In fact, Commander Xiao Liu rested in Yandang City for such a long time, not only to collect the military situation in Tuliao and adjust his tactics in time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 More importantly, he has to wait for Dingbei County's logistics to continue to operate for several months, and then observe before making a decision.

This operation was different from the past, and the Dingbei Garrison Regiment was the first time to go deep into the enemy's country to fight, and the logistics supply line was extremely long. All kinds of grain and grass supplies are transported from Dingbei County, and first go south through Luodu, this section of the road is maintained by the garrison regiment for many years, and it is very easy to walk. Then it turned east from the stronghold in the mountains north of Luodu, passed through the former six cities of Xiahe Province, and was transported all the way to Yandang City. This section of the road is full of bandits, and the road is badly damaged, making it extremely difficult to travel.

After Dingbei County decided to go on another expedition, Xiao Liu, the head of the regiment, raised this question. Bandits are not a problem, the recruits of the garrison regiment can fight bandits with one as ten, but the problem is that the road is difficult. Especially in winter and spring, the roads are closed by heavy snow in winter, and the roads are slippery and difficult to walk. When the snow melts in spring and winter, the roads become muddy again, and it is easy to trap the wheels.

In the end, it was Li Deyi who came up with a whimsical solution and organized the engineer battalion and the logistics battalion together to transport logistics supplies. Li Deyi personally trained the engineer battalion and practiced a set of ways to quickly build roads in a short period of time.

In this transportation, the two special battalions of the garrison regiment, the logistics battalion and the engineer battalion worked together to repair the road while transporting the road, spending a lot of manpower and material resources, and finally opened up the grain transportation route.

Although the Dingbei garrison had an agreement with the Pingtang State for a long time, all grain and grass were supplied by the Pingtang State. But Commander Xiao Liu obviously would not completely hand over the belly of his 30,000 soldiers and horses to the Ping Tang Kingdom. Therefore, the grain and grass in Dingbei County have also been continuously transported to the front.

Only if the supply of grain and grass for the 30,000-strong army can be successfully guaranteed, then Commander Xiao Liu will begin to consider further attacking Jiangbei (left) Province.

If the logistics and transportation of Dingbei County could not withstand such great pressure, Regiment Commander Xiao Liu would never gamble with the lives of 30,000 brothers and continue to attack the Tuliao State in depth. At that time, Commander Xiao Liu had to change his strategy and consider transforming Yandang City into a front-line fortress, as a base camp and springboard for continuing to conquer the Liao State in the future.

The combat strength of the Dingbei garrison regiment is invincible in the world, and the logistics and transportation must also be invincible in the world, otherwise the soldiers will be hungry and will not be able to maintain their combat strength for a long time.

This time, he stayed in Yandang City for a long time, and the main purpose of Xiao Liu's head was to test the limits of his logistics and transportation capabilities. As for what Pharmacist Li and Xu Shiji heard, they were just some excuses and pretenses.

How could Regiment Commander Xiao Liu easily expose his true intentions to outsiders, especially a major move related to the logistics lifeline of the army.

From this point of view, Pharmacist Li's intuitive feeling of Captain Xiao Liu is not wrong. Commander Xiao Liu is indeed a heroic figure, far-sighted, which makes people daunting and dare not get close.

This operation was also a great test for the logistics and transportation of the Dingbei garrison regiment, and in the end, the garrison regiment passed through the danger and successfully ensured the smooth flow of the logistics road.

After the year, all kinds of materials in Dingbei County began to be transported to Yandang City in an endless stream. On this day, more than a month after the beginning of spring, Han sent the latest batch of supplies.

Among them, there were more than a dozen carts of goods, which made the soldiers of the Pingtang Kingdom red-eyed. Even the two generals, Pharmacist Li and Xu Shiji, couldn't help but want to ask for it.

Han shipped a total of 30,000 pairs of brand-new leather military boots!

