The distant Jiangbei boundary is not as warm as the south of the Yangtze River.

It hasn't been long since the weeds have dressed the hillsides in green, and the trees have pulled out their branches and swayed in the wind.

In previous years, the industrious farmers were already busy in the fields, sowing the hope of the year.

But because of the barbarians' occupation for ten years, almost every inch of land in Jiangbei was stained with blood and lost its vitality.

This land has witnessed too much suffering.

There are innocent people who fled slowly and had their heads cut off by barbarian sabers.

There are also women and children who were lucky enough to survive but were wantonly abused and tortured to death by the barbarians.

There was also an angry roar of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was arrogant.

Of course, the most are the stumps of the barbarians, blood and unwillingness!

Blood debts need blood to pay!

There were still 800 miles away from the original border pass, and the Northern Expeditionary Army built a camp to defend it.

When night fell, the torches burned everywhere and crackled, and the whole camp was as bright as day.

There are soldiers who wash and scrub the horses, feed the grass and feed them, and take care of them carefully.

There are also soldiers who carry water to brush pots and chop wood to burn fires.

Thanks to the blessing of high grain production, Tianwu has been recuperating for so many years, not only solving the food and clothing of the people, but also the food in the army is much better.

Add water to a huge iron pot, boil the finely chopped corn ballast to half, then add half a basin of white rice, a large pot of potato pieces, a large pot of cabbage, and finally sprinkle a handful of fine salt, and it is a complete dinner.

Each soldier divided a large bowl, surrounded the bonfire, and talked and laughed while eating, which was also lively.

If it weren't for the cool breeze, there would be occasional wolf howls in the distance, and I am afraid that I would mistakenly think that this is in the courtyard of my home, and I am happy to gather with my relatives.

Speaking of the wolves in the distance, everyone's appetite was a little short.

The barbarians are fierce, but they are not as many as the Tianwu people, and they can't cook smoke everywhere.

As a result, the tigers, leopards and jackals who had retreated to the mountains and forests because of the human war all descended from the mountains one after another.

Especially the wolves, with coordinated operations and tacit understanding, the ethnic group is expanding more and more, and it has gradually become a pest in Jiangbei.

Every time the war resumes, the corpses that have not had time to be buried, or the corpses that are buried more shallowly, will be picked up by them and feasted.

In the long run, these wolves are no longer wolves.

At night, their eyes are green, their bodies are strong, and their white teeth are cold, like the demons of hell.

Compared with the barbarians, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not want to encounter such a pack of evil ghosts and wolves.

The big tent of the Chinese army held the door curtain, and Li Laosi held the porridge bowl, squatting at the door and snoring and eating, listening to the wolf howl in the distance, frowning tightly.

The Hou Ye in the tent finished the paperwork in his hand and came out with a bowl of porridge.

Ye Shan's eyes were quick, and he sandwiched a peeled salted duck egg and put it in Hou Ye's bowl.

Hou Ye was just about to speak, but Ye Shan had already hidden.

Li Laosi looked back and saw it, so he smiled and said, "Master Hou eat, this is what Fu Niu'er specially brought for us, and I have already eaten one." ”

Hou Ye didn't say anything, and drank the porridge with salted duck eggs.

A group of soldiers walked past the tent door, and when they saw this, they all saluted, and then raised their heads and continued to inspect.

Most of them are veterans, although they have long known that the Hou Ye and the generals eat and sleep with them, and they never do anything special. But every time I see it, I can't help but be excited.

Hou Ye, that is a noble person, he is willing to drink vegetable porridge like them!

The whole army shares weal and woe together, why worry about the northern expedition not to win!

After eating the porridge in three or two bites, Hou Ye was about to call the pro-soldiers to gather the generals to discuss the arrangements for the next few days.

As a result, before he could speak, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and the official document of Xindu was urgently sent for 800 miles.

Hou Ye opened it and looked at it, and his face changed.

Li Laosi was anxious, and there were no outsiders in the tents on the left and right, so he directly grabbed the official document, and he was annoyed after reading it.

"What's the matter with Dayong? He was able to let people destroy the military rations in front of his eyes! ”

Hou Ye also frowned, and replied after a long silence, "It's normal for Li Yong to be unable to prevent it." Besides, who would have thought that someone would scuttle a ship and sink grain. Everyone's protection was on the way, but I didn't expect an accident at the door of my house. ”

Li Laosi also knew this, but he couldn't help but be anxious.

"Do you want me to hurry back and get the military rations?"

Hou Ye shook his head, "For the time being, I was afraid that the battle line would be too long and there would be problems with supplies, and the rear battalion has been distributing it according to the seventy percent quota."

"The remaining grain storage is estimated to last for more than 20 days, and there is no worry about running out of food for the time being. It's just that this news should not be disclosed, and it is easy to shake the morale of the army. ”

Li Laosi circled the ground twice, and finally asked, "Master Hou, the emperor only said that he would let all localities remobilize grain, which will be delayed for half a month, and it will take at least more than a month to transport it over."

"There is a difference of more than ten days during this period, and the emperor will not be incomprehensible, but this arrangement..."

Hou Ye shook his head lightly, then looked at the night sky in the distance, and replied for a while, "The generals will not be affected by the orders of the army outside, and similarly, we are not in the new capital, how it is, it is difficult to guess."

"Don't worry, I've kept people, and I'll send news from home. You'll find out when the time comes! ”

At this time, Jiang Cheng and the rest of the generals heard that they were in a hurry for eight hundred miles, and they all gathered.

Hou Ye and Li Laosi tacitly agreed that they did not mention Fang Cai's words again, but only said that there was a delay in military rations and asked everyone to keep it secret.

The daily quota of food in logistics will be reduced by another 10%.

Everyone looked bad, they tied their heads to the waistband of their trousers, bled and sacrificed, desperately in front, not asking for support from their families, but just sending food would go wrong, it was really useless.

Moreover, such a big deal is definitely not something that ordinary people can arrange.

There were fierce barbarians in front of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and there were such unknown enemies in the back, which can be described as being attacked on the back of the enemy.

No one can be happy!

With a full stomach full of thoughts, the generals dispersed.

In the next few days, although they trained as usual, sentry detectives, and fought with the barbarians, and the soldiers did not know the inside story, no one was a fool, and they could feel that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Until, four days later, the people of the Hou Mansion sent the news over.

Li Laosi was worried about this, and he had been eating and living in the small tent next to the main tent for almost the past few days.

It's not that he is worried that the Northern Expeditionary Army will be hungry, after all, he has swords and guns in his hands, so it's a big deal to fight with the barbarians, take some risks, and grab the barbarians' cattle and sheep.

He is even more worried that his family will be anxious because of this matter, and he will fall into the trap of the people behind the scenes.

Compared with Jiangbei, Xindu is actually more dangerous.

There are many families, civil and military officials, and each of them has 800 hearts.

Even if the second brother is shrewd and sleek, Mr. Wen is steady, and there are the Liu family and the Jia family to help him, no one can say for sure, and he will not suffer.

Fortunately, once again, the family did not disappoint him!

"Yes, yes!" Li Laosi pinched the letter paper and circled on the ground, eager to jump a few times to express his joy.

"The second brother and Mr. Wen are really amazing, and they actually came up with such a good method. It's just a four-day delay, and it's absolutely fine for us. ”