The sound of horse hooves is particularly clear at night.
The caravans on the reverse journey were all in a mess, busy harnessing their carts and donkeys. Some people actually wanted to climb out from the back gate wall in the dark before dawn.
As a result, several arrows were fired, and several people who climbed out from the courtyard wall were shot down.
The thief outside was still shouting: "I said I don't want human lives, I just want gold, silver and women."
Cries rang out in the reverse brigade, and more people were frightened by the chaotic scene.
Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that when he was young, he went to Beijing and was attacked by thieves by the Huaihe River. He lived in Bianjing and thought it was a peaceful and prosperous time.
However, the public security in the Song Dynasty was extremely poor, and it was even worse under Huizong. There were four major bandits such as Song Jiang and Fang La, and famous books such as Water Margin were born.
Everyone on the reverse journey was in fear of the thieves coming, but Zhang Yue was thinking carefully about how to clean up public order in the world in the future.
Tang Jiu, Zhang Gong and a dozen of their entourage were all neatly dressed, and the dozen or so strong horses were well fed last night.
"Commander, will the killer go out?" Tang Jiu asked for instructions.
Zhang Yue said: "Wait a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud shout from the yard next door.
"How dare you do this?"
Zhang Yue heard the voice, it was the businessman who looked down on him yesterday.
At this time, a woman's cry sounded.
"no, do not want!"
Another rough voice came: "Little lady, didn't you hear? There is only gold, silver and women outside, and we can only survive if we sacrifice you!"
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"Maybe I can get some reward money."
"I spent thirty thousand dollars to hire you to protect me, how dare you treat me like this? Do you have faith?" the businessman said.
“How much is one tael of Xinyi worth?”
"Help! Help!"
Hearing the businessman's frightened and angry voice, Zhang Yue shook his head.
"How dare you shout! Take out the gold and silver quickly."
"Why don't you kill someone first to try the knife!"
"Hero, hero, spare your life! I'll give it, I'll give it!"
At this moment, there was a panic in Nilu. The thieves outside had obviously sneaked in and deliberately shouted loudly to create panic and confusion.
Zhang Yue said to Tang Jiu: "Don't pay attention to the rest. Just disperse the thieves outside."
Immediately, Zhang Yue and his party all got on their horses, while Peng Jingyi and Huang Haoyi guarded the house.
The courtyard where Zhang Yue lived led directly to the outer gate. After Zhang Yue rode on his horse, he arrived at the central road of Nili. He saw panic on all sides. Someone said: "Don't go and die!"
Some people said: "Heroes, I will fight with you!"
Zhang Yue did not greet anyone, but just drove his horse towards him. He saw several corpses lying at the gate of Nili, and a few sneaky people were opening the door, preparing to let in the thieves outside.
Zhang Gong took the lead in speeding up his horse and knocked several people over with a stick.
With the door half open, Tang Jiu took the lead and took off the bow on his back, grabbing an arrow from Hu Luli...
Among the generals of the Western Army who were good at shooting were Wang Shunchen, Liu Changzuo, and Xiang Bao.
For example, in a battle between Wang Shunchen and the Xia people, one man and one horse shot thousands of arrows and missed them without missing any arrows. It was called Gatling on horseback.
Regardless of whether the historical data is exaggerated or not, in this era, cavalry and archery ranked first in the battle between the two armies!
A dozen horsemen and sharpshooters with good bows and horses are enough to equal an army.
When the sky was still dark, more than 90 horses of Tang Dynasty rushed out, facing a huge army of bandits.
There are more than fifty horsemen on horseback, and the rest are infantry, and there is no formation and they are scattered.
Seeing that someone dared to rush out, the bandits immediately discharged five or six riders. A big man held a giant ax and said: "Hero! Do you dare to fight with me across the mountain wind?"
Seeing that Tang Jiu and the others didn't answer.
The opponent was furious, slapping his horse and charging towards him with a giant ax in his hand.
Tang Jiu raised his hand and shot an arrow, hitting 'Guo Shanfeng' between the eyebrows!
