Pei Shi had not ridden a horse at all, but he had only occasionally straddled before, and the slave had only walked slowly with the reins in his hands, and he had never driven it himself. This time, Pei should have helped her on the horse first, and led her for half a circle, which seemed to be quite stable, but as soon as the reins were handed over to Pei's hands, she was immediately at a loss, and even her whole body became stiff. Pei Cai soothed in a low voice, saying that Zhi Qu Liu said, this little horse has no temper, and my aunt can ride boldly, and then glanced at Zhi Qu Liu, and saw that the other party was whispering to a small soldier with his head sideways, and he didn't seem to pay attention to himself, so he continued to lower his voice and said:

"If you can't be familiar with the art of riding, how can you get out of the tiger's mouth? Aunt is reluctant! ”

After saying a few words to the little soldier, Zhi Quliu stood up impatiently and stepped out of the gate. Probably under Pei Gai's guard, Pei's twisted and twisted around the field for half a circle, and then Zhiqu Liu began to return. Pei should look from a distance, and saw that the rough man frowned, looked depressed, raised his head to look at himself, seemed to want to get closer, and seemed to be a little hesitant.

Pei Caixin said what happened? Looks like it has something to do with me. So he glanced at Pei's family, helped him off his horse to rest, turned around and walked to Zhi Quliu, and asked him, "Does the general have something to say to me?" ”

Zhi Quliu pursed his lips, stammered for a while, and suddenly hugged his fists: "There is indeed something, please ask Mr. Pei to help me." ”

"The general is blunt."

"Yingyin sent someone again......"

Yingyin County is fifty or sixty miles east of Xuchang (in fact, Yingyin is the location of the urban area of Xuchang City, Henan Province in later generations), and Kong Chang has just led his army to settle in not long ago. Previously, Shi Le broke the Jin division in Ningping City, and then triumphed in Xuchang, leaving Kong Chang to collect and transport supplies, and when Kong Chang returned, Shi Le had already sent troops north to attack Luoyang. Kong Chang is the same as Zhiqu Liu, and is also one of the eighteen horsemen in the past, but in terms of the degree of credit of Shile, it far exceeds Zhiqu Liu, and can be on a par with Jiao'an, Taobao, Zhixiong, etc. So he was ashamed of being under Zhiqu Liu, since Zhiqu Liu was ordered to stay behind and guard Xuchang, Kong Chang just transported the materials over, and he refused to enter the city, so he turned around and went to Tun to settle in Yingyin.

When Shi Le triumphed, most of the grain and grass were transported away in advance, and Kong Chang was ordered to carry some flags, silk, armor sticks, etc., and he couldn't eat from hunger, so after he settled in Yingyin, he sent people to Xuchang to ask for food and salary from Zhiqu Liu. Originally, the food in Shile's army was not rich, and it was not easy to defeat the Jin division, with a slight surplus, but then went north to Luoyang, and I didn't know how long this battle would take, so Cheng Yao lived within his means, and only calculated enough grain for a thousand men and horses to eat for a month, and planned to hand it over to someone to bring back. But Yingyin came to make a shy chest and pout, saying What do you mean, send beggars? That's not even a fraction of that!

The person who came said that General Kong's headquarters did only have 1,000 people, but in order to transport supplies, he went to various townships and villages to collect people's husbands, and temporarily pulled up two or three thousand people. In addition, there are hundreds of soldiers stationed in Yingyin, and there are nearly 5,000 people here and outside, how can you just give such a little?!

Originally, the payment of Yingyin grain was not a big deal in the eyes of Zhi Quliu and Cheng Yao, so neither of them showed up, and only sent a small official to support. When the little official heard what the person said, he immediately argued, and said yes, we do know that Yingyin has guards, but Yingyin also has grain and grass, and we just make up for the shortfall. Well, since the general said that you have recruited two or three thousand more soldiers, then you can give a definite number, how many are needed, and we will prepare.

