Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 348 The Tang Dynasty People Can't Nail Horseshoes
Teams of Tang troops marched to the Western Regions. With the dream of making contributions, countless athletes of the Tang Dynasty went to the distant place of the desert and spread the might of the Tang Dynasty to that desolate and distant country. However, they did not know that they had accidentally created launched the most classic long-distance raid battle in Chinese history...

Without the impassioned expedition ceremony, His Majesty Li Er could not even deliver a passionate swearing-in speech...

The people of Chang'an City have long been familiar with the scenes of war. In the past years of Zhenguan, such an army of tens of thousands of people was nothing new to the people of Guanzhong.

What's more, the target of this crusade is too weak and vulnerable. Everyone believes that as soon as the army arrives, the little Gaochang Kingdom will be wiped out!
The speed of the march was not fast, and it was already a month after leaving Qizhou, crossing Longzhou and entering Liangzhou.

Although Fang Jun had expected the marching speed in this era, Fang Jun couldn't help feeling depressed. At this speed, wouldn't it take a year to reach Gaochang?
Depressed day!
The arrogant soldiers of Shenji Battalion have already developed extraordinary stamina and stamina due to the rapid march with heavy loads for several months. The intensity of the march at this time is far inferior to the usual training. Usually, the fat on the soldiers did not fall off!

Fang Jun was speechless. He really wanted to catch up to the commander-in-chief's banner in front of him, so he asked General Hou: "Your so-called rapid march, is this slow speed?"

After entering Guazhou, another month passed...

What about "five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days"?

Your Hou Junji is so bullish, how fast is Xia Houyuan?
Fang Jun reckoned helplessly that this battle would take two years to finish...

Not only that, just outside Guazhou City, the army actually set up camp and rectified on the spot!
In the camp of Shenji Camp, Fang Jun was so hot that he untied the cloth belt that fastened his armor, took a ladle of cold water and poured it over his head, then took out an ice cube from a copper pot and threw it into his mouth, creaking Chewing it up, this relieved the heat.

The Shenji Battalion brought the raw materials of black powder with the army, and it was not difficult to make ice with a little saltpeter.

Liu Rengui, Duan Zan, Chang Sun Chong, Hu Youfang, the prime minister of the Military Weapons Supervisor, Ge Zhongxing, the military attendant, and Qin Huaidao, the captain of the supply battalion, all sat around in the military tent, chewing ice cubes in their mouths, feeling comfortable .

They are all responsible for the rear of the palace, and they like to spend their days at the Shenji camp's garrison the most every day. They usually eat and drink better than other troops, and they always have some novelty.How dare you think that you can actually take out ice cubes in this scorching heat?
I don't know how to save it...

Others just paid it back, Chang Sun Chong, as the commander of the Shenji Battalion, recorded all kinds of materials in detail in his accounts, but he didn't know where the ice came from?Every time I saw Fang Jun's soldiers working in the kitchen for a while, the ice cubes would be taken out. This reminded Chang Sun Chong of the newly rising shops selling ice cubes in Chang'an City. Could it be that Fang Jun is also related to this? ?
Otherwise, how would you know how to make ice?

This guy really has some supernatural skills. How on earth is this ice made?

Chang Sun Chong was worried that Fang Jun's methods were really unpredictable, and the plan in his heart grew wildly like spring grass, unstoppable...

"You say what's going on with our General Hou. With such a marching speed, it will take a year of the monkey to reach Gaochang?" Fang Jun couldn't help complaining. Now the weather is scorching hot. The further we go west, the less water and the temperature higher.But this is not bad, if it lingers until winter, it will be a sad reminder!

Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of trees and pear trees bloom... That is not a beautiful scenery. If you march in the Western Regions in the cold winter, don't you all have to freeze to death?

Hu Youfang, the supervisor of military weapons, said: "Master Hou is not a member of the army, so I don't know. From then on, the road to the west is difficult, mostly gravel and gravel. It is difficult to move an inch, if you march forcefully, the hooves of the horses will be severely worn, and most of them will be damaged before they go to the battlefield. Therefore, the front should be putting wood on the horses."

Fang Jun was at a loss: "What is that?"

Duan Zan and Liu Rengui looked at each other and covered their faces with their hands...

Although the admiral of the dignified Shenji Battalion does not have cavalry under his command, he must have heard of this regular item in the army, right?

It's a shame...

The military attendant, Ge Zhongxing, laughed, and teased, "Master Hou has always studied the embroidered shoes of girls, but he doesn't know if this horseshoe wood is rough?"

