In the fields of late autumn, the land shines with a golden yellow. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info full of rice ears and humbly lowered his head. As if to show respect to God.

The old farmer at the edge of the field looked at the harvest with joy and thought that this year was a good year. It's just that thinking that a while ago, the government added some taxes, which made his heart heavy. In this imperial court, the taxes are increasing more and more, and these two tax laws will not issue conscription in the future. But now it is not still issued, and then this tax is getting heavier and heavier, and often for the sake of forced labor, even the fields cannot be taken care of, what will be done in the long run?

He thought that the second child was about to get married, and his whole mood suddenly became bad. When the eldest son got married, he almost exhausted the family's savings, and he dug up all the treasures that had been buried in the ground for decades to avoid being enough. Now that the second son is getting married, what should I do?

Borrowing from the bank? Such a thought flashed through the old farmer's mind, go to the county seat, borrow from the newly opened bank? I've heard that the interest rate is much lower than anything else. However, it is necessary to have land as security, which can be repaid slowly in installments.

No, no, I heard the old man at the head of the village say that it was a deception at all, how could such a good thing be. I went to borrow money from the bank, but I didn't borrow much money and the land was gone, but I had to pass it on to my children and grandchildren. Wang Laocai said, it's better to borrow it from me.

Although Wang Laocai's words are not credible, the government does not have much credit, and the crow should not laugh at the pig. You can't borrow money, you can find another way to get married, and the most important thing is that this field can't be lost no matter what.

Squatting in the field, pulling out the grass, the old farmer had no choice but to go back, back home, it was time for dinner, the old wife and daughter-in-law had already prepared dinner.

I heard that the city was recruiting. Today, I went to the city to sell some daily necessities, and by the way, I sold some of my own handicrafts, and my eldest son came back, talking about what he had seen and heard in the city.

'Recruitment? Hearing this, the old farmer was unhappy for a while, "Unless I die, none of you should be a fool." ’。 In the early Tang Dynasty, being a government soldier was a very honorable profession, and not everyone could do it.

However, the situation soon deteriorated. In the Gaozong period, the foreign wars were lengthy, the military discipline was corrupted, the government soldiers became the guardians of the powerful families, hunting and playing with followers and eagle dogs, and even worse, being slaves. In the end, with the existence of the land granting system, the entire government army also collapsed. No one was willing to enlist anymore, so they could only recruit some of the capital's scoundrel sons to serve as soldiers.

used to be very glorious, but the waiter in the capital became a curse. The defense of the frontier area, even after the Anshi Rebellion, has not changed, and it relies heavily on the nomadic people of the Hu people. For example, at the beginning, Shi Xiong defeated the Uighurs with 3,000 light horsemen. The three thousand people were all miscellaneous people. Therefore, when the old farmer heard about the recruitment, he was very disdainful. This is the view of the entire Tang Dynasty.

'No, it's different. The eldest son's eyebrows fluttered as he said what he had seen. He said that those troops were very different, and they spent two days in the city and saw them work hard every day. Training in the morning, laid-back in the afternoon, some people playing, some people listening.

Three meals a day, eating better than what they are eating now. He passed by the recruiting camp, and he didn't dare to let him go from a distance, and the sergeant who guarded the gate was frightening when he looked at it from a distance.

He didn't know what it meant to stand guard, he could only say that he was guarding at the door. In the same way, he didn't know what murderous spirit was, he only knew that from a distance, those soldiers were very scary.

'Especially the salary, there are two times a month, and if you enlist in the army and pass the training, you will have two times a month. It will improve every year, and there will be three runs in a full year, and the land will be divided after retirement. ’

They are completely different from the soldiers and slaves in the city, you don't see the way they look when they go out for exercise, the whole street is watching them, so neatly moving, walking, a team of fifty people, only one voice. It's amazing. ’

Before I returned, I heard that they had a fight with the soldiers and horses of the envoy of the Nishikawa Jiedu. Fifty people beat each other with one hundred, and in two blows, the Xichuan soldiers were defeated. ’

Hmph, listening to the eldest son's narration, the old farmer is even more disdainful, what is it to fight a few waste Xichuan soldiers, now the Xichuan soldiers have long been less elite than Wei Xichuan back then. The army is still listening to the book, it can be seen that this army has no combat power, and the drill is just a show, the eldest son still has little knowledge, and he divides the fields, where is there still land to divide in the Tang Dynasty now, if there is a field to divide, the government soldiers will not be corrupted.

