Zhao Hongfan didn't know why, but Tian Shizhen's arrangement could at least bring him a strong garrison of at least 3,000 people. For the increasingly nervous city defenders, it was like providing timely help.

Zhao Hongfan didn't think much about it, and immediately nodded and said: "I understand, I will make arrangements now."

"Don't be impatient." Tian Shizhen turned around with difficulty, his eyes full of kindness, looking at Zhao Hongfan like a loving father, "You! You are always so irritable, and you always look like a child who has not grown up.

child."

Zhao Hongfan didn't expect Tian Shizhen to say this. He suddenly felt like an ignorant child who had done something wrong and was discovered by his parents. He rubbed the back of his head and said awkwardly: "I have been a slave for such a long time and there is still no progress.

Let the head of the family worry about it."

"It's okay." Tian Shizhen smiled, "Every time I see you, I feel like I'm seeing your father. Back then, your father and I were like brothers and treated each other as brothers in private. If that incident hadn't happened later, now

Your father is nothing more than an old story, it only adds to the sadness."

Zhao Hongfan's father, Zhao Yingdou, was also Tian Shizhen's domestic servant at first. However, Zhao Yingdou was intelligent and capable of literature and martial arts. When Tian Shizhen was establishing his business, he was Tian Shizhen's right-hand man. But later, Tian Shizhen was found by his enemies again.

When he came to visit, it was Zhao Yingdou who died for him, thus saving Tian Shizhen's life. Speaking of which, Zhao Yingdou was Tian Shizhen's savior.

Zhao Hongfan felt a little lonely when he heard Tian Shizhen mention his father.

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Seeing Zhao Hongfan's reaction, Tian Shizhen laughed at himself as if waking up from a dream, "When people get old, they will always think of their old brothers. Hong Fan, I hope you don't mind."

Zhao Hongfan hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried: "The master of the house has rekindled the kindness of the servant, how dare the servant have any unreasonable thoughts?"

"That's good, that's good. In this defense of the city, you must place the servants of our Tian and Han families in the most critical and dangerous places. Don't be afraid of casualties. Our Tian family and Han family are the heads of the gentry.

In this Ziyang City, I don’t know how many people are watching the performance of my family, Tian and Han. If my family, Tian and Han, are not willing to fight for Ziyang, how can we expect other squires to have such awareness?

Therefore, don’t be afraid of casualties. Only if someone dies in my Tian family and someone in Han family dies can those outsiders see the determination of my family and follow my family to defend Ziyang, and you can do well in the city."

Zhao Hongfan never expected that Tian Shi would be thinking about himself after being so shocked. He burst into tears and cried with grief.

"Good boy, why are you crying? Ahem~" Tian Shizhen coughed a few times, "Go down and defend the city well. Don't be afraid. No matter what happens, you will have the support of an immortal like me, so go ahead."

"I'm gone." Zhao Hongfan respectfully kowtowed to Tian Shizhen three times, wiped away the tears he saw, and slowly withdrew.

Zhao Hongfan went out and just closed the door. Tian Shizhen in the room could no longer suppress the depression in his heart. With a pop, a mouthful of blood spurted out from Tian Shizhen's mouth.

After a mouthful of blood spurted out, Tian Shizhen's complexion improved a lot. He carefully wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, held the blood-stained handkerchief tightly in his hand, and looked at the closed door with his glasses in concentration. At that moment, his

His gaze became as deep as the sea.

Zhao Hongfan suddenly announced a large-scale expropriation of servants in the city. Every gentry in Ziyang County, regardless of the size of their family land or the population, was spared.

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Suddenly, people were filled with resentment. Almost everyone cursed behind their backs that Tian Shizhen would surely go to the eighteenth level of hell after his death.

Zhao Hongfan knew that the key to solving the problem at this time still lies with the Tian and Han families. As long as the Tian and Han families contribute their servants and set an example for the squires in the city, it will be much easier to find other people.

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As for the Tian and Han families, there were also some twists and turns. Needless to say, the Tian family, when Tian Shizhen spoke, no one dared to object, and the servants of the Tian family followed Zhao Hongfan out one by one.

