Chapter 1897: The Surrendered Are Safe and Sound but Afraid to Take Action

"Rest for half an hour." Six people and thirty riders who had just crossed the desert stopped by a small lake.

As the leader, Wu Hehan arranged watering for the horses and other matters.

After all, they did not change camels. When they arrived at the edge of the desert, they met a team of 1,000 people from the Tang Dynasty.

After showing the other party the "letter of introduction", they were allowed to pass.

The other party told them that there was an oasis ahead, where there was a place for supplies, and it was more suitable to ride horses.

They exchanged horses, re-supplied, and entered the desert.

After running for two days, they really found an oasis and a team of the Tianbing Army. They stayed there at night and had a good sleep. In the morning, they changed horses and supplies and continued on their way.

They met four teams of 1,000 people in a row. They rushed through the last section of the desert and stopped by a small lake.

They replaced the water in the water bag with new water, unloaded the horses, and rushed into the lake to play in the water.

The six people took out seven or eight pots to clean, found hay and dead branches, built a rack, filled seven or eight pots with meat floss and fried rice, added water and started to cook.

A piece of dried pickled cabbage was also thrown in, a mustard cabbage, very salty, black in color.

Wu Hehan took out an extra threaded and sealed enamel jar and roasted it on the fire. It could only be twisted after heating.

It contained canned meat and preserved vegetables with pork in soy sauce.

Li Yi had not yet made tinplate, and was still developing it. At present, he could only make a large number of enamel jars as carriers for canned food.

The enamel jars could be sold to others or given away.

The cost was high, but it was not a waste.

The Tianbing Army was reluctant to eat it at ordinary times. After eating, they took the remaining enamel jars back and exchanged them with the people.

The disadvantage was that the threads were always twisted and the enamel fell off.

The people often did not twist it, but used it as a large cup, put food in it, and ate it anywhere they squatted.

It was also very useful for drinking tea. The original enamel jar was called a tea jar in some places.

Wu Hehan had not figured out other uses for the enamel cup. After heating, the internal gas expanded and it was easily opened with a twist.

The fragrance wafted out, and before I ate it, I swallowed my saliva.

The people next to me came forward to take a look. There was little soup, mostly meat, and a small part of pickled vegetables.

He licked his lips: "A jar costs a lot of money, the logistics of the Bashui Army... How can we fight this war?"

Others also looked at each other in silence.

My people are struggling to survive, and the Bashui Army of Lijiazhuang sends things out regardless of the cost. Can we actually eat canned food in the desert.

Can a can be exchanged for a sheep? My people are considered good if they have a small iron pot, but they have too many enamel jars to use.

It is said to be iron inside and porcelain outside. How is it fired?

Fighting is about bravery and fighting skills, which also includes logistics.

The Tianbing Army can actually survive in the same way as the post-Turkic people. There is not much difference between the two sides in terms of horses and combat effectiveness.

What my people can do, the Tianbing Army can do.

The logistics of the Tianbing Army are not available.

The weapons and equipment of the Tianbing Army are not available.

"Let's take it one step at a time!" Wu Hehan took out another glass bottle with a threaded enamel lid.

No need to heat it, just pry it with the tip of a knife, and then twist the lid to open it.

There is black bean chili sauce in it. When I have no appetite, I take a sip of it in my mouth, and I suddenly feel that I can eat an extra bowl of rice.

It is written in the newspaper that eating this kind of thing can prevent heatstroke in hot weather, which is more effective than drinking hot mutton soup. Drinking mutton soup may cause heatstroke, but this will not.

Moreover, eating it in cold weather can activate blood circulation, and in a humid environment, it plays a certain role in protecting the body.

Fried rice is cooked by itself, and it expands quickly when heated with water.

Six people ate with canned food and chili sauce, sweating constantly, and then drank water.

"It's better to surrender. Li Dongzhu treats the surrendered households very well. The nine Tiele surnames that surrendered before are living very well in Huazhou and Tongzhou."

Someone swallowed the delicious food in his mouth and muttered softly.

You can only fight a war if you can win. If you can't win, there is no possibility of victory except to die or run away.

"Don't say that when you go back, it will disturb the morale of the army." Wu Hehan did not draw his sword, but warned his brothers.

He lived in Chang'an, Tang Dynasty, so of course he knew the situation.

The Turks would never dream of such prosperity. The people of Jingzhao Prefecture could eat meat every meal as long as they wanted.

The Turks in their own post-Turkic world eat meat and drink milk every meal, which is part of their lives, but eating vegetables is not allowed.

The people of Jingzhao Prefecture eat fresh cucumbers and eggplants in winter, and dried seafood is transported here. The rich eat live seafood.

In the Honglu Temple, we burned the kang to keep warm last winter. In the morning, we spent 50 cents to buy a big bowl of dried vegetable chicken wontons and pickled vegetables.

Spend 50 cents more and change to pork wontons, which have extra mixed side dishes and sesame oil on them.

This winter, there are probably more sea fish and shrimps. They are frozen and transported to Jingzhao Prefecture by train, and then transported to surrounding states.

If I hadn't been carrying out the mission of my tribe, I really wouldn't want to come back. The days in Chang'an were happy.

I secretly went to see the nine Tiele clans in Huazhou and Tongzhou who surrendered.

Every family built a house, had livestock, complete living tools, children studied in school, ate three meals a day, and sometimes drank some wine at night.

Wu Hehan thought, sighed, lowered his head to eat, and everyone's heart was in a mess.

The horses were happy to take a bath, and they all came ashore to eat grass. The grass by the lake was withered and yellow, and there was also green grass. It was delicious to eat them mixed together!

After eating, the people and horses put the supplies on the horses' backs. UU read books wｗw.uukanshu.net looked at the sky. According to the Tianbing Army, if they ran fast, they could catch up with the tribe's migrating team before dark.

As they ran, the six people met the Tianbing Army of 1,000 people again. The other side knew the situation and sent a telegram.

Show them the way: 40 miles, rush forward, rush at most 20 miles, and you will definitely meet your scout team. Come on!

Wu Hehan had no doubts, he was just afraid that the Tang soldiers were always following, and the tribe migrated in large numbers, but they could not be covered by the battlefield.

No, there was a battlefield cover, and the Tang team did it.

Sure enough, after running out for about 20 miles, they met their own scout team of 50 people, each of them looked thin and tired.

"Who are you?" Wu Hehan's six people were surrounded, and the scout just shouted without raising his bow.

"What? Are you afraid of being retaliated for killing Tang soldiers?" Wu Hehan was angry and sad.

"Aren't you Tang soldiers?" The other party asked loudly after hearing it, and raised his bow and put arrows on it.

"We are envoys in Chang'an, and we came back to report the news." Wu Hehan was about to cry, so sad!

"Put it down, put down the bow." The leader of the other party shouted quickly, and found that something was wrong.

"Wu Hehan, is it you?" Someone in the scout group recognized Wu Hehan.

"Take me to see the Khan, there is important information. The Tang soldiers are less than 20 miles away, with more than 1,000 people. You... shrink a little."

Wu Hehan nodded, provided some information first, looked at his own people, and didn't go to fight with them. Going there would be suicide.

"Yes, go to see the Khan. A few days ago, a few Tang soldiers came out to catch rabbits, and they were met by other teams and fought.

The Tang soldiers ran away, and we were killed the next day. Four scout teams, originally 20 people per team, now increased to 50 people.

It's great that you can come back. Tell us what happened. We dare not start the war easily."

The leader expressed his helplessness and did not dare to take action.