Chapter 12 News

With the help of his second brother, Ying Yi finally found Sun Xiucai's residence.

He was actually a little worried that Sun Xiucai would not be able to enter Ye County. Although Sun Xiucai is a scholar, he is not omnipotent after all. If he is turned away from the city, Sun Xiucai's thin arms and legs will probably make him cold in a few days.

Knocking on the door, Sun Xiucai's familiar voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

Ying Yi said: "It's me, Sun Xiucai."

I heard a commotion inside. As soon as the door opened, Sun Xiucai came out wearing a robe, showing a surprised face: "Brother Ying!"

The younger brother looked on and saw that Ying Yi was indeed an acquaintance of Sun Xiucai, so he said, "Please excuse me, please. I will leave now."

Sun Xiucai waved to the second brother and welcomed Ying Yi and Er Niu in.

After closing the door and brightening the flame in the oil lamp, the three of them sat down around the round table.

"Er Niu is here too." Sun Xiucai exhaled: "It seems that Brother Ying's matter is half done."

Erniu said: "Why is it half?"

"During the day and afternoon, a bandit cavalry passed by outside the city and showed off its power. Some people recognized that the leader of the thieves was the tiger. So I said Brother Ying was half dead. He must have rescued the villagers, but he could not kill them. He killed that beast like a tiger."

After hearing this, Ying Yi couldn't help but look at him with admiration. Scholars are indeed scholars. They may not have moral integrity, and they may be greedy for life and afraid of death, but scholars with a good reputation are still somewhat smart.

He nodded: "I couldn't kill a beast like a tiger."

Erniu also understood, and immediately told the story of that night vividly and vividly. Although it was confusing, Sun Xiucai understood it clearly.

Sun Xiucai sighed: "Brother Ying pities the lives of the villagers, otherwise a tiger will definitely die."

And a little low: "It's just a pity for the Zhang family's sister-in-law and the others... Well, the world is like this..."

Ying Yi couldn't help but sigh to himself. Later he cheered up and said, "I must kill a tiger. Sun Xiucai, have you heard any news in Ye County these days? Now you have missed the best opportunity to kill a tiger." At the right time, he has already gone to Kaifeng, and will soon join up with the intruders. There are hundreds of thousands of thieves, and it is difficult to find him. I thought about your earlier proposal, and I am afraid that we really need to borrow the hands of the officers and soldiers. "

Sun Xiucai suddenly became happy and said: "That's right. Brother Ying, although you are powerful, how can you compare to a large army pressing down on the country alone? I have visited several classmates in the county these days and got some news. "

Ying Yi quickly cheered up and listened.

Sun Xiucai said: "Wang Qionian, the governor of the three sides, was defeated in Xiangcheng in February and was killed by intruders. The imperial court restored Sun Baigu and ordered the governor to suppress the bandits and relieve the siege. Wang Qiaonian was appointed as the governor of the three sides. Hou Xun was restored and the governor The military affairs of the seven towns of Baoding are under the control of Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei, Yang Wenyue and other troops, and they coordinate to relieve the siege of Kaifeng."

"Who is Sun Baigu?"

Hou Xun Yingyi vaguely remembered that it seemed to be the father of Hou Fangyu, one of the four young masters. As for how I remember Hou Fangyu, it was because of Li Xiangjun. The reputation of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai will be much greater than that of civil servants and generals hundreds of years later. But Sun Baigu Yingyi didn't know. But he can act as the governor of the three sides. This Sun Baigu must be a figure who will leave his name in history.

"Sun Baigu is Sun Chuanting, nicknamed Baigu." Sun Xiucai said: "We were in the same family as me five hundred years ago."

"Sun Chuanting!" Ying Yi suddenly understood.

Among the famous ministers and generals in the late Ming Dynasty, the one whom Ying Yi remembers most deeply, besides Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu, is Sun Chuanting. This man is quite capable of fighting, but the times are difficult, and he will inevitably die on the battlefield like Lu Xiangsheng in the end.

It seems that in a certain battle to relieve the siege of Kaifeng, he won first and then lost. He was implicated by friendly forces and finally defeated.

"Sun Chuanting..." Ying Yi thought carefully.

