Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Report!" Someone shouted outside the tent, Zan Jurun was squatting on the toilet, and grabbed a handful of straw paper when he heard the sound. He opened the linen curtain and came out frowning and asked, "What's the noise?"

A man said: "Mr. Zhang (Zhang Yin) has encountered an accident!"

Zan Jurun was taken aback: "An accident?"

The man said: "Suddenly there are assassins in Takasaki Village, and now the whole village is on fire!"

The incident was a bit sudden, and Zan Jurun felt caught off guard, but it was the official sitting in the hall, so he said immediately: "Order, Ishijianbao is on alert! Tell someone to call Commander Zhang to discuss matters."

"Here!"

Not long after, Zhang Jiankui, who was wearing a linen robe, walked into the tent with several generals, "How could something like this happen suddenly, there is no sign at all."

Zan Jurun frowned and said: "It's really unexpected, and I didn't expect it at all... This is what the Japanese government did? But it seems that they don't need to be so aggressive and reckless. If they seek revenge privately, without great contradictions and hatred, who would do such a serious thing, and who has the ability?"

Zhang Jiankui said: "Do you want the soldiers to put on their armor and prepare their weapons?"

Zan Jurun hesitated a little and was weighing.

Zhang Jiankui persuaded with a straightforward attitude: "The matter has come to this point, don't ask me to kill my officials indiscriminately, there is no reason to say, don't hide your identity anymore, let's prepare for war!"

Zan Jurun nodded immediately: "Order everyone to prepare for battle!"

He looked at Zhang Jiankui calmly again, "I also want to thank Commander Zhang for the meal yesterday."

The two looked at each other in blank dismay, understanding.

Everyone is doing well here, and the borrowed land is also owned by a local tycoon who gets along very well, so they don't feel that there is much danger at all; if Zan Jurun hadn't eaten up his stomach, he might have gone to Gao Qi's house for a banquet today during the Qiqiao Festival. Of course Zan Jurun didn't want to die like this! He is only in his thirties, and he already occupies the position of Minister of the Six Departments and Minister of the Cabinet. He has a bright future, so how could he be willing to die like this?

Zan Jurun sighed a little, and said: "It's a pity about the Zhang family."

Zhang Yin is younger, only in his twenties, although his position is not high, but he is not low at his age... The key is to be appreciated by the emperor, and he is recognized by the emperor as a talent, the future can be imagined. such a pity! It is inevitable that there will be unexpected events if you come out to seek wealth.

Not long after the messengers left, "Boom, clang..." the sound of the heavy golden drum sounded in the night, and the general's order was played. All the men rushed out of the tent immediately when they heard the sound, and the top ten generals of each came out, shouting loudly, and everyone rushed to the armory in an orderly manner with their respective ten generals and deputy generals.

Each team lined up, received military weapons from the warehouse guarded by military officials, and helped each other put on their armor. The fire in the earthen castle was full of blazes, and it was busy. Plate leather armor, barrier knives, firearms, long spears, bows and crossbows, these craftsmen who repaired the fort were not ordinary civilian sailors at all, they were skillfully equipped with complete sets of sophisticated weapons.

"Line up..." The shouts of generals sounded everywhere. The strong craftsmen quickly turned into soldiers in iron armor.

After a while, Zhang Jiankui, a big man in armor and a red cloak, also came in front of the people and horses, and everyone looked sideways. Zhang Jiankui stepped forward and said loudly: "Under the order of Emperor Daxu, this general Zhang Jiankui has the power to command, mobilize, and deploy the troops stationed in the East China Sea. Anyone who disobeys the military order will have the right to deal with it when the opportunity arises. God bless my emperor, longevity is boundless!"

All the troops immediately shouted: "God bless the emperor!" The response was to acknowledge Zhang Jiankui's military authority.

After hearing this, Zhang Jiankui said, "The teams will be temporarily led by the deputy generals to the defensive areas, and the captain and the ten generals will arrange everything with me."

"Decree! Decree..."

In the simple big tent, Zan Jurun had already hung up several pictures, and was thinking with his back to the door.

"The last general is waiting to meet Minister Zan!" All the generals clasped their fists and held the military salute.

Zan Jurun turned around and looked at Zhang Jiankui.

Zhang Jiankui clasped his fists and said: "The overall situation of the imperial court is based on the wishes of Minister Zan, and there will be some remonstrance at the end. The incident happened suddenly tonight, the enemy is in the dark and we are clear, our department can't rush forward; beware of the ambush."

Zan Jurun pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Commander Zhang is right."

Zhang Jiankui is a veteran in the battle, Zan Jurun is a civil servant, and he is still very good at listening to generals.

As soon as Zan Jurun made his statement, Zhang Jiankui was encouraged, and said again: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, if the opponent comes with a prepared plan, attacking Takasaki Sho is the bait, and we rush to go in the right way!

The general thought that scouts should be sent to search around first, and then sent to Gaoqizhuang where the incident happened to investigate. Wait until dawn tomorrow, and then send troops to search Gaoqizhuang cautiously. "

Zan Jurun thought it was right, and pointed to Beishan and other places on the map, and dispatched people.

By the early morning of the next day, Zan Jurun and Zhang Jiankui had almost confirmed that the war was not a large-scale provocation by the Japanese army. There was no sign of military activity within a radius of ten or twenty miles.

Zhang Jiankui rushed to Gaoqi Village with his troops, and saw ruins under the mountain forest, surrounded by smoke, and the beams of the houses had not been burned out, the flames flickered, and smoke was everywhere.

