Jiang Yue waited and waited outside the county government office. The longer he waited, the more his heart sank. Finally, seeing that there was only a trace of afterglow left in the sun, he had to accept the reality.
This imperial envoy was so bold that he not only arrested his father, but also his uncle. Knowing that the matter was irreversible and that his uncle could never leave the county government office again, Jiang Yue glanced at the guards of the county government office with a sinister look, turned around and left without looking back.
But Han Du didn't pay attention to Jiang Yue and was thinking about the next step.
Jiang Yiru and others were caught by him, and even Chen Jian behind them was trapped. However, Han Du still could not close the case because the main culprit Pan Fu was still hiding outside.
Two days later, the soldiers sent out to capture Pan Fu hurried back to Liyang County.
"Master Hou!"
Seeing a school captain prostrate himself in front of him, Han Du put down the book in his hand and asked with a smile: "Did Pan Fu catch him?"
"No." The captain raised his head and answered.
Han Du's face darkened, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "The order I gave you is to arrest Pan Fu and bring him to justice. Now that Pan Fu has not been caught, why are you back?"
The captain said sternly: "Master Hou, during the process of chasing Pan Fu, the general learned a piece of news and had to rush back in advance to report it to Master Hou."
"What's the news?" Han Du asked patiently.
The captain clasped his fists and saluted, "According to the information obtained by the general, Pan Fu ran to various counties not to avoid the pursuit of the general, but to connect with each other. He gathered people in various counties to do harm to the Marquis. .”
"What?" Han Du stood up suddenly and was shocked.
If the captain hadn't told him, Han Du wouldn't have thought that Pan Fu's escape from various counties was a lie, and that the conspiracy to deal with him was the truth. Sure enough, you can't underestimate anyone. A cadre with no knowledge taught himself a lesson.
"According to what you said, the landlords and gentry in each county are not only protecting Pan Fu, but they were persuaded by Pan Fu to join forces to deal with me?"
The captain nodded immediately, "What the Marquis said is true. Pan Fu and those people do have such plans. They have now gathered ruffians and gangsters from various counties and are heading towards Liyang."
Han Du's face darkened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but open and close his fingers a few times. Asked: "Do you know how many there are there?"
"When the general came back, he had already heard that Zhao Zhen, a powerful smuggler of illegal salt, was heading towards Liyang County with hundreds of ruffians. There were also people from other counties who had helped Pan Fu, and they also brought different numbers of people with them. The servants and desperadoes are coming towards Liyang."
One Zhao Zhen had hundreds of troops. Li Jizu thought of where Pan Fu had been and did some calculations in his mind. He concluded that nearly two thousand people inspired by Pan Fu were heading towards Liyang.
Li Jizu was suddenly startled and said eagerly: "Master Hou, the general will escort you out of Liyang immediately. After returning to the capital and reporting the situation to the emperor, we will send a large army to encircle and suppress these lawless people."
Han Du looked up at him and asked: "If I leave, let alone the people in the prison who will run away. I would like to ask you, what should the people of Liyang County do? You have also heard that those people They are all desperadoes, if they enter the county, they won’t just have a cup of tea and leave, right?”
Soldiers pass through like a sieve, bandits pass through like a comb! If those desperadoes enter the city, they will definitely not keep their peace and will definitely attack the people, and it will be the people who will suffer.
Although Han Du did not have the responsibility of defending Liyang County, he did not want to see the people suffer such a disaster.
Li Jizu couldn't answer, but he was not afraid of life and death. The reason why he wanted to escort Han Du away was for Han Du's safety.
"Li Jizu."
"The general is here." After hearing Han Du's order, Li Jizu immediately bowed in response.
After careful consideration for a few breaths, Han Du made up his mind and immediately said: "Send people to block the door of the prison, then gather all the soldiers and put on steel armor. Pan Fu is not going to fight with us. One handful? Then we’ll fight him."
The manpower on hand is not enough to begin with. If he spreads out more to guard the prison, he is simply courting death. In this case, it is better to temporarily block the prison with things and trap everyone in the prison.
If he wins, he will naturally have the time to dig them out. If he loses, then someone will naturally dig them out.
As for whether anyone will be suffocated to death among them, that's none of their business. Even if they die, it is their own fault.
"Also, the order goes, everyone can use firearms anytime, anywhere."
"As ordered." Li Jizu agreed instantly and turned around to go out to prepare without any delay.
Although the soldiers carried revolvers, they were prohibited from using them by military orders on weekdays. Because in Han Du's opinion, the revolver is too powerful, and when used to deal with some thieves, it is simply killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. To deal with such people, steel swords and steel armor are enough.
The Ming Dynasty did not prohibit civilians from owning swords, guns, bows and arrows, but only prohibited private possession of iron armor.
