Chapter 138: Tribulation

Ye Tao had just finished processing the paperwork for the return of the new barracks of the Blood Qi Army.

Their group was slowly marching from Wind Trail to the location of the land and water transfer hub to the south, at about half the speed of their usual march. The land and water transfer hub is not a very complicated construction project, and Ye Tao went to inspect the project that he did not design at all, mainly because it was boring. When the Canal Governor's Palace was up and running, there wasn't much to bother him.

Just a while ago, Tan Weixin finally stayed in Ninghe Town for a month, and after verifying that the vitality of the new formula was good, and it did work wonders for her body, she finally couldn't screw the lord Tan Xiaopei almost a day to urge and go back to Danyang. Of course, Tan Weixin would not take the establishment of a professional intelligence agency on her shoulders, but she was still a little interested in the establishment of the Central Archives Bureau.

"My lord......" The carriage stopped, Zhou Zhi opened the door, entered the carriage, gently woke Ye Tao, and said a little strangely: "My lord, there is someone blocking the road ahead......"

"Who?" Ye Tao asked in a daze. "It's not a roadblock to cry out, is it? What trouble did those Second Ancestors cause? ”

"This ...... No. Zhou Zhi raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes...... A lot of robbers. ”

"Robbers?" Ye Tao was even more confused, although this time he went to the south to inspect and did not let Dai Qiuyan and Sophie follow, but only brought a few documents from the Governor's Palace, but since his assassination to the present, the five hundred guards and the newly added twenty-four guards have never dared to stay away. Even his friend Guan Huan followed him and temporarily acted as his bodyguard, this kind of lineup, in Dongping, where the security is quite good, there are robbers who dare to block the road?

Their car was not in a hurry, and a servant even brought a basin of water to let Ye Tao wash up and lift his spirits by the way. Ye Tao stepped out of the carriage and looked towards the wide road. Wow, these robbers are so powerful.

About 300 "robbers" dressed in light blue-gray coarse cloth suits and masked with white cloth set up two rows of repulsive horses on the road, followed by four ballistae that were not loaded with stone shells and were not wound. Behind them was a bright yellow banner with three big characters in majestic font "Tianwangzhai", and the three hundred "robbers" were holding big knives and standing in six rows. It is a straight line when viewed from any direction. The appearance of the army does not know how many regular troops will be embarrassed.

Suddenly, a masked man in a lake-blue shirt walked out from behind the big flag, holding a small flag and waving it lightly......

There was a churning sound in the woods on both sides of the road, and a large number of men and horses emerged from behind the trees, out of the stacks of haystacks, and quickly took up the vantage point, and surrounded the party of the governor's palace in the middle. In total, there were no less than two thousand.

"I carried this tree, and I drove this road. If you want to live from now on, leave to buy road money! - "Two thousand people shouted with one voice, deafening.

No wonder Bi Xiaoqing didn't rush over to protect him, but just asked Zhou Zhi to come over and wake him up. No wonder everyone didn't look nervous at all. How could this be some kind of "robber", and it became clear which army was joking with them. It's just that the robbers actually prepared costumes and flags, which is really ...... Too dedicated, isn't it?

"You go and ask. Who's kidding us? Ye Tao pointed at Zhou Zhi and said angrily.

"Don't ask...... Looking at that kind of appearance, it must be Zhuo Xianchen's department. Apart from them, which army can stand up straight with 2,000 men and shout slogans in one tone? Bi Xiaoqing leaned to the side and said with a smile.

"Zhuo Xianchen, what are you playing?" Ye Tao walked to the front of the team and shouted.

Zhuo Xianchen didn't seem to be embarrassed. walked to the front of the team, bowed deeply at a distance of about twenty zhang from Ye Tao, and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order, no matter what method is used, to get you to Yunzhou." Originally, I should have told Zou Shuangwen about the actual combat drill to suppress bandits in the past few days, but the humble position was just by the way. Playing as a robber is bad luck. Take you away, demand a ransom, and then be pursued by the Blood Kir Army's recruit camp headquarters. had to go north as a last resort. In the end, he strayed into the frontline camp of the Blood Qi Army and was inspired to surrender. The exercise ended. …… That's what it looks like. ”

Guan Huan got out of the car from behind. I walked to the front, and I had to roll my eyes when I heard this. It's rare that Zhuo Xianchen is so dedicated, and he actually got so many tricks by playing a robber, and it doesn't seem to be cheap. What's even more rare is that his expression didn't change at all when he said this, and his words seemed to be repeating a very ordinary military order, which couldn't help but make Guan Huan roll his eyes again.

