Chapter 67: Before the Attack on Yongping County
"Yes, the reason for Li Jun's death is still being debated, that's putting the cart before the horse!" Zhou Fang immediately agreed with Zhang Song's opinion.
"We have already told Madame that Li Jun died because the wound was suppurating again and the medicine stone was ineffective, but Madame just didn't listen, and wanted to hold a meeting to discuss this issue, and said that it was me and Fang Jun who killed Li Jun without any basis, which is really unreasonable!" Zhong Lei said indignantly.
Other people in the council hall also accused Yu Minzhi and Yu Xinzhi, saying that the two of them should not accuse Zhong Lei and Fang Tao for no reason, and Zhou Fang then pointed out that Yu Minzhi and Yu Xinzhi accused Zhong Lei and Fang Tao for their own selfishness.
Yu Minzhi looked at the people in the council hall with a pale face, unable to say a word. At this moment, the courage to be encouraged by Yu Xinzhi disappeared at once.
"I'm a little uncomfortable."
Yu Minzhi made a lame excuse, stepped down from the first seat, and walked outside the council hall.
Yu Xinzhi glared at everyone in the hall viciously, let out a low roar, and left after Yu Minzhi.
Yu Minzhi and Yu Xinyi stepped out of the door of the conference hall, and Zhong Lei and the others in the conference hall cheered. Yu Minzhi, who was outside the door, heard the cheers, and his figure paused slightly, but he didn't say anything, but sped up and left.
"How did Li Mo die? Who found out first? Zhang Song asked.
"It was discovered by Li Mo's entourage, and it was indeed the wound that suppurated and died." Zhou Fang replied, "The entourage notified me as soon as possible, and I immediately notified Zhong Lei." ”
Zhong Lei nodded, indicating that what Zhou Fang said was true.
"Have you looked at the wound? Is there anything out of the ordinary? Zhang Song asked.
"I checked the wound with Zhou Jun and Fang Jun and found nothing abnormal." Zhong Lei replied.
"Then this matter will end here, Zhong Lei, you are responsible for doing a good job of Li Mo's burial, and the time will be pushed back by two days." Zhang Songdao.
Zhong Lei, Zhou Fang and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"Zhang Jun, why didn't you pick up your relatives?" Zhong Lei hesitated, and asked Zhang Song at the signal of Fang Tao and others.
"Oh, don't worry about them, they're not in danger yet. Today we have figured out the situation of the flying dragon thieves stationed in the Mengshan bandit den, and also learned the basic situation of Yongping County, I have a plan, that is, to take the Mengshan thief den first, and then take Yongping County, I don't know what your opinion is? ”
As soon as Zhang Song's words came out, the hall fell silent in an instant.
After a few moments, the group began to discuss it one after another. Only Chang Shen, Kong Yi, and He Qinghong did not speak out in the meeting hall.
"Zhang Jun, in this way, isn't our valley going to directly clash with the Flying Dragon Thieves? Wouldn't it be too rushed? ”
This time, it was Zhong Lei who spoke first, but judging from the eyes of Fang Tao, Liu Liusheng, Zhou Fang and others, this was their common question.
"Zhong Jun, the Flying Dragon Thieves are currently building a lot of construction in Yongping County, it seems that they want to use Yongping County as a long-term stronghold, if this is the case, how can we deal with ourselves in Qingsong Valley?" Chang Shen asked.
"The reason why I have to have a direct conflict with the Flying Dragon Thieves in such a hurry is because I want to get enough food from the original den of the Mengshan Bandits and the county seat of Yongping to survive this difficult period." Zhang Song patiently explained to everyone.
"It seems that a direct conflict with the Wyvern Thieves is inevitable, otherwise without food, Qingsong Valley will not be able to survive at all." Zhong Lei thought for a while.
"It's all to blame on Yu Minzhi and Yu Xinzhi's pair of bastards, if it weren't for the two of them being greedy for money and causing Huayang to steal and burn our grain, why would we have come to this point!" Fang Tao smashed a few cases hard and said hatefully.
The problem of food shortage has always been a sharp sword hanging over the head of Qingsong Valley, and no matter who thinks about this problem, Qingsong Valley's mood will become heavy. Fang Tao's words aroused their hatred for Min Zhi and Yu Xinzhi, but hatred is hatred, and the problem of food shortage still needs to be solved.
"Then do it!" Zhou Fangdao.
Zhang Song saw that the others had no opinions, and they all agreed to his plan, so he asked Fang Tao to take out the map.
"The original den of the Mengshan thieves is far away from us, and the new land thieves are close to us, if we want to safely transport back the grain, then we must ensure that the new land thieves do not move, and the best way to keep the new land thieves from moving is to eliminate them!" Zhang Song pointed to the map and said to everyone.
"I'm willing to take people to destroy the New Land Bandits!" Chang Shen took the initiative to ask for help.
"Good! Now one person is needed to go to the original den of the Mengshan thieves to get food, I don't know who wants to go? ”
"I'm willing to go!" Fang Tao said loudly.
"Okay, then go by Fang Tao. Zhou Jun, order to go down, let people cook, and set off tomorrow morning after eating, Chang Shen will lead a hundred people, Fang Tao will lead fifty people, I don't know if the troops are enough? ”
"Enough!" Chang Shen and Fang Tao replied together.
