Xia Houcheng shook his head and laughed, saying: "I came here on the order of Duke Liang."

"A cunning person." Liu Ling snorted coldly and ignored him.

Xiahou Cheng was so happy that he climbed up a high slope and overlooked the west.

On the mountain post road, there was actually a troop of troops advancing westward.

"We're about to go on an expedition now?" Xia Houcheng pointed to the bumpy road in the mountains and said, "We're going to march before the repairs are completed?"

Liu Ling looked at him with a smile and said nothing.

Xia Houcheng secretly laughed and said: "General Liu, when I left Bianliang, I brought several jars of Bianliang spring with me."

"Hey, that's right!" Liu Ling was overjoyed and ran over directly, saying: "It doesn't hurt to tell you. These are my soldiers, a total of three thousand people, marching westward to the old city of Loufan, guarding them with fences and blocking them.

Xiongnu, it’s better to build the road later.”

Loufan is the name of an ancient country. It is a branch of Beidi. In its heyday, it developed near Taiyuan. It grazed cattle in the mountains northwest of Jinyang and was good at riding and shooting. Later, it was defeated by King Wuling of Zhao, and its people were integrated into it, becoming an important part of the Zhao army's cavalry.

In the Tang Dynasty, three pastures were set up nearby, so it was known as "Loufan's horses are the best in the world". By the Kaiyuan period, Loufanjianmu City was built, which became the main source of military horses for the Hedong Jiedushi shogunate.

There have been very few Han people in the area since ancient times because the land is not suitable for farming. However, the rolling mountains are excellent pastures and are always loved by the Hu people.

The old city walls of Loufan City are still there today, but I don’t know which dynasty they were built in.

Liu Ling was ordered to send 3,000 soldiers to the west for hundreds of miles, which not only served as a base for forward departure, but also protected the rear from the Huns' light cavalry.

For example, the cattle and sheep brought by Xia Houcheng were grazing in nearby river valleys, basins, and hillsides.

All kinds of miscellaneous animals that have traveled hundreds of miles are like starving ghosts. They scream happily and pounce on the fresh and juicy grass by the river, munching on it.

After raising them for more than a month, they will become the food for the Western Expedition army - at least a large part of the supply source.

Of course, this is the vision of the time traveler.

In later generations, the Tang army and the Tubo fought fiercely in Guanxi. The Tubo people grazed in Qinghai in the summer. In the autumn, the strong men took the lead, and the cavalry was everywhere. The old and weak women and children drove the cattle and sheep to follow, and they arrived in Jingyuan (Guyuan, Pingliang area).

After winning the battle, we rushed towards Chang'an.

If you lose the fight, you'll run away immediately. If you can't run away, I'll leave your wife, children, cattle and sheep to you, okay?

This is also the main reason why there were so many Tubo people in this area at the end of the Tang Dynasty - most of them were descendants of captured old, weak, women and children.

The people of Jin did not know this kind of logistics supply method, or they were disdainful to learn it. They still used the method of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to push large carts and small carts all the way to the Western Regions and deserts. The price was too high.

In the eyes of many people, what Mr. Liang did was really becoming more and more "nonsense".
Chapter completed!