In late July of the second year of Zhongping, Liu Jian's army began to patrol and perform martial arts in the counties of Wei County, and the five thousand elites were personally led by Liu Jian, commanded by Cheng Pu, and commanded by Zhao Yun and Xiahoulan and others.

Although this army has just been recruited, it is not a division of the first battle.

According to Xiahoulan's advice, the Jizhou army has had many confrontations with small forces in the Montenegrin army in recent months, one is to protect the territory and the people, and the other is to train the army.

After several fierce battles, the overall combat strength of the soldiers of the Jizhou Army has made great progress, and the prototype of the Jizhou Army has been formed.

The five thousand elites toured in the counties of Wei County, which increased the morale of the families of the Li people in the counties of Wei County.

Then, on August 14, 15, and 16, the army marched to Yin'an, and then set up camp in the local area to practice martial arts.

Ten miles southwest of Yin'an County, the 5,000 Jizhou Army exercised as a whole army, and the momentum shook the sky, even if Yin'an County, which was far away, if it stood at the head of the county seat, it was inevitable that it could not help but faintly hear the sound of the drill in Yin'an County not far away.

In the vast land south of Yin'an County, there is a big Wu Fort, and the people waiting here are the entire Wei County, a family with high overall power and reputation, and this family is the Shen family.

In Yin'an County, there are three families that can reach the highest level of prestige in Wei County, accounting for a huge proportion in the entire Wei County, in addition to the Shen family, there are also the Sun family and the Zhang family.

Among them, the Zhang family is related to the Liu Shu family in Hejian, Liu Shu used to be the third monarch, and the prestige among the scholars is quite high, and the Zhang family is also in the top of the Hebei Shilin.

As for the current father-in-law of the Sun family, Sun Qi, who was once the former official of Taiwei Chen Fan, although he was implicated by the party, the heads of the family in the past generations have always been known as the chastity of the country in Shilin.

Compared with the background of these two families, the trial family is weaker than them in some aspects.

Hearing that Liu Jian's army was performing martial arts outside Yin'an, the judge hurriedly asked Sun Qi and Zhang Yi to come to discuss.

After the two of them arrived at the trial of Wu Bao, the trial did not delay, and said to them directly:

"Two, to tell you the truth, the three of us took the lead before, calling on Jizhou Zhuwang not to use the barren land in the Pastoral Department for Tuntian, I have always felt that something is a little inappropriate, after all, this is the first policy set by that Liu Zhijun since he arrived in Jizhou, and I have also thought about it carefully in the past few days, and found that this Tuntian policy is indeed of great benefit to suppress Montenegro and resist the Taihang Liukou,"

"Liu Yuanjun's move is of great benefit to the people, tribes, and scholars of Jizhou, and we blindly call on all tribes to resist each other, which is a bit inappropriate, right? Such disobedience is not good for us, and it also suffers thousands of Li Shu in Jizhou, which is quite inappropriate. ”

Sun Qi said with a smile: "What Brother Zhengnan said, the two of us are also clear in our hearts, but there are some things that cannot be compromised!" The land of Jizhou, different from Panzhou, since the beginning of Emperor Guangwu's Zhongxing Han, the land of Jizhou has always been respected by the local clan, even if it is the new shepherd, there is anything to ask for the opinions of the family, let's this time, but to set up a rule for Liu Yuanjun, everyone understands each other's bottom line, and it will be easy to do things in the future. ”

Zhang Yi responded next to him: "That's right, Zhengnan, you are a figure representing our clans, you must not show weakness first, this Jizhou is different from other places, not to mention Liu Jian, even the people of the Yuan clan in Runan are here for the longest, and they should also respect us for three points." ”

The judge frowned, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said: "But I always feel that this matter is inappropriate, after all, even Tian Yuanhao and Fu Gonghe have also leaned towards Liu Yuanjun, these two are far-sighted and far-sighted wise men, and they can favor Liu Yuanjun, and it makes sense to think about it." ”

"Alas, the last time these two people came to talk, I didn't talk to them in detail in front of you, and directly rejected them, now that I think about it, this move is somewhat unwise, if you can discuss them carefully, maybe it won't come to this point, you see that Liu Envoyjun displayed his soldiers and horses in Yin'an, didn't he come to demonstrate?"