First of all, it is too easy for the people to obtain these things. Even if the court wants to ban it, it cannot. Take a knife for example. Just find a blacksmith who can make a hoe and you can make a long knife. The difference may just be the sharpness of the long knife, and whether the person who wants the knife can pay the starting price.
The spear is even simpler. Just make a spear head and go to the forest to get a straight piece of wood to mount it on.
There is no way to ban bows and arrows. After all, the most famous wooden bow is the mulberry bow. As the name suggests, this thing is actually a bow made of mulberry wood. And where is Jiangnan? A place rich in silk. The mulberry forests here stretch as far as the eye can see. When people want to make bows and arrows, they just get a piece of mulberry wood, dry it in the shade and tie it with a hemp rope to make a strong bow. How can the court ban it?
What's more, even ordinary farmers can't use things like swords, guns, bows and arrows, but what about the hunters? They rely on these things to survive. If these things are banned, wouldn't it mean that they have no way to survive?
The thing that the Ming Dynasty really prohibited private ownership of was actually iron armor. Hiding iron armor privately is a serious crime, which is enough to kill the whole family. Because the power of iron armor is much greater than what ordinary people think. A strong man without iron armor may only be able to fight one against one, but if he wears iron armor, he can fight one against ten, or even one against a hundred. .
Don't think about using bows and arrows to shoot people in armor as moving targets, or even think about shooting arrows through the gaps in the armor and killing them with one arrow. The gaps in the armor are so small that it would be difficult for even a sharpshooter to do it, let alone an ordinary person.
Besides, everyone else is wearing iron armor, so why don’t they have bows and arrows, and why would they stupidly charge at you with arrow feathers? According to the equipment standards of Wei soldiers, in addition to wearing iron armor, a soldier must also carry a hard bow with fifty arrows, a long sword and a short sword.
This was the case during the Warring States Period, let alone the Ming Dynasty?
This was especially true for the soldiers of Shanzi Camp, but Han Du replaced their heavy iron armor with steel armor that was lighter and had higher defensive power. They were not asked to carry bows and arrows, but replaced them with revolvers and bullets.
Shanziying stipulates that a soldier must carry at least one hundred bullets.
Of course, every soldier can't put it down such melee weapons as revolvers and bullets. They don't bring only a hundred, they always bring more than a hundred, and some even bring about two hundred.
Li Jizu had just gathered his soldiers in the county government office when he heard a burst of shouting and killing coming from the street outside the county government office.
"Impossible, how could they come so fast?" The captain who reported the situation to Han Du suddenly roared loudly, turned around and apologized to Han Du: "After the general learned about Pan Fu's intentions, he immediately rushed back to report to Han Du. Lord Marquis reports. It is impossible for them to follow a certain general, and it is impossible for them to enter the city so quickly."
At this moment, a soldier guarding the yamen hurriedly ran in and reported: "The Marquis is not good, someone is coming to kill the county yamen."
Han Du's heart suddenly sank and he immediately asked: "How many people are there?"
"Dozens of people." The soldier replied without hesitation.
Han Du was stunned when he heard that there were only dozens of people. In an instant, he realized that such a small number of people were definitely not the ones Pan Fu had linked up with. They were probably the landowners and gentry in the county. Seeing that he had captured their family leader, they overestimated their ability and tried to rob the prison to save people.
Just as Han Du was thinking clearly, those people had already rushed in from the county government gate.
At first a young man strode forward with a long knife in his hand. The moment he saw Han Du, he immediately pointed at Han Du and shouted: "Guan Guan, let my father go quickly!"
Hearing this person's roar, Han Du immediately knew that he had guessed correctly. These people actually turned out to be the sons of the wealthy gentry in the county, who came to rob the prison and save people.
One sheep is slaughtered, and two sheep are killed. Now that you guys have bumped into each other, you won't be polite.
Han Du was furious. He raised his hand and suddenly waved it down, shouting: "Attack the county government, you are guilty of conspiracy, kill!"
Li Jizu smiled ferociously, immediately drew out his long sword and said sternly: "Everyone, wear armor!"
The soldier instantly pulled down his visor, drew out his long knife and struck towards the opposite side.
At this time, those people discovered that all of these people were wearing iron armor. Although they had never seen how terrifying the armor was, they had heard of it. It was a complete one-sided massacre.
In an instant, the people brought by Jiang Yue panicked. The people in front wanted to retreat, but the people behind didn't know why, but they were thinking about the reward and wanted to rush forward. The formation was suddenly in chaos!
However, Li Jizu would not be polite to them. Taking advantage of their panic, he led all the soldiers and rushed directly into the crowd like an arrow, slashing and killing them left and right.
