1475 The Giant Thief Ambushes Him
The sudden riot in the night of the Qiang army can be traced back to its origin, mainly because Zhang Chang suddenly ordered the blockade of Huguo Temple.
As the self-contained core of the current Xindu City, the defense level of Huguo Temple is extremely high. If it weren't for a high-ranking general like Zu Qing, who knew the details of Huguo Temple's defense, it would be difficult for ordinary people to enter and exit it in private.
The most terrible thing is that it is Zu Qing that Zhang Chang needs to deal with. This bold and wolf-ambitious shaft can sneak into the West Hall without Zhang Chang noticing that it is so important, the so-called tight defense of the Huguo Temple is just a dustpan leaking everywhere in his eyes, and it is very simple to sneak out and escape quietly.
In the face of drastic changes, Zhang Chang's first reaction was naturally to completely cover Zu Qing in the Huguo Temple, although this may be very small, but it is related to the gains and losses of the jade seal, which is an important weapon of the country, even if there is still a little possibility, Zhang Chang will naturally not give up.
With his order, the passage inside and outside the Huguo Temple was suddenly cut off, and it completely became an isolated island garrisoned by strong soldiers. And now in the Huguo Temple, there are many powerful guests, who are not satisfied with Zhang Jackal's blackmailing of the monarch to gain power, but they are forced to choose to cooperate and cooperate to defend the city because of the threat of the Jin army.
But this does not mean that they completely believe in the Zhang father and son and are defenseless, Zhang Chang suddenly ordered the closure of the access to the Huguo Temple, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the already fragile cooperative relationship.
The magnates living in the temple were unwilling to be trapped by the Zhang family and his son in order to annex and engulf their participation in the defense of the city, which caused strong resistance and even impacted the forbidden defense.
Zhang Chang was worried about the gains and losses of the national seal, and it was too late to give a detailed order in a hurry, and the Zhang family's henchmen who were ordered to go to various passages just remembered that there was no forgiveness for those who violated the ban, and they naturally killed those powerful families who dared to use a strong impact on the forbidden defense.
When blood is seen and people die, the situation naturally becomes serious. If it was a misunderstanding caused by poor communication before, then now it can be determined that the Zhang father and son have bad intentions and want to catch all these powerful people in the country!
These people are naturally unwilling to be killed, on the one hand, they organized manpower to forcibly attack the forbidden defense, and ordered the private soldiers involved in the city defense to quickly return to this defense to rescue them, and on the other hand, they organized the manpower in the temple to rush to the Zhang family's residence!
Zhang Chang couldn't accept the fact that the jade seal of the country was stolen by Zu Qing, and he ignored the fragile human situation under Xindu's current situation in the chaos, so he was not allowed to ban the Huguo Temple with such fanfare to search for lost property. And by the time he reacted, the conflict had already completely broken out.
Seeing that the situation was irreparable, Zhang Chang did not dare to withdraw the previous order, on the one hand, he ordered to continue to strengthen the forbidden defense, and on the other hand, he sent someone to inform his father Zhang Jackal, who supervised the battle at the head of the city. It's just that he didn't dare to tell the story of the theft of the national seal, only said that Zu Qing ran away and made trouble, hoping that Zhang Jackal could return to preside over the situation as soon as possible.
Variables abruptly emerged, and many accumulated hidden dangers suddenly broke out together, and Zhang Chang was already in a hurry. What's even worse is that in the evening, the city defense has just transferred thousands of guards, which makes Zhang Chang's strength even less enough to deal with the chaos in Huguo Temple at this moment.
In order to be able to quickly control the situation, Zhang Chang could only mobilize all the forces still controlled by his family in the temple, stabilize the forbidden defense, return to guard his family, and at the same time protect himself who is currently in the west hall, and even the guards stationed in Dongtai were transferred. In the chaos, he couldn't care about searching Zu Qing's traces anymore.
In addition to the Zhang family's forces, there is also a considerable force in the Huguo Temple, that is, Hu Yansheng, the Xiongnu general stationed in the west hall. Zhang Chang suddenly made such a big move and made such a big mess, Hu Yansheng naturally couldn't be calm, and he was busy sending people to the front hall to reprimand Zhang Chang what he wanted!
Zhang Chang didn't even dare to report such a major event as the theft of the national seal to his father Zhang Jackal, fearing that his father would give him up in anger to appease the resentment. Hu Yansheng's reprimand, Zhang Chang naturally would not tell the truth.
If the husband and wife can't reach each other's content, there will be a lot of secret resentment, not to mention this already fragile political alliance. Zhang Chang refused to respond, in Hu Yansheng's view, he was extremely arrogant and unpredictable, especially with the rapid spread of the riots in the temple, Hu Yansheng's patience was quickly exhausted, and he was unwilling to ask for patience anymore.
So Hu Yansheng ordered to protect Empress Liu and the crown prince Shishi, and prepared to leave Huguo Temple and move to the Forbidden Garden, so as to avoid the danger of coexisting with the Zhang family and seeking skin with the tiger.
However, Hu Yansheng's decisive move directly broke through Zhang Chang's bottom line. He was ordered by his father to stay in the Guardian Temple, first the seal of the country was accidentally stolen, if even Empress Liu and the crown prince were out of the control of his family, he didn't even dare to imagine how angry his father would be when he returned.
One party insists on leaving, the other party will never agree, both sides have a group of soldiers, and can not communicate effectively at all, then there is only one result, that is, no accident to start a fire!
Zhang Chang and Hu Yansheng directly fought in the west hall, and Zhang Jackal on the head of the city was also unsafe.
