In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led 3,000 elite horsemen to leave Shuozhou, entered the Tun Evil Yang Ridge, and on a dark and windy night of a month, he attacked the Turks and occupied Xiangcheng, the Turks had no defense at all, and were annihilated by Li Jing in one fell swoop, and Xiangcheng also fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and the north of Xiangcheng is an endless grassland, not far from the Turkic royal court, Li Jing can lead the army to raid the Turkic royal court at any time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When Li Jing left, Li Xiu and others personally went out of the city to see each other, and when they watched Li Jing's army leave, the red whisk girl also kept waving her hand to Li Xiu, and looking at the other party's distant back, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Before, the Red Whisk Girl asked Li Xiu's opinion because of one thing, and said that it was related to the life and death of the Li family, which also scared Li Xiu at the time, but then she realized that the Red Whisk Girl was worried that Li Jing would be the master of high merit after he destroyed the Turks this time, and people with high merit and high power in history generally did not end well, so she was also worried that Li Shimin would attack Li Jing.

For the call of the red whisk girl, Li Xiu patiently explained her for a long time, first of all, Li Shimin is not such a stingy person, of course, after Li Jing destroyed the Turks, it will definitely not be possible to be in charge of the army like now, it turns out that this is indeed the case in history, so as long as Li Jing himself does not let go of the military power, then there is no need to worry about the safety of his life, of course, it is certain that he will be suppressed.

At the same time, Qin Qiong and Li Ji and other armies also dispatched together, ready to start a decisive battle with the Turks, but in this way, the pressure on logistics is also doubled, and sometimes Li Xiu is also very annoyed by some things.

"Why is the consumption of gunpowder so large, do they eat gunpowder as food?" In the Shuozhou City Governor's Mansion, Li Xiu slapped the table angrily and asked loudly to the quartermaster sent by Li Jing in front of him.

As soon as the battle of Xiangcheng ended, Li Jing sent a quartermaster to ask Li Xiu for supplies, and the rest was fine, the key was that the demand for gunpowder was too great, because when Li Jing sent troops before, he brought a lot of gunpowder weapons such as grenades, but now when this quartermaster came, he actually asked for more firearms, saying that they had brought almost all the things they brought, which made Li Xiu not angry, after all, firearms are expensive and the inventory is limited, so naturally they can't be wasted at will.

"Hehe, this ......" The quartermaster's surname is Zhang, it is said that he is Zhang Gongjin's own brother, and he is not very old, and he is a little embarrassed in the face of Li Xiu's questioning, but in the end he is still cheeky and said, "The horse is angry, the consumption of firearms is indeed a little bigger, but you also know that this time the chief manager of them is mainly cavalry, which is not good at attacking the city, fortunately, there are firearms that can break through the city gate, and the Turks are very afraid of firearms, so after entering the city, in order to quickly pacify Xiangcheng, The brothers are a little unrestrained when using firearms, so please forgive me! ”

"That can't be used like this, the cost of firearms is so high, according to your use like this, I'm afraid that before it reaches the Turkic royal court, our Datang's logistics will not be able to support it first!" Although Li Xiu understood the difficulties of the officers and men in the army, he still had to warn the other party, otherwise the pressure on their logistics would be too great.

"Don't worry, the two commanders have discovered this problem, and they have also ordered the soldiers of the whole army not to use firearms indiscriminately, and after the capture of Xiangcheng, the Turks will have no strong city to defend, so the consumption of firearms will be much smaller!" The quartermaster heard that Li Xiu's tone had softened, and he hurriedly responded, but he knew about the discord between Li Xiu and Li Jing's father and son, so before he came, he was really worried that Li Xiu would get stuck in their necks, but now it seems that he has thought too much.

Li Xiu is actually quite helpless, after all, everything is mainly war-based now, no matter how great the pressure is, he has to find a way to meet the needs of the front line, so he can only find a way to meet the needs of the front line for firearms, in addition to firearms, this time Li Jing's army also needs a large number of dry food, after all, the next step is to attack the Turkic royal court, dry food is also essential.

