Chapter 5: A golden fish should not be kept in a pond (Thanks to the leader "Shou Tan Wang" for the reward) "Japanese pirates are attacking?" "Yes, they are looting ten miles south of the city." Zhang Mao, the captain of the Qingcun Front Office, sat in the hall with a calm expression. The deputy captains and centurions standing below looked somewhat uneasy. "How many Japanese pirates are there?" Zhang Mao asked, clenching his fists under the table where no one could see. Qianhu remained calm and composed... and everyone praised him in secret. The soldiers just took a look from a distance and ran away, so they had no idea how many people there were. But they still reported, "More than a hundred people." There was a sound of people gasping in the lobby. Deputy Captain Wang Yu whispered, "Captain, it is said that the Japanese pirates can defeat ten enemies at once!" During the Jiajing period, countless military households from all over the country fled. This was also the case with Zhang Mao's men, with more than 300 of them fleeing and only about 700 left.
In everyone's eyes, more than a hundred Japanese pirates could defeat them. "Captain, how about... asking Wei Li for help!" "Yes! The enemy is quite powerful, so it's better to be cautious!" At this time, a messenger came galloping over. "The commander ordered your troops to attack and fight against the Japanese pirates. In addition, the news of the Japanese pirates landing has already reached Nanjing. The commander ordered us to show the courage of the warriors of the Ming Dynasty." Zhang Mao slammed the table and everyone stood up in awe. "Scouts, investigate immediately!" "Leader!" "Everyone." Zhang Mao looked at his generals, "It is a great sin to sit back and do nothing to help. Since you have joined the army, throw away your cowardly thoughts and attack!" He walked out of the lobby first with a righteous look on his face. His subordinates looked as if their parents had died. It took half an hour to assemble. I kept grinding along the way... When everyone saw that Zhang Mao didn't say anything, they knew what the captain was planning. We did attack, but when the Japanese pirates heard that we took the initiative to attack, they ran away. This is also a credit, isn’t it? All the way to the scene of the incident, Zhang Mao gave a look and his confidant immediately shouted, "It's so hot, take a break!" "Yes!" Someone took the lead and everyone started to make a fuss.
"A bunch of lazy idiots!" Zhang Mao cursed, "Forget it, take a break!" How much wealth could a village have for the Japanese pirates to plunder? If they had robbed everything, they would naturally leave. "Don't be in a hurry." While eating dry food, Zhang Mao said calmly to his subordinates who were asking for instructions: "Being calm and composed is the way to be a general." "Yes!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The scouts are back. A look of ecstasy. "But he's gone... cough cough cough!" A centurion regretted asking the question and quickly coughed dryly to cover it up. Zhang Mao stared at the scout intently, "Where are the Japanese pirates?" The scout rolled off his horse, "Captain, the Japanese pirates... the Japanese pirates are defeated!" "What did you say?" Zhang Mao strode over and grabbed the scout by the collar. "Apart from us, where else can we find soldiers around here?" "I don't know anything, I just saw a few Japanese pirates fleeing for their lives." said the scout. This…… Could it be that the army from Yingtian Prefecture has arrived? Our chance to show off has come! Zhang Mao rolled his eyes and shouted, "As a savior of your majesty, I should help you today. Go out and kill the Japanese invaders!" "Kill!" When Zhang Mao ran out of the village with hundreds of his men, he saw more than a dozen villagers crying and collecting corpses. When they saw the soldiers coming, they looked at them with contempt. This atmosphere is wrong! Zhang Mao was stunned when he saw two soldiers standing inside. After the negotiations, the sergeant came forward and saluted. "Where are you waiting for?" Zhang Mao asked with a smile. Zhang Mao was wondering in his mind who from Nanzhili was most likely to lead the army here, and since he did not run away when he encountered the Japanese pirates, it was obvious that he was a general, or maybe a civil servant leader. If it was about building relationships... Zhang Mao felt excited thinking about it. The sergeant saluted and said, "We are ordered to escort the prisoner to Taizhou for exile." what? It turned out to be the watchdog of Yingtian Prefecture! Zhang Mao: “…” His subordinates couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "How many prisoners are you escorting? To defeat more than a hundred Japanese pirates, you must have thousands of troops, right?" "Fifteen people."