However, when it was the turn of the Han family, Han Zhiliang, the head of the Han family, was extremely dissatisfied. His family only had about 800 servants in total, so asking them to hire five or six hundred people at once would indirectly hollow out the foundation of his family, and his family would become completely useless.

No power to fight back.

Zhao Hongfan had a bad impression of the Han family, and Ziyang City was about to be destroyed. However, the Han family still wanted to fight for power and gain. What else could this be but stupidity? He immediately mobilized his army back and surrounded the Han family.

Under the threat of heavy troops, despite the Han family's reluctance, they wisely kept their mouth shut and finally handed over 600 of their eight hundred servants.

However, Han Zhiqi couldn't swallow this breath. When the servant was leaving, he specifically told the chief officer of the servant to put the preservation of his power first, and if that didn't work, he would surrender to the Pei family's army outside the city.

After the Tian family and the Han family's servants were successfully handed over, the rest will be much easier to handle.

In Ziyang City, the Tian family is the slaves, and they are the fish and meat. When groups of armed soldiers came to persuade them personally, these squires suddenly became much more talkative, and they followed the order and contributed their servants to the house. In addition,

, the Tian and Han families set an example and sent out many more servants than they did, which invisibly resolved their inner resentment.

After the servants were recruited, Li Guojun launched another attack outside the city the next day. The Pei army once again attacked the city wall with ease. Zhao Hongfan followed Tian Shizhen's instructions and placed the servants of Tian and Han at the front line to deal with the most elite troops.

Generals of the Pei family.

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The war was extremely cruel. In just one hour, more than half of the servants of the two families were lost. The servants of the Tian family were forced to grit their teeth and persist. They only cursed Zhao Hongfan in their hearts for not being a son of man. The servants of the Han family gave up and abandoned their front.

, and fled towards the city regardless of it.

However, Zhao Hongfan had long expected this to happen, and arranged a team of 500 supervisors at the rear. Anyone who crossed the team and fled alone would be killed without mercy. Only then did the Han family's servants come over again.

The battle lasted until midnight. The Pei family troops outside the city retreated, and a feeling of survival permeated the city wall.

Seeing Zhao Hongfan walking on the top of the city for inspection, many new servants and civilian men who had been recruited earlier looked at Zhao Hongfan with admiration. Everyone had a strong idea in their hearts that in this era of secluded relatives, Zhao Hongfan could control his family.

People are at the front and bear the greatest losses, but this is not something ordinary people can do.

Zhao Hongfan's heart became more and more desperate. Sending these untrained servants to the city was like drinking poison to quench thirst. Although it could relieve the temporary crisis, it could not change the root cause. In addition, in today's battle, these groups

More than half of the servants have been lost. If the Pei family's army attacks again in the future, how should they respond?

It was dark in the middle of the night, and there was snow mixed with blood everywhere on the ground and city walls. One of the members of the Han family came out quietly. Instead of escaping into the city, he tied a rope to his waist, and then walked down the rope.

He checked the direction on the ground and ran towards the direction of Pei Jiajun.

However, before he could make any progress, dozens of torches suddenly lit up around him, and the strong light illuminated the man unable to open his eyes. After his eyes gradually adapted to the light, he saw clearly that the person opposite him was Zhao Hongfan with an angry face.

The man was so frightened on the spot that he knelt down tremblingly, "General Zhao, have mercy on me. General Zhao, have mercy on me. It's all ordered by the head of the family. It has nothing to do with the villain. Please have mercy!"

However, no matter how the man knelt down in the cold snow, Zhao Hongfan's cold and scary face did not move at all.

Soon, every household in Ziyang County received a loud knock on the door. The visitor did not say much nonsense. He just said that Tian Shizhen was summoning everyone in the lobby of Ziyang County Government, then turned around and left, continuing to the next door.

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The person who was woken up didn't know why, but when he heard that it was Tian Shizhen who summoned him, he murmured in his heart, didn't it mean that Tian Shizhen was seriously ill and was about to let go?

After packing up, he went out and walked towards the county government office.

Along the way, I met many other squires who were invited to go to the county government office. I couldn't help but become more curious, quickened my pace, and walked towards the lobby of Ziyang County.
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