"Recruiting craftsmen from the village?" The deputy battalion commander was stunned: "There are craftsmen in Weizhou City."
It is normal to build monuments and sculptures at the entrance of the cemetery, but there are already craftsmen in Weizhou City, so there is no need to recruit them from the village.
"I have a lot of sculptures to make, and there are not enough craftsmen in Weizhou City," Tieniu said.
"How many will be transferred from the village?" asked the deputy battalion commander.
"The more, the better!" Tieniu replied calmly.
The deputy battalion commander frowned slightly, but did not ask any more questions. He nodded and agreed. Just as he was about to leave, Tieniu stopped him again: "By the way, what's going on over there with Monkey? Haven't you found King Jin yet?"
Monkey followed the escaped Jin-Barbarian coalition forces and had been circling the mountains for many days, but still could not find the King of Jin.
"No," the deputy battalion commander shook his head: "King Jin was too cautious. Monkey and the others followed the deserters during this period and found several suspected places where King Jin was hiding, but in the end it was confirmed that they were not, or that King Jin had been there.
Stayed and then left again.”
"Then let the monkeys come back," Tieniu sighed: "It's too cold in the mountains, don't freeze the brothers anymore."
"Aren't you going to arrest King Jin?" the deputy battalion commander asked in surprise.
"We can't catch them anymore," Tieniu shook his head and said, "Since the deserters haven't found King Jin's hiding place for so long, it means that King Jin has guessed that they are the bait we deliberately released, and there is no need to continue."
"What the battalion commander said makes sense," the deputy battalion commander nodded: "Then I will arrange for someone to send a message to the monkey and ask them to come back after arresting the person."
At noon the next day, after receiving the message, the monkeys immediately attacked the deserters.
It's really cold in the mountains, and the bodyguards have been severely froze recently. As a result, after driving around in the mountains so many times, they didn't even see the shadow of King Jin.
The coldness during this period was all in vain.
One can imagine the Jinman deserters who led them in circles in the mountains.
Originally, the deputy battalion commander thought that Monkey could take some prisoners back to build the cemetery, but Monkey thought it would be too troublesome to take them with him, so he immediately issued a kill order.
Except for a few who were left alive for interrogation, all the remaining deserters were killed.
When Monkey led the people back to Weizhou City, they saw a formation of airships flying from the direction of Qingshui Valley in the distance.
The deputy battalion commander led people to greet the monkey at the gate of Weizhou City.
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work. Hot meals and dishes have been prepared in the city. Brothers, please go in and warm up!"
"Sir, do you want to attack Jin Dynasty?"
The monkey did not enter the city, but stared at the airship in the sky and asked.
"No," the deputy battalion commander shook his head: "These airships are here to transport the craftsmen."
"Why send it to the craftsman?" the monkey asked in confusion.
"The battalion commander said that he wanted to build many sculptures around the cemetery. There were not enough craftsmen in Weizhou city, so he wrote to the gentleman and asked him to send some from the village." the deputy battalion commander explained.
"Many sculptures?" Monkey frowned slightly: "Where is the Iron Ox Man?"
Tieniu is a famous killer. Not only the enemies are afraid of him, but many bodyguards are also frightened when they see him.
The deputy battalion commander also had doubts last time, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions.
However, Monkey and Tieniu are veterans of the same batch and have a good relationship. Monkey doesn't have to worry about the questions that the deputy battalion commander dare not ask.
"The battalion commander is not in the city, but in the camp outside the city."
The deputy battalion commander pointed to the open space to the northwest.
In order to minimize disturbing the people, after the escorts occupy the city, the large troops will withdraw from the city when order is basically restored.
Same this time.
After clearing out the rebels in the city, Tieniu withdrew the main force from Weizhou City and stationed himself in the open space outside the city.
Tieniu, the commander-in-chief, did not hide in the city to enjoy his life, but lived in the camp with his bodyguards.
"Then you make arrangements for the brothers, and I'll go talk to Tieniu."
The monkey turned the horse's head and left with several people.
When we arrived at the camp, we happened to see Tieniu coming out of the tent.
"Monkey, are you back?" Tieniu greeted the monkey with a smile: "You're freezing, come in and warm yourself up."
The monkey was not polite and walked directly into the tent, took off his shoes and grilled them on the stove.
The tent was soon filled with a strong smell of feet.
Tieniu had long been accustomed to the smell. He laughed and cursed, took the teapot from another small stove, and poured a bowl of hot water for the monkey.
"Why do you want so many craftsmen to come here, sir?"
The monkey took the tea bowl and asked.
"I want the Eastern Barbarians to forever repent for what they have done!" Tieniu looked back at the altar table and gritted his teeth.
There is an exquisite wooden box placed on the altar table.
Inside the box is General Fan's head.
Even though so many days have passed, Tieniu still gets angry every time he sees this box when he enters the tent.
"How to repent?" Monkey asked curiously.
"You'll know in a few days!"
"Tch, you've got enough to do with me!" Monkey pouted, but didn't continue to ask: "Do you have anything to eat here? I'm going to starve to death!"
"It has been prepared for a long time!" Tieniu smiled and opened the door curtain, and quickly came in with a tray: "Come, tell me what you have gained this time. If we fully attack Jindi, what are the chances of winning?"
Monkey's mission this time is not only fishing, but also searching for intelligence, assessing the battlefield, and preparing for the future attack on Jin.
"It's more troublesome," the monkey said while picking at his feet and chewing the steamed buns: "If we really fight, we will definitely be able to defeat him in the end, but it will take much longer than in Qin Dynasty!
It doesn’t take a year to conquer Qin, but it will take at least three years to fully occupy Jin!”
"It takes so long?" Tieniu frowned.
Since ancient times, war has been fought with money.
The Jin region is mountainous, and most of them are stone barren mountains with no trees. It is much poorer than the Qin region, which has fertile soil in Guanzhong.
In Tieniu's view, it was easier to attack Jin than Qin.
As a result, the monkey said this now.
"There are too many mountains here in Jin, and the people are fierce. The King of Jin is not very kind to the people, but he is still very generous to his subordinates, so there are many die-hard loyalists among the people."
Monkey said: "Three years of fighting are still ideal. If King Jin takes his people to hide in the mountains and start a guerrilla war with us, it will be even more troublesome!"
Although Qin is rich, there are many plains, which are very suitable for escorts to advance quickly.
There are too many mountains in the Jin region, and sometimes it takes a day or two to go around a place that is one or two miles away in a straight line.
This is very disadvantageous for escorts who are fighting away from home and are not familiar with the local conditions.
Although the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau has airships, the land of Jin is so big and there are so many mountains, so they can't send airships to plow one mountain after another, right?
If you really want to do this, not to mention whether you have enough airships and explosives, it will definitely take a long time.
"This situation must be reported to sir as soon as possible." Tieniu said with a frown.
"Don't worry, I had people write the report in the mountains, and I had people send it back as soon as I came back," said the monkey.
"That's good, sir, I'm sure you can come up with a solution!"