For this kind of briefing, the military intelligence department does not report to the cardinal and the secretary's cabinet, nor does it go through Si Congcao, and Jin Jian is directly responsible to Xu Zixian.

The intelligence of pirates in various places is the most important, and it can be judged from a lot of information that the pirates are no more than seven days away from the Eastern Domain, and the time to start the war will not exceed ten days if you count the time of Penghu and the temptation to the Eastern Domain.

The pirates don't have any battle plans, but that doesn't mean they're going to rush ashore in a swarm, they will probe, measure the depth of the water, stop the big ships and gather the small sentinels, and then go ashore in batches where they see fit.

Now the judgment of the Nan'an Hou Mansion is not necessarily the place where the pirates are willing to land, so the soldiers of the government army train the battle formation under different terrain every day, and every evening, Xu Zixian can hear the loud military song of the army soldiers of the brigade when they collect their troops and return to the camp.

Qin Dongyang and Ge Da Ge Er, Jin Baoyi, Lin Cunxin and others don't come every day, the generals are extremely busy, of course, they will send people to take the pulse every day, so as to learn the latest news of Xu Zixian's condition.

Everyone is worried and concerned, this is a fact without a doubt, and Xu Zixian will not doubt this.

In addition to the news of the pirates, the situation on the island and the situation on Fujian Road are generally similar to the news collected before.

Xu Zixian held up his spirits and scolded with a smile: "Lin Douyao is really a fucking slippery head, no wonder he couldn't fight King Zhao before, and he couldn't suppress me, such a person has no responsibility, let him be a pacification envoy all the way, and he still wants to enter the two mansions." ”

Jin Jian didn't say anything, but Xu Zixian didn't expect him to answer, he took a few breaths at the moment, and then said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Yang Dafu in Fuzhou is helping us find a doctor named Wang Xinyuan, I heard that he is a good hand at Dafangmai, and there is no new information about the specific situation."

Xu Zixian was noncommittal, he no longer had much hope for the doctors who treated the epidemic in this era.

After all, the development of traditional Chinese medicine, to be honest, is mostly a prescription to speak, orthopedics is experience, prescription is also experience, in hundreds of thousands of herbs back and forth, with human life to pile up experience, what prescription can reduce fever, what can stop bleeding, what can stop cough, in general, famous doctors are in the hands of some effective prescriptions, and can judge what to use, quack doctors just can't judge the disease, and don't know what prescription to use.

Orthopedics, Chinese medicine is much stronger than Western medicine at this time, and it is also something that has been explored through practice.

To cure the plague, if someone tries to find a combination of herbs that works, at least it can help the human body fight the virus, I am afraid that it has already worked, and the current prescription is just a placebo, so Xu Zixian is reluctant to drink it, but he can't stand the little sister and Xiuniang standing on the side of the bed and crying together, so he can only pinch his nose and pour it every day.

"Yang Shiwei has a heart." After half a ring, Xu Zixian said, "What's the matter?" ”

Jin Jian said: "I have asked the people over there in Nan'an to help as much as possible, and pay more attention to the doctor's news." Anything else, just some signs and signs, until I'm sure. ”

"Be calm in everything." Xu Zi glanced at Jin Jian first, he could see that this young man was still the same as he was back then, there was still a stubborn heart under the delicate and easy-going surface, but there was more scheming and forbearance, everyone was changing, whether they wanted to or not.

"My subordinates understand." Jin Jian hugged his fists and turned to withdraw.

Xu Zixian lay down very tiredly, there was a slight sound outside the window, it should be a servant watching the situation in the house through the flower window, the room is always ventilated, the weather is hot, Xu Zixian lay still, his body is still slightly sweating, this is actually a good thing, if the sweat can't be released, then the trouble will be big.

Then there was the sound of the nail leaves, it should be that the guards were changing shifts, there were three shifts of guards every day, more than 30 people took turns to change shifts, and the shift change was to go to the outer courtyard to wash, eat and sleep, everyone would not go out, but after the shift, they could take off their sweat-soaked armor and breathe a sigh of relief.

Every day is like this, Xu Zixian sometimes feels that he is out of control of everything, which makes him uneasy, twice he woke up in the middle of the night, Lin Shaozong and others heard the movement and broke in, Xu Zixian had already woken up.

Sometimes he felt like he had just woken up from a nap, alienated and isolated from the whole world.

In the two days when he was most seriously ill, Xu Zixian felt that he probably couldn't survive, and when he had a high fever, he thought of the collapse of Nan'anhou Mansion after his death, but he didn't have too much worry and anger, because at this time, he felt that everything in the world had nothing to do with him, like people in the clouds watching ants.

