It was already dark when he left Li Shuang's residence, and since he was going out of the city early tomorrow morning, Yu Zhu asked Huang Dagen to summon several fire captains of his team to discuss the matter of requisitioning grain overnight. Fire Chief Chen Hu was a short and sturdy middle-aged man, and he first said, "Why don't we go to Jinyuan County where the government is located to collect grain?" "Chongqing Mansion has a total of four counties, in addition to Jinyuan County, where the government is located, there are three counties are Jiangyuan, Xinjin, Yongkang County, Yongkang County is the most expeditionary grain task is also the heaviest. As soon as the words fell, Cao Ergou retorted: "Jinyuan County is close to Tuntian and many, but the Pan system has appointed his cronies to collect grain, and some townships have already collected grain many times, and the people are miserable, how can they go to collect it again?" "Cao Ergou is only twenty years old, the youngest among the fire chiefs, and his temper is also the hottest." How about Jiangyuan and Xinjin counties? "The proposer is Huo Changwang Youfu, he is a middle-aged yellow-faced man in his thirties, with a passerby face." No, these two counties are criss-crossed, although the population is large, but the bandits are particularly bad, although there are many grain fields, but they are all distributed in the confluence of the river, to obtain grain must be the water army. Except for Liu Zhong, the other four fires of our team are better than foot battles, and there is a division that does not give warships, so what? Huang Dagen said.

"How about still going to Yongkang County?" After everyone discussed for a long time and there was still no result, Ouyang Xuan proposed. As soon as this remark came out, everyone was silent, Ouyang Xuan had just become a supporter, and he put forward this proposal that was either stupid or bad, if it wasn't for his outstanding performance before, if he wasn't the team's "second-in-command", someone would definitely stand up and refute this proposal.

"Brother Xuan, what are you talking about? Can you get grain in Yongkang County again? Yu Zhu was also puzzled that Ouyang Xuan would say such useless words.

"There is no grain in the fort along the way, there is no grain in Yongkang City, and there is no surplus grain in Hengyuan Town, but what if we go to the mountains? Is there no food in the mountains? Ouyang Xuan said. In his memory, there are still dozens of villages in the mountains of Huaiyuan Town, that is, Hengyuan Town, and now in the war period, the population should be quite large, and it is estimated that they can collect grain.

"Brother Xuan doesn't know, Hengyuan Town traces the river to the mountains for a hundred miles, there are villages along the way, although the population is large, but the Qiang and Qiang are mixed, the people are fierce and do not obey the king, where can I get grain?" Yu Zhu said. "When Lord Yu Yu was in charge, the army was in full swing, and he also sent the army of Yongkang County to collect grain, and the army of 1,000 people was defeated by bandits and mountain people and returned. Moreover, the bandits who robbed the grain in Yokohara Town this time came from the mountains."

"But Jinyuan can't collect grain, and there are no warships available to go to Jiangyuan and Xinjin, so it's better to try your luck in the mountains, the mountain bandits have food!" Ouyang Xuan added.

Ouyang Xuan's words made everyone talk about it, and just when they were fighting, Yu Zhu pondered for a moment and made a decision: "Tomorrow, we will go to Hengyuan Town first, and then go into the mountains to try our luck." “

Before setting off early the next morning, a junior colonel in the army brought a few people over, saying that it was Pan's order to replenish the manpower of the grain collection team. However, three of them let him secretly remember that one Xiucai, surnamed Yang, was originally a military Chinese book and was punished for disobeying his superiors, a grocery vendor named Zhu Zhuozi was arrested for tax evasion and centigold, and the third apprentice named Li San'er did not listen to the master's command, and he was twisted and sent over by indiscriminately operating and damaging the blacksmith shop equipment. After dividing the newcomers into their respective groups, Yu Zhu led everyone to Hengyuan Town by water.

This time, Chongqing Mansion also refused to send ships, so everyone crowded into two boats borrowed from Hengyuan Town. Although the speed of sailing against the current is not fast, it is better to save physical strength, and saving physical strength in these years is to save food. Everyone took turns paddling, and before noon, they arrived at Yongqu Township. When the boat reached the vicinity of the old man's shack, Yu Zhu let the boat dock, let everyone stretch their bodies, and arranged for some people to go to Hengyuan Town through the official road. These two wooden boats were a bit crowded with more than 50 people, and there was no danger in the water depth of the downstream section, but the further upstream the water was, the smaller the amount of water, and when it encountered a shoal, the boats that were full of water could run aground or even capsize.

In the gap between Yu Zhu's allocation of people to take the land and water routes, Ouyang Xuan took some horse meat and found Wang Da's hut. There is a special feeling for Wang Da Ouyang Xuan, the old man is not only the first person he has met in this world, but also a life-saving benefactor, he has secretly decided that after gaining a firm foothold, he must find a safe place to live for the old man to die. It was noon, Wang Da was preparing a meal in the house, and when Ouyang Xuan gave the horse jerky to the old man to prepare for his resignation, he told Ouyang Xuan an important news: this morning, he heard the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves, and it seemed that a horse team passed on the official road of Yongqu Township and headed in the direction of Hengyuan Town. Ouyang Xuan, who got the news, was secretly frightened, and he immediately went to inform Yu Zhu of the news. At that moment, Yu Zhu sent someone to sneak through the reeds to the official road to find out. Not long after, Cao Ergou, who went to check, brought back the news that there was horse manure on the official road, which confirmed Wang Da's statement. Obviously, the official road must not be walked, and Yu Zhu decided that some people would still take the waterway, and some people would take the small road. The trail is difficult to walk, but the passing weeds and small trees provide shelter and are not easy for Mongolian rangers to spot.

Just as everyone was preparing to act, Ouyang Xuan, who had woken up from his contemplation, pulled Yu Zhu aside and whispered, "Brother Zhu, I can't walk on the waterway!" ”

"Why can't you go?" Yu Zhu asked puzzled.

"If the Tartars are found by the waterway, the width of the river is within the range of the arrow, and the Tartar soldiers condescendingly put arrows in the river, how to resist? It's not as fast as the horse to escape......." Yu Zhu listened to Ouyang Xuan's words, immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly asked everyone to change the path, and the boat hid in the secret place of the reeds. Ouyang Xuan's words were not without reason, he remembered that it was recorded in the history books that when the Mongolian military governor Marshal Niu Xuan invaded Sichuan, because the combat strength of the naval army was not as good as that of the Song army, he sent cavalry to ambush at dangerous places on both sides of the river, and used bows and arrows and trebuchets to flank the Southern Song Dynasty naval army, and repeatedly used it, and even adopted this tactic in the battle of Mahujiang to break the control of Zhang Shi who guarded Xuzhou. Yu Zhu saw that Ouyang Xuan was right, so he immediately ordered the whole team to be divided into three teams: front, middle, and back, and marched in the shape of a marching army, picking up secluded paths.