After Guo Zhiyuan completely controlled the situation in Zhangpu County, he immediately followed the method of reorganizing from the New Army, let the rebel soldiers report each other, and left the rebels who had not killed innocent people and did not do much evil to break up and reorganize, and those who committed the most heinous crimes were temporarily imprisoned, not because he didn't want to kill these bastards, but mainly because he was afraid of causing the rebels to mutiny and make the situation get out of control again.

With the help of Huang Yingju and the county officials, the social order in Zhangpu County has gradually begun to return to normal, some of the shops and restaurants in the city have resumed business, and the people who were afraid of the chaos and the war disaster and hid at home and did not go out have also gone out of their homes, and some people even spontaneously set off firecrackers to celebrate the restoration of peace in the county.

However, Guo Zhiyuan is not so optimistic, don't look at him bloodlessly won Zhangpu County, but the situation is still very dangerous, Zhao Bingjian is now in the limelight, once he learns that Zhangpu County was recaptured by Guo Zhiyuan, his younger brother Zhao Chengcheng also fell into the hands of Guo Zhiyuan, and he will definitely counterattack Zhangpu County, with Guo Zhiyuan's little strength at hand, it is impossible to confront more than 20,000 rebels, and these rebels who surrendered to Cheng may not be sincere, once Zhao Bingjian led 20,000 rebels to the city, they may rebel again at any time.

Therefore, Guo Zhiyuan asked Huang Yingju to maintain martial law in the county seat and block the news, and on the other hand, he sent Zhang Cheng out and asked him to inquire about the movements and news of the main force of the rebels.

Zhang Cheng is worthy of being a good hand at collecting intelligence, and soon found out the latest movements of the main force of the rebels, after the main force of the rebels occupied eight county seats, he became more and more arrogant, and he was ready to take Zhangzhou City in one fell swoop, the prefect of Zhangzhou had run away, and the people in Zhangzhou City were also panicked, but fortunately, Shen Yizhong suddenly came to Zhangzhou at this time, Shen Yizhong originally learned that Guo Zhiyuan was about to take office in Zhangzhou Mansion, and he specially rushed to prepare to give Guo Zhiyuan a dismount, but he didn't expect to encounter this matter, However, Shen Yizhong can't run away like the prefect of Zhangzhou, the Shen family is a famous family, and Shen has always been the first assistant of the dynasty, he is going to run away, and the entire Shen family will be unlucky.

Therefore, Shen Yizhong can only stubbornly organize the soldiers and civilians of Zhangzhou City to defend to the death, Shen Yizhong can be the right to defend Zhangnan Province to participate in politics, and he still has the ability, plus he has no way to retreat, once Zhangzhou City is lost, Emperor Wanli will be furious, and their Shen family will be unlucky, so he personally led his family to defend the city to boost morale, Zhangzhou City has thick walls, and the rebels are not an elite division, it is okay to fight a tailwind war, don't expect them to fight this kind of battle, 20,000 rebels have been repelled by Shen Yizhong several times, and the soldiers have been frustrated, Now he has retired, and now he has retired from the army, and he has camped in the Shuizhai Mountain of Dongshan County.

When Zhang Cheng reported on the rebels, Huang Yingju was also there, and he was overjoyed when he heard it, and excitedly took the case and said: "Great! The rebels' attack on Zhangzhou City was frustrated, and the army must be discouraged, and as long as the imperial court mobilizes a large army to pursue the victory, it will be able to quickly quell the rebellion! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Huang Yingju, who was dancing excitedly, and secretly amused, although this Huang Yingju is an upright official and has courage, but he lacks politics. Zhizhi, you don't want to think about it, Zhao Bingjian has been in rebellion for some days, the momentum is so huge, if the imperial court was ready to quell the rebellion by force, it would have mobilized a large army a long time ago, but now there is no movement, why?

For this kind of local rebellion, the local chief official is generally reluctant to report to the imperial court, because once it is reported to the imperial court, the local chief official hat will not be stable, so the local chief official will generally use the way of recruiting security to deal with it.

It sounds a bit ridiculous, can you cover the lid when something so big happens? I can really cover it, because the imperial court is also pretending to be confused in dealing with this kind of thing, because the imperial court is short of money, counterinsurgency is a big project, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first, which is very money-burning, so the imperial court is not willing to take care of this troublesome matter, and acquiesces to the local chief official to cover the lid.

Therefore, in the face of this kind of local rebellion, the local chief official generally first thought of appeasement rather than force to clean up, especially in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, peasant uprisings came one after another, and the court could not manage it, so it could only use the strategy of appeasement, destroy wealth and eliminate disasters, and later there was even a joke that the rebels accepted the appeasement for a few days and then reversed, which can also be seen that the Ming Dynasty has indeed reached the edge of decay.

Guo Zhiyuan is familiar with Xu Xueju's character, and knows that he never wants this matter to alarm the imperial court, and he will definitely find a way to cover the lid, so from the beginning Guo Zhiyuan did not expect the imperial court to send a large army to quell the rebellion, and sure enough, Zhang Cheng glanced at Huang Yingju with a strange expression, hesitated for a moment and continued to report: "The subordinates did not hear the news that the imperial court had mobilized a large army, but heard that General Shen Yourong heard that there was a rebellion in Zhangzhou, and was about to send troops to quell the rebellion, but he was reprimanded by the superior and asked him not to act rashly......"

"Huh?!" Huang Yingju was stunned, sat down on the chair, and sighed, "How can this be? Wouldn't this further fuel the arrogance of the rebels, and when will the rebellion be put down?! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan knew that this would be the result, and sighed and said: "Now that the imperial army can't be counted on, we can only find a way to save ourselves......

But how can you save yourself? Guo Zhiyuan couldn't think of a good way for a while, even his idol Shen Yourong was reprimanded by his boss, unless he was sure that he could exterminate the 20,000 rebels, he was afraid that he would not be able to save himself, and he would be charged with destroying the overall situation and become the scapegoat for this rebellion, but how could he exterminate so many rebels with his own troops?

The more Guo Zhiyuan thought about it, the more irritable he became, and he couldn't help but stand up and paced back and forth in the lobby, although he had the advantage of crossing, but now the difference in strength between him and the rebels is too great, there are many examples of winning more with less in history, but there seems to be no such disparity in strength that can still win, Guo Zhiyuan thought for a long time and didn't come up with any good way.

But Guo Zhiyuan's personality made him unwilling to give up easily, and finally he stopped, gritted his teeth and said: "No matter, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent is the possibility of victory, I am ready to go to Shuizhai Mountain in person to explore the reality of the main force of the rebels, and then make plans!" ……”

Zhang Cheng and Huang Yingju were stunned when they heard this, Shuizhai Mountain is the base camp of the main force of the rebels, Guo Zhiyuan is actually ready to go to Shuizhai Mountain to inquire about the intelligence of the main force of the rebels, isn't this death? Hurriedly persuaded in unison: "Never! Adults are the body of ten thousand gold, how can they be in danger! ……”