The sound of horse hooves is particularly clear at night.
The caravans on the reverse journey were all in a mess, busy harnessing their carts and donkeys. Some people actually wanted to climb out from the back gate wall in the dark before dawn.
As a result, several arrows were fired, and several people who climbed out from the courtyard wall were shot down.
The thief outside was still shouting: "I said I don't want human lives, I just want gold, silver and women."
Cries rang out in the reverse brigade, and more people were frightened by the chaotic scene.
Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that when he was young, he went to Beijing and was attacked by thieves by the Huaihe River. He lived in Bianjing and thought it was a peaceful and prosperous time.
However, the public security in the Song Dynasty was extremely poor, and it was even worse under Huizong. There were four major bandits such as Song Jiang and Fang La, and famous books such as Water Margin were born.
Everyone on the reverse journey was in fear of the thieves coming, but Zhang Yue was thinking carefully about how to clean up public order in the world in the future.
Tang Jiu, Zhang Gong and more than a dozen followers were all neatly dressed, and the more than a dozen strong horses were well fed last night.
"Commander, is the killer going out?" Tang Jiu asked for instructions.
Zhang Yue said: "Wait a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud shout from the yard next door.
"How dare you do this?"
Zhang Yue heard the voice, it was the businessman who looked down on him yesterday.
At this time, a woman's cry sounded.
"no, do not want!"
Another rough voice came: "Little lady, didn't you hear? There is only gold, silver and women outside, and we can only survive if you sacrifice yourself!"
"Maybe I can get some reward money."
"I spent thirty dollars to hire you to protect me, how dare you treat me like this? Do you have faith?" the businessman said.
"How much is one tael of Xinyi worth?"
"Help! Help!"
Hearing the businessman's frightened and angry voice, Zhang Yue shook his head.
"How dare you shout! Take out the gold and silver quickly."
"Why don't you kill someone first and try the knife!"
"Hero, hero, spare your life! I'll give it, I'll give it!"
At this moment, there was a panic in Nilu. The thieves outside had obviously sneaked in and deliberately shouted loudly to create panic and chaos.
Zhang Yue said to Tang Jiu: "Don't pay attention to the rest, just break up the thieves outside."
Immediately, Zhang Yue and his party all got on their horses, while Peng Jingyi and Huang Haoyi guarded the house.
The courtyard where Zhang Yue lived led directly to the gate outside. After Zhang Yue rode on his horse, he arrived at the central road of Nili. He saw panic everywhere, and someone said: "Don't go and die!"
Some people said: "Heroes, I will fight with you!"
Zhang Yue did not greet anyone, but just drove his horse towards him. He saw several corpses lying at the gate of Nili, and a few sneaky people were opening the door, preparing to let in the thieves outside.
Zhang Gong took the lead in speeding up his horse and knocked several people over with a stick.
With the door half open, Tang Jiu took the lead and took off the bow on his back, grabbing an arrow from Hu Lu...
Among the generals of the Western Army who were good at shooting were Wang Shunchen, Liu Changzuo and Xiang Bao.
For example, in a battle with the Xia people, Wang Shunchen fired thousands of arrows from one man and one horse, and the arrows were all missed. It was called Gatling on horseback.
Regardless of whether the historical data is an exaggeration or not, in this era, the two armies fought first in cavalry and archery!
A dozen horsemen and sharpshooters with good bows and horses are enough to equal an army.
When the sky was still dark, more than 90 Tang Dynasty riders rushed out, facing a huge bandit army.
There were more than fifty horsemen on horseback, and the rest were infantry, and they were scattered in no formation.
Seeing that someone dared to rush out, the bandits immediately discharged five or six riders. A big man held a giant ax and said: "Hero! Do you dare to fight with me across the mountain wind?"
Seeing that Tang Jiu and the others didn't answer.
The opponent was furious and rushed towards him with a giant ax in hand.
Tang Jiu raised his hand and shot an arrow, hitting Guoshanfeng right between the eyebrows!
