In the evening, thirteen groups of men and horses began to enter the mountains to pursue and suppress the Baiwang Division, and more than half of the troops outside the city of Chizhou went to a little empty, but the officers and soldiers who did not enter the mountains were not idle, in addition to deploying defenses outside the mountains, they also had to assist the local people to restore their livelihoods, such as re-sealing the mouth of the lake dug by the thief army, helping the people rebuild their homes in the city, and so on.

If this kind of thing is done by other generals, it will be a frenzy, but it is very different if it is handed over to Lu Daqi to do it, everything is done in an orderly manner, and Chang Yu is even satisfied.

In the palace in the city, Chang Yu is analyzing the current situation with Lu Daqi, most of the small cities are from Chizhou to Jiujiang on both sides of the Yangtze River, but hundreds of thieves are entrenched, but Anqing is more tricky, in addition to this, it is to enter the mountains to capture Bai Wang, as long as these two things are resolved, the southern expedition will be regarded as a successful end.

The high walls of Anqing City are destined to be difficult to fight, so the first thing is to chase down Bai Wang, and at the same time to appease the people and help restore the people's livelihood, the rest is to assist Shi Kefa in supplying grain and grass.

The army did not move, grain and grass go first, this is an iron law, Chang Yu led his troops out of Nanjing, and the logistics supply was handed over to Shi Kefa, but it was extremely difficult to transport grain and grass without a shortage of transportation.

Taking the waterway is against the current and extremely unsafe, it is easy to be attacked, and the land along the river is either a bumpy mountain road or a muddy dirt road, and ten miles of one ditch and twenty miles of water, which has caused great difficulties for logistics supply, and the logistics can barely keep up with the speed of the army at the beginning.

However, since crossing Wuhu, the officers and men rushed forward like a bamboo, and the logistics could not be supplied, and the officers and men in Tongling only relied on the surplus grain at hand and the slaughter of wounded horses and livestock. At this time, when I arrived in Chizhou, not only did the soldiers have no food and grass, but also had to help the local people, and the unusually tight became an emergency that burned the eyebrows.

"How about sending a boat to pick it up by water?" Lu Daqi pondered for a moment and said: "At this time, the thief army has collapsed and is unable to attack the grain ships, so we will take the waterway faster."

"But going upriver may not be faster than land!" Li Muxian interjected beside him, but Lu Daqi disagreed: "You can drag the boat on the shore by mules and horses, and the steep place can be dragged by manpower, which is faster than on land anyway."

Li Muxian wanted to say something again, but Chang Yu stopped him with his eyes: "Just according to Lord Lu's wishes" said with a frown: "Li Yan sent someone to say that there is a slight shortage of grain and grass over there, and he wants to transfer some from here."

"There are not so many rivers on the mountainous roads over there, why can't they be supplied?" Lu Daqi was puzzled for a while, and Chang Yu said patiently: "It's not that the transportation is unfavorable, but that there is no food available."

Lu Daqi couldn't help but sigh: "Didn't the overseer say before, Zhang Liang and Lu Zhenfei are responsible for raising food on the other side, and the strength of the two governments is not enough......"

Chang Yu smiled and said nothing, Li Muxian couldn't help but sigh: "Lord Lu, there is no grain in the official warehouse, and the people are out of cooking, where can I collect grain?" Spending money to buy also has silver, are you the means by which everyone is the ruler? ”

Only then did Lu Daqi react and shook his head with a wry smile, why is it that many times the situation is in danger, and the imperial court wants to send troops but does not move, it is because of the lack of food and grass! It can be seen how difficult it is to prepare grain and grass!

And he also agrees with Li Muxian's words very much, not everyone is Chang Yu, with his means, even coaxing, deception and intimidation, in order to prepare silver, grain and grass, he can do whatever it takes and even have no bottom line!

And others, even if they want to have no bottom line and want to do whatever it takes, they don't have his strength.

Although Zhang Liang and Lu Zhenfei are both bigwigs, they can only rely on favors and face to prepare grain and grass in Anqing and Luzhou, but they can only rely on favors and face to turn a little bit from the local rich gentry, after all, at this time, the common people are hungry, where is there any excess to send out, but even if those rich gentry want to be poor, people will call them poor, you can't rob it.

