Chapter 324: Xiangfan Battle 4
After the combat meeting, all the generals threw themselves into intense preparations and were so busy that the whole day was dark.
Bei Gongjing also wanted to help, but Yang Chen said: "Don't be busy and let Nephew Li Xian find a way to prepare some delicious meals. I will be the host tonight and treat all the generals to a big meal to prepare for tomorrow's fight."
Gather up your strength."
As soon as these words came out, the generals of the three battalions of Yueqi, Changshui, Shesheng and the Yang family all cheered loudly, leaving several generals of the beggar army confused as to what they were enjoying.
What else could they be happy about, just having delicious food again? After they tasted a meal cooked by Li Rui in Piaoliu, they couldn't forget it. Their mouths watered just thinking about it. Now they finally had the chance to have another big meal.
, how can you not be happy!
Yangxiu's eyes sparkled and she said excitedly: "I'll help too!"
Yang Chen said: "Go and prepare some delicious food for the soldiers of the three armies. We are about to go to the battlefield. We need to let everyone eat well and at the same time boost their morale."
Yangxiu said cheerfully: "Okay!" She pulled Bei Gongjing and ran out happily.
When we found Li Rui, the guy was having trouble with Mu Mu.
The specific way to overcome the problem is to ask a carpenter to cut several sections of wood with waist thickness, uniform length, and no insect holes in half, and then cut slots in the middle of the two halves of wood according to the predetermined dimensions, and then hollow out the entire section of wood. Wait.
After it was hollowed out, the carpenter was asked to use a planer to plan the semicircular groove extremely smoothly. After planing, it was necessary to compare it repeatedly to make sure that the specifications on both sides were the same before they were put together.
The wire is tightened layer by layer, and holes are drilled on it...
Yangxiu asked curiously: "Li Rui, what are you doing?"
Li Rui chuckled and said, "I'm making a weapon that can scare Hulu into peeing!"
Yang Xiu asked: "What kind of weapon is it? Is the Wanjun Divine Crossbow as powerful as it is?"
In her eyes, the Wanjun Divine Crossbow is the most powerful weapon. The giant arrows it shoots can penetrate city walls and even smash large ships to pieces. There is no more powerful weapon than this.
Li Rui said: "Well, this... the range is definitely not comparable to the Wanjun Divine Crossbow!"
Yang Xiu said: "Then what are you wasting your efforts here? Our army already has Wanjun Divine Crossbow, we don't need these messy weapons!"
Li Rui said: "This is not some random weapon, this is..."
Bei Gongjing interrupted: "Miss Yang, he likes to make weird things when he has nothing to do, so let him do it."
Yang Xiu groaned and muttered: "Weird people do weird things!"
Bei Gongjing's eyes swept over two sections of wood. Oh, these two sections have been processed. There is a hole the size of a sea bowl in the middle of the waist-thick wood. It looks quite weird. He doesn't know what kind of weapon it is.
But you can get it with your knees. With Li Rui's urine, this is definitely not something that is good for physical and mental health and can promote world peace. It is better to keep these crazy things a secret for now. If it is leaked, it will be very troublesome.
"Are you free?" he asked calmly.
Li Rui said: "I'm free, what's the matter?"
Bei Gongjing said: "The Taiwei said that our army is about to attack the city, and the battle will be very tragic. I want you to find a way to cook delicious meals for all the soldiers to have a good meal and boost their morale."
Li Rui scratched his head: "I am afraid that the entire army now has 20,000 people. Let me take care of the food of 20,000 people? Isn't this embarrassing?"
Yangxiu rushed to say: "It doesn't matter if you take care of the food of those 20,000 people, but you must take care of the food of this county head!" During this period, she asked Li Rui to prepare three meals a day for her, and she had to say that
, this guy really knows how to cook. The same ingredients, after his processing, are several times more delicious than those made by the chef of the Yang family, which makes her want to take him back to the Yang family to replace those.
The impulsiveness of the incompetent cook.
Bei Gongjing said: "You should do your best. Tomorrow's war will be extremely tragic. I don't know how many people will fall on this battlefield and never sleep. It is necessary to let them eat a good meal before the war."
Li Rui was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do my best."
So I dropped what I was doing and ran to pick out the ingredients...
You don’t have to think about vegetables and fruits. In this season when the water turns into ice, eating fresh vegetables and fruits is a privilege only for the nobles. Big-head soldier? Don’t even think about it. But there are a lot of pickles. He will be evil
Jin's eyes turned to the fat pigs that were kept in the camp to help dispose of domestic garbage...
It’s just you, Second Senior Brother!
Following his order, a group of ruthless gang members rushed into the pig pen, dragged them out one by one amidst the heart-rending screams of the second senior brother, stabbed them with knives, and lit a fire with straw.
Remove the hair on the body, burn it, then pour hot water on it, and then scrape it clean with a knife to reveal the browned pig skin.
These days, pigs are raised in a free-range mode, which is similar to cattle herding. At dawn, they rush to the swamps with rich vegetation and let them forage for food. When it gets dark, they are driven back to the pig pen. The pigs raised in this way gain weight.
Naturally, it’s very slow, and even if you raise them for a year, you may not be able to put them on the market. This batch of pigs has been raised for almost two years, and each one is fat and strong. When cut open, the fat is three fingers thick, which is just right for sacrificing the five internal organs temple!
