"Extinguish the torches now!" the shield-bearer stepped forward to defend himself. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Wei Rui shouted.

Just as Li Zhong's men extinguished the torches and the shield bearers did their guards, dozens of feathered arrows shot out from the mountains and forests, and several sergeants who failed to stand in their positions fell to the ground one after another.

"General be careful. Li Zhong hurriedly escorted Wei Rui behind the shield hand. He was furious in his heart, there must be an enemy ambush here, and this is worth it.

"Li Zhong, you order someone to go back to report the news, and at the same time send someone to send a message to General Cao to strictly guard against the invading enemy. Wei Rui ordered.

"But General, you need someone to protect you here. Li Zhong was a little anxious at the thought of dividing his troops into two ways, if something happened to the general, it would be a loss of his head.

"You send someone back immediately, and there will be nothing wrong here for a while. Wei Rui said calmly.

Li Zhong had no choice but to obey the order, and when he left, he hated it, and couldn't help shouting at the mountains and forests: "Listen to the people inside, I, Li Zhong, will never stop if I don't kill you thieves of the Northern Wei Dynasty." ”

Just after he shouted, the mountains and forests suddenly quieted down, and there were no more feather arrows shooting inside, and Li Zhong was also a little bored, why did these dog thieves stop shooting arrows?

After a while, a shouting voice came from inside: "Dare to ask, where is the army?"

"You grandmother, Lao Tzu is the army of the Great Liang, I can't imagine that I was ambushed by your group of Xiaoxiao here, if it is...... If there is anything good or bad, I, Li Zhong, will definitely cut you with a thousand knives. Li Zhong jumped to his feet and shouted and scolded, Wei Rui frowned slightly, this Li Zhong is such a temperament, he doesn't care about it.

"General Li, are you General Li Zhong under General Wei?" the person who asked the question inside revealed surprise in his voice.

"Open your dog's eyes and see, Lao Tzu is Li Zhong, and he has the ability to come out and beat me. Li Zhong exclaimed unconvinced.

Wei Rui wanted to stop Li Zhong from yelling, but after a few conversations, he was a little hesitant.

"General Li is angry, I am Cao Fang, the grain officer of Shaoyang, don't go, general, let's go out immediately. The man inside replied loudly.

"Cao Fang?" Li Zhong was stunned for a moment, and he was very familiar with the name.

"Cao Jingzong's nephew, isn't it called Cao Fang?" Wei Rui said indifferently.

"Who are you?" Li Zhong shouted.

"Below is Cao Fang, and General Cao Jingzong is an uncle. A few people came out of the mountain forest, and they slowly came to Wei Rui with torches.

"Are you really Cao Fang?" Li Zhong said in surprise, "Didn't you all wipe out your army a few months ago, and all the grain and grass were burned?"

"This matter is difficult to solve, General Li, the original story of this matter can only be explained by seeing General Wei. Cao Fang's voice trembled.

"I'm Wei Rui. Wei Rui stepped forward.

"General Wei, are you really?" Cao Fang and Wei Rui had only met a few times, and the person in front of him was dressed in civilian clothes, vaguely looking like General Wei.

"Exactly. ”

"General, the last general is damned, I almost injured the general by mistake, Cao Fang kowtowed to you. Cao Fang fell to his knees and cried loudly.

"General Cao, please get up. Wei Rui hurriedly helped him up, "I heard that you have something to say to me, since I have arrived here, you can speak." ”

"The little one wants to sue the six princes. Cao Fang wiped away his tears and said loudly.

"General Cao, why is this so, you tell me slowly. ”

"A few months ago, I was ordered by General Zhao Cao to send grain to Zhongli, but the prince inserted a bar in the horizon, and we had to go to him first, our more than 20 boats of grain and grass could have relieved the siege of Zhongli's soldiers, but the order of the prince, General Zhao did not dare to disobey, and the matter was in a hurry, when we sent grain out of Shaoyang, in order to avoid the Wei army, we temporarily changed to a waterway, but unexpectedly encountered the vanguard of the Northern Wei Dynasty......"

"What happened?"

"The prince couldn't take Liangcheng, and retreated to Zhongli, those thieves from the Northern Wei Dynasty were guarding under Zhongli City, and our ships carrying grain could not advance or retreat......"

