Glancing at the sky. Counting that the grain ship escorted by Zhenhai Jieshuai was about to arrive, Pei Jiaoran sent someone to tidy up the place. He went to Dongwei Bridge.

By the time Pei Jiaoran arrived at Dongwei Bridge, Lu Zheng and Jin Wuwei were already waiting here. A cloud of smoke and dust rose not far away, and I looked along the smoke and dust.

I saw Li Xiujing galloping in with a hundred people. When their eyes met, he reined in his horse and walked towards her.

"Take a step to speak." Li Xiujing said.

Pei Jiaoran nodded, and the two of them turned and walked to the other side.

"I just received the news. Qin Huaiyi sent people to attack Fengtian City, and His Majesty is fleeing to Liangzhou." Li Xiujing stretched out his hand to hold Pei Jiaoran's hand, feeling a hint of coldness. Wu Zi took off his cloak and tied it on her, "You might as well stay here first."

Pei Jiaoran lowered his head and looked at the cloak on his body, and said with a smile: "I have no plans to go back. The Weiqiao warehouse is very important, and I can't get away. Anyway, the Wang family has been persuaded by me, and I have no worries for the time being. "

"Did you fool Mr. Wang Guo?" Li Xiujing's tone was laced with a smile.

Pei Jiaoran smiled when he heard about it, "How can I call him a fool? The conditions I gave him were very generous."

Pei Jiaoran rolled his eyes, and a sergeant came to report.

"Pei Shangshu, General. The grain ship is coming soon. General Feng will ask you two to come over."

In order to successfully receive this batch of grain ships from Zhenhai, Li Xiujing set up sentries almost every hundred steps. As soon as he saw Zhenhai Jieshuai's flag, he immediately passed on the message.

Standing in front of the crowd, Pei Jiaoran looked at Ba Shui. The sound of paddles plowing the water reached my ears, followed by grain ships with flags flying. The grain ship slowly sailed towards Dongwei Bridge under the spring sun.

Pei Jiaoran's smile deepened as he looked at the crossbowmen standing on both sides of the grain ship with prepared faces.

"This Zhenhai Jieshuai is really a smart man." Pei Jiaoran said with emotion.

"The crossbowmen are with the ship as a deterrent. No wonder he can be in peace all the way." Li Xiujing seemed to feel something, and lowered his voice and said: "We have to get off quickly. I'm afraid that Dugujun will receive the news and rob the food."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ship had already docked. A middle-aged man in a green robe and a beard quickly came down from the deck and looked around. Finally it stopped on Pei Jiaoran.

"Shang Shu Pei, this is He Shiqian, a staff member of Han Jieshuai." He Shiqian bowed his hand to her, "On the order of General Jieshuai, we escorted hundreds of grain ships from Zhenhai to Chang'an. Now they have all arrived at Dongwei Bridge without any damage. Please also ask Pei The minister immediately sent someone to make an inventory."

Pei Jiaoran had a warm smile on his face and called Supervisor Yucang over. Let him work with the Jinwu Guards and Sicang of the Shence Army to count and account for this batch of grain.

After all, there were still hundreds of grain ships, so neither Pei nor Li dared to take it lightly. While Pei Jiaoran continued to talk to He Shiqian, Li Xiujing also ordered the Shence military police to stay awake to prevent Dugujun from sneak attacks.

After all, Chang'an is also short of food right now, and the price of rice per bucket has actually increased to 500 yuan. However, a lot of this food was still in the hands of some aristocratic families in Chang'an, so that Dugujun had to negotiate with them. According to the news he received, Dugujun and them have not yet reached an agreement.

Li Xiujing glanced at Pei Jiaoran, who was talking to He Shiqian, and saw Lu Zheng approaching from the corner of his eye. With a cold cry, he strode over and stretched out his arms to stop him.

"General Li, what are you doing?" Lu Zheng frowned and sounded confused.

