The outside of Chang'an City was cut down, and there was also wind and rain in Chang'an City, and the masters of the Tingwei Mansion caught two thieves in the mansion of Lord Lai Chenglai, the first assistant of the cabinet, with weapons in their arms, and hid in the spare water tank behind the kitchen.

Tingwei's Mansion.

Qianban Antong returned from Gyeonggi Province to handle the case, and Han Zhaozhi's subordinates finally returned to another one, this Qianban was the one who was exposed when Song Mouyuan fled back to Yunxiao City from southern Xinjiang, and bought a mule through Muyu Pass, because he felt that something was wrong when he bought a mule and sent news to the Tingwei Mansion.

A while ago, there was a disturbance in the green forest of Gyeonggi Province, and An Tong took people to handle the case, and he has been gone for more than half a year.

Tingwei's Mansion left Qi Sanjin, and An Tong came back, but Han Zhaozhi's eyes were too poisonous, and he fell in love with the captain of the Patrol Soldiers and Horses Division of Qitai Gate in Chang'an City at a glance.

At this moment, in Han Zhaozhi's study, except for the Qianbanfang Baijing who went to Pingyue Road, everyone else was there.

Qi Sanjin, who just came, Xu Luoyin, the captain of Qitaimen, Qianban Fang Bailu, Qianban Nie Ye, and Qianbanan, the five people stood there waiting for Han Zhaozhi to explain.

"Captain Xu."

Han Zhaozhi looked at Xu Luoyin and said, "I asked the general of the Patrol Soldiers and Horses, and he said that you have asked him to fight three times in a row, and you want to go to Northern Xinjiang?" ”

"Yes."

Xu Luoyin bowed his head and said: "Back to Lord Han, I do have the intention to go to Northern Xinjiang. ”

"I can help you go."

Xu Luoyin's face was happy: "Thank you, Lord Han, for your success!" ”

"But I have the conditions."

Han Zhaozhi said: "Naturally, I can't give orders to the generals of your city patrol soldiers and horses, I don't have that authority, but I have the right to transfer personnel from all armies to supplement the Tingwei Mansion, and the candidates below the captain are not allowed to be intercepted by the armies, I have already been to the city patrol soldiers and horses division yesterday and talked to your generals, from today onwards you will be a member of the Tingwei Mansion." ”

Xu Luoyin was just about to speak, but Han Zhaozhi shook his head: "You listen to me...... I can't let you go directly to Northern Xinjiang, so transferring you to the Tingwei Mansion is the best way, and when you get to the Tingwei Mansion, I can fulfill you if you want to go to the Northern Xinjiang. ”

Xu Luoyin was a little disappointed: "But when you enter the Tingwei Mansion, you can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy." ”

Han Zhaozhi said: "You pick a team of people from the Patrol Soldiers and Horses Division, and I will accept them all, and then you take this team all the way to the north, secretly protect Shen Leng's wife Shen Chayan and another woman named Yun Hongsleeve, and be sure to protect them to reach the north safely, after arriving in the north of Xinjiang, you can stay in the north and replace Geng Shan of the Qianban." ”

He got up and walked in front of Xu Luoyin: "You should know that on the frontline battlefield, the people of my Tingwei Mansion have never been left behind, and the same is true for fighting. ”

Xu Luoyin immediately stood solemnly: "I am willing!" ”

Han Zhaozhi patted him on the shoulder: "Go back and prepare, I'll give you half a day to get the people selected, there is really no one in the Tingwei Mansion to give you the manpower, you can only rely on yourself to choose, and you will set off in the afternoon, you should know that Shen Leng's wife Shen Chayan is also the righteous daughter of Concubine Zhen, and she is the county lord, and those green forest guests are going to them." ”

"Humble duty, regardless of life and death, will protect the county lord and their arrival in the northern frontier."

"I believe in you."

Han Zhaozhi said: "I have never doubted the soldiers of Daning. ”

Xu Luoyin was excited in his heart, and snapped a standard military salute.

Han Zhaozhi looked at Qi Sanjin again: "I also ask you, do you want to go to Northern Xinjiang for a long time, or do you want to stay in Chang'an City for a while?" ”

"I want to go to northern Xinjiang, but I ......"

Qi Sanjin said: "Those gangsters who plotted to kill my master haven't all surrendered to the law yet, I can't leave, and I want to go to the north to see them all when I kill them." ”

"Fang Bailu, you continue to take him to check those green forest guests, give you rights, these green forest guests don't need to be arrested."

Fang Bailu and Qi Sanjin stood solemnly at the same time: "Obey." ”

The three of them took the order one after another, and Nie Ye and An were still left in the house.

Han Zhaozhi said: "First come with me to interrogate the two assassins who came back from Lord Lai's house, and then the two of you will go separately, one will go to the academy and bring people to secretly protect the old dean, and the other will have to go to Gyeonggi Province and keep an eye on the Jiazi camp." ”

Torture chamber.

Han Zhaozhi stepped into the door and glanced at the two assassins who were hanging on the wall, they were all swollen from soaking, and they hadn't been much better after being arrested for more than an hour, and they looked a little miserable.

"Who instructed you to kill Lord Lai?"

Han Zhaozhi sat down and asked.

One of the assassins shook his head: "No, no one instructed me, just trying to go in and grab some silver." ”

Han Zhaozhi snorted: "Take him off and soak him in the water, he likes to soak in the water to fulfill him, you are not allowed to take people out without my order, just keep soaking." ”

The court captains went up to take the person off the wall, and the man was so frightened that he cried and called out to his mother: "My lord, please spare my life, I really don't dare to soak anymore......"

