Chapter 54: Revisiting Food
“…… The Mengshan thieves had long been hiding in the West Cave, and as soon as they arrived, they went to look for gold, and as soon as the gold was found, they were captured by the Mengshan bandits, and the rest of the people fled or were killed because they resisted. Because the Mengshan thieves pretended to be called the Flying Dragon Thieves, and their outfits were somewhat similar, Yu Xin was frightened, and before the Mengshan thieves tortured and plundered, he agreed to all their requests...... After entering the valley, they were divided into two parts, one part wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack the valley's wife, Zhou Fang and others, and if the matter was unsuccessful, the other part would be responsible for setting fire to the grain......"
On the way to the council hall, Kong Yi told Zhang Song and Zhong Lei in detail about the news he had obtained from the Mengshan thieves.
"Did you get all this news from the Mengshan Bandits?" Zhang Song asked.
"No, there is another part of Yu Xinzhi's own confession, when we found Yu Xin, he was in a state of extreme panic, for fear of losing his life." Kong Yi said with a smile, but the smile was a little ugly, "By the way, he cried and complained that he came to Yu Minzhi and we lied to him, we lied to him that Zhou Fang and Li Mo were both trying to kill him, so he cried and begged Yu Minzhi, but I didn't expect him to really go." ”
After Kong Yi finished speaking, Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, Chang Shen and others shook their heads and smiled bitterly, they all knew that Yu Xinzhi couldn't make a big deal, but they didn't expect it to be so unbearable, and such an unbearable character had been above them for many years.
Zhang Songliu knew everyone's thoughts, and said: "Yu Xinzhi's rampant in Qingsong Valley is only in the name of Yu Min, so you don't have to mind." ”
When Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, Chang Shen and others heard this, they were relieved in their hearts, and they were a little grateful to Zhang Song.
"Wyvern Thief, Wyvern Bandit." Zhang Song muttered to himself, "It seems that we need to make contact with the Wyvern Thief." ”
When Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, Chang Shen and others heard this, their faces changed, and after glancing at each other, Zhong Lei asked, "Zhang Jun, are you going to attack the Flying Dragon Thief?" ”
"yes, what's wrong?" Zhang Song looked at Zhong Lei's extremely serious face and asked.
"Is it to wait a little longer, and now there is a conflict with the Flying Dragon Thieves, it will be a catastrophe for us in Qingsong Valley, the Flying Dragon Thieves are too powerful, and they are extremely brutal." Fang Tao's expression was a little uneasy, and he solemnly suggested to Zhang Song.
Zhang Song's inquiring eyes looked at Zhong Lei, Chang Shen, Kong Yi and others, and their faces were solemn, and they nodded in agreement with Fang Tao's opinion.
"In that case, then let's not have a large-scale conflict with the Wyvern Thieves, but everyone should clean up the team and train more during this time, you must know that a conflict with the Wyvern Pirates is inevitable!" Zhang Song said.
Fang Tao, Zhong Lei, Chang Shen and others were all relieved, and they nodded in agreement. However, Zhang Song's next words made their hearts tense again.
"But we still have to send someone to find out what happened to the Wyvern Thieves, and in my estimation, we will eventually have to take some food from the Wyvern Bandits so that the valley can survive the storm. You must know that even if the emergency food in Zhou Fang's hand is taken out, it will not be able to support it for long. Zhang Song admonished.
When it comes to the food problem, Fang Tao, Zhong Lei, Chang Shen and others are silent, this is a problem that needs to be solved urgently in front of them, and it is impossible to avoid it. The Huayang Thieves and Xindi Thieves may still have some food in their hands, but it shouldn't be too much, even if they take it all, they may not be able to get through the difficulties, so they can really only take food from the mouth of the Flying Dragon Thief.
"Snatching food from the Wyvern Thieves? Is it feasible? Zhong Lei, who had figured it out, was no longer entangled, and asked Zhang Song directly.
"In my opinion, it should work." Zhang Song replied.
"Zhang Jun, the council hall is almost here, let's go inside and discuss it together." Chang Shen greeted Zhang Song.
The door to the council hall was unexpectedly wide open, and the chamber was brightly lit, but there was no one in the chamber.
Zhang Song and others stood at the door, you look at me, I look at you, looking surprised.
At this time, Zhou Fang walked out of the ear room and said to Zhang Song with a smile: "Zhang Jun, you are here!" Come in, I knew you had something to discuss, so I opened the door and waited for you. ”
Zhou Fang smiled unnaturally at Zhang Song, but Zhang Song didn't want to pull down his face to treat the smiling Zhou Fang, so he said: "Then there is Lao Zhoujun, let's go in and discuss together?" ”
"Good!" Zhou Fang agreed.
Full of doubt, Fang Tao, Zhong Lei, Kong Yi, Chang Shen and others followed into the meeting hall.
After entering the council hall, Zhou Fang wanted to give up Zhang Song to the main seat. Zhang Song remembered the rules of the Jin Dynasty, no matter how desperate you were in your heart to sit in that seat, you would refuse. If you don't refuse, you hurriedly accept it, and if you say it in a small way, it will be rude, and if you say it in a big way, you can be punished for it. The Jin Dynasty used this to attack political opponents.
Zhang Song excused himself several times, and Zhou Fang and Zhong Lei persuaded him several times. In the end, Zhang Songmian sat in the position where Zhou Mingshu usually sits, and let the main seat be vacant, waiting for Yu Minzhi to sit, nominally Yu Minzhi is still the lord of Qingsong Valley.
