Zhou Ziru was overjoyed when he saw a convoy full of grain and grass pulled into the city: "Is it really grain and grass?" Did you ship it from the capital? ”

"Back to Zhouxiang, no. This is the grain and grass of the Xigui army, and when I left the city, I saw that a Biao army was really escorting the grain and grass, and stepped forward to snatch it, shooting most of them to death, and the rest of the people fled. In the darkness of the night, the last general did not dare to pursue, so he escorted the grain and grass back! Liang Ying replied.

Zhou Ziru frowned when he heard this: "Who?" The grain and grass of the Western Gui Army? ”

"Just... Be. Liang Ying saw Zhou Ziru's brows furrowed, and realized that something was wrong.

"How could the grain and grass of the Western Guijun appear in Rongcheng? King Xigui is now in Bincheng, south of Rongcheng, and the land of Xigui is even south of Bincheng. How can this Rongcheng have the grain and grass of the Western Gui Army? Zhou Ziru asked.

"This..."Liang Ying also sensed that something was wrong with the situation, but he never figured out what went wrong. Now that Zhou Ziru said it, Liang Ying also reacted.

While the two were talking, the quartermaster had already brought someone over: "Zhou Xiang, I heard that the grain and grass have arrived, and the next official has come to get food!" ”

Zhou Ziru stretched out his hand to stop: "No, this grain can't be taken!" ”

"Huh?" The crowd was amazed.

"Why can't you take this good grain?"

"I haven't eaten for a day, Zhou Xiang is afraid that he doesn't want to use it himself, right?"

"Be quiet, don't be heard!"

The surrounding soldiers were talking, and although they lowered their voices, Zhou Ziru still heard it.

The quartermaster hesitated for a while, took a few steps forward, leaned closer and said softly: "Zhou Xiang, food and grass are the most important things for the march and war, not to mention that our army has been out of food for a day, in case..."

"I said I can't use it, I just can't use it!" Zhou Ziru raised his voice, and the quartermaster didn't dare to speak anymore, so he silently stepped aside.

"Seal the grain and grass! The reckless will be dealt with by military law! General Liang, you take the soldiers and horses out of the city again, and check those corpses to see if they are the Western Guijun. It would be better to bring back two more corpses. Zhou Ziru turned around and left, leaving a word.

The quartermaster looked at the grain and grass with blank eyes, and then asked Liang Ying: "General Liang, what's going on?" ”

Liang Ying replied: "Zhou Xiang is afraid that there is a problem with food and grass, since Zhou Xiang said that he can't use it, the brothers will hold on for a few more days." As he spoke, he took the soldiers and horses to transport the grain and grass to the empty warehouse, sealed it, and arranged for people to guard it. Then he led his men out of the city again, went to the place where they had robbed the grain and grass, and collected the corpses.

Everyone rejoiced, and one by one they were immediately deflated, so they had to go back to the camp.

Early the next morning, Zhou Ziru woke up early and heard a commotion outside the mansion.

"What's wrong? Come! ”

The guard outside the door came in response: "What did Minister Zhou order?" ”

"It's so noisy, why don't you go and investigate? What's wrong? Zhou Ziru pointed to the outside of the mansion and asked.

The guard grimaced, standing by the door and not moving.

Zhou Ziru stared at him and asked, "Say, what's going on!?" ”

Seeing Zhou Ziru asking, the guards didn't dare to hide it anymore, so they had to reply: "Back to Zhou Xiang, outside the house... It's some Yulin Army brothers who want to ask to see Zhou Xiang. ”

Zhou Ziru got dressed, saw the empty table, and knew that the grain and grass were indeed running out, and suddenly understood in his heart: "I'll go and see." ”

As soon as Zhou Ziru came to the outside of the mansion, someone had already seen him: "Don't make any noise, Zhou Xiang is out!" The noise suddenly became quieter, and it seemed that Yu Linjun was still very in awe of Zhou Ziru.

"What? Did you come here for the sake of food and grass? Zhou Ziru asked everyone aloud.

Everyone, you pushed me, and finally a bold person was pushed out, seeing Zhou Xiang asking, this person was indeed bold, and replied: "Zhou Xiang, I heard that the grain and grass have been escorted last night." Why hasn't it been distributed to this day? We didn't come to be hungry! ”

Justified and justified.

Zhou Ziru said: "The origin of this batch of grain and grass is unknown! If you eat a good meal, who will be responsible? ”

Everyone didn't know what Zhou Ziru meant by "unknown origin", and Zhou Ziru didn't bother to explain to them, so he called out loudly: "Where is General Liang?" Call him to me! ”

After a while, Liang Ying trotted all the way to the mansion: "Zhou Xiang." ”

Zhou Ziru bowed his head and asked, "Well, General Liang, last night I ordered you to go out of the city to investigate the corpse, how is the situation?" Did you bring some corpses with you? ”

Liang Ying replied: "Zhou Xiang, the last general was about to report this matter to you, and last night the last general left the city for the second time and rushed to the place where he robbed the grain and grass, but all the corpses in that place were gone!" The last general sent people to look around, but they didn't find it! ”

"Was it cleaned up by the people of the Western Guijun?" Zhou Ziru asked.

Liang Ying shook his head: "There are not many people who escaped, and it is simply impossible to collect so many corpses in such a short time." Perhaps, there are ambushes hidden in the shadows, or it is not necessary that the Western Guijun will send people to meet them again. ”

"Zhou Xiang! There is no evidence, we have been hungry for a day, if this grain and grass are not distributed to us, how can we fight when the Western Guijun comes? The bold Yulin Army shouted loudly.

"Yes, yes!"

"Yes, Zhou Xiang, if I am hungry for two more days, I won't even be able to hold a knife!"

"Zhou Xiang has mercy on us!"

