The two-wheeled and one-wheeled cars were like rolling torrents, moving from east to west, on the main road. The grain bags on the cart were large and small, and there was no grain in the bags. Rice, wheat, millet, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, dried vegetables, peanuts, the common people will take out whatever they have. People carry baskets and burdens containing pancakes, cooking cakes, eggs, duck eggs, rice cakes, and sausages. Live chickens, ducks and bacon were hung on the wheels, and pigs, cattle and sheep were led by ropes at the back of the car. It was not the baggage soldiers who drove the chariots, but the Hongnong people, old and young, men and women, and in the middle were dotted with the officers and men of the hussars, who dismounted and walked, carrying grain on their horses. The soldiers and civilians were sweating profusely, but the laughter continued.

Guo Xu and Wang Zhenwei walked side by side, and each immediately loaded more than 200 catties of rice.

The gentry of Michi raised their arms and shouted, and the people of the county left seed grain and a small part of the rations, poured out the grain stored at home, and sent it to Tongguan. Wang Zhenwei issued a notice to collect grain from Hongnong County, promising that once Chang'an was conquered, Hongnong would be exempted from paying taxes for three years.

Wherever the cloth goes, win the grain shadow from.

Guo Xu has fought for so many years, and he has also seen the situation of the people eating pot pulp and welcoming the road, but he has never seen such an army of ordinary people who can't see the end at a glance.

I can't help but admire Wang Meng's prestige among the people of Hongnong.

I can't help but admire Wang Zhen's courage. Exempt from taxation for three years, such a thing can only be implemented after the Taiwei nods and the imperial court officially issues a document. Wang Zhenwei dared to make this promise to the people without the consent of the Taiwei, presumably it was impossible for the Taiwei not to nod his head. After all, with the support of the people of Hongnong, the striker will no longer be short of food before the arrival of the main force of the army.

The general made a decision on the spot, which is easier said than done, and if he changes a general, he would probably rather let the soldier go hungry than cause suspicion from the top because of his arbitrary power.

After taking a break and chatting about his life experience, Wang Zhenwei learned that Guo Xuzu was from Guanzhong, and he was very happy:

"Then when the battle is over, will you go back to Jiangdong or stay in Guanzhong?"

"Go back to Jiangdong first, send the coffins of my grandfather and parents back to Guanzhong, and then open a blacksmith shop in Chang'an City and continue to do my old job."

Wang Zhen laughed evilly:

"Do you think that Chang'an is peaceful in the world? Far from it! You have to fight Guanzhong, destroy Rouran in the north, Xianbei in Dongping, and take the territory north and south of the Great River into the pocket of the Great Jin Dynasty, so that the Hu people can go back to their respective homes, get out of the Central Plains, and retract back to Mobei! Don't you want to join me in ploughing the court and sweeping the caves and sealing the wolf? ”

Guo Xu understood the first half, but when he reached the second half, he was already at a loss when he ploughed the court and swept the holes and sealed the wolf. He's a rectum and doesn't hide it:

"What are you doing with you?"

Wang Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then understood that he couldn't drop his book bag in front of this young man:

"It's to follow me to the Hu people's hometown, beat them to cripples, and don't dare to fight our Central Plains idea in the future."

Unexpectedly, Guo Xu was not excited:

"Just drive them away, why do you have to kill them all?"

Wang Zhenwei examined Guo Xu's face with interest. The Beifu soldiers are few generals, almost all of them are uncomfortable if they don't fight, and they are all over the body when they fight, and they can't see that this brave young general is not warlike.

"Ci doesn't lead soldiers, you actually have a bodhisattva's heart. But I tell you Brother Guo, Hu Ren doesn't recognize your truth. Since ancient times, they have no sympathy for the weak, only the habit of deference to the strong. If you don't subdue them, they will never be able to resist the urge to go south to burn, kill, and plunder. ”

Guo Xu didn't know how to deal with it for a while, thinking of how the Xianbei people Ling Chi Caiworm and how to **Sun Qiao, and felt that what Wang Zhenwei said was right, these Hu people are really the same. Thinking about those Xianbei warriors who bravely charged towards the Qiyue Formation, thinking of the cuteness of Hu Luzheng, I felt that they were not unusual. Thinking of Sun En's rebellion back then, the rebellious army harmed the people, and the officers and soldiers also harmed the people; The rebels slaughtered the officers and prisoners, and the officers and soldiers also slaughtered the prisoners of the rebels; The rebels raped the families of the officials and soldiers, and the officials and soldiers also raped the wives and daughters of the rebels; The rebels set fire to all directions, and the officers and soldiers also burned down the houses when they saw them; Beheading, beheading, peeling, disemboweling, Ling Chi, strangulation, burying alive, sinking ponds, the people of the Southern Dynasties killed each other, doing everything, that kind of beastly nature, how is it inferior to the Hu people? There is about no distinction between Hu and Han, as long as it is to rule the world, people are people; As long as it is a troubled time, people are not people, the strong become birds of prey and beasts, and the weak become lambs and pikas.

