Li Shan ate not too slowly. This was a habit left over from his rotation in the emergency department in his previous life. He wiped the fish soup with the steamed buns, and Li Shan's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one.
Except for Duan Decao, the others were his close friends who followed him all the way, including Zhang Zhongjian, Wang Junhao, Qu Silang, He Fang, Hou Hongtao, Fan Shiyi, Zhou Erlang, Qi Laosan, and Liu Heier who had just recovered.
Li Shan did not see their names in the history books, including Zhang Zhongjian, but changes will occur in this life, and they will definitely happen. If the historical trajectory returns to the original track two hundred years later, whether it is Liu Yu, Zhao Ying, Be it Song Qi or Ouyang Xiu, some of them should be given biographies.
His eyes fell on a young man on the right who was devouring his food. Li Shan smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry, there's still time."
"yes."
I forgot that other people did not leave their names in the original history books, but Liu Rengui was different. However, this young man also became famous decades in advance. Li Shan remembered the letter from Chang'an Yang Siyi, and it was mentioned in the public that the King of Handan carried the banner of the Chinese army. Liu Rengui's name was mentioned.
Putting the last mouthful of steamed bun into his mouth, Li Shan chewed it slowly and waited for everyone to finish eating before he stood up and said, "Zhang Zhongjian will be in charge of the advance and retreat of this battle, and Wang Junhao and Duan Decao will assist him."
The three of them stood up to receive the order without saying anything else.
"Is everything arranged?" Li Shan looked to his side.
"I don't dare to say that everything is perfect, but everything has been arranged properly." Huangfuzhong looked very confident, "Please be the vanguard."
Li Shan glanced down at the first person, and Zhang Zhongjian took a step forward, "I will check the way forward with Fan Shiyi for the scouts."
Huangfu Zhong bowed in response. He knew very well that he would most likely be the vanguard with Duan Decao, but he would not be qualified to lead the army.
Li Shan pressed the case with both hands and stood up slowly, "But please work hard, this battle is successful, the Liang thieves will be wiped out soon, why will your Majesty be generous with the reward?"
Wang Junhao was the first to prostrate himself to the ground, "I am willing to die for you."
Liu Heier prostrated himself along with everyone, still thinking in his mind, what on earth is the King of Handan planning?
"Get ready, we'll set off in half an hour."
Liu Heier followed the flow of people out of the tent, but was pulled aside by Zhu Ba and Zhao Da.
"The two of us have been with you for a long time, and we will protect you in every battle." Zhu Ba's tone was a little sad, "But one is lame and the other is missing an arm..."
Zhao Da bowed and saluted, "I hope you can protect me in this battle."
"What?" Liu Heier was stunned and couldn't help but look back. Through the gap where the door curtain was lifted and lowered, he could still see the figure pacing back and forth in the tent, "Your Highness... Lang Jun wants to lead the army in person. ?”
Faced with this problem, both Zhu Ba and Zhao Da remained silent.
On the north side of the Chinese army, there were hundreds of soldiers crowded in more than a dozen large tents. Duan Decao was arranging for people to distribute the various items he had prepared one by one. He would curse loudly from time to time while still carrying a bag in his hand. A riding crop.
Liu Heier and the five newly selected tribesmen squeezed into the tent. Fan Shiyi shouted and stuffed a lot of things.
"Wear it like this." Fan Shiyi put it on for Liu Hei'er himself, still complaining, "Ah Hei, you are a bit too tall and too strong. It may be a bit tight, so just make do with it."
It was indeed a bit tight, and Liu Heier felt that his body was tense, but when he touched it, the tentacles were soft, and when he pressed it again, it seemed that there was something hard embedded in it, "Is this armor?"
"Yeah, cotton armor."
This year, all the cotton grown in Longzhou's Longzhou County was sent back to Sun Moon Lake, where it was basically used to make cotton armor. The Shaofu refused to buy it, and Li Shan happened to have conceived the plan, so it was all sent to the army.
