After inspecting outside the city, in the evening, Zhang Jackal returned to Xindu City. The situation inside and outside the city of Xindu was tense and dangerous, and even Zhang Jackal, the most powerful minister in the country today, did not dare to wander outside at night.

Compared with the depression and emptiness of the city, the city is overcrowded at the moment. In addition to the internal and external armies that have been in turmoil and are now left with few internal and external troops, there are the tribes of the powerful families, each of whom divides an area of the city, guards it behind closed doors, and has little communication with each other, so that even Zhang Jackal does not know how many people are still in the city.

Zong Wang Shibao, who was originally in charge of the city defense of Xindu, was elected by Zhang Jackal as the prime minister and general of the left, and he was diligently dreaming of being a powerful minister under one person, and the original city defense army was taken over by Zhang Jackal for various reasons.

Now in Xindu City, aside from the parts of those powerful portals hiding in their own doors, the power on the surface, except for the thousands of Janissary Guards under the control of the successor Che Cavalry General Zu Qing and Tu General Hu Yansheng, have been under Zhang Jackal's control.

Fuliu City, which is not too far from Xindu City, still has an army led by Zhang Ju and from the south of Youzhou, although there are more than 20,000 people in the public, but Zhang Ju believes that Zhang Ju's strength should be more than that. You must know that the displaced people outside Xindu City fled before, and Zhang Ju would definitely not hold back and not make a move.

Unlike Zhang Jackal, who was trapped in the city and was busy fighting for power, Zhang Ju did not enter the country, avoided entanglements and could sit back and enjoy the profits, and his posture was much more calm than that of Zhang Jackal. Moreover, the Xindu army has experienced several turmoil in a very short period of time, and once a major war breaks out, it is doubtful that there will be a few percent of the combat strength left.

However, this part of the Youzhou army has always been firmly controlled by Zhang Ju, and it is normal for Zhang Ju to attract some Haoqiang to lead his troops to take refuge. However, although Zhang Jackal is in power, Zhang Ju, who has a heavy army, obviously will not listen to his orders, so Zhang Jackal is not clear about the specific number of troops in Fuliucheng at the moment.

In addition, there is also a group of troops in Bohai County, which was previously led by Shi Bin, and was killed by Shi Bao after Shi Bin returned to China.

Although Zhang Jackal immediately promised the generals of the Qiang army a high-ranking official after taking power, the distance between Bohai County and Xindu was not close, and it was blocked by Guangchuan City, which was controlled by the Jin army, even if this part of the Qiang army was willing to obey Xindu's orders, if a war broke out in Xindu in the short term, it was still impossible to count on it.

After entering the city, its own city defense generals tended to catch up, including Zhang Bao, the second son of Zhang Jackal. The generals stepped forward, each worried, but only Zhang Bao had less scruples, and asked directly: "Grandpa, can there be traces of the Jin army in the wild?" ”

Whether the Jin army sent troops to attack Xindu is undoubtedly the most concerned issue for everyone in Xindu at present. Although the other generals did not speak, they also looked at Zhang Jackal with apprehension when they heard Zhang Bao ask about the thing they were most concerned about.

Zhang Jackal glanced at Zhang Bao with some displeasure, only to feel that this son had already passed away, but there was still no city government, but after seeing the other generals with a concerned face, he barely squeezed out a sneer on his face: "The Jin army thinks that the king of benevolence and righteousness has promised, and how can they abandon the untouchables outside the city who have seen them begging for shelter." Its army has been in Henan for a long time, and the severe snowstorm in Hebei has not yet come out in the cold winter, and it is only barely maintained, and it does not know the reality of the country, how dare it rashly advance. ”

Hearing Zhang Jackal's answer, several generals and even the soldiers behind them all subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. However, after Zhang Jackal saw this scene, his heart was even more cold, and the soldiers were especially vigorous, but now the soldiers in Xindu City have been scared to this extent without fighting, and now they are just relying on the Jin army to attack, and the situation in the city can still be maintained.

Zhang Jackal's worry naturally would not be shown on his face, but his son Zhang Bao had already grinned: "How can Wu Yue Daoyi be qualified to do the battle of the general trend?" The two countries are competing for power, and they even indiscriminately send false benevolence and righteousness, and delay the fighter plane, do you really think that if you invite those people, you can sweep Hebei? There is still no shortage of wild soldiers roaming in the northern border of Xindu, in this case, it is better to send the army out and expel them to the south, and add another burden to the southern thieves......"

Recently, after hearing this, several generals have their eyes lit up, and they have praised the young general's clever strategy, and there are even many people who take the initiative to ask for help, as if they want to go out of the city immediately to find and expel refugees to the south.

This undoubtedly made Zhang Bao's spirit even more vibrant, and he was about to open his mouth to continue playing, but he suddenly found that his father's eyes looking at him were mostly whites, which was clearly the eyes he would only see after the catastrophe, and his heart suddenly sank, and he was too busy to shut up and dare not speak again.

"Although the Jin army has not yet gone north, it is not safe outside the city, not to mention those wandering Qiangliang bandits, only supporting Liucheng...... At present, the city can still be maintained, or it is not appropriate to divide the troops too much, stick to it, and wait for the Quartet Qin King Biji is the right way. ”

Zhang Jackal's eyes flickered and looked at everyone, he didn't know what these people were thinking, especially a few of them who were eager to lead the troops out of the city, they did not belong to the Zhang family's lineage, but were temporarily transferred into the city by Zhang Jackal before and after the Huguo Temple accident.

