Chapter 126 Emptying the Reserve Granary
Seeing Ling Chan nod, Liu Huaiyu jumped up excitedly, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
The soldiers outside have been waiting for a long time...
When Xiao Jin came over, Ling Chan's tent curtain was not lowered.
"Wanyue, aren't you going?" Xiao Jin asked.
Liu Huaiyu shook his head, "Prince Rui, we are not going."
Xiao Jin felt strange, "Do you have other plans?"
Otherwise, why would they give up the opportunity to attack the Dahe military camp?
"Yes." Liu Huaiyu answered without thinking.
Ling Chan sighed helplessly. She wanted to hide it from Xiao Jin, but Liu Huaiyu revealed it.
Xiao Jin looked at Ling Chan, "What are you going to do?"
"Are you two going alone?"
Anko raised her hand, "I-we're going too."
Gong Lan and Gong Yu nodded behind her.
"Wan Yue..." Xiao Jin wanted to say something.
But Ling Chan had already stood up. "Prince Rui, you and General Liu should just focus on attacking the Da He camp. As for us... we naturally have our own plans."
Xiao Jin: "But..."
But this is the border of Dahe after all, if anything goes wrong...
He couldn't hide the worry in his eyes, but Ling Chan managed to dodge it.
Liu Huaiyu was also worried that he would delay them from doing important things, so she simply pushed him out.
"Lieutenant General Liu." Liu Huaiyu was also a lieutenant general in the army. "There are only a few of you. If anything dangerous happens..."
"Don't worry, Prince Rui." Liu Huaiyu stopped in front of Xiao Jin, "We've all been through the Da He military camp, so what danger could there be?"
Xiao Jin also knew this, but he couldn't help but worry.
"Prince Rui, please leave quickly. My grandfather is waiting for you." Liu Huaiyu urged.
She had already seen a guard from Liu Hong coming over here, he must be here to look for Xiao Jin.
Sure enough, the guard came to Xiao Jin and clasped his fists. "Deputy General Xiao, General Liu asked me to inform you that it's time to set off."
Xiao Jin looked into the tent a few times worriedly.
Why did he feel like Ling Chan was avoiding him these past few days? He wondered if it was just his imagination.
"I'll go right away."
After the army set out, most of the military camps were empty.
"Ling Chan, can we set off now?" Liu Huaiyu looked outside anxiously.
This should be the time when there were the fewest people in the military camp since she came to the border.
Ling Chan nodded and redistributed the equipment that she had put away to them.
"We may be out for several days this time, so we should bring more dry food and water."
Hongdou ran out holding the hem of her clothes, "The kitchen prepared a lot of dry food today. I'll go get a big bag right away."
A few people prepared dry food and water, put on their equipment, and followed the army away.
Their speed was faster than that of the army, and it only took them half an incense stick of time to catch up with the army that had set out earlier than them.
"It's the Marquis of Zhenbei."
The army discovered them.
Ling Chan looked down and her eyes met Xiao Jin's.
Liu Hong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where are you going?"
Liu Huaiyu lowered his voice and answered him, "Grandpa, Ling Chan and I are going to do something else. It will probably take several days for us to come back."
Liu Hong raised his head and nodded, "Ah, um, okay, okay, be careful."
Liu Hong felt very at ease working with Ling Chan.
Xiao Jin thought Ling Chan was hiding from him, and subconsciously looked away the moment he saw her.
Ling Chan was stunned and wondered what was going on.
"Huaiyu, it's time for us to go."
Liu Huaiyu rose back into the air, at the same height as the others, and continued forward.
They were going to chase the team sent by the Dahe military camp to transport grain to Heyun Mansion.
Then follow the team and explore the way for the Dahe army to return to Heyun Mansion.
Of course, we also need to go into He Yun Mansion to check the number of Da He's reserve soldiers and the situation of the people inside.
"Miss, is that what's down there?" Hongdou discovered it faster than others.
At this time, they had been "flying" for an hour, and for the people below, four hours had passed from dusk to dawn.
But they were still at least an hour away from Yeran Mountain and Jinwei Mountain ahead.
Da He's troops did not dare to delay for a moment, as there was not a single grain of food left in the camp.
Not to mention enduring for a few days, even not having breakfast this morning would make the soldiers suspicious.
Therefore, they had to transport the food back to the military camp as quickly as possible to stabilize the morale of the troops.
