In the study room of the Sheriff's Mansion, Yuan Qingyan looked at an official document, his hands gradually trembled, and then he slapped the table with a heavy palm, smashing the desk made of huanghuali wood into pieces on the ground.
"Young thief Wei Yuan, you are going too far!" Yuan Qingyan gritted his teeth with sparks. He ran out of the study and went straight to the yamen in the front yard, shouting: "Calling all the generals, I want to see them within a stick of incense."
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After a while, all the generals from the county arrived in the drawing room, led by General Xu.
Yuan Qingyan circulated the official document in his hand to the generals and said: "Wei Yuan colluded with the thieves and actually kidnapped my family members in the capital! This hatred is irreconcilable! Now you all must unite your troops immediately and attack the realm as a vanguard. I am now
I set off to Fucheng and asked Chen Fu and Commander Yue to send troops. The army will arrive shortly! This battle will be commanded by General Xu. Please avenge me!"
General Xu read the official document and said: "With the current military strength in the county, it may be difficult to conquer the border area. It is necessary to re-mobilize the scattered troops in various military bases. In addition, reinforcements are crucial. Without Commander Yue, the northern border army will have to rely on us alone."
I’m afraid that’s not possible.”
"The army will arrive in a blink of an eye!" After Yuan Qingyan said this, he stood up, walked out of the room, and disappeared in an instant. He actually left as soon as he said he would, without stopping for a moment.
General Xu sat for a while, then stood up and said: "Order your troops!"
A school captain whispered: "With only one mask, it's hard to say it's the Zhantian Gang, right? Besides, how could the Zhantian Gang go to the capital?"
General Xu snorted and said: "There are so many family members of officials who are sent abroad in the capital. They will tie up Master Yuan's family and put a mask on them. Isn't it because they are afraid that we won't know that it was the Zhantian Gang who did it?"
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The captain took a breath: "You can kidnap people in the capital, and you are so powerful? This group of thieves has grown up, and they must not be allowed to stay!"
General Xu glanced at him, half-smiled, and said, "Do you think he doesn't know that we are coming to attack? He should have been ready and waiting for us by now."
"Then what should we do? To fight or not to fight?"
General Xu said calmly: "Of course we have to fight! If you don't test their qualities for yourself, how will you know how to get along with them in the future? Yue Shuai may have the same idea."
Anzhao County, Fucheng.
Chen Dao was sitting at the top, and on both sides were officials from all walks of life in the government. Sun Chaoen and Li Weisheng also came from the station. The officials, big and small, all had great cultivation skills, and they could travel thousands of miles in just half a day.
Yuan Qingyan sat among the civil officials, ranking behind Li Weisheng, but before another county governor. The county code of Anzhao County was written by Chen Dao.
Chen Daoxian said: "The thieves are rampant. Li Dajun, the Imperial Academy scholar, was furious and wrote a letter asking me to rectify the place and eliminate the banditry. If you have any opinions, please tell me."
Yuan Qingyan stood up and said sternly: "If you lose your wife and concubines, you can remarry, and if you lose your children, you can regenerate! The thieves want to threaten me with my wife, but that is wishful thinking! As we all know, the Zhantian Gang's home base is in the Qingming Realm, and we should gather together at this moment
The army will attack Huanglong with thunderous momentum, kill all the thieves, and give me justice!"
Sun Chaoen stood up and said: "Master Chen, I wonder if this matter has ever been heard in heaven and reported to the king?"
Chen Dao said: "Not yet, University Scholar Li wrote to me as a personal request."
There is a mystery behind Sun Chaoen's question. All the officials are experienced in this matter. When they heard it, they understood that this matter has not reached the level of the heaven. But mobilizing the army is a big deal. Without the king's order, mobilizing the army privately is tantamount to rebellion.
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The mood of all the officials suddenly dimmed. Originally, they didn't have a good impression of Yuan Qingyan, but just now they were just a little bit sad.
Sun Chaoen added: "Although the Zhantian Gang is very rampant, so far, there is no direct evidence that they come from the Qingming Realm."
Yuan Qingyan was furious: "This is an obvious fact. As long as you are not blind, you can see it clearly!"
Sun Chaoen lowered his head and said calmly: "What I want to say is that except for a few masks that can be found everywhere, we don't have any physical evidence. And so far, no Zhantian Gang thief has been arrested.
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All the officials were shocked. Not a single thief was caught. That’s because the Zhantian Gang was invincible. They were the only ones arresting people, and there was no chance of being caught!
Yuan Qingyan raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Sun Chaoen! You have the ambition of a thief and want to destroy the prestige of the imperial court. What is your intention? Is it possible that you are also a member of the Zhantian Gang?"
Sun Chaoen quickly waved his hand: "The lower official is soft-spoken and just said a few words for a moment. He cannot bear the serious charge of being an accomplice of thieves. Since Mr. Yuan is not happy, then the lower official just shut up."
Li Weisheng snorted and said slowly: "Master Yuan has such great official power! Such a serious crime of being an accomplice of thieves can be settled with certainty. If Master Yuan does not take charge of the Criminal Department, it will really be a humiliation of his talents."
Yuan Qingyan did not expect that Li Weisheng would speak for Sun Chaoen and be so rude. Li Weisheng was different from Sun Chaoen. He had a giant Buddha named Zuo Xiang covering his head and had a deep foundation.
Yuan Qingyan's face turned pale and he sat down and stopped talking.
