At the end of the Xu hour, the sky had already become completely dark. The horse meat that had been cooked on high heat for an hour was already completely cooked.

The Wu army soldiers sat down casually by the fire in front of them, and used temporary wooden spoons to scoop the horse meat soup.

In the faint flame, you can still see the broth sizzling from time to time, and the aroma floats far away.

The gathering place of the surrendered Wei soldiers not far away could also be smelled, but they could only sit by their own fire, burn some mountain spring water, smell it, and swallow saliva. After all, this is the winner's supper, and there is no loser's share.

They also knew that if they won this time, they would definitely be able to enjoy it, but now they are not qualified to enjoy it.

They could only eat wheat cakes and fried wheat rice. It would be difficult to swallow if they weren't just hot water. This is the most standard wartime military ration.

At the beginning, there was no saying that military rations were not promoted. Because agriculture had not yet been promoted, Huangdi and Yandi could not rest after they were removed from the battlefield. They also had to take their teams to hunt, eat whatever they were fighting, and they could only go to the battlefield with hunger.

After entering the Central Plains, the population gradually increased and primitive agriculture began to develop.

At that time, wheat had just settled in China from West Asia, and noodles, big cakes, and steamed buns had not yet evolved.

Wheat can only appear on the list of military rations with the most primitive particles. The army uses it to make vegetables and porridge, and adds various wild vegetables, beans and even meat to the porridge.

Because this porridge is very thick, it is also called thick. The utensil that holds food is called bronze beans.

Field hunting is another major source of military rations. Field hunting in the Shang Dynasty is very large in scale, and hundreds of wild animals can be obtained by dispatching thousands of people at a time.

During the Warring States Period, we officially became a farming nation, and millet became the staple food for people.

Military rations in ancient China have actually been influenced by storage and production.

Millet is fostering and easy to store. Rice can be stored for three to five years, while millet can be stored for ten years.

Therefore, millet was the first choice for early military rations. The general method was to make porridge or cook it. Later, after wheat was popularized, it replaced millet.

With millet, the generals left the battlefield without dragging their tired teams to hunt and dig wild vegetables. They could pour out millet from the bamboo tubes calmly and cook a pot of steaming rice.

A small step in diet drives combat effectiveness, and the tiger and wolf army of Qin State relied on the millet produced by the 800-li Qinchuan to calmly unify the six countries.

For ordinary soldiers, filling their stomachs is the first priority, and they dare not even think about vegetable and meat.

Only by winning celebrations can ordinary soldiers eat fresh meat. In most cases, they eat dried fish, jerky meat, and a more economical one. It is said that there were fish sauce and meat sauce at that time, and later the bean sauce was developed.

There are two main types of dry food in the Han Dynasty army, called Meat and Chou, which is to stir-fry grains such as rice, wheat, sorghum and sorghum, and then mash them to carry them so that they are similar to those of later fried rice and noodles. When eating, grab a handful of them and drink them directly with hot water. However, the staple foods in the north and south regions are different.

For example, in the Kanto area, wheat rice is mainly processed, which is made into grains of wheat rice without going through complicated processes. At that time, this was a food belonging to the lower class people.

Naturally, Wu Jun would not kindly give them the rice he transported with the army. Most people are not used to food such as wheat cakes in the north.

Of course, they would not give them horse broth, so they could only give them some military rations stolen from the Wei army.

Even if the surrendered soldiers of the Wei army watched others eat meat, they didn't even give them a sip of hot soup. They were dissatisfied, but they would not reveal it. After all, they are still prisoners now.

If you annoy these Wu soldiers, it is not impossible to starve them to death without giving them these foods.

Cheng Xi was still running desperately with the remaining 800 people under his command. Two quarters of an hour after successfully breaking away from the valley entrance, he stepped onto the floating bridge again.

He rode his horse across the river without looking back. After crossing the river, he did not remove the floating bridge. Cheng Xi did not dare to stay in the nearby city under the control of the Wei army. He just asked the city gate to eat something casually and asked for some forage.

I continued to run to Jixian, and followed the official road when I came, so it was easier to walk and could return to Jixian faster.

By the end of the Xu hour, Cheng Xi and others had already run out for seventy or eighty miles. Cheng Xi's personal guards looked back and saw that it was pitch black behind them, and there was no sign of Wu's pursuit.

The left and right said with some confusion: "General, this Wu army did not chase after him. I thought I would die in Liaodong like this."

Cheng Xi thought for a moment and felt a little uneasy, but he still pretended to be calm: "But, it may be that Wu Jun felt it was too late and he was worried that he would keep his hands on it and set up an ambush on the official road, so they dared not continue chasing him. They are really a group of Jiangdong rats!"

Although Cheng Xi said this, he didn't think so in his heart. He thought it must be Wu Jun's trick, but he just couldn't think of it for the time being.

Qin Dan and Du De also found a fire on the hillside and sat down. The two guards had already put the horse meat in the kettle and cooked it, and it was already cooked at this moment.

The personal guard put several bowls of horse meat soup in a pottery bowl and said to the two people who were walking over, "Two generals, the horse meat is already cooked, come and have supper." Then he handed the soup bowl in his hand to the two people.

Qin Dan took the steaming bowl of soup and said, "You should sit down and have a meal quickly. Don't worry about General Du and me anymore. If it is not enough later, I will put some more from the pot."

The guards followed the words and took their own bowl of horse broth from the pot and started to swallow it.

Dude found a wooden spoon, scooped a piece of cooked horse meat into his mouth and chewed it: "It tastes good, it's so fragrant, it's much better than Jianye's horse meat."

Qin Dan took a few sips of soup and answered, "Yes, the horse meat in Liaodong is not comparable to that of Jianye. I heard that there are even stores in Jianye who use other meat fillings to make horse meat to mess with people. Many Jianye people have been such suckers.

If Jiangdong can continue to expand from Youzhou to Jizhou this time, it will definitely allow more people in Jiangdong to eat horse meat. Even if it is the meat of dead horses, they can really taste it!"

At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from Xiangping. The person who came to come here without any damage was obviously his own people. The person who came looked around and searched here, then drove the horse to Qin Dan. Du De turned over and dismounted the horse and held the army and saluted: "Qin, Du two generals, and the Grand Sima Youling,

Let's take a break tonight and let you and the two of you lead your troops to attack several cities in the eastern and western Liaoning that have not yet been captured, and completely bring Liaodong back to the territory of Jiangdong!"
Chapter completed!