At that moment, Xian Jingyue couldn't help asking: "How long can the grain and grass in the army last?" General Lu smiled faintly and said: "It's not too urgent, yesterday the cook in the barracks on the right was killed, and we were worried that the murderer would do something to that batch of ingredients, so we strictly ordered the sergeant not to eat it." If you count these ingredients, plus go to the desert to hunt some prey, it is enough to support until winter. If you don't leave this batch of ingredients untouched, it can actually last for about a month. ”

When the words fell, a general in the tent said coldly: "While there is still grain and grass at the moment, if you don't return to Jiayuguan, after a month, even if you want to leave, it will be too late." Another general also echoed and said: "Gong Baisheng is so happy that he has always been at odds with the general, and this time his Jiayuguan withheld our army's food and salary, which is clearly a personal vendetta in the communiqué!"

General Lu also ignored the words of the generals, and just looked at Master Lu beside him. Master Lu groaned for a while, and said slowly: "The worries in the general's heart, the villain also knows a little bit about it, but in fact, you don't have to take it to heart. Now that the king of Thailand has returned to the Central Plains, Chen Yang of Lanzhou Wei has also led the army to accompany him, so at present, in this northwest place, the generals and Gong Baisheng have the highest military ranks. Just as the so-called generals are still not subject to foreign military orders, not to mention that the enemy is dark and I am clear, and Yumen Pass has become such a situation, and the people's hearts are already scattered, if they temporarily withdraw to Jiayuguan to rest, it is undoubtedly the best choice. Moreover, the general and Gong Baisheng were originally at the same level, even if there was any dispute because of this, it was only a disagreement between the generals, and it was not a rebellion. ”

General Lu was slightly stunned, he originally expected this Master Lu to speak for him, but he didn't expect him to stand on the side of other generals, and his face suddenly turned blue with anger. Looking at the generals in the tent again, he was even more completely excited when he heard this, when even one of the generals stood up and strode towards the tent. The person next to him hurriedly grabbed him and asked, "General Lu hasn't given the order yet, what are you going to do?" The general's eyes widened, and he shouted: "Break through Jiayu Pass and capture Gong Baisheng alive!" Of course I'm going to order troops!"

Seeing this scene, General Lu in the military tent couldn't hold it anymore, and suddenly shouted: "Presumptuous!" The generals were still in awe of the commander of Yumen Pass, and when they saw that he was really angry, they didn't dare to speak for a while. General Lu slowly calmed down the anger in his heart, and then said in a deep voice: "What are you doing here? Are you soldiers of the imperial court or bandits in the mountains? In my opinion, even bandits in the mountains have more brains than you! Let me ask you, what is the purpose of the other party in making these living corpses? If you think about it with your ass, you should know that it just wants us to withdraw from Yumen Pass. It's good that you haven't even seen the shadow of the enemy at the moment, and you are so frightened that you are afraid of wolves and tigers, shouting that you want to withdraw to Jiayu Pass, so as to give up Yumen Pass, what are you going to do? Treat each other as your own father and mother?"

As he spoke, General Lu got up from his seat, went straight to the general who was shouting to order troops, raised his foot and kicked him to the ground, and scolded: "Don't use your brain to think about it, since the other party is coming to deal with us, why don't you dare to fight with a knife and a gun, but want to make a few living corpses? After all, it's not that you're afraid of us, you don't dare to confront us head-on, like such a young person, but you're afraid? Hmph, when it comes to beating your own people, one by one you are gearing up. I was elated, what broke through Jiayu Pass, what captured Gong Baisheng alive, I really have this ability, so I used the enemy's body to guard this jade gate for me! If the enemy dares to attack, come and kill one by one, and kill two and a pair! You have followed me Lu Yuanpo for so many years, can't you even understand this superficial truth?"

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but hang their heads, and Master Lu sighed secretly and persuaded on the side: "The reason why everyone proposed to withdraw to Yumen Pass today is actually to hold grievances for the general. And the current situation at Yumen Pass is indeed not optimistic......"