The leading figures in the late Ming Dynasty, such as Zuo Liangyu and Hou Xun, are all bullshit. Although Sun Chuanting was inevitably defeated, he was still capable of fighting. If you want to borrow strength, you can only borrow it from Sun Chuanting. In other places, let alone borrowing strength, God will bless you if you don't get tricked.

"Where are Sun Chuanting's troops and horses now?"

Ying Yi asked quickly.

"When Sun Baigu came back to power, Wang Qiaonian was still alive. Now that Wang Qiaonian has been appointed as the governor of the three sides, he will go to Guanzhong to gather troops."

"Guanzhong..."

Ying Yi looked thoughtful: "It's not far from Henan to Guanzhong, right?"

"Go west, pass Luoyang and Tongguanwei, and you'll reach the boundary of Guanzhong." Sun Xiucai said, "It's only a few hundred miles away."

"Oh..." Ying Yi thought a lot for a while.

Sun Chuanting had just returned to power and replaced Wang Qiaonian as the governor of the three sides. It would take several months to gather troops in Guanzhong. But Ying Yi felt a little impatient to wait. Whenever he thought of the tragic situation of Brother Zhang's family of three, Ying Yi's heart burned so much that he always wanted to catch a tiger and kill him with a thousand knives.

But now a tiger has entered Kaifeng and joined the intruders. With Ying Yi's own strength, not to mention other things, just finding a tiger is as difficult as climbing to the sky. Although Ying Yi gained another point after killing a tiger and gained another boost in strength, he still didn't have absolute confidence.

Sun Xiucai understood clearly, thought for a while, and said: "Either the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have not gathered yet, or they are licking their wounds after being defeated. Brother Ying may have to wait until he kills a tiger."

He then talked about what happened in the previous few months, such as how Wang Qiaonian was defeated, Zuo Liangyu and Yang Wenyue had retreated to Xiangyang to rest, Hou Xun was still in Hebei, etc.

Listening to this, Ying Yi laughed angrily.

It turns out that since the bandits ravaged Henan last year, the imperial court had already deployed troops and generals. Huguang soldiers, Baoding soldiers, and Shaanxi soldiers besieged from the south, north, and west. The Huguang soldiers were led by Ding Qirui, the Baoding army was led by Yang Wenyue, and the Shaanxi army was led by Wang Qiaonian. Surrounded on three sides, the Huguang soldiers led by Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu and the Baoding soldiers led by Yang Wenyue were besieged by bandits in Xiangcheng. Wang Qiaonian quickly raised his troops to rescue him. Unexpectedly, Zuo Liangyu was a white-eyed wolf. Wang Qiaonian rescued him, but he ran away. , shaken the morale of the army, causing Wang Qiaonian to be defeated and killed in battle, and he himself escaped.

Once he escaped, the encirclement strategy failed.

But Zuo Liangyu, with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, ruined the strategy and killed a trilateral governor, but was not punished.

Later, Chongzhen appointed Hou Xun, precisely because of the old relationship between Hou Xun and Zuo Liangyu.

This shows how corrupted the Ming Dynasty has become.

Listening to Sun Xiucai's sighs, Ying Yi was speechless, but there was also a hint of sadness.

"So, if you want to kill a tiger, you have to wait?"

Ying Yi was still a little unwilling.

"We can only wait." Sun Xiucai said: "A gentleman hides his weapon and waits until the time comes. Brother Ying, I know you are very powerful, but you can't be reckless."

Erniu also nodded quickly.

Ying Yi thought about it and sighed, "Okay."

Then he said: "Xiucai, I will place the rescued folks in Fangcheng Mountain. Tomorrow I will go to Guanzhong to see if I can meet Governor Sun Chuanting. You go back with Erniu and take good care of the folks. You are a scholar, You always know better than them. There is water and land in the valley. You are in charge of clearing up wasteland. You can grow food if you can, and you cannot wait to die."

When Sun Xiucai heard this, he nodded first, and then said: "I'm afraid it's not easy to meet Sun Chuanting."

Ying Yi is a white man, and Sun Chuanting is the governor of the three sides, so he can see it as soon as he sees it.

Ying Yi nodded: "I have my own way."