Cheng Yanjin never expected that this ration would be so exquisite.

Liu Mu said at this time: "Here, let my two guards lead the team, these rations can't flow out for the time being, and there are some things to pay attention to how to eat." ”

"Done." Zhang Shigui immediately went to order troops.

According to Zhang Shigui's order, there is no reason for urgent training, there is no reason, that is, two teams of people are needed to make a mid-distance rapid march.

Here is the Xuanjia Army, all of which are elite, and they are the direct troops of the Tang Emperor.

Two regiments, each with 200 people and a pillar of incense, were assembled in time. Liumu doesn't have enough rations here, but you can go to Huayuan County to get it, where there are enough rations for 100,000 troops for a month, and there is no war for the time being, so it has been sealed in the kiln, and it is only twenty miles away from Huayuan County.

For the sake of fairness, the team on Liumu's side carried bricks of the same weight as the rations, and when they arrived in Huayuan, they exchanged the bricks for rations.

Liu Mu sent an escort to ride a horse first, and asked Huayuan County to open a warehouse to prepare individual rations.

In the battalion, the two regiments were given two quarters of an hour to sort out their equipment and then set off immediately.

After the two regiments left the camp, Cheng Yanjin took down the small basket of the saddle bridge from the horse of Liu Muyi's guard, and carried it to the house. When Zhang Shigui saw it, he also hurriedly followed.

Inside the house, Cheng bit Jin Le and smiled: "Let Lao Cheng see if there are any other good things." ”

Single soldier sapper shovel, this thing Zhang Shigui and Cheng Yanjin both know, but this thing is not listed, it can be said that no one in the army of Datang has this sapper shovel at the moment.

"It's a good thing, it's more well-made than I've seen before, and this thing is easy to use in a fight in your hand." After trying it on his hand, Cheng Yanjin put the sapper shovel on the table.

Then a small wrapping cloth.

When I opened the wrapping cloth, there was still a needle and thread.

"This march and battle even prepared needlework and mending clothes, this thing is good." Cheng bit Jin Le smiled.

Liu Mu didn't smile: "This is used to sew meat, a knife cuts a deep blood wound, this injury is sewn with needles and threads and then medicated, twice the result with half the effort, the wound heals very quickly." This pack is called a first-aid kit for individual soldiers, and one for each group of ten people. It's enough for ten people to deal with a big battle, and unless the enemy can wipe out all my men and horses, the rate of individual casualties is as high as ninety percent. ”

"Okay, okay." Zhang Shigui said a few words and then said: "If the court does not give Liu Juma to the Duke of the Kingdom, I will not agree to this." ”

"I haven't given it back to me." Yanagi grumbled.

Cheng Yanjin laughed: "Don't think about this horse captain, besides, who cares about the small title of a horse captain." ”

Zhang Shigui also agreed.

"That's right, our brothers will strive to help you enter the Duke of China next year, and at the latest will be to take Gaochang."

"Gaochang is not easy to take, the most difficult thing there is not the war, but the logistics." Yanagi didn't think he was wrong.

The word logistics Liu Mu has said many times, and Cheng Yanjin and others have understood it.

In the words of Datang, grain and grass are the most important.

But Liu Mu obviously disagrees with this point of view, logistics support is not just food and grass, Liu Mu has been working hard to solve the real logistics supply problem of the Tang Army.

Eating is one thing, but there is also an adequate medical condition.

"This medical kit is only part of the equation, and there should also be a full-fledged field hospital. Medical kits are only for temporary treatment of the wounded and to ensure that soldiers have more chance of survival, and field hospitals are the ones that need the most effort. Brother Cheng, do you still think 500,000 is more, or less? ”

Let Liu Mu say this, Cheng Biting Jinxin said that the military expenditure of this war seems to be much higher than before.

"There are advantages to high troops, we take the elite route than relying on the number of people to pile up, it is easier to ensure logistics, it is easier to effectively kill the enemy, and it is flexible and flexible. If you just conquer the Gaochang Wangcheng, my eldest sister and wife will be in Suzhou, let General Wei Chi bring Shence over, and I will ration the ordnance. Five thousand people will be able to conquer the royal city of Gaochang. But the cost ......"

Liu Mu shook his head helplessly.

Cheng Yanjin asked: "More than 50,000 military spending?" ”

"More than that!" Liu Mu believes that the military cost is more than ten times higher than that of the army that relied on a machete in his hands, then broke the leather armor, and ate corn.

Zhang Shigui suddenly said at this time: "The emperor is wise, and the saint is wise. It is really a blessing for Datang not to rush to expand such an army as Shencewei, otherwise Datang will be dragged down. ”

"It's wrong, it's my brother Mu who is smart enough, and I have to credit my brother Mu for this matter." Cheng Yanjin knows the inside story.

Liu Mu didn't dare to let Cheng Yanjin continue: "Old Brother Cheng, it is the Emperor Taishang who is wise and the sage who is wise, I just provided some data as a suggestion." ”

Only then did Zhang Shigui know that it was the credit of Liu Mu.

Zhang Shigui won't open his mouth when he says this, Liu Mu has already said it, this is the wisdom of the emperor and the wisdom of the saint.

Willow took another thing out of the basket.

It was a small iron cylinder, very small, not much thicker than a thumb, and when opened, it contained some small discs.

"This thing was originally researched by Daomen to help me figure out fried fritters. Later, it was improved several times and used to purify water. Take the water and put it in a bucket, put another small piece of this in the water, and wait a while for the water to be cleaner. This is called a water purification tablet, which is used once. When marching and fighting, you don't always find a clean source of water. ”

"Good stuff." Cheng Yanjin grabbed it and looked at it carefully, but there was nothing special about the appearance of this thing.

"It's easy to try."

Zhang Shigui instructed someone to bring a bucket of water that was not very clean, which could be mixed with mud.

The camp has a special water pick-up point, where the water is clean and sweet. According to Zhang Shigui's instructions, the soldier found a puddle that had accumulated from yesterday's rain and drew a bucket of water.

Inside the house, Willow threw the alum flakes into the water.

It didn't take long for the bucket to clear about the top one-third of the bucket, and over time, almost four-fifths of the water became clear.

"This thing, if you change it to an ordinary person, you can at least give the title of a county magistrate." Zhang Shigui stared at the bucket and whispered.

Cheng Yanjin also squatted beside the bucket, and nodded silently when he heard Zhang Shigui's words: "It seems that this battle has allowed my brother to still play flowers." ”

"There is also a laxative medicine in this basket. When you march and fight, you are afraid of diarrhea, and this medicine must be prepared. Then, there are also medicinal powders for water and soil. If a soldier is sick when he goes out on an expedition, it will definitely affect his combat effectiveness, especially when he is on an expedition, these medicines are more important than ordnance. ”

"Yes." Cheng Yanjin became serious.

He could hear that Liu Mu was really thoughtful, and this was already a completely different situation than the original government soldiers who had gone through ordinary training and used simple weapons to go on the expedition.