After Guo Zhiyuan completely controlled the situation in Zhangpu County, he immediately followed the method of reorganizing from the new army and asked the rebel soldiers to report to each other, leaving the rebels who had not killed innocent people and did not do many evil deeds, breaking up the organization and reorganizing them. Those who were extremely guilty of being temporarily detained. It was not that he did not want to kill these bastards, but mainly because he was afraid of causing a mutiny from the rebels and causing the situation to get out of control again.

With the help of Huang Yingju and the county officials, the social order in Zhangpu County gradually began to return to normal. Some shops and restaurants in the city have resumed business. They were scared by the riots and were afraid of the riots and the people who hid at home and stayed away also walked out of their homes. Some people even circulated to release firecrackers to celebrate the restoration of peace in the county.

However, Guo Zhiyuan was not so optimistic. Although he took down Zhangpu County without bloodshed, his situation was still very dangerous. Zhao Bingjian is now in the limelight. Once he learned that Zhangpu County was taken back by Guo Zhiyuan, his younger brother Zhao Bingcheng also fell into Guo Zhiyuan's hands and would definitely counterattack Zhangpu County. With Guo Zhiyuan's strength, it is impossible for Guo Zhiyuan to fight against more than 20,000 rebels, and these surrendered rebels may not be sincerely surrendering. Once Zhao Bingjian leads 20,000 rebels to the city, they may rebel again at any time.

Therefore, while Guo Zhiyuan asked Huang Yingju to maintain martial law in the county and block the news, he sent Zhang Cheng out and asked him to inquire about the movements and news of the main force of the rebels. Only by understanding the movements of the main force of the rebels can he formulate the next action plan.

Zhang Cheng is worthy of being a good player in collecting intelligence. He soon found out the latest trends of the main rebels. After the main rebels occupied eight county towns, he became more and more arrogant and was preparing to take down Zhangzhou City in one go. The prefect of Zhangzhou had already run away, and the city of Zhangzhou was also panicked. Fortunately, Shen Yizhong suddenly came to Zhangzhou. Shen Yizhong had learned that Guo Zhiyuan was about to take office in Zhangzhou Prefecture, so he came to give Guo Zhiyuan a special force. Unexpectedly, he encountered this incident, but Shen Yizhong could not run away like the prefect of Zhangzhou. The Shen family was a famous family, and Shen Yiguan was the prime minister of the dynasty. He was about to run away, and the entire Shen family was in trouble.

Therefore, Shen Yizhong could only grit the bullet and organize the soldiers and civilians of Zhangzhou City to defend the army and the people of Zhangzhou City to defend the country. Shen Yizhong was able to become the right-level defender of Zhangnan Road, and he still had the ability. In addition, he had no way out. Once Zhangzhou City was lost, Emperor Wanli would be furious and their Shen family would be in great trouble. So he personally led his servants to defend the city to boost morale. Zhangzhou City was strong and the walls were thick. The rebels were not an elite army. It was okay to fight a smooth battle. Don't expect them to fight such a tough battle. Twenty thousand rebels were defeated by Shen Yizhong several times. The troops were defeated and now they retreated. They have camped in the waterzhai Mountains in Dongshan County.

When Zhang Cheng reported on the military situation of the rebels, Huang Yingju was also there. He was overjoyed when he heard this and slapped the table excitedly and said, "Great! The rebels attacked Zhangzhou City and were frustrated, and the army would be disastrous. As long as the court mobilized the army to pursue the victory, they would be able to quell the rebellion quickly!..."

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Huang Ying, who was so excited that he was dancing with his hands and feet, and he was secretly funny. Although Huang Yingju is an honest official and has courage, he lacks political vision. You don’t think about it. Zhao Bingjian has been launching a rebellion for some days, and the momentum is so huge. If the court was preparing to quell the rebellion by force, it would have mobilized a large army long ago, but now there is no movement. Why?

For such local rebellions, local officials are generally unwilling to report to the court, because once they report to the court, the hat of local officials will not be stable, so local officials will generally use the method of recruiting the people to deal with it. In short, if they can cover the cover, they will cover it. If they really can't cover it, they will report to the court.

This sounds a bit ridiculous. Can I cover up such a big thing? I can really cover up, because the court is also pretending to be confused when dealing with such things. Because the court is short of money, suppressing rebellion is a big project. Before the troops move, food and grass will go first. This is very expensive, so the court is unwilling to care about this troublesome matter and acquiesce to the local chief.

Therefore, when encountering such local rebellion, the local chief officer usually first thought of recruiting and pacifying rather than extermination by force. Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, peasant uprisings broke out one after another, and the court could not manage it. He could only adopt the strategy of recruiting and pacifying to destroy money and eliminate disasters. Later, the rebels even accepted the joke that they had rebelled for a few days and then rebelled. From this, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was indeed on the verge of corruption.

Guo Zhiyuan is familiar with Xu Xueju's character and knows that he will never hope that this incident will alarm the court and will definitely find a way to cover it up. So from the beginning, Guo Zhiyuan did not expect the court to send a large army to quell the rebellion. Sure enough, Zhang Cheng looked at Huang Yingju with a strange expression, hesitated for a while and continued to report: "I didn't know that the court had mobilized the army. I heard that General Shen Yourong heard that the rebellion in Zhangzhou was in trouble. He was originally going to send troops to quell the rebellion, but was scolded by Shangguan Shen, asking him not to act rashly..."

"Ah?!" Huang Yingju was stunned and sat down on the chair, squeezing his wrists, "How could this be so? Wouldn't this be even more arousing the arrogance of the rebels? When will the rebellion be pacified?..."

Guo Zhiyuan knew that this would be the result, and sighed and said, "Now the imperial army can't count on it anymore, we can only find a way to save ourselves..."

But how to save himself? Guo Zhiyuan couldn't think of a good idea for a moment. Even his idol Shen Yourong was criticized by his superiors. Unless he was confident that he could wipe out 20,000 rebels, he was afraid that he would not be able to save himself and would be charged with destroying the overall situation and become the scapegoat of this rebellion. But how could he wipe out so many rebels with his own strength?

The more Guo Zhiyuan thought about it, the more irritable he became, and couldn't help but stand up and pace back and forth in the lobby. Although he had the advantage of traveling through time, the difference between his strength and the rebels is too great. There are many examples of winning with less in history, but there seems to be no such difference in strength that can win. Guo Zhiyuan thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any good idea.

However, Guo Zhiyuan's character made him unwilling to give up easily. Finally, he stopped and gritted his teeth and said, "No matter if you know yourself and your enemy, you will have the possibility of victory. I am going to go to the water village mountain in person to explore the reality of the main force of the rebels, and make plans again!"

Zhang Cheng and Huang Yingju were shocked when they heard this. Shuizhai Dashan was the base camp of the main rebels. Guo Zhiyuan was actually going to Shuizhai Dashan to inquire about the information of the main rebels. Isn’t this a death? He hurriedly advised: “No! Lord is a body of gold, how can you take risks!…” (To be continued) bdshare();
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