At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Zhang Mao rolled his eyes and suddenly said angrily: "You boy, how dare you lie to me, take it down!"

Before Alejandro could react, he found that someone had stepped forward and put a knife on Ancrui's neck.

Ankelu yelled in fright and raised his hands in the air, trying to prove his innocence.

Alejandro hurriedly asked, "General Zhang, what's the reason?"

Zhang Mao said with a dark face: "The two armies pretended to surrender before the battle. This kind of trick is left over from our ancestors. You still want to lie to me?"

Alejandro was a little confused, and asked, "General, how did you find out?"

At the same time, Ankelu babbled an explanation, then reached into his arms, this action immediately aroused the vigilance of the Ming army, and directly pressed him to the ground.

Alejandro translated: "General, he says he has a token on him."

"Take it out and see."

"Yes!"

Alejandro looked for it from Ankelu, and quickly took out a wooden token with many Persian scripts written on it.

"General, please take a look. This is the officer token of the Aries Kingdom. It is made of poplar wood with a century-old history. It cannot be faked."

"Even if his identity is fine, how can he prove that his words are fine?"

Alejandro had no choice but to tell the truth. After hearing this, Ankelu hurriedly said: "General Emil leads the army of the Aries Kingdom. I have always been the general's adjutant. Now the general is imprisoned. Many soldiers express dissatisfaction. My subordinates There are still 5000 people, if I am really hostile, I will not come here by myself, I will lead people to surround you, and then go to Baron Allevand to ask for credit, but I didn't do this!"

Zhang Mao thought for a while, then asked, "What do you want us to do?"

"Help us, rescue General Emil!"

"The emir is not the only one who openly confronted the current monarch and treasoned."

"We don't want to fight, and we don't want to die. If you are a traitor, you should be a traitor. After Wuzong Hesai came to power, he never regarded us as human beings. He kept asking us to go out to fight. People around me kept dying. However, their wives and children We can’t even get the pension, and we will even be sold as slaves, we don’t want to work our lives for the Wuzong River anymore!”

Zhang Mao thought for a long time, and then asked, "Who is the biggest officer under General Amir?"

"it is me!"

"Aren't you a colonel?"

"Yes, but... people with higher official positions than me have already joined Baron Alwande."

Zhang Mao continued to ask after listening, "So, are you willing to lead people to rebel?"

Ankelu nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, it's rebellion, we want to rebel!"

Zhang Mao was originally trying to find out that there was no flaw in the other party's words, but there was still a trace of doubt.

"You have to be clear, once you decide to rebel, there is no way out, either you will be successful, or you will die without a whole body!"

Ankelu said: "We have no retreat for a long time. After Baron Alwand took control of the military power, he has already started a big purge. If his confidants come to power, even if we, the old troops of General Emil, do not rebel, there will be no live."

Zhang Mao waved his hand, ordered people to release Ankelu, and then said, "If you want to rescue General Emir, the number of people in your hand is definitely not enough. Do you have any plans?"

An Kelu said with a sincere face, "My plan is to come to join you."

Zhang Mao was speechless for a moment, I only brought 500 people, you asked me to attack your main city, what's the trouble?
"How about this, bring your men and horses out, and I will take you to Tehran. Whether this battle should be fought or not depends entirely on the emperor."

"No, General Emil may die at any time!"

Zhang Mao secretly said in his heart, if he dies, he will die, what does it matter to me?

However, now that people are voluntarily surrendering, if they just watch the emir being chopped off and don't go to rescue him, I'm afraid it won't be popular.

Fighting in a foreign land does not take advantage of the right time and place, and the only thing to rely on is people's hearts.

If people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team.

Zhang Mao looked around, and it was getting late, so he said: "This matter is not trivial, don't be rash, rest for one night first, and discuss a countermeasure."

Ankelu quickly agreed: "There is our resident here, and it will not be a problem to arrange board and lodging for hundreds of people."

"If my troops live in your barracks, you, Colonel, will be convicted of treason."

"The king has given an order to gather soldiers and horses across the country and prepare to attack Tehran. They will not notice me for a while."

Zhang Mao was still worried, so he said, "There are many people around you, and it is inevitable that the news will leak out. It is better to find a secret camp nearby and try not to let your people approach."

"Okay, I'll arrange for my confidants to take the general to camp."

That night, Zhang Mao and others were taken to a remote school yard, where there were ready-made barracks, and Ankelu also sent people to deliver twenty sheep and ten barrels of wine.

