On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Changzhou City.

Tomorrow is Laba Festival, and in more than half a month it will be New Year's Eve. However, there is not much festive atmosphere inside and outside Changzhou City. Instead, there are still various scars from the struggle that have experienced a series of battles not long ago.

There are still mottled traces on the high city wall, which were chiseled from arrows, wood, stones and other offensive and defensive weapons. The house next to the south has long been ruined. Among them, there are those destroyed by the war, but more of them are forcibly demolished by the soldiers to defend the city wall into wood, rolling stones and other weapons. In addition, the food in the city has been short of food, and the lives of the people are becoming more and more sad.

But compared to these, it makes people feel that the war has not yet been far away is the two battalions of soldiers stationed outside Changzhou City. The tens of thousands of officials always remind everyone in the city that the threat of war has not been lifted, so everyone cannot be lucky or relaxed at all.

Three miles south of Changzhou City, the Shandong Army and the Huainan Army clearly stationed here. Although they were not tense, it was only from the alert look of the soldiers on both sides looking at each other from the air that the relationship between the two armies was already very tense. It seemed that before Fang La's anti-army arrived, the two armies would have to fight first. If someone had not forcibly suppressed the behavior of the soldiers...

Even in this environment, the Huainan army is still lazy and noisy, and from time to time you can hear the sound of curses and complaints that will only sound when Guanpu is playing money.

In comparison, the Shandong military camps several miles away are much more stern. Even if there are sounds constantly coming out, it is the shouts and shouts made by the soldiers in accordance with the rules. The neat shouts sometimes reach the opposite military camp, which can make many people tremble with shock.

The gap in strength between the two sides is completely visible to the naked eye, but Huainan, which has much weaker combat power, dares to confront the Shandong army. This is really strange. Not only are many soldiers in the Shandong army difficult to understand, but even the military and civilians in Changzhou, who are bystanders, are very strange. The reason is only the forbearance of some people.

When a gust of north wind blew with a deep chill, the soldiers who were training in single clothes shivered. Seeing this, Dong Ping waved his hand and shouted: "Stop! Let's get here today, everyone will go back to the camp to warm up their bodies first."

The soldiers were then as if they were granted a general amnesty, and quickly dispersed after answering their orders and returned to their tents. Although there were no heating objects such as braziers in the tents, it was much warmer to hide in a somewhat covered room than to stand outside and blow the air. Moreover, after a while, someone would send steaming food, which would better dispel the chill.

To be honest, as northern soldiers from Shandong, they never thought that winter in the south would be so difficult. The coldness penetrated from the bones. In addition, the entire army had few heavy clothes to keep warm, so the situation became even worse.

Dong Ping also looked at the Huainan Military Camp not far away with some concern, and then turned his eyes to Changzhou City ahead, thinking to himself: "This time Song Gongming can always make some things..." While he was thinking, he saw several people coming out of the city and rushed to this side. It was Song Jiang who brought people back.

Dong Ping, who was eager to know the result, couldn't wait to wait in the camp at this time, so he strides out of the gate. When the other party came in front of him, he quickly asked: "How about it, can you provide us with some cold-proof clothes first?"

In fact, the Shandong army had prepared various logistical support earlier, whether it was arrows, soldiers, armor, or food and clothing. However, when they marched to Changzhou before, they temporarily threw the most burdensome and heavy winter clothes on the road. This was because they thought to arrive in Changzhou as soon as possible to rescue, and secondly, they felt that the winter in Jiangnan might not be too cold.

But after more than half a month, the temperature dropped sharply and the climate became extremely cold. In addition, the army stayed outside Changzhou City for a long time, and the soldiers suffered. Now there are still hundreds of people in the camp who fell ill after being cold. The situation is very worrying.

However, the Huainan Army next to him was prepared and was not affected by this. However, the relationship between the two sides was tense, so it was impossible for the other party to provide the Shandong Army with cold protection clothes. So in desperation, Dong Ping could only set his mind on Changzhou Prefecture, hoping to get some clothes out of them.

But when he asked this, he had already seen the bitterness on Song Jiang's face, which made his heart sank: "Why, are they unwilling to help me Shandong soldiers overcome this difficulty?"

Song Jiang bent down with his fists: "Song Jiang is incompetent, which disappoints the capital magistrate. Prefect Fan said that the city is short of supplies now. Not only are the people short of clothes and food, but many people don't even have a place to live. He really can't take out clothes to support us."