Han Zhaozhi waved his hand, and the court captains escorted people to stop.

Han Zhaozhi asked, "Let me ask you again, who instructed you to go to Lord Lai's mansion." ”

"I don't know ......"

The frightened assassin replied in a trembling voice: "In the Yulin pawnshop in the east of the city, we got the news, and then the big boss arranged for the two of us to sneak into Lord Lai's house to hide, Lord Lai's house is not big, so big is a Shoufu scholar, and the family is small like an ordinary people's house, we really have no place to hide, so we have to hide in the water tank, thinking about waiting for Lord Lai to come back at night, quickly kill people and leave, I never expected ......"

This guy looked miserable: "One hiding is three days and two nights, and if we soak it again, we will both have to soak to death." ”

These two guys really don't know how busy the adults in the cabinet are, and it is common for most people not to go home for three or five days, such as the first assistant and the second assistant, and it is common for them not to go home for ten days and half a month.

"Let's close it first, take someone to the Yulin pawnshop."

Han Zhaozhi commanded and got up: "Shut up in the water prison." ”

Those two guys are going crazy.

"What day is it?"

Han Zhaozhi asked.

"The fifth day of September."

Nie Ye replied, and then asked, "My lord, is there something wrong?" ”

Han Zhaozhi shook his head, always feeling uneasy: "It's okay, I just forgot about the days." ”

Northern Xinjiang, other ancient cities.

The fifth day of the ninth month.

This is the ninth day of the ancient city of Beibei was attacked from all sides, August 25, the army of the Northern Expedition of Daning under the leadership of Wu Xinyu stormed Yeluyuan, and on August 26, the 300,000 army of the Heiwu Khan Emperor Samburu and the army of the national teacher Xin Fengyue began to storm the ancient city on both sides.

It has been eleven days until today, and for Ning Jun in other ancient cities, every day is walking on the edge of hell.

In Beicheng, Shen Leng, who was covered in blood, finally had time to sit down and rest for a while, the offensive of the black warriors was suppressed, but everyone knew that the next offensive might not take long and come again.

It's been eleven days, the weapons and armor carried by the army are consumed at an astonishing speed, and the reserves of feather arrows are not much, at first I felt that the elite of the army of the Black Martial South Academy was not easy to deal with, and I found out that the army brought by Xin Fengyue was not afraid of death at all, these believers of Xin Fengyue seemed to have been brainwashed, Xin Fengyue told them that dying in battle was not a battle death, but obtained the qualification to be promoted to the heavenly kingdom to see the moon god, he got the will of the moon god, and the moon god told him that the other ancient cities were the passage to heaven, and Ning Ren was a demon, Killing demons and dying will be received by the moon god, giving everyone the right to stay in heaven forever and enjoy bliss.

These loyal believers of the Black Martial Sword Sect will really believe that the Ning army is not here to attack the Black Martial Arts, but to learn that there is a passage to the Moon God Palace in other ancient cities, so they will come here, and the Ning people are going to attack the Moon God Palace, they are convinced of this kind of nonsense, in order to protect their Moon God, they are really not afraid of death.

These people's attack on the position is not as effective as the border army of the Black Martial South Courtyard, but they last longer, and those who are not afraid of death pounce on them layer by layer, there is no tactic to speak of, it is just a vigorous forward attack.

The ancient city is too small to put down an army of 100,000, so there is a first layer of defense outside the ancient city, which is a few low walls formed by piled up masonry sandbags to resist the impact of the black warriors.

If this line of defense is broken again, the Black Warriors will directly attack other ancient cities, and with the height of the walls of other ancient cities, it seems that there is not much certainty in blocking the onslaught of the Black Warriors.

Since two days ago, the generals of the Ning army began to persuade His Majesty to lead the cavalry to break out, but His Majesty just didn't agree, His Majesty knew very well that if he took all the cavalry away at this moment, the remaining Ning army would soon be killed by all the black warriors.

"I live and die with the soldiers, and I don't need to persuade them anymore."

The emperor's words were loud and clear.

Shen Leng leaned against the earthen wall and looked into the distance, the corpses had been covered with the earth, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, blood everywhere, the smell of blood permeated the entire battlefield, and the wind could not blow.

In eleven days, the northern front of the Ning army has lost more than 15,000 troops, and the southern front is afraid that there will be nothing less, although the black warriors have lost at least twice as many troops as the Ning army, but this kind of consumption is ultimately unable to support the Ning army.

If the losses of the defenders have been nearly 30,000, and the losses of the black warriors have been at least 100,000, such a battlefield is hell.

But this has far exceeded the initial estimate, the speed of the Ning army's losses has cast a shadow on everyone's hearts, continue to fight like this, the second line of defense will be broken in two more days, and the Ning army has to retreat to other ancient cities, and at most seven days later, the feather arrows will run out, without the feather arrows, the next thing to face is to fight with the black warriors on the city wall every inch and every inch.

Every inch kills.

At this moment, Chu Jianlian appeared in front of Shen Leng, looking as tired, and there was a crossbow arrow on his shoulder.

"Mr. Chu?!"

Shen Leng was taken aback: "You went to the camp of the Black Warriors?" ”

"I went last night."

Chu Jianlian didn't seem to care about the injury on his shoulder, all he cared about was that he didn't gain anything.

"Not close."

He shook his head: "Around the big tent of Xin Fengyue, there are thousands of people around him day and night, and he knows that I am here. ”

Chu Jianlian looked at Shen Leng, and for the first time, there was also weakness in his eyes.