The great migration has begun.

It is not easy to migrate with hundreds of thousands of people, a large number of livestock and materials.

For this migration, Sun Xiurong made a lot of preparations.

The 24,000 herders with the Saiye Army naturally followed the corresponding camp. Specifically, the Shiwei Camp (mainly the Shiwei Tribe), the Raole Camp (mainly the Baye Ancient Tribe in the South), and the Chile Camp (mainly the Turkic Tribe in the North).

To the south is the Kumo Camp (mainly the Xi tribe), Yuyuling Camp (covering tribes such as Shiwei, Hu people in the Western Regions, and Shiye Camp (covering tribes such as Shiwei, Hu people in the Western Regions, and Shiye Camp).

The six camps in the north and south basically have a loose formation about twenty miles long from east to west and about ten miles long from north to south, and each camp is roughly parallel along the east and west.

In the middle is the Bogda Camp (covering all tribes) and the Bogda Camp (covering all tribes), led by Sun Xiurong, which guards more than 20,000 farmers, craftsmen, officials, and thousands of families mainly from the Dugu tribe and Yuwen tribe (the Loushi tribe stayed).

Since there are other camps on both sides of the north and south, these two camps do not need to be guarded on the outside, but guarded one by one. Gao Tinghui's Bogra camp is in the front, Sun Xiaoke's Bogda camp is at the back, and in the middle is a large team of forty miles.

In addition to Bogda Camp and Bogra Camp, Sun Xiurong also drew 3,000 young and strong people from the herdsmen he accompanied, and was led by Qu Tuyu, the leader of Dugu's army.

The large team without livestock in the middle is also parallel to the herdsmen who Qu Tuyu, and the north-south width of each part is also ten miles.

Because of the remaining tribal chiefs, the current commander and deputy lieutenant of each battalion are:

north:

Shi Weiying: Yuque, Suha;

Rao Leying: Ma Lin

Chile Camp: Abus, Nangongxun

south:

Yu Yuling Camp: Nan Jiyun;

Leaf Camp: Bai Xiaode

Camp Cuomo: Geng Sidu

middle:

Camp Pogra: Gao Tinghui

Bogda Camp: Sun Xiaoke

Cavalry of the Herdsmen Tribe: Qu Tuyu

Sun Xiurong divided the army into three corpses. Ma Lin was the chief manager of the camp in the north, Bai Xiaode was the chief manager of the south, and Sun Xiaoke was the chief manager of the camp in the middle.

In this way, starting from the northernmost Shiwei Camp and going to the southernmost Kumo Camp, the span of the north and south is close to a hundred miles, and the longest from east to west is fifty miles. The soldiers are on the periphery and the people are on the inside, and they are trekking west in a huge team.

Each migrant family has a large tent that is convenient to install and disassemble, with at least three large trucks, one loaded tent, one loaded food and grass, and a ceiling made of linoleum cloth that prevents rain and snow, so that the elderly, weak, women and children can be seated in sudden rain and snow, or for pregnant women and children to use.

Among the private households, one hundred households are also divided into thirty groups, and the families of the officers in the corresponding Suoye Army are still acting unifiedly.

The most food and supplies are carried by each battalion themselves. As mentioned earlier, there is a light barracks in the Sailye Army, which is actually a baggage battalion and engineering battalion of more than 3,000 people. Each of them drove a large cart full of food and supplies, tents, weapons, ammunition and other items.

During the great migration, such a camp was definitely not enough, so Sun Xiurong added another camp to join the ranks of the baggage camp.

This is a thousand big trucks. Each big truck in the Ministry can carry twenty stones of cargo, one camp is twenty thousand stones, and eight camps are ten thousand stones.

That's not all. In the Grand Governor's Office, there are also warehouses under Zhang Han. He also transferred 10,000 young and strong families to migrate and do not have livestock. They gathered together and could not only join the battle at any time, but also catch a cart. This is 200,000 stones.

The remaining people were not idle either. Each household had at least three large trucks and needed to carry one truck of food. This was another 200,000 stones.

There are two scattered military camps in the middle, 20,000 farmers, craftsmen, officials, etc., and 10,000 migrant herdsmen, a total of 120,000 people. They need 400,000 stones of food in a year, which is just covered by these two parts.

The food carried by ordinary households is also calculated in a year.

At this time, the horse's beans can only be considered for the soldiers, and the rest can only eat hay and the fodder they carry.

Of course, there may be meat supplements along the way, and millions of cattle and sheep cannot be raised. In addition to a few breeding sheep, breeding cattle, and stallions, most male sheep, cattle and horses must have eaten when they arrive near Zhaisangpo.

Then, it will take at least two years for the herds to return the flock to normal levels, which is the price of migration and must be borne.

From the farthest Gulunbo (Hulun Lake) to Zhaisangbo, there are five thousand miles. It is September now. I will definitely not be able to walk fast with a large number of livestock. It would be great to be able to walk fifteen miles a day. It would be the best situation to arrive at Zhaisangbo in September next year.

Such a huge team could not be all placed near Talas. According to Sun Xiurong's idea, the vast Kazakh hilly grasslands west of Zhaisangbo were the places they should go.

Specifically, their pastures are north of Lake Balkash, west of Zaisangbo, and on both sides of the Erthis River. Although most of the herdsmen exist there, they naturally have to occupy such a strong military force.

Naturally, I can't think so much now. Sun Xiurong has sent someone to Talas in advance to ask Li Fei Shouyu to discuss with the Kimak tribe to see if the above grassland can be given out.

As for later generations, Semiy went to both sides of the Erthis River in Pavlodar, it was naturally a good place to resettle Han people and familiar Khitan farmers.

