"Report!" Someone outside the tent shouted, and Zan Jurun was squatting on the toilet, and when he heard the sound, he grabbed a handful of straw paper. He lifted the linen curtain and came out frowning and asked, "What's the noise?" ”

A man said: "Mr. Zhang (Zhang Yin) has an accident!" ”

Zan Jurun was stunned: "Unexpected? ”

The man said: "Assassins suddenly appeared in Gaoqi Village, and now the entire village is on fire!" ”

Things were a bit sudden, and Zan Jurun was caught off guard, but in the end, it was the official sitting in the hall, so he immediately said: "Order, Iwami Fort is on guard!" Ask someone to bring Commander Zhang to discuss the matter. ”

"Whoa!"

Not long after, Zhang Jiankui, who was wearing a linen robe, and several generals walked into the tent, "How could such a thing suddenly appear, there is no sign at all." ”

Zan Jurun frowned and said, "It's really unexpected, and I didn't expect it at all...... Is this the official act of the country? But they don't seem to have to be so aggressive and reckless. If you seek revenge privately, without great contradictions and hatred, who would do such a serious thing, and who would have the ability? He pondered for a moment and then said, "Don't be impatient, and wait until we find out." Now send someone to the scene to take a look. ”

Zhang Jiankui said: "Do you want the soldiers to wear armor and prepare weapons?" ”

Zan Jurun hesitated a little and was weighing.

Zhang Jiankui persuaded with a simple attitude: "The matter has come to this point, don't ask about killing my officials indiscriminately, what reason is there, there is no need to hide your identity anymore, just prepare for war!" ”

Zan Jurun nodded immediately: "Order everyone to prepare for battle!" ”

He glanced at Zhang Jiankui quietly again, "I still have to thank Commander Zhang for that meal yesterday." ”

The two looked at each other, and their hearts were clear.

Everyone is good here, and the borrowed land is also owned by the local heroes who get along very well, and they don't feel much danger at all; If it weren't for Zan Jurun's bad stomach, he might have gone to Takasaki's house for a banquet on today's begging festival. Of course Zan Jurun doesn't want to die like this! He is only in his thirties, he is already in the position of a servant of the six ministries and an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and his future is very good, how can he be willing to die like this?

Zan Jurun was a little embarrassed, and said: "It's a pity that Zhang's affairs are a pity." ”

Zhang Yin is younger, only in his twenties, although his position is not high, but it is not low in his age...... The key has been appreciated by the emperor, and he is recognized by the emperor as a talent, and the future can be imagined. What a pity! When you come out to be rich, it is inevitable that there will be unforeseen circumstances.

Not long after the herald went out, the heavy music of the golden drum of "dong, bang......" came from the night, and the general's order was played. When all the men heard the sound, they immediately poured out of the tent, and the first ten generals of each capital also came out, shouting loudly, and everyone followed their ten generals and lieutenants to the armory in an orderly manner.

The teams lined up, received weapons from the warehouses guarded by military officials, and helped each other put on armor. The earthen fort was blazing and busy. Plate leather armor, knives, firearms, spears, bows and crossbows, these craftsmen who built forts were not ordinary folk sailors at all, and they were skillfully equipped with complete sets of fine weapons.

"Queue up......" The shouts of the generals rang out everywhere. The strong man of the craftsman soon became a soldier in iron armor.

After a while, Zhang Jiankui, a big man in armor and a red cloak, also came to the front of the people, and everyone looked sideways. Zhang Jiankui stepped forward and said loudly: "According to the order of Emperor Daxu, this general Zhang Jiankui has the right to command, transfer, and deploy the troops of the East China Sea garrison here. God bless my emperor, long life without borders! ”

The army immediately shouted: "God bless my emperor!" The response was an attitude of acknowledging Zhang Jiankui's military authority.

After hearing this, Zhang Jiankui said: "Each team is temporarily led by the deputy general to the defensive areas to set up formations, and the head and ten generals will enter the account with me to deploy everything. ”

"Order! Ordered ......"

Inside the simple tent, Zan Jurun had already hung up a few pictures and was meditating with his back to the door.

"The last general will wait to meet Zan Shilang!" The generals clasped their fists and saluted.

Zan Jurun turned around and looked at Zhang Jiankui.

Zhang Jiankui hugged his fists and said: "The overall situation of the court is to listen to the meaning of Zan Shilang, and there will be some advice at the end." Tonight's incident happened suddenly, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and our troops cannot rush forward; Beware of ambushes. ”

Zan Jurun pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Commander Zhang is reasonable. ”

Zhang Jiankui is a veteran of the battle array, Zan Jurun is a civil official, and he is still very able to listen to the generals' advice.

As soon as Zan Jurun said his position, Zhang Jiankui was encouraged, and said: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, if the opponent is prepared, attacking Gaoqi Zhuang is a bait, let's rush forward and fall into the trap!"

The last general thought that scouts should be sent around to search first, and then send people to investigate the incident. Wait until dawn tomorrow, and then send troops to search Takasaki Village cautiously. ”

Zan Jurun thought so, and pointed to Beishan and other places on the map, and sent people out.

By the early morning of the next day, Zan Jurun and Zhang Jiankui had almost confirmed that it was not a large-scale provocation by the army. There was no sign of military activity within a radius of one or twenty miles.

Zhang Jiankui then rushed to Gaoqizhuang with his men and horses, only to see a ruin under the mountain forest, full of smoke, those beams had not yet burned out, the fire was flickering, and smoke was everywhere.

