Luo Cheng saw the black bean flour that excited him in the warehouse next to the county government, there were about 100 bags, each bag was about 100 catties, the black bean flour was ground, it seemed that it was dried and then collected, it looked very dry, it was estimated that one catty could steam three catties of bean cakes.

Luo Cheng immediately ordered the soldiers to move all the black bean flour to the soldiers' accommodation, and it was getting late, so Luo Cheng decided to simply rest in the city for the night and set off early tomorrow morning.

As night fell, in several civilian houses, more than a dozen soldiers were steaming black beans in a large pot, preparing to cook dinner for the war horses.

Luo Cheng worked hard in a room to write an inspection report for Pei Xingyan.

At this time, a man's voice came from the door, "I have something important to look for General Luo!" ”

Luo Cheng heard that this seemed to be the voice of Wang Xiancheng during the day, so he smiled and said, "Please come in!" ”

After a moment, Wang Xianxian walked into the room, bowed and saluted: "See the general!" ”

"County Cheng, please take a seat!"

Luo Cheng invited the county Cheng to sit down, and asked the soldiers to serve tea, he asked with a smile: "I want to ask during the day, but it's not very convenient, is Wang Xiancheng also from Zhuo County?" ”

"No, the humble position is from this county, when he was young, he went to Zhuo County to study, studied in Lu's Academy for five years, and later got a letter of recommendation from the head of the Lu family, returned to his hometown to be a county official, in charge of the complaint documents, last year he was recommended by Taishou, and was promoted to the county by the imperial court."

"It's not easy for Wang Xiancheng!"

"It's really not easy, it's hard for a poor disciple like a humble job, it's very difficult to take a step up, in the final analysis, it's because the old master of the Lu family gave me a letter of recommendation, and Taishou gave this face, I have always been grateful to the Lu family in my heart, so I insist on calling myself a protégé of the Lu family, more out of gratitude."

Luo Cheng nodded and smiled: "When I was thirteen years old, I also studied at the Lu family for two years, and at that time, Wang Xiancheng should still be studying at the Lu family, and we are actually classmates!" ”

Wang Xiancheng also laughed, "So I said that I saw the general's face familiar, and I did see it." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Xiancheng sighed and said: "In fact, although there is no forage in our official warehouse, there are all in the houses, although each household is not much, there are thousands of loads of forage, if you go to the countryside to collect it, it is estimated that there will be more forage, I think the general does not need to feed the horses with black beans, it is too wasteful." ”

"County Cheng doesn't understand, in the eyes of the cavalry, the war horse is a brother, I'd rather be hungry, but also feed the war horse, don't say black beans, it's really not good, we will also use wheat to feed the horses, black beans are much better than forage, especially effective in restoring the physical strength of war horses."

"Really?"

Wang Xiancheng's expression was a little unnatural, and he persuaded: "You can keep the black beans and eat them later, I think it will be better to feed the grass first." ”

"The black beans have already been steamed, or the forage will be used next time."

At this moment, a soldier walked to the door and bowed down, "General Qiyu, the black beans have been cooked!" ”

Luo Cheng immediately ordered: "Then distribute it to every soldier and let everyone feed the horses!" ”

The soldier turned around to leave, and Wang Xiancheng finally couldn't help but shout, "Don't feed!" ”

Luo Cheng was stunned, "What does the county mean by this?" ”

Wang Xiancheng's face turned pale, and he knelt down and said: "The black bean flour is mixed with croton powder, don't feed the horses!" ”

Luo Cheng was taken aback, grabbed Wang Xiancheng's shirt, and asked sharply, "Why do you want to harm the Sui army?" ”

Wang Xiancheng's tears flowed, "It's not that we want to harm the Sui army, it's Du Fuwei's arrangement, these black bean noodles are what he deliberately left to the general, we are just coerced, there is no way." ”

Luo Cheng let go of him and ordered the stunned soldier next to him: "Go quickly, pass on my order, black beans are not allowed to feed the horses!" ”

The soldier galloped away, although Luo Cheng's anger in his heart had not subsided, but he also regained a little reason, if it weren't for this Wang County Cheng and the old relationship to tell him the truth, I'm afraid he would really fall for the trick, thinking that all the war horses were paralyzed, Luo Cheng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

He hurriedly comforted Wang Xiancheng, "Don't worry, you have no merit this time, let me ask you, where is Du Fuwei now?" ”

"It should be nearby, he was still in our county yesterday."

Wang Xiancheng cried: "I and the county order have been coerced, our family is in the hands of Du Fuwei, if we don't follow his instructions, our family will be worried about their lives." ”

Luo Cheng thought that he still had to rely on the county order and the county to break through, so he restrained his anger and appeased the county Cheng: "Don't worry, I won't let you take responsibility, I will say that the soldiers found out by themselves, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Luo Cheng told the truth, a complete cavalry has a special groom and veterinarian, and it is difficult for the enemy to make a fuss about the forage, because this time Luo Cheng's cavalry is only a part of an army, and it is on a mission, so the groom and veterinarian did not follow, and they were almost fooled.

