I'm not a genius in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 227 Xue Rengui's Amazement
"Go straight to Xuzhou?"

Xue Rengui was startled, he compared his hand on the map, pressed heavily on Xu Zhou's position, and suddenly raised his head.

"Is there any news about Xuzhou's garrison?"

"We didn't dare to approach, there is no news from Xuzhou..."

Xue Rengui pondered for a moment, and sent someone down to rest.He himself stood up and walked to Li Ke's room.According to the news that Wang Zi'an sent to His Highness a few days ago, these 10,000+ rioters are very likely to be the troops of Zhang Yansheng in Huainan.If Xuzhou fell, Zhang Yansheng would become a stumbling block for him and others to use the route to go north.

The situation seems to have changed. If you can't rush over, you can only divert to Bianshui.Although Bianshui is easier to travel than the waterway here, the journey is much farther.Not to mention arriving in Zhengzhou tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to arrive in another seven or eight days.Li Ke and Xue Rengui were relatively frowning, and Li Ke sighed, pacing back and forth in the cabin in a hurry.

Originally, according to the discussion between him and Wang Zi'an before leaving Beijing, he was raising food and grass in Shuzhong to prevent those aristocratic families from suddenly cutting off food donations.The matter was not so urgent. Who knew, the sudden disaster relief food and grass burning case made his backup method directly a life-saving method.Therefore, after he received Wang Zi'an's letter, he immediately accelerated the preparation of food and grass.

Unexpectedly, before he was ready, Wang Zi'an's second urgent letter had already been sent to his case. Some people deliberately provoked the victims to make trouble, and used the dead bodies to spread the plague and create a terrifying atmosphere. The situation was serious.Let him use the first batch of grain to Zhengzhou first.Only then did he leave in a hurry with Xue Rengui.Unexpectedly, along the way, bad news kept coming. The people in Huainan rioted, Zhang Yansheng led the crowd to the north, and the victims in Shandong and Henan also suddenly rioted...

"It was Zi'an recommended by the king. Zi'an is still in the disaster area, and the king must rescue him—"

Like a trapped wild animal, Li Ke slammed the map in front of him and looked at Xue Rengui resolutely.

"Rush over at all costs! This is the time when Zi'an needs me, I can't make mistakes and break my promise!"

Xue Rengui frowned, pressed his hands tightly on the map, raised his head after pondering for a long time, glanced at the emotional Li Ke, and couldn't help being slightly moved.Swiping his finger across the map, he said in a deep voice.

"Zhang Yansheng's troops are nothing but a group of rebels. According to reports from the spies, the tools they use to cross the river are just ordinary fishing boats and sampans. Their combat effectiveness should not be high. We may give it a try. Tonight, I will lead the [-] soldiers on board. , took a small boat, went down the river, and quietly lay in ambush on the river beach outside Xuzhou City, while His Highness led the fleet, went down the river, and went straight to Zhengzhou—"

"Bengui—"

Li Ke looked at Xue Rengui worriedly, Xue Rengui smiled sassyly.

"Your Highness, just take the first step, I will arrive later, a group of rioters, they can't keep me—"

While the two were discussing the specific details of the operation in the cabin, they suddenly heard the sound of soldiers walking outside.

"His Royal Highness, there is a small boat in the river blocking the way, saying that it was entrusted by an acquaintance of His Highness to deliver a letter. He also said that there is a sentence, you want to bring the small one to Your Highness, and your Highness will know when you hear it—"

"What?"

Li Ke frowned in confusion, who else could he know in this place?
"The mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is no way out, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright. Another village. The man said that after listening to His Highness..."

Before the soldiers who came to report finished speaking, Li Ke jumped out in one step.

"Where is the visitor now?"

"Mountain darkly, vista?"

Seeing Li Ke's reaction, Xue Rengui couldn't help scratching his head.Although the two lines of verses just now were a bit shocking, why is His Highness so excited? Could there be some other mystery?Although he was puzzled, he got up and followed Li Ke out.When he came to the bow of the boat, he saw a tall middle-aged man with a firm face standing on a sampan in the river.At this time, the man, seeing Li Ke and Xue Rengui coming out one after the other, immediately bowed his hands on the sampan in salute.

"Craftsman Zhang Chao, by order of Prince Wang, come to report to His Highness!"

"Haha——Sure enough, it was sent by Zi'an! Strong man, come up and talk—"

Li Ke hastily asked people to put down the seesaw and asked Zhang Chao to come up. Zhang Chao smiled, and before the soldiers on board dragged the seesaw, he put his toes on the sampan, and flew up to the bow like a wild goose. It landed not far from Li Ke.

"Good work!"

Li Ke and Xue Rengui are both experts, and they couldn't help their eyes lit up, and they applauded.

Zhang Chao saluted again without being humble, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the soldier next to him.Li Ke didn't wait for the soldiers to deliver it, he strode up, tore open the envelope, and read it carefully.Who knew that the more he watched, the more happy his face became, and finally he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Xue Rengui looked at his Highness curiously, why did His Highness, who was originally frowning, become so happy when he saw this letter.What exactly did Wang Zi'an say in the letter?
When he was wondering, Li Ke happily handed over Wang Zi'an's letter.

"Rengui, take a look——Zian is really amazing——"

Xue Rengui took the letter in bewilderment, looked down, and the look on his face suddenly became very exciting.If he hadn't had a deep affection for this benefactor he had never met, he would have felt that he was talking nonsense.

Entering Zhang Yansheng's big tent alone, beheading the envoys of the rest of the rioters, instigating Zhang Yansheng's rebellion?

"Your Highness, is this letter credible?"

Xue Rengui couldn't help but cast a vigilant glance at Zhang Chao who was standing not far away. Could it be that he followed Zhang Yansheng's trick?

Seeing Xue Rengui being so careful, Li Ke couldn't help laughing, and happily patted Xue Rengui on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, you can't go wrong, Zi'an and I are inseparable, I have to stare at his handwriting for a long time every day, absolutely no one can imitate."

Only now did Xue Rengui wake up from the content described in the letter, and after a closer look, sure enough, the handwriting on this letter, with iron hooks and silver strokes, is strong and steady with an elegant and steep color, which is unique and worthy of Everyone's handwriting is definitely first-class and good writing.

"Sure enough, it's a strange person and a miracle, comparable to the feat of the Western Regions under Banchao in the past!"

Xue Rengui couldn't help marveling again and again, he couldn't imagine how Wang Zi'an did such a thing.After being amazed for a moment, he came back to his senses, walked up to Zhang Chao, raised the letter in his hand, and asked excitedly.

"Has it been arranged?"

Zhang Chao nodded with a serious face.He never expected that Wang Zi'an would arrange such an important task for him just after he joined Wang Zi'an's subordinates.As smart as he is, why doesn't he understand that this is an opportunity arranged by Wang Zi'an for him to make contributions, a chance to get close to the nobleman?Therefore, I just feel the emotions in my heart are agitated, and I wish I could be smashed to pieces, in order to repay Wang Zi'an's kindness.

"The past is ready, just wait for His Royal Highness and the general to go—"

(End of this chapter)