Everyone was shocked.
Is this young man hysterical?
Five thousand thieves were coming with great force, but he was so happy?
Liu Zheng nodded with a smile and said: "Shen Xing, draft two documents immediately, one will be sent to Liangzhou Mansion quickly, and the other will be sent to Yangzhou Mansion!"
Shen Xing's eyes lit up when he heard this: "What do you mean, Master?"
Liu Zheng sneered and said: "The so-called division has a reputation. I will inform Liangzhou in advance of this matter, and first let our Yinzhou be in a legal place! Then I will inform Yangzhou, where thieves are raging. If Yangzhou is not eliminated, then our Yinzhou Just come!"
Everyone's scalp was numb when they heard it.
No one thought that Liu Zheng was so ambitious.
Before the others said anything, Shen Xing was already trembling with excitement: "Young Master, you want Yangzhou to be in chaos first, while I, Yinzhou, stand aside and watch!"
Liu Zheng laughed and said: "Yes, this is a war of public opinion!"
"Go down and tell the bandits that the Yinzhou government cannot raise the twenty thousand taels in seven days. Can you wait another seven days? Then find a few smart people to go to the streets of Nayangzhou to spread the word that the bandits are causing trouble. Lu Zhengyi has already Rumors of collusion with bandits and horse bandits.”
Shen Xing slapped his thigh and shouted: "Seven days after seven days, there are so many seven days!"
"As long as we drag it on, Yangzhou will be in chaos!"
Liu Zheng smiled slightly.
As mentioned before, mercenaries and reinforcements have been the most dangerous existences since ancient times. The former has no loyalty and discipline, while the latter directly wants your city!
If there were only a thousand scattered soldiers, Liu Zheng didn't take it seriously.
But five thousand actually came...
Then Liu Zheng really has some ideas.
Previously, Yangzhou had been troubled by horse bandits many times, and the people had to spend money and food every time to make the horse bandits retreat. As soon as this "rumor" goes away today, it will become true even if it is false!
By then, the people of Yangzhou will be unstable and conflicts with mercenaries will be inevitable.
On Liu Zheng's side, he was preparing his troops and training them for battle. At that time, he would take advantage of the situation and directly enter Yangzhou City in the name of "suppressing bandits." Then wouldn't Yangzhou become Liu Zheng's bag?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
Unexpectedly, I had only traveled to ancient times for a few months and my territory had not yet developed, so I would have the opportunity to expand the territory - as for Liangzhou Prefecture? The paperwork has been handed over here, so you can't say anything. By the time they reacted, Liu Zheng had already taken control of Yangzhou.
war!
For the first time, Liu Zheng was so close to the war, and he seemed to have smelled the inevitable blood in the war.
What is war?
War is an act of violence that forces the enemy to obey our will.
Then, if you want to make the other party surrender, you must use all possible means! Do you expect to show your kindness during the war? That is never possible!
Liu Zheng gave a few orders here, and the entire Yinzhou became busy again.
Qin Changfeng was in charge of the merchant escorts for every mile and every pavilion between Yinzhou and Yangzhou, and he was also responsible for the formation training at Shengongfang.
The Shengongfang's fine iron workshop and weapons workshop also began to build overnight.
Three days later.
The documents from the county magistrate's office have been sent to Liangzhou Prefecture in a hurry.
Wang Lin, the soldier in Yinzhou who was responsible for delivering the letter, was a little confused as to why Young Master Qian Dingzhu Wan had told him to deliver this document to Chen Ruoshi.
So after he arrived at Liangzhou Mansion, several deacons and counselors took turns asking questions, but he remained silent and refused to answer. He insisted on seeing Chen Ruoshi and would not let go.
"You kid, are you here to cause trouble?"
"This is Liangzhou Mansion, not a place for you to show off your temper!"
"Beat me with a stick!"
Seeing Wang Lin like this, a group of people were angry.
"What's the matter?"
At this moment, Chen Ping and Chen Ruoshi, who had just returned from outside, heard the quarrel and came over to ask.
"Sir, this little pawn from Yinzhou has quite a stubborn temper! He has to see the eldest lady before he can explain why!"
"oh?"
Chen Ruoshi looked unexpectedly: "Yinzhou?"
Suddenly, her delicate body trembled slightly: "But what happened to Liu Zheng?"
Chen Ping's face darkened.
Wang Lin looked at Chen Ruoshi and asked for confirmation, "Are you Miss Chen?"
"it's me!"
Wang Lin knelt down and said loudly: "Miss Chen, Master Chen, save me Yinzhou!"
"Five thousand thieves attacked and Yinzhou was massacred. I beg you to send troops to save us!"
Chen Ruoshi was shocked: "What did you say? Bandit?"
"Five thousand bandits? This, this, this, father..."
Chen Ruoshi was obviously anxious.
Chen Ping smiled coldly upon hearing this.
How could he not know about this? The Liangzhou order in Lu Zhengyi's hand that said: "Observe his character, correct his behavior, and act cheaply" was written by him.
Therefore, he wanted to turn a blind eye to this matter.
did not expect……
Liu Zheng, this little fox, is really slippery. Chen Ping had to let this little pawn report this matter in front of Chen Ruoshi, which made Chen Ping a bit embarrassed.
"This is happening, please tell me quickly!"
Chen Ping's face straightened and he said.
The pawn immediately told what happened in Yinzhou. Hearing the seven-day limit, Chen Ruoshi looked anxious again: "Seven days, how can this be allowed? Liu Zheng is definitely not prepared!"
