Luo Cheng silently followed behind Guo Xuan, he heard his father evaluate Guo Xuan, saying that he was a corporal of courtesy, treated civilians well, and treated his subordinates kindly enough, the only weakness was greed for money, although he did not deduct the soldiers, but falsely reported the number of troops, and the huge amount of money and food in the middle was filled by him, in addition, if someone asked him to do things, generous gifts and heavy bribes, he also smiled and accepted them one by one, and in the four years he served as the governor of Youzhou, he did not know how much money he was greedy for.

At that time, Luo Cheng felt that his father was out of prejudice against Guo Xuan, so he would exaggerate, but now he found that his father not only exaggerated, but also underestimated Guo Xuan's greed.

In the warehouse, copper coins and cloth were piled up, Guo Xuan opened a box full of copper coins, stroked bundles of silk and satin, and smiled so much that his mouth couldn't close, especially in an inner room, Guo Xuan opened dozens of boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, and jade, his eyes flashed with undisguised greed, which made Luo Cheng feel secretly frightened.

"May I ask the governor, what to do with these belongings?"

Guo Xuan then remembered that Luo Cheng was following behind him, he hurriedly retracted his gaffe, and said with a smile: "Of course, all this money and grain must be transported back to Zhuo County, which is close to Zhangshui, and the water transportation is convenient, I have sent a fleet to the south before leaving, and it is estimated that it will arrive today and tomorrow." ”

Guo Xuan saw Luo Cheng hesitating, suddenly woke up, and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, please rest assured, not only the money and grain in Wuyi County, but also the money and grain in Nanpi also have a share of Lingzun's army, I will not favor one over the other." ”

Guo Xuan misunderstood, Luo Cheng didn't want to say this thing, he hugged his fists and said: "I think that Dou Jiande will definitely send a vanguard back to Wuyi County, and I am willing to lead my headquarters south to meet the battle and buy time for the governor!" ”

Guo Xuan secretly thought, this kid wants to fight and wants to go crazy, or if he dies in the hands of Dou Jiande, he also brought it upon himself. Guo Xuan laughed dryly and said: "Since the virtuous nephew has this ambition, I will not stop it, be careful yourself, don't underestimate the enemy!" ”

Luo Cheng was overjoyed, lest Guo Xuan would regret it, so he hugged his fists and bowed and walked out. As soon as Luo Cheng left, a soldier hurried over and handed a letter to Guo Xuan, "Marshal Qiqi, it's an urgent letter sent by General Lin from Nanpi." ”

Guo Xuan opened the letter and read it, and was immediately furious, Hou Junji actually plundered the Nanpi warehouse, and he repeatedly told Hou Junji that all the money and grain would be processed after being transported back to Zhuo County. Hou Junji dared not obey his military orders.

He immediately left 5,000 soldiers to carry money and food, and he himself led 5,000 troops to Nanpi

Luo Cheng was disgusted with Guo Xuan's greed and didn't want to stay by his side, so he led his army all the way south, wanting to find clues to the thief army, and at noon the next day, Luo Cheng led the army to Zaoqiang County, and the three thousand troops rested in a forest for lunch. Luo Cheng was a little preoccupied, he was in a chance a few months ago. found that his father secretly took refuge in the Bohai Society, and he was a member of the Bohai Society many years ago.

This shocked Luo Cheng, how could he not have imagined that his father would betray the court and become one of the rebellious ministers and thieves, Luo Cheng was especially disgusted that the Bohai Society and Goguryeo secretly colluded and betrayed the interests of the Han people in the Central Plains. Even if his father is unwilling to work for the Great Sui, he should not join the Bohai Society of the different races.

He originally wanted to persuade his father, but he was scolded by his father and forbade him to mention the matter again, which made Luo Cheng very painful. has been depressed for several months, and this time he led the army to the expedition, and he also vented his inner boredom.

"Childe seems to have something on his mind?" A concerned voice came from behind him.

As soon as Luo Cheng turned around, he saw Changshi Zhang Gongjin standing behind him, Luo Yi was not worried that his son would lead the army south, so he asked Zhang Gongjin to follow Luo Cheng's side.

Zhang Gongjin stepped forward and said with a smile: "I don't think Gongzi wants to find Dou Jiande's main force to fight!" ”

Luo Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I'm not so arrogant yet, I just suddenly feel very boring." ”

Luo Cheng turned back to Zhang Gongjin, who was smiling and silent, and said: "I thought that the governor was at the request of Zhang Xuan to lead a large army to suppress bandits and support Qingzhou, but now I find out that he has no intention of suppressing bandits at all, and just wants to transport the supplies, money and grain back to Zhuo County before the main force of the enemy army rushes back. ”

Zhang Gongjin smiled slightly, "Gongzi is young and vigorous, of course he wants to fight to the death with the thief army, but Guo Dudu has been rolling in the officialdom for many years, which is more important, he knows in his heart that he will not take the risk of fighting a decisive battle with the thief army." ”

"So what's the point of going south this time?"

