Meng Ke sent Cui Feng to lead 200 people as the forward, preparing to deceive and lure Gu Xiancheng over. As a result, Cui Feng only walked to Tieshikou, which was still hundreds of miles away from Longnan County, and Gu Xiancheng, a frightened bird, slipped away, and he moved to Anyuan County, which had not yet recovered after the war and had an extremely weak defense, and did not intend to meet Meng Ke's men and horses at all.

After experiencing the last fiasco, Gu Xiancheng also learned a lesson, and did not expand the army in Longnan County, but learned from Ma Yongzhen at the beginning, took the route of elite soldiers, and only recruited 600 young men after capturing Longnan County, which made his transfer to battle very fast.

Now Cui Feng understands that any fraud that leads Gu Xiancheng to be fooled is just wishful thinking.

What's even more distressing is that after Gu Xiancheng took the route of elite soldiers, it would be difficult for Cui Feng and them to support the war by fighting, because the enemy ran so fast, and he didn't fight with you, so what else to talk about to raise the war with war.

If you want to pursue, either you bring your own supplies, or you can also be like Gu Xiancheng, and obtain food and grass by robbing the people.

Cui Feng stopped at Tieshikou in a dilemma, they only brought a few days of dry food, relying on this bit of dry food support, will they not be able to catch up with Gu Xiancheng, and then will the soldiers starve to death? Or is it arsonist looting?

Even the Meng Ke in the back was very passive, the war in Ganzhou was peaceful, and the daily supplies in the army were very short, this time Yang Tinglin ordered them to send troops to pacify the thieves, and they couldn't get the extra grain and grass supply, so he fell into the dilemma that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

As the saying goes, people are iron, rice is steel, if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic, how can you fight without food and grass?

After some thought, Meng Ke decided to give Cui Feng all the little grain and grass, and let Cui Feng pursue Gu Xiancheng, while he took the rest of the men and horses to eat in Longnan County first, waiting for the grain and grass support from Ganzhou.

In Huichang, Wang Gong had to deal with the soldiers' "troubles" every day, and the post house had become his house arrest, and the letter he sent to the imperial envoy of Jiangxi was not heard back for a long time, and the domestic servants sent to deliver the letter did not come back.

Under the harassment and tossing of Wang Gong's soldiers day and night, it is fortunate that he has not gone crazy so far, where can he still pit Qin Mu, he asked to see Qin Mu many times, and the answer he got was that Qin Mu was busy with official business and had no time to come to see him;

Wang Gong knows very well that his life and death are only between Qin Mu's thoughts, in order to save his life, Wang Gong pretended to be a grandson, and stayed in the post house honestly every day, as long as the soldiers guarding outside did not come in to toss him, for him, this was the happiest thing.

Qin Mu was really busy for a while, in addition to training soldiers in the barracks, many government affairs in the county also needed him to handle personally, and he also had frequent contact with some businessmen;

Now the rock salt on Zhou Yan's side has brought him a steady stream of silver, excluding the salary and chewing of the hired workers in the salt pond, the net income has exceeded 8,000 taels per day, and after having the silver, it is time to consider building a logistics supply system.

An army, no matter how well you train, without complete supplies of food, grass, and weapons, is equivalent to cutting off an arm, and the combat power will be greatly reduced after all.

Especially in the case of that kind of hard battle, protracted war, at the end of the day, arrows and other weapons are exhausted, and there is no stable logistics to supply you, only to turn around and run away.

After hearing that Xu Yingjie, the proprietor of Rentong Firm, had arrived in Huichang again, Qin Mu hurried back to the county government from the military camp to meet the guests.

Xu Yingjie is in his forties, with a medium build, a pair of sword eyebrows, and bright facial features, which makes him look elegant and a little heroic.

