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Chapter 247 Chang Family Village

At that time, the sun was hanging obliquely in the sky, and the sun was shining on the earth.

Outside Labayu, Zhang Cheng said to Liu Quan who came to see him off: "Liu Quan, the new army on your side should practice as soon as possible. The number can be replenished slowly, but don't wait for the drill.
When the practice is almost done, you have to pull it out to try the effect. Didn’t you say last night that there are still many small groups of bandits in the nearby mountains, and you can wipe them out one by one when the sergeants start practicing. Supplement some food and fodder resources. "

"Yes, Liu Quan wrote it down." Liu Quan replied softly.

Zhang Cheng also instructed: "Liu Quan, the three valley villages of yours are going to join forces in one joint attack. This is also a drill. When you usually train soldiers separately and suppress bandits, you can take the opportunity to drill the outposts. cooperation in combat,

Everything you do must be treated as a marching army. Only by strictly governing the army can you become a strong army! "

Liu Quan and other three people received the order in unison, and Zhang Cheng and others, under the watchful eyes of Liu Quan and Ma Huijun, rode their horses away from Laba Valley and headed for the valley to the west of Tietou Valley.

Everything here in Tietouyu is stable, and the iron mines are operating well. Compared with Labayu, there is no need to occupy the village and forts here, and only tens of thousands of acres of fertile land can be reclaimed in the western river valley.

This place can completely become a hidden granary and ironworks. Even if there is any crisis, as long as there are two strong soldiers, locking the north and south ends of the valley, foreign enemies can be kept out of the valley.

But when Sun Dashan said: "Yes, I will send people tomorrow to set up gates at both ends first, and choose a suitable location to build the mountain gate."

"You silly roe deer!"

Zhang Cheng was so angry that he lashed Sun Dashan with a horsewhip. He laughed and scolded: "What's wrong? You're afraid that people won't know that you're king here, so there's no need for such trouble.

You only need to choose a suitable place in the south of the river valley, build a watchtower, and observe the surrounding area. If there are any changes in the future, you can deploy an army to keep out foreign enemies. You can first build some wooden walls, wooden fences, Rejecting horses and the like are hidden in the forest on both sides, and can be taken out when needed.

As for the mouth of the valley to the north, ask Zhao Shihu to watch nearby. "

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The river valley to the west of Tietouyu is really good, and the Zhongshan springs from the remaining Yanshan Mountains on both sides converge, and the irrigation is indeed very effective. Sun Dashan continued to introduce: "General, there is a dozen households not far ahead. The small village, named Changjiazhai, is a group of old households in the mountains who farm and hunt in the mountains on weekdays.

Let's go and see if there are any mountain products in the near future, and bring some for you. "

Zhang Cheng nodded and asked, "Have these mountain people ever registered as households? Can we collect their grain in this village?"

Zhao Shihu, who rode his horse by the side, hurriedly said: "Return to the general, the terrain of this Changzhai village is steep, and the mountain people in the village should not have registered households. Anyway, no one from the official family has ever come to collect taxes.

These villages seldom come to trouble them, because there are many hunters in Changzhai, and the young and strong in the village are quite good at hunting with bows, and they don't have much grain, gold and silver to plunder.
Moreover, if they hunted any rare and good things in their villages, they would pay some tribute to each village every year, so all these years, everyone has lived in peace. "

Hearing what Zhao Shihu said, Zhang Cheng also became interested, and he shouted: "Go, let's go to Changjiazhai to take a look."

Sun Dashan didn't say anything, but Zhao Shihu stopped Zhang Cheng, and said: "General, Changzhaizi is very vigilant. It is extremely guarded on weekdays. There are many tricks in front of and behind the village. Please allow me to send someone to pass it on first, so as not to Unnecessary misunderstandings."

"Oh!"

Zhang Cheng looked surprised at the moment, what would a cottage look like that would make these bandits fearful?
Full of curiosity, he said to Zhao Shihu: "Go, it's still early, and I don't have to worry about it. You make arrangements, and I will go to Chang's village."

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Zhao Shihu and Sun Dashan each brought more than ten guards, plus Chen Zhong and more than thirty elite cavalry, Zhang Cheng's team of nearly sixty people made the Chang family village very afraid.

Looking at the three riders who were running from afar, Zhao Shihu introduced: "General, the Changzhaizi sent someone to pick us up. This is the first time that I have entered the Changzhaizi."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help laughing a few times.

The three riders approached, reined in their horses about ten paces away, and said to Zhao Shihu with clasped fists, "Master Zhao, our old village master has something to say. Although we have been neighbors for a long time, we have never seen each other. Today, Master Zhao is going to enter the village. It is not easy to refuse to worship the mountain.
But I still have to ask, what is the reason why Master Zhao came here today? "

Although the speaker was talking to Zhao Shihu all the time, his eyes couldn't help but stare at Zhang Cheng who was riding his horse in the middle. He already vaguely felt that Zhang Cheng was the leader of the team.

After Zhao Shihu listened to the other party's question, he didn't dare to answer directly. He first turned his head and looked at Zhang Cheng. Seeing Zhang Cheng nodding his head, he rode his horse forward a few steps and said with fists in his hands: "Please, brother, return to Mr. Chang. My Zhao Shihu's tree hawthorn tip is no longer a bandit village, now I, Zhao Shihu, am an officer of a hundred households under General Zhang Cheng, the guerrilla guard at Shangbei Road in Xuanfu Town.

Today, the general of my family passed by here. He wants to take a look at the village. I hope that Mr. Chang will allow it! "

The knight who spoke just now rode his horse and looked around. In his eyes, the guards on both sides were a little idle, but the thirty or so riders behind Zhang Cheng were all strong and strong. You can tell that these people are by no means ordinary soldiers.

They are equipped with bows and arrows, swords and shields, long soldiers, and even equipped with firecrackers. They all have murderous looks on their faces.

With a look, he clasped his fists and said: "Master Zhao, please report to your general. It will take a while, sorry."

Looking at the backs of the three riders running back, Chen Zhong said: "Master, this Chang's village is so big."

Zhang Cheng looked back at him, and said without hesitation: "I'm waiting for more than [-] people, all of whom are capable, how many of them in his village are capable of fighting, dare you not be on guard?"

"I'll get off the horse first, let's rest the horse."

At Zhang Cheng's suggestion, everyone got off their horses one after another and watched the surrounding terrain.

This place is located at the edge of the river valley, and outside is a wide river valley. You can see that there are less than [-] mu of fields in the valley, all of which have been planted with winter wheat and are golden.

Upward is a winding mountain road, which doesn't look steep, but less than a hundred steps away is a corner, but you can't see what's inside. This mountain road is not wide, and you can ride five horses at most.

After a while, hoofbeats came from the mountain path. The horseshoes kicked on the mountain path, which was much louder than other places, and could be heard from far away.

Five riders turned the corner, and gradually saw that the person in the middle was an elderly man. He had his hair wrapped, but he could see that the beard on his chest was all white, and he was estimated to be over fifty years old.

The group advanced gradually, and when they reined in their horses more than twenty steps away, the old man got off his horse first, Zhang Cheng saw that his movements were skillful, even though he was over fifty, he was still vigorous, so he couldn't help but secretly sighed: "Good skills! "

(End of this chapter)