"It's a matter of the safety of nearly a thousand people in the village, young patriarch, please forgive Sun Ji for not being able to obey his life." Sun Ji said with difficulty.

Zhang Miao smiled slightly: "Brother Sun Ji, you are an ambitious person, are you willing to be ordinary all your life?" As long as you are willing to obey me, after killing Zhou Cang, I will truthfully report your merits, with this merit, a wandering position can not run away, if it can reach the ears of General Zhennan, it is not impossible to achieve the position of Huyang County Lieutenant. ”

Sun Ji's face changed, and his voice was hoarse: "But once things are not good, what will happen to the thousands of lives in my Mao Village?" ”

Zhang Miao said: "I didn't let you take all the people in the village away, only select some of them to bring, and the rest will stay in Mao Village, if you are really worried about their safety, you can come to my Sanshui Village." My three water walls are high and the pool is much deeper.

As for the villagers you brought with you, accompanied by my 500 villagers, what are you afraid of, when the time comes, things will not be harmonious, even if you run, I will not stop you! ”

"But ......" Sun Ji still hesitated.

Zhang Miao lowered her face coldly: "Brother Sun Ji, I have given you a chance, it depends on you whether you can soar or not." If you really don't want to, I won't force it. ”

"I..." Sun Ji said he didn't want to, but looking at Zhang Miao's face, and then looking at Deng Tu's hand on the handle of the knife intentionally or unintentionally, he closed his mouth, unwilling to say three words.

Sun Ji knew in his heart that when Zhang Miao told him the whole plan, he had no possibility of refusing, otherwise he would not even be able to get out of Sanshui Village.

And even if he can return to Maocun, once Zhang Miao frees his hand, he will definitely be ruthless to Maocun, with this guy's ruthless methods, the fate of Maocun can be imagined.

Thinking about the more than ten villages such as Gegang that were exterminated, Sun Ji shuddered and shuddered in his heart.

Regarding Zhang Miao's behavior of persecuting Sun Ji, Xu Shu saw it in his eyes, but his face was unwavering. Doing big things is not informal, and Sun Ji is not a good person, and Xu Shu still appreciates Zhang Miao's decision.

Sun Ji had to agree to Zhang Miao's request.

This guy is also a ruthless person, in order to show that he has no two hearts, he took the initiative to leave a pair of children in Sanshui Village as hostages, of course, nominally because he felt that Mao Village was "unsafe", and asked Zhang Miao to take care of his family on his behalf.

Zhang Miao appreciated Sun Ji's interest very much.

On the same day, Zhang Miao took 400 township soldiers who had changed into tattered clothes and set off.

In order to improve morale and increase cohesion, Zhang Miao mobilized the women of the whole village to sew a unified standard military uniform for the village soldiers, narrow-sleeved arrow uniforms, which looked similar to the costumes of the Han soldiers.

However, this time when the troops were dispatched, Zhang Miao asked everyone to put on the previous rags on the outside of the new military uniform. Not only the township soldiers, but also Zhang Miao himself and Xu Shu.

Especially Xu Shu, who took off his wide-sleeved scholar's robe, put on a tattered short coat, removed the crown of his hair on his head, and hastily tied his hair in a bun with a chopstick as a hairpin, which no longer looks like he used to be chic.

Zhang Miao still didn't think it was enough, disgusted that Xu Shu's face was too white, and gave him a pot ash, which looked no different from a rough villager.

This winter, with the efforts of Lutong father and son and more than a dozen blacksmiths, with the support of new technologies of converter and blast furnace, the weapons of the village soldiers were replaced, the bamboo spears were replaced with iron spears, and the sword and shield soldiers also used a straight knife made of stainless steel, which was as sharp as a hundred steel knives in the army.

Deng Niu, a purchaser, was very competent, not only procured enough iron materials to arm all the township soldiers, but also got a lot of cowhides and even strategic materials for horns and tendons.

So, with these things, Lu Tong made a hundred and ten pairs of light armor, to ensure that the officers above the commander have a pair of leather armor, horns and tendons are used to make crossbows, archers are too difficult to train, crossbow archers are much easier, with these materials, Lu Tong made more than 20 crossbow machines, plus the original 20 or so archers, now the number of crossbow soldiers in Sanshui Township has more than 40 people, forming a bow and crossbow team, by Zhang Jin's son Zhang Ji as the commander.

But now, these bows and crossbows, along with arrows, are loaded on a dozen wheelbarrows, covered with tattered covers, broken jars, and the appearance of a displaced person fleeing.

The four hundred township soldiers no longer have the murderous aura of the past, and they look no different from the hundreds of displaced people who have left their hometowns, and when the team goes out of the village, the township soldiers who stay on the wall can't help laughing.

"Ah Miao, there are too many ideas for this ghost." Zhang Jin said to Zhang Yu while laughing.

Zhang Yu shook his head slightly, looking very indifferent: "Hmph, it's just a small skill of carving insects, it's hard to wait for the elegant hall." ”

Zhang Jin said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if it's a small skill of carving insects, as long as you can win the battle." ”

The team came out of Sanshui Village and drove straight to Mao Village, and when it was more than 20 miles away from Mao Village, they saw Sun Ji with three or four hundred people coming over.

Judging from the dress, these four or five hundred people are no different from the soldiers of Sanshui Township, all of them are wearing tattered clothes, holding bamboo spears and hoes in their hands.

However, more than half of Sun Ji's team is made up of women. All the men in Mao Village add up to two or three hundred, and now it seems that Sun Ji is basically pouring out.

The two teams formed a team, and Zhang Miao and Sun Ji walked on the side of the road and stood still.

"Brother Sun Ji, what did you and your villagers say?" Looking back at the people of Mao Village, Zhang Miao asked in a low voice.

"According to your instructions from the young patriarch, I told them that Zhou Cang poured out of the nest this time, and after conquering Huyang, he would inevitably continue to attack the villages, in order to avoid being slaughtered by the thieves, it was still the same as in the autumn, the big guys took the initiative to surrender to the thieves, and waited for the opportunity to return to the village when the thieves retreated." Sun Ji replied in a low voice.

"They didn't suspect it, did they?" Zhang Miao continued to ask, he was afraid that he would leak the news and cause the mission to fail, after all, the people of Mao Village were not his own people.

Sun Ji shook his head: "I didn't tell anyone the truth. Plus with the last time, they definitely won't doubt it. ”

"But why do some people have a faint look of excitement on their faces?" Zhang Miaohu said suspiciously.

Sun Ji showed a hint of shyness on his face: "Many brothers are looking forward to entering Huyang City so that they can grab some things, so they are excited......"

it! Zhang Miao was speechless, this Mao Village person is really unchangeable!

When the two groups of people joined together, there were nearly 1,000 people, but they were clearly distinguishable from each other. The people of Maocun had the experience of being bandits, so they walked in front, and Sun Ji was responsible for dealing with bandits.

The soldiers of Sanshui Township only suppressed the bandits, and in order not to show their flaws, they walked behind and covered themselves with the help of the Maocun people.

The team headed towards Huyang City, without sending sentry spies, nor did they distinguish between vanguard and guards, just like a very ordinary yellow turban team, moving forward, and in the afternoon, they finally arrived outside Huyang City.