As soon as Qin Mu entered the second hall, Xu Yingjie, who was waiting for him, immediately got up and hugged him: "Villain Xu Yingjie, meet the county lord." ”

"Xu Dongjia is exempt from courtesy, let Xu Dongjia come all the way from Ganzhou, it is this official who wants to talk to Xu Dongjia face-to-face about something, Xu Dongjia please sit."

"How dare you, how dare you, it is the honor of the villain for Lord Qin to have something to do, and in front of Lord Qin, how dare the villain sit down."

Qin Mu sat down on the main seat first, then waved his hand and said: "Xu Dongjia doesn't have to be polite, the official is full of everything, those false courtesies will be waived, please take a seat." ”

"Then the villain is better to obey his fate than to be respectful, the county lord recruited the villain to come, I don't know what to order?"

"I heard that Rentong is the largest business in southern Gansu, and its business covers Jiangnan, Fujian, Liangguang, Huguang and other places.

In the future, the official will no longer want Xu Dongjia's cash, and Xu Dongjia only needs to help the official find a skilled craftsman in smelting, casting, etc., and help purchase some grain, fine iron, cowhide and other materials. ”

Qin Mu went straight to the point, which made Xu Yingjie a little overwhelmed, are these things that Qin Mu wants ordinary things? What is he doing Xu Ying doesn't have to think about it, he knows that it is a capital crime to do this according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

The question is, does he still have a choice?

Although Qin Mu is an official, he is a county official, not a quartermaster, and according to the law, he can't buy these things at all. Qin Mu told him these things, if he didn't agree, would he be able to get out of this Huichang County Ya Ghost today, after thinking of this, Xu Yingjie's forehead was faintly sweating.

"Xu Dongjia doesn't think about it, if you don't want to, the official will never be reluctant, let alone embarrass you, well, it's not good to let Xu Dongjia run for nothing, according to the official's speculation, Zhang Xianzhong will sweep Huguang in August at the latest, Xu Dongjia must have a lot of business in Huguang, if you believe the official's speculation, it's too late to withdraw the business there immediately, otherwise I'm afraid you will have to send Zhang Xianzhong in vain."

"Swept Huguang?" Xu Yingjie looked at Qin Mu in surprise.

Qin Mu nodded and stopped talking, he said it too directly just now, he had to let Xu Yingjie digest it for a while.

To his surprise, Xu Yingjie didn't think about it for long, let alone let him say more, so he quickly got up and said: "Thank you Lord Qin for reminding him, since Lord Qin looks up to Xu, how can Xu not know how to lift, Xu is willing to make this deal with adults." ”

Xu Yingjie was so neat and neat, which made Qin Mu have two more good feelings towards him, he chose Xu Yingjie not on the spur of the moment, he had learned about Rentong Firm and Xu Yingjie in many ways before making today's decision.

The two talked for a long time, and after finalizing the details of the cooperation, Qin Mu changed the topic and said: "There is a girl Li Xiangjun who followed Xu Dong's caravan from Jinling to Ganzhou, I don't know if Xu Dong's family has news of their own caravan?" ”

"The caravan has had some accidents on the road, fortunately, I have returned to Nanchang two days ago, Lord Qin can rest assured, Miss Li Xiangjun is all right, I have sent a message to the shopkeeper over there, so that they can take care of it."

Qin Mu couldn't help but ask curiously: "Xu Dongjia said that the caravan arrived in Nanchang two days ago, this official is strange, how did Xu Jiadong receive the news so quickly?" ”

"Don't hide it from Lord Qin, my Nanchang branch is no less than that of Ganzhou, and usually in order to facilitate the transmission of news, I use carrier pigeons."

"Oh, that's no wonder." Qin Mu had already had a deep understanding of the poor communication conditions in this era, and he couldn't help but think about it when he heard this.

He asked about Li Xiangjun's situation again. But the carrier pigeon passed the book, the content that could be transmitted was limited, and Xu Yingjie didn't know much, but fortunately, it was determined that the person had arrived in Nanchang safely, and after calculating the time, Su Jin and his entourage, who were sent to pick up Li Xiangjun, should also arrive in Nanchang soon, which made Qin Mu feel a lot more relieved.

