Everything was going according to Su Ren's plan, except that the Huns made a minor miscalculation. They brought 123 horses this time, but forgot to bring the grain cart. Su Ren was suspicious.
, the Huns must have thought that the grain would go to Yuci Yudan's granary on its own, just like the horses when it came.
One hundred and twenty-three horses can be exchanged for a person to eat food for twenty-five and a half years. If this person consumes one stone in half a month, that is 615 stones, which is a full sixty-one and a half tons. So much
There is not too much grain, but there is quite a bit less. The transport capacity of a large truck is only about one meal. If you calculate carefully, there must be at least sixty large grain trucks.
Looking at the mountains of food, Zhang Junyue was both happy and headache-y. Fortunately, Su Ren kept his word and did not miss a point. The headache was how to transport so much food? After much thought, he still had to discuss it with Su Ren, so he had to ask Su Ren for help.
Let Ren get them a large truck and send people to protect them so that the grain can be transported back to Yuci smoothly.
"It's easy to talk about transporting food." As soon as Zhang Junyue opened his mouth, Su Ren readily agreed. The conversation changed and he continued: "It's okay to deliver food, but you have to pay for the transportation and escort money. This is the rule."
Zhang Junyue looked bitter and asked timidly: "How much does this cost?"
"It's four hundred miles from here to Yuci. A person can't go far even if he eats horse chews in one day. Let's calculate it as five days. Sixty carts require sixty cartmen and two hundred guards. That's it.
According to the standard of 300 people, no one has five qian per day, which is one stone of grain, and 7,500 yuan is given. If converted into grain, 1,500 shi of grain is enough."
"Ah?" Zhang Junyue was dumbfounded. Su Ren calculated that these grains did not need to be transported back, but it was not enough for Su Ren to send people. After such a hard trip, he had to give Su Ren another five hundred shi of grains.
, then what did they plan?
"Sir, this, is this..."
"Hahaha!" Su Ren smiled and said: "It's really a bit expensive. You only paid more than 600 stones of grain and grass this time, but my shipping fee doubled. It's really inappropriate. How about you think of another way?"
"Sir, if I had my way, I wouldn't beg you here. I ask you, for the sake of my king, to help me once, with twenty horses. This is the limit that I can agree to!"
Su Ren pretended to be in trouble. Zhang Junyue knelt down to Su Ren and was hugging Su Ren's shoes and kissing them. Su Ren quickly took his feet back: "Okay, okay, stop kissing, hey! Just think of me as helping you this time."
Hey, if you don't bring a car next time and you ask me to deliver it, I won't be polite?"
Zhang Junyue was overjoyed and stood up quickly: "Thank you sir!"
The cart was ready, so the guards were in a bit of a dilemma. I don’t know if the thorns have subdued the bandits in the Taihang Mountains. There were only thirty people in Mayi City. These people were to protect Su Ren’s safety. Even if they were all sent out, it would not be enough. So Su
Ren thought of borrowing troops, where could he borrow them from? Naturally, it was Yanmen Pass, which was the closest. Where to station the Han army and horses, and it was not difficult to mobilize 200 men. The key question was whether Li Guang and Cheng Buji were willing.
Su Ren returned to Wuzhou overnight, and before dawn the next day, he ran to Shanwu to meet Li Guang. Li Guang was even darker than Su Ren. He could borrow 200 soldiers, but he needed ten war horses from Su Ren. And
He also put forward a harsh condition to Su Ren. If the two hundred people suffered any losses on the road, one life would be equal to one horse. In other words, if the two hundred people were ambushed by the Huns and there were casualties, Su Ren would be killed and injured.
Ren will have to use a horse to compensate.
After being brutally beaten by the old guy, Su Ren left the prefect's mansion in despair. Han Qing came up to him and said, "Sir, aren't there two hundred guards? Why did you only borrow one hundred and fifty? Where did the remaining fifty come from?
?”
Su Ren glanced at Han Qing: "How about counting me in?"
"Ah! Sir, are you going to Yuci?"
"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "This old guy is too dark, we can't use his people! Besides, now that we have come beyond the Great Wall, what can we do if we don't understand the Xiongnu clearly? Stay in Yanmen or Mayi, forever
There is no chance to understand, the only way is to go to the core area of the Xiongnu."
"Is it too risky to do this?"
Su Ren smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm not going to fight for my life, I just have to run if the momentum is not right, not to mention there are two hundred guards around me."
"this……"
"You can't trap a wolf if you don't want to let go of the child. How can you catch the tiger's cub if you don't enter the tiger's den? The matter in Mayi is done. There will be no problem with Sang Hongyang keeping an eye on the business. Isn't there you in other matters? This time
I will leave you behind, and you will be responsible for contacting the other side of the thorns. If you have any problems, you can solve them yourself. I will be back in as little as one month and as little as ten days."
"I still feel something is wrong, what if..."
"Nothing is wrong, it's settled!"
Returning to Mayi again, Zhang Junyue had already asked people to load the grain into trucks. There was a long queue of 60 large trucks. In order to avoid getting lost on the grassland, a long flagpole was erected at the end of each truck.
There is a small red triangular flag hanging. It makes a roaring sound when the wind blows. The flagpole is so high that it can be seen clearly even two or three miles away on the open grassland.
