The cloudless sky was full of stars, Mao Wenlong was alone in the courtyard to enjoy the coolness, it was already late at night, and Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan had already fallen asleep.

Mao Wenlong was waiting for Chen Jisheng, a sound of footsteps came from far and near, and when Mao Wenlong raised his eyes, he saw Chen Jisheng coming in a hurry.

"Governor!"

Mao Wenlong nodded, motioned for him to sit down on the chair beside him, and then spoke: "How is it?" Think of a place to store your grain and grass? ”

Chen Jisheng shook his head bitterly and said: "Dudu, there is too much grain and grass here, it is too difficult to hide it without attracting attention!" ”

Ye County is a big place, and if you gallop on a horse, you can run around the whole city in less than a day. Except for Shencheng, other places are either barren mountains or abandoned villages.

There was almost no suitable place to store grain and grass, so Chen Jisheng deliberately went for a run after separating from Mao Wenlong at that time, but there was still no gain.

The corners of Mao Wenlong's mouth rose slightly, stared at Chen Jisheng with slanted eyes, and said slowly: "Okay, don't embarrass you about this, I know that you are not the material to do this." I will arrange someone else to deal with it, and now I don't know about it, so I have ordered someone to call Xie Dong to come! ”

Chen Jisheng was happy at first, and then he didn't understand what else Mao Wenlong didn't understand? But he didn't dare to say more, he would lose if he said too much, and he was called to find a place to store grain and grass earlier.

He ran for most of the day but still didn't gain anything, and he didn't dare to say anything more casually.

Soon after, Xie Dong arrived under the guidance of the people in the mansion. Xie Dong was told by Chen Jisheng earlier that he would be promoted to President Qian in the future, Xie Dong was very happy, and he also admired Chen Jisheng's direct boss.

But not long after he was happy, he suddenly heard the summons of the governor, and he suddenly felt nervous again. I don't know why Mao Wenlong summoned himself to talk in the middle of the night?

"The commander of the cavalry battalion, Xie Dong is the governor!" Xie Dong saluted cautiously, not daring to overstep at all.

Mao Wenlong smiled, nodded and pointed to another chair and said, "Sit!" ”

Xie Dong didn't hesitate and strode over and sat down. Then he looked at Chen Jisheng and gave him an inquiring look.

Chen Jisheng rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't know what the governor was going to talk about?

Mao Wenlong groaned for a while, and then spoke: "Xie Dong, since you and Li Zizi split ways, do you know how they arranged it later, and where did they go?" ”

Hearing this, Xie Dong was stunned, and then hesitated: "My subordinates were in a hurry to rush back to Ye County, but they didn't pay attention to these. ”

Mao Wenlong's face flashed with a hint of disappointment, and then he said without giving up: "Then where do you think they will go?" ”

Xie Dong frowned and fell into deep thought, Mao Wenlong did not rush to urge him to answer, but picked up the fragrant tea that Chen Lan had prepared for him earlier beside him and lightly decorated it.

After a long time, I heard Xie Dong say uncertainly: "Governor, if your subordinates want to guess, then Li Zicheng should still stay where he is." ”

Mao Wenlong put down the teacup and said curiously: "Well, what is the basis?" ”

Xie Dong did not hesitate this time: "My subordinates have noticed that Li Zicheng seemed to be very moved when he learned that there were officers and soldiers chasing after him. ”

After a pause, Xie Dong explained: "Those rogues, they are actually a large group of ordinary people, from children as young as teenagers to old people in their fifties and sixties. Most of the weapons they used were wooden sticks or some farming tools, and after intercepting and killing those officers and soldiers, their subordinates saw that they did not even spare the clothes of the officers and soldiers, and all of them were stripped and put on their own bodies. ”

When Mao Wenlong heard this, he immediately became overjoyed: "Are you saying that Li Zicheng will stay behind to ambush the officers and soldiers who catch up after him because of the equipment of the officers and soldiers." ”

Xie Dong arched his hand: "Governor, it is like this, they are extremely short of weapons, clothing, food, and other things. When his subordinates were in conflict with Na Li, he was worried that he would have crooked thoughts about our warhorses. ”

Hearing Xie Dong say this, Mao Wenlong was already completely sure that Li Zicheng would definitely leave behind to ambush the officers and soldiers. It's just that I don't know if he can kill Hong Chengchou, after all, it's a regular army, and it seems that it is still very difficult for their refugees to win against Hong Chengchou.

After thinking about it for a while, Mao Wenlong still asked Xie Dong to go to the barracks and asked two clever people to go back and investigate. Xie Dong didn't say much, nor did he ask why, and after receiving the order, he retreated first.

Chen Jisheng only opened his mouth at this time and asked Mao Wenlong: "Dudu, why do you care about this?" ”

Mao Wenlong said worriedly: "Although Li Zicheng has 30,000 troops, Hong Chengchou will not exceed 5,000 at most. The numbers sound really scary, but the regular army is not comparable to the miscellaneous army. As long as the officers and soldiers rushed to kill with all their strength at the beginning, Li Zicheng's miscellaneous army would naturally scatter and flee. ”

"What the governor means is that Li Zicheng will definitely fail."

Mao Wenlong nodded: "Yes, the officers and soldiers have the upper hand completely, as long as they hold on a little, there will be reinforcements coming." Therefore, Li Zicheng will be defeated by eight or nine percent. ”

Chen Jisheng frowned: "But they lost and had nothing to do with us, why do they need to send someone to investigate?" ”

In Chen Jisheng's view, this is completely unnecessary, and it is better for the officials and soldiers to fight to the death with the rogue. As Mao Wenlong said before, they should make a fortune now.

Mao Wenlong's face was displeased: "Do you really don't understand or are you pretending to be confused, those peasant soldiers have seen Xie Dong and them." Once they are defeated, Hong Chengchou will be able to find clues after being tortured to extract confessions. If we're lucky, he'll find us here, won't we're in trouble? ”

Chen Jisheng was slightly stunned, and suddenly came over: "Then according to the governor's statement, once Hong Chengchou arrives in Ye County and discovers our 30,000 Dongjiang troops, won't he be even more suspicious of us robbing grain?" ”

Seeing that Chen Jisheng finally understood, Mao Wenlong nodded: "Therefore, we must always pay attention to it now, and we must not be careless." ”

Chen Jisheng nodded again and again, which made him quite nervous.

Mao Wenlong suddenly smiled and said with relief: "However, even if Hong Chengchou finds here, it won't be so fast." So we don't need to worry too much about it anytime soon. ”

"Yes, Dudu!"

Mao Wenlong looked up at the sky and found that it was not early, so he asked Chen Jisheng to retreat. Before leaving, he instructed Chen Jisheng to gather the whole army early tomorrow morning and wait for him.

Mao Wenlong decided to reorganize the 30,000 Dongjiang Army as soon as possible and restore order to deal with the threats that may be faced next.

Chen Jisheng agreed with a smile and promised that it would be properly arranged!