Whether rich or lowly, when it comes to this point, everything in the world becomes meaningless.

Now he is still gritting his teeth and holding on, he can still meet and talk to people every day, his way of thinking has not changed much, and the people closest to him have no way to find his indifference and weakness in the past few days.

As a man, he just needs to be so hard.

As long as there is a breath left, you can't say bad things, you can't do bad things, and you have to stand up for everything first.

This time he was seriously ill, and Xu Zixian felt that he seemed to have gained something.

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Two days before the news of the arrival of the pirates was transmitted, Zhang Zhongde and several other soldiers who had returned to their hometowns to pick up their families boarded the ship, arrived in Fuzhou after passing through Penghu, and then got into the carriage arranged by the Nan'an Hou Mansion at the port.

The military and political departments are responsible for all these things, and it is undeniable that they have arranged them very well.

Each soldier carries his belongings, the bedding is beaten into a bag and carried behind him, they are wearing gray robes and military robes, and there is a bronze star on their shoulders, they do not carry a long sword, but they carry a horizontal knife, and the five soldiers are allowed to be carried by the people, and these soldiers also have the identity of the van army, at least the identity recognized by the Great Wei court, so they can travel unhindered along the way.

In addition, there are sundries such as water bottles, lunch boxes, spoons, salt packets, flint stones and so on.

They didn't have to deal with each other, after all, they were going back to their hometowns to visit relatives, so everyone wore leather boots.

After going to the Eastern Domain, there were a lot of prey hit, and it was no longer difficult to get skins, and the military and political departments successively equipped all soldiers with leather boots.

This made the Great Wei Xiang troops who were guarding along the way quite envious, and they were all wearing cloth shoes or hemp shoes.

In the first few years, a well-made pair of leather boots cost at least a consistent amount of money, or even several dollars, and ordinary people could not afford such equipment.

The soldiers had dark complexions and happy smiles on their faces, and when they sat in the car, they took off their hats and put them aside, and quickly put them on when they got out of the car.

They walked with the same pace, their hands naturally drooping, their waists straight, and their eyes looking straight ahead, showing strong self-confidence and military pride.

In contrast, those emaciated and timid van troops were like a pack of wild dogs gathered together, and the two sides were too far apart.

More than once, not only the Xiang army was looking at these soldiers, but also the forbidden army or military attachés, when they encountered such a group of soldiers by chance, they would always look up and down thoughtfully, feeling that these Nan'an soldiers were different from ordinary soldiers.

The officers and soldiers of the Nan'an Mansion Army will always have a confident look, even if they meet a first-class military attaché, at most they will take the initiative to clasp their fists and salute, neither humble nor arrogant, and their expressions are calm.

This kind of happy, confident, and self-respecting look has not been seen on the faces of the Great Wei soldiers for many years.

After arriving from Fuzhou to Nan'an, many soldiers of the government got off the bus along the way, carrying parcels, which contained some local products of the Eastern Domain, as well as things brought back from Penghu, and they took these items home to enjoy a ten-day holiday with their families.

This kind of rotating leave is quite rare, at most once a year, and only after at least half a year of continuous service can you be eligible to apply for leave, and it may not be approved.

Many officers and soldiers of the government army took advantage of this opportunity to move their families, and in fact, most of the government troops had already taken their families to the Eastern Domain.

Everyone was not in a bad mood, only Zhang Zhongde had a gloomy face and was in a bad mood.

A few fellow villagers, the tall and rough Zhou Huaiyong, the capable and intelligent Lin Fengshan, and the cheerful team officer Lu Wenluo, they also knew his mood and didn't bother.

Although Zhang Zhongde was still wearing a gray military robe, his outfit and weapons were the same as everyone else, and he even had a ten-force strong bow, which confirmed his identity as an archer.

But everything was completely ruined, Zhang Zhongde had a physical breakdown during the difficult training, and later his spirit also collapsed, and he was included in the unqualified list after falling behind, and was directly transferred to a guard.

Because they did not flee before the battle, surrender to the enemy, or do not obey military orders, the government soldiers who retreated during the training were generally transferred to the guards, and some people were directly transferred to officials, because the government soldiers had strong execution, and if they understood the law and were literate, they would be better at becoming officials, and their abilities were much stronger than those of ordinary officials.

Zhang Zhongde didn't want to be an official, but he was still willing to serve the lord with a bow and arrow, so he became a guard.

Since Zhang Zhongde was the commander of the government army, after being transferred to the guard, he served as the deputy officer, responsible for the defense of several hundred households and the outer warning area.