The old peasant refuted the eldest son a few words, and it could be seen that he had a good impression of those majestic soldiers, and the old peasant did not believe that the eldest son had a vision at all, and after reiterating that he was not allowed to be a soldier, he finished dinner, rested, and went to sleep. He didn't notice it, he had been making a sound for the second son, and when he saw him looking at the second son who hurriedly lowered his head, his feet trembled under the table.

'The eldest went to wake up the second child, and today we will go to find some work, otherwise we will have to pay the autumn tax soon, and we will not be able to pay it by then.' In fact, it is not only for the autumn tax, but more importantly, to save more money.

When he got up early in the morning, the old farmer habitually had to go to the field to inspect it, and pulled out some weeds, and when he came back, he saw his daughter-in-law busy with breakfast, and the eldest also got up, but he didn't see his second son, so he was not very happy. The peasant family, how can they sleep so late.

'Father, brother, he's not in there?' After a while, the boss turned out, 'Absent? ', the old farmer is gone, where can he go? I was still there last night, watching him go to sleep, why was he not there in the morning, and suddenly the old peasant's face turned pale and turned red again, "That unfilial son, tell him that he can't go to the army, he still wants to go." ’

The old farmer was so angry that he stomped his feet, and wanted to go to the city to chase him back, but suddenly he was dizzy and staggered, and the boss hurriedly went over to support the old father and let him sit down and rest for a while. After a while, the old farmer was much better, and sighed, 'Is that soldier really that good?' ’

'Yes, yes, yes, master, the treatment is really good. By the way, I also heard that if you are in the army, your family can open various accounts in the bank. Half of the monthly salary will be remitted to the account, and the family can receive it. ’

'Lead?! The old farmer shook his head, "I just hope he comes back safely." At this time, the second son, who was remembered by the old peasant, was already in the recruitment office of the city, eating breakfast.

Early in the morning, before dawn, before his father woke up, he went out to join the army, and he hadn't even eaten breakfast. Now that I have passed the selection, I will have a hot meal to eat immediately.

'Wei Lao Er, you're here too. Suddenly, he was tapped on the shoulder, and when he turned his head, it turned out to be Chu Da from the next village, and the two also knew each other, so he said hello, "You are also coming to join the army, have you eaten." ''No, it's still in the bowl.'' I saw Chu Da holding a bowl in his hand, bubbling with a rich aroma, and Wei Er, who was hooked, also moved his index finger.

'Why is this soup cake so fragrant?' 'Who knows.' Chu Da sat down on a chair next to Wei Er, picked up the chopsticks and took a big bite of Xili, "It's so fragrant, this soup cake is so delicious." ''I'll go get a bowl too, where's it?'' Chu pointed with his big hand, and saw that on the table over there, there was a very large piece, cut squarely, and golden soup cakes.

'How do you eat it?' Why isn't this cake in a bowl or pot? He was wondering, when he saw someone eating it directly with his hands, someone soaking it in a bowl with soup cakes, washing it with hot water, and taking some salted fish and vegetarian vegetables from the side, and began to eat it.

That's right, this is instant noodles. In the Tang Dynasty, the military rations were still mainly corn. When it came to Li Chen, of course it had been improved. In order to quickly enter the combat state on the battlefield, Li Chen studied a lot of fast food.

Not only instant noodles, but also some processed products. Instant noodles are not without conditions in this era, they are nothing more than noodles made from flour, fried in oil, and can be stored for a long time without any preservatives.

In addition, there are also examples, for example, dried rice, corn, etc., some grains are cooked in advance and fried, or they are dried and hard and ground in the sun. This can also be stored for a long time. When you want to eat, it's the same, just take hot water and cook it, and you can eat it soon.

This is the reason why the left army of Shence entered the battlefield at an astonishing speed and almost caught the Tubo people off guard. He was usually well-trained, and in addition to the great effort he made before the war, he spent a lot of manpower and material resources to prepare food for the battlefield, and the speed of preparation was of course faster.

Of course, this is not for this campaign, but for the sake of the future, which will become the standard combat food for the Tang army. If you prepare more before the war, you will have more advantages when you start the war.

Like this time, in order to conquer Victoria, Li Chen made a lot of preparations, such as simulating Victoria City, or Rhodiola rosea?

The trouble with attacking Tibet was that it was necessary to overcome this altitude sickness. He didn't know how the Qing army would crusade against Tubo in later generations, but he knew that there was such a thing as Rhodiola rosea. Later studies can effectively help the human body enhance physical fitness and not be trapped by altitude sickness. Even the local Tibetans often collect decoction water to drink.

