"Is there really no other way?" The Taoist man murmured to himself: "It is said that there is no way. Is it so difficult for us to ask for a life?"

Gu Conghu wanted to say something but stopped, but he really couldn't say some words.

He is also a native of Qianfeng. If he wanted to ask him to plunder the countryside, he would not be able to do it. In the drought, no one can have much food. Those buried in the ground and hidden in the cave are almost all life-saving food for everyone. If you don’t give your life to force it, who will hand over the food?

However, the two consecutive years of severe drought have indeed made the brothers under his command unable to hold on, so Zhu Mao refused to give him another grain of food.

This is not a big deal for the other party. Xiaqiu has no accumulation. He has almost relied on his old capital this year. As far as he knows, in order to buy food from Huainan, Zhu Mao even sold more than a thousand war horses that he didn't have, but he couldn't last long.

Zhu Mao encouraged the boss to fight Jeju, but the boss also had the idea of ​​the boss, and had told them a few of them that the Taining Army could not stay here anymore. It seemed that even Zhu Mao had to finish playing. After fighting Jeju, he would be conscious of Daliang. What should he do in the future?

To bid for Lu?

Wang Shouxin is also a guardian dog. How lucky can he have to go to the Lu Pinlu?

I heard that Jiang Feng, the observer of Huaiyou, had a lot of history and mountains in his heart and was fighting with Huaibei. He didn't know what the situation was. He was in this corner of Qianfeng and did not understand the situation outside, so he also had a lot of people in a difficult and sad city.

Gu Conghu wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead, rushed back to the yard, scooped a bucket of water from the well, and drank it with a scoop, then scooped another scoop and shouted at the top of his throat: "Boss, have a scoop? Heartburn and fill it with a stomach, can relieve hunger."

The Taoist priest man is Hong Kui, commander of the 10th Army of the Taining Left Army.

From the outside, you can't tell at all that this person is special. He is dressed in a gray Taoist suit and even has no armor inside. His slightly thin cheeks look a little old. In fact, he is only in his prime. The few deep wrinkles on his forehead make him look more like an old farmer, with only a pair of big hands that are not very harmonious with his arms, which makes people look a little strange.

Hong Kui does feel desperate now.

In fact, since the severe drought last year, Hong Kui realized that the situation was not very good. The victims from Heshuo continued to cross the river and headed south, which had a great impact on the people's hearts in Yanzhou. With the rapid spread of the drought, the situation in Yanzhou soon worsened. This year, the summer grain was not harvested, and no one could stop this disaster. No one was willing to sit at home and wait for death. It was inevitable that he would flee south.

But there are still many people who are unwilling to leave their hometowns. They always want to expect God to open their eyes or hope that some miracles will happen, but where does this world come from?

Seeing that the food was getting less and less day by day, Hong Kui couldn't sit still.

I formulated several strategies, but they were not very suitable. Even if I could get some food from Qizhou, how could I take over Mount Tai? The Pinglu army might not be able to fight foreign wars, but I would not sit idly by and watch such life-saving food, so I had to fight to the death. I had too few brothers and could not stay in Qizhou.

It is a good way to attack Jeju, but the premise is that Jeju, which is not Daliang. After attacking Jeju, he almost announced that he would cut off the way to compete with Daliang in the future. Others may not think that far away, but Hong Kui is not good. He has two thousand brothers under his command, all of whom are children of Yanbei, so he has to consider them.

Going south to fight Zhu Mao is not a good way out. Zhu Mao’s 10,000 personal soldiers are not easy to deal with. If you want to grab life-saving food, they will still fight with you. Your brother will not be able to waste the other party.

Yizhou didn't even think about it. It was poorer than here, and there was also a Wu Jun Lang Kun in the left guarding there. It was no chance to beat Lang Kun. Yizhou was too poor.

Going west to Yunzhou? Fighting to death with those water bandits. Even if they win, they won't get any food. These water bandits have long hidden the food in the lake, unless they go into the water again and become one of them. But this is something Hong Kui is never willing to accept.

Sometimes Hong Kui wonders, how did Zhu Mao survive so many years? Can tens of thousands of troops still maintain it?

After all, God should be very good at Zhu Mao. Even if there is a year of flood and drought, there will always be a decent harvest in the second year, so everyone can still survive it. However, this time, the character of Zhu was used up, and God no longer blessed him. There were three consecutive droughts, and it was a severe drought in the entire north. Zhu Mao, in Yanzhou, never honestly repaired a water conservancy irrigation canal. When encountering this situation, he had to seek more blessings.

"Can I relieve my hunger for a while, can I relieve my hunger for a lifetime?" Hong Kui sighed. It has been half a month since the brothers changed to a daily meal. In this way, the food is almost gone. As Chenghu said, if you don't move, you will lose even the strength to move.

"Hehe, boss, we don't care much about it anymore. Let's go to Pingyin. The brothers who came back all said that although Pingyin is not rich, there are at least a few big families. Digging three feet of the ground can always take out two or three months of food, right?" Gu Conghu wiped his mouth indifferently, "You can't starve to death here."

