One of the chiefs finished dripping blood and said while licking his fingers: "Marquis Chen Jun, the lives of my brothers are in your hands!"
"How and when to do something? Please give me some instructions from the military commander!"
Chen Junhou said calmly: "Let brothers prepare white cloths. When the people named Zhang gather together to issue orders tomorrow and people's hearts are in turmoil, we will start another uprising at night!"
"But Captain Zhang, who is not named Zhang, has a thousand Huainan soldiers, and we only have five hundred..."
"Hmph, so what?"
"When we get into trouble, I will send people everywhere to shout, 'Huainan soldiers are going to massacre the camp.' Then the camp will be in chaos. We will attack the Chinese army and chop off the head of Zhang!"
"Besides, who said we only have 500 people?"
Chen Junhou smiled proudly: "I have always been on good terms with Xu Junhou, and he will also help us when the time comes; and Pan Junhou has also been dissatisfied with Zhang and that heir apparent of the Yuan family for a long time..."
…
It's late at night and people are quiet.
A dark figure sneaked outside Zhang Kai's tent.
The lamps in Zhang Kai's camp were lit all night long.
Zhang Kai's habit at this time was that as long as the light was on, outsiders could not observe whether he was asleep or not.
If an assassin really comes in, Zhang Kai is very good at night fighting. If he blows out the lamp, he will have at least a 30% chance of winning.
The shadow walked a few steps outside the tent. Seeing no one around, he suddenly became bold and walked directly towards the tent door.
The guard at the tent door suddenly became frightened when he saw someone suddenly appeared in front of him.
"who?"
"It's me! It's me!"
"I have the token given by Captain Zhang!"
The man raised his badge and waved it towards the guard.
"Let him in."
Zhang Kai's voice came out.
"promise!"
The two guards stood aside and opened the doorway.
The man holding the waist card quickly walked into the tent.
Inside the tent, Zhang Kai casually put on a piece of clothing, but his hand holding the knife was meticulous.
"Captain!"
The man holding the belt bowed.
"Get up."
The light illuminated the visitor's face.
If Chen Junhou were here, he would immediately recognize this person as someone he has always regarded as a confidant.
"Looking for me so late, are they planning to take action?"
Zhang Kai said unintentionally.
"The captain is really clever!"
Shi Chang smiled flatteringly and said: "It's exactly as expected by the captain. The man named Chen really has rebellious intentions!"
Zhang Kai sneered: "What a clever plan I have."
"It's just a trick like encouraging people to cause chaos. It's just a remnant of what I did in the past few years."
"Stop talking nonsense, tell me when they started the rebellion, what they called it, who was involved, and how they identified it... tell me all about it!"
Shi Chang didn't dare to tell lies. He just poured beans out of a bamboo tube and sold out all his fellow villagers and superiors.
Zhang Kai also had a smile on his face after hearing this: "Yes, you did a good job."
"These are for you."
Zhang Kai took out five pieces of horseshoe gold and a deed from a box, and threw them directly to the chief.
The chief bit the gold horse's hoof and immediately took it into his arms after realizing it was real. He took the paper deed and looked at it.
It’s just that he is illiterate and doesn’t even know if he holds it backwards.
Zhang Kai looked at his hopeless look and said, "Don't look at it. One hundred acres of fertile land, a big house, and four women are all yours."
"When this matter is over, go to Lujiang and someone will honor it."
Shi Chang smiled happily, quickly folded the deed, and was about to put it into his arms when suddenly Zhang Kai's scabbard was placed around his neck.
"Captain...I told you everything I know, not a single lie..."
"Idiot!" Zhang Kai cursed.
"Captain, you don't want to kill me to silence me, do you?"
Shi Chang trembled, and suddenly thought of the worst outcome.
"If I want to kill you, there won't be so much nonsense."
Zhang Kai kicked the empty box over with his foot and said coldly:
"What would you do if someone found these things on you tonight?"
