Great Zhou Tianzi

Zhao Wenjun's fief is located [-] miles southeast of Wangcheng. It is called Zhaocheng. It sounds like a city at first glance, but it is actually just a village with hundreds of households and a population of less than [-].

This is not surprising, the land area of ​​Dazhou is small and pitiful, but there are so many princes and nobles, it is worthwhile to divide a real city by one person, except for the emperor's land, the person who owns the most land is the old grand master Fei Success is nothing more than taking charge of a small city with less than [-] households.

In contrast, Ji Jian is much worse. He has no fief, and only lives on the meager salary of the treasurer. Even though he is also a direct descendant of the emperor, he has not even got a wife.

The two rode to Zhaocheng. The silence here was full of panic. From the faces of the people, it could be seen that they were a little at a loss in the face of the threat of these robbers.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, princes and generals can have private soldiers equivalent to one-tenth of the households in their fiefdoms. That is to say, you can raise one private soldier if you have ten families. However, the number of private soldiers in the hands of many lords There are more than that, and it is said that they add up to more than the regular army of the country.

However, when Ji Jie went to Ghost Valley three years ago, he disbanded the [-] private soldiers he raised. His fief is so close to the royal city, and the security conditions are relatively better. They will not send people to grab things, that's why they decided to disband.

In his opinion, without someone to manage those private soldiers, there is a possibility that they will feed on the common people. Besides, the private soldiers were set up to protect the common people. As long as they are collected according to normal taxes, how can those common people resist food? Woolen cloth?

As soon as he entered the village, a strong man was beating a farmer violently. The farmer's face was covered with blood. His child was stubbornly holding one of the big man's legs. He raised his fist and was about to hit the child's head. How could a child Withstood his sandbag-like fist.

"Stop!" Ji Jie yelled fiercely, and the big man subconsciously stopped the movement of punching down.

"Your Majesty is back!" Someone shouted, and the peasants hiding in the house came out one after another, saluting Ji Jie.

The big man who beat him was none other than the captain of the private army before the disbandment, named Hei Kui.

"Hei Kui, why did you hit someone?" Ji Jian also knew this person.

With a drunken face on his face, Hei Kui first saluted the two of them, and then said with a big tongue: "I have seen the emperor and the treasurer. I heard that the robbers of the Black Arrow Gang said that they would wash this place with blood. The former captain of Zhaocheng Guards, of course I have to take on the responsibility of protecting this place. Your Majesty ordered us to disband three years ago and also confiscated the weapons. I need money to buy weapons quickly. They, outsiders, brought out your order three years ago. The rules are that if you don’t give it, I have no choice but to teach you a lesson!”

The people who were beaten were called outsiders, that is, farmers who escaped from other countries. Although these people could get a little land for farming after they arrived in Dazhou, the tax was much heavier than that of local citizens. The local roots are naturally also the targets of frequent bullying.

Before Ji Jie crossed over, he was treated coldly by the locals at his workplace, and he hated it deeply. He raised the horsewhip in his hand and shouted, "Where are the former Zhaocheng guards!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" After several responses, several people walked out from the crowd.

"Tie me up!" Ji Jie pointed at Hei Kui and said, "Before I left, I made a rule that anyone who dares to bully farmers in Yurou Township will be whipped fifty times and expelled from Zhaocheng, and he will not be allowed to set foot here in this life! Execute immediately!"

Hei Kui was dumbfounded for a moment. The former team members didn't know what to do. After all, he was their captain, but the king's order had to be carried out, so he quickly winked at Ji Jian.

Ji Jian persuaded: "Mr. Zhao Wen, although Hei Kui violated the rules, he was out of good intentions and there was nothing wrong with him. This is the time to employ people. I think I will spare him for the time being and allow him to make meritorious deeds!"

"No, Hei Kui must be punished!" Ji Jie said with a dark face: "But since the Treasurer is begging for mercy, I will give this face! Fifty lashes will be changed to thirty lashes, just to see the aftermath. If you commit another crime in the future, you will never be forgiven! "

The beaten farmer was grateful and kowtowed repeatedly with his son Xiaohu.

Zhao Wenjun's mansion, in fact, this is just a slightly larger farm. The members of the guard gathered here for the first time in three years. Hei Kui was stripped of his coat and tied to a pillar. Two people in charge of whipping took out a bucket of water to soak whip, and lashed his body fiercely.

Hei Kui screamed again and again, and passed out as soon as he passed twenty whips. Just kidding, Ji Jie personally supervised, who would dare to let the water go.

"Let's fight!" Ji Jie waved his hand, he stood up and said loudly: "Three years ago, when I disbanded the guards, everyone had no complaints. I thank you for your understanding. Today, the robbers threatened to wash my Zhaocheng with blood. We must stand up and resist. Of course, soldiers are raised for a thousand days before they are used for a short period of time. I have not raised you for three years. So, those who are willing to rejoin, distribute weapons and reorganize the guards. A member of Zhaocheng!"

