"Stone, put the stones and stir with all your strength. Tie up the bamboo tendons and build the city before it snows. Otherwise, it can only be frozen into a city. "
Beside the Yellow River, the Tang dynasty soldiers were mixing concrete in the city.
The city wall was rising bit by bit. They didn't have any vibrating equipment, so they relied on people to shake it with a stake.
If there was a word to describe it, it would be called tamping.
The highland barley had been harvested. A waterwheel was set up on the Yellow River to shuck the barley and grind it into flour.
The Tubo tribe traded things for highland barley noodles, steamed highland barley rice, and braised meat.
Now they were paid to build the city for the Tang dynasty. They transported, quarried, and mixed the materials.
The women helped to cook, and the children delivered food and water. They were also paid.
They discovered the magic of concrete and decided that they wouldn't do anything if someone asked them to attack the city later.
The city wall couldn't be destroyed. How could they climb up? They said that the city wall was several feet high.
Recently, ships came and went. The explosives transported here were like mountains. There were also sky-scraping monkeys, arrows, cotton-padded clothes and mattresses to prepare for winter …
Bags of rice, flour, oil, alcohol, diesel, kerosene …
Could they shoot it down? Send themselves to death?
The Tubo people didn't want to die like this. It was meaningless.
It was still useless to build catapults and arrow towers. The enemy had sky-scraping monkeys. They flew far away, and before the catapults entered the range, they would be blown to pieces.
The arrow towers were slowly pushed over. When the catapults on the city wall threw out a bag of explosives, the towers collapsed.
The wind was good. The hot air balloons of the Tang army guarding the city were thrown forward with ropes.
No, why did the Tang army defend? Why didn't they attack?
They were living a good life now. If they needed anything, they would exchange it with the Tang army. Next year, they would change their farming tools and farm and raise livestock.
If they wanted to fight, they would have to wait until the population of the tribe multiplied several times. They wouldn't fight a war that they had no chance of winning.
"The temperature at Sister Lake has dropped. When the sun rose in the morning, there was frost on the surrounding grass."
Zhang Xiaosong led the team and didn't go back. They went to various places and talked about the temperature of Zhaling Lake and Erling Lake.
The altitude there was high, and the temperature was low. As the short summer passed.
"In more than a month, the lake shore will freeze. Then the two lakes will be frozen. We can travel on the ice."
Qin Li did not care about Winter. Winter had its ways.
Since the Yellow River was completely sealed, they could transport goods on ice. Hopefully, this year's winter would be colder. Otherwise, some places would not be frozen.
"You're not going back in the winter?" Zhang Zhongliang hoped that the Winged Knights would be there, and the Sixteen Guards would come to replace them, but they had never fought in a war before.
"I don't think I'll be able to go back. I'll stay behind to take charge. The others will go back and send a new team to adapt to the climate."
Qin Li was not very sure. If he was transferred, he had to go. He was willing to spend the winter there.
He was more familiar with the situation and didn't act rashly. If it were someone else who liked to play with tactics, who knew what they would do?
If things went wrong, they might take advantage of the ice and snow to sneak into the enemy's rear and launch a surprise attack, then run away after the attack.
If by any chance the horses couldn't withstand the cold winter and were delayed somewhere, Tubo's army would encircle and annihilate them. Their brothers would suffer heavy casualties.
He was sent here because no one who played with tactics would be able to take advantage of him.
In a sand table battle, even if he lost a small area or dozens or hundreds of people, his strategic position would not change.
Moreover, it wasn't as if he didn't know how to launch surprise attacks. He had tricked his opponents many times.
Just like Sima Yi in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, no matter how Zhuge Liang was transferred, he would defend his position. What could he do?
Of course, if Officer Guo was sent to replace him, Tubo would be the one to worry.
"Are you going back?" Zhang Zhongliang looked at Hao Lingquan.
"I can't go back. Li Dongzhu told me when he called me here that I'll learn from you guys. I'm afraid something will happen when I become a general."
Hao Lingquan shook his head. He still hadn't completely adapted to his own feelings.
Recently, he had gone to negotiate with three unstable Tubo tribes. The three tribes were convinced by him and were willing to help build the city.
This was his greatest ability. He was sent out to contact the other party and deceive them.
Previously, he had made great contributions like this. It was very thrilling and he had almost let the enemy escape.
Zhang Zhongliang didn't think that Hao Lingquan was bad. At least, everyone had seen the change in attitude of the three tribes.
Hao Lingquan dared to say that he had succeeded three times in a row.
What was more interesting was that he had become sworn brothers with Fu Qian of the three tribes.
They had agreed that the tribes would not take the initiative to attack the Tang dynasty. As long as he was here, he would not let the Tang army hurt the people of the tribes.
He had promised the three sworn brothers that no one would die from cold or hunger in winter. The three tribes believed him and came to work for free.
Zhang Zhongliang had always thought that Hao Lingquan was a waste of talent to be a general. He should be the prime minister and be in charge of foreign affairs.
"General Hao, are you on the kang bed?" Wang Junkui also thought of Hao Lingquan's promise to the other tribes.
"I'm on the kang bed. There are no bricks. If we use mud bricks, it will collapse easily. They said that there's no need to be afraid of collapsing.
I discussed with them. They will exchange cow dung, horse dung, and sheep dung with us for coal.
Li Dongzhu said that he wants to plant medicinal herbs or find good medicinal herbs. He wants to fertilize them and leave a mark. "
Hao Lingquan was very respectful to the Provincial Governor and Deputy Provincial Governor who could command the war.
"I'll write a letter to Li Yi and tell him about your situation."
Guo Zhiyun also thought that Hao Lingquan was not suitable to be a general. There was a bigger stage.
"I'll also write a letter to see if we can get medical personnel. No, we need doctors.
There are 90 people in Li Family Zhuangzi. The Winged Knights know a little.
There's also medicine and equipment. Guan Lin's family needs them. Guan Lin's two children are smart. "
Hao Lingquan didn't care. He was a general anyway.
Living and studying in Li Family Zhuangzi, he had a peaceful mind. He knew that his achievements were nothing in front of Li Yi.
Everyone wrote letters according to their own ideas. There was no need to communicate with others.
The letters were sent out before dinner. According to the current distance and delivery method, the letters would reach Chang 'an tomorrow midnight.
…
"What? You dare to investigate my Yan family? Hmph! I'll talk to Zhang Jiuling and Huang An. "
Yan Jie, who had just taken office in Guangzhou, received information from Kaiyuan County.
He was furious. He wanted to get to the bottom of this.
Zhang Jiuling and the others were eating steamed rice noodle rolls. The recipe given by Li Yi was a famous snack in Guangzhou during Li Yi's time.
They were eating steamed rice noodle rolls filled with beef and water buffalo.
Tan Shui's water buffalo was rammed to death by a ship.
The water buffalo was at the beach. A barbarian merchant's ship sailed ashore and killed Tan Shui's water buffalo.
The barbarian merchant paid the price of 100 water buffaloes before Tan Shui sold her 'Niuniu'.
She said the water buffalo was the Niuniu that had accompanied her since she was young. The barbarian merchant chose to believe her when he saw a large group of armed mountain villagers.
Then, the Niuniu was rolled into the rice noodle rolls and steamed. It was indeed very valuable.
Tan Shui's family was in Lu Zhou's Guangxi. The Guangxi water buffaloes were used to grow terraced fields. They were usually reluctant to kill them.
She brought them here to breed. There were 20 buffaloes in total. There were four males and 16 females. Now that the male was dead, it would be difficult to distribute them.
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