The Huayang thieves were eventually put down.

Except for one who was missing, all the other members of the Huayang Thieves were arrested. Except for the death of the chief and the second leader, all the prisoners were wounded.

Although the power of the Huayang Thieves is almost the same as that of the West Cave Bandits, the treasury is much smaller than that of the West Cave Bandits. After Zhang Song sent someone to complete the inventory, he sent someone to pack it so that he could use the captured Huayang thief horses to carry back to Qingsong Valley.

In the face of the results of the capture, the soldiers of Qingsong Valley were not very happy, although the little food was more than expected, but it was far from solving the problem of food shortage in Qingsong Valley. Moreover, there were also large losses on the side of Qingsong Valley, in addition to Fang Tao's injury, another soldier died, four soldiers were injured, and one was seriously injured.

Zhang Song first carefully checked Fang Tao's injuries and found that Fang Tao was only injured in the ribs, and the injury was not deep, but only a large piece of flesh was lost.

After bandaging Fang Tao's wounds, Zhang Song went straight to the most seriously injured soldier, who was wounded in the abdomen, which was a penetrating wound.

"Zhang Jun, will I die? I don't want to die! The soldier asked Zhang Song with a shudder of lips and tears.

"You won't die, don't worry, I'm here, I must get you back!" Zhang Song comforted the soldier while examining and treating his wounds.

Out of trust in Zhang Song, although the soldier was pale and still trembling, he had calmed down, did not cry, and cooperated with Zhang Song's treatment.

After taking off his shirt, tearing it into strips, and washing it with spring water, Zhang Song simply stopped the bleeding for the soldier, and let the two soldiers tie a simple stretcher and carry it back first.

After bandaging the wounds of the last soldier, Zhang Song and his assistants were so tired that they almost collapsed to the ground.

In the future, the army must be equipped with military doctors, and commonly used hemostatic drugs must be prepared to teach soldiers simple self-help knowledge. This was Zhang Song's first thought after he was tired for half a day.

After resting for a while, Zhang Song summoned the wounded, sent four escorts, and led three of the captured horses for the wounded to ride back.

After that, Zhang Song came to the dead soldier and carefully cleaned his wounds, arranged his clothes, and wiped his face clean.

Many soldiers from Qingsong Valley gathered around Zhang Song, quietly watching Zhang Song patiently doing all this, with solemn and solemn expressions. All the soldiers had serious looks on their faces, and a few of the new soldiers had tears in their eyes.

"Bring a steady!" After finishing it, Zhang Song said calmly.

An old horse was led by Kong Yi, and Zhang loosened his hands to carry the dead soldier onto the horse, and carefully tied it with ropes to ensure that it would not fall off halfway and that it would not damage the skin.

After doing all this, Zhang Song had all the packed supplies loaded onto the horse, and more than a dozen horses were seized, all of which were loaded with supplies except for the wounded and the old horse carrying the dead soldiers.

The team was put in order, the prisoners were taken, all the items that could not be removed were destroyed, and the cave was set on fire.

Handing the reins to a soldier, Zhang Song patted the horse's back lightly and said to the dead soldier in a slightly sad tone: "Li Hua, go home, let's go home together!" ”

Hearing this, the tears of several new soldiers could no longer hold back, and the horns fell straight down.

Even a veteran like Kong Yi, who had participated in life-and-death battles, had a sad face on his face, and the team followed the horse carrying the dead soldier out of the cave.

"Li Hua, let's go home together!"

A few of the soldiers present first whispered to each other, and Orr, all of them read in unison with a slight choked up.

When I walked out of the cave, I was about a few dozen feet away, and smoke came out of the cave.

Along the way, the team was very quiet, except for the soldiers of Qingsong Valley looking for the prisoners who beat the Huayang thieves, and there was no other sound from this.

Although he is a human being in two lives, this is the first time that Zhang Song has faced the death process of the people around him, although he is not a relative, but he is a well-known soldier.

Zhang Song was sad that the soldier had no family and died like this, and maybe no one would remember who he was after a few years.

Maybe we should think of a way to let the dead soldiers, even if they don't have families, there are people who pay tribute on the Qingming Festival every year, Zhang Song thought all the way.

When arriving at the mouth of Qingsong Valley, Zhong Lei, who stayed behind, led people to wait in the open space in front of Qingsong Valley.

This time, although the green pine valley is also a happy color, although the food obtained from the Huayang thieves is not enough to solve the food shortage problem in the green pine valley, but it can also last for a while, but this joy is mixed with a lot of sorrow, this is the first time in the past year or two that the green pine valley has been killed in battle.

After returning to Qingsong Valley, Zhang Song ordered the bodies of the dead soldiers to be placed, and also instructed the valley to cook rice and arrange a banquet, and he wanted to celebrate the achievement with the soldiers.

Zhang Song, Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, Chang Shen, and Zhou Fang held a meeting in the conference hall. Yu Minzhi and Yu Xinzhi still didn't come to Qingsong Valley, and of course no one informed the two of them, as if everyone didn't know that these two people existed.

After Zhang Song came to the council hall and sat down, he beckoned Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, and Zhou Fang to come and discuss the reward of soldiers together.

This is what Zhang Song wanted to do after the last attack on the West Cave robbers, if the leader wants to let his subordinates work for you, he must give a certain benefit, and the leaders who do not give benefits and only talk about their feelings are hooligans, and if the hooligans play too much, they will definitely be abandoned by their subordinates. What's more, the soldiers of Qingsong Valley, who are generally illiterate, don't understand feelings at all.