General Lu didn't wait for him to finish his words, and he already shouted loudly: "Don't be optimistic? Do you think that marching and fighting a war is a pleasure to the eye? Just as the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, what does the imperial court do to raise you sergeants? Over the years, they have been eating empty salaries, cheating caravans, cheating on the common people, and playing with women, and one by one they have been very optimistic, and now that they are going to use you, they want to retreat, how can there be such a good thing in the world? Besides, Gong Baisheng, this time he took advantage of the fire to rob and secretly hacked us, in the end it was just a personal vendetta, and I would ask him for justice afterwards. But when a foreign enemy comes to invade my Yumen Pass, it is a national enemy, which of the two is more important?" As he spoke, he instructed Master Lu: "Pass on my military order, and immediately who dares to talk about the withdrawal of the army, and immediately cut down without forgiveness, so as to set an example!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers looked at each other, and didn't dare to say more, Xian Jingyue was even more admired, no wonder the King of Thailand would arrange for Lu Yuanpo to guard the first line of defense in the northwest of Yumen Pass, and he was really a good man. At that moment, General Lu assigned two calm generals, and asked them to lead 100 sergeants to Jiayuguan to transport the autumn food and salary seized by Gong Baisheng, and told them not to make trouble. Then he said to Li Liu: "Madame is the person in charge of the pro-army governor's mansion here, what is the truth of this Yumen Pass, it has to be written by Mrs. Lao, and report to the emperor through the pro-army governor's mansion, so as not to be deceived by rumors." Li Liu also hurriedly agreed.

When everything was arranged, the generals had no choice but to leave in a huff, and only then did they see the tense atmosphere in the military tent, where did they dare to mention the matter of glutinous rice? At this moment, when all the generals left, only General Lu and Master Lu were present, and only then did they inform General Lu of their speculation about the matter of glutinous rice. General Lu's face suddenly changed greatly, and he was also as worried as Xian Jingyue, and blurted out: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm afraid it's too late now!" He saw Xian Jingyue take out the bag of glutinous rice that Li Liu had distributed, and hurriedly passed it to the military man.

However, after several soldiers inspected this bag of glutinous rice, they couldn't see any clues. One of the soldiers shook his head and said: "It is said that there is a lot of water in this glutinous rice, and if it is not dried in time in rainy weather after harvesting, the rice grains will gradually turn yellow, which is the shape of this bag of glutinous rice at the moment." Although the taste and taste of yellowed glutinous rice will be much worse, it is okay to eat it. Another soldier shook his head and said, "Otherwise, if the glutinous rice turns yellow, it will be very susceptible to poison." These glutinous rice are not only yellow, but also have a faint fishy smell, although I don't know why, it is best not to eat it. ”

Hearing that these soldiers were fighting back and forth, and in the end they could not come up with a conclusive conclusion, General Lu pondered for a while, and immediately asked the sergeant to pass the order, saying that the batch of glutinous rice in the "sending off building" was poisonous, so that the people and sergeants who were distributed glutinous rice today could not eat it. Master Lu hurriedly dissuaded him and said: "This move must not be done! The first commander is right, but the other party's series of actions are to disturb the hearts of our army." If our guess is wrong and there is nothing wrong with these glutinous rices, then the people and sergeants who have eaten the glutinous rice will immediately cause panic and even mutiny when they hear the news!"

Xian Jingyue also had this kind of thought, for fear that his worries would be nothing, so he came to report to General Lu. General Lu shook his head and said, "Everyone has seen the other party's methods, and this matter would rather be believed than not." Either way, lives matter. Master Lu was so angry that he stomped his feet and said: "Even if these glutinous rice are poisonous, at best, they are only about two hundred catties, and they will poison a thousand people if they reach the sky." If this news is spread, once a mutiny is provoked, it will be the entire garrison that will be harmed!"

Hearing this, General Lu was speechless for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he finally said in a deep voice: "If the army's heart is chaotic, I, Lu, can still be appeased;