Gu Ren knew that someone outside heard their conversation, but he didn't remind Liu Neng out of some mentality.

Even when Liu Neng sensed the sound, he stopped him.

"what are you doing?"

Liu Neng said: "I heard voices outside, go and have a look."

"It's nothing, you heard it wrong. It's probably a cat or something." Gu Ren said, not wanting him to continue going out, so he used other things to attract his attention, talking about the Beirong people.

The people outside the door were so frightened that they were sweating all over their bodies, and they tiptoed away after a while, not daring to make a sound.He seemed to have heard some big secret...but he didn't dare to tell anyone about it.

Back in his tent, the soldier who overheard the conversation kept the matter to himself and did not reveal it to anyone.

He thought, if nothing happened, it shouldn't matter.So, for several days in a row, he paid special attention to the granary, so that his comrades who played well thought he wanted to change places to stay.

"You want to go to logistics?"

"No..." Xiaobing said, he wanted to tell his comrades what he heard that night, but he kept his mouth shut.The past few days have been safe and sound, maybe he just thinks too much.

Bei Rong's famous general Shirley Zhuogu was the most tolerant.If it were King Beirong, he would have chosen to send troops to fight against Chen Jun's provocation, but he is the only one who is still guarding the door and ignoring Chen Jun outside.

Stick to the door and never leave the door.He is fighting a war of attrition.Chen's army is fighting in remote places, and the soldiers are away. They are most afraid of this kind of delay. Not only will they consume limited food, but the soldiers' spirit will gradually wear down during the long wait.

"When will this be the big one? Do you still want to fight?" During the break, several soldiers sat under the tree and chatted.

"Who knows. It's my turn to be on duty tonight, and I'm so sleepy. I'll take a nap first." After finishing speaking, the soldier fell to the ground and fell asleep. He didn't get up until evening, ready to change shifts.

He has taken countless night shifts, and passed them peacefully every time, except that the wind at night is more noisy.When everything is silent and only the stars are twinkling in the sky, the barracks will be especially quiet.The soldiers on patrol marched in an orderly and vigorous manner, and the sound of clappers sounded every once in a while.

But at night, something went wrong.

The granary suddenly caught fire.

The flames were soaring into the sky, thick smoke was billowing, and everyone was fighting the fire together, but the granary was still burned.Only the one in the east, which is closer to Jiang Manyue and the others, was spared the catastrophe.

Under the firelight, Jiang Manyue's face was darkened.He came out in a hurry, he hadn't even put on any clothes, only a white singlet, which contrasted with the ashes behind him, looking a little desolate from a distance.

Yan Cai came late, and he also brought a quilted jacket.After putting Jiang Manyue on, Yan Cai also looked worried.

"You came out?" Jiang Manyue turned her head and pressed Yan Cai's hand, "You don't wear much, son, why did you come out?"

"My son is still sleeping and I didn't wake him up. I asked Zhu Hua to watch. I'm not cold. I came here with clothes on." He gathered up his cloak and tied the tie, with worry in his eyes, "The granary has always been How could the key guarded place be burned down?"

Every night, there will be a special person to handle it. Once there is a sign of a fire, it can be extinguished, but there will be a time when the fire is too big to be extinguished.This caught them off guard.

"How much did you burn?" If there is no food, what should we do to feed the 10,000+ people?

"Someone made an estimate. It is estimated that there is only enough rations for the army for one month. However, it has not been fully counted. This is speculation."

Even speculation is enough.If there is no food, this battle is still a fart.Everyone just go back home.

Even if they report to the capital now, and then transport food from the capital, the time to come and go will not be able to afford it.

Chen Nan came to meet with a few people under escort, and he just passed by, so he came directly to report to Yan Cai.

"Report to the lord, I called the captains who are guarding the granary tonight." Chen Nan couldn't suppress his anger, "These bastards!"

The captains of several teams knelt down. It was their turn to watch tonight, but they didn't expect such a mistake to happen in their hands.

This time, I have to save my head.

"I, I don't know. When it was our turn to go to work, we stayed outside and had no problems. Later, for some reason, we suddenly smelled a fragrance, and then fainted. After a stick of incense, the shift The people came over and found the fire. At this time, the fire was already burning very big..."

As he said and counted, he lowered his head in shame, feeling that he could no longer face anyone.Such a serious problem with such an important thing.

The shift at night is every two hours, so the arsonist has timed it right, and the fire here can be found quickly.It's just that it is a little more difficult to put out the fire, and the water source in this place is not enough.And the most important thing is that this fire was only ignited quickly in a short period of time.

Jiang Manyue kept silent, lowered her head to think about something, when another person came to report.

"The source of the fire has been found. It's kerosene! We found a lot of kerosene... so the fire quickly spread within a stick of incense."

"Why is there so much kerosene? Where did the kerosene in the granary come from?" These flammable items are strictly prohibited in this kind of place, and kerosene will never be placed here.

"No, I don't know...not during the day." The man hesitated, not daring to look at them, Jiang Manyue saw something was wrong, and said coldly.

"What are you guilty of?"

There was only a plop, and the man knelt down, crying in his voice.

"I, I don't know... Please forgive me, my lord. Today, a person with a general's badge brought a batch of things in. I heard the sound of the liquid in the bucket hitting the wall of the barrel, I didn't think it was right, but he took the general's order and said he was following the general's order, so I let him in..."

The man's face was flustered. Thinking about it now, the thing in the wooden barrel...isn't it kerosene?The things in the granary are easy to burn, not to mention that there is a warehouse in the middle of the granary that stores cotton-padded quilts and the like, which can be ignited quickly.

It only needs to be tapped lightly, and then poured with fire oil, and the rapid combustion is not a problem.

Liu Neng, who came a step late, just heard this sentence, and immediately became furious.

"Damn bastard! What nonsense are you talking about! When did I ask you to send something over!?"

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