Chapter 988 Hunter 'Zai'
After summarizing the experience of the first battle, Qubing came up with the idea of setting a bottom line for the soldiers to kill, hoping to relieve the soldiers of their worries and prevent them from looking back and forth and not daring to take action when facing the enemy.
Youye and Wen Feiyu also thought that this method was good. It could encourage the soldiers to capture more prisoners and relieve their worries at the same time. This method killed two birds with one stone and was absolutely wonderful.
After the three of them agreed on this matter, they discussed the details again and finally summarized a detailed merit rating standard. Then they called the chief officers and instructors of the battalion company and platoon to a meeting and announced this merit rating standard on the spot. Then they held another post-war experience summary meeting for the guard platoon's battle. Everyone discussed their feelings during the battle, found out the advantages and carried them forward, and found out the shortcomings and tried to avoid them.
In the past, the majority of our party's commanders and fighters also learned about war in such post-war experience summary meetings. Learning war in war came from this.
That night, many tents were erected in the woods west of the river mouth position. There were snow bags that could accommodate people around the tents. There was also a campsite behind a high slope in the woods that was sheltered from the wind. In order to allow everyone to camp safely, the soldiers who lived in the underground sentry and slept on the kangs all shared their quilts and contributed them to the soldiers camping outside, so that everyone could spend a night safely in the ice and snow.
It was a calm night, but some lone beasts came to the battlefield at night to lick the blood. Although there were many donkeys in the campsite on the Han tribe side, there was a bonfire in the camp, and there were teams of soldiers taking turns on duty and patrolling, so the beasts did not dare to come and attack humans.
The next morning, everyone took action again. According to Qubing and Lu Ping, the old and weak cannibals would only appear at noon, because it was too cold at night, and the old and weak generally could not get so many cold-proof animal skins, so they could not spend the night outside, so everyone could only build positions in the early morning and late at night.
Qubing left a battalion of soldiers at the river mouth position, and also left some food and ammunition, and then assigned the deputy commander to lead the third battalion to guard here, and asked them to expand the underground outpost as soon as possible, and also dig through the two surrounding positions. When the time comes, the three positions will rush to each other to form an encirclement, and all the enemies who break in can be captured.
This time they also left two hundred militiamen at the river mouth position, plus a battalion of the Shen Ce Guard, a total of one thousand people. Now this is not the main battlefield, there is no need to transfer the militiamen in the river valley camp now. Besides, there is no place to live when they come, so it is better to stay in the camp for training first.
After arranging things here, Qubing, Youye, and the military commander Wen Feiyu continued to lead the remaining two battalions, and less than one thousand militiamen, to the remaining two targets, a hunting camp and a salt lake camp.
After the army went to Yanze, there was also an official from the Han tribe who was in charge of management. They were all transferred from those assigned by Luo Chong at the beginning. With the help of the clan leaders who defected, they were able to manage the tens of thousands of people here.
Fortunately, the system here is relatively simple, and the government affairs are not as complicated as those in the eight counties of Hanyang, so they can manage it.
Qubing, Youye and the three of them led the army to stay in the Yanze camp for a few days, observing the salt-boiling workshops here, as well as the salt ponds occupied by their own side and the cannibals, and then formulated a detailed battle plan.
Youye was responsible for explaining to the government officials here about the matters of assisting the army. First, he summoned a thousand auxiliary soldiers for training to prepare to help the Shen Ce Guards in the battle, and second, he helped coordinate many matters of the Shen Ce Guards' logistics. Fortunately, there were not many Shen Ce Guards stationed here, and there was only one battalion, so it was not a big deal.
Qubing took Wen Feiyu to be mainly responsible for the affairs of the Shen Ce Guards, including the deployment of the military camp and the battle plan.
The second battalion of the Shen Ce Guards was stationed at the Yan Ze camp. Their battle plan was divided into two parts. The first step was to take the initiative to attack and seize the salt pond occupied by the enemy. The second step was to build defensive positions on the main roads around the salt pond, switch from offense to defense, and ambush the enemies who came to compete for the salt pond.
