To be able to undertake such a glorious and arduous task, Xie Yuxin, Zhu Wen and Qin Erhei and others were very happy, completely conquering Tubo and recovering Longyou Dao, which in the eyes of a military general, was already a record that had reached the pinnacle, enough to be remembered for a lifetime, so after accepting the task, they quickly led the army under the command of Gao Chibang and rushed to Songzhou in Xichuan.

Gao Chibang set off a little later, he spent two days in the palace, and Li Rupei discussed in detail the difficulties that the battle may face, it should be said that Gao Chibang who accepted the task was elated, but when he left the palace, Gao Chibang's expression was grim.

On the twenty-first day of the first month of the second year of Guangqi, all the three armies arrived in Songzhou.

Songzhou belongs to the Gansong Ridge, is the border area of Xichuan in Tubo, here is more than 300 miles away from the city of Songzhou, when Chen Jingxuan served as the envoy of Xichuan Festival, it was occupied by Tubo, Tubo coveted Songzhou from time to time, Chen Jingxuan for these things, not very concerned, his focus is on the surrounding area of Chengdu, as for Songzhou, which is close to Tubo, because of the harsh natural environment, the extremely inconvenient road traffic, Chen Jingxuan did not care about this place at all.

After the iron-blooded army took Xichuan, according to Li Rupei's request, they marched to Gansongling and drove Tubo out of Songzhou.

Xie Yuxin and Zhu Wen, when they arrived in Songzhou, their mood was already heavy, the difficulty of the march, the bad climate, and the bumpy road had already made the two of them have an unusual view of this expedition, Qin Erhei is very aware of these situations, and after arriving at the destination, he also told the two about the difficulties they may face, especially the need to adapt to the environment.

Kan Zeyu, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, followed the army to Songzhou.

To a large extent, the war is logistics, and Kan Zeyu, as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, naturally needs to undertake the most important logistics supply task. The logistics of the 60,000 army is not as simple as it says, and Kan Zeyu has already understood the task of this expedition, and he knows more and more the importance and difficulty of logistics supply.

Grain and grass are concentrated in Xichuan from Xiangyang and other places, this task does not need Kan Zeyu to worry too much, and naturally there are businessmen to complete it, but it is necessary for Kan Zeyu to worry about transporting it from Xichuan to Tubo and Longyou Road, especially when it is transported to Tubo, which is not an ordinary difficulty. If it doesn't work well, the grain and grass can't be delivered, and people can't return to Xichuan.

Kan Zeyu was in Songjiang for half a month, during which he discussed with Gao Chibang, Xie Yuxin, Zhu Wen and Qin Erhei and others, and suggested that during the expedition of the army, a special logistics army should be formed to be responsible for transporting grain and grass, which was also to ensure the smooth march of the army into Tubo and Longyoudao. Kan Zeyu's suggestion was approved by everyone.

After coming to Songzhou, Gao Chibang specially sent scouts. The original survey route was surveyed again, and the task of this survey was to make many markers and make specific signposts for the march of the army. Avoid getting lost or even going around in circles during the march.

The expedition was extremely difficult, as the snow had not yet completely melted, and in many places the army could not pass through at all. You have to wait until the snow melts before you can start the march.

The officers and men of the Iron Blood Army have begun targeted training in accordance with the special training plan formulated by the Daxingtai Government. In this training, there is a content that no one expected, that is, to be familiar with the Tibetan language, not to say completely familiar, at least to know some simple words, these languages can be used for ordinary communication.

More training surprised the soldiers of the Predators.

The first training is to drink water, and anyone can drink water, but this training, there are fixed requirements for drinking water, drinking a certain amount of water every day, and the urine is clear, or light yellow, even if the drinking water training meets the requirements.

The second is to keep warm training, the temperature difference between day and night in Songzhou is very large, after the real entry into Tibet, the temperature difference is even greater, and the moment when the sun is shining, it may be a blink of an eye, or even snowflakes, so it is very important to keep warm.

The third is the training in eating, you must eat as many vegetables as possible, and at the same time, every meal is not allowed to eat particularly full, and every soldier must learn to drink Tibetan butter tea, although the taste of this tea makes many people unbearable.

The fourth is to keep in mind that when entering Tibet, every place you go, at the beginning, you should not walk rapidly, do not run, or even do physical activities, try to rest, and after two days, after adapting to the environment, you can start exercising.

These trainings are carried out every day, so that all the soldiers can adapt and get used to them.

These are specially put forward by Li Rupei, as a crossing person, he knows very well the severity of altitude sickness, especially pulmonary edema and cerebral edema, which can take people's lives in just a few hours, but people who insist on exercising all year round have good physical fitness, altitude sickness is generally very slight, and even cannot be felt, and the officers and men of the Iron and Blood Army fully meet the requirements.

