The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and when this major event first starts, it is also very calm, so quiet that people can't feel its existence.

On this day, Zhang Yi took Li Yan and came to the Wu family's old store again to visit Wu Xinlan. It was too early, there were no other customers in the store, and Wu Xinlan was also idle, so she made a pot of tea and drank it with the two. Zhang Yi asked what the situation was in the county, Xinlan shook his head and said no, but after thinking about it again, he said: "Two days ago, some soldiers and horses came to the county, but they were just passing by, and there was not much movement. ”

Zhang Yi asked casually: "What kind of soldiers and horses are they?" ”

Wu Xinlan said: "I've never seen it, it seems to be different from the soldiers in Shaanxi, everyone is riding a horse, and there is a horse behind them." Zhang Yi nodded: "There are two horses per person, and there is no difference." Wu Xinlan said: "But they wear different clothes from other soldiers, and the weapons they use are also different." ”

Zhang Yi paid a little attention: "What's the difference?" ”

Wu Xinlan said: "Ordinary cavalry use spears and sabers, but in addition to the saber, each of these people carries an iron rod on their backs, which is about two feet long, with a thin calf, which looks like a mace, but has no teeth, and I don't know what it is." ”

Zhang Yi asked again: "How many people are in this cavalry team?" ”

Wu Xinlan replied: "There are probably more than 1,000 people." Zhang Yi didn't ask anymore, the officers and cavalry of more than 1,000 people were not a great force. How did he know that before long, he would have to pay a heavy price for his carelessness this time.

This cavalry of more than 1,000 people, led by a general called Cao Wenzhao, and the name of this cavalry is Guanning Iron Cavalry. They were an elite army trained by Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, when he was alive. Throughout the Ming Dynasty, their combat effectiveness should be ranked first.

At this moment, two messengers came in from outside the door and came to Zhang Yi and arched their hands: "Mr. Zhang, my family is invited." Zhang Yi recognized these two people, both of whom were under Sun Chuanting, and he asked, "How do you know that I am here?" ”

A poor man smiled and said, "Every time Mr. Zhang comes to the city, isn't he here?" As soon as you enter the city today, my family will know about it, so they sent us here to look for you. ”

Zhang Yi's heart was dark: This Sun Chuanting is so powerful, I don't know how many spies are lurking in the city. Sending someone to invite you right now must be something. So Zhang Yi took Li Yan and came to the county office.

As soon as he entered the back hall, Sun Chuanting looked very polite, sent someone to serve tea, and asked about the current situation in several villages, and then said: "I want to send someone to invite Mr. these days, but I don't want Mr. to come to the city first." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Adults invite, there must be something important, you might as well speak up." ”

Sun Chuanting said indifferently: "The current Mr. Shaanxi may have heard of it, but it is the thieves who are swarming, the people of Li are being scolded, and the prefectures and counties are ruined. Fortunately, there have been no thieves in Huayin County, but I can't take it lightly. Inviting Mr. here today is a major mission, and I hope Mr. will not refrain from it. ”

Zhang Yi thought that Sun Chuanting was going to send them to fight against the people's army again, so she didn't think much about it: "The adults just give orders, and the small people must obey their orders." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Just in case, I have set up regimental training in each village, teaching bows, sabers and guns, and training militia, so that even if the thieves come, everyone can resist for a while, so that they will not collapse at the touch of a touch and be slaughtered." The other villages and towns have sent people to go, only your four villages, because Mr. is Baozheng, so I have to inform Mr. first. ”

Zhang Yi was secretly surprised, where did Sun Chuanting send someone to teach bows, sabers and guns in case of thieves, obviously because he was afraid that someone in the village would rebel or collude with the thieves, so he planted people in advance.

What a great move.

Zhang Yi knew that it was impossible to refuse, which would attract Sun Chuanting's suspicion, so he had to agree first and then make a plan. Thinking of this, he agreed: "I see, even if the adults don't mention it, they have this intention in the future, since the adults have made arrangements, I will wait for my fate." After I go back to the village to arrange food and lodging, and then I will go back and forth to my lordship, so that I can send someone down. ”

After saying that he was about to say goodbye, Sun Chuanting smiled: "Don't be so troublesome, since you go down, you must share weal and woe with the people, in terms of food and accommodation, let them bring their own, come here, let them come in." ”

Zhang Yi couldn't help but say, let his servants bring in eight people, Zhang Yi Dingqing looked, those eight people were all dignified, with capable faces, and knew that these people were not muddy people. I felt a little uneasy.

