The wind blew softly and the lights were brightly lit.
Before all the people were aware of what was about to happen, all the cronies of the state government gathered in the state capital. The governor Li Yufang arranged for these cronies to be distributed in various locations in Hangzhou to protect the people on the streets at all times.
He conveyed these orders that no matter what happened, the soldiers of the state capital were not allowed to participate.
This is not only to carry out His Majesty's order, but also to convey his actions to the ears of the eighteen prominent families. With so many appointments in Hangzhou Prefecture, it is impossible for these prominent families to have not put people in. In fact, Hangzhou Prefecture has already been infiltrated into
Sieve.
Through this order, the Hangzhou government is also telling the other party in disguise that what you are beating you has nothing to do with me.
Sure enough, this news soon reached the ears of the eighteen most famous families. Everyone who heard the news was very happy, and even the Hangzhou Prefecture was unwilling to intervene, indicating that even the Hangzhou Prefecture believed that they had enough strength to challenge this man.
The famous Emperor of the Han Dynasty launched a challenge. In this way, Hangzhou will no longer have any power to stop them.
On the nearest restaurant far away from the west crossing of the pond, Li Ye, Jiang Guitan, the head of the Jiang family, and Shangguan Yunque, the head of the Shangguan family, were sitting on the fourth floor, commanding the layout of the four directions from their high positions.
One message after another was passed to them through their subordinates.
"Reported that a large number of soldiers and horses gathered in Hangzhou Prefecture. The governor ordered to protect the people, but no other actions were taken."
"The dead soldiers of the Wu family are already approaching the ferry, and they are expected to launch an attack on the official ship in half an hour."
"There has been no movement from the official ship so far. Various ministries have investigated Hangzhou Prefecture for more than ten miles, and no suspicious team has been found."
It should be said that these eighteen prominent families are well-founded and know how to investigate nearby areas. Unfortunately, what they encountered was a sniper group that had been personally instructed by Qin Huaidao. Under the leadership of Wang Shengzhi, the sniper group's manpower had already prepared various bunkers.
And cover, how can they be discovered by ordinary investigation like theirs?
Knowing that everything was normal, Li Ye couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
Through the slit in his eyes, he cast his gaze towards the official ship in the distance and was puzzled. Did Qin Huaidao really dare to go down to the south of the Yangtze River alone with only a hundred people? He heard that there were several sons of national pillars traveling with him. If there was not one
What's more, the man's poor foundation may have to be explained here.
I don't know why, Li Ye always feels that something is wrong.
He then turned his attention to the two largest and second largest family heads in Jiangnan Road and asked, "You two, what do you think?"
After Shangguan Yunque thought about it, he raised his hands and replied to Li Ye: "Chief, I have heard that Qin Huaidao was born in the army and was as bold as the sky. In the past, he led Cheng Chumo and a few others to dare to enter the big city of Goguryeo and burn down the opponent's granary. Later, he was even more courageous.
He has won a hundred battles without losing a single one. Such a record must have developed a blind arrogance. It is normal to lead a hundred people without taking any precautions."
Li Ye nodded in agreement with Shangguan Yunque's analysis. If this were not the case, how could he explain the current situation?
Jiang Guitan shook his head.
"When doing dangerous things, all possibilities should be taken into account. What the head of the Shangguan family said is only one possibility. Another possibility is that the hundreds of people around Qin Huaidao are the elites of the country. With their strength, they can block all dangers.
"
These words made Shangguan Yunque burst into laughter.
"Brother Jiang, do you believe this?"
Jiang Guitan also smiled. It was almost impossible to resist endless attacks with a hundred people.
He replied: "Of course it's impossible, but I saw that the hundreds of elite people on the boat were not damaged, which shows that the canal incident and the destruction of the Cao Gang had nothing to do with it. In other words, the Cao Gang might have had a conflict with the river transshipment envoy.
"
Li Ye, who was dressed in white, picked up the wine glass in his hand and played with it carefully, and then paid tribute to the two of them: "Fortunately, we have been able to confirm that the Hangzhou government will not be involved in this matter. The Wu family has also found the siege crossbow. I, Li Ye, pay tribute in advance.
Great things have been accomplished for both of you.”
"Congratulations to the chief, congratulations to the chief."
After such an analysis, he would win no matter what, and Li Ye no longer had any worries.
Even so, he still asked the remaining seventeen noble families to prepare their personnel to prevent the Wu family from making a mistake and missing the opportunity.
No matter how correct their analysis was, it was useless because they didn't know enough about Qin Huaidao, the sniper group, the four people around him and the hundreds of people in the garrison.
At this time, the garrison troops distributed in Hangzhou City secretly investigated the restaurant, and heard about the attack on the bed crossbow. The news was quickly sent back to the official ship. Qin Huaidao looked a little unkind when he heard the news.
All the generals are here. If the siege crossbow succeeds, what's the point?
He quickly summoned Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai, and Luo Wuluozhang to discuss in the boat.
Knowing that the opponent actually had such a weapon as a siege crossbow, several people fell into deep thought.
"The siege bed crossbow is not scary. The scary thing is that we don't know where this sharp weapon is hidden. If we can know the opponent's location, it will be much easier to handle." Luo Wu said.
"What should I say?" Qin Huaidao turned to look at the veteran guard commander.
"Your Majesty, what is that?"
Everyone looked in the direction of Luo Wu's finger and saw several artillery pieces!
When Cheng Chumo saw the artillery, he happily patted Luo Wu on the shoulder: "Good guys, you have brought all the equipment for the artillery camp. Even I, old Cheng, have to address you as Commander Luo. With this
A few artillery pieces, but you’re still a coward!”
Qin Huaidao was also extremely satisfied with the commander of the garrison. Before he came to Jiangnan Road, he had never thought in advance that the enemy would have large-scale fortress equipment, so he did not consider carrying heavy weapons such as artillery. However, Luo Wu considered it, which was enough.
It proves how far he has grown by following Qin Huaidao.
As for why Qin Huaidao didn't take it into consideration?
As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he had too many things to consider. Since the founding of the country, he first opened the imperial examination, then exempted taxes, then changed the land ownership system, the structure of officials at all levels, established Chang'an Daily, established the Ministry of State, etc., each
He needs to personally take the lead in all matters and review them one by one. It is no longer as simple as before. Even if he has a lot of heads and six arms, it is impossible for him to be busy.
With Luo Wu thinking about security matters for him, he could feel much more relaxed.
"Very good, in that case, I feel a lot more at ease if you can think of this. From now on, the matter of guarding Chang'an will be in your hands, and you can handle it in an orderly manner. Luo Wu, you are worthy of the position of commander of the garrison."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
After Cheng Chumo saw the artillery, he thought of a countermeasure.
"Since Commander Luo has artillery to deal with the siege crossbows, but he is worried that the crossbow arrows have not been fired and are hidden in the dark and are difficult to deal with, then Fang Yiai and I will suffer a loss and volunteer to deal with this first crossbow arrow. How about it?
"
Qin Huaidao raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Do you have any idea?"