To make food for nearly 20,000 people, it would definitely be impossible without doing something. Fortunately, Li Rui has not been idle these days and asked the craftsmen to make several large pots. Now there are ten large pots at the same time.
Under his command, a large number of gangtou soldiers were cutting meat, washing vegetables, and cooking vegetables, providing one-stop service. The pig blood was not wasted. Add some leeks and cook it in a clay pot, and it will be delicious!
So, at dinner that day, the soldiers were surprised to find that they could actually eat three dishes, namely fried fat pork with pickles, stewed pig offal and boiled pig blood. This extraordinarily rich meal made everyone's eyes green.
, one by one opened their cheeks, grinned their back molars, and wolfed down their food, almost fighting over one more chopstick or sip of soup.
As for the dishes that Yang Chen and his gang of dignitaries wanted to eat, they were naturally more exquisite and delicious. Li Rui still followed the old method and had someone kill a chubby goat, peel off the skin intact, and cut the meat into large pieces.
Big chunks, marinated with salt and sauce for two hours, then stuffed into the sheepskin with red-hot pebbles and roasted slowly. He split the sheepskin in half, threw it into the pot with the sheep's hooves and simmered until stewed
It's almost done when it's overcooked. As for the sheep tail oil in the short video, which is smeared with a little chive flower sauce and soaked up with relish...
Well, dogs won't eat it.
Then Xu Hun, a strong man, was invited to go into battle and press noodles with bamboo tubes. There were a lot of people waiting to eat today, so the demand for noodles was a bit high. After waiting for the press to be completed, Xu Hun was almost exhausted, and Li Rui had to throw in the noodles urgently.
Feed two sheep hooves to recharge his batteries.
In addition, there are all kinds of vegetables, all of which are fried, even rolled in the batter, and then thrown into the oil pan for frying. Anyway, the Yang family has a lot of money, and it is also what the old man Yang Chen wants to eat, so he just lets go and cook.
That’s it, I’m scared of my balls!
After working for several hours, dinner was finally done. When the dishes were brought in, all the generals were salivating crazily. It smelled so good that their saliva would flow into rivers.
Got it!
Yang Chen said with a smile: "My nephew's cooking skills are getting better and better. After eating the dishes you cooked, I feel that all the delicious food I have spent most of my life has been in vain!"
Li Rui said: "Uh, my lord, the waiter has given me too much praise. These are just home-cooked dishes!"
Yang Chen smiled and shook his head: "You are still so humble! Sit down and eat with everyone."
Li Rui said: "Wait a moment." He also asked someone to bring a jar of strong wine, and personally poured half a cup for everyone present. As soon as the strong wine was opened, a strong aroma of wine filled the air.
It made everyone here twitch their noses involuntarily and sniff crazily.
Yang Chen was surprised: "My good nephew can also make wine?"
Li Rui said: "They are all skills to make a living, nothing surprising." After pouring, he sat next to Bei Gongjing, raised his glass and said to everyone: "Tomorrow we will have a battle with Hu Lu, Li Rui
A young boy with no skills can only serve a few dishes and half a glass of strong wine, wishing all the generals a great victory. Tomorrow, at this time, he will step on the corpses of the enemy and sing victory! Drink victory!"
All the generals were in high spirits and shouted in unison: "Tomorrow at this time, we will step on the enemy's bones and sing triumphantly, drink in victory!" He raised his glass, touched it from a distance, and drank with his head raised.
This wine was secretly kept by Li Rui when he was making high-alcohol spirits, because he himself also liked to drink a few sips. The alcohol content of this wine is not high, only 35 or 6 degrees, so it is not considered a strong drink. However,
The waiters who were used to drinking undistilled rice wine with only about ten or even a few degrees of alcohol didn't think so. They drank it like water as before, but after taking a sip, they felt a ball of fire passing through their throats.
It poured into the lower abdomen, and the blood all over the body was about to burn. The faces of these guys became very weird, they looked like they wanted to squirt out, but were reluctant to do so, and their faces were all red from holding it in. They slammed Pei Le on the table.
, shouted: "Good wine! This is what men should drink!"
Zhang Xiong said: "When you take one gulp, your blood will boil. It is indeed a good wine!"
Yang Jun took a breath and said, "After drinking it, I feel like I have endless energy all over my body. This is something I have never felt before!"
Yangxiu nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, compared with it, the wine I drank before was really too bland, almost like water!"
Beigong looked at Li Rui quietly: "Where did it come from?"
Li Rui said honestly: "I secretly kept it for myself when I was making strong liquor..." Afraid that Bei Gongjing would kill him, he quickly explained: "But I haven't had a sip in the past few days, I promise!"
Bei Gongjing said: "Don't do this next time!"
Li Rui nodded quickly, feeling in his heart that he was lucky. In ancient times, many generals were very strict in running their armies and liked to kill people to establish their authority. For example, Yang Su, the founding marshal of the Sui Dynasty, would find fault with his soldiers on the eve of every battle, no matter how minor their mistakes were.
He would record them, ranging from beatings with military sticks to severe beheadings. At his most severe, he beheaded hundreds of people at once, causing their heads to roll and blood to flow all over the ground. Everyone in the army trembled, but he
Chapter completed!