"How can I have the face to go to Pingyin City to preside over the situation after fighting such a cowardly battle?" Zhang Rong sat on a cart, with a pile of hay as a pillow, one leg tied to a wooden board, and a sweaty white towel wrapped around his forehead. He no longer had his former proud demeanor, and even turned his head away when he saw Yue Fei and Li Kui.

"It's just a temporary victory or defeat. Besides, it was a surprise attack by the Jin people, and Kong Yanzhou defected in the middle of the battle. Brother Zhang, don't worry about it." Yue Fei stepped forward helplessly and held his arm to persuade him. "Now the situation is unclear. I guess the Jin people will not come only from Jinan. The troops along the river may arrive at any time. By then, the overall situation will still be handled by you. Kong Yanzhou has defected, Jinan Prefecture and Yanzhou have become one, and Dongping Prefecture will bear the brunt. If you don't take charge of the situation now, what will happen here?"

Zhang Rong shook his head again and again: "You are becoming more and more literary in your words... Actually, Pengju, you don't have to worry about the affairs of Dongping Prefecture. I was born and raised in Liangshanpo. Whether it is the Jin people or the thieves like Liu Yu and Kong Yanzhou, I will not allow them to destroy the surrounding areas even if I risk my life. But when it comes to the overall situation, I can't do anything today..."

Yue Fei wanted to persuade him again.

"Brother Pengju, stop talking." Zhang Rong spoke before the other party. "You are a man of ambition and ability, otherwise you wouldn't have learned to write poems and read books in Jeju. I know this. But in the end, I am just a pirate, and I can't compare with you. It's a pity that I was lucky enough to win a battle that day, and I was appointed by Emperor Zhao. I also had a swell in my head, and I really thought I was a famous general against the Jin Dynasty... This battle made me see my ability clearly. So many brothers came to join me, and countless died and were injured in one day! How can I have the face to take charge of the situation again?"

Yue Fei already understood what the other party meant, but he was at a loss to speak. Li Kui, however, was a meticulous person, so he stepped forward and bowed at the right time.

Sure enough, when Zhang Rong saw Li Kui coming forward, he took the opportunity to express his thoughts: "Brother Li Kui, if you still regard me as a leader, then listen to my orders and follow Yue Zhenfu to Pingyin to take charge of the situation... Tell those brothers that after Liangshanpo and Dongping are sorted out, escort the people in the north of Dongping Prefecture to Liangshanpo to find me. With Liangshanpo as my support, I can protect them no matter how difficult it is; as for the other heroes who have come to seek refuge these days, you can take them in for the time being, and don't come to find me after that, just listen to Yue Zhenfu's arrangements."

Li Kui came here just for these two sentences, so he simply bowed and agreed.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Zhang Rongqing knew that he had indeed lost the hearts of these outsiders, and he felt even more bored... The only difference was that Yue Fei was forced to cover his retreat and clean up the mess. The leader of Liangshanpo felt really sorry for him, so he leaned on the cart and wanted to hold the other party's hand and say a few heartfelt words.

But after thinking it over, firstly, I really didn't know much, secondly, I was really ashamed, and thirdly, after thinking it over again and again, I always felt that they were better than me in everything. Reading and writing lyrics were fine, but even the business prospects in Jeju were better than those in Dongping. So, I had nothing to say.

Finally, in order not to waste the other party's time, this great leader simply imitated the most popular gesture in the martial arts world, which was to hold the other party's hands and say take care!

The two men parted ways there. Not to mention Zhang Rong's underworld style, where he would rise after one battle and fall after another, just to say that after hearing Zhang Rong's words and having a formality for dealing with the matter, Yue Fei, Zhang Xian and Li Kui led the White Army back in a hurry. Among them, Yue Fei had a stern face and was silent all the way, which made his entourage somewhat uneasy.

After entering Pingyin City, the others went to rest. Zhang Xian had the chance to spy on them when he was tying his horse in the stable behind the government office. He couldn't help but ask when they were alone: ​​"Brother, you have been in a bad mood since you heard the military situation today. Are you angry at Kong Yanzhou, the villain, for bringing shame to us Xiangzhou people? Or do you think Zhang Rong lost the battle too badly and the situation in Dongping is difficult to deal with?"

"Kong Yanzhou deserves to be cut into pieces." Yue Fei had nothing to hide from his brothers in private. "But there are definitely many people like him since Zhang Bangchang, Fan Qiong, and Liu Yu. I can't say I'm angry. The situation in Dongping is also worrying, but since the Jin people are heading south, I'm afraid the entire Central Plains will be in trouble. The overall situation of the country's survival is there, so why would they care about Dongping?"

"So you still remember about your sister-in-law?" Zhang Xian asked cautiously.

Yue Fei was slightly stunned and didn't react for a moment.

When Zhang Xian saw this, he wished he could slap himself twice... After becoming the pacification envoy, Yue Fei finally had enough manpower. As the situation in Hebei was deteriorating, he asked others to find his own family and those of his brothers. However, after eighteen rounds of searching, he finally brought the families from Xiangzhou, Hebei over last month, only to find out that his wife had abandoned her mother and several children a year ago and had crossed the river to the south with her family.

In other words, Yue Pengju was dumped, and it has been more than a year, so it is very likely that he has been cheated on for a long time... If this happened to other men, he would probably be jealous for the rest of his life. Even if it happened in a novel, it would be a case of sending the girl away, and he would be criticized.

However, upon hearing this, Yue Fei smiled. "Of course I hate her for being ruthless, but at that time, everyone was trying to survive. How can I blame her for abandoning her in such a fire pit? But she is my legally married wife after all. She could have run away, but she shouldn't have abandoned my mother and two children... This is considered a violation of chastity... And now that my mother has settled down in Jeju, I don't need to pay too much attention to this matter. When I get news in the future, I'll see if she's doing well and give her some money."

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