Zhang Yuanyan had no choice but to give up after hearing this.
He felt sorry for the people and knew that the main purpose of this trip was to open up a route for transporting grain. The progress could not be delayed because of a few civilians. The Yizhou army had only more than 60 people, and their words were not important. Before setting off, they decided to obey Wei's orders.
When the group of people set off, Wei Xiyin did not stop, but led his troops to continue on their journey and clear out the zombies along the way.
At night, they chose to stay in a cleared village as usual.
Wei Xiyin took out a map and said, "Of the forty-six villages within Ling County, twelve are located along the foot of Crow Mountain. We will clear out these twelve villages first. Once the food supply routes are secured, we can then clear out all the zombies within the territory."
Especially in Ling County, the guards who explored the way ahead brought back news yesterday.
The city of Ling County has not been broken to this day.
If we want to ensure the stability of people's lives here, in addition to enclosing the mountains and opening up new fields, the cleanup of Ling County is the key. At least before these zombies grow further, Ling County must be taken down.
Zhang Yuanyan expressed his opinion, "There's a serious population loss right now. Even if you clear out the monsters in Ling County and want to build a high wall to enclose the territory, without sufficient manpower, the monsters from other areas will easily swarm in."
Wei Xiyin said, "After all, those who have fled here are only a minority. We should first cordon off the mountaintops and ensure people's livelihood. Once the walls of the residential area outside the fort are built and the population increases, we can then expand outward step by step."
This was her original plan, but due to insufficient manpower, she could not build the city wall in a short period of time, so she could only do it step by step.
Zhang Yuanyan had not been involved before, so it is normal that he was not aware of it.
Wei Xiyin glanced at his expression, thinking he was afraid that the Wei family would go back on their word, and continued, "Don't worry, Master Zhang. The Wei family did obtain the food to save people, but their current strength is limited. They must first protect themselves before they can save others."
Zhang Yuanyan quickly bowed and replied, "Miss, you are too kind. I trust Wei."
Now he has no choice but to believe.
The night passed peacefully again.
It has to be said that even the most superficial research on those zombies provided great help to their actions.
Before setting up camp every day, Wei Xiyin would order people to clear out all the zombies within a two-mile radius. At night, the surroundings were quiet and silent. He slept outside for several days in a row and did not encounter a single zombie at night.
By the fifth day, all the monsters in the twelve villages in Ling County and along the way were cleared out, and the group stepped into the territory of Yimu.
Wei Xiyin was unfamiliar with Yimu. Qinghe County governed fourteen counties. To go from Ling County to Qingyang County, one had to pass through a section of Yimu territory. Yimu was east of Ling County and north of Qingyang. Although it was called passing through, in fact, as long as one did not take the official road, one would only pass by a few small villages under the jurisdiction of Yimu.
As soon as we entered Yimu, we could clearly feel that there were a lot more zombies here, and we could encounter seven or eight of them everywhere in the fields.
Wei Xiyin had a vague premonition that Yi Mu's situation might not be good.
Soon her premonition came true. The guard who was exploring the way reported: "My lady, Yimu City has been breached, and there are zombies everywhere along the way."
really.
She tapped her fingers and ordered, "No need to explore further, clean up the zombies at the foot of the mountain first."
But there is a drawback here. Once Yimu City is broken, even if they clear the foot of the mountain, at night, those zombies will roam around and it will be easy for them to sneak around here again.
Wei Xiyin thought for a moment, then turned to Zhang Yuanyan and said, "Looks like we're going to be delayed here for a while."
Zhang Yuanyan asked: "What do you want to do, girl?"
Wei Xiyin sighed, "What else can we do? We can only set up simple fences along the road to try to prevent the zombies from wandering nearby."
After all, zombies have no intelligence. As long as there is no one here, the wandering zombies will accidentally wander nearby. The simple fence can serve as a interceptor. When they see that the road ahead is blocked, the zombies will naturally wander to other places slowly.
As for why Ling County does not need it, it has to do with the population density.
As long as Ling County is not conquered, there will be only a few monsters wandering on the grain transport trail in the cleared road sections. If they are encountered on the grain transport trail, the guards exploring the way ahead can take action to deal with them.
Yimu is different. It is a very prosperous city. There are too many monsters. It is impossible to survive without some simple defenses to block the roads.
Zhang Yuanyan nodded and said, "You are right, young lady. There are many bamboo forests nearby, which are perfect for making bamboo fences."
The cleanup work started quickly. The guards and the Yizhou army went to cut down the bamboo forest, cut the bamboo into more than one person's height, and made a simple fence a hundred meters away from the path to intercept people along the way.
The remaining wooden oxen and flowing horses behind them were responsible for transporting the bamboo. The efficiency of the three hundred people was very high. They cleared out the monsters while inserting the bamboo poles...
A lot of time was wasted, and it took five days for the group to arrive in Dongwu.
Unlike Yimu, Dongwu City was broken very early, and the zombies had long been scattered somewhere unknown, so there were very few monsters encountered on the road.
The most heartbreaking thing was that Wei Xiyin and others encountered many small zombies here. Most of them were under ten years old. Their chubby cheeks were turned outward and were bitten all over. Some of them even had no limbs and were dragging their broken bodies around.
Everyone remained silent and stepped forward to quickly take care of the zombies.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yuanyan lowered his eyelids and thought of his own children.
He was from Qichuan, Sizhou. Three years ago, he was transferred to Yizhou with Governor Gong. His wife stayed at home to serve the elders and raise the children, and did not follow him to the post.
Zhang Yuanyan had always wanted to follow Liu Langjun back to Qichuan, and he was also worried about the situation at home.
Now I just hope that Gong can protect his family because of his many years of loyalty.
The cleaning work was very boring. There were corpses all over the ground and a pungent stench of decay. Even wearing a mask could not block out the sense of smell, and the disgusting smell filled the entire nasal cavity.
Even Wei Xiyin gradually lost count of how many monsters they had killed along the way.
Except for the more than 80 people they met in Ling County, they did not encounter any living people along the way.
As the weather gets warmer, everything comes back to life.
When the group walked out of Dongwu, the snow on the ground began to melt, slowly revealing the soil underneath. The wild grass and green plants on both sides of the road grew wildly, adding a touch of green to the white earth.
When Wei Xiyin came to Changlan Village again, she was filled with emotion.
The last time we stayed here was to steal food so that our tribesmen could survive, but this time we were transporting food in a legitimate way so that more people could survive.
The village was the same as before, lifeless and dull. Many houses collapsed in the heavy snow. Without being inhabited for a long time, the walls were gradually eroded and showed varying degrees of aging.
Zhang Yuanyan looked at the silent village and asked in surprise, "Girl, do you really think there are any survivors in Changlan Village?"
"Yes!" Wei Xiyin was certain, "and definitely quite a lot."
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