Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 348 Blood Red Snow White ([-])

The two of them just chatted one sentence at a time, the snow outside was still falling, and it was unusually quiet in the long cold winter.

Because it was snowing, Zhang Yi's idea of ​​looking at the moon was shattered.

Youdao is the bright moonlight in front of the bed, bowing your head and thinking about your hometown, the more you miss it, the past echoes like a movie scene after scene.

The life in Jingyang was very peaceful and worth remembering. Aside from the constant rustling of snowflakes outside the tent, the entire Shuofang City fell into a deep sleep like a giant beast.

The night was peaceful, and the cold night was unusually long.

When Zhang Yi woke up, he received a report from the captain below.

"Uncle, two of our brothers died last night! Frozen to death!" A middle-aged captain in his thirties stood in front of Zhang Yi's table with red eyes and said, "This ghostly weather is really terrible. It's too cold, brothers' clothes are too thin"

A tough man, he was about to shed tears while talking, looking at Zhang Yi made his heart ache.

Warriors are supposed to fight on the battlefield, but what they don't want to die is not the enemy's knife but a mere cold snow. It is undoubtedly the most aggrieved way to die like this.

Zhang Yi is also very clear about the source of the soldiers.

In fact, all of them are just trying to save some food for the family. It would be even better if they can make some merit. Don’t expect such a person to have such a rich family.

So when they go out, except for the Fubing who are a little richer, the general auxiliary soldiers are almost all poor ghosts.

Since the poor can't even afford to eat, the clothes only need to be able to cover the body. As for whether they can keep warm, it is really something that they dare not expect extravagantly.

So since winter, the soldiers have been training more and more diligently, because they really can't stand the cold, forcing them to exercise at high speed in order to keep warm.

However, even though the big guys in the tent are crowded to sleep, in fact, the thin mattresses can't bring them warmth. Just today when the north wind is blowing, someone finally couldn't bear it and left forever.

Zhang Yi felt a little heavy.

As the commander with the highest title and official position in Shuofang City, it was also the first time that he felt the pressure from those hard-working people.

It's not the white lotus, and it's not the Blessed Virgin Mary. I really can't bear it.

It's just that the price of this unbearable price is a bit high. The defenders of Shuofang City alone are more than 5000 people. If each person has a sheepskin, that is 5000 sheepskins. If you count the other [-] people outside With [-] people, Zhang Yi really didn't dare to think about it.

For [-] sheepskins, even if Zhang Yi bought underpants, he would not be able to spend that much money.Even this amount of wealth is not a small amount for Datang whose treasury is empty.

So Zhang Yi felt that this part of the loss needs to be borne by someone, and the Turkic people with a broad mind like an eagle are a good target for damage transfer.

"Call me Wang Laowu!" Zhang Yi pondered for a moment, and then said to the captain: "Call all the school officials above the captain's level in the city!"

After a stick of incense, everyone arrived in front of Zhang Yi.

It was no secret that someone died in the barracks, and it had spread early in the morning, so they also wanted to see how Uncle would solve this matter.

After showing the gift to the uncle, a group of rough men stood and waited for the uncle's lecture.

"Wang Lao Wu, how many sheep do we have in our account?" Zhang Yi didn't get up, and kept writing and drawing on one sheet with a pen in his hand.

Wang Laowu immediately replied: "Back to Uncle, we estimate that there are more than a thousand sheep left in our hands!"

Seeing that Zhang Yi's face darkened in an instant, Wang Laowu explained again: "Originally, we got more than 5000 after the Temuhebu siege last time, not only did we eat a lot a while ago, and General Niu and the chief executive sent troops and brought some more, so there are only so many left!"

It's not that Zhang Yi wants to get angry, but that he has no place to get angry.

The sheepskins from the slaughtered sheep had already been brought back to Chang'an by Fatty Bu to exchange for food. Even if they got some more during this period, the quantity is really limited. I want to let the more than 5000 soldiers under my hand survive this cold winter , he must need a lot of sheepskin.

"Kill them all!" Zhang Yi immediately made a decision, and ordered to Wang Laowu, "Peel off all the sheepskins!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yi couldn't help frowning. There are too few sheepskins. According to the current number of people, it takes an average of five people to share one sheepskin, and one sheepskin can only guarantee that one person can survive in the severe cold. Keep warm, so what about the remaining four?What about the more than 4 soldiers in the hands of Niu Jinda and Li Jing?
If you are not in charge, you don't know Chai Migui. When the huge pressure is on your head, Zhang Yi is also Alexander.

"Boil the mutton in salted boiling water, and then air-dry it!" Zhang Yi continued: "Stew the remaining mutton haggis in a pot of mutton soup. Let it last for a few days!"

"Kill them all?" Wang Laowu quit immediately.

There are just over a thousand sheep in the entire Shuofang City.

He would not bear to kill them all.

Not only Wang Laowu, but other generals also rushed forward to beg uncle not to kill the sheep after hearing Zhang Yi's order.

For them, every sheep is a fortune, if they would rather go hungry in order to fill their stomachs.What's more, there is still food now, and Zhang Yi's order to kill the sheep is nothing more than letting the big guys eat some haggis and drink some mutton soup to warm their bodies.

"Kill them all!" Zhang Yi affirmed: "The one thousand sheepskins that were peeled off will be made into vests or waistcoats by brothers who can mend them, but I have another requirement for the person who wears them, it must be a brother who dares to kill!"

As soon as Zhang Yi said these words, the entire camp fell into silence.

Brother who dares to kill?

They are all big soldiers, and they eat food with a knife edge. Who dares to kill?
It's just that everyone heard another meaning from Zhang Yi's words, that is, Zhang Yi didn't intend to stick to Shuofang City.In other words, he didn't plan to use all the five thousand soldiers in his hand to defend the city.

what is this?
This is disobedience to military orders!
The military order issued by Li Jing is for Zhang Yi to defend Shuofang City,

"Uncle!" Someone wanted to remind Zhang Yi immediately.

Zhang Yi waved his hand, he was clearly aware of everyone's thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "There is severe cold in Mobei, even the Turkic people who are born and raised here don't know how many people will die every year because of this cold winter, and if we people in Tang Dynasty didn't keep out the cold What do you think will happen to the clothes?"

It is true that, as Zhang Yi said, the Turkic people have lived on this vast grassland since they were born, and they are more familiar with the grassland than anyone else, but even so, when the cold winter comes, the people who die in the cold every year Women and children are also a large number.

(End of this chapter)