A team of more than a thousand people set out from Yancheng in a mighty manner, and under the banner of extermination of bandits, they headed north. One hundred and fifty cavalry were divided into five teams, one team led in front, and the remaining four teams were patrolling five miles away from the front, back, left and right. Whenever they encountered irrelevant people, they would be driven away immediately.

For a moment, the wind and cranes around Yancheng were heard, and all the bandits restrained their movements, closed the gates tightly, and did not dare to make any abnormal movements.

After walking about twenty miles northward, the team began to change directions and slowly shifted westward in a relatively tortuous and irregular route.

As the sun sets, the sky slowly turns dark. Li Zhensheng ordered the soldiers to get off the horse and stop and start preparing for dinner. He saw Zhou Xian, who was full of excitement and was not tired at all, but instead jumped down from the horse. His face showed a hint of praise: "I didn't expect that you are young, not only are you very eloquent, but even your immediate skills are so enviable."

Zhou Xian bowed and replied, "Mr. Li praised it. You have been walking with me all the time, and this kung fu is probably far better than a villain."

Li Zhensheng waved his hand and said, "What is far more than? But older and more years of riding horses. We implement horse management. Basically, every family raises horses and everyone can ride them. My level is nothing in the local area? But it is not easy for you to achieve such riding skills at a young age."

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "This is thanks to a good master. When the four Yang bandits are attacked and destroyed, I will definitely recommend them to meet him."

After hearing this, Li Zhensheng suddenly showed a relieved smile on his face and said, "So you have a master, no wonder?"

Zhou Xian looked puzzled and asked, "Mr. Li, what did you say?"

Li Zhensheng's face showed an unpredictable smile and sighed softly, "We have been talking for a long time since you came to Yancheng. It can be said that you amazed me everywhere and also made me ashamed. I really can't figure out why you know so much at such a young age, but I am much older than you, and many places are not as long as you see. This makes me ashamed! Now it seems that this is mostly due to your extraordinary master. This made me breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that if I had a master's advice, it would be much worse than you. I feel so comforted in my heart, I hope Brother Zhou will not care about this."

Zhou Xian was silent and said to Li Zhensheng: "Mr. Li, you are really a complimentary person. In fact, the villain is really respectful to you!"

"Oh, there is something that Li can also convince you?"

Zhou Xian nodded deeply and said, "It has only been a few months since I took office as Yancheng. In theory, it is not easy to fully understand that the city is running. But after I entered the city, I found that the city was well organized and the people lived and worked in peace. Especially when the adults commanded the soldiers, it was like a wingspan, and there was no reason for them to be divided. The villain may be a little clever, but compared with the adults, it was really a heaven and an underground."

Li Zhensheng took a step forward, patted Zhou Xian on the shoulder and laughed: "Brother Zhou, you are really making me like you more and more. No matter how much you say is true love or false, I have received this appreciation."

Although Li Zhensheng is a scholar, he has the heroic spirit of a Shaanxi man and speaks straightforwardly. To be honest, this personality is not suitable for being an official, but at this moment, Zhou Xian felt his true feelings.

The two walked to a fire and sat down. Li Zhensheng laughed and said to Zhou Xian: "At first, when you came, I thought you were just to let me send troops to help annihilate Yang Si. But then I thought about it carefully, especially when you suggested that Wuyang City was willing to send troops to help me eliminate the bandits in Yancheng, I gradually became a little confused. You said that you were a commoner, even if you made great contributions, the main contribution was the defender. Why did you work so hard and dare to make such a promise to me?"

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "If I say that most of the reason I did this is just for the relatives in Wuyang City, and a small part is for a little training. Will the adults believe it?"

Li Zhensheng took out the sheepskin bag around his waist, took a sip of water, and said sincerely: "I don't believe it if others say it. If you say it, I really believe it."

Zhou Xian bowed with gratitude.

"But I'm more curious. As you said before, with the troops and morale of Wuyang City, there is no problem in defending the city. In this way, your relatives will definitely be fine. The promise to help me attack and destroy the bandits in Yancheng seems to have nothing to do with this. Could it be that it is just for self-exercise?"

"Sir, it's not that it doesn't matter, it's a big deal."

Li Zhensheng looked puzzled and said, "Oh, then you have to tell me something."

"Can you understand Pan Hong's character?"

Li Zhensheng pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know much about the governors of different states. But I heard that this person is as timid as a mouse, greedy as a wolf, and his official voice seems not very good."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "The statement is similar to the real situation. This person has been the county magistrate in Wuyang City for many years, causing the anger of heaven and people, and everyone has the intention to kill him. This time he was killed by the bandits. I wonder how many people were secretly happy! And if you hand over the important task of defending the city to such people, can you feel at ease?"

"You want to..."

Zhou Xian nodded slightly and said, "Yuan Cheng, inspector Yuan, is loyal and knowledgeable about military affairs. If he can defeat Yang Si this time, he will definitely make great contributions. But in order to avoid such contributions, he must also help the two bandits in Yancheng. With your recommendation at that time, it should be no problem to help inspector Yuan take the position of county magistrate."

Yuan Cheng smiled and said, "It turns out that everything you did was for this inspector Yuan. He wanted him to become the county magistrate and help you protect your relatives in the city."

"Sir, this is only the superficial. And one thing is to make friends with you, Mr."

Li Zhensheng leaned back and said, "Make friends with me?"

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Sir, Henan has many mountains and forests in the west and north, and there are many plains in the east and south. Wuyang and Yancheng are both located on plains, not far apart. Bandits like trespasses are powerful, but because of insufficient combat power, they are unwilling to fight against the government troops in the plains. Therefore, they usually operate in the Wanluo Mountains in western Henan and northern Henan, and rely on sneak attacks and numbers to win. Therefore, at this moment, there are small bandits in southern Henan, and rely on cities to stop them. But have you ever thought about it, what kind of scene will be if the strength of these trespasses expands again?"

Li Zhensheng frowned and said carefully: "Brother Zhou, hundreds of thousands of thieves are trapped in the carriage gorge, which can be broken every day. Why do you think their strength will be expanded?"
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