I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 323 Stepping
Zhang Yue, the magistrate of the county, was also a little rejoicing. Fortunately, Fu Jinchuan, the Marquis of Wu'an, arrived in time, otherwise Yanting County would have fallen last night.

At that time, the Red Lotus Army had already entered the city, and the Li family in the north of the city still had a few big families training in a hurry, and they might not even be able to defend their houses. I can keep it.

"For today's matter, thanks to the arrival of the Marquis, the people in the city will definitely encounter a great victory. Don't blame the Marquis, he is in such a hurry that there is no time to prepare the banquet, so we can only prepare some ordinary meals."

By the time the meal was ready, it was almost dawn, and this meal could not be called supper, but probably breakfast.

The lobby of the county government office was filled with tables and chairs at the moment, Fu Jinchuan was sitting with Mr. Huang, Chen Xing, and Shiro, and the county magistrate Zhang Yue accompanied him and said cautiously.

Fu Jinchuan was eating here, and replied casually: "Magistrate Zhang doesn't have to be like this. I was just passing by. I wanted to go to the city to rest for a night. Who knew that it was a coincidence that the red lotus thief was attacking at night. As for eating , We are all soldiers, so we don’t pay much attention to it, and it’s better than sleeping in the open and eating dry food in the wild.”

There is wine and meat at the banquet, which is enough for the soldiers who are fighting a battle.

"Your name is Zhou Yan, right?"

The school lieutenant Zhou Yan who stood by was a little trembling, "Hui Jieshuai, Zhou Yan is the one who is humble."

At this moment, the garrison captain of Yanting City was very upset, because it was already late at night when Marquis Wu An arrived at the gate of the city last night.

Now if you want to kill him for old troubles, you don't even need to find excuses, because the red lotus bandits entered the city last night!
If Marquis Wu'an hadn't arrived with his personal guards, this Yanting would have been captured by Honglian, and it would not be unfair to say that he was dereliction of duty.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan relieved the other half of his heart.

But what Fu Jinchuan said, there is a chance to lead the cavalry to flatten King Kong Mountain, but no one cares about it.

Although this matter is not illegal, it must not be very respectful to the person in charge of Shuzhong.

Only then did Zhou Yan, who was listening, understand what happened last night.

Moreover, it is impossible for the emperor to allow Buddhism to continue to expand, so whether it is worshiping the Tao or destroying the Buddha, it is actually for the stability of the country.

On the surface, it was because someone from the Buddhist sect participated in the assassination of the Taoist emperor, and the emperor was naturally going to be thunderous when he was angry.

After verifying the reconnaissance, Zhou Yan did not immediately order to open the door.Instead, people asked Zhang Yue, the county magistrate, for instructions.

"Well, this commander knows it. I have read the Yanting battle report. Zhou Yan, you are also hardworking. As for what happened last night, don't worry about it."

From Zhang Yue's side, he could see clearly that this handsome Jie didn't seem like an unreasonable person, and he probably didn't care about Zhou Yan's failure to open the door immediately last night.

But in the Central Plains, even though there are so many Buddhist believers, the emperor and the court have always had the final say.

An old man with gray hair and wearing gray cloth clothes, although he looked old, he was extremely strong but extremely vigorous.

Furthermore, even the county magistrate did not dare to open the door rashly.

"The person surnamed Fang last night should be Fang Jiao, right? Sanlang, your return to the carbine should be [-]% as good as Lin Fangsheng's. Not bad, not bad, Chen Xing's saber is also interesting."

Therefore, except for Mr. Huang who grew up watching Fu Jinchuan, no one took this sentence seriously.

Because there were two things last night, the first thing was that he didn't open the door for the handsome man.

In recent years, the imperial court has begun to restrict Buddhism and forbid the destruction of Buddhist temples.

There is nothing wrong with this matter legally.

Without the order of the county magistrate, how could he, a garrison captain, have the right to open the city gate in the middle of the night?