Zhang Yi laughed and said, "What about the people who came to demonstrate? The three of us are all celebrities today, can he still directly send troops to attack us? If he is really unreasonable and directly sends troops to attack our Wu Fort, then he is really self-defeating and the world's corporals! ”

Sun Qiyi said: "Zhengnan is too worried, a twenty-year-old boy is just relying on the power of the shepherd, recruiting some soldiers to demonstrate to us in the future, what else can he really do?" It's good that he is like this, there are state shepherds and horses performing martial arts here, and the Montenegrin army is estimated to be unable to come and harass him in a short time. ”

Zhang Yidao: "Yes, as soon as I return to the clan, I will let my family open the door of Wubao, the slaves of the household, the land should be farmed, the feet should be walked, nothing will be delayed, I will see if this Liu Envoy Jun dares to do anything to us!" ”

When the judge heard this, he couldn't help but sigh lightly.

These two people's ideas are so stubborn, and those local scholars in Jizhou still put on an attitude of being high and putting the scholars first......

Although this time, the person who represented the Jizhou families against Tuntian was the judge, but in fact, the judge was just a representative, and the people who actually provoked the trial behind the scenes were Zhang Yi and Sun Qi.

The judge was a delicate man, and he knew that the imperial court allowed the princes and kings to open their palaces in the localities.

And the princes and kings near Jizhou are the most, such as the king of Changshan, the king of Zhao, the king of Ganling, the king of Hejian and so on.

Although all these princes and kings opened their palaces, the princes and kings have been suppressed for a hundred years, even if they are qualified to open the government and build power, but if they want to be able to continue to develop, they must be respected by the public alone.

There is now a feeling that when it comes to prestige and fame in recent years, Liu Jian is already the head of the Liu clan.

Although the local princes and kings have opened their mansions, most of them can not succeed, if Liu Jian succeeds in Jizhou Tuntian, it will surely be a great prestige, and his reputation will resound throughout Hebei again.

At that time, the princes and kings of Hebei and Henan will probably compete to get closer to Liu Jian and respect him, if that is the case, the Liu clan power centered on Liu Jian will become the climate in Hebei, and at that time, it will be really easy for these noble families to be dealt with by the other party for a reason.

Don't look at the world, the county hopes to gain power in peacetime, but if it comes to troubled times, maybe what will happen.

But at the moment, a group of people led by Zhang Yi and Sun Qi are involved in the trial, making him constrained, and he is quite helpless.

……

That night, the judge lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

It wasn't until the sky was about to dawn that he felt a little sleepy and gradually fell asleep.

But suddenly, there was a faint sound of killing outside the room.

There was no reaction at first, but then he suddenly woke up and got up suddenly.

It was at this time that a rush of footsteps sounded outside the door.

A domestic servant shouted to the judge inside the door out of breath: "Father-in-law! The big thing is not good, the Montenegrin army came to loot Wu Fort! ”

In the early morning of August 18 in the second year of Zhongping, just three days after the Jizhou army was performing martial arts in Yin'an, the Montenegrin army suddenly sent troops to attack the main Wu of the three families of the Juan family, the Sun family, and the Zhang family, and the momentum of this attack was completely different from the momentum of the Montenegrin army in Wei County in the past.

This time, the commander in charge of commanding the Montenegrin Army was Zhang Niujiao, the most powerful and prestigious commander in the Montenegrin Army.

Led by Zhang Niujiao himself, the troops dispatched by the Black Mountain Army are naturally different from the original, although they are all ordinary low-level people who are not equipped, and the weapons are also good and bad, all kinds of them, but they are better than their many people.

It stands to reason that the Jizhou official army has just patrolled Yin'an, which should form a deterrent to the thieves for a period of time, and in a short period of time, it is impossible for the main combat force of the Montenegrin army to come to Yin'an, after all, the Montenegrin army is not a fool, and the place where they have just been patrolled by the Jizhou army, if they come, it is tantamount to a war with the Jizhou army, which is completely unnecessary for the Montenegrin army.

After all, the current Montenegrin Army is still in the initial stage, belonging to the accumulation stage of primitive capital, and at this stage, they generally do not want to have too much conflict with the official army in Jizhou.

Fighting with local powerful private soldiers can enrich the food and grass of the Montenegrin army, and even recruit soldiers, but it is really not much good to fight with the official army.

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The judge personally led people to rush to Wu Bao, he climbed high and looked into the distance, looking at the Black Mountain army and thieves outside Wu Bao like mountains and seas, and felt an indescribable coldness in his heart.

Although he knew that the number of thieves who had poured into Taihang Mountain in recent years was extremely large, he never imagined that the number of thieves had grown to this scale.