Next, Zhang Song, Chang Shen, Fang Tao and others discussed the details of the operation and the aspects that should be paid attention to. It wasn't until after one o'clock in the morning that everyone went to rest.
The next day, in the early hours of the morning, it was overcast.
The Green Pine Valley was already lively, and Zhou Fang had prepared a large number of meals, and all the soldiers participating in the battle had a round stomach.
After the meal, the soldiers of Green Pine Valley lined up and stood silently, all armed with refined iron weapons. Zhang Song looked at the energetic team, he was very satisfied, he encouraged the soldiers a few words, and then ordered the team to leave.
"Let's go, let's go to the Iron Guy and have a look!" Zhang Song said to Zhong Lei, Zhou Fang, Liu Liusheng and others who were standing beside him.
Although it was early in the morning, when I arrived at the iron-smelting field, the iron-smelting field was already full of people and a busy scene.
The iron guy who received the news hurried over, and kept wiping his sweat as he walked.
"Iron man, start work so early, the craftsmen won't be tired, right?" Zhang Song asked.
"What's the matter, we usually start working at about this point, besides, with so many captives coming, our work is much easier, and we are not tired!" The iron guy said with a grin.
Following the iron-beater's hand, Zhang Song saw the prisoners working in the iron-smelting yard, and those prisoners were used for hard work, such as carrying coal, limestone, iron ore, etc.
The captives were all in rags, and some of them had visible scars. Seeing Zhang Song and the others, these captives all showed hateful eyes.
"Look, don't hurry up and work!"
The overseer's craftsman whipped one of the stopped captives, who was stumbling with the whip.
"These captives aren't easy to manage, are they?" Zhang Song asked.
"No problem, don't worry, Engong, they can't turn the sky!" The ironsmith said proudly, "With me they have to work honestly, and they have to work diligently!" ”
According to Zhang Song's instructions, the iron-smelting field is building coke furnaces and iron-smelting furnaces, and it seems that the progress is still very fast.
"After these furnaces are built, I estimate that the amount of iron smelted can be doubled, and then Engong's newly recruited team will be able to use iron weapons." The iron guy is quite proud.
"The ironsmith did a good job, I still say the same thing, under the condition of ensuring the physical and mental health of the craftsman, try to improve the technical level and increase the output of iron smelting!" Zhang Song said to the iron guy.
"Yes!" The iron guy said solemnly.
Halfway through, one of Zhou Fang's relatives came over and told him that something had gone wrong with the cemetery, and Zhou hurriedly confessed to Zhang Song and left.
Soon after Zhou Fang left, Zhang Song instructed the iron man to make a tool, and then left the iron smelting field with Zhong Lei.
"Zhong Jun, has the person sent to keep an eye on Li Mo's residence for the past few days?" Back at Zhong Lei's residence, Zhang Song asked.
"I kept an eye on it all the time, and I didn't slack off." Zhong Lei said, "Is there any problem?" ”
"Let him come along!" Zhang Song said, "There are some problems, and it stands to reason that Li Mo's wound should not be suppurated." ”
Although the last assassination of Zhang Song ended with Shen You being killed, Zhang Song has always felt that things are not so simple, there may be other people who are making trouble in the dark and have not been caught, so when he saw Li Mo, he deliberately said the taboo of wound suppuration, hoping to lure the snake out of the hole, and now that Li Mo is really dead, Zhang Song naturally hopes to find out and see who the person hiding in the dark is.
Zhong Lei listened to Zhang Song's words, so he ordered a personal entourage who was in charge of keeping an eye on Li Mo's residence to call over.
Zhang Song kindly asked the man a few questions, and learned that since Zhang Song left, Yu Minzhi, Yu Xinzhi, Zhou Fang and many other people had visited Li Mo, and they knew that the personal entourage could not provide much valuable information.
After a few words of encouragement, Zhang Song asked the entourage not to stare at it anymore.
"Do you want to send it to check?" Zhong Lei asked.
"No, let it be!"
The person in the secret is mainly aimed at Zhou Mingshu and Li Mo, and now that both of them are dead, presumably that person will stop a little.
Because Fang Tao was not at home, Zhang Song finally didn't have to worry about his tea. In addition to Zhou Fang coming over halfway to report on the construction of the cemetery and the money and grain in the valley, Zhong Lei has been chatting with Zhang Song, waiting for news from Chang Shen and Fang Tao.
In the middle of the day, there was finally movement from Taniguchi, and He Qinghong accompanied a soldier to come over excitedly.
"Zhang Jun, victory! Victory! Sure enough, there are only ten people stationed in the original den of the Mengshan thieves, and the original grain of the Mengshan thieves is all there! As soon as the soldier arrived, he happily reported to Zhang Song.
This was the news that Zhang Song expected, but he was still very happy, especially the grain obtained, even if the food shortage crisis in Qingsong Valley was not solved, it could be alleviated to a great extent.
"What about Fang Tao? How are they? Zhang Song asked.
"Fang Jun is sending soldiers to move grain with us, Xindi has stolen a lot of people, only a small part remains, and that small part has all been captured by Fang Jun!" The soldier replied.
"Great!" Zhang Song was very happy, "Tell Zhou Fang, let people cook, and attack Yongping County tonight!" ”