On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

In the southern capital, the small camp school field, there are rare two marquis and an uncle.

The two marquis are Fengcheng Hou Li Chengzuo and Lingbi Hou Tang Guozuo, and the uncle is Dongning Bojiao Mengxiong.

Li Chengzuo once accompanied his father to assist in the management of Jiang soldiers and horses, and the officers and soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion had a close relationship with his Fengcheng Marquis Mansion, so he was the indispensable leader of the army.

Tang Guozuo asked himself to lead an army, because he really wanted to see the scene of Wei Gelding being dismantled, but Tang Houye had never led troops before, so in order to prevent mistakes, Wei Guogong specially arranged Dong Ningbo to assist.

Dongning Bo Jiao Mengxiong's ancestor is a naturalized Mongolian, very good at war, although inherited to Jiao Mengxiong's generation, has long been abandoned in the military, but Jiao Uncle is as strong as his ancestors, a set of armor, like a general.

The rest of the lords and ministers are not as majestic as Uncle Jiao, and they are not familiar with military affairs, so they do not come to the limelight. Tang Guozuo is also self-aware, and he is very happy to have Jiao Mengxiong to help him.

According to the deployment of Wei Guogong, the Marquis of Fengcheng will lead the Western Route Army, and Tang Guozuo will lead the Eastern Route Army.

The Western Route Army was the main force of the campaign, consisting of officers and soldiers of the three major battalions and the family soldiers of the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Fengcheng, with a strength of more than 3,400 troops and 120 officers at all levels.

There were 210 horses and mules, 140 cavalrymen, 230 baggage coachmen, and more than 300 miscellaneous soldiers. It is equipped with 2,400 bird guns, 320 three-eyed guns, 60 tiger squat guns, and 95 large pole guns.

In addition, there are 62 vans, 373 pairs of bows and arrows, 256 crossbows, 580 spears, knives, axes, 7,680 rockets, 256 sticks, 256 rattan cards, and 580 waist knives. Iron armor 120 pay, cotton armor 620 pay, paper armor 600 pay.

With such soldiers and equipment, it can be said that they are armed to the teeth, not to mention that it is more than enough to go to the northwest and fight against the Mongolian Tatars.

You must know that in order to get together the equipment of this Western Route Army, Wei Guogong took a lot of effort.

The internal garrison Liu Chaoyong sent someone to secretly stumble on his own family, Xu Hongji knew it, but there was no way to use Liu Chaoyong, but if Liu Chaoyong thought that he could stop him from acting with these hands and feet, he really looked down on his internal garrison.

Wei Guogong won the support of one person, one of the three giants of the southern capital and the most powerful Chinese military officials in the southern capital - Wang Yongguang, Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department.

With Wang Yongguang's acquiescence, all kinds of weapons and equipment were smuggled out of the warehouses of the three major battalions and the military headquarters under various names.

On the side of the Eastern Route Army, it was composed of soldiers from the Southern Capital Lord's Mansion, with a strength of more than 3,200 people.

The weapons and equipment are worse than those of the Western Route Army, but there are more than 1,300 firearms, more than 300 horses and mules, and a lot of other weapons.

In order to hide people's eyes, the soldiers of the various lords and ministers who formed the East Route Army have gone out of the city in batches, they will meet at Fangshan, and then go to Lishui and cross the Goddess Lake into the northeast of Liyang, blocking the official road from Liyang to Changzhou.

The Western Route Army gathered in the small camp school field, and then drove out in the name of the school soldiers, and went straight to the Liyang Iron Field after leaving the city.

Externally, even Wei Guogong did not dare to say that he would mobilize officers and soldiers to kill the eunuchs appointed by the emperor to guard the Jiangnan Town, and he could not even say that these soldiers who went to Liyang could only be the people.

Civil unrest is another explanation for this eunuch campaign.

If the two sides fight each other and there are casualties, it will be a weapon fight, a large-scale weapon fight.

