The eldest son is fierce

Nanjing, Kyoto.

It was already past midnight. After leaving Shang Mansion, Zhang Laojiu took the bad guys to get their equipment and secretly gathered at the intersection of Zhuque and Xuanwu streets.

In less than half an hour, more than 2,000 people arrived at the designated location.

"Old Zhang, aren't we being too blatant? I'm afraid our whereabouts have been revealed. The Nanjing Secret Guards and the City Patrol will probably take action soon."

As soon as he stopped on Zhuque Street, the young man next to Zhang Laojiu reminded him.

Zhang Laojiu was carrying a shoulder pole with a dozen explosive packs on either end, and a flintlock rifle in his other hand. Hearing the young man's words, he snorted coldly and said, "Damn it, the war has already started, and I'm still pampering them?"

The young man blinked and said, "Uh, didn't the Marshal say we were going to the ambush site secretly? We're coming here so blatantly, and you still call it an ambush?"

Zhang Laojiu spat on the ground and said, "Did you attend the meeting or did I? If you didn't attend the meeting, what are you talking about? Did the Marshal say ambush? The Marshal said blocking. Do you understand blocking?"

"Besides, the situation in the Southern Territory is so complicated right now. The forces are so intertwined that any one of them is our enemy. If you make a move, they will know."

"We have over 2,000 people. How can we march secretly in the city? We might as well march quickly and get into the blocking position first."

At this point, Zhang Laojiu jumped onto the roof, carrying a shoulder pole and looking through the telescope at the surroundings. He said with admiration, "Damn, the Marshal is the Marshal. He chose a great location."

"Although this is the intersection of Xuanwu Street and Zhuque Street, there is a river separating them. The Left and Right Guards and the City Patrol coming from the north must first cross these two bridges."

"Let's block these two bridges now. It will be a pipe dream for the guards to come over."

Zhang Qi, the commander of the Fourth Company of the Special Forces Battalion, had already jumped onto the rooftop and was also observing the terrain through a telescope. Hearing this, he smiled and agreed, "The terrain across the way is open. The enemy gathers in groups, so one bomb can kill a large area... Yeah, we can blow up the bridge first."

Zhang Laojiu glanced at Zhang Qi and said, "We can't blow up here. If we have to, we should blow up somewhere else. This isn't the only passage. If we blow up the bridge, and the enemy chooses to take a detour, that would be ridiculous, wouldn't it?"

Zhang Qi immediately gave Zhang Laojiu a thumbs-up and said, "As expected, the older you are, the wiser you are. I admire you. I admire you."

"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business."

Zhang Laojiu glared at Zhang Qi and said, "You're familiar with bombs. Send someone to blow up all the other bridges across this river. I'm going to set up cannons here and force the Left and Right Guards and the City Patrol's 100,000-man army to stand at attention across the bridge."

Zhang Qi blinked and said, "Haha, it seems you've learned a lot from following the Marshal! Even the tone of your speech is a bit similar."

"Okay, let me do it!"

Zhang Qi looked downstairs and said, "Send a few people to blow up the other bridges on the opposite river."

Several soldiers from the special forces battalion immediately took the order and disappeared into the night carrying the explosives.

Zhang Laojiu also looked at the team stopped below and shouted, "What are you all standing there for? The fight is about to start, and you haven't found your form yet?"

"Hurry up and build fortifications and set up artillery positions!"

The army of bad guys on the street suddenly looked at each other in confusion. A moment later, the young man who had just spoken said with a red face: "Mr. Zhang, it's not that we don't want to build fortifications, but we don't know what fortifications look like!"

"Arranging artillery positions...we do know how to do that. When we attack the palace, we just need to find an open position with all the cannons, calculate the distance accurately, and fire them madly."

Zhang Laojiu raised his hand and slapped his forehead, speechless: "Damn it, I forgot, this is the first time we've touched a gun!"

Zhang Qi laughed when he heard this and said, "When we first touched a gun, we didn't know anything either. I'll show you how to do it later. As for setting up a position, that's not necessary. The enemy doesn't have heavy firepower, so they can't cause much damage to us."

"So these houses we are standing on now are all good positions and can be used directly."

"Of course, it still needs to be reinforced to guard against the enemy's catapults and rain of arrows."

Zhang Laojiu looked up at the surrounding houses and his face twitched. The commander-in-chief said that we must not disturb the people!

Isn't this embarrassing? It's almost dawn, the war is about to start, how can I have time to work for the people?

After this battle, the surrounding houses will definitely be reduced to ruins!

— crunch!

At this moment, the door downstairs suddenly opened.

A white-haired old man walked out of the door. He stood on the street with a cane in his hand, trying to look up at Zhang Laojiu and Zhang Qi on the roof, and his old voice spread.

"You two are the leaders, right? Come down and talk."

Zhang Laojiu and Zhang Qi looked at each other and jumped off the roof.

As soon as he landed, Zhang Laojiu smiled and walked towards the old man: "Uh, father-in-law, it's like this..."

"Who are you calling father-in-law? How much older am I than you? Call me brother!" The old man hit him with his crutch.

Zhang Laojiu was hit hard by the cane, but he didn't get angry at all. He rubbed his hands and said, "Yes, yes, I should call you brother, brother, it's like this..."

"Don't talk yet! Let me speak first."

The old man interrupted him forcefully again, squinting his eyes as he looked at them and said, "I am the head of this place. Are you... the people of the Great Yan Zhennan King?"

Zhang Laojiu nodded immediately and said, "Yes, yes, we are the people of the King of Zhennan. We have been ordered to do something here. Old man... no, brother, if you are the head of the village, that would be great. Your words will definitely have an effect. We are planning to requisition..."

The old man raised his cane and pointed at Zhang Laojiu, saying, "The Prince of Zhennan will compensate, right?"

"Huh? Ah?" Zhang Laojiu stared at the old man in a daze, not being able to react to what the old man meant for a moment.

"I'm asking you, the house collapsed, will your King Zhennan compensate you? Understand?" The old man repeated with a cold face, such an idiot is still a commander?

"Compensation, I must compensate, I must compensate."

Zhang Laojiu jumped up on the spot, his eyes shining like lanterns.

Haha, Old Zhang deserves the credit for this. His pillow came to him when he dozed off.

He said excitedly: "Our prince said that if you smash or damage any house or property, you must pay double the compensation."

When the old man heard what Zhang Laojiu said, he was immediately excited. He threw away his crutches and grabbed Zhang Laojiu's hand and said, "My benefactor, my good man, my three sons and four grandchildren can finally get married."

"Brother, this house of ours has been passed down from our ancestors for a thousand years."

"I'll pay you one tael of silver a year. Fair, right? One thousand taels, and you can build any house you want!"