From Chang'an to Yanzhou, I walked eighty miles a day, covering a distance of 2,400 miles.
When we arrived in Yanzhou, it was already April.
After leaving Wannian County and walking in Xinfeng County for two days, Yunchu felt that Xinfeng County was far inferior to Wannian County. After leaving Xinfeng County and entering the east of Guanzhong, he felt that this place was not as good as Xinfeng County.
After leaving Guanzhong and entering the boundary of Bingzhou, this place was not as good as Guanzhong. After the army entered Hebei, Yunchu found that this place was far inferior to Bingzhou.
Therefore, comparing the original Wannian County with the Yanzhou in front of him, Yunchu felt as if he had plunged into the primitive African tribe from the Bund of Shanghai.
No one knows what Wannian County is like better than Yunchu. Although he repeatedly lowered his expectations for Hebei, what he finally saw was still far different from what he expected.
If the people in Wannian County are living a life, then the people here are just living.
Moreover, when the army arrived, the farmers who were cultivating in the fields immediately ran away in a panic, even abandoning their farm tools and some skinny animals that they should have regarded as their lives.
In Yunchu's impression, when the people of the country saw the country's army, the most they did was to watch.
Not here, they ran away.
It seems that the only people who like this army are Chang'an people...
From Yanzhou, they continued marching two thousand miles north to Goguryeo, where they were about to fight.
Yunchu felt chills in his heart when he thought that the people here were responsible for providing them with supplies, food and grass.
He even felt that someone here might stab them in the back.
Lu Chengqing, the deposed envoy of Hebei Province, was worried and entered the military camp from the gate of the military village in Yunchu to meet Li Ji.
He had a total of two thousand followers. This man was not only the deposed envoy of Hebei Province, but also the marching general of Hebei Province.
This time, he was responsible for summoning Hebei Province soldiers to supply Li Ji. After seeing Lu Chengqing's sad face, Yun Chu felt even worse.
It is obvious that Li Ji's army has arrived, but his affairs here have not been completed yet.
What worries Yun Chu even more is that a deposed envoy and military commander of Hebei Province has to carry a guard of 2,000 people while walking on his own territory. This speaks volumes.
The situation may be far worse than Yunchu expected.
Sure enough, after Lu Chengqing left, the rear army coach Gao Kan called a meeting with various people.
I thought that Gao Kan would give everyone a solid answer this time, but unexpectedly Gao Kan told all the rear army generals that everything is going well now. After ten days of repairs here, 140,000 people from Shandong and Hebei are waiting for them.
After the army arrived, they immediately broke camp and headed north.
Yun Chu wanted to ask something in front of everyone, but Gao Kan stopped him with a stern look.
After the meeting was over, Gao Kan left Yunchu alone.
"Don't mess with our military morale." Gao Kan said coldly to Yun Chu and let him leave.
Yun Chu returned to his military tent and immediately summoned Wen Wenwen, Zhong Kui, Lao He, Lao Huang, and the two Zhe Chong captains together and began to inquire about the food and armament situation of the headquarters.
Wen Wenwen was the first to say, as a long history member: "If we don't consider supplies, we can have food and grass for two months, three months at most. If we don't consider horse feed, we can still sustain it for one month."
Yun Chu said: "From today on, we will eat two meals a day."
Wen Wen nodded and said: "Okay."
Yun Chu looked at Old Huang again and said, "How about arrows and crossbow arrows?"
Lao Huang whispered: "Three boxes, no more. No matter how many boxes there are, the soldiers will not be able to carry them."
Yun Chu said: "Seventy-two feather arrows..."
Old Huang said: "That's enough."
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I don't think it's enough."
Old Huang said: "I still have a batch of rockets here. I can share some with you, but not many."
Yun Chu said: "It's better to have something than nothing."
After speaking, he finally looked at the two captains and asked: "How is the morale of the brothers?"
Captain Zhang Donghai said to him: "Morale is available."
Yun Chu then turned to Captain Wang Defa and asked, "Will reducing meals cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers?"
Wang Defa shook his head and said: "In the past, the army used to eat two meals a day. These days, adding the morning meal is an advantage."
Yun Chu finally said to Zhong Kui: "Temporarily reduce the training intensity."
Zhong Kui shook his head and said, "No, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted."
Seeing that Yunchu was silent, he asked: "Has the army already been in shortage of food and grass before they left the Tang Dynasty?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "We have to prepare for war."
The meeting was very short, but Yunchu had already said everything that should be known to his core partners.
Lao He, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "If there is a shortage of food, I will not go to the forage officer to ask for more food."
Yunchu nodded silently and waved to signal that the meeting was over.
When there was only gentleness left in the room, Yunchu asked: "If other armies encounter this kind of thing, how will they deal with it?"
Wen Wen said: "We are sending troops to rob food. Why, aren't we going to rob it?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I only rob the enemy."
She smiled softly and said, "Actually, you can pretend you don't know about this kind of thing. This is what others do when they are short of food."
Yun Chu sneered and said, "It's just a cover-up."
Wen Wen lowered her head and thought for a while and said, "Lu Chengqing should help us find the military rations I need. We don't need to take action."
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "When Gao Kan gave us a meeting, he already hinted at the shortage of military rations, but he said it in a very vague way. It seems that Duke Ying also gave him a silence order."
