Chapter 1681: Elasticity
Not long after, Zhang Han came out of the gate wearing a green robe. Seeing that everyone was still entangled with Lai Tongxin, he sighed unconsciously: "This matter was arranged by people in the capital. General Lai Shen didn't know from beginning to end. Everyone has been with him for many years, so don't make things difficult for him."
Only then did everyone let go and let Lai Tongxin go.
Lai Tongxin knew that his life was saved at this moment. He rushed towards Zhang Han, knelt on the ground first, then supported his hands, and said, "The king of the city, Li Er, was in charge of the garrison, and led five hundred infantry soldiers to kill Lord Zhang, to order him to stay in the fort. Please ask Lord Zhang to order, and the last general immediately led his troops to suppress them to eliminate internal troubles in the fort."
Zhang Han seemed to be hesitating, Lai Tongxin said with a nervous expression, "No one hurts the tiger, and the tiger is harmful to the hearts of the people. Lord Zhang, the current situation has been sharpened and the court has come over. There are governors, soldiers and deputy generals outside, and there are hundreds of horse stairs inside. You can't keep them in the fort to cause trouble."
Zhang Han said with a painful look on his face: "If the emperor only deals with me, why not ask them to escort me to the capital."
"Sir, you can't think so!" Lai Tongxin roared: "The secret general has already seen it. The court is going to deal with the Lord in Xinpingbao. Except for the Lord, Wang Changfu and others, they will kill them all. The Lord's family, including Mrs. Chang and the three wives, and several young masters, will not keep them, and they will kill them all!"
Lai Tongxin is a nonsense. The secret order was for Lu Xiangsheng, but there was also a clear hint in the military order Lu Xiangsheng gave Lai Tongxin. The court's plan and idea were to solve Zhang Han's big trouble in Xinpingbao.
Since Zhang Han was killed, of course, the backbone of Hutchison's characters could not be let go.
Of course, Zhang Han's family and relatives must be killed.
If you do everything you have to punish without being taught, you must do it to the end and you will not leave any room for anything.
A cold light flashed in Zhang Han's eyes. It was not necessary for Lai Tongxin to say this. He knew the court's plans and actions in his heart. It would be fine if he was afraid of himself, but he actually wanted to kill himself in Xinpingbao. In addition to killing himself, he would not let go of any of his family and relatives. If the Ming Dynasty court did not perish, he would be able to see a ghost alive.
At this moment, the surroundings were silent. Not only the Hutchison people, but also the ordinary merchants in the fort, including foreign merchants, local merchants, gentry, servants, ordinary residents, as well as garrisons and families of garrisons.
At least thousands or even more than ten thousand people gathered. Zhang Han saw Yang Qiu nodding to him in the crowd. Zhang Han knew that it was the operation staff of the Military Information Department that it was ready, so he nodded to Yang Qiu and made a pretty clear hand gesture.
Yang Qiu understood and pulled out of the crowd.
At this time, Zhang Han's voice sounded again: "Since that's the case, I am so stupid here in Xinpingbao. The emperor is so afraid of me. The villain wants my life. It's okay for me, but my mother will join my wife and children, but I can't give my life because of me. If someone wants to slap me in the left face, I can still give my right face, but I want to ride on my neck to shit, and I want my life. I can't accompany me... In a word, if the king regards his ministers as brothers and feet, then the minister regards his ministers as confidant. If the king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then the minister regards his king as his countrymen, and the king regards his ministers as his earthly slaughter, then the minister regards his king as his enemy. Now he regards his enemies as my enemies, and I also regard him as his enemies!"
An excited roar came from the crowd again, and Yang Qiu shook his head and smiled, but walked forward with big strides.
Passing by a street intersection, Zhao Lide also came up, and more men in strong outfits walked out from all over the place.
Among the shops, various business stores, ordinary alleys, and Hutchison's warehouses, people kept coming out, put on short-dressing clothes, holding various weapons in their hands.
The man in front of the foot was still playing chess with the man at the entrance of the alley. He took off his robe with his back foot, held a knife in his hand, and grabbed a short gun with his other hand and stuffed it around his waist with his robe and walked out with a swagger.
"Dog Damn Wang Qi." Only a group of old men were left dumbfounded. Looking at the man's back as he left, he cursed unconsciously: "I always thought he was a casual man who was looking for work, but he was also a person who remembered me."
Hundreds of people flocked forward with various weapons. The foreign horse and infantry were in the barracks south of the city, and Lai Tongxin's soldiers were stationed on both sides of the east and west.
When the two guards felt inappropriate, they had already returned to the camp and summoned the horse and infantry to return to the camp to garrison.
Not long after hundreds of soldiers gathered, there were angrily scolding and cheers coming from the small military fort from time to time, which made the garrison feel wrong. They looked inside and outside the military camp with suspicious eyes, but did not notice any obvious abnormality. The two guards were even more upset and had no idea what had happened.
When Li Shoubei saw that everything was normal on Lai Tongxin, his face suddenly showed bad luck.
The officers and soldiers on the opposite side were wandering around in groups of three or three, and many left the camp. Lai Tongxin was not there, and even if he was there, he would not control the soldiers. Anyway, General Lai and his subordinates never leaned towards the "elite" from beginning to end, and no one beat the drum. The superiors also knew that this army had no need for training or reorganization at all, and they would not even choose the selection of the front line, so they simply laid sheep, and no one paid attention to the matter of the camp here.
"What a fucking bad luck." Li Shoubei spitted on the ground and cursed: "If I asked me to choose again, I wouldn't come to Xinping Castle even if I beat me to death."
