After Lord Feng and General Wei arranged for people to buy mules and horses, they walked together to the place where the grain and grass were placed.

They opened the tarpaulins on the grain and grass to protect them from the rain, and after checking each vehicle, the two looked at each other and smiled.

General Wei covered the tarpaulin again and said, "Fortunately, this person just poisoned the mules and horses, and did not move the grain." The imprints we made in Tongzhou are still the same. ”

Master Feng also said: "This person's purpose is not to destroy the grain and grass, but to delay the delivery of the grain and grass. If it weren't for Tongzhou, we would have replaced most of the grain. It's too late for us to cry. ”

General Wei also said: "Yes, at least General Tong and they can deliver food security." If the army can have something to eat, they are not afraid of anything. ”

"Lord Feng, how did you say that this Guan Hou Ye would calculate that something would happen to us? Could it be that he can pinch and calculate? He also gave us such a good plan to cultivate the plank road and secretly Chen Cang. General Wei said curiously.

Lord Feng smiled and said: "Although the Marquis of this Guan is the head of the household, don't forget, he once fought against the Huns at the border pass and was still a deputy marshal. That's no ordinary person. I have read military books and can use the art of war. This time, he must have seen that something was wrong, so he came up with this plan. ”

General Wei said fearfully: "Thanks to the Marquis of Guan, we have changed the grain in Tongzhou. Otherwise, you and my heads will have to move. ”

It turned out that when they were in Tongzhou, the letter of the Marquis Guan was to let them use the evening time to replace most of the grain and grass, and now they are not all grain on the grain and grass cart, only the outermost layer is still grain, and the lower or inner ones are all different, covered with oilcloth and tied with rope, and it is really impossible to see if it is not opened. I walked through Haiti for so many days. As for the grain they exchanged, of course, it had already been transferred to Aru's grain team and went the other way.

At that time, Guan Houye just guessed that the grain was either robbed or burned or robbed. But what is surprising is that the other party only has to delay time. There is no purpose in destroying food.

General Wei asked Lord Feng again: "Lord Feng, what is the purpose of this person?" Wouldn't it be easier to have less food?"

Lord Feng shook his head: "I don't know, I also think this opponent is strange." ”

The two couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.

In the capital, in the study of Ling Erye, the county prince's mansion, a man dressed in black stood opposite Ling Erye, and said to Ling Erye: "I mixed the medicine into the horse manger, this time even the horses they rode as officials died of medicine, they bought mules and horses and left, it will be half a month later." ”

Second Master Ling breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand to let him go down. He sat alone in the study and said in his heart: "Big brother, don't blame me, if you really can't come back alive, it's your life, and I really don't want to pretend in front of you, it's too uncomfortable." As for the sister-in-law and niece, when I become the king of the county, I will take good care of you. ”

In the northwest Quancheng Pass, the handsome Ling Yuanzhi sat in the big tent, his eyebrows tightened. His subordinates, the four-rank generals Li Baiwu and Ling Yuanhang, walked in.

Li Baiwu is a bear's waist, tall and big, and a very bold Northeast man. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Marshal, why hasn't this grain been shipped yet? I haven't smelled meat for several days." Grandma is a bear, and my mouth is about to fade out of the bird. ”

Ling Yuanhang also said: "Father, according to the previous rules, the grain and grass should have arrived two days ago. Did you have an accident on the road?"

King Lingjun's brows never relaxed. He said worriedly: "There should be a problem." For so many years, since your father-in-law was appointed as the head of the household department, the grain and grass transported to the border customs have always been very timely. This time will not be an exception, there can only be one reason for the delay in the arrival of grain and grass, that is, there is a problem on the road. ”

"Father, why don't I take someone out to pick it up?" Ling Yuanhang asked his father.

"Well, go and see what's wrong. King Ling Jun pondered for a moment and said.

Ling Yuanhang agreed, and walked outside. As soon as he walked out of the big tent, he saw Anan running over excitedly, and as soon as he saw Ling Yuanhang, he shouted: "Lord Shizi, here, here." ”

Ling Yuan frowned: "Anan, you make it clear, what's coming?"

Anan stopped, panting and said, "The princess has sent food, and she has arrived at the gate of the camp. ”

When Ling Yuanhang heard this, he pulled his legs and ran out. There was only one thought in his mind: Aru had sent the grain, and his little wife had personally delivered the grain.

At this time, King Ling Jun and General Li also heard Anan's words and hurriedly walked out of the big tent.

King Ling Jun asked eagerly, "Anan, do you mean that the princess herself came." “

Anan grinned like a child and shouted, "Yes, there is a lot of food, and you can't see the end at a glance. ”

Let's go, let's take a look. King Ling Jun was also excited, he couldn't wait to take a step and strode out, General Li and Anan followed closely behind to catch up with him.

By this time, the long grain cart had entered the camp and was surrounded by soldiers.

