Chapter 814

Qin Huaidao was very puzzled when he saw that there were not many people training in the school field, and after hearing Zhang Xueyong's explanation, he was even more puzzled, didn't the Tang Army train in winter?

"That's how we're in the barracks in winter? Doesn't it say that summer practice is dog dog and winter practice is three-nine? We are mainly fighting against those nomads in the north, and if we don't practice in winter, how can we fight? Qin Huaidao looked at Zhang Xueyong and asked.

"So we try our best to avoid fighting with them, of course, they actually hurt a lot in winter, division commander, you haven't been to the front line, if you have been, you know that those people, many of them are missing fingers, they are all frozen,

On our side, we do some simple training in the winter, and in the summer, we still have to hurry up and train! Zhang Xueyong said to Qin Huaidao, and the leaders behind him also looked at Qin Huaidao,

And Qin Huaidao didn't speak, just watched, and then Qin Huaidao saw you laughing cavalry charging back and forth, Qin Huaidao's division, there are a total of 6 cavalry battalions, each cavalry battalion has 800 cavalry, 1000 horses, look at the training here today, it is estimated that it is a battalion of troops, Qin Huaidao stood there and watched, did not speak, and then saw the horses limping out of the battlefield, and some soldiers took down the things on horseback.

"What's wrong with these horses?" Qin Huaidao stood there and asked.

"It's hurt and kicked, because it's winter, and those ice ballast in the ground are like iron, and those war horses will hurt their hooves when they step on it, and they need to cultivate for a long time." Zhang Xueyong stood there and said.

"Hurt your foot? Didn't have a horseshoe in it? Qin Huaidao felt very strange, so he looked at Zhang Xueyong and asked

。 "Horseshoe?" Zhang Xueyong didn't know what it was, so he stared at Qin Huaidao.

"An iron ring on a horse's hoof? Haven't seen it? Qin Huaidao looked at Zhang Xueyong with strange eyes, and Zhang Xueyong shook his head solemnly.

"Big cow, big cow, come here!" Qin Huaidao stood there and shouted to the back,

Soon, Qin Da Niu ran over.

"Sir!" Qin Da Niu came over and shouted.

"Show them, what a horseshoe is!" Qin Huaidao said to Qin Daniu.

"Huh?" Qin Daniu looked at Qin Huaidao puzzled.

"Horseshoe, on the horse's feet!" Qin Huaidao looked at Qin Daniu a little angrily and said.

"Master, I haven't seen it, how can there be that iron on the horse's feet?" Qin Da Niu touched his head and said. "No?" Qin Huaidao looked at Qin Da Niu in surprise.

"Not really!" Qin Daniu nodded affirmatively, Zhang Xueyong and the others looked at Qin Huaidao, and Qin Huaidao walked to the side of the horses and asked the soldiers to lift the feet of the war horses.

"Well, there's really no such thing as a horseshoe!" Zhang Xueyong looked at Qin Huaidao and said.

"In that case, isn't the casualty of our war horses on the battlefield very high?" Qin Huaidao looked at Zhang Xueyong and asked.

"Yes, so in winter, we don't dare to train cavalry on a large scale, you see, just a while, 5 war horses injured their feet, if they train like this, our war horses, not a winter, will all be injured, war horses can't be used like this!" Zhang Xueyong said to Qin Huaidao.

"Okay, I see, Chief of Staff, I want to ask you, if our soldiers have supplies that are not afraid of the cold, can they train?" Qin Huaidao stood there, looked at Zhang Xueyong and asked.

"Of course, if there are cold materials, the soldiers also want to train, otherwise it will be even colder to hide in the tent every day! Besides, we are soldiers, we have to go to the front line to fight, and we need more training to survive, right? Zhang Xueyong nodded and said to Qin Huaidao,

Qin Huaidao also nodded, and then began to go to the tent, and entered a tent, which had more than thirty simple beds, all covered with wheat straw, and then some simple quilts, these quilts were very thin, Qin Huaidao just entered, those soldiers all stood up, and Qin Huaidao lifted those quilts to see.

"It's so thin, how does it have to be cold at night? Logistics supplies are not enough to keep out the cold? And these soldiers are wearing, these, they are all pieces of cloth, our army of the Tang Dynasty, they are dressed like this? As he spoke, Qin Huaidao looked through a soldier's clothes, and found that they couldn't be said to be clothes, they were all wrapped in cloth!

"Division commander, we are still good, after all, our first army, a lot of supplies are sent to us first, and the other armies are even more difficult, they basically stop training in winter!" Zhang Xueyong said to Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao nodded, and his mood was a little heavy.

"yes, okay, I got it!" Qin Huaidao sighed, nodded and said,

Then it was time to eat, Qin Huaidao did not go to the Chinese military tent, but looked at the meals of those soldiers here, the food was still good, there were cakes and soups, meat and pickles, to be able to eat enough, it was not bad, this Qin Huaidao knew!

