Chapter 872 Chapter 872, heavy soldiers

  Dongli hurriedly drove the road for five days and five nights, and finally arrived at the Ninglu Provincial Government. After giving the jade and the letter to the Minister Wu, the Minister Wu quickly called his staff to discuss whether to borrow grain.

  Dongli and the guards rested for one night. The next day, Minister Wu told them that he agreed to borrow grain.

  Dongli immediately used the Eagle Falcon to send the news back to Ganzhouwei.

  Ina Hua received the news, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

  Although she is 70-80% sure that Chief Minister Wu will borrow grain, there is a case for everything, and she is not less worried these days.

  I checked the remaining grain again, and confirmed that it could support Dongli and the others to bring the grain back, and Daohua was relieved to prepare for the New Year.

  This is their first year in Xiliang, and she still wants to live a warm and lively life.

  Thanks to Xiao Yeyang's annihilation of the Xiliao Hundreds of Cavalry, the Xiliao people disappeared a lot and did not dare to attack the Ganzhou Defense Zone again, but other guards were robbed.

  In previous winters, Ganzhou Guarding was in the lead, and the lives of other guards were much better, but this year, they began to complain.

  Guardian Commander Division.

  Many people in the health station were waiting to see Xiao Yeyang's jokes, and Xia Jianren would go to the city wall every day to see the situation of the refugees.

   Seeing him running so diligently, Fan Tong nodded and said in his heart, Lao Xiaping’s life is a bit smarter, but people are still good, and they still care about the people.

   On the city wall, Xia Jianren frowned as he watched the refugees who were waiting in an orderly line waiting to drink the porridge.

  Now that the number of refugees is almost 40,000, the Xiao Mansion can actually support it.

   What's more speechless is that he even provided decoction.

  This is the silver burn!

  Looking at someone else building a straw shed, Xia Jianren didn't want to look at it anymore. He closed his cloak tightly, got off the city wall, and strode home.

  Since the Xiao Mansion is so generous to refugees, it will certainly not be stingy towards the generals who guard the border.

After returning to the mansion, Xia Jianren sent a letter to the frontier general.

   After the death of the commander, he and Fan Tong were in charge of almost all the guards. Fan Tong was a crude man, only training soldiers and food and payment.

  This winter, the guards did not provide much food for the frontier army.

  At this time, the army must have had a hard time.

  Border Army Barracks.

  After receiving Xia Jianren's letter, General Cao Dan stood in the military tent and was silent for a long time.

  If it hadn’t been for Ganzhouwei’s new town to wipe out the cavalry in Xiliao, now his soldiers would still be guerrillas with the Xiliao people.

  There is not much food in the army, but everyone stayed in the camp and did not move. It was enough to save a little.

  Looking at Xia Jianren's letter, Cao Dan narrowed his eyes.

  In these years, he has not dealt with Wei Suo less, knowing that Xia Jianren is a very calculating person.

  He also heard about the porridge served at the gate of Ganzhou Weicheng. Now Xia Jianren asked himself to go to Xiao Yeyang to ask for food, which was obviously uneasy.

Instinctively, he was biased towards Xiao Yeyang.

  Soldiers are like this. They admire people who are better than themselves. Obviously, in the eyes of Cao Dan, Xiao Yeyang, who can destroy the people of Xiliao, convinces him even more.

After thinking twice, Cao Dan decided to go to Ganzhou City.

  It’s not that you have to get food, but it’s okay to complain more.

  The last time he saw Xiao Yeyang, he knew that this person was not the kind of dude that everyone imagined, who only knew how to enjoy. In his eyes, he saw the determination to destroy Xiliao.

  I heard that he lived in the commander’s residence and took over Ganzhouwei. It was necessary to have more contacts in order to get the military pay in the future.

  Of course, if he can bring back food and let the soldiers eat better, he will be happier after a good year.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Dan took a few soldiers into the city of Ganzhou.

  Xia Jianren had been paying attention to the movement of Xiao Mansion, and immediately knew that Cao Dan had gone to Xiao Yeyang, and immediately sent a message to the commander.

   "The frontier army has joined in. Now you can drive Xiao Yeyang out of Xiliang when the porridge at the gate is broken."

  Xiao Mansion.

   Daohua heard that Bian Juncan would come to Xiao Yeyang to find out the number of people who came, and asked the kitchen to prepare meals.

