It is said that spring rain is as precious as oil, especially for many areas in the north, where rain is rare in spring. However, the weather this year was a bit weird. In early April, a heavy rain actually fell between Shandong and Henan.
The torrent of heavy rain quickly caused large areas of water to accumulate on the official roads extending in all directions, making transportation a problem. Especially when looking out from a high place in Wuqiu Town, one can clearly see that many roads ahead have been cut off by floods and can almost be crossed by boat.
Wuqiu Town is located at the junction of Jingji Road and Jingdong Road in the Great Song Dynasty. Due to geographical reasons, such a town was built on the transportation thoroughfare, which is no less than an ordinary small county town. Not only is there a constant flow of people coming from north to south, but there are also many shops, especially foot shops and inns, with more than a dozen shops.
But even so, today's Wuqiu Town is still overcrowded. Many people can only live in a house with several families, but they have given up all their houses, just because there is now a military force of thousands of people stationed in the town. Official team. Those officials only need to say one sentence, and the people can only make room for it no matter how reluctant they are, and they will not get any benefits.
What makes everyone in the town even more unacceptable is that this government team was not delayed in the town because of the recent heavy rain. They had already lived in the town and occupied the town before the rain started. Not only did the house belong to everyone, but they also caused trouble everywhere, and some decent-looking girls were teased.
But the common people dared not speak out about this, because half of the official team were soldiers armed with guns and swords. Just looking at their shining swords made people afraid to attack easily. excuse me. Moreover, this group of people can clearly explain that they are escorting grain and grass to Shandong. If any people dare to attack them, they are trying to rob the army grain ahead. This is a crime of treason. Even if they are killed, it will be in vain. .
So the people in Wuqiu Town could only swallow their anger and pray that these bastards could leave quickly. But the heavy rain now made their wish completely come true. At least for a short time, it was impossible for this team to step out of the town.
For this reason, some people from the town's chief came to inquire about the news every day. At the same time, many people raised their own questions: "Why are they obviously going to escort grain and grass to support the front line, but now they are repeatedly delayed in our town?" ?”
In response to this, the head of the village could only smile bitterly: "I heard that this is the intention of the imperial court. As for what exactly it is, it is not for us and other ordinary people to ask."
In fact, similar questions are being asked to the person in charge of this team, Li Su, a doctor in the imperial household department. The answer given by Li Langzhong was also a bit vague: "Why, wouldn't it be better to stay in this town and let the brothers have a rest? Do you want to force the brothers to travel in the rain? If something goes wrong on the road, the army rations will be missing. Will you be responsible for the damage or am I responsible for it?"
"But..." The speaker was a young Forbidden Military Attaché. After holding back for a moment, he finally asked again: "But it didn't rain before we came to rest in this town. Why did the doctor have to stop here?" , and it stopped for three days, until the rain came down. Originally, even at the previous speed,
We can't reach Yangsanbo yet, and we should enter the Jeju Prefecture. "
"Huh, Wang Yuhou, are you questioning my decision? I said this is the will of the court. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go back. But I can leave my words here, you As long as you stay here as I say, no sin will befall you."
Seeing Li Sudu speak like this, the young military attache Wang Hai could only say yes in a low voice, and then retreated in confusion. It wasn't until he saw him retreating that Li Su snorted lowly: "A martial artist, what does he know? But God is helping me this time. With this heavy rain, it is even more difficult for people to see what the problem is. Anyway, we have food and accommodation here, so it won’t be a problem even if we stay for a month or two.”
Li Su's men coming from the capital were exactly what Sun Tu was looking forward to escorting the imperial army rations. However, before he was ready to set off, Li Su received a hint from Captain Gao early, asking him to delay as much time as possible on the way, and he must not deliver the food and grass to Sun Tu in time.
Originally, he was still a little vague about this. After all, if his delay on the road caused the soldiers in front to lose food and food and ultimately failed, his responsibility would not be small. Just because he was afraid of offending Gao Qiu and Master Cai, he just obeyed. But now, a heavy rain made Li Su feel completely at ease. This was a natural disaster, and if he was late, it wouldn't be his problem. As for whether the frontline soldiers would suffer heavy casualties due to this defeat, it was not at all included in their calculations.
The proud Mr. Li soon had other thoughts: "The little lady from the Mei family is more interesting than the girl from the Xinghua Tower in the capital. How about tonight..." Thinking of what he had done forcibly the night before, Li Su's heart felt hot again, and he wanted to call the woman to him again in public and private ways.
