The heavy snow seemed to have gotten lighter, and the bustle in the lobby seemed to have receded as the heavy snow became thinner. Until Jiang Wan stood up, the bustle tonight came to an abrupt end.

After everyone was sent to the door, Jiang Wan cupped his hands in front of everyone, turned around and walked into the wind and snow. The guards who had been waiting outside the lobby for a long time silently surrounded Jiang Wan and came out.

"Tiger and Wolf Master!"

Song Gun stared closely at the figures that disappeared in the wind and snow, uttered four words in his mouth, and then smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth: "I am really lucky!"

Everyone around him looked at him, and he shook his head slightly: "It is also a great blessing for Yan'an Mansion. Well, everyone, I have to say goodbye. I will return home on a snowy night. Today is enough!"

Everyone saw each other off again, but when Song Gun and his followers walked into the snow, everyone felt that Lord Song's back seemed a bit bleak compared to Commander Jiang just now.

Forget it, forget it, let's go into the house to discuss how to buy shares in Sihai. Although Jiang Wan agreed, there are so many things involved and the interests are at stake. Discussing these things is better than comparing two adults at the door.

The back view is important.

"alright!"

Xu Renzhi stood up in the wing: "The commander has left, and it's time for us to go back. Although we are not needed, at least we contributed to this matter, and we did not disappoint you brothers, nor did we make it difficult for Mr. Jiang."

Do it, you can do it!”

He stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go!"

Compared with Jiang Wan's departure, Xu Renzhi's departure was somewhat quiet. However, although Chen Jie did not come to see him off in person, he asked his son to keep Xu Renzhi and Chen

The children of the family were all sent outside, not looking down upon Xu Renzhi as a member of a hundred households.

After all, as long as the etiquette of officials is not deliberately neglectful, it will never be far behind.

All the way back to the military camp of the 5000th household, this group of people were almost covered with snowflakes. However, what surprised Xu Renzhi was that at the entrance of the military camp, there was a group of people who were also covered with snowflakes.

Waiting for them.

"Xu Renzhi!" came a familiar voice from the front.

Xu Renzhi: "Ha!? It's you, ah! See Mr. Qianshi!"

"Everyone is waiting for you, Baihu, what are you doing?" Xu Caining's eyes were about to burst into flames, and he glared at Xu Renzhi's gang, while behind Xu Renzhi, Chen Changsheng and others,

But every one of them could barely breathe.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Renzhi's face became solemn, he came close to Xu Caining and said in a low voice: "Sister, didn't I invite Mr. Jiang to the banquet on my behalf? I didn't bring anyone to watch this matter.

I’m not worried, what are you doing, making such a big battle!”

"You hundreds of households will escort some grain to Luochuan!" Xu Caining glanced at him: "This is the job I finally asked for for you. The grain will be delivered to Luochuan and then come back! Come and go, three times at most.

sky!"

"Sister, in this kind of weather, I don't need you to ask me for such an errand!" Xu Renzhi was dumbfounded when he heard this: "It won't freeze to death if we go out. Even if we don't freeze to death, all of my hundreds of households will be the same."

If you help new recruits and meet bandits when they go out, isn’t that just sending food to their doorsteps? When did the imperial court care about the lives of bandits? "

"Go if I ask you to!" Xu Caining said: "Don't cause trouble. There will be no danger. However, if you feel that you have lost the merit of being able to penetrate into the den of thieves for a few days in the cold, then I will replace you!"

"Are you replacing someone?" Xu Renzhi suddenly discovered the language problem in his sister: "Sister, I am Catherine's subordinate. When can you skip the Qianhu adults and directly call the people below?"

"Stop blabbering, are you going or not?" Xu Caining became impatient.

"Go, go, go, my sister can still harm me!" Xu Renzhi nodded repeatedly, turned around and told Chen Changsheng and others behind him: "Go and prepare, bring all the cotton robes and weapons, call everyone

people!"

Chen Changsheng and others ran into the military camp as if they were receiving an amnesty and began to summon their comrades.

"Over at Sihai Trading Company, the grain truck has been prepared. You can go directly with your people. Remember, none of your people should wear military uniforms. The trading bank should have prepared clothes for you. You can change your clothes when you arrive.

Let’s go!” Xu Caining said to his brothers: “The few of them coming with you are all from our family, and they can protect you if anything happens!”

"Sister, these are your guards!" Xu Renzhi felt warm in his heart: "You gave them all to me, and I'm a little worried. Is something going to happen?"

"They are not just trying to protect you!" Xu Caining said: "They have their own affairs, but I can't talk to you about it. You just have to do your own thing. Remember, whenever you encounter a bandit, you can directly

You don’t have to worry about using the banner of our Sihai Trading Company, but you can’t take the initiative!”

Xu Renzhi listened carefully to his sister's instructions. This was the first time he led troops alone, and he didn't think of anything wrong at all.

Even though Xu Caining's instructions were a little weird, he didn't intend to delve into them any further. Anyway, he firmly believed that his sister would not harm him, and her experience in the military was definitely better than his own.

An hour later, night had fallen, and a small grain team, escorted by Xu Renzhi and other officers and soldiers dressed like ordinary people, slowly walked out of the city gate of Yan'an Mansion and headed towards Luo

Go in the direction of Sichuan.

A few days ago, Luochuan County.

