"If Wu Luolan is a smart person, she will never do this, if I were her, I would rather choose to cooperate with the boss than collude with Wan Yan Ping Qiu, if we are her enemies, then Wan Yan Ping Qiu is her henchman! The two evils, she will distinguish the pros and cons. Zhuge Xiaosheng said.

"Long-distance friendship and close attack, the law of survival, if Uloran cooperates with us now, there will only be a hundred benefits and no harm...... In fact, she has already made a choice, otherwise it would be impossible to sit down and negotiate with our boss. ”

Li Tanhua also changed her name to call Xiao Chen the boss, which is really easy to call her.

"Then let's still act according to the original plan, go to Niutou Mountain first, and then make other plans after gaining a firm foothold there." Xiao Chen said.

"Now there's only one problem." Zhuge Xiaosheng frowned.

It's a matter of food and grass.

Now they only carry 2,000 stone of grain, which is only enough for about 20 days, Li Tanhua said that the grain and grass in Niutou Mountain have been basically exhausted, and with their more than 1,500 people, they can only eat for about 10 days.

Since it was decided to hold on to Niutou Mountain, the logistics and craftsmen had to follow suit, which would increase the population by several thousand.

And once the people captured by Uloran are released, they will be tens of thousands! They also have to eat, and these grains and grass can't last even ten days.

Of course, they can be sent back, but tens of thousands of people can't be sent back for a while, and even if they are allowed to go back, they will have to be given dry food for their journey, right?

Li Wanjiang's grain and grass are supplied by the day, and he only promised a share of 5,000 men and horses, and he will not give any more, and if he wants to send someone to ask for additional supplies, he is afraid that he will not give it.

The most immoral thing is that the household department will only transport the grain and grass to Yanyun Pass, and Xiao Chen has to send someone to fetch it himself.

How much time, how many mules and horses, how many people, how many escorts, and how much risk does it take to come and go?

Wu Luolan's troops retreated, and Yanyun County was only temporarily safe, once Yan Pingqiu decided to go south, before his army was dispatched, he would definitely send a small force to cut off Xiao Chen's grain route.

Their cavalry in the north is extremely fast, and they are the best at roundabout combat, which is simply invincible!

In addition, there are a lot of bandit gangs in Yanyun County, these guys are elusive and ruthless, and it doesn't matter if you are an officer or an officer of the Great Zhou, or a fresh army, in short, you will kill people when you see them, and rob them when you see them.

They don't dare to harass when they encounter a large army, but the convoy transporting grain and grass may not be, after all, winter is coming, and the bandits have no food left.

It is even more impossible for Qin Gang to send troops to escort him, he is now in the state of a frightened bird, and he is bent on preserving his strength, and he will not send a single soldier to step into danger at all.

But at present, there is no other choice but to take one step at a time.

First of all, the grain route must be kept open, no matter how weak Xiao Chen's current troops are, he must send at least a thousand troops to escort him.

It is impossible to send it every day, and it can only be delivered once in Yanyun County when the grain and grass accumulate to a certain amount.

This task was very important, and Zhuge Xiaosheng temporarily appointed Yue Zhonglin as the grain and grass escort officer, and ordered him to lead two hundred musketeers and eight hundred light cavalry to take on this important task.

Yue Zhonglin took the order with emotion, please rest assured General Zhuge that people are in the food, and the food is lost and people are dead!

"Zhonglin, we can get it again when the food is gone, but if people die, they can't be resurrected, you, as an escort officer, have the right to make a decision immediately, if the situation is urgent, you can drop the grain and grass, save our brothers' lives first, don't make meaningless sacrifices." Xiao Chen said.

"Boss, this is also what I mean, I believe that Zhonglin, your ability and judgment, also give you the power to be autonomous, as long as you feel that even if you try your best, you can't keep the food, you can ask for self-protection first." Zhuge Xiaosheng also said.

"Yes, then I'll do my best and be improvised." Yue Zhonglin felt that following such a boss and general was really open-minded.

"Old man, you're tired enough these days, so let's go and rest early." Xiao Chen looked at Chen Jisheng, but saw that he had added a lot of gray hair to his sideburns these days, and he had obviously lost a lot of weight, so he couldn't help but feel distressed.

"What am I tired of? I didn't fight or walk, sitting in a car all day is like enjoying happiness, don't look at me a little thinner, but my spirit is better, but I really have to sleep first, and I have to hurry tomorrow. Chen Jisheng said.

"Who said they would leave tomorrow?" Xiao Chen was surprised.

"Hehe, if you don't go, I have to go, Yanyun County is now a plate of loose sand, the old man has to clean up first, now the weather is getting colder and colder, and the people scattered outside have no food or clothing, and they all have to freeze and starve to death? They didn't know that Xian Xiao would withdraw his troops, and they all couldn't go home. Chen Jisheng said.

"I'm also thinking about this, but no one else can do this, I have to go with your old man, it's just that you're old and you've walked so far, I want you to rest first......"

In fact, Xiao Chen had already had this plan, because to appease the people of Yanyun County, Chen Jisheng had to handle it before he could rest assured.

"Pull it down, let me rest is worse than let me die! I can't do anything else, only this is barely okay, you charge in front, and the old man will help you clean up the stall in the back, let's do our part. Chen Jisheng said.

"But you have to give me some soldiers, otherwise my old man can't do anything with just one mouth, I don't need too much, one or two hundred is about the same, and you can also give me a military order in the name of the governor of Yanyun County, and first seal me what kind of official I am, so that I can do things justifiably."

"But ......" Xiao Chen didn't want the old man to risk alone.

"What else could it be? You can't even make a decision on the spot, as the boss? Our few cities in the east haven't been lost yet, and there should be a lot of grain stored there, so I have to take them in first, and then I can open porridge fields in various parts of Yanyun County so that the big guy can survive this winter first. ”

"I'll have to talk to the Rus' and see if I can borrow them...... Ahh Originally, it was used by our downwind port, so that the grain we raised from the south could be transported directly by sea. ”

"The old man is really thoughtful!" Zhuge Xiaosheng was overjoyed when he heard this, this old man is really resourceful, and he has no choice but to say these words, but unexpectedly, the old man has already made up his mind and plans it!

"It's just that those Rus' people are greedy and ambitious, and if you want to negotiate with them, you have to be more careful." Xiao Chen said.

"Hehe, I'm not afraid that they are greedy, I am afraid that they are not greedy! I'm not afraid that they are ambitious, but I'm afraid that they are not ambitious! Chen Jisheng smiled and said amazingly.

The big guys all expressed their willingness to hear the details, and listened to your old man's high opinions.