The issue of food and fodder is of great importance.

It concerns the safety of the entire army, as well as the safety of the common people in Shanhe City and even outside Shanhe City.

In such an important matter, Li Yunfei would never allow any mistakes.

We also take extra care in handling it.

Keep sending out scouts and keep listening to reports.

“General Li, the grain transport team is already eighteen miles away from Shanhe City. However, it is late at night, so they are not in a hurry to travel. They have set up camp and rested on the spot.”

“General Li, the grain transport team set out before daybreak. Although the speed was not fast, there was nothing unusual to see.”

“General Li, the grain transport team is doing fine, but they don’t allow our scouts to get close. If we get close, their archers will immediately be ready to face the enemy. I have revealed my identity to them, but they said that this was arranged by Lord Yi, saying that the grain is extremely important. As long as it is not transported to Shanhe City, no one is allowed to visit.”

“Your Excellency, the soldiers escorting the grain in the grain transport team are all elite, and they are armed with crossbows and have strong combat effectiveness. Judging from their appearance, we still have to deliver the grain ourselves.”

…

Li Yunfei listened one by one.

Dealing with them one by one.

Judging from the current situation, Yi Yang did not do anything messy in this matter.

only……

The speed of transporting grain is not fast.

Start delivering in the morning and stop immediately at night.

The team did not speed up its operations just because Shanhe City was short of food.

But there was no deliberate slowing down.

“If that’s the case…” Li Yunfei thought to himself, “I can stop arguing with Yi Yang.”

“Although it is a little late, it did delay the delivery of food, but at this time, there is no need for me to worry too much.”

Li Yunfei had already made a decision in his mind.

In fact, food and grass in Shanhe City are already in short supply.

In particular, half of it was given to the common people around Shanhe City, which depleted the already limited food supplies.

It is difficult to sustain this while ensuring the soldiers’ normal daily supplies.

but……

Li Yunfei took off Hu Leqi’s official hat and sent people to search his house. A large amount of food and fodder was found in Hu Leqi’s house.

Only then did Li Yunfei realize that the smoke signals used by Hu Leqi were quite different from those used by the army.

Under normal circumstances, there is no discernible difference in signal smoke, but fireworks that can burst into colorful light in the sky and create a magnificent dreamlike scene are not simple.

It was purchased specially by Hu Leqi from southern Xinjiang.

The southern border is located on the northern border, and the distance is more than tens of millions of miles!

Hu Leqi was still extremely generous and spent a lot of money, buying a lot of things, but Hu Leqi’s salary was only one thousand dan, which was not enough for him to afford it.

so……

Hu Leqi embezzled money.

The embezzlement was of military rations!

He served as the Imperial Censor and Military Supervisor in Shanhe City for several years. Like a mouse, large quantities of military rations were transported to his home or to places designated by him every year.

Then they resell the grain in exchange for a large amount of money.

He used these properties to purchase signal fire in southern Xinjiang.

A large portion of the grain he embezzled this year had not yet been sold, and was confiscated by Li Yunfei.

This did temporarily solve Li Yunfei’s urgent problem.

However, it can’t last for a few days.

After all, the daily consumption of the military and civilians is an extremely large number.

But it also extended Li Yunfei’s life for a few more days.

“Report!”

The soldier came to report again.

But the people who came were not the scouts sent by Li Yunfei.

A soldier in the army.

“General Li, Lord Yi, with his status, wants to force a group of people to be selected from the army. In his words, he wants to select 5,000 people.”

Li Yunfei frowned: “Why did he choose 5,000 people?”

“I don’t understand it for now.” The soldier said, “But Lord Yi said that he wants the selected people to meet at the martial arts field. It seems that he wants to train them for something.”

After returning, Li Yunfei has done as much research as possible on Yi Yang.

I know that this is a pure civil official.

He doesn’t know anything about force.

How could a civil official like him train soldiers?

Are you crazy?

What kind of soldiers can he train?

“Keep watching and see what Yi Yang is up to.”

“yes!”

The soldiers left.

It took less than two hours to get back.

