Jinyi champion

Chapter 300 Everything is ready
Carrying an iron box containing a very unstable bottle of nitroglycerin to blow up the enemy camp is a dangerous job, if not a narrow escape.

The enemy's soldiers and horses in the camp outside the city are not many, but there are quite a few scouts scattered at night. Even if most of the scouts focus on the fleeing "rich businessmen" at that time, there will always be a few who slip through the net Zhiyu, once a change in the city is discovered, as long as there is a scout to give an early warning, things will be very troublesome... After all, it is not uncommon to send a "Sky Monkey" to remind his companions these days.

It is unrealistic to expect the government servants in the city and the civilian husbands temporarily recruited to act as death squads. This work still has to be undertaken by the people of Xingwangfu.

Zhu Hao also analyzed it with Tang Yin.

This job is either for a person with a strong aggressiveness, who wants to take this opportunity to gain military merit, and is appreciated by the king of Xing, who is exceptionally promoted, so he volunteers for the job; or he makes a mistake and is excluded by his colleagues, so he is forced to go.

Tang Yin sighed: "It's a pity I can't go there in person."

Zhu Hao originally wanted to say that no one would stop you if you wanted to go, but he just slandered him. It would be very irresponsible for the plan itself to let Tang Yin, a frail scholar, carry a bag of explosives to bomb the enemy camp. It is safer to find someone who is strong, brave and careful in the palace to do this job.

With a little regret, Tang Yin discussed with Zhu Hao that they would meet again in the afternoon, and then went back to the city gate tower to command and dispatch.

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He was busy until lunch, but Zhu Hao hadn't finished the task at hand.

Although he was already very tired, the "handmaid" Ouyang Fei came to visit on her own initiative, so he still had to spare time to receive her.

Ouyang Fei, as the "big treasurer" of Zhu Hao's future textile workshop, has been helping to manage the logistics of the school recently. With her coordination, the school has suddenly become orderly, and the daily necessities of teachers and students are guaranteed, which shows that she The ability is still there, but it was not used in the right direction before.

The academy was not far from the workshop, and Ouyang Fei had noticed that there were officers and soldiers coming in and out these two days, especially Zhu Hao who stayed here all the time, so she couldn't help being curious, so she came to ask to see her.

"Boss, what are you doing?"

In the workshop, Ouyang Fei saw that Zhu Hao was holding transparent glass bottles of different sizes, pouring in and out various pungent liquids, shaking the bottles gently for debugging, and couldn't help asking questions.

In fact, she doesn't care what Zhu Hao is doing now, she wants to know how the situation in Nanjing is, because counting the time, her creditors should come to Anlu soon and trouble her.

She was worried about whether it was necessary for her to hide.

But the problem was that she was doing business with Shopkeeper Ma, and almost all the merchants from other places knew that if the creditor had to find Ma Yan first, Ma Yan would tell Zhu Hao about the situation, so it was more straightforward to ask Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao said: "Prepare for war. Oh, yes, you want to ask me about the creditor? Don't worry, the land in Jiangxi and Huguang is not flat recently, and the Yangtze River and Hanshui have intermittent shipping. The creditors of Ouyang's family did not come here so soon."

"Preparation? That's it..."

Ouyang Fei was very curious.

The deployment of soldiers and generals in the city to deal with banditry is basically known in the market, but what does this have to do with you, a child from a merchant's family?
Seeing that you are so busy that your feet don't touch the ground, it seems that this is really the case.

Zhu Hao didn't bother to explain too much to Ouyang Fei: "Listen well, there are officers and soldiers guarding the workshop, don't rush in casually, and if something happens... If you die, don't blame me for not reminding you beforehand."

"Oh."

Ouyang Fei only thought that Zhu Hao wanted to keep some secret, and refused to tell the truth, so she made false threats, her eyes fell on the transparent bottles with labels on the shelves in the house, thinking about this With so many transparent glazed vessels, is it easy for this little owner to make glazed mirrors?
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Near dusk, all the nitroglycerin was prepared.

Zhu Hao let out a long breath of relief.

