Chapter 8: Before the Storm Comes

In the room, Zhang Zongheng pondered hard, and the three of them knelt on the ground, and it was quiet.

Zhang Zongheng weighed the weight of it, this matter is not a trivial matter, and if it is not good, it will kill the head.

And the three people below, although they were terrified, were very calm.

The three of them are not ordinary people, they are the big stewards of the eight families, and they can do the big stewards, so they are naturally not ordinary people.

At this moment, although Zhang Zongheng was silent and pondering, the three of them had already seen the final result.

A Xuanda governor of the Ming Dynasty, after receiving such information, what he should really do is to immediately write to the imperial court and strengthen the trilateral security.

But Zhang Zongheng hesitated.

Hesitation often says a lot.

Often the result is doomed!

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door: Click!

Zhang Zongheng woke up suddenly, then let out a sigh of relief, and raised his hand to signal the three of them to get up.

Fan Yongsheng and the three hurriedly got up and hid behind the screen.

"Come in!"

The door opened, and in the dim light, a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe walked in.

"Zhutai, what's the matter?"

Zhang Zongheng saw his staff come in and asked out loud.

"Lord, two urgent letters have arrived."

With that, he respectfully handed over the two letters, then turned and went out, closing the door tightly.

Wait, Zhang Zongheng, open the letter and read it line by line.

The brow is sometimes furrowed and sometimes loosened.

After a long time, I put down the letter and let out a long breath.

Sitting there in a daze.

These two letters made Zhang Zongheng feel that the difficulties he had just encountered were suddenly solved, and they were transparent!

Two letters, one from Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, and one from the Yamen of the Jingshi Jinyi Guard.

The two letters say the same thing, that is, the imperial court is going to take action against the Tang thieves in Pingyang.

The letter said that Zhang Zongheng secretly mobilized the elites of the three sides to go south, and waited for the rebels in Qinzhou and Zezhou to be hit hard by the Ming army and Tang thieves, and then began to work with the Ming army in Shaanxi to surround the Tang thieves and eliminate them in one fell swoop at any cost.

Zhang Zongheng suddenly laughed.

It's unpredictable.

On one side is the Houjin Tartar outside the gate, and on the other side is the imperial court, and they all want Tang Xidong's head at the same time.

The purpose is general, and the time is the same.

It seems that the Tang thief is unable to escape this time, and only one is dead.

And what about Zhang Zongheng?

It feels so refreshing.

If the imperial court wants to mobilize the elite to the south, then it will be recruited by itself! In this way, after agreeing, the Golden Tartar can make sense by borrowing the three sides.

There are few elites on the three sides, and it is naturally difficult to stop the Houjin cavalry, and it is really not his fault that the other party breaks through the pass, but the imperial court's dispatch order happens to collide with the Houjin entry and plunder.

It is difficult for the few soldiers in his hands to hold on, waiting for Houjin to enter the customs, break through Pingyang, and then lead the troops to recover it, this is a great achievement!

You see, what the imperial court secretly worked hard to do and mobilized the people to do it, I, Zhang Zongheng, did it.

It would be even better if we could defeat the Houjin Cavalry in one more battle.

In this way, it is close to enter the cabinet to worship each other!

God help me!

The more Zhang Zongheng thought about it, the more beautiful he became, and he couldn't help laughing.

After a long time, the three of them were summoned.

Readily agreed to the request of the three of them just now, and then discussed the details, such as how to enter the customs, such as how to go south, such as how to play a big victory led by Zhang Zongheng, etc.

In the middle of the night, the guests are happy, and the later people go to the empty room.

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In May, when all those who control the fate of one side begin to walk down the history they have set.

The drama of history is born!

It's calm before the storm!

In May, this year's rain was so abundant that it was almost a disaster.

The whole half month was a violent storm, but fortunately, the sewage project of Binh Duong New Town took into account the problem of rain and water accumulation at the beginning of the construction of the city, although the heavy rain was much, but there were few waterlogged areas in the whole city, which was directly discharged into the moat, and then poured into the Fen River to the south.

