"Brother Zheng, you're back." The little girl Cheng Ying stood at the gate of the courtyard and called out to Tang Zheng in surprise,

"Well, Yingying, what are you doing here? Know I'm coming back today? Tang Zheng asked with some curiosity, he had lived in the barracks during this time and rarely came back, and he didn't tell anyone that he would come back today.

"I'm waiting for my eldest brother here, he said he was coming back today, and he hasn't arrived yet." Cheng Ying replied.

"Oh, it turned out to be waiting for the eldest brother, I thought how did Yingying know that I was coming back today, and I didn't dare to wait for me." I hadn't seen Cheng Ying for a long time, and Tang Zheng had the idea of teasing her.

"No, I didn't know that Brother Zheng was coming back today, you must know that Brother Zheng will wait for Brother Zheng when he comes back." After all, he was still a child, seeing that Tang Zheng was a little lost, Cheng Ying hurriedly explained: "Brother Zheng is a busy person who is always away from home, and I don't know when Brother Zheng will come back." Tang Zheng and Cheng Ying have a very good relationship, when he first came to this world, Cheng Ying has been with him and spent that period of loss.

Tang Zheng has always regarded Cheng Ying as his own sister.

"Okay, I know, I was kidding you just now." Looking at Cheng Ying, who was a little nervous, Tang Zheng said.

"Brother Zheng, you know how to bully me, hmph, I won't talk to you in the future." Cheng Ying, who understood it, showed that I was very angry, and Tang Zheng laughed when she saw it, the little girl is sometimes too cute.

Cheng Ying jumped over and pulled Tang Zheng to the yard, and said as she walked, "Brother Zheng, are you done?" Why did you come back today, I thought Brother Zheng had forgotten about us. ”

"How come, we Yingying are so cute, who will forget." The two entered the door talking and laughing, and the servant was arranging the dinner for the evening.

Tang Zheng went back to his room first to change his clothes, and when he came out, he saw Cheng Pu just coming in through the door.

"Big brother is back, and it's going well today." Tang Zheng greeted Cheng Pu politely.

"Wait a minute, I'll go back to the room to change first, I have something to discuss with you." After speaking, without waiting for Tang Zheng to speak, Cheng Pu left.

Tang Zheng didn't care, turned around and walked towards the living room.

"What do you have to tell the younger brother about the eldest brother?" Tang Zheng looked at Cheng Pu who came out after changing his clothes and asked.

"Let's go eat first, I'm very hungry, and I'll talk while eating." Cheng Pu and Tang Zheng walked towards the dining room together, and when the two arrived, Yingying and Grandpa Cheng were already waiting for the two of them.

"It's rare that you two brothers came back together today, the family hasn't eaten together for a long time." Grandpa Cheng said with a smile: "Come on, it's time to eat, the girl has gone to the door to see you several times." ”

"No, grandpa, Yingying is hungry, can't wait, take it open to see." Cheng Ying retorted. Everyone laughed and didn't speak.

The meal ended with Cheng Ying's laughter. After eating, Cheng Pu called Grandpa Cheng and Tang Zheng to the study together, and asked Cheng Ying to go to the game first.

When he came to the study, Cheng Pu looked at Tang Zheng for a while before he spoke: "Sometimes I have to wonder if your kid has the ability to predict the future. Cheng Pu's words Tang Zheng was confused.

"Why did the eldest brother say this, is something big happening?" Tang Zheng vaguely understood what was going on.

"The imperial court sent a report that someone had reported that Julu Zhangjiao had gathered hundreds of thousands of Taiping Taoist believers to prepare for a rebellion in Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Yu. They wore yellow scarves and shouted that the sky was dead, and the slogan that Huang Tian was standing was preparing for the uprising on March 5, and now the imperial court had captured Ma Yuanyi, the leader of Luoyang Taiping Road, who had been torn apart. The imperial court was vigorously hunting down the remnants of Taiping Dao in Luoyang, and ordered Jizhou to arrest Zhang Jiao, and ordered all prefectures and counties to arrest the Taiping Dao thieves. Cheng Pu looked at Tang Zheng and said.

Now he felt that all this seemed to be in Tang Zheng's expectations, from the construction of Rinshan City to the large-scale recruitment of troops, he could see that Tang Zheng seemed to be preparing something, but everything seemed to be thinking about the imperial court.

It wasn't until he saw this arrival report from the imperial court that Cheng Pu discovered his brother's purpose, every step was so accurate, just stuck when the imperial court was unable to pay attention.

