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Chapter 42: Enemy Tracks

It was getting dark and rainy, and there were ten small boats and sloop sails at Qishan Port. The sailors were adjusting their hulls to eat the wind. More than 200 Qishan thieves were queuing up on the boat. Everyone was holding long guns or iron guns, and there were a small number of sword players. Several people were holding storm guns. This thing was not very useful, and it could only be made into heavy guns within twenty steps. However, when the sound was released, it was used to scare unsightly officers, soldiers or ordinary people and drive them away.

Chen Yuyong asked the two of them to carry Li Cheng and take Li Fu onto the boat with everyone.

After Li Cheng lay down, his back and buttocks still felt unbearable. He felt deeply regretful. He knew that no matter what, the stolen sales line was broken, and he would probably be slaughtered to vent his hatred. Even if he could survive by chance, his future life would definitely not be very satisfactory and might be very difficult.

Thinking of his past days, Li Cheng's hatred became stronger.

Li Cheng said almost word by word: "Second Master, the Marquis' Mansion is not far from the business, so it will not delay things. After I catch the prince, I will cut off the prince's head with a knife."

The hard sail was adjusted to the right place, and then the wind was filled with wind. The pulp hand paddled the boat's pulp. Although it was against the water, the boat was not moving slowly. After the sky was completely dark, the boat shuttled upstream like an arrow.

"Everyone cheer up." Chen Yuyong ignored Li Cheng and stood at the bow of the boat and shouted: "Do good business tonight. Don't seal the knife before you withdraw. Let's do it with you!"

The Qishan thieves shouted happily, as if they were in front of them, including wine, meat, women, and wealth. Nan'an Town is relatively wealthy. Before, the Qishan thieves did not come to plunder along the Minjiang River, because it was more cost-effective to keep the stolen goods and rob one ticket.

Since this point is ruined, of course, this wealthy town cannot be spared. It is worthwhile to burn, kill, loot, obtain property and women, release too much energy and animality, and inspire morale.

Everyone's eyes were full of blood red, slashing, slashing, stinging, stinging and slashing the human body. When blood was splattering, people's eyes were filled with fear, fear, and despair, and then they became dead silent. People who killed too many people had some psychological problems. At this moment, these more than 200 Qishan thieves had become human-shaped beasts. If no one could defend their attacks, the people in Nan'anji Town would encounter cruel massacres, and many families would have a catastrophe.

...

Jin Jian, who was covered in mud, was running hard.

He lurked on the bank of the Minjiang River, and upstream from Nan'anji Town was a large area of ​​farmland. There were mountains and few fields on Fujian Road. There were still quite a plain area near Fuzhou. A large number of farmlands around were almost at harvest season. Jin Jian ran along the paths stepped on by farmers and the ridges dug out. His place was more than twenty miles away from the Marquis' Mansion in Nan'anji Town. He wanted to inform the prince of the enemy in the shortest time.

This was a task for many people including Jintong. Xu Zixian and Li Yi were rudely approved. The government had only a few military camps in the upper and lower reaches of the Minjiang River. The officers and soldiers were neglected in the battle formation and had not been trained for a long time. At least Jintong had never seen soldiers patrolling both sides of the river bank. Only very occasionally would they see the patrol boats of the Jiang Defense Battalion, and the defense was very empty.

This is also the reason why the five great thieves were able to break through the periphery of Zhangzhou until they were under the city wall. The main force of the Fujian Road garrison was in Fuzhou City. The five armies controlled by the Commander Command were the regular imperial guards, the two armies of the Grand Commander's Office were the Xiang army, and the imperial guards were the elite of the Xiang army stationed in Fujian, so the Xiang army was much worse.

There is also an army controlled by Fuzhou Prefecture that is responsible for the city defense, which is also the Xiang Army. There are also several robbery battalions under the Tizheng Department. In addition, there are a garrison army and a city defense battalion in Quanzhou. There are several river defense battalions hundreds of miles along the coast of the Minjiang River, a city defense battalion in Zhangzhou, and a navy in Quanzhou, with several battalions of troops and more than one hundred warships. The strength is quite weak and can only defend against important coastal towns Quanzhou and Fuzhou, and there is no barrier to Zhangzhou and other places.

The government was unreliable, so Xu Zixian could only put Jintong and others on the upstream and patrol the two sides of the straits, hoping that when Qishan thieves appeared on the pier outside Sanchuankou, he had sufficient preparations.

Since it was raining a few days ago, the embankment and fields were covered with mud, and the Golden Tube's shoes ran away. This was the new shoes he just bought with his first month's monthly money. The Golden Tube looked back and glanced at it with regretful eyes, and continued to run wildly without hesitation.

...

At dusk.

"Ten small boats, about twenty people per boat." The muddy golden tube stood under the front eaves of the main hall of Houfu. After barely calming his breathing, he began to report to Xu Zixian and others.

"Brother Qin," Xu Zixian turned to Qin Dongyang and said, "You can go and notify the Ge brothers."

"Yes." Qin Dongyang clasped his fists and said, "We will go directly to Sanchuankou to meet again later."

“Very good.”

Xu Zi nodded first, and then asked in detail about the size, flow rate, ship speed, etc. of the robbers of Qishan. After confirming it again and again, Xu Zi looked at Jin Jian, a young man with a pretty appearance and a thin body.

