There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 90 Conflict Escalation
Jiangdian Township, the Office of the Inspection Department.

Since the armed patrol inspector Zhou Bin was killed by Li Chu on charges of rebellion, the Jiangdian Town Inspection Department has not had a new armed patrol inspector take office during this period.There is only one civil inspector who temporarily holds both civil and military positions and has full authority to handle affairs in the township.

After county lieutenant Zhang Ting arrived in Jiangdian Town, he rushed directly to the Inspection Department's house and asked the people of the Inspection Department to cooperate.

Zhang Ting led a total of 15 government officials, and another ten people were transferred from the inspection department to cooperate, and a total of 25 people went directly to the horse blacksmith's shop.

The inspector Wen did not follow, and refused on the grounds that he was unwell.

The last time such a big event happened in Jiangdian Town, Zheng Ba couldn't afford it, and Li Chu, he couldn't afford it. What happened in the horse blacksmith's shop today, the Wen patrol inspector is very clear, and Li Chu is linked to it. It's too late for him to hide, let alone go to blockade the blacksmith shop with Zhang Ting.

When Zhang Ting led people to find Ma's blacksmith shop, it was very lively here.

Ten soldiers maintained order, and asked the villagers who came with the iron blocks to line up one by one to do the sand model work, and handed it over to three of the soldiers. Li Chu told them the key points in the process.

Blacksmith Ma is still in charge of firing iron lumps into molten iron, which others cannot do.

The two pots made by Li Chu are now used as printing tools for making sand molds.

There are still a lot of onlookers. One is that this matter is very new, and the other is that everyone wants to try it and get an iron pot for their home, but they are still in a wait-and-see state.

There were even two hawkers who came here to sell fruit snacks and the like, shouting constantly.

Immediately, two yamen guards pushed the crowd away with sticks, allowing Zhang Ting to lead someone in, and immediately focused the attention on Zhang Ting.

This mission came with the order of the county lord, and Zhang Ting was not afraid of soldiers like Li Chu, as soon as he came in, he immediately ordered the soldiers from the government office and the inspection department to search the place.

Li Chu's soldiers were like air in their eyes. One of the servants immediately rushed forward and lifted the sand molded wooden box with one foot. As a result, the wooden box did not move at all, and the servant was tripped instead. , picked up the wooden stick in his hand and smashed the wooden box.

Someone made a move, and other yamen servants also started to do it one after another. One went to fetch the blacksmith, two went to drive away the villagers who lined up, and a few rushed into the blacksmith's shop, rummaging for things.

This action immediately angered Li Chu's soldiers.

The two leading fire chiefs immediately became angry and drew out their Xiuchun knives from their waists and re-entered the shop. The rest of the soldiers also moved out one after another, drawing out their Xiuchun knives and driving away all the troublesome Yamen officials.

Today I just came here to maintain the continuation, I didn't carry a long pole weapon, only the Xiuchun knife at my waist never left my body.

The two fire chiefs kicked and chased away the four servants who had rushed into the shop.

"What do you want to do, I am acting in accordance with the law."

Zhang Ting also drew out the hand knife at his waist, followed by the inspectors who drew out their weapons. Li Chu's soldiers were inside, guarding the blacksmith shop, while Zhang Ting's men were in the middle of the field, and the two sides drew their swords. confrontation.

The crowd of onlookers also exploded. Some backed away in fright. Some were scared and ran home immediately when they saw something had happened.

"Get out of the way, the county government is doing business. Blacksmith Ma is involved in a case and must be brought back to the county for investigation. Don't hinder the official business."

The two fire chiefs remained unmoved. The order they received was to maintain order here, and no one was allowed to make trouble here, even someone from the county government.

"No, the commander has an order. No one is allowed to make trouble here. If you want to arrest someone, you have to go to our commander. We only obey the commander's orders."

At the same time as the confrontation, one of the fire chiefs also signaled to one of the soldiers with his eyes, and the latter immediately understood, ran towards Rufen Town, and reported the situation here to Li Chu.

"Let me ask again, do you wait or not?"

Zhang Ting's face darkened a little. This time, it was the first time since the county magistrate took office that he had given him a task directly. How could he mess up the matter because of a little soldier.

The two fire chiefs didn't answer, they just squeezed the weapons in their hands tighter.

"You and the soldiers of the commander of a small town dare to obstruct the county government's handling of the case. This horse blacksmith is involved in a case related to the rebel Wang Qing. You must have a conspiracy to obstruct him like this. It has something to do with the bandit Wang Qing."

"Don't let it go!"

The soldiers remained unmoved.

"The county magistrate has an order. If anyone interferes, he will be designated as an accomplice. Everyone, follow me!"

County lieutenant Zhang Ting, relying on his skill, took the lead in attacking and slashed one of the chief firemen with a single knife. With this move, everyone followed suit.

Li Chu's soldiers also started to fight.

Zhang Ting didn't machete the first time, but the second time he directly hit the Huo Zhang's chest, tore it, and then made another kick. According to Zhang Ting's experience, this man is dead.

But as a result, the fire chief climbed up again.

The red outer robe was torn open, revealing the armor underneath. Zhang Ting's knife only left a mark on it and did not hurt him.

Zhang Ting was stunned. Although he had seen Li Chu's soldiers before, he didn't know that the soldiers were still wearing armor, or iron armor. The power of his knife would break even leather and cloth armor.

While Zhang Ting was stunned, another fire chief also attacked. Zhang Ting quickly raised his sword to fight. The two swords struck each other. Zhang Ting took a few steps back, and the fire chief who was knocked down by Zhang Ting also stood up. Get up, jump up and strike down with a knife in the air.

Zhang Ting raised his knife again to fight.

"what……"

With a scream, Zhang Ting's knife broke into two sections. The fire that jumped up and slashed down in the air was long, and the momentum of the knife did not decrease. Zhang Ting's right arm holding the knife was cut off directly, and blood flew flying Countless blood spurted out like a high-pressure spray gun, and a servant standing next to Zhang Ting was instantly splashed with blood on his face, which stunned him.

Seeing this good opportunity, a soldier stabbed the servant in the stomach.

After Zhang Ting broke his arm, he covered it with his painful left hand, not only failed to cover the blood, but the place where the broken arm was covered was even more painful.Before he could cover it, he was kicked by a Huo Chang and fell to the ground. The latter immediately put the Xiuchun knife on Zhang Ting's neck.

"If you don't stop, I will chop him with a knife!"

The Chief Huo shouted loudly, attracting the attention of the two parties who were caught in the battle. Everyone saw Zhang Ting who was captured by the Chief Fire Officer. arms.

Several people in this group had followed Zhou Bin to Rufen Town last time. This time they were on a mission, that is, they did not work hard. After Zhang Ting rushed up, they just stood behind.

Of the fifteen government officials Zhang Ting had brought, only six were left. These six were all armed with knives. The government officials with the wooden sticks had already fallen into a pool of blood and twitched.

Rufen Town.

When Li Chu received the news, it was not sent by soldiers.

It was the villagers who came from Jiangdian Town. As soon as several villagers saw Zhang Ting and his men breaking into Ma's blacksmith shop and confronting the soldiers with their knives, they immediately ran back to Rufen Town to inform Li Chu. .

After expressing his gratitude to these folks, Li Chu immediately returned to the barracks, ordered four teams of [-] soldiers, and rushed to Jiangdian Town. The soldier who reported the situation to Li Chu.

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