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In Xinzhou, Xinkou Village, there is a typical Shanxi Merchants Guild Hall.

There are three courtyards in the front, middle and back of the guild hall. There is also a stage in each of the main hall, the hall of wealth, the hall of seven saints, and the hall of Wenchang. On both sides, there are passages for exit and entry respectively, and the roofs are all in the shape of double-layer gables.

Beforehand, Hu Immortal had already found out clearly that the tools used by these profiteers to print fake military tickets were placed in the main hall of the Central Court in a grandiose manner, which can be described as extremely unscrupulous.

Soon, Hu Immortal led everyone close to the main hall of the middle courtyard, looked through the gap of the side door, and saw a huge square inside.

Except for the majestic main stage in the middle, both sides are covered with wing buildings, all of which are divided into small rooms by wooden pillars, and there are about dozens of wing rooms in general.

In the middle of the main hall, the hundreds of seats that should have been there had disappeared, replaced by a scene of printing fake military tickets in full swing.

The lanterns hanging high one by one, and the surrounding candlelight complement each other, illuminating the entire hall brightly, like daytime.

In the middle of the square, there are large desks. On the desks, there are inks, papers, stencils, printing machines and other tools and materials needed to print fake military tickets. Like a market, lively and busy.

However, they seemed to be used to it, and they cooperated with each other quite tacitly. These many people were busy in the square in the hall, to the point where they didn't need to communicate with each other. It can be seen that they did not do these things for a short time.

Seeing their tacit cooperation, each version of military tickets was printed by technicians and staff, then cut and divided, and finally stacks of cut fake military tickets were put into wooden boxes.

And in the elegant room of the Xianglou around them, there are many strong men holding various weapons, including swords, and even a few blunderbusses can be seen, and three of them are also wearing leather armor.

A few people who looked like housekeepers walked back and forth in the square as if they were patrolling the supervisors. From time to time, they picked up a large uncut military ticket for careful analysis, and occasionally exchanged a few words in a low voice.

Seeing such a scene, Du Qi and the others were about to explode with rage: These profiteers are so fucking daring.

Several people looked at each other, and Du Qi also looked at the monkey Hou Mingli, waiting for his signal, and then he was about to take action to completely eradicate this group of human scum who dared to destroy the foundation of the brave army.

Hou Mingli was not in a hurry, he lightly pointed to the blunderbuss upstairs and the three leaders in leather armor, signaling them to take care of them.

Immediately afterwards, Hou Mingli's hand pointed to the first wing on the left side of the stage. Du Qi looked up, and saw that it was indeed different. Apart from a fat man in gorgeous clothes, there was a coquettish and charming woman. The woman is waiting on the side.

Hou Mingli told Du Qi in sign language that the fat man must be captured alive, and Du Qi nodded slightly to express his acceptance of the military order.

But just at this time, the fat man seemed to be tired, he got up suddenly, supported by the alluring woman, and slowly walked out of the wing building, a housekeeper saw this and hurriedly called four servants to accompany him behind the fat man.

Seeing this, Hou Mingli hurriedly led everyone aside, he signed sign language to Hu Jie, the fox fairy, and asked him to lead two people to capture the fat man, and they must be clean and neat without any complications.

After a while, the door of the temple was opened from the inside, and the seven figures went out slowly to the backyard.

Hu Jie waved his hand gently, and three black shadows, like ghosts, closely followed the group of people like shadows, and disappeared into the dark night.

Following the code word of the waiter's name, the 11 people outside the hall quickly took out their cotton headscarves and wrapped them around their mouths and noses. Afterwards, another six people copied them behind them. A dark iron lump appeared.

This iron lump is quite similar to Wandi, but much smaller than it, only half the size of Wandi, slightly bigger than an adult's fist.

But it is the poisonous smoke bomb newly researched by the Yongyi Army Yunzhou Workshop according to Zhang Cheng's instructions!
This kind of poisonous smoke bomb used by the action team is not as good as the one used by the Shenji Battalion on the battlefield. First of all, it is not powerful enough, because it does not rely on the power of the explosion to kill the enemy.

Secondly, this kind of poisonous smoke bomb does not rely on the release of poisonous gas to kill the enemy, but only quickly releases dense smoke to confuse the enemy, create confusion, make it impossible to distinguish between enemy and friend, and lose a certain amount of resistance.

Therefore, this kind of poisonous smoke bomb is basically only used by the action team in the dark hall, and Yebushu in the brave army only occasionally brings one or two as a backup.

But even so, after the fuze is ignited, there will be a burst of "chichichi" burning sound. In this silent night, no matter how small the sound is, it will become very harsh, and it is completely impossible to hide.

