I worked hard until seven o'clock in the evening, and finally had dinner.

The staple food was porridge cooked with dry food, and the vegetables were pig blood, pork and various wild vegetables. It was surprisingly rich. This steaming meal always boosted morale. The sergeants sat in front of the fire and devoured it, chatting and laughing happily.

I forgot the fatigue of the hard march during the day.

Li Rui ate better, and among other things, the oil and water in his meals was unmatched by others. He fried those old thorn sprouts in lard and fattened meat in several large pots, and Wei Cai took care of the annoying food.

Rinse the hair and put it aside to prepare for eating tomorrow. At the same time, cut the plum meat cut from the wild boar into small pieces, pierce it with wooden skewers and put it on the fire to roast. There is no seasoning, just a handful of salt, and it is delicious.

He personally demonstrated by wrapping a piece of roasted and oily pork with a piece of cold onion leaf, chewing it with gusto.

Sima Fan suddenly felt that all the exquisite dishes prepared by his personal attendants were in vain and tasteless...

Well, the dishes these attendants prepared for him were mainly cooked. With the pitifully few kinds of seasonings in this era, it’s crazy how delicious they can be!

What was annoying was that the boy had no intention of serving the fragrant dishes he had made. After he finished cooking, he directly called a large group of officers and sergeants, gathered around a table and sat on the ground, and started gobbling them down. Of course, if you can sit with him,

Those who eat and drink a lot are the ones who perform best at ordinary times. Not only do they perform well in training, but they also pay attention to helping their comrades. For example, there are a few who help comrades who are not physically able to keep up with their luggage, and then they are very lucky.

I squeezed into that circle, laughed loudly with Colonel Li, and ate food. Not to mention how happy I was.

Jia You looked contemptuous: "After all, he comes from a poor family, is short-sighted, and has low knowledge. He hangs out with a bunch of rough soldiers all day long, and his speech and behavior are vulgar. What can such a person become!"

Sima Fan sighed: "But General Beigong values ​​​​him very much and takes him as his apprentice... I really don't know what General Beigong likes about him!"

He gets angry when this is mentioned. It's not like he has never extended an olive branch to Bei Gongchun. He even made it clear several times that he hopes Bei Gongchun can teach him about martial arts. As a result, Bei Gongchun ignores him. He is a royal family.

It was so infuriating that Li Rui, a young man from a poor family, could receive such indifferent treatment from Bei Gongchun.

Jia You snorted: "He just relied on his little contribution in the battle of Yiyang in Xincheng and got the favor of General Beigong by chance. When General Beigong saw his quality clearly, he was not like this

Good luck."

Sima Fan nodded repeatedly: "What you said is absolutely true!" He picked up a chopstick and picked up a chopstick of boiled Weiwei, put it into his mouth and chewed it a few times.

Dead! Are those cooks all stupid pigs? They can’t just fry them with oil like him?"

Jia You was speechless: "We don't have cooking utensils like his, how can we cook?"

Sima Fan: "..."

His grandma had to endure the severe pain of the skin and flesh of her thighs being abraded during the day, and she also had to endure Li Rui's verbal attacks. She finally camped and couldn't even eat a decent meal. How could she live like this!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He threw down his chopsticks and endured the excruciating pain in his legs and strode towards Li Rui. He squeezed past the two Black Hawk swordsmen who were enjoying their meal, trying to squeeze a way in. Then

The two Black Eagle Swordsmen were both brigade marshal-level officers. They were not junior officers, and they had even bigger tempers. They were eating happily. When they were squeezed by him like this, their anger suddenly rose. Their eyes widened and they raised their fists to attack.

Beating people up. But seeing Sima Fan's gorgeous clothes and extraordinary temperament, he hesitated for a moment, then put down his fists and reluctantly made way for a gap, allowing him to squeeze in.

After squeezing in, the guy grabbed a skewer of barbecue, followed Li Rui's example and picked up a piece of green onion leaf, took off a piece of grilled meat that was still leaking oil from the skewer, and wrapped it in a cold green onion leaf.

Pop it into your mouth and chew!

That fragrance made him feel like crying!

Seeing him shamelessly squeezing in, Li Rui couldn't help but get angry: "Hey, didn't the prince say that pork is a cheap meat and only vulgar and lowly people eat it? Why did you come here and grab it?"

Sima Fan snorted angrily: "I'm humble, okay?"

Li Rui: "..."

He actually considers himself low for the sake of delicious food. He is a ruthless character. You can’t accept it!

But the food Li Rui cooks is indeed delicious. Even pork, which is considered a lowly food, becomes extremely delicious under his cooking. Those wild vegetables are even more appetizing after being fried with fresh lard.

It was infinitely better than the one boiled in pure water. It was the first time that Sima Fan tasted such delicious food, and he ate without raising his head. And the generals and sergeants who ate with him did not spoil him just because he was a prince.

——How much is a prince worth now? The snatching was very fierce, everyone was eating nonsense, and their hands and feet were very fast. In order to grab an extra bite of delicious food, Sima Fan could only throw the demeanor and other things to the

On the other hand, roll up your sleeves and fight with these soldiers...

