"I have the order!" Zhang Huan was waiting for this opportunity. He immediately shouted, stood up and held his hands, then turned around and ran away.
Before his feet could cross the threshold, Li Jihe's voice came from behind him, "Wait a minute, you are not familiar with the murderer, I will find you a helper!"
After saying that, Li Jihe quickly turned to Han Qing and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do the children and grandchildren of the Han family have the guts to seek justice for yourself with your own hands?"
"Thank you, Uncle Shi!" Han Qing was overjoyed and quickly stood up, imitating Zhang Huan's previous appearance and standing in awe with clasped fists.
"Yes!" Li Jihe nodded happily, took out a command arrow, and handed it to him solemnly.
"Han Qing is inspecting Jinniuzhai and is familiar with the terrain of the surrounding states. I, Li Jihe, Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses of the Zhenrong Army, have recruited you to join the army to assist the forward Zuoying Du Yuhou Zhang Huan to track down our forward Zuoying Second Dudu brother who was killed last night
To the bandit ambush case. Before the task is completed, you are not allowed to leave the Zhenrong Army forward Zuoying without permission. This order is a proof!"
"Yes!" Han Qing stood solemnly and raised his hands again. At the same time, his admiration for the handsome old man was beyond words.
The so-called people become better with age, I'm afraid I'm talking about the handsome old man Li Jihe. He does things like a flawless person.
Without an imperial edict or a request from local officials, he could not take the initiative to send troops to quell the rebellion. However, it was only natural to send a mere five hundred troops to seek justice for the brothers who were killed last night.
No matter how sharp Yanguan's mouth is, he can't be accused of anything wrong with his actions.
But behind those five hundred soldiers and horses, there were still tens of thousands of troops. The so-called march of fifty miles in one day meant that Zhang Huan could request support at any time within a radius of fifty miles along the way.
And if the Red Lotus Sect doesn't concentrate its power, which stronghold alone can withstand a full-strength attack by five hundred elite frontier troops?
If the Red Lotus Sect dares to concentrate its forces to fight against the five hundred people led by Zhang Huan, it will be equivalent to raising a flag of rebellion. By then, the old fox will lead the entire army to suppress the army, and he will be fulfilling his duty.
No one can find fault.
"Go ahead, I asked Medical Officer Zhang to lead his disciples to follow you!" Li Jihe was far more sophisticated than Han Qing expected. After handing the command arrow to him, he immediately added smoothly.
He did not elaborate on why he sent Zhang Langzhong and his apprentice to follow him. However, Han Qing understood in his heart that this was one of the conditions for the old fox to help him with all his strength.
The set of "battlefield first-aid skills" that he demonstrated last night was simply a disregard for human life in his previous life. In the Song Dynasty in the eleventh century, it was a genuine "magic skill".
The friendship between the Li and Han families forced Li Jihe to find a way to send him away. The old fox led the Zhenrong Army to stand up for him, and the tacit exchange condition was that he would use his "magic skills"
", and taught the doctors who accompanied the Zhenrong Army with all their resources.
"Old fox!" Han Qing had no intention of hiding anything. After cursing secretly in his heart, he grabbed the command arrow and resigned with Zhang Huan.
Five hundred people, according to the establishment of the Song Dynasty at this time, was exactly one battalion. Zhang Huan, the Marquis of Yu, usually led the forward Zuoying, and he was familiar with it and could call every soldier in it by name.
As a result, the preparation work before the expedition was greatly reduced. It only took more than an hour for the forward Zuoying to carry enough war horses, equipment, and provisions, and rushed out of the camp gate in a hurry.
Under Zhang Huan, he had experienced old scouts who stepped on the horse hoof prints near the place where Brother Wu Er and others were ambushed last night to trace the enemy's tracks and report back at any time. Before that afternoon, they brought forward Zuoying to
In front of a village called Hujiabao.
In the area to the north of Huan and Qingzhou, Hu and Han are mixed, and the people are accustomed to living in strongholds. On the one hand, they can fight against horse thieves and bandits, and on the other hand, it is also convenient for the elders of the family to come forward to represent the whole clan and all parties.
Dealing with forces.
I found a sentinel horse parked menacingly at the gate of my fort. Hu Laoqi, the owner of Hujia Fort, immediately took the initiative to welcome him out with his housekeeper and servants, carrying a pig, five sheep and two large baskets of silk.
When he saw Zhang Huan, he first stepped forward and saluted as an upright person. Then, he begged General Zhang to accept pigs, sheep, silk and other labor supplies. He also swore to promise that no matter what General Zhang needed, all he needed was a word
, Hujiabao will definitely do its best to meet the general’s requirements!
"There is only one request. Hu Lizheng, please listen carefully! Whoever ambushed my brother last night, let him tie him up and come out to die. Otherwise, don't blame Zhang for not giving you Hu Lizheng face!" Zhang Huan
I had long expected that the other party would deliberately pretend to be confused, waved the steel knife in his hand, and ordered in a deep voice.
"This, what kind of words are these!" Hu Laoqi immediately staggered back a few steps, waving his hands repeatedly, "You are a humble citizen, a common man dares to guarantee his life. Everyone in my Hu family is loyal to the Song Dynasty. How is it possible?
Someone went to ambush General Zhang’s brothers?”
"Light the incense!" Zhang Huancai didn't have time to talk to the other party. He turned around and ordered to Liu Hong, the head of the army, "After burning the incense, if the Hujia Fort does not hand over the murderer, it means that all the people in this fort are involved.
He is an accomplice of the murderer."
Having said that, he ignored Hu Laoqi's pleas and just set up his formation, preparing to launch a thunderous strike.
Hu Laoqi's face became paler when he saw it. He cautiously walked up to Zhang Huan, held up a bulging money bag with both hands, and said, "General, have mercy. General, have mercy. Little old man, there are also people in the little old man's house who are making transfers."
With these few silver ingots, please ask the general to buy some tea for the brothers to quench their thirst. I, Hu Jiabao, have been loyal to the Song Dynasty for generations..." "I only want the real murderer and don't care about the rest!" Zhang Huan glared at the other party.
, emphasized in a deep voice, "The Red Lotus Rebellion is imminent. If you think that there is a future for you to continue to get involved with them, you might as well fight to the end. If they open the country, they may reward you with a posthumous honor!"
"This, this..." In the winter, the sweat on Hu Laoqi's face was dripping down one after another.
Zhang Huan ignored him and just called two more eloquent brothers and ordered them to go directly to the village and declare his request. After one stick of incense time, if no gangster came out to kill him, the entire Hu Family Fort would be destroyed.
Punishment for banditry.
This move is too cruel.
Although there are many people in Hujiabao who are believers of the Red Lotus Mother, there are only a handful of people who are truly determined to rebel.
And because of the trouble caused by a few unfilial children, the whole village was buried with him. How can people be convinced?
As the figures of the two soldiers entered the village, cries and curses immediately rose to the sky. Immediately afterwards, the back door of Hujiapu opened wide, and three strong men with panic-looking faces fled wildly on horses.
Under such circumstances, if they were allowed to escape, the Suppressing Army would have been disbanded long ago.
Immediately, several scouts who had dispersed in advance rode their horses to surround the escapees and trapped the escapees tightly. Immediately, several nooses were thrown out from the hands of the scouts, and in the blink of an eye, all the escapees were trapped.
