Carrying an iron box containing a very unstable nitroglycerin bottle to blow up the enemy camp is a dangerous errand if not a life-threatening one.

The enemy did not have many soldiers and horses in the camp outside the city, but there were many scouts scattered at night, even if most of the sentinels paid attention to the fleeing "rich merchants", but there were always a few fish that slipped through the net, once they found a change in the city, as long as there was a scout to warn, the matter was very tricky...... After all, it is not uncommon to put a "Sky Monkey" to remind his companions this year.

It is unrealistic to expect the yasmen in the city and the temporarily recruited people to act as death squads, and this work still has to be undertaken by the people of Xingwangfu.

Zhu Hao also had a good analysis with Tang Yin.

This job is either the kind of person with an extremely strong enterprising spirit, who wants to take this opportunity to obtain military merits, be appreciated by King Xing, and be promoted exceptionally, so he takes the initiative to ask for help; Either they made mistakes, were ostracized by their colleagues, and were forced to go.

Tang Yin sighed: "It's a pity that I can't go in person." ”

Zhu Hao wanted to say, if you want to go, no one will stop you, but just slander it, really let Tang Yin, a weak scholar, go to blow up the enemy camp with an explosives bag, which is very irresponsible for the plan itself, or it is more stable to find someone in the palace who is strong and bold and careful to do this work.

With a little regret, Tang Yin discussed with Zhu Hao that he would meet again in the afternoon to discuss, and then went back to the city gate tower to command and dispatch.

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was busy until lunch passed, and Zhu Hao hadn't finished the task at hand.

Although he was already very tired, the "maidservant" Ouyang Fei took the initiative to visit, and he still had to find time to receive him.

Ouyang Fei, as the "big shopkeeper" of Zhu Hao's future textile workshop, has been helping with the logistics of the science hall recently, and with her central coordination, the school has suddenly become orderly, and the food and clothing of teachers and students have been guaranteed, indicating that she still has the ability, but she didn't use it in the right direction before.

The academy is not far from the workshop, Ouyang Fei has long noticed that there are officers and soldiers coming in and out in the past two days, especially Zhu Hao has been staying here, and he can't help but be curious, so he came to the door to ask to see.

"What are you doing, boss?"

In the workshop workshop, Ouyang Fei saw Zhu Hao holding transparent glass bottles of different sizes, pouring in and out of various pungent liquids, gently shaking the bottles for debugging, and couldn't help but ask.

In fact, she didn't care what Zhu Hao was doing now, she wanted to know what the situation was in Nanjing, because calculating the time, those creditors of hers should have come to Anlu recently to trouble her.

She was worried about whether she needed to hide.

But the problem is that she does business with the shopkeeper Ma, and almost all foreign merchants know that if the creditor is looking for her, she must first find Ma Yan, and Ma Yan will inform Zhu Hao of the situation, so it is more straightforward to ask Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao said: "Prepare for war." Oh yes, you want to ask me about the creditor, right? Rest assured, the ground in Jiangxi and Huguang has not been peaceful recently, and the shipping of the Yangtze River and Hanshui has been intermittent, and the creditors of the Ouyang family have not come over so quickly. ”

"Preparing for war? That's ......."

Ouyang Fei was very curious.

The dispatch of troops in the city to deal with the invasion of bandits is basically known to the public, but what does this have to do with you, a child of a merchant family?

Look at you're so busy that your feet don't touch the ground, it seems like that's really the case.

Zhu Hao didn't have the heart to explain too much to Ouyang Fei: "Listen, there are officers and soldiers guarding the workshop, don't break in casually, and if something happens...... Don't blame me for not warning you in the first place. ”

"Oh."

Ouyang Fei only thought that Zhu Hao wanted to keep some secret, and refused to tell the truth, so he falsely threatened, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the transparent bottles with labels on the rows of shelves in the house.

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Towards dusk, nitroglycerin was all prepared.

Zhu Hao let out a long sigh of relief.

The moment he walked out of the room, he almost collapsed to the ground, but he stood still and rested for a while before leaving.

In March, the climate is suitable, as long as the temperature is always above 13 degrees, the performance of nitroglycerin in the liquid state is relatively stable, so Zhu Hao is not too worried about problems.

