Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Chapter 14 Mobilizing the Army
Fan Xin took a deep breath, and after calming down, he opened the curtain and walked out. Under the sun, Zhang Song and County Lieutenant Chen stood in front of the cloth sedan.

Behind them, hundreds of heavily armed government officials stood in three rows with their sword handles pressed, staring at him with cold eyes.

"Magistrate Fan, Manager Li is on the second floor. I will take you up to see him right now." Zhang Song said with a smile on his face.

"No need, you can still do it here."

The smile on Zhang Song's face faltered: "What did you say, Mingfu? I didn't hear clearly."

Fan Xin glanced at him.

"You arranged such a big battle, didn't you just want to get rid of me? Why waste time on the second floor of the station."

The smile on Zhang Song's face gradually disappeared, and his eyes were gloomy as he said, "It seems you already know."

"Yes, I have known about it since you quietly mobilized officers and soldiers to the inn. But what I didn't expect was that you would be so bold as to kill an official of the imperial court."

"Zhang Song, aren't you afraid of killing the entire clan!" By the end of the sentence, Fan Xin was already furious.

Facing this thundering and furious questioning, Zhang Song couldn't help but his eyelids twitching, and a trace of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Lieutenant Chen said in a low voice: "Don't panic, Magistrate Zhang. There is only one person named Fan. There is officer No. [-] standing behind us."

After being reminded like this, Zhang Song reluctantly straightened up his waist, wiped his cold sweat, and sneered at Fan Xin.

"Fan Xin, don't scare me here. Do you really think Zhang doesn't know that you were kicked out by the prince?"

"If you had the sense to kneel down and surrender, Zhang might spare your life, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"

Looking at Zhang Song who was confident of winning, Fan Xin said calmly: "I am a seventh-grade official appointed by the imperial court. Even if you commit a capital crime, you should be punished by law. I am no more than an eighth-grade official."

"You want me to kneel down and surrender, but you are not qualified yet!"

Eighth grade has always been a shame in Zhang Song's heart, but now that he was exposed in public, his eyes were already bloodshot.

"Okay, okay, you are so stubborn! Today Zhang is going to see how long you can keep your stubbornness!" After saying this, Zhang Song pulled out his sword with a squeaking sound and said with a ferocious expression.

"Come here, get this guy Fan Xin!"

"Yes!"

Hundreds of officials shouted loudly, pulled out their swords and forced towards Fan Xin.

For a moment, a murderous atmosphere filled the entire scene!

Looking across these government officials, Fan Xin shook his head and finally looked at Zhang Song.

"Zhang Song, it seems that you are determined to go all the way to the end."

"Stop talking nonsense and die!" Zhang Song's eyes flashed fiercely, and he raised his sword and stabbed Fan Xin.

For some reason, seeing the calm look on the other party's face, he always felt that something would happen if he started too late.

Just as the tip of the sword was barely piercing Fan Xin's chest, a feather arrow suddenly shot across the sky, knocking the iron sword away.

Then a group of heavily armed sergeants rushed out from all directions and surrounded the officers and soldiers. A rough count of the number of people numbered hundreds.

Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers' faces turned pale, and they all stepped back in fear.

It's okay to let them bully the people and arrest the suspects, but if they fight the army with real swords and guns, wouldn't it be like hanging someone for a long time?

"Zhang Xiancheng, what should we do? Brothers haven't trained for half a year. They can't beat the soldiers." Chen Xianwei said in a trilling voice.

If he had known that Fan Xin had taken control of the army, he would never have gotten involved with Zhang Song in this muddy water. Now he can't even save his life.

"Shut up!" Zhang Song glared at Lieutenant Chen fiercely, raised his head and looked at the sergeants around him with a very embarrassed look on his face.

He never dreamed that Fan Xin would quietly mobilize an army when he first arrived.

Moreover, looking at the morale of these sergeants, it is obvious that they are an elite team that has been on the battlefield, which is beyond the comparison of his men.

Thinking of this, Zhang Song raised his head and looked at Fan Xin, his eyes gradually becoming fierce.

He has been the county magistrate of Wushui County for nine years, and he is not a vegetarian. Since the two of them have fallen out, there is absolutely no possibility of getting back together.

