Chapter 138: The Calamity

Ye Tao had just finished the documentary procedures for the return of the Blood Qi Army's new recruits camp and was sleeping leisurely in the carriage.

Their team was about half the usual marching speed, and slowly set out from Sufeng Town to the location of the water and land transfer hub to the south. The water and land transfer hub was not a very complex construction project. Ye Tao went to inspect the project that he did not design at all, mainly because of boredom. When the Canal Governor's Office was operating normally, there was not much trouble to bother him.

Just a while ago, Tan Weixin finally stayed in Ninghe Town for a month, verified that the new formula's Shengji Powder was effective and effective. After she had a miraculous effect on her body, she finally couldn't help but urged the king Tan Xiaopei almost a day to return to Danyang. Of course, Tan Weixin would not take the establishment of a professional intelligence agency on her behalf, but she was still a little interested in the establishment of the Central Archives Bureau.

"Sir..." The carriage stopped. Zhou Zhi opened the carriage, entered the carriage, gently pushed Ye Tao, and said strangely: "Sir, someone is blocking the road ahead..."

"Who?" Ye Tao asked in a daze. "Isn't it that blocked the road and called for justice? What trouble did those second-generation ancestors cause?"

"This... is not." Zhou Zhi raised his eyebrows and said, "It's... so many robbers."

"Robber?" Ye Tao became even more confused. Although he did not let Dai Qiuyan and Sophie follow him this time, but only brought a few documents from the Governor's Office, since he was assassinated, the Five Hundred Guards and the newly added twenty-four guards have never dared to stay away. Even his friend Guan Huan followed him and temporarily acted as his guard. In this lineup, in Dongping, where the public security is quite good, there are robbers who dare to block the way?

Their carriage was not in a hurry. A servant even brought a basin of clear water to let Ye Tao wash and cheer up. Ye Tao walked off the carriage and looked towards the wide road. Wow, these robbers are so stunning.

About three hundred "robbers" wearing light blue and gray coarse cloth uniforms and covered with white cloth set up two rows of horses on the road, and behind them were four crossbows without stone bullets or strings. Behind them was a bright yellow banner with three large characters "Tianwang Village" with majestic fonts on them. The three hundred "robbers" even stood neatly in six rows with big swords in their hands. From any direction, they were straight lines. I don't know how many regular soldiers would be ashamed.

Suddenly, a masked man in a lake blue top walked out from behind the big flag, holding a small flag and gently waved it...

Wow—There was a sound of rumbling in the woods on both sides of the road. A large number of people emerged from behind the trees and from the piles of haystacks, quickly occupying the favorable terrain, surrounding the Governor's Mansion in the middle, and it seemed. There were no less than two thousand people in total.

"This tree is my carrying, this road is my driving. If you want to pass by, leave your money to buy money!"——" Two thousand people shouted loudly in the same voice, deafening.

No wonder Bi Xiaoqing didn't rush to come to protect him, but just asked Zhou Zhi to wake him up. No wonder everyone didn't look nervous at all. How could this be a "robber"? It's clear that the people from which army were joking with them. Just playing the role of a robber, he actually prepared costumes and props like flags, which was really too... too dedicated.

"Go and ask. Who is joking with us?" Ye Tao pointed at Zhou Zhi and said angrily.

"No need to ask... looking at that look, it must be Zhuo Xianchen's troops. Apart from them, which unit can stand up straight and shout slogans in the same tone?" Bi Xiaoqing leaned over and said with a chuckling.

"Zhuo Xianchen, what are you playing?" Ye Tao walked to the front of the team and shouted.

Zhuo Xianchen seemed to be embarrassed. He walked to the front of the team and bowed deeply about twenty feet away from Ye Tao, saying, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has an order. No matter what method is used, I will take you to Yunzhou. I originally had to agree with Zou Shuangwen to come for a practical exercise in the fight against bandits these days, but I was just by the way. I was unlucky to play the robbers. I took you away, ransom, and then chased by the headquarters of the Blood Qi Army's new recruits. I had no choice but to go north. Finally, I accidentally entered the Blood Qi Army's front-line camp and was inspired to surrender. The exercise ended...it was probably like this."

