Chapter Seventy-Five Black Magpie

"The previous plan was to alert the enemy and detain the beast Li Guo for a period of time so that the follow-up plan could be carried out. But now things have changed."

Ying Yi said to Zhang Shi, "Come and take a look."

He led Zhang Shi to a big stone, raised his hand and lifted the stone, revealing a zombie that was bundled into a ball and pressed by the stone for several hours but still alive and roaring: "Look at this thing."

The zombie roared at Zhang Shi, who was so frightened that Zhang Shi couldn't help but take a few steps back. He opened his mouth wide: "Sir, what is this?!"

Ying Yi took a breath and said, "I don't know either. This thing is extremely powerful and invulnerable. It can't even hit him with a musket. I cut him a few times but only broke his skin. It's hard to kill him."

He said: "Once this thing is on the battlefield, unless the cannon can hit it head-on, almost no one can stop it. I am very worried that there is such a thing among the bandits. If we follow the original plan, it will just Hold Li for a while and then let him pass. In the end, both sides will be hurt as I expected. If this thing rushes into the battle and kills Zuo Liangyu, the Huguang soldiers will definitely be defeated."

Ying Yi stamped his feet on the ground and shook the zombies out of the ground. He picked up his neck and said: "Zuo Liangyu, I still need to give him some supervision, but I don't know that except for this one, Li Guo is a thief." There are still a few people under my command, so I can’t distract myself. Zhang Shi, do you have the courage to go south for me?”

Huguang Bing, Hao Yaoqi, and Liu Zongmin must have a fight. Although Ying Yi's plan has changed due to the emergence of zombies, the purpose of the fire merger remains unchanged.

First, Zuo Liangyu must be given some sense of urgency, otherwise this bitch won't make up his mind. But at the same time, Zuo Liangyu must know that the bandit reinforcements will not arrive soon, so he must be careful.

Secondly, it is necessary to let Hao Yaoqi and Liu Zongmin know that reinforcements are coming, and to determine their intentions with Zuo Liangyu.

Originally, Ying Yi had planned to go by himself, but now he couldn't.

Zhang Shi took a cautious look at the zombie in Ying Yi's hand, and then said loudly: "I am willing to go. Don't worry, sir!"

Ying Yi smiled and nodded: "Very good."

He warned: "Take a few people with you and be careful along the way. Go see Zuo Liangyu first, and give him this document."

Speaking of which. Ying Yi took out a document from his arms. This document had been prepared by Ying Yi a long time ago, and it was stamped with the seal of Zheng Yunzhi, the county magistrate of Ye County. The content was to inform Zuo Liangyu of the thieves' reinforcements, and tell him that Zheng Yunzhi would lead people to block the thieves' reinforcements in the Ye County area for a period of time, and asked Zuo Liangyu to regain the two million taels of military pay as soon as possible.

Every word here is written in Zheng Yunzhi's handwriting.

It can be said that it is reasonable and legal, and there is no problem at all.

"You give this county official document to Zuo Liangyu and tell him that we will definitely stop the thieves' reinforcements in Ye County. It can take as short as three to five days, as long as ten and a half months. We must beg him to send troops to regain the military pay."

Zhang Shi listened and kept it in his heart.

Ying Yi said again: "After you have met Zuo Liangyu, you will quietly go to see Liu Zongmin and Hao Yaoqi. Naturally, you will pretend to be thieves. Tell them that Li Guo is about to arrive in Ye County with more than 10,000 elites. Let them They hold on. Tell them that King Chuang asked them to defeat the Huguang soldiers in Nanyang and cut off an arm of the imperial court."

He added: "I also want to tell them that King Chuang already knows the news about military pay. And he got the exact information - two million military pay, in Yuzhou."

After finishing speaking, and waiting for Zhang Shi to chew for a while, Ying Yi asked back and forth several times to make sure that Zhang Shi remembered correctly, and then nodded: "Meeting Zuo Liangyu is different from meeting Hao Yaoqi or Liu Zongmin. One is an official." , one is a thief, although the official is worse than a thief. But the attitude is definitely different. When you meet Zuo Liangyu, you should treat it as if you are meeting Zheng County Zun, and you must follow the same etiquette. When you meet Hao Yaoqi and Liu Zongmin, you We need to show our banditry. And we don’t rule out that Hao Yaoqi and Liu Zongmin have contact with Li Zao—those two people have Li Guo’s contacts in their army. Once you encounter such a situation, you must know how to adapt to changes."

Zhang Shi cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, sir, my subordinates have all taken note of it."

"Just write it down." Ying Yi waved his hand: "You pick a few exciting people and leave immediately without delay. After finishing the work, immediately go to the designated location at Nanlu to meet up with Zhou Li and Zhu Bingkun. Tell them The two of them stood still without my orders."

"Here!"

After sending Zhang Shi away first, Ying Yi couldn't help but sigh slightly as he watched his figures disappear into the dark night. There is nothing anyone can do about it. I can only place my trust in Zhang Shi and hope that he can inspire me a little bit.

These many plans may seem circuitous, but they are all based on one thing - orthodoxy and famous tools. Otherwise, Ying Yi could just put up the flag, pull up the pole, and sit on the top of the mountain. There's no need to go to such trouble.

With his bravery, even if zombies appear now, he is not afraid. With thousands of men and horses, rushing into battle to kill the enemy, beheading the generals and seizing the flag, no matter whether they are bandits or officers and soldiers, with their fighting will, how can they survive once the general dies?

But that's not what Ying Yi wants.

The Huguang soldiers will be defeated, and they will be defeated miserably. At least leaders like Zuo Liangyu will not be able to survive. Once the Huguang soldiers are gone, the Huguang area will be Ying Yi's back garden.

Now that Ying Yi has reached this point, he cannot be restrained by a mere Fangcheng Mountain or a mere Crescent Moon Valley. That's too narrow.

The entire Huguang is in his eyes.

The Huguang soldiers cannot exist. But he couldn't kill the Huguang soldiers by himself. Otherwise, he is a thief and cannot obtain the orthodox famous weapons of the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how chaotic the Ming Dynasty is now, the people generally still yearn for the Ming Dynasty. To quickly establish a foothold, you must have legitimate and famous tools.

this point is very important. Even the Tatars conquered the world by killing, but later they went to their ancestors to rectify their reputation. After Chongzhen's death, the poles erected one after another in the south still used the Ming Dynasty clan as their banner. Just like the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, no matter which one they were, no matter how ambitious they were, in order to stabilize the situation, they had to first add orthodox famous weapons.

If it was the famous vessel itself, Ying Yi wouldn't care. What he cared about was getting back on his feet quickly. This is the most important. With orthodox famous weapons, the people under the rule can be stable. There is no doubt about this.

The deeper he goes into this world, the more Ying Yi understands. He once thought of a poem written by Cao Cao, in which there was a sentence: The moon and stars are sparse, the black magpie flies south, and it circles the tree three times. What branch can I rely on?

It seems to be a description of the scene, but if you think carefully about the situation at that time, you can vaguely understand Cao Cao's worries.

That common people, that Cao Cao, is that Wu Que. The Han Dynasty is dead, what should Wu Que do? What branch can I rely on? The kind of confusion and sadness of losing support.

This is the meaning of the country's existence.

There is no need for Huguang Bing to exist, but the famous weapons need to be inherited. And Ying Yi wanted this. The Huguang soldiers were gone, but Ying Yi took advantage of the situation, defeated the bandits in the chaos, and even entered Kaifeng...

In this case, Emperor Chongzhen still doesn't grasp this straw? ! Justifiably occupy Huguang, and develop rapidly, waiting for the Tatars to move south!