Only Zhang Bao's stupid thing would believe that these people are really prosperous, hoping to help Xindu get rid of the misfortune, but Zhang Jackal knows very well in his heart that these people are probably so remorseful that their intestines are green, and they have completely lost hope that Xindu can still be maintained.

Of course, these people have no will to fight and have different thoughts, even if they are forced to stay in the city, it will be a hidden danger. But it is much better than indulging them to join the Jin army and reporting everything in the city to the Jin army.

Zhang Jackal did not adopt Zhang Bao's clever plan, and several generals were inevitably disappointed, but they did not dare to force it again. They are indeed full of chagrin at this moment, they were greedy for the temptation of Zhang Jackal's promised position to attract people into the city for their strength, but seeing that those heroes outside the city took advantage of the chaos in the city to disperse and get free again, and they had to sit in this hopeless sorrowful city, food and clothing would be difficult to maintain, and they had to worry about the siege of most of the Jin army at all times.

The King of the Quartet? This is just a joke, even the Fuliucheng army that is close at hand has no sign of moving closer to Xindu, where is there any Qinwang reinforcements at this moment who will stupidly run to Xindu!

After sending the generals of the city defense, Zhang Jackal left the city wall surrounded by his own soldiers and went straight to the direction of Huguo Temple. Along the way, there is no lack of barricades and alley defenses erected by domestic slaves instructed by the powerful people in the country, and now the entire Xindu City has long been divided into large and small areas by such messy and simple defenses, and even the edict of the Chinese envoy is difficult to travel through the city.

The defense of Huguo Temple has been strengthened again, and it has become an independent fortress in the city of Xindu. After the previous incident, all parties could not reach a consensus on where to put the lord Shi Hu under house arrest, so they simply stayed in Huguo Temple, including the Empress Liu and the prince Shi Shi.

As for the return of the lord to the outside world, it is just to prevent some powerful dogs in the city from jumping over the wall and competing for the lord.

In the current forbidden garden, only Shi Bao, the king of Wei, who has been overhead, is left behind, and Shi Bao is also very satisfied with this arrangement, and the entire forbidden garden is completely controlled by him, which makes him feel a sense of satisfaction in controlling the state privy, not to mention the pleasure brought by the treasures and beauties in the garden.

As the center of the Qianguo Dynasty, Zhang Jackal simply took Huguo Temple as his home, and his family moved here, and his eldest son Zhang Chang led the most elite descendants of his family to be responsible for defense.

After returning to Huguo Temple, Zhang Chang hurried to report what had happened during the time Zhang Jackal had left, including how the main Shihu had eaten, who Empress Liu had summoned, and how many people had entered and left the West Temple. Although everything is not detailed, it is also detailed and appropriate, and Zhang Jackal is also very satisfied with this stable and methodical eldest son.

In fact, Zhang Jackal couldn't help but think that the death of his cousin Zhang Li in the hands of Shi Bin was not all bad. Previously, because Zhang Jackal was confined to the forbidden garden by the lord Shihu, some family affairs had to be entrusted to Zhang Li, after Zhang Li's death, although he did lose his arm, but to a certain extent, the Zhang family's faintly separated family forces were condensed again.

It may be a little cold to think so, but Zhang Jackal had already faintly felt that as the power in his hands increased, Zhang Li was not as deferential to him as in previous years.

In such a chaotic season, any mistake can bring about a catastrophe that will never be recovered, and compared to Zhang Li, a cousin with fledgling wings, there is no doubt that the sons are more credible. After all, Zhang Jackal has struggled for most of his life, not for these descendants and heirs?

"What is Zu Qing's unusual behavior today?"

After listening to Zhang Chang's report, Zhang Jackal asked again after a little silence. From the outside, Zu Qing is his son-in-law, and he helped him launch a court change to imprison the master, and he must be his descendant of the humerus. Zhang Jackal is also happy to keep people with this illusion, but in private, he is not lax in his vigilance against Zu Qing at all.

Especially before and after the Huguo Temple incident, Zhang Jackal could clearly feel the strong dissent surging under Zu Qing's obedient appearance. And it was precisely because of Zu Qing's strong refusal to hand over the Shi Hu under his control that Zhang Jackal had to make more concessions and compromises, and even the previous attempt to lure Zhang Ju into the city with the canonization of the crown prince, Zhang Jackal suspected that it might have been secretly sabotaged by Zu Qing.

"My sister-in-law is not abnormal, she is still sticking to Dongtai."

Although he knew his father's vigilance against Zu Qing, even after being behind, Zhang Chang did not show too much hostility towards Zu Qing, which is also one of the manifestations of his stable character.

After Zhang Jackal heard this, his eyes were even colder, Dongtai was the place where Shi Hu was imprisoned at the moment, Zu Qing has always controlled this place, and no one was allowed to take over, and even Zhang Jackal was not able to see Shi Hu after the Huguo Temple incident, which was also one of the reasons why Zhang Jackal was dissatisfied with him.

"Later, you send someone to take Jiu Niangzi back to the house, I have something to ask her."