Water Margin people

Chapter 545

As night fell, the drills outside Anshan Town were still over. Smoke rose from the kitchen, and the smell of food and meat permeated the air. Liangshan's camp was at the windward position of Anshan Town, and the scent wafted along the wind to fill Anshan Town.

"Today's food is good, let the brothers eat more!"

Sun Lei looked at the stewed meat in the marching pot with a smile and said, the battle has been hard during this period, and I have a full meal today to prepare for the war.

"Brother, don't worry, everyone has half a catty of meat, enough food!"

Zhu Fu said with a smile, the scent is already wafting everywhere, with this meal as a base, the morale of the soldiers will be higher tomorrow, and they will fight more bravely.

And under the ebb and flow, the officers and soldiers in Anshan Town will have no chance of winning.

With the sound of the horn, the soldiers began to line up to eat in an orderly manner with bowls.

"Bring me a bowl too!"

Sun Lei saw that the soldiers started to eat gradually, looked at Zhu Fu with a smile and said that he would also eat with the soldiers today.

Xiao Jiasui, Wen Huanzhang, Li Zhu, Sun An, Qiao Daoqing and others also walked over with a smile. Sun Lei wanted to eat with the sergeant, so they naturally wanted to.

Zhu Fu smiled and arranged for the soldiers to prepare meals for Sun Lei and the others. Although the meals were in a pot, the cook obviously picked the best ones, and the meat slices were all good parts with fat and thin.

"Dinner!"

Sun Lei saw that the surrounding soldiers were all looking at him with bowls, and no one moved their chopsticks. Knowing that they were all waiting for orders, he shouted with a smile.

The soldiers who had been starving for a long time couldn't bear it at this time. Although there was meat to eat on weekdays, it was rare to see so much. They all hung up bowls as big as their heads and gorged themselves, their mouths were full of oil, so sweet.

Sun Lei noticed that Cheng Wanli and Zhang Shuye on the high platform in Anshan Town couldn't see their faces clearly from a distance, but as long as they thought about it, they knew it was extremely ugly.

"Don't care about them, let's eat!"

Sun Lei laughed and greeted everyone to eat.

"elder brother!"

Lin Chong and Pang Wanchun walked over.

"Haven't you eaten yet? Zhu Fu, bring a few more bowls!"

Sun Lei called out to Zhu Fu.

"Brother, grab... grab... a... woman!"

Pang Wanchun said.

"Girl, what's the situation? Aren't you going to intercept the grain transport team of Dongping Mansion?"

Sun Lei looked at Pang Wanchun and asked.

"Brother, that girl has your token!"

Lin Chong said.

"Token? Oh, it's her?"

Sun Lei instantly remembered the token given out not long ago, the woman with a bookish look and a wonderful pen.

"Okay, I'll see you!"

Sun Lei nodded.

After a while, Cheng Wan'er arrived in front of Sun Lei led by Lu Fang and Guo Sheng.

"It looks like you haven't eaten yet, here, the food in the army is rough, let's make do with it."

Sun Lei pointed to the freshly served bowl of food and said to Cheng Wan'er.

"As you said, you can promise me one condition!"

Cheng Wan'er has no appetite at all now, so she directly took out the token that Sun Lei gave her. She could see clearly along the way that Liangshan's army had surrounded Anshan Town, and her father was in the town.

"Well, what wish do you have!"

Sun Lei took the token and said with a smile, what he said must be obeyed.

"You can't hurt my father!"

Cheng Wan'er hurriedly said, she originally wanted to tell Sun Lei to retreat and turn hostility into friendship, but when she entered the barracks and saw tens of thousands of horses surrounding Anshan Town, she knew it was too much to say, and her wish would not be fulfilled .

"It's that simple?"

Sun Lei played with the token in his hand and said with a smile.

"You promised!"

Cheng Wan'er was overjoyed when she heard Sun Lei's tone, Sun Lei obviously agreed.

