Chapter 48: Grab the grain
As the so-called army has not moved, grain and grass go first.
The status of grain in the army can be imagined.
Especially when the two French armies are stalemate, the importance of food is even more important.
Regarding Tong Guan and Cai Jing's preparation to do things on the food and grass of the army, Wu Zhi naturally did not know.
He was discussing with Yue Fei, Lin Chong and others how to exterminate Liangshan in one fell swoop.
"The quartermaster is here."
At this moment, a guard came to report.
"Quartermaster? Let him in. ”
Wu Zhi stopped the military discussion, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and asked the guards to let him in.
Military quartermaster is the most critical thing of a large army, and it is related to the success or failure of the army.
Wu Zhi naturally understood this and did not dare to be careless.
Wang Lin, the quartermaster, generally never disturbed Wu Zhi during military discussions.
He must have something important to do when he comes.
"Subordinate Wang Hu, meet the minister."
Wang Lin came in and immediately saluted Wu Zhi.
"Okay, what's the point of coming over at this time?"
Wu Zhi excused Wang Lin from saluting and looked at him suspiciously.
Hearing this, a trace of anxiety flashed between Wang Lin's eyebrows, and he explained the situation to Wu Zhi.
"After a little justice, our military rations are only enough to eat for three days."
After speaking, Wang Lin sighed.
"Three days, what's going on? Hasn't the grain and grass of the imperial court just arrived? ”
Wu Zhi thought that he had misheard, and couldn't help but ask.
"Xianggong, just come with me to take a look."
Quartermaster Wang Lin hesitated, and finally shook his head, and directly asked Wu Zhi to check it out in person.
"You wait here first, Yue Fei, you go with me to take a look."
Seeing Wang Lin's expression, Wu Zhi knew that something big had happened, and immediately beckoned Yue Fei to follow.
"Quartermaster, isn't there still so much rations?"
When he came to the military food storage place, Yue Fei couldn't help but be confused when he saw that there was a lot of food in stock.
"General Yue, this is the grain and grass transported by the imperial court the day before yesterday, take a look."
Wang Lin smiled bitterly and opened the grain and straw bag, and there was a sound inside.
When I poured it out, I saw that where the grain was, it was clearly all sand.
The amount of grain accounts for less than one-tenth.
"Wu Xianggong, the Great Song Dynasty has the appearance of a dead country!"
As soon as he saw the sand inside, Yue Fei was furious and full of disappointment with the imperial court.
"Who brought this grain and grass?"
After Wu Zhi was startled, his face returned to calm.
I knew in my heart that most of the time Cai Jing and Tong Guan couldn't help but make a move.
"It's Cai Chang, the new grain transportation officer, and this person is the nephew of Prime Minister Cai Jing."
Quartermaster Wang Lin also seemed to understand the twists and turns inside, and directly said the key points.
"Cai Jing, dare to do such a head-killing thing, it depends on how long you can laugh!"
Wu Zhi had murderous intent towards Cai Jing, and immediately sent a drum to collect evidence of Cai Jing's fake military rations.
Because of the shortage of military rations, the content of the military discussion has also changed, and it has been changed to how to get military rations.
There are Cai Jing and Tong Guan intervening in the imperial court, even if the grain and grass are transported again, it must be sand and gravel.
Wu Zhi can only figure it out on his own.
Since Cai Jing and Tong Guan were afraid that they would exterminate Liangshan, they had to exterminate Liangshan.
Wu Zhi thought to himself.
In order to alleviate the military food crisis, Wu Zhi ordered the quartermaster to replace all three meals a day with porridge.
In this way, three days' worth of grain could be eaten for ten days, giving him more time to prepare grain and grass.
One day was fine, but after eating porridge for three days in a row, people in the barracks began to panic.
Rumors spread that there was no food in the army.
In this regard, many soldiers united and asked to meet Wu Zhi in person.