However, if this kind of poisonous smoke bomb is ignited and then thrown into the hall, it will be difficult for the "chi chi" sound it makes to spread outside the hall.

Du Qi, the Bodhisattva of Desperation, saw Hou Ye Hou Mingli nod to him, asking him to direct the action tonight, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of enthusiasm in his heart.

After looking around, he conveyed the assignment of tasks in sign language, who is in charge of the guns, who is in charge of the leaders in leather armor, who is in charge of seizing the boxes of fake military tickets, who is in charge of Capture those technicians, and everything will be clearly assigned.

Du Qi also raised his left hand, his eyes were fixed on every move of the people in the hall, his ears were also pricked up, listening to all the movements around him.

After confirming that everything was as usual, Du Qi suddenly put down his left hand and gestured for immediate action.

Two team members quickly ignited the torches in their hands. Immediately, six team members came up and lit the fuze of the poisonous smoke bomb that had been prepared in their hands. Throw it away in the hall.

"Crack! Crack!..." A few soft sounds aroused the vigilance of everyone in the hall. Even the technicians and staff stopped their work and stood on the spot in a daze, looking around constantly.

The servants and guards on the upper floors on both sides also looked nervous, clutching the knives and guns in their hands, and rushed out of the upper floors one after another, intending to find out.

"Bah! Bah! Bah, Bah..."

The sound of the rapid burning of the fuze reached everyone's ears, and suddenly, thick black smoke rose from place to place, and before everyone in the hall had time to react, they saw black figures rushing in.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! ......"

In the dense black smoke, there was a sound of flying crossbow arrows, followed by a tragic wail, and the hall where the fake military tickets were printed in an orderly manner just now was in chaos.

The operation team of the dark hall, because they often go deep into the enemy's rear to spy, kidnap, assassinate, or operate outside Zhang Cheng's control area, even in the various places on the North Road, they often do things that cannot be spoken to outsiders.

Therefore, hidden weapons such as crossbows, throwing knives, and poisonous smoke are the ones they are used to, and firearms such as handguns and ten thousand enemies are often too amazing because of the explosion they produce. Although they are also equipped, But rarely used.

Unless they are performing interception missions or operating in the deserted wilderness, they will use firearms without scruples. All are equipped.

In order to support the operations of the Dark Hall, Zhang Cheng specially ordered the Yunzhou Carpenter Camp to set up a separate research and development team to carry out scientific research to meet the needs of the Dark Hall Action Team.

There were screams, accompanied by the muffled sound of a huge body falling to the ground, the sound of the desk being hit, and the sound of weapons clashing, they were completely mixed together, like a deadly symphony performance.

The poisonous smoke filled the air quickly, and puffs of glaring and choking smoke drifted away. Many people in the hall, such as guards, housekeepers, technicians, and fellows, all coughed, their eyes were dizzy, and they couldn't distinguish things.

They randomly grabbed anything around them and waved it around, even the servants. Under the panic, they did not distinguish between friends and foes, and slashed with steel knives, injuring many of their own people.

"Someone sneaked in..."

"Quick...quick...report the master...rescue the soldiers..."

"...Fire the guns... Quickly fire the guns..."

Many people were screaming loudly, and even the statue of Guan Gong enshrined in the temple seemed to be surprised to see all this.

In the black smoke, monsters with red turbans flashed from time to time, completely looking down on their faces, like red-headed devils coming out of hell.

After they shot the crossbow arrows, they all changed into various short weapons in their hands, including steel knives, iron whips, iron hammers, hatchets, short spears, etc., but "Death Bodhisattva" Du Qi was the most special. It is a thick wooden stick about five feet long.

Don't underestimate the wooden stick in his hand, its power is no less than that of a knife, gun, whip and axe. It flies up and down in his hand, only hitting the enemy's joints, throat, head and other vital points, defeating the enemy with one blow.

"boom!"

There was a loud explosion. It turned out to be a gunner who had fallen to the ground, exhausted his last breath, and set off the gun in his hand. However, it was only a warning.

He didn't even have the strength to raise the gun to aim, and after letting go of the gun, he also used up his last trace of vitality, as if the oil had run out and the lamp was dying, he languished on the ground and never moved again.

However, the battle in the main hall was coming to an end at this time. Although he reported the news to the outside, it was useless. In the chaos, poisonous smoke billowed, and everyone in the hall was killed in an instant. The remaining stewards and technicians still had a breath of life.

"Be good to me, if you resist a little, cut it off immediately!" Du Qi ordered in a deep voice.

"Here."

