The deputy generals' eyes lit up and they looked at Yi Zhengjin with joy.
"In this way, the soldiers won't have to go hungry."
"It won't be easy to suppress the bandits if you don't have enough to eat."
The other lieutenants also nodded happily.
"Yes, I've been worried since we set out. What will we do when we run out of this little ration? It turns out the Emperor has already made all the arrangements."
"As long as there's something to eat, it's fine. Winter is different from summer. It's hard to walk if you don't have enough to eat."
"It's not very good. Look at the desolate surroundings. There's nothing to eat."
"Once we reach the Santong Mountains, we'll have meat to eat. There are many wild animals in the deep mountains."
"Yes, yes, yes, I've been craving meat for a long time, and this time I must eat my fill..."
“…”
Without having to worry about food and water, the deputy generals happily discussed hunting in the Santong Mountains.
Everyone was swallowing their saliva, as if the wild boar meat had already been delivered to their mouths.
Everyone was talking so much that they drooled, wishing they could fly to the Santong Mountains right now and hunt two wild boars to satisfy their cravings.
The past six months have been the most difficult time in their lives.
I used to eat three meals a day, but in the past two months it has become one meal every three days.
Look at how hungry the soldiers are, they are all skin and bones.
They also went to the Minister of Revenue to protest many times.
However, these military generals were no match for the Minister of Revenue.
The old man sighed and kept telling them, "The drought in the northwest is severe, and the people are displaced. The grain in the national treasury must first help the victims..."
They also said that it was good enough for them to have one meal every three days, and that the people in the northwest had started to chew tree bark.
This sounds like they are ungrateful.
But they also didn't see any food being transported to the northwest.
I don’t know how the Ministry of Revenue did it.
Yi Zhengjin looked at the deputy generals who were talking excitedly and smiled.
It is really not possible for military generals not to eat meat.
To be honest, he is also quite greedy for meat.
However, there are probably not many wild animals in this mountain.
He took his guards for a stroll in Crooked Neck Mountain, covered in dust, but did not encounter a single wild animal.
In fact, if you go deeper into the mountains, you will definitely encounter wild animals.
However, he was afraid that the Shen family might be hiding in the mountains.
If he were to break in with his men and encounter them, all the guards following him would be killed.
So when they reached halfway up the mountain, he used the excuse that the Shen family did not have the ability to enter the mountains and retreated with his guards.
Who knew that he would actually meet Chen Yong when he was going down the mountain.
Thinking of Shen Yong's superb skills, he couldn't help but feel a little curious.
Thinking about it carefully, he really admired Shen Yong. He had pretended to be a dandy in the capital for so many years, and no one had seen through him.
He thought he couldn't do it.
With the food and fodder from Danyun City to support the soldiers, they felt much better on the journey.
Since there is hope for the future, let's take a detour.
At noon on the third day after the army left the capital.
"Commander-in-Chief!!!"
The deputy general hurried to Yi Zhengjin's side.
Yi Zhengjin, who was sitting on the ground chewing a sesame cake, was stunned. He looked at the panicked deputy general with a puzzled look.
"What's wrong?"
Could it be...
Yi Zhengjin's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but look towards the official road.
This place is at least 10 kilometers away from the official road, so you definitely can't see what's happening on the other side of the official road.
He deliberately took his soldiers on a long detour, as far away from the official road as possible, to avoid a head-on encounter with Shen Yong's army.
The deputy general took a breath and frowned.
"It seems like a large group of people are passing by on the official road."
"The spies took a look from a distance and it seems to be an army."
"Oh!?" Yi Zhengjin looked at the deputy general calmly.
"General Fan must have returned to the capital."
Wow, what a mediocre army.
The speed is really fast. Doesn’t that mean Shen Yong can take over the capital before he even reaches Menglan City?
If this was true, he would have to take his soldiers on a longer detour to prevent his lieutenants from discovering the situation in the capital and causing trouble when they returned.
"Ah!?" The deputy general looked at Yi Zhengjin in shock.
"General Fan... went to extinguish the fire in Fire City. How come he's back so soon?"
Judging from the time, General Fan probably hadn't even walked halfway, so how could he suddenly come back?
Yi Zhengjin glanced at the deputy general.
"You forgot that General Fan had an old injury. Maybe it relapsed, so he rushed back in a hurry."
"Why!"
Yi Zhengjin sighed deeply.
"The Fire City is there and we can't escape. General Fan's health is naturally more important than the Fire City."
"Even the emperor wouldn't blame General Fan for this."
Yi Zhengjin looked up at the deputy general.
"Inform the soldiers to stay away from the official road and pretend they didn't see General Fan and his group."
"Ah!?" The deputy general looked at Yi Zhengjin in confusion, "Commander-in-chief, why is this happening?"
Yi Zhengjin glanced at the deputy general and asked, "Do you want to go to Fire City and destroy the rebels?"
"There was nothing to eat or drink on the way to Fire Extinguishing City."
"The drought in the northwest was extremely severe, and countless people died of starvation."
"If you want to go to extinguish Fire City on behalf of General Fan, then just hang around near the official road and let General Fan notice you."
The deputy generals choked, looked at each other, pursed their lips and dared not ask any further questions.
Who wants to go to the Fire City? Not to mention the long journey, the main problem is that it’s cold and there’s nothing to eat or drink.
These 150,000 soldiers haven't changed their cotton-padded clothes for more than a month, and this year's winter clothes have not been distributed at all.
They would have to be crazy to think of going to the Fire City.
At least there is some hope if we go to the Santong Mountains. There must be some wild animals in the deep mountains, so they won't starve to death.
If we go to extinguish the fire city, it will be a matter of life and death.
"Uh... We are ordered by the Emperor to go to the Santong Mountains to suppress bandits. How can we replace General Fan to extinguish Fire City?"
The deputy general muttered something, turned around and said to the personal guards around him,
"Go, tell the spies to come back quickly. Don't hang around during lunch time."
"I've had a good rest so I can set off early."
Yi Zhengjin looked at the soldiers who were all sitting on the ground with their heads hunched and eating dry food, and smiled faintly.
Why!
These are the soldiers left behind by Emperor Tianwu.
If the Shen family father and son were still alive, knowing that someone had proclaimed himself king in Fire Extinguishing City, they would have volunteered to lead troops to eliminate him.
When it comes to loyalty and patriotism, there are few people like the Shen family in the entire capital.
It’s a pity that the Shen family are all a group of military generals like you, who don’t know how to avoid the sharp edge. The generals have made too many moves, which has aroused the fear of Emperor Tianwu.
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