In the early hours of the next morning.

The morning sun did not appear, and there was only a glimmer of light in the sky.

The Green Pine Valley was already busy, and the women and the elderly got up early to make a meal, and were busy cleaning up the table after the meal.

The soldiers of Qingsong Valley, who had finished eating, were gathering in front of the council hall, quietly waiting for Zhang Song's selection.

Because Yu Minzhi and Yu Xinzhi were still in Qingsong Valley, the Flying Dragon Thieves didn't know when they would come to Qingsong Valley, and Zhang Song didn't dare to send everyone to attack the Huayang Thieves. Moreover, the Huayang thieves were not many in number, and there was no need to send a large number of soldiers.

At Fang Tao's strong request, Zhang Song left Zhong Lei to guard Qingsong Valley, and especially strengthened the strength of the guards at the mouth of the valley to guard against the attack of thieves.

Since Yu Minzhi's newly recruited subordinates were exhausted, there were mainly only two parts left of the soldiers in Qingsong Valley, one part was the original Zhou Mingshu's subordinates, and the other part was Zhong Lei and Fang Tao's subordinates. No matter which part it is, it now allows Zhang Song to use it with peace of mind.

Because it was Zhou Mingshu's subordinates who attacked the West Cave last night, more than a dozen people were injured during the sneak attack, and some people with weak physiques were very tired. At the same time, in order to integrate the people of the two sides, Zhang Song decided not to specify which part of the attack on the Huayang thieves this time, but to select some people from the two parts.

Except for the personnel in charge of guarding Taniguchi, all the soldiers of Qingsong Valley stood in front of Zhang Song. Zhang Song looked at the faces in front of him who were eager to fight but slightly nervous, and he was very happy that the soldiers in Qingsong Valley had not lost their sharpness, and he was not in a hurry to name which soldiers to participate in today's battle.

"Comrades, I am very happy to see the full confidence and strong desire to fight, as a good soldier should be. The fact that our soldiers in Qingsong Valley can have this sense of competition and this desire to fight fully shows that our soldiers in Qingsong Valley are all good soldiers! ”

Under the leadership of Chang Shen, all the soldiers in Qingsong Valley gave warm applause to Zhang Song's speech, and the faces of the soldiers were filled with proud smiles.

"Yesterday's and today's battles were small battles, and there will be many battles in the future, and after pacifying the thieves near the Green Pine Valley, there are still many thieves waiting for us to pacify. I know you're all eager to contribute to our community, right? ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers of Green Pine Valley shouted in unison.

"Since you have this heart, that's good, but there's no rush to make contributions, because everyone has opportunities in the future, and I think there is another thing that everyone should be more concerned about at present, do you know what it is?"

After speaking, Zhang Song looked at the faces in front of him. Most of the soldiers had blank looks on their faces, while a few of them were thinking.

Zhang Song didn't let the soldiers wait too long before revealing the answer.

"What everyone should focus on is to work hard to improve their killing skills! Only when the ability to kill the enemy is improved, can we make a greater contribution to our group, as long as the ability to kill the enemy is improved, will we still have no chance to make a greater contribution? And what is the only way to improve your killing skills? ”

"Intensify your training!"

The shouts of the soldiers were like thunder.

"Yes, train harder! No matter who you are, as long as you strengthen your training, even if you don't participate in the battle this time, you will make a greater contribution in the future, everyone should have this confidence, tell me, do you have confidence? ”

"Yes!"

The tension on the soldiers' faces had been removed, and there was more of a sense of indifference and detachment.

The speech had achieved its goal, and Zhang Song began to select soldiers to participate in the battle.

"Zhou Fang, Fang Tao, Chang Shen, Kong Yi ......"

Forty people were quickly selected, and the soldiers who were not selected were arranged by Zhong Lei, some of whom guarded the valley mouth, and some of whom participated in the continued interrogation of prisoners.

Under Fang Tao's arrangement, the team of forty people quickly divided into two columns and stood quietly in front of Zhang Song.

Standing at the head were Chang Shen and Fang Tao, and the two people standing at the end of the line each carried a package, which contained the clothes of the Huayang Thieves and the Xidong Thieves. Kong Yi stood behind Zhou Fang with a roll of rope on his shoulder.

"Zhang Jun, good news! Good news! Liu Liusheng rushed over, followed by two people, holding a Huayang thief captive.

"Oh, what's the good news that makes you so excited?" Kong Yi asked.

"The Huayang thief we captured is the second leader of the Huayang thief, and the other one is his younger brother!"

"Really?" Zhang Song was also happy, "This is really good!" What else is there that hasn't? ”

"Yes, there are many forks in the cave where the Huayang thieves live, and the light inside is dim, if there is no familiar person to lead the way, ninety percent may have to go wrong, and the Huayang thieves have simple mechanisms on several forks. Zhang Jun, you have to be careful! ”

"It's okay, isn't there still the second leader of the Huayang Thieves?"

The second leader of the Huayang thieves was brought to Zhang Song at this moment, he lowered his head, his face was full of flattering smiles, bent over, and nodded to Zhang Song incessantly.

Zhang Song carefully glanced at the second leader of the Huayang thieves, it was the prisoner that Kong Yi had captured in the first place, his clothes had been washed, if he didn't look carefully, there would be no traces of the fight at all.

Zhang Song asked Kong Yi to bring the second leader of the Huayang thieves over and arrange him in the middle of the team, which was conducive to surveillance and prevented him from escaping.

