After all, he joined the army at the age of fourteen, and for more than half of the time before he turned thirty, he was either fighting or on his way to fight.
As evening approached, Li Shimin, having not seen Li Jue all afternoon, couldn't help but speak to Xue Wanche beside him.
"Where is the eldest grandson?"
"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson's troops should have set up camp, but they are very close to Your Majesty's main tent, less than a mile away!"
"oh?"
"He didn't complain this afternoon, did he?"
"without……"
Just as the two were talking, a military commander rushed over.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The soldiers of the Jingzhou Garrison have rioted!"
"What?"
Li Shimin was greatly surprised to hear this. He had experienced soldiers mutiniing before in his life, but this was the first time he had seen one on the very first day of a campaign.
"Why the mutiny?"
"It is said that the soldiers in Jingzhou are complaining that the quartermaster is withholding their rations!"
"How were they deducted?"
"They said the quartermaster was biased and didn't give them meat..."
"Fried meat?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately had a bad feeling. In the entire Tang Dynasty, there seemed to be only one Zhechong Prefecture where people could afford to eat meat, and that was Sanglin Zhechong Prefecture.
Moreover, this wasn't because the emperor himself was giving them special treatment; they were just lucky to have a particularly good captain who was good at making money!
"Is the Jingzhou Army adjacent to the Sanglin Garrison?"
Upon hearing this, the Commander of the Central Army thought for a moment and then spoke.
"I'm not sure, but it shouldn't be too far off, right?"
Li Shimin sneered upon hearing this.
"Lead the way, I'm going to see these guys!"
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