Chapter 125 More Important Things
When Deputy General Wang heard this, he was so excited that he walked around the sacks full of grain.
"What a great gift! It's really a great gift!" He didn't know what to say anymore.
"My Lord, the number of people you want is still too few." He took two steps back and said in surprise.
Ling Chan smiled and said, "Don't delay, move quickly."
She added, "Once your first batch of food arrives, General Liu will naturally send more people."
Vice General Wang nodded in agreement, "That makes sense."
"Start loading the truck."
The soldiers were more excited than each other. After filling the fifty carriages, they worked in pairs, carrying a sack.
"My lord, are these grains from Da He?" The soldiers were happy. They didn't feel too tired carrying the sacks and were in the mood to chat.
Ling Chan did not hide it, "It's Da He's."
If she doesn't get the food from Dahe, where else can she get it from?
"Did the Marquis get all the food from Da He?"
"How did you do it, my lord?"
"It must be the Marquis's gang of friends from the underworld who have arrived."
Ling Chan listened to them asking and answering their own questions and smiled to herself. She decided to let them think so. It would save her the trouble of explaining.
Liu Hong and Xiao Jin knew about it as soon as the fifty carriages arrived at the military camp.
"Really?!" Liu Hong didn't care about Xiao Jin and walked out directly.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the military camp. Liu Hong ran over and stopped beside the carriage. "These... these?"
He couldn't believe it and went forward to touch it. Based on the feel, he said, "Is this... rice?"
Going to another carriage, "Is this... is it beans?"
"General, there's still a lot of food a mile away. Our carriages are not enough." Vice General Wang followed behind Liu Hong, "General..."
"There are still more?" Liu Hong turned around. "There are still more?"
Deputy General Wang nodded, "Yes, there are still many. If we only use these carriages to transport them, I'm afraid it will take until dawn."
"So many?" Fifty carriages will have to transport it until dawn?
Vice General Wang nodded confidently, "I'm sure."
He would not make a wrong estimate. A long time ago, he was a soldier who transported grain. He could tell at a glance how much grain would be needed, how many carriages and how many people would be needed.
"Besides food, there are also arrow feathers."
"Then, arrange for a carriage to go there immediately..." Liu Hong's eyes lit up and he immediately gave the order.
Food and arrow feathers are exactly what Daqi lacks.
"Let all the carriages go." Liu Hong was no longer afraid of Dahe's surprise attack. Their generals were all dead, and they didn't know how chaotic the situation was now. He was just afraid that they themselves had not noticed that the food and arrows were missing.
Empty carriages rushed out of the military camp, and the soldiers heard about it and ran over to see.
"Did you get it from Da He?"
"Yes, it was obtained by the Marquis of Zhenbei."
"I heard that her friends from the underworld are here."
"Are you here? Why aren't you at the barracks?"
"Maybe he's not used to being in the barracks."
"That's possible."
Ling Chan didn't say anything about their speculation.
She only cared about whether Liu Hong had changed his mind. "General Liu, what do you think?"
Liu Hong nodded happily, "Okay, that's great. With so much more food and arrow feathers, I don't have to worry anymore."
Ling Chan said helplessly, "I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about...what do you think about chasing Da He?"
"Change your mind?"
Before Liu Hong could say anything, Liu Huaiyu ran over. She agreed with Ling Chan's decision and said, "Grandpa, listen to Ling Chan."
"The great general of Da He is dead, and they have lost their food and arrows. If we don't pursue them now, when will we?"
Before Liu Hong came to the border, he was also thinking about driving Da He back to He Yun Mansion. However, after coming to the border for so long and being beaten by Da He every time, he gradually changed his mind and decided to just defend the territory of Da Qi.
Now... the passion that had subsided was stirred up again, "Okay, then let's do as the Marquis of Zhenbei says."
He looked at Ling Chan, "Lord, when do you say we should give chase?"
Ling Chan turned her gaze to the soldiers around her. They were all very excited and waiting for her to speak.
"We have obtained so much food today... Tomorrow morning, let the brothers have a good meal, and then... chase Da He and drive them back to He Yun Mansion."
"Hurry back to He Yun Mansion."
"Hurry back to He Yun Mansion."
The soldiers were excited, and they raised their hands and shouted, "Go back to He Yunfu, drive the Da He soldiers back to He Yunfu."
Meanwhile, on Dahe's side, the soldiers were lost...
