The war is approaching, and all Zhang Chao can do is set up his own field hospital.

Use materials locally and dig pits to bury stoves. Zhang Chao knew that there were several easy-to-use pit stoves in the wild, which were simple and easy to use. He directed the civilians to dig out new pit stoves, and then put the iron pots and pots brought by the army on the stove together.

"Boil boiling water!"

Field hospitals must have boiled water ready throughout the day.

A tent was also set up, simple beds were laid out, and pairs of stretchers were ready. Zhang Chao directed the civilians to classify the tents, red acutely injured ward, yellow severely injured ward, green general wounded ward, and operating room, and also mortar tents.

From time to time, the sound of iron hooves came from outside.

Zhang Chao knew that Li Shimin eventually sent troops to Mingshui, but this time Li Shimin might have listened to Zhang Chao's words and sent several more cavalrymen.

"Who received the task of entering Mingshui City?"

"Duke Peng, he was rushing to Mingshui City with 1,500 light cavalry. Duke Yi, my father, Duke Yan, Duke Langya, General Shan, etc. are responsible for intercepting the rebels."

Zhang Chao nodded, and it seemed that there was indeed some change. It turned out that Qin Qiong and others rushed to take over Mingshui together. As a result, as soon as Wang Jungu entered the city, the rebels arrived. Qin Qiong and others were caught off guard and turned around and fought. They were entangled outside the city, outnumbered and suffered defeat. Fortunately, Luo Shixin and others led their troops to arrive at the critical moment. They fought a lot before they could take Qin Qiong and the others back, but they lost the opportunity to enter the city.

Now Wang Junguo is still leading 1,55 light cavalry as the vanguard, but Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin do not act with Wang Junguo. Instead, they lead 1,000 cavalry to set up an ambush and intercept the rebels in the direction of Mingshui City.

Qin Qiong's mission this time was different, and the soldiers they led were also different. There were a total of 6,000 cavalry, which was almost half of the elite cavalry in Li Shimin's hands.

Such a powerful force is very sure to be used to intercept the rebels in the battle for Mingshui.

Li Shimin didn't expect Qin Qiong and his more than 7,000 troops to repel Liu Heita and defend Mingshui. All he wanted was to block the rebels for a while, let Wang Junguo enter the city to accept it, and then wait for his army to arrive.

After all, the large army does not run fast without cavalry.

The combat plan with the original historical one was only a little fine-tuned.

But the whole situation is completely different.

Zhang Chao couldn't help but admire Li Shimin. It was indeed the general king, and he had experienced many battles and was extremely impressive. This simple adjustment allowed the Tang army to avoid the tiny flaws of insufficient connection between the front and back.

In history, Li Shimin was a little too careless and underestimated the enemy. He did not expect Liu Heita to come so quickly. As a result, he only sent 3,000 troops to take over Mingshui, and then slowly rushed there with his large army.

As a result, Liu Heita arrived, and only Wang Junkuo came to the city. Qin Qiong and the others were stopped outside and almost wrapped in dumplings. Later, Li Shimin arrived, but he had missed the best opportunity. Liu Heita took the lead in surrounding Mingshui City and isolated the Tang army. Because Mingshui City was surrounded by water, Liu Heita blocked Li Shimin through the river, and could not advance or retreat. In the end, he lost his troops and generals under Mingshui City, and lost Luo Shixin, a general.

Everything you should do is done.

I remembered the letter I gave to Luo Shixin, and I don’t know if he would feel sick after reading it.

The letter he wrote to Luo Shixin was only five words, "Don't enter Mingshui City."

A group of troops were setting off, but Zhang Chao and the others were camping.

The logistics and supplies troops of each legion will stay here, and Li Shimin's Central Army will also stay here. This is the rear base of the Tang army, and all kinds of food, supplies, military supplies, and civilians who accompany the army will stay here.

Zhang Chao's field hospital is also located here. Some doctors and medical workers went to the front line with the army, but Zhang Chao still stayed. Cheng Chumo and others wanted to go to the battlefield, but Zhang Chao insisted that they stay.

There must be a fierce battle under Mingshui City, so it would be better not to join in the fun.

Staying behind is also beneficial. It is relatively relaxed and not so nervous. Although Zhang Chao still wears his suit of silk armor every day and sleeps, he still needs to feel more at ease.

"I finished eating the sausage and the ham was gone, only pickles were left, and the birds faded out of my mouth!"

Yuchi Baolin followed Zhang Chao and the others during this period and also picked up his mouth. It turned out that he could eat several large bowls of water, rice, and some vinegar and dry vegetables. But now, without sausage, ham, fried rice porridge, and no knife-cut noodles, Yuchi Baolin felt that she was about to die.

"There is a river and woods ahead. Let's go hunting and fishing. If you don't eat meat, you're bored."

The cow saw the tiger lying beside the brazier, and said weakly.

Zhang Chao looked at the dead noodles in his bowl and felt it was very tasteless.

This is not Liyang City.

The reserves in Liyang City are quite rich. Not only are there grain and oil, but there are also a lot of jerky meat, etc., and you can even eat fresh pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks that are slaughtered, and sometimes fresh radish and other vegetables. But now outside Mingzhou City, there is nothing outside the fields, and the local people have already retreated into the city.

"Anyway, there are all our troops outside for ten miles, so what are we afraid of?" Cheng Chumo was excited.

Zhang Chao is always worried that it is unsafe outside, but this matter cannot be said in public.

"Well, just go outside for a walk!"

In fact, it is also very safe outside the camp. There are Tang army's reconnaissance and escorts within ten miles of the camp. Once the enemy approaches, they will definitely be able to discover it long ago.

