Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Siege

"Report - General Zhou, the last general has sent people to surround the Zheng family's compound, even if it is a mosquito, don't think about flying out!" One of Zhou Tai's lieutenants ran to his horse and returned to report.

After receiving Zhou Yu's order, Zhou Tai rushed to Jianye County with five hundred elite soldiers, and it was just dawn when he arrived outside Jianye City after a day and a night's travel. Zhou Tailiang issued a military order for the defenders of Jianye County to open the city gate, and they quietly surrounded the Zheng family compound in silence. At this moment, there was silence in the Zheng family's compound, they were all still in their dreams, and even Zheng Qian, the head of the Zheng family, felt that their plan was seamless, and would not let Zhou Yu, a hairy boy, see through it. In addition, there are wolf smoke everywhere in Yangzhou, and there are military reports of bandits and bandits everywhere, and most of the officials in other counties and counties have some inextricable ties with the Zheng family, and they also look like they can't work, at least Zhou Yu has no time to take care of his Zheng family.

How do you know that if Zhou Yu's two major strategists can't even see through this, wouldn't it be a joke! Zheng Qian never dreamed that as soon as he made a move, he would be hit by Zhou Yu like this thunderous blow - but the people of the Zheng family were still dreaming at this moment, and what was waiting for them the next moment was a big knife.

"Okay—all the soldiers obey the order! Knock open the door for me and capture all the people inside, and if there is resistance, you will be killed—beat the drums—" Zhou Tai gave the order, and his generals rushed forward to the sound of war drums.

"Knock, knock, knock......" The sound of war drums became more and more urgent, waking up all the people in the Zheng family's courtyard. What pots and pans, the sound of collisions, and other miscellaneous sounds resounded in the Zheng family compound.

"Bang-click-" The latch of the Zheng family's gate was broken, and as soon as the gate opened, Zhou Tai's soldiers swarmed in.

In less than half an hour, the Zheng family was all detained in a courtyard, Zhou Tai asked people to look around to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net, and while he was still waiting, the county guard of Jianye County rushed to the gate of the Zheng family with more than 50 servants.

"What part of the people are you? How dare you come here to attack the Zheng family's compound? This official is the county guard of Jianye County, which general is in charge? Come out and see me quickly-" The county guard of Jianye County, dressed in official uniform, stepped down from a carriage, and when he raised his hand, he saw that the Zheng family's compound was surrounded by soldiers inside and out. He was also angry, and in his dream, he heard the drums of the civil war in Jianye County, so he hurriedly summoned the officials and ran towards the place where the drums sounded. The more I ran, the more I felt that something was wrong, and when I came to the front, I found that the gate of the Zheng family was full of armor soldiers, and the gate of the Zheng family still had traces of crashing open. The Zheng family is a big clan in Yangzhou City, and Zheng Bao is still a Yangwei general in Yangzhou City, who dares to mobilize soldiers and horses to attack the Zheng family compound.

"Hmph-go out with General Ben to see the majesty of this Jianye County Guard!" The noisy sound at the door reached Zhou Tai's ears, which made Zhou Tai's heart suddenly a little unhappy, although he was a military general, it was not that he didn't understand anything, since Zhou Yu came to Yangzhou, it was Zheng Bao who took Zhou Tai to besiege Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu did not blame him, but entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, Zhou Yu's hand made him extremely grateful. In the past month or so, Zhou Yu has successively promulgated some policies that benefit the country and the people, making his desire to serve the country more inclined to be loyal to Zhou Yu. The Jianye County Warden in front of him would not not not know their armor, but he deliberately asked who they were with a pretending to be confused? Hmph, hum, hum, it's very good - it seems that this county guard must also want to wait for the Zheng family to force Zhou Yu back to be a hardcore supporter, and then he can get the reward of the Zheng family, it seems that he needs to treat Zhou Yu well, and beat him back with his thief heart.

"Yo-Isn't this Captain Zhou? You took these soldiers to besiege the mansion of the mighty general Zheng Bao, are you going to rebel? Today, you'd better give this official a reasonable explanation, otherwise this official will definitely sue you from Lord Taishou Zhou. Hmph-"As soon as the county guard of Jianye County saw Zhou Tai in military uniform walking out of the gate, Zhou Tai had always been a school captain before, and he was not even a fart in front of him, the county guard, and he would not give Zhou Tai any good look.

