Liu Yanzhao, Wu Yingying, and Zhi Yuqing are all generals in the army, and the natural topic of greetings turned to the things in the north, Wu Yingying spent most of the time in Jiangnan after coming to this era, and he didn't know much about the things in the north.

The Yang and Zhe families have long been deeply rooted in the northwest, and they have nothing to hide from Wu Yingying.

Although Zhe Yuqing has a rough appearance, he is extremely attentive to side affairs. After getting Wu Yingying's assurance, the Tuhun Army would never approach the Lan Army to invade the Zhe family, and the two became acquainted with each other within a few words.

The three of them chatted for a while, and then a maid came up and invited the three generals to move to dinner.

Liu Yanzhao's wife Murong had already arranged for the servants and servants to cure a table of sumptuous food in the side hall, and the taste of the Han people in this era was weak, but the taste of the Hu people's meals was very strong, so that Wu Yingying from later generations was very affected, and he frequently toasted Liu Yanzhao and his wife during the banquet to thank him.

Liu Yanzhao seems to be gentle and elegant, but the wine power is very heroic, at that time, he has already made spirits such as burning knives, he and Zhe Yuqing are both drunk to the glass, but it seems that Wu Yingying is a little gentle.

Zhi Yuqing's face was red and his neck was thick, and he caught a glimpse of Wu Yingying putting down his chopsticks, regardless of the large piece of mutton stuffed in his mouth, and muttered to Wu Yingying: "Brother Wu, if you don't seize the opportunity to eat and drink more, I'm afraid that after you take office in Lanzhou, you won't have a chance to eat such a delicacy again." After speaking, he picked up a glass of wine and poured it into his throat, and Murong Shi, who was sitting next to him, personally filled it for him, and did not avoid the difference between men and women, she knew how to be knowledgeable and courteous, and only in these casual behaviors did she show the difference between Hu women and women.

Wu Yingying was stunned, after all, Zhe Yuqing is the second son of the Zhe clan in Fuzhou, who is famous in the northwest, can't he eat a good meal in Fuzhou.

Liu Yanzhao smiled when he saw this: "The suffering of the border army, Brother Wu may not know, since the previous dynasty lost the Great Wall border village, the Khitan and the party Xiang iron cavalry to and from the northern prefecture county to loot and other ordinary things, the Zhe clan led the mansion, Fengzhou, my Yang clan led the Lin, Daizhou, known as the state capital, in fact, due to the Khitan party and the intrusion of the border people, the border people either died or fled, the people are probably not as good as the Central Plains a county, many of the forts are more soldiers than the people, these Xu people are still living next to the army.

All the grain and grass of the border army had to be supplied by dozens of counties in Guannei and Hedong, and the local government levied and distributed five stones of grain, which was lost on the way, and the one stone that could be transported was considered good. However, the grain road has also been repeatedly attacked and harassed by Khitan and party members, and often cannot arrive as scheduled. Therefore, it is common for the border army to endure hunger and starvation, and the Zhe clan governs the army strictly, and if an army does not eat, it will not eat, so that all the soldiers can die and fight with tigers and wolves for decades. Although Yuqing is the son of the festival, he can only eat five liters of rice and a spoonful of sauce every day in Fuzhou. His tone was quite indifferent, how could it not be the case in Yangjiajie Town, otherwise the soldiers of Ande Border Pass would live and die together.

Looking at Wu Yingying's somewhat shocked eyes, Zhi Yuqing's black face burned red, and he laughed at himself: "His grandmother's, Lao Tzu's food is not as good as a horse." After speaking, he hated and took a bite of the leg of mutton, which caused a hint of a smile to flash in Murong's eyes, and he specially added another chicken leg to him.

"Why don't you change it, eat and drink spicy food, and let it gnaw the grass by itself?" Liu Yanzhao joked with a smile.

"Forget it, the horse is the treasure that saves lives on the battlefield," Zhi Yuqing made a bitter face and sighed, "Leave our life here, when the world is peaceful, how happy it should be to eat meat and drink wine every day!" After speaking, he drank the wine in the cup with Liu Yanzhao and Wu Yingying, and the Murong clan poured them all full, and looked at the three men on the table with a smile, they were all heroes who danced with horizontal swords, drew hard bows, and rode fierce horses, and men who could fight desperately for the sake of their clansmen. The official families of Jinyang and Bianliang, that is a very distant thing.

Hearing the introduction of Zhi Yuqing and Liu Yanzhao, Wu Yingying picked up his wine glass and fell into deep thought, the situation in this border state capital was much worse than he imagined. I originally thought that at most it would be as barren and poor as the poor counties of later generations, but I never thought that under the brilliant destruction of years of war, it has become deserted, and the border troops stationed there are almost like the plateau outposts in later generations, and even the officers and soldiers guarding the islands and reefs, looking forward to the arrival of supplies every day.