And obviously, what is shown in front of him is only the tip of the iceberg of the thieves in Taihang Mountain.

Behind these locust-like thieves, I don't know how many people are still backing up the Black Mountain Army.

"Look, father-in-law!"

A cry of terror rang out, and the judge looked in the direction of the squire's finger.

But I saw the sky in the distance to the west, and it seemed that billowing black smoke was rising into the air in the distance.

The judge was horrified in his heart, because that direction was where the Sun clan's Wu Fort was located.

In other words, the number of people dispatched by the Montenegrin army this time not only covered their own Wu forts, but they were even fully capable of storming the Wu forts of the same level as him!

What a staggering number!

"Sun Qi, Zhang Yi misunderstood me!"

The judge punched the high stake next to him, full of remorse.

It was only now that he seemed to have realized that the sequelae of the Yellow Turban Rebellion were actually the most lethal existence for them, the local nobles.

On the contrary, although Liu Jian's policy of tuntian was beneficial to the pastoral department, to a greater extent, it was more beneficial to them.

"My father-in-law, the situation in Wubao is in danger, and our disciples in Wubao will not be able to defend it!"

The judge narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance from a high place.

Looking at the dense Black Mountain Army outside Wubao, the judge gritted his teeth and said, "What can't be guarded!" My Shen's Wu Fort has been built for four generations, and it is the most solid in Yin'an! No matter how many thieves there are in Taihang Mountain, how can they tolerate me? ”

The person under the trial said hurriedly: "Father-in-law, it's not as easy as you think!" Most of our apprentices outside Wubao have turned against each other and integrated into the Black Mountain Army, where is Wubao weak, how many people are guarding it, those people are clear, with them as guides, the people in Wubao really can't defend it! ”

"Father-in-law, listen carefully to the shouts outside!"

The judge listened attentively, and listened to the sound of the Black Mountain Army's shouts of killing outside Wubao, and there were some shouts that were different from those shouting and killing.

But it was the Montenegrin army that attacked and killed while shouting slogans again.

"Heaven is even!"

"Heaven is even!"

The voices rang out one after another, one after another, not only shaking the hearts of those private slaves in the trial clan, but also tugging at the heartstrings of the trial himself.

The shouts of countless people were as loud as thunder even in the distance.

As the subordinates of the trial match said, the private slaves of the trial family outside Wu Fort have been oppressed by the Shen family all the year round, and in the shouts of the Black Mountain Army, more and more people have raised their arms to join their team, but the Shen family disciples who have weapons and Wu Bao as a barrier are demoralized.

I don't know how many people were infected by this frenzied atmosphere, just as the yellow scarf had just taken off.

"Poof!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and then he stumbled towards the back and squatted, almost not falling off the tall building.

Fortunately, there was a house slave who supported him from the side.

"Father-in-law!"

The judge stretched out his hand to block the servant's words, and weakly commanded: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was very wrong, hurry up...... Quickly gather all the warriors in the family, with strong horses, and let all the people in the middle of the house cover them to clash with the thief formation and break through...... Breakthrough! ”

The servant hurriedly said: "Where to break through?" Let them go to the Sun family and the Zhang family for help? ”

The judge shook his head and sighed: "They are all unable to protect themselves now, how can they take care of us?" Let everyone, go west, go to the state pastor Liu Yuanjun for help, they have just left Yin'an not long ago, and they haven't gone far yet! It should be able to catch up! ”

"Yes, yes, I'll arrange someone!"

"There are many elite horsemen to break through, and if there are less, I am afraid that I will not be able to rush out! Tell them who can get out! met Liu Yuanjun and told him...... The trial is wrong! It's a big mistake to judge something! The judge is willing to make the king first, Yin An judge, and is willing to say for the envoy that all the well-dressed people are in harmony with all the well-dressed people, from now on, all to make the king first! ”

On the southeast side, the gate of the Wu Fort slowly opened, and a group of warriors armed with swords and spears and riding fast horses suddenly rushed out of the Shen Wu Fort, and on the earthen wall behind them, the archers in the Wu Fort continued to shoot arrows quickly into the ranks of the thief army, used to suppress the opponent's offensive, and won a good opportunity for these knights who broke through to escape.

However, the number of Montenegro was too many, and although they were repelled by the rain of arrows for a while, they quickly formed a formation again and swarmed up again.

Dozens of knights were sent to the Judge's Fort Wu, but they were soon overwhelmed like a tide by the swarming Black Mountain Army.