Their general, Barahu, died just like that? Just... died all of a sudden?
Hailasu also stared at Barhu's body in a daze. Like the soldiers, he couldn't believe it... In just a moment... Barhu was dead?
"Come here." He came back to his senses, "Immediately report the news that General Barahu was assassinated by Daqi back to the capital."
"Clean this place up."
The so-called cleaning up means gathering the corpses on the ground and burning them all with fire.
This is a way to clean up the battlefield. It can clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible, restore vitality, and stabilize the morale of the soldiers.
Hailasu continued, "All generals and lieutenants, go to the meeting tent..."
"Hilasu." Someone stood up. He was Ju Hongtu, who was also a deputy general like Hailasu.
"What? General Barhu just died and you want to take the throne?" Jiu Hongtu had a face full of flesh and looked fierce.
And Hailasu looked a little petite in front of him, and Hailasu also looked kinder.
"Jiu Hongtu." Hailasu was small in stature, but he held a powerful presence. "Who will be the next leader of the border army? The imperial court will make the arrangements."
"Our main focus now is to deal with Daqi, not internal strife."
Jiu Hongtu snorted disdainfully, "Hilasu, don't say you don't want to..."
"It doesn't matter whether we want to or not." Hailasu stared at Ju Hongtu, "I only know that if we can't defend the border and He Yunfu, we will all die."
"Hmph." Jiu Hongtu snorted again, "No matter how powerful Daqi is, there's no way he can prevent us from defending He Yun Mansion."
"Hilasu, don't be alarmist here."
"Jiu Hongtu, I also want to advise you not to take Daqi lightly." Hailasu reminded Jiu Hongtu, "What happened today is a warning."
"What happened tonight, huh." Jiu Hongtu said, "It was because of your poor protection that the general was killed and so many people in Dahe died tonight."
"Jiu Hongtu!" Hailasu shouted angrily, "What about you? Where were you when the Daqi people attacked?"
He looked Ju Hongtu up and down, "You didn't...just come out of the red tent?"
The so-called red tent is the tent where military prostitutes live. In order to distinguish it from other tents, a piece of red cloth will be posted outside the tent. Over time, it became known as the red tent.
Jiu Hongtu rolled his eyes and said, "Hilasu, don't talk nonsense. I will go to inspect the granary..."
"Report," a soldier rushed in, "Generals, the military granaries and arrow warehouses are empty!"
"What?!" Jiu Hongtu stood up in shock. "What did you say?"
"The granary and quiver warehouse are empty," the visitor repeated.
"Impossible." Ju Hongtu came out of the red tent and did not inspect the granary and arrow warehouse at all. What he said just now was just to perfunctorily appease Hailasu.
But... "Didn't Daqi only bring five people?"
"They killed so many of our soldiers, it's because they're skilled in martial arts, but to empty so many granaries and arrow warehouses... it's impossible, absolutely impossible."
"General Jiu Hongtu, it's true. Generals, please go and take a look."
Hailasu immediately followed the soldiers out, and Ju Hongtu and other deputy generals followed.
Ju Hongtu still didn't believe it. "How is that possible? We have so many granaries and so many arrow feathers, and there are only five of them. How could they possibly empty them all in such a short time?"
But the fact is... it was emptied.
All the granaries and arrow warehouses were empty, not a grain of rice, not a bean, not a single arrow feather left...
"Impossible." Even though the facts were before his eyes, Jiu Hongtu still couldn't believe it.
The other deputy generals actually had the same idea as him, including Hailasu.
"In such a short time...how?" How could they move away?
"With so much food, they can't go far. Chase them, chase them immediately." Jiu Hongtu was the first to react, but before his order could be passed on, he was stopped by Hailasu.
"Hilasu, what are you going to do?" Ju Hongtu suddenly shook Hailasu off. He was so strong that Hailasu almost fell down.
"With so much food, they can't get far. We still have time to catch up with them."
Hailasu was more cautious than Juhongtu. "What if this is a trap set by Daqi?"
"What if... we can't recover the food?"
"Jiu Hongtu, have you thought about the consequences?"
Jiu Hongtu retorted without hesitation, "So what if it's Daqi's trap? There are so many of us, are we really afraid of them?"
"It's impossible that we can't catch up. With so much food and such a short time, they can't get far."
Hila Su said slowly, "They can take away all this food without any trace. What makes you think they can't get far?"