Everyone searched around, everything was burned, and even the corpses were black and blurred, and it was impossible to tell who was who. The soldiers carried the corpse out, and finally found jade pendants, seals, and other items from a corpse, as well as the soles of boots, flints, and ribbon buckles that had never been burned, and roughly distinguished the body of Zhang Fushi, who was too dead to die. Later, Liu Jin's body was found.

Everyone silently looked at the black corpse, speechless.

In addition to the soldiers and horses, there is not a single living person in this place, and perhaps there are survivors and people nearby who have long since fled to nowhere to escape...... It's a bit tricky now. Originally, one of the people who contacted the local Haoqiang was Bing Cao Si and Liu Jin, and the other was Zhang Fushi, but now that both of them are dead, Zhang Jiankui and the others don't know who to find in the local area.

"General Zhang, please take a look." A general retrieved a strangely shaped dart from the corpse and presented it.

Zhang Jiankui couldn't recognize what it was, anyway, he hadn't seen it in the Central Plains, so he ordered: "Put these things away and take them away!" ”

"Order!"

There are also some samurai swords, arrows and other objects found in the ruins, but they should be of little use, these weapons are commonly used by the country's martial artists. However, Zhang Jiankui still ordered it to be collected, "Maybe the forging weapons are different in different places, and then find someone to see if they can find out where the source is." ”

"General Zhang!" Someone else reported it. Zhang Jiankui followed the sound and saw that a soldier came over with a woman with a cloak of hair.

Zhang Jiankui asked, "Where did you catch it?" ”

The soldier said, "She came down from the mountain herself to look for us." ”

Zhang Jiankui took a look, she was a young lady with a good figure, with fine skin and tender flesh not like a working woman. She was soaking wet, her clothes sticking to her skin, exposing many parts of her body, which was very seductive. Sure enough, the generals and soldiers next to him all quietly feasted their eyes and were stimulated. Most of the soldiers of the Zhou army are young and strong, and they are the age of enthusiasm, regardless of the occasion, as long as there are such people, they can be stimulated.

There is a ten-year general named Yu Liang next to him, a military general recruited by the Wei Army, who is very handsome, and he also looks at her from time to time at this time. The girl also found out about Yu Liang and sent an autumn wave, but soon paid attention to Zhang Jiankui, a strong man who was surrounded by people here.

Zhang Jiankui was much more sophisticated, and he suddenly became vigilant, and said quietly: "Take a piece of clothing to her, what kind of body is the clothes not neat!" ”

He then asked in an interrogative tone: "The people around you have fled and hidden, how can you take the initiative to come to us, a little lady, not afraid of so many martial artists?" ”

After asking, I remembered that it was possible that this Dongdao girl couldn't understand.

However, the little lady can speak Chinese, and her pronunciation is very jerky and inaccurate: "My name is Miko, the concubine of Takasaki-kun." I think Xu Guoren is very good, and I believe that you will not hurt me casually. Zhang Jun took care of me before he died last night, otherwise maybe I wouldn't have lived. ”

"Zhang Yin?" Zhang Jiankui said.

Miko nodded: "Mr. Zhang often comes to Takasaki Village as a guest, I have seen him, and Takasaki-kun introduced him at the banquet yesterday." He's a good guy. ”

Zhang Jiankui said with a straight face: "Let's believe you first, you must no longer seduce the soldiers and disturb the morale of the army!" ”

"How can I ......," Miko said innocently.

Zhang Jiankui said: "Bring this mother back to Ishimi Fort first and ask her about yesterday." ”

They couldn't find anyone to ask for a while, and it just so happened that this Miko was from Takasaki Village, and Zhang Jiankui felt that it was useful.

The group didn't get anything useful from the ruins of Takasakiso, and asked Miko about the homes of the two samurai leaders of Takasakiso, as well as the other two nearby estates that were originally occupied. The command sub-division sent people to contact, but unexpectedly, the leaders of the warriors changed their posture, and they didn't want to have too much contact with the people of Xu Guo, and they had an attitude of refusing to leave the door and staying away!

He couldn't do anything to them, because it was obviously not the work of Takasaki and other owners, and the leaders had not shown a hostile posture to this day.

Zan Jurun speculated: "This matter may involve domestic forces in the country, these people feel the danger and threat, and they are unwilling to risk partnering with us again." ”

Zhang Jiankui thought so.

Zan Jurun's brows were furrowed, and his mood was extremely bad! The originally good situation was smooth sailing, but it took a sharp turn overnight! The situation is foggy, and the resistance has increased suddenly.

Zhang Jiankui asked, "Zan Shilang, what should we do now?" Without the help of local heroes, over time, military food reserves will gradually become scarce. ”

Xu Jun Donghai commanded only a few hundred people, and the grain required was not very large, but in the long run, it had to rely on domestic supplies, and the grain route was too far.

Zan Jurun groaned: "For today's plan, first stabilize your position." Immediately send a ship back to Haizhou and rush to the imperial court. ”

Zhang Jiankui said again: "It is said that if the people of our country do such things and kill the officials of our court, they will severely punish the murderer." Do you want to send someone to inform Iwami Kuni's national secretary and ask them to give an explanation? ”

Zan Jurun frowned and said, "You can try...... However, we did not reach a peace agreement with the officials of our own country, but only cooperated with the local officials; As for the official offices such as the national secretary and the county department, they are not all the way with the Zhuang officials, but they just say that the national government has nothing to do with them. I'm afraid this won't go well. ”.