While everyone was stunned, Guan Shanfeng turned over and fell off his horse. Tang Jiu's knights on the left and right also shot several arrows. The several knights discharged by the thieves were all hit by arrows in the face and fell off their horses.
"It's the army!"
This kind of riding and shooting technique, and it only shoots people in the face, is not at the level of ordinary officers and soldiers.
The thieves and bandits immediately dispersed when they encountered the elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty. The dozens of riders turned their horses' heads and ran away without a moment's hesitation.
Tang Jiu and others chased after him, bows and arrows were drawn, and seven or eight cavalry thieves lost their control and fell from their horses.
The Song army's horses were fast and well-trained, and they immediately chased the more than fifty riders. In the end, only a few of the enemy's riders were able to escape.
The five to six hundred bandits who followed them had long since dispersed, but they could not run more than half a mile. Tang Jiu and a dozen other cavalrymen had already wiped out the bandit cavalry and came back.
"Will you surrender or not?"
Without saying a word, these bandits threw away their weapons and shouted: "I surrender, I surrender!"
Zhang Yuefang watched this scene expressionlessly from beginning to end.
He turned his horse back to the reverse brigade and said to the several caravan guards who were poking their heads: "The bandits have surrendered. You will go up and collect them, and then escort them all to the government."
At this moment, everyone in Nilu was in awe of Zhang Yue and hurriedly agreed.
All the courtyards were open, and businessmen rushed out to get acquainted. Seeing that Zhang Yue was even reserved, they did not dare to inquire about his identity, and just kept complimenting him.
Zhang Yue saw that the door in the yard next to him was half open. It turned out that the businessman had a bruised nose and a swollen face, with a look on his face that seemed to want to please but was also embarrassing.
Taking advantage of Zhang Yue's return to the hospital, the other party came forward and said, "Thanks to the officers for saving my life, my little girl is alive."
The businessman secretly looked at Zhang Yue, thinking that he was so young and had more than a dozen elite soldiers under his command. He was probably the son of some general in the northwest, and he took this opportunity to build connections.
As long as he is willing to part with money, he may have the possibility of getting married.
"I wonder if the official is already married?"
Zhang Yue came up with these words after hearing the other party's second sentence, thinking that his father-in-law's popularity has come again.
The outside world reported that tens of thousands of gold and silver were seized from the bandits, as well as other property and dozens of strong horses.
At this time, smoke and dust were billowing in the distance, and more than a hundred cavalry were seen coming towards the road.
Everyone's hearts tightened again.
"It's the army!"
"Officers!"
But seeing the officers, soldiers and generals named as the leader, their eyes widened as they looked at the gold, silver and jewelry all over the floor.
It's been like this these days, with one wave of thieves and another wave of soldiers.
The bandits plundered a place, and the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to catch up with the bandits and negotiate with them, asking them to give them some benefits.
Therefore, thieves often plundered in front of them, and the officers and soldiers deliberately let them go and just followed behind to divide the spoils.
The so-called family of soldiers and bandits, and the government likes to recruit people, it is not uncommon for them to be thieves today and soldiers tomorrow, and soldiers today and thieves tomorrow.
"I wonder which group of people did it?"
The officers and soldiers were extremely jealous when they saw money, and they were thinking of vicious and evil ideas in their hearts.
Tang Jiupou immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Mr. Zhang Jinglue is here, why don't you get off your horse to pay homage!"
The officer and soldier general was agitated. When he saw the Qingtang horses, he immediately understood what was going on and turned over and fell off his horse and said: "I don't know if my husband is riding here. I will be punished by death!"
Soon the county magistrate, chief bookkeeper, and county lieutenant arrived one after another.
The county magistrate was a former Sijia Jinshi, and he is still selected. I heard that a feudal official was besieged by hundreds of thieves in the county. If the other party impeached them, their career would be over.
The county magistrate glanced at the county captain and scolded him, and was ready to take the blame for it later.
The county lieutenant was an honest man and admitted it silently.
The chief clerk was very calm, he was the youngest among the three.