The only plan for now is to capture the thief first and capture the king first, and take advantage of the melee between the two sides to take the lead in controlling Fan Xin. Only in this way can he have a chance to make a comeback.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Song no longer hesitated and shouted immediately. "Why are you still standing there? Either he dies or we die today. Kill me!"

After saying that, he grabbed the Yamen officer's waist knife and started to kill the nearest sergeant. Upon seeing this, the other officers and soldiers looked at each other and charged towards the sergeant with ferocious expressions.

Zhang Xiancheng was right. Now that they have arrived at the inn, they have no way out. Once Fan Xin is allowed to go back, they will definitely die.

So I can only give it a try!
Looking at the officers and soldiers rushing up, Lin Tie slowly drew out his sword and said in a deep voice.

"Sirius, you protect Magistrate Fan and leave these traitors to me!"

"Captain Lin, just go ahead and do it. With my six sons here today, no one can harm the young master!"

Liuzi sneered, flipping his wrist and a purple gold hammer weighing two taels appeared in his hand.

Lin Tie's eyelids twitched when he saw it, but he didn't say anything and directly led the sergeant to greet him.

Soon the two sides came into contact with each other, and a deafening sound of fighting broke out.

At the beginning, Fan Xin was a little worried that the soldiers would suffer widespread casualties due to neglect of training.

But when he saw the county government officers and soldiers lying in a pool of blood like wheat waves, he was completely relieved.

Facts have proved that the officers and soldiers who captured the bandits were no match for the sergeants who had been on the battlefield.

It didn't even take half an hour, nearly a hundred officials were dead or injured, only Zhang Song and Chen Liu were pinned to the ground.

"Magistrate Fan, a total of thirty enemies were killed in this suppression, and the remaining 72 people were all made prisoners. What do you plan to do with them?"

Fan Xin walked up to Zhang Song and others, looked down at his former subordinates and said.

"The law of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulates that those who kill officials include county magistrates, governors, and those of fifth rank or above."

"Those who plot to kill Shangguan and lead troops to rebel against the imperial court will have all the principal offenders killed, and their followers will not be pardoned for the rest of their lives!"

Hearing that Fan Xin wanted to kill him, Zhang Song's face changed drastically and he said bitterly.

"I am the eighth-rank county magistrate. If I commit a crime, I should report it to the governor's office and hand it over to the Dali Temple's Criminal Department for questioning. What qualifications do you, a county magistrate, have to kill me?"

The reason why he surrendered was that Fan Xin did not dare to kill him, because the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that the county magistrate only had the power to command the county magistrate and had no right to appoint or remove him.

This was also the reason why he put down his weapon when he saw that he was unable to save the situation.

As long as the case is reported to the governor's office, with King Langya's power, he can be reinstated in a few days.

Fan Xin looked at Zhang Song and said: "You are right, I can't do anything to you, but your subordinates may not.

At this point, Fan Xin suddenly turned around and shouted.

"Where are the three armies!"

"The end is here!" Hundreds of soldiers held swords and pounded on their breastplates.

"I will kill these government officials who bully the people in the fish and meat village on the spot as a warning to the law!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent, and all the government officials were stunned. No one expected that Fan Xin would execute them all on the spot if he disagreed.

The 71 Wushui County officials were once running rampant in the county. How dare this guy kill them all?
When he came back to his senses, Lieutenant Chen knelt on the ground with a bang, pulled Zhang Song's sleeve and cried.

"Zhang Xian Cheng, don't you have the prince as your backer? Please beg Fan Xin for mercy. I just married two concubines and haven't married yet. I don't want to die so early."

"Yes, Zhang Xiancheng, when we paid for this job, you repeatedly promised not to lose your life..."

Listening to the cries of his men, Zhang Song sighed up to the sky and closed his eyes in pain.

Seeing that Zhang Song didn't respond, Lieutenant Chen turned around and crawled in front of Fan Xin. However, before he could speak, the sergeant dragged him to the open space and chopped off his head.

In an instant, a burst of blood spurted out, and more than 70 heads rolled to the ground...

"Master, once these traitors in the county government are eliminated, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief." Liu Zi tickled the purple gold hammer and tucked it into the waistband of his trousers and said with a smile.

Fan Xin glanced at him and said angrily: "Relax, follow me to the county government office immediately to get rid of the real gangster!"

(End of this chapter)