"RV?" Ye Mengqiu put down the cake in his mouth and asked suspiciously, "What is an RV?" ”

"Uh......" Li Hao thought for a while and explained, "It's just a kind of car, driven by electricity, very large, like a house, and can live in people, so it's called an RV." ”

With such an explanation, Ye Mengqiu fully understood, picked up a cake, got up and said, "Okay, I'll go and inform Du Hong immediately." With that, he turned around and left quickly, nibbling on bread as he ran.

Li Hao's RV has been in the flow for too long, after coming to this world, he will use the RV as a center to contact the future world, now Li Shimin has seen electricity and steam locomotives, presumably RVs will not be so surprised, in the eyes of people in this era, RVs and steam locomotives should belong to the same grade, are incredible things, is the crystallization of science, only Li Hao knows, the gap between RVs and steam locomotives is a world of difference.

Li Hao was a little excited when he thought that he could drive an RV on the road in the future, and he was even happier when he thought that he could contact his parents and sister-in-law in the future world.

Chang'an and Bingzhou experienced a lot of turmoil, but the city of the Western Turkic royal court was quiet, for ten days in a row, the Tang army retreated to ten miles outside the city, began to secretly make Kong Ming lanterns and hot air balloons, cut wood everywhere to dry, make fuel, their current oil is not much, can not be used as the main fuel, can only be used as a fuel aid, the main fuel is still dry wood.

In ten days, two hundred hot air balloons have been built, Lu Qing's budget is quite accurate, they also moved a few hot air balloons to the col dozens of miles away to test it, and it can fly, but because it is a test, the hanging basket is tied to the ground by a rope, and the hot air balloon can't fly away, so I don't know what the effect is after liftoff, anyway, I am sure that it can fly.

Fan Lihua witnessed the hot air balloon with the hanging basket three feet off the ground, and the wooden stakes on the ground were almost pulled out, she shouted magically, and had some confidence in breaking through the royal court.

But when she returned to the camp, the garrison officer came to her to report that there was not much food and grass, and it was only enough for seven days.

Fan Lihua frowned slightly when she heard this, and then said with a smile: "It's okay, the chief manager has already sent someone to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to ask for grain transfer, and I believe it is coming soon." ”

Fan Shui on the side said: "Chief Administrator, this batch of grain and grass is extremely important to us, everything needs to be cautious, it is better to send someone to answer it." ”

"Hmm." Fan Lihua nodded when she heard this, "That's what I mean." ”

Fan Lihua returned to the tooth tent and said: "Fan Shui, pass on my military order, and order Xue Yinglong to lead two thousand light horsemen to receive grain and grass, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Yes!" Hearing this, Fan Shui led the order loudly.

Not long after, a young general of twenty-five or sixteen years old galloped out of the camp with two thousand light horsemen and headed east.

More than 300 miles to the east of the royal court, a team with the banner of the Anxi Protectorate is at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains from east to west, although this team is only 3,000 people, but there are many ox carts, there are more than 1,000 vehicles, and each vehicle is almost fully loaded, experienced soldiers can see at a glance that this is a grain and grass team transporting grain and grass.

This is the grain and grass team sent by the Anxi Protectorate, this time transporting 8,000 stone grain and grass to support Fan Lihua, 8,000 stone grain and grass is not too much, and less is not too little, if Fan Lihua's 60,000 army is not damaged, it is enough to eat for half a month, but now there are only 30,000 people left in Fan Lihua's army, so these 8,000 stone grain is enough to eat for a month.

The leading general of the grain and grass team is called Wang Dashan, a very simple name, and he looks very simple, like a farmer, but his ability is not simple, this person is very martial arts, when he was in Tingzhou, his performance was outstanding, he was valued by Wang Yuantai, accepted as a righteous son, and vigorously cultivated, and soon he made repeated military exploits, step by step, and has been done as a Zhonglang general, the grain delivery task is related to the major events of the expedition to the west, which is particularly important, because he is the most important in the Anxi Protectorate, so he is responsible for escorting the grain and grass, out of the boundary of the Anxi Protectorate, After entering the border of the Western Turks, Wang Dashan was extremely cautious all the way, sending more than a dozen scouts to explore the road in front, for fear of accidents.

I didn't expect to be afraid of something, on this day, at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain, I was walking well, and suddenly there was a scout in front of me who rushed back, and shouted loudly from afar: "General Wang, there is an enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

Wang Dashan was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "The whole army stops and prepares for battle to meet the enemy, even if it is death!" Protect the grain and grass too! ”

"Yes!" The whole army shouted, and then the army stopped and began to prepare for battle.

Wang Dashan knew how important this batch of grain and grass was to General Fan Lihua, who was in front of him to conquer the west, and he must not make any mistakes.

Soon, the rumbling of horses' hooves crossed the hill, and a large number of cavalry suddenly appeared like dark clouds, rushing towards them, and judging by their clothing and weapons, it was certain that they were the elite cavalry of the Western Turks.

"Archer ready!" Wang Dashan had cold sweat on his forehead, and shouted orders, he was not afraid of war, but now his task is not to fight, but to protect grain and grass, which is much more difficult than fighting.

When those Western Turkic cavalry were still three miles away from the grain and grass team, they suddenly dispersed and killed the grain and grass team in an arc, Wang Dashan's heart sank when he saw this, the other party was obviously prepared, and he was quite experienced, and things were very difficult to handle.

