Zhu Bai smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, brother, as long as you put up the official flag, no one will dare to come."
The station masters of the Guanya Bureau are all from the rank of guard corporal or above.
Zhu Bai asked the webmaster to find a suitable place, and the webmaster would naturally choose the position that is easiest to defend.
Just like here, the originally wide road was narrowed by a small hill and Maoshan.
The inn was chosen on the hillside opposite Maoshan Mountain, which is also the highest point in this area outside Maoshan Mountain.
If someone wants to make a sneak attack, they will be spotted by the sentry at the inn and call the police. Then the guards at the inn will be condescending and fire thousands of arrows.
Zhu Biao had never fought in a war and had never learned any art of war, so he couldn't tell.
It's hard for him to say that Zhu Bai is too confident.
Moreover, it was already dark, and the mountains here stretched endlessly, making it impossible to get out for a while. He could only suppress his uneasiness and stay.
Once inside, he realized why Zhu Bai didn't want so many people following him. Including the original guards, this inn can only accommodate up to two hundred people.
Their current group plus the Guanya Bureau freighters who came from various places today and settled here are just right.
Another good thing about Guanya Bureau's inn is that there is never a shortage of things. Because no matter what is missing, as long as you say hello to the escort who is staying overnight, those who come back from the other direction the next day will drop by.
Anyway, everyone is the same boss and the settlement is unified.
Dinner was rabbit and pheasant that they brought from the Maoshan Mountain behind.
Roasted until fragrant, golden, and sizzling with oil.
Zhu Bai ate happily.
Suddenly I heard someone knocking on the door outside.
The rules of the Guanya Bureau Inn are that in order to ensure the safety of the goods, it closes the door after dark.
If you want to enter the station again, you can only put the seal and the sample of the escorted goods in a basket hanging from the wall, and let the foreman on night duty check to make sure they are correct before entering.
This also prevents people from sneaking in and looting.
The person who knocked on the door said there was paperwork to be sent to the General Dental Bureau.
After the guard checked the seal and documents and confirmed that there were only two people on the other side and there were no signs of an ambush nearby, he opened the door and let the other party in.
When the other party came in and saw Zhu Bai, he didn't say anything.
Zhu Bai, who was happily eating roast rabbit, raised his head and glanced at the two people.
The two men were of medium build and looked to be in their thirties. He is thin and short, with dark and rough skin and a slight hunchback.
The Guanya Bureau knew that Zhu Bai had certain requirements for appearance, so the newcomers were carefully selected. Although you don’t need to be handsome, at least you look pleasing to the eye.
These two definitely don't fit the bill.
After the guard closed the door, Zhu Bai raised his chin to the people around him.
Several guards rushed up and held down the two people just now.
The other guards silently stood in front of Zhu Bai and Zhu Biao.
The two people who were pinned down kept shouting: "Hey, hey, hey, we are all from the Guanya Bureau, why are you so rude?"
"The wrong person was arrested. The wrong person was arrested. We are our own people."
Zhu Bai winked at Hu Dafa.
Hu Dafa walked over slowly and said, "Everyone in the Guanya Bureau knows me. Because the first thing a new recruit has to do is come to the General Bureau to report to me. Why have I never seen you before?"
The two people hurriedly said: "We are here to report to you."
Hu Dafa sneered: "Fart, you can tell it in just one sentence. If a newcomer wants to report, he must go to His Highness King Xiang. You don't even know this."
Only then did everyone move aside, revealing Zhu Bai.
Zhu Bai smiled at them and said, "Tell me, where did you get the seal of my official tooth bureau? If you tell me honestly, you will suffer less."
The two people still wanted to deny it: "It's unfair. We are indeed newcomers to the Changzhou Guanyang Bureau."
Zhu Bai said: "Kill them with one knife and throw them out from the city wall. Report them to the government tomorrow morning and they will say that two thieves came in and I will execute them on the spot."
Only then did the two men say: "King Xiang, spare your life. We will recruit him, we will recruit him."
Hu Dafa sighed in a low voice: "Huh."
As far as he knew, the local bandits were frightened by the people escorted by the Guanya Bureau.
There are still people who dare to come looking for death.
The two men added: "We are fishermen on the seashore. We were held hostage by Japanese pirates."
"The Japanese pirates heard that the Guanya Bureau was rich and wanted to rob them, but the post station was too tightly guarded, so they robbed and killed two newcomers from the Guanya Bureau and asked us to pretend to sneak in."
Zhu Bai suddenly realized, yes, this inn is the closest inn to the Yangtze River and its estuary.
Remote, close to mountains and forests, easy to hide.
The Japanese pirates robbed the inn at night, then quickly retreated to the Yangtze River, boarded a boat, and sailed down the river.
When the others discovered that the place had been robbed, they had already fled to the sea.
These Japanese pirates had such detailed plans, they must have come to investigate in advance.
Zhu Bai raised his eyebrows and asked: "How many Japanese pirates are there? Where are they now?"
The two men: "More than two hundred, hiding in the mountains. Their samurai swords are very powerful and brutal. Many villages along our coast have suffered. Our whole family is dead."
"You can't beat them. I advise you to close the door tightly. They can't get in. They will leave tomorrow morning."
Zhu Biao broke into cold sweat when he heard this. He looked at the more than a hundred guards around him, and suddenly felt that it made sense for Lao Zhu to ask him to take five hundred people.
When fighting a war, you know the benefits of having more people.
Zhu Biao: "Don't go head-to-head. It's better to do as they say and wait until they retreat on their own."
Zhu Bai shook his head: "No. This group of Japanese pirates will definitely not be willing to give up if they don't get something from us, and they will harm the people. I won't let any of them go!"
Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment: "That's true, but we don't have as many people as they do."
The key point is that there are a few people like him who can't fight, such as him and Zhu Bai.
Zhu Bai calmly comforted Zhu Biao: "Brother, don't be afraid, I have a way. Although there are not many of us, we can all use big bows and are good at hand-to-hand combat with swords. One is worth ten."
Otherwise, the time he followed Lao Zhu to watch the guards for a whole day would have been in vain.
He later went there many times to select elite soldiers and sent them to various Guanya Bureau stations in a steady stream.
Zhu Biao wanted to speak, but Zhu Bai turned around, climbed onto the table, and shouted in a low voice: "Generals, listen to the order."
The others responded in unison: "Yes."
Zhu Bai said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's bodyguard only needs to protect the Crown Prince and hide on the top floor. The rest will follow my arrangements."
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At night, many people came down from the mountains and forests. They approached quietly in the darkness and surrounded the inn.
As agreed, the leader learned how to hoot an owl, two short and one long, three times in a row, three times in a row.
After a while, there was a response from inside, a group of three, two long and one short, two groups in a row.
This means it is safe and the guards have been taken care of.
Then the door was opened.
The two hundred or so people swarmed in with shining knives in their hands.
The one who came in first went to open the door to the building, only to find that the door was closed tightly from the inside and could not be moved at all.
Not only that, even the windows on the first floor were closed.
