Since the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has paid attention to the geographical location of the Western Regions. While contacting the Hu tribes here, it also built many Wubao fortresses and stationed troops here for a long time. On the one hand, it suppressed the resistance of the Hu tribes and on the other hand, it escorted the caravans.
of safety.
Under the heavy snow in the sky, the bright moon shines brightly, and on a mountain ridge southwest of Gongyue City, a group of soldiers is stationed in a dock.
This troop of cavalry numbered in the thousands, and the narrow fort could not accommodate them, so most of them camped outside the fort, under a blanket of snow covering the ground.
In the Wubao, Fang Jun took off his cold mountain armor and sat by the fire, warming his hands while looking around. The entire Wubao was built with adobe. It had obviously been abandoned for a long time and had not been repaired. The walls everywhere
The skin began to peel off, revealing the neat adobe inside.
The former Sui Dynasty began to continuously send troops to garrison the Western Regions, and built many such forts to station troops. However, the Sui Dynasty, which was once powerful for a while, fell into internal and external troubles, and the empire collapsed.
Busy in seizing power, the management of the Western Regions came to a standstill. The Turks took the opportunity to invade and completely drove the Sui army out of most areas of the Western Regions.
By the time the Tang Dynasty was founded, the country had not yet been truly peaceful.
After the Xuanwumen Incident, His Majesty Li Er went against the will and seized control of the world. All aspects of the empire's military and political affairs ushered in a strong outbreak. The once-abandoned strategy of the Western Regions was also put on the table and picked up again. In the past twenty years, with the abundant treasury,
With strong combat power, the Tang army regained the territory that the Sui army had abandoned little by little, and once again took control of the Western Regions, placing it under imperial rule.
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Wang Fangyi came in quickly from the outside, carrying a pair of rabbits that he hunted from nowhere. However, the rabbits were strange in shape, looking like rabbits and mice. Wang Fangyi held the long ears in his hands, and the gray fur
Scattered with some brown spots.
After entering, Wang Fangyi first nodded to Fang Jun, then put the rabbit down, took out a sharp dagger from his arms, and deftly disembowelled the rabbit. Then he took off the boiling water on the fire and cut the rabbit meat into pieces.
After cleaning it, I cut two wooden skewers to skewer the rabbit meat and put it on the fire to bake.
His hands and feet are extremely nimble.
Fang Jun was warming himself by the fire and asked curiously: "What is this?"
Wang Fangyi said: "When I went out to relieve myself just now, I found two holes under the tree, so I pulled out these two little things. This thing seems to be called a pika. It is only found locally. The number is not large, but the meat is
Delicious and great barbecue.”
Fang Jun praised: "Good skills."
This kind of ability to survive in the wild is the most rare, especially in this era when all kinds of materials are extremely scarce. As far as he knows, almost all Zhechong prefectures on the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty need to bear the responsibility of raising their own weapons and food to varying degrees, because
It is too far from the center, the roads are not smooth, and supplies are too difficult. They are neither sufficient nor timely.
It's just that it's extremely rare for Wang Fangyi to be able to catch a pair of rabbits just by going out to urinate. After all, thousands of cavalry have just entered the fort here, and most of the wild beasts have long been scared away. Only these rabbits are dormant in the cave.
The little beasts inside can't escape.
However, Fang Jun suddenly looked strangely between the remaining rabbit skins on the ground and the rabbit meat on the fire...
Wang Fangyi noticed Fang Jun's gaze. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Why is the commander like this? Even if the general has eaten the gall of a leopard, he will not dare to feed you a rabbit stained with urine..."
Fang Jun glanced at him and snorted: "It's hard to say."
From ancient times to the present, subordinates have always been full of resentment towards their superiors. No matter how respectful they are over instant noodles, they will never feel resentful at all before they even taste it. Secretly spitting in the boss's food and tea is not unusual in any age...
Wang Fangyi was forced to have no choice but to swear to heaven that he would never do such an unscrupulous thing, and Fang Jun felt relieved.
The windows of Wubao have long been rotten and fallen, and the cold wind blows snowflakes and pours in through the windows, causing the bonfire to flicker. This is the most complete room in the entire Wubao. You can imagine how dilapidated and crude the other rooms are. But marching in the wild,
Being able to find such a sheltered place from the wind and snow was a blessing, and Fang Jun was very satisfied.
After a while, the aroma of rabbit meat filled the air, and fat dripped into the campfire, making a sizzling sound. Wang Fangyi took out a small bag wrapped in oilcloth from his arms, opened it carefully, and found a handful of snow-white inside.
