It's getting colder.

On the edge of the Qingjiang River, it was already foggy, and when I stood on the shore and looked at the other side, it was already foggy.

The patrolling guards lined with thick cotton robes and walked along the edge of the Qingjiang River with kicking steps.

Su Lu sat in a wheelchair, wrapped in a thick cotton robe, and Su Ping was accompanied by several generals, looking at the opposite shore on the Jiangling pier.

Luo Xuan's tone was full of doubts: "Commander, we have occupied Jiangling for a few days, why hasn't this Qi country had soldiers and horses yet, isn't it that the Qi country has taken other roads?" ”

Cao Hua said proudly beside him: "So that General Luo knows that the commander has sent four guards three days ago to search for passable places along the Qingjiang River, up to the Tang Kingdom, down to our Han Kingdom, there is no such road." ”

Su Lu also shook his head: "No one knows what the Qi people think, I have sent scouts and Dingxiang Wei secret agents, crossed the river into the territory of Eastern Qi, and spied on intelligence, we know too little about the Qi people." ”

Wang Si stretched out his hand and looked into the distance with the shed, looking anxious.

"Commander, since the Qi people have been defeated, but they are not gathering troops on the other side, what kind of demon is this?"

Su Lu asked Wang Si rhetorically, "How did you do to search the Qiren warehouse?" The food and clothing of the army in the future can be pointed to the warehouses of these Qi people, and the people in the territory of Qi are also pointed to the warehouses and grain. ”

Wang Si rubbed his hair, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Lord Li Ling took me to do it, and in the past few days, Li Ling has also crossed the river to Dongqi to spy on intelligence, and I can't do this job without a leader." ”

Su Lu asked the mound behind him and said, "Why is there no news from Mud yet?" We have already captured so many places in Qi Land, didn't he lead the army to the hinterland of Qi Country? ”

Tu Mound had a constipated expression on his face: "Mud said that there will be news back in a few days, they seem to be doing a big thing, I don't know the specific situation." ”

Su Lu was a little annoyed: "Order, let him come back to see me, what a bullshit matter, all the troops are desperate, his Praetorian Guard camp is hiding without a trace, how many days have this battle been fought, and there is no trace of him." ”

Saying this, Su Lu looked at the other side: "Send scouts to spy on the Qi country to see what the Qi people are doing, but they haven't reacted yet, this is a heavy responsibility for losing the land." ”

Su Lu returned to the camp and discussed the military situation with Luo Xuan for a while, and he was even more confused, how could Qi people react like this, shouldn't they.

Su Yun came in from the outside, followed by Mingyue and Xiaosi, and when he saw Su Lu, Su Yun, who had red circles in his eyes, said noisily:

"Brother, you have to give me some food, Qi people are too pitiful."

Su Lu glanced at Su Yun: "What miserable family did you encounter today?" There is a limit to being sad for others, Qi people are miserable, don't we save them? ”

Su Yun's eyes turned red again.

"You don't know, brother, the Yun family is so miserable, the six sons have been dragged to be soldiers, the four daughters are all widowed after they got married, and none of them have come back so far, the poor in the family can't open the pot, and the five-year-old children are not as tall as the three-year-old children of our Han Kingdom."

Su Lu gave Xiao Si a color, and Xiao Si went out to get a handkerchief and wiped Su Yun's tears.

Xiao Si also had red circles in his eyes, "Lord Wang, Qi people are really miserable, today there is a daughter-in-law of a family who married from the other side of the Qingjiang River, they ate the steamed buns given by the young lady, and the daughter-in-law also begged the young lady to go to the other side to rescue her mother's family." ”

Mingyue's eye circles were directly swollen, and in the past few days, she followed Su Yun to appease the people everywhere, and what she saw and heard reminded him of what happened to him in the past, and he washed his face with tears almost all day long.

Su Lu interrupted the crying of the three daughters, and asked: "Don't just care about the poor people, this is caused by the Qi State Government, but our food cannot be given in vain, in a few days they will all have to work, come to Jiangling to repair the wharf, build the city, so that they can have food." ”

Su Yun nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "I said, they are going to come to Jiangling Wharf to do things, and they will be able to eat every day in the future, and their families can also arrange work and have food." Except for some old men and women who really didn't want to leave the village, most of them were still willing to come. ”

Su Lu nodded, the life of the Qi people is hard, but the life of my Han army is not easy, and there is not much food snatched from the Qi people, so I still have to think about buying food.

This time the Qi people were defeated, and many of the seizures were gold and silver, and if you take out some of them, you can buy hundreds of thousands of stone grains, which is enough for the Han army.

It's a pity that this big grain merchant who is willing to sell grain is not easy to find, Qin Guo doesn't have to think about it, his own poor people are almost unable to open the pot, and he has contacted the Qi people in Tang State several times, but he has not been able to get the right price, so it is not a way to drag it on.

Zhou Yuan quickly stepped into the camp tent, looked annoyed, and complained to Su Lu:

"Commander, the newly sent Qincha from the imperial court is too annoying, and he scatters the grain as if he didn't want money, I went to ask him for some military rations, but I was so reluctant to give it at all."

"He is misleading my Han country like this, if our army has no food, how can we hold on to the Qi people."

Su Lu was about to ask him where the food came from, but the mound strode into the camp tent, and said with a smile on his face:

"Lord Wang, this grandson of mud is back."

Mud came in with a few mud monkey-like guards, each carrying a large burden.

"I've seen the prince!"

Several people knelt down in unison, and the aura of murder on their bodies was permeated, and the smell of blood was overwhelming.

Su Lu nodded, ordered them to get up, let people take a seat, and then asked Mud and said, "The mound said that you want to be the boss of a big thing, tell me, how are you doing?" ”

Mud laughed and ordered a few of his men to bring the baggage.

"It's not a big deal, didn't you defeat Kang'an's army, we followed up, looking for an opportunity to make Kang'an's camp in the south of the Qingjiang River, and now it has been burned to the ground."

Su Lu was stunned when he heard this: "Although Kang'an was defeated in the north of the Qingjiang River, it can be called a big battalion, why do you need tens of thousands of horses, and you can clean up the Praetorian Guard with just one battalion, isn't it bragging?" ”

Mud smiled at the acquaintance of several mud monkey-like Praetorian Guards.

Zhao Zheng, the thin and short captain of the Praetorian Guard, said with a smile:

"Lord Wang, our Praetorian Guard is trained according to the regulations you give, killing, sneak attacking, and there are no enemies at all, and there are not many soldiers in the camp of Qi people, saying that it is ten thousand troops, but in fact, most of them are empty, there are no soldiers at all, and then counting those who are not in the barracks, there are only 3,000 troops left in the barracks."

"We ambushed for three days and three nights, assassinated, poisoned, caught fire, annihilated the 3,000 troops, and by the way, looted the warehouses of the Qi people on the south bank, there are too many grains, we can't get them back, we need you to send troops to go."

Su Lu nodded: "Okay, I'll send troops forward, your Praetorian Guard Battalion has made a great contribution, and when you recall the grain and straw, you will be rewarded together." ”

"Is there any movement on the side of the Qi Imperial Court?"

Mud's face was strange when he heard this, "I met Governor Li Ling on the road, and Governor Li said that the news of the return of Dingxiang Wei from all walks of life is very strong, and the Qi Imperial Court is indifferent to the loss of land, and the military report sent by Kang'an to the Imperial Court has not yet been replied to." ”

In the camp tent, all the captains of the military academy looked at the mud in surprise, they all lost their land, and the Qi court was still indifferent!