Otherworldly Castle Era

Vol 4 Chapter 98: Windfall

   "Report to the general and found a lot of grain and grass in the town!" As soon as Huo Qubing gave the order to collect grain and grass, a soldier came to report it.

   When Huo Qubing heard this, he immediately asked: "How much grain and grass are there, and what kind?"

   The soldier replied: "Back to the general, there are many warehouses, which are full of them. Most of them are black beans, a small part of rice, and a warehouse of hay."

   "General, this is the enemy's granary. With so much grain and grass, it is better to inform General Li." Although Liu Qi heard the soldiers' words, although he was very surprised, he still put forward his own suggestions in time.

   Huo Qubing was surprised at first, and then when he heard Liu Qi's suggestion, he nodded and agreed: "This should be the case. Send a messenger immediately and report to the rear."

   "General, shall we wait for the arrival of the army behind?" Liu Qi understood Huo Qubing's meaning and hesitated to suggest: "So much food and grass are here, I'm afraid..."

  Huo Qubing raised his hand and interrupted: "No, the soldiers are very fast, order the soldiers to bring enough for the army to set off early. As for the food and grass..."

   Speaking of this, Huo Qubing thought about it. He didn't directly say how to deal with it. Instead, he ordered the messenger behind him loudly: "Order, let the residents of this town repair the damaged city wall."

   Liu Qi heard Huo Qubing's order, and asked unsurely: "What does the general mean...?"

   "The grain and grass are placed in the town. As long as the damaged city wall is repaired, the grain and grass don't have to worry about." Huo Qubing didn't talk about the problems of the residents of the town, and Liu Qi understood what he meant.

   As long as the damaged city wall is repaired and the residents are driven out of the city, although the food and grass matter cannot be said to be foolproof, there is no problem persisting until the arrival of the army behind.

   The distance of seventy to eighty is less than one hundred kilometers, and at the speed of Xia's army, it is only a matter of two days.

   "This plan is very good, but I will delay some time to repair the city wall." Liu Qi looked at Huo Qubing with admiration, and finally shook his head, expressing regret for the delay.

   "It won't take much time. It's good to let the soldiers repair while repairing the city wall." Huo Qubing said, looking at the west, and said in a deep tone: "It's not far!"

   Following Huo Qubing's order, Stark Town suddenly became lively. The residents who had been waiting quietly in the house were "invited" by the cavalry one by one, and they came out to repair the collapsed city wall with simple tools.

  Because it was just a stopgap measure, Xia Jun didn't plan to stay here for a long time, and even in a hurry, so the residents only allowed the residents to pile up simple materials such as gravel, logs, and furniture in the gap.

   In less than a quarter, the damaged city wall was repaired. The residents of this town thought it was finally easy, but then Xia Jun drove them all out of the city.

   "General, the four gates should be closed." Huo Qubing stood outside the gate on a war horse. Hearing the report from the soldiers, he immediately ordered: "All the troops go!"

   At this time, the entire cavalry brigade gathered outside the town. Huo Qubing looked at the residents who were not walking far away, and rode a horse galloping without looking back. These people will be dealt with by the army behind.

   Next, the country of Baxter is not far away, and at the speed of the cavalry brigade, it can arrive in at most half a day.

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   "Report~ Report to the general, the cavalry brigade has an emergency military situation!"

   Li Jing is still on that hill, and the army behind has not left yet, and is spreading out to search for young people in the surrounding villages and towns.

   Hearing that the cavalry brigade had an emergency military situation, Li Jing immediately said, "Come on!"

After reading the military situation sent back by Huo Qubing, Li Jing learned that the cavalry brigade had found enemy food and grass in Stark Town on the edge of the pasture. The town gathers."

  Since the arrival of Li Jing and Liu Ji, the Shenji Camp has become Li Jing's guards. This is also Yang Song's order. Li Jing is also the commander of the army, how can it be done without a guard?

   And with this order from Yang Song, the Shenji Camp, Yang Song's direct unit, will serve as its guard, leaving the rest of the army generals speechless.

   It didn’t take long for Liu Ji to hear the news. The first sentence he entered into the military account was: "Is it true that the cavalry brigade has seized the enemy’s food and grass?"

   Li Jing saw Liu Ji with expectations in a hurry, and nodded calmly and replied: "Yes, but the grain and grass seized is only what the enemy army needs for five days."

   "Five days?" Liu Ji repeated the time, relieved his breath, and then said: "It's already a lot. The enemy has 120,000, so five days is not a small number anymore."

"Yes, it's a lot. According to the war report sent by General Huo, it is estimated that there are a million catties of grain and grass." Li Jing said this number, and exclaimed a little dissatisfied: "If all these grains and grass are available in the country, it is even more important All right."

   "A million catties of grain and grass, as long as 1% of the army can eat, can save ten times the amount of grain and grass for the country." Liu Ji said, thinking of the letter from Yang Song two days ago.

   Yang Song said in the letter that it is best for the expedition army to complete the goal as soon as possible. The army is out on the expedition. As time delays, the logistical pressure on Xia is increasing.

   If there were only more than 40,000 troops on the expedition, the daily consumption, based on the current national strength of Xia, would not count as much. Even if you add 50,000 militiamen and the fleet on the sea, it would be nothing.

   But nearly 100,000 people are all abroad, and they are still in places with inconvenient transportation. As the army gradually penetrates into the enemy's hinterland, the pressure on logistics and transportation doubles every day.

   After Li Jing was on a small hill ~ www.novelmtl.com~ In order to facilitate the timely supply of grain, grass and ammunition to the front army, the Post Security Bureau even asked the militiamen to build a wide avenue over the wilderness that leads directly to the harbor.

   This is also the reason why Li Jing stayed still for the time being. Even if it is to prevent the army from idleness and let them spread out in the surrounding villages and towns to search for young people, they still control the distance as much as possible, and specifically instructed Di Qing and Zhou Wu not to run too far.

Now that I heard that the enemy’s grain and grass were captured, how could he not please him? Just like what Liu Ji said, even if only 10,000 kilograms of grain and grass per million catties can be used by Xia Guo, that’s nothing. Xia Guo's logistics have saved more than ten times the manpower and material resources!

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   Two days later, except for the cavalry brigade, all the rest of Xia's army joined outside Stark Town.

   With the arrival of more than 30,000 troops, the residents who were trying to climb the city wall all scattered and fled, but in front of Xia's army, how could they escape?

   After Li Jing learned of Huo Qubing's dynamics from these people, he shook his head helplessly at Liu Ji: "This Huo Qubing is really..., I'm afraid I will stop him!"

   "Haha, General Huo is a man of temperament, no wonder General Li!" After Liu Ji also learned of Huo Qubing's actions, he laughed suddenly when he heard Li Jing's words.

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