It is said that snow falls heavily in October in Taihang. Autumn has just begun here and it is about to snow in the mountains.

The same is true for today's Liaodong and Western Regions. The cold current blowing from Siberia is about to sweep through these places, and a long and cold winter is coming. Even the strongest bears have to find a lot of food quickly and prepare to eat it.

Let yourself hibernate with enough food to survive the long cold winter.

Bears in this era were not yet protected animals. They were everywhere in the mountains, just like the wild dogs running around in the city.

The same goes for various tigers and wolves. They migrate around following their hunting targets in forests, grasslands, and deserts.

The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty stationed at the border have also entered a busy period at this time. There is food in the garrison area to enable them to survive the cold winter.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were provided with dried meat, special military rations, and bamboo shoots that were rarely seen before and could only be enjoyed by princes and nobles.

This kind of thing could only be a legend in the past, but now, under Li Mingda's policy of comprehensively popularizing various food preparations and optimizing military logistics, their food has become more abundant.

Before this era, soldiers stationed at the frontier were mostly just for a bite to eat, but now it is not just for food, but also for a sense of responsibility and honor.

The Tang Dynasty was founded less than a hundred years ago, and it is now in the reign of the third emperor. If it were in the previous dynasties, society would have just stabilized, and was still in the process of reproducing and recovering from the trauma caused by the end of the civil war.

now

Wei Yan sat on his horse and took out a rag to wipe the dried blood on his sword. Not far behind him, some soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were cleaning the battlefield.

The grassland and desert are a nomadic culture. When they find that the tribes are short of supplies for the winter, their first thought is not trade but plunder.

On the border with the Tang Dynasty, after several years of war, the tribes in black clothes and food had not surrendered to the people of the Tang Dynasty under the banner of the Holy Emperor Li Mingda of the Tang Dynasty. They still followed their past customs and habits.

If there is an alliance between the two sides, there may not be the possibility of thousands of cavalry coming to harass and plunder. However, the irreconcilable contradiction between the Tang Dynasty and the Black-clothed Dashi makes it impossible for the two sides to become allies.

The black-clothed Dashi believe in their true god, and the Tang Dynasty can only have one supreme belief - the Mingzun Holy Emperor

The first contact between the two parties ended in nothing. According to the original history, it is still the era of white clothes at most. Today's white clothes have directly transitioned to black clothes, which can be said to be an advance notice stage.

Abul Abbasili was originally supposed to be their actual behind-the-scenes ruler who appeared in the night for nearly a hundred years. Because communication with the Tang Dynasty was fruitless, he also acquiesced to the tribe to do what they had always done in the past in order to survive.

But even though he asked the traders on the Silk Road and sent a caravan to investigate, he only got vague information about the power of the Tang Dynasty.

He knew that the Tang Dynasty was powerful. After all, anyone who knew a little bit about history knew what the Tang Dynasty meant in a certain era. It was an ancient and powerful empire in the East. If not for some reasons, the flag of the Tang Dynasty might have been planted in the entire Mediterranean.

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Rather than allowing those tribes to cause trouble, it is more of a temptation. No one likes to have a group of troops under their command who obey them on the surface but are restless in their hearts.

'General, the battlefield inventory has been completed, 2084 enemy troops were killed, 905 people were captured, 1200 horses were intact, 1600 horses were slightly injured, and 625 horses were seriously injured and could not be treated.'

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Wei Yan inserted his sword into the scabbard; "How are our casualties?"

"130 were killed and 400 were slightly injured, some of whom were injured by falling horses."

The ratio of casualties was close to one. Wei Yan nodded and was satisfied. After all, his armor was much better than the opponent's. Some of the casualties were due to cavalry fighting, falling horses and trampling casualties. This kind of stampede is very important in large-scale cavalry combat.

inevitable.

"Report the casualties to General Zhao, and bring our Paoze's body to the camp. As for them, let's gather in the capital as usual, so that those people know how sharp the Tang Dynasty's horizontal sword is."

"promise"

Wei Yan's words were fierce, which was the style of the general that the soldiers at the border liked best. Defending the enemy at the border with just words and so-called kindness is tantamount to beating a dog with a meat bun. Only real swords and real guns can defeat the ambitions of those wolves.

Only by beating them to death can they deter Xiao Xiao, and this is the foundation for peace in the future.

As two major countries in the Cold War era and half enemies, war and friction on the border is the most normal thing.

On their way back to the camp, Wei Yan's army encountered a caravan of several hundred people heading to the west to resell porcelain and silk.

Since the Tang Dynasty's flag was planted on this land, the caravans from the Western Regions that had been coming and going since the Han Dynasty have become more regular. Coupled with Li Mingda's various policies, large and small real and real caravans have been supported.

Caravans pretending to be bound for the Mediterranean and Europe kept popping up like a blowout.

Compared with the past few months and a half, when no team was seen, now every ten days and a half, a team of hundreds of people will depart from Chang'an City and go to the New Roman Empire, Egypt, Byzantium and other places for targeted sales.

They are completely accustomed to the caravans that come this week all year round. They know that the cold winter is coming, and in order to leave here as soon as possible, they just politely greet Wei Yan and the others.

"Hello, General, we are the XXX caravan. We have official official approval and we are going to XX..."

The official approval document was naturally written by Li Mingda. In order to regulate these businessmen, it would be easier to get some films and use parchment paper that is basically incomprehensible to defraud money by saying that this is some kind of diplomatic document.

It is not unheard of in history. Some fleets would just throw a few coconuts, catch some lobsters and abalones as tribute, and deceive some ignorant people who knew how to study hard.

In fact, those guys are pirates or wanted criminals who committed trouble in Europe and came out to find a place to take over.

Li Mingda used to like to use his keyboard to criticize these people when he had nothing to do. But after he came to power, he thought about it. In addition to his inherent stupidity, he also blamed the limitations of the lack of information in the era.

After all, there are many people who have been reading books all their lives and have never gone far from their homes. There are too many people who have never seen the sea or coconuts in their lives.

If you want to make Datang stronger, you need to continue to develop, develop science and technology, and develop this mysterious power that comes out of nowhere.

After checking the caravan according to standard procedures and confirming that there was nothing wrong with the other party, Wei Yan waved the caravan to continue on its way.

As the commander of the Royal Palace Guards and a confidant of Li Mingda, a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty, how could he not know what was going on in these caravans?

The caravan and the army passed by each other. Among the caravans, some of the merchant guards had inexplicable lights flashing in their eyes.
Chapter completed!