Chapter 148: Wandan Military Rations

In Erlong Village, the owner of the village, Han Huang, Ma Xiong and a group of subordinates are eating meat and drinking in a big bowl in the lobby.

"The owner of the village, there are three horsemen and horses outside who broke in, and the leader claims to be the captain of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Jin Kingdom, named Hua'an, and they said that they want to meet the owner of the village." The guards in charge of the sentry rushed into the lobby and reported loudly.

Han Huang and Ma Xiong were stunned, the two looked at each other, and they both shook their heads, more than ten years have passed, where do they still remember Hua'an, who was only six years old.

"The owner of the village, the Northern Expeditionary Army sent people here, it must be unable to defeat the peach leopard, and the request for help is coming."

"Hmph, at least a general should be sent for help, just a small captain, this is too much to look down on our Erlongzhai."

"The owner of the village, it's better to blow them away, let us send troops, and Han Qian will come in person."

"The imperial court regards us as rebel generals, so why should we be born and die for the Northern Expeditionary Army of the imperial court."

The subordinates in the hall roared loudly, and they felt despised in their hearts for the arrival of a small squad of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"Brother Han, according to the news from the mountain, Han Qian's Northern Expeditionary Army has been besieged in Yinling City for many days, and the road leading to my Erlong Mountain has also been controlled by Taobao's army, how did they come here, will there be fraud." Ma Xiong, the owner of the second village, frowned and expressed doubt.

Han Huang smashed the corners of his mouth, glared at the sentry, and asked loudly, "How old is the person who came, there are really only three horsemen." ā€

The sentry immediately replied: "It is true that there are only three horsemen, and all three of them are young men of about twenty years old, and they are extremely majestic. ā€

"Oh, ten arrows can't hurt him, it seems that this person's martial arts are extremely strong, and the owner of this village wants to see it." Han Huang suddenly became interested.

When Ma Xiong heard this, the other party only had three horsemen, and his martial arts were strong, and he expected that he must have been entrusted by Han Qian, riding his horse to fight his way out of the encirclement, and came to ask for help, the suspicion in his heart suddenly weakened a lot, and at the same time, he also had a premonition that Yinling City must be in a hurry.

"Brother Han, the visitors are guests, it is better to invite them into the lobby and treat them politely." Ma Xiongjian yƬ road.

Han Huang nodded and said loudly: "Open the gate of the village and welcome the distinguished guests." ā€

"Yes, Lord." A small soldier immediately went to give the order.

"Come with me to meet you outside the lobby." Han Qian said and walked out of the lobby, followed by Ma Xiong and his subordinates.

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"Big brother, look, the gate of the village in front of you is open, and the two owners of the village agree to see us." Thunderstorm said loudly.

Hua'an looked up, and the gate of the village two hundred steps away was really opened, and then more than two hundred soldiers with torches lined up in two rows and rushed towards Hua'an.

"The formation is neat, the pace is the same, Han Huang and Ma Xiong really have the talent of generals, but it's a pity that they followed the wrong master, it's a pity." Hua An looked at the two hundred soldiers who were rushing and sighed with emotion.

Soon, two hundred soldiers lined up on both sides of the gate, and the leader of the team walked in front of Hua'an, looked up at Hua'an, and said loudly: "The owner of the village is invited, and the three of them dismount and follow me into the village." ā€

When Hua An heard this, he got off his horse with Thunderstorm and Zhao Wu's crotch, and the three of them inserted the long weapon in their hands deep into the ground and walked towards the gate of Erlongzhai.

The blade of the knife and the barrel of the gun sank more than a foot into the soil, and such a great force made the leaders who came to greet them tremble, and looked at the three of Hua'an with admiration.

The two hundred soldiers on both sides of the road, all holding torches in their left hands and spears in their right hands, looked at the three of Hua'an with their heads held high, which made Hua'an experience the taste of review.

The road leading to the walled gate in the valley is not very wide, but as soon as you enter the walled gate, the situation is completely different, the space inside is very wide, the large and small houses are scattered and built in the wide valley, among them, the two-story building is the most, the highest building is four stories high, all the houses are brightly lit at this time, and it seems that there is a warm feeling in the heart.

Entering the gate of the village, a hundred steps in front is the highest four-storey small building in the whole Erlong Village, the first floor here is naturally the main hall of the village, the big and small leaders in the village, usually discuss the affairs of the village here.

At this time, at the main entrance of the lobby, Han Huang and Ma Xiong were leading a group of subordinates, waiting for Hua'an's arrival.

As soon as Hua An entered the village, he saw Han Huang and Ma Xiong standing at the door of the main hall, they hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, and their appearance had not changed much, but they looked a little older.

"Hua'an, the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, visited the master of Han Zhai and the master of Ma Zhai, I haven't seen him for more than ten years, and the two masters of the village are still such heroes." Hua An walked ten steps away from Han Huang and clasped his fists and saluted.

Han Huang and Ma Xiong were both stunned when they heard this, the two glanced at each other, turned their heads, looked at Hua An carefully, frowned and thought about it.

The young man in front of him is only about twenty years old at most, ten years ago at most ten years old, a child about ten years old, his appearance must have changed when he becomes an adult, how can he remember.

"Oh, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, it seems that you are old friends with Han!" Han Qian quipped.

