailing tribe has a total of 21,788 horses, 9,655 cattle, 187,329 sheep, 5,327 dogs, and 157 wolves. In addition, there are about 85,000 stone of various grains, but because the grain is consumed every day, it is only possible to determine how much grain there is until before departure.
On the whole, the population structure of the Bailing tribe is not bad, the number of horses, cattle and sheep and other livestock has reached nearly three per capita, which is obviously less than the number of more than five animals per capita of the general nomadic people, and in addition, there are 16,538 vehicles of various kinds in the Bailing tribe. On average, a household can reach more than one car. Therefore, in the view of the plateau, it is quite considerable.
In response to this situation, Gao Yuan decided that this migration would break the family unit of the Bai Ling clan and instead implement overall group management. Gather all materials and carry out unified management and distribution, which is conducive to saving resources and giving full play to human and material resources. And each household can only bring clothes and a small number of small items, and other bulky items are discarded.
According to the plan formulated by the plateau, the entire Bailing clan will be divided into three brigades, set off separately, if it is in the plain area, it will advance in the shape of "Pin", and if it is in the valley, narrow area, it will march in a column, whether it is horizontal or longitudinal, the distance between each team is about ten miles, and constantly maintain contact. And when camping at night, they also camped separately, two or three miles apart. In this way, even if there is an accident in the middle of the way, only one of the teams will be dangerous, while the other two teams can prepare and provide support in advance.
As for the personnel arrangement of the body, Gao Yuan planned to select 12,000 strong men from among the young and strong men of the Bailing tribe to form an escort team, each with horses, weapons, and armor, divided into four teams, each team was also equipped with 1,000 dogs and 100 wolves, as the main defense force of each team on the way to the migration, three of them, each team was responsible for protecting a brigade of the Bailing tribe, and the other team was used as the general receiving team, which team was in danger and immediately supported.
The remaining young men and all the young women were scattered into each brigade, and were responsible for the main tasks of each brigade, such as taking care of the supplies and vehicles, driving the livestock, and they also had the responsibility of protecting the brigade in the event of an accident, so each of them was also armed. Children under the age of 10 and the elderly over the age of 50 marched in a chariot, with eight people in a car, and the vehicle was drawn by two horses, while the rest of the people were responsible for building tents, lighting fires, cooking, loading, and repairing vehicles.
The rest of the vehicles were divided equally among the three brigades, and in addition to hauling various supplies, each brigade also left five hundred empty vehicles for the rest of the personnel to take turns riding in batches to maintain the necessary physical fitness. Naturally, the cattle and horses were the main cattle and horses, but there were also a small number of sheep, because each brigade had to set aside a thousand horses in case of unforeseen circumstances.
The plateau brings military horses and horses, which has to play an important role, because this is a professional army, not only strong combat effectiveness, but also has very rich combat experience, so it is not only as a mobile force, protect all personnel, but also have important tasks such as pathfinding, patrolling, reconnaissance, surveying, etc. In addition, Gao Yuan also added 300 soldiers of the Bailing clan to the Dai army, mainly to control 300 wolves, as a supplement to the combat strength of the whole army.
At the same time, the plateau also stipulates that if a person dies due to various reasons during the migration, he or she will either be buried on the spot or cremated, and the ashes will be brought to the Daigun area for burial after settlement, and it is absolutely forbidden to walk with the body. One is that it is inconvenient to carry, and the other is that it is afraid of causing disease infection, although the treatment ability of the Bai Ling clan is strong, but the effect on general infectious diseases is not great.
After listening to the plan of the plateau, the other people of the Bailing clan also thought that it was very detailed and complete, so they unanimously agreed to implement it according to the plan of the plateau.