When the little colonel on the ground saw the coming, he knelt on the ground and cried as if he had seen a savior:

"General Lu, save me! Help me!! ”

Zhang Xian couldn't help but shake his head, a small city gate is actually more time-consuming than dealing with mountain bandits, then Jiang Yongcheng saw Zhang Xian shaking his head, thinking that Zhang Xian was embarrassed, and turned sideways to Zhang Xian and said:

"Don't worry, Master Zhang, Jiang is not talented, I am willing to advance and retreat with my brother! If so, he will dare to embarrass Brother Zhang, and he is not a vegetarian in a certain kung fu! ”

Zhang Xian nodded at Jiang Yongcheng, it seems that this young man is still very brotherly, this time, you can make further friends. Similarly, Jiang Yongcheng is also full of curiosity and friendship with the young Zhang Xian in front of him, especially those who have only shown their hands, which completely subverted Jiang Yongcheng's perception of military training, it turns out that the army under the world can still practice like this, and can have such momentum, Jiang Yongcheng can't wait to have such a tiger and wolf army all the time.

Zhang Xian took a few steps forward with his head held high, stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly:

"Zhang Xian, the official of Yangzhou Grain and Salary, sent by the emperor, escorted the grain and grass to Ezhou after a lot of hardship, but never thought that the small school guarding the gate openly asked for bribes, and did not give a hundred taels of silver, so we were not allowed to enter the city to make errands, the prince Shaobao Lu Dashuai is now guarding Xiangyang City, and Lord Lu is governing the army What a strict law, how can I allow the young people to corrupt military discipline and disturb the people, not to mention that we still served the emperor's errand, escorted grain and grass to support Xiangyang City to fight against the Tartars, and was so difficult to ask for bribes by this small colonel who guarded the city, what this person did was not a matter of corrupting military discipline, It is to ruin the reputation of Lord Lu Wende, if Xiangyang City is without grain and grass, wouldn't it be a Xiongcheng city to the Tartars? How is this different from a Tartar spy? Therefore, the official reprimanded him for his disloyal and unrighteous behavior, and this guy wanted to kill the official, and as a last resort, the official had to subdue him first, so that he could be handed over to the army for detailed investigation! ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, Jiang Yongcheng was moved in his heart, because Zhang Xian almost carried all the problems on his shoulders, and did not mean to involve Jiang Yongcheng at all, Jiang Yongcheng was about to say that this matter was caused by himself, and he first reprimanded the little colonel guarding the gate, but before the words could be spoken, he saw the general at the gate of the city but smiled coldly and said:

"Okay, you are a little Yangzhou food and salary officer, let you have a sharp tongue and a sharp mouth, and your tongue is like a spring, but it is a fact that you tied me up to guard the door today, if you don't give an explanation, you really don't expect to hand over the emperor to go back!"

Zhang Xian's heart was slightly angry, what kind of world is this, pulling grain and grass supplies for you, you are a gatekeeper and a small school is insatiable and asks for bribes, how can a dignified guard treat this grain and grass as nothing? ? When did this Great Song Dynasty court not even have grain and grass to be rare? ? There is a group of such moths, it is strange that the combat strength of the Great Song army does not cross! So Zhang Xian said:

"Dare to ask this General Lu, what kind of explanation are you talking about?"

In fact, this General Lu just came out, and he didn't see the strength of Zhang Xian's team at all, thinking that Zhang Xian was relying on the crowd to tie up the gatekeeper, and he could receive a hundred taels of silver from the doorkeeper every day, for what the gatekeeper did, as long as he did not violate the military law of Marshal Lu Wende, and other perverted laws, he naturally turned a blind eye, and when he heard Zhang Xian's inquiry, he thought that Zhang Xian was afraid of himself, and snorted coldly and said:

"It's easy to explain, it's easy, who told General Ben to talk well, either take out a thousand taels of silver, and it will be regarded as a compensation to the sergeant who was tied up by you! Or, leave your food and grass, but Ben will not issue you paperwork. ”

