After sending Zhou Jialin away, Zhang Chu sat in the room and thought quietly alone. The victory of the battle made the security army full of joy, but Zhang Chu was not happy. He knew that a real crisis was coming, and that the survival of the security forces would be in question. Everything that has been done before can only slow down the pace of the official army's attack on the security army. A large-scale offensive by the officers and troops will soon come. The disaster in Shaanxi will continue, and the influx of a large number of victims will also destroy the security forces. If you want to develop, you don't have the capital, you don't have the talent. It is really more than enough to save all these victims.

Sometimes Zhang Chuzhen wanted to be like other rebels in history, leading the elite of the security army, wandering around, occupying the county town for a while, and occupying the landlord's fort for a while, and then opening a warehouse to release grain, drinking wine in large bowls, eating meat in large pieces, and then roaring away, carrying a large number of displaced people on the way, the enemy was weak and relied on the number of people to overcome, and the enemy fled with the elite when it was strong, and surrendered if it was really not possible, and then he was unhappy that day and rebelled, although it did not become a big thing in the end, but he was also happy. And now I can't bear to leave behind the old and weak who have gathered, trapped in Yanchang County and unable to move, everything is a big headache to think about.

Zhang Chu was at a loss here, and a guard came in with a happy face and reported loudly: "Report to the captain, a big official has been arrested!" ”

Zhang Chu, who was depressed, was interested when he heard the report, how big the official is, this has to be seen.

Out of the courtyard, I saw that the whole cavalry team led by Li Yi was on guard there, and many infantry armed with spears escorted a group of people over. There were several exquisite carriages that rushed over, and there were more than a dozen carts pulling goods, and it seemed that the one who had caught it was really a big official.

The group of people walking in front of them were all sturdy men, dressed like a housekeeper, all of them were strong and energetic, although they were caught, they still showed unruly expressions in their eyes, and they seemed to be guards. Behind is a man in his forties, led by a number of female dependents.

Li Yi came over to report that the man was the head of this group, and he found this group of people at the border of Yanchang County, and they said that they were passing merchants, but they didn't look like businessmen.

Zhang Chu ordered people to keep those vehicles and items first, and those guards sent special personnel to strictly guard them, so as not to run away and not to hurt people.

Then Zhang Chu was going to interrogate the man and those female relatives first.

The man who was brought up first, I saw that he was in his forties, not tall, with a ruddy complexion, walking steadily, although his face was full of anger, he still habitually arched his hand to Zhang Chu.

Zhang Chu looked at the people carefully before asking, "Who are you, what is the matter with Yanchang County?" ”

"I am Li Zhongxiao, Marquis of Wu'an, and now I am returning to my hometown in Fengyang, and I may have some misunderstandings with you when I pass by here." Li Zhongxiao finally decided to tell his true identity, since he met this group of people, he observed, trying to figure out their identity, saying that they were bandits, but when passing by the village, the people did not hide, saying that it was ordinary people but they were riding horses and holding knives one by one, it may be Zhuang Yong, a wealthy family in this area, and it is impossible to keep the identities of so many people secret, so he had to show his identity, if the other party is afraid, first ensure the safety of his life.

This Li Zhongxiao is really not a simple character, he is really a genuine Wu'anhou. His ancestor was a military general who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, and after the establishment of the country, he was named the Marquis of Wu'an for his military exploits, and he was hereditary and passed on to Li Zhongxiao's generation from generation to generation. is still a hereditary marquis, but the glory of the past is no longer there, fortunately, the family's hundreds of years of inheritance is still there, Li Zhongxiao entered the court as an official and rose step by step to the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but later Wei Zhongxian gradually took control of the government, and Li Zhongxiao did not move in the position of this waiter. He was born in Xungui and Donglin literati are not all the way, and the eunuch party is not all the way, and he has maintained neither rise nor fall in the ups and downs of the court over the years. Unexpectedly, the new emperor ascended the throne last year and the eunuch party fell, but he couldn't do it anymore, the reason is very simple, the big man in the court in order to have more strength in the party struggle, need to put his own person in his position, he does not belong to any party and has been excluded by all parties, he has no choice but to submit to the emperor to resign and return to his hometown, Xungui has no power in the court, his resignation was quickly approved, disheartened he had to return to his hometown in Fengyang, and sold his property in Beijing on the way back to his hometown, Leaving the center of this power struggle, it is also comfortable to be a rich man in his hometown. But he was also destined to be like this, when he left Beijing, the battle between Zhang Chu and Chen Qianhu had not yet begun, and he didn't know anything about the changes in the situation, so he crashed into Yanchang County. After receiving the report, Li Yi personally led all the cavalry to rush over, and surrounded them in a narrow part of the road, and the guards who followed had to resist, but looking at the more than 100 people on the other side with complete weapons in their hands, and some of them were still holding things that seemed to be muskets, Li Zhongxiao ordered people not to resist.

They were brought here to see Zhang Chu, along the way Li Zhongxiao was always thinking about a way to get out, seeing Zhang Chu's appearance should be the leader of this group, and he was quite Sven, hoping that he would not meet a vicious person.

I heard that I really caught a Hou Ye Zhang Chu and came to be interested, how can Hou Ye be higher than a minister in the future life, don't say that you can't even meet when you talk to the minister before.

"Master Hou, please sit down, we are the security guards of the Ming Dynasty, and we are an organization for the poor to save themselves to survive, but when you come here as an official of the court, you have to explain to us why the people can't live, and it is not so easy to go back to be your lord." Zhang Chu had a harmless smile on his face.

"I beseech you that I have all my goods, so do not embarrass my wife and daughter." This group of people is obviously bandits, and they have to be named under the banner of Daming, and Li Zhongxiao has no choice but to plead.

"These things are the people's fat and people's anointing, and now I have requisitioned them, so these are my belongings, and you have nothing to exchange with me. I will not be embarrassed for you, but you also have to work to earn food for yourself, and you will not know anything if you can do anything, so you will go to the coal mine to dig coal, and your wife and daughter can wash the clothes of the sergeant and so on, and you will not starve to death. Zhang Chu threatened, saying in his heart that Hou Ye has also read books, and he also belongs to the ranks of intellectuals, and the current intellectuals are still quite useful.

Sure enough, Li Zhongxiao almost jumped up after hearing this, and let him a marquis go to dig coal, it would be better to kill him, he wanted to fight to the death and couldn't be humiliated, but he soon softened again, it didn't matter if he lived or died, but his wife and daughter fell into the hands of thieves, and the consequences were unimaginable. This thief obviously won't be reasonable, so he still tries to impress him, as long as he can get out, what to do. So he said, "I still have a lot of money in my hometown, you can tell me a price and have someone inform my family to redeem us." Li Zhongxiao also knew that the bandits had kidnapped tickets.

"That's not bad, but before that, you have to tell your guards to be honest, don't make trouble, and chop off one of your fingers. By the way, how many daughters do you have, how old are they, why haven't you seen your son? When Zhang Chu went out just now, he saw a group of female dependents there and shrunk into a ball in fright, and when he glanced at it in a hurry, one of the tall figures made him feel his heart beat faster. In order to maintain the image, I couldn't bear to look at the female relatives anymore, but I always couldn't let go of it in my heart, so I thought it was very strategic and asked.