He pinched a pinch of refined salt and sprinkled it carefully and evenly on the rabbit meat. After thinking about it, he added a pinch more, then wrapped the oilcloth and put it in his arms carefully.
In this era, there was no shortage of salt in the Western Regions. Various salt lakes and mountain salts were distributed throughout the vast area. However, due to the lack of purification and filtration methods, the quality was poor and most of them were difficult to eat. Therefore, the salt from the Tang Dynasty was very popular in the Western Regions.
The Hu people flocked to it, especially the fine salt, which was as fine as snow and was even more valuable than gold.
No wonder Wang Fangyi regards it as a treasure...
After a while, Wang Fangyi took the rabbit meat off the bonfire and handed it to Fang Jun. He took out two hard buns, heated them on the fire, then took a big bite and chewed them.
Fang Jun put one rabbit meat in his mouth and took a big bite, while passing the other rabbit meat back.
Wang Fangyi was stunned and quickly shook his head: "This is prepared for the commander-in-chief, the general will not dare to enjoy it."
In the army, superiority and inferiority are the most important, and different treatment can best reflect this difference. How can a small scout team dare to enjoy delicious food with the commander of an army?
Fang Jun didn't take it seriously, chewing the fragrant rabbit meat in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Rules are important, but apart from living and dying together in the army, we should also share blessings. We are not the kind of people who need to be distinguished by their superiority and inferiority.
A mediocre person of high status, if I give it to you, you can eat it.”
Wang Fangyi did not dare to refuse, so he quickly stretched out his hands to take it, took a bite of the rabbit meat in his mouth, and chewed it sweetly. He looked up at Fang Jun, his heart warmed, and he showed a smile that he thought was cute.
A powerful person like Fang Jun, a proud son of heaven, has a greater weight in the minds of young people than the achievements of the previous generation. Being able to get Fang Jun's personal recognition of "Pao Ze" and enjoy delicious food with him, among which
This affirmation was enough to make Wang Fangyi bursting with confidence and his admiration could not be greater.
A scholar dies for his confidant, that's all.
After gnawing away the last traces of meat on the bones, he threw the bones into the campfire. Fang Jun burped, took out a bamboo can from his bag, pinched some tea leaves, put them into a water cup, poured boiling water in, took a sip, and sighed.
Said: "In the past, I was tired of eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas in Chang'an, but now I feel that this rabbit is the delicacy in the world. This person really needs to leave his comfort zone in order to experience more fun. It's a pity that there is meat but no wine..."
Although Wang Fangyi can be regarded as a child of an aristocratic family, he belongs to a distant branch. His family has been in decline for a long time, and he has suffered from poverty. It is difficult to understand Fang Jun's emotion. He gnawed the rabbit meat clean, threw the bones into the fire, and wiped his hands.
, he saw Fang Jun throwing the bamboo can over, he quickly took it, took out some tea leaves and made a cup of tea, then quickly put the bamboo can back into Fang Jun's robe.
Holding a water cup made of compressed aluminum in his hand, he took a sip of the fragrant hot tea and couldn't help but ask: "I heard that this water cup was developed by the commander?"
Hearing this, Fang Jun also looked at the water cup in his hand and said with a smile: "It's a small skill, but it's nothing to mention. I used to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, sitting in the center. I couldn't be on the front line to kill the enemy side by side with my brothers, but I couldn't sit down and eat without meals, so I thought about how to improve.
The soldiers' equipment makes the brothers' daily fighting life more convenient, and this water cup is just one of them."
This thing is very convenient to make. A thin aluminum sheet can be stamped and formed in one go with a hydraulic forging hammer. There are a lot of aluminum ores. Aluminum in this era is basically useless and very cheap. It is just a bit troublesome to refine, but it is better than smelting.
Steel is much lighter and more economical.
Aluminum products are toxic when placed in them, but the amount ingested by the human body as a container is almost negligible. In fact, in the era when aluminum products were widely preached to be toxic, aluminum cans have never disappeared...
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The two of them drank water, lay down next to the campfire with their clothes on, and closed their eyes to force themselves into sleep. They were trekking and marching in extremely harsh geographical conditions in such weather, and they would have to fight a big battle after dawn. Without adjusting their physical condition to the best
It's absolutely impossible.
A night of silence.
At dawn, the two of them woke up one after another. The bonfire was already burned out. They simply washed their faces with melted ice and snow water, ate some dry food, and then dressed up. When they walked out, the army had already assembled.
Fang Jun got on his horse and waited around. When he saw the excited faces, he shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go!"
One horse galloped down the hillside at the lead, followed by thousands of cavalry, rushing towards the large cannibal camp behind a mountain ridge not far away like wind and clouds.