Wu Zhi also had a headache, and personally came forward to appease the soldiers, and guaranteed that the food would arrive in three days, so that the soldiers could temporarily retreat.
"Brother, do you remember the lack of food in Liangshan before?"
Just when Wu Zhi was at a loss, Lin Chong woke up Wu Zhi with a word.
"The Liangshan thieves must have colluded with the big families nearby and asked the big ones to raise food for them."
Wu Zhi's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered the scouts to investigate.
It only took one day to find out that it was Li Yuanwai of Lijiazhuang who raised food for Liangshan.
According to the scout's report, Li Yuanwai had secretly raised tens of thousands of stones for Liangshan.
"Great, God help me!"
For Wu Zhi, this is very favorable news.
As long as they grab that batch of grain and grass, the army can eat for at least a month.
One month was enough time for him to exterminate the Liangshan bandits.
In order to protect the grain and grass, Liangshan arranged a lot of people and horses in Lijiazhuang.
Wu Zhi personally led the troops, ordered 5,000 men and horses, and went straight to Lijiazhuang.
Li Yuan's foreign name is Li Futong, and he dares to take risks.
Others were afraid of Song Jiang and other thieves, but Li Futong dared to make friends.
These days, Li Futong has raised grain and grass for Liangshanbo, earning hundreds of thousands of stones.
For Li Futong, it is best for Liang Shanbo and Wu Zhi to keep fighting.
In this way, he can continue to make money.
"Owner, today I raised another 2,000 stone of grain. In this way, the 30,000 stone of grain we promised to the leader of Liangshan and Song Jiang has all been reached. ”
In the living room, Li Mei, the son of the family, reported to Li Futong.
"This should be the last batch of grain and grass, but unfortunately, Liangshan and Songjiang are almost unable to support it......"
Without Liang Shanbo's stable income, Li Futong regretted it very much.
"The owner doesn't need to sigh, there is no Song Jiang, and Wang Jiang, as long as Liangshan is still there, and some thieves are sheltering, we don't have to worry about having no buyers." Li Mei said comfortingly.
"That's right, I, Li Futong, have experienced seven leaders, and they are all dead, and I am still me, the leader of Liangshan in flowing water, and the eternal Li Jiazhuang!"
After listening, Li Futong swept away his gloom and laughed happily.
"The generals will listen to the order, kill all the Liangshan thieves for me, and transport all the grain back!"
When Wu Zhi came, he happened to meet Liangshan to transport grain on the ship.
At the sound of an order, the army rolled up.
"It's not good, the officers and soldiers are here!"
It was Zhu Gui who was responsible for transporting grain and grass.
Speaking of which, he is the patriarch of Liangshanbo, even more old than Song Jiangchao, and he is the leader of Liangshan during the Wang Lun period.
With Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others coming to Liangshan, and the number of good players in Liangshanbo, Zhu Gui's status in Liangshanbo was gradually marginalized, and he only got a position to escort grain and grass.
Zhu Gui didn't have any big ambitions, and he didn't care too much about who sat as the leader.
Although escorting grain and grass is not a powerful errand, at least it is easier than that.
Especially since the war, Liang Shanbo has been defeated repeatedly, and after losing his troops and losing his generals, Zhu Gui feels more and more that this position is good.
But who would have thought that the Song army would come to snatch the grain and grass.
"Kill!"
At present, there is no one-man enemy.
Zhu Gui picked up a big knife to resist, and was killed by Wu Zhi in horror.
However, with a cup of tea, the 3,000 Liangshan grain transport troops were wiped out by the Song army.
"Don't kill me, how much money do you want, I'll give it all to you!"
In addition to 30,000 stone of grain, Wuzhi also captured Li Futong, the owner of Lijiazhuang.
Wu Zhi ignored his pleas and killed him directly.
Then he raided his home and copied nearly 300,000 pieces of family wealth.
The problem of food was solved, the barracks returned to normal, and the rumors subsided automatically.