"Grain? What kind of grain do you say?"

Lu Wende asked rhetorically.

His indifferent expression immediately made Gundam angry, and he shouted, "It's food for my troops." Tell me, what about the grain? They can't disappear for no reason. ”

Previously, Gundam had verified that the food in the storehouse was much less, but it was enough to fill the soldiers.

But these grains have disappeared in a blink of an eye, which is really confusing!

Lu Wende smiled and said, "Do you mean the grain from the fifth warehouse? I let people transport it to Xia Gui!"

"What, how did you send such an important grain to Xia Gui?" Gundam began to get angry.

That Xia Gui also knows that he doesn't have much ability, but he is used to being a man, so he mixed the title of a pioneer, and he is better at judging the situation, if he meets a famous general like Zhang Hongfan and Boyan, he has never turned around and ran, and he is the best at preserving his strength, so he can live until now, instead of the middle way collapse.

Along the way, although Xia Gui captured many cities, he never came into contact with the enemy, and distributed food everywhere he went, without restraint at all.

In desperation, Gundam had no choice but to convey an order prohibiting the soldiers from transporting food to Xia Gui again.

Lu Wende snorted coldly, and shouted: "Otherwise, just watch him starve to death? Don't forget, he is also a soldier of my court, how can he give up easily?"

"Hmph! With the food he gets, it won't be a problem to support him for three or five years. Gouda retorted.

For him, Xia Gui is too selfish, and his actions along the way have to drag the entire Northern Expedition to death.

Lu Wende shook his head and said: "But he has sent out documents, I can't just refuse? Otherwise, if he sues us in the court, then a foolish and incompetent hat will be put on our heads." ”

"That's not going to work! We don't have much food here, and if it's a little more even, then what are we going to eat? No matter what, no matter how much we say about this food, we can't send it over. Otherwise, we'll all have to eat chaff and drink it fine!" Gouda scoffed, feeling even more anxious at the thought that the food had been sent out of the city.

Lu Wende shrugged his shoulders and replied, "I'm sorry, I can't help it." "The implication is that the food has been sent, so don't think about it back.

"You-"

Gundam wanted to reprimand, but because of the other party's identity, he had to give up and asked in a low voice, "When was the grain delivered?"

"Yesterday evening! If you chase it now, you should be able to catch up. Lu Wende said pointedly.

There was a flash of joy on Gundam's face, and then he fell into thought, and after a determined look on his face, he exclaimed, "It seems that this is the only way to go!"

Without saying a word to Lu Wende, Gundam turned around, and he had already stepped out of the gate and returned straight to his barracks.

Explaining these things to everyone one by one, Gundam began to ask everyone's opinions: "In order to ensure that everyone does not go hungry, the only way to do this is to take action and get back the food that has been transported!"

"But General, if that's the case, I'm afraid I'll fall into someone's hands. What if someone joins you on this matter?"

Many people are quite aware of the danger of this matter.

Gundam replied with a resolute face, "Then let me just watch you go hungry?

If the army has no food, its combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least eighty percent, and then it will be difficult to defeat the enemy, even if it is to protect itself!

In the face of everyone's expectations, Gundam knew that only by letting go could he let these brothers who followed him live!

He didn't understand the meaning of his family or the country, he only knew that if he couldn't keep even the brothers around him, then he wouldn't have the face to continue standing here.

Now that the purpose has been decided, the group immediately began to act.

Soon, Gundam selected hundreds of well-trained soldiers from the army, and after instructing the Huotou army to bury the pot and make food, the group had eaten enough, and then rode on their horses and chased them into the distance.

The grain didn't go far, and if they were quick to get there, they could still cut it off before they reached their destination.

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On the Qishui River, merchant ships were billowing with smoke and loaded with grain, heading towards Linyi in the distance.

If you rely on land routes, you need to recruit a large number of people, which the Song Dynasty cannot afford, so even in land battles, most of the food is solved by water transportation.

Just like now, the Song Dynasty first relied on sea ships to transport the conscripted grain to Xuzhou through the Yellow River, and then Xuzhou dispatched a large amount of grain to the fighting armies in various places, and then supported the food consumption of the entire Northern Expedition.

It can be seen that Xuzhou is really a strategic place, and if Xuzhou is lost, the entire Northern Expedition will come to an end.

Now, Wang Xuan also stood on these freighters, looking at the chimneys that kept spitting out thick smoke and dust with a gratifying expression: "If it weren't for these freighters equipped with the steam turbines of the Red Phoenix Army, I'm afraid we might not be able to support the Northern Expedition." ”

For the changes in the Red Feng Army, it was not the Mongol forces that cared, but also the Song Dynasty, especially after learning that the Red Feng Army had developed steam turbines for ships, merchants in its territory rushed to order thousands of steam turbines from the Red Feng Army.

