On the evening of June 3, Zhou Rui had just walked into the gate of Zhou's mansion, and the housekeeper Zhou Fu stepped forward, "Young master, my lord asked you to come over." ”

Zhou Rui walked into the bedroom where his father Zhou Xiaozheng lived and found that his second uncle Zhou Xiaorong was also here.

"Second uncle, you're here too."

Zhou Xiaorong's face was a little ugly at this time, "Young General, thanks to your reminder, otherwise our Zhou family will suffer a big loss in the future." ”

When Zhou Rui heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, "Second uncle, have you found evidence of the collusion between Maitreya Buddha and the Cui family?" ”

Zhou Xiaorong gritted his teeth and said: "In the morning, we just finished the military meeting, and Jia An told the Cui family all about the performance parameters of the three warships purchased by our Zhou family and the expansion of the four infantry regiments!" ”

At this time, Zhou Xiaozheng, who was lying on the bed, sighed, "I didn't expect that my old brother, who had been with me for more than ten years, would betray me at this time."

Iron Pillar, bring Jaan in! ”

Tiezhu is a strong man standing in the bedroom at this time, his full name is Ma Tiezhu, and he is the battalion commander of the guard battalion of the Ganyang City Garrison Brigade.

Ma Tiezhu is a high-level martial artist, loyal to the Zhou family, when Zhou Xiaozheng led his troops to break through the siege, after being seriously injured, it was Ma Tiezhu who carried Zhou Xiaozheng on his back and fought desperately to break out of the encirclement.

In the entire Zhou family, except for Zhou Rui's late eldest brother Zhou Kang, Ma Tiezhu is the most promising person to be promoted to the rank of grandmaster.

It's a pity that in the last life, with the demise of the Zhou family, Ma Tiezhu also died in Ganyang City.

In this era of cold weapons in this world, there has been a mature martial arts system since ancient times, which is divided into low-level martial artists, intermediate martial artists, senior martial artists, grandmasters, great grandmasters and legendary grandmasters from low to high.

When a martial artist becomes a grandmaster, he will have extraordinary strength, and a punch can even hit the impact of 10,000 catties.

It is the weakest low-level martial artist, and his strength is much more than that of ordinary people, and he can easily lift six or seven hundred catties of heavy objects with both hands.

However, due to the emergence of a node in different time and space more than two hundred years ago, for some reason, the cultivation of martial artists began to become very difficult.

The higher the rank of a warrior, the more difficult it is to advance to a higher rank.

Although a martial artist can absorb an unknown ingredient in the flesh of a fierce beast by eating the flesh of a fierce beast to promote his own cultivation, now the person who can finally be promoted to a grandmaster among the martial artists is like a drop in the ocean, and the great grandmaster has not appeared for many years.

As for the Legendary Grandmaster, it had been hundreds of years before the appearance of the Alternate Time and Space node, and no one had been able to reach this realm.

In the newspapers of many human countries, the term "the end of the martial era" is even used to describe the difficulty of martial arts cultivation today.

After Ma Tiezhu turned around and went out, he quickly walked in with two soldiers from the guard battalion and Jia An, who was tied up with a towel and gagged with a towel.

When Jia An saw Zhou Xiaozheng lying on the bed, he immediately became excited and whined.

Zhou Xiaozheng said in a deep voice: "Take out the towel." ”

Ma Tiezhu then pulled out the towel from Jia An's mouth.

"General! Wronged! Eldest brother! I was wronged! I ......"

Jia An, who was shouting that he was wronged, was kicked to the ground by Zhou Xiaorong, "You wolf-hearted thing, the general can't stand you, you actually took refuge in the Cui family after the general was seriously injured!"

Don't you know how many grievances there are between our Zhou family and the Cui family? ”

I can't complain that Zhou Xiaorong was excited, when Zhou Xiaorong was young, the serious injury that led to the root of the disease was actually the black hand of the Cui family.

You must know that at that time, under the guidance and cultivation of Zhou Xiaozheng, Zhou Xiaorong was only one step away from the realm of the grandmaster.

It's a pity that after being seriously injured, Zhou Xiaorong is also like Zhou Xiaozheng, the muscles and veins in his body are seriously injured, and his martial arts and cultivation are all wasted, the only thing that is stronger than Zhou Xiaozheng is that Zhou Xiaorong can still live like an ordinary person, and Zhou Xiaozheng can only be paralyzed in bed for the rest of his life due to a spinal injury.

"Brother Xiaorong, I don't have ......"

"Do you think it's any use for you to quibble? If there is not conclusive evidence, you will be caught here by the general? ”

At this time, Zhou Xiaozheng sighed again, "Xiao An, the person you sent to deliver the letter to the Cui family has already confessed. ”

When Jia An heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Woo, big brother, I'm sorry for you!" I'm sorry for the Zhou family! Sorry brothers too! I fell into the trap of the Cui family......"

