Luo Cheng followed Guo Xuan silently. He heard his father comment on Guo Xuan, saying that he was respectful to the wise and kind to civilians, and was kind to the people, and was kind to his subordinates. His only weakness was that he was greedy for money. Although he did not deduct the soldiers, he falsely reported the number of troops. He was fed by the huge amount of money and food in the middle. In addition, if someone asked him to do things and had generous gifts and bribes, he would accept them one by one. During the four years he served as the governor of Youzhou, he didn't know how much money he had greedy.

At that time, Luo Cheng felt that his father was prejudice against Guo Xuan, so he exaggerated his words, but now he not only did not exaggerate, but also underestimated Guo Xuan's greed.

In the warehouse, copper coins and cloth were piled up like mountains. Guo Xuan opened a box filled with copper coins, stroked the bundles of silk and satin, and couldn't even close his mouth. Especially in an interior room, Guo Xuan opened dozens of boxes of gold, silver and jewelry and jade, and his eyes flashed with unconcealed greed, which made Luo Cheng feel secretly shocked.

"Governor, how do you deal with these property?"

Guo Xuan then remembered Luo Cheng following him. He quickly lost his composure and said with a smile: "Of course, all of this money and grain must be transported to Zhuo County. It is close to the Zhang River and is convenient for water transportation. Before I leave, I have sent a fleet south and I guess it will arrive today and tomorrow."

Seeing Luo Cheng hesitating and wanted to speak, Guo Xuan suddenly woke up and said with a smile: "My nephew, please rest assured. Not only Wuyi County’s money and grain, but also Nanpi’s money and grain are also a share of Lingzun’s army. I will not favor one or the other."

Guo Xuan misunderstood. Luo Cheng wanted to say this. He clasped his fists and said, "I think Dou Jiande will definitely send a vanguard to Wuyi County. I am willing to lead the headquarters south to fight and buy time for the governor!"

Guo Xuan thought to himself, this kid was crazy about fighting, it was okay that he was asking him to die at Dou Jiande's hands. Guo Xuan laughed dryly and said, "Since my nephew has such ambition, I will not stop him. Be careful and never underestimate the enemy!"

Luo Cheng was overjoyed. He was afraid that Guo Xuan would regret it, so he bowed his fists and walked out. As soon as Luo Cheng left, a soldier rushed over and handed a letter to Guo Xuan, "Report to the Grand Commander, it was General Lin's urgent letter from Nanpi."

Guo Xuan opened the letter and read it, and was furious. Hou Junji actually sent troops to plunder the Nanpi Warehouse. He repeatedly reminded Hou Junji to transport all the money and grain to Zhuo County before handling it. Hou Junji dared not to obey his military orders.

He immediately left five thousand soldiers to carry money and grain, and led five thousand troops to Nanpi

Luo Cheng disliked Guo Xuan's greed and did not want to stay by his side, so he led his army all the way south to find clues of the thief army. At noon the next day, Luo Cheng led his army to Zaoqiang County, and three thousand troops were resting in the woods for lunch. Luo Cheng was a little worried. By chance a few months ago, he found that his father had secretly defected to the Bohai Association, and he was a member of the Bohai Association many years ago.

This shocked Luo Cheng. How could he have thought that his father would betray the court and become one of the traitors. Luo Cheng was particularly disgusted with the Bohai Society and Goguryeo secretly colluding and selling the interests of the Han people in the Central Plains. Even if his father was unwilling to serve the Great Sui Dynasty, he should not join the Bohai Society in collusion with the alien race.

He originally wanted to persuade his father, but his father scolded him and refused to mention this matter again. This incident made Luo Cheng very painful and had been depressed for several months. This time he led his army to war, and he also vented his inner boredom.

"Young master seems to have something to worry about?" A concerned voice came from behind.

Luo Cheng ended up and saw the chief secretary Zhang Gongjin standing behind him. Luo Yi was worried that his son led his army south, so he asked Zhang Gongjin to follow Luo Cheng.

Zhang Gongjin walked up and smiled and said, "I don't think you want to find Dou Jiande's main force to fight!"

Luo Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I'm not so arrogant yet. I just suddenly felt it was boring."

Luo Cheng smiled and said to Zhang Gongjin, who was smiling but silent, "I thought the governor led a large army to suppress the bandits at Zhang Xuan's request and support Qingzhou, but now I have just realized that he has no intention of suppressing bandits at all. He just wanted to transport supplies, money and food to Zhuo County before the main force of the enemy arrived. He actually came for a little profit, which disappointed me so much."

Zhang Gongjin smiled slightly, "The young man was young and energetic. Of course, he wanted to fight the thief army to the death, but Governor Guo had been in the officialdom for many years. Which one is more important? He knew clearly in his heart that he would not take the risk of fighting the thief army."

