Chapter 78 Sixty Stones of Military Rations (Please collect! Please vote! Please invest!)
If possible, it would be best to lure the Black Dragon Society out when entering the Huishan Mountain area. After all, once we enter the mountain, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, and the danger will be greatly increased.

It is a good idea to lure the opponent into a visible place and then destroy them together, but how to implement it specifically?
The people in the Black Dragon Society are not fools. How can I fool them?
Just when Ye Mingsheng was lying on the straw mat, thinking over and over and coming up with no good solution, Ye Dong walked in and reported, "Master, Luwang Town has sent someone over. Lord Wang asks you to go check it out!"

"I see!"

Hearing that someone was coming from Luwang Town, Ye Mingsheng nodded immediately, stood up and walked out of the tent. He took the road to Luwang Town, besides the fact that the road to Luwang Town was flat and safe, he had another purpose, which was to replenish supplies from Luwang Town and find a guide who was familiar with the Huishan mountain road.

Luwang Town is the largest town within a hundred miles of Huishan Mountain area. Only here can Ye Mingsheng's troops obtain sufficient supplies.

Once they enter the Huishan Mountain area and walk on the mountain road, their marching speed will be greatly reduced. Even if they do not encounter danger, it will take seven to ten days to get out of the Huishan Mountain area and reach Danjiang County adjacent to the Great Zhou. However, in the vast mountains of the Huishan Mountain area, there is no place for them to replenish supplies.

Therefore, this means that Luwang Town is very important to Ye Mingsheng. He must get supplies from here to support them for at least ten days of march.

When he arrived at the outpost where Wang Xian was, Ye Mingsheng discovered that in addition to him and Wang Xian, Chen Yannian and Lin Huaiwu had also arrived.

"Sir!" The three sentries all bowed and saluted Ye Mingsheng.
Ye Mingsheng nodded as a greeting, and then shifted his gaze to the old man in the tent who was wearing a palace robe, a bamboo hat, leaning on a cane, and had a respectful expression.

Seeing this high-ranking official of the Great Zhou looking at him, the old man quickly said, "General of the Great Zhou, my name is Park Lexi, and I am the envoy sent by General Park Anshun, the commander of Luwang Town!"

After saying this, Park Lexi, an old man who looked to be in his 50s or 60s, knelt down.

"Get up, your town commander, what do you want to see me about?" Ye Mingsheng asked calmly:

Pu Lexi stood up slowly with a cane. Hearing Ye Mingsheng's question, he quickly said, "General Pu Anshun has surrendered long ago. I wonder why the Great Zhou Army came here this time? Can our small town be of any help?"

Seeing this old man from Gongdu named "Park Lexi" speaking so directly and without any reservations, Ye Mingsheng looked at him with interest, and then said:
"We have been ordered to return to the Great Zhou, passing through Luwang Town. According to the alliance between your Gongdu and our Great Zhou, our Great Zhou army is operating on the land of Gongdu, and you are obliged to provide us with food and fodder supplies!"

"So I'm going to your Luwang Town for only two things, which is to replenish supplies and find a guide who is familiar with the Huishan Mountain Road! Go back and tell your town commander to prepare a guide and 60 stones of food for me!"

After Ye Mingsheng said this, Park Lexi's already old face became even more worried. He looked at Ye Mingsheng and pleaded, "General, the matter of a guide is easy. There are many people in the town who are familiar with the mountain roads of Huishan." "But we have only 3,000 people in Luwang Town, including the elderly, children, women and children. Where can we get 60 dan of food and fodder... I hope the general will be kind and have pity on us!"

As he spoke, the old man Park Lexi was about to kneel down again, but this time Ye Mingsheng did not show any sympathy.

There is no supplementary food to provide to the soldiers in his team, so if the soldiers want to fill their stomachs, they can only eat grain. The minimum amount of grain per person per day is one pound to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army. Seven hundred people means seven hundred pounds and six stones of grain a day!

Asking Luwang Town for sixty stones is already the most basic requirement. If it cannot be guaranteed, then the seven hundred imperial guards under Ye Mingsheng will be at risk of not having enough food when they enter the Huishan mountain area. At that time, it will be difficult for Ye Mingsheng to lead this team!

In addition, although Park Lexi looked very pitiful and was crying poor, according to Ye Mingsheng's understanding, Luwang Town was considered a relatively wealthy town in Huishan County. They might not be able to provide 100 shi of grain, but 60 shi of grain would definitely be more than enough!
“I only want this much. As for how to get it, that is your business. Go back and tell your town commander that he’d better be honest and give me 60 stone of grain. Don’t let me do it. If I do it, it won’t be as simple as 60 stone of grain…” Ye Mingsheng threatened coldly:

After saying this, Ye Mingsheng ignored the old man Park Lexi who was kneeling on the ground with a bitter face. He wanted to say something more and just waved his hand. Ye Dong and Ye Kui who were following behind him pulled Park Lexi up from the ground without saying a word and carried him out of the tent.

With Park Lexi's departure, only four military officers from the team, Ye Mingsheng, Chen Yannian, Wang Xian and Lin Huaiwu, were left in Wang Xian's outpost tent.

Looking around at the three sentinels under his command, Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment and decided to tell them about the crisis the team was facing. Now he really couldn't think of any way to lure the Black Dragon Society out of the dark.

As the saying goes, "Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang!" What's more, the three sergeants under him are all veterans of long battles, and their abilities are a hundred times greater than those of three cobblers. Therefore, now is the time to work together!

"Three of you, the scouts have found a spy within a radius of fifteen miles. We must have been targeted!" With this in mind, Ye Mingsheng did not hesitate and informed his three subordinates of the situation.

As soon as Ye Mingsheng said this, Wang Xian and Lin Huaiwu, who were sitting below Chen Yannian, both looked gloomy. Only the mature and steady Chen Yannian remained calm and showed no change.

After taking a look, the three people's faces changed. Ye Mingsheng continued with some regret: "After the scouts found this spy, they wanted to capture him for interrogation, but this spy was very fierce and chose to commit suicide after being severely injured. At present, we can only be sure that he is a Japanese!"

When they heard Ye Mingsheng say that the other party was a "Japanese", not only Wang and Lin were surprised, but even Chen Yannian looked the same.

(End of this chapter)