The person who came immediately stretched out his palm: "I need 50,000 pieces of grain and 10,000 stones of grass!" ”

The little official was shocked on the spot: "Isn't this the need of 10,000 troops for two months?" How can you eat so much? ”

The people who came glared at them, saying that General Kong is not like your generals, he only knows that he is hiding in the city and consuming food, and there are still many places in Yingchuan County and Xiangcheng County in the east that cannot be controlled, so they have to send troops to fight, even if they don't attack the city and pull out the village, announce the countryside, and recruit new soldiers, they always need food. General Kong plans to summon at least 5,000 more people, in case the county prince's attack on Luoyang does not go well, and we can still send reinforcements to go - so 100,000 grains and 50,000 quintals of grass are all less, in case you can't count the accounts, so I just want this number first.

Of course, these are just excuses. The two counties of Yingchuan and Xiangguo are often burned by soldiers, the fields are barren, and the ten rooms are empty, where is it so easy to pull out 5,000 recruits? The people have no food, and the Thai half run away, but if they don't leave, they must still have some food around them - mostly for the family Tunbao - not to mention that Shile didn't let Kong Chang go to the conscription, and Kong Chang will be able to successfully defeat the Tunbao with this little bit of soldiers and horses, as long as he fights down, there will be progress, where is the need to ask Xuchang for grain again?

Kong Chang purely wanted to take advantage of Shi Le and Zhang Bin's absence, and Zhi Quliu couldn't suppress his opportunity, so he ate more and occupied more, and also took the opportunity to expand his power.

In this way, one was strong, the other refused to give, and there was a conflict between the two, and the little official was almost beaten to death by Kong Chang's subordinates, so he added thirty percent more grain and straw within his authority, saying I don't see many people you brought, so let's carry these first, and talk about it later......

So in less than half a month, Yingyin sent someone again.

Regarding Kong Chang's begging for grain, Pei should have heard Jian Dao with a big mouth mention it a long time ago, but he didn't know the details, and now he heard Zhi Quliu say that Yingyin was coming again, and immediately smiled: "How much grain does General Kong want, just pay according to the number, what's the difficulty?" "Zhi Quliu said that the difficulty is that we don't have much surplus food in Xuchang, and we have to prevent the delay of the front-line war, and we have to transport it to Luozhong one after another. His number is empty, as thin as thin porridge, full of water, I dare not open this opening after I was ordered to stay.

When Pei Gai heard this, he frowned slightly, and asked: "The day before yesterday, General Kong sent an envoy to ask for it, and I heard that he almost injured people's lives, why did the general refuse to come forward?" ”

Zhi Quliu sighed and said that I was busy preparing weapons at that time, and this grain accounting has always been my business, so I only heard about it afterwards......

"Why does Cheng Ziyuan refuse to show up?"

Zhi Quliu said that of course he had a reason, but I guess - "He is afraid of General Kong." ”

Pei should say okay, let's leave aside what happened last time, so what about this time? Since someone has reported to you, you can always come forward and refuse the other person, right? Zhi Quliu's originally swarthy face turned slightly red, and then he lowered his head and muttered: "It is said that this time the envoy is Kong Cheng'......."

Pei Gai almost laughed out loud when he heard this, but he quickly restrained the urge to grin and asked again, "What about Cheng Ziyuan?" ”

"I happened to go out of the city to repair the road......"

"Then who persuaded the general to come and ask me for help?"

"It's Qu Bin. He flattered, saying that he did not dare to refuse, and someone was beaten last time, so his subordinates did not dare to follow. He said that Mr. Pei is a great talent, and he may be able to help me......"

Pei Gai smiled slightly: "It's to harm me-the general still remembers the story I once said about the straw boat borrowing arrows?" ”

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Zhuge Kongming borrowed arrows from the grass boat, this is a novelist's language, there was no such thing in the history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, but before that, in order to boast to Zhiqu Liu, how Zhuge Liang was good, he also told about this nonsense - he even talked about playing the piano and retiring from the army, not to mention the grass boat borrowing arrows?

