The happy life of a prodigal

Zhou Chen sneered, and ordered: "Everyone put on armor and prepare bows and arrows. If those soldiers approach with weapons, follow my order and shoot them in volley!"

"Yes!" They all said in unison, unexpectedly quite imposing.

The black shadow gradually approached, but stopped at just the right distance.

At that distance, the garrisons could not attack the city wall, but the defenders on the city wall could not attack them either, just so...

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

This shows that the other party did not come impulsively, but came after being prepared.

Sure enough, in the shadows, a black horse rushed forward and stopped in front of the city wall.

"My official is Zhao Rui, the commander of the Jinzhou military station, and I want to see the magistrate!"

Zhao Rui...

Zhou Chen was in a daze when he heard this.

The Jinzhou Army Tunnel had disappeared for so long that he almost forgot about this character.

This guy is a second-rate martial artist, not to be underestimated!

Isn't the first thousand and twenty-fourth chapters just a group of beggars?

Zhou Chen looked resolute, looked at one person and one rider under the city, and shouted: "Zhao Rui, do you know what you are doing now?"

Zhao Rui's face remained unchanged, and he replied loudly: "Of course I know! I just want to see the magistrate, does this violate some law?"

Zhou Chen looked at him, frowned, and said, "If you just want to see the magistrate, why bother? I know what you are going to do, and quickly take your people back!"

Zhou Chen didn't go around in circles with him either, and punctured his thoughts very bluntly.

Zhao Rui remained expressionless, looked at Zhou Chen, and said, "I want to see the magistrate!"

Zhou Chen said: "The magistrate is not in the government office, if you want to see him, come back in a few days!"

"The magistrate is not here, so the lower officials will wait here until the magistrate returns!"

After Zhao Rui finished speaking, he ignored Zhou Chen at all, but turned around and left, returning to his team.

Although the number of garrison troops of more than 1000 is not many, but standing together, the deterrence is still full.

Especially when they are lined up, the deterrence is stronger!

The combat effectiveness of these garrisons is not strong, but they are extremely united. Even if they see that the guards on the city wall are all wearing armor, and they are only wearing the simplest light armor, they don't care at all.

The only thing they care about is the detainees in the government office.

It was their son, everything to them.

They are not afraid of death, they are only afraid of the death of their son, and they are even more afraid of their son being trapped to death in this small military camp deep in the mountains.

In recent years, more and more soldiers have escaped. At first they wanted to stop them, but later they couldn't even stop them.

They knew that there was no future for this garrison. They thought about running away when they were young, but there were a lot of bandits around here. At that time, there were still things to do, and some things to make money for. But now it is different.

The world is peaceful, the most humble people are those who cultivate the land, and the most humble are those who cannot leave here.

Run away, just run away, don't stop...

They are old and can't do many things, so they use this dying old life to fight for something that they have never had before for their younger generations.

What they came this time was not only to release the escaped soldiers who were detained, but also to let them release these soldiers, in a real sense.

So, these 1000 people stood in a row not far from the city wall, keeping a distance, holding weapons in their hands, and just stood upright without saying a word or doing anything.

They just want to express their dissatisfaction with the military system in this way!

Standing on the city wall, Zhou Chen frowned tightly as he watched the scene in front of him.

It was one of his worst fears.

Once again fell into a stalemate.

It's all right now, people inside the city can't get out, and people outside the city can't get in. This matter will only get worse and worse. It's better to attack the city from the beginning. Will abandon the siege plan.

Zhou Chen stood where he was, gritted his teeth, and began to think about countermeasures.

After thinking for a long time, I couldn't figure it out.

Unless the Jinzhou Guards return to aid, and the City Guards and the Jinzhou Guards attack from inside and outside, it is possible to completely wipe out the Jinzhou Army.

But wouldn't these words give those pirates a chance?

Now the pirates are taking advantage of the fire to rob, if something like this happens, then it goes without saying.

Not to mention the Jinzhou Guard and Jinzhou Port, the entire city of Jinzhou might be under the threat of pirates.

This is something Zhou Chen absolutely cannot tolerate.

"How's the situation?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

Zhou Chen turned his head to look, saw the man, saluted hastily, and said, "My lord!"

The prefect of Jinzhou looked at these people in front of him and asked, "What do they want?"

Zhou Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "They want to see the adults."

Silence, still silence.

The prefect of Jinzhou frowned and said: "Go find a hanging basket and put me down, I will see him!"

Zhou Chen was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the other party's purpose is unknown now, so it must not be like this!"

The prefect of Jinzhou took a look at Zhou Chen, waved his hand and said, "I know, but if this stalemate continues, if the people in the city get confused, it will be a bigger problem!"

Zhou Chen hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Sir, do you want to let the humble job go down, or let Zhao Rui come over!"

As soon as the words fell, he hastily denied his thoughts again, saying: "No, Zhao Rui is a second-rate warrior. If he suddenly explodes, no one in Jinzhou City can stop him!"

