The staple food of the soldiers was actually rice and corn, as well as various beans. Ordinary government soldiers still bring their own food. However, these people are temporary recruits, and food is provided by the state.

As for eating meat, it is generally not possible, unless the battle is won, the cattle and sheep are captured, and the general's reward is obtained.

At that time, there were only official officers above the rank of deputy in the team, and they were given a ration of mutton every day. Because the deputy of the team and above are all officials of the nine grades in the stream. Many officials would take meat home and share it with their families. Because it is common for the families of officers to accompany the army.

In the later era of conscription, soldiers at this time became professional soldiers, and soldiers' families generally joined the army. This is also one of the root causes of the rebellion in the feudal towns that were difficult to quell after the Anshi Rebellion.

Because many feudal envoys were actually kidnapped by ordinary professional soldiers, they intended to obtain the highest benefits. Soldiers and junior officers could decide who would be the envoys.

Wu Yanzhi ate with relish, although there was no meat, but the rice was very fragrant, it was all made by the soldiers themselves, and there were dry pickles, and the atmosphere was also very good.

"Marshal Wu, can the Turkic soldiers attack? I heard that Marshal Wu is like a god in his army, and we still want to make meritorious contributions under Dashuai! The fire chief asked.

"Probably not for a while, right? There are opportunities for meritorious service. After this castle is built, I will prepare a large amount of oil here. This oil is different from what you have seen, and it has been smelted by me with paraffin water. It became gasoline, kerosene, diesel.

With this thing, the enemy's forces are few, and the possibility of capturing these three cities is zero, can't you make meritorious contributions? Wu Yanzhi said with a smile.

"Really? That's great? "The soldiers were very excited.

"Why do you want to come out and be a soldier?" He asked again.

"In fact, in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, we were not qualified to be soldiers! You have to be the children of rich families to become soldiers, but many of them refuse to be soldiers now.

The main thing is that he often loses battles and is afraid that he will never return. I also heard that General Wu was leading the army, so I rushed out. First, you can be tax-free during the period of being a soldier, and the burden on the family is reduced a lot.

In addition, if we win the battle, we will be awarded decorations and distributed more fields, and those who are brave in battle will be promoted to the rank of officer. So even though it is very dangerous to be a soldier, everyone is still willing to be a soldier. Another person equivalent to the deputy fire chief said that there was actually no deputy fire chief position.

"If you are a soldier for a long time, that is, a soldier for the rest of your life, are you willing?" Wu Yanzhi asked.

"As long as you give money, why not?" The fire chief said. The rest of the soldiers chimed in.

Today's border soldiers have a small number of professional soldiers, but most of them are still government soldiers who serve regularly.

For example, these people I faced, although they were recruited, were not professional soldiers for the time being. However, with the construction of the three surrendered cities, I would suggest that professional soldiers be set up here.

The reason is simple, the combat effectiveness of the professional soldiers is definitely stronger than that of the government soldiers, and the pressure of the Turkic attack here is very great.

Nowadays, the wars with the surrounding ethnic groups often fail, which are very different from the high victory rate of the early Tang Dynasty wars, and there is a big reason that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is very poor. Of course, the generals in command are also a reason, but in fact they are not the main reason.

The main reason was that the peasants were not willing to serve as soldiers, and the lack of training of the soldiers of the various units led to poor combat effectiveness.

……

On the sixth day of September, the early dynasty, Luoyang Palace contains Yuan Palace.

The hall was very lively, and people's expressions were worried. It can be said that everyone has their own ideas, and the reason is very simple: Cao Renshi, Zhang Xuanyu, and Ma Renjie fought with the Khitan, and 200,000 people have been wiped out!

Of course, some people are happy for the Li family, because the prince has not been established, and now he has lost the battle, what does it mean? It shows that the soldiers have no will to fight, because Li and Sun are playing the banner of "return me to the king of Luling".

There are also people who feel sorry for General Cao and General Zhang, both of whom are famous generals in a hundred battles, but they were defeated once, and since they were taken prisoner! Alas!

"Please be silent!" There is a palace attendant Yu Shi shouted.

"The left and right boxes are safe, Your Majesty can be promoted!" A general of Kim Wuwei shouted.

So the door of the harem was wide open, and the emperor slowly entered under the cover of the feather fan.

……

After the ceremony, Wu Zetian looked at the people below coldly. These people were solemn and did not say a word.

She thought to herself: There are many people here, he wants me to lose the battle! They say they respect me on the surface, but who knows what they think in private?

"Something to start, nothing to retreat" shouted to the middle of the matter.

"The minister has his own music!" Tongping Zhangshi Yang Zaisi came out of the class and said.

"Yang Aiqing, please speak!"

"Your Majesty! Cao Renshi, Zhang Xuanyu, and Ma Renjie fought with the Khitan, and the whole army was annihilated. Now more than a dozen states in Hebei have fallen, Henan is shaking, and the gods are not restless. Please also ask Your Majesty to re-select good generals, quickly recruit an army, and put down the rebellion in one fell swoop! He said loudly.

The others shook their heads when they heard this, and many people despised this Tongping Zhang Shi Yang Zaisi.

This Yang Zaisi is the prime minister, but he doesn't care about anything, he revolves around the two brothers every day, like a servant! Who is the prime minister of the Great Zhou?

"I know! Everyone, Aiqing, can you recommend any candidates, let's listen! "Wu Zetian is not too angry, she has seen this kind of scene a lot.

"Your Majesty! Now that the traitor is powerful, according to the meaning of Weichen, I am afraid that only by inviting King Lu Ling to go out of the mountain, recruit soldiers, and take command to meet the enemy, can he win! Tongping Zhangshi Sun Yuanheng suggested.

What the? The officials in the hall suspected that they had heard it wrong! Do you dare to mention this sentence?

At this time, the new young eunuch Shang Fang came out of the class and said, "Your Majesty! Why not let Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi recruit warriors in Henan, train them, and lead troops to quell the rebellion! ”

When Wu Zetian heard it, this Junchen is not bad, it is for my own sake.

So he nodded: "It seems that there is no one else, so I temporarily appointed Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi as the general manager of Qingbian Province and commanded 100,000 troops out of Dingzhou and Hengzhou." Prevent rebels from moving south.

He then appointed Su Honghui, the general of Zuo Yulin, and Wang Xiaojie, a doctor of Guanglu, as the deputy governors of Qingbian Province, to go to the eastern prefectures of the capital to recruit troops, train them, and send troops in January next year.

All the prisoners and slaves of the government and the people who have the courage will be ransomed by the government and sent to the front line to attack the Khitan as civilians.

At the same time, the subordinate system was set up in the border states east of the Kushan Mountains near the border areas to prevent rebellion from going south.

Also, Yao Xianggong, how is Wu Yanzhi's Three Surrender Cities repaired? ”

"Your Majesty! This matter is about to be reported! Yesterday, I received an urgent report from General Wu that the three surrendered cities had been completed three days ago.

According to General Wu's plan, 5,000 people can be temporarily stationed every morning. In addition, the beacon tower still needs 9,000 people, so the first line of the three surrendered cities should be stationed at least 24,000 people. If the situation in the border areas is tense, it is not too late to increase the number of personnel.

Moreover, he said that he had invented several kinds of oil oils, and it was said that he was very good at defending the city. The ladder of the enemy's siege will be burned out by the old fierce fire oil in a matter of moments!

Not only that, in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the border army, he suggested that all the soldiers stationed in the three surrendered cities should be converted into professional recruits, so as to enhance their training and use them to resist the powerful Turkic soldiers. "Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!