The soldiers knew that the military rations had not arrived in the past few days, and they could know by looking at the meals they had eaten in the past few days. How can you not be excited to see that the food has finally arrived?

Moreover, they also heard that it was their General Ling's wife who personally came to deliver the military rations. They were moved, and at the same time, they were even more curious, what did this delicate princess look like, and was able to travel such a long way to send military rations to the northwest border pass.

Ling Yuanhang stood in front of Yaru and carefully looked at Yaru from top to bottom. Seeing Yaru standing there quietly, he didn't mention how excited he was, and he said happily: "Aru, you are really raining in time, if this grain can't be transported again, we will be cut off." ”

Aru smiled and said, "Husband, let's talk later, I'll introduce you first." As she spoke, she pointed to a handsome young general and said, "Husband, this is General Tong, this is specially sent by the emperor to escort and escort food." ”

General Tong hurriedly came over and saluted: "Meet General Ling, my name is Tong Wei, and I have admired General Ling's name for a long time." ”

Ling Yuanhang returned the salute and said: General Tong, hard work.

At this time, the king of the county also happened to come over, and the soldiers made way for him, and Yaru and General Tong hurried over to pay respects.

King Lingjun patted General Tong on the shoulder first, and looked at Yaru with satisfaction. Said happily: "You have worked hard, let Anan and Bei take you down to rest and rest first." ”

Anan and Bei said happily: "Concubine Shizi, General Tong, I will take you to rest first." ”

Anan and Abei knew Guan Long and Guan Hu, and they exchanged a few words of cordial greetings, and then took the 5,000 men and horses who guarded the grain to set up tents to rest.

By the time the grain was unloaded, it was already approaching evening.

Tonight, the soldiers finally had their first full meal in a few days.

After dinner, King Ling called Ling Yuanhang and his wife over. The king of the county asked, "Aru, what's going on?"

Aru told him about what happened in the capital. In the end, she said: "Daddy's guess has come true, and the grain and grass have not yet arrived, and it is obvious that the grain and grass of the imperial court have problems on the road." But that's a very small part of the grain, and a lot of it is rice husks, and other things. Most of the food went to my side. ”

King Ling Jun said: "Now there is a question, if that Shang Jin is related to the matter of grain and grass, the grain and grass cannot be transported to the front line, and the Dayuan army is short of grain and grass, what should Warat do?"

Ling Yuanhang said: "Take advantage of the situation and attack us while we are not full." ”

"Then now that we have food, and the soldiers are fed, we will have the strength to fight. Yaru said

"Yaru, do you think that such a huge convoy of grain transportation of you has come to Quancheng Pass, can Warat not get the news? King Lingjun asked Yaru rhetorically

"Maybe we can get it, but we are in our Great Yuan territory, and they may not be able to come to our hinterland. Yaru said innocently.

Ling Yuanhang smiled: "Yaru, their army also has scouts, especially since they want to take advantage of our food to take advantage of the situation, they will naturally keep observing any movements of our army. So, I guess they're going to give up on their original plans. ”

King Ling Jun said approvingly: "Yuanhang is right, they should have given up. But we can't be unprepared, if they really don't find out that our food team has arrived, what if they come to attack us?"

Yaru smiled: "Then we will set up our pockets and wait for them to drill, and then beat him up." ”

Ling Yuanhang clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Yes, let them come and go." ”

King Ling Jun remembered something at this time, so he asked Yaru: "Aru, I heard you say just now that when you were in Tongzhou, you set off a day after General Feng's army carrying grain, so why did you arrive now?"

"Father, we are not on the ordinary path. When we were in Tongzhou, we said that we were sending grain to the third uncle's Yangchengguan. Therefore, when we were in Tongzhou, we took the road straight to Yangchengguan. After two days of walking, we made a detour to the northwest. However, it still bypassed the grain transportation team of the imperial court and bypassed a lot of wrongs, and it was only so late. ”

"I see, Yaru, it's really not easy for you this time. Thank you for making it so hard for a girl's family. All of us have to thank you. King Ling said sincerely.

"Father, this is all my father's arrangement, he has planned all the routes for us. Otherwise, we don't know where to go. Aru was embarrassed to be praised. I had to move my father out.

"Yuanhang, you still send your men to pick up Lord Feng. Let's see what's going on. We can't just leave anything with the food when it arrives. ”

"Okay, father, after I send Yaru to rest first, I will ask Huang Zhongxin to bring two thousand people to pick up Lord Feng. Ling Yuanhang said as he got up.

"Okay, Aru, have a good rest today, and talk about the future arrangements tomorrow. King Ling said kindly.

At the same time, in the barracks of Warat, Hadur heard the scout's report and became angry in his tent. He never expected that all the military rations of the Great Yuan Imperial Court would be transported back safely. This Wei Zhonghai actually made him empty, and he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Dayuan army could not get enough food and grass, and all the plans to attack Ling Yuanzhi were in vain. He cursed Wei Zhonghai for being a waste and threw everything in the tent to the ground.