Luo Cheng saw the black bean flour that excited him in the warehouse next to the county government. There were about 100 bags of black bean flour, each bag of about 100 kilograms. The black bean flour was ground. It seemed that it was dried and then stored. It seemed very dry. It was estimated that three kilograms of bean cakes could be steamed out by one kilogram.

Luo Zhike ordered the soldiers to move all the black bean powder to the soldiers' lodge. It was too late at this time, so Luo Cheng decided to rest in the city overnight and set off early tomorrow morning.

As night fell, in several private rooms, more than a dozen soldiers were steaming black beans in large pots, preparing to cook dinner for the war horses.

Luo Cheng wrote a quick pen in a room and wrote a patrol report for Pei Xingyan.

At this time, a man's voice came from the door, "I have something important to ask General Luo!"

Luo Cheng heard that this seemed to be the voice of the county magistrate Wang during the day, and smiled and said, "Please come in!"

After a moment, Wang County Town walked into the room, bowed and said, "See General!"

"Please sit down!"

Luo Cheng asked the county magistrate to sit down and asked the soldiers to serve tea. He asked with a smile: "I want to ask during the day, but it's not convenient. Is County magistrate Wang also from Zhuo County?"

"No, I am a native of the county. When I was young, I went to Zhuo County to study and studied in Lu's Academy for five years. Later, I received a letter of recommendation from the head of Lu's hometown. I returned to my hometown and became a county official and in charge of the complaint. Last year, I was recommended by the prefect and promoted to county magistrate by the court."

"It's not easy for County Magistrate Wang!"

"It's really not easy. It's very difficult for a poor family like a humble family to take a step forward. After all, it was because the head of the Lu family gave me a letter of recommendation that the prefect gave me this face. I have always been grateful to the Lu family, so I insisted on calling myself a disciple of the Lu family, which was more out of gratitude."

Luo Cheng nodded and smiled, "I also studied at the Lu family for two years when I was thirteen years old. At that time, County Magistrate Wang should still be studying at the Lu family, but we were actually classmates!"

County Magistrate Wang also laughed, "So I said that I had seen the general familiar with him, and I did see him."

Speaking of this, County Magistrate Wang pondered and said, "Actually, although there are no fodders in our official warehouse, there are all in the houses. Although each household is not too many, there are thousands of dans of them all. If you go to the countryside to collect them, you will probably have more fodders. I think there is no need for the general to feed the horses with black beans, which is too wasteful."

"The county magistrate doesn't understand it now. In the eyes of cavalry, war horses are brothers. They would rather go hungry than feed the war horses. Not to mention black beans, we will also feed the horses with wheat if they really don't work. Black beans are much better than forage, and are especially effective in restoring the physical strength of war horses."

"Yeah?"

County Magistrate Wang's expression was a little unnatural, and he advised: "You can keep the black beans before eating them. I think it would be better to feed them first."

"The black beans have been steamed or used again next time."

Just then, a soldier walked to the door and bowed to report, "Report to General, the black beans are cooked!"

Luo Zhike ordered: "Then distribute it to every soldier and let everyone feed the horses!"

The soldier turned around and was about to leave, and County Magistrate Wang finally couldn't help but shout, "Don't hello!"

Luo Cheng was stunned, "What does the county magistrate mean?"

County Magistrate Wang's face was pale and knelt down and said, "The black bean powder is mixed with croton powder, so you must not feed the horse!"

Luo Cheng was shocked, grabbed Wang County Magistrate's collar and shouted sternly: "Why do you want to harm the Sui Army?"

County Chief Wang burst into tears, "It's not that we want to harm the Sui army, it's Du Fuwei's arrangement. These black bean powders were deliberately left to the general. We were just being coerced and there was nothing we could do."

Luo Cheng let go of him and ordered the shocked soldier next to him: "Go quickly and pass my order, black beans are not allowed to feed the horses!"

The soldier ran away. Although Luo Cheng's anger had not yet subsided, he had also regained a little rationality. If it weren't for the county magistrate Wang's thoughts on the old love and telling him the truth, he might have really fallen into a trap. Thinking that all the war horses were paralyzed, Luo Cheng couldn't help but burst into a cold sweat.

He quickly comforted County Chief Wang, "Don't worry, you have made no mistakes this time. I'll ask you, where is Du Fuwei now?"

"It should be nearby. He was still in our county yesterday."

County Magistrate Wang cried and said, "My county magistrate and I were both coerced. Our family was in the hands of Du Fuwei. If we did not follow his instructions, our family would have their lives to worry about."

Luo Cheng thought that he had to rely on the county magistrate and county magistrate to break through, so he restrained his anger and comforted the county magistrate and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you take responsibility. I will say that the soldiers discovered it themselves, it has nothing to do with you."

