Speaking of which, the affairs of Yongtai Prefecture were also related to the evil man who killed the disaster-stricken people that night.
The leader of that group of evil men was a person named Elder Cao, and he had been leading those villains in killing the disaster-stricken people and robbing them. He had never failed and had grown emboldened enough to set his sights on Yongtai Prefecture.
Yongtai Prefecture is the intersection of the four expressways of Great Chu, and it has always been an important location in the north of Great Chu, guarded by a garrison army. Elder Cao originated from the border army, and Peng Changyong, the Troop Commander of the garrison army of Yongtai Prefecture, was also from the border army. The two had a sort of camaraderie, so Elder Cao sent a letter to Peng Changyong, proposing to collaborate on a big raid to plunder all the wealthy households in Yongtai Prefecture that hadn't fled the famine, and to split the loot evenly between them.