Cotton armor can keep you warm and has good resistance. It can not only protect against arrows, but also has a certain defense against spears and guns because it is inlaid with iron sheets. In addition, compared with traditional armor, cotton armor is much lighter in weight and can This enables soldiers to reduce their load as much as possible, which greatly improves their marching speed and mobility.
"Take off your shoes."
Liu Heier simply looked at the thick boots Fan Shiyi was carrying, took off his own shoes, put the thick boots on, tried it and whispered: "It's a bit tight."
"You are tall and strong, and your feet are actually big!"
Fan Shiyi complained, causing the other five Jihu people to grin. Liu Heier couldn't help crying or laughing. He twisted his ankle and took a look. It seemed that there were more than one or two layers of foundation, and there seemed to be a layer inside the boots. Lined, very warm.
Putting a bamboo hat on Liu Hei'er's head, and putting a long special raincoat on his cotton armor, Fan Shiyi led the people inside, "Whether you want to use a knife or a gun, you can choose for yourself. Which one is useful?" Packages wrapped in oil paper, go back and pick one up and carry it on your back.”
"Yes." Liu Heier touched the package and glanced sideways at the dry firewood piled aside.
Fan Shiyi took a large bowl and scooped out a large bowl of hot soup from the wooden bucket, and warned: "Everyone has to drink, but don't drink too much."
Liu Heier's nose twitched. The Jihu clan originally relied on the Western Turks and had been dealing with Hu merchants all year round. They immediately recognized that there was a lot of pepper in the hot soup.
What a luxury!
Liu Heier couldn't help but be speechless. Pepper was one of the most precious goods carried by Hu merchants. The King of Handan was really willing to give it up!
"Remember everything?"
"remember."
Fan Shiyi turned around and left. Liu Hei'er started to put on the cotton armor for the five tribesmen. He was a little confused for a while, but suddenly there was a loud scolding from over there.
"I told you not to be greedy!" Duan Decao looked ferocious, and the whip in his hand fell mercilessly on the soldiers who were rolling on the ground. "Being captured and released is such a humiliation. If you don't want revenge, then go back!"
"Come here, drive this guy back and replace him with someone else!"
Duan Decao took a deep breath and roared angrily: "Tell you, the King of Handan knew that we wanted to avenge our hatred, so he selected sharp soldiers from among you and ordered me to lead the army. If I can't avenge my hatred, how can I have the face to return to Yanzhou in this life!"
Liu Hei'er glanced at it from the corner of his eyes, and while holding his hands, his nose twitched. At the feet of the soldier who was being dragged away, there was a large bamboo tube with liquid gurgling out.
After a while, the five people were all dressed up and drank several bowls of pepper soup with their sea bowls. Naturally, they wanted to drink more of this good stuff.
Over there, Wang Junhao hurried over, "There's still a little more, don't drink, don't drink."
He grabbed the bowl and scooped out the last bit, which happened to be a bowl. Wang Junhao carefully handed it to Li Shan who walked into the tent, "Lang Jun, that's it."
"That's enough." Li Shan, who was also fully dressed, said with a smile: "A bowl of pepper soup will warm your body and resist the cold weather, but drinking too much... is not good either."
The corners of Liu Heier's mouth moved. It's true. Drinking too much made it really inconvenient during the march.
Waiting patiently for Li Shan to finish the pepper soup, Liu Heier asked in a low voice: "Mr. Lang, where are you going..."
Li Shan threw the sea bowl into the empty wooden barrel, picked up a package, hung a long knife on his waist, slung a crossbow, buckled the quiver on the other side of his waist, and said with a smile: "Go to Xiaoguan. "
Liu Heier's pupils shrank, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't seem to find his own voice. It turned out to be Xiao Guan, it turned out to be Xiao Guan.
At this moment, Liu Heier's mind was extremely confused, and the first thought that came to his mind was that what was flowing out of the bamboo tube on the ground just now should be Yuhuchun!
Li Shan opened the door curtain and was the first to walk out of the tent, heading north with firm steps. Behind him were Duan Decao, Zhang Zhongjian, Liu Heier, and behind him were eight hundred neatly dressed soldiers.
(End of chapter)
