After hearing Zhou Xian's words, Li Zhensheng looked unbelievable. After all, at this time, no one would have expected that in the near future, Li Zicheng would lead this group of thieves who had always been despised by the government army to break the city of Beijing and destroy the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Xian smiled bitterly, and did not want to explain too much. "Mr. Li just thought I was worried about it. But you can imagine that if the thieves expand their power in the future and reach the point of conquering the city and territories, how should the adults protect the country and the people?"

Li Zhensheng frowned and pondered for a moment, saying, "So what can I do? Just guard the city and wait for reinforcements from the provincial government."

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "Sir, if there are any reinforcements from the provincial government when it really arrives, let's not worry about it. Just say that they can really send reinforcements. Hundreds of thousands of bandits are roaring. How can you defend this small county town and how many days can you hold on? If the city is broken before the provincial government's reinforcements arrive, what should you do?"

Li Zhensheng looked ugly and was silent for a while and said, "It shouldn't be that way!"

"Sir, look at Wuyang City today. There are half reinforcements in Wuyang City for more than 20 days. Although this is closely related to Governor Xuan Mo leading heavy troops to Hanzhong to encircle and suppress the bandits, causing Henan's troops to be empty, it has to be said that it is better to rely on yourself to wait for reinforcements from the provincial government. In addition, even if the provincial government really sends reinforcements, it will take time to arrive. What I mean is to make friends with the adults to deal with this possible future situation."

When Li Zhensheng heard this, he became more and more confused and said, "Why am I less and less understanding what you said? I am just a small county magistrate. What does it have to do with me? I have to deal with that situation?"

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Sir, have you ever remembered the oath I mentioned to you before to resist the bandits together?"

Li Zhensheng nodded and said, "How can I forget the promise I just made? It's just that I have to wait until Wuyang City sends troops to help me wipe out the two bandits in Yancheng, then I can really count it." Li Zhensheng's face smiled and reminded Zhou Xian to understand his past words.

"Of course. Just consider the current situation. If you are sure that another city may send troops to help at any time when Wuyang or Yancheng is surrounded. This is different than all the soldiers trapped in the lonely city, and you don't know when and where reinforcements will arrive, how is it different?"

Li Zhensheng pondered for a moment and said, "If the soldiers guarding the city knew that reinforcements could arrive at any time, their hearts would naturally be safe. Not to mention whether the bandits could finally break through the city, at least the time of persistence would inevitably be extended a lot."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Sir, that's the case. The two cities are connected. If you deal with bandits like Yang Si, Ziweixing, and Pishanhu, you can help each other and fight each other. You can also break the bandits without sending troops from the provincial government. Even if you deal with big bandits like trespasses in the future, if you help each other, you can hold on for a long time and wait for the reinforcements sent by the provincial government to arrive. In this way, you can protect the country and the people, and I can also ensure that the relatives in Wuyang City are safe."

After hearing this, Li Zhensheng pointed at Zhou Xian with his finger and laughed: "At this point, I finally understand the meaning of protecting your loved ones yesterday. This method is indeed good."

Zhou Xian bowed and bowed to Li Zhensheng and said, "Sir, this is only for personal gain. Let's talk about it for the public. In fact, this is only my first step of plan. Let Wuyang, which is closer, connect the two counties of Yancheng first to fight against the bandits. This time, Wuyang City helps Wuyang to attack and destroy Yang Si. Next, Wuyang City will send troops to help the adults encircle and suppress Ziweixing and scatter the two bandits of Shanhu. Once it is finally successful, it will be a model for everyone to help each other and jointly defend the enemy. Then, it will be much easier to implement the second step plan."

Li Zhensheng curled his smile and said, "Example? From what you mean, what you are looking for is not just our two cities, but more and more plans?"

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Sir, Wuyang and Yancheng are located in the middle of southern Henan, and are the junction of Nanyang Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture and Runing Prefecture. The tragic thing is that they are far away from each government office. Once the bandits attack, it will definitely take some time for the government office to arrive. At that time, it is absolutely more than waiting for the government office to rescue the government office. However, if there are only two cities alliances, the strength is still slightly insufficient. My ultimate goal is to connect Wuyang, Yancheng, and even the surrounding Yexian, Linying, Xiping, Shangcai and other places."

Li Zhensheng was slightly moved and said, "Wuyang and Ye County belong to Nanyang Prefecture, Yancheng and Linying belong to Xuzhou Prefecture, and Xiping and Shangcai belong to Runing Prefecture. You are considering the border areas of the three prefectures. This appetite seems to be a bit big! How can you ensure that you will help others when they are trapped in a siege. They will be grateful and will definitely send troops to help when you are trapped in a siege."

Zhou Xianxiao said, "It depends on the adults."

Li Zhensheng said with a shocked expression: "Damn me?"

"Yes, it's up to the great man. The reason why thieves ravaged the world is related to the current natural disasters, but they are also related to the fact that officials in various places only want to protect themselves. Seeing that the counties around them fall and only know how to guard the city, in the end, they are only alone. How can they persist for a long time? If you want to change this situation, you can only lure it for profit and move it for righteousness?"

Li Zhensheng frowned and said, "I can understand that it is just a righteous act. But how can I lure it for profit? Should I use gold, silver, food and grass to lure it?"

Zhou Xian shook his head and said, "Sir, money and food are small profits, and what I am talking about is great profit. The court rules that whenever bandits besiege the city, abandon the city and flee or lose the city, the local officials are punished for beheading. Therefore, which county magistrate is not afraid of bandits attacking? And helps them to defend the city and not lose it. This is great profit. Today, the adults first send troops to assist Wuyang, and the Wuyang officials then help them to eliminate the bandits in Yancheng. That is, you have set up a model for Linxian to help everyone. At the beginning, everyone may doubt it, but as long as there are more times to help each other in the future, everyone can convince everyone."

Seeing Li Zhensheng lower his head and pondering, Zhou Xian continued: "Of course, everyone has selfishness and cannot expect others to help. But in order to avoid sidling by others when they are in trouble, the officials from other places will definitely not ignore it. Even if hundreds of soldiers are sent to help each other, it will have a little impact on the overall situation. This is what I mentioned in the second step, so that the six counties can be connected and jointly protect the surrounding safety. Of course..."
Chapter completed!