Yangzhou City's blue bricks and glazed tiles of the magnificent county government, early in the morning began to be full of people, the county order convened a group of people from the county government, in the spacious and majestic hall of deliberations, Zhang Xian is now a county lieutenant part-time food and salary officer, looking at the county government hall on the "mirror hanging" plaque, and then look at the county order that seems to be majestic, but the inside is greedy and greedy, it feels unusually ironic. The county commander looked at Zhang Xian standing in the hall, the corners of his mouth twitched, the county magistrate naturally hated it in his heart and was helpless, the handle was in the hands of others, and all he could do now was to pick up his tail and be a man. After everyone's polite greetings, the county magistrate spoke seriously:

"Gathering everyone today, there is an important thing to inform you, Zhang Xian, the county's grain and salary officer, has both ability and political integrity, this time not only completed the imperial mission of escorting grain and grass, but also found that the county government soldiers colluded with the mountain bandits, and eliminated the mountain bandits with wisdom and courage. Such an outstanding young talent, but he was falsely accused by some members of the family of raising private soldiers with the intention of rebellion, and this official has now found out that all this was done by county captain Daniel Zhang. With the sun and moon on his head and his feet on his feet, how could he let Daniel Zhang be such a lawless and steal the county lieutenant of the county? Therefore, this official has removed Daniel Zhang from the post of county lieutenant and appointed Zhang Xian as the county lieutenant of this county, responsible for the security of the county, arresting thieves, and maintaining the peace of the county! ”

After the county order was finished, the county commander and the catcher quickly stood up and showed favor to Zhang Xian, this gang of people, for the huge changes in personnel in front of them, where is there anything they don't understand, Daniel Zhang, who was originally a close confidant of the county order, was instantly removed from his post and expelled from Yangzhou City, and Zhang Xian, who was also the cousin of Daniel Zhang who wanted to die, took over the post of county captain, which shows that either this Zhang Xian's backer is extremely tough, or the county order is pinched by Zhang Xian, but in any case, these people will rely on Zhang Xian to live in the future, How can you not show closeness now?

"Oh, county lieutenant Zhang, congratulations, the county lord is as wise as a torch, Lord Zhang is such a young talent, to be able to serve as a county lieutenant in this county, it is really a blessing for the people of this county! Chen Qingtang, this official county, congratulations! ”

"Lord Zhang, the humble duty is to catch Wang Changwei, the head of the fast capital, Yangzhou County is one of the largest counties in the Great Song Dynasty, there are more than 1,600 people and soldiers, and we will listen to Lord Zhang in the future!"

After Zhang Xian listened to the two of them, he saw that Chen Qingtang was dressed in a cyan Confucian shirt, wearing a big Song lop ear hat, a long horse face, and two beards lying on the corners of his mouth. As for the square face, the head of Wang Changwei is full of flesh, the eyebrow bones are thick, the jaw is prominent, and the slag is simply standing upside down on the corner of the mouth, looking a little powerful, however, the kind of eyes that are revealed, Zhang Xian can only be described as strong on the outside and dry in the middle, that is, a straw bale. Seeing the details of these people, Zhang Xian didn't bother to distinguish how these people were, and now he wanted to take advantage of half a year to suppress bandits and train soldiers, as for rectifying these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he could only wait until he took power to rectify them, and now he could only let them go first, so Zhang Xian said loudly:

I heard that bandits around the county are rampant, burning, killing and plundering, and doing all kinds of evil, and the people are deeply suffering. The lower officials want to exterminate these bandits and stubborn bandits first, so as to appease the peace of the place, and hope that the adults will give permission. ”

The county official was surprised when he heard what Zhang Xian said, first of all, he didn't expect this kid to take his own handle, and he didn't fly overbearing, if he was blackmailed by the handle, he only took the money and didn't do anything, he was helpless, and he could turn a blind eye. Now it is respectful of his own face, as an old fritter in the officialdom, the county commander actually wishes that Zhang Xian, this kid is a stunned kid, and it is easy to deal with, the more inconspicuous the person, the more real danger it is; Secondly, this county lieutenant is the second fat difference in addition to his county order, and the person who became the county lieutenant has always tried every possible way to contact the vendors of various commercial houses first, looting money, what lawsuits are wrongfully imprisoned, most of them are made by this gang of people, and their purpose is nothing more than to loot money, this kid is good, the first thing he did when he came was to suppress bandits? Let's not talk about the ferocity of this bandit, the county soldiers who often kill are killed and injured heavily, so that later the county lieutenant arrested the fast in the name of suppressing the bandits, pretending to suppress the bandits, and really killing the good and risking the merits, and received his own benefits from the filial piety of the soldiers below, and he could only turn a blind eye. Since this kid wants to hit the knife edge by himself, he is desperate, and he wants to add a fire, so the county order continued to say seriously:

"Oh, Lord Zhang is really a model for my Song Dynasty officials, dedicated to eliminating violence, peace and goodness, and supporting justice, since Lord Zhang is so conscientious, the official should do his best to hold himself, money and food are easy to say! However, many of the soldiers in this county were recruited two days ago, and the other soldiers had just come back to repair the bandits, so I'm afraid that Lord Zhang would not be able to use the new soldiers and tired soldiers to suppress the bandits, how can this be good? ”

Zhang Xian was like a laugh when he saw the county officials pretending to be crazy and stupid, Zhang Xian was too lazy to spend precious time on them, and said straight to the point:

