Auxiliary Gong Cui Xu sat on his horse and raised his eyes to look at the rugged mountain road ahead.

The lush vegetation and the jumping of insects and birds are the reason for the abundant rain this year.

It has been more than a day since the capital went north, but it has only traveled more than 20 miles, and it has just crossed the Jade Mountain. You can see how slow it is.

There's a reason it's so slow.

The imperial court had already summoned the governors of Hebei Province to supply grain and grass, so they only traveled lightly. However, of the 1,000 people assigned to him by the Ministry of War, half were old and weak, half were sick and disabled, and nearly 100 were children under the age of 15 who had just been conscripted into the army.

There is a good reason for the military department: the older half are veterans who have transported grain and grass on the battlefield and have a lot of experience. Those who have some diseases should only be exercised with military activities. The young can't just throw their lives on the battlefield, follow him, the grandfather of the country, and have a good experience.

In fact, Cui Xu understood that the sturdy soldiers had to follow the prince on the expedition, and the military department thought that since it was to escort grain and grass, it could be a little more sufficient.

Perhaps they think that the Jin people are just a commotion, and they dare not fight with real swords and guns.

And the crown prince ......

Prince?

He scoffed softly. It's just that their two parties are fighting each other, and now the prince wants to lead the army alone to resist Jin in order to get the military power? I don't want to think about the fact that the military department has just changed Luo Yan, the cronies have not been established, the situation is unstable, isn't it in the hands of the regent to lead the troops to fight?

Cui Xu had some sullenness in his heart.

If I lose an inch of blood in the party struggle and the people are displaced, I am afraid that the emperors of the past dynasties will open the coffin board and scold these unscrupulous descendants.

Since he was born in the Cui family, even if he is a grain and grass escort officer, he must fulfill his duties.

Supervising the transportation of grain and grass in wartime has never been a trivial matter.

At the back of the loose line, a soldier about thirteen or fourteen years old leaned against the soldier who was walking beside him and said, "Our escort officer, is it really Grandpa Guo?" ”

The fellow soldier said, "Then there is still a fake? Do you see the one at the front of the line? It is the auxiliary general Cui who has made great achievements. Beside him on a pony was his ten-year-old son. ”

"Let's do this...... I mean," the questioner said, "Grandpa Guo's grain is too big and useless." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone in the front team raised the flag and waved it up and down three times, and then the flag was stretched out and pointed to an open space.

"It's time to assemble and recuperate." There was a whisper of discussion in the ranks, and the soldiers rushed forward in a bustling manner, rather chaotic.

"Soldiers," Cui Xu chose a high platform with a few rocks to stand on, looked around and said loudly, "Now that you are out of the Kyoto realm, your easy days are over." ”

Military discipline is strict. It is said that the peak speaks, and the soldiers are not allowed to speak in private. But after Cui Xu said this, more than 1,000 people buzzed.

"What do you mean?"

"You mean we were too easy before?"

"It's just that the grain and grass haven't been handed over yet, so of course it's easy to have nothing to do."

"We're not the vanguard army to kill the enemy, what else can we do."

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Cui Xu didn't care, and waited for them to talk for a while, then he raised his hand and pressed it, signaling them to boo.

"These two Japanese generals have watched you carefully. I found that you supported each other when crossing the river, fearless of hardships and dangers when you climbed the mountains, and orderly when distributing food, one by one, like good people. ”

Hearing his praise, the soldiers were a little embarrassed. The thin-skinned ones even blushed.

"But," Cui Xu said with a twist, "you are not good soldiers." ”

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