Chapter 437: Grab food in the dark night

Luhe Town, western Liaoning.

Although Luhe is called a town, it is a strong city. Even Yanjun City in Yanzhou, western Liaoning and Liucheng County are not as tall and dangerous as Luhe. In addition to being a military fortress and the area of ​​the entire city is a bit small, the walls of the entire Luhe City are extremely tall, with a single exterior wall wrapped in blue bricks.

In the west city of Lu River, a bell tower that is ten feet high stands. The bell tower usually bears the responsibility of beating drums and bells to hear the time, but as a building in the war fortress, it has another more important role, which is to look at the situation around Lu River.

At this time, on the top of the nine-story bell tower, a tall young man stood in the wind, and the silver cloak behind him was blown by the wind. He was making the large thousand-mile mirror above the tower with both hands. His long-term military life made his cheeks slightly bronze, but it added a little majestic. A few short beards under his jaw, like copper needles, stood up a little more like a mature man's temperament.

After a few years of coming to the Sui Dynasty, his young and tender face had been through the wind and frost, leaving traces of time. It only added the precipitation of these years, but also made him go from a young general to a majestic ruler of millions of people.

A powerful sound of footsteps came from the stairs of the tower, and a taller and taller man climbed up the stairs step by step. The man had a big face, a bearded man on his face, a set of black bright light armor, and a larger horizontal knife hung on his waist. Every step that man stepped on the stairs was filled with a heavy sound, and the footsteps seemed to hit people's hearts like drums.

The man climbed to the top, walked behind Chen Kefu, knelt down on one knee, and said in a powerful voice, "Master, I'm late, please punish me."

Chen Kefu did not answer or move, and still stood in front of the large Qianli Mile Mile mirror, seriously looking at the Sui army camp outside the city from the mirror. The sunset has set, and there is only the last trace of afterglow left in the sky, and a blood-red sunset glow reflected in the sky. Originally, outside the city at this time, it should be when the farmers who worked from sunrise and rested at sunset returned from the fields. However, outside the city at this time, what they saw was full of a sea of ​​flag tents, and even a farmer could not see it.

It was just early June, and it was the ripening season for wheat planted in western Liaoning. Standing on the tall tower, you could see the gradually golden ears of wheat outside the city, like a golden beach, and even more like a golden ocean.

Chen Kefu sighed, if it weren't for the war, the wheat outside the city would have been harvested until the end of the month at most, but now, the food that was about to be harvested can only be thrown into the ground.

The person kneeling on the ground was the intelligence leader of the Liaodong Army, the director of the Special Service Department. As the intelligence officer of the Liaodong Army, Tang Jinyun can be said to be one of the people who know the Liaodong Army and Chen Kefu the most in the entire Liaodong Army. Seeing that the commander ignored him, he already knew that the work of the Special Service Department had disappointed the commander recently. The change in Jiangnan, the commander of the commander's father suddenly restored the country and became emperor. This matter was too important, but he was deeply in charge of the information officer of the entire Liaodong Army, but he did not receive complete information in advance.

Before receiving the order, he had already memorized all the information he had in the Special Service Department's hands, so when he spoke again, his voice was already filled with more humility and fear.

"Master, the Special Service Department did not grasp the latest information in this Jiangnan change. This is a dereliction of duty by Huyi, and it is also a dereliction of duty by the entire Special Service Department. Huyi is willing to be punished. Huyi has just collected the latest information from Jiangnan. Please check it out."

"Let the matter of the Jiangnan Association be aside. What we are going to deal with now is Xue Shixiong's troops. Now is the time when the world is changing. We cannot let Xue Shixiong's troops get stuck on our way to the Central Plains." Chen Kefu said slowly.

"I understand..." Tang Jinyun didn't expect that he had fully remembered the Jiangnan intelligence in case the general was asked to investigate, but he suddenly became useless. He looked up with Chen Kefu's gaze outside the city in the distance, his heart was full of self-blame. Why did he still not keep up with the rhythm of the general after being the top leader of the Special Service Department for so long?

It was a little darker, and the Sui army camps outside the city were continuous and occupied for more than ten miles. At this time, torches were lit up in the military camp. At first glance, they looked like stars, extremely beautiful.

Tang Jinyun looked at Chen Kefu standing there, looking at the Sui army camp in the distance, and his heart was full of suspicion. With the information he had, although Xue Shixiong had 150,000 troops, he had already discounted 5,000 light cavalry in today's battle. At this time, the Liaodong Army was stationed with a total of 160,000 troops. In terms of quantity, it was completely above the Hebei army, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong army has always been strong. He didn't understand what the man in front of him was thinking? He had a faint feeling in his heart that this man had been waiting for something, as if this waiting had begun since the destruction of Goguryeo, until today.

