Wang Han took out a towel from one of the boxes and opened it. There were words written on it and he read, "Soldiers guard the borders, the people have peace of mind."
"It's actually embroidery, what a waste of manpower." Wang Han commented.
"It's done by machine. A few thousand of these towels can be embroidered in a day. Bring the items over and bring your own thread. Spend some money and I'll embroider a large pattern for you."
Zhang Jiazhen also picked up a towel that said, "But it's for the sake of wiping your face, not for the sake of wiping your blood."
"They're clearly forcing the soldiers to fight with their lives on the line. Evil!" Wang Han found the problem.
"Without these logistical items, how can the soldiers not fight with their lives on the line? If they only give you a towel, you can say that they're asking you to die. If they give you a sky-scraping monkey, explosives and bullets, it's to make it easier for you to kill the enemy. "
Zhang Jiazhen knew that Wang Han had decided to compete with Li Yi because of his young age.
"When we fight in winter, the Turkic people will be defeated." Wang Han's face was slightly red as he quickly changed the topic.
"When we fight, the one who is defeated will win. The Tang dynasty is the same as the Turkic people? We have more soldiers, more horses and better weapons than them. When winter comes, you'll know what the new military supplies are.
During winter, Li Yi thinks about summer things. During summer, he thinks about the needs of the soldiers.
Last year, during the Tubo war, the Tubo soldiers wore military coats and duck down at the front.
This year, we're facing the Turkic people. I think the military coat will be the standard, followed by duck down and cashmere clothes. "
Zhang Jiazhen said as she looked at the other box. There were pieces of rock sugar inside. The rock sugar had no impurities removed.
He knew the value of this. Previously, when the scouts were carrying food, they would eat a piece to prevent themselves from fainting.
When the soldiers had a cold or fever, they would use this rock sugar to boil ginger water to make them sweat.
"I heard that during the Tubo war, the Li Family Zhuangzi's logistical support was directly sent to the front?"
Wang Han stayed in Taiyuan Prefecture. Other than reading the newspaper, he was listening to other people talk about it.
"They even helped kill the enemy. Zhang Xiaosong's 10,000 elite cavalry wanted to ambush them. They managed to avoid the Tubo scouts, but they were found by the Winged Knights who were carrying the Baggage.
At that time, seeing that they were too tired, the Winged Knights were in charge of killing the scouts and covering the battlefield. Hahaha ~ ~ "
Zhang Jiazhen laughed heartily. She planned to mock Zhang Xiaosong when he returned.
After the transfer of military resources was completed, the stew was ready. Everyone took out seven or eight pots of rice and dishes. The military kettles had too many advantages.
The disadvantage was that if it was not cleaned properly, there would be a strange smell.
Strange smells did not matter to the soldiers. The food they ate was not poisonous, so who was to blame if they could not wash it clean?
Zhang Jiazhen and Wang Han each had a large enamel jar. They first put the rice inside, then scooped out the stew, soup, and a large steamed bun.
When the border soldiers ate, as long as the conditions were right, they would prepare both rice and steamed buns and eat both together.
There was also a piece of fermented bean curd on the side.
"There are salted eggs today. A quarter of a goose egg, half of a duck egg, but there are no eggs." The cook gave out salted eggs, the very salty kind.
The reason there were no eggs was because the people of the capital had eaten all the eggs. Duck and goose eggs had a fishy smell and were suitable for pickling and salting. Eggs could be boiled, fried, mixed with stuffing, steamed, or mixed into soup.
"Old Xu, where's the fermented bean curd soup? Pour some. "An Non-commissioned Officer made a request to the person who gave out the salted eggs.
"What soup? The stewed soup is not enough? "Old Xu stared. You still want something good? Dream on!
"Did you get corrupted? I haven't seen fermented bean curd soup in a long time. "
"Yes, I drank all of it."
"Then you weren't scared?"
"I drank a lot of water. What's wrong?"
