The soldier's ideological problem was finally solved, but the soldier's stomach problem popped up again. This time Wu Shigong went on an expedition, the governor of Guide Mansion prepared four days of food for Wu Shigong's army, and Wu Shigong himself came from Qianhu
Some food was brought from the fortress, which should be enough to last six or seven days.
However, the nine hundred soldiers drawn from the other thousand households could finally have enough to eat, so they ate as much as the hungry ghosts reincarnated. And the amount of food given by the governor for four days was
It was not enough. In addition, Wu Shigong never had the habit of letting his soldiers go hungry, and always provided freely. Therefore, the food consumption was very large.
Soon, the army only had one day's supply of food left. At this time, Wu Shigong became a little anxious: Why haven't the people who went to Guide Mansion to collect food come back yet?
At this time, Wu Shigong really understood the truth of a sentence. That is: If you have food in your hands, don't panic in your heart. The person who urged you to push for food finally came back. With him came back some people who brought food and grass.
Big cart, but the food and grass could only supply Wu Shigong's army for three days at most.
Wu Shigong became a little angry. He scolded the person who urged the food: "How do you do this? Such a big Guide Mansion, you only send us such a small amount of food and grass? How can we have enough to eat?"
The man who urged the grain saw Wu Shigong getting angry and quickly knelt down and defended: "Sir, it's not that I am not doing my job well. Master Fu Zun has told me that Guide Mansion can only send this little food and grass. However,
Lord Fu, he has already issued an official document asking the counties along the way to Guide Mansion to supply food and grass to you."
Wu Shigong waved his hand and asked the people kneeling on the ground to get up. Wu Shigong knew it and couldn't blame him. It's not likely that when the food rusher arrived at Guide Mansion and couldn't get food and grass, he bared his teeth and claws at the Lord of the Mansion.
Wu Shigong has also been involved in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty for some time. He knew in his heart that there must be something fishy in it because the governor of Guide Mansion only sent so little food and grass. But there must be something fishy about it. Now Wu Shigong
Nor will I care.
Otherwise, there is no reason why Wu Shigong would return to Defu City now and fight in the ring with the governor of Guide Prefecture. That kind of wrangling lawsuit would be dragged into the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse.
But now if we march with four days of food and grass, there will definitely be no problem in reaching the next county. Even on the territory of Guide Mansion, because of the official document of Lord Fu Zun, Wu Shigong believes that there will be no problem in the supply of food and grass.
However, if we leave the area of Guide Prefecture and encounter something like Jining Prefecture, where the local government refuses to supply food and grass to its army, then Wu Shigong will not be able to catch him blind?
Wu Shigong thought for a moment and asked the man who urged the grain to leave. Then he shouted loudly: "Shu Mo!"
Shu Mo, who was waiting outside the tent to serve Wu Shigong, quickly ran into the tent after saying yes.
Wu Shigong told Shu Mo: "Take some people and leave immediately, and hurry back to Qianhu Station. Let them prepare a month's worth of food and grass, and help me come back as quickly as possible. Do you understand?"
Shumo quickly agreed: "Young Master, I understand."
After Shumo left, Wu Shigong made some calculations. Shumo came and went, and the cart was moving slowly. He would still be short of food for one or two days. There was no other way, so he could collect food on the spot.
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The next day, Wu Shigong asked Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe to send some spies to explore the surrounding area. After identifying a large village, Wu Shigong took hundreds of soldiers and drove carts to that village to collect military rations.
Seeing people like Wu Shigong coming over in a menacing manner, the Zhuangzi quickly closed the door. Wu Shigong didn't waste any time and sent a soldier with a loud voice to shout.
But when he heard that Wu Shigong was here to collect military rations, the Zhuangzi's gate refused to open. Wu Shigong became angry. He asked the soldier to shout again. If the Zhuangzi's gate still refused to open, Wu Shigong went back and deployed artillery to bombard it.
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At the end, Zhuangzi's door was finally opened under the threat of Wu Shigong's soldiers. Wu Shigong entered Zhuangzi arrogantly under the protection of the soldiers.
But as soon as he entered Zhuangzi, he found that the face of the steward of Zhuangzi seemed familiar. Wu Shigong recalled it carefully and asked the steward with some confusion: "Who is your master?"
"It's Mr. Hou and the Hou family."
This flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. Wu Shigong now has no protective umbrella at the top, so he has some reliance on Hou Xun, who has come to the capital to recover. At least Wu Shigong doesn't want to offend Hou Xun now.
Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately saluted and apologized to the steward. The steward was a little proud to see how powerful his master's reputation was. However, a person who can be a steward will definitely not be wrong in his superficial skills. The steward is also right.
Wu Shigong was quite polite, so the two sides started complimenting each other.
But the matter of collecting military rations still had to be done. The Hou family's village was definitely out of the question, so Wu Shigong then asked spies to inquire around and find a village with a relatively small background to collect military rations.
In this way, in the end, Wu Shigong found two Zhuangzi to collect military rations. Wu Shigong did not do everything right, and usually only collected half of the grain stored in the Zhuangzi. Moreover, Wu Shigong also gave those Zhuangzi a beating
A white slip stamped with your official seal.
Of course, these people in Zhuangzi did not give the food willingly. Even with these IOUs, it is not known whether the government will honor them. But Wu Shigong is very straightforward. Those who dare to raise objections will give them to Wu Shigong.
He was tied up. Under the threat of the soldiers' weapons, all objections disappeared.
As for whether those IOUs can be cashed or not, that is a question for the Master of Guide Mansion. Wu Shigong only performed such a procedure to show that he was not robbing.
Needless to say, Wu Shigong's harvest was quite good. If all the empty carts were not full, Wu Shigong's harvest would have been more than that. After Shumo delivered the food and grass for the Qianhu Fortress, Wu Shigong finally started to set off.
The previous matters delayed Wu Shigong for seven or eight days. It was already late October. Wu Shigong's marching speed was not very fast for the rest of the journey. He only arranged for the soldiers to march for one morning every day.
time.
Wu Shigong's army spent the entire afternoon training and setting up camp. As the march day progressed, the soldiers deployed by other Qianhu households finally looked like an army.
And along the way, Wu Shigong collected military rations all the way, so that the carts he loaded with grain and grass were almost always fully loaded. The white bars were flying all over the sky. In the end, Wu Shigong himself was a little confused about how many white bars had been driven.
Can't figure it out.
However, the trip went smoothly, and the states and counties along the way also supplied Wu Shigong with food and grass. It seemed that the official document from the Governor of Guide Mansion was still very effective in Henan Province.
After entering November, Wu Shigong was finally about to cross the Yellow River. Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong spent two days in order to cross the Yellow River.
The Yellow River is now completely frozen. Walking across the frozen river, the army will not be able to melt for two hours. However, Wu Shigong still has those two heavy three-pound artillery pieces. No one can guarantee that, if
The two artillery pieces were dragged into the river, and the ice on the river could bear the weight of the two artillery pieces.
In order to ensure that the two cannon ancestors could cross the river safely, Wu Shigong had to gather his people and build a pontoon bridge. But no one had any experience in building a pontoon bridge on the frozen river. In addition, none of Wu Shigong's soldiers had any experience in building a pontoon bridge.
training, so it took two days of procrastination. Finally, the two artillery pieces were dragged across the Yellow River.
And now, Wu Shigong and the others finally left Henan and arrived in Beizhili.