The heavens start from saving Daming

The wind was cold and the snow was flying all over the sky.

In the seasons of previous years, tribes from all over the world would curl up in tents full of strange smells in their homes, hugging lambs or sisters and struggling day by day in a drowsy state.

Apart from piling, there is really no activity to speak of.

But this year is different.

After the envoys of the Tang army came, the noble leaders of the tribe drove the tribe out of the dirty tents like crazy, and then took them out to fight in the severe cold.

The members who were shivering in the cold wind felt that the nobles had gone crazy.

Going to fight in the mountains and forests in this kind of weather is going to kill us all.

The members of the tribes were very angry, but there was nothing they could do. These tribes practiced standard slavery, and the chiefs and nobles were slave owners. Their inertia from childhood made them dare not resist.

Just like that, under the supervision of many Tang troops, countless Zahu tribes began to attack frantically to wipe out Dangxiang Qiang, who was also a local snake.

The cold wind was howling, and the soldiers of the Tang army, wearing thick cotton-padded clothes, dog fur hats, and cowhide boots, gathered around the fire by the forest and cooked lunch in a pot.

Among the Tang army, there is naturally the Huotou army, but the Huotou army operates at the battalion level, and the teams below, even if they leave the barracks and go out to act, they can only do it themselves.

In the past, at this time, he would be eating Hubing that was harder than a rock, boil some snow water and swallow it.

But the current Tang Jun is unbelievably rich.

Each of these Tang troops carried specially made individual rations.

Because there is no plastic, it is packed in a wooden box and a small cloth bag.

People in all parts of the Tang Dynasty would receive orders from the Four Seas Trading Company during the slack season.

The men make planks and chips, and the women make pocket money by sewing cloth bags and so on.

Open the wooden box, the first thing is a piece of dehydrated and sun-dried fried rice, throw it into the iron pot and let it soak in water, then add salt, dehydrated vegetables, spices, sauce and vinegar and other ingredients, and it will be cooked into fragrant white rice in no time.

At the same time, there are slices of dried meat in the cloth bag, which are sprinkled into the pot and cooked together with the rice. The aroma after opening the pot is really mouth-watering.

Sergeants of the Tang army were all satisfied with the rice bowls filled with white rice sandwiched with sliced ​​vegetables and meat, and devoured them.

Compared with the previous expeditions, this treatment is really a world of difference.

After eating, I found some clean snow and put it in the pot to continue boiling, then washed the tableware, and finally took out the cup and poured some tea and sugar, made a cup of hot tea and sat on the salute to drink a cup.

After enjoying lunch beautifully, Shi Chang carefully put away the iron pot.

An iron pot, which can be called a strategic resource, is enough to exchange for a few sheep or even a cow on the grassland.

What Tang Jun distributed directly here is the most precious thing in each of them except weapons, armor and horses.

You can eat hot food with an iron pot, and it is the greatest enjoyment to be able to eat hot food when you are fighting outside.

After eating and drinking, Tang Jun wrapped his body in thick cotton clothes. Except for the guards, the rest of Tang Jun went into the forest to take care of their horses.

Unlike the extreme shortage of horses in the Song Dynasty in later generations, here in Datang, especially now, the supply capacity of horses is extremely strong, not only can fully meet the needs of the army, but even the people can buy a large number of horses.

In addition to the northern prairie now becoming Datang's wool and horse supply base, horse farms have also been built in many places in Guanzhong and Kanto.

These horse farms basically raise military horses, Don horses with super endurance and impact endurance.

At this time, the proportion of cavalry in the Tang army has already exceeded the peak period of the Han Dynasty.

The horses are not only wrapped in thick quilts, but also on their necks and legs.

These cotton cloths are wrapped in cotton quilts, which greatly enhanced Tang Jun's mobility in cold weather.

Tang Jun took out bean cakes from the bag on the horse's back and fed them with water.

The first thing to pay attention to when going out to fight is food and grass. The so-called food and grass refer to the food eaten by soldiers and the grass eaten by livestock such as horses and cattle.

In the past, when going out to fight, the staple food for the livestock in the army was hay.

Everyone knows that it is far better for livestock to eat grain than hay, but food is limited, and there is not enough food for people, so where is there any surplus grain for livestock?

At the end of the Warring States period, in order to support Li Mu's cavalry group, Zhao Guo cut off the young crops that hadn't grown well in the fields to feed the horses.

The combat effectiveness of Li Mu's cavalry was maintained, but Zhao Guo starved to death countless times.

At this time, Tang Jun was able to feed the horses with grain.

The main feeding ration is bean cake.

The dregs left after soybean pressing are mixed with a large amount of salt, sugar, spices, etc., and pressed into blocks with a part of alfalfa.

Not only extremely nutritious, but also very easy to carry.

During the busy period, the sentry in the forest blew the whistle, and the soldiers of the Tang army quickly set off, took out their weapons, untied the horses' reins, turned on their horses and entered the battle state.

Fortunately, after a short while, Sentry came out and gestured to everyone.

Amidst the rustling sound of stepping on the snow, a group of miscellaneous beards escorted a group of Dangxiang Qiang out of the forest.

There are men and women in Dangxiang Qiang, and there are more than a hundred people in total, which should be a small tribe in the forest.