Chen Kefu, who had been standing there and not speaking, suddenly said, "Do you Special Service Office know how much food and grass Xue Shixiong brought to Liao this time? How long can their food and grass support them? Is the logistics food and grass channel smooth?"

Tang Jinyun, who was thinking about it, suddenly woke up. They still had a lot of information about Xue Shixiong's troops. At this time, when he heard Chen Kefu's question, he quickly said casually, "Linyu Pass is a household in Liaodong. Since the banner of "clearing the monarch" from Liaodong, the court has been strengthening the defense of Hebei. Especially Linyu Pass, for the past year, it has been continuously reserved grain and grass. As far as we know, the grain and grass in Linyu Pass can support 200,000 troops to feed for one year. However, this time Xue Shixiong broke into western Liaoning, and his troops did not carry too much food and grass to pursue Marshal Li. According to humble reason, Xue Shixiong's troops carried grain and grass to support the army for up to half a month of grain. However, behind Xue Shixiong is Linyu Pass, and the grain and grass can be transported into Liaodong at any time."

Chen Kefu turned his head and looked at his top commander of the intelligence department, and slowly shook his head.

"Information responsibilities are the top priority, and this is why the general's intention was to separate the Special Service Division when the Liaodong Army was first established. By now, the Special Service Division has already exceeded 100,000 people. Even the nine guards of our Liaodong Army, no one guard alone is as large as you. Therefore, you cannot just obtain this information. Your most important responsibility lies in the fact that the court has mastered the individual information and analyzed it, and finally draw a conclusion."

As he said that, Chen Kefu pointed to the distance outside the city in the night, "You can use the Thousand Mile Mile Mile to look carefully. There are dozens of teams in Xue Shixiong's military camp, and tens of thousands of people are leaving the camp."

Tang Jinyun walked forward carefully and watched carefully through the Qianli Miles. Sure enough, after looking for a while, he took advantage of the glimmer of light near the military camp to see teams of people and horses walking out of the Sui army's barracks. But these people did not look like they were going out of the city to fight. They were all scattered small teams and headed towards all directions of the military camp.

"Do you understand something?" Chen Kefu chuckled.

Tang Jinyun was also suspicious of the situation he had just discovered. Under Chen Kefu's gaze, he tried his best to start his brain and thought about Xue Shixiong's intentions in his heart. After thinking for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up. Just now, the general asked him about food and supplies, were these people...

"Master, they want to harvest wheat from the fields outside the city at night."

Chen Kefu nodded. Tang Jinyun said that Linyu Pass had a large amount of food and grass, and that Xue Shixiong was not far away from Linyu at this time, but Xue Shixiong was still sending troops out of the camp to steal wheat while the two armies were fighting. This was obviously a situation.

"Master General, the Sui army sent at least 10,000 or 20,000 people to harvest wheat tonight, and all of them were scattered in the fields. Otherwise, we would send troops out of the city to attack them and annihilate this grain-receiving team."

Chen Kefu was not moved by this suggestion, but instead walked to a stone table beside him and sat down.

"I now need you to report the information from all over the Central Plains. Since Xue Shixiong has food, he still has to send troops to collect food. This is obviously an abnormal situation. If something goes wrong, it is a monster. I need to think about it thoroughly."

Tang Jinyun hurriedly walked forward and took out two notes from his arms. These two notes were what he had prepared to deal with Chen Kefu's possible questions and answers. One of them was a separate information from Jiangnan, while the other was a summary of the current situation in various parts of the Central Plains.

Chen Kefu took the note, and Tang Jinyun immediately brought several lanterns for Chen Kefu to illuminate him. He did not go to see the note in Jiangnan first, but the incident in Jiangnan had already happened. He also had this understanding. What he really needed to know most now is the information from other parts of the Central Plains. Open the note, Chen Kefu looked carefully, but the more he looked, the more he looked, the more he became more solemn.

Even at this time, Chen Kefu's heart could be described as surprise.

From the time he arrived at the Sui Dynasty, everything was still happening according to what he knew. But gradually, he found that it was now different from the history in his mind, and the difference was getting bigger and bigger.

Especially after he carefully read this information, his heart was even more complicated. He did not expect that in just a short period of time, the situation in the world had become so unpredictable. Especially when he saw the note that Yang Guang had summoned 500,000 troops to inspect the three armies in Yanmén and swore to the north, he suddenly suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. The news shocked him. He never expected that Yang Guang would suddenly become a paralyzed who could not move.
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