Luo Yong thought that as long as the Tang army did not attack Gaochang, everything would be fine. However, he was still too naive.

In the border areas of this era, wars often start as soon as they are spoken. The people of Gaochang joined the Tang Dynasty and avoided the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Gaochang Dynasty. However, they could not avoid the anger of the Turks.

In early March, on the post road outside Changle County, you could hear the sound of horse hooves all day long, and the soldiers who were sending the message rode fast horses and traveled between the post stations.

Soon, Luo Yong got news from Tang Jian that it was the Turks who used troops to Gaochang. On the one hand, the King of Gaochang Qu Wentai defended the city and on the other hand, he sent people to cross the vast Gobi Desert and went to Yumen Pass to ask for help from the Tang army.

The court responded quickly and ordered the Tang army general stationed in Yumen Pass to draw 3,000 cavalry from the local area to help Gaochang State. On the other hand, Li Daozong's troops were already on the way at this time.

Chang'an City is quite far from the Hexi Corridor. When Luo Yong and the others heard that the head general who led the army to replace him this time, the troops on Li Daozong had been walking on the road for a long time.

Don’t underestimate these three thousand cavalry. In this era, there is a shortage of population everywhere. Like the Changle County where Luo Yong is in charge, the entire county town has only two or three thousand people.

Later, the Tang government established the Western Regions Protectorate in the Western Regions. When the Western Regions Protectorate had the strongest military force, it was only 20,000.

Now is a peaceful and prosperous era, the Tang Dynasty is becoming increasingly powerful, and the equipment level in the army is much better than when conditions were difficult in the past.

Before their troops set off, Luo Yong was fortunate to go to the military camp with Tang Jian, but he couldn't quite understand anything else. What impressed him most was the pair of rubber-soled leather boots worn by these Tang soldiers.

In the past two years, the emperor has planted many ulmoides trees, and a large part of the many Eucommia ulmoides made is spent in these armies.

Luo Yong came this time to give them some items: cashmere socks, compass, and alcohol.

Cashmere socks are produced by Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop. A total of more than 3,000 pairs were transported by ox carts. Compass Luo was made early in the morning. Now that the war is happening, if you don't take it out at this time, then when will you have to wait?

The last alcohol is made by repeatedly distilling and refining it with the head of a white wine, which can be used for wound disinfection.

The team was about to set off, and Qiao Shiwang didn't have time to talk to them. Luo Yong and Tang Jian didn't stay for long, so they left after delivering the goods.

In mid-March, before spring began to begin in the Yumen Pass, outside the Pass was a large area of ​​the next desert, with strong winds whistling.

Although the soldiers have armored leather boots, they will inevitably suffer when they want to ride horses through this deserted beach in this season. There is no forage on the Gobi desert, and food supply is also a big problem.

I hope that the joining of these people can alleviate the situation in Gaochang State. As long as the immediate urgent situation can be solved, the army led by Li Daozong will arrive soon.

After these three thousand troops left the pass, the pass soon fell into silence again. In Changle County, only the sound of horse hooves outside the city were heard every day, and the atmosphere in the city was a little heavy.

I heard that in Jinchang City, Fu Bingcao and others are busy recently to welcome the arrival of the army, mainly because of food and grass.

It is not easy to march in this era. Although the country has granaries in various places, carrying a large amount of grain and grass also requires a lot of manpower and material resources. It must be arranged reasonably and continuously replenished from various warehouses along the way.

Fu Bingcao and others' mission is to ensure that when this unit comes to their Guazhou, they can obtain sufficient supplies along the route.

In addition to warehouses in various places, I heard that there were also funds in the court, but there was nothing that Luo used.

If someone else was an official in Changle County, I don’t know what the situation would be like. Anyway, Luo Yong is a bit troublesome for Chen Jiao. He would not find Luo Yong as uncomfortable as he had nothing to do, and he would not often give him work, especially now there is Tang Jian in Changle County.

So in this way, Luo Yong had a leisurely rest here, but he also heard from the county magistrate and the chief clerk. When the soldiers passed through townships in various places, the local elders often prepared some food, rice and flour for them.

In this era, marching depends entirely on two legs, which is very bitter. It is also good for local people to send some food to improve their food with them. I heard that some troops do not accept it, but that is a minority after all, and they usually need to accept it.

On the tenth day of April, Li Daozong led more than 10,000 gentry members to Changle County. It was getting late at that time, so he ordered everyone to camp on a wasteland outside Changle County.

Luo Yong brought a group of elders to them and sent them some rice, flour, grain, and pigs and sheep that were slaughtered. In addition to these foods, Luo Yong also sent them some alcohol compass. As for cashmere socks, they were gone this time, and they were really limited in ability.

Luo Yong and others originally wanted to hold a banquet for Li Daozong and other generals, but Li Daozong refused. They said that everything was simple during the march. Luo Yong and others were tactful. After a few greetings, they retreated from the camp early.

As for Tang Jian, he has gone to Dunhuang again these days. I believe that when Li Daozong's troops arrive in Dunhuang, they should have met before.

Luo Yong came out of the military tent and saw many soldiers camping on the spot along the way.

I heard that in their army, ten people were fire, which meant that ten people were eating, sleeping and acting together. Later generations always said that one group of people came from here.

At this time, these soldiers were lying on tents, making fires, and there were still groups of three or five sitting on the ground chatting and resting.

Near the city gate, Luo Yong saw several young soldiers sitting around the fire talking. There was a pottery of pottery on the fire, and the aroma of meat was floating in the pottery, and it was probably cooking meat porridge.

Next to these young soldiers, a young man was lying on the ground in his clothes and lying on the ground to sleep. When Luo Yong passed by them, he saw the man's face clearly through the fire. It was dust and oily on it, but his facial features were still a little childish. I wonder if he was twenty years old.

In this era, wars fought for soldiers, mounts, equipment and food.

Food and grass are the blood and sweat of the people. Mounting equipment requires a lot of manpower and material resources to be built, and there are soldiers, that is, these lively lives.

The next morning, when the sky was not clear, the people in the city heard the sound of troops driving outside, and there was a swaying fire on the other side of the post road, and the soldiers were rushing on the torches.

Luo Yong was standing on the newly built city wall at this time, watching the long fire dragon winding towards the Yumen Pass.
Chapter completed!