City gates.

Tang Yin walked down the city to meet with Zhu Hao, who came to visit, and at this time, the palace death squad had been officially formed.

There were two batches in total, with a total of more than 20 people.

“…… The first batch of fifteen people escorted the convoy out of the city, led by Luo Dianzhan. Tang Yin pointed to Luo An and said.

Luo An's expression was resolute, obviously he was the kind of person who had the courage to take the initiative to ask Ying to carry out such a dangerous task, and he escorted the convoy as a bait, which was not too dangerous, as long as the thieves chased after him, ignited the lead of the iron box with a nitroglycerin bottle inside, and galloped wildly.

The thieves are unfamiliar with the place, and they are blind in the dark, and it is very difficult to catch up with Luo An and the others before they escape into the city.

Relatively dangerous is the second group of people.

Tang Yin looked at Lu Song and said: "According to what you said Zhu Hao, you need to find six dead soldiers, two by two, each group with an iron box with strong gunpowder inside, and go to the thief camp respectively, and the general person in charge, Lu Dian, will fight...... He personally led the team. ”

Lu Song actually served as the captain of the second batch of death squads?

Zhu Hao could actually predict this.

Who made Lu Song the one who was eager to get the approval of King Xing?

He took refuge in Jinyiwei and betrayed the interests of the palace, this matter cannot be a secret forever, he only hopes that after the incident, the palace can remember his contributions to the palace and open up to him and his family......

Among the five people behind Lu Song, four belong to fresh faces, obviously usually stationed in Anlu's Wangzhuang, and their connections and family property are left outside the city, although their families have settled down in the outer courtyard of the palace after returning to the state city, it is certain that they have suffered a cold reception, at this time, it is very necessary to establish meritorious service and win a chance for themselves to be promoted, once they are successful, they can find a good position in the palace, and they don't have to endure the eyes of others.

The only one Zhu Hao knew was Lian Guard.

This guy ...... His mouth is too cheap, he likes to take advantage of people on weekdays, and he desperately sells off a little power, and his mouth is always full of broken thoughts, and there are not a few people who offend. Now that the tasks of the death squad have been apportioned, they must have been elected to "send them to death", which is a typical ostracism.

Tang Yin said: "The matter of attacking the enemy camp at night, I have temporarily greeted the state government, and said that once the enemy camp changes at night, it will light the beacon fire on the city tower, let the manors outside the city send troops, and the people and horses of the Xingwang Mansion in the city will also be killed, and the state government will cooperate with the patrol department and the people, a total of 200 soldiers and horses......"

Luo An said with a smile: "This is called everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, how are you preparing over there, Young Master Zhu?" ”

Zhu Hao nodded: "I will deliver the goods on time, but there is one thing, can I ensure that the team that goes out of the city at night will be detected by the thieves?" In case they ......"

Tang Yin frowned: "You mean, if the thieves are a rabble, there are not many sentries sent, and no trace of the 'caravan' is found, or they feel that there is fraud in it, so they don't send troops out of the camp to pursue?" ”

"Yes."

Zhu Hao nodded, "So my thoughts, didn't I say that the state government intended to negotiate with the thieves and take out money and food in exchange for their withdrawal from the army?" On the one hand, it is to paralyze the enemy, so that they think that there is no intention of fighting in the city, so that the thieves can relax their vigilance, and secondly, when they are out of the city, let him 'happen to see' that there is a caravan ready to flee at night......"

"You must not act too much, you must be found by its 'unintentional' under the cover, how to do it, Sir should not need me to remind you, right?"

Tang Yin smiled: "How else to say that you have a lot of ideas...... I understand what you mean, and then I will mention to Kwong Zhizhou that he will release the prisoner with the higher status in the thief camp, and when he leaves the city, he will 'happen to' find that the people of each family are loading the carts, and let him guess for himself......"

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao nodded.