Zhang Mao ordered people to set up three cordons around the camp, and the rest of the people feasted on it. It was the first time they had warm food after traveling for so long.

"Report, found the enemy situation!"

The scout who was in charge of guarding the periphery hurriedly reported back, and found a soldier of unknown origin ahead.

Zhang Mao's face suddenly darkened, and he said angrily: "I know that bastard is a false surrender, everyone, unite urgently and prepare to fight!"

"General Qi, look at the other party's movements, it doesn't look like they are attacking our troops!"

"What do you mean?"

"There are not many people on the other side, only about two hundred, and their actions are very secretive."

"Since it's a sneak attack, it must be very secretive."

"The route is also wrong. It seems to be just passing by, but it seems to be heading north."

"North?"

Zhang Mao pondered for a moment, then said: "Go and inquire again, if the other party's target is not us, don't startle the snake."

"Yes!"

To the east of the camp, a group of men and horses were traveling in the dark.

"Report, enemy situation found ahead!"

Belin suddenly became nervous and asked, "How many people are there?"

"I don't know, I only found the opponent's spy horse, and the hiding method is very clever."

"How did you find out?"

"Humble found horse manure, it's still hot."

"It's just horse dung, don't worry about it."

"Scholar Huibei, I have made a detailed survey around the horse manure. The terrain is very suitable for hiding. Moreover, there are traces of human activities. According to various signs, it should be the opponent's secret sentry."

"When did Aries become so good at scouting?"

"Being humble also has doubts. The Aries army I saw along the way is very poor in quality. It seems that this is the first time I have seen such a brilliant man."

Belin was very puzzled, but he believed in Jin Yiwei's judgment that he was specialized in intelligence, so he couldn't make a mistake.

It seems that I still underestimated the opponent's strength, and this trip to steal the house is in trouble.

"Pass my order, everyone rests in place, pay attention to concealment, and you take someone to investigate again."

"Yes!"

In the dark night, the two teams of scouts were less than twenty paces apart, staring at each other.

Neither side dared to act rashly, because they didn't know the other side's intentions.

When Zhang Mao heard the report, he was even more confused. How dare a mere 200 people attack Lao Tzu's camp?
"Report!"

Tan Ma came to report again: "General, I made a mistake, it's my own!"

"what?"

Zhang Mao was even more confused, and asked, "Tell me clearly, what are your own people?"

"Back to the general, it's the team of Maester Belinbe!"

It turned out that two groups of scouts got closer and closer in order to obtain more detailed information, because both sides had rifles in their hands, and they recognized them from a long distance away.

Zhang Mao was even more confused, why did the Academy of Sciences come here?
"What about people?"

"It's already on the way."

Half an hour later, Belin led the team to Zhang Mao's camp.

"I have seen His Royal Highness!"

Zhang Mao laughed loudly and said, "Scholar Bei, don't come here without any problems!"

"Thanks to Your Highness for your concern, everything is going well!"

Zhang Mao took Beilin's hand and said enthusiastically: "Don't be your highness, your highness, listen to me, you and I are about the same age, so why not call them brothers!"

Belin was also polite, and bowed her hands: "Brother Zhang!"

The two chatted for a long time, Beilene explained her intentions clearly, and Zhang Mao also explained the current situation in Constantinople, and King Tan was organizing troops and sent himself to lead the battle.

"Brother, I feel relieved when I see you. You scholars have the right idea. Tell me, what should I do in this situation?"

Belin would like to explain that we scholars are called strategies, not ghost ideas.

But... forget it, it doesn't matter.

"Of course I want to save!"

"However, we don't have enough manpower. If we attack their base camp like this, even if they can be defeated, the casualties will not be small."

"Brother Zhang, have you forgotten the purpose of our trip?"

"You... yes, you are here to sneak attack, how about it, are you sure?"

"Could it be that the city defense of the Aries Kingdom is stronger than that of Constantinople?"

"I did not mean that……"

Zhang Mao waved his hand and said, "I just want to ask if you have enough ammunition. I remember that when I left Constantinople, there wasn't much left."

"You're right, those explosives have run out."

"What is it for?"

"We blew up Black Sheep's hometown!"

Zhang Mao: ...