This leather boot is said to have been pioneered by the founding Taizu of the Ping Zhou Dynasty 600 years ago, and has been popular all over the world for hundreds of years. It was only later that leather shoes gradually evolved, and leather shoes became a luxury that only the aristocratic and wealthy could afford, and ordinary small families could only afford to wear cloth shoes and even straw sandals.

After the rise of the Tuliao people on the grassland, they controlled the entire grassland, which led to tension in the leather goods of the Ping and Zhou dynasties. In addition, now that the world is in turmoil and wars are frequent, heroes from all walks of life have a bit of skin, and they have made leather armor and leather shields, so how can there be any excess to make leather military boots.

Therefore, even if Pharmacist Li is the champion general of the Pingtang Guozheng Sanpin, he does not have a pair of leather military boots to wear.

But don't forget, the Dingbei garrison now controls the world's largest leather goods business (the Tuliao people were originally the largest, but after their rise to prominence, they were busy plundering and getting rich, so they disdained to do this kind of labor to get rich again), and there was a large amount of leather goods in their hands for Li Deyi to consume at will.

One day, Li Deyi looked at the mountains of leather he had collected, and he had an idea to find several old shoemakers in Dingbei County to design two leather boots. One is black leather boots dyed black, which are reserved for first-class soldiers. Privates of the second class wore brown and yellow leather boots. Li Deyi also designed special riding boots for the cavalry.

In order to prevent the leather boots from grinding his feet, Li Deyi deliberately sewed a few small cotton pads on the heels, toes and other parts of the boots.

Several old shoemakers have been craftsmen all their lives, but they didn't expect that Lin Lao could still do things for the North Garrison Regiment, and they were so excited that they couldn't control themselves, and they waved their hands and said they didn't want money after finishing their work. However, how could Li Deyi set this precedent, fair trading, and how much labor he paid and how much he was paid, which has always been a fine tradition inherited by the garrison regiment from the Weibei battalion. In the end, he gave each of the old shoemakers 300 pieces of silver, enough for them to enjoy their old age comfortably.

As soon as the brand-new military boots came down, the morale of the 30,000 soldiers of the garrison regiment was directly bursting. Put on new shoes, walk with the wind one by one, and stomp the ground that has not yet completely melted.

The 100,000 square meters of Tang State soldiers next to him saw it, and their eyes turned red directly. People are more angry than people. Everyone is paid as soldiers, if you look at others, they are like one heaven and one earth.

Even Pharmacist Li and Second General Xu Shiji, when they saw the black and domineering military boots, they couldn't help but be full of envy.

Pharmacist Li looked for a day alone, came to Li Deyi cheekily, and began to say some good things that were out of tune.

Li Deyi frowned, he had a hard fall recently, and landed face down on the ground, fortunately, he began to practice Vajra Tong Energy, and his body was strong so that nothing happened, but now half of his face is still swollen. No way, the skin is still not as tough as the bones.

Pharmacist Li said a good word to the beginning, then took out a porcelain vase, plugged it with a red cloth, handed it to Li Deyi, and whispered: "This is the best wound medicine in my army, and it is exclusively for us generals." The deputy head of the regiment has often suffered bruises recently, and applying this medicine can reduce the swelling the next day. ”

Li Deyi didn't want it, but seeing that Pharmacist Li was so enthusiastic, he knew that he must have something to ask for, so he refused like this, which was too unkind.

"General Li is here today, why is it coming? Let's put it bluntly. Li Deyi said, reaching out and taking the porcelain vase.

"It's nothing, it's just that the new military boots of your garrison regiment are very good. If these skins were made into shields and leather armor, they would be quite numerous. The deputy commander can give each soldier leather boots, and he is also willing. Pharmacist Li rubbed his hands and said with a slightly embarrassed smile.

