Chapter 350: Undercurrents are surging
In the middle of the mountain, in a village built with grass, trees and stones as the main material, the barbarian men on the periphery are tightly defended with weapons, and in the village, there is a largest stone building, which is now full of strangely dressed barbarians.
A man with a long peacock feather on his head sat in the center, surrounded by a dozen barbarians with various feather costumes on his head, colorful stones or bone necklaces, and strangely in the middle, there was also a Han man dressed in black.
The man in black looked around sharply with a pair of eagle eyes, his cold gaze swept over everyone, and said coldly: "Zhang Jie Zongshuai, he has already spoken first, Liu Yong is not easy to deal with, but Zongshuai is empty-eyed, and he is noncommittal to the reminder below, now that he is defeated, what do you have to say?" ”
Whether it is a Han or a barbarian, it is a very disrespectful practice to call each other by name and position at the same time, which shows that the man in black is very angry. Known as Zhang Jie, it is the strongest Shanyue leader among the 100,000 mountains in this Yuzhang.
Zhang Jie's face was very ugly, and he rolled his eyes and said: "In a certain hurry, tens of thousands of people were mobilized to attack a small county town, does the secret envoy still think that he has not tried his best?" Although defeated, but that Liu Yong is indeed powerful, I believe that the secret envoy has long known about it, but he did not explain it positively, presumably Prime Minister Cao Cheng has also suffered a big loss, otherwise how could he want to borrow the hands of me and other South Vietnamese people to kill him? ”
The man in black did not change much in his expression, but the gaze in his eyes was even more cold, staring at Zhang Jie, his whole body was violently angry, and his fierce momentum made people feel that his whole person was a humanoid weapon, and everyone suddenly turned pale, if they continued, they had to wonder if they were going to be frozen into an ice sculpture.
After a while, the man in black retracted his might, and the pressure in everyone's hearts disappeared suddenly, and the eyes looking at the man in black were full of fear, and they moved half a minute to both sides.
"I hope that Zhang Zongshuai will continue to organize people and horses, and be sure to leave Liu Yong in these 100,000 mountains, otherwise, you will wait for Liu Yong's army to come and conquer it! A certain association will contact other sect marshals to respond, hoping not to disappoint the prime minister again, otherwise, in the future, even if the sect marshal dodges Liu Yong's blade, he will not be able to avoid the prime minister's sword! The man in black looked around again with a piercing gaze, got up and walked out of the house, took a few Han men who were also in black outside, turned out of the village, and disappeared into the dense mountain forest.
Due to the rearrangement of the new city, Hu Lie contacted six or seven other tribal leaders who had a good relationship with them to meet Liu Yong, and after being recognized by Liu Yong in person, he immediately returned to his tribe to carry out the major event of unifying the 100,000 mountains. Among the 100,000 mountains, there was once again a bloody storm. Liu Yong can foresee that many ethnic groups and tribes will soon disappear forever and be wiped out in the vast river of history.
Liu Yong was sent off by Fang and set off for Yichun again. Hu Lie sent warriors from the clan to accompany and escort him, and at the same time led the way as a guide, making Liu Yong's trip much smoother.
Except for a few barbarian bandits who came out all the way and didn't have long eyes to block the road and rob, there was no abnormality, Liu Yong arrived in Yichun half a month later. Hu Lie's pace is not slow, relying on their direct and brutal bloody means, the 100,000 mountains have been attacked by them in a row dozens of small tribes, the news spread among the 100,000 mountains, they were shocked, and the sect marshal Zhang Jie didn't say anything, it seemed to acquiesce in this approach, so that the other ethnic groups trembled and did not dare to move.
After inspecting Yichun and seeing that there were not many abnormalities, Liu Yong went to Luling again. Although the road is difficult and dangerous, the primitive style and beautiful scenery of the south make Liu Yong feel good, which is an unimaginable scene for later generations. There is no artificial carving, it is completely a miracle of nature, which makes Liu Yong dizzying. When he arrived at Luling, he still didn't see much movement in Zhang Jie, and the others were happy, but Liu Yong became more and more nervous, and he felt a kind of calm before the storm.
After leaving Luling, Liu Yong ordered the whole army to go north along the Ganshui River, let Zhao Yun, the most senior, take control of the whole army, and Chen Zhi was responsible for sending people to explore the road and cut off the rear. Everything is more careful.
There was not much movement for three consecutive days, but on the fifth day, entering Shiyang County, Liu Yong suddenly had a bad feeling and suddenly became vigilant. It's a gut feeling, there's no evidence, but it's remarkably clear. This has never been done before, not even in the newly built city. This kind of intuition is ethereal and cannot be explained even at the level of science 2,000 years later, but it really exists, and it can save people's lives at critical moments. It is better to believe in what is there than to believe in what is not, and only by being alive can there be everything.
Liu Yong immediately secretly summoned Zhao Yun and Chen Dao, who investigated everything in detail, including everyone's food, and gathered everyone together to camp to prevent accidents, and secretly prepared food just in case.
Shiyang County Commander is an old man who has been in office for more than ten years, named Bai Pi, who has great power inside and outside Shiyang City, has barbarian blood, and has dealings with barbarians, but Liu Yong did not find anything abnormal about him after secret investigation.
In the past two days, it is still calm, but Liu Yong's feeling is still the same, like a fish in his throat.
Suddenly, Kou Feng hurriedly came: "Report to the lord, two sergeants have been poisoned and died!" ”
Liu Yong's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you know what kind of poison it is?" ”
Kou Feng said: "According to the other sergeants, they are all like them, but they have eaten a wild mushroom in the mountains. Or maybe it was just an accident. ”
"No, definitely not an accident! Let Zhao Yun check immediately, they didn't go out of the city, where did the mushrooms come from? But it must be investigated secretly, and it should be treated as an accident on the surface. Liu Yong concluded that this was premeditated and not accidental.
Soon Chen Zhi secretly reported that the mushrooms eaten by the two were sent by a barbarian in the city, and that barbarian was a servant of the county commander Bai Bi.
"Staring at Bai Pi first, once you find that there is a problem, you can cut it first and then play!" At this moment, Liu Yong will not pity these people, and those who want his life, he will not have the slightest mercy, but will only have a cruel blow like a storm.
In the evening, Chen came to report that a large number of barbarians had been found thirty miles east of the city, numbering about 20,000.
Liu Yong was shocked, his face was ugly, and he looked at Chen Zhi with a very dissatisfied look: "Why didn't you find it before?" I remember letting you explore fifty miles away, right? ”
Chen Zhi bowed: "The lord atons for his sins!" I did explore fifty miles away before, but because I was not familiar with the place, I was guided by people from Baipi. This time, someone was secretly assigned to investigate. ”
"Hiss-" Liu Yong gasped, there was some content in the middle, and looked at Chen Zhi and said, "Are you saying that there is something wrong with this Bai Bi, is it secretly colluding with the barbarians?" ”