"Don't try to run away, if you run away, your brother will die! You know? Chang Shen sternly warned the second leader of the Huayang Thieves.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't run away, I can't ignore my brother, I will definitely bring you into Huayang!" The second leader of the Huayang thieves nodded and said.

"It's good that you understand, don't worry, as long as you cooperate with us to capture Huayang, Zhang Jun may give you a free body, if you make a contribution, even if you let your brother leave Qingsong Valley, it is not impossible."

"Know, know, I'll do my best!"

"Then you're doing it for yourself!" Chang Shen gave a final warning and left.

When Chang Shen arranged for the two leaders of the Huayang thieves, Zhang Song walked a few steps tightly, stood at the door of the council hall, faced the council hall, and saluted and prayed. After finishing, Zhang Song gave the order to set off.

According to the confessions of several Huayang thieves, when they went to the West Cave, they also walked and did not ride horses, and the horses they rode in the Green Pine Valley were obtained from the pastures of the West Cave. The vicinity of the Huayang thieves is mostly grassland, and rare woods are not conducive to hiding horses, so the operation is still on foot.

Because of the early departure time, the villages along the way were still asleep, and there was not a single person to be seen, except for the occasional dog barking and rooster crowing as they passed.

The spring morning is breezy and a little cool when walking, so you won't feel too hot even if you're running.

The team of Green Pine Valley trotted forward neatly, except for the sound of neat footsteps, only the second leader of the Huayang Thieves in the middle of the whole team was talking.

"When we attack the Huayang Thieves next, we must follow Zhang Jun closely and bypass the trap set by the Huayang Thieves."

"Do you know, the big leader of the Huayang thieves is very powerful, he has a sharp arrow on the fork in the road, the arrow can penetrate the chest of a person, there is a trap, the trap can cut off a person's calf, and there is a poisonous bamboo stick, once the body is injured, then the whole body is ulcerated, you can't survive, you can't die."

"When you encounter sharp arrows, you must run away quickly, otherwise, you will not be able to avoid the first rain of arrows, and you will not be able to avoid the second one."

……

The second leader of the Huayang thieves kept babbling. Zhang Song listened for a while, then frowned.

Seeing this, Chang Shen ran to the middle of the team and said sharply to the second leader of the Huayang thieves: "Don't talk anymore!" If I say anything more, I'll tie you up and drag you away! ”

"I know, I know, I don't say it, I don't say it." The second leader of the Huayang thieves agreed.

After that, the second leader of the Huayang Thieves did not speak again, and the team quietly marched to the vicinity of the Huayang Thieves.

Zhang Song asked the team to stop marching, rest on the spot, and wait for the opportunity to go up the mountain.

After discussing with Fang Tao and Chang Shen, Zhang Song selected eighteen people, including Zhou Fang, Fang Tao, Kong Yi, and the two leaders of Huayang Thieves, as a group, and the remaining twenty-three people as a group, headed by Chang Shen.

Zhang Song, Fang Tao, and Kong Yi changed into the clothes of the West Cave Thief and the Huayang Thief after they went to the bushes, and disguised themselves as the Huayang Thief and the West Cave Thief.

Zhang Song and his group were led by the two leaders of the Huayang thieves, and entered the thieves' den of the Huayang thieves first, while Chang Shen's group hid here, and after Zhang Song and their group entered, Chang Shen and their group quickly followed, forced into the cave and joined Zhang Song's group.

After confirming the details with Chang Shen again, Zhang Song handed over a short knife to Kong Yi, who followed the second leader of the Huayang thieves and secretly held the second leader of the Huayang thieves hostage with a knife.

Zhang Song looked up at the sun, estimated the hour, and then walked towards the cave where the Huayang thief was located with everyone.

The second leader of the Huayang thieves and Fang Tao walked in the front, and the two of them pretended to be very familiar and gossiped casually. The rest of the team also pretended to be the usual thieves, and said irrelevant things.

Zhang Song walked in the middle, because he was immature, he was too conspicuous to walk in front, and it was easy to goof.

The cave is located in a hill, and there is not a single tree on the mountain, it is all shrubs and grassy fields that are low to the human legs.

The cave is halfway up the hill, and the entrance to the cave can be seen from the foot of the hill, but there is no human figure at the entrance of the cave, and there is not a single sentry.

Along the rugged mountain road over there, Zhang Song and his party quickly walked to the gate of the Huayang Thief Cave.

Standing at the door of the cave, the second leader of the Huayang thieves was obviously nervous, Fang Tao gestured to Kong Yi, and Kong Yi willingly put the short knife against the waist of the second leader of the Huayang thieves.

"Don't be nervous, just like you usually do when you come back, remember our arrangement, you only need to be responsible for bringing us in, and you don't need to worry about anything else." Fang Tao comforted the second leader of the Huayang thieves, "Call the door!" ”

The second leader of the Huayang thieves nodded vigorously, was silent for a moment, eased his mood, and began to knock on the door.

"Open the door! Open the door! Where are all the people dead? I don't come to greet me when I'm back! ”

The second leader of the Huayang thieves slammed the door vigorously, scolding and scolding in his mouth, and the image of the leader of the thieves who was alive.

Zhang Song nodded secretly and put his mind at ease. Fang Tao also smiled and silently praised the second leader of the Huayang Thieves.

However, except for the voice of the second leader of the Huayang Thieves, there was no other sound at the entrance of the cave, and no one answered.

"Open the door! Open the door! Lao Tzu is back! Get out of here! ”

The second leader of the Huayang Thieves continued to bang on the cave door.

This time, there was finally movement in the cave.