Several people looked at each other.
Gao Yanei asked, "Is it a vegetable-eating demon?"
Zhang Shixun shook his head.
Han Shizhong said: "If I am not mistaken, they should be Yang Tianwang's minions."
Zhang Shixun gave a thumbs up and said, "You guessed it right. It's Yang Tianwang's people."
"Great." He Ji rubbed his hands excitedly. "We know nothing about Heavenly King Yang. With this henchman, we can interrogate him properly."
Zhang Shixun nodded and looked at Han Shizhong. "I'll leave the man to you. Interrogate him thoroughly and try to get him to confess everything he knows."
"Don't worry, leave it to me... Where is the person?"
"Follow me." Zhang Shixun brought a few people to the backyard.
Diao Wu had already woken up and was squatting inside the door looking out. When he saw Zhang Shixun and others coming, he quickly knelt down, lowered his head and said nothing.
Han Shizhong stretched out his big hand, grabbed his collar, and lifted him up like a chicken.
"Tell me! What's your name?"
"Diao...Diao Wu."
"How long have you been with Yang Tianwang?"
"We've been together since we were little. We're from the same village."
…
While Han Shizhong was interrogating Diao Wu, Zhang Shixun returned to the second floor and contacted Wang Dong.
"What's the matter?" Wang Dong asked.
"How's your injury?"
"I'm not dead. I've already gotten out of the lifeboat and am heading back to Gao Village."
"There's no need to rush back to Gao Village. It's better to stay in the lifeboat for a few more days to be treated, just in case."
"The resources in the lifeboat are limited. They become less every time we use them. It's better to return to Gao Laozhuang and slowly recuperate."
"Okay, I'll ask Hei Wuchang to send Xiao Qian and the others back."
"Is there anything else you need? If not, I'm hanging up."
"Don't hang up so quickly... Those people in the imperial court have finally lost their patience. They want me to go and wipe out Heavenly King Yang. I guess I'll have to leave the capital for a while."
Wang Dong didn't care. "Just go. Weishi is just a novice village for you. Killing monsters there will help you improve your skills."
"After I leave, you must be careful and stay in Gao Village to repair your turtle shell."
Zhang Shixun was a little worried about his safety. This guy was sometimes unreliable.
"Well, after this experience, I'm not going anywhere."
After ending the call, Zhang Shixun asked Sangou to hire a few cars, and together with Hei Wuchang, he sent Xiaoqian and the others back to Gao Laozhuang.
After they left, he called Zheng Yuanyuan and Mei, Lan, Qiu and Ju over.
"I'm going to lead the army out for the next couple of days, so you guys have to look after this house," Zhang Shixun said, pulling out a heavy package. "Here are fifty taels of silver and some copper coins. While I'm gone, Zheng Yuanyuan will be in charge of this house temporarily. She'll make all the decisions, so you all have to listen to her, understand?"
Plum, orchid, autumn and chrysanthemum all agreed.
Zheng Yuanyuan smiled sweetly, "Master, please go to the battle without worry. I will take good care of the house and wait for your triumphant return."
After arranging these, Zhang Shixun asked Gao Yanei to escort Gao Wu, and the group hurried towards the Tianwu Army.
Not long after arriving at Tianwu Army, someone from the Privy Council came.
The person who came was Zhao Shao, the Chief Secretary of the Privy Council, an official who was specifically responsible for conveying military orders. He didn't say much after arriving and directly conveyed the military order to mobilize troops to suppress bandits to Zhang Shixun, ordering him to set off the same day after receiving the order, without even giving him time to prepare.
Zhang Shixun took the military order with a dark face, and immediately gathered all the officers and soldiers of the First Army and announced the military order of the court.
When the officers and soldiers heard this, they were all surprised.
As one of the four upper armies, the Tianwu Army was only responsible for guarding the capital and never went out. This time, it was actually transferred to suppress bandits, which was a precedent.
After Zhang Shixun announced the military order, he did not delay for a moment and ordered He Ji to take people to collect weapons and equipment.
The Song Dynasty had very strict control over weapons. Weapons were not usually equipped and were stored in warehouses.
Everyone in the First Army began to get busy.
Gao Yanei imprisoned Diao Wu in the cellar and hurried to Zhang Shixun's room: "Brother, do you really want to follow the military order and set out tomorrow?"
Zhang Shixun was sitting by the fire, lost in thought. When he saw him come in, his face expressionless, he simply said, "Military orders must not be disobeyed."
"How can an army just march out like that?" Gao Yanei said anxiously. "It takes time to deploy baggage, fodder, and personnel. How can we just march out over a thousand people like that? Damn it! Those bastards in the Privy Council are clearly deliberately making things difficult for us."
Zhang Shixun knew very well that behind the Privy Council were Emperor Zhao Ji, as well as Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng.
If they were not afraid of his ability to summon thunder, they might have used more sinister means to deal with him.
Seeing that he remained silent, Gao Yanei said, "We can use the excuse of preparing supplies to delay our departure for a few days."
Zhang Shixun said calmly, "Whether or not this is a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for me, I will follow your orders this time."
He planned to turn a bad thing into a good thing and take this opportunity to further train his troops.
"But..." Gao Yanei was anxious, "We can't prepare well in such a short time."
"No matter how prepared we are, we will set off tomorrow." Zhang Shixun's tone left no room for doubt.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Gao Yanei said angrily, "Brother, you are too honest."
"Stop talking nonsense, Yanei." Zhang Shixun stood up and walked out, saying, "Yanei, go help He Ji distribute supplies and make preparations before the departure."
"where you go?"
"I'll go to the kitchen and ask the cook to prepare some dry food for us."
On the twenty-third day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Xuanhe, at the time of Si.
A team of a thousand people appeared on the imperial road leading to Nanxun Gate, immediately attracting the attention of the people of Tokyo.
The team had waving flags, shining helmets and armor, and was in neat formation. The clanging footsteps sounded as if they were from one person.
The people on the road stopped and stood by the roadside looking at this majestic team, feeling their blood boiling.
"Oh my! What kind of team is this? It's so impressive."
"Could it be the imperial guard?"
"No, the guards are dressed much more fancy than them."
The people stretched their necks to look at the team and talked about it.
Zhang Shixun strode at the front of the team, his eyes looking straight towards Nanxun Gate without looking away.
The First Army's barracks were closest to Caomen, and they could have left the city from Caomen, but he chose to lead his troops through the Nanxunmen route.
The time point is chosen to be around noon, when there are the most people.
His purpose is very clear, it can be summed up in two words: show off.
Show off to the court.
Show off to everyone.
Since the court has given him this opportunity to show himself, he would be a fool not to take advantage of it.
For this purpose, he specially put on the armor issued by the court.
Putting aside its practicality, the armor worn by Song Dynasty generals is still quite majestic. The helmet is a phoenix-wing helmet inlaid with exquisite patterns. The breastplate is divided into two parts, and there is an animal head on the belly guard. The shoulder guards, chest, back, abdomen, and legs are connected into a whole.
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