The soldier's ideological problem was finally solved, but the soldier's stomach problem popped up again. On this expedition of Wu Shigong, the Fuzun of Guide Prefecture prepared food for Wu Shigong's army for four days, and Wu Shigong himself brought out some grain from the fortress of Qianhusuo, which should be said to last for six or seven days.

However, the 900 soldiers drawn from the other thousand households were now easily fed, so they ate like starving ghosts reincarnated. And the amount of food given by Fuzun for four days is not very sufficient. In addition, Wu Shigong has never let his soldiers go hungry, and he always opens the supply. Therefore, the consumption of food is large.

Soon, the army was left with only one day's worth of food. At this time, Wu Shigong was a little anxious: Why hasn't the person who went to Guide Mansion to urge food come back yet?

At this time, Wu Shigong really understood the truth of a sentence. That is: there is food in your hands, and there is no panic in your heart. After a long wait, the man who urged food finally returned. He was accompanied by a cart of grain and grass. But those grains and grass can only supply Wu Shigong's army for three days at most.

Wu Shigong was a little angry, and he drank the person who urged the food: "What are you doing?" Such a big Guide Mansion sent us such a little grain and grass? So how do we get enough to eat? ”

The person urging the grain saw Wu Shigong getting angry, and hurriedly knelt down to defend himself: "My lord, it's not that you don't do things well. The Lord Fuzun confessed, and the Guide Mansion could only send this bit of grain and grass. However, Lord Fuzun has already issued an official document asking the counties along the route of Guide Mansion to supply grain and grass to the adults. ”

Wu Shigong waved his hand and asked the kneeling man to get up. Wu Shigong knew that he couldn't blame him, not necessarily that the person who urged the grain arrived at the Guide Mansion, and after he couldn't get the grain and grass, he opened his teeth and danced his claws at the Lord Fuzun.

Wu Shigong has also been in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for a while, and he understands in his heart that this Guide Mansion only sent such a little grain and grass, and there must be something greasy in it. But if there is anything boring, Wu Shigong will not care about it now.

Otherwise, it may not be that Wu Shigong will return to Defu City now and fight in the ring with the Fuzun of Defu. I don't know that the kind of lawsuit is going to be involved in the Year of the Monkey.

But now, if you just march with four days of grain and grass, there will definitely be no problem in reaching the next county seat, that is, on the land of Guide Mansion, because of the official document of Lord Fuzun, Wu Shigong believes that there is absolutely no problem with the supply of grain and grass.

However, if he goes out of the area of Guide Mansion and encounters a situation like Jining Prefecture, where the local government refuses to supply grain and grass to his army, at that time, Wu Shigong will not be blind?

Wu Shigong thought about it for a moment and asked the person urging the grain to withdraw. Then he shouted, "Shumo! ”

Shumo, who was waiting outside the big tent to serve Wu Shigong, hurriedly ran into the big tent after answering.

Wu Shigong confessed to Shumo and said: "You take some people to leave immediately, hurry up and go back to the Qianhu House, let them prepare a month's worth of grain and grass, and help me rush back as soon as possible." Do you understand? ”

Shumo hurriedly agreed: "Young master." Got it. ”

After Shumo left, Wu Shigong calculated. The book and ink went back and forth, and the speed of the cart was slow. I still have to lack food here for a day or two. There's no way, let's collect grain on the spot.

The next day, Wu Shigong asked Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe to send some spies to investigate the surroundings, and after determining a big Zhuangzi, Wu Shigong took hundreds of soldiers and drove a cart to that Zhuangzi to collect military rations.

Seeing Wu Shigong and these people, he came over violently, and the Zhuangzi quickly closed the door. Wu Shigong didn't talk nonsense, and sent a soldier with a loud voice to shout.

But when he heard that Wu Shigong was here to collect military rations, the gate of the Zhuangzi refused to be opened. Wu Shigong was on fire, he asked the soldier to shout again, if the gate of Zhuangzi was not opened again, Wu Shigong would go back to transfer artillery to bombard.

When they arrived at Zuihou, Zhuangzi's door was finally opened under the threat of Wu Shigong's soldiers. Wu Shigong entered Zhuangzi proudly under the escort of soldiers.

But as soon as I entered the Zhuangzi, I found that the face of the steward of the Zhuangzi seemed to be familiar. Wu Shigong recalled it carefully, and asked the steward a little puzzled: "Who is the master of your family?" ”

"It's Master Hou's family."

This flood washed away the Dragon King Temple. Wu Shigong doesn't have any protective umbrella at the top now, so he has some reliance on Hou Sui, who has already come to the capital to recover. At least the current Wu Shigong doesn't want to offend Hou Sui.

Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately saluted to this steward. The steward was also a little proud to see that the power of his master's prestige was so great. However, those who can be in charge of affairs will certainly not be wrong on the surface. The steward was also quite polite to Wu Shigong. So the two sides touted each other.

But the matter of levying military rations still has to be done. The Hou family's Zhuangzi was definitely impossible, so Wu Shigong then asked the spies to inquire around, and find a Zhuangzi with a relatively small background to collect military rations.

In this way, when he arrived at Zuihou, Wu Shigong found a total of two Zhuangzi to levy military rations. Wu Shigong did not do anything desperately, and generally only collected half of the grain stored in the Zhuangzi. In addition, Wu Shigong also gave those Zhuangzi white strips stamped with their own official seals.

Of course, these people in the Zhuangzi are not willing to offer food. Even with these white slips, I don't know if the government will honor it. But Wu Shigong was very simple, and those who dared to raise objections were tied up by Wu Shigong. Under the threat of the soldiers' weapons, all opposition vanished.

As for whether those white stripes are good or not, that is a matter of Lord Guide Fuzun. Wu Shigong did such a procedure, just to show that he was not robbing.

Don't say it, Wu Shigong's harvest is quite good, if all the empty carts are not full, Wu Shigong's harvest is more than that. After Shumo sent the grain and grass from the fortress of Qianhusuo, Wu Shigong finally began to set off.

Just the previous few things, Wu Shigong was dragged for seven or eight days. By this time, it was already late October. In the next journey, Wu Shigong's marching speed was not fast. He only arranged for the soldiers to go for one morning every day.

Throughout the afternoon, Wu Shigong's army spent time training and camping. With the march days going on, the soldiers drawn by the other thousand households finally looked like some troops.

And along the way, Wu Shigong was collecting military rations all the way, and the cart that carried grain and grass was almost always in a state of full load. The white stripe is flying all over the sky. When he arrived at Zuihou, Wu Shigong himself was a little unclear.

However, the journey along the way was very smooth, and the states and counties along the way were also supplied with grain and grass for Wu Shigong. It seems that the official document of the Defu Mansion is still very effective in Henan Province.

After entering November, Wu Shigong was finally about to cross the Yellow River. Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong spent two days in order to cross the Yellow River.

Now the Yellow River has been completely frozen. Walking over the frozen river, the army could not be reduced to two hours. However, Wu Shigong still has the two heavy three-pounder guns. No one dared to guarantee that in the event that these two guns were dragged into the river, the ice on the river would be able to withstand the weight of these two guns.

In order to ensure that the ancestors of these two guns could cross the river safely, Wu Shigong had to gather people and set up a pontoon bridge. Pontoon bridges can be erected on the frozen river, and no one has much experience. In addition, none of Wu Shigong's soldiers had received training in building pontoon bridges, so Zuihou dragged on for two days. Zuihou finally dragged the two guns across the Yellow River.

And now, Wu Shigong and the others have finally left Henan and arrived in Beizhili.