"It's fine. There's something wrong with yours. Change … Sigh! This Old Xu has a bad temper. "
The person beside him said, "The game we hunted is too fishy. Soak it in water. If there's not enough time, cook it with fermented bean curd soup. Some jokes can't be made."
"I'm just idle. I know. They'll only eat the leftovers after we finish eating. If there's no leftovers, they'll make some wild vegetables and add salt. Old Xu, don't mind it! "
"I can't be bothered with you."
"It's so comfortable fighting the war. If it were a few years ago, why would we need to waste our energy fighting the ten families of Tiele? We would have beaten them into submission long ago. "
"Don't talk nonsense. We're all brothers."
"It doesn't matter. We don't care. If we knew a few years ago about the life we're living now, we would have surrendered long ago. Why bother fighting?" The people of the nine families of Tiele said. They were not angry.
He was satisfied with his current life. There was no lack of furniture at home, and there was even more food. When he lay on the kang bed in winter, he no longer had to worry about freezing to death in the middle of the night.
There was no way he was going to live like he used to.
Now that his wife was fragrant and chubby, he did not have to worry about anything happening at home.
… …
After eating, the people of the nine families of Tiele who came later were assigned tasks to help defend and patrol.
The southwestern barbarians were in charge of transporting things, and 5,000 of them did not participate.
They slept, had another meal at night, and then slept again.
At dawn the next day, the 5,000 southwestern barbarians who had eaten breakfast set off northeast under the lead of the Li Family Zhuangzi.
They would first go to the Xi tribe and give them some things before continuing northeast.
Their destination was Bohai Kingdom. They would go to the three commanderies of the Tang dynasty, which was also one protectorate.
They would deliver things to the soldiers there and then go to Bohai Kingdom to exchange for things.
There were many mountains along the way, which was most suitable for the southwestern barbarians to march.
From here, the straight line distance was more than 2,700 li, but the real road was twice as long.
Of the 5,000 southwestern barbarians, 3,000 carried bows, 2,000 carried shields, and everyone had a kukri knife, which was very useful for killing people and clearing the trees and weeds on the road.
The kukri knife was called Gurkha knife in Li Yi's time. The local warriors used this knife to cooperate with the Empire that had already fallen.
As long as they encountered a strong enemy and needed to fight hand-to-hand, they would rush to the front line and were unstoppable.
The kukri knife was famous because of these warriors. When Gurkha was mentioned, no one would not be afraid.
However … the Gurkha knife, which had never lost hand-to-hand combat, was defeated by the tri-edged thorn.
It was not that the tri-edged thorn was more powerful than the kukri knife. There was no difference between weapons in hand-to-hand combat.
Gurkha, who had never tasted defeat, encountered the national army of Li Yi's time. Both sides fought with their lives, and in the end, the Gurkha warriors were defeated. They could not fight anymore and were terrified.
As the Gurkha warriors were killed, the tri-edged thorn became famous.
The tri-edged thorn was not the best military knife, but it depended on whose hand it was in. Rifles and millet could also be awesome weapons and logistical supplies.
The current southwestern barbarians were not the best. The Winged Knights were.
Knowing the gap, the southwestern barbarians worked very hard. Wasn't it just about 5,000 li? When they reached the place, they exchanged things with others and hunted in the jungle.
After that, they turned back to the seaside and had a boat to pick them up. They took the boat to Haizhou and took the train to Luoyang. The southwestern barbarians continued to take the train back to the Li Family Zhuangzi's home south of Baishui.
In winter, they could bring back a lot of hazelnuts, mushrooms, pine nuts, ginseng, deer antlers, mink fur, tussah cocoons …
They brought an extra set of clothes and military boots to change into when they arrived at Bohai Kingdom.
Although it was called trade, it was actually to let Bohai Kingdom see how strong a random army of the Li Family Zhuangzi was and not to play any tricks.
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