After investigation, a group of 12 large ships was about to arrive at the Baihe wharf, and each ship had nearly 8,000 stone of grain, adding up to 100,000 stone. The arrival of this batch of grain is enough for the cottage to not worry about food supply within two years. And because this is not a small number, there are only three or four hundred soldiers and horses escorted with it, and the strength of Black Wind Village is not a problem at all.

Qin Donghe carefully selected 1,500 brothers, sneaked out of the mountains in batches, and gathered in a mountain field in Nanyang County. Then the soldiers were divided into two routes, 700 people all the way to the left side of Nanyang County to ambush, and 800 people all the way to the ravine for a day and a night. They deserved to be lucky, because the imperial court was urgent, this batch of transport arrived at the Baihe wharf in the evening, and the escort officer asked to load the truck overnight, so they had to unload the ship and load the truck in the middle of the night. Qin Donghe led 800 mountain bandits to attack in the night. It didn't take much effort, and the docks that were raided by the mountain bandits became a mess. The more than 300 officers and men escorted were dizzy and collapsed at the first touch.

Qin Donghe didn't say much, pulled the loaded grain cart and ran, all the way to the mountains.

The soldiers and horses stationed in Nanyang County received the news and were about to send troops to chase after them, but the more than 700 mountain bandits pretended to attack Nanyang County. The dark lights of the night blinded the fire, and the generals and county commanders who defended the city saw the torches and figures all over the mountains and thought that the mountain bandits were attacking in a big way, and immediately ordered to defend the city.

The bandits did attack for a while, but soon died down. But they did not retreat, and all of them lined up two miles from the city, as if preparing for the next attack. The full torches and figures made the people in the city dare not move. It wasn't until a few hours later that the people at the head of the city noticed that something was wrong, because the figures were motionless, and the torches were extinguished one by one, and even the figures were burning, which was a little strange. So he cautiously sent people out of the city to spy on them, only to find that there were no bandits all over the mountains, but some simple straw men and some torches on the ground.

After learning about the plan, the soldiers and horses in the city wanted to chase after it, but it was already delayed for two or three hours.

Qin Donghe returned with a full load, and on the way back, he rushed through three checkpoints, although more than 200 people were killed and wounded, but before a large number of officers and soldiers arrived, they still watched Qin Donghe's men and horses rush into the valley. They didn't dare to chase after them, so they could only sigh and sigh.

The success of this great adventure brought great benefits to Qin Donghe. Nearly 100,000 stone of grain, that is the ration that the cottage can't eat in a year. Looking at the bags of grain piled up in several caves, Qin Donghe couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

With so much grain in hand, Qin Donghe immediately strengthened his waist. With food, what are you afraid of? Qin Donghe made the supply of food to the surrounding cottages on the condition that they were attached to him. Those cottages are in the midst of a food crisis, people's hearts are fluctuating, and the soldiers and horses in the village are beginning to flee, how can they not agree to his conditions. In just half a month, Qin Donghe pocketed seven cottages. Because the grain was controlled, these cottages had to be driven by the Qin Dong River, and under the coercion of the Qin Dong River, they launched an attack on several cottages with a tough attitude and refused to cling.

By the middle of October, the Qindong River had occupied a large area in the southwest corner of Funiu Mountain. Its territory has bordered the Luoyan Valley in the east and the Taoyuan Dazhai in the central and western regions. In terms of the total number of troops in the cottage, it has exceeded the total number of troops in this Taoyuan Dazhai and Luoyan Valley Dazhai.

In this case, how could Qin Donghe be willing to stop there. He issued a proposal to reconvene the Funiu Mountain Cottage Conference and re-elect the leaders of the Zhai Alliance. Liang Qi also mentioned this matter to Lin Jue when he came to the capital.

Taoyuan Dazhai is actually suffering from drought. At the beginning, Lin Jue did come up with a way to control the acidic soil for Taoyuan Dazhai. The water quality of the big lake in Taoyuan Dazhai was also purified by sprinkling lime water to neutralize it. However, the dry weather has evaporated the lake water, and the remaining water is evaporated and concentrated, and no matter how much lime is sprinkled, it is useless. Taoyuan Dazhai originally had a very good topography, as long as it rained a little, the bowl-shaped terrain of the crater could collect rainwater into the big lake, so there was no shortage of water over the years. But there was not a drop of rain in the continuous drought, and they had no choice. The water at the bottom of the lake is purified and barely enough to supply people and animals, and it is impossible to grow crops.