Li De thought to himself: "Sure enough, I took a fancy to that military boot, so I'll give you a pair." ”

Directly turned his head and entered the back room, and after a while, Li Deyi took out a pair of leather boots and handed them to Pharmacist Li: "General Li try the size, if it is suitable, take it and wear it." ”

Pharmacist Li tried it on his feet, a little bigger, it doesn't matter, just turn around and put an insole on it, and hurriedly smiled: "The size is just right, thank you!" ”

Pharmacist Li Meizizi passed the leather boots back, and Xu Shiji directly turned red. These big black leather boots are magnificent, comfortable, and majestic, and they are lined with the general's majestic style! Xu Shiji was also greedy for several days, but he had no way to get it, so he could only drool.

This time, when he saw Pharmacist Li wearing a pair, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Where did you get it?" ”

As soon as Pharmacist Li proudly told the process, Xu Shiji turned around and gritted his teeth, took out a seven-star treasure knife that he treasured, and came to Li Deyi.

As soon as Xu Shiji entered the door, Li Deyi knew what he was doing, and directly shook his head and said, "No, I only have a pair of leather boots for the garrison." The pair given to General Li is my own, and General Xu wants it, so I have to wait for the next batch. ”

Xu Shiji hurriedly asked, "When will the next batch of military boots come?" ”

"It's hard to say, and it will take three months to say the least."

"This treasure knife is considered a deposit, and it will be sent to the deputy head first. When the military boots come, remember to leave a pair for my old Xu! Xu Shiji put the treasure knife on the table, and without waiting for Li De to say yes, he turned around and left.

Li Deyi looked at the seven-star treasure knife on the table, frowned, and said, "What is the use of this thing?" The seven big gems on this scabbard are too dazzling, and they are carried on the battlefield, and they must be taken to the range hornet's nest. ”

With his eyes rolling, Li De took off a gorgeous scabbard, made a worn-out scabbard made of wooden boards and strips of cloth, and carried the iron-like treasure knife on his back. Pity the gorgeous and unusual scabbard, which was ruthlessly abandoned.

After another two days, Li Deyi found his senior brother and whispered that he had finally practiced and now he could do every shot!

Commander Xiao Liu took advantage of the fact that the morale of the new army boots was at high short, and immediately ordered his troops and horses to continue the eastward crusade. First of all, I went to Fancheng in Jiangbei (left) Province.

Thirteen days later, the Dingbei garrison came to the foot of Fancheng with 100,000 square meters of Tang soldiers and horses. The guards of Fancheng were really prepared, blocking the city gates on all sides early, pulling up the net at the head of the city, setting up the bed and crossbow, and waiting for Li Deyi to hit his head and bleed.

This time, Pharmacist Li asked for the order to take the lead in the city, and Head Liu nodded in agreement.

Pharmacist Li was reluctant to directly use the 10,000 elites, so he selected another 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard and took the lead in trying to attack the city.

Pharmacist Li also deliberately behaved. The previous seven cities were all the credit of Li Deyi, he had 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Tang Kingdom, and he didn't have any strength, so he got the land of six cities in vain.

In the exchange of letters, Li Shiluan specially instructed Pharmacist Li to make more military exploits, so as to please the Dingbei garrison regiment and get more land and cities.

After all, now that Pharmacist Li and 100,000 soldiers and horses are under the control of the Northern Garrison Regiment, Li Shiluan is naturally not good at blatantly issuing holy decrees, so he can only secretly send letters.

When Pharmacist Li received the emperor's order, he naturally had to strive for performance.

Although the soldiers of the Pingtang State were not able to fight in the field, the siege war was still well fought. First, a large number of arrows and arrows were used to cover the head of the city, and then the foot soldiers began to fill the moat with sandbags, and at the same time, Li Yaoshi also personally went into battle and shot the commander of the city with a huge bow.

But it is clear that this kind of attack is not enough to capture Fancheng. The defenders in the city have been preparing for many days, and all kinds of siege equipment should be sufficient, which can not raise their heads to the 5,000 square meters of Tang soldiers who are attacking the city.

But Pharmacist Li still gritted his teeth and forcibly filled in a section of the moat, and in a dozen more steps, he could completely fill this section of the moat.

(To be continued.) )