Regent, the princess you found is a treasure

General Zuo stood there in shock as if struck by lightning, with a storm in his heart: All the food and grass for the 500,000-man army had disappeared! What did this mean? Every soldier who had experienced many battles knew very well that food and grass were the foundation of marching and fighting!

As the saying goes, "before the troops move, food and fodder must go first", this saying shows the key importance of food and fodder to the army. Now, with 500,000 strong troops stationed here, they should be full of vigor, but the sudden food shortage crisis has caused panic among the people. After all, people are not made of steel, and hunger will quickly wear down the morale and physical strength of the soldiers. There is no need for the enemy to attack, just three days without food, and this seemingly powerful army will disintegrate and fall apart.

At this moment, the two lieutenants standing in the rear could not escape the reality - there was no grain left in the army. They looked exactly like the lieutenant guarding the granary, both standing there trembling with fear and despair.

It was General Zuo who reacted first. He immediately ordered a carrier pigeon to send a letter to the Emperor of Beiliang, explaining the situation here clearly and begging the Emperor to send more food and fodder immediately. He also ordered people to go to nearby towns to buy as much food as possible, and they had to do it quickly. The people below heard the order and did it immediately.

After dealing with these matters, General Zuo slowly turned around, glanced at everyone with a cold look, then waved his hand, signaling his men to bring all the soldiers responsible for patrolling the safety of the granary.

When these soldiers saw General Zuo, their legs went weak with fear and they fell to their knees. They lowered their heads, their bodies trembling constantly, their hearts filled with fear and anxiety. They were supposed to be on patrol tonight, but who could have expected something so serious to happen?

"Lift your heads up!" General Zuo shouted angrily, his voice exploding in the air like thunder.

Hearing General Zuo's roar, the group of soldiers raised their heads tremblingly, but they did not dare to look General Zuo in the eye, but stared at the ground. They knew that the consequences of this incident were very serious, and if they could not give a reasonable explanation, they would probably not escape punishment.

General Zuo's eyes were as sharp as a sword. He swept through each soldier in turn, and finally stopped at a soldier standing in the middle. He shouted, "You! Did you hear any unusual noises at night?"

The soldier who was named trembled all over and stammered, "No...no, General, I didn't hear any sound at all." He didn't even dare to look up at General Zuo's eyes.

General Zuo frowned, then pointed at another soldier and asked, "What about you?"

"I...I didn't hear anything either." The second soldier was also extremely nervous and even stuttered when he spoke.

"You!" General Zuo's face became increasingly gloomy, and his anger was on the verge of exploding.

Next, General Zuo asked more than a dozen patrolling soldiers in succession, but the answers he got were all the same - they didn't hear any movement, which surprised him very much.

Because these things are really hard to explain with common sense. Several tents were full of food, but they could be emptied from their camp silently. This is not something that ordinary people can do, isn't it?

If Su Luoxue were here, she would definitely say without hesitation: "Yes, this lady is not an ordinary person."

However, apart from this, how to explain those soldiers who were killed in the dark? Obviously, there were indeed people from the Yuan Dynasty who visited the military camp.

"Come here! Go and investigate immediately! Be sure to check each team carefully and don't miss any unnecessary or wrong people!" General Zuo gave the order without hesitation.

After receiving the order, the two deputy generals immediately took action. They quickly summoned their subordinates and deployed various tasks.

General Zuo thought to himself, could it be that there were spies from the Yuan Dynasty mixed in with his army? Thinking of this, he made a prompt decision and ordered all the soldiers who were resting in the camp to be awakened.

For a moment, the entire camp was ablaze with torches and bustling with people. Soldiers were organized into teams, with dozens of people in each team, and they took turns to call the roll and check their identities.

The investigation lasted throughout the second half of the night, until dawn, when the sky turned pale and the sun slowly rose. The deputy general reported to General Zuo: After careful checking, the identities and numbers of all people, including the dozen soldiers who were killed last night and the people who went out to purchase food, can be matched correctly.

After hearing the news, General Zuo couldn't help but fall into deep thought, feeling even more depressed. There was no insider, and he didn't notice any unusual movements, but so much food and grass disappeared inexplicably right under his nose! He really couldn't figure out how the enemy could do this.

The current situation left him helpless. Originally, they relied on their strong army and large numbers and did not take the Yuan army seriously. Therefore, they set up camp only ten miles away from Qingdu City without any scruples. However, the situation changed and the current situation took a sharp turn for the worse, forcing him to issue a military order, ordering the army to evacuate the original place and retreat to a place thirty miles away from Qingdu City to set up camp.

At the same time, the soldiers on guard on the Qingdu city wall had already noticed the unusual movements in the Beiliang army camp. In the deep night, just after midnight, the Beiliang army camp suddenly became unusually noisy, with flickering fires and crowds of people. At first, the soldiers guarding the city mistakenly thought that the Beiliang people were trying to launch a sneak attack at night, so someone hurriedly reported the matter to General Chen. After hearing the news, General Chen immediately discussed it with Xuan Moyin and the county lord, but the two told him not to worry, and only told the brothers on the city wall to keep a close eye on the other side's movements, without taking any special precautions.

Although General Chen was puzzled, he believed the prince and the county lady. After dawn, he received a report from the patrol soldiers that the Beiliang army had retreated for some reason.

Just when he was about to discuss the matter with the prince again, a soldier in charge of logistics came to report that several of their previously empty granaries were suddenly filled with rice and flour, as well as various dried meats overnight.

General Chen was surprised, and he hurriedly strode towards the previously emptied granaries. As expected, they were all food, really food.

He grabbed a handful of millet, yes, and a handful of flour, knowing that they were all food, and the dried meat. He picked up a small piece, put it in his mouth and took a bite. It was beef jerky, so delicious.

General Chen was overjoyed when he saw so many bags of food. Now the food supply for both the soldiers and the people in the city had been met. He was really excited.

He asked someone to keep an eye on the grain, and immediately turned around to find the prince and the county lady. He wanted to tell them the good news. No matter where the grain came from, as long as it was real food and could actually solve the stomach problems of all the brothers and the people, it was a good thing.