When Zhang Ning walked into a main tent, there was a burly general sitting inside.

The general has a dark complexion, a straight face, and is quite solemn.

"General Zhang!!"

Zhang Ning followed the other people to pay homage and just handed him the document in his hand.

"This is the situation in Shangshui. I have already written down the number of Murong family's guards, their specific locations, and many other situations."

"Um."

Zhang Heizu nodded, "Let's go and rest first. We'll get up early tomorrow to set off."

"only!!"

The next day, Hengzhou.

Pingcheng.

It's quite lively outside the city.

There are slaves cleaning the roads, and casual workers running around carrying things.

Many officials gathered outside the city. These people were state officials from various places, as well as prefects, county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates and the like.

The officials looked a little worried. They were gathered together at this moment, discussing how to deal with it.

In addition to these officials, some well-known local people also appeared at the city gate.

"Let me tell you, there's no need to panic."

"What General Anxi can do at the frontier may not be possible here."

"Hengzhou is not a small run-down place. Hengzhou was the capital of the former dynasty. Wei took Hengzhou as its foundation and conquered the world. He said that apart from Yecheng, Jinyang, and Luoyang, which city could compare with this Pingcheng?

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"Then Beishuo, Beiheng, and those border towns, all combined are not as good as Hengzhou!"

Many people are quite confident.

And their confidence is not blind. Hengzhou is actually different from the shabby places that Liu Taozi made up. As the Longxing land of the Tuoba family, there are a large number of nobles gathered here, and many clans of capable ministers and generals are here.

Here, those who can come here to serve as officials are basically all nobles. It is difficult for Han people to be safe here. It shows that as a Han general with a long history, he can't live here even after serving as governor.

So satisfying.

Many forces are intertwined, supporting each other, and intertwined, making it difficult for outsiders to fight against them.

The prefect Xi Doulu looked into the distance, wiped his sweat, and looked at the officials around him.

"Everyone, now is the time when we need to work together."

"General Liu is here suddenly. If you ask about the Tianjun Order, we must speak uniformly without revealing any flaws."

"Otherwise, given the general's conduct, I'm afraid something big will happen."

Hearing Xi Doulu's words, another prefect, Qi Lifa, was a little unconvinced. He said: "We all complete the temple's decrees according to the corresponding system. There is nothing wrong. Although he is an envoy, he can't

You can’t. You can’t be unreasonable!”

"As long as we protect each other, nothing big will happen. Please don't back down!"

"If you want to punish one of them, the others must not flinch when they plead for mercy. Otherwise, they will be divided and attacked."

Everyone was talking in low voices, and each seemed more confident than the other, but in fact, everyone was quite afraid. Xi Doulu was wiping sweat all the time and never stopped.

"We are the emperor's envoys. They can issue orders on behalf of the emperor. If he wants to kill us, he doesn't need to bother with the temple at all. If he wants to appear as an official, he can use it first and then report it. Don't act shamelessly in front of him.

What a gift!!"

If Liu Taozi had just led a large army, everyone would be scared, but they wouldn't be so frightened. The main reason is that the restraint is too lethal.

Logically speaking, if everyone is an official in the same dynasty, even if you are of high rank, you cannot kill the official. The only one who can kill the official is the emperor.

Even if you are the prime minister, you cannot directly order the killing of officials, even if you are a county magistrate, you must follow legal procedures.

Only the emperor can directly kill people without going through any procedures.

But with the bonus of holding envoys, the situation is a little different. Holding the Emperor's Festival means patrolling the four directions on behalf of the emperor. When you see festivals as if you are seeing the emperor, you have the power to kill officials and appoint and remove officials.

While everyone was discussing impatiently, dust billowed in the distance and the ground began to tremble slightly.

Everyone looked up and looked into the distance.

I saw a large army slowly moving towards the city. The knights held up flags and waved flags. The officials did not dare to speak. They trembled and began to form a formation. They returned to their respective positions and prepared.

Welcome the general.

The army slowly approached.