Everyone also chanted softly, took out ropes made of beef tendon, and tied them up firmly.

Hou Mingli quickly scanned the hall with his stern eyes, and said in a cold tone: "Check carefully, no one will be left alive, and don't forget to make up the knife."

He turned around and said to Du Qi: "Bodhisattva, I will leave it to you to escort me out of the city. I will also take away the counterfeit templates and boxes of counterfeit notes."

"Here. Monkey Lord, just put your mind at ease."

"Take care of everything, and don't forget to set this damn place on fire."

"Here."

In the silent night, the Jinshang Guild Hall was suddenly ablaze.

The front, middle, and back three courtyards were all shrouded in fireworks, and there was a burst of crackling sound from time to time, which shocked countless people in Xinkou Village to wake up and pushed the windows to wait and see.

Immediately, countless people rushed out with buckets and basins, trying to put out the fire in the Shanxi Merchants Hall.

However, this fire was intentional. Many places in the Shanxi Merchants Guild Hall were sprinkled with sulfur and saltpeter. How can it be extinguished by manpower?

At this moment, all the people in Xinkouzhai were attracted by the fire in the guild hall, and no one noticed that in the streets, a group of men wearing red scarves were running quickly, accompanied by several People, old or young, and mouthfuls of big wooden boxes.

And what is surprising is that there was such a big commotion, but there was no movement from the garrison mansion, not even a single soldier.

But people's surprise didn't last long, a burst of flames ignited in the direction of the Garrison Mansion, and then the Drum Tower also ignited a fire, it seemed that there was a hint of danger everywhere in Xinkou Village.

Tonight, Xinkou Walled City is doomed to have no sleep!
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All places in the three towns of Xuanda, especially the key points where Shanxi merchants printed fake military tickets, are more or less under the control of Yongningbo Zhangcheng.

As early as the end of February, after seeing off the guests from Ji Liao, Zhang Cheng began to plan this matter with peace of mind. His purpose was very clear - if he couldn't use it for himself, he would destroy it completely!
In order to set up this bureau, Zhang Cheng has been preparing for more than a year, and now it is the best time to start taking action.

It has been more than four years since I came to this space similar to a parallel world, and many memories of my previous life have gradually dissipated, but everything I experienced after arriving here is clearly engraved in my mind.

Now, Zhang Cheng only remembers that Chuang Wang Li Zicheng opened the seal three times, but failed, and finally blew up the Yellow River embankment, flooding Kaifeng, and tens to millions of people died.

The once prosperous city of Kaifeng, after experiencing this shocking catastrophe, has not been able to recover its vitality for more than a hundred years!
Now, Zhang Cheng wanted to stop this catastrophe in his heart, so he wanted to take advantage of the golden opportunity of the imperial court urging troops to help Henan, and carry out a campaign of suppression in Xuanda to avoid future troubles.

During the period when Zhang Cheng accompanied Xie Sixin, Zhang Dou and others back to the North Road, the messengers from Emperor Chongzhen and the Ministry of War urged him to send troops. Bian Yongqing, as the eunuch supervising the army, was under great pressure.

Emperor Chongzhen gave him two important tasks, one was to monitor whether Zhang Cheng had any abnormal intentions, and the other was to urge Zhang Cheng to send troops to Yu Province as soon as possible to help suppress the bandits.

As soon as he returned to Zhencheng from the North Road, Bian Yongqing personally visited the door. The meaning in his words was full of content urging him to send troops to Yu Province. Zhang Cheng naturally took advantage of the slope to go down the donkey and took advantage of the situation.

On February 26, at Chenshi, under the command of Chen Zheng, the Baihu Battalion of the Yongyi Army set off from the flooded area of ​​the town and city, and headed for Yu Province in advance.

Almost at the same time, Zhang Guodong's Qinglong Battalion, which was still stationed on the East Road, also received a military order to march. This time they will take the Puyin Path, one of the Eight Paths of the Taihang.

They left the Bauhinia Pass, walked through Laiyuan and Lingqiu, crossed the Pingxing Pass, passed through Taiyuan Mansion and Pingyang Mansion, and went straight from Shanxi to northern Henan.

Bian Yongqing, the supervising army, was also very happy about this. In fact, he also knew very well that the brave army had just returned from Liaodong, and the armaments of each battalion had not yet been fully replenished. Now is indeed not the best time to assist Henan.

But the imperial court and the emperor pressed him very urgently, and he had no choice. Now the Baihu Camp and Qinglong Camp were dispatched early, and entered Henan via Shanxi to help suppress the bandits.

No matter how you say it, you can always repay the emperor and comfort the Sacred Heart! (end of this chapter)