At the beginning of April of the second year of Jingtai, the capital city of Yanzhou.

At this time, the capital city of Yanzhou has completely turned into a huge military camp, Tang Yu and Guo Yongzhong commanded the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to gather a huge amount of money and grain here, and then transfer it all the way north from Yanzhou capital city to Zhang Qiu Town to hoard.

With Liu Juntao's general mobilization order, the Chinese military camp, the right battalion, and the iron cavalry stationed in Yanzhou Mansion City were ready to go, and all 37,000 or 8,000 soldiers had assembled outside the north gate of Yanzhou Mansion City and set up camp on standby.

And the Yanzhou prefect Gu Quan did not delay this time, and allocated more than 20,000 people to transport heavy grain and grass for the army, although his face was still full of dissatisfaction with Liu Juntao, but he was still more conscientious in doing things.

The rear battalion led by General Yan Hu had also set off a few days ago, heading north from Xuzhou, and it would take two more days to reach the capital city of Yanzhou.

At the same time, the Zuo Battalion stationed in Linyi County and the Front Battalion stationed in Jining Prefecture were also led by General Chen Ziping and General Sun Xu to rush towards the capital city of Yanzhou, and it was estimated that they could arrive within a day.

After Liu Juntao received the news sent by the fast horses of each battalion, he also led the staff officers and Zhenfu led by Zhang Yuqing, the chief of staff of the Zanhua Department, and the staff officers and Zhenfu led by Cheng Tian Dusheng, the chief of the military department, and nearly 200 doctors and nurses led by the great physician Cen Entropy, went out of the city from the north gate of Yanzhou Mansion and rushed to the camp outside the city to stay.

As for the pioneer battalion led by Zhang Xiaojun, they did not come to rendezvous, because the vanguard battalion was stationed in Yushan Town, so Liu Juntao directly ordered Zhang Xiaojun to directly lead his troops to Zhang Qiu Town to take care of the money and food of the army that was constantly transferred to Zhang Qiu Town.

Zhang Baigui, director of the Equipment Department of the Military Department, was also busy, and within a few days, the treasury of the Yushan Town Military War Bureau was almost emptied, and the cannonballs, lead bullets, gunpowder, earth-shaking thunder, as well as long knives, bayonets, armor, cotton armor, spare bird guns, spare three-eyed guns and other equipment in the government treasury were also continuously transported to Zhang Qiu Town.

According to Liu Juntao's order, the Equipment Department of the Military Department needs to prepare all kinds of military equipment for the 100,000 army for a year of fierce fighting, and according to the actual consumption needs of the army, continue to transport all kinds of military equipment to the front line!

This is a great test for the equipment department, Liu Juntao has gone out to fight several times before, and it has never been so severe, looking at this posture is clearly a preparation for holding a national war, Liu Juntao is clearly ready to invite the entire Warat army with his own strength!

In this regard, no one in the Yanzhou Shogunate and the generals of the battalions had any objections, and everyone was already accustomed to implementing any decision made by Liu Juntao, because Liu Juntao has always led everyone to overcome obstacles and be invincible, and he has never failed!

Zhang Baigui felt refreshed in his busyness, and he was not inferior to young people when he was busy, constantly running back and forth between the Yushan Town Military Bureau and the Dongpingzhou Ordnance Bureau, and issued a strict order to the Yushan Town Military Bureau, Dongpingzhou Ordnance Institute, and Xuzhou Military Bureau: Make every effort to produce! Timely transfer! Safeguard the front line!

Seeing that everything was going well before the expedition, Liu Juntao took time to return to the General Soldier's Mansion and go on a trip with Guo Muying.

Liu Juntao was not ready to hold military parades, ceremonies and other activities anymore, but waited for the army to be assembled, and immediately went north to Zhang Qiu Town, where he gathered the pioneer battalion of Zhang Xiao's army and the money, grain, baggage, and military equipment, and immediately went north to Datong Town to meet the enemy.

Guo Muying did not let Liu Juntao enter the courtyard, but took her two sons to put the liquor in the lobby of the General Soldier's Mansion, and said to Liu Juntao: "The war is urgent, please go to lead the troops with this cup of wine, don't think about it at home!" ”

Liu Juntao was also moved when he saw this, immediately picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then bowed to Guo Muying, turned around and walked out of the gate of the General Soldier's Mansion.

At this time, the eldest son Liu Guodong waved his small fist beside Guo Muying and shouted: "Father! Kill Hu! Kill! ”

Two days later, the general Yan Hu led the soldiers of the rear battalion from Xuzhou Mansion, and after resting for a day in the camp north of the city, Liu Juntao saw that the armies from all walks of life had been assembled, so he ordered the whole army to go north to Zhangqiu Town.

