The grasslands of the Northern Plains have changed greatly now, at least south of Longquan Pass, the surrounding area of Star City has become a field.

As the population gradually increased, and there were no wolves riding south for several years, more and more people gathered far away from Star City to form villages in order to facilitate farming.

Liu Maosheng and his entourage walked for a long time, but the road was not so easy to walk, because the ridge was so wide, and it was always necessary to take a detour.

"I wanted to run open, but I never thought that it had only been a few years, and it had changed a lot!" Liu Maosheng shook his head, looking at the golden field, it was already time to harvest, and the fields in the northern plains had always been slower to mature than those in Shandong Henan Province.

When some peasants saw this group of cavalry, they stopped and watched, with envy in their eyes, to be able to become the cavalry of Longquan Pass, that is one in a hundred.

"There are scouts. Shi Yan rushed over from behind and whispered to Liu Maosheng.

It wasn't bad luck, Guo Dayong walked slowly, but the range of scouts spread was larger.

"What about the scouts?" Liu Maosheng narrowed his eyes and looked around.

Shi Yan said cautiously: "When he found us, he fled far away. and went to the west. ”

Liu Maosheng nodded: "Order the whole team and speed up the pace." ”

"Understood!"

At the first time he encountered the scout, Liu Maosheng made a slight judgment and accelerated to the northeast with the people.

And a few quarters of an hour later, Guo Dayong also received the news that he had found the traces of the Demon Dragon Rider. If he didn't find it, he could have gone back to the city, and then told Li You that he hadn't caught up. But the problem is, now I find it.

"Do you want to chase after it?" this question rose in Guo Dayong's heart.

After thinking about it, he laughed out loud: "Go to the east, isn't it Shandong Road to the east and south? As long as I get to Tongcheng, don't I let them go south?"

"All of them, let's go to Tongcheng, get before them, let them go around. ”

As soon as Guo Dayong gave the order, he immediately made the entire team speed up. Guo Dayong is very proud, I can't beat you in the field, but defend the city, it's all right! Either you go around in a circle and walk to the west of Xiaogushan, or you will come to attack the city.

Guo Dayong's self-made cleverness was an hour later, and finally drifted away from Liu Maosheng, who had already begun to go north.

Liu Maosheng accelerated and never saw the scouts again, and in the evening, they finally did not see the crops again, Liu Maosheng shouted in high spirits

"All have an order, and the girl runs away. ”

"Yes!" Shi Yan excitedly conveyed the order, and under the sunset, the demon dragoons no longer cared about the formation, like wild horses scattering joy, running around.

When Li Fei and Liu Dasui saw this scene, they seemed to have returned to the past, the unbeatable team.

Three days later, Liu Maosheng and the demon dragon rider who had recovered his spirit finally saw the swarthy city wall of Longquan Pass.

"Brothers, we're back again. Shi Yan, when he went to call the door, he said that Liu Maosheng was here. ”

It didn't take long for the rear door suspension bridge of Longquan Pass to open, and Gao Shan rode a horse in military uniform and took a few relatives out to greet him

"Liu is bearded. I didn't expect to see you here, but it's more than May, and you're here to accompany me to guard the pass? ”

Liu Maosheng smiled and said, "Hehe, hey, isn't it? Our brothers have nothing to do, so they want to come to Longquanguan to see our wolf cubs." ”

Gao Shanqi frowned: "Look at the giant wolf? are you going to take them away? Is something wrong?"

Gao Shanqi said, and looked around, the surrounding demon dragon riders were fierce and fierce, armed to the teeth. It looks like hanging out.

Liu Maosheng smiled: "That's it." Where can something happen? Where is our giant wolf in the woods?"

The more Gao Shanqi looked at it, the more wrong it became, and he always felt that something was going on, and he didn't see Si Shengnan, the legendary female military division of Zhou Zhe.

"Liu Dabeard, don't hide it from me. If you want to do this, I will not depend on you. The third prince said that no one could touch those forest wolves. ”

Liu Maosheng smiled: "How can you!" After speaking, he threw a water bladder to Gao Shanqi.

Gao Shanqi looked at the water bladder handed over by Liu Maosheng, and the little eyes, opened it and smelled it, and the wine was fragrant.

"Taste it. Liu Maosheng said to Gao Shanqi with a smile.

Gao Shanqi took a sip.

And Liu Maosheng said: "Brothers, go to the city and have a good drink with General Gao." ”

Gao Shanqi is not stupid, the more Liu Maosheng doesn't say it, the more he can guess that there is probably a change, the wine and meat are in place, and the banquet is in place. Gao Shanqi said in a daze

"Let me tell you, now the armory is full of good things sent from Hexi, arrows inlaid with wind rock spirit crystals, bows that break the fifth order, and war knives that break the fifth order. There is also a sheepskin jacket, which is sewn according to the style designed by the Marquis of Zhongyong in the past, and it is a cloak when worn, and when you put it down, it is a blanket for camping. ”

"Actually, those forest wolves are quite edible, but you also know that there are not many other things in Longquan Pass, there is no shortage of food and meat, they eat dragon spider meat every day, and many envious sergeants complain. ”

After Gao Shanqi finished speaking, he fell on the table in a daze, and the token on his waist fell out with a bang.

