Although the winter military rations in Bailang Mountain can last until the beginning of spring, the consumption of dried meat and fish has caused the inventory to decrease at a very fast rate. For this reason, Feng Dao compared the prices when formulating the exchange work points value of dried meat and fish.
The height was so high that it was unbearable for ordinary people to ensure the supply of soldiers in the front camp. Feng Dao also tried his best to organize people to dig ice nets in Xuanshui and search for wild animals in the mountains. However, the number of supplements could not keep up with the number of consumption. Especially the white wolf
After heavy snow falls on the mountain, it becomes increasingly difficult to find traces of wild animals.
For other military units, the lack of meat supply is not a big problem. It is good to have food these days. But the reality of the lack of meat in the Bailang Mountain military camp made Li Chengzhong very distressed because he had no way to effectively
The implementation of physical training subjects in the military training plan. The role of physical fitness has not been fully valued in the military of this era, but Li Chengzhong is very clear about the importance of physical fitness to combat. He imagined relying on cross-country running, weight-bearing running, mountain trails
A variety of training such as running can equip soldiers in the front camp with combat endurance. But how can soldiers who rely on food to maintain food and clothing all day long have the nutrition and physical strength to carry out these trainings?
Li Chengzhong initially carried out cross-country running training on mountain roads in the morning, but he could not continue after only three days. After the morning run, the soldiers generally felt dizzy. In addition to being unable to carry out the training in the morning, the training in the afternoon was also very ineffective.
Therefore, Li Chengzhong had no choice but to stop this kind of training. Without keeping up with his nutrition, physical training was pure self-torture.
This situation lasted until the end of the second year of Guanghua. Since the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the ancients have had activities to worship gods and ancestors at the beginning and end of the year. Later, this activity took on the meaning of exorcism and evil spirits, and more
In order to survive the long winter of ice and snow and usher in the sowing season with warm spring and blooming flowers, therefore, with the gradual arrival of New Year's Eve, Bailangshan Military Village began to prepare for New Year's Day.
This kind of preparation was spontaneously initiated by the common people. They worked more diligently and spent almost all their spare time to earn work points. Together with the work points they had accumulated before, they exchanged them for more food and cloth in the warehouse. This also caused a situation in the warehouse.
Due to the rapid consumption of food and preserved meat, Zhang Laojiang led the craftsmen to the back mountain to cut down some bamboo poles, and then scraped soil and saltpeter from cave walls and toilets to make saltpeter, then added some carbon powder and stuffed it into the hollow bamboo poles.
To make firecrackers. Feng Dao also used his free time to draw some door paintings and write many peach charms. However, there were no peach trees in Bailang Mountain, so he had to use other tree species instead, and write some good luck words on the felled wood pieces.
on it to serve as a "peach charm".
The people's cheerful preparations gradually began to affect the soldiers in the front camp. Everyone was counting the days day by day, and they were even a little absent-minded during training. Li Chengzhong simply announced that there would be a day off on New Year's Eve and a bonfire party would be held at the military camp in the evening.
, the soldiers and the civilians had fun together. Seeing the warm cheers of the soldiers, Li Chengzhong got excited and simply made a wish to extend the holiday to the third day of the Lunar New Year. During this period, regardless of the common people or soldiers, all food will be distributed by the military camp, free of work points!
Li Chengzhong took over as the boss and pushed the preparations for the bonfire event to Feng Dao, which relieved his family's worries. However, when Feng Dao came over, he realized how unreliable his promise was.
"Xuanjie is so magnanimous, even on the eve of the New Year, we have four days of rest!" Feng Dao said with a dark face.
"Everyone has been nervous all winter, and it's time to relax. It's the so-called balance of work and rest." Li Chengzhong didn't think he had done anything wrong.
"How much food will be consumed for the bonfire event? How much dried meat and fish? For four days of rest, no one in the military camp will do anything. No one will fish, no one will hunt, and no one will go into the mountains to pick wild vegetables. The food in the warehouse will be lower than usual.
It consumes 80 to 90% more! And how should we distribute it? Taking one person as an example, the work points earned in ordinary times can be exchanged for 5 or 6 points of food. What is the appropriate level of distribution during the New Year? I am afraid that I will show my good intentions by then.
Instead, the people complained and criticized him!" Feng Dao did not hesitate and pointed out the key to the problem directly.
"This..." Li Chengzhong was speechless in response to Feng Dao's question, but he did not want to change his decision. In addition to the issue of prestige, he always felt that it was appropriate to take a few days off. But what Feng Dao said
The questions raised were indeed very realistic and gave Li Chengzhong a headache.
"That's it this time, but we should be more cautious next time." Feng Dao also knew that once Li Chengzhong's order was announced, it would be impossible to take it back. If it was really taken back, the army would be encouraged.
He didn't know how far his anger would fall. Therefore, he had no choice but to accept the reality. He just hoped that through his words, Li Chengzhong would be more thoughtful when making decisions in the future.
