"This is your army!"
Yue Fei stared at the breezy army in the distance with wide eyes. This was the first time he had seen such an elite army. In the past, he had only seen local soldiers and some forbidden troops from Hebei. Those armies were very lazy.
"elder brother!"
Xiao Jiasui and Li Zhu led everyone to salute Sun Lei, including the returning Qiao Daoqing.
"What are you all gathering for? Rest, rest!"
Sun Lei looked at the army in strict formation, waved his hand and said, after receiving the order, the army quickly dispersed, leaving guards behind, while the rest returned to their camps.
Yue Fei's mouth watered when he saw it. He ran into the military camp and started looking around like a curious baby. Because Sun Lei brought it back, no one in the army stopped him.
"Brother, Yang Keshi, the commander under Zhongshi Dao, has led an army of five thousand to Taiyuan City."
Xiao Jiasui looked at Sun Lei and said.
"Yang Keshi? Tian Bao was defeated by this person?"
Sun Lei asked.
"Brother, I have found out the reason why Zhongshidao is slow to advance troops. Insufficient troops is one reason, but the more important reason is that the food and grass cannot keep up."
"Zhongshi Dao brought the Western Army from Yan'an Prefecture to Hedong this time. He did not bring much food and grass. Tian Hu had already swept away all the food and grass in Hedong. Zhongshidao was unable to obtain food and grass on the spot, and it was still difficult to get the army. With the supply, we can gradually encroach on Tian Hu’s territory bit by bit.”
Qiao Daoqing said.
"So you're cultivating the teachings and preparing to go to Taiyuan to fight the autumn wind?"
Sun Lei touched his chin and said, Taiyuan Prefecture is extremely wealthy. Taking Taiyuan will not only regain the prefecture, but also replenish the army.
"Brother, he has been replenished. Tian Bao led his people to attack Fenyang. Not to mention a huge defeat, all the baggage was taken away by Zhongshi Dao."
Li Assistant smiled and said.
"This guy really fails to accomplish anything and fails more than anything else!"
Sun Lei shook his head helplessly. He didn't expect Tian Bao to help, but he didn't want Tian Bao to be unhelpful either.
"Ignore them, let's continue to rest where we are! Let's see how long Tian Bao can endure it. At worst, I will watch Zhongshi Dao break Taiyuan."
Sun Lei looked at everyone and said.
Within two days, Tian Bao sent more than a dozen messengers to ask for help, but Sun Lei was perfunctory every time.
"Brother, are we really not going to support Taiyuan?"
Li Zhu looked at Sun Lei and asked. It can be seen from Tian Bao's letter that Taiyuan City is already in crisis.
"Taiyuan is not a small city. No matter how useless Tian Bao's 50,000 troops are, they won't be able to defend it for ten days. Zhong Shidao probably didn't bring heavy weapons. It would be difficult to attack such a strong city."
Sun Lei said, he wished that Zhongshi Dao and Tian Bao would fight to the death, and then he would take advantage.
Yue Fei has been very active these past two days. He seems to like the life in the army very much and enjoys being in the army. However, he has become familiar with the army in the past two days. He eats a big pot of rice and talks and laughs with the soldiers all day long.
"Brother, what a talent he is. He knows how to get along well with soldiers at a young age."
Xiao Jiasui smiled and said, "Yue Fei is the youngest in the army, and everyone takes good care of him."
"There is still a need for a good master. I am going to hand him over to Zongze, so that the old man can use his spare energy to help the young people."
Sun Lei looked at Yue Fei who was laughing with the soldiers in the distance and said.
"Zongze? He is a good teacher. In this art of war, Zongze is considered a master."
Xiao Jiasui smiled and nodded.
"But brother, if we don't take action, Tian Bao will really be defeated, and it's time for us to show up."
Xiao Jiasui reminded Sun Lei that they came to Hedong this time to divert the attention of the court. If they didn't show up at the court, they might send all their troops to Shandong.
