At night, the sentinels patrolled back and forth around the camp, and Guo Song urged the horses to the family's camp, where the family members were sleeping in the carts, and the ox carts and carts had been separated, and the coachmen would lead the cattle to feed them with forage and water, and they would live with the cattle in the cattle tent for the night.

These carts were requisitioned from all over Guanzhong, and after the requisition, the drivers could be exempted from labor this year, and they regarded the cattle as their lifeblood, and they would not be separated from the cattle even at night.

Guo Song quickly found Xue Tao's carriage, he turned over and dismounted, and heard Xue Tao ask in a low voice by the window: "Husband, is it you?" ”

"It's me!"

Guo Song tied the war horse to the wheel and asked, "What about the two of them?" ”

"The two of them are in the big car next to them."

Guo Song glanced back, "There is indeed a big car next to it, and Xiao Yuniang is sitting on the roof of the car, vigilantly guarding in all directions, she is not worried that the housemother will stay alone in the carriage." ”

Guo Song waved to her and asked her to go back to the carriage to sleep, and Xiao Yuniang slipped into the carriage through the window.

Guo Song opened the car door, got into the ox cart, and a hot delicate body threw himself into his arms, and the two were entangled together........

I don't know how long it took, they calmed down, and Xue Tao snuggled tightly into her husband's arms, like a docile kitten.

Guo Song stroked his wife's hair lovingly, and said in a deep voice: "I'm wondering, do you want to go back to the capital first?" ”

Xue Tao was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”

"I just got the news that the horse bandits on the right side of Longyou are raging, they will inevitably target us, I am a little worried about your safety."

Xue Tao was anxious, "Is it that if I go back to the capital, we won't see each other in a few years?" ”

"That's not it, you can come to Ganzhou later."

Xue Tao shook his head, "It's not safe to follow your tens of thousands of cavalry, can others protect my safety?" ”

Guo Song smiled dumbly, "You're right, I'm confused, except for you to follow me, no one else can really protect your safety." ”

Xue Tao was silent for a moment and said, "Husband, is Datang about to enter the troubled times again?" ”

"Why do you think that?"

Xue Tao sighed and said: "I feel very safe in Chang'an, but out of Chang'an, it is not safe everywhere, even Shuzhong is in chaos, and now it is only a few dozen miles away from Chang'an, and I heard the warning signal of unsecurity, I don't know where is the safe place." ”

Guo Song can't answer, in fact, Xue Tao's worries are not wrong, the Tang Dynasty is on the verge of a great upheaval, the first emperor compromises everywhere, and seeks perfection with grievances, which is to push this turmoil backwards, but the new emperor ascends the throne and is full of ambition, he is likely to take the initiative to squeeze out this pus, depending on whether he can clean up the mess.

At this time, Xue Yan said faintly: "At least in the arms of my husband, I feel the safest." ”

.........

Early the next morning, the team pulled out the camp and continued to set off, five days later, the team arrived in Yu County, Yu County is today's Baoji, here belongs to Fengxiang Mansion, there are 10,000 garrisons, the military envoy is Guo Song's 'old friend' Li Huaiguang, on the first day of the first month, the two met in Chang'an Restaurant, they are like strangers, each goes their own way, and they are not related to each other.

Guo Song did not want to meet with Li Huaiguang, he asked Zhang Qianyi to apply for a pass card, according to the regulations, when the army enters a military jurisdiction, it needs to rely on the approval of the military department in exchange for the pass card in the jurisdiction, and pass by the pass card, for example, when going out of the passes in the west, the generals guarding the pass do not know the approval document of the military department, they only recognize the pass card in their own area.

The army was temporarily stationed in a wilderness east of Yu County, waiting for Zhang Qianyi to exchange for a pass.

At noon, Zhang Qianyi galloped in with a team of cavalry, and Guo Song greeted him and asked, "Has the pass card been completed?" ”

Zhang Qianyi shook his head, "Li Huaiguang has conditions?" ”

"Conditions?"

Guo Song asked coldly, "What conditions does he want?" ”

"He asked us to leave 3,000 stone of grain and 2,000 loads of forage, otherwise he would not allow us to cross the border."

"Is it okay to give money?"

Zhang Qianyi still shook his head, "He said that the Fengxiang army had difficulty in military rations, and the soldiers could only eat one meal a day, but we brought too much grain and grass materials, he thought it was unfair, and asked us to give them a part, and asked for five thousand stone of grain at first, and then Zhang Yuan interceded and changed it to three thousand stone of grain and two thousand loads of forage, and I offered to give three thousand yuan of money, but Li Huaiguang refused." ”

"Is it the same for others, or is it specifically targeting us?" Guo Song asked.

"I have inquired about it, it seems that I have to pay tolls, and Longyou is the same, some people have complained to the court, but in the end they are all gone."

Guo Song's brows furrowed, and at this time, the dust was flying in the distance, and another group of cavalry rushed over.

There were about more than 100 cavalry, and the leader was Li Huaiguang, Guo Song turned over his horse and greeted him.