This Ge Zhongxing is more than half a hundred years old, but he has an easy-going temperament and speaks freely.

He can make fun of Fang Jun like this, but Hu Youfang can't. Fang Jun still bears the name of a military inspector at the moment, that is his immediate boss, how dare he talk nonsense?

He suppressed a smile and explained: "The hooves of horses are soft, and they are most afraid of gravel roads. Once they are severely worn, the horse will be considered useless. Therefore, it is necessary to wear wood to protect the horse's hooves. Wood has four holes, and the horse's hoof also has four holes. It’s just that it’s expensive, extremely difficult to make, and easy to wear and tear, so it’s never used lightly unless it’s difficult.”

Qin Huaidao is from a family of generals, and he is familiar with military affairs. He said: "The speed of the journey is slow, just to protect the horseshoes, so the cavalry did not speed up. After passing Guazhou, you will enter the Western Regions, not far from Gaochang Kingdom , put wood on the horses, and go straight to the city without giving Gaochang a chance to breathe!"

Fang Jun is embarrassing...

After working for a long time, Hou Junji walked so slowly to protect the horses, and in the end, the enemy was caught off guard by a lightning attack!
But this woodiness...

Fang Jun suddenly realized, mother!
People in the Tang Dynasty couldn't nail horseshoes?

Such a simple thing doesn't know how to do it. What kind of woody thing does it have to make? It sounds like a very high-level look. Is it completely nonsense!

He was a little uncertain, and asked Hu Youfang, "Horse shoe, have you heard of it?"

Hu Youfang shook his head blankly: "What is that?"

Fang Jun looked at everyone in the room, they were all inexplicable, and he was overjoyed, and he slapped his thigh vigorously: "Get rich!"

The technology of using horseshoes to reduce the wear and tear of livestock hooves has brought a lot of convenience to the production and life of the people. From plowing in the field to long-distance transportation, the hooves of livestock are nailed with horseshoes, which minimizes the impact of ground and water on horseshoes. s damage.Horses are extremely valuable wealth in this era, and the wear and tear of horseshoes is the biggest cause of horse damage!
From the mid-Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, it was difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to directly control the northwest region. Although there was a huge amount of trade with neighboring ethnic groups in exchange for tea and silk for horses, the technology of nailing horses has never followed the "Huma" "Input and spread in the Central Plains.

Therefore, horseshoe technology has always been regarded as a novel and foreign thing.

Tracing back to the material of the horseshoe, broadly speaking, materials such as kudzu vines have also been used to wrap the hooves. "Iron-wrapped feet of healthy horses" and "weaving hooves with kudzu", it can be seen that in addition to forging horseshoes with iron, there are also such extremely simple horseshoes.

At present, most of the wood in the Tang army is this kind of extremely simple horseshoe.

Dedicating the horseshoe technology to His Majesty Li Er is a great achievement!
Suddenly there was a commotion outside the account.

As soon as Fang Jun frowned, Duan Zan got up immediately, except to check.

Chang Sun Chong sighed secretly, you, Duan Zan, are also the man who will inherit the dukedom in the future, how can you be so devoted to Fang Jun?
As the son-in-law captain and the heir to the eldest grandson's family, I don't have any sense of existence in this Shenji camp...

Soon, Duan Zan turned back, with a gloomy expression on his face, and rushed to his military officer Ge Zhongxing, saying, "A team of scouts was besieged by horse bandits and suffered heavy casualties. Your subordinates, please return to the military medical camp to treat the wounded."

With a playful smile on his face, Ge Zhongxing got up solemnly, and bowed his hands at everyone: "I will take my leave now!"

Fang Jun got up and said: "Anyway, I have nothing to do, let me go and have a look with my brother!"

Ge Zhongxing nodded silently, and left in a hurry. Fang Jun followed closely behind. Liu Rengui and Duan Zan looked at each other and followed each other.The rest of the people didn't have that kind of thought. Anyway, it's none of their business. In this scorching hot day, how can they enjoy chewing ice cubes again to cool off?

Chang Sun Chong stood still, but his expression was a little nervous.

When did the horse bandits dare to besiege the scouts in the army?Isn't this obviously a nonsense!
Could it be...that group of people has already arrived?
But when it arrives, it will arrive. Why do you want to besiege the scouts? Isn't this a warning?

Chang Sun Chong's face turned blue, and he gritted his teeth in hatred!

Bunch of idiots...

(End of this chapter)