In September, the wheat fields in Talas were ripe.

The rye planted by the young soldiers after the land was opened, and the alfalfa was also ripe. The growth period of rye was very short and the yield was not high. However, like alfalfa, after planting rye, its deep root system increased its fertility on the soil, and there was no need to stop the field when planting other crops.

Unlike the previous scene in Talas, while the young soldiers continued to clear the land, because the autumn is very short and winter is coming, they also started harvesting alfalfa and grass. They dug a lot of cellars near the cattle shed under the responsibility of the maid outside the city, which were specially used to store dried alfalfa and grass.

Of course, after slaughtering cattle and sheep, in addition to eating them in time, it is also time to make air-dried meat in autumn and winter, which also requires the young soldiers to complete it themselves.

The 800 Naren young soldiers collected in the second half of last year have been trained for more than a year and have participated in the Battle of Stone Fort, Ashabor and Talas. The 2,200 young soldiers recruited from Sodian slaves and from the Nangong and Geshu tribe have been trained for nearly a year.

According to Sun Xiurong's plan, young soldiers can fight alone after half a year of training. The average age of eight hundred Naren soldiers is close to eighteen years old and has strong combat power. Later, the average age of more than two thousand young soldiers is close to seventeen years old. After nearly a year of training, their combat power is no less than that of ordinary soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.

Thanks to the "first army" strategy of all resources tilting towards young soldiers, young soldiers grew faster than before, not only in their physical but also in their literacy.

Under the strong request of their governor, all of them mastered at least three hundred Chinese characters and could speak simple Chinese. In fact, in this era, especially after entering the Kaiyuan prosperous era, the combat effectiveness of the Tang soldiers steadily suppressed the Turks in the Western Regions. In addition, the great influence of the Taizong era on this place was that Tang language was originally a part of Turkic language, and these children did not have no foundation in their practice.

With the emergence of a new force in both physical and mental aspects, the figures, images and expressions of the three thousand young soldiers have become very different from the standing troops around them.

On weekdays, young soldiers trained in Tokyo City in the morning, swords, guns, bows and arrows, and various types of equipment that were personally supervised by Sun Xiurong. They opened up land, farmed and took care of crops in the afternoon, and conducted cavalry training outside the city in the evening. They left the city every day and became a beautiful landscape in Talas City when they entered the city.

Let’s go to the boy!

On this day, Sun Xiurong decided to go to Kucha Town. He had accumulated a lot of skin and the serpent stones seized from Erweitler. He heard that the shops opened by Hu merchants in Kucha Town could be exchanged for gold and silver in time, and there were a large number of Hu merchants. Tang merchants transported grain, tea (with medicinal materials), cloth, pen, ink, paper and ink to sell here. The Governor's Office was short of it and needed to go and buy a batch.

Of course, the most important thing is that the three thousand sets of Tang army winter battle robes promised by Fu Meng Lingcha needed to be extracted by him personally. In order to mention these three thousand sets of winter battle robes, he divided all the serpent stones into ten pieces, five pieces for giving away, and five pieces plus leather for exchange of gold and silver.

There is no way, and it is most likely that you can't just extract it, and you must have some preparations.

At this time, a thousand pieces of cotton armor were made by Feng Changqing himself, and Sun Xiurong took a thousand people and set off with them.

These thousand people were also the most elite 1,000 young soldiers. He asked Li Fei Shouyu to entrust Changqing to guard the Governor's Office, and handed over the newly recruited three thousand young soldiers to Li Fei Shouyu (two thousand people) who came to Ashibu City and Yuanfeng (one thousand people) who were in Jiancheng City. Geshuminu temporarily led the remaining two thousand elite young soldiers in Talas.

Among the three thousand troops that had already formed a military force, Sun Xiurong broke the rule of the five units in front, back, left, middle and right, and set up 1,500 elite cavalrymen. He planned to wear cotton armor in winter and be equipped with cavalry rifles, horizontal knives, short crossbows, and bows and arrows, which were his core forces.

The other 1,500 people were all horse and infantry soldiers, including 500 powerful crossbows, 200 horn crossbows, 300 single crossbows, two-handed horizontal knives, some leather armor, five hundred heavy infantry (the jumping camp in the Tang army), equipped with cotton armor, long spears, and one-handed horizontal knives. The heavy infantry spears adopt a standard similar to the head of Sun Xiurong's tiger spear, which is one foot long and two feet long, and is a weapon to defend against cavalry gangs when rushing into the formation.

Five hundred light infantry, equipped with ordinary spears, one-handed horizontal swords, single-body bows with less than seven-foot power, only combat robe and some leather armor. Since they are light infantry, according to Sun Xiurong's idea, they must be used as surprise soldiers who can attack long-rangely. Their strength is not as strong as other branches of the army, but they must be able to win in terms of endurance.

In other words, if there are no horses, they will have to march continuously for a day and night with their legs, and there is only a very short rest and meal time in the middle.

Therefore, although it is divided into four categories, no service can surpass other service branches, and each service has its own unique function.

According to the responsibilities and powers of the Governor's Office, Sun Xiurong is qualified to appoint a guard and below officials, but he still needs to report to the Governor's Office for filing.

This time, he planned to let the former camp team, the south of Gongxun, and the right camp team, Nalun Xiaofeng, be appointed as the chief and deputy captain of one thousand cavalry, and let Geng Sidu serve as the chief and deputy captain of the strong crossbow camp, and let the Sichuan people who have been transferred from Hunu Town, Xi Yuanqing, the former chief of the heavy army, serve as the lieutenant of the jumping camp, and Li Jincai serve as the lieutenant of the light military camp.

