Zhou Zheng waved his hand, asked him to sit down, and said, "You said."

Sun Chuanting sat down beside Zhou Zheng, just like Zhou Zheng, while tearing the steamed buns, saying, "Sir, there are too many bandits and too many involvements. We are so tired that we cannot completely eliminate them. Also, the fatigue of soldiers and food is also a big problem."

Zhou Zheng chewed the steamed bun slices, looked at the tired soldier not far away, and said, "What do you think?"

Sun Chuanting glanced around and said, "Sir, I think you should write to the court and use two methods against the bandits. One is to force them to gather in Shaanxi and wipe out them completely. At the same time, starting from the Northern Zhili, heavy troops will be eliminated, and other provinces will strictly guard and eliminate them one by one!"

Zhou Zheng glanced at him and picked up the water to drink tea.

The method Sun Chuanting mentioned, not to mention whether this method works, he did not solve the fundamental problem of the origin of the rioters.

As long as this problem is not solved, the rioters will be wiped out.

Zhou Zheng looked up at the sky. This winter is probably going to be even colder. The endless natural disasters and the corruption of the administration cannot solve the problem, either suppression or comforting the government.

The problem is below and above.

Zhou Zheng took a sip of water and said, "Well. The victims and refugees we seized were placed in Denglai?"

Sun Chuanting didn't think too much and said, "I have sent someone to escort him, and Governor Ma is also taking over."

Governor Ma, Governor Denglai, and Ma Shiying.

Zhou Zheng thought about it, glanced at him, and said, "Shangshu Zhang wrote to me that the court intends to transfer me to the governor of Shaanxi. It won't take long for us to enter Shaanxi."

Sun Chuanting was not surprised at all and said, "This is something that is expected. Sir, be careful."

The bandits are becoming more and more powerful, with more and more troops, and their combat power is becoming stronger and stronger. There are constantly generals, governors, etc., and once they fall into Shaanxi, they will enter the base camp of bandits.

Shaanxi has a vast land and sparse population, and there are many bandits. As long as you step in, it is dangerous!

This is not only the problem of bandits, but also the disagreement of each other, the special identity of the military supervisor, and the intrigues among them are unimaginable.

Zhou Zheng’s identity as “making meritorious service” is also a key point. Once there is a slight mistake, the censors will step on ten thousand feet, making it difficult for Zhou Zheng to turn over again!

Zhou Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If you don't talk about these, you will untie the siege first."

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly and said nothing.

The wind came from all directions from the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the government troops were simply plugs, running around and blocking the leaks.

At the end of January, the bandits in Kaifeng knew that Zhou Zheng's army was coming, retreated first and fled into Shanxi.

In February, Zhou Zheng indeed received a transfer order, and transferred him to the governor of Shaanxi, and returned to Lu Xiangsheng's control to work together to suppress the bandits in Yansui.

Zhou Zheng had just received the order for three days. Before he could get rid of his troops, shocking news came from the capital again.

The Minister of War Zhang Fengyi was imprisoned, and the Minister of Revenue Hou Xun was demoted to the people. Hundreds of officials of all sizes and two cabinet ministers were also shaky.

The senior officials of the court were once again replaced and were in turmoil.

In mid-March, Zhou Zheng cleaned up his army, crossed the Yellow River, and began to enter Shaanxi and Xi'an Prefecture.

At night, when Zhou Zheng's army was resting, a group of people were discussing war in Zhou Zheng's tent.

Menghezhou pointed to the map and said to Zhou Zheng, Sun Chuanting, Jin Guoqi, Cao Bianjiao and others: "Sir, the bandits in the northwest are very scattered. The two largest places are the border between Shaanxi and Sichuan, and Yansui. The border between Shaanxi and Sichuan is led by Zhang Xianzhong, and Yansui is led by Gao Yingxiang. The Governor Guihong of Shaanxi and Sichuan, we have to deal with Gao Yingxiang. Gao Yingxiang has recently conquered the bandits of five or six routes, and is like the leader of the alliance, with more than 300,000 people, but the internal relations are chaotic and cannot be commanded with one force. Among them, Li Hongji's troops are the strongest, defeating the official army repeatedly and conquering the most prefectures and counties..."

Everyone nodded silently when they heard this. It was not that they would be very shocked when they first entered the northwest to suppress bandits. They were no longer surprised now.