Li Chengzhong was tough on his words, but he also knew in his heart that what Feng Dao said was reasonable. In fact, the root cause of all the problems was the food shortage in the Bailang Mountain military camp. Li Chengzhong thought about it and planned to return to Pingzhou when he had time to see if he could persuade him.
Zhou Zhiyu raised another large force to escort the army into the mountain. However, he also understood that this idea was difficult to realize. It was really difficult for Zhou Zhiyu to let the army out again in the ice and snow.
The change of circumstances came from a simple field training. This is the fifth training for the scout team by the new instructor Xie Li, and it is also the first field training for the whole team. In two days, it will be New Year's Eve, so this is also a good time.
The last cavalry and shooting training of the battalion’s scout team two years ago.
According to Xie Li's concept, riding and shooting training can only be achieved through actual combat in the wild. After several training sessions in the village, he set his sights on the grasslands outside Bailang Mountain. The so-called actual combat is not the real practice.
For actual combat, we are preparing for a hunt on the grassland. During the hunt, we need to avoid the tracking of Khitan's rangers, hunt the animals that come out to look for food on the grassland, and learn to spend the night on the ice and snow grassland. Lieutenant General Li Cheng this time
The training was called "experiential" teaching, and the scout team was repeatedly ordered to train strictly in accordance with the instructor's instructions. In particular, team officer Wang Dalang was not allowed to act on his own or contradict the instructor during the training. Of course, he also secretly warned
Wang Dalang, beware of instructor Jie Li escaping secretly.
The scout team came out of the mountain through a trail at the back of the mountain. This trail was not familiar to the Khitans, and their focus was on the mountain pass directly in front of them. But even so, Jie Li still carefully checked everything around him along the way.
In slightly stiff Chinese, he told everyone how to save horsepower, how long it took to dismount and rest, and what was the maximum distance that the horses could be driven to run quickly...
He personally demonstrated and taught the scouts one by one how to judge the enemy's patrol distance from the horse dung left on the ground, and how to estimate the enemy's quantity and equipment based on the number and depth of horse hoof prints. He also taught everyone how to lie down on the grass.
Listen to the sounds in the distance...
At night, he instructed everyone to form a circle around the horses and try to keep the light of the bonfire as low as possible. He told everyone how to make the horses lie down so that people and horses could rely on each other's body heat to survive the cold.
night……
Jie Li did not "likely abscond secretly" as Li Chengzhong said. This Khitan man had one of the characteristics of a prairie man - keeping promises. Since he agreed to stay to train the soldiers of the front camp, he took this promise seriously.
Heavier than a mountain, he acted conscientiously during the entire field training and never considered escaping. Therefore, Wang Dalang's careful guarding became useless, and he seriously directed the scout team to complete each of the tasks in the explanation.
Training requirements. There were no conflicts or disputes between the two parties during the training process, and the process was very smooth.
The real dispute was not over training, but at noon the next day.
The thing is this: traces of wolves were found in Jieli. Through the observation of paw prints, the number of wolves in this group was about seven to eight. Judging from the wolf excrement, the wolves were in a state of hunger and should have come out to look for food.
.So the scout team, led by Xie Li, tracked the group of wild wolves.
The wolves headed northeast. The scout team did not catch up with the wolves in the end, but they found a Khitan camp along the tracks of the wolves. The camp was not big, with dozens of large leather tents scattered across the grassland for several miles.
On the top, you can also see some Han slaves captured by the Khitans cutting grass in the distance. Next to each big tent, there are simple fences made of tree branches, and in each fence are large groups of cattle, sheep and horses.
The scout team lying in the distance immediately became jealous, and Wang Dalang wanted to lead people to rush forward. His order was forcibly stopped by Jie Li, so the two started to argue. The dispute ended with Jie Li's firm words: "This is the training period."
"All training requirements and actions must be obeyed by me." The argument finally ended. The result of the dispute was that Wang Dalang obeyed Xie Li's order and the scout team returned to Bailang Mountain.
Jie Li's official reason for withdrawing the troops was "unknown enemy situation." According to his explanation, this was a winter camp where Pingbu raised livestock. According to common sense, there should be many Khitan warriors guarding it. No one knew what was inside the tent.
How many Khitan warriors are there? It is a very dangerous thing to attack the camp with twenty poorly trained scouts. In fact, secretly, Xie Li really does not want to attack this camp for any reason. Although he has now become
The instructor of the Han army in Bailang Mountain only teaches Han soldiers in training. At least he does not have to think about the issue of fighting with his own people. Instead, he has to help the Han people on the battlefield to deal with the Khitans nakedly. He really can't bear it in his heart.
That hurdle.
All the way back, neither Xie Li nor Wang Dalang said a word to each other. Xie Li felt guilty and did not dare to face Wang Dalang; Wang Dalang felt dissatisfied, and the more he looked at Jie Li, the angrier he became. He decided to ask Li Chengzhong immediately after returning to Bailang Mountain.
When he told the whole story, he even added a vicious sentence, "Anyone who is not of my race must have a different heart!"