Since he knew the effect of Rhodiola rosea, he would do his best to increase the odds of winning every point, in fact, he was still worried about what if this thing was only produced by Tibet. Fortunately, after the caravan brought back some samples, the same thing was found elsewhere in Datang. Otherwise, he'll be worried.

I said, "When you come back from Victoria, you look like you have fleas in your shoes." In the camp, Xiaohu was patrolling the camp, and when he saw Li Chengyi, he seemed to have fleas in his shoes, but he couldn't stand up, so he asked strangely.

I now understand why these Tibetans are so arrogant. Li Chengyi sighed and said, "Arrogant? There is a problem with what you say, the Tubo people are now in decline, where can they be arrogant? "Don't you feel that after arriving at Jinguan, the whole person seems to be full of strength? According to the Tibetan soldiers who surrendered, this was a blessing from the gods. ’

'I see you, after the battle, people are stupid. Xiaohu nodded Li Chengyi's head, "This is the reaction that will occur in a short period of time after coming down from a place where the air is relatively thin on the plateau, what kind of god blessing." ’

When climbing from flat land to a plateau, there will be altitude sickness. Coming down from the plateau, it will also cause a phenomenon of increased exercise power due to the high oxygen concentration on the flat ground. In modern society, some long-distance runners, who come down from the plateau, can often get good results, and this is also the case.

They usually live in an environment where the air is relatively thin, and when they go down to the flat ground, their physical strength increases a lot. This is also an advantage of the Tubo army over the Tang army, accustomed to the Tubo environment, the Tubo soldiers, down to the plain, that is, they can fight for a longer time than the Tang army.

Now, how many are there? At the end of the patrol, Xiaohu returned to the big tent, where there were many military Chinese positions, such as long history, record, soldier Cao joined the army, and so on.

'General, there are now four thousand and sixty-seven men. Joining the army is enthusiastic. ', a young scribe reported. Xiaohu nodded, it was almost over.

'Okay, gather all the recruits, I'll give them a lecture, and I'll start training them tomorrow morning.' They stayed in this Jinguan for the purpose of recruiting soldiers. Although there was no big war in Victoria this time, it was also an experience.

Therefore, this time, it is planned to expand the number of Jinguan and its surrounding counties, and expand the number of Shence Left Army to 10,000. Almost exactly three armies.

In the military system of the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese army was about 4,000 people, and the army of Yu Houde was about 2,800. The left and right armies, two armies each, 2,600 men each. Of course, it won't be all soldiers, of which about seventy percent are soldiers, and the rest are baggage soldiers and the like. In other words, before Xiaohu and them, they were never full. Even before Victoria, it was just the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, and the number of an army on the right flank was just that.

Xiaohu and Li Chengyi and others got any left and right wing soldiers, in fact, they were all suspended, and they really didn't bring so many people at all. Even if they expand now, they will only make up three armies, and they still have a long way to go in the future.

At that moment, after Xiaohu finished training, he began to organize them into groups, and after forming the group, he began to train. This training has trained a bunch of people to cry and cry for their mothers. There are a lot of people who want to quit right now. Xiaohu also let them quit. This kind of untrained soft-bastards is not that they want to have an army.

Xiaohu and they got the military order to recruit troops in Shu and expand the number of personnel to 10,000. In order to ensure that the team is full, Xiaohu recruits people and trains at the same time. Recruitment and training are not wrong.

It is expected that they will train until the beginning of spring next year, and then they will return to Chang'an. In the Guanzhong area, recruitment continues. It was expanded to a regular army of the Tang Dynasty with a full strength of 20,000 people. Then there will be a period of training, and at the latest, the year after tomorrow, or in the autumn of next year, an offensive will be launched in the Hehuang area to gradually regain the lost territory.

As for whether it will be launched in autumn or the following spring, it will depend on the results of their training. There is no problem in terms of logistics, not to mention the ordnance supervision now, the entire industrial refining, including the source of mine management, has increased its efficiency several times after being rectified by Li Chen.

The mine has railcars and pumping equipment that have been experimented with, and the efficiency has indeed increased a lot. Miners don't have to work hard to carry out the ore, they can accumulate a little more before pushing the minecart out, and they don't have to run back and forth frequently.

There are also improvements to pumping equipment so that they can dig deeper pits, and it is said that the Ministry of Industry has planned to reorganize some of the abandoned mines, which have been abandoned due to the siltation of groundwater. Therefore, now I am afraid that no one will be able to equip them, and I am not afraid that there will be no equipment available.

But the plan didn't dare to change, and in the spring of the third year of junior high school, Xiaohu and they drove ahead of schedule and went to the land of Hehuang. The battle of Hehuang reconquest officially began. (To be continued.) )