If there were special circumstances, they would send someone to report, but there shouldn't be any problems. There were more than 700 guns in one battalion. Even if they couldn't capture prisoners, they could still drive the enemy away. Even if the enemy came with thousands of people at a time, with more than 700 guns here, the enemy would never break through their positions.
After arranging the affairs of the Yan Ze camp, Qu Bing left the military Sima Wen Feiyu in charge here, and then he and You Ye continued to set off, leading the first battalion of the Shen Ce Guards and more than 300 militiamen to continue to set off for the last hunting camp.
After three days of trekking, everyone finally arrived at the hunting camp without any danger. This was the third camp developed by You Ye in the north, and it was also the newest one. It was also the first one with the least number of people and the worst development.
The terrain here is just as Youye described, with many mountains and few flat lands. Although the mountains are not very high, they are rugged everywhere. Although the people in the camp have also cultivated some farmland, they all rely on mountain springs to cultivate, otherwise they cannot irrigate the land, so there is not much cultivated land and the food they get is also limited.
Unfortunately, the winter here is still so long. If there is not enough food, everyone has to continue hunting. Fortunately, there are many prey here, and the hunting team can get something every time they go out.
This situation made Qubing discover a benefit, that is, the militia training here can be greatly reduced. Those hunting teams can be reorganized and immediately transformed into militia. There is no need for any training. At most, they can be taught how to use handcuffs, and then they can be directly taken to the battlefield.
Youye also means the same thing. This place is the worst developed, so the people still have a hunting lifestyle. Everyone has the ability to fight, so the battle here can be arranged quickly, but before the formal battle, it is still better to find out the enemy's intelligence. Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can win every battle.
With the help of Youye, Qubing found a famous local hunter named Zai, who was dressed in black yak skin. Before joining the Han tribe, he was also the leader of a small tribe. After being recruited by Youye, he became the hunting captain here. Basically, all hunting operations had to be arranged by him. He was also admired by everyone for distributing prey, because he distributed according to work, and everyone thought it was fair and believed in him.
"Zai is the hunting captain here and the head of the militia. He is familiar with the geographical environment, climate change, distribution of prey, and the movement patterns of the cannibals. If you want to know anything, just ask him directly." Youye led the young man named Zai to Qubing and introduced him to him.
The two immediately looked at each other. Qubing's eyes were full of curiosity, while Zai looked at Qubing with some disappointment. He thought that the Han tribe sent someone, but he didn't expect it to be a child who had just reached adulthood. Qubing looked too young.
The butcher looked tall and very strong, with an honest face, but his eyes were bright and sharp. He looked to be about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, which was the best time of his life. His experience, knowledge, physique and energy were all at their peak. After taking a look at his appearance, Qubing began to ask.
"You are Zai? I heard that you are good at hunting, familiar with the habits of wild animals, and good at making traps, tracking prey, and dividing meat in a reasonable way. Everyone says that you are the fairest. Who did you learn all these skills from?"
"Of course it was my father. My father is the best hunter. He taught me everything." Zai said without hesitation.
"Well, I heard that you were also a leader before. I guess your father must be an amazing person. But since you are so powerful, the strength of the tribe should not be too bad. Then why did you choose to lead your people to join the Han tribe?" Qubing asked curiously again.
For a person like Zai, with his ability, it must not be difficult for him to lead a tribe to survive. Why did he join the Han tribe? Qubing was really curious about this.
Zai still answered without hesitation. Obviously, he had thought about this question a long time ago. If he hadn't figured it out, he would not be willing to join the Han tribe.
He shook his head and said, "Hunting is not a long-term thing. People are born, grow old, get sick and die. The body will decline with age. Young people cannot hunt, and old people are experienced but their physical strength declines. Young and strong people are often injured and killed. Hunting is not the best way to survive.
"But the Han tribe is different. The Han tribe cultivates the land to obtain food. No matter men, women, old or weak, they can cultivate to survive. Although the Han tribe does not hunt, they can rely on breeding to obtain meat, which is more stable. Although it is a bit harder, there is no food in the world that comes for free. Food earned through blood and sweat is more reliable to eat. It is best to use sweat without bleeding.