In the afternoon, he personally supervised the battle and commanded the recapture of the urn city that was broken by the Jin army, Zhang Jackal had already exhausted his efforts, with a group of new soldiers in the Huguo Temple being transferred to the city defense, Zhang Jackal even had no energy to arrange the repair of the city defense, and ordered the second son Zhang Bao and other cronies and family members, and he returned to the camp in the city to rest, and at the same time thought about the next day countermeasures.
The Jin army outside the city attacked fiercely, but Zhang Jackal had been fighting for half his life, and his military experience was also extremely rich. Although the Jin army is still in a situation of continuous increase in troops, after a few days of fighting, Zhang Jackal can faintly feel that the Jin army is quite strong and capable. However, since there are no scouts to systematically investigate the detailed military situation of the Jin army, this may only exist in speculation.
However, even if he could not be sure of the strength of the Jin army, Zhang Jackal's confidence in continuing to hold on to the city had increased a lot, and before the war began, the city was already demoralized and in a hurry, and the reserves were not enough to last until the end of March.
However, with the real arrival of the Jin army in the city, many powerful people in the city who refused to cooperate were forced to change their attitudes and began to cooperate. These powerful families not only provided troops to strengthen the city defenses, but also took out the goods stored in their homes to maintain the situation, so that the situation was maintained until April.
As for Zhang Ju of Fuliu City, after learning that the Lord had been controlled by Zhang Jackal, he finally expressed his willingness to cooperate. However, at the same time as the Jin army attacked Xindu, there were also traces of Jin army activities in the west, and Zhang Ju had already stated that he would give actual assistance to Xindu after determining the reality of the Jin army in the west.
Zhang Jackal didn't doubt this very much. Since the Jin army of Tobu City has gone north, it is normal for the Xiangguo side to send troops. Although he and Zhang Ju cannot be intimate, they always have the same interests and positions, and now that Xindu has reached a dangerous moment, it is no longer meaningful for Zhang Ju to lead troops to respect himself.
The Jin army outside the city is real and real, Zhang Jackal already has a certain guess, and the assistance from Fuliu City is also expected. At present, Zhang Jackal is no longer seeking merit, but only hopes to maintain the current situation for a few days, and then work with Zhang Ju to force the Jin army to retreat outside the city, even if the Jin army will continue to attack later, then it can also fight and retreat, and seek calmness.
Thinking like this, Zhang Jackal's spirit became more and more tired, and he had fallen asleep unconsciously. But before he slept for too long, suddenly his family rushed in to report that it was Zu Qing who had made a disturbance in the Huguo Temple, and there was already a riot in the Huguo Temple.
After Zhang Jackal was disturbed, he was already in a bad mood, and when he heard that it was just Zu Qing running away and making trouble, he didn't pay enough attention to it, but just replied: "Tell Da Lang, after capturing that shaft, kill it immediately, and there is no need to condone and raise evil." As for other disturbances, the main thing is to appease, and it is still not possible to deal with evil. ”
For the stability and ability of this eldest son, Zhang Jackal still trusts it, otherwise he would not have arranged for Zhang Chang to stay in the critical place of the Guardian National Temple. As for Zu Qing, as the powerful families in the country joined the city defense one after another, they already had a certain tacit understanding with each other, and Zhang Jackal no longer had to worry about the previous problems.
The family members who came to report the news did not know that the chaos in the Huguo Temple also involved such a major event as the theft of the national seal, and when they heard the order of the head of the family, they hurriedly retired and returned to the Huguo Temple to resume their lives.
Zhang Jackal was still waiting to continue to rest on the couch, but suddenly the sound of riots sounded in various parts of the city defense, and it was spreading rapidly.
"What happened?"
When it came to the safety of the city's defense, Zhang Jackal didn't dare to slack off, his sleepiness disappeared, he put on his armor and went out of the camp, and asked in a hurry.
"The last will not know...... I only listen to the shouting of the rebels, and the words are yes, and the words are ......"
The general stepped forward, looking quite anxious, still hesitating whether to tell the truth, but soon the shouting elsewhere had already answered on his behalf: "The dog thief Zhang Jackal, the father and son are both evil, hijacking the king, taking power in the country, seizing the characters of various families, and harming my master and father......"
When Zhang Jackal heard those shouts, his face sank suddenly, and he immediately ordered: "Those who bewitch the crowd with evil words will be killed!" and sue the army of the city defense, those who dare to leave their posts without permission will be punished by military law......"
However, before he finished his order, he saw that there were already private soldiers belonging to various powerful families on the four sides of the camp who had broken through the camp and rushed straight to the direction of the Huguo Temple in the city. Although these people temporarily obeyed Zhang Jackal's orders to participate in the defense of the city, the objects of their real allegiance were still the lords of each family, and where would they put Zhang Jackal's so-called military orders in their eyes!
"What the hell is Da Lang doing? is just a shaft, and it is worth making such a big storm! ”
Zhang Jackal knew that these powerful tribes could not be controlled, and only by returning to Huguo Temple and letting their respective masters come forward to appease them could they settle down. So he ordered the city to be strictly guarded, and on the other hand, he led hundreds of families to hurriedly leave the camp and go straight to the direction of Huguo Temple.
At this time, the periphery of Huguo Temple had already been chaotic to the extreme, and all the defense departments were desperately attacking the guards who were defending the passage. And when Zhang Jackal appeared on the long street, someone who was concerned about the Savior found him and shouted loudly: "The dog thief Zhang Jackal is here, capture this giant thief who harms the country, and pay for the life of the king!" ”
Zhang Jackal came in a hurry, but he didn't expect that the situation in Huguo Temple had reached such a bad level, and he didn't have time to react, and he was overwhelmed by the swarming private soldiers in an instant!