Zhang Mao was furious, "How dare you play tricks on me?" The sergeant bowed his head and said, "You can go and see for yourself." The disdain in his eyes was hidden by lowering his head. "go!" Zhang Mao led his men into the village. Along the way, we saw ruins and a lot of blood on the ground. When they arrived outside the most complete house in the village, Zhang Mao's confidant stepped forward and asked, "Where is the leader?" "Flag is inside." Don’t even know how to come out to greet him! "Little Flag?" Adding a few more people under the command of a small flag, there are exactly fifteen people! Wang Yu was shocked, "Qian Hu, is this true?" Zhang Mao whispered, "This little flag is probably terrible. Remember, don't act like a superior later." The military has a strict hierarchy. In the past, Zhang Mao could have used the charge of neglecting his superiors to deal with Chen Ba, a small flag officer. But firstly, Chen Ba had made great contributions, and secondly, if the Japanese pirates were really defeated, Zhang Mao would also want to have a share of the spoils. The prerequisite for all this is to establish good relations with Chen Ba's guest army. The most important point is that more than ten people defeated more than a hundred Japanese pirates. Zhang Mao felt that the future of this small flag was limitless. Once a hero encounters an opportunity, it will be like what is said in the opera: A golden fish cannot stay in a pond; it will turn into a dragon once it encounters wind and cloud. Such a person should be made friends with before he becomes successful. Zhang Mao had a smile on his face. "Human head!" Wang Yu exclaimed. In the yard, several baskets of human heads emitted a fishy stench in the spring light. "Captain, that half-moon hairstyle is similar to the Japanese pirates they are talking about." A captain's face flushed, as if it was the head he led his team to chop off. The Japanese pirates were rampant, and the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili were silent. But at this moment, a group of more than ten Ming soldiers defeated more than a hundred Japanese pirates. He was proud of it. At the same time, I became more curious about the little flag and had more respect for it. "Where is Chen Xiaoqi?"
Zhang Mao asked with a pleasant expression. The leading sergeant pointed forward... When everyone looked over, they saw a pale-faced young man sitting under the eaves, with a small flag beside him listening to what the young man said with a respectful look on his face. "...It's a good thing that you want to learn military tactics. There are always more people with ambition." The young man spoke slowly, as if he was talking to his disciple. "Yes." Chen Ba's heart was burning with excitement, and he wanted to kneel down and become his disciple immediately. "Please teach me, Master Maocai." "I know you want to become my disciple." The young man raised his eyes and saw Zhang Mao and his group looking stunned. "Unfortunately, a guest has arrived." Jiang Qingzhi spread his hands and said, "Look, it's not our destiny yet." …… Suzhou Prefecture. More than a dozen riders dismounted outside an inconspicuous residence and filed in. Not long after, he rushed out in a rage. "Quick, go report to Captain Dou." Outside Suzhou City, there is not only Hanshan Temple, but also Changting. Suzhou is prosperous, and people come and go in and out of Changting every day. The pavilion, which used to be crowded with people, now only had a few people. Outside the long pavilion, two strong men of the Jinyiwei stood with swords in their hands, their eyes sweeping across the official road. All the merchants passing by avoided their sight or lowered their heads. "Give Way!" More than ten riders came galloping and dismounted in front of the pavilion. The leading flag officer knelt outside the pavilion. "Reporting to the captain, we have found the noble man." The captain of the Jinyiwei who was standing with his back to the pavilion slowly turned around. On her fair face, a pair of eyebrows that were thicker than those of an ordinary woman raised, and the cold and frosty Jinyiwei female centurion Dou Jialan asked, "Where is the noble lady?" The flag officer bowed his head, "Your Excellency killed his own cousin and is now exiled to... Taizhou Prefecture." Dou Jialan tightened his grip on the hilt of the knife, and the deputy captain Zhang Nian in front of him shouted, "What has your Excellency done?" Dou Jialan said coldly: "It doesn't matter what he did wrong." The flag officer said, "After your father passed away, the Ye clan members forced you to seize the family property. You refused. At the end of last year, your cousin Ye Tian humiliated your father in public. You couldn't bear the humiliation, so you took the butcher's knife and killed your cousin in public." Zhang Nian looked back, "Brothers from Suzhou Prefecture reported that the nobleman is in poor health. Captain, I am worried that the nobleman will not be able to make it to Taizhou Prefecture!" "Suzhou Prefecture, how courageous!" Dou Jialan's eyes flashed with sternness, "How dare you humiliate your majesty's uncle? You're courting death!" "Do you want to break into Suzhou Prefecture?" Zhang Nian stood up straight.
