Of course, Jiagu Asu is not surprised by official corruption and even doesn't care about it, because he himself does such things often.
Military expenditures and various official benefits were basically divided equally among the top officials and dignitaries, with some leftover being sprinkled downwards, even to the lower-ranking officials and officials.
Then everyone is on the same journey.
As for those people further down...
who cares?
Being used to doing this kind of thing, Jiagu Asu didn't realize why the grain depot problem in Dongping Prefecture was so serious for a while.
All the grain reserves in the grain depot cannot be given to him, because Shuhu Siji also needs these grains for work, and the part that can be used for him is very limited.
It can last him a month at most, and if it exceeds that, it will be gone.
Or he can go fishing by himself. Anyway, he relies on mountains and rivers to feed him. Is a piece of Wenshui River enough for you?
Of course not enough!
"how so?"
At that time, Jiagu Asu looked at Yelu Chenghui with an annoyed look.
Yelu Chenghui put on a bitter face.
"Isn't this kind of thing normal? The commander should know better than me where the copper coins, cloth, and grain that should be escorted to the treasury every year have gone."
What Yelu Chenghui said made Jiagu Asu speechless.
When it comes to corruption, he really knows better than Yelu Chenghui, and he is a knowledgeable brother.
Because of this, he knew how serious the situation was, so he could not accept the seven-day time limit.
"Impossible, three days at most."
"Three days?"
The logistics officer raised his head and looked at Jiagu Asu with a bitter look on his face: "Commander, this is really not a subordinate's laziness and concealment. There are indeed many sunken ships at the bottom of the river. Cleaning and salvaging the sunken ships is very difficult and takes a very long time. , it can never be completed in three days.”
"If you don't finish it in three days, I'll chop off your head! Why didn't you explore the river beforehand?"
Jiagu Asu's eyes widened and he pulled out his sword. He looked so unreasonable and frightened that the logistics officer fell to his knees and begged for mercy, crying loudly.
"Commander, please spare your life! Commander, please spare your life! This is really very time-consuming, and it really wasn't something that my subordinates did intentionally!"
Seeing how miserable he was crying, Jiagu Asu withdrew his sword with a frown.
"You really can't do it?"
"Seriously! Seriously!"
Jiagu Asu really had no choice but to let him go and clean up the river as quickly as possible, and then called a few trusted generals around him to discuss the matter.
Several generals were surprised to learn that the river was blocked and the ships could not move forward.
"how so?"
"I have never encountered anything like this along the way."
"Did someone do this deliberately? Is it a rebel army?"
Jiagu Asu opened the map and looked at it. After searching for a while, he felt even more strange.
"This is not within Tai'an Prefecture, it should be on the border of Yanzhou. I haven't heard of any bandit activities here. And even if there are bandits, how dare they approach my army? Seeing the power of my army, the bandits have long since fled. How dare they To use conspiracy?"
The unfounded words actually made his subordinates feel that they were right and reasonable, so they all fell into confusion.
That's what he said, but Jiagu Asu regretted it a little.
In order to save his life, and based on Yelu Chenghui's truthful report, he was too anxious to send troops and set off without completing many preparations, especially the river course, which had not been determined in advance as to whether it was navigable or not, which led to the current problem.
If you really want to calculate it, the pot belongs to him.
Of course, he definitely couldn't admit it or take the blame.
The generals were all surprised, so they followed Jiagu Asu to the scene of cleaning up the sunken ship to observe the situation and further learned the opinions of the professionals.
This is what a local military official said.
"The water flow of Wenshui River is not fast and there are no dangerous places, so the river transportation and trade have always been developed in the places it passes. Since the rebellion, everyone has been in danger and trade has been cut off. It is absolutely impossible for such a large-scale merchant fleet to sink here. "
Jiagu Asu was very concerned about this. After asking carefully, he was full of doubts and felt that something was wrong.
If it were not due to normal commerce, what reason would there be for such a large-scale ship to sink to the bottom of the river and block the waterway?
And no information was revealed beforehand.
Is there really a thief who did this deliberately?
But this is not the boundary of Tai'an Prefecture!
Jiagu Asu couldn't figure it out.
But he didn't have time to think deeply about this issue.
He was marching, and this situation was quite critical for him. He needed to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, but without enough food and a stable logistics supply line, the battle could not be fought at all.
Seven days is enough time for many things to happen. The most immediate one is that there will be a problem with the food supply. Jiagu Asu, who has been tortured all the way, really can't wait any longer.
He asked his cronies for strategies. They looked at each other, but no one could give any effective advice.
When it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, all these people are experts.
Not only can he play, but he can also draw inferences and innovate, and he has strong learning and innovation abilities for all new ways of playing.
But when it comes to professional work such as marching and fighting, they are very disciplined. They are all cautious in their words and actions, for fear that they will be scapegoated if they say something wrong or do something wrong.
In the end, it was Jiagu Asu's deputy Ali Tu who gave him a suggestion.
"The rebel army is huge, but they are actually a mob, vulnerable, and they must lack cavalry. Instead of wasting time here, it is better to dispatch an elite cavalry to bring their own dry food and set off first, marching to Tai'an Prefecture to kill the rebel army. It may have a miraculous effect. .”
Jiagu Asu thought about it and felt that it was not unreasonable, but he was still a little worried.
"Although the rebel army is a mob, it is overwhelming in numbers. There are more than 3,000 people who occupy Tai'an Prefecture. Now I am afraid that there are 4,000 or 5,000 people. We don't have many cavalry, and we can't send them all. We can only mobilize 1,000 people at most. Four or five, if the bandit army takes over the city and defends it, the situation will be bad."
"But if we don't do this, we will waste time here, or... transport all the food and fodder down and march by land."
Ali Tu spread his hands to express his helplessness.
This proposal was rejected by Jiagu Asu.
The reason is very simple. The transportation of food by water has been changed to that by land. Not to mention the low efficiency, there are not so many means of transportation.
He and Shuhu Siji were so eager to send troops to quell the rebellion quickly that they did not have time to make complete preparations. There was a serious shortage of land transportation means, and there would be time problems with land transportation.
The food cannot withstand being eaten by so many people and chewed by horses.
Jiagu Asu regretted it very much. If he had made more preparations before, he would not be in a situation where he could neither advance nor retreat.
After thinking over and over again, Jiagu Asu was still hesitating when a military document from Shuhu Siji came through, which made him make up his mind.
Shuhu Siji said that he had gathered 20,000 troops and would soon send troops to attack Yizhou through Yanzhou again. He asked Jiagu Asu whether he had pacified Tai'an Prefecture and made great achievements.
Shuhu Siji hoped that Jiagu Asu must be fast and the soldiers must be quick. After solving Tai'an Prefecture, they can continue to march to Shandong East Road.
If you don't hurry up, your life is at risk!
After reading this military document, all Jiagu Asu's doubts were swept to the back of his head.
He made the final decision.