Ye Tao was angry and funny, and said, "Who gave you the idea?" Don't mess around, I'm not going to Yunzhou. ”

"This ...... Look, my lord, I'm just playing the role of a robber, and it's really hard to do anything with you. Are you really not willing to cooperate? As for the person who came up with the idea, this, the lowly position would not dare to say. Zhuo Xianchen was a little embarrassed.

Ye Tao's ground guards are partly from the forbidden army and partly from the Blood Qi Army, and they have long been looking forward to fighting in Yunzhou in the north, and they really hope that Ye Tao will "follow" the robbers like that, and everyone will go north happily all the way.

"What a mess, I order you to return to the camp with the whole army, and then clean you up when you go back." Ye Tao said angrily.

"So...... That's good. "Zhuo Xianchen took out a roll of yellow silk from his pocket like a trick, it was actually a holy decree." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, you will not go with us. Fortunately, His Highness had the foresight to invite the will from His Majesty. You see, my outfit is really inconvenient to proclaim, do you want to take it yourself? ”

Wearing a robber's costume to proclaim the decree is indeed a bit out of place. Ye Tao stepped forward angrily, holding the holy decree and opening it, but the content of the holy decree was to appoint Ye Tao as the Marquis of Zhenbei, control the blood qi army sent by Dongping to Yunzhou, and the forbidden army Zhuo Xianchen...... and assisting the former general Xu Jingtian, cooperating with all walks of life in Yunzhou to resist aggression, and has the power to deal with it at the right of the moment. What is more depressing is that the Holy Decree finally instructed Zhuo Xianchen to escort Ye Tao north, regardless of whether Ye Tao accepted the appointment or not.

Zhuo Xianchen said a little helplessly: "My lord, in one day, I have received orders from His Royal Highness the Prince, the holy decree of the lord of the country, and the ...... 'instructions' of our subordinates to pretend to be robbers, and it is not easy to be humble." Just be considerate. ”

Ye Tao sighed. He said, "I know you all want to go to the prairie to make a career, but why do you have to get involved with me? You go and write an essay to apply for transfer, and I'll give you an approval now, okay? I, the second-level governor, have the right to make a decision on the fly and send troops to help in the event of war, right? ”

“…… My lord, this is a direct order from His Majesty. Zhuo Xianchen shrugged helplessly, saying that he couldn't do anything.

"Well, that's good." Ye Tao pursed his lips and said, "Then you wait." ”

Ye Tao turned to Bi Xiaoqing and ordered, "Set up camp." ”

Bi Xiaoqing and Zhuo Xianchen glanced at each other. An order was given to the guards to set up camp. Although he knew that Ye Tao was unhappy and was making trouble, he was unwilling to go to Yunzhou, but as the ultimate defense place by Ye Tao's side, he had to obey every order of Ye Tao.

Although it was blocked in the middle of the road, Ye Tao's equipment in this line was really good. Several specially made four-wheeled carriages had crossbars drawn from their roofs and hung with windproof felt, and they were immediately transformed into improvised tents. Although the sergeants were a little puzzled and a little funny, they still carried out the order to the letter. A simple camp was set up around horse-drawn carriages. And the soldiers standing guard stood almost face to face with some of the two thousand forbidden troops under Zhuo Xianchen, staring wide-eyed.

Zhuo Xianchen may have expected that Ye Tao would be very reluctant to this kind of order to suddenly send him to Yunzhou to take on a heavy responsibility, but he never expected that Ye Tao would be ready to disobey the order to the end and not hesitate to fight with arms. In fact, whether it is Zhuo Xianchen or Ye Tao, they are just posturing. No matter how Zhuo Xianchen is, he will not really order an attack on Ye Tao. Even if it's just disarming Ye Tao's guards and then taking Ye Tao away; Naturally, Ye Tao's ground guards, especially the guards composed of Ye Tao's newly recruited martial arts people who had not yet been further screened, they didn't even have to follow Bi Xiaoqing's orders. There is no reason to lay down his arms and let Zhuo Xianchen act; In the same way, it was impossible for Ye Tao to really let the guards and the forbidden army clash. After the Great War of Yunzhou, if Yunzhou was still in the hands of the Dai family, in the initial period of handing over the military and political power of Yunzhou to Dongping, with the power that Ye Tao was given. He was able to dominate almost the entire Yunzhou. The governor not only refused the appointment, but even developed to the point of armed disobedience. If this kind of thing spreads, it will be incredible, too dramatic, too sensational.

