"Team deputy, what do you think we should have for lunch later?"
In the long marching team, a soldier named Yuzhu asked.
To be precise, he was not a real soldier. He was originally a buddy of the Turkic caravan in the Tang Dynasty.
Later, he married a Turkic wife and gave birth to two children, so he no longer wanted to run away.
The caravan manager was kind to him and let him work as a waiter in a shop here in the Turkic Royal Court.
Now the caravan business is good, and at least they have enough food and clothing.
This time, people in the tribe said that he would follow Duke Ping, and he would not have to go to the front line. He would be in charge of food, housing, and wages, and the wages from his job as a store clerk would still be paid to his family. I thought the Chinese New Year was coming soon, so I could It was also good to make some money for the New Year, so he followed.
"Who knows?" The deputy of his team is a veteran.
After being a soldier for so many years, I have fought against Tang Dynasty and Northern Yan.
I have already seen through many things here.
No one knows what the promises mentioned above are until they actually see them.
Let’s talk about this meal. If it says there is meat every day, it might be the kind with two pieces of meat in a big pot of broth.
It turned out that some soldiers joked about going to fight outside and brought a cow to make beef soup. After the battle, the cow was only slightly injured.
"I heard that Duke Ping is the most generous person. It turns out that all the soldiers who follow him have at least one big meal a week."
A soldier next to him said with shining eyes.
Even though the main industry in the Turks is animal husbandry, there are really no people who can really eat meat for a long time.
The cattle and sheep they raise are basically the property of tribal nobles, and it is not easy for them to eat a meal of meat.
Hearing what he said, the whole team became energetic.
They may not know the idiom "looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst", but that doesn't stop them from dreaming about what to eat for lunch.
"The whole army will rest for an hour and prepare for meals. One person from each team will take your team cards and go to the cook camp in front to lead you to eat as a team."
Several messengers shouted on horseback and rushed towards the back of the team.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"
"A team is going to receive food alone?"
"Dong Pingguo, eating here is different from what we usually eat!"
You must know that during normal marches, everyone is basically given rations such as dry food. There has never been a precedent for a cook camp to prepare meals for everyone.
The deputy of the team was also a little confused. It was too strange to follow Duke Ping out this time.
Not only are there many "fake" soldiers from ordinary people like Yuzhu in the team.
And the marching speed was too slow for him to imagine.
In peacetime, Turkic marches focus on a force that is as fast as the wind. Turkic cavalry can make a surprise attack hundreds of miles in one day.
But we set out this morning, and the journey was very slow, and we were probably only a little over ten miles away.
According to what the ordering soldier said just now, he will have to rest for an hour during the lunch break. How does this look like he is out to fight?
Outings are faster than this.
But when I think about it, he is just a small deputy. It is not his turn to give instructions on how the army marches.
As long as he could get the food safely this time, he would be satisfied.
"Yuzhu, go get the meal. I remember that the cook camp is basically made by Tang people recruited by Duke Ping. You are also a Tang person, so it's easier to talk to them."
This team deputy is also a bit mean-spirited. Although the Turks have now surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people always think highly of themselves and don't think highly of the Turks.
Moreover, people from the Tang Dynasty are always extremely united, so if Yuzhu, a person from the Tang Dynasty, is allowed to go, he will not be afraid of making things difficult for the other party, and maybe he can get some small benefits.
"Yes!" Yuzhu nodded. Anyway, each team had to send one person. He was used to doing the work, so he didn't have any objections. He brought each team with him when they set off.
Wu Fa's rice bowl went towards the cook camp.
Along the way there were soldiers like Yuzhu carrying rice bowls.
As a clerk, Yuzhu is pretty accurate in judging people. Many of the people coming and going here didn't look like professional soldiers at first glance. I was afraid that many of them were just like me, coming here to eat and drink and get military pay.
Although I don't know why Ping Guo Gong would even want a "bastard" like himself, but with such an army, I'm afraid Ping Guo Gong won't have any good food and drink to give them.
But it doesn't matter, he is not a person who can't endure hardships, as long as he can eat enough, does he really expect Duke Ping to serve him with plenty of food and fish?
There are special soldiers in front of the cook camp to direct order. All those who come to receive meals enter from one side and go out from the other side.
There were ten lines of people lined up, and the progress was not too slow.
Yuzhu followed the guidance and came to the team of his brigade, but within a moment, it was his turn. Z.br>
"Team card!" asked a clerk in charge of registration.
Yuzhu quickly took off a wooden sign from his waist, which read Si-San-Qi.
It means that he is a soldier of the Fourth Brigade, the Seventh Squadron of the Third Squadron.
The clerk flipped through a few pages, found his team, drew a circle on it, and threw the wooden sign to him.
This means that their team has already come to receive meals.
"Go in, it's your first time to get food today. It's best not to get too much. Anyway, it's not long before dinner time. If you waste food, you will be severely punished!"
Perhaps seeing that Yuzhu was also from the Tang Dynasty, the secretary kindly reminded him.
"Don't take too much?" Yuzhu was a little confused. What do you mean?
With doubts, he walked into the cook camp behind the clerk.
"Newcomer, hurry up." A man dressed as a cook shouted: "Here is rice, here is vegetables, hurry up and pack it yourself to make room for the people behind you! Hurry up, hurry up, don't waste it, waste it These people will be punished with military sticks."
Yuzhu stood there blankly, not moving.
Because one row in the cook's camp was filled with buckets of raw rice, and the other rows were filled with buckets of vegetables.
He even saw large chunks of meat in several dishes!
According to what the cook said, you can put whatever you want into your team's rice bowl. As long as it's not wasted, you can put as much as you want!
How can this be?
"New here, hurry up. Do you want to eat? If you don't want to eat, get out and make room for the people behind you!"
The man who looked like a cook saw Yuzhu staying there and shouted in a bad tone.
There was nothing he could do, he was not the only one like Yuzhu today, but with so many people waiting to get food, how could he still be in a good mood to persuade them all?
But it’s no wonder that these Turkic soldiers are ignorant. Which country’s army now has a team of cooks like Duke Ping when fighting?
And it also requires a balanced combination of meat and vegetables.
You must know that just for the food of this army, Duke Ping mobilized all the forces of his Tang Trading Company in Turks and nearby areas to prepare for them.
A steady stream of various ingredients was transported to the military camp one by one every day, which led to the current scene.
"Eat, eat, definitely eat!" Yuzhu held the rice bowl and rushed towards the food.
