At the gate of the Forbidden Army station in Queqiaofang, Bai Qiong, holding a black token with blood patterns on it, and accompanied by a group of followers, were arguing with several Forbidden Army officers.

Bai Qiong was full of anger, his face was red and steam was coming out of his head.

One step behind the gate, a team of imperial guards were holding spears with the tips of their spears pointed at Bai Qiong and the others. If they dared to force their way in, they would be pierced into sieves by the spears.

On the arrow towers and sentry towers on both sides of the gate, dozens of imperial guards armed with bows and crossbows also locked onto Bai Qiong and his party.

"I'm here on orders to see your general." Bai Qiong waved the token and shouted.

"We don't recognize this token." A lieutenant crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head lazily: "Get out of here!"

"You are so bold!" Bai Qiong's eyes twitched with anger. "This is a marching order issued by the Ministry of War. Wherever we go, the garrisons must obey the order and cooperate fully."

Another lieutenant laughed loudly, pointing at Bai Qiong and saying, "Brother, you look so literary, is this your first time in the army? You are holding the marching token of the Ministry of War and issuing orders to our imperial guards?"

Bai Qiong looked at the Imperial Guard Captain in front of him in great confusion: "Ah? Is there any difference?"

Lu Yi and his men strode over.

Hearing Bai Qiong's shouting, Lu Yi sneered, "Bai Qiong, you brag all day long that you are gentlemen of culture and education, that you know astronomy and geography, that you can govern the country with military skills and civil skills, that you are proficient in all arts and are the pillars of the country. This is a fucking joke. You don't even understand the most basic system of the Dayin army, and you dare to join the army?"

Hearing Lu Yi's voice, Bai Qiong jumped up as if his butt was on fire, turned around in rage, and stared at Lu Yi with gritted teeth.

After staring at Lu Yi for a long time, Bai Qiong asked sternly, "Lu Yi, why are you here?"

Behind Lu Yi, Yu Dianhu raised his staff and shouted, "How dare you! Lord Tianyang is the military supervisor of the quelling rebellion army, jointly signed by the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the general. Are you from the vanguard of the quelling rebellion army? What's your position? How dare you be rude to the military supervisor? Do you think we can't chop off your head with our swords?"

The group of mighty generals behind Lu Yi raised the golden swords and silver swords and other ceremonial weapons bestowed by the emperor. Lu Yi's personal guards even drew their swords and pointed them at Bai Qiong.

Bai Qiong took two steps back suddenly, his face twisted and he was unable to speak.

Lu Yi pointed at Bai Qiong, feeling very confused.

On the night when Bai Lu turned into a ghost, the nine Bai Qiong brothers were all seriously injured and suffered heavy losses of essence and blood. These days, they have all been lying at home, relying on various nourishing medicines to stay alive.

But the Bai Qiong in front of him was full of energy and vitality, even to the point of being a little absurd.

There were wisps of white mist rising from above his head. It was because the temperature above his head was too high. The tiny raindrops wet his hair and then evaporated into water vapor.

With such vigorous blood and energy, it is obvious that his injuries have healed.

"Yes, the woman who came to seek refuge with Bai Changkong today?" Lu Yi narrowed his eyes, hiding the question in his heart, and asked in a cold voice: "It's dark now, Bai Qiong, you broke into the Imperial Army camp without permission, what are you doing?"

The captain of the imperial guards came over and said with a smile, "Mr. Tianyang, this guy has a marching order issued by the Ministry of War and asked us to prepare food, wine and meat for him... Is this a joke?"

Lu Yi was stunned, and Lu Jun, Lu Yi and others around him all burst into laughter.

Many years ago, all the armies of Dayin were under the command of the General's Office. At that time, any army, in any garrison camp, could allocate baggage supplies as needed, holding a marching document issued by the General's Office.

However, a hundred years ago, cultural and educational forces flourished, and the Ministry of War under the Grand Prime Minister's Office stepped in to divide power from the Grand General's Office and established the Dayin City Defense Army, which was commanded by the Ministry of War. From then on, the Imperial Guards, Yulin Army, Five Military Offices, etc. under the Grand General's Office were completely separated from the city defense army system.

All the military pay and supplies for the imperial guards came from the "Taifu".

The city defense army's logistical supplies were partly provided by the Ministry of War, while most of the money and food were paid by the Ministry of Revenue under the Prime Minister's Office.

Bai Qiong took the marching token issued by the Ministry of War and ran to the Forbidden Army camp to ask for food supplies for the Vanguard Corps... How ridiculous.

Lu Yi looked at Bai Qiong with a strange look in his eyes, and said quietly: "Bai Qiong, if you want to allocate food and grass, you have to go to the camp of the city defense army. But, the garrison of Queqiaofang, the camp of the imperial guards is here, and the camp of the city defense army..."

A lieutenant of the imperial army said with a smile, "Lord Tianyang, our camp is in the northwest corner of Queqiaofang, and the camp of the city defense army is just in the southeast corner of Queqiaofang. It's not far from here, only about 300 miles away. There are two rivers and three mountains in between. If we need to transport food and fodder for hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be very difficult."

The captain looked at the dozen people following Bai Qiong and shook his head repeatedly: "Only these few people? Are you kidding? Brother, have you been tricked?"

Bai Qiong's face changed suddenly.

The vanguard corps under Zhuge Li had to rush to Anping Prefecture at full speed, so their departure was a bit hasty. The army only carried very little dry food and other supplies, which was enough for the vanguard corps to sustain for three days.