"Meaning?"

Zhang Gongjin said with a smile: "For the governor, transporting the money and grain of the thief army is the greatest significance, not only to show merit to the Son of Heaven, but also to make a lot of money, if I am not mistaken, he was fighting this idea from the beginning." ”

Luo Cheng snorted lightly, full of contempt for Guo Xuan, who occupied an important position but refused to suppress the bandits, he suddenly remembered that his father seemed to be the same, and his heart suddenly became depressed again.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over and bowed down to report: "Young Master Qiyu, our scout met the messenger sent by Zhang Xuan, just outside the woods. ”

Luo Cheng perked up, hurriedly threw away his troubles, and walked out of the woods quickly, only to see a Sui soldier leading a horse walking towards this side, and the Sui soldier hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "See Luo Gongzi!" Below was Zhao Ting, the brigade commander of the third scout camp of the Qinglong Army, who was ordered to deliver a letter to Guo Dudu. ”

"You know me?"

"I've seen Luo Gongzi compete in the capital."

The scout of the Sui army handed a scroll of letters to Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng looked at it, there was a wax seal on the letter, it was a letter from Zhang Xuan to Guo Xuan, he couldn't open it without authorization, he returned the letter to the scout, and asked, "Where is General Zhang now?" ”

"Returning to Gongzi, General Zhang should now be in the area of Gaotang County, Qinghe County."

Luo Cheng was taken aback, "Has Dou Jiande's army gone north?" ”

"This is also what I want to tell Gongzi, Dou Jiande's 70,000 army is already forty miles south of Zaoqiang County, and 5,000 forwards will be killed here in an hour, Gongzi, please decide immediately."

When Luo Cheng heard that the opponent's vanguard only had 5,000 troops, he was immediately overjoyed, his army could fight with the enemy's forward.

Zhang Gongjin saw Luo Cheng's intentions, and said sharply: "Is Gongzi really going to lose the lives of three thousand brothers for the sake of being so quick for a while?" ”

"Changshi is serious, I just want to ambush the opponent's forward, and I have no greed for merit."

"Do you think that an ambush is so simple, how many cavalry are there in the forward of the enemy army? What equipment? How is the training? Did you send scouts to find your way? Have you considered these details? If the forwards were all cavalry, I am afraid that only Gongzi would be able to fight his way out of the encirclement, and the other brothers would be able to die here. ”

Zhang Gongjin's series of questions made Luo Cheng speechless, and he was ashamed in his heart, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Changshi is right, Luo Cheng is wrong." ”

At this time, the messenger soldier next to him said: "Son, Zaoqiang County is not far from Wuyi County, and it is imperative to immediately notify Guo Dudu to prepare for battle." ”

Luo Cheng nodded, and immediately shouted: "The whole army immediately lined up and returned to Wuyi County quickly!" ”

This time, Luo Yi sent his son to lead the army south, and gave him 3,000 of his most elite soldiers, these soldiers were veterans for many years, not only strong in combat, but also extremely fast in marching, and they rushed back to Wuyi County that night.

At this time, Luo Cheng was anxious, he already knew that Dou Jiande's vanguard was five thousand cavalry, the speed was very fast, and he was about to kill Wuyi County, once he was entangled by the cavalry, he would be defeated if he retreated, and the battle would be delayed, once Dou Jiande's 70,000 army was killed at dawn, Guo Xuan's army would be in danger.

Luo Cheng rushed to the Zhangshui wharf in one go, only to see hundreds of flat-bottomed tugboats moored on the wharf, and the soldiers were loading money and grain onto the ship, and only half of the ships were loaded so far.

Luo Cheng was in a hurry, and yelled: "Stop it all for me, the thief army is about to kill, don't care about this money and food!" ”

All the soldiers stopped carrying and looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, at this time, Guo Xuan's general Bai Jing, who stayed in Wuyi County, rode over on horseback when he heard the news, hugged his fists at Luo Cheng and asked, "Young Master Luo, where is the thief army?" ”

"The vanguard of the thief army is coming, there are 5,000 cavalry, and there are 70,000 troops behind, immediately tell the governor to prepare to meet the enemy!"

Bai Jing was taken aback and said hurriedly: "But the governor is not in Wuyi County, he went to Nanpi County yesterday." ”

Luo Cheng's eyes widened, "Then how many troops are there over here?" ”

"Only five thousand!"

Luo Cheng was reprimanded by Zhang Gongjin yesterday, a little enlightened, and secretly screamed in his heart, even his own army is only 8,000 people, even if he barely fights with 5,000 cavalry, what should I do if Dou Jiande's army comes?

He hurriedly said: "Don't worry about money and food, save your life, and lead the brothers to evacuate immediately!" (To be continued.) )