Bellin continued: "The Black Sheep Kingdom is very arrogant and keeps sending troops to attack Tehran. The emperor sent us to blow up their hometown, and also killed the Black Sheep King. The king's younger brother is quite sensible, so he took the initiative to run away. Come and surrender, now the entire Black Sheep Kingdom has been included in the territory of Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Mao: ...

"Brother Zhang, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Mao came back to his senses and asked, "Since the explosives are all used up, what do you use to fry white sheep?"

"It can be made when it is used up!"

"There is nothing in this place, how to make it?"

Although Zhang Mao has not participated in scientific research, he is very clear that any new high-tech gadget needs the support of a strong industrial system behind it, and it cannot be completed overnight.

Tehran has no industrial foundation at all. It is okay to build a kiln to burn bricks, but it is impossible to make explosives.

Belin smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry about that, we have a new secret weapon, which can be replaced with black powder."

Zhang Mao scratched his head and asked, "Brother, I don't read much about your brother, but I know the difference between black powder and yellow powder. How can I replace it?"

"It's better to have yellow powder. It's not available now. We can only temporarily replace it with black powder. However, we have improved the structure of the bomb, and black powder can also exert a good power."

Zhang Mao felt that his brain couldn't keep up, so he was silent for a while, and said, "You're tired from the journey, let's go, my brother treats you to some meat!"

Killing sheep and stewing meat in the camp was extremely busy.

The wooden barrels filled with wine were also opened, and the aroma was overflowing.

Alejandro ate mutton and drank wine, and said drunkenly: "General Zhang, our wine here is very beautiful, just like...beauties..."

Zhang Mao looked at him angrily, and said, "Look at your virtue, if you can't drink, drink less!"

According to common sense, drinking alcohol is not allowed during the march. However, I am more happy to meet with the Academy of Sciences today, so I let everyone have a drink or two.

Unexpectedly, Alejandro's drinking capacity was really poor, and he began to slur his speech after drinking a glass.

"Hehe, General Zhang, come... come and drink!"

Zhang Mao thought to himself, if he dared to play drunk, he would order someone to tie him up directly, so as not to embarrass him.

Alejandro leaned forward, holding a wine glass: "During the Ming Dynasty, have you never drank such a good wine?"

Zhang Mao couldn't help but said: "This thing is not a rare commodity, it was already available in the Han Dynasty!"

"Han Dynasty, what Han Dynasty? Not Han people, Ming Dynasty?"

Alejandro had just learned some Chinese, so naturally he couldn't figure out the difference between the Han people and the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Mao drank the wine in the glass and said: "The Han Dynasty... is more than 1000 years ago. There are poems to prove it. The grape wine luminous cup, if you want to drink the pipa, immediately urge it!"

"The general can still compose poetry?"

Alejandro looked at Zhang Mao with a little more admiration in his eyes.

Zhang Mao was secretly proud, and said: "It was done by a very famous person at that time, right, Brother Bei!"

Bellin couldn't listen any longer, and said, "Brother Zhang, the author of this poem is Wang Han, from the Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Mao asked suspiciously, "Is it from the Tang Dynasty?"

"Wang Han was a frontier poet in the Wu and Zhou Dynasties. It has been about 800 years ago. He was bold and unrestrained in nature, and he was informal. This Liangzhou Ci is a famous line that has been passed down through the ages!"

Alejandro was puzzled and asked, "Is it Tang Dynasty or Wu Zhou?"

Belling explained: "Wu Zhou was only a short-lived regime, and later generations still regard it as part of the Tang Dynasty."

Alejandro became more and more confused as he listened. He shook his hand weakly and said, "The history of your Han people is too complicated. I don't understand it, I don't understand it..."

Zhang Mao thought to himself, don't say you don't understand, I seem to be confused too!

"Okay, don't talk about this tonight, drink!"

Belin took a sip from the wine glass, nodded and said, "The wine here is really good. Compared with the wine in Huaiyuan County, it is a little sweeter and more fragrant."

Zhang Mao smashed his mouth and said, "I don't feel it!"

"You taste carefully."

Belin took another sip and said thoughtfully: "It should be the problem of the grapes. According to the research of the Institute of Agriculture, the difference in light and temperature has a great impact on the crops, and the barrels they hold the wine seem to be oak, but I don't know What's the meaning, this information needs to be recorded and provided to the Institute of Agriculture for research."

Zhang Mao looked blankly at the wine in the glass and the barrel beside him.

"Brother Bei, let's talk about our next plan!"