As for the second thing, it was the red lotus thief who attacked at night and almost captured the city.

The Buddhist temples in the Central Plains can be banned and destroyed with a decree of the imperial court, and the land and finances will be confiscated.

As for Lord Hou's personal guards, those hands look like masters with knives.
Zhou Yan was peeking over here, when he heard a few people talking, he was even more surprised.

Even outside the city is the most powerful Jiannan Jiedu envoy in Sichuan and Shu, holding the power of life and death.

While Zhou Yan was feeling uneasy, Zhang Yue, the magistrate at the side, said, "The incident happened suddenly last night. Although Colonel Zhou was at fault, he is also conscientious on weekdays. The law and order in Yanting County depends on him. I defeated the red lotus thieves who invaded the city several times before."

Zhang Yue also said a few words for Zhou Yan. After all, he was working together in the same city, and Captain Zhou could be regarded as obedient to him, the county magistrate, on weekdays.

If there were fewer troops, although the logistics could keep up, facing the dozens of countries in the Western Regions, even if a country had only a few thousand troops, there would be hundreds of thousands of people in total, not to mention the thousands of monks and soldiers on Mount King Kong.

And as long as he delays for a moment, his distance is enough to arrive.

The decree of the imperial court is that the city gates are not allowed to be opened before the cock crows the next day after the city gates are closed, unless there is an imperial decree or special circumstances.

If you want to go on an expedition to the Western Regions, the most difficult thing is not whether you can defeat the countries in the Western Regions, but the logistical supplies.

Why half?

Fu Jinchuan said casually, half of Zhou Yan's heart was relieved.

What Zhou Yan thought was that if Zhang Yue, the county magistrate, ordered to open the door, he would naturally not be held responsible. Who would have thought that there was another night attack by the red lotus thieves last night.

But on the other hand, it was also because he knew that even if Grand Master wanted to take down Fu Jinchuan and Chen Xing, as well as the many personal guards around him, it was wishful thinking.

But King Kong Mountain in the Western Regions is thousands of miles away.And it is guarded by the countries of the Western Regions.

It turned out that the grand master led the crowd to seize the city?

The appearance of a young man is somewhat similar to that of Fu Jinchuan, so he should be a brother in the family.

He is a martial arts practitioner, so he naturally knows the effect that a great master and the thieves outside can have in a small city whose defenses are not perfect.

So he quietly gave Zhou Yan a wink, signaling him to be at ease.

He may still have some scruples about the civil official Zhang Yue, the county magistrate, but for him, a school lieutenant, he can beheaded by military law for any reason.

Only then did he take a closer look at Fu Jinchuan and his party who were eating.

Dozens of countries in the Western Regions can be said to be under the control of Buddha Sect, and they have always coveted the Central Plains, wanting to turn the Central Plains into what they call an earthly Buddhist country.

Thousands of miles away, the supplies needed by the army is an astronomical figure.

Fu Jinchuan nodded and said: "It should be Fang Jiao, but the monk in the field is also a bit familiar. It seems to be the monk from the Western Regions who fought with Mr. Jian Da in Shangjing that year. Bald donkey, who is stirring up wind and rain everywhere, if I have a chance, I will definitely step down the King Kong Mountain that I gave him with my cavalry!"

Don't take it to heart, what do you mean don't take it to heart?

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is because the court is short of money.

The old man was of course Mr. Huang. He was still some distance away from the main force at that time, and he felt that Fu Jinchuan was in danger, but he didn't have time to help him resist it.

Even one year's wealth may not be able to support the expenditure of a year's expedition to the Western Regions by an army of [-].

Only Huang Zhengong knew that if this kid got the chance, he might lead his army straight to the Western Regions and embark on a long march of thousands of miles.

But others, including Chen Xing and Shiro, took it as Fu Jinchuan venting his anger at will.

Can't really do it.

But some people, even if they say it casually, they can't fake it.

(End of this chapter)