Zhao Ce turned his head and glanced at the officer, but said nothing.

How to deal with this news depends on Zhu Houzhao's arrangements.

Zhu Houzhao also glanced at him and said angrily: "Why are you so noisy?"

"My people discovered the whereabouts of the Tatar army ahead. Why do you think they are making such a noise?"

Tatar army?

The officer was shocked and said: "Impossible!"

"Our people are also exploring the road ahead. If they see the Tatar army, they will have already come back to report their whereabouts."

"How can your men be faster than the scouts of our army?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned and looked at him: "My people can see far and are naturally better informed."

"Which of you is responsible for transporting this military supplies, let him come over."

"I have to ask him how he plans to deal with it."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's unceremonious instructions to him, the officer was a little unhappy.

Although this man looks like a young man from a wealthy family.

But this is the frontier, and it is these young men who should obey orders.

Where will it be their turn to command the generals?

"Which family do you belong to? You dare to spread false news to shake the morale of the army, and you still order me to wait?"

"Is it possible that you are a spy for those Tatars?"

As he spoke, he squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Houzhao and others with a murderous look.

The people leading the way over there saw that the people they sent seemed to be arguing with others, so the leader brought a few more people over.

"What's going on?"

The officer reported: "Counsellor Liu, this group of people falsely spread military information, disturbed the morale of the army, and even ordered us to do something."

"My subordinates suspect that he is an internal agent sent by the Tatars!"

The officer known as Counselor Liu, although wearing a military uniform, was obviously a civilian official.

He frowned slightly and looked at Zhu Houzhao and the other two.

"you......"

Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to talk nonsense to them.

If the Tatars attacked, he, Zhao Ce and others would naturally be able to escape intact.

But all this food and salary was raised through the hard work of issuing national bonds.

If the Tatars attack, even if the food transport team can resist, they will definitely lose part of their military pay.

He was unwilling to give part of it to the Tatars for free.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Liu Jin next to him, and Liu Jin quickly took out a token from his pocket.

"Our surname is Liu, and we were sent by His Majesty not long ago to supervise border affairs."

"This is our assistant..."

"Ahem..." Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly: "That's the mighty general Zhu Shou."

Liu Jin paused for a moment, then quickly understood and nodded.

"This is General Zhu."

"Our spies have detected in advance that there is an incoming Tatar army ahead, and General Zhu will temporarily take over the transportation army."

Counselor Liu took the token doubtfully and checked it carefully.

The sudden appearance of these people on this frontier is very strange in itself.

He carefully checked it before he dared to confirm that the token was genuine.

Since the token in his hand is real, then this general is also basically real.

But this general is too young?

Although he has been sent to the frontier for more than two years, he has never heard of when your Majesty appointed such a young general again?

He was also put in charge of military affairs and ordered the army to obey his orders directly.

Before Councilor Liu could continue his speculation, the spies they had eliminated also quickly came back at the right time.

While running, he shouted loudly: "Urgent military situation, urgent military situation!"

"The whole army stops advancing!"

"Traces of the Tatar army were found thirty miles away!"

Upon hearing this, Counselor Liu and several generals behind him also changed their expressions.

When the spy arrived, he followed up and asked: "Tatar army?"

"Yes, the Tatar army has arrived thirty miles away, and it must have been ambushing nearby."

"By the time I found out, they had already crossed the Great Wall at full speed."

"The army must go back and wait for the garrison in Aiyangkou to come to rescue!"

After listening to his own words, Counselor Liu returned the token to Liu Jin with both hands with a blank face.

"Eunuch Liu, I'm offended..."

Liu Jin took the token and put it away, looking unattainable.

"Now that the news has been confirmed, why don't you quickly follow General Zhu's instructions?"

Counselor Liu and others then looked at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao immediately issued an order: "The large force transporting grain must stop first and cannot go any further."

"My people must have notified the garrison at Aiyangkou first. As long as we resist a wave of attacks by the Tatar army, we can wait for rescue!"

This place is not far from Baiyangkou. When the garrison arrives, they will definitely have hope of repelling the Tatar army.

But since these Tatars are ready to grab military pay, they must be ready to fight.

It is estimated that there will be a tough battle to fight next.

The general next to him quickly led his men and rode all the way over, stopping the food transport team.

Zhu Houzhao asked again: "How many defenders are there along the way?"

Counselor Liu did not dare to delay, and reported truthfully: "There are a thousand defenders escorted along the way, plus the civilian husbands and grain transport sergeants, there are about 6,000 people."

"Six thousand people... only one thousand are fighting strength..."

Zhu Houzhao was a little worried.

There are tens of thousands of people on the Tatar side, how can they carry them?

But you have to carry it if you can't bear it.

Zhu Houzhao continued to give instructions: "The spies should go out more often, conduct more investigations, and report back military information at any time."

"Separate five hundred people as vanguards to drive ahead of the main force."

"Five hundred people are divided into three teams. After the first team attacks, the second team will reunite after a while, and the next three teams will catch up."

"Let's make a feint attack first to confuse the enemy. There is no need to go all out. The purpose is to delay as much time as possible."

"There are a lot of Tatars, and the Aiyangkou garrison will definitely be held back."

"We have to go back and send people to Xuanfu and Liaodong to move reinforcements."

At this time, Zhu Houzhao was no longer the prince who made jokes in the capital, laughing and joking for new things all day long.

He calmly deployed each military order.

Now that it is non-wartime, the time for the army to transport food is kept secret.

Before departure, there was a continuous flow of path exploration information sent back.

Only when it is confirmed that the road is safe will the military rations be set off.

Recalling what those merchants said yesterday, it seems that these Tatars have also learned the lesson.

I don't know where I learned about the time for them to transport food in advance, and I stayed nearby for such a long time.

After the deployment, Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes, still thinking quickly about how to resist the Tatar army's attack.

This kind of military strength is far from enough.

The transport team was rushed by the cavalry and was about to disperse.

When the transport team is dispersed, most of the military pay will definitely be lost.

These people can only delay time, and the Tatars will definitely arrive faster than their reinforcements.

We have to keep the transport team, and we have to delay it until reinforcements arrive...

When Zhu Houzhao was brainstorming, he habitually looked at Zhao Ce beside him.

Zhao Ce showed approval in his eyes and said: "General, my subordinates also have some suggestions."

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed: "Say it quickly!"

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Chapter completed!