But when the army arrived at Queqiaofang, Zhuge Li ordered them to set up camp, which was right next to Lu Yi's camp.

On Lu Yi's side, the soldiers were drinking hot soup, eating barbecue, and having plenty of rice and big steamed buns, and even the aroma of old wine. The soldiers were eating and drinking happily, weren't they?

It is absolutely impossible for Zhuge Li's vanguard army to eat steamed buns while watching their friendly troops eat and drink, right?

If this kind of thing really happened, the morale of the vanguard army would collapse.
Therefore, Zhuge Li threw a token to Bai Qiong and asked him to go to the garrison camp to allocate food, wine and meat!

Bai Qiong and his brothers Bai Lang have been hanging out in the Imperial College all their lives. They know basically nothing about anything in the military.

Bai Qiong didn't think it was a hard job, and he happily ran to the Imperial Guards camp with a dozen guards assigned to him by Bai Changkong.

However, the imperial guards refused to recognize the marching token issued by the Ministry of War in his hand!

If he wanted to allocate food and fodder, he had to run to the city defense garrison camp three hundred miles away?

Three hundred miles?

We still have to cross two rivers and three mountains?

Are you kidding?

Zhuge Li's vanguard army definitely did not have the 500,000 men as claimed, but the food, fodder, wine and meat allocated had to be based on the amount of 500,000 men.

Anyone who practices martial arts can eat. For the soldiers of the vanguard corps, the standard dinner meal is two kilograms of rice, one kilogram of meat, and three kilograms of fruits and vegetables. Other items such as oil, salt, and soy sauce are calculated separately. Each soldier needs about seven or eight kilograms of food.

For 500,000 people, what does that mean in terms of food supply?

How many civilians, how many carriages and horses would be needed, and how much time would it take to transport it from three hundred miles away to the camp of the vanguard corps?

Bai Qiong's forehead was covered with sweat. He widened his eyes and asked Lu Yi in bewilderment, "Zhuge Li, are you going to harm me?"

Lu Yi coughed lightly and said, "Your vanguard's marching route should not be this one. You should take the stone bridge in the south to cross the canal. In this way, you can now set up camp outside the city defense army's camp, and it will be easy to allocate food and grass."

As soon as Lu Yi finished speaking, a group of heavily armored soldiers, as fierce as wolves and tigers, led by a general in golden armor, came running towards them.

A group of people rushed forward, and the golden-armored general pointed at Bai Qiong and shouted: "Officer Bai, where is the rice? Where is the noodles? Where is the meat? Where is the wine? Damn it, in the city of Haojing, do you still want your brothers to starve?"

Bai Qiong looked at the golden-armored general at a loss: "General Zhuge, I, I, I..."

Zhuge Li, the golden-armored general, drooped his face and said angrily, "He is indeed a waste. General Li is right... Come, take Bai Qiong, the waste who delayed the military affairs, back and deal with him according to the law!"

"No, no!" Bai Qiong screamed in frustration: "You guys tricked me, you guys tricked me... You guys are so shameless, you guys, you guys..."

A group of brave soldiers rushed up, tied up Bai Qiong tightly with ropes in a few seconds, and carried him away on their backs like a fat pig.

The dozen or so guards around Bai Qiong looked at each other silently. One of them shook his head slightly, and the group followed the team of fierce soldiers silently.

"Hmm? Interesting!" Lu Jun spoke softly, pointing at the dozen or so guards.

Lu Yi looked towards them.

These guards were all eight feet tall, handsome young men with elegant appearance and handsome faces. They wore battle robes, soft armor, and cloaks tied outside... They were actually pastel pink?

Such a gorgeous color actually appeared in the military camp?

Lu Yi sniffed hard: "Such a strong smell of perfumed powder, these guys, could it be that Bai Qiong and his gang brought them here?"

Lu Yu, Lu Jun and Lu Yi shuddered at the same time.

"Let's go and take a look." Lu Yi waved his hand, and a group of people ran towards Zhuge Li's central military tent.

At the gate of Zhuge Li's camp, Lu Yi and others were also stopped.

After Lu Yi showed the emperor's edict, the emperor's scepter and other items, the group finally entered Zhuge Li's camp smoothly, but it took about a cup of tea.

Outside Zhuge Li's central military tent, on a wooden execution platform, Bai Qiong's pants were pulled down, revealing two white jade pieces. Two burly military judges held heavy iron and wooden bars and beat them with "bang bang" sounds.

Bai Qiong's white jade ball had been beaten to pieces, and his blood had dyed half of the execution platform red.

The brothers Bai Lang and Bai Xi were so angry that their faces turned red and they stood aside and jumped up and down.

However, they were surrounded by heavy troops from all directions, and there were thousands of heavily armored soldiers visible to the naked eye. Bai Lang, Bai Xi and others could only watch Bai Qiong being tortured, and they could do nothing.

Zhuge Li's voice could be heard from inside the big tent: "Just now, when we were on a mission, it was unlucky to kill a general. Thanks to the help of the generals, I spared your death penalty... This is the first time, and the last time. Bai Qiong, if you dare to be careless and delay military operations again, don't blame me for being ruthless in military law."

Zhuge Li shouted sternly: "Are you convinced?"

Bai Qiong almost fainted from the pain. He screamed at the top of his lungs: "I surrender, I surrender, I surrender!"

Lu Yi shook his head, and without entering the tent to greet Zhuge Li, he turned around and left the vanguard army's camp.