A round badger, covered with grease as if it was about to emerge from the tip of the hair, Li Xiu stretched out his hand and weighed it, estimating that this badger must have at least a dozen catties. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Li Xiu is no stranger to the badger thing, some barren hillsides on the grassland can often be seen, and this thing likes to live in groups, sometimes a hillside can be hollowed out by them, it is estimated that Li Daozong and they also accidentally found such a hillside.

However, in addition to this badger, there are more than a dozen small animals in the baggage, Li Xiu thought it was a badger's cub at first, but after a closer look, he found that these were rats, to be precise, it should be voles, for the grassland, the most harmful small animals are these voles, especially for herdsmen, voles like to dig holes in the grass the most, and horses are likely to trip over the horse's legs by vole holes when running, so herdsmen also hate voles extremely much.

But the grassland is rich in water and grass, voles are not short of food at all, plus they can give birth, a pair of voles in just a few years, can reproduce a huge population, which also makes the grassland voles kill endlessly, in addition badgers also like to eat voles, so where there are badgers, there will generally be voles.

"These rats are so fat, they must be delicious!" Before Li Xiu could speak, Yuechan next to her had already preemptively said, looking at the gluttony on her little face, she was not as afraid or disgusted with mice as the women of later generations, but this was not surprising, after all, Yuechan had a dark experience, which made her never too picky in terms of eating.

"Haha~, I can finally have a big meal today, come on, let's clean up together, wait for Li Daozong and Tang Jian to come too, and prepare a few good dishes for them to taste!" Li Xiu also laughed at this time and said, he likes badgers very much, although he has never eaten voles, but since he is not even afraid of a woman like Yuechan, what are he afraid of? What's more, when people are hungry, they are not qualified to pick on the quality of food.

When Yuechan boiled hot water, Li Xiu personally cleaned up these animals, among which the badger was very large and the fur was also very soft, Li Xiu peeled it off and let Yuechan dry, and then he could make a leather hat in the future.

It's rare to eat a meal of meat, Li Xiu's interest is also quite high, but because there are no side dishes, Li Xiu finally simply made two dishes, badger meat is very fat, very suitable for stewing, in addition, Li Xiu used the oil boiled out of badger meat to fry the rat meat again, all kinds of ingredients were added very much, and the aroma wafted out far away, provoking Yuechan next to him to swallow saliva.

Seeing Yuechan's greedy appearance, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little distressed, after all, Yuechan had followed her for so long, but it was the first time that she couldn't even eat enough. Thinking of this, Li Xiu immediately filled a big bowl for Yuechan first, and then stuffed it into her hand and asked her to eat it first.

"Master, I can't help this, how can there be a reason that the master hasn't eaten yet, and the slave and maid eat first?" Yuechan hurriedly excused herself at the moment, but her eyes stared directly at the badger meat in front of her, but she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

"Look at your greedy appearance, eat quickly, when Tang Gong and them come, you have to be busy again, you have no time to eat, and you have been by my side for so many years, as long as I have a bite to eat, I will never let you go hungry, hurry up and eat, don't shirk!" When Li Xiu said the end, he also changed to a commanding tone.

Seeing Li Xiu's serious appearance, Yuechan didn't dare to say anything, she had to take the badger meat at the moment, and ate it in small bites at first, but then she didn't care about any manners, and began to gobble it up, Li Xiu put some chili peppers when she cooked the meat, and as a result, Yuechan finally ate sweating profusely, and her nose was red, which looked extremely cute.

When it was almost noon, Li Daozong came, and Li Xiu also went to invite Tang Jian in person, but when Liang Tang Jian heard Li Xiu say that he actually had food here, he immediately ran fast, and he didn't even have time to greet Li Daozong, grabbed a few pieces of vole meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and finally chewed the bones and swallowed them.

