The cold wind whistled above the roof, and the grass and trees swayed.

Ning Ci ignored the cold wind at night, and with Zhou Yunze, Cheng Lunying, Cheng Lunying, and a group of escorts and yamen runners, first invited the envoys to come out of the inn, knocked on the door and walked into the county duke's mansion again.

Ning Ci changed his previous attitude this time and clearly stated that Nanyang Prefecture will do its best to gather and reinforce the Shenwu Army to help Huainan:

"Zuo Xiaosheng's army will soon go south to Xiangyang. The Duke of the County and the Duke of Wuyang will also be ordered to lead the Shenwu army to Tangbaihekou to board the ship to Huainan. Everything is mixed, but the staff of the government office is limited. I, Zhou Langjun and Cheng Langjun, returned to the government office for a long time, but I still felt that it was necessary to ask the Duke of the County. The Duke of Wuyang explained it clearly in person, so that we could handle it one by one, without making too many mistakes and causing major mistakes..."

Zhao Fan's mansion was in an alley on the east side of the County Duke's Mansion. When he returned to the house, he hugged his concubine with a warm and fragrant concubine and went to bed. Before the warm and water-like evil fire slowly rose, the County Duke's Mansion sent someone to report to the prefect Ning Ci, the General Principal Zhou Yunze, and the Joiner Cheng Lunying and others to visit the County Duke's Mansion at night after leaving for only one hour.

Zhao Fan hurriedly crawled out of the quilt and asked Hu Sui to take out his horse and rushed to the Duke's Mansion.

When Ning Ci heard that Zuo Xiaosheng's army was about to go south to Xiangyang soon, Zhao Fangang raised his foot and was about to cross the threshold. He staggered and almost fell in front of Zheng Huaizhong and Ning Ci.

Zhao Fan sat down under Zheng Cong in a panic, and looked at Zheng Huaizhong, who looked so gloomy that he could twist out water:

How could Xu Huai let the remnants of Zuo Xiaosheng's army go south? Could it be that Xu Huai would rather resist the enemy in the west of Beijing and Heluo than be unable to get along with the Duke's Mansion of Runan County?

Zhao Fan bribed Ning Ci's side and knew that Ning Ci and others walked out of the county palace after listening to the imperial edict at night. They also expressed dissatisfaction in front of the envoys, but their attitudes were very different at this time. Could it be that they also licked the dangerous smell from Chu Shan's posture?

"Mr. Jingsheng urged him very tightly and made a stern wording. He asked the government office to send the first batch of supporters to Ye County before tomorrow - this matter is very important, Ning Ci did not dare to neglect him, so he went back to the government office to arrange a plan first."

Of course Ning Ci would not be stalemate with Zheng Huaizhong. He knelt on the county government late at night. First, he told the story of Zuo Xiaosheng's army about to go south, and hinted the ferocious posture of the Marquis of Jingsheng Xu Huai. Second, he wanted to re-express their position of being in love with the court in front of the envoys. After saying this, he said goodbye to Zhou Yunze and Cheng Lunying and left.

"What is the county official's instructions? Let's go to the government office to inform you..."

Without even waiting for Ning Ci and others to walk out of the yard, Zheng Cong stared at Zhao Fan with hatred and asked:

"See how you still swear that you will definitely not let Zuo Xiaoshengjun leave Ruzhou?"

Zhao Fan looked at Zheng Huaizhong with a bitter face.

"Is it time to complain?" Zheng Huaizhong glanced at Zheng Cong with a blame, and said, "If you want to make the mistake, I didn't expect Xu Huai to let Zuo Xiaoshengjun leave Ruzhou. Do you even blame him for being a father?"

"Don't dare." Zheng Cong said. "Since the matter has happened, don't complain about this and that, 'The soldiers come to block the general, and the water comes to cover the soil'. The sky cannot fall," Zheng Huaizhong said. "We were ready to reinforce Huainan. At this time, we are just following the plan. What's there to complain about..."

"The Duke of the County decided to send troops to reinforce Huainan?" Zhao Fan asked in a low voice.

"I'm afraid it won't be done if I don't obey the imperial edict this time," Zheng Huaizhong sighed lightly, "If Huainan is defeated, it will be fine, but if the troops and horses lucky enough to repel the enemy soldiers in Huainan, we will not be able to pass the test. Judging from the reactions of Ning Ci and other fence-headed men, Your Majesty should not give them any secret edicts, and he still gave me some face. We can only know what to do now..."

"Did my father say that Xu Huai must have obtained some secret edict that he let Zuo Xiaosheng's army go south so unconsciously?" Zheng Cong asked.

"No matter whether there is a secret edict or not, the relationship between Your Majesty and Chu Shan is always closer than us..." Zheng Huaizhong stared at the ancient tree shaking off in the courtyard with a gloomy face, and said in a light tone.