Chen Ping also nodded and said: "But four days have passed, and there are only three days left. Even if I send troops from Liangzhou, I will be beyond our reach!"
Even for the most elite cavalry, it would take about three days to get there, and they also had to prepare food, grass and weapons. Time really did not allow for it.
"Father, we must think of a way!"
Chen Ruoshi was about to cry.
When Chen Ping saw his daughter's attitude, he felt even colder in his heart and looked embarrassed: "The bandits will definitely be destroyed. When I give the order to send troops to suppress the bandits, I'm afraid Yinzhou..."
Unexpectedly, the soldier clasped his fists at this time and said: "Sir, it is definitely too late for reinforcements. The county magistrate wants to ask Mr. Chen for an order to punish the bandit, so that I, Yinzhou, Li and Dharma can have no worries and fight with the bandit." Fight to the death!"
"ah!"
Chen Ruoshi's face turned pale.
Chen Ping narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking in his mind, a fight to the death? You have three thousand soldiers, but you want to fight to the death with five thousand thieves? Is this Liu Dahao's or Liu Zheng's idea?
But no matter what, for a dying person, this request is not too much.
Chen Ping stood up and shouted loudly, with a look of emotion on his face: "The Marquis Liu generously resisted the enemy and lived up to the blood of my Liangzhou man! Bring me the pen!"
Soon, an "order to punish thieves" was stamped with the seal of Liangzhou Prefecture.
The pawn was overjoyed and rode away.
"Father!"
"Yinzhou is really capable of resisting the enemy. This, this is..."
When the soldier left, Chen Ruoshi felt panicked.
"An order to punish thieves?"
"What do they want with this?"
Chen Ping fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, he had a very absurd guess...
Could it be that the Liu family father and son have other plans?
However, he never dared to guess that Liu Zheng was still thinking about how to control Yangzhou in this situation.
If you say it, who will believe it?
…
"What did he say, it's seven days again?"
Chen Kui also received news from Yinzhou Mansion.
Luo Xiongchao was drinking and cheerful. When he heard this, he laughed loudly: "Seven days is enough, why not wait for him for seven days!"
"That's right, sooner or later it will be meat on our chopping board and we can't escape!"
"I haven't visited the Flower House in Yangzhou yet. I'll have another seven days and that's enough!"
The captains of a group of mercenaries laughed.
They didn't mind waiting. Anyway, in Yangzhou, they ate meat and drank wine, and there were countless women to play with. They were domineering wherever they went. These days, for these mercenaries who have been wandering around all year round, But there are not many magical days.
"But……"
Chen Kui frowned: "General Luo, Yinzhou Mansion doesn't have 20,000 taels of silver, and we can't get it out. They must be playing tricks on us!"
"Um?"
Luo Xiongchao looked at me coldly: "Are you going to teach me how to do something?"
Chen Kui was stared at by this bitter-faced Yama and was shocked: "General, Chen Kui doesn't dare, it's just..."
"Nothing, I won't charge you more money for these seven days, just wait for him for seven days!"
Luo Xiongchao waved his hand seemingly magnanimously.
How dare Chen Kui say anything else, he could only smile bitterly.
"I heard that a girl came out of the Yihong Courtyard in Yangzhou today. Let's go and have a look!"
"General General!"
Chen Kui wanted to shout, but it was too late.
This group of military men, with swords on their waists, were already walking struttingly on the street. From time to time, they would tease women from good families in the street.
And at this time.
No one saw that a man in black clothes and a bamboo hat had just sneaked into the city. I happened to see Luo Xiongchao and his men acting arrogantly.
"Who are these people? So arrogant?"
He walked to a vegetable stall and asked deliberately.
The old woman said: "Shh, don't talk nonsense, young people! I heard they are soldiers from Liangzhou and are here to stay for a few days. We can't afford to offend them!"
In troubled times, people have long been accustomed to all this.
Liangzhou soldiers?
The man smiled coldly.
Sure enough, as the young master said, this Lu Zhengyi would definitely not tell the truth to the people.
A group of stragglers turned out to be Liangzhou soldiers?
What would these ordinary people who swallowed their anger think if they knew that these people were a group of stragglers and even called themselves bandits in Yinzhou?
He pinched his tightly covered backpack.
What is the master's brain made of?
How could he come up with such a shameless method?
He found a tavern, sat down, and waited for dark.
I waited until the curfew started on Yangzhou Street. He had been hiding for a long time before he emerged from the side. He grabbed his backpack and took out...the papers.
Wow!
He threw the papyrus with the content written on it on the street.
That night, he traveled almost throughout Yangzhou City, from beginning to end.
The next day.
"What's this?"
"Portrait? No, there are also words!"
"Which youngster who knows the words can come and read it for me!"
People get up and see this kind of paper at the door, with a portrait and a lot of words on it. So I started running around to tell each other, circulating the news and asking questions.
"There are thousands of bandits who have attacked my Yinzhou merchants recently and robbed my goods. Their crimes are punishable..."
"Blackmailing the government is a treasonous act!"
"Man and God are angry at the disaster in our hometown!"
"This portrait is of the bandit leader. If anyone kills him, he can bring his head to Yinzhou Mansion to receive 500 gold!"
"If anyone knows anything about it, you can get ten gold coins if you come and report it!"
People looked at the portrait carefully and their expressions changed.
It's him?
Is he a bandit?
For a time, the entire Yangzhou exploded.
