Chapter 180 Iron-Blooded Means

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 180 Iron-Blooded Means

After the celebration banquet, Zhang Yue did not go out for several days.

He is planning for the future of Luntai.

On this day, suddenly a man who was going to be in charge of the camp came to report the news.

The visitor said that after several attempts, the camp had figured out a good way to increase iron production. Zhang Yue was specially invited to come and provide guidance and observation.

Although Zhang Yue was confused after hearing the news, he did not have any doubts.

Because he knew the person who reported the news, and he was indeed a master craftsman around Pang Yi.

After making some preparations, he took Zhang Chen, Liu Yi, and more than 20 personal guards out.

As usual, Zhang Yue and his party left the city through the west gate of Yuanqu City and headed toward the mining area along the newly built official road.

At this time, about seven or eight miles away from the front of the team, a group of people wearing leather robes were hiding on the back of the hillside.

Judging from their appearance, most of them should be Han Chinese, and only two of them should be Serbian in appearance.

One of them was holding a bow and arrow in his hand, staring closely at the official road down the mountain.

Not long after, a group of knights appeared at the end of the official road.

"Prepare!"

The leader shouted lowly, but the person in ambush lowered his figure unconsciously.

Appearing on the official road was Zhang Yue and his party who were preparing to go to the mining area.

Seeing that Zhang Yue and his party were about to enter the shooting range of the bow and arrow, the archer who seemed to be a Cypriot had quietly drawn his bow.

But at this moment, Zhang Yue and his party suddenly stopped.

"What's going on!"

The people in the ambush were confused.

…

Above the official line, Zhang Yue asked the person who came to report the news out of nowhere.

This sentence suddenly made Zhang Yue suspicious of the person who reported the news.

"Get him!"

Zhang Yue gave an order, and Zhang Chen took a vigorous step and punched the man who was about to set up camp to the ground.

"Who sent you!"

Before the man could answer, he saw a group of men in leather robes coming out of the dense forest not far away.

"There is an ambush..."

"Protect the Lord!"

The guards reacted extremely quickly and immediately protected Zhang Yue with a human wall.

"call out!"

At this moment, an arrow suddenly struck Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue squatted down almost reflexively, and the arrow just missed his scalp and flew out, causing Zhang Yue to break into a cold sweat.

Liu Yi reacted the fastest at this time, and immediately drew his riding bow and shot at the sneak attack archer.

Unfortunately, the man was extremely agile and managed to avoid Liu Yi's arrow with a slight movement of his body.

At this time, several other guards also reacted and immediately raised their crossbows.

"Boohoo!"

Several personal guards aimed their crossbows at the opponent's archer.

Although several of Zhang Yue's personal guards were not eagle shooters, their archery skills were not much different.

Under the joint attack of several people, although the enemy's sharp archer did not hit an arrow, he did not have the chance to fire another arrow.

But Liu Yi had already drawn his bow again.

"call out"

This time, the sharp archer was not so lucky. Although he avoided the vital part, his left arm was already hit by the arrow.

Seeing that the sharp archer who posed the greatest threat to Zhang Yue was injured, the guards immediately turned their targets to other assassins.

"Boohoo!"

After the guards fired a round of arrows, they threw away their crossbows, pulled out the ring-headed swords on their waists, and went out to kill them.

"kill!"

The group of men in leather robes, seeing Zhang Yue's bodyguards coming to kill them, did not even run away. Instead, they faced the charging bodyguards and fought towards them. They looked extremely fierce.

"Is this a dead soldier of that force?"

Zhang Yue had no fear at this time, but instead wondered who was going to assassinate him...

The battle came and went quickly. In less than half a quarter of an hour, Zhang Yue's personal guards had killed all the incoming assassins.

It is a pity that the assassin who came to assassinate and the person who reported the message actually chose to commit suicide when their mission failed.

…

News of Zhang Yue's assassination quickly spread throughout Yanqi.

Zhao Yi and Wu Tong immediately deployed troops to blockade Yuanqu City and the mining area.

The first investigation report came out that afternoon.

The person who reported the news was indeed from Jiangzuo Camp and came to Luntai from Chang'an with Pang Yi three years ago...

The investigation has reached this point and has already involved the Luntai Han Army. Qianniu Wei did not dare to act without Zhang Yue's authorization.

After receiving Qianniuwei's investigation report, Zhang Yue also fell into deep thought.

If the investigation continues, it will definitely cause an uproar among the Han army in the Western Regions.

But if it is left alone, it will leave huge hidden dangers.

After weighing the matter, Zhang Yue decided to investigate thoroughly.

However, who should be responsible for the investigation needs to be carefully considered.

After much thought, Zhang Yue found that the most suitable person was Yang You.

…

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is June of the third year of Taishi.

The harvest of Sumai planted last winter has been completed, and Luntai has entered the slack farming season.

All buildings in the mining area have also been completed.

Two piers as the core of defense have also been built.

Wu Tong took a song and the Han troops were stationed in two forts.

Nowadays, in addition to Luntai City, it is still under construction.

People in other areas are already at leisure.

Taking advantage of this season, Zhang Yue, in the name of the commander of the camp in the Western Regions, recruited Yanqi, Yuli, and Cheshi from other countries to start building the Yuan Canal to Yuli and the straight road from Yuli to Luntai.

Of course, Zhang Yue would not engage in military activities, in order to encourage the young men of the countries to be recruited.

Zhang Yue allocated a total of 500 Han nationality quotas to reward people from various countries who were recruited.

Not only that, all those involved in road construction are provided with three meals a day.

Since the Battle of Qiuci, Chinese books have been the most desired thing by the people of all countries.

In the countries of the Western Regions, even an ordinary Han Chinese is equivalent to the nobles of the country.

Therefore, in the eyes of the people of various countries, Han nationality represents wealth, status, and represents a step to the sky and a change of fate.

After the battles between Cheshi and Yanqi, the value of Han books reached an exaggerated level.

In order to get the chance to become a Chinese citizen, some noble businessmen even offered a price of a hundred gold.

Therefore, when the news came out, not only people from Yanqi, Cheshi, Qiuci, Gumo, and Yuli participated enthusiastically.

Even A'E, who was still under the control of King Ou Tuo, and many people from Pu Lei countries came secretly.

When King Otuo learned about this, he was furious and ordered all countries not to assist the Han army in building roads.

It is a pity that after the Cheshi War, the deterrence of the Huns in the eyes of other countries dropped sharply.

The European Brexit Department has also been greatly reduced in strength after experiencing the war.

Ah Ai's country is now even more blatantly promoting Han.

Not only were the Huns in the country expelled, but the "levy" that was supposed to be paid to the Huns every month for the year was also stopped.

If it weren't for Zhang Yue's temporary reluctance to provoke a war, the Han army would have already entered the country of A'ai.

Although Pulei Kingdom was right under the nose of King Ouite, it did not dare to resist directly for the time being.

But there are also constant small moves, and many nobles in the country have secretly joined the Qianniu Guard.

Good things come in pairs, Yanqi Luntai is undergoing great development.

After half a year of hard work, Jinshan Iron Mine is completely on track.

The first batch of iron ore has now been transported to Luntai Old City.

The internal investigation of the Han Army is also proceeding in an orderly manner.
To be continued...