In the 107th year, the fire horse flame Dafei Chuan

Ice slag began to appear in the Shule River, and the weather in September was already extremely cold in Ganzhou. Although there was no thermometer, watching the river begin to show ice slag, Chen Ying knew that the temperature had dropped below freezing.

At night, the surface of the Shule River is covered with a thin layer of ice, reflecting the cold moonlight deeply. Chen Ying stood by the river, and Zhang Shigui said with a worried face: "It's getting colder and colder and colder here, I'm afraid that the soldiers can't bear it, and now there are as many as 1,000 soldiers in the camp who have suffered from the cold......

"Don't worry, Ben has his own plans!" Chen Ying looked into the distance and said indifferently: "Calculate the time, they should have arrived!" ”

Zhang Shigui also thought that Chen Ying had people bring down jackets from the Western Regions, after all, it was summer when they came out, and they would sweat when they wore single clothes, so there was naturally no need to carry winter clothes. Zhang Shigui said: "It's okay for our soldiers of the cavalry army to say, there is also a down jacket and sleeping bag, but the soldiers of the Yue cavalry army, they are ......."

"They are all our Datang army, so naturally they will not freeze!" Chen Ying said with a smile.

Zhang Shigui said curiously: "There are not many people who raise ducks and geese in the entire Western Regions, I'm afraid it's not enough...... Yes, there is a sheepskin to protect them from the cold, but it is also possible. ”

"Not sheepskin, I brought them a good thing!" Chen Ying said with a smile.

In fact, this matter was handed over by Chen Ying to Gao Che Wang. Now the king of Gaoche has given himself a foreign surname, named Jin Manyuan.

Although Chen Ying wanted to change the Western Regions into a county that was unique in the Central Plains, although Tingzhou was also established, even the four counties of Jinman (now Jimusar Pochengzi) Luntai, Puzhi, and Jiaohe. However, the imperial court did not appoint officials according to Chen Ying's request, in fact, Li Tang was established at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial examination was not opened, and the number of officials was insufficient, and many state and county officials were mostly reinstated as old officials when they surrendered. Not to mention the remote Western Regions. Coming to the so-called Tingzhou to serve as the assassin is almost equivalent to flowing hair, but directly agrees to let Jin Manyuan, the king of Gaoche, serve as the commander of the river.

Jin Manyuan is a very pragmatic person, he and King Gaochang are two extremes, he knows that Chen Ying can decide his life and death, honor and disgrace, so he is very obedient. Chen Ying asked him to collect the seeds of the white stack, he spared no effort to collect, in the winter of last year, he collected more than 400 catties of cotton seeds, Chen Ying was not willing to squeeze oil, after the spring of this year, Jin Manyuan bought more than 1,000 catties from the hands of Hu merchants in the Western Regions at a high price.

Jin Manyuan, who became the Datang River Order, almost took a whip to let the people of the county plant cotton, and under strong pressure, he finally planted more than 10,000 acres of cotton. However, due to the bad seeds, the harvest of more than 20,000 mu of cotton is about 340,000 catties. Not even a single percent of the production of later generations.

Naturally, after the cotton is bounced, it is processed into cotton clothes, cotton pants or bedding and sent to Ganzhou.

Calculating the time, Chen Ying felt that the cotton clothes should have arrived at this time, but when Chen Ying waited by the river, he couldn't resist it, so he went back to sleep.

Until dawn, a huge camel team arrived at the Tang army camp on the bank of the Shule River, Jin Manyuan was the king of high cars, their number of high cars was insufficient, and more than 3,000 camels were requisitioned to transport these cotton and various supplies.

Seeing the arrival of the supplies, the soldiers who were originally demoralized because of the cold weather suddenly cheered. Su Dingfang and Guo Xiaoke gathered around the baggage camp early in the morning, preparing to receive cold materials.

Finally, they didn't have to be frozen, and the soldiers waited for the distribution of warm clothes.

However, when a cart of cotton clothes and a pack of cotton clothes were handed out, all the soldiers were dumbfounded.

Not a down jacket, not a duvet.

Not sheepskin jackets, nor sheepskin robes.

Su Dingfang said suspiciously: "Did you send it by mistake?" ”

Jin Manyuan personally escorted him, he nodded and said: "Absolutely can't be wrong, this is the material sent by Dadu Escort Xiaguan!" ”

"That's it? I have been endured without a down jacket, nor have a sheepskin robe, do you want to freeze us to death? Guo Xiaoke roared with a runny nose: "Go, follow me to find the Dadu Guardian Appraisal Ceremony!" ”

"Don't look for it, I'm already here!" Chen Ying took a cotton coat from the camel, put it in his hand and weighed it, feeling a little heavy.

As soon as he saw Chen Ying coming, Jin Manyuan hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Dadu Hu, according to your instructions, cotton clothes and cotton pants are divided into two kinds, which are one and a half catties and three catties. The quilt is six catties and ten catties. ”

Su Dingfang was full of complaints, and when he saw that it was Chen Ying's order, he stopped talking.