While everyone was dumbfounded, Gua Shanfeng turned over and fell off his horse. Tang Jiu's knights on the left and right also shot several arrows, and all the knights discharged by the thieves were hit by arrows in the face and fell off their horses.
"It's the army!"
This kind of riding and shooting technique, and it only shoots people in the face, is not at the level of ordinary officers and soldiers.
The thieves and bandits immediately dispersed when they encountered the elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty. The dozens of horsemen turned their horses' heads and ran away without a moment's hesitation.
Tang Jiu and others chased after him, bows and arrows were drawn, but seven or eight cavalry thieves lost their legs and fell from their horses.
The Song army's horses were fast and well-trained, so they immediately chased the more than fifty riders, and in the end only a few of them escaped.
The five to six hundred bandits who followed them had long since dispersed, but they could not run more than half a mile. Tang Jiu and a dozen other cavalrymen had already wiped out the bandit cavalry and came back.
"Will you surrender or not?"
Without saying a word, these bandits threw down their weapons and shouted: "I surrender, I surrender!"
Zhang Yuefang watched this scene expressionlessly from beginning to end.
He turned his horse back to the reverse brigade and said to the several caravan guards who were poking their heads: "The bandits have surrendered. You will go up and collect them, and then escort them all to the government."
At this moment, everyone on the reverse side was in awe of Zhang Yue and hurriedly agreed.
All the courtyards opened their doors, and businessmen rushed out to get acquainted with him. Seeing that Zhang Yue was even reserved, they did not dare to inquire about his identity, and they just kept complimenting him.
Zhang Yue saw that the door to the yard next to him was half open. The businessman looked bruised and swollen, with a look on his face that seemed to want to please but was also embarrassing.
Taking advantage of Zhang Yue's return to the hospital, the other party came forward and said, "Thanks to the officers for saving my life, my little girl is alive."
The businessman secretly looked at Zhang Yue, thinking that he was so young and had more than a dozen elite soldiers under his command. He was probably the son of some general in the northwest, and he took this opportunity to build connections.
As long as you are willing to part with money, you may have the possibility of getting married.
"I wonder if the official has a family?"
Zhang Yue came up with these words after hearing the other person's second sentence, thinking that his father-in-law's popularity has come again.
The outside world reported that tens of thousands of gold and silver were seized from the bandits, as well as other property and dozens of strong horses.
At this time, smoke and dust were billowing in the distance, and more than a hundred cavalry were seen coming towards the road.
Everyone's hearts were tense again.
"It's the army!"
"Official troops!"
But seeing the officers, soldiers and generals named as the leader, their eyes widened as they looked at the gold, silver and jewelry all over the floor.
It's been like this these days, with one wave of thieves and another wave of soldiers.
The bandits plundered a place, and the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to catch up with the bandits and negotiate with them, asking them to give them some benefits.
Therefore, thieves often plundered in front of them, and the officers and soldiers deliberately let them go and just followed behind to divide the spoils.
The so-called family of soldiers and bandits, and the government likes to recruit people, it is not uncommon for them to be thieves today and soldiers tomorrow, soldiers today and thieves tomorrow.
"I wonder who is responsible for this?"
The officers, soldiers and generals were extremely jealous when they saw money, and they were thinking of vicious and evil ideas in their hearts.
Tang Jiupou immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Mr. Zhang Jinglue is here, why don't you get off your horse and pay homage to me!"
The officer and soldier general was agitated. When he saw the green and Tang Dynasty horses, he immediately understood what was going on and jumped off his horse. He said: "I don't know what the strategy is, my husband is riding here. I will be punished by death!"
Soon the county magistrate, chief registrar, and county lieutenant arrived one after another.
The county magistrate was a former Sijia Jinshi, and he is still selected. I heard that a feudal official was besieged by hundreds of thieves in the county. If the other party impeached them, their career would be over.
The county magistrate glared at the county captain and scolded him, and was ready to take the blame later.
The county lieutenant was an honest man and he acknowledged it silently.