However, everyone knows that Yu Minzhi has gone, Chen Jia is dead, her newly recruited subordinates have been consumed, and the most important thing is that Yu Minzhi and Yu Xinzhi have completely lost the hearts of the people in Qingsong Valley, and the backbone forces in Qingsong Valley such as Fang Tao, Zhong Lei, Chang Shen, Kong Yi, etc. all follow Zhang Song.
Zhang Song is already the de facto lord of the Green Pine Valley, and although it cannot be said that his position has been completely consolidated yet, this is almost an inevitable trend.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are sitting here today mainly to solve a very urgent problem, that is, the problem of food shortage. Zhang Song looked around at the people present.
When it came to the food issue, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere became a little depressing, and the sting in their hearts caused by the fire of the grain in Taniguchi has not been eliminated until now.
"Zhang Jun, the eldest brother always had some emergency food before his death, and it is now in my hands, if necessary, you can take it out and last for a while." Zhou Fang was the first to speak in support of Zhang Song.
"Good! Since Zhou Jun has a heart, I will inform you when I need it. But emergency food is only for emergencies, we can't just count on this food, it's still a long way before the crops are ripe, and we have to think of other ways. Zhang Song said.
When they heard this, they all bowed their heads and pondered, and for a time the council hall was very quiet.
Time passed little by little, and for a long time, no one came up with a solution.
Just when Zhang Song was disappointed and wanted to forcibly order someone to attack the Flying Dragon Thief and get food from the Flying Dragon Thief, a hesitant voice sounded.
"I think we can get food from the Huayang Thieves and the Xindi Thieves."
It was Liu Liusheng who spoke, and everyone looked up at Liu Liusheng, and Liu Liusheng was embarrassed for a while.
"This method doesn't work, when we attacked the West Cave Bandits, we already knew about it, in order to cooperate with the Mengshan Bandits to attack Qingsong Valley, the Huayang Bandits and the Xindi Thieves transported almost all the grain to the West Cave, and we only left about 20 stones of grain in the West Cave that we couldn't move." Chang Shen questioned.
"That's right, they don't have food either, and they waste food in vain!" Zhong Lei agreed.
"They don't have food, so why do they burn it?" Liu Liusheng was a little unconvinced, "They can also come at night and secretly transport the grain away, even if they can't transport all of it, at least some of it is still possible, I don't think of transporting the grain at all." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Song's heart lit up and said, "I think Liu Liusheng is reasonable, you can give it a try." The county town can no longer buy food, and whether it is the Huayang thief, the Xindi thief, or the Mengshan thief, they dare not go to the flying dragon thief to ask for food at this time, they dare to burn the grain recklessly, presumably there is enough food for the winter. ”
"Reasonable." Zhou Fang agreed.
Zhong Lei and Kong Yi also reacted at this time and nodded thoughtfully.
"In that case, what are you waiting for? Let's do it! Seeing that everyone agreed, Fang Tao hurriedly urged.
"Yes, act now, they attacked us, and we will attack them now at night, so as to avenge this!" Chang Shen said excitedly.
"No way!" Zhou Fang hurriedly stopped.
Chang Shen, Kong Yi, and Fang Tao looked at Zhou Fang with unkind eyes, and seeing that everyone was dissatisfied with themselves, Zhou Fang hurriedly explained with a smile: "I mean that the Huayang thieves and Xindi thieves probably know that we have attacked the West Cave, and they will definitely strengthen their defenses, we must be careful, and we must not steal chickens and rice." ”
"Zhou Jun is very thoughtful, and he really should be on guard against this." Zhang Song thought for a moment and said, "In this way, didn't we capture a few prisoners?" Kong Yi, you and Liu Liusheng will interrogate again, and pay attention to separate interrogations to avoid collusion. ”
"Yes!"
Kong Yi and Liu Liusheng agreed, and left immediately.
While Zhang Song and the others were waiting for Kong Yi, the stone glanced at the door of the council hall, and Zhang Song saw it at a glance.
"Stones! Come in, are they okay with the iron guys? Is there anything wrong with you? ”
Shi walked in a little timidly and said, "Yu Zhangjun, they are all very good at fighting iron, but they are very worried about you." I was asked to come here by the Iron Guy, and he wanted to ask you something. ”
Zhang Songzheng listened, but the stone didn't speak again, and his expression was a little twisted. Zhang Song was very strange and was about to ask the stone again what was the matter, but the stone walked towards Zhang Song.
Chang Shen became nervous, and he was about to step forward to stop the stone. Zhang Song waved his hand, signaling Chang Shen to rest assured.
Shi walked up to Zhang Song and whispered a few words to Zhang Song. Zhang Song listened, nodded his head, and whispered a few words in the stone's ear, and the stone left with a smile when he heard it.
As soon as the stone left, Kong Yi came back in a hurry.
"Yu Zhangjun, those captives have confessed, after they arrived in the West Cave, they did not return to Huayang and Xindi, and all of them came directly to attack us. They were supposed to return to Huayang early tomorrow morning. ”
"Are the captives consistent?" Zhang Song asked.
"Exactly!"
"That's great!" Zhou Fang said happily, "God bless me Qingsong Valley." ”
"Order, attack Huayang early tomorrow morning and seize the grain!" Zhang Song immediately gave the order.