Hong Kui's originally yellow face finally had a few slight waves, and the weather was uncertain. After a long time, she stroked her hands and sighed: "Since that's the case, let's prepare there. There is nothing to prepare anyway, so let's set off tonight."

"Okay, boss, you finally spoke. I'll inform Dabiao and Silang immediately!" Gu Conghu was overjoyed and was about to leave, but he saw a horse riding on the post road in the distance.

The 10th Army of the Left Army of Taining Army is an infantry army. Apart from scouts, only the officers of the battalion commander or above can have cavalry, and there are only more than twenty horses in total. At noon in midsummer, they will run wildly, and there is no other possibility except for the scouts who have emergency military information.

The problem is that at this time, what emergency military information can be found in this ghost place in Qianfeng?

Did the Pinglu army cross Mount Tai and fight, or did the Daliang army come to visit Qianfeng?

Or is it that the Juye Water Bandits want to put their hands and feet into Yanbei?

Or maybe the governor suddenly felt compassionate and wanted to send some food to help the Zuo Shi Army?

"This little bastard is not sympathetic at all. He has to deal with these kids!" Gu Conghu said viciously.

Hong Kui Gu Jingbubo's face also showed a look of displeasure. He personally took the scout team and had always been strict in rules. How could these voluntary groups be?

"Report!"

"What's the matter?" Looking at the scout who was dismounting from the saddle and running towards him with sweat on his head, Hong Kui also felt that something big was going to happen, otherwise how could this guy be so anxious?

"Well, the Huaiyou Observer's Officer Hou Chen and the Rebellion Army Yuanzhen and his party have arrived at the head of the club, saying that they are here to visit the adults." The scout said panting.

"Huaiyou? The Influence Army?" Hong Kui and Gu Conghu were both surprised and exchanged their eyes. They had already arrived at Sheshou Mountain. Sheshou Mountain is only more than twenty miles away from the county town. If you come on a horse, you can arrive in just one hour.

The Huaiyou Observer was engaged in the "Influencer Army Yuanzhen, Hong Kui and Gu Conghu, who were engaged in the "Influencer Army", knew that Yuanzhen was a general of Yu Mingzhen. Although he had never had a relationship, Lang Kun and Yu Mingzhen were in-laws. Hong Kui was naturally familiar with Yu Mingzhen, but Huaiyou was a bit far-reaching. Hearing that Huaiyou had already raised an army to attack Huaibei, was it that Huaiyou intended to contact the Taining army to attack Huaibei?

But if you really want to contact me, you should go to Zhu Maocai. His military personnel are in northern Yan, not to mention anything else, even if you are willing to agree with Huaiyou, how can you go south?

Zhu Maoheng is in Yanzhong, Luqiao is in the south, and Rencheng is stationed in large numbers. It is not realistic at all. What is Huaiyou doing when he comes to him?

But no matter what, Huaiyoutui was throwing a stone from a pool of stagnant water. Even if it could cause some trouble, it would be a good thing.

The only thing that made Hong Kui and Gu Conghu a little regretful was that Huaiyou seemed to be too far away from Qianfeng. Even if he was willing to take effect and the other party was willing to accept it, but when the food was transported, it would be great that two thousand people would be left with two hundred.

But wait!

Yuanzhen is a subordinate of Yu Mingzhen, how could he get along with the Huai Youtui envoy?

Could it be that Yu Mingzhen is also hooking up with Huai You?

Yu Mingzhen has heard of it, which made him puzzled. Zhu Mao had long abandoned Yizhou, a poor place, and put it to the words of Pinglu Army. Pinglu Army was unwilling to ask for it. Yu Mingzhen was so overwhelmed that he would take over Yizhou.

Thoughts were like stars flying and lightning. In an instant, Hong Kui had already figured out a rough idea. If Yu Mingzhen had already joined Huaiyou, everything would be reasonable. Although Yizhou was poor, its position was important. On the one hand, it could be viewed by Qingmi, while on the other hand, it could be plotted against Yanzhou, advancing and defending. Now Yuanzhen accompanied Huaiyou to the envoy Qianfeng, and obviously had some plans. Thinking of this, Hong Kui's heart kept jumping. He could even assert that Lang Kun might have been convinced, and it was his turn now.

Will you refuse? Of course not, why should you refuse?

Not to mention that he can save the Tenth Army of the Left in the water and fire, even if Yu Mingzhen can take Huaiyou first, he can see the future Huaiyou's demeanor pattern. He will definitely not stop at Yanyunyi, but will go further. Pinglu Army and even Heshuo may have already been within Huaiyou's vision. Isn't this your own opportunity?

Haven't I been sighing that I was trapped in the dragon and diving? Now maybe it's the best opportunity. Thinking of this, Hong Kui just felt that her whole body couldn't help but feel hot, and even had the urge to whistle to the sky.
Chapter completed!