September of the first year of Tianshun.

After Liu Juntao hurried all the way back to Jinan, he began to mobilize a large army to go north to the capital.

Previously, when Liu Juntao was still on the road, he had already sent a team of troops who did not collect at night and rushed back to Jinan Mansion City first.

When Liu Juntao led a thousand iron cavalry into the city, Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief, had already joined Xiang Qun, the head of the military department, and began to draw some troops and horses from the Longxiang army and the Changshui army stationed in Jinan Fucheng.

Five days later, Hu Dexing, deputy commander-in-chief, and Xiang Qun, head of the military department, transferred 10,000 elite birdmen from the left and right battalions of the Longxiang Army, and Bai Yuxing, the guerrilla general of the left battalion, and Tao Jixin, the guerrilla general of the right battalion, each led 5,000 troops to accompany them.

At the same time, Hu Dexing and Xiang Qun also transferred 2,000 iron cavalry from the Changshui Army, and Zhou Quan, a guerrilla general of the left battalion of the Changshui Army, led the army to accompany them.

Liu Juntao also took advantage of the past few days to deal with the affairs of Shandong Town, and listened to the work of various departments of the shogunate, and ordered that when he led the army north, Shandong Town was headed by Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief.

Of course, Liu Juntao went north to the capital this time, and the people of Shandong Town were also quite worried, after all, the purpose of this trip to the north Shandong Town already knew that the significance of going north this time was no less than a big war.

For this reason, Guo Muying also constantly instructed Liu Juntao to act carefully, not to be reckless, and not to repeat the mistakes of Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang for the sake of authority.

Liu Juntao also remembered what he said.

Five days later, Liu Juntao led 10,000 elite birdmen and 2,000 heavily armored iron horsemen from Jinan Mansion to the capital.

Thirteen days later, Liu Juntao led his army to the capital, and temporarily camped in the wilderness six miles outside Dongzhimen, waiting for the arrangements of the military department and the holy decree of Emperor Tianshun.

Of course, after Liu Juntao settled the army, he was also ready to take a team of personal soldiers into Beijing to face the saint, which could be regarded as a return to life.

But before Liu Juntao set off, a eunuch rushed to the camp.

"Hehe, Mr. Liu is really fast, the miscellaneous family has just been waiting here for more than a day, but I didn't expect to wait for Mr. Liu's army!"

The eunuch gave a thumbs up as he spoke.

Liu Juntao also smiled and said polite words, led the eunuch into the big tent of the Chinese army, and at the same time instructed Bai Yuxing, the guerrilla general of the left battalion of the Longxiang army, to entertain a few brocade guards who came with him.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Juntao and the eunuch chatted for a while, and then asked, "I don't know what advice my father-in-law has here?" ”

"The miscellaneous family came here at the behest of His Majesty."

After speaking, the eunuch said in a loud voice: "Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, listen to the order!" ”

"Minister, Liu Juntao takes the order!"

"Your Majesty's dictation: After Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, arrives in the capital, he will immediately lead the army to the camp outside the Desheng Gate and station!"

Liu Juntao was slightly stunned, and then sneered: "Minister, obey the order!" ”

After the eunuch left, Liu Juntao returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and the guerrilla general Bai Yuxing, the guerrilla general Tao Jixin, and the guerrilla general Zhou Quan were all surrounded.

Bai Yuxing asked, "Zongzhen, what does Your Majesty mean by this?" ”

Tao Jixin also said: "Then Shi Heng's army is stationed in the camp outside Desheng Gate, let's lead the army over again, is the intention too obvious?" ”

Zhou Quan didn't speak, just looked at Liu Juntao, waiting for orders.

Liu Juntao said: "It is estimated that Your Majesty is also preparing to beat Shi Heng, once Shi Heng becomes a frightened bird, Your Majesty will just seize his flaws and make a move!" ”

Bai Yuxing frowned slightly and said, "In this way, we are the vanguard of eradicating Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang's party?" ”

"Isn't that bad?"

Liu Juntao sneered and said, "Your Majesty asked us to go to Deshengmen, this town is asking for it!" ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao ordered the army to prepare and rush towards the Ming army camp outside the Desheng Gate.

Early the next morning, Shi Heng was drinking tea and laughing with Xinna's concubine in the mansion, and suddenly Shi Heng's nephew Shi Biao came with a gloomy face, and saw Shi Heng laughing with the concubine, so he hugged his fists and said: "Grandpa, please take a step to speak!" ”

"You go down first!"

