"For example, at dusk, you can tell whether there is an ambush in the woods through the birds.

If the sky is about to clear up, spiders will come out and build their webs. From this, we know that if spiders build webs in the wild, it will clear up after a long rain.

Based on this, when there is heavy rain during the flood season, we can know when it is safe to build a bridge to cross the river, and when it is safe to cross the mountains and valleys.

The purpose of [Spider] is here.”

Since Li Mengxi thought of spiders, this horrible, disgusting and poisonous little animal, Li Mengxi naturally also thought of the military use of poisonous insects such as spiders, frogs, and poisonous snakes.

"Snakes, frogs, centipedes, scorpions, etc., are all highly poisonous. Sometimes, the poison can be used to spray knives, guns and arrows to injure people with poison. If hunting high-value targets, the arrows should also be coated with highly poisonous poison, so that the enemy general will die.

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In the late Han Dynasty, poisonous arrows were used.

Guan Yu was shot in the arm by a poisonous arrow. The poison was so ferocious that ordinary military doctors could not cure him, so he had to ask the famous doctor Hua Tuo to treat him. Then there was the legend of Guan Erye scraping the bones to cure the poison.

"I heard that in places such as the Lingnan of the Southern Barbarians, there are many snakes, scorpions, centipedes, and their people are good at using poisonous arrows. If someone comes to the Southern Barbarians, they should prepare more medicine to prevent and treat the five poisons in case of emergency."

[Spider] is related to the military aspect. You can know the rain by relying on spiders, and use the venom of spiders and snakes to prevent the venom of spiders and snakes. That's about it, nothing else.

Later, Li Mengxi only thought of a special purpose of war horses. This purpose was used by Zhang Fei in Changbanpo.

"The war horse rides on the horse's tail and drags big branches. One of them can stir up a lot of dust. If a horse is dragging the branches and running, the smoke and dust will be like thousands of troops and horses, which can be used as a tactic to suspect soldiers.

Both, when marching, branches sweeping the ground may be able to smooth out horse hoof prints (or not? Let’s find out more.)”

In the end, Li Mengxi only thought of dogs.

If a war horse has a keen sense of hearing, and if there is movement more than ten miles away at night, the war horse will immediately be alert, then there is no doubt that the hearing ability of dogs is much stronger than that of a war horse.

Dogs' keen hearing ranks among the best in the animal kingdom.

If there is an ambush in the forest or in the grass, the war horses may not be able to hear the sound, but if there is a human voice, the dogs will most likely be able to hear it.

In addition to dogs being used as biological radars, many ethnic groups also bring war dogs into battle to kill enemies.

Li Mengxi once played a strategy game called "Total War". In its fourth game "Rome II", a certain force has an organized war dog regiment. Is it a Thracian war dog or a Roman war dog?

Dog, I can’t remember clearly.

Although this is a military unit in the game, and it cannot be ruled out that it is made up, but for a game that is based on simulation and war, the War Dog probably has a historical prototype.

Therefore, war dogs have certain value as a combat unit to supplement the combat system.

"The hearing of a war dog is as sharp as that of a war horse.

If there are military dogs in the army, firstly, they can provide early warning, and secondly, the dogs may be used in combat.

As for the burden of carrying dogs, it can be discussed separately. If you only use the dog's hearing, you don't need to bring a large dog, but only a small dog. Dogs are small, and soldiers can carry them in baskets on their backs, so they can't walk on their backs.

How much of a burden.

If dogs were to be used in battles on a large scale, it would be difficult to know how much it would cost to train and maintain war dogs, and whether their combat capabilities could be used in war.

As for whether carrying dogs while marching may expose the traces of our troops, there is no need to worry about this.

First, the march of a large army is meandering and conspicuous, and it is impossible not to be noticed by the enemy. Even if there is no sound of dogs, people cannot hide.

Either way, if it is necessary to use high-ranking men, hoofed horses, and a dense night attack, at this time, it must be an elite part of the army that goes to attack the enemy, instead of our whole army taking risks and moving at night. The army's dogs will not be brought to attack the camp.

, how could the sound of a dog reveal his whereabouts?

Therefore, all things considered, war dogs are incapable of fighting in formations. It is very necessary to have a war dog in the army and use its ears and eyes.

Even when marching, it may not be appropriate to bring war dogs. However, raising dogs in border and walled areas has many uses. The Han army's border officers raised dogs as warnings, and killed them at the annual passes to obtain dog meat. It was the best of both worlds.

This is what [dog] is used for.”

Finally, Li Mengxi thought hard again, but could not think of any other animals that could be related to military affairs. He went back and reviewed what he had written to see if there were any typos or omissions.

Looking back, Li Mengxi found that when he wrote this new volume, he happened to take a new roll of cloth. When he finished writing, he happened to use up the cloth completely and wrote a full volume.

After going through it again and again, Li Mengxi suddenly realized that in this volume, chickens, war horses, pigeons, birds of prey, oxen, tigers, beasts of prey, elephants, spiders, and dogs were all birds and beasts.

This volume was named "Animal Warfare" by Li Mengxi.
Chapter completed!