Ying Yi thought to himself: "After the thief defeated Sun Chuanting, I wonder if he will fight me with the momentum of victory, or turn around and break Kaifeng?"

He changed his mind: "I'm afraid I'll fight me first."

Kaifeng is there, and there is no need to run away. The soldiers and horses in Xiangcheng are on their backs. If it were Ying Yi, he would have defeated Xiangcheng's soldiers and horses first and then broke through Kaifeng.

Since Sun Chuanting was defeated, if he defeated Xiangcheng's troops again, the thieves in the Central Plains will be invincible. What kind of success is this?

Previously, the thieves did not lead the army to attack Xiangcheng. One reason was that Ying Yi had won many times, which scared Li Chuang for a while. Two reason was that Sun Chuanting had not yet been involved at that time.

As the saying goes, one time and another, now that Sun Chuanting has been involved, once Li Chuang leads a large army, he will probably do it all the time and just do it with Ying Yi.

Time passed slowly while Ying Yi's waiting.

...

Yuzhou.

Sun Xiucai hurried into Zheng Yunzhi's office hall with a secret report: "Mr. Zheng, Master Zheng!"

Zheng Yunzhi put down the memorial in her hand, raised her head, and saw Sun Xiucai's appearance, she couldn't help but frown: "I'm so anxious, is there something happened?"

Sun Xiucai handed the secret report to Zheng Yunzhi: "Mr. Zheng will know at a glance."

Zheng Yunzhi opened the secret report and looked ten lines at a glance, and her expression became solemn over time.

He put down his secret report: "Is he a thief?"

Sun Xiucai nodded and said, "It's the thief who is in the Xianneng. This thief is coming from Huainan again!"

It turned out that this secret report was sent by Zhou Li, Wuyang, and Zhou Li, who was quick to report. However, it was said that there were traces of bandits in Runing Mansion. After careful inspection, it was found that it was a bandit who had already stationed troops and was then pacified, and there were signs of spying on Nanyang.

"Suiping goes west to Nanyang. Wuyang is the first to be the brunt of it." Sun Xiucai stamped his feet and said, "This thief is not in Huainan to be his mountain king. He has to go through a lot of hardships to cross the Dabie Mountains. Is this full of food?"

To the east of Nanyang Prefecture is Runing Prefecture, both under Henan. And Runing Prefecture is adjacent to Luzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili and Fengyang Prefecture. Last year, the thief suffered a great loss in Huguang and had to defect to Li Chuang. However, Li Chuang was afraid of it and almost killed by Li Chuang. It was Luo Ru who let him go.

Zhang Xianzhong went south again, passed Bozhou and entered Fengyang Prefecture, and dug the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family again. Then he went south, met with the five thieves of Ge Zuo, attacked the prefecture and destroyed the county, and gradually grew stronger.

Although they were all thieves, Zhang Xianzhong and Ge Zuo were not in the same group, and they competed with each other. In addition, the general Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo's encirclement and suppression were repeatedly won and defeated, but Zhang Xianzhong's life was not satisfactory.

Not long ago, Zhang Xianzhong received a letter of help from Li Chuang, and he laughed happily. Looking back at the beginning, Li Chuang forced him and almost killed him, Zhang Xianzhong. Isn’t he still asking for help from him?

It happened to be unsatisfactory in Huainan. Huainan was complex in geography, with great landlords and merchants having strong power. He recruited militia groups and attacked everywhere, like an invisible net, making Zhang Xianzhong feel like he fell into a quagmire. Li Chuang asked him to attack Nanyang. Zhang Xianzhong thought that since it was difficult to open up the situation in Huainan, he would change the place - such as returning to Guanzhong? Or Huguang? Sichuan?

So he managed to get rid of Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, and only brought the elite old thief to cross the Dabie Mountains and enter Runing Mansion.