Fortunately, Mu Zhenshan's family background is thick, and he has some gold and silver treasures and other things, so he sent his son Mu Buping to Luoyan Valley Dazhai for help. This is the so-called Gao Muqing in Liang Qi's mouth who sold grain. In fact, Gao Muqing also didn't want Taoyuan Dazhai to fall into famine, she strictly implemented what Lin Jue told him when he left, uniting Taoyuan Dazhai and using Mu Zhenshan's alliance leader status to stabilize the situation in the mountains and ensure the development of Luoyan Valley.

It's just that Gao Muqing is too kind and doesn't know how to be flexible. If Lin Jue was on the mountain, this relief would not be as simple as buying and selling grain. Mu Zhenshan, who didn't knock, was in pain, and that was cheap for him. Lin Jue told Liang Qi that day that grain could not be sold, and he could only exchange things for things. Lin Jue was talking about strategic materials such as armor and blades, which were all non-renewable in Funiu Mountain. One eliminates the other's strengths, his own strength is stronger, and his convenience becomes weaker, because the other party has no way to supplement. 、

But in fact, Lin Jue still didn't say a word, Lin Jue wanted to say that since those cottages lacked food and couldn't feed people, they sent all the people to Luoyan Valley, and Luoyan Valley Dazhai supported them for them. This is the method of killing people and punishing the heart, when a big village has no villagers, it is a dead village. Once the people settle in the valley, will they still be willing to leave? So what do those cottage soldiers rely on to feed?

Even if there is Zhou Ji of Luoyan Valley Dazhai, the situation of Taoyuan Dazhai is not good. In this case, Qin Donghe of Heifeng Village put forward a request to re-elect the leader of the alliance, and it was responded to by more than a dozen cottage owners. In order to calm things down, Mu Zhenshan had to agree to convene a public village meeting.

What Mu Zhenshan thought in his heart was that even if the Black Wind Village was strong now, after all, there were a large number of big villages in the north and east on his side. There is even a strong Luoyan Valley Dazhai to support him, even if the leader of the alliance is re-elected, he will not let Qin Donghe succeed.

But what Mu Zhenshan didn't expect was that Luoyan Valley Dazhai refused to participate in the conference. Gao Muqing's reason is very simple, there is no need to do it according to the meaning of Heifeng Village. At the last alliance meeting, it had been decided that the alliance leader would be elected every three years, and there was no need to listen to Qin Donghe's toss.

Gao Muqing was obviously not experienced enough in handling this matter, and after Lin Jue left, Gao Muqing basically focused on the internal affairs of the cottage. The understanding of the balance and relationship between the major cottages in Funiu Mountain is not deep enough. She also didn't realize that the strength of the cottage had changed, and Luoyan Valley and Taoyuan Dazhai needed to unite more closely in order to make the Black Wind Village somewhat restrained. At this time, no matter what, it is necessary to maintain the same front as Taoyuan Dazhai, so that Qin Donghe will be afraid.

In fact, after learning that Gao Muqing had rejected the news of the reunion, Qin Donghe was keenly aware of this, and he thought that this was a gesture of Luoyan Valley Dazhai, indicating that the relationship between Luoyan Valley Dazhai and Taoyuan Dazhai was not monolithic. At this time, Luoyan Valley Dazhai stayed out of the matter, which gave itself an opportunity.

Mu Zhenshan didn't expect Gao Muqing to refuse the request of the alliance, and without the participation of Luoyan Valley Dazhai, the conference of the alliance could not be held. Because without the strong support of Luoyan Valley, it may be difficult to keep the position of the leader of Taoyuan Dazhai. In this case, Mu Zhenshan had to repentance and refused the request to convene a copycat alliance. Before convincing Gao Muqing, he couldn't do this, otherwise he would give up the position of alliance leader to others.

This move immediately gave Qin Donghe a mouthful, and Qin Donghe instigated the cottages to release all kinds of words, saying that Mu Zhenshan was not trustworthy and went back on his word. said that Mu Zhenshan didn't care about the life and death of the cottages, and he originally wanted to discuss at the alliance meeting how to use the food he snatched to relieve the affairs of the cottages, but Mu Zhenshan lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, regardless of the famine of the cottage brothers, for fear of losing the position of the leader of the alliance. This is a reckless act of disregarding human life and disregarding the lives of others. said that Mu Zhenshan's move was already immoral, and he was not worthy of being the leader of the alliance at all.

The cottages that don't know the truth have come out to accuse Mu Zhenshan, and Taoyuan Dazhai can only be silent because it can't be explained clearly. But the more this silence is, the more suspicious it becomes. I think Taoyuan Dazhai is the default. The whole Funiu Mountain suddenly became in an uproar and made an endless commotion.

