Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 502 Lessons
After staying in the main world for a few days, visiting his parents and gathering with classmates and friends, Zhao Zhen returned to the fantasy world with his gains.

In the fantasy world, not long after Zhao Zhen showed up, Xiao Rang handed over the news about Zhang Qing from Dongchang Prefecture. This Zhang Qing, in accordance with the imperial decree, had led 3,000 elite troops through Pingyin County.

Afterwards, they passed Gongxian, Xianyuan, Sishui, and entered Yizhou. From Pingyi, they took a detour to Yiyuan and launched an attack on Qingzhou.

Looking at the document in his hand, Zhao Zhen nodded and stopped paying attention. According to Cheng Wanli, who was demoted to the governor of Yunzhou, Zhang Qing and his gang were mostly infantrymen and had their own food and grass, so they could only travel 40 miles a day. It was still a long way to go before they could reach Yizhou.

Putting down the document in his hand, Zhao Zhen said to Xiao Rang, "Tongpan, you should send a document to Pingyi's prosecutor Kong Hou in the name of the prefecture. When Zhang Qing and his gang arrive in Pingyi, take my order and send this unit to Laiwu."

Xiao Rang nodded and said, "Sir, do you not want to destroy the Qingzhou bandits?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said to Xiao Rang, "The court has ordered Zhang Qing of Dongchang Prefecture to attack Qingzhou via a detour. The only two bandit leaders guarding Qingzhou are [Sky Pillar] Ren Yuan and [Ugly Scholar] Wanqi De, and the prefecture has no more than 10,000 soldiers. The only two guarding Weizhou are [Mao Tou Xing] Kong Ming and [Drunken King Kong] Fahui, and the soldiers are less than 10,000. Compared to Laiwu City, where Song Jiang's troops gathered, these two places are shining military achievements."

"Xuejiu is not strong enough to wipe out Song Qing's detachment. Guan Sheng of Mizhou left one army to guard Mizhou, and the rest of the troops attacked Weizhou. Gou Huan brothers of Yuanbizhai in Yizhou joined forces with Guanghui and Deng Yuanjue of Yiyuan to attack Qingzhou. Li Zhong, Zhou Tong and Meng Futong led the army. There is no rush for this group of troops to move out. They can wait for news from Gao Lian in the north before they can move out."

After saying this, Zhao Zhen seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Can the families of Li Zhong and others be brought here quietly?"

Xiao Rang nodded and said, "A pigeon letter has been sent from Yiyuan. The families of the three people have been sent out of Qingzhou and are on their way to Liangshan."

"That's good."

Xiao Rang said, "Sir, Wei Fuliang has persuaded Peng Qi, who is recovering from his injuries in Sishui. I have sent Brother Liu Tong to fetch his family."

Zhao Zhen laughed and said, "In this way, as long as we clean up the two groups of people confronting each other in Yanzhou, I will have occupied half of the two routes in Jingdong. If there is no army of 100,000 to attack, the court will have to appoint me as a pacification envoy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Rang said, "I'm afraid we'll have to do it again."

Zhao Zhen said, "The last time Hou Meng came to announce the decree, I made some inquiries. Although Tong Guan won the first battle, he was in a stalemate with the enemy under Gaizhou City. After fighting for several days, he could not take the city. It will probably take a year or so to capture Tian Hu. This is one reason."

"In addition, Hou Meng told me that Wang Qing in Huaixi and Fang La in Jiangnan are now attacking prefectures and counties urgently, and documents seeking help are pouring in to the court. Hou Meng will go to Bozhou as soon as he returns to the capital to serve as a governor to guard against Wang Qing. These two places are more dangerous, especially Fang La in Jiangnan, who has changed his era name and system. In three to five years, the court will not be able to take care of them. By the time he is free, we will have left."

"If that's the case, we must intensify the encirclement and suppression of the Qingzhou bandits. Only in this way can we clean up the various places under our jurisdiction. Not only the official troops under Laizhou city, but also the troops of Gao Lian and Yun Tianbiao in the north must be sent out of Qingzhou by finding a reason." Xiao Rang said.