"Jiajia can do it alone. We are all very busy here. What are you doing up here? Why don't you come and help." After that, Li Xiujing didn't care about Lu Zheng and dragged him to He Liang's side. As he walked, he said: "Hurry up and count these grains, otherwise we will be in trouble when the rebels come."

Hearing the movement behind him, Pei Jiaoran tilted his head. Seeing Li Xiujing and Lu Zheng leaving arm in arm, the other party was obviously forced to do so. The corners of her mouth couldn't help but curve.

"I won't hide it from Pei Shangshu. I was always on tenterhooks all the way, for fear that the food would be robbed." He Shiqian smiled, "Every commander knows the difficulties of the court. He is also looking forward to regaining Chang'an as soon as possible. The supplies needed on the way From the equipment and utensils down to the toilet bag, the commander personally recorded them one by one, and everything was carefully prepared. He gave each bearer a silver medal and tied it around his waist. He was just worried about any accidents on the road."

Pei Jiaoran glanced at He Shiqian and laughed, "The whole world can see Commander-in-Chief's loyalty to the court. When the capital is recovered and rewards are given based on merit, it is natural that Commander-in-Chief Han will not be missing."

She didn't know much about Han Huang, only after the Jingyuan mutiny. Han Huang was the first to take the lead in supporting the imperial court, and opened a warehouse to continuously transport money, grain and military equipment to Fengtian. The two batches of food supplies that Yuan Yanchong had previously escorted also came from Han Huang. He even wrote to Emperor Wei that if Fengtian could not be defended, Emperor Wei could cross the river to find him, and he would lead his army to defend the emperor and support the imperial court in reestablishing Jiangnan.

After collecting his thoughts, Pei Jiaoran sighed. If Han Huang hadn't really followed through on his word, this behavior would have been seen by others as concealing his ambition to "hijack the emperor to control the princes of the world." Han Huang's worries stemmed from this, so he wanted to use her hand to find a way out for himself.

While the two were talking, the rapid sound of bugles came.

Pei Jiaoran frowned slightly, turned to He Shiqian and said, "I'm afraid Dugujun has brought the rebels, so please ask He Sima to take shelter in Weiqiao Cang."

"Then Shangshu Pei, be more careful." He Shiqian cupped his hands and turned around to walk in the direction pointed by Pei Jiaoran.

Seeing He Shiqian leaving, Pei Jiaoran turned around and ran towards the direction of the grain ship.

This batch of grain arrived in Chang'an from Zhenhai, just like fat meat out of the pot, everyone was waiting to fight for it. Fortunately, Han Huang used crossbowmen to protect the ship, and the water transportation was open, so the losses were naturally reduced. But when they arrived in Chang'an, even more greedy diners were waiting for it.

As soon as he heard the horn sound to alert the enemy, Li Xiujing immediately issued the deployment. It was passed on quickly, and all the sergeants lined up to meet the enemy.

Looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, Pei Jiaoran made a rough estimate of how many rebels had arrived. The rebels numbered at least a thousand, and their total number was only a hundred. Moreover, they are hampered by food. With the enemy outnumbered and we outnumbered, their chances of winning are really slim. Even if they send people to mobilize troops in the camp at this time, if the rebels take advantage of the empty camp and take the opportunity to attack the camp, they will lose more than they gain.

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Xiujing had already launched an attack. And he sent a message to her. Let her take advantage of the battle between the two armies to go around the Weiqiao warehouse from the rear.

Knowing Li Xiujing's intention, Pei Jiaoran stopped counting the grain. The boatman was ordered not to carry any more food, but to immediately turn the bow around and retreat. She led people to transport the grain that had been moved into the Weiqiao warehouse.

The crowd hunkered down and moved cautiously towards the Weiqiao warehouse under the rain of arrows.

Injuries are inevitable, but no one speaks out. Under the cover of the Shence Army, the batch of grain that was moved down first was transported into the Weiqiao warehouse without any danger.

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