Lan Ziyi and the others returned to the camp because the entire Dongji Tiger Battalion had been mobilized, and 5,000 soldiers were dressed in robes, tied up their luggage and waited beside the horses.

Lan Ziyi said to Wei Qionglou:

"General Wei, first send scouts to the front, first, to detect the enemy's situation, and second, to prepare grain and grass along the way."

Wei Qionglou asked:

"The grain and grass are uniformly supplied from the capital, why should the counties along the way prepare it?"

兰子义 says:

"The big camp is behind, we are in front, even if we go along the river, we may not be sent over on time, not to mention that this time it is a rapid march, and we go upstream, if we don't let the counties along the river prepare to Yiling, we will starve to death."

Wei Qionglou nodded, and hurriedly sent an order to people to take effect.

On the side, Tao Zhuhu said:

"The general did this in the past, but the time to send scouts to report along the way was much earlier than this, and there was no rain along the way, and they were all military stations, and now the time is in a hurry, even if people prepare in advance, it's too late."

兰子义 says:

"Now I can only use dead horses as live horse doctors, and I can prepare a little bit if I report it, and it will be over if I don't report it."

At this time, Peach Chase Rabbit and Peach Chase Deer took the armor and changed it for Lan Ziyi, and when everyone was ready, they all turned over and got on the horse.

Wei Qionglou had already been dressed neatly under the service of his soldiers, turned around and forgot Lan Ziyi's glance, and roared when he saw Lan Ziyi nodding vigorously

"Let's go!"

Then the 5,000 Tiger Battalion cavalry column formed a marching formation and rushed all the way west.

Lan Ziyi and they walked forward in the starry night,

But I didn't expect the rain to be heavier after leaving the camp, and the road that I could still walk on completely became a stream of mud.

The horse's hooves are stuck in the mud and can't be pulled out,

When I was on the road at night, it was dark and the road was slippery, and many horses slipped and fell, and the soldiers were injured along with them.

As a last resort, Lan Ziyi and the others had to order the vanguard knights to cut down trees and pave the way, and then they walked fast.

The counties along the way have long been frightened by the formation of King De with tens of thousands of people hunting and playing.

After receiving Lan Ziyi's order to provide grain and grass, they all passively carried it out, and the counties that could provide the general supplies they needed were already very face-saving.

Under such unfavorable circumstances, Lan Ziyi and the others still forcibly marched to Jiangcheng, but the time spent on the road was not much faster than the normal march. In addition, it was rainy for several days, wet along the way, and the forced march led to serious physical overdraft of the personnel and horses, and there was no dry place to raise military horses, and finally the dysentery epidemic in the army, the horse plague was rampant, except for the people who fell behind along the way, the wounded, and the exhausted, when they came out of the capital, there was no one in the whole camp with a main horse, a total of 10,000 side horses, and there were only 2,000 horses to Jiangcheng, and many soldiers had no horses along the way, so they could only rush to Jiangcheng by boat, and finally arrived only barely 4,000 people, most of whom were infected with dysentery.

Qi Rongxun led the Shenji Battalion, although he managed to get a lot of horses, but there were too many firearms in the army, and the marching speed was even more miserable than Lan Ziyi's, the only advantage was that Lan Ziyi had paved a lot of roads in front, and Qi Rongxun walked a little easier.

Fortunately, Jiangcheng is an important town connecting the north and south in the middle reaches of the river, and there has always been a forbidden army stationed before, but it was transferred away after the northern expedition to Nuonuo. After Lan Ziyi and the others arrived in Jiangcheng, they could no longer walk, so they could only be stationed in the forbidden army camp to repair.

Although Lan Ziyi asked Jiangcheng Taishou for doctors, medicines, food and grass, supplies and other things, Jiangcheng Taishou just ignored them, and the things he gave were barely enough. The soldiers were tired all the way, and they were more or less sick, and now they are just barely filling their stomachs, complaining every day. Fortunately, Wei Qionglou manages the army strictly on weekdays, and he fights all the way from small soldiers, so he can get along with the soldiers, and there is no danger of mutiny in the army for the time being.