Suddenly a thought turned:

If we don't win and retreat this time, will these people have the qualifications to be enemies, won't they be liquidated by Yao Qin?

Looking up at Wang Zhenxi, I saw that he was waving and smiling at several peasants. After waiting for the people to pass, he asked cautiously:

"Aren't these ordinary people worried about our failure?"

Wang Zhenwei turned his head to look at him, and couldn't help but smile:

"Brother, I thought you were born in iron, and you would only be hard-hitting, but I didn't expect you to have so many worries. Just ask you this question, I should cure you of a confusing army and beat you with a few sticks! ”

Guo Xu smirked.

"I tell you, don't look at the common people who don't read military books and don't participate in the war, but their eyes are bright and their noses are sensitive, and they won't be wrong about who will win and who will lose. If they are not optimistic about the Northern Expedition, even if there is a three-year exemption from taxation, they will never lend us a bucket of grain! ”

Guo Xu nodded, he could also think of this:

"I thought that the people of the Central Plains were looking forward to the return of the Great Jin Dynasty."

Wang Zhenwei sneered almost sarcastically:

"The Central Plains was lost by the Great Jin Dynasty. If it weren't for the Sima family's infighting, how could the Hu people have the opportunity to enter the Central Plains in turn? The common people have long been disheartened by the Great Jin, who rarely wants them to come back! ”

Guo Xu was taken aback and looked around, as if the people from the imperial court were beside him.

Wang Zhenwei ignored his nervousness:

"Hu Ren was indeed Hu at first, and he killed a lot of people, but once he gained a firm foothold, he also wanted to govern the country and let the people live well. It's very simple, the common people can't get by, who will pay the grain and taxes to feed the court and the soldiers? Therefore, Shi Le, Fu Jian, including Yao Qin, who we want to destroy, have done a lot of good things to recuperate. When my ancestor Wang Jingluo assisted Fu Jian, the Central Plains was no worse than the heyday of the Great Jin Dynasty. With this, the common people surrendered. Besides, these people have lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and they have gradually become more like Han people. I remember when I was a child in the former Qin, those high-ranking officials of the Di nationality spoke more smoothly than nonsense, and they liked to eat Han food in seven plates and eight bowls when eating, and they were not used to eating rough Di food. They themselves are Di Yi, but they have been in Chang'an for a long time, and when they mention the Hu people in the north, and even the Di people on the border, they open their mouths to say that Di Yi is long and Di Yi is short, as if they themselves are genuine Huaxia. ”

Guo Xu was amused by this comedic effect.

"So the common people help us, not because of the difference between Hu and Han and the love of the homeland. First, my ancestors were kind to them, and this kind of private feeling is often stronger than public heart. Second, in the last days of Yao Qin, he was not as good as his predecessors for the common people. Coupled with their several infighting, the war affected the people. Third, the common people hope to curry favor with the victors, and they also know that at the beginning of the new dynasty, they will inevitably be gracious to the common people. If we enter Chang'an, you will find that although the people of the capital have benefited more from Yao Qin, they have a stronger ability to see the wind and rudder, and they are used to changing the dynasty, in fact, they don't care much about who is the king, it is nothing more than a change of tax master! ”

After saying this, Guo Xu looked at the team delivering food again, and felt that the warmth in his heart had been diluted a lot.

Wang Zhenwei was about to continue, and when he raised his eyes and saw a few cavalry galloping from the west, he knew that the Tongguan side had come to herald, so he immediately stopped talking and went up.

The urgent report was written by Shen Linzi himself, to the effect that he had received an order from the Taiwei that the main force of the army would arrive at Tongguan tomorrow, and that the vanguard should prepare the camp and find a reliable place to store grain, and at the same time send troops to guard along the river bank to strictly prevent the pro-army from launching a surprise attack when the army lands on the shore. Taiwei ordered Shen Linzi to guard the city, and Wang Zhen went out to patrol. Shen Linzi hoped that Wang Zhenwei would arrange the grain protection team, and rush back to Tongguan first, and arrange the affairs to welcome the Taiwei.

After reading the emergency report and filling in the receipt, the herald got on his horse and turned around without running a few steps, and passed by several other heralds. Apparently the first urgent report was sent out not long after, and the latter followed.

This time it was sent by Shen Linzi himself, saying that the scouts found that the Qin State army had driven out of Chang'an City, and judging from the armor and horse equipment, it should be the most elite royal feather forest cavalry of the Qin State. It is still unclear where this army is going, and Shen Linzi is worried that they are going to stop the Taiwei, so he added a report and asked Wang Zhenwei to come back as soon as possible and discuss countermeasures together.

100 officers and men of the hussars stayed behind to escort the grain march.

Wang Zhenwei and Guo Xu each prepared three horses, and galloped back all the way.

Guo Xu's heart was pounding.

It's not because the vanguard army fought hard and finally survived until the army was united.

Rather, it is because:

Sun Qiao is coming.