When the army set up camp, it is not all that are shrunk from the camp and cannot go out.

The civilians had to go outside to get water, log and camp, build camps, arrow towers, wardrobes, horses, etc., and cut down and make fuel. Even the cavalry had to walk and drink horses.

In short, a camp with tens of thousands of people is like a moving city.

Even the military camp is still very noisy and chaotic.

Now the camp only uses a baggage truck to surround a few circles, but it still needs to be cut down wood and built walls.

Outside the camp, there were people everywhere, like spring outings, those who broke ice and fetched water, those who cut wood and transported trees, those who cut matches, and those who walked horses and drank mules.

Looking at this scene, Zhang Chao felt much more at ease.

On a horse, Zhang Chao wore his own silk armor and carried a bow and arrow, and with Cheng Chumo and a group of partners, he led a team of soldiers out of the camp.

Yuchi Baolin got a net from somewhere. They first went upstream of the river and returned to the bay, dug a few ice holes, and then got down the net.

Then Zhang Chao and the others dug a lot of ice holes, fishing, and using spearheads to get into fish.

"Damn it, this fish is too cunning and cannot be stabbed, it can't be thrown away." Cheng Chumo held his gun angrily.

Zhang Chao smiled.

After blowing the north wind in the wild, he felt a lot of worry in his heart.

"You have to use a harpoon for fishing, and the spear is not easy to use."

"Where is a harpoon!"

"You can't make one without a harpoon. It's very simple. You can find a wooden stick."

Cheng Chumo cut a few straight egg-sized tree poles, Zhang Chao took them to cut off the branches, then sharpened them at one end and carefully opened a cross, and then clamped them in two small wooden sticks to keep the opening open.

A cross-opening wooden harpoon is formed.

"You try this now."

"Can this wood be inserted into a fish? Will it be better than my spear?" Cheng Chumo half-believed and half-doubted.

Zhang Chao made another identical harpoon for himself and stood in front of the ice cave.

After a while, a fish came over and inhale. Zhang Chao took a look at the blue color, then he made a sudden tweak, and the clear water turned red.

The fork hit.

When I lifted the harpoon, a big fish weighing at least three pounds was still struggling to shake its tail, but the harpoon had four pointed ones. It was not that easy to get rid of it after the fork was hit.

"A carp is good, you can make fish sashimi later."

Cheng Chumo looked at Zhang Chao easily forked a big carp, smacked his lips a few times, and then immediately ran back to his ice cave to guard.

Bang.

The sound of harpoons entering the water came. Zhang Chao turned his head and looked at him. Cheng Chumo excitedly raised the harpoon, then held the fish weighing about one pound and shouted excitedly, "I'm hitting the fork, I hitting the fork!"

"Well, you have fish soup today."

"I don't want to eat stewed fish soup, I want to eat braised fish."

"No problem." Liu Jun smiled, "If I can catch black fish in a while, I will make boiled fish for you today."

When Yuchi Baolin heard about boiling fish, she couldn't help but drool.

"Add sauerkraut, add more sauerkraut, add more dogwood, and add pepper and star anise, which will be numb and spicy!"

Perhaps it was because of the war that no one had caught the fish in the river for a long time, and Zhang Chao and the others had a huge harvest.

Zhang Chao and Cheng Chumo raised fish one by one, which made Cheng Chumo and others unwilling to catch fish. They all made them have made wooden sticks and harps to guard the ice cave forks.

Finally, the net was closed, and there were at least twenty or thirty fish of all sizes in one net.

In just half a day, Zhang Chao and his dozens of people made at least hundreds of kilograms of fish.

"It seems like I've gotten a little bit too much by accident."

"Then give some to friendly troops, and eat fish together." Zhang Chao said.

I made a lot of willow branches, stringed the fish one by one, and then carried them back to the camp.

"Come to our place to eat fish later!"

When you meet an acquaintance, Zhang Chao and the others will always say hello. Sometimes when you meet someone you are not familiar with, but when others come up to say hello, Zhang Chao simply throws a fish over and cooks it on his own.

When it comes to cooking fish, Zhang Chao has the best medical conditions, because he has many stoves and pots. Those pots are used to boil water, so of course it is okay to cook fish by the way.

Of course, the most important thing is that when Zhang Chao was still in Liyang City, he used public service and collected a lot of spices. Ginger and garlic are a must, as well as other dogwood and pepper. He even made some five-spice powder and thirteen-spice, soy sauce, cooking wine, bean paste and soybean paste, and got starch.

He also brought a lot of sesame seeds and spicy oil made of dogwood.

There are also small woks and frying pans.

In terms of eating, no one can compare to Zhang Chao. Although Yuchi Baolin and Cheng Chumo can eat, they only know how to eat. Zhang Chao can both eat and make it.

The hot hot oil was poured onto the thin fish fillets, and the dogwood, pepper, etc. were poured with hot oil, and it immediately emitted an extremely fragrant smell.

"I heard that Zhang Shenjun caught a lot of fish. It seems that I came in time and caught up!"

Li Shimin and his guards suddenly appeared in Zhang Chao's private kitchen, which scared Zhang Chao almost threw hot oil on his feet.

"Well, it's really boiled fish, no wonder it's so fragrant." Li Shimin walked over and looked into the pottery bowl, then smiled and nodded.

"This pot of fish belongs to me!"

Zhang Chao silently looked at Li Shimin's guards without hesitation to bring the boiled fish that had just been out of the pot to Li Shimin.

Seeing that Li Shimin was in such a good mood, could it be that good news was coming back? Zhang Chao guessed in his heart.
Chapter completed!