He was highly concentrated for a long time, and the moment he walked out of the room, he almost collapsed on the ground, but he stood still and rested for a while before leaving.

In March in Yangchun, the climate is suitable. As long as the temperature is kept above [-] degrees, the performance of liquid nitroglycerin is relatively stable, so Zhu Hao is not too worried about problems.

city ​​gate.

Tang Yin walked down the wall to meet Zhu Hao who came to visit. At this time, the Death Squad of the Palace had been formally formed.

There are two batches in total, more than [-] people in total.

"...the first batch of fifteen people escorted the convoy out of the city, led by Luo Dianzhan." Tang Yin pointed to Luo An and said.

Luo An looked resolute. It was obvious that he was the kind of person who had the courage to take the initiative to ask Ying Ying to perform such a dangerous task. It was not too dangerous to escort the convoy by himself as a bait. Just gallop the horse.

The thieves were not familiar with the places where they were born, and they were ignorant, so it was very difficult to catch up with Luo An and others before they fled into the city.

Relatively dangerous is the second group of people.

Tang Yin looked at Lu Song and said: "According to what you said, Zhu Hao, we need to find six dead soldiers, two by two, each group will bring an iron box with strong gunpowder inside, and go to the bandit camp respectively. The chief person in charge, Lu Dianzhan... He led the team himself."

Lu Song actually served as the captain of the second batch of death squads?
Zhu Hao could actually predict this.

Who made Lu Song the one eager to gain King Xing's approval?

He turned to Jin Yiwei to betray the interests of the palace. This matter cannot remain a secret forever. He only hopes that after the incident, the palace will remember the contributions he has made to the palace and be lenient to him and his family...

Among the five people behind Lu Song, four belong to new faces. Obviously, they are usually stationed in various Wangzhuangs in Anlu, and their connections and family properties are kept outside the city. After returning to Zhoucheng, although the family members settled down in the outer courtyard of the Wangfu, it is certain that they will be treated coldly. , At this time, there is a great need for a chance to make meritorious deeds and win a promotion for oneself. Once things are done, he can find a good position in the palace without having to endure other people's eyes.

The only one Zhu Hao knew was even the guard.

This guy... his mouth is really cheap. He usually likes to take advantage of others, and if he has any power, he will try his best to show off.Now that the tasks of the Death Squad are assigned, they must be elected to "send to death", which is typical of being excluded.

Tang Yindao: "For the night attack on the enemy's camp, I have temporarily greeted the state government, and agreed that once we see any changes in the enemy's camp at night, we will light the beacon fire on the tower and let the manors outside the city send troops. The troops from Xingwang's Mansion will also come out, and the state government will coordinate with the inspection department and Minzhuang, a total of [-] soldiers and horses..."

Luo An said with a smile: "That means everything is ready, I only owe Dongfeng, how are you preparing, Young Master Zhu?"

Zhu Hao nodded: "I will deliver the goods on time, but there is one thing, can you ensure that the team that goes out of the city at night will be detected by bandits? What if they..."

Tang Yin frowned: "You mean, if the thieves are a mob, they don't send many sentries, they don't find any trace of the 'caravan', or they think there is a fraud, so they don't send troops out to pursue them?"

"Yes."

Zhu Hao nodded, "So my idea, didn't I say that the state government intended to negotiate with the thieves, offering money and food in exchange for their retreat? Taking the opportunity to release a prisoner to build the city carefully, on the one hand, it is to paralyze the enemy, making them think that the city has no intention of fighting, Let the thieves relax their vigilance, and when they are out of the city, let them 'coincidentally' see a caravan preparing to flee at night..."

"You must not act too harshly. If you want to be discovered by him 'accidentally' under cover, you don't need me to remind you how to do it?"

Tang Yin said with a smile: "Why don't you say that you have a lot of tricks... I understand what you mean, and then I will speak to Kuang Zhizhou and ask him to release the prisoner with a higher status in the bandit camp. When I leave the city' Coincidentally, let him discover that people from various families are loading cars, let him guess by himself..."

"Ah."

Zhu Hao nodded.

