The arrival of Dongjiang's old subordinates really made Mao Wenlong happy, but this good mood did not last long, and was disturbed by Liu Guangzuo.

"Governor, Governor, we're back!"

Liu Guangzuo is like a daughter-in-law who returned to her parents' house for the first time after getting married, and when she saw Mao Wenlong, she almost cried.

Mao Wenlong didn't doubt Liu Guangzuo at all, greeted him with a smile, and opened his mouth to say: "Guangzuo, it's hard ......." ”

Before Mao Wenlong's words were finished, he saw Liu Guangzuo fly directly off the horse, rushed to Mao Wenlong's body, knelt on one knee and said with a bitter face: "Governor, we haven't eaten enough for two days, can we get a meal first and let everyone eat before anything else?" ”

Liu Guangzuo's words undoubtedly thundered to the top, and directly threw Mao Wenlong to the spot. I'm really afraid of anything, I've been worried about the food and grass of the army, but I didn't expect this old subordinate to ask for food when he comes back.

"Why don't you have enough to eat for two days, don't you bring enough grain and grass when you come out of the Dongjiang River?" Mao Wenlong was a little surprised, and asked Liu Guangzuo with a heavy face.

Liu Guangzuo rolled his eyes, and said a little angrily: "Speaking of this, I have to blame that damn Yuan Chonghuan." ”

Mao Wenlong paused: "What does this have to do with him?" ”

Liu Guangzuo immediately explained: "The stakes are too big, the governor doesn't know anything, since Yuan Chonghuan was recalled to the capital by the imperial court, our Dongjiang fathers and elders can no longer get any grain and grass from the imperial court." Later, it was besieged by the Tartar army that heard the wind, if it weren't for Xu Fu's big brother Xu who saw the opportunity was not good, he first arranged for the old and weak women and children to leave, and then withdrew before the arrival of the Tartars, otherwise our losses would have been great! ”

It turned out that after Yuan Chonghuan was recalled by the imperial court, the Tartars gathered a large army and attacked the Dongjiang River. After Xu Fuzuo first got the information that the Tartars were about to attack the Dongjiang River, he immediately arranged for the families in the army to leave first.

Xu Fuzhuo himself stayed behind with 20,000 subordinates to guard the Dongjiang River, and he could have left with the army and the evacuated family members. But because Mao Wenlong didn't say anything about letting him give up the Dongjiang River when he left, he stayed behind with 20,000 Dongjiang troops.

When the Tartar army came to attack, Xu Fuzuo also had to deal with the Tartars for more than ten days, but because of the extreme shortage of food, Xu Fuzuo, who had a premonition that he could no longer hold on, ordered the whole army to secretly evacuate at night and abandoned the two islands of the Dongjiang River.

After evacuating from the Dongjiang River, Xu Fuzuo did not dare to flee far, so he could only join his family in the army and deal with the Tartar army. The same method of robbery was used to solve the problem of food shortage, and after nearly a month of dealing with the Tartars, Liu Guangzuo and Chengzuo arrived at the Dongjiang River to join Xu Fuzuo.

Knowing that Mao Wenlong wanted to take the Dongjiang Army to Ye County in Henan Province, Xu Fuzuo was very happy, and immediately raided the granary of the Tartars, and after grabbing some grain, he rushed all the way with the army.

The food of the army on the way also relied on stealing and looting, and it barely survived. And since entering Henan Mansion, in this remote and uninhabited place, there is no robbery, and the army can only cut down on food and clothing, and hurry up here to endure hunger.

This is also the reason why Liu Guangzuo shouted that he wanted the army to have a full meal as soon as he came.

Knowing the hardships of the Dongjiang Army along the way, Mao Wenlong really wanted to treat him well, but it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. How can you give the army a full meal without food, and Mao Wenlong himself used to swear that he would let these old subordinates of Dongjiang follow him to eat and drink spicy food.

Now, a big oolong was in front of him, which made him very embarrassed. I don't know what to do for a while.

The magistrate quietly approached Mao Wenlong and whispered in his ear: "Dudu, we have prepared the thousand loads of grain promised to you earlier. ”

Mao Wenlong suddenly woke up when he heard this, and then he remembered that there was such a thing, patted his head and laughed: "Guangzuo, Chengzuo immediately asked the army to surround the foot of the mountain behind the city, where the camp has been repaired for you, and everyone will be settled, and the rice grain will be sent over later." ”

"Xie Dudu!" Liu Guangzuo and Chengzuo were overjoyed and grateful, and then galloped back with the cavalry to join the infantry in the distance, and conveyed Mao Wenlong's order.

After Mao Wenlong saw the two leave, he turned around and returned to the city with the magistrate and went to the county government to get food.

The magistrate was secretly happy in his heart, the arrival of 20,000 Dongjiang troops meant that Shencheng was guaranteed. In today's troubled times, if you only rely on the imperial court, you will have to protect yourself at any time.

Like the Shaanxi Prefecture, there are constant wars everywhere, and I heard that if not fifty county orders were killed, there must be forty-nine. Those who rebelled were specifically killed officials or gentry clans.

Now Henan Prefecture has also been affected, and it may be affected by the displaced people at any time. And Shen Cheng only has a thousand defenders, and this person can't guarantee Shen Cheng's safety at all.

The Shen family is an absolute clan in the local area, and it is the main target of the rebellious homeless people, for their own safety, they have to curry favor with Mao Wenlong no matter what.

It's a pity that there is a shortage of grain and grass now, and he can't solve Mao Wenlong's worries, and the county is embarrassed to get up again.

Obviously, Mao Wenlong didn't think so, no matter what, he had to remember the favor between the magistrate and the Shen family. Although a thousand loads of grain is very small, it can be regarded as a solution to his urgent need.

"The love of the county magistrate, Mao remembered it in his heart, and he will definitely double the reward in the future." Mao Wenlong smiled and thanked the magistrate.

The magistrate was flattered: "The governor is heavy, it's just a gesture, it's not enough to worry about it, it's not enough to worry about it!" ”

Mao Wenlong just smiled and stopped talking, in normal times, this thousand loads of grain is indeed nothing. Now I am grateful to him because I have sent charcoal in the snow and solved my urgent need.

The two of them soon arrived at the county office, and the head catcher had already come back first, and he had already ordered someone to load food and wait for Mao Wenlong's arrival.

"Li Zhutou has worked hard!" Mao Wenlong thanked him politely.

"It's okay, do you want us to send food over now?" After a modest expression, Li Zhutou asked where the grain went.

"Well, let's get off as soon as possible!" Mao Wenlong didn't pretend anymore, and urged the horse to take the grain convoy in front and slowly go to the back mountain.

Liu Guangzuo, Cheng Zuo, and Xu Fuzuo had already settled the army at this time, and the families of the army were also settled together.

The three of them looked at the direction of Shencheng blankly, until they saw Mao Wenlong coming from afar, and the carriage team following behind them, the three of them had a smile on their faces, and at the same time they were relieved.

"Finally able to eat a full meal, grandma's, I almost didn't starve to death!" Liu Guangzuo's eyes lit up, his eyes stared at the slowly approaching grain cart, and he muttered quietly.