"Put the gold and the deed back into the box for me. You can take them away when the matter is finished tomorrow."
Shi Chang looked at the empty box, but he was very doubtful whether Zhang Kai would keep his promise.
Zhang Kai spat: "As long as it is about money, I, Zhang Kai, will always tell the truth and will never lie."
"I want to kill you, why do I have to go to so much trouble?"
The chief has betrayed his superiors and a group of fellow villagers, and now there is no way out.
He could only believe Zhang Kai's words and put the gold and the deed back.
Zhang Kai put away the knife and uttered one word: "Get out!"
Shi Chang rolled and crawled out of the big tent. He ran far away, but he was still in shock.
Inside the tent, Zhang Kai looked at the box and sighed.
"No, I have to go to the governor for this matter."
"I shouldn't have to pay for this!"
"I have to ask him for more money!"
…
A night of silence.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Kai's tent began to light the knot as usual.
Sixteen military princes entered Zhang Kai's tent one by one.
Those above the rank of Marquis of the Army are the Sima of the Army or the Sima of other departments, which are also commonly known as Xiaoxiao. They are relatively high-ranking military attachés.
Although Sun Ce gave these 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers to Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao and his son, he would definitely not send out the middle and senior generals.
For example, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are now Sun Ce's other commanders. Sun Ce will definitely not give generals of this level to others.
Not only Sun Ce, anyone who donates troops to others in this era will not send them away together with the generals.
Of course, there are exceptions. A very few recipients or borrowers will beg for help directly by name.
Therefore, among the 8,000 Jiangdong Army, there are no generals or commanders above the Army Sima level, only 16 military princes, each with a total of 500 men.
Zhang Kai sat in the big tent and listened to the reports of the military princes expressionlessly.
The content of the report is very simple. First, whether there was any abnormality in each battalion last night, and whether there were fewer people this morning.
After the sixteen military princes finished reporting one by one, Zhang Kai directly called them by name: "Marquis Chen, Junhou Xu, and Marquis Pan, the three of you stay, and the others can go out."
The three military princes Chen, Xu, and Pan looked at each other and noticed something strange.
But the other military princes didn't think much, they just raised their hands and said: "I will obey the captain's military order!"
After speaking, the thirteen people turned around and retreated.
As soon as the thirteen people walked out of the big tent, they saw two rows of Huainan soldiers in full body armor rushing directly into the big tent.
Chen Junhou reacted the fastest. He drew his sword directly and roared at Zhang Kai: "Zhang, I will kill you!"
Xu and Pan reacted a little slowly, and were restrained by a group of soldiers who rushed in.
"court death!"
Zhang Kai was on guard and drew his sword one step faster than Chen Junhou.
But when he took out the knife, he changed the direction. After two blows, the knife in Chen Junhou's hand fell to the ground, and his legs and feet could not move.
Chen Junhou fell to the ground as if his body refused to obey, and cursed angrily: "Zhang, what did you do to me?"
Zhang Kai withdrew his saber and said coldly: "I just cut off your hand tendons and hamstrings."
"Don't worry, I'll cut your neck later."
Outside the big tent, the cold wind was biting and the flags were blowing loudly.
The Huainan soldiers quickly tied up Chen, Xu, and Pan and brought them to an open space.
With his hand on his saber and his cold eyes, Zhang Kai loudly announced the crimes of the three of them, and his voice echoed in the empty wilderness.
All the soldiers below were in an uproar, including the thirteen military princes, who also looked at each other with doubts.
Until Zhang Kai waved his hand, four more commanders and team leaders were pushed onto the stage, and they publicly identified Chen, Xu, and Pan's plan.
"The governor is benevolent and will only punish the first culprits and leave the rest alone!"
Zhang Kai cupped his hands in the direction of Danyang City and drew his sword out of its sheath.
"cut!"
Following Zhang Kai's order, the swordsmen raised and lowered their swords, and the rebels fell one by one. The blood dyed the land red and soaked in the cold wind.
