Three days later, as soon as Wang Xiaoli led his army into Baofeng County, someone came to report that someone had been sent to Luoyang Di.

After entering the county government office and changing into public uniforms, Wang Xiaoliu ordered people to bring Zhai Jin's envoy in.

The envoy entered the official hall and sang a promise to Wang Xiaoli. He crossed his hands and said, "Reported to the magistrate, Yang Jin, Zhengzhou, has recently been in chaos and forcing Henan Prefecture. The Taiwei has led the army to fight. Yang Jin's troops and horses are out of Yingyang, and they are in Luonan, and the land is close to Ruzhou. The magistrate should lead the troops to garrison, so that they will not enter Ruzhou to cause chaos."

Wang Xiaohunting said: "I have already raised my troops and come from the starry night. I wonder how many troops Yang Jin has?"

The envoy said: "Yang Jin called himself 700,000 soldiers. He was just a false claim and could not be counted. According to the Taiwei estimates, there are no more than 10,000 people at most."

Wang Xiaoli thought for a while and said, "It's one thing to have tens of thousands of soldiers, but it's another thing to have more soldiers to fight."

The envoy said: "Magistrate, who can tell me clearly? But he is a military thief and should not be underestimated."

Wang Xiaolei said: "I understand. By the way, Taiwei Zhai is fighting, I wonder if I need my help?"

The envoy said: "The Grand Marshal just asked the governor to raise an army as soon as possible, and did not order him to help the war."

At this time, Zhai Jin had been promoted to the commander of the Northwest Road of Jingxi Road, and Wang Xiao was nominally under his jurisdiction. However, at this time, the official title was often false and could not be considered real. Not to mention Wang Xiaoli, Zhai Jin could not command a few people on the Northwest Road of Jingxi Road.

Zhai Jin did not have many troops, only thousands, and they were stationed in many places. No matter how many people there were, Zhai Jin could not afford to pay. The main officer was a member of the Zhai Jin tribe, so he was particularly united and able to fight. Thousands of people were enough to shock one side.

In his previous life, Wang Xiaoli often saw ancient wars, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops on one side and hundreds of thousands of troops on the other side. He was not worthy of leaving his name at all. When he really came to this world, he realized that it was not the case.

At this time, a household in a state, taking the rule of Ruzhou as an example, only tens of thousands of households can only support tens of thousands of households. How many troops can a tens of thousands of households support? It is impossible for one household to support one person. Normally, it is the limit for five households to support one soldier. It is very heavy to support one soldier in ten households. Twenty or thirty households support one soldier is generally acceptable. During the war, if you do not have the ability to transport logistics on a large scale, how many troops can a state station? Ten thousand troops are enough to eat up most of the households in this state. In a few months, this state will suffer a severe blow.

At this time, it will be very difficult to send troops to more than 100,000 people along the way, and there must be a large number of transportation troops in the rear. If one or two thousand people are stationed in a state at the same time, it will be fine in a short time, but over time, the source of food and grass must be found.

Zhai Jin's foundation is in Yiyang County, basically along the Yi River to the valley area of ​​Luoyang. Even if the whole people are soldiers, they cannot support too many troops. However, Zhai Jin is the largest force near Luoyang, and the rest obey his orders.

Luoyang was captured twice by Jin soldiers, and it was extremely broken at this time. When fighting near this place, Zhai Jin's thousands of people were the limit. No matter how many people there were, the food and grass around them were not enough. No matter how many soldiers Yang Jin brought, he could not live there for a long time.

After the envoy was settled, Wang Xiaoli sent people to Ruzhou to pay attention to Yang Jin's movements, and should not be careless. At the same time, he ordered Yang Shen to prepare manpower and food and grass. He led his troops into Linru Town and must not cut off the supply.

This is the advantage of using troops in the inside line. In this state, Wang Xiaoli does not need to consider logistics issues. Once transported, transporting food and grass is a big deal.

In Ruzhou City, Cao Erniang was coaxing her youngest son there. The child was less than two years old and was shaking and making noises constantly, which made Cao Erniang feel extremely irritable. On the other hand, his uncle Zheng Youcheng held a stick and was holding a cat there.