Liu Dasui and Liu Maosheng glanced at each other, and everything was silent.

"Arrows, take the best, no one takes two pots, with double crossbows, round shields, and war knives, you can look at them yourself. In addition, the extra wolf cubs are brought, and one that cannot be missing, and the one that cannot walk is put on the back of the horse with a frame and put it together with the baggage. ”

"Also, bring some lard and grease in case it rains. ”

"Have a spare bowstring too. ”

"No one has been given five of them. ”

"Shi Yan will go and see if there are any good things, don't be afraid, they are all his own family. Take it today and pay it back tomorrow. ”

In the middle of the night, the officer in charge of logistics looked at the relocation brigade and wanted to ask Gao Shanqi several times, but he didn't take a few steps before he was slipped back by Li Feiti

"Don't go, General Gao's token is here, he has drunk too much now, his violent temper, don't you know yet?"

"But... ”

"It's nothing, keep a good record. Go back and report the number to the three princes. Li Fei raised his eyebrows, like a big bad wolf who coaxed a child.

The simple logistics officer is not Lao Ling, but the person brought out by Yan Fucheng, who has a token and has to report it to the third prince, and he is obedient immediately.

In the early hours of the morning, the starlight staggered, and this time the demon dragoons, armed to their toenails, rode the giant wolf of the forest and left again.

And Guo Dayong, who also traveled for three days in a row, also rushed to Tongcheng in the morning of this day.

Tongcheng is not big, but there is an abandoned military camp left by Li Bing after he stationed his troops here. This gave Guo Dayong's people a place to live.

When he first arrived in Tongcheng, Guo Dayong didn't feel anything wrong, but when he explained the situation to the county magistrate in the morning and took over the defense, he found that there was something wrong with the county.

"There are no specialties in this county, why are there so many merchants?" Guo Dayong asked the county order curiously.

And the county magistrate said in surprise: "It's all from the capital to collect grain." ”

"Tongcheng is not big, why did they all come here to collect grain?"

The county commander didn't dare to hide it and smiled: "Our Tongcheng is not big, but it is close to Beiyuan! They can go to the village near Tongcheng to collect it." ”

"How much money can you make by collecting grain? Guo Dayong scoffed.

For several days, Guo Dayong became more and more impatient, and Li You was also impatient in Star City, until he received the news that Guo Dayong had actually arrived in Tongcheng.

"I expect the enemy to enter the Shandong Road from the southeast. Therefore, wearing the stars and wearing the moon went to Tongcheng to strengthen the city walls。。。。。 ”

Li You read the information, nodded with satisfaction, and thought to himself, Guo Dayong still has some ability.

But his satisfaction didn't last until noon, when he was stunned by the news from the logistics officer of Kitahara

"Five thousand arrows... One thousand and a half swords. ”

Liu Maosheng rode the giant wolf of the forest with a magic dragon, and he was nowhere to be found...

"Let Guo Dayong, that idiot, come back to me. No, go straight back to Longquan Pass. This idiot. Li You lost his temper, and then he also took people away and returned to Longquan Pass.

Forget about 100,000 troops in Star City, and let Guo Dayong go to Tongcheng to take over the defense, which is not what a prince should do. If someone finds out, you won't be able to eat and walk around.

Guo Dayong stayed in Tongcheng for a few days, but he didn't guard Liu Maosheng, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, every day, he was looking at the north of the city from the city gate building, for fear that Liu Maosheng would run away under his nose.

However, although he didn't find Liu Maosheng, he found a not trivial thing, that is, there were too many cars transporting grain.

At first, he thought that this was Liu Maosheng's ploy to hide from the sky and the sea when he discovered that they were already guarding their way through the city.

But when the sergeants carefully inspected it, they found that it was not a strategy, but someone was really buying grain from Beiyuan, and after a little inquiry, they knew that Beiyuan grain, one or two food stamps can buy eight taels, and now, the grain in Shandong Province has risen to one or two food stamps to buy three taels, and there seem to be signs of rising.

People are like this, buying up or not buying down, watching the price of grain rise, even if it is a bumper harvest year, even if every household has grain in stock, people are also hoarding.

"It seems like it's really making money. "Guo Dayong at least calculated a good number, otherwise he would not be able to lead troops, he made a little calculation, and he found out how profitable it is to resell grain. A cart of grain is 1,000 catties, back and forth, excluding the freight, it is 300 catties of food stamps. If you use those auxiliaries who don't have to spend money to transport food, you can earn more.

It's a pity, thinking about it, before he could operate, Li You's order stunned him.

"Liu Maosheng's troops had arrived at Longquan Pass a few days ago, and after obtaining supplies, they were nowhere to be found. ”

It's messed up, it's all messed up.

Guo Dayong was ashamed of his shamelessness, and he was ashamed to speak up, anticipating the enemy's opportunity, and when the results came out, he just traveled around. The picture was laughed at.

"In this way, will the three princes not look down on me in the future?" Guo Dayong repeated several times on the way back to Longquan Pass, thinking of this question, after seeing a golden field, Guo Dayong thought about it.

"It's better to tell the third prince about Tongcheng. Maybe, you can get the credit offset. Besides, no matter how powerful I am alone, how much food can I dump?"