"Of course, I, Sun Lei, never break my promise. My army will not harm Cheng Zhifu, but those people inside are not necessarily."

Sun Lei pointed in the direction of Anshan Town. As night fell, the fires in Anshan Town were flickering, and there were torches around the town, illuminating the surroundings.

Cheng Wan'er was a little puzzled, the people in Anshan Town were all under his father's hands, how could he possibly hurt his father.

"There are many things on the battlefield that are not easy to talk about. We are not the only enemies of Zhifu Cheng."

Sun Lei pointed to Anshan Town and explained that when the military rations ran out, no one knew what would happen to Anshan Town.

"Then... how about that?"

Cheng Wan'er was at a loss, she could only rely on Sun Lei now.

"It's very simple, Miss Cheng writes a letter to persuade the magistrate Cheng, just treat it as if I owe you one more wish."

Sun Lei handed over the token and said, Cheng Wan'er's letter can calm Cheng Wanli's heart and keep the officers and soldiers fighting to the death. This will be very helpful in ending the war. If the officers and soldiers forcefully break through, the battle will be difficult to fight.

"Then you must ensure my father's safety!"

Cheng Wan'er took the token and looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Okay, I guarantee the safety of Cheng Zhifu! And I can promise you that you will not kill in vain."

Sun Lei agreed with a smile.

Cheng Wan'er asked Wen Huanzhang for pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and quickly repaired a book.

"The girl is not only good at Danqing, but also beautiful in this word!"

Sun Lei said with a smile, he couldn't write this calligraphy well, and it was easier to write with a hard pen.

Being praised by Sun Lei, Cheng Wan'er blushed a little, folded and sealed the letter, and handed it to Sun Lei.

"Brother Huarong."

Sun Lei handed the letter to Hua Rong, Hua Rong tied the letter to an arrow, and shot it at the watchtower in Anshan Town with one bow.

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Anshan Town.

"The soldiers have all eaten!"

Cheng Wanli looked at the crowd and asked.

"Already eaten, but the food is exhausted!"

The food official said, there is not much food, I wanted to save some food, and insist on it for another two days, but the Liangshan bandits are eating and drinking outside the town, so happy, if the soldiers on my side don't have a full meal Morale is gone.

When Cheng Wanli heard that the food was gone, he just sighed for a while, and he had nothing to do when the food was exhausted.

"The magistrate and minister, there is food!"

Dong Ping got up at this time and said.

"Where do you get the food?"

Cheng Wanli was overjoyed.

"Master Zhifu, with so many families in Anshan Town, how come there is no food?"

Dong Ping pointed to the rows of houses outside. Most of the people lived by farming, and they all had the habit of storing grain. Normal households would stockpile grain for a few months or half a year, and some large landlords stockpile grain even more.

"Dong Dujian, are you robbing people's wealth?"

Zhang Shuye looked at Dong Ping and asked.

"That's enough for Zhangzhi County. How can you call him a talent who robs the people? We are fighting thieves for the country, but we are not guarding the land for the people. Now that we lack food and grass, shouldn't they donate some!"

Dong Ping glanced at Zhang Shuye and said.

"No matter what you say, you are looting the common people. How can we and the officers and soldiers do what the Liangshan thieves have not done? If so, how can we deal with ourselves when the people's hearts are against us!"

But Zhang Shuye didn't listen to Dong Ping's sophistry, no matter how good the words were, they couldn't be stopped once they started, and the people would definitely resist in order to protect their property, and maybe there would be conflicts.

At this time, Zhang Shuye finally understood Sun Lei's idea. This was to completely destroy the image of the government in the hearts of the people. If they asked the people to borrow food, then whether the battle was won or lost, it would be very important to the government and the court. It was a fiasco that lost the hearts of the people.

"How vicious Sun Lei is, this will shake the foundation of Da Song!"

Zhang Shuye felt a chill in his heart, without the support of the people, how could there be an imperial court?Sun Lei not only wants to kill, but also wants to punish his heart.

(End of this chapter)