The army went out of Tongguan again, Zheng Xunrui didn't have any more emotion, in his heart, he was used to it.

On the eighth day of the first month of February, 40,000 troops arrived in Ruicheng, Shanxi, starting from Xi'an Fucheng and arriving at Ruicheng, Shanxi, 340 miles, 40,000 troops took two days, it should be said that the marching speed was not very fast, but it was not slow.

The overall operation of the army when it arrived in Ruicheng was secret, after all, the secret operation made it difficult for the other party to detect, and it was possible to obtain a lot of fighters.

Yang He was waiting in Ruicheng personally, the scouts had already detected a lot of information, and he needed to report it immediately.

Before he could settle down, Yang He began to report on the activities of the rogue that he had detected.

"Young master, the scouts have detected the movements of the Liukou, according to the information provided by Lord Yang, the scouts are conducting a comprehensive investigation in Zezhou and Henan Mansion, Lao Hui is active in the Yangcheng area of Zezhou, Yangcheng County has been occupied by the Liukou, in addition, Jiyuan County in Henan is also occupied by the Liukou under the command of Lao Huihui, and his subordinates feel strange about Lao Huihui's moves, Yangcheng is one hundred and forty miles away from Jiyuan, since Lao Huihui is active in Shanxi, why are there still Liukou remaining in Henan."

Zheng Xunrui's expression was very strict, he didn't look at Yang He, but looked at the map seriously.

"The subordinates ordered the scouts to also carry out reconnaissance in the area of Henan Prefecture, and found that the rogues under Li Zicheng were operating in the Yongning Yiyang area, and the subordinates felt that this information was very important."

On the map, Yiyang, Yongning, Xin'an, Mianchi, Luoyang, Mengjin, Jiyuan, Yangcheng, Zezhou and other cities in Shanxi were all outlined by Zheng Xunrui with a red pen.

After Yang He finished speaking, Zheng Xunrui raised his head and spoke.

"Yang He, what do you think Lao Huihui's intentions are in arranging the troops under his command like this?"

Yang He scratched his scalp embarrassedly. In fact, he thought about this question, but he couldn't think of it.

Zheng Xunrui spoke again to Xu Wanghua beside him.

"Mr. Xu, what do you think Lao Huihui's intentions are?"

Xu Wanghua has also been staring at the map, when Yang He first started to report. He was thinking.

"My lord, my subordinates think that the purpose of Lao Huihui's deployment of troops in this way is that the drunkard does not mean to drink."

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly and looked at Xu Wanghua.

"The three places of Pingyang Prefecture and Zezhou in Henan Province focus on Luoyang Mansion City in Henan. Li Zicheng was active in the area of Xin'an, Yiyang, which was very close to Luoyang Fucheng, but they also faced the threat of Kaifeng Xuanwuwei and Zezhou Ningshanwei. Li Zicheng is active in the area of Xin'an and Yiyang, can respond to each other, and can also contain Xuanwuwei and Ning Shanwei, and his subordinates feel that their next target is likely to be Luoyang Fucheng. ”

"The main reason for the subordinates to make this judgment is the importance of the location of Luoyang Mansion City, if the Liukou can take Luoyang Mansion City, they will get great supplies. It will also cause a huge shock in the court, and Lao Huihui has already occupied Yangcheng, which will contain Ning Shanwei. Let the sergeants of the Ningshan Guard not dare to act rashly, if they have any moves, Lao Huihui can take the opportunity to attack the city of Zezhou, as for the Xuanwuwei stationed in Kaifeng, they do not dare to move, after all, they need to protect the safety of the city of Kaifeng. ”

The subordinates think. This deployment of Liukou is because Lord Hong Chengchou is stranded in Huangzhou Mansion. The delay in taking action made Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and others see the opportunity. They gathered heavy troops here and took Luoyang Mansion City, which can form a greater sensation, and the matter of Zheng Jiajun's army going out of Tongguan to exterminate the Liukou must not be known to Lao Huihui and Li Zicheng. ”

Zheng Xunrui spoke with a sneer.

"Lao Huihui and Li Zicheng's appetite is afraid that this is not only so, they want to take Luoyang Mansion City, but also want to take Zezhou City, their eyes are even more focused on Ning Shanwei, take the Mansion City and the State City, they will get great supplies, and for Henan and Shanxi, it is also a huge shock, so that other Fuzhou counties dare not act rashly, it seems that after they defeated Lord Hong Chengchou, their confidence has skyrocketed."

Everyone was a little surprised, they would never have imagined that Liukou actually had such courage to attack the capital city and the state city at one time, but everyone also knew that because the army led by Hong Chengchou did not take any action, which made Liukou's courage become bigger, and they thought that the strength of the official army was nothing more than that.

It seems that Hong Chengchou's defeat caused a great shock, which invisibly increased the difficulty of the Zheng family's army in battle.

"Yang He, order the scouts to carry out reconnaissance again, it is best to find out the specific deployment of the rogue, especially to investigate clearly, where Lao Huihui and Li Zicheng are, as long as we know where the two are respectively, we can basically make a judgment, so that the deployment of the Zheng Jiajun can be targeted."

