I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 689

Dong Xun has really seen it, and so does Gui Zhang.

The first thing they saw was the defense of the workshop city, and the next thing they saw was the firearms that made them feel powerless.There may still be a little messy thoughts in my heart, because the knowledge of Workshop City has completely dispelled it.

When Song State attacked Miaochuan City, neither of them went to the front line in person. All their knowledge about firearms came from hearsay.Because, it is rumored that once the Song Dynasty uses firearms, there will be no survivors under the firearms... Wang Shao was in Hehuang, and he wiped out all the tribes that used force.

The experience of Workshop City this time finally made them give up.What else are you thinking about?These are all weapons borrowed from Tianwei!

Zhao Xi and the entire cabinet had already forgotten about Dong Zhan. At this time, they needed to consider the wintering of the team that had already entered the west of Qingtang.

"There is still time to take a caravan, and it should not attract the attention of Xixia and Huangtou Huihe. This time, all the pack horses and camels will bring the new cotton-padded quilts from the workshop city, and bring as much as possible Lots of coal."

"In addition, ask the Taiji Hall to prepare enough medicine for frostbite...Fu Xiang, you can try to find some more loyal medical halls from the Taiji Hall, and send them directly to the front..."

Zhao Xi was purely making arrangements, and he couldn't be polite at this time. He needed to think of everything he could think of, and try his best to reduce the non-combat casualties of the soldiers who were spending the winter ahead.

For Chaotang, his understanding of the cold was limited to the cold in Hebei and Hedong because of the territory of the country, and he couldn't know the feeling of the real cold winter at all.

Therefore, Zhao Xi must be as thoughtful as possible.

"Official, twelve strongholds, the Pathfinder team left all the confiscated spoils in each stronghold. I think it should be fine to live through the winter."

Wang Anshi felt that the officials really made a fuss over a molehill.

They were all soldiers, and they were soldiers trained in the martial arts hall. He had heard that the official training methods were cruel.It won't even make it through the winter.

If this is the case, what will happen once the battle against Xixia is over?Once the battle against Xixia is unfavorable, what should we do?

Wang Anshi, a southerner, would never have imagined that heating would become the first need for human survival.

It would never have occurred to Zhao Xi that the reason why Zhao Xi still let Wang Shao send troops in even though he didn't explain the specific conditions of the passage in the early stage was not because he was worried that the Pathfinder team would not be able to handle it, but because he used the soldiers who entered this passage first. Come and experience how to spend the winter on that road, and prepare for the future troop transport and even the ultimate control of this passage.

In Zhao Xi's heart, the soldiers who passed the passage in the first winter were no worse than the pathfinders in terms of credit.

"The imperial court does not need to consider the supplies, and this time the delivery will no longer carry living supplies. However, items for keeping warm and heating must be supplied to the maximum extent!"

Zhao Xi once again emphasized keeping warm and keeping warm.

"Official, how cold will it be in winter on that passage?"

Fu Bi probably understood that the officials have been emphasizing keeping warm.

Fu Bi was sent as an envoy to Beiliao, and he also chatted about how Beiliao survived the winter.It’s nothing more than a hot kang with robes. This passage is not particularly north-facing, and it is about the same as 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 is also near the Yalu River, and it is not the kind that is extremely cold.

"Dripping into ice?"

This is already the coldest weather you can imagine.

"No, maybe a drop of hot water turns into ice!"

Zhao Xi is not sure either.But he remembered that later generations played the game of turning hot water into ice flowers.If you want to come to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of 3000 meters, there should be such a possibility.

He remembered that when he went to Qinghai, he wore half-sleeves in broad daylight, and at night he wore thermal clothes and a jacket...~
Believe it or not, it's not a big deal.There is no need for cabinet ministers to compete with officials, just let it go.

"Also, tell Wang Shao to order the soldiers in front to 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 that, how to record it is up to them.

……

Towards the end of summer, merchants who take this passage are preparing to cross this passage and arrive in Baghdad before the winter there.

In the past, there were not too many merchants on this passage.

At this time, Wang Shao had already moved his tent to the west and handed Hehuang over to Su Zhe directly.

Wang Shao has always been a man of rules.

Since the court accepted the emperor's order, he should be the commander in chief of this partial division.The reason why he stayed in Hehuang was to assist Su Zhe and Zhang Dun to take over smoothly.

After the Qingtang Dong felt was attached, there were no longer any possible accidents in the Hehuang area.The point is, he can see that Su Zhe is better than him in handling government affairs.

Zhang Dun accompanied Wang Shao to move his camp to the west.

The intention of the court is very clear, and Zhang Dun is also a self-aware person.Even if it is Wang Shao's deputy, there is no need to stay in Hehuang.

In Hehuang, Zhang Dun always had the idea of ​​killing a group of Tubo people whenever he encountered some cumbersome affairs... Let's fight, he is suitable.

Now that Qingtang has been controlled by Guochao, on the westbound caravan, he can easily cover it up, and it is easy to hide it from Xixia.

Several times, several times in a row, these Pathfinders have asked to continue to lead the team westward...~
It is the emperor's order to let them stay in Hehuang.

……

After the winter, the report brought by Hehuang Governor's Mansion finally convinced the cabinet.

On the side of Hehuang Governor's Mansion, after winter, they also tried to send people to go west again...~
As a result, let alone going westward, there was only one heavy snowfall, and even Hezhou and Qingtang could not be contacted...

"Su Zhe reported that all the west of Qingtang was covered by heavy snow, and there was no route or direction at all. It was all snow, and it would cause snow blindness if you didn't go far."

"Even if you use the method of the Tubo people to cover your eyes with leather, you don't know where to go! It's white, it's all snow, and it's all the same in all directions...~"

"I heard from the herdsmen that this heavy snow may not melt until the beginning of spring..."

"In the Qingtang area, herdsmen gather around Qingtang City. With such white snow, those small nomadic families will not only freeze to death their animals, but also people who will freeze to death..."

"Hey, based on these reports from Su Zhe, the officials once again judged correctly. If there were no items equipped by the officials, it would be good to save seven out of ten soldiers marching west."

"How did the officials know?"

"Actually, this cannot be inferred. According to the official theory, it is to use the known conditions to infer the unknown. All the records extracted by the official can be used to judge the cold winter of that passage, so as to be prepared."

The cabinet ministers were discussing Su Zhe's memorial, and they remembered the preparations made by the officials.

To say that Zhao Xi is inferring...~ Highly read.In fact, Zhao Xi was purely preparing for it with the knowledge of the thousand years of commentary.

(End of this chapter)