"We are willing to stay and fight the enemy together!" The 79ers shouted at the same time.

Ji Jie was grateful in his heart, and didn't know what to say. At this time, one of them stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if we wanted to leave, we would have left long ago. Looking at the entire Zhou Dynasty, there is no place where the tax is lower than our Zhaocheng. There is no lord who is more considerate of us than Mr. Zhao Wen!"

"I want to join the army too!" The one who spoke was Xiaohu who clearly had a childish voice.

"Hehe, when you grow up, I will definitely approve you to join my guard!" Ji Jie said with a smile, "Go back and take care of your father, he is seriously injured!"

Xiaohu turned back reluctantly, Ji Jian saw it warm in his heart, and volunteered to say: "Your guard needs a captain, let me be the captain!"

"You do?" Ji Jie waved his hands again and again, and said, "You are the treasurer of my Great Zhou, how can you be the captain of Zhaocheng's guard!"

"Why not!" Ji Jian said solemnly: "I've been tired of being that bird treasurer for a long time. Eat! I said you don't think I'm not competent, do you?"

Just kidding, Ji Jian is a famous fast swordsman among the children surnamed Ji. Ji Jie three years ago couldn't even survive three moves in front of him.

The weapons were distributed. Ji Jian picked out two bronze swords and a set of armor, and Ji Jie picked out a sword and a spear. He really couldn't find a suitable weapon, so he had to make do with it.Except for the two of them, the equipment of the other soldiers is much simpler. They can only choose from bows and arrows, long swords and long spears, and they have no armor and no horses.

In any case, a guard of 80 men is more effective than a group of unarmed peasants,

Ji Jie stood on the stage and announced the order: "Chief of the guard Ji Jian, you choose eighteen warriors to join me, and we will confront the bandits head-on."

"Decree!" Ji Jian shouted deeply.

"The remaining 62 people are scattered in the mansion and granary, using longbows and hard crossbows to resist the attack of the bandit cavalry!"

"Order!"

After everyone dispersed, Ji Jian asked with some doubts: "Mr. Zhao Wen, didn't the Black Arrow Gang say they would come here the night after tomorrow? Why did you let everyone stay in the granary tonight?"

Ji Jie smiled and said: "The Black Arrow Gang's team has already arrived. They didn't say they would do it tonight, because they were afraid that I wouldn't be able to make it today. We are running all the way, and the thieves they sent must have seen it clearly. Now that they have received the news that I have returned, why should they wait another two days? Moreover, their leaders must think that the attack tonight will have a miraculous effect, because they believe that we thought they would come the night after tomorrow, and they will relax their vigilance tonight!"

Ji Jian nodded and suggested, "Would you like me to go back and bring in reinforcements? It's a bit of a stretch for us dozens of people to fight against the vicious bandits!"

Ji Jie shook his head and said, "No, the Great Zhou army's fighting power is very weak. It's okay to let them bully the common people. It's useless to borrow reinforcements! The private soldiers of the nobles are powerful, but they will definitely not borrow them. My private soldiers are more precious than my own sons, and we can only rely on ourselves!"

There is another reason that he didn't explain, that is, after the reinforcements were moved in, the robbers would definitely choose to retreat temporarily and find another opportunity when they saw that there were so many people in Zhaocheng. Criminal, don't let it go, so many mouths to eat and drink, how can the little Zhaocheng afford it.

Ji Jie's prediction was right. After Gu Feng got the information, he immediately decided to send troops to Zhaocheng tonight.

After nightfall, the robbers filed out and came straight to this place.

The person who was with Gu Feng was named Cai He, he was very strong, he was good at wielding two giant axes, each weighing [-] jin, ordinary swords would only be split in two when encountering such a heavy weapon the result of.

Yesterday Gu Feng took his men back in despair, happened to meet his good friend Cai He, and told him about the matter, Cai He patted his chest and said to help him vent his anger, Gu Feng was overjoyed, and promised to kill Zhaocheng after the bloodbath. He shared half of the looted property.

The two hit it off.

The horse team stopped at the entrance of Zhaocheng, and was about to go in when a voice sounded: "Why did you come here, Ji Jie has been waiting here for a long time!"

Gu Feng's heart skipped a beat, the decision to attack tonight was just made, how could he, Ji Jie, know, it looks like they have already prepared a trap, just waiting for us to drill into it.

Cai He glanced at Gu Feng with disdain, and said, "Brother, you are not intimidated by this vain Mr. Zhaowen, are you? As for becoming what it is today!"

"Brother Cai doesn't know, this Ji Jie is very slippery, it's better to be more careful!" Gu Feng said sincerely.

Cai He didn't take it seriously, shook the big ax in his hand, and said, "If you're afraid, just stay here and wait, and watch how I cut off his head, and then you lead people to kill him in! Drive..."