After Cambri obtained the military supplies, he directly launched an attack on Jiayuguan. After several tentative attacks, he found that Jiayuguan was really not that difficult to deal with.
When he was planning to build more siege equipment, the Fucha family told him that they had internal agents in the pass.
So one night, with the cooperation of the internal forces, he led the army to directly attack Jiayuguan.
At this time, Kambuli was in high spirits. Jiayuguan, which he had never set foot on for hundreds of years, had already been trampled under his feet.
He knew that after this battle, the Turt tribe would achieve unprecedented development. If they could occupy Guanzhong, they could even compete with the Oara royal family.
Of course, the ideal is very full, and it is not so easy to achieve it. After taking Jiayuguan, Da Sheng will make a crazy counterattack. Kambuli wants to play it slow and steady, but those three tribes are like dogs seeing meat and bones.
, as soon as they entered the customs, they rushed in.
Kambuli knew that they were there to grab money and food, but he was not in a hurry and just let them consume Dasheng's troops. After all, Kambuli wanted this territory.
Only when they fight to the death and both sides lose, can he take over this territory. Otherwise, he won't be able to sit still.
After Ganzhou Wei Sanlu's army set off, in less than three days, they fought more than a dozen battles, large and small, and they could meet Oara cavalry everywhere.
These Ora cavalry committed all kinds of crimes, including burning, killing, looting, and they were also very skilled. They would run away when they encountered large groups of troops, and they would gather together to annihilate small groups of troops when they encountered them.
Dasheng's troops were far less mobile than cavalry and could only fight steadily.
This is also in line with Chen Changqing's battle plan, which is to push all the way over and drive away all the Wala people.
This is stable, but a bit slow.
At this time, in Ganzhou Wei Camp, Yang Xuan was studying a new trick.
Zhang Junbao looked at a large iron pot like a gourd, which was being roasted on the fire, and couldn't help feeling a little scared.
"Well...Mr. Yang, this thing of yours, it...it won't explode."
Yang Xuan nodded while spinning the big iron can: "Yes, what we want is to make it explode."
Zhang Junbao subconsciously took a few steps back: "Mr. Yang, why are you setting fire to it if it's going to explode?"
"It will only explode if you light up the fire." Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Just wait, there is delicious food in it, wait until I make it, and I will keep it for you to satisfy your cravings."
As soon as he heard that there was delicious food, Zhang Junbao became interested again. All the fears and worries he had just forgotten were forgotten and he squatted directly next to Yang Xuan.
"What's delicious?"
"This is called popcorn."
"Popcorn? What is that?"
"Okay, don't ask so many questions. Hurry up and fasten the net bag. It's time to get out of the pot."
"Out of the pot?"
Hearing this word, Zhang Junbao's saliva almost flowed out, and he opened his hands to hold up the net bag.
"Cover your ears." Yang Xuan said again, but Zhang Junbao was confused. When he was hesitating whether to hold on to the net bag or plug his ears, Yang Xuan had already kicked the lever holding the lid.
Kicked away.
‘Bang!’
With a bang, light smoke filled the air, and popcorn flew all over the sky.
Zhang Junbao jumped out the moment the explosion occurred, and the net bag failed to hold the popcorn.
When Yang Xuan rushed over, he gave him a roll of his eyes: "Didn't I ask you to hold me back?"
Zhang Junbao said with a sad face: "This has exploded, what do you want me to do?"
"Yeah, it's all in vain."
Yang Xuan picked up the net bag on the ground and held it a little, so he could at least taste it and see if it was cooked properly.
I took a sip and it was pretty good. It had the same taste as when I was a kid.
When Zhang Junbao saw that Yang Xuan had eaten, he quickly came over, grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Yeah, it's delicious."
Zhang Junbao still wanted to eat, but Yang Xuan slapped his hand: "I just know how to eat. If you held it in your pocket just now, you can eat whatever you want now."
"But who wouldn't be afraid of the cannon being destroyed? Why don't you find a shelf to put it on?"
Yang Xuan chuckled: "Okay, then you go get the shelf, and we'll get another pot."
"Okay."
Zhang Junbao left happily, and Lu Yue came over: "Master Yang, there is a war on the front line now, but we are playing around here. I'm afraid it's not appropriate."
Yang Xuan said while cleaning up: "How can this be a joke? I am developing military rations."
"Military rations?" Lu Yue scratched his head, what does this have to do with military rations?
Yang Xuan filled another pot of rice, sprinkled some salt in it, closed the lid tightly, then put it on the fire and started wandering around.
"You don't have to worry about so much now. As long as my experiment is successful, the sergeants on the front line can carry more food, and transportation will be much easier."
Lu Yue was silent. Yang Xuan must have a reason for what he said. After all, since he followed Yang Xuan, he has never seen Yang Xuan do anything unreliable.
Soon, Zhang Junbao got a shelf and fixed the net bag on the shelf.
"Jun Bao, do you want to try shooting firecrackers?"
Zhang Junbao nodded quickly, and then Yang Xuan handed over the job of changing the pot to Zhang Junbao.
"You have to keep turning."
"Can't go too fast."
"Pay attention to the heat."
"It's almost ready, ready to fire off the cannon."
Under Yang Xuan's instructions, Zhang Junbao aimed the mouth of the pot at the mesh bag, and then kicked open the fixed handle.
With a sound of ‘Bang!’, the popcorn completely collapsed into the net bag.
"Nice job."
Yang Xuan praised, but Zhang Junbao grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Bah, bah, bah!"
Zhang Junbao hurriedly spit out the popcorn: "Why is it salty?"
Yang Xuan tasted it: "The pot just now was sweet, so let's try the salty pot."
Zhang Junbao wanted to cry but had no tears.
"The taste is okay, Lu Yue, come and try it."
Lu Yue frowned after tasting it: "I'm afraid it's not good to use this thing as army rations."
"Of course it's not just for military ration, it still needs to be processed." Yang Xuan poured all the popcorn in the net bag into another pigskin bag, and then said to Lu Yue: "Crush all the popcorn.
"
"Mash it?" Lu Yue was confused for a moment, but he still carried out the task seriously.
Yang Xuan directed Zhang Junbao to open another pot and put some sugar in it in front of him.
When Lu Yue's side was done, Zhang Junbao also made a new pot of popcorn.
Then Yang Xuan asked them to smash the sweet popcorn.
The next step is to put the mold on, which is simply made in a steel factory. Just like an ice cube mold, popcorn powder and oil are mixed, then stuffed into the mold and pressed tightly.
After pressing it for a few times, Yang Xuan felt that his hands were sore: "Zhang Junbao, Lu Yue, you two come and press it. You must press it tightly until it is firm."
After some operations, the three of them got a small pile of compressed biscuits made from popcorn.
Zhang Junbao picked up a piece and said, "There are so many popcorns, and only this little popcorn comes out?"
Yang Xuan nodded: "These are called compressed biscuits, and they can be used as military rations. Do you want to try them?"
Zhang Junbao took a bite: "This is too hard, but the taste is okay."
Yang Xuan nodded: "It was supposed to be dried in the sun and then wrapped in oil paper. This is such a small piece, enough for ordinary people to eat for a day."
Zhang Junbao had just put the small piece of compressed biscuit into his mouth, and was surprised when he heard this: "Can this one last for a whole day?"
Yang Xuan watched Zhang Junbao swallow the biscuit, smacked his lips and said, "I advise you not to drink water."