The Song Dynasty Navy was no exception, and it also loaded this item on its own warship, which also made the Song Dynasty Navy much more powerful, and there was no need to mobilize a large number of people like the usual Northern Expedition.

Although the speed of sailing is only a few knots, which is only equivalent to the speed of a human walk, the time and manpower saved are also obvious.

Thinking about this, Wang Xuan didn't feel that the smoke full of disgusting smell was unpleasant, as long as he could send these grains to Linyi, his mission would be successful.

Just then, he heard a burst of gunfire from behind, mixed with the sound of horses' hooves.

This situation immediately frightened Wang Xuan to straighten his nerves, stared into the distance, and his heart was also full of imagination: "In this way, is it not a Mongolian cavalry?"

Although the main Mongol force is currently stationed in Jinan Province, it is not ruled out that in order to attack the logistics of the Song army, cavalry will be sent to take action.

Although this kind of thing had not been encountered before, Wang Xuan was still scared and ordered the soldiers of the whole ship to prepare for battle.

When the cavalry in the distance got closer and closer, Wang Xuan relieved himself, after all, the armor worn by the other party was all in the style of the Song army.

"Who are you, have you come here for something?"

Raising his voice, although Wang Xuan was at ease, he was already confused when he saw that the other party did not say a word.

When he was thinking, he saw a person jumping in the distance, and immediately felt that it was dark in front of him, and then he found that the other party was directly across a hundred zhang away, directly in front of him, and he was suddenly startled when he stared at it: "It's General Gao! It's just a general, what are you looking for me?"

"Can't I look for you if it's okay?" Gundam snorted, ignoring Wang Xuan and jumping straight into the cabin.

The inside of the cabin was filled with sacks of grain, and the river was almost overflowing to the boat.

Wang Xuan grimaced and asked in a low voice, "General, can you tell me what you are doing here today?"

At the moment, Gundam came in such a hurry, even after getting on the cargo ship, he didn't react, just staring at the food in a cabin with a serious face, which made him feel afraid.

At this time, the muscles on Gundam's face loosened and smiled, "Very good. It seems that the grain has not been lost! In that case, let's drive back. ”

"Where are you going?"

Wang Xuan felt at a loss and couldn't figure out the situation.

"Of course I'm back to Xuzhou!" said Gundam as he should.

Wang Xuan was shocked, and when he saw that Gundam was about to go to the bridge and drive the cargo ship back, he immediately stopped in front of Gundam and shouted, "General, no!"

"Why not?"

Gundam snorted lightly and looked at Wang Xuan with some disdain.

Although Wang Xuan was afraid, he still stiffened his neck and pleaded: "General, this grain is food for the relief of the victims. If I can't send it to Linyi, I'm afraid that I won't be able to keep it!"

"Your head?" snorted, and Gundam exclaimed, "If you keep your head, then my brothers will all starve to death." With a wave of his hand, Gangfeng spontaneously appeared, although Wang Xuan wanted to stop it, but his body fluttered as if he was in the clouds, and his brain was dizzy, and he couldn't figure out the situation.

After landing on the ground, he found the freighter in the distance, and it turned out that he had been thrown out of the freighter directly by Gundam.

"General, no!"

Wang Xuan wanted to stop it, but the steamer let out a whistle and headed towards Xuzhou, leaving him alone to cry out in vain!

In any case, Gundam is his superior, and as the king's chosen general, how can he stop it?

Only at this time, maybe you can only inform Xia Gui and let Xia Gui directly petition Lin'an to come and make a decision.

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After listening to Wang Xuan's announcement, Xia Gui stood up suddenly and shouted, "That Gundam, why did you do such a thing?"

"The next sentence is true, and I dare not be false. Wang Xuan bent over, and had been maintaining this way for a quarter of an hour, so he felt tired.

But Wang Xuan didn't dare to straighten up, for fear of angering the boss in front of him.

"Forget it, you better stand up straight. I believe that after such a long time, you have also learned a lesson. Xia Gui sat down again and waved his hand at Wang Xuan, making him straighten up again.

Wang Xuan immediately straightened his back, but still asked with regret: "But general, what about the grain?

"It's gone, it's gone. Anyway, we have enough food in the army, so we don't need to worry about any food shortage. It's just that a few fewer victims were saved, so it's not a big deal. Xia Gui said casually, and then his face showed a little sinister, and shouted: "It's just that Gundam dares to offend our army's laws and rob grain and grass? Let him also understand what is the righteousness of the family and the country!"