When Zhang Xian heard this, he said in his heart, why do you still say that the little ghost is difficult, even this big ghost seems to be difficult, when has the Great Song army become like this? Forming a party for personal gain, stripping the people of fat and ointment, it is like a vicious official errand, doing some things to strip the people of fat and ointment, the guard in front of him, as soon as he comes, the lion opens his mouth, and he wants a thousand taels of silver, although he has just defeated the mountain bandits and got tens of thousands of taels of silver, but now Zhang Xian has never thought of paying a tael of silver to these scum in the Great Song Army, if he wants to leave these grains and grass, then don't even think about it! Zhang Xian stared coldly at the guard in front of him and said:

"Hmph, if it's not dark today, will you, the guard, start daydreaming? Now that the Tartars are bordering, the imperial court is pouring the strength of the country to fight against the Tartars, and these scum in the army do not want to serve the country, but they even want to fight the idea of grain and grass, isn't it self-destruction of the Great Wall? Such a style is really more hateful than a tartar, don't say a thousand taels of silver today, and the official will not give a copper! It's okay to leave grain and grass, but what the official leaves behind is only a pile of ashes! Niu Dameng listened to the order, gathered all the grain trucks, and the official gave the order, and you will burn the grain and grass with a fire! ”

As soon as Zhang Xian's words fell, Niu Dameng and the others moved, and soon gathered the grain carts together, lit the torches, and waited for Zhang Xian's order. Jiang Yongcheng saw that Zhang Xian had said everything to this point, and knew that things were difficult to get better today, since the young man in front of him was so righteous, how could he not say something? So Jiang Yongcheng also took a step forward and shouted:

"What a bold thief general, if you can't ask for bribes, you want to rob the military rations? Today, we and other grain officials will never have a copper to do anything to bribe you, and the grain and grass escorted by our two counties are at least 5,000 stones, which really forced us to wait for a hurry, and burned a fire, even if we can't escape death, such a monstrous disaster, I think you, a thief, will definitely die! Come, gather together our grain and grass, and burn them all together by our command. ”

The guard general heard Zhang Xian and Jiang Yongcheng singing and talking in harmony, and he was angry, if he really burned the grain and grass, even if he had an uncle who was a heavy minister in Xiangyang, he would not be able to save his life. The guard's face was red and white, but he didn't expect the two people in front of him to be so difficult, just soft and hard, just don't eat soft and hard, and even have the idea of dying together, the guard has burning anger in his eyes, ready to arrest all these people first, and after a torture, he will be honest immediately.

The little colonel kneeling on the ground seemed to see through the guard's thoughts, and hurriedly ran to the guard's horse, and whispered:

"General Lu must not arrest them with his hands, this food and salary officer surnamed Zhang doesn't know where it came from, his family members are all like wolves and tigers, their actions are uniform, the momentum is very scary, and the combat power is not much worse than the personal soldiers under the command of Lu Dashuai, and his subordinates are worried that if General Lu is careless, he will be killed and injured by a group of family members too many soldiers, and Lu Dashuai will pursue it, which is not good for General Lu!"

After listening to the little colonel, this General Lu took a serious look at Zhang Xian's family, and sure enough, this group of hundreds of family members are all burly, immobile like a mountain, they are really one in a thousand strong soldiers, all the guards around the grain and grass cart are in groups of three, one person is responsible for defending one direction, if he really rashly attacks, with the escort formation of these family members, he will not be able to please him at all, and more importantly, these family members are not afraid in front of so many sergeants, as if anything in front of them has nothing to do with him, General Lu thought of Kublai Khan's personal soldiers in the Battle of Ezhou that year, all of them were majestic and mighty, not afraid of death, and only knew how to move forward when they started the battle, and they didn't care about life and death at all, which battle, as Lu Wende's nephew and cronies, led 2,000 people were also considered elite Song troops, and they were actually defeated by Kublai Khan's 300 personal soldiers, and the wolf-like fierce eyes of Kublai Khan's personal soldiers, it is impossible for him to forget in this life, and he was really taught a lesson by his uncle Lu Wende.