"Master Hong Chengchou's lesson, we must keep in mind that if the rogues can sneak attack Lord Hong, we will also be able to sneak attack them, and treat them in the same way."

The reason why Zheng Xunrui was waiting in Ruicheng was because he received a letter from Yang Tingshu, Yang Tingshu was already on the way to Ruicheng, according to the time, it would arrive in a day or two, Zheng Xunrui had not seen Yang Tingshu for a long time, both of them were feudal officials, although Shaanxi and Shanxi were next to each other, but according to the rules of the imperial court, they could not meet casually, Zheng Xunrui became the governor of the five provinces, leading the matter of exterminating the Liukou, so that he could see Yang Tingshu in a dignified manner.

Three days later, on February 11, Yang Tingshu finally arrived in Ruicheng.

Seeing Yang Tingshu for the first time, Zheng Xunrui thought that his eyes were dazzled, Yang Tingshu looked much thinner, his skin was darker than before, and there was obviously a dark halo around his eyes.

After greetings and chats, Yang Tingshu began to pour bitter water, Shanxi suffered a famine, the people were displaced, but the relief of the imperial court could not arrive, there have been a lot of displaced people to join the team, so that the situation in Shanxi is more turbulent, fortunately a lot of grain was transported from Shaanxi, and it was always stabilized Taiyuan Mansion, otherwise Taiyuan Mansion would be chaotic around, and he would not be able to do it as a governor.

When Yang Tingshu complained, Zheng Xunrui did not speak, he knew Yang Tingshu's suffering, he had never worked in Fuzhou County, rashly became the governor of Shanxi, his eyes were black, and he was fooled by the officials below and didn't know, in fact, this is also a common problem in the imperial court, look at those cabinet ministers, almost all of them came out of the Hanlin Academy, almost never left the capital, and have always been officials in the six departments of the imperial court or Zhan Shifu and other places, and finally got promoted and became cabinet ministers, these people are not grounded, do not know the suffering of the people, Thinking of relying on them to govern the world well, it is difficult for some strongmen.

This situation is also not something that Zheng Xunrui can change, he thinks that Yang Tingshu has been tempered down, it is not a good thing, I believe that after a long time as a governor, he will be able to know the affairs of Fuzhou County, Zheng Xunrui has absolute confidence in Yang Tingshu, because Yang Tingshu has a huge advantage, that is, he wants to do things well, and he wants to do things well for the people, this point of view has been formed.

Of course, Yang Tingshu has such an understanding and viewpoint, and he is also influenced by Zheng Xunrui.

After Yang Tingshu finished complaining, Zheng Xunrui avoided this topic, he didn't need to comfort Yang Tingshu, in fact, Yang Tingshu just wanted to talk about it.

The conversation shifted to the movements of the Liukou.

Yang Tingshu patted his forehead and said that he almost forgot about the big thing.

"Qingyang, if you don't remind me, I really forgot about it, I just received the information, Lao Huihui is preparing to attack Zezhou City, this information is accurate, I am very anxious along the way, Ning Shanwei has entered the comprehensive combat readiness, but Lao Huihui has 60,000 Liukou under his command, Ning Shanwei only has 5,600 people, even if it is a sergeant of Zezhou garrison Yamen, it is less than 10,000 people, this point of strength to guard Zezhou City, I'm afraid I can't stand it."

Zheng Xunrui had been looking at the map, and of course he knew Yang Tingshu's thoughts.

"Huaidou, to put it mildly, I'm afraid that Ning Shanwei doesn't have so many troops, plus the sergeants of the Zezhou garrison Yamen, it can reach five thousand, even if it is very good."

"Alas, you know the situation, the situation in the Shanxi Guard is very bad, this problem, in a short period of time, there is no way to solve it, see if it can improve after the elimination of the Liukou."

Zheng Xunrui showed a wry smile.

"Huai Dou, you think I'm an immortal, I will be able to completely exterminate the Liukou tomorrow, if I have such ability, I did it last year, the current strength of the Liukou has increased significantly, it is not easy to exterminate them, you don't look forward to exterminating the Liukou, only consider many matters in Shanxi, what should be done, you need to do it now."

"I know, Qingyang, you must not let the Liukou take the city of Zezhou, then the situation in Shanxi will be even worse, the Liukou put forward some slogans, what everyone has food to eat, etc., this has a great impact on the homeless, if the old Hui really occupies the city of Zezhou, I am afraid that the Liukou under his command will increase rapidly."

Zheng Xunrui's face was stern, and Lao Huihui began a political offensive, which was a problem he was worried about, which showed that Liukou's thinking began to change, that is to say, from a purposeless rebellion to an organized activity, once Liukou had faith, the combat effectiveness that erupted was not ordinary, so Zheng Xunrui must nip such a belief in the bud before Liukou was completely strengthened, which had a greater guarantee for the future eradication of Liukou.

The information brought by Yang Tingshu, Zheng Xunrui already knew, Lao Huihui made a posture of preparing to besiege Zezhou City, but how determined Lao Huihui was, what is the purpose of this battle, Zheng Xunrui still needs to think carefully and analyze, he can't be led by the Liukou, only let the Liukou follow him, so that he can really win.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui already has a bottom in his heart, and the next step is to implement the plan for each step. (To be continued)