  The front yard living room, Xiao Yeyang saw Cao Dan, obviously a little surprised, and immediately asked: "But the army is short of food?"

  Cao Dan nodded instinctively.

  In these years, the guards always owed the barracks food, and every time they came to Ganzhouwei, they were almost always asking for food. This became his subconscious reaction.

  Xiao Yeyang had a good impression of Cao Dan. It was the first time he saw this person. This person was leading soldiers and people from Xiliao to go shopping.

  Obviously, the weapons and equipment are much behind the Xiliao people, but they didn't let the Xiliao people find it cheaper.

"wait for me a while."

   Cao Dan, who hadn't said a word when he came in, stared blankly at Xiao Yeyang's back walking away.

  It wasn't until the maid came in for refreshment that she came back to her senses.

  "General, please have tea!"

  The maid brought Cao Dan the tea, and then stepped aside to stand.

   Cao Dan saw that the maid did not squint or looked randomly, and quickly reached out and handed a plate of red bean cakes to the two soldiers behind him.

  They came out after eating a bun today, they were already hungry.

  The soldiers took a look at the maid. Seeing that the maid hadn’t looked at them, they quickly took three red bean cakes.

  The porcelain plate is not big, and one plate can hold eight or nine yuan.

  Cao Dan saw that the soldiers left him three pieces, picked up one piece and ate it.

  As soon as the cake entered, Cao Dan's eyes narrowed.

  The maid who has always pretended to be an invisible person. Seeing Cao Dan's expression of enjoyment, she couldn't help but laughed out.

  Cao Dan was embarrassed and flushed immediately.

  He is a native of Xiliang, Xiliang is remote and bitterly cold, and there are people from Xiliao who are in trouble, and there are usually very few caravans here.

  This leads to a shortage of materials and extremely high prices.

   Gold and precious things like sugar and honey, even if he is a general, it is difficult to eat normally.

  The pastry is soft, delicious and sweet, so I didn’t control my expression well.

  The maid realized that she had made a mistake, and immediately reduced her smile, and again looked straight away, as if the person who had just laughed was not her.

  Seeing the maid, Cao Dan didn't want to eat anymore, but silently put the remaining two pieces of pastry into his pocket, and calmly drank tea.

  Fortunately, after a while, Xiao Yeyang came back.

  Xiao Yeyang said to Cao Dan as soon as he entered the door: "I will give five hundred shi grains first. You insist first. When the middle of the first month, I will re-allocate grains."

   Cao Dan moved his lips, hesitated for a moment, and said, “If it’s inconvenient for adults, it’s not in a hurry on the barracks.”

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yeyang interrupted him: "The rations of the soldiers are absolutely indispensable. Without a good physical strength, how can I fight Xiliao?"

   "The soldiers I saw last time were yellow-faced and thin. They are going to be on the battlefield. They are the first to die."

  Hearing this, Cao Dan felt a little moved.

  Xiliang’s grain output is low, and he has almost never received enough rations. Every time he asks for grain, the people in the health post can procrastinate, and the soldiers are often hungry.

  Now I finally met someone who would not lose their rations.

  Xiao Yeyang: "By the way, I see that your weapons and weapons are also badly damaged. Didn't you replace them?"

  Cao Dan smiled bitterly: “Every time I change weapons and military uniforms, I will command the envoys and the queens, almost nothing is left.”

  Xiao Yeyang made a deep face, thought for a while, and said, "Before you leave, you should give me a list of the military supplies that the army usually uses."

  Cao Dan glanced at Xiao Yeyang and nodded in response.

  At this time, Defu walked in.

   "Master, the concubine Shizi has prepared the food and can start the meal."

  Xiao Yeyang got up and took Cao Dan to the hall to eat. The soldiers that Cao Dan had brought were taken by Defu to the side room to eat.

  Looking at the sumptuous food on the table, several soldiers who followed couldn't help but swallow. They waited for Defu to retreat before eating.

  After eating, Cao Dan left with 500 shi of grain.

  The soldier who was sitting on the horse belching said to Cao Dan, "General, the new Master Xiao is really a good person."

  Cao Dan laughed: "Is it a good person for you to eat?"

  The soldier nodded earnestly: "Yes, I am not afraid of hitting the people of Xiliao, I am afraid of being hungry."

   Hearing this, Cao Dan felt a little astringent in his heart, and said with a strong smile: "Master Xiao returned the two carts of meat. After returning, let the other brothers have a good meal."

  (End of this chapter)