The stalemate lasted until two hours later, when Zou Shuangwen led the two thousand Blood Qi Army recruits under his command to "pursue" Zhuo Xianchen's headquarters according to the instructions of another order, but unexpectedly found that Ye Tao and Zhuo Xianchen had been in place for two hours.

"My lord, Zou Shuangwen asks to see you." Zhou Zhi said to Ye Tao, who was sitting in the carriage for a long time, carefully reading the report on the construction of the river.

"Let him come." Ye Tao sighed. Said helplessly. It's not a thing to go on like this.

"Your Excellency." Zou Shuangwen was very humble and sincere. "Although I don't know why you don't want to go to Yunzhou. However, this is His Majesty's will after all. ”

"There is nothing more headache in this world than the layman guiding the insider, what do you have to do with me going to Yunzhou?" Ye Tao said.

Zou Shuangwen was naturally very clear about Ye Tao's resignation and suggestions on the Yunzhou issue, but he felt that the key issue was not whether Ye Tao understood military affairs, but Ye Tao's attitude. Under normal circumstances, no official would refuse such an appointment, and Ye Tao is indeed the kind of guy who cannot be measured with the mentality of a regular official. After thinking about it for a while, Zou Shuangwen said slowly: "My lord, no one thinks that you don't understand military affairs, and, in the final analysis, everyone doesn't really care if you understand military affairs. The Blood Qi Army has grown from scratch, from a 6,000-strong army that everyone is playing around with to now, how many things you have done, everyone can see in their eyes. The Blood Qi Army is everyone's hard work, and it is also your hard work. Now, the Blood Qi Army is facing an enemy that we have never thought of, either win vigorously and make the Blood Qi Army really the strongest army in the world, or be beaten back to the prototype, where are the young masters who can survive go back and forth...... My lord, you are the one who pushed the Blood Qiqi Army to this position with us, our friend and comrade-in-arms, don't you think that at such a moment, you should stand with us? This is not only the will of the imperial court, but also the request of our Blood Qi Army as your friend. My lord, the Blood Qi Army needs you, and Yunzhou needs you. ”

Zou Shuangwen's words made Ye Tao a little moved. If you want to talk about friends, the lively and flamboyant guys in the Blood Qi Army are really a good group of friends, who have been provoked to be competitive, and who have been constantly inspired by victory and honor, as if they have changed people over the years. The rotation of the Cadet Officer System and the Combat Readiness Officer System of the Blood Qi Army allowed each of them to have ample vacation to continue to enjoy the drunken life they were familiar with, but once they returned to the barracks, they were all madmen who were willing to risk everything to fight for victory. And their efforts to tap their own potential have given the Blood Qijun the most vivid legion group. After getting along with these people for a long time, Ye Tao unconsciously compares these people with his friends from his original era, maybe everyone has their own ideas, they all have their own families, families, etc., some people's interactions are not so in-depth and unscrupulous, but in terms of personality and fun, in this era, maybe because everyone has no suffocating work pressure, but it is more fun.

Zou Shuangwen is indeed a guy who is good at dealing with different people, Ye Tao has to admit that he was a little moved by the "favor card" played by Zou Shuangwen. He glanced at the awkward Praetorian sergeants around him. In order to prevent the news of what was happening here from becoming a joke, some of them had already changed back to the Forbidden Army uniforms and cordoned off the surrounding area, while some caravans that were to pass through the road were asked to stay where they were or take a detour. In an era when the authority of the country is extremely high and the pace of life is not so fast, it is not a big deal to stay on the road for an hour or two.

Ye Tao's tone finally relaxed, and he said, "Bi Xiaoqing, pull out the camp." We were hijacked. ”

In this way, Ye Tao and his entourage were abducted to the advance camp set up by the Blood Qi Army in Dongjiaji at the junction of Yunzhou and Dongping. The entire Blood Qi Army in the camp was excited about Ye Tao's arrival. And in the camp, there was another group of people waiting for Ye Tao.