Chapter 896 Puyang, Henan

Niu Jinxing took Tang Sai'er and Chiyoko with 10 million taels of silver notes and countless rare treasures at noon the next day, and went straight to Kaifeng, Henan. At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong's main army was moving in that area, as if he regarded himself as Zhao Kuangyin, and wanted to become the capital of Kaifeng and develop his power everywhere. However, since he learned that Li Zicheng was defeated and died, he was very panicked and began to stop expanding and prepared to protect himself.

Just as Niu Jinxing said, Zhang Xianzhong was indeed very unfamiliar. He did not have the courage and mind of Cao Cao, but was actually a short-sighted rat. This can be seen from his current military deployment. He placed all his main army in Kaifeng City, but placed Wang Ziyi, Bai Yuzhu, and Wang Jiayin's direct troops in the surrounding cities to block the wind. This was a bit too much.

Wang Jiayin is a little better. He is very loyal, has no bad intentions, and has no ambitions. He was just pushed to the forefront of history by the situation, and was hit by gold ingots. Wang Jiayin's mother is a scholar and often educates Wang Jiayin with great thoughts: "It has been decades since I married into your family, and I have never heard of any noble people in your family. Now that you are a general, this kind of flying blessing may not be a good thing, so you'd better find a big tree to rely on, so that you can ensure no harm."

Wang Jiayin was also very filial and immediately found the big tree of Zhang Xianzhong. From then on, he devoted himself to Zhang Xianzhong. In fact, it cannot be said that he was devoted to it. Anyway, he had no ambitions and was very satisfied to be able to reach his current position. He was not like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who dreamed of Long Teng Jiuwu as the only one who was the only one in his life.

Wang Ziyong and Bai Yuzhu were not good. As Niu Jinxing said, they were greedy for money, lustful and afraid of death, and were super shameless. Zhang Xianzhong arranged jobs for them like this. Of course, the two of them were extremely dissatisfied, but they had to bow their heads under the short eaves. Zhang Xianzhong was cruel and ruthless, and they knew that they had to take office based on the idea that a hero would not suffer losses in front of him. However, along the way, they scolded Zhang Xianzhong's ancestors for eight generations miserably.

Niu Jinxing was still rushing, but when he crossed the Yellow River, he caught up with the snow. The weather was cold and frozen for thousands of miles, and the Yellow River suddenly lost its surging. He had never seen such a magnificent mountain and river. He was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth and kept sighing.

At this time, Wang Ziyong's army was in Puyang, the white jade pillar was in Shangqiu, and Wang Jiayin was stationed in Luoyang, which happened to be in the three major directions of Kaifeng Prefecture, and became Zhang Xianzhong's veritable shield. However, this was better, making Niu Jinxing more scruples and no need to worry about being obstructed.

"Sir, it seems that the drought in Henan is worse than that in Guanzhong. The people here have a relatively good life, with more begging for food, but fewer starving to death." Along the way, Tang Sai'er was talking to Niu Jinxing, and was very impressed by Niu Jinxing's insightful opinions on saving the world, so he spoke more and more politely.

"The land in Henan is fertile, unlike the area of ​​Guanzhong, which is barren. It will not be collected for nine years. The people rely on the weather for food. Therefore, although they have also suffered from drought, the situation has been much better. In addition, haha, another reason is that there are much less wars here than Guanzhong. Zhang Xianzhong has been hiding behind the shadows of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng. The court did not notice him and let him take the opportunity to grow bigger. This is also the reason why Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang finally seized the world." Niu Jinxing said with a smile.

"So Zhang Xianzhong is indeed very cunning?"

"Of course, cunning, otherwise how could he be called 'Cao Cao'? But he is far inferior to Cao Cao and cannot be the opponent of the emperor's father and the regent. It will be a matter of time before failure. If his mind is really as broad as Cao Cao, success or failure is unknown."

"So where are we going now?" The three of them had just crossed the river, and Tang Sai'er and Chiyoko immediately lost their sense of direction and didn't know how to start. In fact, they were just bodyguards, and they had to obey Niu Jinxing's arrangements in all actions and had no right to speak at all.

"We go to Puyang and first meet our old friend Wang Ziyong. This old boy is the most greedy. The first one to convince him is very beneficial to our plan, but we can't just go into the city like this. I guess Zhang Xianzhong will send someone to monitor his mansion. How could Zhang Xianzhong completely believe him?!" Looking at the snowflakes falling in the sky, Niu Jinxing's beard fluttering and his eyes were deep.

Five days later, the three of them rode their horses to Puyang. In order not to attract the attention of the spies, the three of them tried to walk at night and cover up their eyes and ears, so they walked very slowly.

Puyang is a big city around Henan. It was once occupied by Lu Bu during the Three Kingdoms era. From the perspective of city defense, it can be regarded as a first-class city. The city is majestic and the river is fast-protecting. There are more than a dozen forts that can be garrisoned thousands of troops around the surrounding roads. After fighting, they can support each other and support each other. It is very powerful. Moreover, this city has a very dense population and its handicraft industry is surprisingly developed. At its peak, nearly 300,000 people lived there. The benefits are absolutely indispensable. If Wang Ziyong had not been able to get this job in the past, now Yi Tusheng is coming, and this good thing has fallen on him.

Like Nanjing City, because it is a front-line city, Puyang began to implement a curfew policy more than ten days ago. The gate was closed during the day and no pedestrians were allowed to move around at night. Once discovered, they would be killed without any room for negotiation. They were even fined and jail were exempted.

Because of this, Niu Jinxing had no choice but to choose to enter the city during the day and disguised the two beauties as two soldiers and led them behind him to leak the news.

Niu Jinxing came to the city by horse. There was no one entering or leaving the city. The gate was tightly pressed, and no crack was exposed. The soldiers on the city were fully armed, standing upright, with bows and arrows placed beside them, ready to resist foreign enemies at any time and serve Zhang Xianzhong.

"Please report to the brothers on the top of the city, and then General Wang Ziyong's old friend Niu Jinxing came to visit him today, asking if he could open the city gate and let me in. I have something important to report to him!" Niu Jinxing bowed slightly to the soldier who was eyeing him, and said with a stern face.

"Niu Jinxing? Are you going to see my general?!" A low-level officer above looked down and asked with a frown.

"Please report to General Wang Ziyong and I are close friends. He will definitely meet me. At that time, I will definitely speak a few good words for you in front of General Wang!"
Chapter completed!