Luo Cheng is to be honest. A complete cavalry has special grooms and veterinarians. It is difficult for the enemy to make a fodder, because this time Luo Cheng's cavalry is only part of an army and is carrying out missions. The grooms and veterinarians did not follow and almost fell for it.

Luo Zhike made arrangements, saying that his soldiers discovered the abnormality in the black beans, which had nothing to do with the county magistrate and the county magistrate. At the same time, the county magistrate Zhao also cried bitterly, saying that he had no choice. If he did not follow Du Fuwei, his mother, wife and children would die at Du Fuwei's hands. In order to make up for his mistakes and not be killed by Luo Cheng, the county magistrate Zhao also cooperated with the Sui army and secretly sent people to report the situation to Du Fuwei.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the outside of the city was covered by dark night. Luo Cheng stood at the top of the city and watched the movements around him. At this time, he was in the light, and Du Fuwei was in the dark. He didn't know where Du Fuwei would be ambushed. At this time, he might fall into Du Fuwei's ambush circle. He had to wait patiently. When Du Fuwei's army appeared, that would be his chance to break through.

Luo Cheng was a little nervous, but at the same time he was full of expectations.

As County Magistrate Wang said, Du Fuwei's 30,000 troops were indeed ambushed near Linhuan County, led by Du Fuwei himself to ambush the 3,000 Sui cavalry and at the same time seize the Sui army's war horses.

During the war between the three kingdoms of Sui and Tang dynasties in the western part of the Central Plains, Li Shimin sent envoys to contact Du Fuwei, hoping that Du Fuwei could cooperate with the Tang army's actions so that the Tang army could take this opportunity to wipe out Zhang Xuan's army. In return, the Tang army would assign Xuzhou to Du Fuwei and support Du Fuwei's founding of the country in Jiangdu.

Of course, Du Fuwei would not believe Li Shimin's various promises, but he also knew that Zhang Xuan would definitely wipe out himself with all his might after taking Jiangdu. It was precisely because the battle for the Central Plains that Zhang Xuan had to change his plan, let him go for the time being, and instead compete for the Central Plains. But once the war in the Central Plains ended, Zhang Xuan would definitely turn around and continue to deal with him.

Du Fuwei knew that his only chance was Zhang Xuan's defeat in the Central Plains War and had to withdraw back to Hebei. Therefore, in order to enable the Tang army to defeat Zhang Xuan, Du Fuwei also decided to cooperate with the Tang army to send troops to Xuzhou. This was not only to help the Tang army, but also to Du Fuwei's self-rescue.

At this time, Du Fuwei's army was stationed on the official road three miles north of Linhuan County. Du Fuwei was anxiously waiting for news from the county magistrate. He made a good plan. Once the war horse ate the black beans mixed with crotons, he would inevitably not stand up. His army would wipe out the Sui army soldiers without war horses. Then, after the war horses recovered, he could obtain three thousand war horses in one fell swoop and build his own cavalry.

Time passed little by little, and Du Fuwei became more and more anxious. At this moment, a soldier reported, "King, is someone coming to the county town?"

"Bring it up!"

A yamen runner was brought up, and the yamen runner knelt down and said, "Report to the King, the magistrate of Zhao County and the magistrate Wang County were both arrested by the Sui army. The magistrate Wang asked me to report to the King. The Sui army discovered the secret in the black bean."

Du Fuwei's face sank and he whipped the yamen runners hard, "Bad! You must have betrayed me."

"We definitely didn't betray the king because the Sui army had a war horse and they found that there was something wrong with the black bean powder."

Du Fuwei saw hope again, grabbed the yamen runner's clothes and asked, "Tell me quickly! How many war horses are wrong?"

"I don't know how much it is, but the Sui army has arrested the county magistrate and the county magistrate, and Bei Zhi escaped and reported the news."

Du Fuwei seemed to have touched something, but he couldn't see it clearly, which made him anxious. Wang Xiongdan, the right general next to him said: "No matter how many horses the Sui army was hit, the Sui army must break through. It is better to lead an army to test the reality of the Sui army first. The king led a large army to ambush outside the city, waiting for the enemy to break through, and shoot it with a strong bow and crossbow."

"I wonder in which direction will the Sui army break through?"

Wang Xiongdan thought for a while and said, "It is Huanshui to the east, and it is not easy to cross the river. I feel that the Sui army has the greatest possibility of breaking out from the west, or the king is bluffing outside the East City, so that the Sui army dare not evacuate eastward, and the main force is ambushing the west."

Time could no longer allow Du Fuwei to think about it carefully, and he immediately made a decision: "Just do it like this, you can lead 3,000 people to test Linhuan County. If the Sui army's war horses are not available, please notify me immediately!"

"Abide by the orders!"

Wang Xiongdan led three thousand soldiers to pounce towards Linhuan County under the cover of night.
Chapter completed!