Hundreds of thousands of Tang Dynasty soldiers went out to fight, the entire Luoyang City is a banner exhibition, on the official road outside the city, the army from all walks of life lined up in a few rows, it is really a feeling of endless crowds, the forwards have walked out of dozens of miles, the team behind is still in Luoyang City, although Li Dongsheng has participated in the march many times, but it is still very amazing to see such a spectacular scene.

This is where the men of my Han family stand out from other ethnic groups, then there is no incomparable organizational power, each Central Plains person is not as good as the physique of the surrounding grassland ethnic groups in terms of physique, but we just rely on organizational ability, beat them all over the ground to find teeth, let them sing "lose my Qilian Mountain, so that my livestock do not rest; The loss of my Yanzhi mountain makes my wife colorless. ”

Although there were many people in the army, the Tang Army was strict in governing the army and strict in military discipline, and no one dared to disturb the people along the way.

Starting from the Luoyang army, they marched silently all the way, and new troops joined from time to time during the march. When the Tang Dynasty sent troops in Luoyang, there were not only the 100,000 soldiers at the departure ceremony, but also the temporarily transferred government soldiers from various places, as well as those Turkic and other ethnic minorities who wanted to stick cheaply took the initiative to follow, it is said that nearly 300,000 people.

Seeing that there were ethnic minorities wearing all kinds of clothes in the team from time to time, Li Dongsheng felt funny, he remembered the famous United Nations army in the future, this time it is okay, right?

Li Dongsheng is Li Shimin's secretary and other roles this time, that is to say, he must be on call at any time, waiting for Li Shimin's call, I don't know if Li Shimin is really busy, or if he forgot the existence of such a person as Li Dongsheng, and he didn't look for him once for ten days. Li Dongsheng has a very humiliated feeling, he feels that he is a little honey who has been raised, usually the boss can't remember his existence at all, but he must be on call when needed.

This feeling made him very ashamed, so he hid in the barracks and got together with Li Siwen and them. Li Siwen has been in the army for many years, and he is still a captain, and it seems that he has not made any progress in this period. When he saw Li Dongsheng, Li Siwen was very excited, this eldest brother was his idol, and he would never be able to catch up with him in terms of literary and martial arts.

At the beginning, everyone was impassioned, but after more than ten days of marching, the excitement of the soldiers gradually subsided, and the march was boring, not only the body, but also the wind, food, sleeping, and all kinds of weather and loneliness. Yes, it's loneliness. Don't look at the people around you, everyone talks and laughs, but after a long time, all the topics are not to talk about, everyone is not embarrassed to chat, and even the desire to talk is gone.

However, the food on this march has changed greatly from previous years. The first is that sweet potatoes have also become a kind of military rations, every morning and evening is sweet potato porridge, there are still not many sweet foods in this year, the sugar of the white sugar division ordinary people can not afford to eat, now there is sweet potato millet porridge with sweetness, very popular with soldiers.

The second is that there are many side dishes, Li Dongsheng actually found that there were soldiers with pickles and dried radish, this discovery is very novel, which shows that Li Dongsheng's invention of the method of salt has also played a significant effect, ordinary people can also eat salt, otherwise it will not be so luxurious, you must know that in the real history of the Qing Dynasty, salt is a luxury for ordinary people.

Third, sea cargo has been able to supply the army in large quantities and become part of the logistics. Li Dongsheng also didn't know whether these pickled seafood were supplied by those fishermen in Laizhou or supplied from other places, but seeing that ordinary soldiers could eat sea fish showed that the lives of those fishermen must have been improved, otherwise there would not be such a large amount, and the fishermen must have received benefits Others saw it and followed it together, and then one by one, it became a huge group. The people who benefited from these changes were the people, so Li Dongsheng was very pleased, after all, he had made efforts to improve the lives of the people in this era, and it had an effect, which was very good.

Li Dongsheng lived a very fast life here in Li Siwen, chatting and bragging with Li Siwen every day when he was happy, he sat on the horse and took a nap when he had nothing to do, the more he went north, the colder it was, but Qian Duoduo and Xiaoju were more fully prepared, and they prepared a thick cotton coat for him, as well as a mink jacket, and they still did a better job in cold protection.

Even Daniel Zhang and these people, Qian Duoduo thoughtfully prepared a few sets of cotton clothes for them, and Li Siwen was very hot to see, and he snatched a few sets. The beautiful name is the warmth that the eldest brother gives to the brothers.

After marching for more than a month, Li Shimin finally remembered that there was still Li Dongsheng, and sent the whole army to find him.

"Hehe, that's good. As my attendant, I haven't seen you for more than a month, is it a crime of dereliction of duty? Li Shimin sneered: "Am I so terrible? ”

"The main reason is that Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities and is busy with work, so I went down to the grassroots level to conduct field research for Your Majesty to ensure that Your Majesty is not deceived by others!" Li Dongsheng thought about it for a long time before he came up with such a reason.

"Really? That's really hard work for you! Li Shimin sneered: "Still investigating? What do you mean? The supervising soldiers are only responsible for the imperial history and the hundred cavalry, do you think of a spy leader? ”

"Your Majesty, the meaning of research is investigation and research, there is a good saying, there is no right to speak without investigation, Your Majesty is busy with official business, the following information has passed several hands when it reaches you, everyone will only report some news that is beneficial to themselves, so it is easy to distort, my identity goes directly to the front line, what I see and hear will definitely be a little different from what they report, and listening to it is clear!" The more Li Dongsheng spoke, the more fluent he became, as if he had really gone to investigate.

Li Shimin nodded and snorted, "You are reasonable!" Tell me, what did you find? What has changed in the military? How is the morale of the military? ”

Li Dongsheng said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wechen's research is divided into two aspects, one is food in the army. The second is the will of the army and the people. ”

Li Shimin said coldly: "Let's talk about it, these things are also reported by Baiqi, and they talk about something different from them." ”

"Your Majesty, first of all, I'll talk about food." Li Dongsheng knew that he had to say something today, otherwise he would definitely find an excuse to be reprimanded by Li Shimin: "Although food is a trivial matter, it has a great impact on the morale and combat effectiveness of our army. Wechen believes that this is also part of the combat effectiveness, and it is undoubtedly a pleasure for the exhausted soldiers to eat fragrant and hot meals after a day of marching. According to Weichen's observation, our army's food has been greatly improved in recent years, both in quantity and quality. The soldiers were also very satisfied, especially the addition of seafood, which was definitely an encouragement to the soldiers who could not eat meat all year round. From this, it can be deduced that the treasury has been very full in recent years, so the treatment of soldiers has increased. ”