Qin Huaidao walked around the barracks, and then returned to the Chinese military tent.

"This is not possible, the soldiers cannot stay in the barracks in winter, and we cannot guarantee that our enemies will not attack in winter, and once we are going to go on an expedition to Goryeo, it will be colder on the Goryeo side than on our side, and once the war drags on until winter, how can we fight? Can we just stand there and let those enemies shoot us as live targets? Qin Huaidao sat there and said to them.

"If it weren't for the thunder you got last year, if it weren't for the thunder, we wouldn't have been able to hold it at all last year on the Turkic side, even if it were, the soldiers would have frostbite!" The first brigade commander Lu Bin was sitting there and said to Qin Huaidao, and the others also nodded.

"Is it so troublesome to keep out the cold?" Qin Huaidao looked at Zhang Xueyong and asked.

"Hu Guogong, the materials for the cold are difficult to get, our army is still good, and it is even more difficult for the people's homes, the materials that can keep out the cold are the fur of those animals, the number of this thing is still small, and the price is also expensive, not what our army can use,

If you equip a division with clothes, I estimate that you can't get it without hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the clothes worn by the soldiers are all brought from home, or rather, they picked up the corpses of the enemy on the battlefield, and they are paid military salaries, and they go to the street to buy some for themselves, but it is still not enough! Zhang Xueyong said to Qin Huaidao, and Qin Huaidao nodded.

"Okay, I'll continue to look at it in the afternoon, this cold material must be solved by finding a way, otherwise, once the expedition to Goryeo, there are not so many cold materials, it will really freeze to death!" Qin Huaidao sighed and said,

In the afternoon, Qin Huaidao went to the barracks and continued to wander, mainly because he had a familiar face, and after Qin Huaidao left, they were also standing at the gate of the barracks.

"Look at what this division commander said, I still want to train in winter, this is to kill our soldiers!" Yu Zhiqiang stood there and said with a sneer.

"Hmph, the division commander hasn't been to the barracks before, is there anything wrong with these questions?" Lu Bin stared at Yu Zhiqiang and said dissatisfiedly.

"It can't be said that you don't know anything about this situation, right?" Yu Zhiqiang looked at Lu Bin with a sneer and said.

"Okay, don't fight, after all, he used to be a son, and now he is a master, where he knows the hardships of the military camp, Yiguo Gong knew it at the beginning, but he doesn't know! Forget it, let's go back!

Our division commander is very valued by His Majesty, what about you, don't be cynical, if you want to be promoted to general, his words are better than anything else, Hu Guogong is the first prince of the dynasty, it is better to be cautious, don't make trouble for yourself! Zhang Xueyong reminded them.

"Then I know, we don't have such a good life, hey, but, chief of staff, you don't have to worry, you are already a general, we brigade commanders, whether we can be promoted to generals is a question, after the age of forty-five, we are going home, ha!" Yu Zhiqiang stood there, shook his head with a wry smile and said.

"Go back to the tent, it's cold, I've been with the division commander for a day today, I have to soak my feet, it's cold!" Zhang Xueyong said and turned around and left,

And after Qin Huaidao returned to the house, he immediately drew some drawings and handed them over to the craftsmen in his house to build, and then found the housekeeper and asked them to take the drawings to the cloth workshop, and ask the workshop to make these things according to the drawings, and they will want it tomorrow morning!

After the explanation, Qin Huaidao sat there and calculated, if you give yourself a division of troops, all equipped with quilts, cotton pants, cotton clothes, cotton gloves, plus cotton boots, how many catties of cotton do you need, how much money is needed, Qin Huaidao calculated, each soldier needs almost 10 catties of cotton, according to 2 wen a catty, a soldier needs 20 wen, and a division is only 320 yuan, not much! Moreover, Qin Huaidao's family has planted nearly 60,000 acres of cotton, and the cotton produced by one acre of land is about 200 catties, which can fully equip the entire army of the Tang Dynasty!

Qin Huaidao wanted to do this, not to make money to equip those soldiers, but I just don't know if Li Lixian will agree, this is a lot of money, give it to Li Lixian, it can be at least 15 times the profit, and it is not easy to make Li Lixian give up this.

In the evening, Li Lixian came back, and after eating, Qin Huaidao taught Li Lixian to his study.

"What's wrong, sir?" Li Lixian asked Qin Huaidao.

"Girl, I want to discuss something for you, can't you take out half of the cotton in our workshop?" Qin Huaidao said to Li Lixian, he didn't dare to say everything, so he said to take half of it out.

"What do you want? Why do you want so much cotton? Li Lixian looked at Qin Huaidao vigilantly and asked.

"Well, I want to equip the soldiers of Datang with cotton clothes, cotton pants and cotton boots and cotton gloves, I forget it, a soldier needs 10 catties, and our family's cotton can equip 1.2 million troops, of course, I don't want all of you, just equip 600,000 troops, what do you think?" Qin Huaidao stood there and discussed with Li Lixian in a whisper.