The genius was bright, 500 elite Zhejiang soldiers, their spears pointed straight into the sky, their cannons slung across their shoulders, their wolf whistles rustling in the wind, their chariots advancing slowly, and they walked out of the camp with great momentum.
The spirit of this army is unique. As soon as they are dispatched, everyone stops and watches. Although they do not have strong bodies and solid heavy armor, the whole army marches in order and has a majestic aura.
These Zhejiang soldiers were only trained by Qi Jin, Zhang Mingshi and others based on the experience of Qi Jiajun and the "New Book of Jixiao". They were much worse than the real Qi Jiajun back then. However, they were elites selected by Zhang Mingshi from 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers, and they were already outstanding.
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"Okay, the Zhejiang soldiers have indeed been dispatched!" Wang Xueshu's spies in plain clothes had already been in place, and they saw the Zhejiang soldiers dispatched for the first time.
These days, Wang Xueshu, Gao Xueru and others continued to spread rumors. The Baigan soldiers complained about the good food and drink of the Zhejiang soldiers, and the Zhejiang soldiers also encountered several private provocations.
Jizhen also sent people to pretend to be chieftain soldiers to cause trouble several times, and the relationship between the two armies became increasingly acute.
Shizhu Baigan soldiers formally issued a letter of war to the Zhejiang soldiers early yesterday morning. This morning the Zhejiang soldiers sent their elite troops to the scheduled battle with murderous intent.
There is a tacit cooperation between both parties in all this, and there are also some cases where there is real friction.
If you want to play this drama well, of course you have to have some truth and falsehood, especially since Zhang Mingshi was released from prison soon. Some of the officers in this Zhejiang army are not completely under his control. There are even spies like Yao Zongwen, Gao Xueru and others.
maybe.
Therefore, some of the real frictions in the past few days were staged for the bribed people in the two armies. Only when the tricks are done enough can the other party take the bait.
The conspicuous figure Zhou Dunji was still in the market arena begging to be beaten.
These days, with the cooperation of the "actors" in Jizhen, he has made dozens of taels of silver. One of them is willing to give away some money, which makes him very happy.
Seeing that the elite Sichuan troops were still showing off their power, the thieves finally relaxed and began to frame the blame as planned.
Half an hour later, dozens of people transported a batch of goods from Tongcang to the east from Tongzhou. These goods were Zhejiang goods that were stolen from Tongcang. Now they are just waiting for the internal strife to really start, and they will direct and stage the arrest of those who are blamed.
Zhejiang soldiers.
Wang Hongyu, Zhang Shenwu and others led the soldiers in batches and quietly followed to collect evidence, absolutely making the culprit's plan fail.
After following for half an hour, I heard the roar of cannons in the distance.
The time to act has come!
Wang Hongyu clearly remembered that later generations recorded this internal strife, which forced the Zhejiang soldiers to use cannons. So this time, the cannons roared as a signal for action.
Although the Flange cannon has air tightness problems, the sound is also extremely loud precisely because of the air tightness, so it is not a problem to spread it for more than ten miles.
Sure enough, shortly after the sound of cannons, several riders quickly caught up with the team transporting black goods. After saying something, the team carrying the goods walked to a remote and uninhabited road, dropped the goods and ran away.
Wang Hongyu and Zhang Shenwu looked at each other and knew it was time to take key action.
"Attack! Get these supplies!"
Zhang Shenwu led 240 people who took off their disguises, rushed out like tigers, and directly seized this batch of supplies. After a while, they found that they were precious tea and silk from the south, and even armors and firearms.
With these evidences in hand, the thief's attempt to frame the crime is groundless, and the source of this batch of materials can be used to trace the thief's origin and guilt.
Just as they were checking the supplies, there was a sound of horns in the distance.
After a while, the shaking of the ground as the cavalry galloped became more and more obvious. It was obviously a trap! 500 heavily armored cavalry galloped from the east and surrounded Zhang Shenwu and his group, looking very unfriendly.
After the cavalry had completed the siege, a large Ji Zhen banner appeared due east. The leading general rode his horse close to him while laughing and saying:
"Hahahaha! I am Wang Xue Shu, the general of Ji Town, and I am in charge of this place. You'd better hand over those supplies, because they are goods smuggled by the Zhejiang soldiers and are not something you, the Sichuan army, should touch."
Because they were carrying out special operations, more than 240 Sichuan troops did not wear heavy armor and had no flags, but the opponent still directly pointed out that they were Sichuan troops.
Zhang Shenwu looked resolute and kept calm as he replied: "It turns out to be General Wang. Do you dare to ask the general for any evidence that these are goods smuggled by the Zhejiang Army?"
"Hmm~ Zhang Shenwu, you are also the top military scholar of the Ming Dynasty. You once served as the commander of the Sichuan capital, and now you have served as a guerrilla to aid the Liao Dynasty. You and I have nothing to do with each other, so why bother?"
Zhang Shenwu looked a little surprised: "Oh? General Wang Shen is so powerful. He actually knows that I am Zhang Shenwu. This product is first come, first served. Why should I hand it over?"
"Humph! Dead people don't talk so much, right?"
As soon as the order flag was waved, Ji Zhen's 500 heavy cavalrymen drew their weapons, bows and muskets, waiting for the order to take action.
Wang Xue Shu looked at Zhang Shenwu's handsome and majestic face and thought that he would definitely disfigure your face in a while. Today's round is to kill you Sichuan troops who are causing trouble.
Today's situation was specially planned and set up by him, Gao Xueru, and Ma Wenqing without telling Yao Zongwen and others.
Ma Wenqing has been an official for decades. On the surface, he appears to be upright and unsociable, but in fact he is very cunning and resourceful. Gao Xueru, who also has great financial resources, managed this situation easily.
Through a briber, they learned that Zhang Shenwu had visited Zhang Mingshi alone, and the two had a fight. They also learned that many people in the white-pole soldiers still had grievances.
After they thought they had sufficient information, they decided to use the Zhejiang goods in the warehouse as bait to trap the Sichuan and Zhejiang troops.
Under their instructions, Wang Xue Shu pretended to be paying attention to the arena, but actually planned his killer moves.
If the Zhejiang army comes, just kill them and blame them for being smugglers. If the Sichuan army comes, kill them and start an internal fight and blame the smuggling on the Zhejiang army.
Therefore, Wang Xueshu prepared an ambush, and the 500 heavy armored cavalry from his direct line that appeared now were determined to kill him.
Even if Zhang Shenwu chooses to cooperate, he will kill them and silence them!
After looking at the heavy cavalry with their weapons exposed, Zhang Shenwu knew how strong the opponent was, so he glanced at the brothers around him.
These more than 240 people are all veterans of the Sichuan Army. They are elite relatives who followed Zhang Shenwu to the end even when he was demoted. They are real warriors who share life and death. They will definitely shine in Liaodong in the future. Now everyone is facing the 500 heavy cavalry from Jizhen.
There was no look of fear on either side.
Seeing the determined expression, he felt very proud. After thinking about the time, he knew it was almost time, so he said loudly:
"If you want to fight, then go ahead and fight. Once a fight breaks out, I don't know who Zhang Shenwu is, but I can be 100% sure that you and your people will die!"