There are no young or old among the Dangxiang Qiang caught by the miscellaneous beards, because the old and young cannot be exchanged for rewards.Only middle-aged men can exchange rewards, and women can only exchange half of them.

Their expressions were dull, and many of them still had blood stains on their bodies. Driven by the beards, they staggered out of the woods and onto the road.

Chief Tang Jun, who led the team, took an inventory, nodded and led everyone to the distant camp.

Before dark, they arrived at the temporary camp, and their own army Chinese clerk immediately came to inspect, and after confirming their identities, they distributed corresponding rewards to the miscellaneous beards.

You can choose multiple rewards, and the rewards chosen by the miscellaneous beards are mainly salt, sugar and spiced wine.

As for why they didn't choose the more important grain and cotton cloth, it was because these rewards would be taken away by the tribal leaders.

In slave tribes, everything belongs to the slave owner, and slaves are not entitled to private property.

"Take it, these are extra for you."

Before the Zahu tribe left, Sima, the clerk in the Tang army, would give them something extra, either a bag of tea, two pieces of cloth, or a jug of wine.

These things are all the favorites of the nobles of the Zahu tribe.

Sima, Tang Jun's secretary, would also specifically tell them to "hide it well, don't let your leaders find it, this is a reward for you." '

Needless to say, those miscellaneous Hu tribes will leave with great gratitude.

As for the reason for doing this, there is naturally only one reason, and that is to stir up conflicts between the Zahu tribe and their leaders and nobles.

No matter how well the members hide, there will be a day when they will be found and snatched away.

The things I bought in exchange for my life were taken away, and the extra rewards I got were also taken away. It must be hard to understand!

The conflicts that have accumulated over time will eventually explode one day.

While exterminating Dangxiang Qiang, Li Yunze is also digging holes for the miscellaneous beards here.

After all, in his opinion, the miscellaneous beards, like the Kunlun slaves, must be cleaned up.There is nothing more effective than internal friction.

Many people in Tang Jun couldn't understand Li Yunze's tactics, and felt that they could win without giving these supplies.

Now not only give but also give more, many people are complaining, why not give us.

It's not easy for Li Yunze to say that these are all routines, in order to lose less of his own people and more of his enemies.It is the most cost-effective transaction in the world to exchange people with property and materials.

Facing Tang Jun's anger, he naturally threw the blame on Cheng Yaojin's back.

What he said to Cheng Yaojin was "You are the chief general, of course you have to carry it."

Cheng Yaojin is a standard general, unlike Li Yunze who has too many human concerns about the feelings of the sergeants.

It's just a wild spray, plus an angry roar, "Who dares to beep again, the military law is engaged~~~"

Without the slightest surprise, the sergeants quickly quieted down. At least on the surface, no one dared to speak sarcasticly about this matter.

In the winter, Dangxiang Qiang's life was already sad. Under the desperate siege of the surrounding Zahu tribes, he was almost on the verge of collapse.

In a panic, the great chief tried his best to gather the last young men of the various tribes, braved the cold wind and marched for more than [-] miles, trying to raid Didao, the logistics base where the Tang army had hoarded countless supplies.

Although Cheng Yaojin was not outstanding among the famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty, he was definitely not bad in terms of ability.

With the army out, he naturally understands the reason why food is the most important thing.

In addition to the reports of the Zahu tribe, and the informants of the Dangxiang Qiang tribe who could not resist.When the last young men of Dangxiang Qiang came near Didao, what awaited them were more than [-] Tang cavalry waiting for work.

There was no surprise in the battle, and in just one afternoon, Dang Xiangqiang's last strength disappeared.

Using Datang's strength to deal with Dangxiang Qiang is undoubtedly crushing.

The rest is the follow-up aftermath work, and this kind of thing is naturally handled by the chief executive, Cheng Yaojin.

Li Yunze, on the other hand, began to arrange wagons to transport the prisoners.

Young and strong usually have only two places to go, one is to go to the mines and saltworks sites in Datang to take charge of the most tiring and dangerous work.

Some of them will be sent out to sea to work in mines in Luzon and Japan, rubber plantations and spice gardens in Nanyang.

These places are in urgent need of labor, and the people of the Tang Dynasty can eat and drink enough to eat and drink by working hard at their homes, so no one wants to go.

On the contrary, these young and strong Qiang people must be very popular there.

The mines in Datang are better, and the treatment is okay.

But those mines overseas are purely predatory and crazy mining, the kind that directly fill with human lives, and the demand for miners is extremely urgent.

As for Qiang women, they naturally have a place to go.
The crazy development of mining, construction, and planting, as well as the emergence of a large number of factories such as textile and iron making, made the entire Tang Dynasty burst into an extreme desire for labor.

Almost every industry is hungry for enough people.

Historically speaking, farmers were driven into factories by sheep cannibalism.

As for Datang, because of Li Yunze's action, he couldn't force his own people, at least on the surface, he couldn't force his own people to work, so foreign input was naturally inevitable.

This day when Li Yunze was inspecting the shipment in Didao, he received a telegram.

The content of the telegram is that a large number of Kunlun slaves have appeared in the coal and iron mines near Shengzhou.

The background of these coal and iron mines is very hard, and there is no way to expel them.

After putting away the telegram, the dark-faced Li Yunze immediately boarded the train back to Chang'an City.