Yang Gongqing's trip to Gongxian went very smoothly. With Wanhe's token, a mere Gongxian prefect did not dare to be rude to Yang Gongqing. He immediately followed Yang Gongqing's instructions to settle down the food and start preparing it. The work of relieving people.
In fact, in the Sui Dynasty at this time, corrupt officials were still in the minority, especially at the local level. Many honest officials were sent to local areas by Yang Guang early because they could not flatter others. The prefect of Gong County was also He is such an upright official. In fact, the governor of Gong County has always wanted to open a warehouse to release grain to alleviate the disaster caused by the famine. But the problem is that Comrade Lao Yang refuses. Now Wanhe suddenly sent someone to deliver it. With so much food, he was asked to help the victims. It was too late for him to be happy, so he immediately made preparations for the matter. As soon as Yang Gongqing left Gongxian, the prefect had already issued a message to summon the famine-stricken people around Gongxian. Food is given.
Returning to Luokou Granary, Wan He couldn't wait any longer. He immediately asked the soldiers to pile the grain on the carriage, left Luokou Granary directly, and headed towards Luoyang. This granary, known as the most abundant in the world, changed in the blink of an eye. It was completely empty, with not even a grain of rice left. As for Liu Peisheng and others, Wan He had people crush them away.
And on the third day after Wan He and others left, another group of people hurried to Luokou warehouse. It was the Wagangzhai rebels led by Shan Xiongxin. They looked at the open door of Luokou warehouse and the empty warehouse. In the granary, the faces of Shan Xiongxin and others suddenly turned livid. They never thought that besides them, there would be people who dared to snatch away the grain from the Luokou granary. Shan Xiongxin was so angry that he was gnashing his teeth and his eyes were filled with tears. They were about to get angry, but behind Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji and Bing Yuanzhen's expressions were not much better. Bing Yuanzhen said in a deep voice: "Brother Shan, these grains must have been transported away by Pei Renji, transporting so much grain, Pei Renji will definitely not be able to move very fast. If we chase him now, we should still be able to catch up."
After being reminded by Bing Yuanzhen, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji also reacted. Xu Shiji immediately shouted: "That's right, let's chase them now. Damn it, they dare to steal our food. I have to kill them all." No,”
Shan Xiongxin's face was also very ugly. This time he had snatched this job from Li Mi. He originally thought it was an easy task, but he didn't expect that such a thing happened in the middle. Xiongxin could not allow himself to fail this time, otherwise Li Mi's prestige in Wagang Village would become higher and higher. Immediately, Shan Xiongxin shouted in a deep voice, pulled the reins hard, and shouted: "Let's go, let's chase."
Under the leadership of Shan Xiongxin, the 50,000 Wagangzhai rebels rushed directly in another direction. However, due to the wrong scruples of Shan Xiongxin and others, the direction they pursued was to the northeast of Sishui Pass, and Wan He and the others were walking in the northwest direction. Of course, this mistake did not last long. After Shan Xiongxin chased for two days, news came from Gong County that the Liang State had released grain in the open warehouse. Shan Xiongxin and others were also stunned, and soon they understood that the person who really robbed the food was not Pei Renji, but Liang Guogong, who had been in the limelight in recent years.
Liang Guogong, Shan Xiongxin and others did not pay much attention to this. Even when they heard Wan He's name, they did not think of who it was at the first time. However, this does not mean that they will give up here. On the contrary, When they learned that the grain was being transported to Luoyang, Shan Xiongxin and others immediately changed their direction and rushed towards Luoyang again.
Wan He, who was rushing towards Luoyang, naturally didn't know that he had been targeted, but he was also rushing towards Luoyang as quickly as possible. However, as Bing Yuanzhen said, transporting so much food, even if Wan He wanted to Hurry up, that’s not fast enough. It originally took Wanhe less than three days to rush from Luoyang to Luokoucang, but now, after walking for seven or eight days, he only walked a little more than half of the distance. .
Standing on the roadside, watching the army marching at the fastest speed on the official road, but still as slow as a snail, Wan He also looked helpless, looked back at Pei Renji, and said: "General Pei, really Can't we go faster? If this continues, when will we reach Luoyang?"
After hearing Wan He's question, Pei Renji also looked helpless. This Liang Guogong really had no patience at all. On the contrary, Pei Renji had been marching for decades and had experienced such formations countless times. He had long been used to it. In his eyes, , This speed is already very fast, but Pei Renji naturally has to answer Wan He's question, so Pei Renji patiently answered again: "Master Guo, this is already the fastest speed, don't worry. Well, it will be there soon,"
Hearing Pei Renji's answer again, Wan He couldn't help but murmured a few words. Living in the open air these past few days was really too much for Wan He, who had long been accustomed to fine clothes and fine food. He looked up again and looked ahead. Wan He His eyes lit up again and he said: "By the way, if I remember correctly, there should be Yanshi City in front of us. I don't know if I can make it to Yanshi today."