After a long time, Cao Erniang said impatiently: "Have a cat to catch a mouse, what are you playing there! I don't know what to sell outside, but I keep calling there, I'm so annoying! Go out and knock people away quickly, don't mess with me!"

Zheng Youcheng put down the wooden stick, stood up, and muttered in a low voice: "You are annoying, why blame me?"

As he spoke, he walked out of the room.

I saw a man wearing a large fan hat and standing under a big willow tree by the roadside in front of his house. Two baskets of tender lotus roots were hawking there.

Zheng Youcheng said: "That man, don't do business in front of my room! The quarrels are so annoying!"

The man seemed to have not heard it, just to be hawking. And I don’t know if he was interested, but the sound was a little louder.

When Zheng Youcheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry. He strode forward, grabbed the man's arm, and was about to hit someone. Unexpectedly, the man was extremely powerful, so he didn't pull him.

Just when Zheng Youcheng was about to get angry, the man raised Fan Yangli slightly and whispered: "Brother, are you doing these days?"

Zheng Yangcheng saw it and hurriedly said, "It turns out it's brother! I haven't heard your voice after listening for so long!"

The man said, "There is no way. There are too many people in Ruzhou City who know me, so I can only take medicine and change my throat. These days, are your parents at home? Are your sister-in-law and children good? Is anyone causing trouble?"

Zheng Youcheng said: "Okay, all is fine. But you don't know where to go once you go, and your sister-in-law is a little upset."

This person is Zheng Youcheng's second brother Zheng Youming. He turned out to be an official in Ruzhou. A few days ago, Wang Xiaokai rectified the affairs of officials. Zheng Youming left because he had too many bad deeds in the past and did not want to take out the money. For some reason, he rushed back today.

Seeing that there were no pedestrians around, Zheng Youcheng hurriedly said, "Since my brother is back, go home quickly."

Zheng Youming nodded, took on the burden, and asked Zheng Youcheng to go first. He followed him and entered the yard.

Cao Erniang had just helped the fallen child up and looked up and saw her uncle bringing in a lotus-selling man. She couldn't help but be furious. She said, "You are such a useless person! If you want to drive someone away, how can you lead them into the house instead!"

Zheng Yuming stepped forward quickly, lifted Fan Yangli up and whispered: "Don't shout! I'm back!"

Looking at her husband's face, Cao Erniang was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Zheng Youming put down the passage and whispered: "You can't let me know my traces, and I whisper."

Cao Erniang nodded and asked in a low voice: "Where have you been these days? No matter whether our family lives or not?"

As he said that, he started to cry.

Zheng Youming sighed: "What's the solution? If I don't leave, I have to cut my head according to the rules set by the magistrate. It's okay if I die, but I have to confiscate our family wealth. That's hard to survive! When I leave, who will come and make you difficult?"

Cao Erniang said, "Why no one comes to make things difficult? It's just that you haven't left for a long time, so they won't come. In the past two days, I heard from your former colleague that if you don't come back, they will come to search the house!"

"Zhi Niang, when I was there, these people ate mine a lot, used mine, and took mine!" Zheng Youming was so angry that he felt itchy. "Let me remember it. When I become rich one day, I will definitely forgive them!"

Cao Erniang said, "Forget it. We live a difficult life now, and we have to be a little bit angry when we go out. If we have money at home, we dare not take it out for spending, otherwise there will be someone going to gossip."

Zheng Youming said: "Don't be afraid. I'll come back just because I'm worried that you will not be able to do well."

Cao Erniang looked at her husband up and down and said disdainfully: "Look at you carrying a load of lotus roots, do you have any amazing skills?"

Zheng Youming said: "My wife is wrong! I am afraid of being recognized by carrying loads and selling lotus roots. Business people, as long as they give some money when entering the city, the people guarding the city will be put in. To be honest, I am really developed today!"

Cao Erniang curled her lips and didn't believe it at all.

Zheng Youming said: "I left Ruzhou and went to Zhengzhou in the north. I didn't want to be appreciated by Yang Taiwei there and become a high-ranking official."

"Which Taiwei Yang? Is it said that he wanted to attack Luoyang's Taiwei Yang?" Zheng Youcheng asked curiously.
Chapter completed!