After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Chapter 455 Reinforcements are coming

Woo woo woo, I am guilty, I just love to look at beautiful women.

When facing Wen Renye before, he almost couldn't resist.

Although Wen Renye had a mission to complete, he was indeed a stunningly handsome man. If he hadn't taken control of the system at that time, her favorability would have skyrocketed!

But I absolutely cannot admit it now!

Gu Mingzhe pulled the corners of his lips, pressed Zhong Ning behind the shelf, and kissed him fiercely. Then he said viciously: "Don't look, don't look at them!"

Zhong Ning's eyes were filled with tears and he just nodded hesitantly.

No, she definitely won’t look at it.

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the other side.

In the Nanzhao front-line military camp.

Marquis Pingning was sitting in the military tent, discussing important military and political matters with his generals. The war with Nanzhao had been going on for several months and progress was extremely difficult.

This place is located in a dangerous place with many forests and mountains. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Many soldiers were not acclimatized to the climate and the forest was full of miasma. They suffered serious losses when ambushed by the southerners.

The most important thing is that there are only seven days of rations left in the army. If no more food is delivered, I am afraid there will be a mutiny in the army!

"General, His Majesty has issued an edict requiring us to capture Lincang within three months, but he has not sent anyone to deliver food and fodder. We can't let the soldiers go to the battlefield on an empty stomach, can we?" Zeng Yi, a military officer, said with some dissatisfaction.

"This general is aware of this and has already submitted a memorial urging the government to deliver the food and fodder. Within two weeks at most, the food and fodder will be delivered..."

Pingning Hou's face was heavy, and his voice was light. "This year, disasters have hit many places, and the court is also in trouble. Let the soldiers be patient. For the time being, we will send people to Lin County to transfer some grain..."

"General, we've already withdrawn most of the food and fodder from the three surrounding counties. Further redeployment will only shake the people's morale..."

The grain officer in charge of mobilizing military supplies said this with an embarrassed look on his face. As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the entire military camp became a little tense.

War is a war of attrition. This war was the first time in hundreds of years that Dayong had declared war on a neighboring country. The reason was naturally because Nanzhao had stretched its hands too far and actually plotted against their country's crown prince.

Now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is under the influence of the poison and his life or death is still uncertain. Although he has the title of crown prince, he has long been abandoned by the court.

But even so, the crown prince is also related to the reputation of Dayong. If he is bullied and still does not fight back, he is a real waste.

Marquis Pingning originally supported the expedition, but he had never imagined that Dayong had not fought a war for a hundred years and the fighting capacity of the soldiers would be so weak.

The troops he transferred from other camps were weaker than the other, and it took at least three months just to train them.

The imperial court had long been dissatisfied with his temporary training, which had delayed the capture of the barbarian border town.

The most obvious thing is that the Ministry of War has begun to withhold food supplies. If Marquis Pingning had not personally submitted a memorial urging for food supplies, I am afraid that the issue of food supplies would have been delayed for an unknown period of time.

Marquis Pingning was also somewhat confused about this matter.

Could it be that he really did something wrong? But putting such weak soldiers on the battlefield is no different from sending them to their deaths.

Pingning Hou was silent for a moment, and then a messenger suddenly rushed into the tent shouting:

"General, the imperial court has sent an order to the eunuch Lu Xingzhou, the supervisor of the Firearms Battalion and General Pingnan, to lead over a thousand soldiers from the Firearms Battalion, and Fu Yan, the successor of the Imperial Guards, to lead two hundred soldiers from the Flying Ball Battalion, carrying firearms and provisions. They will arrive at the border town in three days!"

Everyone present:........

WTF?

Firearms camp?

Flyball camp?

Does Dayong have such an army?

He had only heard that the court might send reinforcements, and he thought that a team would be transferred from the Beijing camp or the northern border first.

I didn’t expect them to be the two newest battalions.

Marquis Pingning looked bewildered. He had been leading troops in border towns for many years, but he never expected that Dayong had changed to such a state?

But now is not the time to be confused. Since reinforcements have arrived, it must be His Majesty's intention. His Majesty still believes in himself!

Otherwise, reinforcements would not be sent!

Although the other generals were also curious about what the Firearms Battalion and the Flying Ball Battalion were, they were obviously more excited about the latter sentence.

Because these two armies came with food and supplies!

As long as there is food and supplies, there is no need to worry about mutiny in the army!

"Send a fleet of cavalry to greet them!" As soon as the order was spoken, the messenger was about to leave the camp to make arrangements. "Wait!" Pingning Hou suddenly stood up and shouted to the messenger, "This general will personally go to greet them!"

"No, General. I know you are anxious. This is the first time the court has sent reinforcements, but the war is at a stalemate now, and the barracks still need you to be in command!" General Zeng stopped him anxiously.

"Yes, the general cannot leave the camp! I will go to welcome him in person!" The marching Sima Zhou Ye also stepped forward and suggested.

Looking at all the eager and worried eyes below, Marquis Pingning sat back silently. In fact, he was shocked by the previous sentence about carrying food and grass.

The army is currently short of food and fodder, and he is worried that the food and fodder that the damn firearms battalion is responsible for escorting will be attacked by the Nanzhao border army on the way!

If the food and supplies are robbed, wouldn’t it be a loss?

I would like to emphasize again that this batch of food and fodder was specially ordered by Zhong Ning on the eve of his birthday. It was personally delivered to a warehouse in a small town not far from the border town. Zhong Lu, a seventh-grade warrior, and a group of secret guards were also sent to guard it.

Now that they have been taken in by Lu Xingzhou, Zhong Lu and others are also escorting them along to ensure that the food and fodder can be successfully delivered to the front line.

However, due to the shortage of food on the front line at that time, Pingning Hou could not contain his anxiety and was eager to take over the food and grass.

The Ministry of War had been making excuses, saying that there were disasters in many parts of the country and that this batch of food and fodder would have to be delivered some time later. Unexpectedly, it was delivered so quickly.

"Then send two more flying cavalry units. Zeng Yi, you will lead the team yourself and make sure to bring back food and fodder. Oh, no, two battalions!"

Marquis Pingning looked serious and gave orders to Zeng Yi.

Zeng Yi clasped his fists and saluted, "I obey your orders!"

After saying this, he strode out of the tent, called the troops and assigned the generals, preparing to set off.

The large army galloped on horseback for a whole day, and when they were about to reach the central junction of the border town and the territory city, suddenly a rumbling sound came from the front.

The vibration was so loud that even though they were so far away, they could still vaguely hear the sound.

Even all the war horses seemed to feel uneasy and started neighing. The soldiers tried their best to calm the frightened horses.

"What's going on? What's that sound?" Zeng Yi shouted loudly while sitting on horseback.

Not far ahead, I saw black smoke billowing up into the sky.

The rumbling sound came again.

One sound after another, I don’t know what it is.

It just feels so awesome!

"General, could it be that the barbarians knew that our food train was going to pass through this road, so they came here to rob us?" A young general rode forward anxiously.

Zeng Yi was also anxious. Damn it, the army was short of food and grass, and those barbarians actually dared to rob their food and grass.

Just as he was about to shout, "Brothers, let's charge, kill those barbarians and protect the food and supplies," the scout who was gathering information ahead came back quickly on horseback.