Chen Ying looked at Su Dingfang and said angrily, "Why are you not satisfied?" ”

Su Dingfang nodded and said: "I know that our down jackets are definitely insufficient, after all, there are more than 30,000 people, but there are no down jackets, there should also be sheepskins, right?" What is this? ”

"I'm telling you, don't look at this thing in the Western Regions, they are all used to watch, it's actually a very good thing!" Chen Ying pointed to the cotton clothes and said: "This thing not only protects against the cold, but also puts armor on the outside of the cotton clothes, and also carries a beating!" ”

In the anti-Japanese dramas of later generations, the quilt was poured with water to block bullets, but in fact this is nonsense. Someone has done a special test, if the quilt wants to block bullets, it needs seven layers or more. Combined with the weight of water, it is simply not something that a person can carry. Of course, blocking bullets is a bit exaggerated, but blocking arrows is not a problem, and it can also block the slashing of knives.

It's just that there is a certain level of defense, and the point is that cotton, unlike down, is difficult to obtain. Large-scale poultry farming, in this era of lack of hygiene and medical conditions, can easily cause plague, and Chen Ying also believes that the risk of free-range breeding is much smaller than that of intensive breeding.

But this is not the case with cotton.

Chen Ying looked at Su Dingfang and said with a smile: "You try it, how do you know if it's good if you don't try?" ”

Su Dingfang said: "Try it!" ”

So saying, he took off his armor and his clothes. Shirtless and dressed in cotton clothes. However, the fly in the ointment is that Chen Ying did not spin cotton into thread and weave cotton cloth, and the fabrics used to make these clothes were mainly fine linen. The fine linen cloth is a little good, a little rough. Of course, for Su Dingfang, a little discomfort is nothing at all.

After Su Dingfang put on the cotton clothes, he felt that the cold wind seemed to disappear all of a sudden.

He thought to himself, this thing is actually ...... OK?

Guo Xiaoke asked nervously: "The effect ...... What do you think? ”

Su Dingfang did not answer.

For a person who has never worn a padded garment, the padded garment is indeed different, first of all, it is heavier than down naturally, and it is not airy. Even if it is a pound and a half of cotton clothes, in the cold wind of minus 30 degrees, the cold wind cannot blow through it (Lao Cheng had a personal experience when he was in Xinjiang).

The whole body was warm, and Su Dingfang's fists and feet were waved to see if they would restrain his body. As a result, the impact is there, but it is not big, it does not affect the knife and slash, nor does it affect the immediate action.

When Su Dingfang was moving up and down, Guo Xiaoke also stripped himself naked, anyway, they were all big men, and no one would laugh at anyone. The moment he put on the cotton clothes, a strange look appeared on his face.

It's so good to keep out the cold!

"It's warm!" Guo Xiaoke smiled.

Chen Ying took another hat and handed it to Guo Xiaoke's hand: "Try this!" ”

This hat is different from the ordinary hat of the Tang Dynasty, boxy, with ear and face protection, in fact, this is the very famous locomotive hat in later generations.

Luo Shixin is very strange, this thing is actually better than a down jacket?

In fact, this is just a delusion on the part of Roshixin.

Even if Chen Ying's down jacket is not mature enough, the cold protection effect is better than that of cotton clothes. However, the down jacket has a congenital disadvantage, there is a peculiar smell that cannot be removed, Chen Ying has tried high-temperature cooking, but the effect is not great. After all, Chen Ying did not produce this kind of down jacket in later generations, so he didn't know the inside story of the industry.

Moreover, cotton clothing is heavier than down.

Chen Ying looked at Su Dingfang and said, "Get ready, try the second function of the cotton clothes!" ”

"What function?"

"Carry the beating!"

Saying that, Chen applied a punch to Su Dingfang, however, Su Dingfang did not move.

Luo Shixin smiled and said, "I'll come!" ”

With a punch of "bang ......", Su Dingfang flew upside down and didn't get up for a long time.

Luo Shixin tilted his head and said, "Don't carry the beating!" ”

Chen Ying almost didn't choke on his own saliva, who is a beast like you, with infinite strength. I am afraid that if you look at the world, there will be no twenty people who are more trustworthy than Roth.

The soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry and the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry each received two cotton clothes, one weighing one and a half pounds, one weighing three pounds, as well as bedding and hats.

……

On the western shore of the West Sea, snowflakes are falling in the sky again. For nomads, it is a matter of life and death whether they can get additional supplies from the farming areas, whether they are obtained by hard or through mutual markets, otherwise the situation of the entire group will become extremely difficult.

The places that the Tubo people focus on are Gan, Su, He, Sha, Gua, Liangzhou, as well as Minzhou and Jiannan Road in the direction of Bashu. The war between the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetans, in fact, from the beginning of Wude to the death of the Tang Dynasty, has been a long-term war with the Tibetans.

In history, since Gaozong Li Zhi ascended the throne, the wars between Tang and Tibet have gradually increased, and the scale has also expanded. Because it was too cold on the snowy fields and there was a shortage of supplies, they would not have survived if they did not rob the Tang Dynasty.

