Chapter 565: Xiongdu (8)
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The wind never ends, and the rain never ends. Even though the heavy rain in Guanzhong came unusually, it would not go on like this forever. The rain is just like the Great Sui country, from prosperity to decline, sporadic raindrops falling can not stop people, and the huge convoy from Jinyang finally walked from the forest to the gallop road and moved forward with difficulty.
The three armies did not move the grain and grass first, and the two armies clashed with money and grain. The generals and soldiers all understand that food is the fundamental truth in the army, and it is important for the fierce generals who charge into battle to resist the insult, but if there is no food and grass to support them, you will be a good man with iron, and you will be starved and lose your strength in three or five days.
Li Yuan is not a person who does not know soldiers, and he began to accumulate grain and grass as early as a few years ago to prepare for the seizure of the world. In the past, the great cause of the Son of Heaven conquered Liaodong, and the people and horses were given 100 days of food, and they were given platoon armor, guns and guns, clothing, tools, and fire curtains. Order the army: those who abandon rice millet are beheaded! The soldiers were buried in pits under the curtain.
This kind of foolish baggage is unwilling to do it, because the baggage carried by the army in the past is limited, and the main baggage is from the treasury of Jinyang Mansion, relying on the convenience of water transportation, the grain and grass are transported to the front army. The top priority of staying in Jinyang is to ensure that the former enemy has no shortage of food and grass. If the front-line army interrupts cooking, no matter how benevolent Li Yuan is, he will inevitably go on a killing spree.
The errand of carrying grain and grass is not easy to undertake, and it is not much easier than fighting with the former enemy. Just requisitioning and dispatching people to ensure that the grain is transported to the front as much as possible, without wasting transportation capacity and without losing too much grain and rice, is not an errand that ordinary military generals can do.
Most of the soldiers are straight, and fighting with knives is commonplace, and planning and scheduling are not their strengths. Putting these things in front of them is enough to make these military men as big as a fight, let alone let them find a way to solve it, it will be even more difficult for the strongman. Fortunately, Li Yuan's reputation is outside, and the heroes of the north have come to vote, among which the hidden dragon and crouching tiger are naturally indispensable to be competent for such errands. Liu Chen, the military general who was responsible for transporting grain and grass this time, was one of them.
Liu Chen's appearance is not amazing, his skills are not outstanding, and compared with the tigers and wolves in Jinyang City, he can't take it whether he is equestrian, horseman, or spear and dance. But his ability to write and calculate with one hand, coupled with that carefulness and ability to dispatch and coordinate, is rarely matched. Even Liu Wenjing, who has always looked down on the children of the poor family, is full of praise for him, and Liu Chen's own long-sleeved and good dancing knows how to meet Shangguan, and it didn't take long for Liu Wenjing to be accepted as a private person, and then recommended to Li Jiancheng. This time, Li Jiancheng deliberately left Liu Chen in Jinyang to serve Li Yuanji, which was to borrow his talents to ensure the supply of military food.
Liu Chen's performance also lived up to expectations, and the many soldiers and horses on the front line were used every day, and they were arranged in an orderly manner under Liu Chen's dispatch, and there was no chaos or delay. Li Yuanji has always been good at martial arts, and he has never paid attention to Liu Chen's skills, but it is always a good thing that no one disturbs him to practice martial arts and hunting. So he threw all his errands to Liu Chen and ran away by himself.
Liu Chen was born in a poor family, his ancestors opened a restaurant to make a living, and he helped run the hall since he was a child, so he learned this skill. The restaurant is naturally unable to open, and Liu Chen doesn't want to be just a small shopkeeper for the rest of his life, and he comes to Jinyang to join the army, just hoping to fight for a fortune and go back, and he will naturally not let go of such a great opportunity. Although the errand was heavy, he did not complain, but did his best to handle the matter of transporting grain neatly.
The popularity that the Li family has accumulated over the years and Li Yuan's own benevolent reputation are not useless, and they are also requisitioning masters to transport grain and grass, and the people of Jinyang are extremely enthusiastic, and there is no need for officers and soldiers to carry whips and ropes to the countryside to catch people, and some people come to apply. When he worked, he didn't need to be beaten with a leather whip and stick, so he volunteered to do his job. With such good people, coupled with the fact that Liu Chen does have the means, if it is carried out step by step, Liu Chen believes that everything will go very smoothly. The front-line soldiers will not go hungry, and they can also stand out and leave their names and surnames in front of Tang Guogong, and seek a new foundation in the future.
It's a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and Li Yuan's military order suddenly arrived, and the demand for grain and grass on the front line increased several times. This order was like a stick, beating Liu Chen dizzy, and he almost thought that he had heard it wrong. Not to mention that Jinyang's grain and grass are not endless, it won't take long for Jinyang's grain to be used up with such numbers, only that the required number has exceeded the capacity. After all, Jinyang's people, chariots, and even livestock are limited, so how can they transport as much as they want. What's more, it is difficult to travel on the road due to heavy rain, and it is not easy to maintain the capacity on weekdays.
It wasn't until he learned the inside story from the herald's mouth that he swallowed back the words of resentment. Who is to blame for this? If it weren't for the Yin Shishi's evil intentions and throwing hundreds of thousands of people to Jinyang, Tang Guogong would not have had to make such a decision. In the troubled times, people are unpredictable, although there are many heroes in the world, there are few who are willing to take out military rations to feed a group of people. Thinking about the situation in my hometown where the government forced the rent, and even the people were displaced and their families were ruined without any mercy, I felt more and more that I had not chosen the wrong lord. As for the military order, it had to be done head-on.
