Henan Province, outside the city of Xuzhou at this time soldiers and horses gathered, the ambassador of the four provinces of Hedong to fight for thieves Zhang Guo took his army to quell the rebellion of the four provinces of Hedong, and pursued the remnants of the thieves who fled here, but unfortunately the prefect of Xuzhou refused to open the city gate and let them enter the city, but sent the government troops in the city to the city wall like thieves and stared at them tightly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"This official is the ambassador of the four prefectures of Hedong to fight for thieves, and he also asked Governor Cui to come out and speak." Zhang Guo, who led the army to march for several days, was exhausted at this time, but when he encountered such a situation, he could only come to the city with a strong spirit to shout.

"Ambassador Zhang, my family is still in the city to handle official business, I'm afraid I don't have time to talk to you!" A middle-aged man dressed as a master in the city poked his head out and looked at them with a sarcastic face.

"This gentleman, the thieves escaped into Henan Province, if you don't hurry up and eliminate them, I'm afraid that something unbearable will happen." Zhang Guo couldn't care about the other party's rudeness at this time, and said repeatedly, "Please also ask Master Cui to let us enter the city for a short rest before chasing the enemy." ”

"Lord Zhang, you are the ambassador of the four provinces of Hedong to fight for thieves, but you can't control our Xuzhou City." Seeing that he still refused to leave, the master's face suddenly fell, "Now that you are not effective in suppressing the thief, causing the thief to escape into Xuzhou City, my family is about to join you, if you don't retreat quickly, be careful that my family is besieging the state capital and plotting against you!" ”

"You!" Qin Shixin, the beloved general beside Zhang Guo, was all furious by his words, and he was about to open his mouth to scold the other party, but he was stopped by Zhang Guo with a look, Zhang Guo lowered his voice and said, "Shixin, now we are guest soldiers, and we must not make trouble." ”

Seeing that he couldn't enter the city now, Zhang Guo could only retreat, and he gave up his hand again, "In this case, I am tired of informing Governor Cui, I will come from afar, there is a shortage of food and grass in the army, and I also ask Governor Cui to support one or two for the sake of the ministers in the same hall." ”

"Now that there are thieves everywhere, my Xuzhou City is also quite suffering, and the needs in the city are still insufficient, so there is still surplus food for you to eat?" Zhang Guo became more and more polite, but the master in the city became more and more impatient, and immediately threw away after speaking, "There is no food in the city, you better hurry around the city and pursue the remnants, don't stay here!" ”

"Your Excellency!" Qin Shixin was originally a fiery character, and when he encountered this kind of person, he could bear it, and he was about to fight immediately, but when he saw the defenders in the city, he immediately opened his bow and aimed at them.

"Shixin, step aside!" Zhang Guo also felt powerless at this time, "This Cui Governor is a child of the Cui clan in Qinghe, not something that we people can offend, since he refuses to supply grain and grass, let's retreat!" After saying that, Zhang Guo took the lead in turning the horse's head and leaving, Qin Shi looked at the city for a long time in a puff of heart, and could only leave with hatred.

"My lord, now the grain and grass in the army are only left for half a month, if the grain and grass in the capital can't come anymore, the soldiers will be hungry!" Back in the camp, Luo Shiji, who was in charge of the grain and grass, came to report with a frown.

"From today onwards, the grain below the official level will be halved!" Zhang Guo said helplessly, during this period of time, the grain and grass transported from the capital were only six or seven percent on paper, and he refused to take the seizures of the thieves as his own, but distributed them to the local victims, so there was not much savings in the camp, and now there is only a reduction in consumption, fortunately, he has a great prestige in the army, and if it is a short-term reduction in food, the army will not have much reaction.

"This is not a long-term solution, we still have to find another way!" Luo Shiji persuaded him, "Even if the grain is halved, it will only be able to support the needs of January, and the next batch of grain and grass does not know when it will arrive; Besides, adults are also responsible for thieves, and they have to fight against thieves, how can soldiers fight when they are hungry? ”

"Shixin, Shiji, I will immediately write a few documents asking for food, and the two of you will immediately go to the capital, take my documents to the military department and Taiwei's mansion for help, and explain our current predicament to Yuan Taiwei and Wang Shangshu, and let them allocate grain and grass earlier." Zhang Guo can only think of some such methods now, the status of the envoys sent a few times ago is too low, I am afraid that there is no way to move the officials in Beijing, he can only send his two henchmen out now, "In addition, I still have a few people in the capital who died in the same year, so you can visit them one by one with my attributes to see if they can help!" ”

After that, Zhang Guo returned to the camp, wrote a few letters, and after drying the ink, he stamped his official seal and private seal, and wrote the letter cover one by one and handed it to Luo Shiji, "These letters are related to the lives of my Hedong thief army, and when you arrive in the capital, you must not act rashly, everything must be based on the overall situation, remember it carefully." ”

"Yes, sir!" Qin Shixin, who has always been short-tempered, also knew that this was not a trivial matter, so he and Luo Shiji suppressed their anger and said, "Then the two of us will go first, adults should take care of themselves!" ”

"Go, go, the old man is also a person who is familiar with military books, even if he leaves you, he will not let those thieves get cheap." Zhang Guo pretended to be confident and said.

"My lord, I'm not worried about thieves, but... It's the local civil servants. Luo Shiji couldn't help but say, they had been tortured by local officials in Hedong before, if it weren't for Zhang Guo's efforts to take care of the overall situation, I'm afraid that the thieves in the four prefectures of Hedong have not been pacified until now, but despite this, they have not received much benefit from it, but there are constantly people who impeach them for bullying the local gentry, tyranny and other reasons.

Hearing this, Zhang Guo's face suddenly fell, "If you wait to say this again, you don't have to go to the capital!" "How could he not know what these people had done? It's just that now that the Great Wei is smoking, if you put all your energy into fighting these people, who will exterminate these thieves?

"I understand the painstaking efforts of the adults, but the princes in the court are ......," Luo Shiji still argued, but seeing that Zhang Guo's face was getting colder and colder, he could only sigh, "Don't worry, my lordship, after entering Beijing, I will definitely take into account the overall situation and act according to the instructions of the adults." ”

"Well, be optimistic about General Qin, don't let him go out alone." Zhang Guo told him again, he knew that Qin Shixin was short-tempered and easy to cause trouble, but the journey to the capital was not stable, and if there was no military general to escort him, Luo Shiji would not be so easy to arrive in the capital safely.

At the same time, in Xuzhou City, the master who refused to open the door was telling Governor Cui about Fang Cai, "Lord Prefect, that fruit has been sent away." ”

"Well, this matter is well done, you need to watch it carefully, don't let the gentry of Xuzhou supply them with grain and grass." Governor Cui nodded in response, he had already received a notice from the elders in Beijing to know a little trouble for Zhang Guo in order to hinder the speed of his meritorious service, and this was just the beginning. (To be continued.) )