Chapter Sixty-Nine Strategy

Regarding officials like Zuo Liangyu who are more vicious than thieves, Ying Yi's view is very simple - they are greedy and greedy, fierce in appearance but cruel in heart, bullying the weak and afraid of the strong.

He used troops to plunder the people and killed good people to take credit, which shows his excessive greed. He has no mercy for the people, is arrogant and rude to his colleagues, and often runs the fastest when facing an army of thieves. It can be seen that he is fierce and shy, and bullies the weak and fears the strong.

Such a person, faced with two million taels of money, will definitely be unable to restrain his greed. But if these two million taels of silver 'fall into' the hands of a thief, he will hesitate. And once he knew that the bandits were no match for his troops, he would jump up again, but if he knew that the bandits' reinforcements were coming, he would definitely think of retreating.

Additional troops and horses from the intruders are coming, but Zuo Liangyu doesn't know about it for the time being. And once this army crossed Ye County, how could Zuo Liangyu notice some signs. After all, they are also veterans. Although they are miserable, they still have experience.

If he can't be stabilized, this bitch won't dare to fight with the bandit.

What's more, there is Ding Qirui. Ding Qirui must not agree with easily sending troops to start a war. Once Zuo Liangyu retreats, it will suit Ding Qirui's wishes. At that time, the situation in this area will completely depend on Liu Tie's thoughts.

This is what Ying Yi doesn't want to see.

He even hoped that the two sides would fight each other here, and both sides would suffer, so that Ying Yi could get something out of the fire.

"When I told Zuo Liangyu the news, Zuo Liangyu would back down. But I also told him that we have five thousand people here, and we will try our best to help him in Ye County to hold off the extra troops sent by the intruders, and asked him to take them back. Those two million taels of military pay, what do you think he will do?!"

"He will be tempted." Zhu Bingkun said.

Zhou Li also nodded.

Zuo Liangyu didn't really know what the military pay was like. Even if there were Jinyi guards in Erlang Mountain who escaped and told Zuo Liangyu that Ying Yi had taken away the military pay, Ying Yi could definitely say that he was intercepted by bandits on the way. In other words, after it was transported to Ye County, the city was captured by bandits - Ye County was already a white land.

"I told him that Hao Yaoqi had seized the military pay, but he also wanted to keep it all for himself, so he did not return to Kaifeng immediately. The money was hidden by Hao Yaoqi at the southern foot of Fangcheng Mountain. Not to mention whether Hao Yaoqi really wanted to keep it all for himself, Zuo Yaoqi But Liangyu will definitely save others by his own example, and thinks that Hao Yaoqi will definitely take it all for himself, because he thinks the same thing when it comes to Zuo Liangyu. I said that the intruders will arrive in three days, and I will help him arrest the thieves in Ye County. Bing, when he defeats Hao Yaoqi and Liu Zongmin and comes to rescue us, he will definitely be happy, feeling like a bunch of cannon fodder has been placed on his pillow when he wants to sleep."

Hearing this, Zhou Li and both of them laughed.

"He will definitely take action in advance. So before that, I have to meet Hao Yaoqi and Liu Zongmin, tell them that reinforcements are coming, and urge them to retreat as soon as possible. Zuo Liangyu will pursue them, and then chase them to the southern foot of Fangcheng Mountain. At this time, additional troops and horses sent by the intruders have also arrived..."

"When dry wood meets fire, a chaotic battle begins."

"at last..."

"Let's come out and clean up the mess."

After Ying Yi finished speaking, he paused and said, "Then, there is only one last thing left."

He said: "The additional troops and horses sent by the intruders cannot cross Ye County too quickly to avoid the Huguang soldiers being aware of it in advance. So we have to take action here. Zhang Shi should be back soon. Once he comes back, it will herald the increase in the number of intruders. The troops we sent have entered Ye County, so we have to show off our swords to make them suspicious and delay their advance."

"Please give me your orders!"

Zhou Li and Zhu Bingkun stood up and clasped their fists.

Ying Yi nodded: "As soon as Zhang Shi comes back, we should move. The main force of troops rushed to Nanlu overnight. We will not stay at night."

He looked at the sky and said, "Let's take advantage of the night and play hide-and-seek with them."

...

Before dark, Zhang Shi came back as expected.

He turned over and ran to Ying Yi with a quick breath: "Sir, the extra troops sent by the intruders have indeed arrived!"

"good."

Ying Yi nodded: "It's not beyond my expectation. How many people are there?"

"No less than 20,000!" Zhang Shi took a deep breath: "Sir, two million taels of silver, it seems that the intruder attaches great importance to it. From a distance, my subordinates can see that there are at least 3,000 cavalry of these 20,000 thieves, all of them are Old thief."

"The Three Thousand Old Camp...does take it seriously. Then who will be the thief?"

Ying Yi asked.

"There is a word "Li" written on the big banner." Zhang Shi said cautiously.

"Li..." When Ying Yi heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "It's not like the intruder is coming in person, right? Li Guo?"

Zhang Shi shook his head: "I don't know, my lord, the intruders' relatives are all surnamed Li, so there should be more than one Li Guo."

Ying Yi frowned, nodded, and shook his head: "But there is only one named character. Forget it, don't worry, I won't be impulsive. If you want to kill this thief, don't rush."

Several people around him secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where have they been?" Ying Yi suppressed the murderous intention in his heart and asked slowly.

"We should be near the county seat of Ye County now." Zhang Shi said.

"Okay." Ying Yi waved his hand: "It's getting dark soon. After training for so many days, let me see what you can do even at night."

Zhang Shi was startled when he heard this, and then showed a nervous and happy look. He punched his chest hard and gritted his teeth and said, "I will never disappoint you!"

Ying Yi nodded and said to the two Qianhu officials beside him: "You go to Nanlu quickly."

It's not that Ying Yi didn't want to leave more troops and horses to deal with the extra bandits, but that among the more than 3,000 troops and horses, except for the ones that were not withdrawn at night, all of them were empty-handed and wearing sackcloth. There's no point in staying.

More than 3,000 soldiers and horses were already prepared. Ying Yi gave an order, and under the leadership of Zhou Li and Zhu Bingkun, groups disappeared into the mountains and disappeared.

Zhang Shi had already led a horse. Ying Yi took the reins and climbed on the horse. He then took the simple knife handed over by Zhang Shi, struck the horse's belly with the blade, and shouted: "Let's go!"

The night was hazy, but Ying Yi's heart was boiling with murderous intent.

Not long after, Ying Yi and Zhang Shi came to a forest in the south of Ye County. Zhang Shi whistled a few times, and some people who stayed overnight came out of the forest.

"Sir! Hundred households!"

Ying Yi waved his hand: "Where are the thieves now?"

Ye Bushou said: "Just past the south of the city." He pointed to the south edge: "It's less than five miles."

"Eh?" Ying Yi was startled: "He marched in a hurry all night long?!"

Ye Bushou said: "It seems so, sir. They did not stop to set up camp and went straight to the south."

"A soldier is very fast, hey..." Ying Yi showed a sneer. He has concluded that the leader of this army is Li Guo. Can he be said to be a 'national general' that will be passed down to future generations?

"Let's go in front of them." Ying Yi waved his hand and rode away.

The army is a behemoth, with more than 20,000 thieves. Even if it is a hasty march, it will not go anywhere fast. There is no way he can be compared with Qingqi like Ying Yi and others. Ying Yi took Zhang Shi and others all the way southward around the woods. Through the darkness, they could vaguely see the long dragon of thieves and soldiers in the distance.

Gradually, 112 people from a hundred households stayed up all night and all returned to the team.