Meng Hezhou looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "Sir, the Military Intelligence Department has received news that the bandits have decided to use Xi'an Prefecture as the foundation to counterattack the official army. They may take advantage of the gap in Xi'an's defense to attack Xi'an."

Zhou Zheng naturally knew the source of the news and said calmly: "Does other groups and Governor Lu know the news?"

Meng Hezhou looked at the others again and said, "I don't know yet."

Zhou Zheng punched Xi'an Prefecture and said in a deep voice: "Soldiers are sent to Xi'an!"

"As for order!" The group of people responded without asking much.

Zhou Zheng hid in the morning and left at night and sent troops to Xi'an Prefecture.

On the way, Sun Chuanting obtained a steady stream of information from various rioters from Menghezhou. This information was far from being found by some detectives. It was obvious that rioters informed the official army.

Sun Chuanting vaguely understood, did not ask too much, and made arrangements based on this information.

The main force of Zhou Zheng's army was stationed near Xi'an Prefecture. Jin Guoqi, Cao Bianjiao and others led 3,000 people to move westward to Fengxiang Prefecture, clearing them everywhere, confusing the bandits.

During this period, Lu Xiangsheng served as the Governor of Xuanda, and made efforts in Shanxi to drive Li Zicheng back, who was advancing eastward, and then sent troops to Henan to clear out all the bandits from Northern Zhili to Southern Zhili.

Hong Chengchou defeated several major "kings" in Huguang and Sichuan in a row, forcing these bandits into Shaanxi.

In just two months, with the joint efforts of Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, the imperial army won several great victories, which severely damaged the bandits.

Seeing these good news, the court did not relax at all. It kept urging the two to eliminate the bandits as soon as possible and not to slack off.

It can be said that the fall of Fengyang in Zhongdu gave a great shock to the Ming Dynasty. If the bandits were not eliminated for a day, they would be in peace day and night.

In May, Gao Yingxiang and others came out of Hanzhong and headed straight to Xi'an Prefecture when various officials and troops were unable to take care of Xi'an Prefecture.

Zhou Zheng Daying, Meng Hezhou and others were reporting.

Meng Hezhou said: "Sir, from the intelligence, one way is from south to north, with Gao Yingxiang as the main one, and the other way is from Suiyuan, led by Li Zicheng and others, from north to south, which is a planned and premeditated action."

Zhou Zheng, Sun Chuanting and others carefully pondered the map one by one.

Zhang Cunren said: "If there are really more than 200,000 bandits, you can't fight head-on."

Cao Bianjiao said: "The rainy season is coming soon, I'm afraid that other people from all walks of life will not be able to come here immediately."

Jin Guoqi said: "There are less than 5,000 people in Xi'an Prefecture, so they may not be able to resist it."

Zhou Zheng didn't say anything, looked for a while, and glanced at Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting was staring at the map, his fingers chewing on it, thinking about something seriously.

Zhou Zheng didn't say anything, thinking about countermeasures in his heart while looking at Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting's career was interrupted by Zhou Zheng. Can he play his glorious leadership skills in history at this time?

After a while, Sun Chuanting suddenly looked up and said, "Li Zicheng came from the north, and Xuanda will not sit idly by. With Xuanda's restraint, we don't have to worry too much. On the contrary, Governor Hong, the main force of Governor Hong, was in Huguang, and he would not be able to catch up for a while. But Gao Yingxiang wanted to attack Xi'an Prefecture from Hanzhong, there were a few necessary ways to go, and he could not take the army."

Cao Bianjiao immediately stared at the map and said, "Mr. Sun means setting up an ambush?"

Sun Chuanting said: "It's not just an ambush, but if it is properly arranged, it may be a severe blow to Gao Yingxiang."

Zhou Zheng suddenly woke up. He remembered that Gao Yingxiang was captured alive by the official army and executed by the court. Only then could Li Zicheng succeed the King of Chuang.

It was at this time?

Zhou Zheng raised his hands behind his back and said decisively: "Okay, this battle will be fully commanded by Mr. Sun, and everyone will follow the orders!"

Sun Chuanting was shocked and had no time to speak. However, Cao Bianjiao, Zhang Cunren and others had an experience and raised their hands calmly and said, "The last general will take the order!"

Seeing this, Sun Chuanting took a deep breath and raised his hand and said, "Sun Chuanting accepts the order!"

Zhou Zheng just nodded and didn't say a word.
Chapter completed!