Dong Zhan is really knowledgeable, and so is Guizhang.
The first thing they saw was the vigilance of Workshop City, and the next thing they saw was the firearms that made them feel powerless. They may still have a little messy thoughts in their hearts, but because of what they saw in Workshop City, they were completely dispelled.
When the Song Dynasty attacked Miaochuan City, neither of them went to the front line in person. All their knowledge of firearms came from hearsay. Because it was rumored that once the Song Dynasty used firearms, there would be no survivors...Wang Shao was in the river
Huang, any tribe that uses force will be completely annihilated.
What they saw in Gongfang City this time finally made them give up. What else were they thinking about? This was all a weapon borrowed from Tianwei!
Zhao Xi and even the entire cabinet had forgotten about Dong Fei. At this time, they needed to consider winter matters for the troops who had entered the west of Qingtang.
"There is still time for a caravan trip, which should not attract the attention of Xixia and Huangtou Huihe. On this trip, all the pack horses and camels will all bring the newly produced cotton clothes and quilts from Gongfang City, and bring as much as possible
Lots of coal."
"In addition, let the Imperial Medical Clinic prepare enough medicine to treat frostbite... Prime Minister Fu, you can try to find some more loyal medical clinics from the Imperial Medical Clinic and send them directly to the front..."
Zhao Xi was just making arrangements. He couldn't be polite at this time. He needed to think of everything he could think of and try his best to reduce non-combat attrition of soldiers spending the winter at the front.
For the imperial court, the understanding of cold is limited to the cold in Hebei and Hedong due to the territory of the country. It is impossible to know the feeling of real cold winter.
Therefore, Zhao Xi must be as thoughtful as possible.
"The official family has twelve strongholds. The pathfinder team left all the loot collected at each stronghold. I think it should be fine for one winter."
Wang Anshi felt that the officials were really making a fuss out of a molehill.
They were all soldiers, or soldiers trained by the martial arts hall. He had heard that the training methods of the officials were very cruel. They would not be able to survive even a winter.
If this is the case, what should we do if we fight against Xixia? What should we do if the battle against Xixia goes unfavorably?
Wang Anshi, a southerner, would not have thought that heating would become the first need for human survival.
I would never have thought that the reason why Zhao Xi still asked Wang Shao to send troops to enter the passage without explaining the specific conditions of the cold winter in the early stage was not because he was worried that the pathfinder team could not cope with it, but to use the soldiers who entered the passage first.
Come and experience what winter is like along that way, and prepare for transporting troops in the future, and even ultimately controlling this passage.
In Zhao Xi's heart, the soldiers who passed through that passage in the first winter were no worse than the pathfinders in terms of merit.
"The imperial court does not need to consider materials, and this delivery will no longer carry daily necessities. However, warmth and heating items must be supplied to the maximum extent possible!"
Zhao Xi once again emphasized keeping warm and staying warm.
"Guan Jia, how cold will it be in winter on that passage?"
Fu Bi probably understood that the officials had been emphasizing keeping warm.
Fu Bi was on an envoy to the Northern Liao Dynasty, and he also chatted about how to spend the winter in the Northern Liao Dynasty. It was nothing more than a hot kang in his robe. This passage is not particularly north-oriented. It is probably equivalent to the Hebei area. How cold can it be?
"It's colder than you can imagine!"
In this era, even the Northern Liao Dynasty did not really occupy Liaodong. Although there are some records in the previous dynasty, it was close to the Yalu River and was not extremely cold.
"Drip water turns into ice?"
This is already the coldest weather anyone in the cabinet has ever imagined.
"No, it could be ice made by dripping hot water!"
Zhao Xi wasn't sure either. But he remembered that in later generations there was a game where hot water was poured into ice to turn into ice flowers. He thought it might be possible on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is three thousand meters above sea level.
He remembered that when he went to Qinghai, he wore half-sleeves during the day and warm clothes and a jacket at night...~
Believe it or not, this is not a big deal. There is no need for cabinet ministers to compete with officials, so just let it go.
"In addition, tell Wang Shao and ask him to instruct the soldiers at the front to make sure they keep records..."
When Zhao Xi said this, he suddenly remembered that there was no concept of temperature at this time, and there was no way to record the temperature.
Forget it, let’s just say it, let them know how to record it.
…
Towards the end of summer, traders who use this passage prepare to pass through it and reach Baghdad before the winter there.
It happened in the past. Originally, there were not many merchants on this passage.
At this time, Wang Shao had moved his camp westward and handed Hehuang directly to Su Che.
Wang Shao has always been a man of rules.
From the moment the imperial court accepted the imperial order, he should have been the commander-in-chief of this partial army. The reason why he stayed in Hehuang was to assist Su Che and Zhang Dun in taking over smoothly.
After Dong Zang was attached to Qingtang, there were no longer any possible accidents in the Hehuang area. The key was that he could see that Su Che was better than him in handling government affairs.
Accompanying Wang Shao in moving his camp westward was Zhang Dun.
The imperial court's intentions were very clear, and Zhang Dun was a self-aware person. Even if he was to be Wang Shao's deputy, there was no need to continue to stay in Hehuang.
In Hehuang, whenever he encountered some complicated matters, Zhang Dun always had the idea of killing a group of Tubo people... It was better to fight, it suited him.
Since Qingtang has been controlled by the imperial court, it is easy for me to cover up the caravan on its way to the west, and it is easy to hide it from Xixia.
Several times, several times in a row, these pathfinders asked to continue leading the team westward...~
It is the emperor's order to let them stay in Hehuang.
…
After the winter came, the report brought by the Hehuang Governor's Office finally convinced the cabinet.
On the Hehuang Governor's side, after the winter began, they also tried to send people westward...~
The result is that, let alone heading west, there will be a heavy snowfall, and even Hezhou and Qingtang will be unable to contact...
"Su Zhe reported that everything west of Qingtang is covered with heavy snow. There is no route or direction at all. It is full of snow wherever you look. If you can't go very far, you will be snow blind."
"Even if I use the Tibetan method of covering my eyes with leather, I still don't know which way to go! It's all white and snowy, and it looks the same in all directions..."
"I heard from the herdsmen that this heavy snow may not melt until spring..."
"In the Qingtang area, herders are concentrated around Qingtang City. With such white snow, those small nomadic families will not only freeze to death their animals, but also people may freeze to death..."
"Alas, based on these reports from Su Che, the officials were right once again. Without the items provided by the officials, the soldiers marching westward would have saved seven out of ten."
"How did the officials know?"
"Actually, this cannot be inferred. According to the official theory, it is to use known conditions to infer the unknown. The official excerpted all the records to judge the cold winter of that passage, so as to be prepared."
The cabinet ministers were discussing Su Che's report, which reminded them of the preparations made by the officials.
To say that Zhao Xi is just inferring... I think it's a good idea. In fact, Zhao Xi is purely preparing for the extra thousand years of experience.