He sat down, but Li Weisheng did not intend to give up, and said: "The horse bandits are rampant in the territory under my administration, which has caused chaos in the place. Among the several groups of horse bandits, the most difficult to deal with is the Zhantian Gang. For this matter, everyone
Your Excellency did not come to impeach me. I have always wondered where such a powerful band of horsemen came from. They couldn't have fallen from the world, right? After listening to Master Yuan's words today, I know that they
It turns out that it came from the realm. It seems that Mr. Yuan has known about this for a long time."
All the officials had different expressions and were thoughtful. There was only one person among them who had nothing to do to impeach Li Weisheng.
Li Weisheng's words also imply a mystery. The horse bandits left the grass beside their dens ungnawed and went to Bianning County thousands of miles away to cause trouble? Then Yuan Qingyan ruled the country peacefully, but Li Weisheng was the reason why bandits were rampant in the territory?
An official thought to himself, if there is a kidnapping, could it be that the spoils are being distributed unevenly?
Chen Dao coughed and said in a deep voice: "No matter what the relationship between the Zhantian Gang and the realm is, it is a fact that the realm is a lawless country at the moment. I have discussed it with Yue Shuai, at least let him understand that the world is
Come on, could it be the principles of the royal land?"
The decision was made and all the officials dispersed.
Chen Dao slowly returned to his study, accompanied by a young scholar. This man was Chen Dao's student and a staff member. He came all the way from the Western Jin Dynasty to work for his teacher and gain experience.
There was no one around on the way back to the study, so the young scholar said angrily: "That Sun Chaoen really has no expression. You already said that Academician Li wrote a letter to you, yet he still wants to jump out and tell you."
Chen Dao sighed: "You are still too young. Sun Chaoen is a powerful character. It is not as simple as you think. What happens today can be left or right. Needless to say, there is enough foreshadowing for the left, but not for the right. If
If I want to go to the left, I can just ignore Sun Chaoen. If I want to go to the right, then among all the officials, he is the only one who has given me a step up."
The young Vincent thought about it carefully and suddenly realized it.
"It's just that he doesn't have any background. It's a pity." Chen Dao shook his head and entered the study.
In the realm, Wei Yuan watched a row of young men in front of him put on the newly released plate armor. Their movements were still a little jerky, but fortunately there were many monks nearby to guide them. The plate armor was easy to put on, and it didn't take long for them all to be dressed neatly. Wei Yuan
The thousands of boys and girls in front of Yuan suddenly turned into an elite army wearing heavy armor.
Then the monks gave them steel-barrel guns. However, the guns were not loaded with gunpowder bullets.
After a while, the teenagers were divided into dozens of teams, one hundred people each, and the monks explained to them the use and principles of steel pipe guns.
There was a faint roar in the distance, which was the sound of gunfire coming from the newly established shooting range. One group of teenagers cleared wasteland and farmed, one group trained on wearing armor, one group practiced martial arts shooting, and another group practiced casting, and the four groups took turns to replace them.
With the seeds sent by Xu Su, Wei Yuan opened 20,000 acres of new fields. However, after thinking about it, he still used all the new fields to grow food. Although there is no shortage of food in the realm, he almost wants to eat the Wu clan.
The corpse's past experience made Wei Yuan feel that the more food, the better. Until there was enough food to make wine, Wei Yuan didn't think the food was enough.
Wei Yuan was particularly eager to train this group of teenagers, and put equipment and shooting on the agenda early, much earlier than his previous decision.
At this time, Cui Yu came in a hurry and said: "The equipment of those in the family has been equipped, and the training during this period has been quite peaceful. I have hung up and whipped a few people who were unclean. But you
The bows given to them are all used by Daoji monks, and they can only fire them three times before they lose their power."
Wei Yuan said: "That's for them. When the time comes, there will be blessings from the sentient beings and the madmen of heaven and earth, so it will be no problem. Didn't the old lady say that we should take care of it a little and don't kill too many people? Let them be used as bows and arrows.
If you have good hands, you can shoot at the enemy."
Cui Yu said: "There are no archers wearing red armor, it's too conspicuous!"
Wei Yuan chuckled and said, "It's just to let the other side know that they are archers. Otherwise, what if they don't shoot with us?"
Cui Yu had thought about this issue for a long time, but after calculating the death rate in the crossfire, he felt that it was completely acceptable, so he said nothing more.
But he looked at the young men who were training enthusiastically and frowned: "Did they train a little too early? Are they about to go to the battlefield before they have practiced much?"
Wei Yuan said: "It's not early at all, the war is coming soon. If they didn't have to sleep and rest, I would have them train for twelve hours a day."
When he heard about the war, Cui Yu perked up and said, "There's another war? With whom?"
Wei Yuan said: "This time, we are very likely to face the Northern Border Army of Yue Jinshan and take a chance on his world-famous Northern Border Cavalry. When the time comes, these young men will be the best candidates to deal with the Cavalry."
"You want to fight the Western Jin Dynasty? Isn't it a little too soon?"
Wei Yuan shook his head: "To the Western Jin Dynasty, we are like a thorn in the back and a muzzle in the throat. As long as the Wu clan does not move, they will want to touch us. This is not whether we want to fight or not. Only after a fight
, only then can everyone sit down and talk and know how to talk."
Cui Yu took a deep breath: "I'm going to fight Yue Jinshan. It seems I have to go back and train those bastards in the clan!"
Wei Yuan smiled slightly and said: "Go. Once this battle is over, we can have a good talk with them based on our position of strength."
Chapter completed!