"If word spread throughout the army that food and arrows were missing, what do you think the soldiers would do?"
Jiu Hongtu was silent, and the other deputy generals were also silent.
As Hailasu said, these people who can shoot generals in mid-air and take away food in a mysterious way...may have already gone far away.
If they sent soldiers to look for food, wouldn't that tell everyone in the army that they were out of food? And arrows?
Wouldn't the army's morale be completely broken?
"Then what do you say we should do?" Jiu Hongtu sat down helplessly, "Is that it?"
"Immediately send a team to He Yun Mansion to retrieve food and arrows. As for the next arrangements, it depends on the court's opinion." This was Hailasu's suggestion.
The ranks of these deputy generals are similar, and each of them has soldiers under his command.
In this situation, no one can restrain anyone else.
After all, whoever stands up at this time will have to take responsibility.
"I disagree." Jiu Hongtu stood up. "From the border to the imperial city, even at full speed, it would take thirty days. Waiting for the court's opinion? Isn't that just waiting for death?"
"It's not about waiting to die." Hailasu retorted, "It's about defending the border."
"No!" Jiu Hongtu was furious. "Once the food and arrow feathers from He Yun Mansion arrive, we will immediately attack Da Qi and avenge the general and the dead soldiers."
He looked at the others, "We Dahe can't stand this kind of humiliation, what do you think?"
The other deputy generals expressed their support for Jiu Hongtu. They were all warriors on horseback, so how could they be bullied by Daqi like this?
"Okay." Hailasu was outnumbered and had no choice but to agree to their request.
A group of people left the Dahe military camp, heading for He Yun Mansion.
Ling Chan saw everything these people were doing.
Yes, she placed surveillance cameras around the Da He military camp.
I originally thought that the Da He soldiers would come out to look for food, but now it seems that they are preparing to transport food to He Yun Mansion.
This is fine. She will move as much as they transport.
The next day, the Daqi military camp was filled with joy and peace, comparable to the Chinese New Year.
The air is filled with the rich aroma of rice and flour...
"Miss, it's time for breakfast." Hongdou came in happily holding breakfast.
Gong Lan and Gong Yu followed behind.
"This morning we had thick rice porridge and steamed buns made from a mixture of fine and rough flour. General Liu also had the kitchen prepare slices of meat, and each person was given five slices."
Hongdou put down the breakfast, and Lingchan took a look. Sure enough, there was a pile of meat slices, which looked like wild boar meat.
"Miss, we are going to attack Dahe today, shall we go?" Hongdou handed the chopsticks to Ling Chan.
Ling Chan took it and asked, "Do you want to go?"
Anko stuck out her tongue, "I'm already here anyway."
Ling Chan glanced at her and said, "We're not going."
Hongdou uttered a disappointed "Really?"
"We have more important things to do." Ling Chan took a sip of the warm porridge and felt very comfortable.
"What's the matter?" Hongdou asked, blinking at Ling Chan.
Ling Chan tapped her nose and said, "Let's go have breakfast first, and we'll talk after we're done."
Hongdou had no choice but to walk aside to have breakfast with Gong Lan and Gong Yu, but she would glance at Ling Chan from time to time.
After they finished their meal, soldiers came in soon to clear the dishes.
"Thank you, my lord." After the soldier finished packing, he thanked Ling Chan before leaving.
After breakfast, the troops started to be called outside...
"Ling Chan." Liu Huaiyu carelessly opened Ling Chan's tent. The guards standing outside were confused. There was nothing he could do to stop her.
"Hurry, the troops are being called outside, let's go too." She naturally assumed that they would have to go with everyone else...
"We're not going." Ling Chan shook her head at her, and then saw her disappointed expression as she wished.
"We're not going?" Liu Huaiyu's brows instantly wrinkled into small hills. "Why?"
Ling Chan had no choice but to tell her again, "We are going to do another thing."
"More important things." Hongdou came over and told Liu Huaiyu proudly, "The lady said we should do more important things."
"Is there anything more important than attacking Daha?" Liu Huaiyu couldn't figure it out.
"The Dahe military camp has sent a team of people to Heyun Mansion to transport food and arrow feathers. We will follow them and investigate the route to Heyun Mansion. After they have transported the food back, we will intercept them." Ling Chan told Liu Huaiyu about her plan.
Liu Huaiyu raised his hand and touched his chin, "You want to..."
"Cut off the Dahe army's reserve supplies and bring back more food..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