Jia You blinked on the side. He also wanted to squeeze in and grab it, but he couldn't squeeze in, so he could only watch.

After a full meal, Sima Fan was satisfied and said to Li Rui: "Liu Lieutenant, although your mouth is not good at talking, you are really good at eating!"

Li Rui said: "Thank you for the compliment!"

That's not polite at all.

After eating, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. It took several hours from cooking to eating. Sima Fan couldn't help but sigh: "This meal is delicious, but it is too time-consuming. It would be easier to just let the sergeants eat dry food."

!”

Li Rui rolled his eyes: "After a day's journey, everyone is tired and hungry. At this time, let them eat hard and cold dry food? Do you still want morale?"

Sima Fan said: "As a soldier, it's good to have something to eat, but why are you so picky?"

Li Rui rolled his eyes violently: "If you have the ability, don't be picky!"

Sima Fan said: "I am the queen of Emperor Wu and the royal family king. How can I be the same as these soldiers!"

Li Rui said: "After Emperor Wu, the dignified clan kings didn't seem to be any more gentle than ordinary soldiers when grabbing food."

Sima Fan was so angry that his chest hurt. He was now 100% sure that Captain Li was sent from heaven to defeat him. He only needed to use his words to make him breathless.

However, Qi Gui Qi, the food this guy cooks is really delicious, and tomorrow he will come over to grab food, which makes this prick so angry!

It is now late February, and the weather has warmed up, but after nightfall, the mountainous area is as cold as an ice cave. Everyone is crowded in a thin tent, shivering from the cold. Li Rui is no exception. He and the big soldier

They all spent the night huddled in the tent, using a saddle as a pillow. But he was a captain after all, so he still had some special treatment. His tent was relatively close to the fire, and although it was not warm, it was still bearable.

The night was uneventful. Everyone got up early the next morning. Lao Cui cooked millet rice for everyone. He soaked the weeds he picked last night and tore them open, squeezed out part of the water, and then added salt.

Add a little bean paste and mix it, and it's the dish for this morning. I didn't throw away the leftover bones from last night. I threw them all back into the pot, added water and salt, and cooked them to boil out the fat in the bones and boil them into a pot of bones.

Soup, at least it makes breakfast a little more satisfying.

As for the taste…

A little stronger than plain water.

Li Rui said: "I have to hurry up when I get up in the morning. I am in a hurry and can't prepare anything delicious. Let's be patient for a while and we will prepare something delicious when we camp at night!"

The sergeants cheered loudly: "Eat something delicious tonight!"

The morale is so high.

Facts have proved that no matter how unpalatable hot rice is, it can boost morale better than dry food. This is what Li Rui’s father taught him. The cavalry battalion commander who was obsessed with cavalry and all kinds of cold weapons led the team on the long border.

When patrolling on the line, even if it is windy and snowy, as long as conditions permit, we must find a way to make a pot of hot rice for everyone to eat together, instead of just eating cold compressed biscuits to save trouble. He told Li Rui: Hot rice is not only more convenient

It is good for health, prevents various diseases, and can also boost morale. When a group of soldiers sit around a pot, talk and laugh while sharing the steaming food in the pot, no matter how bad the situation is, everyone can stay full.

If you don't have enough energy to deal with it, but if everyone huddles in a corner and eats cold dry food, morale will soon collapse.

What else is there to say? Of course, I will try my best to let everyone eat hot meals!

The troops maintained the same formation as yesterday and continued to march in the mountainous areas under the leadership of their guides. The Wuhuan cavalry walking at the front were the happiest members of the entire army. While marching, they observed both sides of the mountain road and drew their strong bows from time to time.

They used arrows with bone arrowheads to shoot at the prey exposed in their sight and prepared ingredients for dinner. Their lively figures added a bit of joy to the dull march.

However, by the afternoon, this cheerful atmosphere came to an abrupt end.

A messenger came back on a fast horse and reported to Li Rui: "Captain, there's something going on!"

Li Rui asked: "What's wrong?"

The messenger said: "The leading troops were ambushed by bandits at a mountain pass a few miles ahead! The bandits were numerous and occupied a dangerous position, blocking our way!"

Li Rui's heart tightened and he asked, "Are there any casualties?"

The messenger said: "No. The Yang brigade leader who led the team discovered an ambush ahead in time and ordered the troops to stop advancing. He did not enter the ambush circle and is now confronting the bandits!"

Sima Fan asked: "How many bandits are there?"

The messenger said: "At least there are more than a thousand people."

A team of more than a thousand people, who were familiar with the terrain and defended themselves in danger, was really difficult to deal with. Sima Fan's brows suddenly knitted together. Li Rui sighed and said, "I didn't expect to encounter such an unfortunate thing so soon..."

Take me to see it!"

The messenger led the way, and Li Rui galloped all the way on the bay-red horse given to him by Yang Xiu, heading straight for the mountain pass ahead. Sima Fan hesitated for a while, but endured the excruciating pain and mounted the horse, grinning all the way.
Chapter completed!