"Yu Junshou - shouldn't you salute when you see General Ben? Zheng Qian, the head of the Zheng family, and Zheng Bao, the general of Yangwei, colluded with bandits and water bandits to assassinate Lord Taishou Zhou, but fortunately Lord Zhou saw through their conspiracy, killed the rebellious assassins in one fell swoop, and captured alive Zheng Bao, who rushed into the Taishou Mansion to rebel. This general was ordered by Lord Zhou to arrest the Zheng family and go to Yangzhou City for trial, this is Lord Zhou's military order! I wonder if the county keeper has any objections? "It has always been that civilian officials despise military generals, but it is really rare for someone to insult Zhou Tai so blatantly as Yu County Shou - Zhou Tai was appointed by Zhou Yu as the deputy general under Dian Wei, and he led the army alone, no matter in any aspect, he has real power than this county guard, and according to the grade Zhou Tai is not inferior to the county guard at the moment. But Yu Junshou's words were obviously deliberately trying to make things difficult for himself, and Zhou Tai was still good-tempered, but he just read it to Yu Junshou according to the military order.

"This-I don't know if it's the order of Lord Taishou, I don't know if there's anything that can help the lower official?" Yu Junshou saw that Zhou Tai took out the military order covered with the Taishou Great Seal, and suddenly cold sweat began to break out on his head, he is also a civil official, so it is okay for him to be arrogant at ordinary times, once he sees that the wind is not in the right direction, he will immediately defect, and he can be regarded as the most unscrupulous official among civil officials!

"General Ben and Lord Taishou have a word to tell you, then please ask the county keeper to guard Jianye County well, and don't let any bandits and water bandits easily harass the people. If Jianye County hears about any banditry again, then you should know what Lord Taishou means. As long as the situation in Jianye County is stable, then you will be a great achievement! Okay—it's not too early, escort these people out—" Zhou Tai glanced at the trembling Yu Junshou, bypassed him and rode on his horse, and his soldiers began to drive the Zheng family's old and young out of the Zheng family's gate.

Out of Jianye County passing through a narrow valley, as long as you pass through this canyon is a bridge, this is the only way for Jianye County to Yangzhou City. Zhou Tai and his family were walking very slowly, so he asked Yu Junshou to send three ox carts to take down all the immediate family members of the Zheng family, and the rest of the family members and maids were all escorted back to the Jianye County prison. When they were about to cross the canyon, Zhou Tai ordered people to explore the way ahead, and they stopped to rest for a while.

"Report - there are a lot of rocks blocking the way at the exit of the canyon in front, and there is a wooden sign on it, please take a look!" The scout hurried back to report the news.

"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree—if you want to fight here, leave people to leave wealth." Zhou Tai took it and looked at it, looking at the situation, it was a mountain bandit robbery, but it seemed that he hadn't heard that there were any bandits and water bandits stationed nearby, could it be for the Zheng family's family?

"Come on, hurry up and see if there's anything unusual at the entrance to the canyon?" An uneasy premonition sounded in Zhou Tai's heart.

"Report—General Qiyu, the way you came was blocked by boulders, and it can't be cleared in a short time—" The scout reported again.

Looking at the towering mountains on both sides, Zhou Tai had a feeling of powerlessness, if his soldiers wanted to climb over the mountains, it would be easier said than done, the purpose of this thief must be to rescue the Zheng family's family, presumably the escaped Zheng family's head Zheng Qian is here to make a ghost. He had to find a way to ask Yangzhou for rescue, so he hurriedly sent twenty scouts who were good at mountaineering to Yangzhou and reported to Zhou Yu-

"Master Ganzhai - the old man begs you to rescue the old man's family, why don't you attack just to trap them?" The speaker was Zheng Qian, the head of the Zheng family on the hill at the canyon, and the person sitting on the side was none other than Gan Ning, the leader of the Jinfan Thieves.

"Master Zheng - are you pretending to be confused or are you really confused, my subordinates will bring more than a hundred minions this time, and now go down and fight with five hundred elites who are full of wine and food, won't that let me die in vain? As long as they are trapped for three days, they will be in chaos without a fight-" That being said, Gan Ning actually had another purpose in doing this, but he couldn't talk to Zheng Qian about this.

"Alright! The old man just waits—"