Lan Ziyi was also infected with dysentery, not only that, but being exposed to the rain for days also made him catch a cold and fever.

It has been two days since he came to Jiangcheng to be stationed, and on this day, Lan Ziyi was lying on the bed, burned half asleep, and had to go down from time to time to have diarrhea, how uncomfortable it was, how uncomfortable it was, he felt that he was about to die.

Tao Zhuhu and Tao Zhulu went out under Lan Ziyi's arrangement, and Tao Zhutu stayed in the camp to take care of his young master because he was also infected with dysentery. Although Tao Zhutu contracted dysentery, he was almost cured, much better than Lan Ziyi's half-dead disease.

At this time, Tao Zhutu put the freshly boiled porridge into a bowl and walked to the bedside to prepare to feed Lan Ziyi.

Lan Ziyi felt that someone was coming, opened his eyes, and saw Tao Zhutu bringing porridge, waved his hand and said:

"You eat it, I don't want to eat it. I have to have diarrhea after eating, it's too uncomfortable. “

桃追兔 says:

"Young Master, oh no, Wei Hou. Eat some, if you don't eat, you won't be able to hold it. “

Lan Ziyi still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by the sound of the door opening.

It was Wei Qionglou who came.

Wei Qionglou slammed open the door, and the torrential rain was still pouring down outside the door.

Wei Qionglou turned around and closed the door, took off his coat and patted the rain, and scolded:

"It's getting heavier and heavier, I've never seen it rain like this before. At this rate, the river is likely to flood this year. “

Lan Ziyi asked Tao Zhutu to help him up, he leaned on the bed and asked Wei Qiong weakly:

"General Wei, is there any news from Jiangbei where I asked you to investigate?"

Wei Qionglou walked to the small pot of peach chasing rabbits, lifted the lid of the pot and scooped a bowl of porridge for himself.

桃追兔 says:

"Hey, what's going on? That's what I boiled for my guard! “

Lan Ziyi stopped Tao Zhutu and said:

"General Wei doesn't have to be polite, just eat as much as you want."

Wei Qionglou sat in front of Lan Ziyi's bed with a rice bowl, and said while drinking porridge:

"It's all for the military rations in the army, what is it for?"

Without waiting for Tao Zhutu to speak, Wei Qionglou continued:

"Wei Hou, why do you care so much about Jiangbei? In the past few days, Yiling has been sending documents for help, and the thieves have been besieging them for several days. Fortunately, Yi L County Order is a hard bone and sticks to the city. It seems that the thieves are determined to go west, and they will not cross the river. “

兰子义 says:

"Yiling City has low walls and no garrison, if the thieves really enter Tianfu in the west, where will they not be able to fight for so long? I suspect this is a ploy by thieves.

After all, did the general not send anyone to inspect Jiangbei? “

魏qiong楼 says:

"There is a forbidden army garrison in Fancheng north of Jingzhou, how can the thieves hit there? I think you're thinking too much, Wei Hou.

Since I marched to Jiangcheng, I have been in contact with the Fancheng Forbidden Army, and there has been no movement.

As for my people. Wei Hou, you also saw it, where else can you go out? “

Lan Ziyi heard that there was nothing to do in Jiangbei, and his heart was much more steady.

In just a few words, Wei Qionglou had finished drinking the porridge, and after putting down the rice bowl, he said to Lan Ziyi:

"That's why I came to Wei Hou today. The losses of the forced march in the rain this time were too serious, more than half of the horses died, and more than a thousand people were left behind. I don't think we'll be able to get sick and die before we can meet the enemy. “

Lan Ziyi didn't speak, leaned on the bed and closed his eyes.

Wei Qionglou saw that Lan Ziyi was silent, and then said:

"You said that if we go through those counties along the way, dealing with us will be like sending beggars, and we will not be given anything. I heard that Qi Rongxun's kid has been serving the local officials all the way. What kind of crime are we? “

Peach Rabbit frowned and said:

"I heard that the general meant that Wei Hou brought you bad luck?"

