In the warehouse of the Logistics Equipment Department of the Macheng Lieutenant's Mansion, Liu He and a group of entourages came to inspect it in person. Liu Fang was responsible for providing equipment and logistical supplies to the 5,000 soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, and was walking in front at this time to introduce Liu He in different categories.

"According to the requirements of the notice of the Commander's Office, the subordinates equipped the soldiers who went out this time with 3,000 sets of one-handed steel crossbows and 100,000 crossbow arrows; 2,000 anti-freeze short bows and 100,000 feather arrows; 5,000 sabers, 5,000 sets of steel armor, fleece lining, leather hats, leather boots, leather gloves, and sleeping bags. In addition to these individual equipment, each cavalry team was also equipped with two compasses, three signal pyrotechnics, five large prairie dogs, and two battle-wounded transport sleds......"

Liu Fang has been managing the specific affairs of the logistics and equipment of the school captain's office for many years, and now he reports to Liu He in a clear and clear manner, giving everyone a very professional feeling.

"Have you prepared antifreeze oil?" Liu He asked carefully.

"A box has been prepared for each soldier, which is made of marmot oil from the northern grasslands mixed with the prescription prescribed by Hua Shenyi, and the antifreeze effect is very obvious."

"Have you prepared hemostatic bandages, hemostatic drugs, analgesics, and refreshments for individual soldiers?"

"All of them have been prepared according to the number requirements."

"Has the Jicheng Weapons Division ever sent an eyepiece to prevent snow blindness?" Liu He asked again.

"It has arrived in Macheng the night before yesterday, a total of 3,000 pairs, and there is no guarantee that all the soldiers will have a set."

"The cost of this thing is too high, it is difficult to manufacture, and having three thousand pairs is already the output of the Ordnance Division in the past year, so let the soldiers take turns to wear it at that time." Liu He asked about the snow eyepiece. It is similar to the ski goggles of later generations, but it is made of colored crystals from the East China Sea to Jizhou, and these lenses are purple, brown, green and yellow. They are all ground out according to the requirements of flat lenses, although the making process is not as good as colorless lenses, and the effect is not as good as the ski glasses used by later generations, but it is already a very advanced individual snow equipment in this era.

"What are the dry rations for the soldiers and the food for the horses?"

"It is not easy to make a fire on the grassland in winter, and it is not suitable to make a fire, for fear of revealing the whereabouts of our army, so my subordinates prepared five catties of liquor for each of the soldiers. Fifteen catties of marinated beef jerky and thirty catties of fried noodles can be eaten for one month. According to the standard of one man and three horses. The subordinates prepared seventy catties of prepared concentrate for each war horse, and salt and refined powder were added to it to ensure the nutrients of the war horse. ”

Liu He turned his head and asked Zhao Yun: "Is it enough for the Logistics Department to be equipped with dry food and horse feed?" ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "It's already the upper limit of what a war horse can carry." If you increase the amount more. The speed of movement of the troops will be affected. Although the horse feed seems to be insufficient, it can actually allow the war horse to gnaw some grass roots along the way, as long as the nutrients provided by the concentrate are sufficient, it is not a problem to support the army back and forth. ”

Liu He told Zhao Yun very confidently: "Don't worry, I have specially explained to the Logistics Department, and some good things have been added to the essence this time, so it is easy to use!" ”

As soon as Guo Jia, who was next to him, heard Liu He mention "good things", his stomach began to churn. He suddenly remembered the scene where he visited the logistics department to make locust powder with Liu He......

After Liu He finished the inspection, he was very satisfied with Liu Fang's work. He said a few words of encouragement, and then led the group out of the logistics warehouse.

On the morning of the next day, the Xiaocai guard held a departure ceremony in the camp north of the city, and Liu He personally attended the scene to see off the 5,000 soldiers who went on the expedition.

Liu He, dressed in military uniform, stood in front of the stage, Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan and other generals were lined up on the left and right, the wind was howling in the square, and the battle flags were hunting.

Liu He adjusted his breath, puffed up the breath of the dantian, and shouted to the five thousand soldiers standing solemnly in the audience: "The strong men of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, the son of a bitch is Kebineng, and the Xianbei jackal is here again!" In the past two months, this group of miscellaneous people has killed more than 100,000 people in Bingzhou, and destroyed countless of my fertile fields and houses, and next, they are going to come to Youzhou to harm us! What should we do about these inferior creatures? ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The overwhelming shouts of killing burst out from the throats, chests, and dantian of the 5,000 soldiers who went out at the same time, wave after wave, straight into the sky.

"Heroes, for the sake of Youzhou, for the sake of the Han, pick up your swords, wave your whips, shoot your arrows, and let the Xianbei miscellaneous people see the majesty of the Youzhou Iron Horse! Riding Guard Wansheng! ”

"Riding Guard Wansheng! ……”

This is a very brief mobilization, and the Chinese shouted by Liu He is straightforward and even vulgar, but it makes the blood of the 5,000 soldiers in the audience boil, and they feel that there is a fire burning in their chests.

After the ceremony, the army immediately set off, Liu He told Zhao Yun, who was about to leave: "Zilong is going, don't fight, if you are in danger, Shema will protect people!" ”

Zhao Yun nodded heavily, his legs were lightly clamped, and the black horse under his crotch hissed, and kicked away with his head high.

