Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

"I just feel that sooner or later, this matter will be known to the court."

Su Xia nodded: "This is inevitable, but it can be delayed for one day. I am still waiting for the invention of firearms."

On Salmon Island, the firearms Su Xia was referring to were the new artillery developed by Ling Zhen, Sun Sihe and others.

Now, firearms are under intensive development.

Artillery shells were fired one after another at the Dengzhou Wei Pinghai Army camp, test fired, and then unified the scale and caliber!

Regarding the artillery's requirements, Su Xia has three points: first, it should not be too heavy, as consumables would consume a lot of steel, and more importantly, it would be inconvenient to carry.

The second is that the artillery must be accurate and the power must be moderate. Compared with the distance, Su Xia hopes that the artillery will be accurate. Not everyone is as naturally sensitive to artillery as Ling Zhen, so the artillery must have specifications. chemical production.

The third problem is the rate of fire of the artillery, which needs to be solved by Sun Sihe. The gunpowder used in the artillery must not have the risk of exploding the barrel or blocking the barrel.

To this end, these two men led the Ping Navy Artillery Detachment to conduct artillery training all day long. Finally, they worked hard for two months and forged a new artillery named "Weiyuan Cannon"!

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In Dengzhou City, Zhou Bin, who had restored order, continued to adjust personnel arrangements.

Shi Qiantian, the deputy regimental envoy of the regiment, led his troops to search for Zhang Ence everywhere.

He is eager to perform meritorious service to show off to Prefect Zhou Bin!

When Zhou Bin got angry, the results he had worked so hard for for 16 years were gone.

Shi Qiantian felt anxious and urged his soldiers: "Hurry, search the whole city, and capturing Zhang Ence alive will be a great achievement."

The soldier under his command asked in confusion, "Master Shi, how come we went to arrest Master Zhang!"

"He is no longer the regimental commander. He is now a rebel thief. The magistrate has given orders. Zhang Ence is a rebel thief. All rebels can be caught!"

The soldiers did not understand the attitude of these deputy regimental envoys at all.

They were shocked to see Zhang Ence's lackey turn into a wolfdog chasing him in an instant!

At this moment, Zhang Ente, who knew that Guo Wuji had been kidnapped and that his soldiers were out of control, was hiding in a brothel and was drunk.

Although he, the unlucky one, still didn't know who wanted to harm him, he knew that he was unable to defend himself.

There is irrefutable evidence that he must die!

But how could he run far away?

After Su Xia's Ping Haijun arrived in Dengzhou City, Dengzhou City was like an iron barrel and no one could escape.

After the defense change, the Xiang army and the government officials were all familiar faces of Zhang Ente.

Zhang Ence didn't run out at all. He hid in a brothel in the east of the city and was in panic all day long.

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When the people sent by Murong Yanda picked up Yun Tianbiao and others, the prefect Zhou Bin naturally wanted to make amends to Murong Yanda.

Murong Yanda's status was extraordinary. He was not only the son-in-law of Grand Master Cai, but also the brother of Concubine Murong.

(Note: The imperial concubine Murong (1073-1152) was one of the concubines of Song Zhezong Zhao Xu. After the death of Song Zhezong, Song Huizong ascended the throne. In April of the second year of Jingkang (1127), the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and the Murong family fled to the south of the Yangtze River. , and later went to Lin'an with Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, and followed three emperors throughout his life.)

Although Zhou Bin, the prefect, started out as the top scholar, he was from a peasant family and had no one in the court. He accumulated political achievements for 20 years and was promoted to prefect, becoming a high-ranking official in charge of one side.

Having reached the pinnacle of power, he was even more trembling, walking on thin ice.

He will never allow his men to cause trouble. This official uniform of his is for the prosperity of his ancestors!

But two things made him restless.

First, Zhang Ence inexplicably became a rebel and robbed Guo Wuji and the letter. Zhang Ence also ordered the soldiers to attack Yun Tianbiao and others sent by Prefect Murong for no apparent reason.

The second was Su Xia's Ping Haijun. The uniform style of that army left such a deep impression on him that he couldn't imagine that if this army really wanted to rebel, would the head on his neck still be there yesterday?

At this moment, he seemed to understand why Zhao Kuangyin would drink wine to release his military power. Once these soldiers rebel, the civil servants will be doomed.

However, fortunately, mobilizing the imperial army requires the order of the Privy Council, but Su Xia has to guard against it.

He has heard many voices. A large number of displaced people have gathered on Salmon Island. Others are hiding from the victims, but Su Xia and the others have recruited so many people.

What made him even more suspicious was that Ping Haijun had recently recruited so many new recruits who would rebel in the future.

Zhou Bin almost had a splitting headache, but it was impossible for him to have a direct showdown with Su Xia. He also pointed at Ping Haijun to defeat the other pirates.

As for the soldiers in Dengzhou Prefecture, they cannot be reused, so they can only collect taxes and frighten the people.

Su Xia is the only armed force that he can rely on and can fight. As for what he is doing, he must be aware of it.

It seemed that he was going to send an undercover agent to Su Xia's side. He thought of a person who was originally from Dengzhou Bingma Tiju. His name was Sun Li, nicknamed "Sick Yuchi".

When the Xiang Army in Dengzhou Prefecture was doing reporting training, Zhou Bin had gotten to know this man. Among all the losers in the Xiang Army, only Sun Li's ability was refreshing. He was a strong general in the army!

However, Zhou Bin only had an impression of him, but did not promote him.

(Note: Sun Li, one of the one hundred and eight generals of the Water Margin, can be said to be the best master of Disha, a native of Qiongzhou (now Hainan Island), uses a long spear and a bamboo steel whip)

After thinking about the candidates, Zhou Bin hurriedly said: "Send the order to quickly summon the Dengzhou guards Ma Tijia and Sun Li into the mansion!"

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In a brothel in Dengzhou City.

Zhang Ence was blocked in the room by the soldiers led by Shi Qiantian. They blocked the door with a cabinet and locked it tightly.

"Zhang Ence, you can't run away!"

"Shi Qiantian, I am going to cut off your mother's head, but you are holding your butthole and running away. I treat you badly, but you treat me like this!"

"Master Zhang, Brother Zhang, I call you this for the last time. I thank you for promoting me, but I can't let you go. You are now a rebel. You have letters as orders, and the prefect has orders. You have to see people." , I want to see the corpse! Your robbery of Guo Wuji has already happened, don’t resist anymore! For the sake of our brothers, you come out, and I promise to forgive you to the prefect!"