"It's raining again. Winter comes earlier here than elsewhere." At the border, where the Yellow River was, Guo Zhiyun looked at the heavy rain outside from the military camp.
It was raining heavily today, and the clouds were moving east. There was probably a lot of rain along the Yellow River, and the water level was rising.
Once the water level rose, it flowed faster, and the ships coming from there would be affected.
Qin Li stood next to him and looked up at the sky. The sky was dark, even though the sun should have risen at this time.
"We need medicine. Now that the situation is stable, send the Winged Knights back and ask them to send a few thousand Winged Knights to bring medicine."
Wang Junkui didn't like the current weather. It was humid and hot during the day, and cold at night.
However, Zhang Xiaosong didn't care. The temperature difference was just big, and he was already used to it.
"The places where the explosives and sky-piercing monkeys are placed are changed every day. They are all in the dry places after the charcoal is burned. The things from Shu County are still being sent. Have we spent all 500,000 yuan?"
Zhang Zhongliang was calculating the logistics. The things sent from Shu County were endless. He estimated that there was not much money left.
Qin Li shook his head. "How can 500,000 yuan be spent so quickly? In the past, when the imperial court fought, hundreds of thousands of yuan could last two years.
Even if it was really not enough, Dongzhu would find a way to send the things here back. They would soon become money.
Tubo didn't do anything? The imperial court's letter was sent back. Why didn't they fight back when they knew that the place was occupied? "
"It's impossible this year. When the troops are sent over and the morale is stabilized, the Yellow River should be frozen. They can cross the river. Are they going to take the initiative to attack?"
Zhang Xiaosong analyzed from another perspective.
Tubo didn't have time to attack directly, and the surrounding tribes lost the morale to fight.
How many new soldiers could there be? If there were too few, they couldn't fight. If there were too many, who would be responsible for the logistics?
When the Yellow River was frozen, it seemed easy to cross the river, but it was simple for both sides.
In such cold weather, livestock didn't eat grass, or people didn't eat.
It could only increase the scale of the confrontation, but it couldn't make an effective breakthrough.
What about winter? Continue to fight for logistics!
The purpose of this battle was to make money.
If it were in the past, the Tang dynasty would have withdrawn their troops because they could not support the Baggage of the expeditionary army.
Now, Li Yi might be preparing more supplies to ship here. He was building ships and firearms every day.
There were also grains, meat, spices, and other things that were bought from other places.
For the first time, Zhang Xiaosong discovered the decisive role of money in war. It was different from when he brought ten thousand soldiers to attack the Western Regions.
At that time, the focus was on surprise attacks and speed.
At this moment, they were fighting steadily and surely, and everyone was competing for supplies.
He wasn't sure about Tubo's supplies, but his team's supplies were definitely amazing.
He even ate canned fruits and chestnut chicken.
There was no shortage of meat locally, so it was fine not to eat canned meat. However, since the canned meat was sent here, it did not represent eating. It represented a kind of will.
Whenever there was a battle at the front, the rear would send over fruits, meat, and vegetables. They would send them to wherever the battle went.
Morale was different. The soldiers of the Tang dynasty did not need to eat canned food. Only those who were sick or injured would eat it.
There was a big difference between not eating it and wanting to eat it but not having it.
"They're sending things over again. They want to exchange the braised meat and highland barley rice made by the pressure cooker with us. They're probably storing it."
Fan Fan had a book in his hand that recorded how many things the other party exchanged.
According to Dongzhu, people's actions were purposeful. When the other party was exchanging in large quantities, the other party should be storing it.
Why didn't the other party make their own sausages and jerky? It was probably because the prey was easier to hunt, and the food they made did not taste good.
Or maybe they were also making their own food, but they used this exchange to paralyze the Tang dynasty and make the Tang dynasty misjudge their reserves.
Guo Zhiyun looked at the rain calmly. "It's not important. The longer we delay, the greater our advantage. Li Yi will not give up such an opportunity.
No one can see through him, but he always makes no mistakes when it comes to the big picture, and he has a perfect grasp of the details. "
"Now that I think about it, Li Yi spent a few years making arrangements, vigorously developing farming technology, and looking for new high-yield seeds.
He studied different ways to store food, and also improved weapons and increased production.
Fortunately, he's from the Tang dynasty. If it were Tubo, they probably would not attack the Tang dynasty in the next few years.