Just as they worried, the Da He soldiers were eagerly waiting for breakfast, but as they waited... breakfast time passed. Coupled with the news that they did not intercept the enemy in time last night, the soldiers became anxious.
"Is there no food?"
"I heard that the food and arrows are all gone."
"How come it's gone?"
"I don't know, but it's gone anyway."
"What's the point of fighting a war if we don't have food?"
"That's right, what's the point of fighting if we don't have food..."
"Deputy General Hailasu has already sent people to Heyun Mansion to transport grain."
"How can we make it in time? A round trip would take at least two days."
"It's just...are we going to starve for two days?"
"If Daqi's men come to kill us, we won't even have the strength to grab a knife."
No one knew who said this, but the whole place fell silent.
Everyone thought of something and looked panicked.
At this moment, panicked shouts came from outside the military camp, "Daqi is attacking."
"Daqi is calling."
"Defend against the enemy, defend against the enemy!"
The soldiers grabbed their swords and faced the well-fed Daqi soldiers with empty stomachs...
Daqi's arrows rained down on the military camp as if they were free.
People in the Da He camp were constantly shot to death...
Liu Hong divided his soldiers into eight groups and charged and shot from all directions of the Da He camp. His original intention was to surround the Da He troops and kill them slowly.
After a wave of arrows, Daqi's soldiers rushed into the camp...
Daqi's morale was high, while Dahe's was low, and the two sides soon became separated.
At this moment, Hailasu and Jiuhongtu found an opportunity to break out and fled towards Heyun Mansion with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.
But they did not want to escape back to He Yun Mansion, but to re-station ten miles away from the original military camp.
Hailasu and Jiuhongtu also stopped arguing for a rare time. They knew better than anyone that they could not retreat to Heyun Mansion without the court's permission.
So they had to wait here for food and arrows from He Yun Mansion. As long as the food and arrows arrived, they would not be so passive.
You can hold on until the court sends a new general, or...appoints a new general.
Daqi pursued the victory and moved the military camp forward ten miles. This was the first time that Daqi repelled Dahe after Gong Lele's death.
"General, we must strike while the iron is hot and continue to pursue them..." Liu Hong ordered to temporarily stay in place, but the soldiers were unwilling.
Liu Hong knew they were very excited, but... "We've been fighting for four hours. Everyone is tired. Let's take a break first."
"Don't worry, let's rest and resupply before continuing the attack."
The soldiers were right in thinking that they were eating Da He's food and using Da He's arrows... and then they would attack Da He...
It will take at least three days for Da He to get his food and arrow supplies.
They still have three days to attack, so there is no need to rush.
Ling Chan followed the grain transport teams all the way and scanned the terrain with drones along the way.
She originally thought she had to cross the Ganwei River, but unexpectedly she just had to walk along the river.
However, the distance between the two mountains is not very large, and there is also the Ganwei River, so the space for people and horses to walk is even narrower.
The road that could originally accommodate more than ten horses running side by side is now only wide enough for two horses to walk.
"Miss, this place is so narrow. When they bring the grain back, they can only use one carriage, right?" Hongdou said.
Ling Chan also thought so, and one had to be careful when driving a carriage, otherwise it would easily fall into the river next to it.
"So... when they bring the food back, I'll help them relieve the pressure." Ling Chan chuckled.
"I don't know how grandpa is doing." Liu Huaiyu was worried about Liu Hong.
Ling Chan: "It won't be a problem to attack the Da He camp and kill thousands or even tens of thousands of them."
"The Dahe soldiers are now out of arrows, out of food, and low on morale. They will probably retreat for a distance and then continue to set up camp and wait for food."
"In the next few days, your grandfather will definitely attack Da He from time to time to force them to retreat..."
"I estimate that by the time we return, they will have at least pushed the Da He soldiers back fifty miles."
"Only fifty miles?" Liu Huaiyu was not satisfied with Ling Chan's estimate. "At least make them retreat to the Ganwei River."
Ling Chan laughed, "Don't be impatient, take your time."
As long as the reserve of food and arrows is not replenished, it is only a matter of time before the Da He soldiers retreat to He Yun Mansion.
At night, the soldiers transporting grain continued on their journey, and Ling Chan and the others followed closely behind.
When it was dawn, we finally saw the city of Heyun.
The soldiers entered the city quickly, but Ling Chan and the others couldn't get in. The guards at the door were too strict and checked everyone one by one.
