allonlinenovel Chapter 483 Visiting the General
Chapter 483 Visiting the General
Yang Dou said, "It seems that we don't have enough food."
Chu Xiaomu was surprised: "Not enough to eat? How long can you last?"
"Yang Zhongjun said... that it can only last for one or two months..."
"Can't we think of another way?"
"We have tried every possible method. The soldiers haven't had a full meal in half a year."
Most of Bicheng's food comes from the eastern Biyuan, a vast grassland that is not only rich in cattle, sheep and horses, but also grows a large amount of round-leaf wheat, which is the main raw material for Bicheng dry biscuits.
Now that Bicheng was captured, the Bicheng army had lost contact with Biyuan, and even if there was food, it couldn't be delivered. Not to mention that the Red Soldiers were burning, killing, and looting in the heart of Biyuan, and the people were either killed or mostly fled to other places, and no one was producing food anymore.
Chu Xiaomu thought that the army had no food to use, and would collapse without fighting. This was the real problem of the Bicheng Army. When he met the general tomorrow, he would definitely suggest that he send some soldiers to collect food, even if it meant picking wild vegetables and digging grass roots.
When Yang Dou heard that his father and fourth uncle had come all the way to Baijun City because of him, he was so excited that he started to cry and said, "Xiaomu, I... I don't want to stay in Bicheng anymore, I want to go back to Baihua Island..."
Chu Xiaomu could only sigh and said, "Bicheng is now occupied by the Chisha people. The general is in such great trouble. How can we abandon him at this time?"
Yang Dou thought of the general's concern and teachings for him, and gradually stopped crying and no longer mentioned returning to Baihua Island.
Chu Xiaomu saw that Yang Dou spoke much more fluently than before, and it seemed that his heart disease had been cured for a long time. Could it be that Sister Du Heng's arrival could really cure his long-standing heart disease? He was very happy.
The two talked until dawn.
After taking a nap for about an hour, Chu Xiaomu woke up Yang Dou and asked him to take himself, Xiaoxuan and Xiaoying to find the general.
Yang Dou still disagreed at first, and only agreed after Chu Xiaomu explained it to him.
He also said that he was now a minor battalion officer in the Nandui Camp, and would accompany them after arranging the military affairs.
Chu Xiaomu was stunned and asked, "Isn't the junior camp officer of Nan Dui Camp Yang Sui, the elder brother of Yang Zhongjun? Where is he?"
Yang Dou said, "Nandui Camp's chief officer Zuo Heng had died in battle, so General Xiao promoted Yang Sui to chief officer. Since General Xiao had seen me several times, he asked the general to assign me to the Nanding Army, and I temporarily became a minor officer in Nandui Camp."
Chu Xiaomu laughed out loud, and couldn't help punching Yang Dou, saying with a smile: "Adou, you have become my general. Chu Xiaomu forgot to salute you, please don't use your authority to punish me."
Yang Dou scratched his head and chuckled, "I am a picked-up general, so I don't count. You can call me whatever you want. I will still call you 'Xiao Mu'."
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The two of them joked around for a while, and then Yang Dou went to Luca to arrange military affairs.
The Nanding Army was badly damaged, with only about a thousand people left out of the original 5,000. Li Qi ordered them to do some rear defense. The Zhongjing Army, Beicheng Army and Xiyi Army were mainly responsible for the confrontation with the Red Army on the banks of the Kun River.
Then he went to the kitchen to get five meals and shared them with Chu Xiaomu, Xiaoxuan, Xiaoying and Du Heng.
There is a shortage of food and grass in the military camp now, and the food they receive is barely enough to fill their stomachs. Chu Xiaomu's appetite has increased a lot since he activated the Force, and these meals are simply not enough to eat. Fortunately, the Force also makes it easier to endure hunger, and he won't feel dizzy if he skips a meal or two.
Xiaoying looked at the dry biscuits and mutton and had no appetite at all. After taking two bites, she stuffed them to Chu Xiaomu and said, "It's so disgusting. I don't like it. You eat it!"
Chu Xiaomu didn't hesitate to take it and ate it.
Du Heng chewed slowly and saw Yang Dou finish her portion in just a few bites. She then tore off half of the biscuit and mutton and put them in Yang Dou's bowl. It seemed that she no longer cared about what happened yesterday.
Yang Dou quickly declined, saying, "This is for you, eat it yourself, I don't want it."
Du Heng frowned and said coldly: "If no one eats it, I will throw all of this away!" Then she pretended to throw it away. Chu Xiaomu quickly took it and gave it to Yang Dou who was standing there in a daze.
After eating something quickly, Yang Dou led the four people to the thatched house where the general lived.
Since the fall of Bicheng, Biye has lived in seclusion, quite a distance away from several Bicheng army camps and the riverside defense line. The soldiers could not guess why he did so.
The five people wanted to ride horses, but Chu Xiaomu called Qisheng several times but got no response. He then called Hongda, Honger and other dragon zebras, but no one came running.
I thought they had just gone out to play after not seeing each other for a long time. This was near the military camp, so it was obviously inappropriate to call them with the Force, so I gave up and decided to walk there.
After leaving the military camp, head northwest and cross a swamp, you will reach the water-barren forest on the west bank of the Kun River.
After climbing over two low hills, we saw a small gray-black thatched house built in the sparse woods in the distance.
The thatched house was very simple, with thatched walls and roof, and even the door seemed to be made of hay and wooden sticks.
Yang Dou pointed at the thatched house and said, "That's it."
Xiaoying said, "You stinky boy, you didn't take me the wrong way, did you? Why would the general live in a place like this?"
Xiao Xuan even said in a trembling voice: "How can he... live in a place like this?"
Yang Dou shook his head and said that was right. The general had been living there for the past few months. The soldiers could only see him when they brought him food. Moreover, the general hardly spoke and seemed like a completely different person.
The three women all found it incredible. How could a great general like Bi Ye live in such a simple place? Although Bi City was not rich, as the lord of Bi City, he also had millions of people and more than 20,000 soldiers under him. It was no problem to ensure that he had luxurious clothes and delicious food.
Only Chu Xiaomu and Yang Dou knew that the general only cared about the people, so he was always frugal and didn't care about food, clothing, housing and other necessities.
Xiaoying continued, "Don't you know how to persuade the general to move out?"
Yang Dou was stunned and speechless.
After a detailed conversation with Yang Dou last night, Chu Xiaomu realized that Bi Ye was heartbroken because of Zhou Bo's death, and no amount of persuasion would be of any use.
The five of them walked for a while and were only thirty or forty feet away from the thatched hut.
Chu Xiaomu had very sharp ears. At this time, he heard some noises in the thatched hut and knew that the general was in the house.
I also thought that since I could hear the sound of the general's movements, he must have heard the five of us walking and talking, so I stopped walking lightly and spoke loudly, so as not to make the general think I was being sneaky.
Xiaoying pinched his arm and said, "Why are you talking so loudly, you stinky wood? We are not deaf!"
Chu Xiaomu said: "You came from such a far place to visit the general. He must find it unbelievable. I'm thinking... I'm thinking about how to explain it to him clearly."