"Then what's the point of going south this time?"

"significance?"

Zhang Gongjin smiled and said, "For the governor, transporting away the money and food of the thief army is the greatest meaning. It can not only express merit to the emperor, but also make a lot of money. If I was not wrong, he had made this idea from the beginning."

Luo Cheng snorted softly, full of contempt for Guo Xuan, who occupied an important position but refused to suppress the bandits. He suddenly remembered that his father seemed to be the same, and he suddenly became depressed again.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over and bowed to report: "Young Master Qi, our scout met the sending soldiers sent by Zhang Xuan, right outside the woods."

Luo Cheng was excited and quickly threw away his worries and walked out of the woods. He saw a Sui soldier holding a horse walking towards him. The Sui soldier hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "See Mr. Luo! Below is Zhao Ting, the commander of the brigade under the third scout camp of the Qinglong Army, and was ordered to go and deliver a letter to Governor Guo."

"Do you know me?"

"I have met Mr. Luo in the capital to compete."

The Sui army scout handed a volume of letter to Luo Cheng. Luo Cheng looked at it. There was a wax seal on the letter. It was Zhang Xuan's letter to Guo Xuan. He could not disassemble it without authorization. He returned the letter to the scout and asked, "Where is General Zhang now?"

"Report to the young master, General Zhang should now be in Gaotang County, Qinghe County."

Luo Cheng was shocked, "Have Dou Jiande's army headed north?"

"This is also what I want to tell the young master that Dou Jiande's 70,000 army is already forty miles south of Zaoqiang County. Five thousand vanguards will come here within an hour. Please decide immediately."

Luo Cheng heard that the opponent's vanguard had only 5,000 troops, and was immediately overjoyed that his army could fight the enemy's vanguard.

Zhang Gongjin saw Luo Cheng's intention and said sternly: "Does the young master really want to sacrifice the lives of three thousand brothers for the sake of temporary success?"

"The Changshi's words are so serious. I just want to ambush the opponent's forward, and I have no desire to be greedy for merit."

"Do you think ambush is so simple. How many cavalry do the enemy vanguard have? What equipment? How about training? Have you sent scouts to explore the way? Have you considered these details? If the vanguards are all cavalry, I'm afraid only the young master can break through the siege and the other brothers can die here."

Zhang Gongjin's series of questions made Luo Cheng speechless and felt ashamed. He quickly bowed and said, "The Chief Secretary is right, Luo Cheng knows that he is wrong."

At this time, the soldiers who sent the letter next to him said, "Young Master, Zaoqiang County is not far from Wuyi County. The most urgent task should be to notify Governor Guo immediately to prepare for the battle."

Luo Cheng nodded and immediately ordered: "The whole army lined up immediately and returned to Wuyi County!"

This time, Luo Yi sent his son to lead his army south and gave him three thousand of his most elite soldiers. These soldiers were veterans for many years. Not only were they strong in combat, but they also marched very quickly. They rushed to Wuyi County that night.

At this time, Luo Cheng was anxious. He already knew that Dou Jiande's vanguard was five thousand cavalry, and he was about to kill Wuyi County. Once he was entangled by the cavalry, he would be defeated and be dragged down in the battle. Once Dou Jiande's 70,000 troops came to fight, Guo Xuan's army would be in danger.

Luo Cheng rushed to Zhangshui Wharf in one breath and saw hundreds of flat-bottomed tugboats moored on the wharf. The soldiers were transporting money and grain onto the ship, and now they only loaded half of the ships.

Luo Cheng was anxious and shouted loudly: "Stop everything for me, the thief army is coming soon, don't worry about the money and food anymore!"

The soldiers stopped transporting each other and looked at each other, not knowing what happened. At this time, Bai Jing, the general who was left by Guo Xuan, who was behind Wuyi County, came on horseback and clasped his fists to Luo Cheng and asked, "Prince Luo, where is the thief army?"

"The vanguard of the bandit army is about to arrive, with five thousand cavalry and seventy thousand troops behind it. Immediately tell the governor to prepare to face the enemy!"

Bai Jing was shocked and said anxiously: "But the governor is not in Wuyi County, so he went to Nanpi County yesterday."

Luo Cheng's eyes widened, "Then how many troops are there?"

"Only five thousand people!"

Luo Cheng was scolded by Zhang Gongjin yesterday, and he was a little enlightened, and he also secretly complained that he had nothing to do with his own army. Even if he barely fought with five thousand cavalry, what should he do if Dou Jiande's army comes?

He said anxiously: "Don't take care of money and food anymore. Saving your life is important. Lead your brothers to evacuate immediately!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!