Zhang Chong led the brigade and continued walking. Amidst the movement of carriages and horses, they returned to Mount Tai.
As soon as Zhang Chong came back, his father began to scold Zhang Chong:
"Second son, you are too distracted and don't take your own life seriously."
He was about to beat Zhang Chong, but Zhang Dan and others stopped him. Zhao E in the crowd also looked at Zhang Chong with a look of resentment. As for the other generals, although they didn't say anything, their faces
There is also the slightest bit of confusion.
Zhang Chong did not take the initiative to explain anything, but took the brothers to the ancestral hall of Houfeng.
This ancestral hall is dedicated to the war dead of Taishan over the years. On these incense tables, there are densely packed earthen jars with bones.
Zhang Chong took out the letter box from the bag he was carrying and placed it on an incense table. Then he turned around and sighed to the generals:
"This is a dog and donkey, I brought his head back."
People like Ding Sheng in the crowd immediately spat:
"Okay, these traitors will be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. Kill them well."
Many generals also thought so and applauded one after another.
Cai Que and Guo Zu, who had just bandaged their wounds, heard Ding Sheng's words and wanted to say something, but when they reached their lips, they stopped again. After all, after all, this dog and donkey is indeed a traitor.
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Over there, Zhang Chong heard the noise and applause below, sighed, and said to everyone:
"I didn't kill the dog and the donkey. He rushed into the enemy's line and was stabbed to death in order to cover us. When I killed him, this was the only thing left of his head."
As soon as these words came out, the generals were confused. Aren't dogs and donkeys traitors?
Then I heard Zhang Chong say:
"The dog and the donkey are from Da Sang. He has always been very timid and cowardly. If he hadn't followed me on a water transport trip, he might never have entered the mountains. I knew that he had no courage and could not be a brave warrior, so at first I
So I transferred him to the supply camp, and later to the Holy Treasury. Later, he couldn't bear the hardships in the mountains, so he often went out of the mountains to eat and drink in Dongpingling. Just after I entered the mountains and returned to the stronghold, I had already captured the leaders of several teams guarding the mountains.
They told the dogs and donkeys to leave the mountain two or three times every ten days. Where did the dog slaves get the money? After thinking about it, it should be from the greedy holy treasury."
Having said this, the faces of the little dad and Du Man who were in charge of the holy treasury instantly turned pale. After Gou Donkey's incident, they conducted a strict inspection of the holy treasury. From Gou Donkey's line, they arrested four or five more corrupt treasury officials.
.Originally, I waited for Zhang Chong to come back to talk about this matter, but I didn’t expect that Zhang Chong would say it in public now.
Zhang Chong continued to talk later:
"Let's not talk about the management of the holy treasury. Let's talk about dogs and donkeys. Dogs and donkeys often go to Dongpingling Tomb, which naturally attracts attention. Ever since the battle between Jinshibi and Dongpingling Tomb, people have not let us go.
After the dog and donkey were caught, he directly told the details of our Taishan bandits. After all, the dog and donkey were afraid of death, and they were also greedy. Then they used the dog and donkey as bait to trap and kill his accomplices. This time Aque and I
, Azu and I were ambushed when they entered Dongpingling Tomb. It was this comrade named Shan Ming who put down the rope on the city gate so that the three of us could survive."
As he said this, Zhang Chong pointed at Shan Ming in the crowd with a grateful look on his face.
Shan Ming rebelled against Tang Zhou and naturally did not dare to go back, so he came to Mount Tai with Zhang Chong's invitation.
Zhang Chong not only talked about it, but also took Zhao E, Cai Que, and Guo Zu together and walked up to Shan Ming and bowed deeply. Shan Ming was so frightened that he said he didn't dare to take it seriously.
After Zhang Chong thanked Shan Ming, he continued to say to everyone:
"Originally, I touched the dog and donkey, raped him and left. But the dog and donkey kept saying that he was not sorry for the old brother. At that time, I wanted to take him back to the mountain, sentence him to death in front of the brothers, and let him die.
You understand. But later, when Gou Donkey himself rushed into the enemy camp and was cut to pieces, he only left one sentence before his death, asking me to bring a message to you, saying that Gou Donkey was not a traitor."
After saying this, everyone fell silent.
They should be very careful, can't this matter be simpler? Good people are good people, and bad people are bad people. We already know that dogs and donkeys are bad people, and we have been hating them for a long time, and now you tell us that this dog and donkey still have some difficulties.
?They found this awkward.
But people who are familiar with dogs and donkeys, even those who are not so firm in their hearts, actually feel sad when they hear the story about dogs and donkeys.
Those who are familiar with dogs and donkeys know that dogs and donkeys value brotherhood, and their hearts are still warm. But for those who are not firm in their hearts, they can more or less understand dogs and donkeys. Originally, not everyone is so strong, but the world has not changed.
If you are strong, you cannot live. But do the weak have to become strong? So many people are living well, but they never want to go against the court? So these people understand the mentality of Gou Donkey who wants to be an ordinary person.
The generals below were confused as Zhang Chong continued to speak:
"Originally, the dog and the donkey died, and they did not die in my hands, so the book was over. But I felt a sense of injustice in my heart. Why should the dog and the donkey die, and the dog and the donkey and our people are still living happily in the city?
Does it mean that no matter what, we are the ones who suffer? Then I will show these ribbons, if you dare to come and show your teeth to us, I will kill him. In the end, I broke the Dongping Tomb and forced a person of two thousand stones.