Although Liu Juntao was not going to hold any grand ceremony this time, Song Er, the commander of the city guard, and Gu Quan, the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture, still came to see him off with his subordinates.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao ordered the army to continue to march, and on the other hand, he led a group of staff members to greet him.

Although Liu Juntao did not have a good impression of Song Er, the commander of the city guard, and Gu Quan, the governor of Yanzhou Prefecture, the two of them were very cooperative at the current juncture, and they did not delay or stumble, and the things on face were also done in place.

So Liu Juntao also greeted him with a smile, said some polite words to the two, and then said goodbye to the two and led the army north.

The army marched all the way, and it took only two days to reach the boundary of Ansan Town, at this time, Ansan Town and the surrounding places of the powerful and gentry gathered here, thousands of people surrounded on both sides of the official road, and countless pigs, sheep, water and wine were also placed on one side.

The first person was Mr. Shan from the Confucian Mansion in Qufu County, and after Liu Juntao got the news, he hurried to the south gate of Anshan Town.

At this time, the army did not stop advancing, but continued to enter the city from the south gate of Ansan Town, passed through the city all the way, went directly out of the city from the north gate, and continued to advance towards Zhang Qiu Town.

Liu Juntao came to Mr. Shan and Zhong Haoqiang, turned over and dismounted, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for coming to see each other!" ”

When everyone saw this, they were all talking with you and me, and without exception they were all auspicious words to congratulate Liu Juntao on his victory and show his might.

Liu Juntao also thanked them one by one.

For the items sent by everyone, Liu Juntao also accepted them all, and said loudly: "Don't worry! This time, the town led its troops to the north, and he must fight bravely to kill the enemy and break the Tartar under the city of Datong! ”

"Good! Mr. Liu is mighty! ”

"Mr. Liu's banner is victorious!"

"Daming Wansheng!"

After a while, Liu Juntao said goodbye to everyone and was about to continue to lead his troops north, Mr. Shan followed with two entourages, Liu Juntao saw this and pulled Mr. Shan to his side, and asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong with Mr.?" ”

Mr. Shan said with a smile: "Zongzhen, I was supposed to see off Zongzhen in Yanzhou Mansion, but some words were inconvenient to say in front of Lord Gu and Commander Song, so I came here." ”

Liu Juntao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Mr. has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"The general doesn't have to worry about the instability of the defense, and he doesn't have to worry about someone in the court who is unfavorable to the general, Yan Shenggong has already greeted the governor of Yanzhou Mansion, Lord Gu, and the commander of the city guard, Commander Song, and the two of them will perform their duties during the expedition in the main town, and they will not make trouble for the adults. It's the same with the DPRK and China, now all sides of the DPRK and China are ready to sit and see how the battle situation is in the main town, as long as the main town fights well in Datong Town, then there will be nothing to do in the future! ”

After listening to this, Liu Juntao was immediately grateful to Yan Shenggong, before Liu Juntao was still a little worried about the instability of the DPRK, or that all parties in Yanzhou Capital would make trouble after his own expedition, after all, there was constant friction between the Chinese and military forces in the DPRK, and he was at odds with Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital.

But fortunately, Yan Shenggong also has insight into this, and has already helped Liu Juntao in advance, although he does not dare to guarantee that it is foolproof, but at least it can make those who want to find trouble fearful.

Even this helped Liu Juntao a lot, allowing Liu Juntao to focus on the big battle against Warat.

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao clenched his fists and said, "Thank you, sir!" Thank you to the Holy Father! This time, our army won a victory, and Mr. Yan Shenggonghe also contributed a lot of money! ”

"Haha!"

Mr. Shan said with a smile; "Then I wish the town a triumphant return as soon as possible!"

After bidding farewell to Mr. Shan, Liu Juntao led the army to hurry day and night, and two days later the army arrived in Zhang Qiuzhen.

Liu Juntao immediately ordered the army to rest for a day in Zhangqiu Town, and at the same time ordered the army's money, grain, and military equipment to be transported in advance, all the way north from Zhangqiu Town, along Dongchang Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, all the way to Datong Town.

Then the route of the army to the north also followed this route, and the shogunate's Ministry of Commerce, Civil Affairs, and Military Department also established military stations and material stations along this route, and the army's follow-up money, food, armaments and reserve soldiers will follow this road to Datong Town.

A day later, Liu Juntao led more than 83,000 soldiers from Zhangqiu Town to Dongchang Mansion, launched a thousand-mile rush to help, and killed Datong Town.

Almost on the same day, Emperor Jingtai also received a report from Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War: "Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Yanzhou Prefecture, led an army of more than 80,000 people, and has set off from Yanzhou Mansion to the north, and is expected to arrive in Datong Town within a month!" ”