If the animal power is insufficient, it will be borrowed from the people, and if the manpower is insufficient, it will have to be requisitioned, and it is always difficult to disobey the military order, and the people of Jinyang have to make up for it in the future.
Relying on the name of the Li family and the prestige of Jinyang, these things can always be done, but the real difficulty is that it only starts when they leave Jinyang. No matter how benevolent Li Yuan was, it was impossible for him to abuse money and food to feed useless people. The common people are no better than soldiers, and even the masters who carry grain and grass cannot treat each other as soldiers.
Those who are as mean as Wang Rengong regard their masters as mustards, prepare their own food, steal military food and behead them immediately, and if they starve to death without food, they only deserve to be killed, and then they go to catch other masters. Li Yuan is known as a benevolent person, but he only provides a few bowls of gruel to his master every day to ensure that people do not starve to death, and in this troubled world, he is a rare benevolent master.
People can't eat a few taels of food every day, and they don't have the strength to do things, and no matter how much they are willing to die for Tang Guogong, they are powerless. In addition, the heavy rain for many days caused damage to the roads, which also made it difficult for the team to travel. The soldiers did not care about the power of the animals, brandished their leather whips, and beat the carts and animals into a wail, and the wheels of the carts struggled forward on the collapsed ground. From time to time, the wheels got stuck in the mud, and the cattle could not be dragged no matter how hard they tried, so Liu Chen had to run over with his soldiers himself, or push or pull the cart out of the mud pit.
Liu Chen couldn't tell whether his face was rain or sweat, but he only remembered that he wiped it repeatedly and vigorously, but the more he wiped it, the more he wiped. I also know that this is not a solution, but there is no other way to think about it. If you want to blame this rain, it is too bad time, and heavy rain has fallen in Guanzhong and Shanxi, which is a rare thing. I can't imagine that someone would use such a method of driving people out of the city to damage yin and lose morality, otherwise Tang Guogong's side would not be so anxious to ask for food.
As long as the grain arrives this time, after a few days of rain and sunny weather, and the road dries up, this road will be easy to walk. As for the moment, this little hard work is nothing, and what really worries me is another matter. I just hope that God will open his eyes, and don't let your worries come true......
As soon as I thought of this, I saw a man covered in mud like a little ghost in front of me stumbling towards the team. The man had lost a pair of military boots on his feet, one with boots and the other barefoot, but he didn't care about replacing them. In addition, the road is difficult to walk, and I am anxious, but I am not careful, but I fall on my heels, and the whole person falls into the muddy water.
Liu Chen didn't care about the appearance of the person, but also stumbled towards the man, and said urgently: "What is the situation ahead?" ”
The scout who was sent to explore the way was the Liuchen Township Party, and he had the closest friendship with him. When he answered, his voice was choked and his voice was hoarse: "Liu Da, something is wrong!" Fenshui! Fenshui is rising! The peach blossom flood is coming, there is water everywhere, it is several feet thick, and our car can't pass! ”
An exit was like thunder. The strength around Liu Chen's body also dissipated with this news, and he sat on the ground weakly, not caring about soaking his battle robe in mud and water. What I was most afraid of still happened.
In previous years, the peach blossom flood was in April, but this year it was brought forward due to this unusual rainstorm. It is still a trivial matter for the Fen water to overflow the embankment and damage the road surface, but the temporary water that has formed will not go down for a while. If we wait for the water to dissipate on its own, we don't know how long it will take. But it's not easy to move forward against the water, and these animals are carrying a lot of weight, so how can they wade through the water? Besides, these people may not be able to endure this hardship.
Even if they are willing to wade forward, the speed can not be compared to walking peacefully, the date will inevitably be delayed, and the most important thing is that even if they are desperate to move forward, how to solve it when they reach the Yellow River? In the past, there was no wind and three feet of waves in the Yellow River, and it was even more dangerous when it came to the peach blossom flood. The ferry is often closed at that time and resumes traffic when the water calms down. With so much baggage, how can you survive the Yellow River?
Rao is Liu Chen is talented, but at this time, he can't think of a solution. On one side is the military order of the Tang Kingdom, and on the other side is this damn God. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians waited for the grain to go to the pot, but they could not arrive on time. Even if Tang Guogong didn't add guilt, how could those robes spare themselves?
The more he thought about it, the more desperate he became, and for the first time, Liu Chen found himself desperate and had no way to think about it. His gaze fell on his saber, perhaps...... That's the last resort.
"Choke"!
With a crisp sound, Liu Chen slammed the knife in his hand, and wiped it off his neck without saying a word. However, his friend and several soldiers around him had already rushed over, pressed Liu Chen's hands and feet hard, and snatched the knife down. The friend howled even more and said, "Liu Da, what is it that you are dead at this time?" When you die, who does the prince rely on to transport grain? At this time, seeking death is a bad seed! Even if the military law is unforgivable, we have to transport the grain over, don't spoil the national affairs! This is worthy of the grace of the national prince! ”
Liu Chen was powerless to let someone take the knife away, and he knew in his heart that the brother was right. It's just that no matter how reasonable it is, it won't help it now, even if you spill your own people's lives, this time it is doomed to fail. Regardless of the military punishment for the time being, what should Tang Guogong and those people eat? If there is no food, what will you rely on to attack Chang'an? How can this be?
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