"I sent three groups of twelve people to the riverside striker. Now it is the first time you can bring back the news." Xu Zixian asked, "How did you do it?"

"We have gathered four hundred dollars and hired four mules, fifty cents a day, and spent two days in total. On the bank of the river where we were lurking and patrolling, we put a mule a few miles away. Wherever we saw it first, we ran a long way and rode the mule back to the mansion to report the news." Jin Ting said, "I think this money is worth it."

"It's really worth it." Xu Zixian laughed and said, "I will replenish you the money."

"There will be additional rewards." Xu Zixian said to Jin Tiao: "If you want to continue to work hard, I will not treat those who follow me unfairly."

Why is the Golden Tulle the first person to enter the mansion, not other informants? This is not important and may delay a little time, but this is how people's hearts are. Who doesn't want to climb up, and who doesn't want to leave a deeper impression in front of the superiors?

Jin Jian showed a terrible youthful mature mind, and his thoughts were much more terrifying than adults.

But it doesn't matter. Xu Ziyi confidently suppressed these young people.

"Do you dare not die for the prince?" Jin Jian held his fists and bowed with the same etiquette. Jin Jian was smart and capable, but when he came high, he was young and generous, but Tian Heng was simple and kind.

"Blow the whistle." Xu Zixian said to a young man beside him: "Gao everyone, ask Gao Shi to open the arsenal and line up to teach the troops."

"Yes, prince."

The guards were a little excited, and they kept training troops. Later, Xu Zixian, Li Yi and others repeatedly emphasized that the town might be attacked by Qishan thieves.

Not only is this absurd thing in Fuzhou accuse, but the business people in the town are also a joke about it.

These days the training intensity is imposed. When I go back and forth in the town every day, bored people will make a sound of ridicule. Many people also bet that if the Qishan thieves come, they will lose money. If these teenagers can defeat the Qishan thieves, they will cut off their heads and use them as chamber pots.

It is not necessarily tolerant for adults to shuttle through the town every day in such sarcastic words. It is simply a torment for these teenagers who are still very sensitive and rebellious.

Now that Qishan thieves have finally arrived, the teenagers feel not fear or fear, but a faint anger and excitement.

Xu Zixian stood under the eaves without moving, and the other two teenagers from the surveillance team also returned. They were all muddy and didn't bother changing their clothes at this time. Everyone was in the queue to accept the weapons sent by Gao Shi.

The carefully made military long slug has a sharp spearhead, the slug head is triangular, with blood grooves left on both sides. The iron slug head is all the way to the middle end of the spear, and the tail end is an iron tail cover. The whole slug is like a heavy long weapon made of mud iron, shining brightly in the setting sun.

Iron scepter, sabre, shield, spear throwing, and did not send a bow and arrow.

Qin Dongyang believes that only one month of training cannot produce qualified archers. It takes at least half a year to a year to train archers who can truly play a role in the battlefield to train them. It is best to have experienced several practical battles.

The sharpshooters who can shoot perfectly on the battlefield may be powerful players tempered on the battlefield for more than several years. Although these young men in front of them are all excellent in talent, the training time is still too short after all.

If you don’t use bows and arrows, it is best to use throwing weapons. The effective killing distance of the spear is shorter than that of the bows and arrows, but it has a huge lethality. Once you are stabbed, the best result will be serious injuries.

Each young man has three spears, and it is useless to lead too much. They cannot throw too many before they fight each other.

Xu Zixian stood under the eaves and watched the situation there. He was the same with a short robe, tightening his waist, long boots, holding a long wand and a barrier knife tied around his waist.

There were also three spearheads on the other side. It took less than a quarter of an hour to wait until all thirty young men were armed.

"Let's go." Xu Zixian did not mobilize anything. He had done enough before, and Xu Zixian's words immediately followed made the young men feel excited and moved. Xu Zixian walked down the steps first and walked towards the main gate of the Hou Mansion. Some servants and servants looked at the team and seemed to feel something different than usual training.

Xu Zi stood at the door first and said six more words: "Come with me, be careful."

Some teenagers tightly held the long streak in their hands and followed with big strides.

It was already dark, and the shops in the town almost closed the door at this time. Xu Zi first strides on the bluestone road, holding the iron in his hand tightly, trying to suppress his agitation.

If he was playing a game and gave him a novice village at the beginning, then now the final level mission of the novice village is coming.

Defeat Qishan thieves, gain wealth, gain true loyalty from their subordinates, and gain better prospects. This is the ultimate significance of the novice village monster fighting mission.

The identity of the future marquis of the royal family is a villa, a six official village, a few shops, and a marquis' mansion in the city. These are just external things. Xu Zi first had an enlightenment that the world was about to change, and the old power was powerless, either suddenly moving upward or could only sink.

At this time, the most important thing is to establish a real circle of power and build a solid foundation.

Xu Zi in his previous life was not tolerant of the royal family. He worked hard in the officialdom for more than ten years without real results. In the end, he did not escape the execution ground, which only shows that the old road was not possible.

This kind of enlightenment is the greatest wealth of time travelers, because history is in the fog, and it is difficult for people in it to quickly feel different. When they find that something is wrong, they are often powerless.

It is precisely because of this awareness that Xu Zixian strives to improve and spends every day in fatigue, and it is also the basis for his adventure tonight.
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