Just when the grain and grass escort people and horses and the garrison soldiers could not hold each other, the official road ran from afar to ride a few horses, rolled up a puff of smoke and dust, and arrived at the front in a moment, Zhang Xian saw that the front person was wearing embroidered armor, flashing silver, at a glance it was a brave general, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and thin beard, holding a Zhangba snake spear gun, very heroic.

When the invincible guard saw the comer, he immediately changed his face, jumped off his horse with a smile, walked to the front, and said with his knees and fists:

"The last general Lu Wuneng met with General Lu!"

Zhang Xian was funny in his heart, what name is not easy to choose, it is called Lu Wuneng, it should be Lu Wuneng, it is really a loss to his parents to think of it.

However, it was obvious that the military general in front of him had a lot of opinions about the grain trucks and horses densely packed together in front of him, and said to the guards in front:

"Excuse me, I said nephew, this grain truck is densely packed together, if the Tartars come to attack at this time, won't they all be enemies? Hurry up and let these grain trucks enter the city, Lu Dashuai has an order, tomorrow you need to solve 6,000 stones of grain and grass to go to Xiangyang, I see that these grain trucks are almost gone, and Xiangyang will send someone to transport them away tomorrow. ”

After listening to this, the guard's face twitched, and he was not angry in his heart, at this time, the military order of the commander had to take these grains and grass back to the barracks first, as for the two sesame officers who escorted the grain and grass, in the cold eyes of the guards, they were just two corpses, no matter how powerful you are, when you reach your own territory, what if you can fight with hundreds of people in this area? How can it make you make waves? Just when the guard was obsessed with himself, but he never thought about it, Zhang Xian laughed hahaha and said:

"Today, the official has opened his eyes, the general who guards the city is surnamed Lu, the general's surname is Lu, and the generalissimo of Xiangyang is also surnamed Lu, the grain and grass that the official has worked hard to escort and transport, a small colonel guarding the gate wants to ask for a bribe of 100 taels of silver, and a general of the city guarding the city wants 1,000 taels of silver, I don't know if this General Lu wants to ask for a bribe of 10,000 taels of silver? Then does Lu Dashuai want to ask for a bribe of 100,000 taels of silver? Even if this official cuts meat and sells bones, it is not worth so many silver taels, horizontal and vertical is a death, brothers, burn this grain and grass, and die a happy death! ”

Before Zhang Xian finished speaking, he heard the voice of General Lu:

"Slow, burn the imperial army's rations, how many heads do you have enough to cut off? How dare you slander the general and the marshal and ask for bribes? ”

Zhang Xian clapped his hands, and said lightly:

"General Lu, right, ants are still stealing life, but it's not human! This official also wants to live well, and he doesn't want to be cut off his head, this grain and grass is the power of thousands of our people to raise a county, and we have transported it with all the hardships, but when we get to the gate of the city, we want to burn the grain and grass, General Lu doesn't want to ask your subordinates what is the reason? ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, the guard shot a resentful look at Zhang Xian in his eyes and bit his lip.

As soon as General Lu heard Zhang Xian say this, he also understood seven or eight points in his heart, even if Zhang Xian didn't say what kind of goods his distant nephew was, he still knew very well, and he must have collected money too ruthlessly to provoke the people's uprising. However, when the eyes of this General Lu swept over the team of Jiang Yongcheng and Zhang Xian's family, his eyes fell on Zhang Xian's family, the position and spirit of these familymen, if you want to say that the veterans of a hundred battles are not counted, they have been in the army for decades, and they know at a glance that these families have definitely been guided by masters, and they have paid attention to Zhang Xian in their hearts, and they must understand the details of such people.

Zhang Xian is also thinking about it, and it can be seen that this General Lu should be a little more rational than this Ezhou defender, and the breakthrough point for breaking the siege must only be found from this General Lu, and after figuring out a little, Zhang Xian began to plan!