He set himself on fire."
The generals felt emboldened after listening to Zhang Chong's previous words. Yes, dogs and donkeys are traitors and deserve to die. So shouldn't those who set up traps to harm dogs and donkeys die? That doesn't make sense.
But when Zhang Chongzhen said that he would kill a man with two thousand stones, everyone was silent because they knew what it meant.
Duman opened his mouth and glanced at He Kui next to him, wanting He Kui to say something. He Kui sighed, stood up and advised Zhang Chong:
"Qu Kui, it's not a problem to kill some local tycoons. The Han court won't care about it and can't control it. But now we directly force him to kill two thousand dan, which is a full-fledged rebellion, and it is a rebellion that goes directly to Tianting. In these years,
It is not that there were no rebellions. In the first place, the Yizhou Banzhen barbarians rebelled, and later the Kuaiji demon thief Xu Sheng rose in Juzhang, and then Hepu, Jiaozhi, Wuhu barbarians, and Jiangxia barbarians also rebelled. It seemed that all at once, rebels were everywhere and wars raged.
But what about the reality? The Yizhou barbarians rebelled, and the prefect Li Yong tried to pacify them; the Kuaiji demon thief Xu Sheng rebelled, and the county commander Ma Sunjian tried to pacify them with thousands of people; as for Hepu, the Jiaozhi Wuhu barbarians rebelled, and Kuaiji Zhu Jun tried to pacify them. It can be said that these rebellions
Without exception, they were all suppressed by the Han court. So Qu Kui, don't look at the decline of the Han court now, but even if they are now, it is very easy for them to suppress us."
He Kui's words made some generals agree. Many of them were born in Guizhou and were born under the rule of the Han court. They had a deep respect for the Han court. When they were forced to die, they would indeed be willing to behead themselves.
But when they are out of danger, they will start to shrink back and just want to find a stable place to live. This is the nature of ordinary people.
But some of the generals are retorting. They are generally from Shanliao or rangers. They were originally a group of people who were precarious in the Han Dynasty and needed constant struggle to survive. One of them, Ru Mengju, said:
"Qu, I'm very afraid of him. If the Han soldiers dare to come, we will destroy them. With our current strength, who in Qingzhou dares to attack us? As for me, we don't have to be afraid at all. No matter what, let's go to this mountain.
Hiding, no matter how many troops he comes, his work will be in vain."
Zhang Chong nodded, turned to He Kui and said:
"Shulong, what you said is realistic. No matter how weak the Han Dynasty is now, it is not something we can deal with. But the matter has come to this, we can only look forward. Many choices in life are sometimes rational, sometimes they are rational.
Impulsive. We can't always guarantee that every decision we make is perfect. What we can do is, since we have made it, we will accept it. If there is good, we will accept it, and if there is bad, we will still accept it. I believe
"A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise."
Seeing that everyone did not understand, Zhang Chong explained:
"In the short term, we destroyed Dongpingling and killed two thousand stones, which is a big tree attracting wind. But thinking about it from another perspective, we have gained a huge reputation in the entire Qingzhou. Everyone knows that we dare to do things and do big things in Taishan.
Also, we will be surrounded and suppressed by the Han Dynasty later, but the so-called real gold still needs fire to be refined. A few days ago, I saw Master Deng forging iron in Tieguan, and I had an idea, that is, this steel never falls off.
, but forged by the iron hammer. The Han court's encirclement and suppression of us will be a beating. If we survive, we will be the steel army. If we cannot survive, we will need to be burned in the fire again.
But there is no need to panic, our military strength is now dominant in the entire Qingzhou. If the Han Dynasty wants to encircle and suppress, they will only mobilize local troops at the beginning. But the soldiers of the counties and counties in Qingzhou are not our opponents at all. Then
They will mobilize the elite soldiers from the North and the South for the second time. This transfer will not happen in a short time. We have enough time to deal with it. In short, I am confident that I will lead everyone to win the final victory. Do you believe me?
"
After Zhang Chong finished speaking, the other generals knelt down and paid homage:
"I swear to live and die with Qu Kui."
After that, Zhang Chong asked Duman to count the seizures of Dongpingling, and ordered that all armored battles be distributed to all armies in a timely manner. With this batch of armored battles, Taishan's fighting strength will reach a higher level.
At the same time, Zhang Chong also asked about the cloth and silk in the holy treasury. When he learned that there were tens of thousands of pieces of cloth, he ordered to hurry up and prepare summer clothes for the whole army. He estimated that the fastest counterattack of the Han court would be this summer, so they had to prepare in advance now.
Make summer clothes for the whole army.
Zhang Chong was also concerned about the 600 craftsmen and 100 women who were coming, and asked his father to make proper arrangements. In order to allow these people to integrate into the Taishan Fang smoothly, Zhang Chong also suggested that his father and the others could have a bonfire party at night.
Let everyone relax.
The biggest wealth that Zhang Chong obtained this time was these 600 craftsmen. It can be said that at this moment, Dongping Ling has lost the ability to continue manufacturing. Except for some powerful Wubao and some craftsmen, Zhang Chong has basically wiped out all the official craftsmen of Dongping Ling.
The Iron Official Institute originally established by Zhang Chong was actually a technical reserve, but now with the help of these craftsmen, his Taishan Fang's manufacturing capabilities have increased directly.
After explaining all this, Zhang Chong fell ill. He was really ill.