"Director, Lingqiu Guard Huang An led a group of officers and soldiers to Zhaojiayu."
A rider from the cavalry team came to Zhao Yutu to report.
Zhao Yutu frowned and asked, "How many people are here?"
"There are more than thirty people, all on horseback, wearing armor, and there is a carriage. Huang An has people guarding the carriage. It seems that the people in the carriage have unusual identities." The rider replied.
"What are they going to Zhaojiayu for?" Zhao Yutu rubbed his chin with his hand and looked thoughtful. Soon, he realized what he was doing and said in surprise, "No, they are going to our artillery range."
The rider said: "I will lead the cavalry to stop them."
"It's too late. By the time our people catch up, they have already arrived at our artillery range." Zhao Yutu said in a deep voice.
At this moment, soldiers ran in quickly from outside.
When they got closer, the soldier said: "Director, there is someone from the garrison camp. They say they have something urgent to see."
"Bring him in." Zhao Yutu ordered.
Not long after, a muscular man strode in from outside.
As soon as he got closer, he clasped his hands and said, "Chen Wu, the soldier next to Chen Qianhu, has met Mr. Zhao."
"No need to be polite." Zhao Yutu raised his right hand and asked immediately, "Chen Qianhu sent you here. Did something happen to the garrison camp?"
"In reply to Mr. Zhao," Chen Wu said, "My lord asked me to tell you that the Datong Governor's Yamen sent an aide named Zhang to conspire with Huang An and will go to Zhaojiayu tomorrow to find evidence of your company's cannon-making. .”
After listening, Zhao Yutu frowned.
Because Huang An and his group will not come to Zhaojiayu tomorrow, but have already arrived. By now, they have almost arrived at Zhaojiayu.
Thinking of this, he asked: "Are you sure that Staff Zhang and Huang An's group will come to Zhaojiayu tomorrow? Could it be that you remembered it wrong?"
Chen Wu said: "Young lady, I remember correctly, this is what my adults told me before I came here."
Zhao Yutu nodded, and then said: "Okay, you go back and tell your adults, just say that I know, and we will deal with it carefully."
"Then take your leave, little one." Chen Wu bowed and cupped his fists.
Zhao Yutu nodded.
Chen Wu was taken out.
After waiting for the people to leave, Zhao Yutu said to a soldier beside him: "Go and find Xu Xuewu."
Xu Xuewu is the deputy captain of the escort team next to Liu Heng. He usually manages the affairs of the Attendant Department and stays in Xujiazhuang most of the time. Unlike Zhao Wu, who is always with Liu Heng.
Not long after, Xu Xuewu rushed over and said, "Mr. Zhao, are you looking for me?"
"Where's the boss?" Zhao Yutu asked straight to the point.
Xu Xuewu said: "The boss went to the wine shop in Hutou Village and has been gone for more than an hour."
"Immediately send someone to Hutou Village and tell the elder that Huang An took people to Zhaojiayu and headed for our artillery range." Zhao Yutu ordered Xu Xuewu.
"Yes, I will go to Hutou Village in person."
Xu Xuewu did not dare to delay, ran to the front yard, fetched a horse from the stable, rode out of Zhuangzi, and galloped towards Hutou Village.
The rider on the side asked Zhao Yutu and said, "Director, do you want to go to Zhaojiayu to intercept Huang An and the others?"
Zhao Yutu thought for a while and said: "It's too late to stop them at this time, but you still have to take people to Zhaojiayu, monitor them, and wait for the boss's orders at any time."
"Yes." The rider agreed, turned and left.
When Zhao Yutu was left alone, he looked in the direction of Zhaojiayu and whispered: "I hope nothing will happen."
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There was a carriage in Huang An's team, and the speed was not too fast.
However, Zhaojiayu is not too far from Lingqiu City. In more than half an hour, Huang An's team arrived outside Zhaojiayu.
As we get closer to Zhaojiayu, we can already hear the clanging sound of iron being hammered in the village.
Huang An rode a horse and said to Zhang Wenhe inside the carriage: "Mr. Zhang, Zhaojiayu has arrived. This is the workshop where Tiger Character Banner makes iron goods. Every day, large carts leave with all kinds of iron goods. Tiger Character Banner The iron goods sold everywhere come from here."
Zhang Wenhe, who was in the carriage, opened the curtain on one side of the carriage, looked outside, and said, "How far is it from their artillery range?"
"The artillery range is just outside this village, right next to the houses in front of the river." Huang An raised his finger and pointed to a group of houses outside Zhaojiayu Village.
Zhang Wenhe glanced sideways from the carriage at the houses in the distance and said to Huang An: "Speed up the road."
After saying that, he retracted his head into the carriage.
"Quick, quick, speed up." Huang An urged the personal guards he brought with him.
A soldier beside him whispered: "Sir, there are two fast horses hanging far behind us. It should be the people with the tiger flag who have discovered us."
Huang An grabbed the reins and turned his head to look behind him.
Sure enough, a mile away from them, there were two fast horses following them at a close distance.
"Sir, what should I do? Do you want my subordinates to bring someone over to catch them?" the cavalryman asked.
Huang An waved his hand and said, "Don't pay attention to them. As long as we find evidence of the tiger-character flag making cannons, none of these people will be able to escape in the future."
After a pause, he added: "Tell our people to speed up the march and not give the tiger-character flag a chance to react. We must take advantage of them before they can react and find evidence of their cannon-making crimes."
More than thirty horses were running on the road, and a rumble of horse hooves reached the sky above Zhaojiayu.
Soon, Huang An led the people to the gates of the artillery field and gun-making workshop.
"Stop, this is a restricted area, and no one is allowed to enter."
Outside the gate of the artillery field, a tiger-character flag soldier stopped Huang An and others. The remaining soldiers held up blazing guns and aimed them at the first few people.
"Bold, we are from the garrison. This is Mr. Huang, the garrison." A guard next to Huang An scolded the soldiers of the Tiger Flag.
"I don't care whether you are on guard or not, but you can't go in without a warrant."
The soldiers outside the door refused to give an inch, and the fire blunderbuss in their hands began to be aimed at Huang An.
Huang An's face turned pale.
Although he had long known that he was not taken seriously by the people in the Tiger Flag, he knew that being slapped in the face like this in public made him furious.
"You are so brave. Do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes? I insist on going in today. I want to see how many of you dare to attack me." With that, Huang An stepped towards the door. Go.
The personal guards who followed him protected him and rushed inside while protecting him.
"preparation!"
A tiger flag soldier outside the door raised his right hand.
The match ropes of the fire guns in the hands of several other Tiger Flag soldiers have already been lit and are ready to be fired at any time.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps behind the gate. From the sound, it sounded like a team of people were coming.
