Leng Guinan spoke for a long time, explaining the situation thoroughly. Then he said with some self-blame: "There is insufficient food and grass, and I, the transshipment envoy, have the responsibility."

"Don't say that, you've done a great job." Chenyue comforted softly: "These changes were unexpected and not your fault."

Leng Guinan nodded and forced a smile towards Chen Yue.

Song Zhilu sighed and said: "Sorry, Governor Zhou and Governor Wen have tried their best, but they really can't worry about getting more food and grass. Many people have donated part of their rations, and officials of all sizes within the territory are also scrimping on food and clothing.

.According to the current situation, how can hundreds of thousands of frontier troops survive until the autumn harvest?"

The former minister of the Imperial Academy rarely looked sad, but this time he was really in trouble. This was a major event involving the lives of hundreds of thousands of border troops.

Chenyue raised his head and asked: "Have you left enough food for the soldiers at the border?"

The border pass in Chenyue's mouth is naturally the nearly 100,000 border troops stationed at Tianlang Pass, Wuguan and Shuofeng City.

"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, the food for the defenders in these three places is enough to last until the end of the year. This is the gateway to Beiliang. I will not touch the food in these three places no matter what." Leng Guinan nodded in response.

Hearing this, Chen Yue felt relieved. The Liaodong army did not have enough food and grass. The worst case scenario would be for the entire army to withdraw to Beiliang. However, insufficient food and grass at the border might cause the whole of Beiliang to fall under the hooves of the Yan Rong. There was no one to take this risk.

Affordable.

"What about the fertile land in Shuozhou? Are they being reclaimed as planned?" Chu Yucheng also asked a question.

Song Zhilu's expression became brighter when he mentioned this: "It's pretty good. The number of acres of cultivated land is more than we imagined, and there are still refugees coming in. I believe that by the time of the autumn harvest, our army's food and grass problems can be solved.

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"Huh." Chenyue breathed a sigh of relief. This can be considered good news. Isn't it just for this moment that I made up my mind to invest manpower and material resources in expanding Shuozhou?

Huangfu Mu, who was sitting next to him, said: "In other words, what we need to solve now is the food and grass for the period from one and a half months to the autumn harvest. At least two more months of 200,000 troops must be raised."

"Yes!" Leng Guinan nodded heavily: "That's what I mean."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent was silent for a moment. There was war in the northern and northern parts of Liaoning Province, and the depletion of civilian food and grass was indeed a big problem.

Soldiers and horses must move forward before food and grass are moved. Food and grass are the top priority in the army.

Chen Yue held his head and said, "Tell me, do you guys have any ideas?"

Leng Guinan said tentatively: "I heard that the army seized a lot of gold and silver treasures in Shunzhou and Tanzhou. We can use the money to go to the Central Plains to buy food."

Chen Yue shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid it won't work. Although I have money, it takes too much time to buy food. It also requires mobilizing a lot of manpower to do it. I, Beiliang, can't spare so many people."

Leng Guinan thought about it and felt that it was not feasible, so he frowned and remained silent.

Chu Yucheng banged his fist on the desk and said: "Then there is only one way. Take Tanzhou City within a month. There should be a lot of food and grass in Tanzhou City. Taking Tanzhou can solve the dilemma of the army."

Song Zhilu and Leng Guinan's eyes lit up: "This method is feasible!"

But before the two of them could relax their brows, Huangfu Mu said with a wry smile: "Although it is feasible, there are risks. What if Tanzhou City cannot be taken within the specified time? Or maybe the Jin soldiers want to burn with us before breaking the city and destroy the food and grass.

What to do if it is burned to the ground? We must not take risks with uncertain things!"

The inheritor of the art became firm at the end, and he obviously disapproved of pinning his hopes on Tanzhou City.

Chu Yucheng lowered his head: "Senior Huangfu is right, the battlefield conditions are changing rapidly, and we cannot hang ourselves on this tree."

Everyone fell into silence again.

After a long time, Chen Yue stood up slowly: "Write a letter to the Xue family. I believe Xue Leihan can raise part of the grain supply army. Leng Guinan can also contact some grain merchants in the Central Plains first according to your idea, and he is willing to send it to the North

If it is cold, we will spend money to buy it. This Tanzhou City can also step up the attack. If we use three methods in parallel, we will always solve this food and grass problem!"

Several people looked at each other first, and Song Zhilu spoke first: "I agree, the three methods will be rolled out at the same time, so that we will not be stretched when the time comes. The Xue family has strong financial resources, and it is the richest in Qingzhou, so it must be able to help us raise some money!"

Chu Yucheng and Leng Guinan nodded.

Huangfu Mu stretched out a finger and said: "Since we need the Xue family to help, we should first send a decree to the court to request the allocation of grain and grass, and then the Xue family can come forward."

Leng Guinan was stunned and said angrily: "What kind of imperial court is this? They don't care about the life and death of the people of Liaodong at all. They don't need to interfere in anything we do."

Leng Guinan opened his mouth with a strong hatred for the court.

"Hey, Mr. Leng, having said that, we can't do this." Huangfu smiled and stroked his beard: "If we bypass the court and directly let the Xue family take action, think about it, in the eyes of the court, doing so is inconsistent with

What’s the difference between rebellion?”

Song Zhilu, who was well versed in the affairs of the court, nodded: "Mr. Huangfu is right. If the Xue family helps without authorization, they will become a thorn in the side of other aristocratic families in the court."

Leng Guinan suddenly realized it and scratched his head in embarrassment: "I thought it was too simple."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Chen Yue stood up and said: "Then you two should return to Beiliang as soon as possible. Leng Guinan is still in charge of Hulu City, and I will leave it to you to contact the Central Plains grain merchants. Master Song mainly needs to keep a close eye on

The war in Beiliangdao and the fertile land in Shuozhou. As for the letter to the Xue family, I wrote it myself."

"promise!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

Just as Song Zhilu was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, took out a letter from his arms and put it on the table, muttering: "Master Hou, I almost forgot."

"What?" Chenyue was confused.

Song Zhilu grinned: "Mrs. Hou's letter to you!"

Before he finished speaking, Song Zhilu ran out of the camp, only to hear Chen Yue's loud curse coming from behind: "Song Zhilu! If you really forget me, I will fight with you!"

"Hahaha!"

Several people who ran out of the camp together laughed.

Inside the camp, Chen Yue rubbed his hands happily and opened the letter left by Song Zhilu.

The familiar handwriting suddenly jumped into Chen Yue's eyes, light and moving yet powerful.

The letter first rambled on about all the big and small things in the family, and then talked about the elder's physical condition, as if Ma Ling'er had countless things to say to Chenyue.

There was no mention of the war in the letter. It seemed that Ma Ling'er did not dare to mention it or was unwilling to destroy the warm atmosphere in the letter.

Chen Yue looked at the few pages of the letter happily without blinking his eyelids. When he saw the sentence at the end of the letter, Chen Yue suddenly felt his eyes turn red:

The fetus is well, don’t miss it!
Chapter completed!