Shortly after Qin Lingsi’s footsteps disappeared, a heavy footsteps sounded.
"Military advisor, I have something to say to you."
Zhang Yangquan looked up and saw that the person speaking had a face as black as ink, and it was Zhao Desheng.
"Go ahead, sit down and talk."
Zhao Desheng agreed, sat down on a chair on his left, and said sideways: "Military advisor, I feel that there is an undercurrent in Jiangdu City. This time it was Miao Daheng who was framed, and next time it might be us."
Zhang Yangquan was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that a rough guy like Zhao Desheng would think so much, and asked: "Then what do you think?"
Zhao Desheng stood up, walked to Zhang Yangquan, made a gesture, and whispered: "My subordinates think we can attack Zhenzhou!"
Zhang Yangquan was stunned: "Zhenzhou?"
Zhao Desheng said: "Yes! Zhenzhou is bounded by Chuzhou to the north, Jiqing Mansion to the west, Jiangdu to the east, and the Yangtze River to the south, so there have never been many defenders, only five thousand people, and Brother Wang Meng lost three thousand!
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Zhang Yangquan said with emotion: "You mean Zhenzhou only has two thousand defenders?"
Zhao Desheng nodded and said: "My subordinates and many brothers turned out to be Zhenzhou defenders. We can sneak into the city and cooperate with each other inside and outside, and Zhenzhou can be easily captured!"
Zhang Yangquan was silent for a while and said: "Let me think about this matter."
Zhao Desheng responded and resigned.
Zhang Yangquan stood up and paced back and forth in the room, his thoughts rising and falling.
If early rice had not been planted and two villages had not been built, he might have been persuaded by Zhao Desheng and turned around to plan Zhenzhou.
At present, the layout of Jiangdu is already halfway progressed. If it is abandoned halfway, all the hard work ahead will be in vain.
And after all, Zhenzhou cannot be compared with Jiangdu. The population and resources are too small, so it is not the best base area.
However, this is also a retreat. If Jiangdu's plan fails, turning around and attacking Zhenzhou is also a way.
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Qin Lingjun stood on the city wall, facing the wind, but her eyes were fixed unblinkingly on the people leaving the city below.
"Sister, are you looking for Miao Daheng?" Qin Lingsi came to her side.
Qin Lingjun nodded.
Qin Ling glanced at her sister's expression thoughtfully, then looked at the long bow and quiver she was carrying behind her. She didn't ask any more questions, but opened her eyes wide and searched the crowd.
The sun set in the west, and soon it was dusk. The sunset was colorful, and a rainbow appeared in the sky. Suddenly, a harsh suona sound came from North Street.
The two sisters looked up and saw a funeral procession approaching.
In the front are four drummers, in the middle are four bearers carrying the coffin, and behind are six people dressed in white and wearing linen and mourning.
Along the way, the people dispersed to the left and right, for fear of contaminating the bad luck of the dead.
Qin Lingjun glanced at the bearers' faces. Their faces were covered with sweat, and they were obviously very strenuous.
A normal coffin would not exhaust the four experienced bearers like this. There must be something wrong with the coffin.
So, she walked down the city wall.
Due to the strict investigation order from the General Manager's Office, the city gate guards below were asking for the coffin to be opened for autopsy. Several family members objected at first, but when they saw that the city gate guards would not give in, they had to agree with sobs.
"Okay, no need to check, let them out." Qin Lingjun walked to the coffin and ordered to the city gate guard.
The soldiers did not dare to disobey or ask any more questions, so they immediately sent the funeral procession out.
Qin Lingjun followed the funeral procession out of the city. Qin Lingsi knew what she wanted to do and followed silently.
After the funeral team left the city, they walked north along the official road for about a mile when an arrow was shot from behind and landed on the coffin.
The porters and the drummer were shocked and fled away.
Four of the six family members fled in panic. Only the remaining two big men turned around and stared at the Qin sisters behind them.
Qin Lingjun held a bow in her left hand and an arrow in her right hand, and said one by one: "Miao Daheng, come out!"
With a bang, the lid of the coffin was lifted, first a dead person and the partition were pushed out, and then Miao Daheng climbed out from inside.