In the war with the Tibetans, the Tang Dynasty has always been passive, even if the Tubo people are defeated, they cannot pursue, because of the plateau climate, so they can only defend passively.

However, at this moment, Ruqi Zanggu found that Chen Ying seemed to have seen through their intentions, and did not go straight to the Western Regions to defend himself, but stationed on the banks of the Shule River in Ganzhou.

In this way, the Tibetan army fell into a passive situation. According to Ruqi Zanggu's plan, Murong Fuyun launched an attack on Chen Ying's lair in the Western Regions, and Chen Ying should immediately return to help. But Chen Ying did not move, and he could not lead the army to plunder Liangzhou. With the cold weather, there is one less day left for the Tubo people to plunder, which is extremely unfavorable for the Tubo people!

"What should I do?"

What to do?

All eyes fell on Ru Qi Zanggu, he was Ru, and now it was time to stand up.

Ruqi Zang Gu raised his eyebrows and said categorically: "Since they are not fooled, we should not waste time!" Our troops are divided into two routes, with a bluff all the way, attacking Suzhou, the main force is ambushed in Dafeichuan, when the time comes, Chen Ying will definitely pass through Dafeichuan, and then set up an ambush halfway, if they come to help, we will wipe them out; If they don't come to help, we will break through Suzhou, and we can also grab a vote! ”

Ruqi Zanggu's proposal was approved by all Dongben, and everyone led the men of Dongben Zengren and Dongpu Qiandaang to feign an attack on Suzhou.

And Ruqi Zanggu led the rest of the trilogy, a total of 30,000 horses, to advance towards Dafeichuan!

Shabo Town, northwest of Dafei Sichuan, is a large camp of the Beiwei Army. From time to time, the scouts reported on the movements of the Tibetans.

"The Tubo people are still two hundred and forty miles away!"

"The Tibetan people are still one hundred and sixty miles away!"

"The Tubo people are still a hundred miles away!"

"The Tubo people are still sixty miles away!"

……

Liu Tong looked at the direction of the flag fluttering in the air from the north wind to the northwest wind. Liu Tong shouted excitedly: "God help me, prepare to set fire!" ”

Xunxiang's eyes rolled and he smiled: "I have an idea!" ”

"What?"

Xiangxun soaked a piece of linen cloth in fire oil, which was not the original fire oil, but the refined fire oil, almost transparent, slightly yellow, almost like water.

Linen is tied to a horsetail.

Although it was not ignited, Liu Tong had already understood the intention of seeking the phase: "Fire Horse Array? ”

There are more than 1,000 war horses, of course, these are all war horses captured by the Beiwei army, even if it is sackcloth, it is also captured sackcloth. Soon more than a thousand horses were tied with sackcloth soaked in oil, and when the sackcloth was ignited, the frightened horses ran away in all directions. Wherever the oil cloth on the tail of the war horse was dragged, there was a sea of fire.

More than 1,000 fire horses galloped on the Dafei River, the fire became bigger and bigger, the fire borrowed the wind, the wind borrowed the power of the fire, crackling and burning the raging fire.

The Tubo army, which originally wanted to hide in the dense dry grass of Dafeichuan to ambush Chen Ying's army, suddenly found that there was a hunting noise in front of them.

Ruqi Zang Gu said suspiciously: "What is it?" ”

A Tibetan soldier with sharp ears quickly leaned down on the ground to listen, and his face changed greatly as he listened: "There is the sound of horses' hooves, more than a thousand war horses!" ”

At this time, the fire had already entered the sight of the Tibetan people.

"Ah...... It's not good, Dafeichuan is on fire! ”

The wind grew stronger and stronger, and the horses with the fire scattered thousands of kindling, and when the fire became a momentum, the wind also helped, and the dry grass fell to all corners of the Dafei River. 、

Soon the fire burned in front of the Tibetans, first the tents were lit, and many Tibetan soldiers were caught in the fire.

Ruqi Zanggu's face turned earthy with fright: "Run"!

It's just that I don't know if the war horses of the Tubo people can outrun the fire. Almost three feet of weeds, the fire burned three or four meters high.

Of course, the most important thing is. There are not only wild grasses in Dafeichuan, but also fire oil buried in them.

These are refined into oil, which not only burn but also explode when exposed to fire.

A jar of fire oil exploded violently, and the fire oil that was set off instantly formed a sea of fire in hundreds of square circles, burning more than a dozen Tibetan soldiers into fire men.

"Ah......h

The terrible screams resounded in the sky, and the neighing of the war horses filled the eardrums.

Ruqi Zang Gu rode on horseback and screamed in fear: "Chen Ying, you are a devil, and the gods will not let you go!" “

I don't know if the gods will let Chen Ying go, but it is certain that this fire will definitely not let go of the Tubo people who fell into Dafeichuan.

Soon, a rich aroma of meat began to spread in Dafeichuan. It's not just horse meat, it's human flesh......