Guan Huan got out of the car behind and walked to the front. When he heard these words, he had to roll his eyes. It was rare that Zhuo Xianchen was so dedicated and even got so many outfits as a robber. It seemed that he didn't change his expression at all. He said this, and he was just repeating a very ordinary military order. This made Guan Huan roll his eyes again.

Ye Tao was both angry and funny and said, "Who gave you the idea? Stop making trouble, I won't go to Yunzhou."

"This... Sir, you see, I'm just playing a robber, and it's really hard to fight with you. Are you really unwilling to cooperate? As for the person who comes up with the idea, I dare not say this." Zhuo Xianchen was a little embarrassed.

Part of Ye Tao's guards came from the imperial guards, part of them came from the Blood Qi army. They had long been looking forward to going north to Yunzhou for battle. They really hoped that Ye Tao would "follow" the robbers and everyone would go north happily.

"What a mess? I'll order you to reorganize the army and return to the camp and deal with you again." Ye Tao said angrily.

"Then... it's better." Zhuo Xianchen took out a roll of yellow silk from his pocket like a magic trick. It was an imperial edict. "Your Highness the Crown Prince is right. You are unwilling to go with us. Fortunately, your Highness has the foresight and invited the decree from His Majesty. You see, it's really inconvenient for me to declare the edict. Do you take it yourself?"

It was indeed a bit out of place to announce the imperial edict in robber costumes. Ye Tao walked up angrily and opened it with the imperial edict. The content of the imperial edict was to appoint Ye Tao as the Marquis of Zhenbei, to control the Blood Qi army stationed in Yunzhou in Dongping, the imperial edict Zhuo Xianchen's troops... and the former general Xu Jingtian, to cooperate with all walks of life in Yunzhou to fight the invasion, and to have the power to deal with it on the spot. What is more depressing is that the imperial edict finally instructed Zhuo Xianchen's troops to escort Ye Tao to the north, regardless of whether Ye Tao accepted the appointment.

Zhuo Xianchen said helplessly: "Sir, one day, I have been ordered by His Highness the Crown Prince, the imperial edict from the king, and the 'instructions' that made our troops pretend to be robbers... It's not easy to be humble. Just understand."

Ye Tao sighed and said, "I know you all want to make achievements on the grassland, but why do you have to get involved with me? You can write a document to apply for transfer, can I approve you now? I, the second-level governor, have the right to make a decision on the spot and send troops to help the war when a war breaks out?"

"...Sir, this is your Majesty's direct order." Zhuo Xianchen shrugged helplessly, saying that he was powerless.

"Yeah, it's very good." Ye Tao curled his lips and said, "Then you wait."

Ye Tao turned around and ordered Bi Xiaoqing: "Set a camp."

After Bi Xiaoqing and Zhuo Xianchen looked at each other, they issued an order to establish a camp to the guards. Although he knew that Ye Tao was unhappy and was unwilling to go to Yunzhou, as the ultimate defense around Ye Tao, he had to obey every order of Ye Tao.

Although it was blocked in the middle of the road, Ye Tao's ranks were really good. Several specially made four-wheeled carriages pulled out the bars and hung the windproof felt, which immediately turned into a simple tent. Although the soldiers were a little puzzled and a little funny, they still carried out the orders without fail. A simple camp was set up with the carriage as the center. The soldiers standing guard were almost standing face to face with some of the two thousand imperial guards under Zhuo Xianchen, staring at them.

Zhuo Xianchen may have expected Ye Tao to be very resentful of the order to suddenly send him to Yunzhou to take on heavy responsibilities, but he never expected Ye Tao to be prepared to disobey the order to the end and fight against the enemy without hesitation. In fact, both Zhuo Xianchen and Ye Tao were just posing. No matter what Zhuo Xianchen did, he would not really order an attack on Ye Tao. Even if he just disarmed Ye Tao's guard and took Ye Tao away; naturally, Ye Tao's guards, especially the guards formed by Ye Tao's newly recruited martial arts people who had not been further screened, did not even have to follow Bi Xiaoqing's orders.