Sun Chuanting instructed: "You wait to follow Mr. Zhang to the four villages, two people in each village, do not disturb the people, do not be lazy, you must teach well, and in the shortest possible time, train the villagers to make an appearance, do you hear clearly?" ”

The eight people bowed their hands together: "Command!" ”

Sun Chuanting smiled at Zhang Yi: "Mr. Zhang, without further ado, lead them there." ”

The eight of them turned around and stared at Zhang Yi together. Zhang Yi had no choice but to say thank you, and then took them out of the county office. Zhang Yi thought to himself that the most important thing at this time was to report to King Qin first, but if he left first, he would inevitably arouse the suspicion of others.

A group of ten people went up the street, and when they came to the old store of the Wu family, Zhang Yi jumped off the horse, bowed his hand to the eight people, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the weather is almost noon at this time, we might as well have lunch and leave." ”

The leader shook his hand: "The county commander commanded, don't delay halfway, let's go quickly." Zhang Yi smiled: "Let's be honest, if we don't eat in the city, we have to go back to the village to eat, we Xianyang people have always been hospitable, if you arrive, it must be a big banquet, but the county commander has clearly instructed not to disturb the people, how many of you will eat or not eat at that time?" So you might as well eat here, I'll pay out of my pocket, it's not a nuisance to the people, what do you think? ”

The eight officers looked at each other and felt that Zhang Yi's words were also reasonable, so they said that they were disturbed, and jumped off the horse together, Zhang Yi was overjoyed, took them into the store, and shouted loudly: "Miss Xinlan, I have a distinguished guest, I want a table of the best wine and food......"

Xinlan came out to take a look, and saw that it was a few military men, frowned slightly, and understood, this guy was going to be a soldier, so he looked down on him a little, and snorted: "Right now, this soldier is in chaos, what good wine and good food are there, let's make do with it." Zhang Yi softened at the time: "It's okay or not, in short, whatever you have in this store, just serve it." ”

As he spoke, he smiled at several officers: "This woman is a tigress, let's not recruit her." ”

Several officers also knew Wu Xinlan's name, and knew that this woman was popular on this street and was not easy to mess with, so they all secretly laughed and gathered around the table.

Although Wu Xinlan said fiercely, he was quite courteous, beckoning the guys to wait, and after a while, a plate of dishes was served, Wu Xinlan personally took out a jar of sorghum wine and filled it for everyone, Zhang Yi was very proud, and accompanied everyone to drink.

After drinking for a while, he looked at Li Yan beside him: "You are young, and you can't drink, go back and wait first." ”

Li Yan knew what he meant, and deliberately didn't leave: "Let me take a sip, what does it taste like?" Zhang Yi said: "When you grow up to two years old, come and taste it again, go quickly, go quickly......"

Li Yan pouted, looking unhappy, stood up and walked out of the store, untied his horse, flew up, and hit the horse back to the village to report the news.

Zhang Yi accompanied the officers and drank for more than an hour, when he was full of wine and food, Zhang Yi put down a few taels of silver, went out of the city with the officers, and came to the village.

Since Li Yan had already sent the news, King Qin had made meticulous preparations, of course he would not show up, and Bai Qi and Fan Ju would not show up either, because the two of them had made trouble in the city once, and they were afraid that some of the eight would recognize them, which would be a bad thing. So Wang Jian came out and settled the eight people, two of them lived in each village, and after working for a while, it was dark. After arranging for the officers to eat, he took them around the village for a while, and then sent someone to take the officers to rest.

On the Qin army's side, King Qin and the four ministers had an urgent discussion: "Sun Chuanting is still not at ease after all. Now that the village has planted a fine work, we must be careful about our every move. ”

Bai nodded: "The king's words are very true, as long as they see a little flaw, Sun Chuanting will know." At that point, we'll have to get up early. ”

Wang Jian frowned and said: "But the arsenal in the village is full of knives and guns, and it is not easy to hide it for a long time!" And as long as the training begins, our sergeants will definitely show their stuff. ”

What he said was true, and it was not difficult for those who had been in the army for a long time to discover that there was a great difference between the actions of a trained soldier and a peasant who had never been trained before.

Fan Ju said: "Sun Chuanting's hand is very powerful, if he doesn't find out, he can only kill these eight people." ”

Wang Jian shook his head: "In this way, he will be more suspicious." Fan Ju smiled: "Of course we can't kill openly, we can kill people with a knife, to be precise, blame others." As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Qi.

Bai Qi also smiled, he remembered that night, they pretended to light lamps to make trouble in Huayin City.

But King Qin shook his head: "It's not proper, you know, the people sent by Sun Chuanting occupy all villages and towns, and everyone else is fine, just if something happens on our side, Sun Chuanting is not a fool, how can he not understand?" ”

Bai Qi also agreed: "Then according to the king's opinion......"

King Qin snorted: "Give more gold and silver, buy his heart, but use it for me." ”