But just when he was about to ask someone to do it, the ajar door was knocked by a confidant: "Master, there is a man outside who claims to be from Qingzhou asking to see him."
"Huh?" Being suddenly interrupted made Li Su a little unhappy. After hearing about the arrival of people from Qingzhou, he even frowned. How could someone appear in Wuqiu Town hundreds of miles away? And how did they know they were staying here
However, after only pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, "Let him come in and talk." No matter why the person came, he had plenty of ways to deal with it.
After a while, a young man who was half soaked even though he was wearing a raincoat appeared in front of Li Su. Unlike ordinary military attachés who would grovel when meeting a civil servant like him, this one just cupped his fists briefly as a salute, and then said: "Wang Er, a subordinate of Sundu Supervisor of Qingzhou, who is a humble official, has met Mr. Li."
"Are you a general under Sun Tu?" Mr. Li Su felt that this man looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember when he had seen him before, so he said casually: "You are not fighting against the Liangshan bandits in the army. Why do you come here to see me?"
"It's just because our army is short of food and grass, and we need Langzhong Li to send food supplies as soon as possible, so Superintendent Sun ordered his subordinates to rush over to give him a boost."
"I see." Li Su looked at the other party with a completely business-like look and said: "I also know the situation of your Shandong officers and soldiers. Naturally, you have worked hard to suppress the bandits for the country.
. However, I am afraid that this food and grass will not be transported in a short time. As you have seen, it is raining continuously now. Not to mention this large amount of food and grass, even traveling on a regular basis is a bit dangerous. I hope you can go back and give Captain Sun a message, saying that as soon as the weather clears and the water subsides, I will send the food and grass there, and tell him to just rest assured. "
"But... our army can no longer sustain the food and grass for a few days. If there is no more support from the imperial court, I am afraid that this battle will not be able to continue. Isn't Li Langzhong afraid of the imperial court's blame?" Wang Er was not so easy to dismiss, and immediately Look at the other person and ask.
This made Li Su's face darken and he scolded: "Bold, are you teaching me how to do things? Or do you want to use this matter to blackmail me?"
"I don't dare. I'm just stating a fact. If our army fails to suppress the bandits because the doctor's food supply is not timely, I'm afraid you, the doctor, will not be able to escape the involvement." Wang Er's answer was neither arrogant nor humble. According to reason, Strive.
If I really deliver the food and grass in time as you said, I will be in endless trouble. Then Taishi Cai and Taiwei Gao will kill me. Li Su said something secretly in his heart, and then he hummed: "Of course I know that the military situation is on fire, but God is not kind to me. Can I still make the rain stop?"
"How about this? How about asking Langzhong Li to deliver the grain and grass on the spot, and then let me find a way to take it back? In this way, our army will not have to suffer from the shortage of grain and grass, and the doctor will not have to worry about the difficulties on the road. .”
His proposal would have been a good way to get the best of both worlds under normal circumstances, but now that Li Su was here, it was impossible for him to accept it. He immediately shook his head: "It's ridiculous. This matter of military rations is so big. How can I hand it over just because of your words? Don't think nonsense anymore. I have made up my mind. It's impossible until the rain stops and the water recedes." If you go on the road, don’t even think about taking a grain of food with you.”
"It seems that Mr. Li is determined not to be accommodating and wants to put my entire army in a position of defeat?" Wang Er said, with a hint of chill in his tone, which actually made Li Su feel flustered, but he But he didn't take it too seriously and sneered: "If you dare to mess around again, I will order you to be taken down as a person with evil intentions."
Exhaling a breath of turbidity, Wang Er calmed down his aura and just looked at the other party deeply: "In that case, I hope you won't regret it, Mr. Li. Farewell!" He said, without waiting for the other party to react. , he turned around and strode away.
Although Li Su was a little annoyed by this person's rude behavior, he did not really react. He just curled his lips disdainfully: "He thought he could make me submit with a few words. Don't say that he is such a little military attaché. , even if Sun Tu comes in person, don't ask me to hand over the food!" After all, in his opinion, compared to the two big figures in the court, local generals like Sun Tu were not a threat at all.
But then, he frowned again and recalled: "I always feel that this person looks familiar. I should have seen him somewhere..."
After Wang Er walked out of the door, a soldier came to greet him and asked in a low voice: "Captain, what did he say?"
"You can forgive the evil you do by God, but you can't live if you do it yourself! I've already given him a chance. Since he doesn't appreciate it, don't blame me!" The words coming out of his mouth were as cold as ice!