"The arrival report was sent from Luoyang six days ago, first to the Thorn Shi Mansion, and then to the counties. Now what do we do. Cheng Pu said to Tang Zheng and Grandpa Cheng.

"Rinyama Castle is not our family's Rinkyama Castle, and this needs to be discussed with a few others. Moreover, there are only 100,000 rebels in the imperial court, and there are so many troops that any one of them can put down the rebellion. Grandpa Cheng said nonchalantly.

"Grandpa can't say that, if you have been in hardship for a long time today, it has long been like dry firewood that has been exposed to the sun for a long time, as long as there is a little spark that can ignite, now someone has raised the banner of anti-Han, and I don't know how many people will follow it. At present, the first thing we need to do is to ensure the safety of our Rinyama Castle, and then the safety of the entire mound. In this way, the eldest brother will not return to the county tomorrow, and will go directly to gather the people outside the city to Rinshan City or Tuyin County. Using the fortified city for defense, I'm afraid we won't have time to react then. Tomorrow my grandfather and I will talk to a few other old people about how to arrange for the next people to enter the city. Tang Zheng said to Cheng Pu.

"Are you worrying about the sky, now it's just a few thieves who are ready to rebel and haven't rebelled, you are ready to clear the wall." Grandpa Cheng said to Tang Zheng, although he believed Tang Zheng, he still expressed his opinion.

"Grandpa, if we don't prepare early, I'm afraid that we won't have time to react, now today, there are people everywhere, as long as someone climbs the heights and shouts, we can't withdraw even if we want to."

"Okay, that's all, but what if the county order is held accountable at that time?"

"It's fine if he's interested, but if he wants to make a mess, he'll see." Without waiting for Tang Zheng to speak, Cheng Pu made a gesture to wipe his throat, and Grandpa Cheng jumped.

Now Xu County Ling also knows his own situation, there are two cities in one county, and when he appears from the other city, he knows that he should start, he should not let him grow up, he blames himself for being too greedy, now everything is too late, his orders can't get out at all, and now the county government is full of Cheng Pu's people, and he has long been set aside by Cheng Pu.

Early the next morning, Grandpa Cheng invited the old people to his home, and when everyone heard that Taiping Dao was in rebellion, their faces changed together, knowing what it meant, every time there is troubled times, it is often the squires like them who suffer first, because they have money and food, and if they rob them, they can also rob the rich and help the poor to gain a good reputation.

Although I usually do a lot of good deeds such as building bridges, paving roads, putting porridge or something, but in troubled times, people can't manage so much, just keep yourself full, it's good, and it's great to leave you an old life.

So after hearing about Grandpa Cheng's arrangement, several other old people expressed their approval. After arranging this matter, Tang Zheng immediately walked towards the barracks again.

"What? Taiping Road rebellion? Where did you hear from that, is it reliable? Wu Yifan asked Tang Zheng in surprise.

"Brother Wu has been determined, the arrival report sent by the imperial court, the Luoyang bandit leader Ma Yuanyi has been torn apart, and now the imperial court is wantonly hunting down the remnants of Taiping Dao, I heard that thousands of people have been connected." Tang Zheng replied: "Brother Wu, now we have to ensure the safety of the county town of Tuyin, there are only a few people in the county, and the county's catch is not of great use, so I want to ask Brother Wu to send some men and horses to the county seat of Tuyin, and I will also arrange for Cheng Mo to take 1,000 Mo sword soldiers to be stationed in the county." ”

"Okay, so I asked Xu Dayou to bring 800 brothers to the mound to assist in the defense, the cavalry has little effect on defending the city, just used to threaten the opponent's foot soldiers." Wu Yifan said.

"Then thank Brother Wu first, the cavalry on our side will step up training, and the time given to us is getting less and less, I'm afraid that even if the imperial court can quell the rebellion, it will be greatly damaged, and I don't know if the foundation of the Han Dynasty can be preserved." Wu Yifan looked at Tang Zheng in surprise, in his opinion, the Han Dynasty was still strong, although it had decayed a little over the years, but the foundation was still there, he didn't think that the Han Dynasty would collapse after this chaos.

"Brother Wu, you don't have to be surprised, look at the world today, corrupt officials are rampant, land annexation is serious, and the people have no land to cultivate, resulting in homeless people everywhere, but the saint only cares about pleasure and openly sells his official beard in Xiyuan. How long do you think you can last in such a world? After listening to Tang Zheng, Wu Yifan thought about what he had seen and understood over the years, and it was indeed like this, could it be that the country of the Han Dynasty was really going to end like this.