After the concubine left, Shi Heng was still a little unsatisfied, and Shi Biao didn't care about this, and said: "Grandpa, I just got the news from the big camp: Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, was ordered by His Majesty to lead an army of 12,000 troops into the capital, and set up camp two miles east of our camp!" ”

"What!"

Shi Heng was shocked when he heard this, what is Your Majesty going to do! Are you going to do it to yourself?

Although there are more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the army directly under the direct control of Shi Heng on the side of Deshengmen, the Tiance army is famous, and Shi Heng is very jealous in his heart, especially Liu Juntao was still called into Beijing this time, and he came directly to his own army, which is obviously His Majesty is guarding against his own mobilization of troops and horses!

At this time, Shi Heng only felt flustered and wanted to come up with a countermeasure, but he never got the point, and when he was irritable, he kicked the tea case next to him violently.

Shi Biao didn't dare to say much, just waited silently on the side, but there were already turbulent waves in his heart: Is his uncle going to repeat Xu Youzhen's mistakes?

For a moment, Shi Biao even felt that he should not have welcomed back Emperor Tianshun in the first place, and the Shi family would not be in today's crisis!

"You rush to the camp immediately, keep a close eye on the Tiance Army for me, and report as soon as there is a situation!"

Shi Biao hesitated for a moment and said, "Grandpa, what if Liu Juntao suddenly becomes difficult?" ”

Shi Heng's face was extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If Liu Juntao suddenly makes a move, will the 40,000 troops in the camp be paper-paste!" ”

Shi Biao was shocked when he heard this.

For a few days after that, Shi Heng stayed at home, and directly called him sick, for fear that he would encounter something unexpected when he left the house.

Cao Jixiang hurried over when he heard the news, and when he saw that Shi Heng had become very haggard in a few days, he exclaimed, "How can Grandpa be so decadent!" ”

Shi Heng smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't my father-in-law see the current situation? Your Majesty has already started to do something to us! ”

Cao Jixiang looked bitter and said, "How can the miscellaneous family not know!" But what else can we do? ”

Shi Heng said with a hideous face: "It's really not good, let's fight to the death!" ”

"Desperate?"

Cao Jixiang shook his head and said: "The miscellaneous family still had such thoughts before, but after thinking about it carefully, now we haven't even been able to fully control the Gyeonggi garrison, and there are many ministers in the DPRK and China who have deviated from us, not to mention that now that more than 10,000 days of the army have been opened, can the soldiers and horses under our control now be able to cope with the current situation?" ”

Cao Jixiang's rhetorical question immediately shattered Shi Heng's confidence, and the whole person was deflated.

However, Shi Heng still had a trace of luck, after all, he also had a lot of henchmen in the court and the localities, as long as he could take Emperor Tianshun by surprise, he might not have a chance to give it a go!

At this moment, Shi Biao came in a panic, Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang were both hairy when they saw this, and the two of them stood up one after another, their hearts were raised in their throats, just waiting for Shi Biao's next words.

"Grandpa! Father-in-law! ”

Shi Biao ran too fast, he didn't catch his breath, he stood there and said a lot of words, so anxious that Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang wanted to kick up.

"Grandpa! Father-in-law! Something happened! ”

"Say it! What's going on! ”

"Early this morning, the soldiers in our battalion went out to fetch water, and there was a quarrel with the soldiers and horses of the Tiance Army who also went to fetch water, and the two sides clashed immediately!"

Cao Jixiang immediately pulled his throat and asked, "Is there a dead person?" ”

Shi Biao immediately shook his hand and said, "No! ”

Shi Heng held on to a glimmer of hope and said, "How many people are on each side?" Which side wins! ”

Shi Biao cried and said, "The soldiers in our camp have rushed to more than 500 people one after another, and there are only 70 or 80 people on the Tiance army's side, so we lost!" More than 100 people were directly arrested! ”

Hearing this news, Shi Heng's heart suddenly shattered, and the glimmer of hope he was still holding on to was like a moon in the water at this time, and it came to naught.

Cao Jixiang next to him hurriedly said, "Grandpa! Hurry up and restrain the soldiers and horses, and don't expand the situation any more! ”

Shi Biao said: "The lowly post has ordered that the soldiers are not allowed to leave the camp!" ”

Cao Jixiang breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and then said to Shi Heng: "Grandpa, this matter still needs to see Liu Juntao's attitude, it is best to send someone to the Tiance Army camp!" ”

Shi Heng nodded, and then looked at Shi Biao with Cao Jixiang, and Shi Heng was immediately frightened.