This time Zhao Yun led the army to go on the expedition, and took away 15,000 horses at once, if they were exchanged for silver, these war horses alone would be enough for Liu He's 150,000 troops to eat and drink for more than three years. If you are someone else, you must regard these war horses as the root of your life, but Liu He said the last sentence when Zhao Yun left, "If you are in danger, you will protect the people", his love for soldiers is self-evident.

Zhao Yun led his army to leave Macheng and camped in the east of Daqing Mountain in the evening of the same day. The warriors first brushed the mouth and nose of the war horse, and then took out some of the horse material and hung it on the horse's head, so that the war horse stretched out its head and licked inward. When the horses had eaten the fines, the warriors skillfully removed the sheepskin sleeping bags from their horses, put hay underneath them, then took off their leather armor and boots, stuffed half of their bodies into them, sat down on the ground and began to rest and eat dry food.

Du Wei Tang Meng and Lu Chihu went out with Zhao Yun this time, and they were guarding outside Zhao Yun's camp at this time.

Tang Meng grabbed a handful of fried noodles and chewed slowly, while Chihu puffed out his cheeks and nibbled on beef jerky.

"Alas, Tiger, don't blame the brother for not reminding you! You start eating corned beef jerky on the first day, and after a while when you get to the surrendered city, you'll only have fried noodles left to eat! Tang Meng said vaguely to Lu Chihu while eating fried noodles.

Lu Chihu, who was born in Wuhuan, showed a row of big yellow teeth, and said to Tang Meng nonchalantly: "Hehe, I'm not as stupid as you!" When you arrive at the surrendered city, where are there live cattle and live sheep, just kill them, eat meat and drink blood! ”

The two of them were talking nonsense outside the tent, which sounded very interesting, but the atmosphere inside the tent was a little dull. Yan Rou sat opposite Zhao Yun, and there was a small charcoal stove between the two, and tea was boiling on the stove.

Zhao Yun said to Yan Rou: "When the army goes out, everything is simple, and you are not allowed to drink alcohol when you are camping outside, and the five catties of soju distributed by the soldiers are used to keep out the cold when the weather is extremely cold. This small charcoal stove was originally a tool for the military doctor to boil water and disinfect, and I borrowed it to make tea, so you and I can only use tea instead of wine, eat fried noodles, and chew beef jerky as dinner. ”

Yan Rou knew that Zhao Yun was powerful, one Xiahou Lan tossed him almost to death, the cavalry general in front of him was the boss of Xiahou Lan, when it came to bravery, martial arts and resourcefulness, it was estimated that the entire north of the Yellow River could not find a second one. Yan Rou saw that Zhao Yun was so polite to herself, and said a little crampedly: "The general doesn't have to be polite, Yan is a guilty person, and he is already fortunate to be in the same camp with the general. ”

Zhao Yun skillfully opened a cylindrical slender fried noodle bag, poured out some fried noodles from it and put them in the bowl, then used tongs to clamp the clay pot on the small charcoal stove, aimed at the pottery bowl and poured some boiling water into it, then picked up the wooden spoon and stirred it a few times, and sent it to Yan Rou.

"This is a specialty of Macheng, mutton fat fried noodles, which tastes good."

Yan Rou was already curious just now, after smelling the fragrance of mutton fat mixed with fried noodles, he felt a little hungry in his stomach, he took the pottery bowl handed by Zhao Yun, used a wooden spoon to rip a ball of batter, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, it felt that it was indeed much more delicious than he imagined.

"Dare to ask the general, how is this fried noodles made?"

"In fact, it is very simple, mix wheat, millet, sorghum, beans and other grains together, grind them into powder with stones, then add some mutton fat, ginger powder, minced salt and seasonings, put them in a large pot and fry them and dry them, and then they can be eaten."

Yan Rou praised it from the bottom of his heart: "This thing is very good, it is easy for the troops to carry, it is really convenient to use it to satisfy hunger, and it can also avoid cooking in the wild, so as to avoid exposing their whereabouts." ”

Zhao Yun nodded, agreed with Yan Rou's analysis, and said: "This is Childe's idea, the sleeping bags used by the soldiers for camping, the harness equipped by our army's war horses, and many ingenious and practical items are all designed by Childe's guidance. ”

Yan Rou sighed: "Childe is really a genius, Yan Mou actually had no eyes at the beginning, and he didn't know whether to live or die against Childe, it is really ridiculous!" ”

Zhao Yun reminded Yan Rou: "Gongzi is a magnanimous person, even if your Yan clan commits the crime of destroying the door, he still opens the net, and does not execute your clansmen, but only distributes Yuyang Tuntian." It's not too late for you to repent at this time, as long as you take practical actions to prove your sincerity, there will be a day for the Guangyang Yan clan to rise in the future. ”

"Thank you, General, for the reminder! Yan will not let you down this time! Yan Rou nodded heavily, a little hope in her heart.

After Zhao Yun waited for Yan Rou to fall asleep, he walked towards the distance of the camp, and Tang Meng and Lu Chihu immediately got up to follow.

"Starting tomorrow, the two of you will take turns walking with Yan Rou to secretly learn how Yan Rou can identify directions, search for water sources, and discover enemy traces on the grassland, and if you notice anything unusual about him, report to me immediately!"

"Humble command!"

"General rest assured!"

Tang Meng and Lu Chihu stood up straight at the same time, showing absolute obedience.

Following Zhao Yun to fight is the wish of every soldier of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, because they know that as long as Zhao Yun is there, victory is only a matter of time. (To be continued......)