"Kill!" At the sound of an order, countless arrows were shot out, and they pressed straight towards the cavalry of the Western Turks.

This group of Western Turkic cavalry each has a rattan shield, seeing the grain and grass team shooting arrows, they have raised the rattan armor shield to defend, although the rattan armor shield for the defense of arrows is not very good, but it is far better than nothing, three thousand cavalry such as a wild rush attack, it is simply a momentum that is not afraid of death, and extremely scattered, three rounds of shooting only shot 800 people, the group of cavalry still rushed to the grain and grass team.

The grain and grass team rode their horses to meet the battle, but the Western Turkic cavalry did not want to fight them at all, and rushed directly to the ox cart loaded with grain and grass, smashed the clay pot filled with fire oil on the vehicle, and then threw torches and fire arrows at the vehicle.

Wang Dashan's scalp was numb when he saw this, this group of cavalry was simply a dead soldier who came to burn grain and grass, he was not afraid of death at all, in the blink of an eye, only more than 1,000 people were killed by the Western Turkic cavalry, and nearly half of the grain and grass carts were ignited, and the Western Turkic cavalry had begun to retreat and flee.

Wang Dashan hurriedly shouted: "Stop chasing them, put out the fire!" Hurry up and save the food and grass first! ”

When everyone in the grain and grass team heard this, they gave up chasing the enemy and turned back to fight the fire, they had no water at the moment, it was impossible to extinguish the fire, everyone could only brave the flames to save the food pressed underneath, otherwise it would be all burned out.

However, just when the grain and grass team was busy fighting the fire, the group of Western Turkic cavalry actually went and returned, and Wang Dashan hurriedly shouted: "Stop them!" They also want to set fire! ”

Immediately, more than 1,000 cavalry stepped forward to intercept, but this group of Western Turkic cavalry was not afraid of death at all, rushed all the way, opened the blades of the Tang cavalry, and forcibly broke through, although more than 400 people were damaged, but it didn't matter, anyway, they were dead soldiers, they had only one purpose, set fire to food, it didn't matter how many people died, and sure enough, they responded to a sentence, only those who are not afraid of death are the most terrible.

The group of cavalry rushed to the remaining grain and grass carts, sprinkled fire oil and set fire to them, and everyone in the grain and grass team stepped forward to stop them, killing one after another, but they could not effectively stop them from setting fires.

Half an hour later, the 3,000 Western Turkic cavalry were killed, but only 100 of the more than 1,000 grain and grass carts were intact, and the rest were all engulfed in flames, and they couldn't be saved if they wanted to.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground and the grain and grass carts burned by the fire, Wang Dashan stood there, tears welling up, all the people of the grain and grass team stood there without saying a word to look at the fire, their faces were full of frustration, their mission failed, they failed to protect the grain and grass, the army in front of the expedition to the west was going to starve, maybe it would fail because of this, and they, the grain and grass team, would undoubtedly become sinners.

"Plop", Wang Dashan bent his knees, knelt on the ground, his hands supported the ground, tears fell to the ground drop by drop, his heart was extremely painful, he would rather die in battle, than bear the torment in his heart at this moment, he could not imagine that if there was no grain and grass, how would the tens of thousands of troops in front of the expedition to the west fight, because of his incompetence, many people would be killed.

"General, we did our best...... adjutant general Ma Chen walked up to Wang Dashan, wanting to comfort him.

Wang Dashan raised his head and said with tears in his eyes: "What about my best efforts, the grain and grass are still gone, there are only more than 700 stone of grain left, how can it be enough for tens of thousands of troops to conquer the west, I am useless, I should die......"

Ma Chen sighed: "Yes, but...... You have also seen that the cavalry of the Western Turks is simply dead soldiers, they are here to risk their lives to burn food, the commander of the enemy army...... Alas, it's really too bold. ”

Wang Dashan slowly stood up, wiped away the tears on his face and said: "I have no shame to go to the front to deliver food, and I have no shame to go back to Xizhou......" When he said this, his voice was suddenly gloomy, and then, I saw him suddenly pull out his saber and cut it at his neck.

Fortunately, Ma Chen and Wang Dashan have been good brothers for many years, and they know him very well, for fear that he won't be able to think about it, so he hurriedly punched him in the arm, with great force, almost breaking Wang Dashan's entire arm, and Wang Dashan's knife was naturally knocked to the ground.

Ma Chen stepped forward and kicked the knife away, stood in front of Wang Dashan and glared at him, and shouted loudly: "Dashan, calm down!" If you commit suicide, where do you put 3,000 brothers, a manly man, if you lose the battle, you will lose the battle, and you will have your own military law to deal with it, and if you go back to lead the army, how can you end your life privately! Are you still a soldier of Datang! ”

Wang Dashan was roared by him, and he calmed down a lot, he was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, this failure to transport grain is my fault, all the responsibilities, I alone bear, and I must not let my brothers be implicated." ”

"Fart!" Ma Chen glared and shouted, "Lao Tzu and your brother for many years, how can you let you be punished alone, if the food delivery is successful, is it also you who will receive the reward!" ”

This sentence really made Wang Dashan speechless, and Ma Chen continued to say loudly: "Any responsibility, I will bear it with you, even if it is to cut off the head, our brothers are also companions on the road!" ”

The soldiers in the rear also said loudly at this time: "General, the grain and grass are burned, we are all responsible, and we are willing to work with the general to bear the responsibility!" ”

"That's right! We take the blame together! ”

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