But this did not pose a problem for them. They just had to fly in from the city wall not far away.
As soon as he landed, he caught up with the soldiers again.
The soldier went directly to the yamen, stayed inside for more than an hour, and then came out followed by an official and a group of yamen runners.
"It's not that I'm unwilling to cooperate, but you don't have a letter from General Barhu. How can I give you food and arrows?"
The official in charge should be the prefect of Heyun Prefecture. "If the number of grain and arrow feathers does not match in the future, how will I explain this to the court?"
The soldier was very anxious, "But, sir, General Barhu is dead."
"Our deputy general has already reported this news to the court."
The prefect remained calm and asked, "How could so much food and so many arrow feathers disappear?"
"Can the people of Daqi have such magical powers?"
"That..." The soldier had no idea. "I don't know. I only know that we have lost all our food and arrows. Now we have hundreds of thousands of soldiers without food or arrows. How can we fight Daqi?"
"If the prefect doesn't provide food, and Daqi attacks He Yunfu, can the prefect afford it?"
The prefect asked angrily, "Are you threatening me?"
"I dare not. I am just telling the truth."
The magistrate's legal advisor whispered something in his ear for a long time.
"I can only give you fifty carts of grain and fifty carts of arrows, no more."
"Fifty cars?"
“That’s not enough.”
How could fifty carts be enough for hundreds of thousands of soldiers?
"If you want more food, bring General Barhu's letter." The prefect was also trying to protect himself. Without the letter, he couldn't bear the guilt of embezzling military rations. "Or a letter like General Barhu's tiger talisman."
"This..." The soldier had no choice but to say, "Okay, then we'll transport fifty carts first."
He thought that he would transport the fifty carts back first, then get the general's token and continue transporting the grain.
"Let's go." The prefect got on the carriage, and a group of government officials followed him.
Ling Chan and the others immediately followed...
The prefect led the soldiers out of another city gate and ran twenty miles to the outskirts of the city, arriving at a heavily guarded area.
"Is this where Dahe's reserve military supplies are stored?" Liu Huaiyu muttered in a low voice.
Ling Chan also poked her head in to look. The prefect and the grain transport soldiers had already gone in...
Since the prefect brought soldiers transporting grain here, this must be the reserve granary.
Sure enough, an hour later, carriages came out one after another...
"Fifty." Liu Huaiyu counted.
"It's huge in here, and there are so many carriages."
Ling Chan murmured, "Bigger is better."
If it is big enough, it means there is a lot of food and arrow feathers inside.
Dahe is putting all his efforts into attacking Daqi this time. Maybe they have more than one granary.
"You guys follow them." Ling Chan pointed at the convoy, "I'll catch up in a bit."
Liu Huaiyu grabbed her and said, "What are you going to do? I want to go with you."
Ling Chan pulled her hand away, "No, I need to go alone."
"Hurry up and catch up."
Hongdou took Liu Huaiyu away...
Ling Chan remained where she was, waiting until the prefect came out.
"Keep a close eye on it." The prefect left this message before leaving.
Ling Chan flashed into the space, took out the invisibility cloak, put it on, and walked directly into the granary in a swagger.
"So much food was transported away some time ago. Why are they coming to transport food again so soon?" The guards at the door were talking.
"I don't know."
The news of Barag's death in battle has not yet arrived...
"Let's not worry about that. Just keep an eye on the food."
Ling Chan sighed silently, "I'm sorry, you guys can't watch over me anymore."
Inside are granaries filled with sacks of grain.
Ling Chan put on her invisibility cloak and emptied the granaries one by one...
After being busy for half an hour, she walked out of the entrance in her invisibility cloak.
Before leaving, she kindly threw a stone at the door of the nearest granary, attracting the guards to rush over to check.
“The granary is empty!!”
"Why is the granary empty?"
"Quick, go check out the other granaries."
"It's empty, this place is empty too."
“It’s empty here too!”
“It’s empty here too!”
“All, all…all empty!!!”
"Quick, report to the prefect."
The prefect was having lunch when he heard the news. He dropped his bowl and chopsticks and climbed onto the carriage to return to the granary.
Seeing the empty granary, the prefect's whole body was shaking, and his voice was trembling violently, "What's going on? What's going on?"
“Just now…just now…”
It was full just now, and now it's completely empty?!
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