Everyone searched around, but everything was burnt out, and even the corpses were black and blurred, and it was impossible to tell who was who. The soldiers carried out the corpses, and finally found jade pendants, seals, etc. from one corpse, as well as unburned boot soles, flints, ribbon buckles, etc., and roughly distinguished the corpse of Zhang Fushi. He was dead beyond death. Later, Liu Jin's body was found.

Everyone looked at the black corpse silently, speechless.

Except for Xu Jun and horses, there is no living person in this place. Maybe there are survivors and nearby people who have fled somewhere... This is a bit tricky. Originally, one of the people who contacted the local tyrants was Liu Jin, the soldier Cao Si, and the other was Zhang's affairs. Now that both of them are dead, Zhang Jiankui and others don't know who to turn to in the local area.

"General Zhang, please take a look." A general found a strangely shaped dart from the corpse and presented it.

Zhang Jiankui couldn't recognize what it was, since he had never seen it in the Central Plains anyway, so he ordered: "Put all these things away!"

"Decree!"

Some samurai knives, arrowheads and other objects were also found in the ruins, but they should not be of much use. These weapons are commonly used by Japanese samurai. However, Zhang Jiankui still ordered to collect them, "Perhaps the craftsmanship of forging weapons varies from place to place, and then we can find someone to see if we can find out where they came from."

"General Zhang!" Someone reported again. Zhang Jiankui followed the sound and saw a soldier coming with a woman with disheveled hair.

Zhang Jiankui asked, "Where did you catch it?"

The soldier said: "She came down from the mountain by herself to find us."

Zhang Jiankui took a look at her. She was a young lady with a good figure. Her thin skin and tender flesh did not look like a working woman. She was drenched all over, and her clothes stuck to her skin, exposing many parts of her body, which was very attractive. Sure enough, the generals and soldiers next to him feasted their eyes quietly and were stimulated. Most of Zhou Jun's soldiers are young and strong, just the age of enthusiasm, regardless of the occasion, as long as there are such people, they can stimulate them.

There is a tenth general named Yu Liang next to him, a handsome general recruited by the guard army, and he looks at her from time to time. The girl also noticed Yu Liang, and gave her a look, but she soon noticed the strong man Zhang Jiankui who was surrounded by people here.

Zhang Jiankui was much more experienced, he immediately became alert, and said calmly: "Give her a piece of clothing, the clothes are so messed up!"

He then asked again in an interrogative tone: "Everyone around has fled and hid, why did you take the initiative to come to us, a little girl, aren't you afraid of so many warriors?"

It was only after asking that I realized that maybe this Dongdao lady didn't understand.

But the young lady can speak Chinese, and her pronunciation is jerky and inaccurate: "My name is Meizi, the concubine of Takasaki-kun. I think the Xu people are very nice, and I believe you will not hurt me casually. Zhang Junlin took care of me last night before he died, otherwise I might not be able to live."

"Zhang Yin?" Zhang Jiankui said.

Meizi nodded: "Mr. Zhang often comes to Takasaki Village as a guest. I have met him. Takasaki-kun introduced him at the banquet yesterday. He is a good man."

Zhang Jiankui said with a straight face: "Let's trust you first, you must not seduce the soldiers and disturb the morale of the soldiers!"

"How could I..." Miko said innocently.

Zhang Jiankui said: "Take this mother back to Shijianbao first, and ask her about yesterday's events."

For a while, they couldn't find anyone to ask. It happened that Meizi was from Takasaki Village, and Zhang Jiankui thought it would be useful.

Everyone didn't get anything useful from the ruins of Takasaki Village. From Miko, they asked about the homes of the two samurai leaders of Takasaki Village, as well as the territories of two other nearby village officials who originally joined the group. The command sub-division sent people to contact, but unexpectedly all the warrior leaders changed their posture, and they were unwilling to have too much contact with the Xu people, with an attitude of rejecting them and keeping them at a respectful distance!

Zan Jurun can't do anything to them, because this incident is obviously not done by Gao Qi and other people inside the owner of the village, and the leaders have not shown any hostile attitude.

Zan Jurun guessed: "This matter may involve the domestic forces in Japan. These people feel the danger and threat, and they are unwilling to take the risk of partnering with us."

Zhang Jiankui thought so.

Zan Jurun frowned, feeling extremely bad! The good situation that was originally smooth and smooth turned sharply down overnight! The situation is full of fog, and the resistance has suddenly increased.

Zhang Jiankui asked: "Mr. Zan, what should we do now? Without the help of local tyrants, over time, the army food reserves will gradually become short."

Xu Jun Donghai commanded only a few hundred people, and the food and fodder needed was not very large, but in the long run, it had to rely on domestic supplies, and the food road was too far away.

Zan Jurun pondered and said: "For the present plan, first stabilize the position. Immediately send the ship back to Haizhou and rush to the court."

Zhang Jiankui said again: "The Japanese do this kind of thing, and if they kill our imperial officials, the murderer must be severely punished. Do you want to send someone to Shi Jian Guoguo, let them give an explanation?"

Zan Jurun frowned and said: "You can try... However, we have not reached a peace agreement with the Japanese government, but just partnered with the local Zhuang officials; as for the Guosi, Junsi and other officials, we are not the same as the Zhuang officials, but the Japanese government has nothing to do with them. I am afraid that this matter will not go smoothly.".