"Brother, Tian Bao sent someone again!"
Guo Sheng came over and spoke to Sun Lei.
"Come on, let's meet!"
Sun Lei smiled and led people back to the Chinese army camp.
"Who are you? You don't look like a messenger!"
Sun Lei looked at the person who came and asked. Unlike the soldiers who came before, this person was wearing the clothes of a general.
"The last general is Chen Xuan, the general under King Tian Bao!"
Chen Xuan cupped his fists and saluted Sun Lei.
"oh!"
Sun Lei just said oh and stopped talking, seemingly not interested in Chen Xuan.
"Chief Sun, Taiyuan is in danger, please ask Chief Sun to send troops to rescue!"
Chen Xuan looked at Sun Lei and said.
"Rescue? Didn't Tian Bao ask me to go back to the water park? I'm about to set off. The terrain here is too bad. There are mountains everywhere. It's not as open as my Liangshan park."
Sun Lei waved his hand and said.
"Chief Sun, some villains slandered us about what happened before, which caused a misunderstanding between the two kings and Leader Sun. I also ask Leader Sun to send troops to rescue for the sake of the alliance."
Chen Xuan explained.
"It turned out to be a misunderstanding, but this misunderstanding was not caused by me. You have to show some sincerity if you want me to go!"
Sun Lei smiled and rubbed his fingers.
"Is this... asking for money?"
Chen Xuan's face was full of disbelief. When he came, he knew it would be difficult to convince Sun Lei. He thought of many possibilities, but he did not ask for money.
"Of course you need money when you ask for help. Even if I don't want it, my brothers will too. I never default on military pay!"
Sun Lei said.
"Isn't it the alliance...rescue!"
Chen Xuan looked at Sun Lei and asked.
"Originally it was free of charge, but Tian Bao didn't give me face like that, so I had to find my own face. My army won't touch it if it doesn't have enough money!"
Sun Lei reminded.
"Don't worry, Leader Sun, the money will never be short!"
Chen Xuan immediately agreed.
"Stop talking about this, I won't touch the money until I see it!"
Sun Lei waved to see the guests off.
"Why is your mouth full of copper odor!"
Yue Fei looked at Sun Lei. He didn't like Sun Lei talking about money. If the army only loves money, it wouldn't be a good army.
"You little guy doesn't know how expensive food, rice, oil and salt are when you're not a family! Ten thousand troops! Three thousand horses! Aren't you having a lot of fun lately! Calculate how much food and grass you need in a day?"
Sun Lei looked at Yue Fei and asked.
Yue Fei was at a loss for words. He had had a lot of fun eating and drinking these past few days, but everything in the world was not in vain. Ten thousand soldiers were eating horse chews, which was a big number every day.
"What do you think war is? Is it for fun? What you fight for is money and food. If Zhao Song hadn't been rich, how could he have survived until now? If Liao hadn't been poor, they would have gone south long ago!"
Sun Lei looked at Yue Fei and said, the young man has not really experienced the wind and rain, and he doesn't understand many things.
Early the next morning, Chen Xuan came to Sun Lei's camp with five carts of gold, silver and jewelry.
"If I had known Tian Bao was so rich, I should have ordered more!"
Sun Lei looked at the five carts of gold and silver jewelry and sighed.
Chen Xuan on the side looked embarrassed when he heard this. Sun Lei did not shy away from him at all and spoke out what was on his mind in front of him.
"This is enough to feed and drink the army for ten days!"
Yue Fei looked at the gold and silver jewelry and came up with the result with just a few calculations.
"You heard it, it's only enough for ten days. My army will set off today and stop in ten days."
Sun Lei laughed and said.
"Ten days?"
Chen Xuan had a bitter look on his face. He had persuaded Tian Bao for a long time to get the money. They captured Taiyuan Mansion and plundered a lot of money, but every one of them could only get in and out. If they were asked to take the money out, that would be the same as asking for money. Their fate is the same. (End of chapter)
