Liu Hu led his guards and quickly came to General Ning's camp. Looking at the body lying on the ground, he shouted angrily,
"What's going on? Where did the poison come from!"
"The villain doesn't know!"
"Then why did he commit suicide by taking poison?!"
Liu Hu shouted.
Those guards of General Ning looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, one of the guards whispered,
"Maybe... it was because he was scolded by the adults. The general was so ashamed that he decided to die to apologize..."
"You fart, let alone a few curse words in the military camp, even a beating will be fine. Ning Yuan has been a general for many years, how can he not think about it just because his officer cursed him a few times?
This is obviously poisoning!
There are spies in the camp. Our food and grass were burned and the general was poisoned. Why don't you go check it out quickly! "
"As you command!"
Ning Yuan's guards quickly ran out.
Liu Hu sat down on the chair weakly, covering his forehead with a headache, and muttered to himself,
"Everything is not going well, everything is going wrong. The county seat was robbed, the grain and grass were burned, Ye Xing of the Ye family was killed, Ning Yuan of the Ning family was also killed, two of the four major families were offended, and my county Shou, it’s the end…”
"Come here, tell the commanders and ask them to collect food and grass tomorrow."
"Damn Nie Chen, I will cut you into pieces!"
…
Da Zhuang took advantage of the darkness and returned to Qingfeng Village. After resting for the night, he got up and started working in the morning.
He first summoned the workers and soldiers who stayed behind and asked the soldiers to guard the camp. He also asked the workers to keep their swords in hand and not to go mining yet. They all gathered in Qingfeng Village.
Then, he asked a few people from each village to go back and spread the word in villages across the county, saying that Qingfeng Village was going to be bigger and had occupied the county seat. It was in urgent need of recruiting soldiers and they would receive good treatment.
After some of them dispersed, Dazhuang sat in the Juyi Hall and took charge of the entire Qingfeng Village.
He did not sit at the main seat, but sat in the third seat that originally belonged to him. Looking at the empty gathering hall, he turned his attention to the main seat again, and his mind was filled with memories of when the head master was still there. picture.
In the afternoon, someone came over to report that a large number of villagers had gathered at the entrance of Qingfeng Village, clamoring to see the boss.
Da Zhuang got up and walked over. When he came to the door, he saw hundreds of villagers, all holding wooden sticks and hoes in their hands, making a loud noise.
"Folks, please be quiet. What's going on?"
Da Zhuang shouted.
A farmer in his forties came out and said,
"Master, we are the villagers of Hongzao Village. Today, the stubborn county guard sent troops to our village to collect grain and asked us to hand over all the grain.
If we don't give it, they will kill people.
Those damned officers and soldiers are more arrogant than the bandits. If the bandits rob us, we can still report it to the police, but if the officers and soldiers rob us, what can we do? ! "
"Yes, sir, all the food in our family has been robbed. Now the whole family is hungry. Please take us in. We really can't live anymore. I can do anything you ask me to do, as long as I can take care of the food." .”
"Master, please be merciful. We heard about it when we came here. You are recruiting soldiers now. We are all here to be soldiers. Give us a knife, even if you let us kill the county guard, we won't even frown. We just ask Give me a way to survive.
We all came here knowing the benevolence and righteousness of Qingfeng Village. "
Da Zhuang was a little confused for a moment. He didn't know why the county governor was so crazy. Why didn't he attack the city and rob the people?
At this moment, a fast horse ran up on the mountain road. A masked woman got off the horse, pulled Da Zhuang aside, and whispered,
"Leader, I am from the Shadow Guard. The lord asked me to tell you that our boss Qi Huan burned the county guard's food and grass last night. Now there is no food in the county guard's camp. The lord wants you to be careful of the county guard jumping over the wall to catch the wind. Village."
Hearing this, Da Zhuang grinned,
"This bastard Qi Huan is really a helper. He burned the food and grass in the county guard's camp, and the county guard went to plunder the people. The people couldn't eat, so they came to our Qingfeng Village. This makes it easier for me to recruit troops. Got it!"
Da Zhuang walked up to the people and said loudly,
"Everyone, be quiet. We in Qingfeng Village are all rebels who are doing justice for heaven. We don't care about the hardships of the people. You can't eat. Come to our Qingfeng Village to serve as soldiers. We will take care of the food. When we have more soldiers and horses, we will kill the dog officers. It’s all over your head, okay?!”
"Okay! We all listen to you!"
All the people were overjoyed and quickly entered Qingfeng Village.
There is still a lot of food and grass in Qingfeng Village. Before the war started some time ago, Qingfeng Village sent people to Tiantai County and Longxing County next door, as well as the county directly under the jurisdiction of the county, to buy food. At that time, they were worried that the county guard's army would be trapped in the mountains. , and stored a lot of food and grass.
Da Zhuang asked the people to take these people to eat first. After the meal, they distributed weapons and leather armor and took them to the school field to practice.
With the cooperation of the county guards in searching for food and fodder and Qingfeng Village's promotion of recruiting troops, more than a thousand people went to Qingfeng Village on this day alone, and the villagers who were far away were still walking on the road.
Da Zhuang also asked the workers to step up the forging of weapons and ensure the supply of weapons.
As an arms dealer, Qingfeng Village had its own arsenal. A small part of the weapons it produced was kept for its own use, while most of them were shipped to the west and sold to King Pingxi's army.
However, this time due to the war, there was no time to deliver weapons to King Pingxi, so they were all backlogged in the warehouse and were just in time to be used.
…
Everyone is very busy during this day.
Nie Chen, Lin Guang and others were busy reinforcing the city defense and training new soldiers, while Weng Qiuchan kept vigil at the head of the family.
Da Zhuang was busy recruiting and training troops. Some of the 500 people who had stayed behind called out and became officers with seniority, and all of them were promoted.
The county guard's camp has also been busy transporting grain and grass collected from various places back to the camp.
In the evening, Liu Hu finished his meal and sat in the commander's tent, looking at the map of Weihu County and thinking about how to fight the next battle.
At this moment, a commander came in, held his hands and said,
"Sir, Miss Liu has sent someone to deliver something to you."
"Miss Liu? Jia'er?"
Liu Hu put down the map in surprise and asked,
"Jia'er knows we don't have food and grass, so did you send food and grass?"
"No, what Miss Liu sent was poison, a lot of poison, a cart full of poison, and it was transported from the county government at high speed."
"Poison? Why did she give poison? It can't be eaten."
Liu Hu sighed helplessly and picked up the map again. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he quickly stood up and said,
"Where are Jia'er's people? Come and take me to see them!"
"It's just outside the camp. We dare not let them in without your permission."
"Please come in quickly, what are you doing standing there in a daze?"