"Guo Dudu, long time no see!" Li Huaiguang laughed.

Guo Song bowed slightly, and asked lightly: "I went to Ganzhou to meet the Shatuo army on the order of the Son of Heaven, why does General Li still divide our military rations?" ”

"Hey! It's hard to explain this matter in a word, so I just came to explain it to Guo Dudu. ”

Guo Song groaned for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Please go to the barracks and talk about it!" ”

"Guo Dudu, please!"

The two walked into the makeshift Chinese army tent, Guo Song invited Li Huaiguang to sit down, and ordered the soldiers to serve tea.

Li Huaiguang said very frankly: "Although we have had an unpleasant experience, but that incident has passed, Guo Dudu is now a saint, I don't want to offend Guo Dudu because of the toll, Guo Dudu is in front of the saint, I will lose more than I gain, but I still hope that Guo Dudu will voluntarily leave us some food, if you don't want to give, I am not reluctant, I will issue a pass card immediately." ”

After speaking, Li Huaiguang took out two bronze medals, put them on the table and pushed them to Guo Song.

Guo Song didn't expect Li Huaiguang to actually deliver the pass card to the door, he groaned and said: "It's not impossible to leave some food to help friendly troops, but Li Junenvoy needs to explain things to me clearly, don't use coercive means, it will only be disgusting." ”

"So I came to explain this matter, before Guo Dudu's staff proposed to exchange 3,000 yuan for the pass, I think you may have misunderstood, thinking that I, Li Huaiguang, want to fill my own pockets, in fact, I will distribute these grains and forage to the brothers below, so that they can drink a meal of porridge in the morning, so that the horses of the messengers have fodder to feed."

Guo Song frowned, "Is it so serious?" ”

Li Huaiguang sighed and said: "Shuofang and Fengzhou have a large area of fertile borderless land, the army can be opened up as military land, and the grain naturally does not have to worry, but Fengxiang Mansion has long been developed, there is no excess land, most of the grain fields are the manors of the emperor's relatives, although there is a lot of grain, but it has nothing to do with Fengxiang Mansion, the grain price here is more expensive than the capital, we can only count on the imperial court to allocate grain."

But Guo Dudu should know that of the 10,000 Fengxiang garrison, only 6,000 are guaranteed by the imperial court, and the other 4,000 are self-recruited troops. The food of 6,000 people could only be distributed to 10,000 people, but as a result, everyone did not have enough to eat, and the money was meager, the soldiers complained, and the court did not pay attention. ”

Guo Song nodded, this is the root cause of the Jingyuan Mutiny in history, the soldiers have too deep grievances against the imperial court, but the imperial court can't take out enough financial resources to fill the huge hole in military spending, plus the land annexation is too serious, the army has no land to tuntian, and it is better to have fewer people in the frontier, but the days of the garrisons in Guanzhong and Longyou are sad.

Although the Anshi Rebellion was pacified, the root cause of the Anshi Rebellion was not solved, the government military system was completely destroyed, and the imperial court could not take out a huge military expenditure, so it had to let the local festivals make themselves solve part of it, which led to the fall of An Lushan, and thousands of new An Lushan stood up again, if it were not for the material transportation of Jiangnan and Jianghuai to support the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would have perished long ago.

Guo Song nodded, "Since Envoy Li is honest with each other, I will take out three thousand stone of grain and three thousand loads of forage to the friendly troops of Fengxiang Mansion, and at the same time, I guarantee that this matter will not reach the ears of the Son of Heaven." ”

Li Huaiguang was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "Thank you Guo Dudu for complaining with virtue, in return, I kindly remind Guo Dudu that the Longyou horse bandits are raging, but don't pin the hope of a safe transit on the Longyou army." ”

.......

Early the next morning, the mighty baggage army set off again under the escort of the cavalry, and they divided into two routes, one route was led by Liang Wu to escort the fleet of 2,000 cavalry to Weizhou, where they went ashore, and the Weizhou government had collected thousands of carts in advance and waited for the arrival of the fleet.

Guo Song personally led 8,000 cavalry to escort the baggage team to the northwest, and they would leave the Great Earthquake Pass in Longzhou to join Liangwu in Weizhou.

The reason why the troops were divided into two roads was because the road in the south was bumpy and difficult to walk, which was not suitable for the baggage team, so they could only make a slight detour and take the relatively flat road of the Great Earthquake Pass.

Li Huaiguang stood at the head of the city and watched the mighty baggage team in the distance, and his staff member Han Yu whispered on the side: "Such a huge baggage team, although Zhu Zhu is in the capital, I believe that he will not let it go easily!" ”

Li Huaiguang sneered and said: "How can Zhu Jun be such a treacherous person to do it himself, it depends on whether the party members can take a piece of the pie from Guo Song's hands, I hope that the party members will plant a big fight, otherwise the caravan will be cut off, and we will all have to drink the northwest wind." ”

"I wonder if Guo Song can understand the general's hint?"

"He's a smart man, he must be able to understand my hints, and he won't go to Zhu Zhu to fall into the net."

(End of chapter)