Murong Hao followed the yamen servant to the government office.

The government office in Lan Ancient City is smaller than that in Xihe Prefecture. If this city did not have an inkstone mine, it would not have caused disputes between the two countries.

When I came to the main hall of the government office, I saw a prefect sitting on the desk with a sad face. He raised his head and looked out the door when he heard the voice.

"Sir, Your Highness the Crown Prince is here to look for you." The young Yamen servant said respectfully.

When the magistrate heard that it was His Royal Highness, he immediately stood up to greet him.

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." The magistrate knelt down and bowed.

"Prefect Qin, there is no need to be polite. I have something to do with you." Murong Hao, who was wearing blood-stained armor, did not find a chair to sit down and kept standing.

"Your Highness, if you have anything to do, just ask." Magistrate Qin stood up and asked him respectfully.

"The 6 cavalrymen brought by me have arrived at Langu City first. The food and grass will not arrive until the afternoon or evening. You first send the food and grass in the city to the military camp at the North City Gate so that the cavalry can have a hot meal."

Murong Hao was not discussing, but informing.

"This... how much does Your Highness need?" Magistrate Qin looked troubled.

"A meal for 6 people is sufficient. You can calculate how much to feed the soldiers." Murong Hao frowned, and he could tell that Magistrate Qin seemed to be in trouble.

"To be honest with you, Your Highness, there is only enough food and grass in the city for one day. I don't know where I can go tomorrow to borrow food and grass for the 8 soldiers in the city." Qin Zhifu explained honestly.

"One day? Didn't the military information you sent to the court say that it can be said to be half a month? It has only been 5 days, there should be 10 days left." Murong Hao stared at Magistrate Qin with a puzzled look.

"I didn't dare to hide it from His Highness. I sent the military information back to the court at that time. I was afraid that the military information would be intercepted by Beimu Kingdom. I discussed with General Wang and wrote that there was still half a month of food and grass left, so that Beimu Kingdom thought that we still had half a month of food and grass to wait. When reinforcements arrive, we dare not write in the military information that we only have a few days of food and grass.”

"As the prefect, you won't prepare more food?"

Murong Hao had a headache when he thought that he only had one day of food and grass. The food and grass he brought could last his 10 troops for one month. If he distributed it to the 1 troops in the city, it would only be enough for half a month. It seems that food is still for the country. ’s lifeblood.

"Your Highness doesn't know. In the past two months, it snowed for a whole month on this grassland. Recently, the weather has gradually warmed up. It took a whole month for the snow to slowly melt. Lan Ancient City is a small town and there is no farming. Land and food are basically allocated by the imperial court, and the roads are difficult to travel in winter. The food from last month should still be on the road and has not yet reached our Langu City."

Qin Zhifu had a sad look on his face. He was transferred to Lan Ancient City from other parts of Dongsheng Kingdom. Lan Ancient City was not originally a city of Dongsheng Kingdom. It had just been taken back to Dongsheng Kingdom and support from various places was not very convenient. As the prefect, he I have a terrible headache.

"When you have difficulties, why don't you write a note and go back to the capital to tell the emperor about your difficulties?" Murong Hao was really speechless. In this situation, he could only send more food to the imperial court.

"The lower official has just taken office, and he can't even manage food well. I don't have the shame to write to the emperor." Qin Zhifu sighed.

"If something happens in the future, I can't bear it alone. You first send a meal of food to my cavalry, and I will think of a solution later." Murong Hao didn't have time to listen to Qin Zhifu's grievances. He still had many things to do.

"Yes." Magistrate Qin agreed.

Murong Hao and his two personal guards left the office, and he ordered Tian Yi beside him.

"Tianyi, go find out the details of Magistrate Qin."

"Yes." Tianyi responded and turned around and disappeared.

Here, next to a swamp covered by tall grass, Wang Jiangping and 10 soldiers were hiding in the dense grass.

"General, we have been running all night, there should be no pursuers." A young soldier asked.

"Wait a minute, we were hiding here last night and saw their brave General You passing by. They sent out a lot of troops to look for me. It seems they wanted me to threaten Vice General Pan to open the city gate. We can't be caught by them, otherwise with Vice Admiral Pan's temper I'm afraid he will be embarrassed and make incorrect choices."

"Yes." Several soldiers and Wang Jiangding were lying next to the swamp. Although it was the beginning of spring, the grasslands in the north were still very cold, making people shiver.

After a while, someone's stomach growled.

"General, how long do you think it will be before His Royal Highness comes to rescue?" The soldiers were all hungry and expected the army to come to rescue.

"It stands to reason that it will take a few more days. I don't know if Vice Admiral Pan can withstand Nanmen Zhou's attack on the city today. We will return to the city later when there is no one around." Wang Jiangping looked worried.

"I really want to go back to the city. I'm really hungry."

They left the city too quickly last night, and they didn't bring much dry food with them. It was cold and they had almost eaten this morning. Now they are reluctant to eat the dry food in their arms. I don't know how long it will take before they can return to the city.

"Everyone, cheer up and wait patiently. After a while, no one passes by here, and we will quietly return to the city."

Wang Jiangding reassured these soldiers that it would be difficult to return to the city now. Beimu's 15-strong army had surrounded the ancient city of Lan. He really didn't know how to enter the city.

The few soldiers who followed were obedient and lay down like this for an hour.

Wang Jiangping hid in the grass and carefully observed the situation around him. He found that a few hours had passed. He thought that the enemy troops had gone to look for him elsewhere. He wanted to take these people to Lan Gucheng, otherwise by night, on the grassland, You can't tell the direction and get lost easily.

The group of them rode a long way on horseback last night, then abandoned their horses and hid. It might be difficult to return to Lan Ancient City now.

"Come on, I see no one is passing by this place, let's go back." Wang Jiangping gave the order.

When they heard that they could go back, several generals were so happy that they stood up and followed Wang Jiangping.

Several people happily took out the remaining dry food from their chests and ate while walking.

The happiness didn't last long and was interrupted by Wang Jiangping's words.

"Does any of you know where we are going?"

Last night we were chasing horses in the dark and rushing again. I really don't remember the way they came.

There was no end to the vast grassland, and now he didn't know where to go with these men.

"This..." The soldiers behind him who were eating dry food almost choked.

They were just eating dry food behind General Wang without looking at the road. Now they looked up and found that they were on a grassland with no edge. There was no edge in sight on the grassland, and there were no herdsmen's tents. All grasslands were the same. Where is the right way to go?

"General, we seem to be lost." A simple and honest soldier directly expressed the uneasiness in everyone's hearts.

You must know that it is very dangerous to get lost on the grassland. I heard that there will be coyotes in this grassland at night, and there will be poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in invisible places. If they cannot reach the place where there is a tent at night, they will Swallowed by unknown dangers.

"What should we do, general? We won't be trapped here anymore." The younger soldiers almost cried when they heard the word "lost."

"Everyone, calm down. We should go in the direction of the rising sun. We led an army of 10,000 people from the west last night. We should go in the direction of the rising sun."

Wang Jiangping was beating a drum in his heart. The grassland was so big that he might not be able to find Lan Gucheng if he went east. However, he wanted to give these soldiers confidence and also give himself confidence.

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