As for the remaining 500 cavalry, Sun Xiurong decided to serve as the deputy lieutenant in person and let Li Jixun serve as the deputy lieutenant.

The most powerful young soldiers, Geshu Minu, was the governor of Yi Jiancheng, Yuanfeng, and the light soldier gang Changshi Yunu, would become the leader of another three thousand young soldiers, who would be led by Li Fei Shouyu in the future.

This time, Sun Xiurong was also preparing to promote Yuanfeng to the garrison of Yi Jiancheng, and Geshu Minu and Shi Yunu were promoted to the lieutenant.

After September, the temperature suddenly dropped on the northern foot of the Snow Mountains.

During this period, the thousand craftsmen in Talas City not only made various weapons, farm tools, and utensils, but also made a thousand helmets for young soldiers on their armor.

One thousand iron helmets!

A thousand tops are similar to the wide-eave iron helmets of the Ming Dynasty in later generations. The iron helmet is about twelve inches in diameter and is equipped with a buffer layer stringed by bowstrings for buffering. In addition, if it is summer, it is a layer of cloth surface and head, and if it is winter, it is a layer of sheepskin with wool.

The iron helmet is not made one by one, but is made by casting and forging and mixing. First, casting a hat embryo with good iron material, and then putting it on the mold embryo and thumping it.

Its bearing capacity is naturally not comparable to that of iron helmets made entirely by hand, but it is also stronger than iron helmets made entirely from cast and grinding. The quality is between the two, which is better than the large output.

On cotton armor, due to the restrictions on red and yellow by the Tang Dynasty, he could only use gray-brown. Ordinary soldiers used solid-colored cotton armor. Starting from the length, different birds and beasts began to be embroidered on the cotton armor. The higher the grade, the more birds and beasts there were.

In terms of the journey, we meander along the northern foot of the Snow Mountains and the east of the Saiye River, then pass through the territory of the Mukun tribe that occupies the southern part of Rehai, pass through the city of Dundo, which guards the key pass of the Zhongtian Mountains and the silver minerals, and then follow the Bahuan River (the Kumala River later) and go straight to Bahuan City (the Aksu, Xinjiang later), and then go north along the post road to reach Kucha Town. This road is also closest, but it is still extremely dangerous to cross the Zhongtian Mountains in winter.

The other one is the northern line. After passing through Suiye City, we head north, along the Yili River to the upper reaches of it, and then arrived at Yanqi Town through Yingshu River.

Then go south to Kucha town.

This road also has to pass through the dangerous road of Tianshan Mountain, but you can reach the closest place to Yingsau River through the Yili River. The altitude along the way is much lower than that of Jingdunduocheng. This is also the most convenient road between the Han and Tang Dynasties and the Tang Dynasties.

Of course, if you go this road, you have to pass through the two major tribes of Hu Luju and Daxi. However, you already know that the Daxi tribe may have rebellion, so Sun Xiurong wanted to see how the tribe launched and how it led Gao Xianzhi from far away from Yutian Town.

Moreover, at this time, the Daxi tribe should be far from ready and should not cause any disadvantage to him. If he takes a step back, even if Daxi Wenming is brave and is ready to attack his own thousand people, it depends on whether he has the strength.

As for Suo Shijin from Hu Luju's tribe, he has always had a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty and should not have taken such action.

Before leaving, he said to Nan Gong Xiaoyue: "Xiaoyue, the Western Regions have thin mouths, and men, women, young and old must use them. The Jiedushi sent five pairs of boys, girls, and servants to me. Daxi Wenming also sent ten young women, all of which were placed in the backyard to serve us, which was a bit wasteful."

Nan Gong Xiaoyue was worried about this matter. Fortunately, after Sun Xiurong got married, she seemed to have no intention of taking the women as concubines, so she said, "What's the idea of ​​Sun Lang?"

Sun Xiurong smiled and said, "Don't panic, now you and I are married, and I are husband and wife, let alone the couple whom I recognize today. You and I are both orphans, and I will be the closest people in the future. I can't be in the castle all the time. There are always times when I go out, and sometimes it may be a long time."

"You are Princess Thunder Yechuan, the Holy Emperor Qin Feng. After I left, even if there were civil and military officials of Feng Changqing who were responsible for all matters, you were the most respected. They would definitely report all matters to you. How can you manage them alone?"

"The current situation is calm and it is the time to work hard. These men and women might as well let them read and write. You are the adorable daughter of Princess Jiaohe. After learning for a few years, remember, don't teach too much. You can help you write documents and do arithmetic. Most of them are smart and smart. Pick them out as the leader, or go to your desk or run around, and you will not be deceived by outsiders."

"I will keep Yuwen Yongnu to assist you. He is a talented man from the Nangong Division. Let him help you teach. The male servants in it help you run outside. The maids help you take charge of the backyard. You will also be more relaxed."

"Sun Lang", Xiaoyue was very moved when she saw that he was heartfelt and was not as if she was fake. She couldn't help but grab his hands, "When will you come back? I can't live without you for a moment."

"Okay, hurry up and do what I said. Remember, if you don't decide internal affairs, just look for Yuwen Yongnu. If you don't decide external affairs, just look for Feng Changqing. If there is any war, hurry up and call Li Fei Shouyu back."
Chapter completed!