Luo Cheng immediately made arrangements, saying that his soldiers had discovered the abnormality in the black beans, which had nothing to do with the county and the county order, at the same time, Zhao County Ling also cried bitterly, saying that he had no choice, if he did not follow Du Fuwei, his mother, wife and children would die in the hands of Du Fuwei, in order to make up for his mistakes and not be killed by Luo Cheng, Zhao County Ling also fully cooperated with the Sui army and secretly sent someone to report the situation to Du Fuwei.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the outside of the city was shrouded in a dark night, Luo Cheng stood at the head of the city and watched the movements around him, at this time he was in the light, and Du Fuwei was in the dark, he didn't know where Du Fuwei would be ambushed, at this time it was likely to fall into Du Fuwei's ambush circle, he had to wait patiently, and wait for Du Fuwei's army to appear, that was his chance to break through.

Luo Cheng was a little nervous in his heart, but at the same time he was full of expectations

As Wang Xiancheng said, Du Fuwei's 30,000 troops were indeed ambushed near Linli County, led by Du Fuwei himself, preparing to ambush this 3,000-strong Sui cavalry, and at the same time capture the Sui army's war horses.

This time, the Sui, Tang and Zheng kingdoms fought in the western part of the Central Plains, Li Shimin sent an envoy to contact Du Fuwei, hoping that Du Fuwei could cooperate with the actions of the Tang army, so that the Tang army could take this opportunity to completely annihilate Zhang Xuan's army, and in return, the Tang army would assign Xuzhou to Du Fuwei and support Du Fuwei to establish a state in Jiangdu.

Of course, Du Fuwei would not believe Li Shimin's promises, but he also knew that Zhang Xuan would definitely go all out to exterminate himself after taking Jiangdu, and it was precisely because of the outbreak of the battle for the Central Plains that Zhang Xuan had to change his plan, temporarily let himself go, and instead fight for the Central Plains, but once the Central Plains War ended, Zhang Xuan would inevitably turn around and continue to clean himself up.

Du Fuwei knew that his only chance was that Zhang Xuan was defeated in the Central Plains War and had to withdraw to Hebei, so in order for the Tang army to defeat Zhang Xuan, Du Fuwei also decided to cooperate with the Tang army to send troops to Xuzhou, which was not only to help the Tang army, but also to save Du Fuwei's self-help.

At this time, Du Fuwei's army was stationed on the official road three miles north of Linli County, Du Fuwei was anxiously waiting for the news of the county order, he played a good wishful thinking, once the war horse ate the black beans mixed with croton, it will inevitably be unable to stand up, his army will completely annihilate the Sui soldiers without war horses, and then after the war horse recovers, he can get 3,000 war horses in one fell swoop, and establish his own cavalry.

Time passed little by little, and Du Fuwei's heart became more and more anxious, and at this moment, a soldier reported, "King, someone from the county seat?" ”

"Bring it on!"

A servant was brought up, and the servant knelt down and said: "King Qiyu, Zhao Xianling and Wang Xiancheng were all arrested by the Sui army, Wang Xiancheng asked me to report to the king, and the Sui army discovered the secret in the black bean." ”

Du Fuwei's face sank, and he whipped the official fiercely, "Bullshit! You must have betrayed me. ”

"We definitely didn't betray the king, because the Sui army had a war horse in the stomach, and they found that there was a problem in the black bean flour."

Du Fuwei suddenly saw hope again, grabbed the placket of the officer's clothes and asked, "Say it quickly!" How many warhorses have problems? ”

"I don't know how much, but the Sui army has already arrested the county commander and the county officer, and he escaped from his humble position to report the news."

Du Fuwei seemed to touch something, but he couldn't see clearly, which made him anxious, and the right general next to him, Wang Xiongdan, said: "No matter how many tricks the Sui army's war horses have, the Sui army will definitely break through, it is better to take an army to test the reality of the Sui army first, and the king will lead the army to ambush outside the city, and when the enemy army breaks through, you can shoot it with a strong bow and a crossbow." ”

"I don't know which direction the Sui army will break through?"

Wang Xiongdan thought for a while and said: "To the east is a flood, it is not easy to cross the river, and I feel that the Sui army is most likely to break through from the west, or the king is bluffing outside the east city, so that the Sui army does not dare to withdraw to the east, and the main force is ambushed in the west." ”

Time did not allow Du Fuwei to think about it, and he immediately decided: "Just do it, you can lead 3,000 people to test Linli County, and if the Sui army's war horses cannot be used, notify me immediately!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Wang Xiongdan led 3,000 soldiers to take advantage of the cover of night to pounce on Linli County.

Du Fuwei was repeatedly defeated by Zhang Xuan, and the army already had a serious fear of Sui, and even Du Fuwei himself was very afraid of Zhang Xuan, but he hoped that he and the army could come out of this shadow, so the battle of Linli County had extraordinary significance. (To be continued.) )