Compared with the overcrowded situation in Luochuan a few days ago, Luochuan County is now much deserted. Before the heavy snow came, thousands of soldiers were divided into two groups, as if they were the last locusts to prey on Yichuan before the cold winter.

and left Yanchuan County.

Wu Sangui's order to them was to capture two counties and spend the winter there.

Wu Sangui didn't know whether Yanchuan and Yichuan could be captured. Anyway, Luochuan County couldn't afford to support his more than 10,000 people.

After entering the city, he discovered that the huge Luochuan County was much poorer than he had imagined. That is to say, Zhang Cunmeng had hoarded some food, and everyone else was living a life of eating today and not knowing whether they would eat tomorrow.

days.

What Yan Ran said about being worried about being eaten after escaping was really not a lie. In Luochuan County, there are hardly many women, children and old and weak people. The whole city is almost full of young people, the kind who are almost staggering from hunger.

People walking around on the streets can be seen everywhere in Qingyang Mansion, but in Luochuan County, they are a rare sight.

Wu Sangui asked curiously, but Yanran's answer made him sick for a long time.

"Eat it!" Yan Ran's face was very calm: "Now you know why I dare not do anything rash, right? In Luochuan, no matter whether you are men, women, old or young, as long as you go out and don't come back, you will most likely be eaten.

Got it!"

It was also because of Yanran's answer that Wu Sangui sent Zhang Cunmeng and his men out without hesitation when they attacked Yanchuan and Yichuan. Moreover, he ordered the leaders who led the team out to let Zhang Cunmeng's troops go out no matter what.

People take the lead.

Wu Sangui's leaders readily accepted this order. For them, this was a skilled job. It was nothing more than using these newly surrendered guys as refugees. Anyway, they had done this job all the time.

After most of Zhang Cunmeng's people had left, Wu Sangui also made a big purge of the remaining people who stayed in Luochuan.

The cleaning steps are:

First, let the Sanji sect members among the remaining people be purged of other non-believers in the city. These believers are supported by Wu Sangui's troops. Those who are purged basically have no chance to fight back.

Second, when all the non-believers were killed, Wu Sangui's soldiers turned their heads and pointed their swords and guns at these Sanji sect believers. The guys who had just killed people and were so happy were killed by Wu Sangui in the blink of an eye.

Soldiers and horses counterattacked.

Just like Yanran said: There are no good people in Luochuan County!

The truly good people either fled here early or were killed by the evil people here. No matter how Wu Sangui's soldiers killed them in the city, they would never kill them by mistake.

However, this is true to what Wu Sangui said during the siege of the city, "No chickens or dogs will be left after the city is broken." Although there are still people in Luochuan City today, it turns out that these old people in the city are all

A clean death.

Precisely because he killed so many people in a short period of time, the little food Zhang Cunmeng had hoarded barely allowed Wu Sangui to support him. Even if there were only soldiers and horses from Wu Zihao and a few small hills in the city, the daily consumption was still a

Stunning numbers.

And if Wu Sangui didn't want to see his "direct descendants" starved to death here, he would have no choice but to go to Yan'an Prefecture for help.

"You are now the leader of a bandit. Will Yan'an Prefecture really send you food?"

Yanran seems to be very insecure. As long as nothing happens, he will never leave Wu Sangui's sight. He has always expressed concern about Wu Sangui's request for help from Yan'an Prefecture. This is food and drink for thousands of people, and Yan'an Prefecture can send it so easily.

?

"Maybe!"

Wu Sangui was not sure. Anyway, he was desperate. He had to give it a try. If Yan'an Prefecture didn't send food, then he would have no choice but to go back directly with his old brother. Anyway, he pointed to him and brought these

It is absolutely impossible for bandits to attack the capitals and counties of the imperial court where food is available.

Attacking a place occupied by bandits can be regarded as pacifying the rebellion. If he really fails to distinguish the priorities and attacks the palace of the imperial court, then he will really become a bandit.

"You're not sure, right?" Yanran clasped her hands behind her back and sighed sadly: "Anyway, if you leave Luochuan, you must remember not to forget me. I think there is a high probability that Yan'an Mansion is not

Food will be sent over!"

"I have the important responsibility of the imperial court, how can I leave so easily!" Wu Sangui glanced at her: "You may say childish things, but fighting is not a child's play. You can do whatever you want!"

"Anyway, you gave orders to Yanchuan and Yichuan. Once they are defeated, they will immediately send people to escort the grain and grass over!" Yanran thought for a while: "Do you think they will send it?"

"It's a good thing if you don't give it away!" Wu Sangui chuckled: "If you don't tell me clearly and you dare not listen to me, I will destroy them in minutes! If more people die, won't this food be saved?"

Yanran raised her head, looked at Wu Sangui, and nodded with a grimace: "Good idea!"

"Commander, Marshal!"

When the two of them were staring at each other, a little bored, an old brother's voice sounded outside: "Food has been delivered!"

"Where did it come from?"

The two of them got up in excitement. To be honest, they had been waiting for this news for a long time. When they suddenly heard that food was coming, they both felt a little unreal.

"From Yan'an Prefecture!"

The old brother looked excited: "It's the banner of Sihai Trading Company, but it seems that we have people escorting us. As soon as we received the people, I asked Qida to take our people from Wu Zihao there!"
To be continued...