With Jia An's crying, Zhou Xiaozheng and they also knew why Jia An would join the Cui family.

Jia An is a good gambler, and in just a few months at the Yongfu Gambling House, he owes more than 200,000 silver coins in gambling debts.

Jia An, who was unable to repay his gambling debts at all, later accepted the Cui family's solicitation under the matchmaking of He Xi, the owner of Yongfu Gambling Hall.

Since then, Jia An has continued to send information about the Zhou family and the garrison brigade to the Cui family.

After listening to Jia An's narration, Zhou Xiaorong couldn't help but kick Jia An again, "You are a pig!" Who in Ganyang City doesn't know that the boss behind the Yongfu Gambling House is the Cui family! ”

Zhou Xiaorong's words made Zhou Rui touch his nose in embarrassment, he used to go to Yongfu Gambling House often, if he hadn't relived his life, two months later, he would have owed Yongfu Gambling House 100,000 silver coins in gambling debts.

"Xiao An, I don't know how long you've been sending information to the Cui family?" Zhou Xiaozheng asked.

"Quick...... It's been almost half a year. ”

Hearing that Jia An had sent information to the Cui family for nearly half a year, the faces of Zhou Xiaozheng, Zhou Xiaorong and Zhou Rui all became even more gloomy.

"So, when attacking Jingyang City, you also revealed the marching route of our garrison brigade to the Cui family?" Zhou Xiaorong asked angrily.

"Give...... To give...... Given. ”

At this time, even Zhou Rui couldn't help it and kicked Jia An hard.

Zhou Xiaorong immediately gritted his teeth and said: "General, it must be the Cui family who revealed the marching route of the First Infantry Corps and the Heavy Cavalry Battalion to the Zhenwei Army, and we can't bear it anymore this time!" ”

Zhou Rui said with a hideous face: "Dad! You can rest assured! The enmity between you and your eldest brother, I will definitely ask the Cui family for a thousand times back! ”

Zhou Xiaozheng's expression at this time calmed down, "Xiao Rui, Xiao Rong, the power of the Cui family is deeply rooted in Ganyang City.

Moreover, Cui Hong's sister is still the second lady of our Fengwu Jiedu envoy, if our Zhou family and the Cui family start to do it now, the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion will never stand on the side of our Zhou family.

The most important thing for our Zhou family now is to take back the three warships, let these three warships form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and at the same time successfully complete the plan to expand the four infantry regiments!

Only when our Zhou family's strength is strong, can we have a chance to take revenge, and before that, our Zhou family must continue to endure! ”

Zhou Xiaorong said unwillingly: "General, but your injury, and the hatred of the eldest young master......"

Zhou Xiaozheng waved his hand, "Xiaorong, after you were injured back then, I was going to take my brothers to fight with the Cui family, but you persuaded me to learn to endure." ”

Then Zhou Xiaozheng said to Jia An in a non-hurried tone: "Xiao An, you have been with me for more than 20 years, and it stands to reason that there is no merit and hard work, but I have to give an explanation to Zhou Kang and the 1,684 brothers who died. ”

Jia An heard the meaning of Zhou Xiaozheng's words, and kept begging for mercy: "Big brother! Eldest brother! Don't kill me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! ”

Zhou Xiaozheng said gloomily: "Xiao An, no matter how people have to die, since they have done something wrong, they have to bear the consequences!"

Tiezhu, send Xiao An! ”

As soon as Zhou Xiaozheng's words fell, Ma Tiezhu, who was standing behind Jia An, quickly stretched out his two hands and twisted Jia An's neck fiercely.

Just listening to the sound of "click-", Jia An's neck was twisted 180 degrees by Ma Tiezhu.

Jia An, who stared at the two eyes, immediately fell to the ground, no longer alive.

Seeing that Ma Tiezhu solved Jia An cleanly, Zhou Rui felt the back of his neck, and couldn't help but let out a cool breeze.

However, Zhou Rui applauded Jia An's death.

In the last life, it was precisely because Jia An took the entire fortress heavy artillery regiment to take refuge in the Cui family at a critical moment, which caused other troops who were still loyal to the Zhou family to lose the support of large-caliber artillery fire, and finally wiped out the entire army in Ganyang City.

There are a total of five forts in Ganyang City, three on the side of the military port, and the other two forts are built on the side of the Mingang, and these five batteries are currently under the control of the Zhou family.

The five batteries were armed with a total of 16 35x caliber 200 mm coastal defense guns and 28 35x caliber 150 mm coastal defense guns.

Among them, 16 200-mm coastal defense guns have fixed gun mounts and can only fire at sea, while 28 150-mm coastal defense guns can turn their muzzles to shell targets in Ganyang City.

Zhou Xiaozheng was able to occupy a place in Ganyang City, the largest port city in the western region of the Han and Tang Empires, mainly by virtue of two trump cards.

One is the coastal defense fleet, and the other is the five batteries controlled by the Fortress Heavy Artillery Regiment.