The prefect of Jinzhou said: "There is no need to trouble yourself, I just go to see him and see what he has to say."

Zhou Chen thought for a while, and continued to dissuade: "My lord, the other party's purpose is obvious, it is nothing more than to let us release the black households who were detained, if that is the only way, I think they don't need such a big fanfare at all.

Therefore, apart from this point, they are very likely to ask for the lifting of the restrictions on military settlements. If this is the case, what should you do, my lord? "

This can be regarded as a sore spot for the prefect of Jinzhou.

If the other party really asked to lift the restrictions on the military settlement, then he would be in a dilemma, and it would be difficult for him to ride a tiger.

Because the other party really asked for it, it means that they have the heart of mutiny!

You know, mutiny is no small matter.

He, the prefect of Jinzhou, is responsible!

After hesitating for a long time, it finally turned into a sigh.

"Forget it, wait until late at night, you go and talk to them."

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhou Chen cupped his hands.

The prefect of Jinzhou nodded, and walked towards the city wall, his back was a bit vicissitudes.

In order to calm the hearts of the people, he did not wear an official uniform when he came to the city wall this time, but the simplest casual clothes.

The surrounding people did not recognize him and were still discussing enthusiastically.

"What happened outside? The city gates are closed, people inside can't go out, and people outside can't come in. Is it really pirates besieging the city?"

"Where did those pirates come from such a strong strength, it should be other forces?"

"The barbarians in the grassland? Impossible, I haven't heard the news, not to mention that the tribes in the grassland were scattered by An Guogong?"

"My cousin is on duty in the City Guards. I heard that it was the soldiers from the Jinzhou Army who came to make trouble."

"Soldiers? Aren't those a group of beggars? How much noise can they make?" Someone said disdainfully.

Everyone looked at him, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Indeed, in the eyes of these people, there is no difference between those soldiers and beggars.

However, it is these soldiers who have plunged their city of Jinzhou into crisis.

It can only be said that the world is unpredictable...

Seeing everyone looking at him, the man's expression faltered, but he still said stiffly: "Don't worry, if it's really those soldiers, they will retreat by themselves in a short time. They don't have the willpower to besiege the city at all!"

The first thousand and twenty-five chapters don’t have to be a bandit

When everyone heard this, no one answered him.

Because they all understand in their hearts.

Although those garrisons are weak, their perseverance is not weak, especially the garrisons of the Jinzhou Army, who suppress bandits all the year round. Although their equipment is poor, their combat experience, even in the entire Gyeonggi, is first-class. of.

Now I just hope that as time goes by, those soldiers can leave sooner.

I don't know what it is because of, it's a crime!

After the people heard that soldiers were stationed to besiege the city, although they were still worried, they were not as worried as before.

After all, in their hearts, it is impossible for those soldiers to hurt them anyway.

That being the case, let them surround them if they want to, it's no big deal.

The people dispersed, but Zhou Chen still stood on the city wall, looking at the soldiers under the city wall in front of him with a dignified expression.

He had worked with the soldiers to suppress the bandits, and he knew what kind of character these people had.

On the surface, it seems that they don't care about anything, but in fact they are all simmering in their hearts, and they may explode one day.

This is also something that can't be helped. The military system has sacrificed the interests of some of them.

It's okay if the time is short, but once the time is prolonged, people will inevitably become unbalanced in their hearts.

If this imbalance accumulates for a long time, it is easy to cause problems.

I just hope this time it can be resolved safely.

As he thought so, time passed quickly, and soon it was night.

Silent night.

Those garrison soldiers hadn't left yet, they just set up camp outside, leaving dozens of people standing guard.

Zhou Chen lowered himself in a hanging basket and came to their simple tent.

Everyone was not too surprised by his arrival.

Instead, Zhao Rui was wearing armor all over, as if welcoming him.

Zhou Chen shuttled among the paths that everyone gave way to, looking at the clothes of the surrounding soldiers, his expression gradually changed.

It was almost winter, but these people were wearing thin clothes, not to mention armor, even simple leather armor, which only some people had.

these people......

Hey......

Zhou Chen sighed in his heart, but he didn't know what to say. He came to Zhao Rui, looked at him, and said, "Your people have violated the law. It is absolutely impossible for you to forgive them like this. , but how much time to detain, this is negotiable..."

He was interrupted by Zhao Rui before he finished speaking: "This time we are not going to discuss, it's very simple, let them go!"

When Zhou Chen heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Letting them go and letting them go are two completely different concepts.

One is to let them go back to the military settlement, and the other is to let them leave Jinzhou Prefecture, which is tantamount to lifting the restrictions on the military settlement.

Not to mention the bottom line of lifting the army, even if they let them go, the magistrate would not agree!

Zhou Chen didn't know how to speak for a while.

There is too much difference between the appeal and the bottom line, so I don't know how to negotiate.

I don't know how long it took before Zhou Chen spoke slowly: "The prefect's bottom line is to imprison them for half a month..."

"Since that's the case, my people will guard here until we see Lord Zhifu."