The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 1034

Chapter 1034: Chapter 872, Heavy Troops

Dongli spurred his horse on relentlessly for five days and nights, finally arriving at the Ninglu Provincial Prefecture. After handing over the Jade Pendant and the letter to the Provincial Governor Wu, Governor Wu immediately called his staff to discuss whether to lend the grain.

Dongli and the members of the Guard Squad rested for one night, and the next day, Provincial Governor Wu informed them that he had agreed to lend the grain.

Dongli immediately sent the news back to the Ganzhou Guard via a falcon.

On receiving the message, Daohua breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she was seventy to eighty percent sure that Provincial Governor Wu would lend the grain, there is always an element of uncertainty, and she had not been without anxiety these past few days.

After counting the remaining grain to ensure it would last until Dongli and the others brought back more, Daohua went about her preparations for the New Year with peace of mind.

This was their first New Year in Xiliang, and she wanted it to be warm and lively.

Thanks to Xiao Yeyang’s annihilation of the Xiliao’s hundred-men cavalry, the Xiliao had quieted down quite a bit and did not dare to attack the Ganzhou Guard’s defense area again. However, other guards were robbed.

In previous winters, with the Ganzhou Guard taking the brunt, the other guards had it much easier, but this year, they started to complain.

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Commandant Office.

Many in the guard were waiting to see Xiao Yeyang make a fool of himself, and Xia Jianren was particularly diligent in going up to the city wall to observe the refugee situation.

Seeing his frequent visits, General Fan nodded in understanding, thinking to himself that while Xia was shrewd in day-to-day matters, he was still a good man at heart, and genuinely cared for the people.

Atop the city wall, Xia Jianren watched the refugees queuing in an orderly fashion to eat porridge, his brows furrowed tightly. He also couldn’t help but marvel at the vast resources of the Xiao Residence.

Now, with nearly forty thousand refugees, the Xiao Residence was still holding up.

What was even more astonishing was that they also provided medicinal soup.

This was burning Silver like crazy!

Seeing more grass shelter being constructed, Xia Jianren no longer wanted to watch. He wrapped his cloak tighter and descended the city wall, heading home with swift strides.

Since the Xiao Residence was so generous to the refugees, they surely wouldn’t be stingy towards the commanders defending the border.

Upon returning home, Xia Jianren wrote a letter to the Border Army commanders.

Since the death of the previous Commander, the guard had been mostly overseen by him and General Fan. General Fan was a brusque man, only good at training soldiers. It was Xia who handled rations and pay.

This winter, the guard had not given much grain to the Border Army.

At this time, the troops were surely living a hard life.

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Frontier Army Barracks.

Upon receiving Xia Jianren’s letter, Colonel Cao Dan stood in his tent in silence for a long time.

If it hadn’t been for Ganzhou’s new Defender wiping out a Xiliao cavalry squadron this year, his soldiers would certainly still be engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Xiliao.

There wasn’t much food and pay in the army, but since everyone stayed in camp without moving, conserving resources, it was sufficient.

As Cao Dan scrutinized Xia Jianren’s letter, his eyes narrowed.

After years of interacting with the guard, he knew well that Xia Jianren was a calculating man.

He had also heard about the porridge distribution at the Ganzhou City gate. Now that Xia Jianren was asking him to seek grain from Xiao Yeyang, it was clear that his intentions were not good.

Instinctively, he sided with Xiao Yeyang.

Soldiers are like that, admiring those stronger than themselves. In Cao Dan’s eyes, Xiao Yeyang, who could wipe out the Xiliao and intimidate them, was certainly more admirable.

After much thought, Cao Dan decided to make a trip to Ganzhou City.

It was not that he needed the grain urgently, but expressing their hardships was undoubtedly the right move.

Last time he saw Xiao Yeyang, he knew that this man was not the wastrel that everyone imagined him to be. In his eyes, he saw the resolve to wipe out the Xiliao.

Hearing that Xiao Yeyang had moved into the Commander’s official residence and taken over Ganzhou Guard, it became essential to make contact, to ensure smooth requests for military pay in the future.

Of course, if he could bring back some grain to feed the soldiers better and provide them with a good New Year, that would please him even more.

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On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Dan entered Ganzhou City with a few of his personal soldiers.

Xia Jianren had been keeping a close eye on the Xiao Residence and learned that Cao Dan was seeking Xiao Yeyang. He immediately messaged the Commander.

"The Border Army is now involved. As soon as the porridge distribution at the city gate stops, we can drive Xiao Yeyang out of Xiliang."

Xiao Residence.