Chapter 297 Ironshoe Tribe
Kern took people on duty and arranged people to go to some commanding heights to observe the surroundings. Of course, his people were just playing soy sauce, and Gao Lan had arranged a sentry.
After a while, Hao Meng, Tawu and others surrounded him.
Hao Meng smiled and said, "General Gao is going to do it so quickly, and he didn't even leave some soup."
Gao Lan pointed to the ground: "How can it be? The spoils didn't move at all, just wait for General Hao to come."
These horse thieves have been snatching them all year round, and they have no place to live, and they carry all their treasures, so they are very stocked.
Hao Meng shook his head: "Except for the war horses and weapons, you should decide the rest. Handle the horse meat and make it into bacon."
In this battle, more than 3,800 White Wolf Horse Thieves were wiped out, and some must have run away. Gao Lan killed the White Wolf King, but no one knew this person, and even Tawu did not know him.
He did not dare to record his military achievements in reality. He only said that he beheaded the thief's head, but no one knew this person.
The Xuzhou army was killed in battle, and the wounded were quite severe, with more than 800 people. The horse thieves' bows and arrows were quite powerful. After all, those who make a living on horseback all year round have very accurate arrows.
The Xuzhou Army's armor and helmet are quite awesome. If you want to kill a Xuzhou Army, you must shoot the face. You can't shoot your neck, because there is also protection on your neck.
The front and backs of the chest are all steel plates, which are extremely hard. The horse thief's bow and arrow shot just a little white dot.
The weakness lies in the fish scale armor on the shoulder armor. The fish scale armor set for the flexible arms here is weak and will be injured after being hit hard.
Also, the battle skirt that keeps your thighs alive is also fish scale armor, which is relatively weak.
Kern was stunned when he was on duty. What kind of army is this? From generals to soldiers, is the armor worthless?
Gao Lan asked: "General Hao, how to deal with the soldiers who fell into battle?"
"The horse thieves chose a place that is facing the wind and facing the sun, and dug a few big holes for burial. All our brothers were brought back to the cemetery of the Youzhou army for burial."
Ci doesn't control the soldiers, even if he has the advantage, there will be soldiers who will be killed. Among them are veterans who came from Xuzhou. They just divided the house from Xuzhou and married their wife last year.
There are more people and work quickly, and the battlefield will be cleaned in two hours.
The sun is west and it is getting late. Kern suggests: "Dear generals, there is a clear river in front of us. We can go camping there and get water and drink horses in a more important way."
Hao Meng looked up and saw that it was getting late. He waved his hand and asked Tanma to check where Kern said.
Hao Meng pulled Kern and pointed to the thousands of weapons piled up on the ground. These were all left after the Xuzhou army selected, including short swords, maces, sabers, etc.
"Tawu, Kern, these thousands of guys, you two will separate them."
In the eyes of the Xuzhou army, the things that were broken and iron were all treasures in the eyes of the grassland people. It is very common for a saber to replace a horse.
"Thank you, General."
Kern is a smart man, and his man did not take action, nor did he hurt anyone. The credit lies in leading the way, and the credit is much smaller than that of Tawu.
Kern, let the thaiwu go.
Tawusi thought about it and divided it into two parts, one of his own was a little more. Kern accepted it happily.
The camping of Xuzhou cavalry was relatively simple. The tent was built, wooden stakes were buried deep around, and a few barbed wire mesh was pulled up, and the camp was completed.
Under the night, the horse meat in the iron pot was stewed.
The white wolf horse thief, such an excellent war horse, was shot to death by the swallowtail arrows of the Xuzhou army, and turned into a lump of meat in the pot.
The grassland people brought the horse-head fiddle, sang and danced.
Happy and peaceful night.
Kern poked Tawu with his elbow: "Tell the general about the horses of our tribe to see if the general likes it."
Tawu and the Tiedi tribe don’t have much contact, and they also have some business dealings.
Tawu hesitated for a moment: "Okay, I can't guarantee whether I want it or not."
Tawu came to Hao Meng and bowed: "Thank you, General Hao, for giving up the White Wolf Bandit, a confidant for our tribe."
"No need to be polite, this is all our duty."
After chatting for a while, Tawu pointed at Kern next to him: "There is a treasure in the Iron Hoof Tribe that I want the general to see."
Hao Meng became interested when he heard this: "What baby?"
Kern asked his subordinates to pull a horse: "Please look at it, General, this is the horse of our Iron Hoof Tribe."
Hao Meng looked carefully and found that the horse was as short as the Hun horse, with a thick neck and short and strong limbs.
"Good horse, good horse, this horse can run one or two hundred miles a day."
Kern pointed to the horse's hooves and said, "Please look at the general. The horse's hooves are as hard as iron. They walk on mountain roads and gravel roads do not damage their hooves. If a person with a light weight can run 300 miles a day, it can be said that they are galloping like flying."
Hao Meng then looked at the fire carefully. It was true that the horse's hooves were very different, the hooves were obviously small and black jade-colored.
Hao Meng turned on the horse and tried it. It was indeed a good horse, but the horse was small. The cavalry carrying iron armored was not so flexible to run. After all, he was so handsome.
"How many horses can have in a year?"
"There are almost 50,000 horses in these three hundred miles of ranches, and more than 10,000 horses can be sold a year. We can train horses to become horses and then sell them again, but the price is a little bit more expensive."
Hao Meng shook his head: "Youzhou does not need war horses. Now there are far more cavalry than infantry. In this way, you send a few samples. When the caravan comes, I will arrange to take them back to General Lu. According to General Lu's meaning, if General Lu likes to discuss business."
Hao Meng couldn't make decisions about the caravan and didn't make any promises.
However, these tribal leaders needed to win over, and Kern gave ten samples of iron hoofed horses, all of which were of ordinary quality.
Hao Meng and Kern were having horse sausages together, and they were quite speculative about the conversation.
According to the established strategy of the Xuzhou Army, Tadun's family will never be allowed to dominate, as this will be difficult to control. After all, Tadun has more than 200,000 people. You should know that the herdsmen are soldiers of the whole people, and the population of 200,000 can have at least 50,000 cavalry, which is quite terrifying.
Now Tadun is honest, that's because his wings are not plump. Once they are plump, they may be going to cause trouble.
The Iron-hoof tribe has few people, but small tribes with thousands of people are easier to win over.
Therefore, Hao Meng decided to win over the Iron-Tiu Tribe and allow the Iron-Tiu Tribe to go to Youzhou to trade. You should know that the caravans in the Central Plains are not only from the Xuzhou government, but also many private caravans.
Kern drank a little big: "General Hao, I hope you will talk more about horses about General Lu."
"Brother Kern, these are not problems. I see your horse, it's not a big problem. It's a little difficult to use heavy cavalry. You arranged for many tribe members to train horses to pull carts. Our baggage transport team needs a large number of horses."
Chapter completed!