After Zhang Xianzhong entered Ru Ning Mansion, he almost captured Ru Yang while he was unprepared. Fortunately, Ru Yang reacted very quickly and stabilized the situation. Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to advance and pacify the troops.

Then he pacified the destruction and the population was sparse. Zhang Xianzhong was unable to gather all his troops in a short period of time, so he had to attack everywhere, slaughter villages and towns, and carry the people.

This movement was noticed by Zhou Li, who was guarding Wuyang. Zhou Li quickly sent someone to investigate it in detail before he found out that Zhang Xianzhong had actually arrived in Runing Mansion!

Zhou Li did not dare to neglect his mistakes. While taking strict precautions, he also sent a message to Yuzhou.

Sun Xiucai had just returned from Crescent Valley. As soon as he received a message from Zhou Li, he knew that the thief was coming and he was very anxious. He hurried to see Zheng Yunzhi, which was the scene just now.

After hearing Sun Xiucai's complaint, Zheng Yunzhi couldn't help laughing: "You are not afraid of thieves, let alone thieves? Do you think about the ground in Nanyang, how many people are broken into my son-in-law's hands? There are only a few tens of thousands of people, so why bother panic?"

Sun Xiucai said: "It's not that he is panicked. If the lord is here, I won't worry no matter how many soldiers and horses are offered. But the lord goes north and doesn't know where it is. Zhou Li's troops are only 2,500 people... If the lord comes, what should I do if the lord is ready to open up and cultivate the land on Wuyang?"

Zheng Yunzhi nodded slightly, but was still not anxious. He shook the secret report and said, "Zhou Li said in the secret report that he could block the thief. Since that's the case, what are you afraid of? The farming matters have just begun. Wuyang has not yet started. Let's hold back for a few days and manage Ye County and Yuzhou."

Then he paused and said, "But we can't take it lightly. Wuyang must be missing all the weapons, food and grass."

Sun Xiucai nodded: "I have asked someone to prepare the weapons and food. I just brought back ten tiger squat cannons and three million enemies from the Crescent Valley, and sent them all together."

Zheng Yunzhi smiled and said, "Since that's the case, let's calm down. However, the news from Wuyang will still be spread to Xiangcheng, so that Zhu Bingkun and the others will be prepared just in case."

Sun Xiucai agreed: "In addition, I also want to organize some young and strong people to send them to Wuyang. After all, there are a fewer than 2,500 people."

Zheng Yunzhi said: "You can do it. As long as you don't delay the major farming events in Yuzhou and Ye County."

At this moment, a book came to report.

Zheng Yunzhi and Sun Xiucai were stunned and hurriedly called the person in. When Shuzuo looked red and excited, he couldn't help asking, "What happened?"

Shu Zuo hurriedly said, "Imperial Envoy! The Imperial Envoy is here!"

"Inspector?!"

Zheng Yunzhi and Sun Xiucai looked at each other, and there was the same guess in their eyes. Both of them showed joy. Zheng Yunzhi forced herself to suppress: "Scholar, you go and do your business first, and I will welcome the imperial envoy."

Sun Xiucai nodded and left quickly.

Zheng Yunzhi stood up and said, "Take me to welcome the imperial envoy."

Zheng Yunzhi brought a large official Shu Zuo to the yamen. The imperial envoy was already outside the door. However, the imperial envoy looked very embarrassed. Dozens of people were all swept by the wind, frost and dust, without any glamour.

A group of imperial envoys saw a large number of people coming out of the yamen, and a leading official said with a voice: "Who is in charge?"

Zheng Yunzhi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I am the official Zheng Yunzhi."

The Zhongguan glanced at Zheng Yunzhi in surprise and nodded: "So you are Zheng Yunzhi who turns the tide!"

"It's the lower official." Zheng Yunzhi reached out and pointed: "It's better to go in and take care of the wind and dust for thousands of miles before talking about it."

The middle-aged official was very eager to do so, and immediately laughed and entered the yamen.
Chapter completed!