Chapter 38 In the smoke of the beacon fire
"Urgent report! Urgent report! Urgent report from the front!"
A soldier came to report with a dusty face, his face was as dark as dirt, and his voice was hoarse.
"What's up?"
Zhao Songda suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"It's bad! General Mo Feige led 50,000 reinforcements and encountered the 200,000 wolf division at the northern end of Xijiang Ferry. Now, now..."
The soldier's excited words suddenly stopped, tears welled up in his eyes, and he was choked with sobs.
"What's wrong! Tell me quickly! What's wrong with General Mo?"
Tian Zifang couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed the soldier's arm, shook it hard, and asked.
"The entire army was wiped out! General Mo was killed in action!"
Xiao Bing spoke one word at a time, speaking with great force, his face seemed a bit distorted in pain, and said.
"What? The whole army was wiped out? General Mo is also gone?"
After Zhao Songda heard this, he fell heavily on his general chair. For a moment, he felt dizzy and his mind went blank!
"Report! Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened! General!"
Another soldier rolled and crawled and fell to his knees at Zhao Songda's feet, his body trembling.
"What happened again?"
Zhao Songda frowned and thought to himself, is there anything more tragic and difficult than the annihilation of the reinforcements?
Could it be that the North End people have officially launched a general offensive?
His eyes quickly glanced below the city, but there was no movement!
Just when I was about to let go, I heard the little soldier crying:
"General! Oh no! We don't have enough military rations!"
"It's not enough? How is that possible! Yanzhou is a big city, and it is also the main road to Beijing! There has always been enough food and horses! The food and horses allocated to Yanzhou by the Ministry of Revenue every year have almost caught up with Yunzhou City on the border front!"
Zhao Songda did not think twice and couldn’t believe it!
"Lieutenant General Tian! I have to stay here! Go to the grain depot and check for me. What's going on? Go back as soon as possible! Give me the order. If anyone is found to have stolen military grain, he will be killed without mercy!"
Tian Zifang took the order and followed the soldiers to the grain depot to investigate.
As soon as I opened the door of the granary, I saw sack after sack of grain and grass piled up like a high hill, filling half of the granary to the brim.
Tian Zifang knew it at a glance
, with such a large amount of military rations hoarded, it will definitely not be a problem to spend three to five months with those people from the north! This kid actually tricked his grandpa!
Tian Zifang immediately pulled out the big knife he carried with him, glanced sideways, and said angrily:
"Isn't this all well and good here? The matter of military rations! How can we tolerate this? Well, you! How dare you spread false news and deceive the coach! You! How bold!"
The soldier was scared to death, but he reiterated again with great determination:
"General Tian, spare your life! I am definitely not joking about the army rations! I don't dare to lie to you and the commander! You will know if it is true after you open it and take a look!"
Tian Zifang approached the big sacks suspiciously, waved his saber, and poked a few bags at will. He was stunned on the spot!
What came out of the small hole he poked was not white rice, but rolling yellow sand!
Tian Zifang didn't believe in ruthlessness! He picked up the big knife, turned around, and quickly drew a circle around himself. The sacks surrounding him burst in an instant!
Each sack was like the Yellow River falling from the sky. The yellow sand in dozens of sacks poured out simultaneously. The dust raised made Tian Zifang move back!
His grandma’s! He dares to fake military rations!
Tian Zifang felt as if he had been hit by a bolt from the blue! Thunder was rolling in! He stuck the big knife in his hand heavily into the pile of yellow sand that was lying on the ground, and cursed his mother angrily.
"Don't mention this matter to anyone yet! After I report it to the coach, I will obey the coach's orders!"
Tian Zifang solemnly warned the soldier.
After several months of fighting on the battlefield, Tian Zifang was not only passionate but also calm and decisive in killing.
Anyone who dares to secretly exchange the rations used by the army for sand and gravel must be a big beetle in the court! It is very likely that he is in a high position, so he can have such a method of substituting the rations that has silenced the public!
Tian Zifang was thinking about it, but when he came to Zhao Songda, he still couldn't hold back the scolding for a while. It wasn't until he was satisfied with the scolding that he stopped and gradually became quiet.
After Zhao Songda heard this, he hit the moss-covered city wall with a heavy fist! Gritting his teeth, he was so angry that he couldn't be more angry! He was so angry that he was shaking all over! His face was ashen! He was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment!
"Damn it! We fought bloody battles in front of the battle line! But behind they shot their own people in the foot! This is tolerable, but what's not allowed?
Tolerate!"
Tian Zifang felt a chill in his heart!
He walked from the granary to the city wall, only a few hundred steps away, but he was already furious!
Today's style is extremely cool! It's as cold as the people from the north brought all the frost, rain and snow from their wild and cold land!
"Corruption in the government must not be eliminated! But I never expected that they would actually focus on military rations! How shameless! I, Dajing, are going to perish! I am going to perish!"
After Zhao Songda was so shocked that he was speechless just now, he suddenly let out a desperate cry!
"Coach! What should we do next?"
Tian Zifang let out a long sigh and was at a loss, so he had to ask for advice from the top.
"How much food do we have left now? How long will it last?"
Zhao Songda calmed down a little and asked.
"Reply to the coach! I have enough food left over, but I'm afraid I won't be able to last more than three days at most!"
The soldier at the grain depot thought about it for a while and answered with a look of horror on his face.
"What? Three days? You said you only have three days' worth of food left!"
When Tian Zifang heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
There are only three days left. Even if we ask for assistance from Jinghua City and other surrounding cities at this moment, I am afraid that it will be too late to transport food and grass into the city!
Just three days! Don’t expect any magical tricks to make those people in the north who are eyeing him take the initiative to retreat!
Unless the heavenly soldiers and generals come down to earth within three days, otherwise, the Yanzhou city is just sitting in the sleepy city, sitting on empty mountains and waiting to die!
"Coach! What can we do? Coach!"
Tian Zifang's heart was filled with chaos.
"Lieutenant General Tian! Give me the order! All the soldiers have eaten and drank enough for me today! They have gathered their strength and are ready to fight! At that time, you will stay and lead a thousand people to guard the city gate, and the rest will follow. Together with me, we will raid the northern camp in the middle of the night!"
Zhao Songda's voice was sonorous and powerful, and his face was full of justice.
"Coach, what are you..."
Tian Zifang suddenly understood Zhao Songda's determination to fight to the death! His voice immediately choked up.
"Vice General Tian! Keep an eye on Yanzhou City for me!"
Chapter completed!