The knights came first. They patrolled and controlled the surrounding area, and some knights took over the gate of the city.

A moment later, a war horse carrying its owner appeared in front of everyone.

Xi Doulu hurriedly stepped forward, "Xi Doulu Hui pays homage to General Anxi!"

"I am not General Anxi."

The man spoke, and Xi Doulu quickly raised his head, only to see a burly general with a dark appearance. The general looked at the crowd calmly, "I am Zhang Heizu, the Dangbian general under General Anxi. I serve as General Anxi."

Order to come to Hengzhou."

The officials who were kneeling in worship stood up one after another, and the scene suddenly became noisy.

Everyone was a little displeased. Didn't they say that the general was here in person?

Why did you send a miscellaneous general here??

Xi Doulu did not dare to look down upon Zhang Heizu in front of him. He smiled and saluted again, "It turns out to be General Zhang, whose name I have admired for a long time!"

"I wonder what General Anxi's orders are?"

Zhang Heizu frowned and looked at the people in front of him indifferently, "My general captured the scouts under Yang Zhong's command. According to the scouts, there were officials and a large family in Hengzhou who contacted Yang Zhong privately, betrayed military intelligence, and made black clothes and chanted

'The one who dies in black' is truly treacherous and has sent me here to investigate thoroughly!!"

Xi Doulu was shocked. Just as he was about to speak, Zhang Heizu immediately ordered, "Arrest him!!"

The knights immediately moved out. Xi Doulu then noticed that these knights were not wearing armor, and their clothes and weapons were different from those of the border soldiers. They were much thinner, but their attacks were not light at all. They immediately pounced on them and killed these knights.

The officials knocked him to the ground and tied him up. Everyone was shocked and shouted, some wanted to resist, "Pfft!", the knight slashed him to death, and the officials immediately did not dare to resist.

Xi Doulu was also tied up by the knights. His face was full of disbelief, "What is General Anxi going to do?! Are you going to kill all the officials in Hengzhou?!"

"We are wronged!!"

Zhang Heizu waved his hand and said, "During the thorough investigation, you will stay with me for the time being and do not go out."

Zhang Heizhu ordered them to be brought into the city to guard them, and then quickly began to assign work.

The knights went out in all directions, some rushed into the city, and some rushed outside. The army of more than 10,000 people dispersed in a moment, and ran away with their respective tasks.

Zhang Heizu led his cronies into the city. He also had his own mission.

The knights rushed into the city, causing the people to be extremely afraid. They hid in their homes and locked the doors.

The knights did not move around randomly. Under the leadership of the leader, they changed directions several times and finally stopped in front of a mansion.

"kill!!!"

The knights rushed into the house on horseback and stabbed the oncoming guards with their spears.

Cries of killing were heard from everywhere in the city, and suddenly blazing flames were seen rising.

Inside the official office, the officials were driven helplessly to the front yard, shivering.

A scribe, surrounded by warriors, stood in front of them and said, "We, these people, will be responsible for traveling, governing history, and governing officials from today on. You must remember us! From now on, obey our orders!"

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"Start now, count the number of people in the government offices, and then start a thorough investigation of the whole city!!"

In the countryside, there were several knights who wantonly slashed and killed the guards blocking the road, and their horses were covered with heads.

There were officials riding horses, following behind the knight, shouting in the distance: "Don't be afraid, everyone! We are the village officials sent by General Liu! From now on, this place will be under the jurisdiction of the general! Wait!

We killed the evil thieves here and started to distribute the fields for winter grain!!"

In Shangshui Village, Murong was kneeling on the ground, flames were blazing everywhere, and the roars of knights were intertwined with the howls of the guards.

He knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, and kept kowtowing and begging.

"Please, let us go, for the sake of helping the villagers every year."

Zhang Ning was wearing official uniform and holding a sharp sword. He pierced his chest with the sword and then pulled it out. Murong immediately fell to the ground.

"If it weren't for you, an animal like you, with good fields and good water, why would we need relief every year?!"
Chapter completed!