Luo An took a deep breath. Even though he is a ruthless character who is not afraid of anything, he is unavoidably nervous and excited: "Mr. Tang, Master Zhu, you two, when are you going to leave tonight? I have a letter, brother We should go to rest first and recharge our batteries."

Tang Yin looked at Zhu Hao, meaning it was decided by Zhu Hao. After all, the most important weapon in this battle was provided by Zhu Hao, so of course the time must be coordinated with Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao also had enough reason to issue orders.

"In the middle of the night, let the thieves think that the merchants in the city are going to escape from the city when their defenses are lax. After the enemy camp makes moves, Lu Dianzhan will take your men out of the city through other city gates. Be careful when you go. , run away after igniting the fire... don't love to fight..."

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The Zhu Family Manor outside the city.

The old and the weak, women and children in the village, such as the old man Zhu Mingshan, the eldest and fourth householders, basically went to the city to seek refuge.

Originally, Zhu Wanjian didn’t intend to stay in the village, but on the day the family’s women and children entered the city, he got up late and missed the hour. Set up camp and sent out riders to patrol around, he had no choice but to enter the city.

"Mom, what should we do now? Bandits and bandits have patrolled our village several times. In order not to fight against them, we have not let go of bows and arrows. If they attack with an entire army... just relying on the small number of people in our village, I can't hold it at all."

Zhu Wanjian found a suit of armor from nowhere and put it on his body. Unfortunately, his figure was out of shape, with a large lump protruding from his stomach. The armor was tightly attached to his body, like a bear with a big bucket.

The person in command of the Zhu Family Manor to fight against the enemy is actually the old lady Zhu Jiashi.

If it were an ordinary woman, she would have run away early and disappeared, but Zhu Jiashi was a woman who followed her husband and had experienced military life. She usually looks old, no different from ordinary poor and weak old women. There is a murderous look in the eyes, which is truly mighty.

Seeing his son's wimpy appearance, Zhu Jia scolded angrily: "Why panic? Our Zhu family is a military home, and our ancestors followed the Taizu to fight in the country, so you are a wimp...Even the third child, he never called Qu Qu when he was fighting bandits. .”

Zhu Wanjian looked disdainful: "Are you going to compare me with a dead ghost?"

Zhu Jiashi said: "Nowadays we have to guard against thieves and bandits looking for a breakthrough at night to attack Zhuangzi. Night patrol is the most important thing. It is estimated that after a few more days of guarding, as soon as the guards and horses approach, the bandits will naturally retreat.

"Our Zhuangzi is close to the city, and we are well-prepared. I don't think the thieves will come to trouble us first. Keep an eye on it. You have been on duty in the tower for the past two days. If my mother finds you dozing off, the military law will take care of me!"

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into the night.

The looters and horses from all over the bandit camp returned one after another. Except for guarding the whole way outside the city, the other two groups of people seemed to have gained a lot, and many people were arrested and returned.

There are not only strong men, but also women and children, but the old one is missing. It is obvious that thieves don’t want to eat for free. What they need is real labor... Of course, reproduction is human instinct, and it is reasonable to rob women. As for the children... they are purely pulling back to recharge, eat less and can work, and grow up to be coolies. At least their parents can stay in the bandits' team honestly in order to save their children's lives.

Second watch.

The temporary headquarters on the city tower, Zhizhou Kuang Yangming, came, and Yuan Zonggao had the highest status among the participants in the palace.

When the war came, the palace and the state government made all preparations.

"This is……"

After Kuang Yangming arrived, he didn't think it was very strange to see Tang Yin, but he couldn't help being curious when he found that Tang Yin was accompanied by a half-grown man.

This can't be Prince Xing's son, right?
The palace asked him to go to the army to hone his skills?
"Student Zhu Hao, I met Kuang Zhizhou." Zhu Hao reported his family name.

Kuang Yangming vaguely remembered the name, but couldn't remember who it was for a while.

Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "It's a child of the Wangfu, who won the first place in this county examination."

Kuang Yangming suddenly remembered, and said with a smile, "It's the little child prodigy who got the first case in Changshou County? I remember, it's really a famous teacher and a great apprentice!"

(End of this chapter)