According to Sun Xiurong's estimate, if the brigade starts from now on and by the end of the year, the brigade must migrate to the Hunyi River, which is the Wengjin River Basin in later generations, because only when they arrive there can the brigade have the possibility of supply. There are desert grasslands hundreds of miles east of the Wengjin River. If the brigade is wasted there for too long, it will be too dangerous.

So, at the beginning of the migration, everyone still felt fresh. At the beginning, they walked at a speed of twenty miles every day. As they walked along the way, they consumed food and grass, and their bags would become lighter and faster. This speed allowed the team to withstand a great test, and there were naturally those who were left behind along the way. Sun Xiurong specially asked Bogda Camp to dispatch a thousand cavalry to drag them to the end, and investigated about a hundred miles wide from north to south, trying to bring back the lost households and cattle and sheep.

Such losses were also estimated by Sun Xiurong.

"It would be great if 90% of the people could survive after arriving in Zhaisangbo."

Fortunately, most of the migrant households were the families of Suiye Jun. The households brought from Guizhou and Bohai Kingdom were also quite honest. There were no major accidents along the way. The team successfully arrived in the Hunyi River Basin in the southeast of Wudejiao Mountain by the end of the year.

When you arrive near Wudejiao Mountain, a large number of rivers appear, and there are dead grass near the rivers. The cattle, sheep and horses in Mobei are not picky. In the middle of winter, they can even get over it with dead grass. Of course, if the horses at this time are fat and strong, they cannot do it, but they can barely survive.

Not only Sun Xiurong's team, but at this time, all herders were basically like this.

Unlike the herdsmen who are fixed in a certain place, if there are cattle, sheep, horses and cubs born at this time, they will definitely not live long. Most of them cannot migrate with the livestock herds. This is another regret in the great migration.

After arriving near the Hunyi River, Sun Xiurong suddenly became nervous.

Since the entire team was rushing to the road strictly by military discipline, when they arrived at the Hunyi River, it was still half a month before the end of the year. When they arrived here, both humans and livestock were exhausted.

However, in the entire northern desert, if you walk from west to east, the Udemao Mountain will not be able to get around, and this is even more so in winter, because it is too difficult to find water sources further south.

About two hundred miles south of Wudejiao Mountain is the Jinshan Remnant, and there are many rivers left from the northern foothills. However, compared with Wudejiao Mountain, the density and flow of the river are incomparable. If it is a small team, just like Li Jixun, Su Xijie and others went to the Gelulu and the Gas tribe before, it would still be accessible, but such a large team would not work.

But what is dangerous is that the upper reaches of the Orhun River where the Uighur royal court is located is only two hundred miles away from the Hunyi River!

Two hundred miles, with the strength of the Uighur light cavalry, it will arrive in one day and night. If they gather tens of thousands of troops, it will be difficult to get everything in the Saoye Army when it needs to protect so many households. Once ordinary households are attacked by Uighur cavalry, they will not be as stable as before in the next journey.

Uighur cavalry may appear at any time on the southern foot of the Udemao Mountain. At that time, it will definitely not be possible to keep the households calm. One day, one or even more shocks are possible in the future!

At that time, the people will be in chaos and the morale of the army will not be stable soon. If the army is also defeated, the danger of moving forward is too great. If you are not careful, the entire army will be wiped out!

Sun Xiurong absolutely does not allow this to happen.

As soon as he arrived near the Hunyi River, about 400 miles away from the Uighur Royal Court, Suha, the deputy commander of the Wei army, the northernmost part of the northern legion, personally led 800 cavalry to patrol the eastern foot of Wudejia Mountain.

The remaining people and horses were all stationed along the banks of the Hunyi River.

At night, in Sun Xiurong's tent, he was discussing nervously with Ma Lin, Bai Xiaode, Zhang Han, Li Jixun and others.

"Grandmaster"

The person who spoke was Su Xijie, who was the captain of Renyongdu. Now that the Ye army of each branch was divided, Sun Xiurong was left with only Renyongdu's troops, which totaled only two hundred cavalry. They now assumed the responsibility of guarding the Grand Commander.

"At about 300 miles east of the Hunyi River, we met people from the Basimi tribe. Their pasture continued from the Hunyi River to 500 miles east. This time they did not migrate. However, their leader not only explained the terrain here personally to me, but also sent more than ten guides for us."

"According to his words, it is the middle of winter now, there is no farmland near Wude Mountain, and the Uighurs' war horses are also very thin and unlikely to attack us, but everything is not absolute. The Uighurs have a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty and can also use fur every year. Horses exchange some beans for the Tang Dynasty to feed the horses."

"But the number is definitely not large, and it is impossible to exceed 5,000 war horses. According to the habits of the grassland people, they will not be dispatched if the war horses are not well eaten and raised. If they are dispatched, it will definitely hurt the peace and will definitely be punished in the coming year..."

Sun Xiurong asked back: "I heard that Jabbar has become the national teacher of the Uighurs. How could Hu merchants in the Western Regions not come in large quantities and provide them with a large amount of food?"

"The Grand Commander, even if there are thousands of miles away, there are not many. The estimation is relaxed. At most, I can handle the 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 cavalry. Besides, the Uighurs must also stare at us and know that all the 10,000 cavalry are added to the 10,000 cavalry. "

"If they dispatched ten thousand cavalry to attack us, it would be great if they defeated it, but if they were defeated, the entire Uighur tribe would be doomed!"

"Guli Peiluo's children and grandchildren are very young, and the tribe has just stabilized. If he had a few years, his Yaoluo Ge family would definitely be destroyed!"
Chapter completed!