Chapter 435: He said it was for the sake of the entire army
Temporary camp at Beimo Farm.
Faced with Gao Zhixing's aggressive approach, grain transport officer Wu Shichong was helpless.
"General Gao, it's not that I won't deliver food and grass to you, but the food and grass from the rear haven't come over either."
"Now, there are nearly 100,000 people waiting for dinner at His Highness's side. Naturally, I want to get there first."
Wu Shichong said bitterly to Gao Zhixing: "In order to raise food and grass for His Highness, our army is now running out of food."
Hearing this, Gao Zhixing was stunned.
Then he frowned and asked, "What is going on now?"
"To be honest, my subordinates don't know either."
Wu Shichong grabbed the letter from the desk and handed it to Gao Zhixing: "This came from the direction of Fugu this morning."
"Our ships transporting grain and grass supplies have all been detained in Xingu Pass. It is said that letters of collaboration with the enemy and treason were found in the grain and grass supplies, so we need to investigate them one by one!"
Gao Zhixing said while reading the letter: "Didn't you tell them that these are our military rations? Don't these guys know what is important and what is important?"
"Who knows."
Wu Shichong pursed his lips and said: "Seriously, General Gao, don't say you are angry, I am angry now too."
"If His Highness hadn't asked me to stay in the military camp, I would have wanted to fight the guard of Xinguguan with my sword."
Seeing his appearance, Gao Zhixing understood.
This guy didn't lie. There was indeed something wrong with the grain transport road at the rear.
"But what to do now?"
"My soldiers on the front line are still hungry!"
Gao Zhixing took a deep breath and said: "No matter what you say, you must raise enough food and grass for ten thousand soldiers for ten days. As for the matters in the rear, I will take care of them now."
"Okay, I will help as much as possible and send it to the brothers on the front line as quickly as possible."
Wu Shichong looked at Gao Zhixing and said: "But General Gao, the matter of food and grass is really urgent now. In order to supply His Highness, my subordinates basically We emptied the grain storage warehouses here in the Northern Desert."
"If the grain and grass shipped from the customs don't arrive next, something big will happen."
"I see."
Gao Zhixing didn't say anything more to him, and took the people by boat southward, heading straight for Xinguguan Pass.
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Xinguguan Pass, located in Hequ County, Hetao Region, was a water pass established only after the Tang Dynasty opened water transportation.
These days, Xingu Pass is very lively.
The winding river is full of ships transporting grain and grass.
Without exception, all the crew members on the ship were pulled over for questioning by the Xingu Gatekeeper.
As a result, these ships were parked on the Yellow River without anyone taking care of them. Some of the grain and grass carried by the ships were even bitten by rats in their pockets, and the grain was scattered into the Yellow River.
The scene looked chaotic and a little strange.
When Gao Zhixing arrived, he saw exactly this scene.
When he saw the grain and grass floating away with the water of the Yellow River, the expression on Gao Zhixing's face gradually turned cold.
His brother was still hungry on the front line, but the food was randomly scattered in the river.
He gritted his teeth and said, "You really deserve to be killed..."
After landing, he headed directly towards the county capital with a hundred soldiers.
Seeing that more than a hundred people were about to rush into the county government, the two government officials responsible for guarding the gate hurriedly stepped forward to stop them.
"Stop, who are you? What do you do?"
Gao Zhixing stepped forward: "The vanguard of the Liangzhou Road march, Gao Zhixing!"
Pioneer of Liangzhou Road March?
The yamen officer was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes became alert: "Can you please call the county magistrate, is there something wrong?"
"certainly."
Gao Zhixing held his head high.
"Then please let me go in first and inform you."
"No need."
"I can just go in by myself."
After finishing his words, Gao Zhixing continued to walk inside.
Seeing this, the officer hurriedly ran to block his way: "General, let me announce that you are entering."
"Get away!"
Gao Zhixing didn't have the good temper to treat him now, so he directly raised his leg and kicked him over.
Then, two soldiers stepped forward, drew their swords and pinned down the two government officials.
Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred people burst into the county government office shouting.
Ma Deyi, the magistrate of Hequ County, was deeply surprised when he heard the report from his subordinates.
When he came to the front hall and saw a group of murderous soldiers, his face was full of confusion and asked: "Excuse me, are you..."
"High enough!"
Gao Zhixing said directly: "Let's not talk nonsense. Today I just want to ask you, did you order the seizure of military rations?"
Hearing this, Ma Deyi's eyes flashed with panic.
"Yes, I ordered the seizure."
After all, Ma Deyi had been a county magistrate for many years. Even though he was nervous inside, he didn't show it at all on his face.
"My officer indeed found letters of collaboration with the enemy in the grain and grass, so he seized all the grain and grass and investigated the people who transported the grain and grass one by one."
Hearing this, Gao Zhixing narrowed his eyes and said: "In that case, I would like to ask you, what right do you have to seize military rations?"
"If the frontline troops make a mistake and delay the battle, may you be able to shoulder this responsibility?"
"General Gao, you can't say that."
Ma Deyi pretended to be aggrieved and said: "I am doing this for the sake of the whole army. How come you tell me that I am delaying the war?" "Besides, there should be enough food on the front line. We won't be short of this for a long time."
Some time?
Hearing this, Gao Zhixing was immediately infuriated.
There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the frontline battlefield.
If the military rations are delivered one day late, the soldiers will be hungry for one more day.
But when it comes to this person, it becomes an understatement.
Gao Zhixing tried his best to control his temper and not let himself chop this piece of shit with a knife.
He looked straight at Ma Deyi and said: "Now I just want to ask you, when will you let the food transport team pass?"
Seeing that his words had softened, Ma Deyi also felt that he was afraid of him, so he said directly: "Right now, the traitors haven't been investigated yet. I estimate that it will take at least five days."
"Five days?"
"There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the frontline battlefield."
"One day the military rations are delivered late, hundreds of thousands of people will go hungry for a day."
Gao Zhixing tilted his head and said, "Are you telling me that you want to detain this food and grass for five days?"
Ma Deyi pretended to feel sorry and said: "For the safety of the entire army, we can only wrong the soldiers."
"Fuck you!"
Gao Zhixing couldn't bear it any longer, so he raised his leg and kicked the guy over.
Before Ma Deyi could get up from the ground, Gao Zhixing took out the saber from his waist and put it on his neck.
"Aggrieved soldiers?"
"Do you know that the advantage of the front line is obtained by sacrificing many brothers?"
"Do you know that your actions today have caused many brothers to go hungry and fight every day?"
"You actually have the nerve to say it's for the safety of the entire army. You're really going to make me laugh to death."
"Okay, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense to you. You guys who act like this don't deserve to live in this world."
After saying this, Gao Zhi raised his sword and chopped off Ma Deyi's head...