"Hmph, I think it's not that they can't take out the things, but they refuse!" Chao Gai, who heard this, immediately glanced at the Huainan Military Camp: "And it's probably because Peng Yong is really making trouble behind the scenes. He is really sure that we don't dare to attack them, so he used all his tricks."

"The King of Heaven, you can't say that. Changzhou City is really in trouble now. My brothers and I have seen it. How many people are homeless? They live more miserable than our soldiers..." Song Jiang hurriedly comforted him. After a pause, he said, "It's better to let me go to the Huainan army to discuss with them and exchange food for some clothes to keep warm. At least, let the sick brothers not make it worse."

"No, doing this is a way to quench thirst!" Dong Ping immediately shook his head: "No one knows when they will spend time with us. If there is a shortage of food, the situation will only be worse."

"If you want me to tell me, it would be better to go over and take their clothes directly. I have disliked them for a long time!" Shi Wengong came over at some point, and his face was gloomy.

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately received the approval of many generals. However, before Dong Ping, who was the main general, could speak, Song Jiang and Lu Junyi shouted in unison: "Don't be reckless!"

Then, Song Jiang said earnestly: "I know everyone is unpleasant, but we must not act randomly at this time, otherwise the grievances we have suffered during this period will be in vain. Then Peng Yong really wants to use such means to force us to take action, so that we can confirm that we have a ill-conspiracy. When he sues Jinling, Zhu Xie will send this matter to the court with jealousy, and we will be completely unclearable. You may not care about yourself, but you should also think about it for the soldiers and Chief Secretary Sun. If the Chief Secretary is implicated by our impulse, our sins will be great."

The people who were already angry finally calmed down after he mentioned Sun Tu. In fact, if they hadn't been thinking about Sun Tu, they had left them in Changzhou long before the Huainan Army, and even threatened to use military force to block them, they would have led their troops to attack fiercely.

Speaking of which, the situation of this Shandong army is indeed very difficult now. Not only is there a problem with logistics support, but its reputation is also very bad. Even the people of Changzhou who were just rescued by them have a certain hostility towards them. Naturally, some people deliberately spread the relationship that killed Xie Mo. Xie Mo's reputation is not only in the Jinling area, but also in the entire Jiangnan, which is like a Buddha-like existence. Since everyone believes that the Shandong army killed him, they will naturally not give them a good face.

In addition, there was a Huainan army staring at them, so they couldn't even leave and find Sun Tu, which was a real dilemma.

Of course, if other generals were replaced, they would have been indifferent to this aggrieved situation, just because Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others tried their best to persuade them, and Dong Ping was still considering the overall situation, so he did not further expand the situation and only confronted the Huainan Army here.

But as the situation became worse and worse, even Dong Ping could not hold back. After everyone stopped talking because of Song Jiang's words, he also turned black and said, "It would be fine if we generals suffered a little, and we could withstand it. But the brothers below may not be able to withstand it. In the past half month, three or four hundred people have had colds. If this continues, the number of diseases will only increase exponentially. If they die, how can we explain to Chief Sun?"

"But..." Song Jiang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Dong Ping's wave: "In my opinion, with the style of Sun Qiang who always loves soldiers as much as his son, even if he is here, he will never ignore the interests of the soldiers for his own sake and let them suffer from coldness. This time has been delayed for a long time and cannot be delayed any more. I have decided to show up with the Huainan Army. If they dare to drag us down again, they will probably be dispersed!"

"Okay! Dong Dujian, we have been waiting for this sentence for too long. These bastards from Huainan cannot fight, but they always want to provoke our brothers. It is time for them to know how powerful our Shandong Army is!" Chao Gai immediately responded with his hands.

With his statement, other generals also shouted: "You can't bear it anymore. If you bear it anymore, you will become a turtle. I don't want to be a turtle. Today I will let them know how powerful we are!"

The atmosphere was in the same way, even Song Jiang couldn't stop him anymore, so he could only feel bitter and said, "Brothers, let's endure it for a few more days... I believe things can always be solved, and Chief Sun will definitely come to help us solve the problem..."

"I can't bear it anymore! Whoever dares to go with me and Peng Yongzhen to explain things clearly will stand up, let's go!" After the idea was settled, Dong Ping no longer had any worries and immediately walked towards the Huainan military camp.

Just as everyone followed, Song Jiang was so anxious that his face was almost sweating, several horses appeared in the north, and rushed towards the Shandong military camp at an extremely fast speed. This fell into Song Jiang's eyes, which made him suddenly happy: "Stop being in a hurry, Chief Dong, it was Mr. Sun who sent someone to come..."
Chapter completed!