But because the other fifteen cities are old cities, when the rain is flooded, it is more troublesome.

Tang Xidong continued to issue official documents for several days, asking officials from all over the country to focus on solving the problem of water accumulation in the city.

At the same time, he was worried and urged Zhang Xiahai to strengthen the river defense along the entire western front to prevent the Yellow River from bursting its embankment.

No one could have imagined that this year's rain would be so abundant, and the biggest hidden danger caused by too much rain is that the river is swollen and may burst at any time.

At the same time, seeing that the summer grain will be harvested, if the heavy rain is still falling, it will also have a big impact on the grain harvest.

The information sent back shows that the entire surrounding provinces of Shanxi are experiencing heavy rain, and it is clear that this is not just a natural disaster faced by Pingyang.

Heavy rain poured into the fields, and the fields that were originally dry and cracked were difficult to store water, and the rainwater poured directly into the ground along the cracks, which could not solve the problems caused by drought, and in some places the fields directly turned into mud.

This is the changing climate of the Xiaoice period, which brings drought and flood disasters to the world.

Every day, he worriedly dealt with the official documents uploaded from all over the world, and looking at what was said in the official documents, the worries in Tang Xidong's heart gradually increased.

The river defense of the Ming Dynasty was very unreasonable, and if it went on like this, if the embankment was really washed away by the rising water, it would be a disaster for the people.

At the same time, the war situation in Qinzhou and Zezhou also fell into a short pause.

Qinzhou, tens of thousands of Ming troops, divided into three routes, constantly attacking Qinyuan, Qinzhou, Wuxiang three places, and the recent secret transmission of intelligence shows that the army of King Chuang has been ready to abandon Qinyuan, to move east and gather with King Chuang who sits in Qinzhou, and Wuxiang east of Qinzhou is occupied by Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses.

Tang Xidong estimated that this was a signal that King Chuang, General Chuang, and Zhang Xianzhong began to prepare to attack and occupy Liaozhou in the east.

Previously, Tang Xidong set the way for the rebels to occupy Liaozhou, and the Zezhou rebels attacked Lu'an, so that the two anti-anti forces were connected, and once the situation was not right, they could enter Zhili in the east, attack and harass the surroundings of the Beijing Division, so that the Ming court was frightened and uneasy, and lured a large number of Ming troops to the rescue around the Beijing Division.

In this way, Tang Xidong can occupy Qinzhou and Zezhou, and the pressure on him from the Ming army in Shaanxi will be reduced a lot.

Compared with Qinzhou, the war in Zezhou was much smoother.

Both sides knew in their hearts what was going on.

No need for Li Shangquan to attack, Wang Jiayin has already abandoned Qinshui and Yangcheng and began to move eastward.

It doesn't take much to fight a big war, and you can occupy two cities, which is naturally a good thing.

It's just that when Li Shangquan was about to lead people to advance eastward again, the continuous heavy rain came.

Tang Xidong began to hesitate in his heart.

The situation in front of him is just right, as long as King Chuang's army decides to order the withdrawal of Qinyuan, then he can let Jia Hu lead the army into Qinzhou and take advantage of the situation to occupy Qinyuan without much effort.

In this way, he laid a nail in Qinzhou, laying the foundation for mastering the entire territory of Qinzhou in the future, and Zezhou has two cities, Qinshui and Yangcheng, and the entire Zezhou is basically under his control.

But just then, heavy rain came.

The continuous heavy rain, the intensifying official documents, the warning of the rising water level.

It was necessary for Tang Xi to move a large number of new troops into the queue to strengthen the river defenses.

At this time, it was also the time when he needed to mobilize a large army to occupy Qinyuan and Zezhou City at any time.

Armies are needed on both sides, but there are so many armies.

On the one hand, its own territory is related to people's livelihood, and on the other hand, there are two cities, which are related to the expansion of territory.

Faced with such a situation, Tang Xidong hesitated.