Wenwen said: "In other words, Lu Chengqing met with Duke Ying and told him that he had not completed the collection of military rations. Duke Ying told the commanders of the front and rear armies in a vague way, and then Gao Kan, the commander of the rear army, told you in a vague way that this
Isn’t it just telling us clearly that we can raise food independently?”
Yun Chu nodded and said to Wen Wen: "I can't leave the army. I'll go to Yanzhou to see if there are any wealthy businessmen who go to Chang'an to do business."
Wen Wen looked at Yun Chu strangely and said, "Are you going to spend money to buy food?"
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Except for having a lot of money, I have no other special qualities."
Wen Wen said: "Instead of looking for wealthy businessmen, it is better to look for local wealthy people. The food should be in their hands."
"No contact with extended family."
Gentle and irritated waved his hand and said: "I know, let's find a family that is neither big nor small, a small family that is not on the general genealogy organized by Taizong."
Yun Chu smiled again and said, "Since you are so smart and capable, why not sell the cotton that Wannian County will produce this year?"
Wen Wenwen looked up and saw that it was still early, so he left the military camp with fifty guards on horseback and headed straight for Yanzhou, which was eighty miles away.
Yanzhou is not a big city, but there is a city named Youzhou two hundred miles away.
Yanzhou has always been the gateway to Youzhou, so Li Ji's army was stationed outside the city of Yanzhou, waiting for Lu Chengqing to finish everything before entering Youzhou, in order to deal with emergencies such as food shortages.
It takes four days to travel from Yanzhou to Youzhou. In other words, Lu Chengqing politely left four days of free time to take advantage of.
Now, it seemed that four days was not enough, so Li Ji ordered to continue to stay here for ten days, which gave Lu Chengqing fourteen more days.
If fourteen days have passed and Lu Chengqing has not finished his work, then Li Ji will definitely take Lu Chengqing into account and show no mercy.
Li Ji didn't have much time. At this time, Su Dingfang's light chariot and Jian Cong were about to arrive at Chengshan. If, when Su Dingfang launched the attack on Baekje on time, Li Ji's army had not forced the Goguryeo people to withdraw from Silla, then Su Dingfang would
If we can only face Baekje alone, there will be big problems.
It has been three days since Wenrou went to Yanzhou, but in the meantime he sent someone back to say that half of the matter had been settled, and he was planning to visit Youzhou himself.
After all, Youzhou was the headquarters of the Dongyi Protectorate and the rear area where the Sui and Tang dynasties attacked Goguryeo. It was considered the largest city in Hebei Province.
When Yun Chu was patrolling the night, he saw Xue Rengui, who was also patrolling the night. This man never seemed tired. Whenever he saw him, he always looked energetic.
Xue Rengui was the only one, and he was clearly waiting for Yun Chu. Yun Chu asked Captain Zhe Chong to continue patrolling the camp, and then he came to the military stronghold.
I don't know if it's because of my mood, but the moon in Hebei Province seems to be much smaller than that in Chang'an. It's like a small white jade plate hanging in the dark night sky, twinkling with the surrounding stars.
"I heard that your army's meals have been reduced?" Xue Rengui was still wearing a snow-white armor, standing in the moonlight like an elf general.
"During the march, the soldiers were physically exhausted, so they added more food for the morning. Now that they don't have to rush, they have fewer meals."
Xue Rengui nodded and continued: "My army commander was supposed to go to the supply camp to receive half a month's worth of food and grass, but in the end, he only received nine days' worth. Is it the same with you?"
Yun Chu nodded and said: "That's true, but I received a little more, twelve days' worth of food and grass."
Xue Rengui said: "I asked, the reason why you receive more than others is because your army has a military medical camp and a general camp, right?"
Yun Chu said: "If you have any questions, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush."
Xue Rengui said: "After we enter the Songmo Governor's Mansion, give me a cover. I need to lead the army out for two days."
Yun Chu said: "You are already so poor that you want to start robbing the Eight Tribes of Khitan, right? What benefits can I get by helping you cover?"
You must know that Ying Gong has already said that what he hates most is people who do things on their own, and they will be beheaded."
Xue Rengui said: "But if I get anything, I will give you 20%, no more, otherwise I would rather go to Guo Daifeng for help."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "That's it."
Xue Rengui added: "In this case, you should lend me three days of food and grass, and when I get the seizure from the Khitan people, I will return it to you."
Yun Chu looked at Xue Rengui and said, "I remember that the first two words the veterans used to evaluate you were - loyalty?"
Xue Rengui looked at Yun Chu and said, "In this case, shouldn't you feel more comfortable lending me food? After all, I am famous for my loyalty.
I'll lend you grain and grass, and return you cheese and meat, and you'll make a profit from this business."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Now that you have spoken, I can lend you food and grass, but I want 40% of what you get."
Xue Rengui sneered and said: "You don't have to hide it, I won't be beheaded by the heroic father."
Yun Chu said angrily: "I'm talking about food and grass."
Xue Rengui sneered: "I think you are talking about the preservation of my head!"
Damn it, I doubled my monthly ticket, and I just realized that, brothers, please give me your tickets, there will be four updates tomorrow, please, I don’t dare to be lazy anymore. Please.