Zhou Jiyun stared at the map and was ecstatic. He did not expect Guo Xiancheng's reaction to be so rapid this time. This was not in line with Guo Xiancheng's usual style. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty sent airships to bomb Chang'an and really stabbed Qi people to the pain, which made people like Guo Xiancheng start to use any means and even sacrifice to take revenge.

But he had to admit that this move really hit the weak point of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty had assembled more than 100,000 troops in the six Kunling counties, these troops were all arranged on key points, and it was impossible to stand in a row to block the border line tightly. Places like Xiangzhou did not have much strategic value. After the army entered, it was very easy to be closed and beaten. Therefore, Zhou Jiyun continued his usual operations here. Guo Xiancheng took advantage of this and sent a cavalry to rush into Xiangzhou.

Such military without any clear strategic goals is actually the most difficult to deal with, because you cannot tell what they want to do, what purpose they want to achieve is the end, and you cannot predict what their ultimate goal is. Looking at the map, Zhou Jiyun was a little annoyed.

These were all the things he did after Bian Wenzhong's troops entered Xiangzhou. This was a bandit who was purely damaging.

Suppressing bandits has always been the most troublesome problem in every dynasty. Even in a peaceful and prosperous era, bandits will not disappear, and organized and disciplined bandits are even more difficult to deal with. Bian Wenzhong is probably such an image in Zhou Jiyun's eyes.

Of course, they can be despised by the name, but such a cavalry bandit with extremely strong combat power and erratic whereabouts did give Zhou Jiyun a headache.

Bian Wenzhong was not close to the city at all, but roared and launched raids on the villages and towns outside the city, implementing the extremely cruel Three Lights policy, burning them all, killing them all, robbing them everywhere, committing all evil deeds, and doing everything he has attacked. Any place he has attacked will only leave pieces of ruins and countless corpses.

The entire Xiangzhou was stationed with 10,000 troops and was scattered all over the place, so it could not pose too many effective threats to him. General Zhang Xing, a general stationed in Xiangzhou, tried to gather troops from all over the place, but several troops who were ordered were attacked overnight by Bian Wenzhong during the journey to the gathering place. They were defeated one by one. In the face of heavy losses, Zhang Xing could only order all troops to guard the camps and cities, and they were not allowed to go out. He led the 5,000 troops stationed in Xiangzhou out of the city, hoping to find Bian Wenzhong.

The troops fought decisively. Unfortunately, Bian Wenzhong was as slippery as a loach. He knew that his three thousand cavalry would not suffer any loss against Zhang Xing's 5,000 soldiers, and maybe he could eat the other party in one fell swoop, but he was not deceived and ignored Zhang Xing's actions. He stumbled around Zhang Xing's large army and raided the village outside the village. He also attacked Zhang Xing's headquarters from time to time. In less than ten days, Zhang Xing could not bear it and had to retreat to Xiangzhou City. He was helpless to Bian Wenzhong.

"Shangyan, Bian Wenzhong has caused us enough losses to us. If we were to retaliate simply, they should have achieved their goals. With my understanding of Guo Xiancheng, or he should have planned this, but now, Bian Wenzhong has not returned in Xiangzhou. Obviously, Bian Wenzhong wants to cause greater losses to us." Zhou Jiyun said.

Jiang Shangyan nodded: "Bian Wenzhong has deep hatred for us, so he will naturally not give up. But in Xiangzhou, the losses he caused to us are like this. Now the people in Xiangzhou either retreat to the city or hide in the mountains. His target is actually no longer enough. With three thousand troops, even a county town, he cannot fight. It seems that he is looking for opportunities to highlight Xiangzhou."

"I think this is the same!" Zhou Jiyun smiled and said, "Then where do you think he would choose?"

"It depends on where the general reveals his flaws!" Jiang Shangyan smiled and said, "As soon as the matter in Xiangzhou, you sent someone to block the passage of Xiangzhou into Kunling County and Jinghu County. He is now killing and killing in Xiangzhou, and doing some things that both humans and gods are angry. It is nothing more than trying to attract our army to enter Xiangzhou to encircle and suppress him, so that he will have a chance to fight out!"

Zhou Jiyun laughed. "Bian Wenzhong is still a little clever. If we block the gap and don't let him come out, he will be unable to do so. But if we can't stand the pressure to send troops to fight, he will have a chance. He knows clearly that if we want to mobilize the army to encircle and suppress him, we can only mobilize the troops that block the gap. It is impossible to draw troops from other places. Once these troops move, the loophole will definitely appear."