Zhang Song didn't want to play hooligan, so he chose to give benefits to his subordinates, and when the benefits arrived, he would come and talk to the soldiers about his feelings and ideals when the time came, which would be much more credible.

When the discussion was over, almost all the soldiers of Green Pine Valley arrived in the open space in front of the council hall.

At Zhong Lei's signal, everyone quieted down.

"In the past two days, under the leadership of Zhang Jun, everyone has conquered the West Cave and Huayang that have not been conquered before, annihilated the West Cave Thieves and Huayang Thieves, and seized their grain, which is gratifying! If there is merit, it will be rewarded, and if there is a fault, it will be punished, and everyone has merit today, and they should be rewarded! We have invited Zhang Jun to reward you for your meritorious deeds! ”

"Whew~"

Everyone cheered and applauded, especially Chang Shen's voice was the most high-pitched.

Zhang Song stood up, smiled at everyone, and pressed his hands a few times to signal everyone to be quiet.

"In the past two days, we have attacked the West Cave Thieves and the Huayang Thieves, and our Qingsong Valley has achieved a great victory! The two bands of thieves numbered one hundred and forty men, and we killed one hundred and two people, wounded thirty of them, captured thirty-eight, and even more commendable, only one of us died in the face of such a formidable enemy! ”

It was the first time that the soldiers of Green Pine Valley had heard of their own side's achievements, and they only knew that they had fought hard, but they did not know what their results were. At this time, when they heard that their side had won such a great victory, especially since only one person had died, the soldiers who went out cheered.

After the cheering stopped, Zhang Song continued: "Of course, the fact that our soldiers on the expedition can achieve such great feats is inseparable from the people who guard Qingsong Valley, without them guarding our rear, we would not be able to devote ourselves to the battle, so they should also be credited. ”

This time, the soldiers who stayed behind also cheered, and some of the soldiers who went out cheered together.

"Next, I will announce the meritorious service of everyone on this expedition."

As soon as Zhang Song's words came out, there was silence in the meeting hall, and everyone was excitedly waiting for Zhang Song to announce the results of the meritorious deeds.

Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, Chang Shen, Zhou Fang, Kong Yi...... For the first merit, each will be rewarded with a stone of wheat. Among them, Kong Yi not only successfully completed the task of surveillance, but also captured a thief leader when attacking the West Cave thieves. ”

"Song Guobao, Shi Ming, Zhu Xu, Liu Peng, and Shan Kang are second-class merits, and each is rewarded with five buckets of wheat ......"

"An Shangcheng, Li Li......"

……

"The soldiers who stayed behind will all be credited with equal merit, and the rewards will be as follows......"

Finally, Zhang Song looked at He Qinghong beside Kong Yi.

"He Qinghong is a good friend of Kong Yi, he came to Qingsong Valley, and this time he also participated in the attack on the West Cave Thieves and Huayang, he is reliable and down-to-earth, I decided to officially accept him as a member of Qingsong Valley."

"I'm against it!" As soon as Zhang Song's words fell, Kong Yi jumped up and shouted loudly.

"Does Kong Yi have any opinions, do you not want He Qinghong to enter Qingsong Valley?" Zhang Song asked with a smile.

"No, I'm happy for He Qinghong to enter the Green Pine Valley, but He Qinghong also actively participated in the battle against the West Cave Thieves and the Huayang Thieves, why don't you reward him for his merits?" Kong Yi's face was full of anger.

He Qinghong was beside Kong Yi and kept pulling Kong Yi's shirt and told him not to speak.

"Don't pull me, if you have any opinions, you have to say them! What are you afraid of? Kong Yi said loudly to He Qinghong.

"He Qinghong, you are new to the city, and participating in the attack on the West Cave Thieves is regarded as a test for Qingsong Valley to accept you, and you will not be rewarded, and after you make a meritorious contribution next time, you will be rewarded, can you be convinced?" Zhang Song asked He Qinghong directly.

"I'm convinced. Thank you, Zhangjun! He Qinghong stopped Kong Yi from giving advice in time, and knelt on the ground to salute Zhang Song and thank him.

Kong Yi still had an opinion, but seeing that He Qinghong had agreed, he had no choice but to give up and sit back in his seat.

Seeing this, He Qinghong kept comforting Kong Yi, repeatedly explaining that it was appropriate for Zhang Song to do this, and he had no opinion.

"Kong Yi, do you have any other opinions?" Zhang Song asked loudly.

Everyone looked at Kong Yi, who stood up and replied, "I have no opinion." ”

Kong Yi only wanted He Qinghong to fight for interests out of friendship, so as not to chill the hearts of old friends. Now I see that He Qinghong has no opinion, and Zhang Song also said very clearly, where would Kong Yi not know why Zhang Song was thinking about Qinghong?

If the newcomer is too careful, then it will be a lot more difficult to integrate into the group. On the surface, Zhang Song treated He Qinghong badly, but in fact, Zhang Song's treatment was more conducive to He Qinghong's integration into Qingsong Valley.

Seeing that Kong Yi and He Qinghong had no opinions, Zhang Song picked up his wine glass and said loudly: "He Qingsong Valley!" Drink to win! ”

"Drink to win!"

Everyone picked up the wine in front of them and cheered in unison.

The celebration banquet officially began, Zhang Song, Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, Zhou Fang and others walked among the people, constantly persuading the soldiers of Qingsong Valley to drink, and there were many encouragements.

The feast was not over until midday, and all the soldiers, having had eaten and drunk, went to their lodgings to rest. Only Zhang Song, Zhong Lei, Fang Tao, Kong Yi, Zhou Fang, Liu Liusheng and a few others were left in the hall.