It was getting late, and Su Jin ordered to camp on the spot and set off tomorrow.

In a hurry, even if he rushed to the bandit cottage at this moment, it would be useless to rely on the 1,300 officers and soldiers at hand, and he didn't know anything about fighting, and Pan Jiang and the others didn't look like an invincible general, so before the arrival of the armies of Lu and Shou, there was no good way, and he could only hope that the generals of the two states would discuss countermeasures together after they converged.

Su Jin couldn't sleep this night, things were completely under his control, how did they suddenly become like this, when he was anxious, Su Jin was also seriously analyzing the reasons.

Long Zhen didn't know him, why did he disobey him, and fabricate his lie about embezzling soldiers' salaries, so that the soldiers of the Ma Army were dissatisfied with him; Is the grain intercepted by the bandits because this dragon really has something to do with the bandits?

But Su Jin quickly rejected his speculation, Long Zhen has been in the capital for a long time, and the two places are thousands of miles apart, this possibility is very small; The bandits in Bagong Mountain have only begun to run rampant in recent months, and when I was in Luzhou, I never even heard the news of bandits in Bagong Mountain, which shows that the bandits at that time were still fighting and making small troubles, and they did not become a climate at all.

It happened suddenly, and Bacheng Long Zhen didn't know that the bandits dared to rob the grain, but one thing was certain, Long Zhen didn't plan to do this trip at all; From the mouths of Zhao and Fang, they learned that the grain truck only left three days ago, which shows that they have been delayed in Luzhou for at least ten days, and it takes such a long time to start transporting grain, which is obviously a problem.

However, this trip is an imperial mission, everyone knows the importance of this errand, it is really related to the stability of the society, Long Zhen is just a small command deputy, what reason and guts does he have to obstruct this errand? Before this, he had never had any formal contact with Long Zhen, how could he provoke this master to secretly put himself in such a difficult situation?

Su Jin thought about it, and there was only one reason to explain Long Zhen's behavior, that is, this person was instructed by someone to deliberately obstruct this errand, so Su Jin naturally thought of the phase dispute related to the quality of the errand, and it was roughly certain that he had become a victim of the struggle at the upper level.

Su Jin got up from the tent angrily, his heart was upset, how much he missed the kind of thing called cigarettes at this moment, how good it would be to smoke one.

In any case, I can't admit defeat, although the mountain is exhausted at the moment, but the last glimmer of hope still exists, maybe surviving is a new scene, the more in this situation, the more we must calmly think about how to deal with it, from now on, every step needs to be cautious.

This time, as long as the soldiers and horses of Luzhou and Shouzhou arrive, even if they pay a huge price, they will take back this batch of grain, which is not only related to their own lives, but also related to the people of Yangzhou.

As soon as the morning dawned, Su Jin, who had not slept all night, ordered to pull out, and two days later, arrived at the town of Liangyuan, where the grain was robbed, that night Su Jin carefully learned about the situation that night from the local residents, and many of the details that the guards Ma Jun was unwilling to say were asked, Su Jin further confirmed his judgment, that night Long Zhen did not even give the order to attack, and the bandits just took a look and fled, giving away 500,000 stone of grain, it was not at all that he said that he was invincible.

Su Jin carefully ordered people to make a confession, and ordered these people to draw a confession, and he had no right to dispose of Long Zhen, but since he had exceeded his authority, he must collect all this evidence for future needs, although Su Jin still didn't know if he had a future.

On November 13, the brigade finally arrived at the foot of Bagong Mountain, and the bandits' outposts saw the arrival of officers and soldiers from a distance.

However, the officers and soldiers did not rush to attack, but set up camp on a hill at the bottom of the mountain from a distance, and only sent a scout to the Malay Pass to watch, and the bandits did not dare to approach by the condescending arrows.

For two days in a row, there was no sign of attack in the large camp of officers and soldiers, Shen Yaozu and Qiu Dabao were also puzzled, after grabbing grain, they were ready to meet the encirclement and suppression, but they were not afraid, thousands of officers and soldiers had been encircled and suppressed several times before, and it was not the last time that they retreated.

However, this time the situation seems to be somewhat different, in the past, when the officers and men arrived at the bottom of the mountain, they rushed to attack the mountain, as if they were afraid that they would run away, but this time such a large group of officers and soldiers stationed at the bottom of the mountain did not move, which is really instructive.