"And how did you get here?" asked Wei Rui, somewhat surprised.

"At the time of the accident, we thought about going back to Shaoyang first, just the waterway of the escorted grain and grass, the Northern Wei Dynasty had intercepted it on the water, we had no way forward, so we had to retreat, and we had to retreat to the edge of Shaoyang City, the shore was the pioneer of the Northern Wei Dynasty that followed us, as a last resort, we had to go south downstream, come here, and hide here. Cao Fang snorted and said, "If these grains and grass could have been sent to Zhongli City earlier, we wouldn't have ended up here." ”

"So, the grain and grass on the ship are not damaged, so where is the grain and grass you escorted now?" asked Wei Rui.

"When the ship went down the river, some of the food was lost, but most of the food was still well stored. Cao Fang hurriedly replied.

"Storage, then it has been raining for several months, how do you store these grains?" Wei Rui was amazed when he heard this, if the weather at this time could save the grain, it would really be a miracle.

"Hide in a cave, and the general can come with me. Cao Fang pointed to the depths of the mountains and forests.

Wei Rui followed these people and zigzagged to the foot of a mountain, Cao Fang led them to a wooded place, and Cao Fang took away the branches at the entrance of the cave, the entrance of the cave was extremely hidden, and there was no cave here from the outside. Cao Fang ordered his men to guard the entrance of the cave carefully, and he carefully removed the branches at the entrance of the cave before signaling Wei Rui to enter.

Wei Rui didn't speak, but he was extremely appreciative of Cao Fang's approach along the way, and Cao Fang had already put down two secret sentinels along the way, and two more secret sentinels were added outside the entrance of the cave, which showed that this General Cao was thoughtful and a good general who led the troops to fight.

Wei Rui followed them slowly to the depths of the cave, and when he walked to the middle of the cave, he found that the cave was extremely hollow, the top of the cave was extremely high, and there were several natural vents above the cave, he looked around, there were thirty or forty people inside, and there were bags of grain stacked in the middle of the cave, sprinkled with white powder around it, although it was damp outside, but in this cave, there was not much moisture at all, such an environment was indeed very suitable for grain storage. He was a little surprised in his heart, this Cao Fang looked a little rude, not like a cautious person, but everything he handled, he did everything in an orderly manner, quite a bit of a general's style.

"General Wei, look, this is twenty boats of grain, and we haven't touched a single grain. Cao Fang led Wei Rui to the grain pile.

"You ...... Not a single grain has been moved, so how have you survived these months?" Wei Rui was even more surprised.

"In the past few months, there are hares and wild boars in the mountains and forests, wild ducks and geese in the lakes, and sometimes we go down to the lake to touch some duck eggs and catch some fish to eat......

"How do you maintain your combat effectiveness?" Wei Rui saw that the soldiers in the cave were all armed with weapons and quivers, although they were all disheveled, they were full of energy and full of energy.

"We have 62 people, divided into three teams, one team is responsible for guarding food, one team is responsible for daily food, and one team is responsible for safety and vigilance. Cao Fang replied honestly.

"What I'm asking is, how do you maintain your combat effectiveness?" Wei Rui frowned slightly.

"Back to my lord, the food is owned by the army, General Cao is worried that when he returns to the army in the future, if the food is used by us, it will be reasonable and clear, so he ordered us not to move a grain, but the salt in it, we used a few packets, if we don't eat salt, we will be weak, will lose combat effectiveness, can not protect the grain and grass, and can not return to the army. A bearded soldier next to him said suddenly.

After Wei Rui heard this person's words, although there was no expression on his face, he was extremely appreciative in his heart, so he turned his head to look at him. I saw that the bearded soldier who spoke was still young, although he had a beard, his body was relatively thin, his face was slightly pale, and his handsome eyes were extremely handsome.

After Wei Rui saw him, he was slightly stunned in his heart, he looked at him carefully, and this person slowly lowered his eyes, no longer looking directly at Wei Rui's face. Wei Rui walked towards him slowly, only to see that beside the young soldier, there was actually a soldier with a full beard, only to see that this person had blue eyes and yellow hair, a high nose and deep eyes, and at first glance he was a Xianbei person.