This person stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and the rest of the people hurriedly followed, and in the distance, there were people who saw the commotion here and rushed over here.

The crowd gathered more and more, and it became more and more forward, and Zhou Ziru was so oppressed that he involuntarily retreated a step.

"Whoosh!"

A group of young men fell from the sky, and it was Chen Congwei everyone. Falling on the eaves and among the canopies, ten men arrived and surrounded these Feather Forest legions. Qingtian and Jiahai stopped in front of Zhou Ziru, and the two iron guns shook the ground, and everyone was shocked and retreated slightly.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Ziru knew that it was difficult to stop it, so he sighed quietly and said, "I also know that you are working hard, and it is not my wish to do this." In this way, the grain and grass can be used, but they need to be eaten in batches. Morning, noon and evening are divided into the front, middle and rear armies to eat. First, to thrift grain and grass, and second, if there is a problem with grain and grass, it is also a guarantee. ”

When everyone heard that Zhou Ziru finally agreed, they couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Thank you Zhou Xiang for your grace!" Thank you for your grace! ”

"It's past this morning, it's our turn to eat, right? Hahahaha! ”

"What morning has passed? The sun hasn't risen yet! It's too late to make a fire and make food! ”

"Alas, it's a pity that our rear army has to be hungry for another day, and I have to have a good meal in the evening!"

Everyone cheered and left the front of the palace and hurried to find the fireheads in their respective camps.

Qingtian took a sip: "Smack! What a bunch of ruffians! If Zhou Xiang had given the order just now, let me stab two of them to death, see if they dare to do this! ”

Zhou Ziru sighed again and said: "Alas, the people take food as the sky, so why not the soldiers? The grain and grass of the imperial court have not yet arrived, and it is not a way to drag it like this. You've been hungry for a day, so take turns to get something to eat. ”

When Qingtian heard this, he laughed: "Hahaha, Zhou Xiang, people who practice martial arts, don't say one day, it's ten days and eight days without eating, what can we do?" ”

Jia Hai glanced at him: "You brag than don't bring me." ”

In the end, none of the Chen Congwei moved, for no other reason, Zhou Ziru refused to eat.

The sun slowly rose and came to the middle of the day.

In the distance, the quartermaster galloped wildly, galloping all the way to the gate of the mansion, ignoring the guards, and went straight in: "Zhou Xiang, it's not good, something happened!" ”

Zhou Ziru was sitting in the palace drinking tea to satisfy his hunger, and when he heard the quartermaster's call, he hurriedly went out: "What's wrong?" Come on! ”

"Yu Zhouxiang, the officers and soldiers in the army ate the food, and they fell to the ground one by one, and many people died directly, spitting black blood in their mouths. It's already three or four out of ten! The quartermaster was sweating profusely.

"What!" Zhou Ziru was shocked, and hurriedly ran to the outside of the mansion: "Take me to see it!" ”

Zhou Ziru ran out of the mansion, and some soldiers had already prepared horses for Zhou Ziru. Zhou Ziru was a little anxious, coughing violently, and followed the quartermaster to the camp in the city.

came to the camp, and as soon as he entered the camp gate, a fishy smell came to his face, Zhou Ziru couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose, and stepped forward to check.

I saw that in the big camp, there were countless Yulin soldiers lying on the ground, and the surrounding weapon racks, horses, and fences were overthrown and knocked down. Some were still struggling with black blood in their mouths, while others had long since stopped breathing, their eyes wide and their faces in pain.

"Did these people all eat that batch of grain and grass?" Zhou Ziru grabbed the quartermaster and asked.

The quartermaster replied, "Exactly,"

Chen Congwei arrived later, and he was startled when he entered the camp, such a tragic situation, Rao is a well-informed Chen Congwei has not seen it a few times.

Picking the stars stepped forward, covered his mouth and nose and looked at it carefully, and said, "Zhou Xiang, it is indeed poisoned." The poison is very strong, and it should be the poison of the West Guiland. "Everyone in the world knows that the poison in the world is the most powerful.

Zhou Ziru was shocked, and ordered: "Hurry, don't worry about the dead soldiers for the time being, these are still alive, arrange vomiting as soon as possible, and boil herbs, you can save one by one." Send someone again... Forget it, Zangyun, please take a walk, check how the movements of the Western Guijun are, if there is any change, don't act rashly, come back quickly and report it! ”

"Qingtian Jiahai, the two of you will lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to go out of the city to find out if there is an ambush in the direction of Yucheng! Be sure to check carefully, if necessary, we will abandon the city and leave! ”

"The rest of the people, reorganize the soldiers and horses, collect the idle dwellings in the city and see if there is any food, remember, do not plunder!"

After some arrangement, everyone acted separately, but Zhou Ziru still felt unreliable and paced back and forth.

Everyone acted separately, and Shaking Shan hesitated and said, "Zhou Xiang, do you want to send someone to send an order to Wu Dinggong and let him lead the troops to help?" "Zhongchen Congzhong, so the relationship between Shaoshan and Yi Xiaodao is relatively close, and the rest of the people also know that the situation is critical at this time, but they don't dare to propose.

Zhou Ziru shook his head slowly: "He won't come, and he won't even go back to the capital." Jiaolong got out of trouble, how could he be willing to enter the cage again? ”

A person glides in the sky, and it is a hidden cloud that goes and returns.

Na Feng exclaimed: "Zangyun, I know you're fast, but I didn't expect you to be so fast?" To travel back and forth to Pennsylvania, it takes half a day! ”

After Zangyun landed, he didn't care about responding to Nafeng, and rushed to Zhou Ziru: "Zhou Xiang, the soldiers and horses of the Xigui army have reached more than 30 miles outside the south gate of Rongcheng!" ”

"How many soldiers?"

"You can't see the edge..."