Su Rende had to figure out a way for the remaining fifty people. His bodyguard had thirty people, including Huo Jin, Shi Bao, Huang Shisan, Man Niu and himself. He also gathered Ying Guangji and his four bodyguards in
, and then mobilize ten guards from the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce, which will be no more than 200 people.
The next day was a sunny and windy day. Su Ren gave the order and the convoy carrying food set off in a mighty manner. All the merchants in Mayi City came to see him off and drank the Zhuangxing wine, only to fire two trumpets and cannons.
With great prestige. In the prayers of everyone, Su Ren led the people onto the vast grassland.
Li Guang was somewhat concerned, and the people he sent turned out to be men led by Lei Fei and Liu Jian. Since they were all acquaintances, things were much easier to handle. Everyone understood each other and listened to Su Ren with the same voice, so everything went smoothly.
. After spending a whole morning, when I turned back, Mayi City had disappeared. It was surrounded by endless grasslands with no trees or mountains. It is easy to get lost when walking in such a place.
Su Ren was riding on the horse with great interest, and was about to recite a poem again. When he opened his mouth, it turned out to be: Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the surrounding fields. The sky is blue, and the fields are vast. The wind blows and the grass is low, and cattle and sheep can be seen.
The voice is loud, the accent is strange, but it sounds majestic.
Zhang Junyue quickly complimented: "Sir, this poem is really good. It is very interesting as soon as you hear it. Have you ever been to Chilechuan, sir?"
"Ahem! No!"
"Oh, sir, I have never been there and you can actually recite such beautiful verses. I am so impressed by this little guy."
Ying Guangji sneered twice: "Flatterer, no wonder you were turned into a spy. It's a pity that you don't become a spy."
Zhang Junyue chuckled: "You are a villain who is meant to serve others. Being a spy is not like being harmed by others. Now that I am better, I have nothing to fear from following you, sir."
"Huh!" Ying Guangji looked at Zhang Junyue as if he were a fool: "Aren't you afraid? Then wait until he sells you and count the money for him."
When I first entered the grassland, I thought it was very fun. Looking at the flat plains, it is definitely a good place for galloping horses. In early spring, the green grass has just sprouted, mixed with the dead grass in winter, and the gray and yellow color is green, giving
It gives people a feeling of vitality. This is the beauty of the grassland. New life is born in the embrace of old life, and energy is stored for new life in the future.
There is a piece of dark grass in front, which is probably the trace left after the wild grass was burned by the spring lightning. Although I didn't encounter the wind-blown grass and low-lying cows and sheep, I still think it is a good enjoyment. In the distance
The herds of wild horses and the eagles in the sky immediately put you in a different mood, and even the smell of the grass feels particularly comfortable.
However, as time passed, the scenery in front of me was the same. There were weeds everywhere, no people, no yurts, and the desolation continued to the end of the sky. After walking for a few hours, it felt like I had not walked, which made people uncomfortable. Su Ren had long since died.
In order to enjoy the scenery, I took a nap while riding on the horse. This feeling of being enclosed in a claustrophobic space was very uncomfortable. Even Ah Si stopped singing and hung his head in silence.
Lei was rode over: "Sir, there are people following us. Do you want to send someone over to take a look?"
"how many people?"
"It's not a lot. It's very hidden. I don't know the exact number of people."
After stretching, Su Ren looked up at the sky and said loudly: "Colonel Lei, it's getting late. Find a place to set up camp!"
"No!" Lei said in agreement, turned the horse's head and walked away.
Arrange all the carts in a circle, set up tents in the middle and light a fire. This is the camp. The grassland is the world of the Huns, and this grassland is the world of Yu Dan. Although Yu Dan is not as good as before, at least it is still Youguli.
King, no one dares to harass him in his territory, the only thing he has to guard against is the wolves.
The wolves on the grassland are both ferocious and smart. They can steal cattle and sheep from under the nose of the shepherd. The cart is placed outside to guard against the wolves. Even though there are so many of them, it is really difficult to encounter a wolf pack.
Easy to deal with.
Su Ren leaned on the grain cart to the west, admiring the sunset. There were large fire clouds in the sky to the west, all kinds of strange and vivid, some looked like sheep, and some looked like castles. As the saying goes, the morning glow travels a thousand miles, but the sunset glow never leaves the house. This is
It was about to rain. Zhang Junyue had people take out the sedge curtains and cover all the grain trucks to prevent the precious grain from getting damp and spoiling.
Lei was standing under the car: "Sir, we have found out clearly that there is only one person."
"Oh? A person, who is so bold?"
"This person is very vigilant. The scouts didn't dare to get too close. I guess he also noticed that we found him, so he didn't hide his whereabouts."
Su Ren touched Ying Guangji with his knee, who was sitting next to him drinking. Ying Guangji shook his head: "No, that man's martial arts are not bad. My men are no match for him. If he wants to kill him, we are really going to kill him."
No one can stop it."
"Do you know who it is?"
Ying Guangji laughed twice: "People come all the way to seek refuge with you, but when they are done with it, they leave it alone in Mayi. Why don't you allow them to take the initiative to find something to do?"
"It's him?"
"Yeah! That's him."
Su Ren shook his head and smiled bitterly, beckoning Lei to come over: "Send someone to call that person over, don't worry he won't take action." (To be continued)