"The king has cut our rations by half, and your good days are coming to an end, today Sun Kewang wants to exchange two thousand catties of grain with me for you, and the king also asked about you."

Qin Yu snorted lightly.

Mrs. Li's face turned pale instantly, and she took a deep breath before she said: "Childe, it doesn't matter whether the concubine is alive or dead, I just ask you to take care of Wan'er, don't let her be bullied, if you have the opportunity in the future, please send her to Xiangyang, my brother is an official there, if the son doesn't want to stay here one day, you can also go to the concubine brother, I will write a letter to you." ”

"Mother, Wan'er don't leave you."

"Brother Xiaoyu, please don't exchange my mother for food, if you want to take it, you can exchange it for Wan'er."

The mother and daughter hugged each other and began to sobble again, but Qin Yu waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright! Isn't that undecided? I'll think of something else! Let's eat first! ”

"However, you can't sit idle all day to eat dry food, so let's do it, I'll take an hour out every day in the future, and I hope you can teach those teenagers to read, and as for you, I'll be in charge of washing the dishes."

………

For two days in a row, a bowl of gruel in the morning and evening, the teenagers were hungry and listless, so they still had the heart to learn literacy?

The mother and daughter were also dizzy with hunger, and even the daily queue training was canceled.

After thinking about it, Qin Yu had to go to Li Dingguo.

He didn't go to borrow grain.

Because there are regulations on the grain of each battalion, if Li Dingguo lends him grain, his subordinates will definitely have opinions, so he asked Li Dingguo to vote for him.

"Brother Qin, the Zhuangzi near Gucheng have been beaten down by the eldest brother and them, if you go to other counties, the officers and soldiers in the county will definitely go out of the city to support, and now I have only more than 200 people who dare to fight, and the remaining 2,000 people are all young and strong people who have never been on the battlefield, I'm afraid it will not be easy to do!" Li Dingguo was a little embarrassed.

"Why don't you discuss it with the other battalions and join forces to do his vote?" Qin Yu thought for a moment.

"Hey! Now that everyone has food and drink, who will fight hard? Li Dingguo sighed.

"Then let's go it alone, I have more than 2,000 catties of gunpowder and a cannon there, don't I believe that I can't even capture a landlord's fort?" Qin Yu gritted his teeth, he couldn't stand the days when there was no rice to put in the pot.

"Brother Qin, don't you know, some Zhuangbao is actually more difficult to fight than the county seat."

"Oh! Why is that? ”

"Because those family guards are much more desperate than the officers and soldiers, and those landlords will not hesitate to reward them in order to protect their families, so even if the gate is blown open, they will resist desperately." Li Dingguo explained.

"No wonder everyone is reluctant to move, otherwise, Dingguo, how about we go fight bandits and bandits?" Qin Yu tried to say.

"Huh! It's doable. Li Dingguo's eyes lit up.

Compared with Zhuangbao, the cottage is indeed much easier to fight, as long as the gate of the fortress is blown open, most of the bandits will surrender.

"Okay, then let's make a decision, you go to the king for instructions, I will go to find out the target, and then the grain, gold and silver will be obtained, how about we open it in three or seven?" Qin Yu was overjoyed.

"Hmm!"

Li Dingguo nodded, he also knew Qin Yu's current predicament, and he was really afraid that he would open his mouth to borrow food.

Then the two went their separate ways.

After several days of exploration, Qin Yu finally locked his sights on Niutou Mountain, thirty miles north of Gucheng.

So the two of them ordered their soldiers and horses, brought dry food, and went north to kill.

Li Dingguo brought a hundred old brothers and a thousand young men, while Qin Yu took eighty young men to drag cannons.

"Big brother, second brother, what are they doing here? The nearby Zhuangzi has already been beaten down by us, and there is not much dry food they bring! ”

"Humph! Hell knows what they're pumping. Sun Kewang frowned, and he also couldn't understand, so he immediately instructed the two subordinates on the side: "Send two people to follow, and report as soon as there is a situation." ”

"Yes! Major General. Dahan hurriedly replied.

When everyone saw the procession go away, they returned to the city one after another, and continued to live the days of drunkenness and dreaming of death, and no one wanted to move on a hot day.

For more than 30 miles, more than 1,000 people walked from morning to evening before arriving at the foot of Niutou Mountain, and the army had to set up camp.

At this time, the bandits on the mountain also discovered the situation under the mountain, and immediately closed the gate of the village and put it on strict guard.

"Brother Qin, is the news reliable?"

"Don't worry, Brother Dingguo, I have already found out clearly, this gang of bandits is only more than 200 people, the big boss is called Wang Wu, fierce and tyrannical, extremely mean to his subordinates, usually burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, there must be a lot of money and food accumulated in the village."

"Good! In that case, let's destroy this gang of bandits tomorrow. Li Dingguo slapped the table.

To be honest, in fact, he didn't want to come, because their exile army was generally on the same front as the bandits, and now after listening to Qin Yu's introduction, he didn't care anymore.

"Second master, someone outside the camp asks to see him, claiming to be from Niutou Village."

At this moment, a guard report came from outside the tent.

"Oh! Bring it in. The two looked at each other and nodded to each other.

"Yes!"

Not long after, a lewd-looking, tall and thin middle-aged man was brought into the camp tent, and when he saw that there were two teenagers sitting on it, they were also a flute, and then he reacted and hugged his fists:

"In the Lower Niutouzhai Military Division, I have seen two major generals, dare to ask the name of your army, why did you come to my Niutou Mountain?"

"Humph! Listen, we are the righteous army under the command of the Eight Great Kings, and I heard that your Niutou Village is a disaster in the township, and you have done all kinds of evil, and you have come to do the right thing for heaven. Qin Yu snorted coldly.

"Oops! It turned out to be the righteous army of the Eight Kings, disrespectful and disrespectful, the big boss of my family has always admired the Eight Kings very much, I heard that your army has arrived in Gucheng, and I want to go to see it in person..."

"Don't talk nonsense, the two countries are at war, don't kill the envoys, go back and tell you the big boss, and the acquaintance will immediately go down the mountain and surrender, otherwise he will be beheaded tomorrow." Li Dingguo slapped the table and shouted.

The tall and thin man was startled, and his heart was also angry, but the other party was powerful, so he had to accompany him and said with a smile: "This young general is angry, I think there must be some misunderstanding in this, otherwise, we are willing to give your army a hundred taels of silver and ten loads of food, how about quelling this fight?" ”

"When we are called Hanako? Just a hundred taels of silver, ten loads of grain, you want to send us, you can say it, get out! Qin Yu pointed at him and scolded.

"This little boy is angry, the two newcomers have just arrived, and they don't know that at the beginning of the year, the officers and soldiers of Gucheng County also came to encircle and suppress our Niutou Village, a total of 2,000 people, but they didn't even touch the wall, so they retreated with heavy casualties."

"Why, you think our rebels are scared, right?" Li Dingguo stood up and stared at him with his eyes.

The tall and thin man was also shocked in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "The young general is angry, I definitely don't mean this, your army is invincible all over the world, how can it be compared to my little bull's head village?"

It's just that the sword has no eyes, once the war starts, it is inevitable that there will be casualties, and we are all against the officers and soldiers, otherwise, how about adding a hundred taels of silver and ten quintals of food? ”

"Needless to say, go back and tell you the big boss that if you don't come down the mountain and surrender tomorrow, I will take his life."

Li Dingguo waved his hand.

Seeing the other party's resolute attitude, the tall and thin man had no choice but to hug his fists and turn away, but he scolded these rebels in his heart.