The bandits are really worried, Su Jin is not that he doesn't want to attack, but he doesn't have a clue at all, the only thing that is certain is that the bandits don't dare to run down the mountain to take the initiative to find a fight, so they don't have to worry about the bandits attacking the camp, but the horse army that sent the letter has already returned, but the reinforcements have not yet arrived, with more than 1,000 people at hand, of course Su Jin will not take the initiative to attack.

One day...... Two days...... For three days, Su Jin was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and there was no news on Huainan Road in Shouzhou, which was the nearest to Shouzhou, and the soldiers who urged him came and went several times, and finally brought a reprimand from Master Tao, saying that the matter of suppressing bandits is a major military matter, how could it be that his little grain envoy said that he could transfer troops if he transferred troops, and he had to report to the Privy Council for approval, and asked Su Jin not to act rashly, and the matter of suppressing bandits was not up to his food envoy.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Su Jin was sitting in the camp, and the sentry came to report that a group of people came from the southwest Luzhou direction, Su Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly went out of the camp to look, but he was disappointed, and the team of less than forty or fifty people was sparsely pulled, and there were several carriages mixed in the middle, which were not the garrison troops of Luzhou at all, and a scoop of cold water was poured down.

But the dynasty next to him jumped to his feet and shouted: "It's Zhang Long and them, as well as Yang Xiaosi, and many people in the family, you see, isn't that Liu Da, the nursing home of the Yan Dong family?" ”

Su Jin hurriedly stared at it carefully, sure enough, it was a group of people from the Su family and the Yan family, the purple carriage was vaguely recognizable, it was Yan Biyun's car, and he was a little choked up for a while, standing where he was stunned, not knowing what to do.

Wang Dynasty Ma Han had already rushed to greet him, and brought Yan Biyun and the others into the camp, Su Jin relieved himself and stepped forward to greet him; Not only Yan Biyun came, Xiao Xian'er came, Rou Niang came, and even the old shopkeeper Zhang got down from the black caravan behind him tremblingly.

Su Jin hurriedly greeted the old shopkeeper first, and the old shopkeeper saw Su Jin with a smile on his face, but it was difficult to hide the sorrow in his eyebrows, Su Jin didn't dare to make eye contact with him, and only said repeatedly: "Why is the old shopkeeper here, you don't stop it, I'm tired and sick all the way, I'll ask you." ”

Yang Xiaosi said aggrievedly: "Son, when you meet, it's a reprimand, it's different when you become an official, and you don't know the old shopkeeper's temper." ”

Su Jin deliberately said with a straight face: "Your mouth is also a lot slippery, all the growth in these days has grown into your mouth, right?" ”

Everyone laughed, and everyone didn't want to laugh, but the prince pretended to be relaxed and lively, so he had to cooperate with it.

Su Jin hurriedly let everyone into the tent, sat down, lit a fire, made tea, and then talked about the events of the farewell time, Su Jin peeked at Yan Biyun, only to see that Yiren was slightly haggard, his eyes were slightly blue, obviously worried that he was in a hurry and didn't sleep well, Su Jin felt more and more shameless.

After a few gossips, we have to return to the topic, the matter of the grain robbery in Luzhou is already well-known and boiling, but the Luzhou Yamen posted a notice to warn everyone not to spread rumors indiscriminately, and at the same time, on the grounds of the grain deadline stipulated by the imperial court, the soldiers were mobilized to patrol the city, which seemed to be very busy.

As soon as Su Jin heard this, he understood in his heart that Zhu Shiyong was making excuses for not sending troops, and his hope that the Luzhou garrison would come to help came to naught.

Seeing Su Jin's gloomy face, the old shopkeeper Zhang sighed: "You don't have to mind too much about these things, Zhu Shiyong won't come to help you at all, these should be what you expected." ”

Su Jin looked up to the sky and sighed: "I really expected him to take care of the overall situation, but I didn't expect them to rot to the bones, I really didn't have much hope, but Zhu Shiyong didn't even give me a reason, and he didn't say a word after receiving my letter for help, which was really beyond my expectations." ”

Shopkeeper Zhang said: "Big boss, what are you going to do?" Look at us, all the young people in the family have brought it, and it doesn't hurt to count all my old bones for this matter. ”

Su Jin's eyes were misty, and he almost didn't shed tears, at the critical moment, his family was able to help him desperately, although these people came to nothing, but this friendship was real, and this friendship was probably the biggest gain he gained from coming to this dynasty.