"Lure them to attack. We'll wait for them to tire us out," Fan Fan suggested.
Li Xuandao didn't listen. Fan Fan couldn't do anything either. Neither of the two troops could command the other.
"Baggage for 50,000 people. We rely on the local fishing, hunting, and picking vegetables."
Li Xuandao hesitated. If they didn't settle it for a long time, there wouldn't be enough to eat.
"If it's food, get the rear to deliver it. Tell the Shu salt merchants that the things they send will be recorded. When we return to Chang 'an, the Li Family Zhuangzi will make up for it.
We don't just need meat for hunting, but also fur. Li Dongzhu said that it's not easy for ordinary hunters to hunt, but it's more convenient for the army. "
Fan Fan offered a compromise.
"Li Yi wants fur?" Li Xuandao understood.
When the army hunted, they would bring the fur back to the Winged Knights, and Li Yi would accept it.
The Shu salt merchants were in charge of logistics and would settle with Li Yi when the time came.
"Yes, there's also the iron-eating beasts. Li Dongzhu wants them alive. He said that those things are black and white. They're bears that eat bamboo and sometimes meat."
Fan Fan mentioned Li Yi's request when they were out.
"It's not easy to catch a live bear." When Li Xuandao heard about capturing a live bear, he was afraid that the soldiers would be injured.
"Use nets, dig traps, and chase them away. As long as you bring a live bear back, Li Dongzhu will give you 10,000 yuan. It's best if there's a male, female, and child."
Fan Fan stretched out one finger. Ten thousand jins.
"That's easy." When Li Xuandao heard the amount of money, he realized that all the problems weren't a problem.
"They eat bamboo. Bring more bamboo," Fan Fan reminded him.
"Sure. On the way back, there's bamboo all the way. I don't believe that they won't eat other bamboo when they're hungry."
Li Xuandao waved his hand, indicating that there was no problem.
This time, he wasn't worried that the imperial court would say that he was delaying the battle and wasting money.
There was an advantage to not taking the initiative to enter the enemy's territory. There were fewer casualties.
There were hot air balloons in the sky and a thousand Winged Knights on the ground.
If the southwestern barbarian army did not attack, everyone would just wait. In any case, they had already taken advantage of the situation before.
For a moment, the troops under Li Xuandao's command stood guard the moment they heard that they weren't going into the forest.
Then, with the help of the hot air balloon, they would look for a safe place to hunt, catch fish, and so on, and their morale would soar.
They didn't want to go into the forest. It was uncomfortable. There was water on the leaves of the forest. It was wet and there were so many mosquitoes and poisonous snakes.
They weren't afraid of fighting, but they were worried about losing members in non-combat situations.
In these few days, the southwest barbarians were indeed at a disadvantage. When they rushed out, they were met with the Military forces of the Tang Dynasty.
The soldiers of the southwest barbarians found that they could not achieve their goal of sneak attacks at all. Instead, they were ambushed by the Military forces of the Tang Dynasty.
After some analysis, they found that there was probably something wrong with the thing flying in the sky.
At this time, Tubo, who had asked the southwest barbarians to cooperate in fighting the Tang dynasty, finally sent a message.
He told them that in the Tang dynasty, there was something called a hot air balloon. It could fly in the sky, and there were people on it who could see the situation below.
The tribes of the southwest barbarians were enlightened. No wonder they were always at a disadvantage.
After some discussion, they decided that since they would be discovered during the day, they would go out at night.
At night, they could see the light of that thing, but they couldn't be seen by the people on it. They didn't want to light a torch.
They organized themselves and wanted to fight fiercely. They wanted to rush out together under the cover of the night.
It would be better if there was no moon in the sky.
At night, the southwest barbarians moved out. The Winged Knights, who were observing the situation below with night vision goggles in the hot air balloon, noticed something.
They quickly found a place away from the wind and quickly wrote on a piece of paper. At the same time, they drew a simple picture and shot it down with arrows.
They only had one night vision goggles. Otherwise, they could also see what was happening above.
"Shoot!" Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The frontmost troops of the southwest barbarians who rushed out and arrived at the military camp were attacked by a dense rain of arrows.
The arrows were accompanied by fire arrows. The fire arrows ignited some hay on the ground that had been soaked in oil.
The hay was mainly used for lighting.
Now that they were prepared, the Tang dynasty soldiers were in high spirits. Other than those who were defending, some of them went around the area where the southwest barbarians were charging and ran to the back.
At night, they couldn't see clearly how the arrows were flying. The charging troops of the southwest barbarians felt that the people around them were falling one by one under the moonlight.
Then, the sound of horse hooves came from the left and right. It was obviously a cavalry charge.
The troops panicked. No one wanted to face the cavalry directly.
But there were still people who held long weapons and squatted on the ground. One end of the weapon was stuck in the ground and the other end was slanted forward.
They were waiting for the charge to come.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Another rain of arrows. The Winged Knights didn't charge at all.
They were mounted archers. Only idiots would charge in. A charge would kill many people and horses.
The cavalry had inertia when they ran, and the range of the arrows was long.
A row of cavalry finished shooting, turned their horses around, and ran parallel to each other. After running for a while, they turned back. The cavalry behind them rushed up and shot again.
After an hour, the southwest barbarians finally understood that the sneak attack had failed. The enemy was prepared and retreated.
They would be safe once they entered the forest.
Those who ran fast would go in first. Those who ran slow would face the cavalry's arrows from behind. Since they couldn't see, they just aimed in a general direction and shot.
In the retreat, the southwest barbarians fell one by one. They finally understood that fighting at night was more disadvantageous for them.
When the front group retreated and the front group retreated, the Tang army that had gone around in advance to ambush them attacked.
As they shot, they shouted in southwest barbarian language, "Those who surrender will be spared."
When the sky brightened, the Tang dynasty soldiers ran to sweep the battlefield. When they saw that the southwest barbarians were almost alive, they treated them.
The dead were piled up together. Those who couldn't be saved were given a quick death.
Li Xuandao wrote a memorial and rode a fast horse to Chang 'an.
At this time of the year, Chang 'an was not as warm as the southwest. It was cold in the morning.
The street sweeper hummed, "I have a flower that grows in my heart. No one understands true love …"
"Today is the 15th of September. Li Yi hasn't done anything for many days." Zhang Shuo thought of the time after returning from Xingqing Palace.
"Don't be afraid. What did he do last year? Did he do anything? He can't be thinking about things all day long. "
Lu Huaishen said with a hint of guilt. He was also worried that Li Yi, who hadn't appeared for several days, would suddenly make a big move.
Yao Chong frowned. "The noodles made by the Ministry of Revenue are selling well. The officials of the Ministry of Revenue counted part of the profits to the imperial court and divided the rest among themselves."
Hearing Yao Chong mention noodles, Zhang Shuo said in a muffled voice, "The other ministries are not happy. They feel that how can a ministry of the imperial court do business?"
"What does their displeasure have to do with the merchants? It's obvious that they didn't get the money. Bi Goo said that this is an attempt by some administrative department to develop a second industry, processing. "
Lu Huaishen said something that everyone understood.
"Li Yi suffered a loss this time. He didn't do a good business but had to curry favor with Bi Goo. I heard that noodles can make more than 100 yuan a day."
When Yao Chong talked about noodles, he was a little gloating.
At the same time, he was also dissatisfied that Li Yi was good to Bi Goo. He gave other ideas and even gave money.
"The Ministry of Revenue's flour has to be exchanged with Li Family Zhuangzi. Li Yi can make some money." Zhang Shuo also felt that Li Yi suffered a loss.
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