When Yuan Xi arrived, the containment work was nearing the end, and a large number of Xianbei women and children gathered in the pass, which surprised Yuan Xi's soldiers who came.

Seeing the arrival of tens of thousands of armored soldiers, those Xianbei women and children suddenly panicked, and even some young children were already crying!

This sudden reinforcement frightened them all!

They even thought they had been abandoned by the tribe!

Wang Wu, accompanied by Yan Rou, came to Yuan Xi's front and bowed his hand: "The last general, Wang Wu, has seen the second son!" ”

Yuan Xi hummed lightly, raised his chin at the Hu women, and said, "What's the situation?" ”

Yan Rou on the side replied: "If you go back to Gongzi, these are the women and children at the root of Xianbei Budu. ”

"What? Women and children at the root of Xianbei Budu? Yuan Xi was taken aback when he heard this, and asked again, "The root of Budu has been defeated by you, and these women and children are all captives?" ”

Yan Rou shook her head and said, "The root of Budu is outside the pass, and these women and children are not captives. ”

"What? The root of the step is just outside the gate? Yuan Xi's face changed more and more, and he was about to turn around and arrange his troops to prepare for the battle.

"Childe, don't worry." Yan Rou hurriedly told the whole story again, from Wang Wu discovering the traces of the Hu people, to tracking all the way to the Great Wall, to resisting the Hu people's Kou Pass, and then to riding out of the plug alone to persuade the Hu people, so that all 50,000 horsemen at the root of the step came down, and said it from beginning to end.

Yan Rou spoke much better than Wang Wu himself.

Yuan Xi was fascinated by what he heard, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

After reacting, Yuan Xi immediately turned over and dismounted, untied the big slug on his body, and put it on Wang Wu's back with his own hands, and then grabbed Wang Wu's hand and said: "Zhongxian, this time it is really thanks to you, otherwise, my army collided head-on with the root of Budu, and before we arrived at the place, we would have already lost six or seven out of ten." ”

After a pause, Yuan Xi then said: "However, now, instead of any loss in our army, we have more than 20,000 horsemen in vain, and the chances of winning are even greater!" ”

Wang Wu hurriedly humbled himself and said: "The son has won the award, it's just a fluke." ”

"It's not a prize, it's not a prize at all." Yuan Xi said angrily, "Zhongxian, when this battle is over, I will definitely personally go to my father to protect you." ”

"Thank you, Childe." Wang Wu saw that Yuan Xi was in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to throw out the previous problem again, and then said, "However, you don't know, Childe, although the root of Budu has been temporarily subdued by our army, the situation is still unstable. ”

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”

Wang Wu continued: "Because the last general promised to provide food for their women and children, they were willing to surrender, and if they could not see food, they would surely surrender and rebel!" ”

"I see." Yuan Xi's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this.

Just because of the excitement, Yuan Xi didn't notice it, but now that he calmed down, he finally remembered that it was very happy to subdue a Xianbei light cavalry of more than 20,000 horsemen, but it was not easy to feed such a large cavalry, after all, it was more than 20,000 horsemen, people ate horses and chewed, and the daily rations were astronomical, so that the grain and grass carried before were not enough.

What's more, to feed more than 30,000 women and children, the food rations needed are even more.

Yuan Xi was very entangled for a while, because the military rations were all calculated before the expedition, and the grain and grass accompanying the army must be given priority to protect the army, and there was enough food in Yedi, but it took time to transfer grain from Yedi, and it would take more than half a month to say the least, and the women and children of the Hu people could not afford to wait at all.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yuan Xi still didn't think of a way, and finally inadvertently swept his gaze over Wang Wu, and suddenly his heart moved slightly, this person can ride out of the pass alone and say that he has great courage, but also great wisdom, maybe he has already had a countermeasure.

At that moment, Yuan Xi asked: "Zhongxian, since you dare to boast to the Hu people, you must already have a countermeasure to this matter of grain and grass in your heart, right?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Wu nodded, "However, I still need Son's help!" ”

Seeing that Wang Wu answered so quickly, Yuan Xi couldn't help but be a little shocked in his heart.

Don't...... Did this guy really calculate everything?

"Let's talk about it." Yuan Xi hurriedly said.

He suddenly wondered, where could Wang Wu conjure up food?

"Borrow food!" Wang Wu said in a deep voice, "Borrow grain from Zhongshan giants Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang!" ”

Borrowing food? Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang? Yuan Xi's eyes lit up when he heard this, this is a good idea, because it is too late to transfer grain from Yedi anyway, but it is much faster to transport grain from Zhongshan County, although it is still a little unable to catch up, but it is not impossible to solve it.

Because Yuan Xi can completely allocate a small part of the military rations, first ensure the lives of Xianbei women and children, and wait for the food from Zhongshan to arrive, and then replenish the military rations, anyway, the big war in Yidi will not break out immediately, and there is no big problem to stay here for a few days.

However, there is still a problem here.

Are Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang willing to borrow grain?

These two people are Zhongshan giants, the existence of the rich one!

He also heard about these two people's funding of Liu Guanzhang and the others.

It can be seen that these two giants are not misers! On the contrary, it is very bold.

However, this time it was different.

They funded Liu Guanzhang and the three of them with 50 good horses, 500 taels of gold and silver, and 1,000 catties of iron, but they had a small fortune.

However, this time, it is enough to feed tens of thousands of people! Moreover, if you lend this grain and grass, you may not be able to take it back, and the General's Mansion will not cover for these Hu people, which means that when the cost is recovered, you don't know that you will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, so this is almost a grain delivery!

Will they do such a profitable deal?

After a long time, Yuan Xi finally came back to his senses, and he glanced at Wang Wu meaningfully: "Zhongxian, do you know what you're talking about?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Wu said firmly.

"So, do you know how difficult it is to get this done?" Yuan Xi said again.

"No matter how difficult it is, I will do my best to do it for my son!" Wang Wu said.

"Crazy idea!" Yuan Xi commented, but he couldn't help but look at Wang Wu with admiration, "Then you can go!" If you can really come back with grain and grass, I will recommend you to my father and appoint you as the captain of Changshui!" ”

Captain Changshui, in charge of the Wuhuan people and Hu cavalry, has almost the same functions as Yan Rou, the captain of the Wuhuan guard, but is only slightly one level lower than him.

"The last general has one more question!" Wang Wu looked at Yuan Xi and said.

"Say!"

"I wonder what Childe thinks of the merchant?"

"Merchant?" Yuan Xi was slightly stunned, he thought that Wang Wu would ask some questions about promotion and wealth, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Merchants have no domain, and they are harmonious and symbiotic." ”