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"Well, I didn't expect it to be so easily frightened." Li Yin touched Xiaodouzi's horse face, and as expected, she was shushed.

The other party seemed to particularly dislike her, and after booing her, he dug the soil twice.

"Do you know that your food expenses are in my hands?" Li Yin couldn't help but pull the other person's hair twice.

Xiao Douzi became even angrier and started barking again, this time calling the keeper in an extremely majestic manner.

"Master, don't be angry. Xiaodouzi has been spoiled." The aunt came over and begged for mercy for Xiaodouzi, then slapped Xiaodouzi in the face.

"It doesn't matter. No one will not feel pain."

After all, this is a huge pile of silver, very charming.

Xiaodouzi is still young and not old enough to be ridden, so Li Yin played with it for a while and then went back to her busy work with her friends.

Li Shimin brought his family with him today, not only Sizi came, but Xincheng was also here.

……

desert.

The battle was extremely ridiculous, taking only half an hour from start to finish.

Hou Junji didn't enjoy the fight to his heart's content and looked very aggrieved.

“I told you to surrender, and you really did.” Hou Junji kicked Qu Naxu twice, and the other party knelt obediently on the ground and did not dare to act presumptuously.

The Tang army had broken all his horses, how could he escape?

"I can't kill him, and I have to wait for logistics. It's so annoying."

In the past, he would have killed them all and then continued to attack the city, but now it is not possible. They have to hand the people over to the logistics troops.

These people are very valuable nowadays, one can be sold for four or five strings of cash.

Although according to the terms of the agreement, these people must be returned to their ancestral land after transformation, a few years is enough for them to reap a hundredfold profit.

"General, the casualties have been counted."

Not long after, the guard came hurriedly, with a funny expression on his face: "Hey, don't be angry."

"?"

Hou Junji frowned. Could it be that a lot of people died?

"How many casualties?"

"A total of 18 casualties, 0 injured, and dead."

The guard spoke with difficulty: "Among these 3 people, 1 fell off their horses due to excitement, 6 fell while running, 2 sprained their ankles, were accidentally stabbed by the people next to them, and these two fought back and injured the two who stabbed them, and there are..."

"Four more people argued after the game over who killed more enemies, so they started fighting and were injured one after another."

"..."

Hou Junji's face twisted for a moment. How should he report the news to the court?

This shows that he is not strict in managing the army.

He glanced at Li Xiaoqiu secretly. If he said that these eighteen people were injured while fighting with the enemy, would the other party report him to the police?

Li Xiaoqiu felt the other person's gaze, tilted his head in confusion, and used his eyes to ask the other person what was the matter.

"Forget it, just report the truth."

Hou Junji pretended to be sad, but he was actually very proud. When this achievement was reported back to the capital, everyone would be shocked.

The logistics troops arrived quickly. According to convention, anyone who could fight had to follow the army. Only those soldiers who were seriously injured or disabled would be left behind to wait for logistics.

But today is different.

Hou Junji stood at the front of the army, and said in a dignified manner: "The eighteen injured ones, step out!"

Soon, eighteen strong men walked out of the line with vigorous steps.

They looked extremely nervous, who knew they would get hurt?

"So excited that you fell off your horse?"

"Falling, spraining an ankle, accidental injury, fighting!"

"You are truly amazing, the Eighteen 'heroes' of the Right Guard!"

Hou Junji was so disappointed that he fell and sprained his ankle while running. Would he fall into the hands of the enemy in the future?

The eighteen people blushed; the injuries they had sustained were minor and they recovered almost completely after a while.

"Those two soldiers who stabbed the people around them, the army taught us before that it is better to use swords against your comrades, but did you learn that in vain?"

Hou Junji waved his hand and said, "Alright, this time I'll punish you by not letting you continue to follow the army. You will have to follow the logistics troops from now on."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a bolt from the blue, and the eighteen people immediately burst into tears.

"General, please let me join the army!"

"Yeah, we won't report this little injury next time."

"Woo woo woo, this is so shameful, how can I live?"

"I'm ready to capture Gaochang..."

The eighteen people wailed, and those in high positions directly pulled Hou Junji's trouser legs, begging him to withdraw his order.

After a lot of fuss, Hou Junji finally gave in reluctantly.

The captured Gaochang soldiers standing by were all dumbfounded. They felt sympathetic and asked, "Why... are you still begging to go to the battlefield?"

He looked as if he hadn't killed anyone in years.

The logistics soldiers stood in the distance, their eyes full of envy, while at the same time glaring at the "Eighteen Heroes" with hatred.

After finally getting a chance to join the vanguard, these eighteen heroes insisted on occupying the toilet.

Pooh--!

After the handover of the prisoners was completed, Hou Junji led everyone into Daya smoothly. After resting, they were about to set off again.

……

On the farm.

Sizi and Xincheng were riding a very strange wooden toy. They were sitting in a big backpack and having a lot of fun.

"Sister, is this the legendary wooden ox and flowing horse?"

Li Shimin was puzzled. This thing looked strange and indeed looked like a cow.

"Not really."

Li Yin replied that the traditional wooden ox and horse did not have four legs, but a single wheel and two legs. The one she made was a variant developed by people in modern times.

"It can only be regarded as a modification of it, and it is of no great use. The village mainly gives it to the children to study."

The mechanical principle is quite interesting. You can walk just by pulling it.

"I heard that the wooden ox and the flowing horse are the best means of transportation. Mr. Kong Ming used them many times in the Northern Expedition. Could they be used in the war now?"

Several dishes have been placed on the table, and what is missing is a roast duck and two appetizers.

"It depends on the situation. If it is a long-distance transport on flat ground, a horse-drawn carriage or an ox-drawn carriage is not as good as one. If there is a shortage of oxen and horses, and the journey is not far, a wooden ox and a flowing horse are the most suitable."

"Besides, the cost of making wooden oxen and flowing horses is not small, and the utilization rate of these things is not high after the war, so it is really not cost-effective."

Li Yin asked Feng Sanxi to take out a drawing and hand it to the other party, on which was the method of making the wooden ox and flowing horse.

"From this point of view, its usefulness is indeed average."

Li Shimin could barely understand a little: "If it is an ordinary two-wheeled cart, it can be pulled by human power or by oxen and horses, but the wooden ox and flowing horse can only be pulled by human power. After the war, who would use human power to transport large amounts of goods?"

The roast duck was finally served. The canteen chef helped to slice it and everyone enjoyed it with relish.

"Sister, do you remember that there is a village called Shitouli in Madu Mountain, Yingzhou?"

“I remember.”

Li Yin smiled and said, "Engineer Wang said that the mountain people were very interesting, and later Lu Hongji often went there to interact with them."

"They imprisoned Kan Lizhi and the other two in the village." Li Shimin found it funny just thinking about it.

"Why?"

"The villagers felt that the two men were not real monks, but spies in disguise."

Li Shimin laughed out loud: "Muramasa said that other monks all say 'Amitabha', but these two say 'Amitabha'. You can tell they are fake at a glance."