The chief clerk was very calm, he was the youngest among the three.
At this moment, the three of them were holding notebooks in their hands. As for the merchants in the courtyard, they were locked up in the courtyard by officers and soldiers to prevent thieves with evil intentions.
The businessman in the yard next door looked through the crack of the door and saw these civil servants sweating profusely, and then realized that the young man was not just a disciple of the general.
It's a pity that he wanted to call the other party as his son-in-law just now, but he will never be able to reach this level of family status in his lifetime.
He looked back and glanced at his daughter. She was leaning against the door at the moment. Her neck was wrapped in white gauze. He had just hired an entourage to sacrifice her to the thief, but the other party slashed her neck with a knife and refused to obey.
Now she asked in a low voice: "Dad, are all those people outside here to pay homage to my benefactor?"
The businessman nodded and said, "Yes."
"I wonder who my benefactor is? Whose name is he?"
The businessman said: "It is a blessing to have saved my life this time. As for the identity of my benefactor, it is not something that people like us can inquire about."
"That's it!" the woman nodded and bowed three times to the yard next door.
At this moment, the county magistrate, chief registrar, and county lieutenant waited for a while before Fang Yun came in to pay his respects.
They saw that although Zhang Yue was young, he had no arrogance, so they were very lenient towards them and did not mind being attacked under their rule.
Everyone was very happy.
Instead, Zhang Yue asked them a few questions about local people's finances and taxation, as well as the implementation of the new law, as if he was intending to compare.
Several people cheered up and answered. Zhang Yue nodded with satisfaction, then just told them a few words to cherish people's livelihood, and then set off with his entourage.
After several people sent Zhang Yue off respectfully, they all breathed a sigh of relief. The county magistrate said: "Now the imperial court is in a tight situation in Hebei. It is rumored that the officials are planning to adjust the policy and make the Prime Minister aware of Yingzhou, so they let it go lightly. We are glad."
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"Know Yingzhou?" The county administrator smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang Jinglue has recruited an army from seven states this time. When he comes to Beijing, he must pay a big visit. How can he just go to know Yingzhou? These words are just to deceive others and want to promote the ancestors.
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The county magistrate felt that what the county chief registrar said was reasonable: "No wonder the Prime Minister just asked us about the people's conditions and finances. They must be used when he returns to the court in the future."
The county magistrate also wondered whether they had left a good impression on Zhang Yue just now. If one or two sentences were pertinent, his official career might be brightened.
The county magistrate joked: "I don't know, I will have to rely on Zhang Gong for my future career."
A few people exchanged a few words, and the county chief registrar sighed: "Given Mr. Zhang's talent, he will certainly do something great when he enters the court. Not only will we be able to rely on Mr. Zhang, but all the people in the world will also be able to rely on Mr. Zhang."
…
Zhang Yue arrived in Luoyang and met Sima Guang and Guo Lin.
After Zheng Xia came to the throne, the emperor issued an edict to punish himself, and Sima Guang immediately wrote a letter criticizing Wang Anshi's new law.
Although Wang Anshi was dismissed, the new law was not abolished and was even replaced by Lu Huiqing, whom Sima Guang hated most.
Sima Guang was very disappointed and felt unwell. When Zhang Yue arrived at Du Paradise, Sima Guang just asked Guo Lin to tell him a sentence.
Guo Lin said that Sima Guang said on his sickbed that if this new law is wrong, it is wrong and it will not change!
Seeing that Sima Guang was so ill and still spared no effort to criticize the new law, Zhang Yue told Guo Lin to comfort Sima Guang and take good care of his health.
Then Guo Lin took Zhang Yue out.
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin were silent for a moment and asked, "Where is Chunfu?"
Guo Lindao: "Chunfu went to Xihe to see you last time. When he came back, he lost his temper and burned many poems and articles he had written in the past. This time when you come to Luoyang, he doesn't want to see you either."
Zhang Yue said: "I understand."
Zhang Yue asked Guo Lin in a rather unhappy mood: "Senior brother, do you think what I did was right?"