The border counties are just providing a buffer for the inland state capitals. It is no wonder that the military strength of the two Jiezhen towns of Zheyang can only be attached to one side of the Central Plains court, without it, the imperial court does not need to send troops, as long as the food and salary are cut off, these two Jiezhen will decline. His two families have been at the border for a long time, and life is still so difficult, what can he do?

Seeing that he was holding the wine glass in a daze, he folded Yuqing and shouted beside him: "Come, Brother Wu, I will toast with you three more times." As he spoke, he poured the knife in the cup into his throat, but he didn't think that he was in a hurry to drink this mouthful, and the wine surged up, and he actually poured it on the table with a bang.

He has always been drunk every time he drinks, but fortunately, the Zhe family strictly forbids drinking in the army, so that he has not made a mistake because of alcohol. Liu Yanzhao smiled helplessly, waved his hand and asked the servant woman to help Zhi Yuqing to the guest room to rest, and smiled at Wu Yingying, who looked like usual: "Brother Wu is a good drinker." ”

He saw that Wu Yingying seemed to have something on his mind, and guessed that he was worried about the matter of food and salary, so he said: "Brother Wu's first town in Lanzhou, presumably a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, my father has confessed, the grain and grass delivered to the Jianxiong army in Hedong counties have been transferred to Lanzhou, escorted by Duyu Marquis Wang Gui, and is on the way. ”

Wu Yingying knew that the food and grass of the border army were not easy to come by, and he was greatly moved when he heard this, stood up and shook it to the ground, and thanked: "The seven thousand brothers of the German generation have thanked Liu Jiedu. "He originally carried a lot of gold and silver property with the army, in addition to the original savings of the Divine Guard, Cai Yu ordered the guards to send twenty boxes of gold ingots before he surrendered, so there was no shortage of money, and the only thing he was worried about was a large amount of grain and grass, which could not be bought even if he had money in the north.

Liu Yanzhao turned sideways to avoid him and saluted, and waved his hand again and again: "Brother Wu, why should you be polite, Tuhun Jianxiong is out of the town by the forbidden army, and he is a family." ”

Wu Yingying was drunk, politely rejected Liu Yanzhao's good offer to leave him to rest in the mansion, and walked out of Liu's mansion with the help of the maid. As soon as the night breeze blew, half of his mind was clear, and when he saw Chase leading the horse and waiting at the door, he felt a little sorry in his heart, stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Captain Cai has worked hard for me, did Liu Mansion entertain dinner just now?"

Chase was a sincere person, and replied: "Thank you for the care of the commander, Liu Yanei sent someone to bring us to the side hall, good wine and food, a few stewards accompanied the brothers to eat and drink, and heard that the commander was going out, so I waited at the gate of the mansion in advance." ”

Wu Yingying nodded, and said in his heart that Liu Yanzhao was really careful in his work, and even his own guards were attentive.

He remembered what he had heard about the hardships of the border army during the banquet, so he instructed Chase: "I will go to Lanzhou Festival Town in the near future, and you will take ten brothers in the city tomorrow to buy as much cloth, salt, dried meat and other materials as possible in the city and take them with the army." In addition, there are cattle, sheep and livestock along the way, and they must be bought and taken away, and they must be spared money. ”

Chase nodded yes, and then said: "The commander of the Shicai Palace will be sent to inform the commander to enter the palace tomorrow to watch the polo match between the Eagle Yang Army and the guards and the pro-army, can I be accompanied by the last general?"

Wu Yingying immediately said: "No need, I'll just bring two guards to watch." After speaking, he was afraid that the military captain would be too careful, and said, "The procurement of materials is important, and the rest of the generals are less knowledgeable, only you are reliable." ”

Chase nodded in agreement, while thinking about how to find big merchants in the city to purchase supplies, and he must spend less money to buy more things, so as to live up to the trust of the command.

On the second day, Wu Yingying finished freshening up, and breakfast was a bowl of hot mutton soup cakes, at this time, the chili pepper had not yet been introduced to the Central Plains, but cumin, pepper, garlic, etc. were there.

Polo was vigorously advocated by the Tang Dynasty royal family, and it was popular in Jinyang for a hundred years, and Gaine needed to hold the pole with both hands, leaned down to hit, and needed to cooperate with each other, and the sergeant's riding skills, the action of slashing and killing immediately and the ability to cooperate with each other can be tested and trained. Polo in the Tang Dynasty at its peak, the emperor personally played, Xuanzong Cai Yu hit the ball, "every time you hold a bow to take advantage of the momentum to jump, bow in the air, hit hundreds of horses in a row and gallop more than once, as fast as thunder and lightning, two years of veterans to accept its ability." And Xizong actually decided the position of the envoy of the Sanchuan Festival by playing polo to determine whether he won or lost. After the descendants of the Cai Tang royal family were powerless in governing the country, they poured the last trace of masculinity into polo, which also caused the amazing glory of polo in the late Tang Dynasty.