"The county lord does not have to be polite, and there is no need to be embarrassed, since the lord trusts the lower official so much, then the lower official should be considerate of the adult's difficulties, and will not send these new and tired soldiers to suppress the bandits, presumably the county lord also knows that the lower officials also know that in order to protect the family property, there are also a group of family members to protect the home, when the country is in danger, they should be used to serve the king and the court, therefore, the lower officials decided to use their own family to suppress the bandits, and the rewards won by the bandits will be divided equally between the adults and everyone present, and the only requirement of the lower officials is food and grass, wounded soldiers treatment, The specific information of the bandits' foothold is prepared for the good of the next official! ”

"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"

After listening to what Zhang Xian said, the three people of the county order, the county Cheng, and the head of the arrest were asked in unison, and the surprise was like seeing a fool throw the treasure out and take the danger to the side, so this surprise made the three colleagues shout seriously, and then the three of them were embarrassed, looking at Zhang Xian and stopped, or Wang Changwei, the head of the arrest speed, thought of the key point and said:

"Lord Zhang, don't hide it, this country has been in war for many years, the defeated soldiers are everywhere, and the Tartars are wantonly killing the common people everywhere, and the common people have no way to live, and the grass is also falling into the grass, to say that around this Yangzhou City, the bandits have not 50,000 but also 30,000 or 40,000, of which there are more than 20,000 bandits with superior combat power, and the vast majority of these bandits are defeated soldiers who fight with the Tartars, to be honest, but whoever has fought with the Tartars, even if they are defeated, their combat power is far from what we can win by hunting fast soldiers, Their overall combat strength is also a fight with the Imperial City Forbidden Army, I don't know how many families there are under Master Zhang? ”

"The official family is full of 3,000 people," Zhang Xian said casually.

"Lord Zhang, you won't joke anymore, 3,000 families against 50,000 bandits? Among them, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 defeated soldiers and bandits who have fought with the Tartars? Wang Changwei said in surprise, in fact, don't talk about Wang Changwei, even the county order and the county Cheng were also suspicious, if he hadn't really planted it in the hands of this young man, the county order wouldn't have believed his ears, but Zhang Xian himself wanted to break into the dead road, why should he stop it?

"Ahem, ahem! I said Wang Dutou, Master Zhang is a young talent in this county, how can the strategy in his chest be compared to your reckless martial artist? This official sees that Lord Zhang is confident, so everyone should stop worrying about the sky, although according to Lord Zhang's requirements to cooperate with the bandits! Master Zhang, when do you think you can suppress the bandits? ”

"It's no longer too late to suppress the bandits, the lower officials understand the situation today, and they can go out to suppress the bandits tomorrow!" Zhang Xian said lightly.

"So very good, the county and the capital, you must all cooperate with Lord Zhang, the money and food are enough, so let's do it, the military situation of the bandits is urgent, and the official will not delay Lord Zhang to suppress the bandits, if there is something that needs to be dispatched by the official, just inform me! Okay, the official will go home first and wait for the good news of Lord Zhang's success in suppressing the bandits, and say goodbye. After the county order finished speaking, he patted his sleeves and left on his own, he was in a good mood today, the young man in the heart of the county order was a young man after all, and he thought that he could be invincible in the world if he chose a group of strong and strong families? The Imperial City Forbidden Army is not a tall horse, as strong as an ox, but as a result of the Tartar was beaten as soon as he was defeated, lost his armor, if this kid really fought with dozens of times his own bandits, then Lao Tzu can even take back everything with interest, Lao Tzu wants to see, which way can the gods save you? .

"Since your Excellency has agreed, this official will now take the county government as a military account in wartime, and the official will greet him first, and the military order must be carried out to the letter. Lord County, please deploy 3,000 people for half a year and 500 war horses as soon as possible; Wang Dutou, you have fought with the bandits many times, and ordered you to send more than 100 bandits around Yangzhou City, those bandits with fixed places, those who are rogues, all of them are marked in detail on the topographic map, especially those bandits, how are they organized? How is the combat power? The names of the bandit leaders and backbones, their places of origin, and what weapons are they good at? Why did the grass fall? Do you have any relatives at home? Including how you were defeated, these things, no matter how big or small, the official will want it all tomorrow, remember, what you did before, the official doesn't want to know, and you can not pursue it, but these things that the official wants, if there is a big deviation from the situation, the official will settle the new account and the old account together. Zhang Xian stood proudly in the middle hall, issuing the first military order to suppress bandits.

"Lord Zhang, this military ration is easy to say, there are really no five hundred war horses, and the horses that can really be used for war in my Yangzhou City, even if you count the county lord, the head of the capital and the lower officials, you can barely raise two hundred war horses, and the others are some bantam horses, and you can't ride to fight at all." It's not that the county is not uncooperative, thinking that Yangzhou City does not have so many war horses, and he is afraid that he will accidentally offend Zhang Xian.

"Well, since this is the case, then it's no wonder to you, in this way, all the war horses must be requisitioned, including the county lord and the two, this matter, when the time comes, the official will talk about it with the county lord, you don't have to worry about it." Zhang Xian said unequivocally.

"Lord Zhang, it's not good, it's not good, there is a large group of bandits, numbering about 4,000 people, who are lining up at the gate of the city, asking the county lord to pay taxes and grain! Say that if you don't pay taxes and food, you will besiege the city! The county lord asked Lord Zhang to find a way as soon as possible. A servant hurried to report.