When they attack, the Tang dynasty will find that it's impossible to defend, just like when we conquered the Yellow River region. "
Wang Junkui said. He was convinced. The more he thought about Li Yi, the more he found Li Yi was not ordinary.
Some people were good at internal affairs and specialized in making money. Some people were good at labor and asked people to make new things.
Some people were good at farming and increased food for the imperial court.
Other people were strategic and tactical deployments. They set out from the imperial court and carried out all the way to the border.
Look at Li Yi. He was proficient in everything, but what was more terrifying was politics.
Anyone who wanted to win the support of the entire imperial court had to struggle and compromise.
Li Yi was not like that. Li Yi was here and there. The officials in the imperial court were led by him, and all the struggles were like a joke.
The officials did not have any direct hatred or restraint for him. The chancellors just set out from their positions and had requirements for him.
When he met the requirements, the chancellors felt that it was enough.
Throughout history and dynasties, who could do this? Li Yi did it.
He had a good personal relationship with any official. He always gave them things and acted like a junior.
He also helped in official affairs, and he did not want political achievements.
"How can there be such a person in the world?" Wang Junkui thought and could not help but mutter.
He felt that Li Yi was the most powerful person in the world, but he did not know that Li Yi had a real most powerful person in the world at that time.
That person had no children, no family property, and no ashes. They could scold the person lying in the crystal coffin. At most, they could debate.
But they could not scold him. Scolding him was not part of the debate. Many people just scolded him back.
"They came to trade. A hundred horses. They brought a lot of blue sheep. They are all dead."
As Wang Junkui was thinking, people from the tribe appeared in front of them. Someone greeted them.
Recently, the Tubo tribes had been coming to trade. They traded for things, medicine, and even women who had given birth were sent over for Guan Lin's family to help.
Guan Lin's family had forceps and other supplementary items. Recently, they were researching Caesarean sections and blood transfusions.
This was because books and large amounts of equipment had been sent over. There were also instructions on how to do it.
They first experimented with cows and sheep, and then waited for people.
The day before yesterday, they had cut open a person from the Tubo tribe. They really could not give birth, so they tried using their own hands.
Then it came back to life. Until now, the mother and child were safe. The mother had a slight fever, but she suppressed it time and time again. She even had milk to feed the child.
The ones who performed the operation were Guan Lin's mother and wife. They were trained as witch doctors, so they were ruthless. They were even ruthless to themselves.
The key was that the woman who had a difficult birth had survived. Her son was also alive and was recuperating.
The mother and son were judged to have two lives in the Tubo tribe. It was impossible.
Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, they were sent over by horse.
The chief and the tribesmen did not think about anything else. They sent them here to comfort themselves. It was not that they did not work hard to send the woman to the miraculous doctor of the Tang dynasty.
Who would have thought that after they sent her here, they cut her open and she came back to life?
They directly took the child out of the womb and cut a big hole. Then, both the mother and the child were still alive. As the mother, she could even breastfeed the child.
The tribe approved because they could casually find a reason to say that the woman could not be saved.
Death was normal. If she could be saved, why would she be sent to the doctor of the Tang dynasty?
They were not just doing it for show. They really did it. They treated her as one of their own and used all their skills.
The tribesmen had nothing to say. When they confronted each other on the bank of the Yellow River, the Tang dynasty did not directly attack.
When the commander had a problem and everyone ran away, the people of the Tang dynasty caught up and told them that they could live in peace.
When they felt that life was difficult, the people of the Tang dynasty gave them something to exchange.
When they were sick, the doctors of the Tang dynasty treated them.
When the woman who had a difficult birth was sent there, the doctors of the Tang dynasty helped to give birth to the child and took care of it carefully.
Was this the Tang dynasty? As long as there was something, they would exchange it. If they were sick, they would go and treat it.
What war? That had nothing to do with them. What was the purpose of war?
To let them eat better? They already had it.
If they caught others to work, they could also work.
There was glory in dying in battle. Why did they have to die? When my wife gave birth to a child, they helped her.
They said that in the future, there would be frostbite cream, face cream, lipstick, malaria prevention pills, floral water, kerosene lamps, thermos bottles …
They could all be exchanged. If they did not fight, they would get it. If they fought, they would not get it. Unless they fought all the way to Chang 'an and captured Li Yi alive.
Since they did not need to obtain things through war, why would they fight?
Was it easier to attack the Tang dynasty or to catch the blue sheep?
Was it easier to rob the Tang dynasty or to raise the sheep and yaks?
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