But this does not mean that the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army can have no scruples, on the contrary, they need to pay more attention to the fact that the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army enter Tibet, not to play, but to fight, so there can be no negligence in the preparation in advance.

The Tibetan army, whether in terms of combat effectiveness, or the advanced nature of training, including the tactical arrangement, is incomparable with the iron-blooded army, and the only advantage they occupy is to adapt to the climate and environment of the plateau, Li Rupei believes that as long as the officers and men of the iron-blooded army are completely adapted to the climate and environment of the plateau, it is not a problem to defeat the Tibetan army.

Although the iron-blooded army is in the era of cold weapons, the training method has been very advanced, including the diet, it has its own independent system, it is necessary to eat well, and nutrition is impossible to be less, everyone only saw the bravery of the iron-blooded army, and they didn't know that Li Rupei had spent a lot of effort and poured into the daily training of the iron-blooded soldiers.

Gao Chibang, Xie Yuxin, Zhu Wen, Qin Erhei and others were carried out in strict accordance with the training plan issued by the Daxing Taiwan Government, and those training requirements that seemed to them to be very strange were carried out to the letter, and they had been in the army for a long time, and they all knew that the training plan issued by the Daxing Taiwan Government was actually a request put forward by Li Rupei, and the implementation of these training requirements played a decisive role in combat, although they did not know why Li Rupei understood so much.

When the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army first arrived in Songzhou, some of the sergeants had nosebleeds, and the training plan of Daxingtaifu specifically mentioned this matter, saying that don't be nervous when there is such a thing, pay attention to rest, drink more water, and pay attention to keeping warm, because the climate of Tubo is dry, nosebleeds and chapped lips are the most likely situation, even Zhu Wen once had nosebleeds, because of good treatment and preventive measures, such a situation quickly disappeared.

Daxingtai Prefecture also specifically mentioned a situation, that is, a sudden coma cough, or even coughing up foamy saliva, soldiers in such a situation, must be evacuated immediately, evacuated to a low-lying place, and at the same time use a cold water cloth to cover their heads, such a situation of the sergeants, quickly evacuate Tibet, back to the south.

The Daxingtai government particularly emphasized the prevention of sudden cold and heat, and all sergeants who felt weak and weak must evacuate as soon as possible and return to the south, and must not persist in marching and fighting.

The training content of Daxingtaifu is very detailed, pointing out how to deal with many situations, but it does not explain the reasons.

All of these plans were formulated by Li Rupei and issued in the name of a letter from the Daxing Taiwan government.

According to the current medical conditions, once the soldiers of the Iron and Blood Army are infected with pulmonary edema or cerebral edema, they will basically wait for death, even if they are evacuated to low-lying places, the effect is not very large, he only knows how to prevent altitude sickness, but he does not know how to deal with it in medicine, even if he knows some, it is mostly Western medicine, and it does not exist at all.

What Li Rupei was able to do was to ask the soldiers to prepare medicines for headaches and fevers, and these medicines had to be prepared in large quantities, and once the soldiers had symptoms of a cold, they would have to take the medicines immediately, and they must not be delayed.

Logistics supply is the most important, which involves the lives of soldiers, involving the combat effectiveness of the army, logistics supply is divided into two aspects, on the one hand, the daily diet and water, the daily diet must ensure enough vegetables, as well as high-calorie beef, must not eat too full, especially before each battle, it is necessary to pay attention to, as for drinking water, we must get used to drinking butter tea, which is essential for soldiers to adapt to the plateau climate and environment.

Li Rupei has absolute confidence in the conquest of Tibet, whether it is now or in the future, the key to the victory of the battle lies in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but also in whether the tactics are advanced, there is no fixed city in Tibet, and the city does not have a tall city wall, the army of Tibet is accustomed to fighting in the field, and the use of weapons such as bows and arrows, bows and crossbows is not too skilled, and at the same time, there is not enough pig iron to build bows and arrows, weapons are lacking, and the iron-blooded army has an absolute advantage in this regard, and at the same time from the ability to fight alone, The Predator Army has a lot of advantages.

The Iron Blood Army is a fixed army, every soldier is a professional soldier, the quality is very high, but the army of Tibet, in wartime for soldiers, weekdays for the common people, before the battle, Zampu temporarily called, whether in terms of operational coordination, or tactical execution ability, are not as good as the Iron Army.

As long as the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army can overcome altitude sickness and defeat the Tibetan army, it is expected.

Of course, the plateau expedition, any accident can happen, we must attach great importance to it, once the battle has an advantage, can not give the opponent the slightest respite, the battle is temporarily at a disadvantage, do not panic, calmly deal with it, save strength, waiting for the next fight. (To be continued......)