Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3530 Wind and Snow in the Western Regions
Since the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has paid attention to the geographical location of the Western Regions. While communicating with the various Hu tribes here, it has also built many Wubao fortresses and stationed troops here for a long time. safety.

Under the heavy snow all over the sky, the bright moon was shining brightly, and on a mountain in the southwest of Gongyue City, a group of soldiers entered a dock.

There were thousands of cavalry in this team, and the narrow Wubao couldn't accommodate them, so most of them camped outside the Wubao, under the sky and on the ground, and the snow was as heavy as cotton.

In Wubao, Fang Jun took off the cold mountain armor on his body, sat by the fire, roasted his hands, and looked around.The entire Wubao is built with adobe, which has obviously been abandoned for a long time and has not been repaired, and the walls are beginning to fall off everywhere, revealing the neat adobe inside.

The former Sui Dynasty began to send troops to the Western Regions to garrison, and built many such fortresses to garrison troops, but soon the powerful Sui Dynasty fell into internal and external turmoil, and the empire collapsed. Busy in robbing and seizing power, the operation of the Western Regions came to a standstill, and the Turks took advantage of the opportunity to drive the Sui army out of most of the Western Regions.

Until the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the country had not yet been truly settled.

After the change of Xuanwumen, His Majesty Li Er turned against him and seized it, setting the world in motion. The empire's military and political aspects ushered in a wave of strong outbreaks, and the once-abandoned strategy of the Western Regions was also put on the table and picked up again.For nearly 20 years, relying on its abundant treasury and strong combat power, the Tang army gradually regained the old places abandoned by the Sui army, and once again took control of the dominance of the Western Regions, placing it under the rule of the empire.

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Wang Fangyi came in quickly from the outside, holding a pair of rabbits that he had hunted from nowhere, but the rabbits were strange in shape, they looked like rabbits and mice, and Wang Fangyi pinched their long ears in his hands. Scattered with brown spots.

After entering, Wang Fangyi first nodded to Fang Jun, then put down the rabbit, took out a sharp dagger from his arms, and quickly cut open the rabbit's stomach.Then take off the boiling water on the fire, wash the rabbit meat, cut two wooden sticks to skewer the rabbit meat, and put it on the fire to bake.

The hands and feet are extremely agile.

Fang Jun was warming the fire beside him, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Wang Fangyi said: "When I went out to have a rest just now, I found two caves under the tree, so I pulled out these two little things. This thing seems to be called a pika, it is only found in the local area, and the number is not much, but the meat quality Delicious, great BBQ."

Fang Jun praised: "Good skill."

This 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 knew, Zhechong prefectures in almost all the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty needed to raise their own armaments and fodder to varying degrees, because they were too far away from the center and the roads were not smooth, making it too difficult to supply supplies, which were neither sufficient nor timely.

It's just that Wang Fangyi can catch a pair of rabbits by going out to pee, which is extremely rare. After all, thousands of cavalry have just entered the dock here, and most of the wild animals have already been scared away. Only this one is dormant in the cave. The little beasts inside couldn't avoid it.

However, Fang Jun suddenly looked strangely between the remaining rabbit skin on the ground and the rabbit meat on the fire...

Sensing Fang Jun's gaze, Wang Fangyi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly, "Why is this the commander in chief? Even if the general eats the guts of a leopard, he wouldn't dare to give you a rabbit soaked in 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 obedient instant noodles are, there is no trace of resentment in their hearts.It is not uncommon in any age to secretly spit on the boss's food and tea...

Wang Fangyi was forced to have no choice but to swear to the sky that he would never do such a conscienceless thing, so Fang Jun felt relieved.

The windows of Wubao had long since rotted and fallen, and the cold wind swept snowflakes pouring in through the windows, making the bonfire flickering and flickering.This is the most complete room in the entire Wubao, and the rest of the rooms can be imagined to be dilapidated and shabby.But marching in the field, it is a blessing to find such a place that is sheltered from wind and snow, and Fang Jun is satisfied.

After a while, the aroma of rabbit meat permeated, and the oil dripped into the campfire, making a squeaky sound.Wang Fangyi took out a small bag wrapped in oilcloth from his arms, opened it carefully, and inside was a pinch of snow-white refined salt.He pinched a small handful and sprinkled it carefully and evenly on the rabbit meat. After thinking about it, he added another small handful, then wrapped it in the oilcloth, and put it in his arms as a treasure.