He looked very embarrassed at the moment, with many clots of blood on his face and arms.
"You, since you know I'm in there...why...you didn't just give the order to arrest me?" Miao Daheng looked very tired and finished the sentence three times.
Qin Lingjun said: "Although you are hateful, you are still a good man. I wanted to give you a fair chance, but looking at your current state, you can't even dodge one of my arrows!"
Miao Daheng smiled bitterly and said: "I have seen your archery skills... even if... I am not injured... I am still no match for you! Let's do it!"
He stretched out his hands and gasped: "It is better to die in your hands than to die in the hands of a rat like Huang Boyan!"
Qin Lingjun put the arrow on the bowstring, and the bow was fully drawn by her.
"I brought people down the mountain to help you fight Zhang Mingjian, but you suddenly turned around and attacked us, killing dozens of people in the village. It's time to repay this blood debt!" She bit her lower lip and said.
Miao Daheng suddenly said: "Wait a minute."
Qin Lingjun scolded: "Are you afraid of death?"
Miao Daheng said in a deep voice: "Miao has fought dozens of battles in his life, and he has never known the word fear! I just want to tell you one thing."
"What's the matter?"
Miao Daheng said: "There is Jidan Mountain twenty miles east of the city, and there is a plain to the north of the mountain. I ordered people to build a horse farm there. I selected 1,500 good horses from the 3,000 horses of the Dongmen Army.
, kept there to prepare for breeding. This matter has not yet been reported to the General Manager."
Qin Lingsi's face turned red instantly, she was surprised and happy: "Seriously?"
Miao Daheng closed his eyes and said nothing.
Qin Lingjun said: "Why did you tell us this?"
Miao Daheng said coldly: "Because Huang Boyan doesn't deserve these horses!"
Qin Lingjun nodded and was about to take action. Qin Lingsi on the side quickly grabbed the end of the arrow and begged: "Sister, please spare his life!"
Qin Lingjun said angrily: "What did you say?"
Qin Ling was grateful for Miao Daheng's gift of the horse, so she thought of saving his life. However, it would be useless to say so directly. She rolled her eyes and realized her plan.
"Sister, think about it, if he hadn't besieged the mountain, I wouldn't have been able to catch the military advisor while patrolling the mountain! Besides, this guy massacred my Han people on the orders of the Tatars and has already received his retribution. Let him taste the heaven more.
Punish him!"
Qin Lingjun was silent for a long time, finally sheathed her bow and arrows, glared at Miao Daheng and said, "Don't let me see you again!"
Miao Daheng opened his eyes, raised his hands to the Qin sisters, and said: "There are fifty soldiers guarding the racecourse. I hope you will spare their lives."
After finishing speaking, he left with his two companions.
The two girls immediately returned to Qianhu Station. Qin Ling thought about the five hundred soldiers and headed towards Jidan Mountain in a hurry.
Sure enough, they found a horse farm in the north, tied up the fifty people who were watching the horse farm, and took away all the 1,500 horses. Each person rode one and led two horses, and went straight to the newly built horse farm near Longtan Mountain.<
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On the other side, the General Manager's Office conducted a strict investigation for three days, but still could not find any trace of Daheng Miao, so they canceled the strict inspection order at the city gate.
On the same day, the General Manager's Office ordered Huang Boyan to take over as Miao Daheng's Daru Huachi, and the five thousand garrison at the east gate were also at his disposal.
However, after Huang Boyan took over the Dongmen Army, he found that half of the three thousand horses were missing and could not be found anywhere.
Later, after some enquiries, I learned about the existence of Jidangshan Racecourse. But when I sent someone there, not a single horse was left.
He only regarded Miao Daheng as the troublemaker and stopped caring about the horses. According to Lu Qing's suggestion, he divided the East Gate Army into one hundred and fifty-man teams and organized them into the South Gate Army.
In addition, the ten and centurions were gathered together and under strict supervision. Some centurions attempted to resist and were summarily executed.
In a short period of time, Huang Boyan took control of the Dongmen Army, holding 10,000 troops, and became the most powerful person in Jiangdu City.