Because of the locust plague, the whole Guanzhong land is red and yellow, although some green can be seen in the fields, but it is only a shallow layer, and many children and old people can be seen carrying baskets to pick leaves in the fields in order to maintain their fragile lives. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Earlier, Zhang Yi would kindly stop and ask Wang Lao Wu to send some food, but in a few days, he saw too many such things, and more and more food was sent, and in the end, he could only look at it numbly.

Tang Peng seemed to have forgotten that he was the chief of logistics and munitions, except for showing up once in the middle of the way, he had been hiding himself in the carriage. According to Zhang Yi's estimate, if it weren't for the fact that he still had to camp every day, this guy would probably have locked himself in the carriage.

Li Jing is very worried about the current situation, he knows very well that the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty is no longer enough to support a major war, and both the court and the people need time to slowly heal the wounds caused by this natural disaster.

Looking at the dazzling sky, Li Jing wiped the sweat from his head fiercely, and then looked at the team that had become exhausted, and his heart was full of sighs.

Eighty miles a day is the speed of the forbidden army, for the average soldier, it is already excellent to be able to travel fifty miles a day, and now the speed of the march is still sixty miles, and it is still in the scorching summer, which is undoubtedly a great burden for the soldiers.

"Chief, it's not a way to march like this!" Niu Jinda took the leather kettle on his waist and drank a big sip, and then handed it to Li Jing and said: "Such a big day, neither livestock nor people can stand it. If it goes on like this, it is estimated that we have not yet arrived at Shuofang, and most of our subordinates will have to lie down! ”

"There's no way around it! You don't know the situation on the grassland side, and the situation on the Mobei side is also delicate, if the old man doesn't order to speed up the march, no matter what happens there, the consequences will be unimaginable! Li Jing took the leather kettle handed over by Niu Jinda and took a full sip, only to feel that the hot and smoking mouth was finally much better, and sighed and said: "There is a heatstroke medicine provided by Tai Hospital, even if it is hard, it can always be overcome, but what is really worrying is the problem of grain!" ”

Although the imperial court had already ordered the state governments at all levels along the way to cooperate, the situation was not ideal in fact. This locust plague has almost exhausted the food in the hands of the people, and although there is still some grain in the government's regular warehouse, if all of it is supplied to the military, will the local people not be hungry?

Therefore, both the local state capital and Li Jing, as the general manager of the march, were very embarrassed.

"Yes! The weight of grain is directly related to the key to this dispatch, but Niu Jinda, the state capital, ..... also knows the relationship here, and his brows are getting tighter and tighter.

After a pause, Niu Jinda hesitated, but said again: "But march like this.... It's also worrying! I checked around before, there have been many people suffering from heat stroke, although there are too many drugs in the hospital, but after all, the medicine is limited, and this goes on for a long time....

In my opinion, we might as well march at night and rest during the day, what does the chief think? ”

"It's good!" Li Jing nodded and said, "It's time to let the military quartermaster sort out the grain, why don't I wait to see how Tang Peng's kid manages?" Wei Guogong threw him into the hands of us and others, I'm afraid this time he was determined to experience him! ”

"Not necessarily!" Niu Jinda was thoughtful and did not agree with Li Jing's statement.

"Oh? What does it mean? ”

"Hey! You! Niu Jinda shook his head slightly, he was very worried about Li Jing's emotional intelligence, his lips moved, and he said: "This trip to Mobei, do you think it will really start?" ”

"It's hard to say! But if Your Majesty's strategy really works, I guess we'll just be on the defensive this time, if there's an opportunity.... Or there is a possibility that our side will send troops! Li Jing thought for a moment and said lightly: "When I was still in Chang'an, Your Majesty once looked for me and gave me the right to decide whether to use soldiers or not!"

As for Pearl Khan's side to use troops first, to be honest, I'm not optimistic. Although his ministry claims to carry more than 100,000 iron horsemen, I think it's just boasting, the population of the grassland is even more difficult than my Tang Dynasty, he is afraid that this time he is counting women and children, the purpose is just to intimidate, and he wants to easily use the land of Hehuang without war! ”

"Looks like we're thinking about the same!" Niu Jinda nodded, and agreed very much with Li Jing's analysis, in fact, not only did they think so, but other officials in the court also analyzed it, and they really felt that it was unlikely that there would be a war between the Pearl Khan and the Tang Dynasty.

Niu Jinda said again: "So Tang Jian brought Tang Peng's kid over this time, it's not an experience... Hehehe! ”

"How's that?" Li Jing couldn't help but look at Niu Jinda.

"Naturally, it's just a share of the credit!" Niu Jinda said: "Boss, think about it, what is the purpose of this dispatch? It's nothing more than defense, and the house is just the end of the Ashina people, so whether we fight or not fight in the past this time, as long as the Ashina people don't mess up, our goal has been achieved by more than half, whether it is you, me, or the soldiers below, it can be regarded as a great achievement.

I see that this old boy Tang Jian sent Tang Peng over in such a hurry, the purpose was to let Tang Peng get some military merit and go back! ”

Li Jing couldn't help but be stunned!

He really never thought about that.

However, Tang Peng went to him to get military merits, and as an old man in the military, he also understood it very well. They are all mixed soldiers, who doesn't have three or five nephews behind them? As the saying goes, guarding Zhenzi to eat a full meal, since there is an opportunity to open the back door for the juniors, Li Jing will naturally not obstruct it.

"It seems that Tang Jian is also well-intentioned!" Thinking of this, Li Jing smiled slightly, patted Niu Jinda's back and said with a smile: "It's just a trivial matter, Jinda doesn't have to mind, as a disciple of the sect to get some promotion, do we still have to obstruct it as elders?"

I think this Tang Jian has a good brain, and the juniors in the family will also have a promotion method in the future, and the juniors in that family will eat according to this method, I think it's good! ”

"You!" Niu Jinda was speechless for a while.

Although he agreed with Li Jing's idea, he was not optimistic about Tang Peng, and said at the moment: "The chief manager doesn't know anything, if it were other juniors, I would naturally not be so embarrassed by him, but this Tang Peng... To be honest, I'm really not optimistic! ”