魏qiong楼 says:

"I didn't mean that, I just watched the Shenji Camp eat and drink spicy food there, and we were really unhappy to eat the northwest wind here."

兰子义 says:

"There are few people and horses in the Shenji Battalion, and it is easier for the yamen to handle grain and grass in various places. Besides, the Shenji Battalion is also marching in a hurry, and it has to carry gunpowder and firearms with the army, where can I drink spicy food. General Wei don't think about it too much. ”

魏qiong楼 says:

"Okay, I don't want to bother with them, but at the moment, the soldiers of my Jihu Battalion are trapped outside this Jiangcheng City, there are no supplies, no medicines, and no supplies for personnel and horses, how can this fight? If we are stationed here and do not move, we will be punished for the crime of fearing the enemy like a tiger in the future, what will we do? “

桃追兔 says:

"General Wei, the Jingying is a soldier of the imperial court, and my family Weihou is just going out with the army like you, with no real power, and now he is sick in bed, what are you going to do with such hardship?"

Wei Qionglou was quite annoyed when he heard Tao Zhutu say this, and said:

"Your marquis is a close minister of the palace, and this expedition bears the name of deputy general, which is bigger than my officials, how can you say that you have no real power? Besides, if it weren't for King De's bad rice bucket this time, it would be like this? Your family guard marquis just watched King De do so little and didn't even let out a fart, I even went to King De to talk about it. ”

Tao Zhutu was about to get angry when he heard it, but was stopped by Lan Ziyi.

Lan Ziyi opened his eyes and said:

"When I was at Luoyan Pass, I once heard the general of the Northern Army say that the march was difficult, but I didn't know how difficult it was until I left. General Wei, I know that you have fire in your heart, but what's the point of you sending it at me? ”

魏qiong楼 says:

"I'm here to ask Wei Hou to think of a way."

兰子义 says:

"I thought of a way on the way, when you said that you wanted to repair in Xunyang, I stopped because I knew that it was too late for the supply of the imperial court to get Jiangcheng before I could have a way."

Wei Qionglou asked:

"Then Wei Hou quickly solved the problem? The officers and men of the battalion are now sick and hungry, and they are almost unable to hold on. ”

兰子义 says:

"Almost, just this moment, I should be back."

As soon as Lan Ziyi's words fell, Tao Zhuhu and Tao Zhulu pushed the door in, took off their robes and said to Lan Ziyi:

"Wei Hou, everything has been delivered."

Lan Ziyi listened and nodded.

Wei Qionglou asked:

"What's that?"

兰子义 says:

"My family sells horses all over the country, and Jiangcheng is an important town, and this is also a big distribution center for my family to sell horses in the south. As soon as I moved in that day, I asked Tao Zhuhu and Tao Zhulu to contact my family's local horse administration, and transferred 2,000 horses from stock, as well as urgently needed medicine and food. There are fewer horses, but they will be able to make a living. “

Wei Qionglou was overjoyed when he heard this, rushed to the bed, took Lan Ziyi's hand and shook it vigorously

"Wei Hou is really generous, all of a sudden, it's a horse and a grain, I, Wei Qionglou, am grateful."

Tao Zhuhu said to Wei Qionglou:

"Brother Qionglou, my family guards still need it, don't be like this."

兰子义 says:

"What is General Wei grateful for, I am for the sake of Dazheng Jiangshan Sheji, and I don't want to sell your favor."

Wei Qionglou also felt that he was out of shape, smiled embarrassedly, and let go and went back.

At that moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and a sergeant pushed the door and rushed in.

Wei Qionglou scolded:

"Why are you so unruly? Don't know to knock on the door? ”

sergeant says:

"General! Oh no! Jiangcheng Taishou sent someone to report that the southwest found that the reincarnated thief Kou was approaching, and asked us to hurry out of the camp to meet the enemy! ”

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