At this moment, the three of them were holding their notebooks in their hands. As for the merchants in the courtyard, they were all locked up in the courtyard by officers and soldiers to prevent thieves with evil intentions.
The businessman in the yard next door saw the civil servants sweating profusely from the crack of the door, and then realized that the young man was not just a disciple of the general.
It's a pity that he wanted to call the other party as his son-in-law just now, but he will never be able to reach this level of family status in his lifetime.
He looked back at his daughter, who was leaning against the door at the moment, with her neck wrapped in white gauze. He had just hired an entourage to sacrifice her to the thief, but the other party slashed her neck with a knife and refused to obey.
Now she asked in a low voice: "Dad, are all those people outside here to pay homage to my benefactor?"
The businessman nodded and said, "Yes."
"I wonder who my benefactor is? Whose name is he?"
The businessman said: "It's a blessing to have saved my life this time. As for the identity of my benefactor, it's not something that people like us can inquire about."
"That's it!" the woman nodded and bowed three times to the yard next door.
At this moment, the county magistrate, the chief registrar, and the county lieutenant waited for a while before Fang Yun came in to pay his respects.
They saw that although Zhang Yue was young, he had no arrogance, so they were very lenient towards them and did not mind being attacked under their rule.
Several people were overjoyed.
Instead, Zhang Yue asked them a few questions about local people's finances and taxation, as well as the implementation of the new law, as if he was deliberately trying to compare.
Several people cheered up and answered. Zhang Yue nodded with satisfaction, then just told them a few words to cherish people's livelihood, and then set off with his entourage.
After several people sent Zhang Yue off respectfully, they all breathed a sigh of relief. The county magistrate said: "Now the imperial court is in a tight situation in Hebei. It is rumored that the official plans to adjust the Zhang Yue and inform the Prime Minister to Yingzhou, so he let it go lightly. We are glad." Bar."
"Knowing Yingzhou?" The county chief clerk smiled, "Mr. Zhang Jinglue has recruited an army from seven states this time. When he comes to Beijing, he must pay a big tribute. How can he just go to know Yingzhou. These words are just to deceive others, and they want to promote the ancestors. Yi Er."
The county magistrate felt that what the county chief registrar said was reasonable: "No wonder the Prime Minister just asked us about the people's conditions and finances. They must be used when he returns to the court in the future."
The county magistrate also wondered whether they had left a good impression on Zhang Yue just now. If they said one or two words to the point, their official career might be brightened.
The county magistrate joked: "I don't know, I will have to rely on Zhang Gong for my future career."
A few people exchanged a few words, and the county chief registrar sighed: "Knowing Zhang Gong's talents, he will definitely do something great when he enters the court. At that time, not only we will have to rely on Zhang Gong, but all the people in the world will also rely on Zhang Gong."
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Zhang Yue arrived in Luoyang and met Sima Guang and Guo Lin.
After Zheng Xia came to Shu, the emperor issued an edict to punish himself, and Sima Guang immediately wrote a letter criticizing Wang Anshi's new law.
Although Wang Anshi was dismissed, the new law was not abolished and was even replaced by Lu Huiqing, whom Sima Guang hated most.
Sima Guang felt very disappointed and felt directly ill. When Zhang Yue arrived at Du Paradise, Sima Guang just asked Guo Lin to tell him a sentence.
Guo Lin said that Sima Guang said on the sickbed that this new law is wrong and will not change!
Seeing that Sima Guang was so ill and still spared no effort to criticize the new law, Zhang Yue told Guo Lin to comfort Sima Guang to take good care of his health.
Then Guo Lin took Zhang Yue out.
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin were silent for a moment and asked, "Where is Chunfu?"
Guo Lindao: "Chunfu went to Xihe to see you last time. When he came back, he lost his temper and burned many poems and articles he had written in the past. This time when you come to Luoyang, he doesn't want to see you either."
Zhang Yue said: "I understand."
Zhang Yue asked Guo Lin in a rather unhappy mood: "Senior brother, do you think what I did was right?"