Moreover, the Anlu area has been plagued by military disasters for a long time, and the people are very poor, unlike the rich people in Nanjing, who have more money and food, and the common people are also rich, so Chang Yu can get enough grain and grass, if he is allowed to go to the Anlu area to raise grain, maybe it is better than Zhang Liang and Lu Zhenfei.

Not to mention anything else, after seizing the city in Wuhu, you can still get some grain and grass, but then you went south to Fanchang, Tongling, and Chizhou, which are all empty, and the thieves don't leave a single hair wherever they pass, all of which are like this in the city, not to mention the common people outside the city.

"Lord Shangshu should coordinate the grain and grass matters as soon as possible, otherwise tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Yangtze River will be hungry, whether by water or land, as soon as possible, after the grain and grass arrive in Chizhou, on the premise of ensuring the rations of the soldiers, they can set up porridge stalls to help the people, and at the same time distribute some to the other side, we can't let them attack the city hungry over there."

Lu Daqi nodded in response, but Li Muxian was a little puzzled: "Didn't the overseer say that Anqing was besieged first, why did he attack the city again?" ”

Chang Yu laughed: "The Taoist is sometimes innocent and cute, the siege that Bendu said is not to let the soldiers have nothing to do outside the city to eat, drink, and bask in the sun, but to carry out small-scale or even medium-scale attacks from time to time, even if it is just for show, this is actually a psychological tactic, putting pressure on the thief army in the city, so that they have an illusion that we have food and leisure and they are slowly consumed, so that the thief army will be in turmoil, and it will be difficult to suddenly open the door and surrender one day."

Li Muxian suddenly realized, but scratched his cheeks in a low voice, and asked curiously: "...... the overseer said that the poor road is cute."

"Say you're interesting, could it be that you're in love with you" Chang Yu rolled his eyes, Li Muxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and scared people's chrysanthemums tightened.

At dusk, when Lu Daqi was about to leave the city after finishing his work in the city, he happened to bump into Chang Yu leading dozens of guards to the west city gate, and felt a little strange: "Is the Overseer going hunting?" ”

After all, at this time, the surrounding area is under the control of officers and soldiers for more than ten miles, and Chang Yu doesn't need to bring so many people if he doesn't go out, with his understanding of the little eunuch, he can't sit still, and he should go to the wilderness to relax.

Chang Yu smiled: "The military affairs and people's livelihood here will be more worrying about Lu Shangshu, and the governor will go out to a long distance" Lu Daqi asked casually: "Don't you want to enter the mountain too?" ”

Chang Yu shook his head: "Go to the south first."

Lu Daqi nodded, and just as he was about to say goodbye, he suddenly reacted, and suddenly looked shocked: "The overseer is going south!" No, never! ”

"Why not?" Chang Yu asked curiously when he saw that he reacted so loudly, raising his eyebrows. Lu Daqi took a step forward and grabbed the reins of his horse: "Chizhou to the south is a mountain road, the west is by the water, the east is by the mountains, along the river, rugged and bumpy, there is no lack of steep terrain, high mountains and dense forests, in fact, it is easy to be ambushed by the thief army, the overseer only led dozens of personal guards is too risky."

Chang Yu laughed when he heard this: "Lord Shangshu is too cautious, not to mention that there are few thieves left in front of him, if they know that Bai Wang is defeated and it is too late to escape, where would they have the courage to attack this governor, not to mention that this governor is the soft persimmon that everyone can pinch?" The guards around him laughed, but Lu Daqi still didn't follow: "Having said that, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, if the overseer wants to go down first, he will not stop him, but please bring more people and horses with him."

"It's okay, the governor won't go far" Chang Yu had to persuade Lu Daqi to leave casually, so he hurriedly led his troops out of Xiushan Gate and went straight to the Qiuqiu River, where dozens of boats were waiting, hurriedly crossed to the opposite bank, and everyone rushed away with whips.