Luo An took a sharp breath, even if he belonged to a ruthless character who was not afraid of heaven and earth, he was inevitably a little nervous and excited at this time: "Mr. Tang, Young Master Zhu, you two, look at the two of you, when will you leave tonight?" If there is a letter of approval, the brothers should go and rest first to recuperate. ”

Tang Yin looked at Zhu Hao, meaning that it was up to Zhu Hao to decide, after all, the most important weapon in this battle was provided by Zhu Hao, and of course he had to cooperate with Zhu Hao in terms of time.

Zhu Hao also has enough reasons to call the shots.

"In the second half of the night, let the thieves feel that the merchants in the city are going to abscond out of the city when their defenses are lax, and after the enemy camp has a movement, Lu Dianzhan will take your men out of the city from the gate of other places, you must be cautious when you go, and run for your life after lighting the fire...... Don't fall in love with ......"

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The Zhu family manor outside the city.

The old and weak women and children in the village, such as the old man Zhu Mingshan, the people in the long house and the fourth room, basically went to the city for refuge.

Originally, Zhu Wanjian didn't plan to stay in Zhuangzi, but on the day the women and children of the family entered the city, he got up late and missed the hour, and after lunch at noon, he saw that there was nothing wrong, thinking that the thieves did not dare to come.

"Mother, what now? The thieves and sentries have patrolled to our Zhuangzi several times, and in order not to fight with them, they have not released bows and arrows or anything, if they attack with their whole army...... Just relying on this bit of manpower in our Zhuangzi, we can't hold it at all. ”

Zhu Wanjian found a suit of armor from nowhere and put it on his body, but unfortunately his figure was out of shape, a large piece protruded from his belly, and the armor was tightly attached to his body, like a bear with a big bucket.

The person who commanded the battle of the Zhu family manor was actually the old lady Zhu Jiashi.

In other words, ordinary women, they would have run away at this time, but Zhu Jiashi is a woman who follows her husband and has experienced a career as a horseman, and she usually looks old, no different from ordinary poor and weak old women, but once she really stands up to something, her sharp eyes are full of murderous aura, and she is very powerful.

Zhu Jiashi saw his son's nest and scolded angrily: "What are you panicking about? Our Zhu family is a military family, and the ancestors followed the ancestors to fight the country, so you are a wreck...... Even the third child never screamed when he faced the thief. ”

Zhu Wanjian looked disdainful: "Do you have to compare me with a dead ghost?" ”

Zhu Jiashi said: "Now we have to guard against thieves and robbers to find a breakthrough at night to kill Zhuangzi, night patrol is the most important, it is estimated that it will be guarded for a few more days, as soon as the guards and horses approach, the thieves will naturally withdraw."

"Our Zhuangzi is close to the city, and we are well guarded, so I don't think the thieves will come to us first. Keep an eye on it, you have been on duty on the tower for the past two days, if you let your mother find you dozing off, the military law will serve! ”

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Night.

The thieves returned one after another from all over the camp, and in addition to staying in the city all the way, the other two people seemed to have gained a lot, and they had also captured a lot of people.

There are not only strong men, but also women and children, but the old ones are gone, and it is obvious that thieves do not want to eat rice, what they need is real labor...... Of course, it is human instinct to reproduce, and it is reasonable to plunder women, but as for children...... It's just to pull back the charge, eat less and still work, and grow up to be coolies, at least so that their parents can honestly stay in the team of thieves in order to save their children's lives.

Two watches.

The temporary headquarters on the city tower, Zhizhou Kuang Yangming came, and the highest status among the participants on the palace side was Yuan Zonggao.

When the war came, the palace and the state government made all preparations.

"It's ......"

After Kuang Yangming came, he didn't think it was unusual to see Tang Yin there, but he couldn't help but be very curious when he found that Tang Yin was still followed by a half-sized child.

This can't be the son of King Xing, right?

The palace let him go to the army to sharpen it?

"Student Zhu Hao, I have seen Kuang Zhizhou." Zhu Hao reported to his home.

Kwong Yangming vaguely remembered the name, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

Yuan Zonggao said with a smile: "It's a child of the palace, and he won the first place in this county test." ”

Kuang Yangming suddenly remembered and said with a smile: "It's actually the little prodigy who was admitted to the head of Changshou County?" I remember, what a famous teacher is a master apprentice! ”

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