On the contrary, the salary has risen, from two to three, and the welfare benefits are also quite good, there are various subsidies in kind, he has not yet married, and his life is quite nourishing.

But all this could not make up for the shame in the heart of this old soldier who was trained in Nan'an Town, and it took Zhang Zhongde a long time to come out of the shadows, but there was still a lack of smile on his face.

They were all archers who had served for more than half a year and performed well, including crossbowmen, long-term warriors and soldiers, but there were no cavalry. The miners who came from Jianzhou chose very few cavalry, they lived and grew up in the mountains, and there were not many opportunities to ride horses, unlike people along the line of the Great Wall, who had more opportunities to get horses and ride horses, and of course there were many good families who could ride horses, and almost all of them were infantry here in Jianzhou.

Everyone carries weapons, which is also a special rule of the Garrison Department, and a soldier is a soldier at all times, and does not leave the status of a soldier because he temporarily leaves the camp.

Everyone leaned their weapons against the wall of the box, and the topic was, of course, the bandits who were active around Jianzhou to Shuikou, Gukou, and Nan'an.

Since Wang Yue, the governor of Jianzhou, annexed the mine and robbed the minerals, there have been many real bandits and bandits, including some miners who have lost their sources of food and clothing.

It is also estimated that a considerable part of the men sent by Wang Yue pretended to be bandits, threatening and forcing the owners of the mines who were still operating miserably, and forcibly snatching and annexing their minerals.

Everyone was not afraid, and after a few rounds of topics, the eight of them discussed the battle formation drill, and the team they formed temporarily felt that they could fight against dozens of bandits.

Recently, bandits in Jianzhou have been wreaking havoc in the Gukou area, which has caused panic in Shuikou and Nan'an, and even alarmed Fuzhou.

People talked a lot, and they all said that Nan'an was fortunate that there was still a capital army in Nan'an, and a local garrison was formed to defend against bandits.

Of course, this is still a trained bandit, if it was a bandit before, these eight people feel that they can fight a hundred or even more.

Of course, this kind of self-confidence does not come in vain, after a long period of hard training, a number of actual battles can only have a strong self-confidence, but also a veteran's thing.

They stayed in Fuzhou for a day and bought some goods and local products, but the Eastern Domain had nothing to bring, and everyone couldn't go to see their families empty-handed, so they still bought some pastries and other things in Fuzhou and took them home all the way.

When they were in Fucheng, everyone felt a little nervous in the market, but they didn't care, they were not from Fucheng, even if something bad happened in Fucheng, it had nothing to do with everyone.

The people of Fuzhou paid a lot of attention to these soldiers of the Nan'an Hou Mansion, Zhang Zhongde and Lu Wenluo both felt some strange eyes, they didn't care too much, the dress and action of the government army, just the eyes that were neither humble nor arrogant, as well as the unique military salutes, medals, and military ranks, it was not surprising that they attracted people's attention.

The carriages drove south-west along the dusty avenue, and there seemed to be a lot more pedestrians everywhere, and, strangely, there was a noticeable increase in the number of ships sailing westward on the river.

At this time, the soldiers of the government army felt that something was wrong, but they did not receive any orders, and everyone moved their bodies in the carriage uneasily, looking out of the window until the moment when the carriage shook and the carriage stopped in Nan'an Town.

Many people's eyes were a little moist, they were veterans from Nan'an, they were not necessarily from the town, they might be young and strong men from the surrounding villages, who participated in the expansion of the regimental training.

It is also possible that he is directly from the official village of Nan'an Hou Mansion, and he is regarded as the earliest group of old soldiers.

"It's calculated," Lu Wenluo first looked at the situation on the street, feeling that Nan'an was still prosperous, and said with a smile: "This time I am going to take my father, mother, wife and children over." ”

"Me too."

"Me too, I can't see each other for half a year, but I can't stand it."

"My family only has two acres of dry land in Nan'an, the land is very thin, and there is more harvest than one acre and one stone, my mother said that she wanted to rent it out, I said yes, plant it for the clansmen, but you must make a good deed, otherwise it will be difficult to say after a long time."

"This is also, my family also has one and a half acres, but we plan to sell it directly."

"It's okay to sell it, the Eastern Domain will give us at least a hundred acres of land, what do you want to do with one or two acres here?"

"We people on Fujian Road don't have any nonsense about their homeland."

Seeing that everything was as usual in Nan'an, the soldiers of the government army were also in high spirits.

Their home is twenty or thirty miles away, not far away.

When Zhang Zhongde looked out of the car window, he saw that there were also guards in Nan'an Town, and the other party was an ordinary police sergeant.