Suo Chao took Li Zhong and more than 200 of the captives back to the camp happily, while the bantam tiger Wang Ying fled.

Suo Chao reported the results of the battle to Hu Yanzhuo, and when Hu Yanzhuo heard that he had taken Li Zhong, he said, "Take care of Li Zhong for the time being, and don't hand it over to Lord Murong." ”

"Yes." Suo Chao had to order the prisoners of war to take care of them.

The Chinese army was left with Hu Yanzhuo and Han Tao, and Han Tao said: "The general is thinking about the back road? ”

Hu Yanzhuo sighed: "We need to be brave to fight a war, but we also have a strong dependence on logistics to win a war. Murong is greedy for money, Qingzhou is not a place for us to stay for a long time. ”

Han Tao also nodded, and considered: "That's true, once the Qingzhou Four Mountains Alliance is cleared, we will have to leave Qingzhou." The general meant to go to the Jeju Army. ”

Hu Yanzhuo said with a smile: "I can't hide anything from you, we have a lot of battles with the Jeju army, although Chao Gai is still very good to me, but it seems a little abrupt to rush to take refuge." It is rumored on the rivers and lakes that Li Zhong is the starting master of Shi Jin, the commander of the Jeju military battalion, although Li Zhong did not teach Shi Jin many skills, but after all, he is an enlightenment master, and he has some incense. ”

Han Tao said: "Now the Jeju army is in the development stage, it is the time to employ people, and it is the best time to take refuge at this time, but we just bring thousands of soldiers and horses over It seems that we have no ability, why not take Qingzhou and wait until then to join the Jeju army." ”

After all, Hu Yanzhuo is a person with great insight, and said: "What we need to do in front of us is to suppress the bandits, pursue the victory, and destroy the Four Mountains Alliance. ”

When Hu Yanzhuo and Han Tao were discussing, the people in the Qingfeng Mountain Gathering Hall were also discussing, and a group of people were sitting in the Gathering Hall, especially Wang Ying's embarrassed face, and he scolded and said: "Suo Chao's guy really deserves to be killed with a thousand knives, and it is really hateful to destroy our Peach Blossom Mountain." ”

Song Jiang's heart was dripping blood, Peach Blossom Mountain was destroyed and Li Zhong and more than 800 of his minions were lost, and Wang Ying led the remnants back, which had a great impact on the already low morale of the cottage. However, Song Jiang, as the leader, naturally can't say the same, Song Jiang said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and Brother Wang Ying doesn't have to mind." ”

The generals also comforted Wang Ying, and Wang Ying felt better.

Li Jun proposed: "It is difficult for us to gain a foothold in Qingzhou in this form now, for three reasons. First, there are very few rich households in Qingzhou, and ordinary people have also suffered heavy losses, and the government's taxes cannot be collected, not to mention our cottages. The second is that we have blocked the financial path of the Murong Prefect, and we have become a thorn in their side, and we have become a cottage that must be exterminated, which is different from the previous petty fights. Third, after Hu Yanzhuo is a famous general, the cavalry under his command is very elite, fortunately, he has no infantry, otherwise we would have no place to stand. ”

Cui Daocheng was not happy when he heard it, and said: "You are growing the morale of others, extinguishing our own prestige, just waiting for the spring flowers to bloom, and the great monk I will personally raise troops to extinguish the morale of the chain of horses." ”

Seeing this, Li Jun didn't tell the difference, and looked at Song Jiang.

Song Jiang said: "Don't quarrel, everyone, Brother Li Jun is telling the truth, my brother came over a few days ago and brought an amazing news. ”

All the generals looked at Song Jiang, and Song Jiang called his younger brother Song Qing out, and Song Qing said: "Chao Gai led the fleet to occupy an island called Taiwan from the sea south of Fujian, according to the caravan people, there are more than 100,000 immigrants on that island, and the area is very large, I am afraid that there are several Jeju prefectures." The climate is warm and suitable, the rice grows three times a year, the hillside fields are full of all kinds of fruits, and the sea is full of big fish and prawns, and the end is unusually fertile, which is a good place to live. ”

Qiu Daochang said: "No matter how good he is in Taiwan, it is Chao Gai, and Chao Gai can't give it to us." ”

Song Jiang said: "Taiwan naturally can't be ceded to us, but there are many islands in the South China Sea, and we don't have more than 10,000 people, so we only need to occupy an island of a few hundred miles to live a comfortable life for ourselves, so why bother fighting with Murong here." ”

When the generals heard that Song Jiang was reasonable, they nodded one after another, but some people were worried, Kong Ming said: "If you want to go to sea, it is also a lot of problems, first of all, there is no boat, secondly, you don't know the way, and then Hu Yanzhuo will not let us go." ”

Lei Heng didn't listen to anything at all, and said: "I listened to my brother, and my brother said let's go." Anyway, I, Lei Heng, have had enough of the bird gas in Qingzhou, and it would be good to go to sea and find an island to live freely. ”

It is impossible for the generals to be unified at once, but Song Jiang has done a good job in political work, and he is not in a hurry, and he announced the dissolution of the meeting for further discussion. Song Jiang is very tenacious, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have a boat, he can sell land. Chao Gai was still benevolent to Song Jiang, at least he did not confiscate the 3,000 acres of land in Song Taigong's house. Song Jiang secretly let his younger brother Song Qing sell it, as for Song Taigong, he could only hide it, Song Jiang was not worried, he knew that Chao Gai was a person who cherished his reputation, so he naturally would not implicate his father.

In the evening, Song Jiang didn't bring anyone, and took 20,000 silver tickets to find Li Jun, who was drinking with Tong Wei and Tong Meng in the room.

When Li Jun saw Song Jiang coming, he hurriedly got up and said, "Why is my brother here, please come in quickly." ”

Song Jiang said: "Drink, I'll have two cups too." ”

Li Jun knew that Song Jiang had something important, so he asked his confidant brother to stand guard outside, while Song Jiang and Li Jun sat down, drank two glasses of water and wine, and chatted a few words.

Song Jiang said: "How many big ships will we get if we go to sea with six or seven thousand men and horses? ”

Li Jun said: "Although I live on the river, I still know a thing or two about navigation, and going to sea is not as big as a river, at least a merchant ship as big as a bird ship, a ship as big as a bird ship can carry more than 300 people, that is to say, we only need about 20 boats." ”

"Then the Bird Boat, this boat is cheap and common." As he spoke, Song Jiang took out a stack of silver tickets and put them in front of Li Jun.

Li Jun looked at 20,000 yuan, which is a huge wealth, Li Jun said: "Brother, what do you mean?" ”

Song Jiang said: "A few days ago, when discussing things, I also said that Qingzhou City can't stay anymore, I plan to move to Nanyang as a whole, find an island there, and also give my brothers a place to settle down, I will give you the land at home and the family foundation of the cottage, you are proficient in navigation and waterways, and the matter of buying a boat will be handed over to you." ”

Li Jun didn't speak for a long time, although he didn't understand the market, but a new sea ship is worth thousands of yuan, 20,000 yuan will definitely not be able to buy twenty ships, it will be a lot worse, not to mention that navigation is not only a boat, the hiring and training of boatmen and sailors have to spend a lot, and the time is not short.

Before Li Jun could speak, Song Jiang spoke first and said, "I know that 20,000 yuan will definitely not be enough to buy a boat, but you don't have to buy it, as long as you can get a boat, it doesn't matter." ”

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