There was no shortage of salt in the Western Regions in this era. Various salt lakes and mountain salts were spread across 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 table salt from the Tang Dynasty made the Western Regions The Hu people flock to it, especially the refined salt as fine as snow, which is even more expensive than gold.

No wonder Wang Fangyi regards it as a treasure...

After a while, Wang Fangyi took the rabbit meat off the campfire and handed it to Fang Jun.On the other hand, he took out two hard steamed buns, warmed them up on the fire, then took a hard bite and chewed.

Fang Jun put a rabbit meat in his mouth and took a big bite, while handing the other rabbit meat back.

Wang Fangyi was taken aback, and quickly shook his head: "This is prepared for the commander-in-chief, and the general dare not enjoy it."

In the army, superiority and inferiority are the most important, and different treatment can best reflect the difference between superiors and inferiors. How dare a small scout team enjoy delicious food with the commander of an army?

But Fang Jun didn't take it seriously, he chewed the delicious rabbit meat, and said vaguely: "Rules are important, but in the military robes, apart from sharing life and death, you should also share blessings. This is not the kind of person who needs to be distinguished by dignity." A mediocre person with status, if you give it to you, you will eat it."

Wang Fangyi didn't dare to refuse, so he quickly stretched out his hands to take it, took a bite of the rabbit meat, chewed it sweetly, looked up at Fang Jun, his heart was warm, and he showed a cute smile.

Like Fang Jun, a dignitary of the dynasty and a proud son of heaven, in the hearts of young people, he has more weight than the meritorious deeds of the previous generation.Being able to get Fang Jun's personal recognition of the words of "Pao Ze" and enjoying delicious food with him, the affirmation of it is enough to make Wang Fangyi bursting with confidence, and his admiration cannot be added.

A scholar dies for his confidant, that's all.

After gnawing off the last trace of meat on the bone, he casually threw the bone into the bonfire. Fang Jun hiccupped, took out a bamboo pot from his bag, squeezed some tea into a water cup, poured it into boiling water, took a sip, and sighed Said: "In the past, I was tired of eating delicacies from mountains and seas in Chang'an, but now I feel that this rabbit is a delicacy in the world. This person really has 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, but he belongs to a remote family, his family has been in decline for a long time, and he has been ravaged by poverty, so he can't understand Fang Jun's emotion.He gnawed the rabbit meat clean, threw the bones into the fire, wiped his hands, saw Fang Jun throwing the bamboo pot over, took it quickly, took out some tea leaves, made a cup of tea, and quickly put the bamboo pot back into Fang Jun's In the bag.

Holding the water cup made of compressed aluminum in his hand, he took a sip of the fragrant and hot tea, and couldn't help asking: "I heard that this water cup was developed by the general?"

Hearing this, Fang Jun also looked at the water glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "Small skills are not worth mentioning. As a minister of the Ministry of War, he was in the center. He couldn't be on the front line to fight the enemy side by side with his brothers, but he couldn't eat a vegetarian meal, so he was thinking about how to improve. The equipment of the soldiers makes the brothers' daily fighting life more convenient, and this water cup is just one of them."

This thing is very convenient to manufacture. A thin piece of aluminum can be used by stamping it once with a hydraulic forging hammer, and there are many aluminum ores. Steel is much lighter and less expensive.

It is poisonous when placed in aluminum products, but the amount ingested by the human body due to its role in the container is almost negligible.In fact, in the era of advocating that aluminum products are poisonous, aluminum cans have never disappeared...

After drinking water, the two of them lay down by the bonfire with their clothes on, and forced them to sleep with their eyes closed. They trekked and marched in an extremely harsh environment in such weather, and there was going to be a big battle after dawn. It is absolutely impossible.

Silent all night.

At dawn, the two woke up one after another. The bonfire had already been burned out. They simply washed their faces with water from melting ice and snow, ate some dry food, and dressed neatly. When they walked out, the army had already assembled.

Fang Jun got on his horse and waited around. Seeing excited faces, he shouted in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

A horse took the lead and galloped down the hillside, followed by thousands of cavalry, galloping towards the big cannibal camp behind a mountain not far away like a wind and clouds.

(End of this chapter)