Finally, the final farce was staged, and under the hint of Qin Donghe, more than 30 cottages jointly issued a request to hold a conference in Heifeng Village. Qin Donghe pretended to refuse, but of course finally agreed to their request, and sent invitations to all cottages to hold this meeting in Heifeng Village.

Taoyuan Dazhai and Luoyan Valley and more than a dozen cottages with these two cottages naturally ignored them, but Qin Donghe did not force them. In their absence, the Funiu Mountain Village Alliance in the Black Wind Village was successfully held. Not only was the meeting lively, but in the end, Qin Donghe was elected as the leader of the Funiu Mountain Alliance.

Faced with this result, Mu Zhenshan naturally couldn't accept it. Qin Donghe did not stop doing anything, and sent someone to give Mu Zhenshan an ultimatum, asking him to evacuate Taoyuan Dazhai and gain a foothold in the sub-village, because he is the leader of the alliance, and the place where Taoyuan Dazhai is located is the place where the ancestors of Shu are buried, and it should be guarded by the leader of the alliance.

Of course, Mu Zhenshan couldn't agree to such an unreasonable request, in fact, Qin Donghe didn't expect him to agree at all, he just made an excuse for himself to send troops. In the midst of the apparent noise between the two sides, Qin Donghe was secretly ready to attack Taoyuan Dazhai. Worried that Luoyan Valley would intervene, Qin Donghe also made some preparations in advance. He sent someone to Beishan Dazhai to talk to Bao Meng, Bao Meng had no brains, and was confused by Qin Donghe's rhetoric and a large amount of materials, and inadvertently acted as a tool for Qin Donghe's intention to spy on the Yangu Dazhai. As a result, Qin Donghe also knew that the people of Luoyan Valley Dazhai were only focusing on their own cottage affairs at the moment, and would not easily meddle in the affairs of the mountain. This news made Qin Donghe even more determined to send troops to destroy Taoyuan Dazhai.

So, when the New Year came, Qin Donghe took a look at this day that made people slack, and brazenly launched an attack on Taoyuan Dazhai. Qin Donghe was bound to win, and dispatched 3,000 soldiers to attack Taoyuan Dazhai. At the same time, he was also prepared to prevent Luoyan Valley Dazhai from sending troops, and sent 2,000 soldiers to set up ambushes around the mountain road leading to Taoyuan Dazhai in Luoyan Valley to prevent accidents.

This battle was quite bloody, and the geographical advantages occupied by Taoyuan Dazhai played a role, and the soldiers and horses of Heifeng Village began to attack from the third day of the Lunar New Year to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Several attacks a day, but they were unsuccessful. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Finally, Qin Donghe decided to take a desperate gamble, and he withdrew the 2,000 soldiers and horses that were originally used to set up an ambush to prevent the rescue of the Luoyan army, because there was no movement in the Luoyan Valley for several days, which already showed that they would not make a move.

The addition of 2,000 soldiers and horses suddenly completely reversed the stalemate of the war. Even if it has a complete geographical advantage, the disadvantage of the number of Taoyuan Dazhai is irreparable. Qin Donghe's subordinates offered a suggestion to connect more than 100 soldiers with ropes by the method of rope connection, so that they could break through the magma tunnels and large and small pits hidden in the forests around the volcano that Taoyuan Dazhai relied on to defend. When one falls, the rest can pull him up and protect each other.

Qin Donghe adopted this method, and after paying the price of more than 100 people falling to their deaths, a death squad of 500 bandits broke through the forest line and arrived at the side of the crater. The five hundred men quickly cleared the defenders of the climbing trail in the woods. In the end, more than 4,000 soldiers broke through the most difficult hurdle and landed under the crater wall.

The next thing is much simpler, although there is a city wall in Taoyuan Dazhai Crater, but because the number of guards is too small, the area to be defended is too large, and it is easy to be broken through by Qin Donghe's troops.

On the eighth day of the first month, the outer village of Taoyuan Dazhai was broken through, and thousands of black wind villages poured into the volcanic valley. Mu Zhenshan gathered more than 1,000 remnants of the army to retreat to the inner walled town and refused to defend, and the battle was fierce.

On the tenth day of the ninth month, two days of bloody fierce battles, the soldiers of Heifeng Zhai broke through the inner village, Mu Zhenshan saw that the general trend had gone, and ordered his son Mu Buping to lead people to break through and escape from the ladder cliff in the back mountain. Mu Zhenshan himself led more than 100 people to fight to the death, and was slashed to death by Qin Donghe.

So far, after more than three months of adventure and planning, Qin Donghe's adventure has been greatly rewarded. After exterminating Taoyuan Dazhai, Qindonghe's Heifeng Village has become the overlord of Funiu Mountain, not only the strongest in terms of strength, but also occupying the commanding heights in morality. Large and small cottages have shown their allegiance, and some cottages that were originally friendly with Taoyuan Dazhai were also forced to bow their heads due to the situation. In Funiu Mountain, in addition to the Luoyan Valley Village, the Beishan Village and the four cottages near the left, all of them are seized by the Qindong River.