Hearing Wan He's words, Pei Renji suddenly felt a headache. Of course he knew what Wan He was planning. Along the way, even if he encountered a small county town, Wan He wanted to stop and rest for the night. , if Pei Renji and others had not strongly opposed it, they would have just arrived in Gong County. However, Pei Renji raised his head and glanced at the sky, thought about it in his mind, and finally nodded and said: "Well, the army should be able to do so in the dark." We have to rush to Yanshi City in advance. Why don’t we just rest in Yanshi City for one night?”
Pei Renji actually agreed, and Wan He couldn't help but cheer. Seeing him like this, he almost wanted to fly to Yanshi City immediately. At this time, Qin Qiong behind Wan He frowned and said: "The Duke Master, it’s best for us not to go into Yanshi City. We are transporting so much food this time. If we go into the city, it will be a bit troublesome to explain.”
Qin Qiong's words were like a basin of cold water poured directly on Wan He's head with a splash, making Wan He wilted immediately. However, Wan He also knew that Qin Qiong was right. This time Wan He sneaked into Luo Kou's head. The grain from the warehouse has been shipped out. Although it was used to provide relief to the victims in Gong County, Gong County is near Luokou Warehouse after all. Wan He also made a special excuse, stating that it was only used to relieve the victims, but now Wan He is bringing Carrying so much food to Luoyang, it would be difficult for Wan He to explain if the prefect of Yanshi City smelled it. In fact, it was precisely for this reason that Wan He and others did not station along the way. The city is just a camp in the wild.
"Haha," just when Wan He looked listless, Yang Gongqing on the other side smiled and said, "Please don't worry, young master. According to the intelligence, the prefect of Yanshi City belongs to the King of Yue, the young master." Since the King of Yue knows about this operation, he will definitely say hello to him, so even if the eldest young master enters Yanshi City, he will make sure that no one will make any irresponsible remarks."
Wan He, who originally had a listless look on his face, suddenly lit up after hearing what Yang Gongqing said. He looked at Yang Gongqing with surprise and couldn't help but laugh: "That's great, that's great. Now, we can go into the city to rest. Hehe, come here, send the order and ask the soldiers to speed up. We must reach Yanshi City before dark,"
Seeing Wan He's high-spirited look, Qin Qiong and Pei Renji couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, since they had no worries, they didn't have any objections. After all, no one would go up the pole to suffer. Soon, Wan He's military order came. It has spread throughout the army, but as Pei Renji said, this is already a very fast marching speed. Even if it is faster, it will not be much faster. At this moment, a sound of horse hooves comes from the army. When something came from behind, Wan He and the others turned around and saw Yiqi rushing towards Wan He quickly.
Seeing this cavalry, Wan He and others couldn't help but frown. They recognized at a glance that this cavalry was the spy that Pei Renji had deployed behind the army. At this time, the spies suddenly rushed back, which proved that something must have happened behind the scenes. When it was over, everyone looked at each other and saw the same worry on each other's faces.
At this moment, the spy had already rode up to Wan He and others. He turned over and dismounted, knelt down directly towards Wan He and others, clasped his fists and shouted: "General, sir, soldiers have been found more than a hundred miles behind the army." The horse is coming this way,"
"Well," everyone's hearts skipped a beat after hearing what the spy said. Pei Renji frowned and immediately asked, "Have you ever found out where the soldiers and horses came from and how many there are?"
"Report to the general," the spy was a counter-rebellion soldier. He naturally wanted to answer Pei Renji's question, and immediately shouted loudly: "According to the villain's observation, the enemy army should have more than 3,000 people, under the banner of It’s Wagang Village,”
"Wagang Village," everyone suddenly gasped. They didn't expect that Wagang Village was chasing them. Just half a year ago, Wagang Village defeated the counter-rebellion army and killed Zhang Xutuo. Killed, it can be said that Wagangzhai is the enemy of the counter-rebellion army, and now that the counter-rebel army has not recovered, it unexpectedly encountered Wagangzhai again, which surprised most of the generals of the counter-rebellion army. Angry, even the hot-tempered generals such as Luo Shixin had murderous intentions on their faces, and they were ready to fight with their swords in hand. However, the calmest one was Pei Renji. Pei Renji stopped the impulsive Luo Shixin and others with a wave of his hand, and then He looked at Wan He with a wry smile again and said, "Master Guo, you really got it right this time."