Ever since Lu Bing took charge of the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei's power has greatly increased thanks to its relationship with Emperor Jiajing. Dou Jialan narrowed his eyes and glanced at the city. "It is important to rescue the noble first." "Yes, if anything happens to you, the commander will skin us alive!" Thinking of Emperor Jiajing's foster brother, Jinyiwei Commander Lu Bing, everyone couldn't help but shudder. "Chase!" Dozens of riders galloped away. …… Beijing. Jinyiwei Yamen. The notorious Jinyiwei were not very noticeable in the government offices in the capital. But no one dared to walk along the wall of the building. In a secret room. Lu Bing, with a thin face and a calm expression, was reading the briefing that had just been delivered to him. "Commander!" Lu Bing raised his eyes and saw a man with a strong scholarly air outside the door, holding a document in his hand. "Shen Lian!" Jinyiwei officer Shen Lian came in and saluted. "Dou Jialan just sent a message that the brothers in Suzhou Prefecture have searched many times and confirmed that Jiang Gan and Jiang Qingzhi are your majesty's relatives." Shen Lian handed over the document. Lu Bing read it several times and sighed, "It's a pity that Jiang Gan did it." If Jiang Gan could hold on until now, with the identity of Emperor Jiajing's uncle, Ye would have no choice but to kneel down and lick his ass. "Jiang Qingzhi, who was born with lung disease, has been weak since childhood and has been taking medicine all the time..." Lu Bing raised his eyes, "What do you think?" Shen Lian was upright, looking at Lu Bing with his eyes piercing, "From now on, the capital will have one more useless person." Lu Bing did not take it as an offense, and said in a gentle voice: "After moving to the West Garden, your Majesty has become more and more alienated from the outside world. Now only relatives can comfort him. Tell Dou Jialan to carefully escort you back to the capital. In addition... you can ask the imperial physician who specializes in lung diseases to meet you halfway. Make sure everything goes well!" "Yes." Shen Lian looked indifferent. "By the way, have the brothers who are going to catch Xia Yan set out?" Lu Bing's voice was a little unclear, and Shen Lian raised his voice a little, "Not yet, but the commander shouldn't join forces with that old thief Yan Song."
Yan Song was the mastermind behind Xia Yan's downfall, and Lu Bing was an accomplice. "Xia Yan is pushing us too hard..." Lu Bing's eyes flashed fiercely, "Go now!" Shen Lian gritted his teeth and said, "The Ming Dynasty will lose a wise minister, and the capital will gain a parasite. How absurd is this world!" Lu Bing was probably the only person who could tolerate Shen Lian's temper, and he quite admired it. Lu Bing said coldly: "Your Majesty asked about Xia Yan's matter this morning. In addition, Your Majesty asked about Jiang Qingzhi again, and the latter is more valued by Your Majesty. Do you understand? If this matter is not handled well, our Jinyiwei will not be able to escape the blame." Seeing Shen Lian storming out, Lu Bing held his head and muttered: "Xia Yan wants me to die, so how can I let him live!" "It would be great if that nobleman could be a parasite. As a maternal relative, a parasite can live longer. I hope that Jiang Mao can eat and sleep well..." ………… Two updates per day, the first update: 1:8 ., the second update: 2:14 . Please vote! Monthly votes, recommendation votes. The new book period depends entirely on you. (End of this chapter)
