When Zhu Gaoxian was discussing with Su Wu how to deal with those big families, suddenly the quartermaster in charge of logistics and grain came over.

Seeing the quartermaster's nervous face and serious expression, Su Wu suddenly sighed in his heart, and hurriedly asked:

"Is something wrong?"

"Is there not enough food and grass in the army, or is there less military supplies?"

Zhu Gaoxian also turned his gaze to this person, slightly doubtful in his heart.

This quartermaster was Zhu Gaoxian's confidant, and he reported to the two of them with some nervousness at this time:

"Your Highness, Commander Su, there was news from the scouts in the rear just now, saying that the military grain and grass that was originally scheduled to be delivered today have still not been found."

"I was afraid that something would happen, so after careful inquiry, I confirmed that the matter was correct, and I hurried to report it......"

When Zhu Gaoxian and Su Wu heard this, they frowned in unison.

Military supplies and grain and grass on the logistics line are nowhere to be found?

This is a matter bigger than the sky!

The expedition of the large army, the most worrying thing is the logistics of grain and grass, and the Ming army can not be like the Tatars and Warat, plundering everywhere, so the stable and timely supply of grain and grass in the rear is particularly important.

For this reason, Zhu Gaoxian also deliberately asked Xia Yuanji to send a capable protégé, Yang Shiqi sent by the cabinet, and Shen Qingyu, the commander of Jinyiwei, to Yunzhou to be responsible for the logistics supply of the army.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anything.

But since the scouts in the army didn't see any trace of the logistics convoy, something must have happened!

You must know that Zhu Gaoxian attaches great importance to logistics, and specially sends scouts to be responsible for investigating the logistics convoy, setting the frequency according to the hour, intermittently returning letters, and with the help of telescopes, often the logistics convoy is still 100 miles away, and the quartermaster has already received the news through the scout's report, so he knows it in his heart.

And the scouts who were released were never able to observe the logistics convoy, and then things started to look wrong.

Especially when Zhu Gaoxian swept through the eastern part of Warat and was about to increase his efforts to take down the entire Warat, this kind of problem suddenly appeared, maybe it would be a huge hidden danger!

Su Wu stood up and said in a deep voice:

"Your Highness, the stakes are very high, I'll lead the team to the back to check it out."

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down first.

"Don't worry, I'll ask a few more questions."

He looked at the quartermaster:

"How many days can the current grain and grass in the army last?"

The quartermaster replied respectfully:

"It can still support about five to seven days, and the grain and grass will be delivered every three days, and today should have been the day of normal reception, but since the morning, the first wave of scouts has written back that there is no trace, and I am afraid that there may be a delay on the way, so I urged the second wave of scouts to report back, and after confirming that it is correct, I will immediately come to report this matter to Your Highness."

On the fifth to seventh day, Zhu Gaoxian nodded, the problem is not big for the time being, even if the grain and grass have not arrived today, it is completely enough to support another week, even if there are any accidents, Zhu Gaoxian is not a pedantic person, so he will naturally find another way.

He pondered for a moment before he said slowly:

"There are three people in Yunzhou who are in charge of logistics, all of them are my cronies, Shen Qingyu even brought five hundred brocade guards over, and I also left a team of Shenji battalions there, and the Tartars have been almost wiped out, so it is unlikely that something will happen."

"From Yunzhou to the territory of Tatar, and then to our army, all the tribes that are a little threatening, no matter how big or small, have been swept clean, and the Tatars have been swept back and forth by the army several times, and it is unlikely that anyone will come out to rob the grain and grass, and the logistics army is not vegetarian."

When Zhu Gaoxian said this, he glanced at Su Wu and said with certainty:

"The problem should be in the rear, most of it is from Beijing."

Su Wu asked with some concern:

"Your Highness, is it ......?"

Zhu Gaoxian said expressionlessly:

"The old man's body, it stands to reason that it should be able to support it for a while."

"Before I set out on the expedition, I specially explained to those imperial doctors and attendants how to use medicine and care, and they didn't dare to disobey my orders."

"And the Jingshi has Yang Rong and Xia Laoshangshu in charge, and the court should have already received a report from the army by now......"

When Zhu Gaoxian said this, he suddenly realized:

"I see!"

"The problem is still with those people!"

Su Wu and the quartermaster were stunned for a moment, who are they?

Then Su Wu reacted quickly, and he said with some hesitation:

"Your Highness, could it be that those big families began to jump over the wall in a hurry after learning that we had defeated the Tartars?"

"That's right, it's a dog jumping off the wall!"

Zhu Gaoxian patted him on the shoulder and expressed his approval:

"Some families just sell some information, but some are different, as far as I know, there are several families who have been secretly trading with these steppe Tartars for many years, providing them with countless ironware, salt, tea and other forbidden materials, and even some people sell firearms and craftsmen to these Tartars!"

"When these people get our good news, they will naturally worry about whether their secret deeds will be detected and discovered, you know, once they are discovered, they will definitely die, and even the entire family will disappear!"

"In this case, they learned that the army was still going deep into the steppe and attacking Warat, so they decided to cut off our logistics and cut off the food and grass of the army in order to achieve the goal of destroying us!"

When Zhu Gaoxian said this, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

Since ancient times, when the army is out on the march, once the grain and grass are cut off, the outcome is often not much better, and it can even be said to be extremely tragic.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Gaoxian attaches great importance to the escort of logistics grain and grass.

Su Wu suddenly became anxious:

"What a beast! They simply ate the courage of the ambitious leopard, and dared to harm His Highness like this! ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will lead the troops all the way back to investigate, and I will definitely find out about this matter!"

Zhu Gaoxian grabbed him, a little crying and laughing:

"You can command all the envoys, just sit in the army, where is the need to personally lead the team?"

"Find two lieutenants, one after the other, set off and go back in turn, just check it out, if there is really an ambush, you won't be ambushed if you open the distance."

"Let me tell you, Shen Qingyu has my token there, and there will be no big problems in Yunzhou, it is estimated that some people have used the power of those people in the court to move on the allocation of logistics grain and grass."

"Let's wait in the army with peace of mind."

When Su Wu saw Zhu Gaoxian say this, he was relieved, and then hurriedly went out to arrange for the deputy general to investigate the news.

The quartermaster was told a few words by Zhu Gaoxian, and he also went back to arrange grain and grass.

Zhu Gaoxian sat down again and began to write on the paper on the desk.

There is a problem with the grain and grass this time, although the problem is not too big, but on the side of Jinyiwei, there will definitely be secret agents who will quickly come to report, he wants to know, who is so bold!

He took a risk and dared to murder himself!

(End of chapter)