After Li Yungong reported Yu Hong's reply, he frowned and guessed: "General, I think that the Le County magistrate is just perfunctory with us. He is just allocating military rations for ten thousand people. Even if it cannot be completed at the moment, he can still distribute it." Shipped in batches.
But this is already the third day, and not a single grain of food has been delivered.
The general suspects that he doesn't want to give us food at all. I'm afraid this time he will still be perfunctory. "
Li Dingguo waved his hand and said, "Don't be impatient for a moment. We'll just wait for tomorrow."
Hearing what his general said, Li Yungong wanted to persuade him again, but after thinking about it, he held back and had to hand over his hands and said: "In that case, the general will resign!"
Li Dingguo nodded, Li Yunggong saluted, turned around and walked out of the tent.
Li Dingguo looked at his leaving figure and didn't say another word for a long time.
That night, Le County.
"It's leaked! It's leaked! The official warehouse has been leaked! If someone comes soon, they'll get angry!"
Just after midnight, the sky-high flames illuminated the entire Le County.
At Guancang in the northeast corner of Le County, the thick black smoke is still clearly visible even in the dark night!
The entire official warehouse was swallowed up by the red fire, and the crackling sound of burning continued to sound.
However, when the fire fighters in the city arrived, the entire official warehouse was burned down!
It was obvious that the fire had been burning for a long time, and by this time it was already too late.
By the time the firefighters put out the fire, the entire city had been burned to ashes.
The official warehouse of Nuoda, which could originally store hundreds of thousands of grains, now only has a layer of black ash left on the ground. It is not known whether it was the wooden structure of the official warehouse or the grain that was burnt into black ash.
The strange thing is that with such a big movement, no one from the entire Le County government came.
However, nearby residents were afraid that their houses would be burned, and the official warehouse guards on duty spontaneously put out the fire.
There was no movement from the county government, as if no news had been received.
The Taira-Japanese Army stationed outside the city noticed the situation even though they were outside the city. The fire that burned through half of the sky allowed even the Taira-Japanese Army teachers outside the city to see clearly.
Everyone started talking quietly.
Li Dingguo and others who were notified were also shocked when they saw this scene. Others were shocked that there was such a big fire burning in the county.
But what shocked Li Dingguo was that these guys were brave enough to actually set fire to the granary!
That's right, Li Dingguo had already found out the location of the granary and other important facilities in Le County through secret guards before he came to Le County.
Now when he saw the huge fire and compared it, Li Dingguo immediately judged that the place where the fire was burning was the official warehouse of Le County.
There was no fire anywhere, but the official warehouse was on fire.
There was no time to catch fire, but it happened when they needed to get out of the official warehouse. If there was nothing fishy about it, Li Dingguo wouldn't believe it at all.
Li Yungong on the side looked at the direction of the fire and murmured to himself: "It's over now. It's really unlucky. The official warehouse is on fire. What about our military rations?"
Li Dingguo looked back at him after hearing this, and then smiled and said: "Just do whatever you have to do. Sometimes bad luck is not necessarily God's will, but may be man-made!"
"Man-made?"
Li Yungong was shocked when he heard this, and then quickly understood what his general meant.
How could this be an accident? It was clear that someone deliberately set the fire in order not to allocate food to them, and the person who caused such a result was already out.
It’s definitely Yu Hong!
Li Yungong turned to look at Li Dingguo with a worried expression, and said worriedly: "General, now that the official warehouse has been burned down, we are afraid that we will not be able to get food and grass. What should we do tomorrow?"
But Li Dingguo smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, let the arrows fly for a while, and inform the brothers to have a good sleep. I'm afraid we will have work to do tomorrow!"
"promise!"
…
Overnight, the fire in the northeast corner of the city became the hottest topic in Le County.
Knowing the truth, he sneered and remained silent.
Not knowing the truth, he tried his best to inquire about the specific situation from the people around him.
Early in the morning, as soon as the city gate of Le County opened, Yu Hong, the magistrate of Le County who looked like he had not slept well, led his master Zhou Yan out of the city with a tired face and walked towards the military camp where Li Dingguo and others were located.