Pei should ask Zhi Quliu, do you remember the story I told you? Zhou Yu pretended to lack arrows and asked Zhuge Liang to supervise the construction, but he actually wanted to murder Zhuge Liang - this time it was the same, it was clear that Cheng Yao took advantage of the opportunity of Yingyin to set a trap and wanted me to drill into it, can't you see it?

Zhi Quliu was stunned and said, "Cheng Yao wants to harm Mr. Pei? Why is that? ”

Pei Gai smiled: "It's nothing more than jealousy." On that day, the lord allowed me to serve as the deputy governor of the 'Gentleman's Battalion', and it is said that it was blocked by Cheng Ziyuan and Xu Jiwu...... "Zhi Quliu said that it can't just be blamed on the two of them, after all, Mr. Pei, you are new to the city, and you have not made an inch, no one knows that you can be wiser than Zhuge ...... Even Mr. Zhang Mengsun was opposed.

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but smile secretly, and said in his heart I will know - Zhang Bin, Zhang Bin, this account will be written down for you first, and we will calculate it in the future. Although he didn't want to live in Huying for a long time at all, let alone covet the position of deputy governor, after all, Zhang Bin lied to his face and secretly pricked his colleagues with needles, which made Pei Cai quite unhappy - are you stupid to me?

But he shook his head slightly, put the matter behind him for the time being, and continued to explain to Zhi Quliu: "Cheng Ziyuan sent Qu Bin to summon me, with an arrogant attitude, and if he was chased by me, he must hold a grudge. Previously, he asked the general to hand over the accounts of my craftsman battalion, which were to be completed in three days, and there were many loopholes in them, just to see my jokes. Fortunately, Pei had learned the art of settling accounts and failed to make it succeed, so Yingyin sent Kong Jiang to come, and he deliberately avoided it, but made Qu Bin beg the general to come and ask me for advice......

"What can I do? It's just two ways: allowing it and rejecting it. In fact, with my original intention, I wanted to agree to General Kong - according to my estimate, the lord's attack on Luo, at most three months, will be successful, and it is impossible for the army to carry even three months of grain and grass, and it is still necessary to transport thousands of miles from Xuchang, right? ”

When Zhi Quliu heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Sure enough?!" ”

Pei Gai said sure enough-I should be not mistaken, and history will not change too much at this juncture-but it doesn't matter, it's important-" The grain and straw are all dispatched by Cheng Ziyuan, and he deliberately avoided it, so he must only leave a very small amount to supply Yingyin, and the rest is locked in the treasury, who dares to move it?" If I allow Kong Jiang and I can't take it out later, what should I do? Although the general can stay in the authority to open the treasury to take grain, but when Cheng Ziyuan returns, he will inevitably blame the general in person-Qu Zai, how to deal with it? ”

Zhi Qu Liuyi twisted his eyebrows and said that if this is the case, it is indeed me-what else can I do, he had to endure the scolding.

Pei should be right-"It's my plan to humiliate the general, no matter how generous the general is, can he be free from Pei?" It was Cheng Zi who saw that General Cheng was friendly with me, so he wanted to be separated. ”

Zhi Quliu said that it is not enough, since Mr. Pei, you judge that the lord can conquer Luoyang in three months, and Xuchang does not need to save the grain and grass to help the front line, so for the sake of harmony among colleagues, it is good to give the foot hole.

Pei Gai raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with a smile: "I said March, and the general will believe it?" If my judgment is not correct, I can't capture Luoyang at half a year old, and when the time comes, the lord will send an envoy to ask for food, will the general atone for his sins, or will he sacrifice Pei's head? ”

Zhi Quliu sighed: "Why did Mr. Pei say this...... "If you don't add these words, I really believe what you said about breaking Luoyang in March, you are looking for a ...... Then I really don't have the courage to do it-" Fei Zhi doesn't believe Mr. Pei, but if he spoils the lord's affairs, even if he dies, it will be difficult to atone for his sins!" ”