"There must be a considerable cavalry, otherwise he will not be fooled easily." Jiang Shangyan added. "I guess even if Kunling County is opened, he will not dare to come. His target should be Jinghu."

"Yes, Jinghu has been hit by relatively small wars. It has developed rapidly over the years. The entire area is densely populated and the people are relatively rich. If he is allowed to enter this area, it would be a disaster. Bian Wenzhong is very familiar with these places. The one he wants to go to the most is Jinghu." Zhou Jiyun looked at Jiang Shangyan and said, "This time, I have to invite Yan, you have worked hard. Take 5,000 cavalry to Xiangzhou and send someone else. I am afraid that Bian Wenzhong will still have some doubts. As long as you appear in Xiangzhou, Bian Wenzhong will definitely be relieved and bold to go out."

Yan Shangyan smiled. In the Kunling War Zone, he had the largest cavalry under his command. He naturally had to be a cavalry. As a cavalry general with a reputation in Xiangzhou, Bian Wenzhong would indeed be much more at ease. As long as he was allowed to escape from Xiangzhou, the vast world would be allowed to do whatever he wanted. Even if he could not escape the fate of destruction in the end, the losses he caused would be extremely astonishing.

"Who will finally close the net?" Jiang Shangyan asked. If he didn't show up, Bian Wenzhong would definitely be suspicious, but if he went there, once the person who closed the net lost his son, the consequences would still be unimaginable.

"Ma Hou and Xu Sanmei." Zhou Jiyun said.

"It's them?" Jiang Shangyan was stunned.

"I discussed with General Yang to transfer them over. First, they were not within the organization of my Kunling War Zone, so naturally they were not under Bian Wenzhong's consideration. Second, these two people had extremely rich combat experience and extremely strong combat power under their command." Zhou Jiyun said.

The troops led by these two people were of course strong in combat. Ma Hou was originally named Ma Hou and was a young follower of Emperor Qin Feng. Later, he became the commander of Qin Feng's personal guards and then released him to command the troops. A field camp led by Ma Hou far exceeded that of ordinary combat camps. There were 3,000 cavalry alone, and they were all carefully selected and carefully from the reorganized troops of the Qin army at that time. Xu Sanmei was Yang Zhi's current personal guard commander. After the thunderstorm came out to form the Lei Cavalry, this woman became the commander of Yang Zhi's personal guard. This person was the group of figures recruited by Yang Zhi back then. In the past ten years, he has fought countless wars and has survived to this position. None of them is a good person, especially a woman, which is even more unusual.

Of course, there are other meanings to arrange these two people to close the net. Zhou Jiyun's subordinates were not unable to draw cavalry out to do this, but arranging Ma Hou and Xu Sanmei to go was Zhou Jiyun's way of becoming an official. This was almost a reward. Letting Xu Sanmei go would allow Zhou Jiyun to gain favor among a group of Chu officials led by Yang Zhi, not to mention letting Ma Hou go, the meaning of pleasing the emperor was written naked on his face.

Seeing through and not saying it out loud, Jiang Shangyan just smiled slightly. When he reached his point, he was disdainful to use such credit to whitewash himself. Zhou Jiyun alone knew that he had to use him to attract Bian Wenzhong's attention, which fully demonstrated his status and role.

"Then let's go and take it as a training." Jiang Shangyan smiled and said, "Is there still a stable place for the Huang brothers?"

The Huang brothers he mentioned were also Bian Wushuang's subordinates. When he was trapped in the siege, he surrendered to the Ming army and had thousands of cavalry under his command. At that time, they were also elite troops from the Bian family.

"They are now stationed outside Kunling County City, one of the four camps, and they are very stable." Zhou Jiyun smiled slightly. "What's more, the transformation and revision of their subordinates has been underway over the years. Even if they have any thoughts, they can't make a big fuss. Besides, everyone can see the situation in the world clearly. They can see the general trend clearly back then, let alone now! The two of them have come to me to ask for battle and go to Xiangzhou to personally take down Bian Wenzhong's head."

Jiang Shangyan shook her head. Although this might be a way for the Huang brothers to prove their innocence, he was still a little disdainful. No matter what, Bian Wushuang was very good to them back then. If it was a matter of surrender that year, even if they didn't stand up, no one would blame them for this. Now, he was eager to use the heads of old friends to prove his loyalty, which made him feel a little strange and felt uncomfortable.

After discussing some details, Jiang Shangyan said goodbye. Neither of them cared about Bian Wenzhong's team. It was a disease of mustard tinea. Even though it was a bit uncomfortable, as long as the medicine was right, the medicine would be eliminated.
Chapter completed!