"This is called bad luck for eight lifetimes." Wang Shoubei lamented: "When we are not in line with the new governor and military preparations, we all say that we should practice the troops well. If we practice well, we will be rewarded for promotion. I have tried my best to train the troops. As a result, I have not received much reward for the silver reward and the official position is not promoted, but I am placed in Xinping Fort. To put it bluntly, I still have no backing. Grandma doesn't love it, and my uncle doesn't love us. We are raised by my mother. Let's do things that block the arrows and knives. If we do it, we will do it. The things that will be rewarded will be their own fault."
Li Shoubei whispered: "If something really happens soon, what are we going to do?"
Wang Shoubei gritted his teeth and whispered: "You can't see it after coming for so long? Lai Tongxin is a waste, and we never take him seriously. Hutchison is not that simple, and that Zhang Han is not easy to mess with."
"It's not easy to mess with, but you have to mess with me." Li Shoubei said worriedly: "We are just this job. If we don't finish this job, we will be here for this life. Besides, we don't think that Hutchison is strong. There is a large army trapped in the north of the Great Wall. They have no soldiers in the south of the Great Wall. Nowadays, no soldiers are the kings of grass. I want me to tell you that with the hundreds of people we have, we captured Zhang Han and made great contributions. No matter how good he is, maybe the big guys above think about it and think too much about Zhang Han. We two reckless men have done this matter, and the mouths of the superiors can laugh..."
Wang Shoubei was moved for a moment and was about to speak, but there was a change in the outside world.
The original noises in the city were gone, the sounds of people talking, the neighing of horses and donkeys, the barking of dogs, the plaids of chickens laying eggs, and the cry of autumn insects, all of these sounds disappeared.
Even the military camp on Lai Tongxin was gone. It seemed that someone had cast magic and turned into a living person. Hundreds of people disappeared in an instant, and no one was seen.
"It's over, something happened."
The two guards' faces were as white as paper in an instant. Only then did they hear the rustling sound of spring eating leaves. When they looked closely, hundreds of people had emerged outside the military camp.
The uniform gray-clothed outfits are all holding exquisite weapons flashing with cold light. The hem of the clothes can be seen wearing mail or cotton armor. 30% to 400 are holding long guns or short guns. Some are holding exquisite short crossbows. Only dozens of people are holding bows and arrows. They are already on the strings and can shoot arrows at any time.
The man in front of him held a shield and a waist knife and pushed in all the way. The wide camp gate just allowed many people to enter. These people rushed in like mercury, instantly split into multiple strands, vaguely surrounding two guards and hundreds of horse infantry.
The number of people on both sides was similar, but the Ming army was far inferior to the strong men who were pouring in in both equipment and array. The other party looked serious, had a solemn atmosphere, and was full of fighting spirit. Whether it was Shu Jia or the weapons in his hands, the long-range and short-range and protection were complete, and the queue was very strict. In an instant, the hundreds of Ming army had been suppressed and submissed.
There was a commotion among the camp, and the horse soldiers subconsciously wanted to lead the horse. As soon as the horse stairs moved, the muskets on the opposite side suddenly fired. A row of muskets came over less than fifty steps, and the horse soldiers who wanted to go to the stable rolled up on the spot. The blood on their bodies was squirting wildly, and people were beaten to death on the spot without shouting.
A group of horses and infantrymen never dared to move for a moment. Originally, many of them pressed their hands on the waist knife around their waists, but now they quietly put them down.
If these hundreds of men rushed in without saying a word, these hundreds of horse stances would definitely form a battle. No matter how you cannot take your life for nothing.
This is not on the battlefield, and there is no way to resist in chaos. These hundreds of people are at least in the military camp, blocked inside, and they want to run away without a place. If they are outside, someone might have escaped.
It's funny, but this is the "elite" in the Ming Dynasty's border army, and it is also the "strike selection" carefully selected by Lu Xiangsheng and others.
The two guards were in a very bad mood. They felt that the big thing was coming, and their previous plans were completely lost. Not to mention earning meritorious service, I was afraid that they would not even be able to save their lives.
Hutchison is also strange. There is such an armed force hidden in the fort, and he can still tolerate his anger and exclaim. Not only do he endure it, but he also often sends bribes to the two guards. The soldiers under him usually have many benefits.
In front of the two guards, the big black man holding a short gun was the shopkeeper who was usually responsible for giving them silver. He usually smiled very kindly, but at this time he was holding a short gun and was able to decisive. When he just opened fire, the man's short gun hit the chest of a horse soldier, and the blood was shot. The man didn't care. He just glanced at him and stood there and cleared the gun and loaded the medicine, then stuffed the lead ball, then turned the short gun horizontally, and aimed at this side again.
The Ming army was trembling and didn't know what to do.
"The team officers and above are at the garrison. Put down their weapons and leave the fort, and they are not allowed to stay in the camp." Yang Qiu said to everyone, "Although we, Hutchison, cannot let the court make things difficult for us, we cannot ask you to arrest Lord Zhang. But Hutchison, still does not intend to do things too ugly, everyone should keep some kindness... Well, all the officers left, the soldiers handed over their armor and weapons, stayed in the camp and waited. When things got out, they would naturally be able to leave."
After saying this, everyone felt relieved. Many people looked at the unlucky person who was just beaten to death. The body was not cold yet. This is really a pity.
But then I thought about it, if He Ji hadn't killed these people decisively, I'd probably not convinced myself. Everyone still had to do something to decide who would listen to whom. Thinking about it, the dead person had tested everyone and he would not die in vain.
Chapter completed!