"In terms of hunting skills, the Han leader may not be as good as me, but in terms of being a leader and how to lead the tribe to survive better, I am not as good as him.
"We are both familiar with the habits of wild beasts, but I only know how to hunt better, but the Han leader thought of taming and raising them, which not only makes it easy to obtain meat, but also allows wild beasts to be used by people; we are also collecting fruits, but I only think about eating them, but I don’t think about planting them. "
He shook his head again, and then said, "I joined the Han tribe because I agree with the Han tribe's way of survival. Although I am not very old, I have seen many tribes and traveled to many places. Only the Han tribe's way of survival is worthy of my admiration. I can also see that only the Han tribe's way of survival is the right way.
"Joining the Han tribe can make the tribe live better. It doesn't matter if I don't become the leader. As long as I can have something to do, it's fine."
Upon hearing this, Qubing looked at Youye deeply, knowing that this must have been told to him by Youye. After all, this guy was fooled by Youye, otherwise how could he, a hunter, know these great principles.
However, Zai is indeed an outstanding leader. He can see that the Han tribe's way of survival is the general trend of the world. This is a kind of ability, and ordinary people can't understand it. Moreover, this person has a great temperament, because some people are unwilling to give up their position as leader and the power of the leader even if they know that joining the Han tribe can lead a good life. Therefore, people like Zai are even more rare.
"You are right. The leader of our Han tribe is indeed an extraordinary person. He can even be called a god. The leader is best at summarizing the truth and exploring the laws of nature, so that it can be used by humans. The leader calls this science. Science is to explore, discover, verify, and summarize. It is a process of dealing with things.
"Everything has its own unique laws. The leader teaches us to face everything with a scientific attitude. These laws contain various treasures. Once discovered by humans, we can benefit endlessly.
"But you are wrong about one thing just now. Our leader is also very good at hunting. Otherwise, how can he train an invincible army?!" Qubing retorted with a smile.
Zai did not comment on this sentence. Anyway, he had never seen the leader of the Han tribe. These people could say whatever they wanted. He only believed what he saw with his own eyes. The Han tribe did have grain seeds that allowed people to farm and survive. The Han tribe could also tame wild beasts and let them be used by humans. This was what he saw with his own eyes.
As for whether the army of the Han tribe can fight, he has never seen it, so even if Qubing talks about it, he will not believe it. In his eyes, it is just self-praise.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Uncle You said that you are very familiar with the situation here. I want to know about the situation of the cannibals here. How often do they appear? How large is the scale each time? That is, how many people come out each time, what weapons do they carry, where do they usually hunt, and if we want to ambush them, where is the best place to choose?" Qubing saw that this guy seemed to have no interest in the leader's scientific concept, so he simply got straight to the point and asked him about the enemy.
"I know this. They come here to hunt in the first three months of every winter. In the last three months, the herds here will migrate south, and then they will no longer appear. These cannibals go out very frequently, even thousands of people at a time, but most of them are very scattered." Zai heard Qubing's question and answered immediately.
Qubing was shocked when he heard it. Thousands of people hunting together at a time? Really, it's a bit ridiculous, right? But when he heard Zai say that the enemies were very scattered, he knew that the situation was not what he thought.
So he waved his hand and said, "Go on."
"At first I didn't know why they acted like this, until the chief envoy told me about the distribution of those cannibals, then I understood what was going on. Those cannibals lived in villages, so I thought that those hunting teams that came here might not be from the same village. Although they are all cannibals, they are not subordinate to each other, and the same is true when they hunt. Sometimes two groups of people will fight over prey.
"Every time these cannibals hunt, they will gather two or three hundred people, and specifically target herds of large wild beasts. According to my observation, each team of two or three hundred people may be composed of one to three villages, and there may be more than a dozen hunting teams like this that often appear in this hunting ground. At least, there are three or four hunting teams, which adds up to about a thousand people. If there are more than a dozen hunting teams, wouldn't it be several thousand people together?" Zai spread his hands and said.
(End of this chapter)
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