In fact, from beginning to end, Gao Muqing and others in Luoyan Valley Dazhai were aware of the actions of Heifeng Village. The Luoyan Army also debated whether to save or not to save. One faction of opinions believes that the lips and teeth are cold, and it is necessary to rescue Taoyuan Dazhai and stop the barbaric acts of Heifeng Village. Otherwise, once Taoyuan Dazhai is destroyed, the next target of Qindonghe will definitely be Luoyan Valley Dazhai. This opinion is held by Liang Qi and Ruan Binh. However, the opinion of the other faction led by Gao Muqing is that the current strength of the Luoyan Army is insufficient, and if it relies on strong fortifications to protect itself, it is still time to defend itself, and if it sends troops to fight with Heifeng Village, I am afraid it will be extremely reluctant. The foundation of the main soldiers and horses of the village is actually not good, except for the hundreds of brothers from the original Guishan Island Dazhai, the rest are all recruited from the people, and the combat effectiveness is also worrying. It is not easy to gain a firm foothold, but if you run out of capital, all your previous efforts will be in vain. Gao Muqing's idea is to build a defense system with all his might, defend the dangerous places on both sides of Luoyan Valley, and ensure the safety of the cottage first.

In fact, the two opinions have their own merits, and each has its own focus and concern. But it is obvious that Gao Muqing's ideas tend to be conservative, and they are typical ideas with a short vision. Of course, this is related to Gao Muqing's experience in the past two years. After witnessing the disintegration of Dazhai on Guishan Island, and the risks of settling in Funiu Mountain, and seeing so many brothers dying in front of him, what Gao Muqing wanted to do most was to let the remaining brothers and the villagers who came with him live a stable life. You can enjoy peace and tranquility. She didn't want them to die again, and she didn't want to end up going back to square one, because she poured all her emotions and strength into this cottage, and she cherished it.

However, Gao Muqing did not take into account the overall situation. When the Black Wind Village family is dominant, Luoyan Valley will become a thorn in the flesh and will be uprooted by him. In such a situation, where can there be peace and tranquility?

In the past, Lin Jue made a judgment on Gao Muqing, he said that Gao Muqing was actually not suitable to be the owner of the village, because her vision was limited and her heart was too kind. In fact, Gao Muqing had to sit in this position, and that was because she was the daughter of the owner of the old village. Sometimes identity forces you to sit in a certain position because other people follow that identity, not whether you have talent or not. This is actually very easy to understand, just like the position of the emperor, even if he is a yellow-mouthed child, or even a demented and mentally retarded, but as long as he is a royal bloodline, he will be convinced by everyone when he is the emperor. No matter how capable and capable you are, because you are not a legitimate royal heir, then you are all a rebel and a thief, and there will always be people who are unwilling to submit to you.

Another point, Gao Muqing herself understands, she is afraid of making the wrong decision and ruining everything. If Lin Jue is by her side, she still has something to rely on. Lin Jue said how to do it, she would definitely agree. It's a pity that Lin Jueyuan is in the capital, although he gave some guidance through letters. But after all, the distance is too far, and the correspondence is inconvenient, and I can't get his guidance in time. So Gao Muqing can only make a decision based on his own judgment.

Liang Qi and Ruan Ping didn't dare to argue too much, after all, there are extremely strict rules in the cottage, and there are extremely strict regulations on the authority of the owner of the village, and opinions can be raised, but once the decision made by the owner of the village, it must be implemented. In this case, in the end, according to Gao Muqing's idea, the Luoyan army did not move, and made every effort to build fortifications without mixing with the disputes outside. Therefore, I watched Taoyuan Dazhai being attacked and annihilated by Black Wind Village.

Of course, when Mu Buping, the second owner of Taoyuan Dazhai, fled to Luoyan Valley with a small number of people, Gao Muqing still accepted him and let him gain a foothold in Luoyan Valley to avoid trouble. Mu Buping is already cornered, and if he rejects him, he will die. Gao Muqing couldn't let herself do that. This is actually the contradiction in Gao Muqing's character. Since you haven't taken action to save Taoyuan Dazhai, why do you need to take in Mu Buping? Wouldn't this have given Qin Donghe a solid answer. This kind of contradictory practice is afraid that only women can do it. Soon after, Qin Donghe asked Gao Muqing for someone, and used this as a reason to attack Luoyan Valley Dazhai, which was the truth left at this time. But that's another story.