"Ten years ago, it was still a doll at most, and a nursing doll could have a relationship with our village owner, anyway, Lao Tzu didn't believe it."

"As soon as you enter the gate, you must have pleaded with us."

Han Huang's subordinates talked about it all the time.

Hua An smiled indifferently, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and said loudly: "So I can't talk, but if it weren't for Hua An's words ten years ago, the two village owners and the heroes, I'm afraid that there would have been no bones left." ā€

After speaking, he looked at Han Huang and Ma Xiong with a sincere face.

As soon as Hua An's words came out, everyone cast suspicious glances, and Han Huang and Ma Xiong were even more shocked.

"Five thousand remnants, shrinking to Jiangshan, strong enemies on all sides, pressing step by step, the two village owners don't remember." Hua An saw that Han Huang and Ma Xiong seemed to have amnesia, and they didn't remember themselves, so he hurriedly reminded.

After Hua An's reminder, Han Huang and Ma Xiong suddenly realized, and the subordinates around them also remembered.

Ten years ago, they followed Su Jun to launch a mutiny, and in the end, Su Jun was killed in battle, they led a remnant army of 5,000 people to retreat into Jiang Mountain, surrounded by King Qin's army on all sides, when the mountain was exhausted, a child less than ten years old, ventured into the camp, informed them of the escape route, and they escaped.

"Brother Han, that kid back then seems to be called Hua'an." Ma Xiong said affirmatively.

Han Huang nodded, looked at Hua An, smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Haha, it turned out to be our life-saving benefactor, General Han Qian's apprentice, please, please." ā€

After speaking, he beckoned everyone to enter the lobby.

Hua An, Thunderstorm, and Zhao Wu followed Han Huang and Ma Xiong into the main hall of Erlongzhai and sat on the throne second only to Han Huang and Ma Xiong.

Seeing everyone sitting still, Han Huang and Ma Xiong toasted to Hua An in turn to thank them for saving each other ten years ago, and Hua An kept paying tribute to Han Huang and Ma Xiong.

After greeting for a while, Han Huang asked straight to the point: "The Peach Leopard army is besieging Yinling City, I don't know how long Han Qian's Northern Expeditionary Army can hold out." ā€

"Seven days at most." Huaan replied bluntly.

"Happy, he is really a sincere person and does not tell lies." Han Huang praised Hua An and asked directly, "Han Qian sent you here, did you want me to reinforce Yinling City?" ā€

Hua An shook his head, and said: "Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, what the master means is that the surprise attack on Tucheng burned the grain and grass of the Peach Leopard army and forced it to retreat." ā€

"Surround Wei to save Zhao, it's really a clever plan." Han Huang nodded, looked at one of his subordinates and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Dangtu City?" ā€

The subordinate immediately replied: "The owner of the village, the spies have already checked, there are only less than 2,000 men and horses, and 10,000 deniers of military rations have been hoarded in the city. ā€

"10,000 denier of military rations, so much, the owner of the village, it's better for us to grab them all, what a pity to burn them."

"That's right, capture Dangtu City and grab food."

Everyone was excited.

Han Huang touched the corners of his mouth and calculated in his heart, 10,000 denier of military ration is enough for nearly 10,000 people in the village for four months, but it is not easy to transport this 10,000 denier military ration from Dangtu City to the cottage, and it is a pity to burn it.

"How many wagons are there in the village?" Han Huang asked.

A subordinate replied: "The owner of the village, there are only more than three hundred. ā€

"Three hundred trucks, one car of ten deniers, can only hold three thousand denier military rations, not enough." Han Huang muttered to himself.

Hua An saw that Han Huang was reluctant to burn the enemy's grain and grass, and was worried about how to transport the grain, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The lord of Han Zhai doesn't have to worry about the carriage, the war in Yinling City is tense, and the daily consumption of the 40,000 troops of the peach leopard needs to be replenished from Dangtu City, and these materials need to be transported by at least thousands of carriages, so we can intercept them." ā€

"That's right, how did I forget about this stubble." Han Huang patted his head.

"The convoy transporting supplies, leave Dangtu City early in the morning, go to the Yinling camp to replenish, and then return empty, it should be possible to return to Dangtu City before and after dark, we can only intercept this convoy if we choose to attack the city at night." Ma Xiong carefully analyzed.

Hua An nodded and said, "That's right, you can also use the cover of night to attack the city at night and attack it unprepared." ā€

"Okay, it's set to attack the city at night, but it's too late tonight, prepare for a day, tomorrow afternoon, the whole village soldiers and horses will go to Dangtu City, capture Dangtu, and seize the military rations." Han Huang waved his arms and shouted loudly.

"Capture Dangtu and seize the military rations."

"Capture Dangtu and seize the military rations."

In the lobby, there was a roar of excitement.

Seeing that Han Huang, Ma Xiong and the big and small leaders of Erlong Village agreed to their request so happily, Hua'an was a little stunned for a while, but after thinking about it carefully, he had saved their lives after all, and after capturing Dangtu City, their village could also get a full 10,000 denier of military rations, which was not a small amount, enough for them to eat the whole village for four months.

The most important thing is that they hate the frequent invasion of the Hu people in their hearts, and they will feel happy in their hearts if they can seize the rations of the Hu people and let the Hu people's army collapse due to the lack of food.