The speed of the horse thieves is too slow, which is much slower than Li An's previous prediction, and the reason for this situation is not only because the horse thieves are on foot, but also because they carry a lot of treasures, so many treasures have seriously slowed down the speed of the horse thieves, so that when they camped on the evening of the first day, there was a long distance between the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and the horse thieves.

After a whole night and a day's continuous march, the Tang officers and soldiers have traveled more than 100 miles, and when the horse thieves camped at night, they only advanced more than 20 miles, which is still a relatively easy way to walk, if it has always been a road of this level, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses are estimated to have run 300 miles away.

When the scout reported the news, Li An and Lao Guo both felt that the horse thief was too slow, at this rate, when the horse thief arrived at their ambush area, it was estimated that it would be ten days and half a month, and it would take a week at the earliest, in order to reduce casualties, it was artificially delayed for so much time, whether this was right or wrong, Li An was a little doubtful about himself.

"Are these horse thieves crazy, carrying so much luggage, at this speed of travel, are they not afraid of being chased and eliminated by officers and soldiers?"

Lao Guo also felt a little surprised, according to the previous information of the foal, he had long known that the horse thief would carry some treasures on the road, but he did not expect that the horse thief would have so many treasures, after all, these treasures are hidden in the shadows, although the foal knows that there are treasures, but he can't figure out the specific amount, so, direct and simple report, and now the situation is very clear, the horse thief because of the too much treasure he carries, which has caused a serious impact on the speed of travel, which is estimated that even the leader of the horse thief himself did not expect.

People sometimes feel that there is a deviation, and the things they predict may not be accurate, such as predicting that they need 350,000 yuan to build a small house, and they may not be more than 100,000 after actually building it, and they feel that they can complete a task in a year, but they have not been able to complete it for three or five years, there are too many such examples, and the leader of the horse thieves probably does not know much about the situation along the way, and does not understand what kind of speed the horse thieves can go out of on the treacherous road.

"Lao Guo! These horse thieves are indeed crazy, they love money and die! The road to Hedong is so difficult, they have to bypass the official road and bring so many treasures, where can they still walk! It seems that this horse thief leader is also a fool, a crazy person who loves money! ”

Li An said.

"Then are we still ambushing in the Lushui Valley as originally planned?"

Lao Guo said.

Li An nodded and said: "This is natural, the slower the horse thief goes, the longer the preparation time will be left for us, anyway, there is no urgency, just treat it as a tour." ”

Lao Guo opened his mouth and said: "I naturally have no problem, the key is that if Li Shilang does not contact the court for a long time, I am afraid that it will not be very good!" ”

"Lao Guo! You don't have to worry about this, I have already arranged it, and the court will receive the news of my safety on time. ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

After the army camped, began to bury the pot for cooking, although this location is not easy to be found by horse thieves, but for the sake of safety, all the stoves are smokeless stoves, that is, there will be small ditches around the fire pit, and the ditches will be covered with some branches and leaves, so that the smoke caused by the burning will be evenly dispersed, and the smoke column will never be seen from a distance, which is equivalent to hiding itself well.

In the war years of later generations, in order to avoid the bombing of enemy planes, the officers and men of Huaxia adopted this method, using branches and leaves to disperse the smoke, so that the enemy planes could not detect the existence of the smoke at all, and then could not discover the hiding places of our troops, and thus could not carry out air strikes against our troops.

Moreover, in order to confuse and consume the enemy, while using smokeless stoves, our army will deliberately light bonfires several miles away, so as to mislead enemy planes to bomb these false targets, so that while preserving their own vitality, they can greatly consume the enemy's ammunition and let the enemy consume all the expensive ammunition on the barren mountains.

However, the smokeless stove is not completely smokeless, but the thick smoke column is dispersed, so that if it does not form a smoke column, it is not easy to be discovered by the enemy, but if the smoke lasts too long, the target will still be exposed in the end, so the cooking time should be controlled, not too long, and the meal should be prepared as soon as possible.

There are more than 1,000 people in the army, and according to the preparation of a stove for fifty people, more than 20 stoves are also needed, and the actual need may be more.

