Catching Monsters

Chapter 256 Liu Muyun

Listening to the slaves' complaints, Linglong did not feel anything strange on her face.

Most of these slaves were captured by the Hu people and brought to the grasslands, and had been slaves since childhood.

The fear of the Hu people is ingrained in their bones.

"Let's go. We can't care about these people." Linglong said calmly to Jiang Yun beside her, "We should hurry up and go back from Jianchi Pass."

Jiang Yun and Linglong turned around and were about to leave, but unexpectedly, two slaves suddenly walked out of the crowd, looked at them and said, "You two, are you from Zhou?"

"If you want to leave the grassland from Jianchi Pass, can you take us with you?"

The one who spoke was Shen Jingyu, with a gleam in his eyes.

He was still a teenager, unlike many of the other slaves present, whose character had long been worn down by the oppression of the Hu people.

On the contrary, these two men defeated the arrogant Hu master and made him flee in disarray, which made Shen Jingyu admire him.

Heng Tianxiao, who was standing beside him, scratched his hair and looked up at Jiang Yun and the others: "If it's convenient, take us with you?"

Linglong glanced at Jiang Yun, then pointed at the horses left behind by the Hu soldiers not far away and asked: "Can you ride a horse?"

"Come along if you can."

After Linglong and Jiang Yun got on their horses, they saw Heng Tianxiao and Shen Jingyu riding on a horse.

"drive."

The group of four quickly headed south, with Shen Jingyu hugging Heng Tianxiao's waist tightly from behind.

On the grassland, in order to prevent slaves from escaping, all slaves were not allowed to learn to ride horses.

"Uncle Heng, are these two the kind of chivalrous and righteous heroes I've heard of?"

Heng Tianxiao, who was riding a horse, shook his head and explained patiently, "I heard that the Hu people and the Zhou Kingdom are about to go to war. At this time, those who dare to run to the front line are most likely spies from the Zhou Kingdom who come to the grassland to perform some tasks."

Heng Tianxiao paused and said, "Following them, we can enter and exit Jianchi Pass smoothly."

Finally, Jiang Yun and Linglong arrived at Jianchi Pass again.

This place has not yet been surrounded by the Hu army.

In the narrow passage, there is a city wall that is eight or nine meters high.

On top of the city wall, there are god-killing crossbows for dealing with monks, and there are even martial arts masters with impressive skills.

Inside the city wall, there were still many soldiers on high alert. When they saw three fast horses approaching, everyone was on high alert.

"I am Jiang Yun, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!" Jiang Yun shouted loudly and showed his captain badge.

……

In Mushan City, every house has been occupied by the soldiers of the Zhenchi Army, with a total of 150,000 troops stationed here.

The warehouse where grain is stored is not far from the general's mansion and is close to the city.

At this time, Xu Xiaogang, wearing black armor and with his personal guards behind him, was inspecting the ten huge granaries.

The storage capacity of these granaries is astonishing, and each one can feed an army of 150,000 for three days and three nights.

But now, only two granaries are full.

Xu Xiaogang had a worried look on his face. During this period, the hidden dangers in Jianchi Pass that Jiang Yubo mentioned were not what Xu Xiaogang was most worried about.

There is not enough food!
The rear said that food would be delivered in half a month.

But this food is only enough to feed the army for six days.

"Uncle Jiang, have you urged us to deliver the food?"

Jiang Yubo followed beside him, nodded repeatedly, and said, "I send three pigeon messages every day, asking the capital to quickly transport food. The latest reply is that it will be delivered in five days."

"Five days?"

Xu Xiaogang nodded with a heavy face. At this moment, a messenger soldier from Jianchi Pass came quickly.

He went to Xu Xiaogang and reported: "General, four people came from outside Jianchi Pass, one of whom claimed to be Jiang Yun, a captain of the Jinyiwei. I was asked to inform you..."

Jianchi Pass has been under martial law, and no one can enter or leave without Xu Xiaogang's approval.

"Brother-in-law? Let him come back."

When Xu Xiaogang heard that Jiang Yun had returned, he felt slightly relieved. Recently, Xu Suwen also wrote to ask if there was any news about Jiang Yun.

There are many experts in the grassland, and no one knows what mission Jiang Yun went out to carry out. No one expected him to come back so soon.

Xu Xiaogang breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Xu Xiaogang returned to the general's mansion and waited.

Not long after, Jiang Yun, Linglong, Heng Tianxiao and Shen Jingyu, who were dressed in Hu costumes, followed over.

"Brother-in-law, I miss you so much."

In the hall, seeing Jiang Yun coming back, Xu Xiaogang quickly walked up to him and gave him a big bear hug, then asked, "How was it, did the mission go smoothly?"

"It wasn't smooth." Jiang Yun shook his head. Although he had severely injured Wanyan Yushan, he was unable to kill him after all.

Hearing these four words, Xu Xiaogang nodded and stopped asking for details. His eyes quickly fell on Heng Tianxiao and Shen Jingyu: "Who are these two?" "The Hu slaves we rescued along the way." Jiang Yun explained: "But your soldiers said that martial law has been imposed now. Without your approval, they cannot leave Mushan City."