In fact, according to Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, it is better to say that the local garrison was persecuted by Wei Gelding, so that they openly resisted, resulting in a tragedy. The precedent is not nothing, didn't Chen Feng, the superintendent of the Yunnan Mine and the Huguang Mine, just ask the local officers and soldiers to kill them?

When a person dies, it's easy to say anything, and everyone in the southern capital has the same words, so what can the emperor do.

Wei Guogong also wanted to cut through the mess quickly and get fewer flowers, but when the sick Xin Guogong heard about this, he sent someone to say that he would cover people's eyes and ears no matter what.

Xin Guogong reminded Wei Guogong that in the past, the provinces were led by local officials to drive and kill mine supervisors, and the six cabinet ministries pressed them not to do it, so the emperor was helpless.

But this time, it wasn't the local officials who made the trouble, but the founding fathers. On the Beijing side, there are many people who are dissatisfied with these founding fathers. If someone in the sixth cabinet is muddying the waters, then it will be a big trouble.

After listening to the reminder of Xin Guogong, Wei Guogong ordered that the soldiers and horses of the two roads must not play the banner of officers and soldiers, even the flags of each family, and it is enough to bite the righteous people to death.

In order to motivate the soldiers, Wei Guogong even took out 6,000 taels of silver to give a reward, and gave whoever can capture Wei Gelding will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with a reward of 1,000 taels of silver.

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When the Marquis of Fengcheng and the Marquis of Lingbi arrived at the small camp and the school ground, the officers and soldiers who had just been secretly pulled out of the camp yesterday were already waiting for them.

Seeing the three lords coming, the generals who led the troops hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

Most of these generals are related to the Wei Mansion and the Fengcheng Marquis Mansion, and a few are the lines of the rest of the lords. If they were to be loyal, they were much more loyal to their lords than to the court. Many of them are even directly from the families of the lords of various families.

Led by Li Shauji, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, and Zhu Guozhi, the general of the Shenwu Battalion, and led by Xu De, the general of the Wei Mansion.

Li Chengzuo said a few words to Tang Guozuo, Jiao Mengxiong and the generals, and then set off.

The generals actually didn't know what they were going to do, but when they saw the two marquis and an uncle come forward, they knew that the matter was not small, so they didn't ask much, and after arranging, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers were quickly divided into several battalions and drove out of the school field one after another.

After leaving the city, Tang Guozuo and Jiao Mengxiong bid farewell to Li Chengzuo, and each led the soldiers to beat their horses and go to Lishui.

In the city, many lords and ministers gathered in the Wei State Mansion, drinking tea and listening to the play, waiting for the good news to come.

Even Wei Guogong's mood is also very good, because this time all the families worked together and pressed the territory with heavy troops, which was by no means comparable to the last time, so the Wei eunuch had no reason to escape.

Liu Chaoyong, the inner garrison, is also waiting for news, although the deployment of Wei Guogong is hidden from many people, but so many relatives are involved, how can this secret be hidden.

Therefore, his old man didn't have to bother to inquire at all, so he found out the details of the lords this time, and then asked people to report to Liyang.

That's all he can do, and then it's up to the little guy to see if he can withstand it.

If he wins, he Liu Gonggong will have to have an account and settle with these lords: privately transferring troops and horses to besiege and kill the imperial court guarding the lieutenant officials, is it considered a rebellion?

If you lose, then Liu Gongquan has no such thing.

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In the Liyang Iron Field, Duke Wei ordered Song Sibao to take a reward for silver and guard the people who reported the news to the Yamen, and then said to the generals on the left and right: "Duke Wei really looks up to our family, thousands of people came at once, and they were divided into two ways, hey, don't play the flag yet, is this a thief?" … Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, they are the people, and our family is an official! ”

The words are so easy, but the pressure in the father-in-law's heart is great, the soldiers and horses of the two roads alone are thousands of firearms, this strength is stronger than the Ming Imperial Army, how to fight this battle?

After pondering for a while, he finally took out the deployment and stood up "openly", so the generals who were also quite nervous glanced over their faces, and finally wiped the corners of their mouths with a handkerchief, and said: "Let it come a few ways, let's... Let's run first. ”