If he hadn't known that he stayed overnight at Tianxiang Tower yesterday, Zhou Yan would probably have thought that this guy was busy all night last night.
Before arriving at the station, after being notified, Yu Hong and his party finally entered the military camp and simply found Li Dingguo, who was sitting at the top of the military camp tent with a majestic sword.
As soon as they met, Yu Hong sighed: "General Li! This county is sorry for you!
Last night...last night my Guancang in Le County was flooded. The fire burned too fast. When it was extinguished, it was discovered that the entire Guancang had been burned to the ground.
Not only is our food supply in Le County gone, but also the military rations allocated to you by the imperial court are gone!
General Lee! This county is sorry for all the soldiers! "
That sad and guilty expression, that tearful performance, if Li Dingguo hadn't guessed the truth, he would have believed it.
Sure enough, for those who can enter the officialdom, apart from anything else, their acting skills are absolutely outstanding!
Without certain acting skills, it is difficult for you to hang out in the officialdom. Yu Hong, the magistrate of Zhule County, is undoubtedly the best in acting. His performance is so sympathetic that people can't bear to criticize him!
However, for his performance. Li Dingguo was unmoved.
Looking coldly at where he was performing, Yu Hong performed for a long time without hearing any sound. He secretly looked up and met Li Dingguo's cold eyes.
With such force, his heart almost stopped beating due to fright.
At this time, Li Dingguo finally spoke slowly.
However, he did not speak to Yu Hong, but to the deputy general on the side: "Notify the entire army to march into the city!
Since Magistrate Yu said that all the grain has been burned, brothers must go and see with their own eyes. Let's go to the granary together to see what the burned grain looks like.
I have grown so old that I have never seen what food looks like after it is burned. Now that this opportunity is rare, it would be a pity not to see it! "
After saying that, Li Dingguo stood up directly and strode outside the tent.
"promise!"
The deputy general received the order and immediately agreed.
When Yu Hong heard this, his heart skipped a beat, he was about to suffer!
This group of big-headed soldiers actually wanted to enter the city to see the scene!
How does this work?
Immediately, Yu Hong stopped him and said: "General Li, I'm afraid the army can't just enter the city without the will of the court. Now the granaries have been burned to the ground, and there's nothing to see. Do you still think that this county can't lie to you?" "
But his words seemed to remind Li Dingguo.
Li Dingguo, who was walking out, suddenly stopped and turned around as if he just remembered, and said: "Oh, by the way, our County Magistrate Yu is here.
Come here, take a look at County Magistrate Yu and take him into the city with us! "
"promise!"
Click click click.
Amidst the sound of armor clashing, several soldiers in full armor immediately surrounded Yu Hong and Zhou Yan.
Then the two of them drove the two of them to follow Li Dingguo outside the camp.
This posture immediately frightened Yu Hong. While struggling, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Li Dingguo, what do you want to do! This county is an official of the imperial court, how dare you treat me like this! Do you believe that this county will immediately consult the imperial court after returning?" You only have one copy, so you can’t eat it and carry it around!”
Li Dingguo, who was walking in front, took out his ears, turned around and said, "It's too noisy. Let's ask Magistrate Yu to be quiet for a while, and then wake him up when we get to the place."
As soon as the several soldiers received the order, they immediately turned and looked at Yu Hong who was controlled by them with a grin. Yu Hong felt a chill in his heart and shouted:
"What do you want to do? Don't come here! Don't come near me! Don't come here! Don't come here!"
However, his struggling and shouting were in vain. The soldiers who were getting closer and closer with clenched fists laughed, and the next moment, several fists as big as sandbags came towards him.
With a bang, Yu Hong felt that he saw many golden stars, and then his consciousness completely fell into darkness.
When the soldiers turned to look at Zhou Yan, he was startled and then rolled his eyes very discerningly, pretending to faint.
Several soldiers looked at each other in surprise, shrugged and did not continue to punch.
…
(End of chapter)
