Chapter 89, there are thieves
With the end of the theft training in Xu Wuxian County, the team of more than 800 people was rearranged and stationed in pavilions and townships.
Basically, the establishment is still dominated by pavilions, with a total of nine pavilions in the county, but not every pavilion has pavilions. First of all, it is centered on large pavilions with large populations, dense residents and convenient transportation. A pavilion team is set up here to ensure the preparation of burglens in many nearby places; secondly, it is scattered in remote areas. The villages gather in the nearest townships and cities in the area and regularly inspect them to alert the four directions.
The number of each pavilion team is not completely unified. It is arranged according to the regional population base of each pavilion team. The pavilion is a brigade, and the pavilion pavilion is a team, with more than 100 people and dozens of people. Naturally, the largest team is the team around Guo, Gongwei County. It is also the direct team of the ancestral family led by Zu Zhao himself, with a total of more than 300 people, all equipped with horses and armor, almost more powerful and combat effectiveness than officers and soldiers.
For this year's preparation for theft, although there is a lot of turmoil in the county, the county government of Xu Wu County can still feel a little relieved.
Z Zhao's training plan and the preparation of theft formation plan are almost unprecedented and well-considered. Even put aside the positive and hard work of the armed robbers throughout the training, a team of 800 people, including 300 fully armed knights, is enough to bring a sense of security to the whole county.
What's more, there has been no difference in theft in the past seven or eight years.
Once one party finds a thief, the nearby pavilion team will be the first to organize a confrontation, which is more than enough to deal with ordinary thieves. If you encounter a large group of thieves or groups of Huma, the nearby pavilion team can resist first and wait for the help of other pavilions. More than 300 knights are located in the county, enough to reach anywhere in the county in the shortest time.
Xu Wuxian County has achieved the ultimate in preventing thieves!
On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zu Zhao came back from the inspection around North Guoting and sat down in the front hall and drank a bowl of sweet soup. Today is the annual Pinglu Lantern Festival, but although there are such festivals after Emperor Wen of Han, only the prefectures and counties near the capital that really regard today as a festival. On the one hand, it is because of the wealth and prosperity of the Central Plains. On the other hand, activities to commemorate the day of Pinglu are usually held in the capital. Other remote states and counties for a year It is a luxury to have a stable Spring Festival.
There are some pink fruits in this bowl of sweet soup, but unfortunately, there is little habit of eating pink fruits in the north of Youzhou, and this pink fruit is also unsatisfactory. However, for Zu Zhao, at least it is an idea of the Lantern Festival, and there is no need to take it too seriously.
After eating the first bowl of sweet soup, suddenly a woman brought the newly cooked sweet soup and sent it to the front hall for the children who had just returned from the night patrol to taste. Zu Zhao just felt that it was too cold outside the house and ate a bowl of hot food to warm up. He didn't want to be greedy, so he asked other children to eat more, and he was ready to put down the bowl.
At this moment, cousin Zu Qing grabbed the spoon in one hand, walked to Zu Zhao and said to him with a smile, "You need to eat one more bowl!"
Seeing his cousin's face, Zu Zhao thought that his cousin had undressed his clothes and medicine for himself earlier, and he didn't say much for a while.
He thought about the relationship between this cousin and himself. Zu Qing was not a direct relative, and generally seemed to be two generations apart. And Zu Qing is now at the age of marriage. Naturally, there is a mature charm, especially when she smiles, with two small dimples on her face, which adds some pure beauty in addition to her charm. However, even so, he will not have any indifferent thoughts, at most because his thoughts are different, so he feels strange.
After eating another bowl of pink fruit, Zu Zhao thought he would be safe tonight and decided to return to his home to remove the plate armor.
His armor was smelted by craftsmen as early as the beginning of the first month, but because there were many inappropriate places, it was repeatedly modified for seven or eight days, and it was not until today that he barely achieved the expected effect. The model of plate armor still imitates the style of European medieval cavalry. It is sharp and simple in structure. Although many people are not used to it, he personally feels good. At least he doesn't have to worry about hurting people.
The plate armor is not too heavy. After modification, it is already a medium-light armor. If there is enough time, he can wear and take off alone. After all, this set of plate armor is used for testing. After the technology is mature, another corresponding armor suitable for special combat, such as heavy cavalry armor, etc.
As soon as he left the front hall and didn't take a few steps, Zu Zhao suddenly heard a burst of ** from the front hall behind him, as if someone was shouting. He immediately stopped and immediately turned back to the front hall.
In the hall, a group of children who were originally eating pink fruits now put down the soup bowls in their hands, with a grim look.
At the gate stood a man dressed as a farmer, sweating heavily, holding his knees with his hands, bending down and panting, obviously running all the way here.
Zu Zhao asked sharply, "What's the matter?"
Zu Cheng, who stood near the gate, saw Zu Zhao and returned. He quickly greeted him and said, "Son, something happened to Fan'anting. This person came from Anyang Pavilion to report the news."
Zu Zhao changed slightly, but did not show much waves. He strode to the gate and asked the farmer, "How did you report an accident in Fan'an Pavilion when you came from Anyang Pavilion?"
