Chapter 139 Continuing

Ying Yi thought in his mind: "After the intruder defeats Sun Chuanting, I wonder if he will fight me with the momentum of victory, or will he turn around and break Kaifeng?"

His thoughts changed: "I'm afraid he will attack me first."

Kaifeng is right there, there is no need to run. And Xiangcheng's soldiers and horses are like awns on their backs. If it were Ying Yi, he would definitely defeat Xiangcheng's soldiers and horses first, and then break through Kaifeng.

Now that Sun Chuanting has been defeated, if he can defeat Xiangcheng's soldiers and horses again, the intruders will no longer be able to defeat him in this Central Plains area. How refreshing is this?

The intruders had not led a large army to attack Xiangcheng before, partly because Ying Yi's repeated victories temporarily frightened Li Chuang. Second, Sun Chuanting had not yet gotten involved.

The so-called one moment and the other moment, now that Sun Chuanting is involved, once Li Chuang comes with an army in person, he will most likely do it without stopping, or even kill Ying Yi together.

Time passed slowly while Ying Yi waited.

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Yuzhou.

Sun Xiucai hurriedly walked into Zheng Yunzhi's office with a secret report: "Master Zheng, Master Zheng!"

Zheng Yunzhi put down the memorial in his hand and raised his head. Seeing Sun Xiucai's appearance, he couldn't help but frown: "You are so eager, what could have happened?"

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

Zheng Yunzhi opened the secret report and glanced at it, her expression becoming solemn as time went on.

He put down the secret report: "Are you offering a thief?"

Sun Xiucai nodded and said: "It's the thief who sacrificed himself. This thief came from Huainan again!"

It turns out that this secret report came urgently from Wuyang Zhouli. But he said that there were traces of thieves in Runing Mansion. After careful inspection, it was found that they were offering thieves. They had already stationed troops and put them down. There were signs of spying on Nanyang.

"To the west of Suiping is the boundary of Nanyang. Wuyang is the first to bear the brunt." Sun Xiucai stamped his feet and said: "This traitor is not willing to be his mountain king in Huainan. He has to go through all kinds of hardships to climb the Dabie Mountains. This is because he is full. What!"

To the east of Nanyang Prefecture is Runing Prefecture, both under the rule of Henan. Runing Prefecture is adjacent to Luzhou Prefecture and Fengyang Prefecture in southern Zhili. Last year, Xian thief suffered a big loss in Huguang and had no choice but to defect to Li Chuang. However, he was jealous of Li Chuang and was almost killed by Li Chuang. It was Luo Ru who let him go.

Zhang Xianzhong went south again, crossed Bozhou and entered Fengyang Mansion, where he dug up the ancestral graves of Lao Zhu's family again. Then he went south, met with the five Gezuo thieves, attacked the government and destroyed the county, and gradually became stronger again.

Although they are both thieves, Zhang Xianzhong and Ge Zuo are not on the same side and compete with each other. Coupled with the encirclement and suppression campaigns by General Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, Zhang Xianzhong's life was not satisfactory despite repeated victories and defeats.

Not long ago, Zhang Xianzhong received a letter asking for help from Li Chuang, and he laughed happily. Thinking back to the beginning, Li Chuang forced him hard and almost killed Zhang Xianzhong. Now, don't you still want to ask him for help?

It happened that he was having an unsatisfactory life in Huainan. The geography of Huainan was complicated, and the power of large landowners and businessmen was extremely strong. They recruited militia groups and attacked everywhere, like an invisible net, which made Zhang Xianzhong feel like he was falling into the quagmire. Li Chuang asked him to send troops to attack Nanyang. Zhang Xianzhong thought that since it was difficult to open up the situation in Huainan, why not go to another place—for example, return to Guanzhong? Or Huguang? Sichuan?

So he managed to get rid of Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, and took only the elite old thieves with him, crossed the Dabie Mountains and entered Runing Mansion.

