The outer city of Yujing, Guang'anmen.

There were two armchairs in front of the city gate tower.

Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi sat side by side, staring quietly into the distance.

Behind the two men, only Zeng Yi was standing there holding a whisk, looking bored. The rest of his followers were sent away.

At this time, the sky was already bright. On the distant horizon, a thick cloud of smoke and dust was rolling like a giant dragon, slowly pressing towards Yujing.

The Beijing army led by Duke Li is back.

The reason why Duke Li was asked to lead his troops back to the capital at this critical juncture was because yesterday, Gu Jinzhi received an urgent military report sent over a distance of 800 miles.

Something big happened on the battlefield in the south.

Xu Yuncheng's strategy of suppressing bandits by setting up a net in all directions and attacking all four corners and six corners included the elite border troops transferred from the same city as the enemy.

As a result, the general commander of the same city, either because he was confused or eager to make a contribution, actually left the camp, underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, rushing into the pocket formation set up by the main force of the bandits.

More than 10,000 elite Jing troops were besieged by more than 100,000 people and were wiped out without even a splash.

The main force of the bandits took advantage of the gap created in this battle and rushed out of the encirclement that Xu Yuncheng had painstakingly built for two years in one breath.

The troops headed straight for Fengzhou, an important city in the heart of the Central Plains.

Although Xu Yuncheng fought desperately and made emergency arrangements, he temporarily blocked the first wave of attacks from the bandits at the foot of Fengzhou City.

However, the bandits had already swept through several prefectures and counties, taking hundreds of thousands of civilians with them, and their momentum was growing stronger and stronger.

What made the imperial court even more embarrassed was that in recent days, officers and soldiers of the Dajing system began to directly rebel and surrender to the enemy.

Xu Yuncheng lost this elite force, but the strength of the bandits increased significantly. As a result, the war situation in the Central Plains became deteriorating.

At this point, Li Wei was a little confused.

The big move in Yujing City has just begun. If she, the newly-promoted "Goddess of Heaven", leaves the capital, it is hard to say whether the officials and nobles who are intimidated by her will have other thoughts.

She thought to herself that anyone with a clear mind would understand that she was only going to quell the rebellion and was not going to die.

Anyone who dares to do anything tricky while she is away from Beijing will be listed one by one when she comes back.

But there is no shortage of fools and smart people in this world.

Looking back now, Li Wei was actually a little embarrassed.

No wonder a few days ago, when Gu Jinzhi was talking about the plan, he put suppressing the bandits at the top of his agenda.

She didn't know whether this guy had predicted the current war situation in the Central Plains, or whether it was purely due to some political intuition that she could not understand.

Faced with the current situation, Li Wei even made a fantastic suggestion:

"How about we just open the door and lure the main force of the bandits here? Then I can just wipe them out in one go, saving us the trouble."

Gu Jinzhi immediately rejected her idea.

"If the bandits march north for a thousand miles, I wonder how much they will destroy the prefectures and counties along the way, and how many innocent people they will harm."

"Don't think that just because they're using the banner of 'rebels' they're really here to enforce justice."

Li Wei curled her lips and didn't insist anymore.

But considering the precarious situation in the Central Plains, we cannot delay any longer.

After the two discussed, they finally decided to transfer the "father-in-law" of the country, Duke Li, and the Beijing camp army that he had personally trained for more than half a year back to Yujing.

If Duke Li and his troops can suppress the situation in Yujing, then Li Wei can leave the capital without worry and deal with the bandits first.

Looking at the marching troops in the distance becoming clearer and clearer, the smoke and dust almost covered half of the sky.

Gu Jinzhi suddenly spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching Li Wei's ears: "Su Mo has been found."

Li Wei was slightly startled and looked sideways at him.

"He's in Tong County, too ill to get up." Gu Jinzhi continued, "I've already sent the imperial physician over to see if he can be saved... Would you... like to take some time to go over and see? Test your purification power to see if it works on him?"

Li Wei's mind raced before she realized who "Su Mo" was.

The Taoist who flirted with me in front of the Guantian Mirror?

She frowned slightly and shook her head without hesitation: "No, let him fend for himself."

Gu Jinzhi seemed to have anticipated this and did not insist. He changed the subject and said, "There is no news about Min Zimo yet. After the bandits are pacified, the task of reorganizing the army will have to be handed over to Xu Yuncheng for now."

Then, his expression became serious and he gave a solemn reminder.

"This time, you must act quickly and decisively. Don't linger after you've finished your work."

"Don't train your troops there either."

"Yujing... needs you more!"

Gu Jinzhi's original intention was to wait for Min Zimo to come and join them before letting Li Wei go out.

Li Wei took action to eliminate the diehard elements among the bandits, and took advantage of the situation to intimidate Xu Yuncheng's army, which had almost become a vassal state.

Then Min Zimo followed up to reorganize the army and took back the military power of the Central Plains army in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, Min Zimo has not shown up yet. Gu Jinzhi is even worried that this guy might be like Su Mo, and become a cripple under the influence of "Jiang Xue"?

Now, there is no time to wait and we can only kill the bandits first.

I think that as long as Xu Yuncheng's mind is not damaged, he will not have any second thoughts after seeing the divine punishment of the "Mother of Heaven".

The "training" that Gu Jinzhi mentioned refers to Li Wei's recent actions.

Ever since she shocked the entire court with her thundering methods, she has plunged headfirst into the cause of "military training" and never tired of it.

Not only did she personally pay the salaries of the soldiers in the Imperial Guard, the Warrior Battalion, and the Clean Army, she also took care of every detail of each soldier's daily diet and living.

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