Just as the two parties were staring at each other, Master Mu Youwei's anxious shouts came from the city gate.
"Master Fu Zun! Master Fu Zun, this is not a visiting group, it is the Ping Japanese troops transferred from Yunzhou County by the imperial court. Calm down! Calm down!!!"
Ma Deng and Ma Deng, who were waiting for death with their hearts in their throats, heard clearly the shouts of their master, and saw that the leader on the opposite side indeed looked like a Song man, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s okay if it’s not a Tatar, it’s okay if it’s not a Tatar, it’s a Japanese army from Yunzhou County. This time, my life is saved.
But then his eyes suddenly widened again!
Defeat the Japanese army? !
The Japanese troops coming from Yunzhou County?
Isn't this from Yunzhou County?
Didn't they hear everything he shouted just now?
In an instant, Ma Denghe had an embarrassed look on his face. Looking at Li Dingguo and others who were staring at him, they showed such embarrassed smiles that their toes were about to dig out of the three rooms and one living room.
And when Mu Youwei finally rushed out of the city gate and saw that the two sides had not fought each other, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Taking three steps at a time and two steps at a time, he quickly came to the side of Fu Zun. Ma Denghe smiled awkwardly and turned around to see himself, the master who was half-talking. Open your mouth and spit out a few words silently.
In an instant, the master was so scared that he broke into a cold sweat.
That mouth shape was clearly saying: "You are dead. You didn't tell me clearly and caused me such a big embarrassment. You are dead! I said so!"
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Mu Youwei quickly explained: "Master Fu Zun, you didn't give me time to say it either!"
Ma Denghe stared at him with wide eyes and said silently: "It's useless to argue, you're done!"
Mu Youwei suddenly wanted to cry.
And when these two people were staring at each other, Li Dingguo lost his patience.
Dangzhi took the initiative and said, "I guess this is Magistrate Ma from Xining Prefecture, right?"
Ma Deng and Wen Yan hurriedly adjusted their clothes, then put on smiles and said with cupped hands: "This is my house, I think the general is Li Dingguo from Yunzhou County who led the Japanese army into northern Jiangsu this time, General Li, right? "
Not long after the imperial edict came from Bianjing, Yunzhou County decided on the candidates for the expedition and quickly reported Li Dingguo's name to Bianjing, and Bianjing also quickly sent Li Dingguo's seal as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army. , and at the same time, his name was also spread to the chief officials of various cities along the way.
So after learning that the people here were actually the Ping Japanese Army, Ma Denghe immediately knew that the young man from the Song Dynasty in front of him was probably Li Dingguo, the commander of the Ping Japanese Army reported in the official document.
But what he didn't expect was that Li Dingguo was so young and became the commander-in-chief of an army at such a young age. It was really amazing!
Li Dingguo nodded: "It's this general."
Then Li Dingguo got straight to the point: "Prefect Ma, our department went to Bei Jiangsu to quell the Japanese under the imperial decree. The imperial court had issued an order to provide food and other supplies to the cities along the way. We also asked Prefect Ma to quickly prepare the provisions and deliver them to our department. We also Let’s continue on the road and pacify the Japanese as soon as possible.”
Hearing that this was the case, Ma Deng and Dang even nodded in agreement: "It should be done. I will prepare it now, but..."
After saying this, Ma Deng and Deng immediately looked embarrassed. Li Dingguo frowned and asked, "What's so difficult about Magistrate Ma?"
Ma Denghe smiled bitterly and said: "General Li doesn't know something. The population of Xining Prefecture is only more than 5,000, and the number of people that the Yamen can mobilize is only 60 or 70. You don't know if the food and grass for tens of thousands of people in your army can only rely on 60 or 70 of us." When will it be delivered?”
Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it was probably because the prince and the others had been too hard at work. There were no people in Xining Mansion, and the Yamen would naturally be even more empty.
After thinking about it, Li Dingguo immediately waved his hand and said: "Okay, Magistrate Ma, I will lend you five hundred people to carry it together. There should be no problem now, right?"
Madden and Dang Ji were overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "No problem, no problem, it's just right, it's just right!"
Li Dingguo immediately transferred 500 people to him and followed him into the city to prepare food and grass.
The army began to find a place to station outside the city, and only sent a few military supplies to the city to purchase some insufficient supplies.
The army is outside and is not allowed to enter the city without orders. This is also to prevent the army from entering the city and causing panic to the people in the city.
After all, the sight of a large army of armored men would scare anyone!
Soon, Ma Denghe brought 500 soldiers of the Japanese army to the official warehouse and asked the person in charge of the official warehouse to open the door.
Madden and Dang even made way for five hundred people to go in and get supplies.
When five hundred people filed into the official warehouse, Mu Youwei immediately asked Ma Denghe in a low voice: "Master Fu Zun, did you just give them the food like this?"
Normally speaking, after it reaches our hands, it will be reduced by 20%. Besides, by the time it reaches our hands, the food has already been reduced a lot. There is not enough food here! "
However, Ma Deng and Wen Yan shook their heads and said: "Forget it, you didn't notice that my government was too simple just now. I'm afraid these soldiers are not seeing the goods. It's not like you don't know that we are the closest. Last year, the Tartars The Tatar army of 350,000 has already approached Yunzhou County, and the imperial court has issued an order for us to be ready for the Tatars to enter the customs at any time.
The results of it?
The result was 350,000 Tatars! They were all stopped by Yunzhou County. If you look at the soldiers outside, they all have a strong aura about them. They are probably ruthless men who have fought against Tatars with real swords and guns!
Can't afford to offend.
As for the problem of insufficient food and grass, you don't have to worry about this. Originally, the court had planned food and grass for 10,000 regular soldiers and 30,000 civilians.
Didn't you notice?
I just took a rough look and found that there were no more than 20,000 people coming this time!
Although the amount of food and grass allocated from above was so much less, the 20,000 yuan was more than enough. It was better to give them the food and grass quickly and let them leave as soon as possible.
You don't know, when I looked at Li Dingguo just now, I always felt that his eyes were looking at my neck.
There is always a bad feeling in my heart.
It’s better not to cause trouble! "
After hearing this, Mu Youwei couldn't help but shrink his neck when he thought of the appearance of the 20,000-strong army when he saw them just now.
In this way, the soldiers of the 500-square-foot Japanese army successfully brought out all the food and grass the army needed after more than a dozen trips.
When he saw the grain and grass neatly placed in front of him, Li Dingguo glanced at Ma Denghe who was sitting beside him with some surprise.
This guy didn't cause any trouble?
He was already prepared for this guy to make excuses not to give him food, or to deduct it, but he didn't expect him to actually give it to him, and how much more?
When did these officials in the pass become so easy to get along with? It’s such a long time since I’ve seen them in their hands without scratching anything!
It's such a pity, there seems to be no chance of surgery here.
Li Dingguo thought with a pity look on his face.
But Na Ma Denghe didn't know that it was precisely because of his timidity that he walked around in front of the Hall of the King of Hell to save his own life.
If I knew it, I might be so lucky.
The next day, after resting all night and replenishing supplies, the Taira-Japanese army set out again. This time they were going directly to Godong, which was a long way to go.
Seeing them leave completely with their own eyes, Madden and the others couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, everything is safe!
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(End of chapter)