“General Li, Lord Yi has selected 5,000 soldiers from the army and asked them to meet up at the martial arts arena, but these soldiers under the general only obey the general’s orders and do not pay any attention to Lord Yi at all.”

“For this, Lord Yi was quite angry.”

“He made a big scene in the army, and said, and said…”

The soldier swallowed hard and said, “He also said that if you don’t listen to his orders as the grain transport officer and meet up at the martial arts arena according to his orders, he will stop delivering grain!”

“Lord Yi, use food and grass as a threat.”

“He required all the soldiers he selected to do things according to his requirements. This forced many soldiers in the army to complain, but for the sake of food and fodder, they had no choice but to submit!”

Li Yunfei frowned.

How dare you threaten us with food and fodder?

This Yi Yang is so brave!

Before they had time to cause trouble for Yi Yang, the scouts they sent out returned in the evening.

A face full of anxiety.

“General, Yi Yang’s grain transport team has stopped moving forward!”

Li Yunfei instantly burst into laughter out of anger.

Good, good, good!

Yi Yang, do you really dare to stop the grain transport team?

Let the army and countless common people wait, right?

Let these people starve, right?

He no longer wanted to pursue the matter of Yi Yang’s late delivery of grain, and no longer cared about Yi Yang’s misbehavior, but Yi Yang still wanted to mess around in the army.

Now they are even threatening us with food and supplies!

Li Yunfei didn’t want to use drastic measures, but now he was afraid he had no choice but to do so.

Immediately send scouts to investigate again.

He then found a trusted deputy general in the army.

“Go and draw out three thousand elite troops, fully arm them, and have them stay ready to attack at all times!”

The deputy general was horrified: “General, are the barbarians coming again?”

“It seems that these damn barbarians are still not scared. General, I will apply to lead the attack this time. I will definitely defeat the barbarians.”

“If you can’t, please chop off my head, General.”

Li Yunfei shook his head, stopped him, and said, “It’s not the barbarians. The barbarians are now beaten by us and dare not move out easily.”

“This time, I will let you lead 3,000 elite troops for food and fodder!”

“Food and grass?” The deputy general was stunned: “Aren’t the food and grass from the court about to arrive?”

“From what I understand, it’s just a few miles outside the city.”

“If it’s fast, it can be delivered today.”

“Could it be that something happened?”

Li Yunfei nodded and said, “Yi Yang, using food and grass as a threat, the grain transport team has now stopped.”

“But he can stop, but we can’t.”

“You lead the elite troops and wait for my orders at any time. Once the necessary moment comes, charge out without hesitation and bring back all the food and fodder!”

When saying the three words “get it back”, Li Yunfei’s eyes were sharp, his aura was tangible, and the whole person was like a sharp blade about to be unsheathed.

This gave the deputy general a great shock.

Stealing food?!

Or are they trying to steal the imperial court’s food supplies? !

Although there were reasons for this, he knew very well what doing this meant.

In the worst case, the entire clan will be harmed.

The risk of this matter is too great!

He didn’t dare to accept anything bigger.

However, seeing Li Yunfei’s firm attitude, the deputy general gritted his teeth and said, “Yes, General, I will obey your orders.”

“If the general needs me, I will attack.”

“I will rush out at the first possible moment and take back the food and fodder that should belong to all the soldiers and civilians in Shanhe City!”

“Um!”

Li Yunfei patted him on the shoulder to show encouragement.

He went to the army in person.

Everything is uncertain now, all ideas are still completely unprepared, and he doesn’t want to make things too awkward easily.

Therefore, the best way is to let Yi Yang stop doing it!

Just don’t do it, Yi Yang!

Just hello, I’m fine, and everyone is fine!

But if Yi Yang really doesn’t listen to the advice, then don’t blame him for taking action early and cutting off Yi Yang’s head first!

Anyway, it may not be a good thing for ordinary people if such a crazy person stays in this world!

It would be better to send him to heaven early!

Having made up his mind, Li Yunfei rode to the military camp with a dozen personal soldiers.

While still outside the camp, I heard the noise coming from the camp.

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