The farmer finally recovered and said quickly, "Wang Dashi of Fan'an Pavilion escaped to our Anyang Pavilion and told us that there were thieves to rob the village at night. My master asked the villain to come to Zujiazhuang quickly and inform the eldest son of this matter.
Fan'an Pavilion is located in a remote area, with sparse villages and sparse people. Naturally, it is a place where it is easy for thieves to attack.
However, Anyang Pavilion, which is the closest to Fan'an Pavilion, happened to have a team of robbers from the Zhang family, which should have rushed there by now.
Zu Zhao immediately asked again, "What's the current situation of Fan'an Pavilion?"
The farmer looked dull and hesitated for a long time, saying, "This is not clear to the villain. Hearing Wang Da's words, it seems that the thief has burned Fan'an Pavilion..."
Zu Zhao thought silently for a moment, turned to the children in the hall and said, "Let's pack up and get ready to go to Fan'an Pavilion." After saying that, he said to Zu Cheng, "A Cheng, go and tell Uncle Ling and Aji first that I will take 50 people to Fan'an Pavilion first. For this period, Uncle Ling will be in charge of the town for the time being."
Zu Cheng hesitated a little: "Big son, do you only need 50 people?"
Zu Zhao said righteously: "Fan'an Pavilion is located in the south of the county. The offenders will not be horses. No matter how many ordinary thieves there are, there are no more than a hundred people. The Zhang family in Anyang Pavilion has a team of more than 100 people, and more than 50 people such as us are enough. There is no need to bother the public. If you are really in danger, it's not too late to send reinforcements.
Zu Cheng nodded, answered, and then rushed to the backyard.
It was time to follow Zu Zhao to inspect the children of Bei Guoting, with more than 50 people, with complete military armor, just put down the sweet soup bowl and wiped his mouth, and immediately came out from the main gate of Zujiazhuang. Outside the gate, more than 50 mounts have been waiting, and the children roared and jumped on horseback. Zu Zhao climbed on the horse's back with the help of two servants because of his armor.
After a moment, Zucheng rushed back from the backyard and came to the gate to meet Zu Zhao and others. After that, the group went south.
As soon as I crossed the West River Bridge, I saw many homes in Anyang Pavilion with lights on from afar, and some voices could be faintly heard.
When I came to the street of Anyang Pavilion, I met some people with firewood axes, sticks and sickle knives, mostly elderly people, and some 13 or four-year-old young men. It is not difficult to guess that the people in the pavilion have gone to Fan'an Pavilion, leaving them to defend the pavilion. When they saw a group of knights running in the distance, they were a little nervous at first and pushed the already prepared refuse carriage to the middle of the street. However, it didn't take long for someone to see that it was an ancestral teenager, so everyone was relieved, and then quickly withdrew the refused carriage.
When the ancestors' horses approached, these people of Anyang Pavilion quickly came forward and told Zu Zhao the situation in detail.
"Master Zhang has taken the pavilion team to Fan'an Pavilion and walked for half an hour."
"Wang Da seems to be still in Zhang's mansion. He was so scared that the old men cried several times."
"We are less than ten miles away from Fan'an Pavilion, and I don't know if the thieves are powerful."
"My fellow villagers," Zu Zhao straightened his waist on his horse and shouted proudly, "Don't worry, let me explore the truth first, and I will teach these criminals that there is no return."
After saying that, he waved the horse halberd in his hand and patted the horse stock, and took the children through the crowd and continued south.
Out of Anyangting Street, the road is not easy to walk, but Fortunately, the Zhang family's team passed by not long ago and stepped on a faint path with thick snow.
Zu Zhao didn't say a word, allowing the wind and snow like a blade to hit his cheek. He speculated that thieves had been present as early as the beginning of the first month of the first lunar month in previous years, but this year, there was no movement until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I have to say that thieves and bandits seem to be unpopular. Of course, this is also explained, not only because the wind and snow this year is greater than in previous years, but also because Xu Wu County has recruited a volunteer team of up to 800 people.
The momentum created by the 24-day training is enough to deter all sides.
However, the problem is also here. The outside world knows that Xu Wuxian has made great efforts to prepare for thieves. How can there be thieves who dare to invade the situation? Isn't this a way to die?
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[After Queen Lv died of illness, Zhu Lv was panicked and afraid of being hurt and excluded. Therefore, he secretly gathered at the * army Lv Lu's home and conspired to make trouble in order to completely seize Liu's country. This matter spread to Liu Xiang, the king of Qi. In order to protect the Liu family, Liu Xiang decided to fight against Zhu Lv, and then contacted Zhou Bo, the founder of the country, and Chen Ping, and designed to relieve Lulu. The "Zhu Lv Rebellion" was finally completely paced.
After calming the chaos, the ministers supported Liu Bang's second son Liu Heng to ascend the throne and called himself Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen deeply felt that peace and prosperity was not easy to come, so he set the fifteenth day of the first month of the "Zhu Lv's Rebellion" as a day of happiness with the people, and the families in the capital decorated with lanterns to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has become a popular festival - "Lantern Festival".