Ordering the soldiers to continue to speed up the logging, and be sure to cut all the wood back in the next two days, Chen Chao took Hou Ji and the people who came to report the news, and hurried to the Yongguan East City Gate to meet the escort officer.

Yongguan East City Gate, at this time, many soldiers have gathered.

Seeing the arrival of the Chen Dynasty, they took the initiative to make a way.

At the gate of the city, a round, stocky and stocky escort officer was fanning the wind vigorously with a fan in his hand.

It's August, it's hot, and he's fat, so the sweat on his face can't stop flowing down his cheeks.

When Chen Chao came in, the escort officer saw Chen Chao for the first time, squinted his eyes and asked sharply, "You are the new guard of Yongguan?" General Chen, right? ”

This tone made Chen Chao frown slightly, very dissatisfied.

If it was in the capital, Chen Chao would have slapped it a long time ago.

But now it's in Yunzhou, and I'm not familiar with life.

And without figuring out the specific forces behind the escort officer, Chen Chao selectively endured this tone, and replied with a slight arch of his hand, "Exactly!" ”

Hearing this answer, the fat escort officer waved his hand.

The two officials who followed behind hurriedly took out the paperwork from the cloth bag that was slung across their waists.

The fat escort officer looked at Chen Chao and said arrogantly: "General Chen, sign and draw the charge, the grain, grass and the weapons you want will arrive in half an hour." ”

Hou Ji took the list and handed it to Chen Chao.

Chen Chao carefully looked through the list and carefully checked the quantity of grain, grass and weapons on it.

At the beginning, Zhou Mi ordered Chen Chao to come to guard Yongguan, but because the task was urgent and the road was long, he did not directly give him food, grass and weapons.

Rather, it is said that the grain, grass and weapons of several cities near Yongguan were all supplied by Fengcheng in the rear.

But after waiting for a few days, I didn't see Fengcheng send someone over.

It's good that the weapons are not available, after all, when the army comes, everyone carries a handy guy with them, but the number of arrows is not too much, only three thousand, and the weapons are not replaced.

As for grain and grass, the army survived on the dry rations it brought with it and the few reserves of grain in Yongcheng.

If the food and grass in Fengcheng are not available in the past few days, they will probably be hungry.

It is said that the army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, they are good, and they almost run out of food.

However, everyone can understand that in these extraordinary times, there are wars everywhere, and there is a shortage of food everywhere, so it would be good to have food to be delivered.

Chen Chao was still calculating the amount of food and weapons, and the fat escort officer looked very anxious to leave: "General Chen, hurry up and sign and draw the charge!" If the number can't be wrong, can this official still deceive you? If you sign and draw the pledge earlier, the official should leave early, and the other pass cities are also waiting for the official. ”

Chen Chao didn't look at him, but looked at every number on the list very carefully.

This is related to the food problem of more than 5,000 people in the future, and we must not be careless.

"General Chen? General Chen? The fat escort officer kept urging Chen Chao: "Hurry up and sign and draw the charge!" The official is still in a hurry! "

Chen Chao raised his head and glanced at the fat escort officer slightly.

The fat escort officer raised his head high, wiped a bead of sweat on his face, but in his mind he was thinking that this new general really didn't understand the rules, he had been here for so long, and he didn't see his filial piety?

Anyway, if you don't want to give up the money, who will suffer in the end?

At this time, Captain Shi Shu, the original guard of Yongguan, rushed over from the city when he heard the news, and when he saw the fat escort officer, he smiled and said, "My lord, I've worked hard all the way...."

Then he came to Chen Chao's side and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, Chen Chao's face became strange.

The fat escort officer tilted his head and fanned the wind with a fan, looking at the two of them.

Originally, I thought that when Shi Shu came over, he would definitely say filial piety to Chen Chao.

Chen Chao understands that he will come over immediately to pay respects.

But after waiting for a long time, I didn't see Chen Chao coming, and this guy actually looked down at the amount of grain and grass again.

"Captain Shi, you are an old man in Yongguan, why can't you understand these rules?" The fat escort officer squinted at Shi Shu, and the yin and yang strange aura said.

Shi Shu hurriedly turned around on the side, and reached out and tugged at Chen Chao's sleeve.

He had just told Chen Chao about this rule.

But Chen Chao didn't hear it, and said that he had his own considerations about it.

The fat escort officer was about to speak, but was blocked by Chen Chao's words.

Chen Chaodao: "The amount of grain and grass is wrong! The number of weapons is also sixty percent less than agreed, and General Ben can't sign it! ”

After speaking, Chen Chao threw the account list to the fat escort officer, and his palm subconsciously rested on the handle of the knife on his waist, and there was a movement of drawing the knife.

The fat escort officer sighed in his heart, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his body couldn't stop retreating.

Hit hard stubble?

"General, what's wrong with the number?" An onlooker asked.

Chen Chao looked at the soldiers around him, and finally turned his gaze on the fat escort officer, and said in a deep voice: "According to the agreement, I should be given two months of grain and grass at a time, but there are only less than twenty days on it, do you know, what does this mean?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding soldiers suddenly exploded, exchanged heads and ears, and discussed:

"What? Only twenty days? What is the use of the 20th top? ”

"That's it! How can you fight a war without food? Hungry stomach fight bandits? ”

"My lord! This must not be! ”

"My lord, where is our food? Can't you deduct it......"

More and more soldiers gathered around the fat escort officer, asking him for an explanation.

"Noise!" The fat escort officer waved his sleeves, drove away the soldiers around him, and scolded angrily: "Do you want to commit the next offense? The official is only responsible for escorting grain and grass, as for how much Fengcheng gives you, what the official says doesn't count! ”

After speaking, the fat escort officer glared at Chen Chao viciously: "Yongguan is new? Do you know the rules? You will take as much as you are given, are you blatantly questioning the order? ”

Shi Shu pulled Chen Chao to the side at this moment and whispered: "General Chen, you don't know the inside story, you must not have a hard time with the other party." Let's give him some good, and let him bring the twenty days' grain first. ”

"General Chen, do you know why a few of them arrived first?"

Chen Chao didn't speak, frowning slightly.

Shi Shu continued: "This person is notoriously greedy, I heard that he has a relationship with it, and he covers the sky with one hand. If they don't get the money for filial piety, we will never get the 20 days of grain and grass! ”

"You mean, he will give us food and grass only for twenty days?"

Shi Shu nodded silently.

Shi Shu's words made Chen Chao's face gloomy and terrifying.

With a sigh, Chen Chao pulled out the knife on his waist and put it directly on the neck of the fat escort officer without saying a word.

The fat escort officer was immediately frightened and his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground, with a look of incredulity and fear on his face.

"You, you, dare ....."

Chen Chao didn't give him a chance to finish speaking, and directly glared at the two officials behind him: "Go and report the news, let them pull the grain and grass for the twentieth day, if not, General Ben will kill this fat man with one sword!" ”

The two little officials were already frightened, and they went back to report the news.

It's hard to get a hard stubble.

"You, you, you, how can this be true! You dare to threaten the court officials! ”

"You're against the sky, this official remembers you....."

"Wait for death..."

The fat escort officer didn't know where the courage came from, so he scolded.

Chen Chao kicked him in the face and withdrew his knife: "Come on, serve well." ”

After speaking, Chen Chao turned around and returned to the city.

Several soldiers approached with a smile on their faces, rubbing their hands together....