"Did you say Dugu Xiang was buried alive with over 20,000 people?"

  "Yes!"

  "Didn't those Yuan people resist?"

  "They resisted but were instantly suppressed and those captives still walked away on their own."

  Tang He fell silent for a moment, and after a while, he slowly said: "You can go down now..."

  After the officer retreated, only Tang and Fu Youde were left in the account, staring at each other. They knew that Dugu Song was a ruthless man and also knew that Dugu Song had a heavy hand in killing, but they still couldn't think that Dugu Song would actually bury people alive. To know that it was more than 20,000 living people, not more than 20,000 dead bodies...

  If it were them who did this, at most they would have killed in batches, and still had to avoid the remaining captives, so as not to provoke a rebellion. They didn't want to be like Dugu Xian, who was reckless. But what puzzled Tang Huo and the others was how those Yuan soldiers calmly walked into the deep pit...

  "General, since the killing has already been done, let's not dwell on this matter anymore. We should plan our route and prepare to set off tomorrow. As for the guilty camp, we'll just have to keep a close eye on them. After all, they won't dare take action against us, their own people." Fu Youde suggested.

  "All right, I will write a few military reports later and send them to the Western Route Army and Ying Tian respectively. The route of the main force remains unchanged, still taking the Huishan road line. We have delayed for a long time, if we want to join forces with General Xu, we must seize the time."

  "Report! A large contingent of Yuan troops has been spotted moving in the direction of Huishan!"

  "This..."

  ……

  Looking at the two battle reports sent by the Eastern Route Army, Xu Da let out a sigh of relief. Tang He was able to put an end to the Yuan army's endless harassment and even killed tens of thousands of enemy cavalrymen, this achievement is not insignificant.

  Moreover, it was also said that the three Ping Zhang Hejun armies blocked the Eastern Route Army and went over Huishan towards Ningcheng. In addition, early in the morning, the scouting horse reported back, and Xu Da's long-sought-after army of Nai'erhuobian finally appeared, just a short distance from Ningcheng.

  It seems that the four Ping Zhang Zheng Shi of Bei Yuan want to unite their forces and fight a decisive battle with our Northern Expedition Army in Ning City.

  At the same time, in the city of Beiping, Zhu Di was reading the report sent back by Tang Yun, and saw that their side had killed nearly 20,000 enemies in the battle to defend the city. Zhu Di couldn't help but smile, thinking that no one could say his three vanguard troops were useless now. Moreover, he thought that after this northern expedition ended and the Central Guard returned, they would definitely become a regular army, no longer like before when new recruits were numerous.

  Xu's wife held Zhu Gaogui, smiling and looking at her husband. Normally, when it came to official documents and government affairs, he would frown with worry. Now, upon hearing the news of war, he was excited and thrilled. His bellicose nature couldn't be changed after all.

  ……

  "General, the Commander's order was clearly for you to escort the grain and report to the main army, but why did you come here to bother me? I've already told you that I won't go with you to be a guard for the Commander."

  "Hey, it's not the Marshal's Guard, but the Imperial Duke's Household Troops." Xu Sheng corrected.

  Three days ago, Xu Da's order had been issued to Gaozhou City, ordering Tang Yun to transfer the grain transported from the rear to the main army. He also made it clear that this military grain was not allowed to be lost, and naturally, he let Xu Sheng follow the grain team back. As for Meng Ran, he was still allowed to raise horses in Gaozhou City, after all, he was an unimportant person.

  Ke Xu Sheng didn't want to leave like this, he hadn't yet pulled Zhang Feng into his camp, how could he so easily leave Gaozhou City, not to mention that just two days ago a lone figure had been pestering Zhang Feng wanting him to escort the grain together.

  Zhang Feng was also very helpless, Xu Sheng's position was much higher than his, and he was older, and he couldn't beat him up like the first time they met, these days Zhang Feng was so annoyed that he had a headache.

  Today, Zhang Feng was once again held back by Xu Sheng, still in the same manner, using threats and temptation to get him to go to the front lines with him. In fact, Zhang Feng was more than willing to go to the front lines, but he didn't want to do so at Xu Sheng's behest. As a general of the Guo Gong Fu household, he was seen as incredibly wealthy and powerful in the eyes of other soldiers, but all Zhang Feng wanted to do was stay in Beidi and complete the tasks that were on his mind.

  The two collapsed again, and Xu Sheng left dejectedly. However, this time he did sense Zhang Feng's eagerness to go to the front line. Xu Sheng stroked his chin thoughtfully, thinking that maybe he should first arrange for Zhang Feng to be sent to the front line, and then persuade him further after meeting with the commander-in-chief. Hmm! It was settled then.

  Xu Sheng had made up his mind and would no longer stay in his own camp. He turned around and went straight to find Tang Yun.

  "Old Tang! I've got a question for you, who are you planning to send on this grain transport?" Xu Sheng burst into the tent with a swagger.

  "Cough... What does Xu Xiaowei mean, what difference does it make who I send to transport grain?" Tang Yun replied without lifting his head, pretending not to see Xu Sheng's breach of etiquette. After all, he was the imperial general and a member of the royal family.

  "What's wrong, can't you understand the marshal's intention? I'm telling you, what a logistics team can't afford to lose, can't you see it clearly? This is the marshal giving your king, also his son-in-law, an opportunity. If you don't send your strongest men this time, won't you be disappointing the marshal's good intentions?" Xu Sheng opened his mouth and started talking nonsense, he had no idea what Xu Da meant, he just wanted to take the opportunity to put Zhang Feng into the logistics team, so that Zhang Feng would thank him.

  "Is that so? I didn't realize Xu Shuai had such intentions?" Tang Yun asked in puzzlement.

  "You can't see anything, after following the general for so many years, I still can't estimate wrong? Trust my accuracy, just send the new soldiers who performed well in your camp, this way they can also be tempered on the front line."

  "That...since that's the case, let's select 2,000 new recruits who performed the best previously to form a logistics team." Tang Yun hesitated for a moment. Although Xu Sheng was an unreliable person, what he said did make some sense. Perhaps General Xu was trying to take care of his son-in-law but didn't want to speak directly, so as a subordinate, he had to think carefully on behalf of the prince.

  "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and give the order. We'll set out after noon. Our military rations are still waiting for us ahead."

  "Chen Zhi, you go and arrange it. Also, allocate some firearms for them to bring along." Tang Yun took note, giving face to the king was not something that could be done perfunctorily.

  Xu Sheng patted his butt and left after achieving his goal, waiting for the afternoon to set off with Zhang Feng.

  "Director Zhang, you bring your men to join the grain transport team this afternoon, and Director Zhu will command you!" Zhang Feng suddenly received this order and felt surprised. Hadn't they already finalized the personnel for transporting grain? Why were they changing people again?

  But this coincided with his desire to go to the front line, and he was so happy that he hurried back to the camp to gather Liu Zi and others to prepare for departure.

  Xu Sheng, hiding aside, watched Zhang Feng's back as he left: "This time after going to the front line and seeing Generalissimo, I won't believe you're not moved..."

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