There is meat but no wine, after all, the control of wine in the army is too strict, Li Daozong used to have some rewarded wine, but unfortunately he had already drunk it, fortunately Li Xiu has tea here, so the three of them replaced the wine with tea, and they munched on two pots of meat, a badger and a dozen voles, removing the fur and internal organs, and there must be nearly twenty catties of meat, but the three of them were eaten by Li Xiu, of course, mainly because Li Daozong, a military general, had a huge amount of food, and one person topped the amount of food of Li Xiu and Tang Jian. In the end, even the broth was drunk by him, fortunately, Yuechan had already eaten it before, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to eat it.

It was rare to have a full meal, and it was already afternoon after eating, Li Xiu asked Yuechan to make another pot of strong tea, and the three of them chatted while drinking, only to see Tang Jian suddenly speak: "By the way, Li Ji who was behind yesterday also sent someone to come in a hot air balloon, and he is also sending someone to dig the road, and it is estimated that he is about to meet our army!" ”

"Haha, it's really a double happiness, General Qin Qiong and Qin have just met with us, and General Li's broken army is also going to meet, and General Qin has been digging in the direction of Dingxiang before, and they have dug a long road, it seems that as long as they hold on for a few more days, they can open the road!" Li Daozong couldn't help but laugh excitedly when he heard the good news.

"This is good news, when the three armies meet, General Qin has a ready-made camp there, we can rush forward, so that we can get closer to Dingxiang!" Li Xiu was also happy when he heard this, he was really worried about Li Ji's army before, after all, there has been no news from the rear, and now he can finally rest assured.

"But this time, although our three-way army did not suffer any big losses, but also suffered a lot, all thanks to that Xue Yantuo, wait until next year, Lao Tzu has to give that Yi Nan a little color to see!" Thinking that he would be able to return to Dingxiang soon, Li Daozong thought of the culprit who caused them to suffer the snow disaster at this time, and he also said with hatred on his face at the moment.

"Although your words are good, King Rencheng, I am afraid that in a short period of time, I am afraid that the imperial court will not tear up the skin with Xue Yantuo!" However, as soon as Li Daozong's words fell, Tang Jian suddenly shook his head and said, with a gloomy look on his face.

"Why?" Although Li Daozong is proficient in martial arts, he is not very sensitive to politics, which is also destined for him to become a military general, which is estimated to be one of the reasons why Li Shimin likes to use him, after all, a simple military general is also better controlled.

"How did King Ren Cheng forget, we just destroyed the Turks, and the next thing for our Tang Dynasty is to replace the Turks as the most powerful force on the grassland, which can not only be achieved by force, but also to unite some forces on the grassland, Xue Yantuo can now be regarded as one of the largest forces on the grassland, if we immediately turn against him, I am afraid that the benefits brought by the previous destruction of the Turks will be greatly reduced!" Li Xiu also opened his mouth to explain at this time.

"It's still a horse to see it thoroughly, although Xue Yantuo did too much this time, but our Datang has just gone through this war, and the savings of several years are also exhausted, and I am afraid that the treasury will not be able to come up with the money to fight Xue Yantuo again, so I bet that Your Majesty will only pretend not to know what Xue Yantuo did before, and even give some rewards to Yi Nan, and wait until we truly replace the Turkic influence in the grassland, and it will not be too late to deal with Xue Yantuo!" Tang Jian also added again when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"This ...... This is too aggrieved, Xue Yantuo almost let our army die on the snowfield, I can't bear this breath! Li Daozong slapped his thigh angrily when he heard this, at this time he was no longer a relative of the emperor, but a bloody general, so he couldn't bear this breath no matter what.

"If you can't bear it, you have to endure it, and didn't I say just now, when we stabilize the situation in the grassland, it's not too late to deal with Xue Yantuo!" Tang Jian said with a serious expression at this time, he and Li Shimin were good friends, and they were naturally very familiar with Li Daozong, so he also taught him as an elder at this time, so as not to destroy himself on the spur of the moment.

"Hehe, in fact, if you want Xue Yantuo to pay the price, it's not impossible!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Li Xiu smile indifferently at this time, and his face also showed a confident expression, as if he had already planned something.