Weapons are allowed to act by Zhuo Xianchen; similarly, Ye Tao could not really let the guards and the imperial guards clash. The country mainly transferred a governor, promoted him to his title, gave military power and higher right to deal with the situation. After the war in Yunzhou, if Yunzhou was still in the hands of the Dai family, in the first period of time when he handed over the military and political power of Yunzhou to Dongping, he could almost dominate the entire Yunzhou. The governor not only refused this appointment, but even developed to the point of armed disobedience. If such a thing spread, it would be too incredible, too dramatic, and too sensational.

The deadlock lasted until two hours later. Zou Shuangwen and his two thousand Blood Qi army recruits under his command "chasing Zhuo Xianchen's troops in the same place" according to the instructions of another order, but unexpectedly discovered that Ye Tao and Zhuo Xianchen had been in the same place for two hours.

"Sir, Zou Shuangwen is looking for a meeting." Zhou Zhi reported to Ye Tao, who was sitting leisurely in the carriage and was carefully reading the report on the river construction.

"Let him come over." Ye Tao sighed and said helplessly. After all, it is not a problem to hold on like this.

"Sir." Zou Shuangwen seemed very humble and sincere. "Although I don't know why you are unwilling to go to Yunzhou. However, this is His Majesty's will after all."

"There is nothing more troublesome in this world than layman's guidance. What do you insist on me doing in Yunzhou?" Ye Tao said.

Zou Shuangwen's refusal to Ye Tao to put forward opinions and suggestions on the Yunzhou issue was naturally very clear, but he felt that the key issue was not whether Ye Tao understood military affairs, but Ye Tao's attitude. Under normal circumstances, no official would refuse such an appointment, and Ye Tao was indeed the kind of guy who could not measure with the mentality of a regular official. After a little thought, Zou Shuangwen said slowly: "Sir, no one thinks you don't understand military affairs, and, in the final analysis, everyone doesn't care much about whether you understand military affairs. The Blood Qi Army has developed from nothing to something, from a six thousand-man army where everyone is playing with, how much have you done.

Everyone sees the matter. The Blood Qi Army is everyone's hard work, and it is also your hard work. Now, the Blood Qi Army is facing an enemy we have never thought about. Either win the passion and make the Blood Qi Army really the most powerful army in the world, or be defeated back to the prototype, and the young masters who can survive come and go from where to where... Sir, you are the one who pushed the Blood Qi Army to this position with us, and our friends and comrades-in-arms. Don't you think that at such a moment, should you stand with us? This is not only the will of the court, but also the request of our Blood Qi Army as your friend. Sir, the Blood Qi Army needs you, and Yunzhou needs you."

Zou Shuangwen's words moved Ye Tao. If you want to say something about your friends, the vivid and ostentatious guys in the Blood Qi army are really a good group of friends. The guys who were provoked to be competitive and are constantly inspired by victory and honor seem to have changed individuals in the years. The rotation of the Blood Qi army's intern officer system and combat readiness officer system allows each of them to have sufficient holidays to continue to be free in the life of drunken and dreamy playboys they are familiar with, but once they return to the barracks, they are all willing to take everything to win.

The madman who is good. Their efforts to tap their potential have given the Blood Qi Army the most vivid legion. After spending a long time with these people, Ye Tao unconsciously compared these people with his friends of that era. Perhaps everyone has their own ideas, their own families, families, etc. The relationships of some people are not so deep and scruples, but from the perspective of their distinctive and interesting personality, in this era, perhaps it is because everyone has no suffocating work pressure, but it is more fun.

Zou Shuangwen is indeed a guy who is good at dealing with different people. Ye Tao has to admit that he was somewhat moved by the "love card" played by Zou Shuangwen. He glanced at the embarrassing imperial guards around him. In order not to spread what happened here, some of them had already changed back to imperial guard uniforms and blocked the surrounding area, while some caravans who had to pass this road were asked to stay in place or take a detour. In an era when the country was extremely authoritative and everyone's life was not so fast, it would be no big deal to stay on the road for one or two hours.

Ye Tao's tone finally relaxed, and he said: "Bi Xiaoqing, we have been hijacked."

In this way, Ye Tao and his party were kidnapped into the fort camp set up by the Blood Qi Army at the junction of Yunzhou and Dongping. The Blood Qi Army in the camp was very excited about Ye Tao's arrival. In the camp, there was another group of people waiting for Ye Tao.
Chapter completed!