The soldiers marched for a day and a night, which was really tired, and the horse thieves walked too slowly, so there was no need for such a nervous rapid march next, especially this night, the soldiers could rest to their heart's content, replenish their physical strength, and recover their bodies as soon as possible.

Dinner was prepared very sufficiently, all the soldiers could get at least a pound of fresh meat, as well as eggs and various vegetables, these were prepared in advance, before the army set off, Li An had already sent a team to transport all the food supplies needed here, and in the farther Lushui River Valley, there were more grain and grass waiting there? This is Li An's cleverness, if you don't prepare in advance, you need to carry the soldiers themselves, which will drag down the journey, just like a horse thief, because there are no supplies along the way, so all the materials need to be carried by themselves, which greatly limits their speed of action, so that they can only walk twenty or thirty miles a day.

"Li Shilang is thoughtful! Just so that the soldiers can eat well, they actually brought so much fresh meat and vegetables in advance, look at these vegetables, they are all sticking to a finger thick of soil? Not to mention how fresh it is, hahaha! ”

Lao Guo looked at these fresh vegetables and said happily.

In order to keep the vegetables fresh, Li Ang specially asked the person in charge of transporting the vegetables to plant the vegetables in the soil and transport them together, and water them halfway, so that the dishes can always be kept fresh.

Of course, even if it is not so, vegetables will not be much of a problem, this is still early spring, the temperature is not high, the highest temperature of the day is only a few degrees, vegetables will not deteriorate quickly, just to maintain the essence of the most tender vegetables, this is specially made to prepare the soil, so, the cost of transportation is really increased a lot, and these fresh and tender vegetables are obviously the products of the greenhouse, is the crystallization of the latest technology of Datang, if there is no greenhouse technology, in addition to a very small number of vegetables such as radishes in winter, Don't even want to take a bite of the rest of the vegetables.

Fresh meat is the same way, however, unlike the transportation of fresh vegetables, which requires additional freight, the transportation of fresh meat not only does not cost more freight, but can also save a lot of freight, this is because the dish is dead, and the meat is alive, the so-called fresh meat is alive pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, chickens and ducks need to be transported in cages, and pigs, cattle and sheep are directly driven away by people, let them go by themselves, than kill the vehicle to save more trouble.

In other words, these pigs, cattle and sheep are all freshly killed, not to mention how fresh they are, which makes the soldiers very happy and feel that they have been valued.

Before the arrival of the large army, the scouts had already arrived here in advance, so naturally some people began to prepare in advance, so that when the soldiers arrived, the pigs, cattle and sheep had been killed, and all kinds of meals had been prepared, and the soldiers only needed to set up their tents and start feasting.

"The old man has been in the army for decades, and he has never seen this kind of treatment! As soon as the army set up camp, good food and good food were served, haha! ”

A lieutenant said happily while eating a leg of mutton.

"Yes! I originally planned to eat dry steamed buns and pickles for two days, but now it's okay, there are so many good dishes. ”

"I've heard that Li Shilang is very powerful, and now it seems that he is really thoughtful, but we are old and rough people, we can endure hardship, where do we need to take care of it so much, it doesn't matter if we eat dry steamed buns for a few days."

"It's okay, but it's always good to be able to eat something good, so why treat yourself badly, come, soldiers, eat more."

"If you follow Li Shilang, will you be able to eat and drink spicy food every day?"

Several lieutenants chatted together, and Li An and Lao Guo in the tent heard this.

"Check it out! The soldiers under my command are all going to die for Li Shilang, hey! ”

Lao Guo had a really failed expression on his face, but he was not really sad, but a special sigh, feeling that he really couldn't compare to Ang Lee, and it seemed that he couldn't compare to many places.

Li An said proudly: "The soldiers are just addicted, why should Lao Guo be like this, hahaha!" ”

"Now it seems that it will take a long time for the horse thieves to reach the Lushui River Valley, so do we need to march urgently tomorrow?"

Lao Guo suddenly asked.

"This is casual, however, you can tell the soldiers, such a good thing is that there is still in the Lushui River Valley, but there is no more halfway from here, so you can only gnaw dry steamed buns and let them choose for themselves, what does Lao Guo think?"