"Yes." Xu Xiaogang said in a deep voice: "You and Miss Linglong want to return to the capital, I will issue you the documents right away. As for the other two, they cannot leave for the time being."

After all, we cannot be sure of the identities of these two people, whether they are spies sent by the Hu people.

Heng Tianxiao frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "General, the two of us are just ordinary slaves..."

"Sorry, this is a special period and no one is allowed to leave." Xu Xiaogang shook his head.

As for Shen Jingyu, he didn't care whether he could leave Mushan City.

Instead, he looked at the general's mansion in amazement. You know, an ordinary Hu lord on the grassland could not afford to live in such a house built purely of wood.

Only the master of the Hu people can live here.

"Come here, arrange for them to find a place to stay in Mushan City first." After Xu Xiaogang made some casual arrangements, he asked Jiang Yun and Linglong, "When are you planning to return to the capital?"

"Let's take a day off first." Jiang Yun hadn't finished speaking when Jiang Yubo suddenly ran in from outside the door with an anxious look on his face. He said, "General, the military supervisor sent by His Majesty is about to arrive. Should we go out of the city to welcome him?"

"Military Supervisor?" Linglong, who was not far away, frowned when she heard this and asked in confusion, "Does our Zhou Kingdom have the habit of sending military supervisors to the front line?"

Xu Xiaogang smiled bitterly and said, "After all, our situation is special. My father has taken refuge with the Northern Hu people, so His Majesty is worried and sent people to watch over him. It is understandable..."

"You two take a break first, I'll go out of the city to meet them."

Afterwards, Xu Xiaogang asked the soldiers of the General's Mansion to arrange two houses for Jiang Yun and Linglong in the backyard of the General's Mansion.

Hurrying to the city gate.

Xu Xiaogang, leading more than a hundred personal guards, quickly arrived at the city gate. From afar, he could see a group of people rushing towards him.

"The one coming this time is the chief eunuch of Shangbaojian, Eunuch Liu Muyun." Jiang Yubo whispered to Xu Xiaogang.

At the front of the team was a luxurious carriage, and behind it was a long team transporting food and fodder.

Soon, the carriage stopped and a eunuch, about forty years old, lifted the curtain of the carriage and walked out.

Liu Muyun is also a very senior person in the palace. He has followed Xiao Yuzheng since he was a child, and Xu Xiaogang has met him several times.

Xu Xiaogang walked forward with a smile on his face: "Eunuch Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I hope you are well."

"His Majesty sent you here, and I will give you some advice on military matters."

After Liu Muyun got off the carriage, he said with a smile: "You are too polite, Duke Zhenguo. How can a eunuch like me know anything about fighting? I have hardly read any military books."

"Your Majesty came here this time mainly because he was worried that the Duke of Zhenguo was too tired from the war and had no time to rest, so he asked me to serve the Duke of Zhenguo and have a good rest."

The real reason, of course, was that Xiao Yuzheng was a little worried about Xu Xiaogang, so he sent his personal eunuch to come.

But you have to say it in a nice way.

"I just don't know what these food and grass are?" Xu Xiaogang turned his head to look at the food and grass, somewhat confused.

Liu Muyun smiled and said, "The grain and grass transferred from the Ministry of Revenue."

Xu Xiaogang frowned and asked, "Didn't they say it would take another half a month to arrive?"

"The Minister of Revenue and I are quite friendly. Knowing that I was coming to the front line, he asked me to bring some food and fodder first."

"A total of 30,000 dan of grain."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaogang was overjoyed, because what he was most worried about recently was the issue of food and fodder.

Thirty thousand dan of grain and fodder are enough to feed an army of 150,000 for five or six days.

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Liu Muyun smiled and took out a receipt: "Duke Zhenguo, please sign it first."

Xu Xiaogang was not in a hurry, but said to Jiang Yubo beside him: "Uncle Jiang, check these food and grass first."

"Eunuch Liu, it's not that I don't trust you, it's mainly because you're delivering it on behalf of the Ministry of Revenue..."

When he heard that he needed to check, the smile on Liu Muyun's face froze a little.

Soon, Jiang Yubo led the soldiers to quickly check. Soon, Jiang Yubo rushed back to Xu Xiaogang's side, with a grim look on his face, and whispered: "General, half of these 30,000 dan of food and grass are filled with soil, sand and gravel, and only half of them are actually edible..."

"Of this half, there is still a lot of chaff, which can only be used to feed war horses and livestock."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaogang's face darkened and he clenched his fists. These bastards in the Ministry of Revenue were sneaky and embezzled food supplies unless it was wartime.

The war is about to begin, and you still dare to act recklessly!
"I can't accept this batch of grain and grass." Xu Xiaogang said to Liu Muyun with a gloomy face: "Eunuch Liu..."

Liu Muyun was not anxious when he heard this. He said calmly, "Duke Zhenguo, you can't act on impulse. It's not easy to transport these 30,000 dan of food and grass from the rear to the front line."

"The number of civilian workers involved in the transportation alone is several thousand."

"If we send them back to the capital, I'm afraid all the food and grass will be eaten up."

"Let's sign it. At least this little bit of food will last for a while."

"If you don't sign, I can only ask these civilians to send the food and grass back to the capital."

(End of this chapter)