"It's not just closer, it's so partial! Have our Zheng family not shed blood and fought for the court, nor did they think that without our Zheng family, there is no place where he is now? He feels that his foundation is stable, so he will play the trick of cunning rabbits!" Zheng Cong said angrily.

Withdrawing from Heluo South, Zheng Huaizhong and Zheng Cong never thought about whether to shrink to a corner and not fight with the Chihu people.

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By controlling the depth of the enemy within a radius of 100 miles, the Zheng family and the Shenwu Army were not only able to maintain their position to resist the backbone of the barbarians, but also not without having to bear too much military pressure.

At present, Gu Jiqian and Gao Junyang rely on the steep terrain of the mountains on the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, they will almost control the radius in depth. They will be backed by the four routes of Sichuan and Gorges to continuously supply grain and fodder and newly added troops. They will be much more comfortable than competing with the enemy on both sides of the Wei River in the past, and will also successfully resist the enemy soldiers who invaded Shaanxi from outside the Qinling Mountains.

What was wrong with their Zheng family giving up the pressure of defending Heluo, which was extremely painful for the deaths and casualties, and retreated to Nanyang and Fangcheng Pass? At that time, most of the court officials in Xiangyang believed that this was the best strategy for old people to plan the country and were good at it.

Zheng Cong didn't know what was going on. They retreated to Nanyang as they wished, but the area they planned to take over, Ye County, Wuyang, Xiangcheng and other places became defense areas for the Chushan Camp.

Although the court finally assigned Shangzhou into the defense zone of the Shenwu Army, from Nanyang to the east, through the Wuguan Road between the Qinling Mountains and Funiu Mountain, and to the Shanglu, Lu and other cities above the Luo River, not only had to detour for four or five hundred miles, but the mountain road was also extremely narrow and dangerous.

Not only his father and son of the Zheng family, but also the generals of the Shenwu Army complained about this.

This winter, the generals and soldiers of the Divine Martial Arts were passive and lazy to fight from the Lu family along the narrow and dangerous Luo River route to the north. Zheng Cong felt that all this was caused by the bias of the court and Emperor Jianji, and they could not blame their Zheng family.

"Careful disaster comes from the mouth! Can you say such words randomly?" Zheng Huaizhong glared at Zheng Cong and scolded in a low voice, "You go to the camp to summon the generals and officials to prepare for military service! The emperor's edict is like this. From this moment on, who dares to slack off? Complaint to the military law and punish it strictly-"

"If you have resentment, you can't blame the generals below." Zheng Cong said.

"I can't figure it out, so I'll think about it slowly, but please take care of my mouth and don't let me catch you and kill the chicken for the monkey!" Zheng Huaizhong glared at Zheng Cong and said murderously, "This time, you may have to kill three or five people in a stick to kill the majesty of these arrogant soldiers and generals!"

Zheng Huaizhong called in the escort who was serving the marquis in the corridor, and immediately held his order and summoned the generals and officials to the military camp, prepared armor, swords and horses for him, and prepared to go to the camp overnight.

Zheng Cong was dissatisfied with his father Zheng Huaizhong's vicious attitude towards him at this time. When Zheng Huaizhong walked to change his armor, he was still sitting there angrily.

Zhao Fan whispered to him:

"The county lord is not without grievances, nor without resentment, but Marquis Wuyang, you must understand the difficulty of accompanying the county lord as if you are a tiger. Marquis Jingsheng has mostly obtained the secret edict of His Majesty against the county lord. No matter how much grievances the county lord is, the more severe the county lord is, the more you can explain it to the court, and the second, if the generals have any resentment, not only will they not blame you and Marquis Wuyang, but they can even understand the grievances you have suffered at this time, so that they will become more loyal to the county lord and Marquis Wuyang. At that time, even if the county lord uses a bitter plan to Marquis Wuyang, you have to endure it, otherwise the county lord will be too passive in the court..."

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Not only were the Zheng family and son unwilling to send troops to reinforce Huainan, but also Ning Ci and other officials of Nanyang Prefecture were worried that Ru Cai’s defense line would endanger Nanyang, but the military and civilians of Biyang were also unwilling to call the main force of the Shenwu Army out of Nanyang Prefecture.

Although Nanyang has not been directly damaged by war so far, in the past six or seven years, millions of people have fled south through Nanyang, and all the suffering they suffered have been witnessed by the local people in Nanyang.

What's more, the relatives of the Shenwu Army withdrew from Luoyang and other places, and were mainly placed in Biyang and other places. Among them, some of them moved out of the fifth route in Shaanxi, some of them were Heluo households and their children who were recruited into the Shenwu Army in Luoyang, and most of them had experienced the cruelty and blood of the war.

Because the relatives were mainly placed in Biayang and other places, the generals of the Shenwu Army were also full of resistance and resentment for the court to take the time to reinforce the elite troops of Nanyang Prefecture.
Chapter completed!