Li An said.

"Haha! All right! Li Shilang's trick is enough damage! Isn't this forcing the soldiers to choose a quick march, hahaha! Wait, I'll go out and ask the soldiers to see if anyone is willing to nibble on steamed buns. ”

Lao Guo walked out of the big tent as he spoke, and looked at the soldiers beside him and shouted: "Soldiers, be quiet and listen to what the general says." ”

The soldiers were all eating meat and talking loudly, and when they saw Lao Guo coming out, they quickly shut up and kept silent, and all looked sideways at Lao Guo.

Seeing that the soldiers under his command stopped the noise in an orderly manner, Lao Guo said loudly: "Soldiers, how is today's meal, is it delicious?" ”

"It's delicious, it's delicious."

"It's all delicious!"

"Delicious, delicious."

The soldiers have no culture and can't say too many words, but the meaning expressed in their hearts is the same, that is, the food is delicious, they are very satisfied, so it is enough, as long as the old and rough people can express the meaning correctly, there is no need to learn too many gorgeous words.

"Haha! It's delicious, soldiers, Li Shilang just told the general that in the Lushui River Valley, there are also such meals, but the Lushui River Valley is far away from here, if you march quickly tomorrow morning, you can arrive at night, but if you march slowly, you need to arrive the day after tomorrow, so you can only eat cold steamed buns tomorrow night, whether to march to Lushui Valley to eat delicious, or walk slowly and nibble on cold steamed buns, this choice is left to the soldiers, you decide for yourself! ”

Lao Guo shouted loudly.

"This still needs to be considered, of course it's a rush to eat meat, haha!"

"General, we don't have to think about it, tomorrow we will work hard for another day, and we will march to the Lushui River Valley to eat meat."

"Eat meat, we want to eat meat."

"Eat meat, eat meat."

The opinions of the soldiers are really very unified, everyone wants to eat meat, and is unwilling to gnaw cold steamed buns, as for the hardships of the rapid march, the soldiers are completely able to bear it, in their eyes, the rapid march is nothing great, isn't it just a little hard and tired, what does it matter, as long as there is good wine and good food.

"Okay, since the soldiers are going to eat meat, then tomorrow we will work harder, march to the Lushui River Valley, and we must arrive there before dinner, okay, the soldiers will eat meat!"

Lao Guo said loudly, and after speaking, he went back to the tent to drink.

"Look, I just said, this group of rabbit cubs, they know how to eat meat, as soon as they hear that there is meat to eat, one by one, not to mention how happy they are, full of energy? All of them are little tigers. ”

Lao Guo returned to the tent and said proudly.

Li An nodded and said: "These soldiers are all good, Datang has these soldiers, why worry about the inextinction of foreign enemies, why worry about the injustice of thieves and bandits, Lao Guo, let's drink some." ”

"Here, have a drink."

Lao Guo nodded.

"Drunk to pick up the lamp to look at the sword, dream back to blow the horn company camp. Eight hundred miles of fire, fifty strings turned over the outside sound, and the battlefield was an autumn soldier.

The horse-made Lu was fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt. But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens! ”

Li An drank a little more, and unconsciously memorized a poem, this is the poem of the Great Song Xin to abandon the disease, it seems that it is not very suitable for the occasion, but there is also a lot of pride, Lao Xin's poems do not say anything else, it is enough hardness, enough pride.

"Li Shilang, did you make this poem for me?"

Lao Guo asked.

"It's just a casual sigh, why do you say it's for you."

Ang Lee said.

Lao Guo opened his mouth and said: "This last sentence is pitiful and white, Li Shilang is not very old, and he has no white hair, he must not be talking about himself!" More than half of my head is gray, isn't that me? ”

"Okay, you say it's you, it's you, Lao Guo! Your hair is gray, and you haven't been able to make a name for yourself, don't you feel a little sorry in your heart! ”

Ang Lee asked.

Lao Guo was stunned for a moment, and said, "How come? What can you do to be famous in the world, it's not three meals a day, and you can't eat one more. ”