Staying in the barracks these days, I haven't seen Qiao'er for a long time, and I wonder about this mysterious little beggar. After sending Xu Yingjie out of the county office, he went to the back office, well, after living a stable life and eating normally, this girl is like a wicker budding in the spring, I haven't seen it for a few days, I'm afraid that it will grow taller again, but I don't know if the little chest has grown some cough!

Qin Mu felt that he had failed a little, he had been in the Ming Dynasty for a few months, such a long time, if he would have changed a few young models or little stars in the future generations, but now he has not even pushed down a bright and beautiful woman, a failure.

Whoever said that if you don't rest, you won't work. It seems that he has to find a chance to take a good rest, alas, when will Xiangjun arrive in Huichang

But before he could enter the back office, soldiers rushed in outside and reported.

"My lord, the traitor Gu Xiancheng is wandering to Anyuan County, and Governor Yang has ordered Huichang Qianhu to send troops to encircle and suppress, and General Ma asks your Excellency to go to Qianxiang to arrange for the suppression of bandits."

Qin Mu couldn't even see the little girl, so he had to hurry back to the Thousand Households.

Ma Yongzhen, Huo Sheng, Liu Meng and others were already waiting in the big tent, and Qin Mu immediately said, "Tell me about the specific situation." ”

Ma Yongzhen got up and walked to the sand table, pointed to the sand table and said: "As soon as General Meng's forward arrived at Tieshikou, Gu Xiancheng gave up Longnan County and came to Anyuan County with the newly recruited 600 young men. ”

"Where is Gu Xiancheng now?"

"Yesterday, Gu Xiancheng passed through Baishikou and was close to the border of Anyuan County, and now the specific location is difficult to say, but if his target is Anyuan County, he should be in the area of Huangshan according to the distance."

Ma Yongzhen knew the topography of southern Jiangxi well, and pointed out the specific location of each place name to Qin Mu on the sand table.

After Qin Mu pondered for a while, he decided to personally take Liu Meng, Ma Liuliang, Han Xiu and other five hundred households to Anyuan County to suppress bandits, of which three hundred households were soldiers, and two hundred households were responsible for logistics. The people of Huichang are living a hard life now, and they can no longer recruit people's husbands.

Qin Mu's decision surprised everyone, and Ma Yongzhen took the initiative to ask: "My lord, Huichang needs you to be in charge, let's let the last general go, the last general is more familiar with the terrain of southern Gansu." ”

Huo Sheng was not to be left behind, so he stood up and said, "My lord, let's let the last general go, this time the last general will guarantee to capture Gu Xiancheng for the adult." ”

"No need, you can train the rest of the people and horses with peace of mind, this time the official decided to personally clean up the scourge of Gu Xiancheng."

"Adult"

"This is a military order."

Qin Mu's idea is very simple, training together can never win the support of soldiers by going to the battlefield together to experience life and death, and he has always spared no effort in buying the hearts of the army.

On the other hand, Gannan will be his foundation in the future, and now to encircle and suppress Gu Xiancheng, it is estimated that he will have to fight in many places, which will provide him with an opportunity to familiarize himself with the terrain and people's conditions in southern Gannan and avoid talking on paper in the future.

When Qin Mu led the troops to the expedition, the Nanchang Rentong branch was restless, and the inspector Han Tiesan rushed into the Rentong branch with the soldiers, shouting to catch the spies of the fornication bandits, and they would be arrested when they saw people, and they would be punched and kicked if they resisted slightly.

As soon as Li Xiangjun, who lived in the backyard, heard the words shouted by the soldiers, she immediately had an ominous premonition, and without thinking too much, she pulled Yahuan Xing'er and hurriedly ran out of the back door;

It's a pity that although she reacted quickly, Han Tiesan had already arranged soldiers to guard the back door in advance, and Li Xiang's monarch and servants were caught as soon as they left the back door.