As the two were discussing, Zhao Yuanli came in with Ding An.

"My husband, this is a red pigeon letter from Yanggu."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen quickly took the pigeon letter and read it hastily.

After reading it, he handed the pigeon letter to Xiao Rang, and shouted, "How dare someone dare to touch the tiger's whiskers."

Xiao Rang said, "My husband, these people have gone crazy."

It turned out that the letter was sent by [Little Li Guang] Hua Rong, and it said: The people of Anle Township, the northernmost part of Yanggu County, Wangzhuangji, Shuanglou Village, Caosi Village, and Puzhuang were all abducted. After some investigation, it was found that it was indeed carried out by Fengtian Township, 70 miles southeast of Kouzhou. There were 3,000 to 4,000 households in Fengtian Township. Together with the villages, they all followed the powerful and wealthy families as the leaders. Fengtian Township was like Dulonggang and Zengtou City. They set up stockades in the town, built watchtowers, recruited soldiers and bought horses, stored straw and grain, and gathered more than 3,000 people, which the prefecture and county could not control.

The wealthy Su family had three sons and daughters. The eldest son was called Su Liang, the third son was called Su Yi, and the middle daughter was called Su Jin Niang. All three brothers and sisters were good at martial arts. Su Jin Niang was even better. She was good at riding a horse and shooting arrows. She was good at using a moon-shaped fire spear and seven flying forks on her back. She could kill people on horseback and never missed.

It was these three brothers and sisters who, for unknown reasons, crossed the border and invaded Yanggu County and kidnapped the people. Hua Rong requested an order to go to Fengtian Township to take back the people.

"Since he doesn't know that you can't touch a tiger's butt, let him learn a lesson from it," said Zhao Zhen.

"He only has more than 3,000 soldiers and horses. Although Brother Hua Rong is highly skilled in martial arts, he only has 2,500 cavalry and infantry soldiers, and two deputy generals, Deng Fei and Fu Yu. If we fight, the outcome is unpredictable. I will lead the personal army camp, the Wuxiang camp, and the female cavalry team to rush to the rescue."

Xiao Rang said, "Sir, why do you need to personally fight against such a little thief?"

Zhao Zhen asked, "Does the Tongpan know who the governor of Kouzhou is?"

Xiao Rang shook his head.

Zhao Zhen said, "I have read the news that Brother Lehe sent people to find out. The governor of Kouzhou is called Gao Rang, and he is Gao Qiu's brother. If the war is delayed and he gets hold of something, it will be a bit troublesome at this stage. I am not afraid of this guy. I heard that he is greedy and has ordinary abilities. It is all thanks to a master under his command who is proficient in Taoism and has great magical powers that he can govern such a large Kouzhou well."

After hearing this, Xiao Rang couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that this group of people were assigned by Gao Rang?"

Seeing Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, Xiao Rang continued, "My lord, you sent the heads of Pu Feng and his gang to Bian Jing. How could General Gao tolerate this? I'm afraid he is the one who caused the trouble for me."

Zhao Zhen thought about it and felt that it might be the case.

After all, how could a local tyrant dare to offend me?

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen said, "It seems that we should bring more soldiers and horses to prepare for any unexpected events."

As he spoke, Zhao Zhen gave orders to add two more battalions of cavalry, and to transfer troops from the four battalions of the Royal Army Battalion, the Wuxiang Battalion, the Vanguard Battalion, and the Left Cavalry Battalion, to Yanggu County, where they would meet up with Hua Rong and then charge towards Toyota Township.

After rushing for a long time, everyone finally arrived at the county town at dark.

After greeting, Zhao Zhen asked, "General Hua, how is the situation?"

Hua Rong said, "Sir, this Fengtian Township is ready for a fight."

Zhao Zhen listened and said, "Don't worry, General. We will settle the matter with him tomorrow. I want him to pay double for the loot. Otherwise, I will make him pay with his life."

On the second day, they prepared food at four o'clock in the morning and left the camp at five o'clock. Led by Hua Rong, the soldiers rushed to Fengtian Township.

(End of this chapter)