[69 Book Bar-www.] Although they were once prisoners, I never seemed to treat them as prisoners. When talking about Bai Wei, my heart hurts again.

The snow-white fingers and the sound of the pipa like the turbulent spring water. She was still in the Wuhou tent, as a female musician selected among the prisoners, and the teacher wanted to offer it to the Emperor.

I couldn't help but reach out to cover my chest. Every time I think of her, I feel a sense of heartache.

Maybe, she didn't know that I was, right?

Zheng Zhao also saw me and said, "General Chu, what's wrong with you?"

In his mind, I was probably a soldier who killed people without blinking, and I would never guess what I was thinking. I said, "You are not allowed to use your mind reading skills to me."

"Of course." He smiled, "I'm afraid I can't use mind reading skills today."

I sighed. Zheng Zhao may have joined the Republican Army, but at this time he was helping the Imperial Army. For him, whether it is the Republic or the imperial system, it is not his business. I said, "But it's a pity that your mind-reading technique is not used in war."

“Without war, wouldn’t that be better?”

There was a little bitterness in his smile, and I smiled bitterly.

If there was no war, what could I do? Ye Tai could open a clinic, Xue Wen was also a master carpenter, and Zhang Longyou could also give out strange elixirs, such gunpowder for hunting. It is very effective in opening mountains, and they might be able to make a fortune. But what about me? What else can I do besides war? If I can read, maybe I can open a children's house and teach children to read. If she is also there, every day, when I teach my children and go home, she will prepare some simple but delicious meals for me, what's wrong?

But now it's just a war.

I smiled, although I only had a bitter smile.

At this time, a messenger came over and shouted loudly at the gate of the Longlin Army Camp: "Chu Xiuhong, the commander of the Longlin Army, will arrive at the central army quickly, General Yue will be summoned."

Did Yue Guohua ask me to go? I said to Zheng Zhao: "Mr. Zheng, I said goodbye. Good luck."

Yue Guohua's central army was a newly set up camp. When I arrived at the door and jumped off my horse, a guard shouted: "The Dragon Scale Army Chu Xiuhong is here."

I looked around. There were no other generals around. Did Yue Guohua only summon me?

At this time, the new Central Army Officer Hu Zhen welcomed him out and said, "General Chu, you are here, General Yue is waiting for you."

They all came from the Central Army. The Right Army did not lose a lot of personnel this time, but the number of senior generals lost the most. I remembered that the former Central Army Tian Wei came. Hu Zhen and Tian Wei were completely different. When I walked into the camp, Yue Guohua was looking at a map on the wall with his hands behind his back.

That was the distribution map of the left army garrison in the city. Yue Guohua was just watching it, and there was no one around. I knelt down and said, "Chi Xiuhong, the commander of the Dragon Scale Army, please see General Yue."

Yue Guohua turned around and said, "General Chu, you are here, please sit down."

I sat down and he sat opposite me. Yue Guohua was known for being approachable when he was in the central army. When he arrived at the right army, he still did this. I said, "General Yue, I don't know what's wrong with summoning me?"

Yue Guohua pondered for a moment and said, "General Chu, there is something that depends on your heart."

"What's up?"

He stood up, sighed, and said, "The surplus grain in the army is only enough to last ten days."

I have heard of this. At the Wuhou’s original division meeting, Deyang said that the military ration was only enough for one month at that time. The withdrawal of troops from the North Gate was attacked, and the rear army suffered heavy casualties and lost nearly half of the baggage. Until now, it should have been only about ten days.

I said, "Hasn't Jun transferred grain from Wuyang City? We should come back tomorrow. Once this batch of grain arrives, we will probably be able to successfully go to the army."

There is only ten days of surplus food. Even if you can successfully train, even if there are occasional supplements along the way, half of the people will starve to death on the road.

He smiled bitterly and said, "The army envoy of Wuyang City has returned today, and the lord of Wuyang City refuses to transfer food."

"What?" I was shocked, "Isn't the Lord of Wuyang City afraid that we will wipe out his Wuyang City?"

He just smiled bitterly: "The green and yellow have not received it, and the surplus grain has been exhausted. In short, the surplus grain in Wuyang City is full of all. I think there must be not much surplus grain in Wuyang City. Since our southern expedition, the population of Wuyang City has nearly doubled. During the southern expedition, most of his surplus grain has been transferred. Now I am afraid that the surplus grain will not be transferred. The military envoy has just returned, and the lord is afraid that the morale of the army will be shaken, so I ordered me to notify the generals of the Youjun army alone. Today's rations will probably be reduced. General Chu, if the soldiers clamor, you must suppress it. This matter is very confidential and you must not leak the news."

I was a little confused. The army is still unable to train, but if you spend one day in Gaojiu City, the remaining grain will be as low as a day. In a few more days, once the food is exhausted, it will be inevitable that the great defeat will be inevitable. At that time, I am afraid that no one of the 90,000 troops left in the city will be left, and even if you run away, you may not be able to escape.

I don’t know how to get out of the Central Army tent. On the road, I was so drowsy that I felt like I was dreaming, and all I thought about was eating.

When I was in the imperial capital, although I couldn’t eat anything good, I always had three meals a day. Now, I really had nothing to complain about before, and it was thankful that I could eat enough.

When he returned to the Longlin Military Camp, Zheng Zhao was no longer there. He probably had left the army and went to Wuyang City to find Bai Wei. When he arrived in the camp, it was getting dark. We took a turn for the rest today. I fell asleep and I was still full of food in my sleep.

When I woke up, it was still dawn, and there was a quarrel outside. I pushed the blanket covered by myself and got up. The food was being distributed outside. Now it was three cakes per person a day. Three cakes were not enough for ordinary people, and even more so for the carefully selected and strong Dragon Scale Army soldiers. I walked into the camp, and the soldiers were chewing on the dry cakes while cursing. Jin Qianshi and several soldiers were arguing with the grain officer who distributed the dry cakes. The grain officer was making a loud noise, but there were still three pieces per person, and no one could be more.

As soon as Jin Qianshi saw me coming, he shouted: "General Chu, there were four cards in each person yesterday, but today it was three cards. The grain official must have withheld our food. Commander, let's report to General Yue."

The official of Grain said, "General Jin, you can't say that. This is what you asked the Lord and Hou for instructions."

Jin Qianshi said angrily: "Aren't the food transferred from Wuyang City coming today? Why should we reduce the food rations?"

"The food rations transferred from Wuyang City are not too much. If you eat them all now, what should you do when you train in the future?"

The grain official was very calm and justified, and he was afraid he didn't know the failure to transfer food. I said, "General Jin, I don't know that we have no courage to withhold our food. Anyway, once the food transferred comes, I will never worry about these days. Grip my teeth and get through it. Today's training will be suspended for one day. When others see it, they will think that we have more food than others, and they will be jealous."
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