"By the way, I have a new dry food here, you can bring some back this time, let the soldiers try it, it should be much better than the bread!" Li Xiu looked at the dry food needed on the paperwork, and immediately raised his head again.

The military food of the Tang army is still very primitive, not as rich as later generations, dry food is nothing more than two kinds, one is the dough, and it is also dead noodles, the flour is kneaded into dough and baked in the stove, the moisture inside is baked, and it can be stored for a long time, but this thing is extremely hard, it is okay to soak it in water, if it is gnawed, people with bad teeth can't bite at all, it is said that there are soldiers on the battlefield who tie the dough cake to the chest and can be used as a heart guard.

Another dry food is bacon, but in comparison, the amount of baconed meat is not much, except for a few elite troops can eat bacon, most of the army can only use bread as the main dry food. As for canned food, because it is too expensive, it is impossible to become a common dry food for ordinary soldiers, and only before the war, or after victory, will the army use canned food as a luxury to reward the three armies.

"I don't know what kind of dry food is, although dry food is only eaten during the march, but it is also very important, not only to be easy to carry, but also to be full, as for the taste and so on, it is not important!" The quartermaster asked immediately, and his words also expressed the most primitive requirements of the ancient army for military rations.

"You can see this for yourself!" Li Xiu waved his hand as he spoke, and immediately a guard brought up a large bowl, and there was some brownish-yellow powder in the bowl, which looked like loess, but there was a smell of flour.

"This is...... Flour? The quartermaster looked at the contents of the bowl, and then asked with some uncertainty, but the flour didn't seem to be the color.

"This is called fried noodles, in fact, the flour is fried in a pot, put some salt in it, and add some water when eating!" Li Xiu said as he picked up the kettle next to him, added some water to the bowl, and then stirred it with chopsticks, and after a while, it turned into a bowl of brown and black, batter-like things.

This fried noodles are actually the fried noodles that were eaten in later generations to resist US aggression and aid Korea, but in the era when Li Xiu lived, few people knew this thing, when it came to fried noodles, many people thought it was the kind of fried noodles in Wuhan, fortunately, Li Xiu lived in the countryside in the north when he was a child, and he had seen his family make this kind of fried flour when he was a child.

After Li Xiu finished explaining, he motioned to the quartermaster to taste it, and the other party was not polite, and immediately took the bowl and picked up a ball of fried noodles with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and found that the taste of this fried noodles was not bad, with a burnt aroma of flour, and there was salt in it, which was much better than the kind of flour bread.

"It's delicious, it's much better than the bread, and if you soak it with salted meat, it will definitely taste even more delicious!" After tasting it, the quartermaster immediately praised it, and after speaking, in line with the principle of not wasting, he ate up the fried noodles in the bowl in three or two clicks, which also made Li Xiu's good impression of him greatly increased, after all, he was also taught not to waste food since he was a child.

"I think so too, the only trouble is that it is not as convenient to carry as the bread, but you can add a cloth bag to the soldiers, which is filled with fried noodles and tied around the neck or waist, and finally you need to use chopsticks when eating." Li Xiu also spoke out the shortcomings of fried noodles very frankly at this time, after all, all aspects must be considered on the battlefield.

"The horse is too worried, you don't need to use the bowl and chopsticks, you can directly use the helmet as a bowl, and you can eat it with your hands, no one pays attention to these on the battlefield!" At this time, the quartermaster corrected Li Xiu with a smile, and these problems in Li Xiu's eyes were not problems at all in his opinion.

Hearing that the quartermaster actually wanted to use a soldier's helmet as a bowl to eat, Li Xiu's face couldn't help but darken, but it was normal to think about it, there was not so much attention at all in this era, he had seen some soldiers before, killing the enemy with weapons during the day, the blade was stained with blood and minced meat, and at night he still used a knife to pick up the dough and bake it on the fire to eat.

The fried noodles were affirmed by the quartermaster, and Li Xiu immediately asked people to add the type of fried noodles to the dry food, but the number of the first batch was not much, after all, this thing still needs to be tasted by the soldiers themselves, and if the feedback is good, it is not too late to increase the number of fried noodles.

At the same time, the impact of Li Jing's attack also spread across the grassland!