After Zhang Xianzhong entered Runing Mansion, he took advantage of Ruyang's unpreparedness and almost defeated it. Fortunately, Ruyang responded very quickly and stabilized the situation. Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to advance and defeat the enemy.

Suiping was in ruins and the population was sparse. It was difficult for Zhang Xianzhong to gather troops and horses in a short period of time, so he had to attack everywhere, slaughtering villages and towns and kidnapping the people.

Such movement was noticed by Zhou Li, who was guarding Wuyang. Zhou Li quickly sent someone to investigate and found out that Zhang Xianzhong had arrived at Runing Mansion!

Zhou Li did not dare to neglect, and while taking strict precautions, he 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 traitor was coming, and he was very anxious. He hurriedly came to see Zheng Yunzhi, which was the scene just now.

Zheng Yunzhi couldn't help but laugh after hearing Sun Xiucai's complaint: "We are not afraid of intruders, let alone those who offer them? How many men and horses are lost in the hands of my son-in-law in Nanyang? There are only tens of thousands of men and horses, so why panic." "

Sun Xiucai said: "It's not panic. If your lord is here, I won't worry no matter how many soldiers and horses are offered. But my lord is going north and I don't know where he is at the moment. Zhou Li's troops only have 2,500 people..." Furthermore, if the traitor comes, what will happen to the important matter of clearing up wasteland and cultivating the land in Wuyang?"

Zheng Yunzhi nodded slightly, but was still not in a hurry. He shook the secret report and said, "Zhou Li said in the secret report that he could stop the traitor. In that case, what are you afraid of? The farming has just begun, and there are still many people in Wuyang. We haven’t started yet, let’s hold back for a few days and take care of Ye County and Yuzhou before we start.”

Then he paused and said, "But we can't take it lightly. Wuyang is indispensable for the supply of weapons and food."

Sun Xiucai nodded: "I have sent people to prepare weapons and food. I just brought back ten tiger squatting cannons and three million ten thousand enemies from Crescent Valley, and sent them over as well."

Zheng Yunzhi smiled and said: "In that case, I feel relieved. However, the news about Wuyang still needs to be spread to Xiangcheng, so that Zhu Bingkun and the others can be prepared, just in case."

Sun Xiucai was convinced: "In addition, I also want to organize some young people to be sent to Wuyang. After all, 2,500 people are too few."

Zheng Yunzhi said: "It's up to you. As long as it doesn't delay the major farming events in Yuzhou and Ye County."

At this time, a secretary came to report.

Zheng Yunzhi and Sun Xiucai were startled, and hurriedly called people in. They saw Shu Zuo's face was red and very excited, and they couldn't help asking: "What happened?"

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

"Imperial envoy?!"

Zheng Yunzhi and Sun Xiucai looked at each other, with the same guess in their eyes. They both looked happy. Zheng Yunzhi suppressed himself and said, "Xiucai, you go and finish things here first, and I will greet the imperial envoy."

Sun Xiucai nodded and left quickly.

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

Zheng Yunzhi brought a large number of officials, clerks and assistants to the yamen. The imperial envoy was already outside the door. It's just that the imperial envoy looked extremely embarrassed. Dozens of people were covered in weather and dust, and there was no glamor at all.

When a group of imperial envoys saw a large group of people hurriedly coming out of the Yamen, a lieutenant at the head hissed: "Who is in charge?"

Zheng Yunzhi hurriedly took a step forward, bowed and said, "I am Zheng Yunzhi."

The lieutenant general looked at Zheng Yunzhi in surprise and nodded: "So you are Zheng Yunzhi who turned the tide!"

"That's the official." Zheng Yunzhi stretched out his hand and said, "The imperial envoy has traveled thousands of miles, so why not go inside first and wash away the dust before talking."

The Zhongguan was eager to do so, so he immediately smiled and entered the Yamen.

Zheng Yunzhi personally made arrangements and asked people to prepare a banquet until dark. After the banquet, he was ready to receive the order, and the middle official began to announce the order.