"The army is Sang Lou who arrived only after passing through Zhuozhou, and Wei Chunbin, the magistrate of Zhuozhou, mobilized the people to strengthen the city wall and widen the moat when the prince raised troops in Beiping, and he looked like he was going to die and the net was broken, and he swore in front of the gentry of the whole city that once the king of Yan invaded the south, he was bound to coexist with Zhuozhou..."

Wei Laosan was riding on a horse, and was talking about the news sent by the Secret Spy Division, Gu Huai nodded slightly: "It's a dignified official... And then what? ”

Wei Laosan scratched his head, his face was a little strange: "... Then the prince's army had not yet arrived in Zhuozhou, only sent a few scouts to patrol under the city wall a few times, and the guy ran to Zhending with the big seal, leaving only a few civil officials who were guarding the city to stare dryly, and the army opened the city and surrendered when it arrived. ”

Gu Huai couldn't cry or laugh: "What about the guards of the city? ”

"I also took it to Zhending, saying that I wanted to join the imperial army."

"No wonder the prince asked me to take a trip to Zhuozhou..."Gu Huai shook his head, "It is estimated that the army could not be delayed, so I didn't attack Zhuozhou, and now that the war is about to start, I naturally have to dig something from Zhuozhou first." ”

The secret spy department has spies with the army, Wei Laosan was Gu Huai's personal guard before, but Gu Huai always felt that taking him by his side was too dazzling, so he left him in the army when he entered Zhending, and now Zhending City can't enter, so he summoned Wei Laosan back.

Although it is definitely more comfortable to have a charming mango seed by his side than Wei Laosan, Gu Huai is always a little inexplicably jealous of that woman... Every time I walk in front of Mangzhong, I feel a chill in my back, I really don't know what kind of eyes this female spy is looking at herself.

He shuddered: "How many soldiers are stationed in Zhuozhou now?" ”

Wei Laosan licked his fingers, took out a spy report from his arms, and replied as he turned it over: "The prince sent more than 300 people to guard the treasury, and let people gather the young and strong townsmen who surrendered to Cheng, and were responsible for guarding the city..."

Gu Huai was shocked: "Are you still literate?" ”

"My lord, you have what you say, I Wei Laosan was also a famous handsome descendant in ten miles and eight towns, and he also entered a private school when he was a child, if he hadn't been difficult to join the army later, I am afraid that the matchmaker who said that he would have put the threshold..."

"Stop," Gu Huai had a headache, "It's really hard for people like you to think that you've read a book... How long will it take? ”

Wei Laosan put away the spy report with a resentful face, and pointed to a city that suddenly appeared on the horizon in front of him:

"It's here, my lord."

……

This journey went smoothly, and nothing happened until he entered Zhuozhou City, and Chen Ping even felt that his previous idea of "as long as he meets this chief official, there must be no good thing" was wrong.

The atmosphere in the city is a little strange, this is a natural thing, the army of King Yan, which was also promoted as a thief before, is now swaggering through the streets, and has nominally taken over the city, no one wants to stand up and resist, because these days... The people found that it seemed to be no different from the previous days.

The court officials ran away, and the Yan Wangfu also promoted some grassroots officials to manage the people's livelihood, and the most damn outrageous thing is that these people are doing better than before - I don't know if it's because they're used to doing things, or they're afraid that if they don't do well, they will be pulled out by the Yan Wangfu and beheaded.

Although there are few soldiers guarding the city, even only a few hundred people from the Yanwang Mansion, plus some people, no one wants to encourage the people to get up and seize the city and recover Zhuozhou. Anyway, the army of King Yan did not stay in Zhuozhou, and the imperial court didn't seem to want to take care of Zhuozhou, and some officials who were arrogant and domineering on weekdays are now holding their tails and behaving people, and this kind of good life has never appeared since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

If you really want to play the first half of the year... Isn't there no need to pay taxes from the previous year?

Therefore, the emotions of the people are very complicated, and the eyes of the more than 100 Yan Wang soldiers standing on the side of the street watching them enter the city are also very complicated, although they try their best to avoid their eyes and continue to walk and continue to do what they are doing, but Chen Ping still feels the estrangement brought by this complexity.

As a hundred households and veterans, Chen Ping did not know why this estrangement came about... He just subconsciously looked at the green-shirted scholar on the horse in front of him, and only saw a trace of emotion and understanding in his starry and moon-clear eyes.

"The army comes from the people, but it can't go to the people." That's what he said.

Chen Ping didn't understand, and naturally he didn't feel shocked, he just felt that the Tsing Yi scholar seemed to understand a lot of things that other people didn't understand... That's probably the way people read books.

Zhuozhou City is not big or small, it is the largest city sandwiched between Zhending and Beiping, and the county government is naturally built in a very grand manner, Chen Ping's hundred households followed all the way into the county government, and soon learned the purpose of this trip - to count the treasury, and then empty it.

The war is not only fought by commanders and soldiers, tactics and ordnance, but also money and food, if there is no money, the monthly money of the soldiers will not be paid, and if there is no food, it will be even more serious, after all, the commanders who have no money can still deceive, come to a "reward for the three armies after the city is broken" or something, but no food is really going to die.

Although the Yanwang Mansion has now controlled a large area around Beiping, the logistics of the 30,000 troops have been a little difficult to move so far south, and veterans like Geng Bingwen will naturally send troops to attack the grain transportation routes of the Yan army, so Zhu Di naturally hit the idea on these prefectures and counties along the way.

Anyway, it's still put... Maybe it will be looted by the imperial army, it is better to take it away first, and now there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court.

Dao Yan and Zhu Gaochi are in the stable rear to govern and secure the people and handle logistics, and those who can come to loot will be Gu Huai, and Gu Huai has always done things in a way - at least it will not make the scene too ugly.

More than a hundred people, plus the original garrison of three or four hundred, is almost all the strength of this journey, yesterday Gu Huai sent Mangzhong to count the money and grain in the treasury, but when he led the troops into the county government to receive the rice paper handed over by Mangzhong, his brows wrinkled slightly.

Inadequate.

Money and goods are to reward the three armies, but they will not give too much before the war, and the main thing is the reward after the fight, so the tax and silver in the treasury are enough, but the food is really not enough... At least more than half of what Zhu Di and Gu Huai discussed at the beginning.

What's the matter? Zhu Di didn't plan to start so early at first, so he made a plan for a long-term confrontation, and it would take some time for the grain and grass to be transferred in the rear, but now with Gu Cheng and Zhang Bao's surrender, Zhu Di has advanced the plan a lot, which means that the 30,000 troops must at least prepare enough food to support continuous combat for several days.

Mang Chong stared at a pair of big eyes, carefully studying the extremely "cute" lord in her eyes, when she saw Gu Huai's brows frowning slightly, she immediately guessed what Gu Huai was thinking, and leaned closer: "My lord~"

Gu Huai stood a little farther away without moving: "Say." ”

"Are the adults worried about the lack of food and grass?"

It's kind of interesting, and I guessed it right.

"How?"

"Did you forget something?" Mang Chong pulled his hair, and the fragrance on his body drifted straight to Gu Huai's side: "The food in the treasury is not enough... But there are many big families in Zhuozhou City. ”

Wei Laosan's eyes lit up on the side, and he rubbed his hands: "My lord, or... Grab a handful? ”

"Rob your uncle, want to catch fire in the rear?" Gu Huai's face was expressionless, "But this thought does remind me... Robbery is definitely not okay. ”

He said sternly: "But you can borrow it!" ”