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Luo Ren said, "General Xie, what should I do next?" ”

Xie Cheng asked rhetorically, "What do you think?" ”

Luo Ren thought for a moment and said, "You should immediately attack Yanzhou Mansion, Dongchang Mansion, and Dezhou." ”

Chief Su said at this time: "Why don't you attack Denglai Erfu first to relieve your worries?" ”

Luo Ren said: "Denglai Erfu is blocked from other places, and although there are many guards, many of them are sailors, so there is not much room to attack Qingzhou. There are few people in Denglai Erfu, so you don't need to pay too much attention. ”

"But Yanzhou is different in places like Yanzhou. Dongchang Mansion is adjacent to the Daimyo Mansion in the west, and Kaifeng Mansion is further southwest; Texas is connected to Hejian Province; To the south of Yanzhou is Jianghuai Province and adjacent to Zhili. ”

"If the imperial court sends troops to quell the rebellion, the biggest advantage of the imperial court compared with us is that there are many soldiers and generals, if it is only limited to marching all the way, the terrain in the southwest of Shandong is complex, and the army may not be able to exert it, then it will be difficult to give full play to the large number of soldiers in the imperial court."

"Therefore, it is impossible for the imperial court to send troops all the way from the south, it must be attacked from multiple directions, and it is likely to come from the west, north, and south, so these three places are very important."

Xie Cheng said: "Luo Ren is right, Denglai Erfu is geographically remote and has a small population, and taking it there will not increase our strength much, but because it is surrounded by the sea on three sides and is not easy to attack, it will delay for time, so there is no need to pay much attention." ”

"And the location of Yanzhou and other places is even more important, so we must send troops to attack immediately. Especially Yanzhou Mansion, the only way to go north from the south to Shandong, must be taken immediately! ”

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As early as mid-August, when the army of the former Qi king Sanwei attacked eastward, the Laizhou Mansion, which was close to the Qingzhou Mansion, sensed that someone was rebelling and that it was likely that the King of Qi was rebelling, and immediately sent ships to report to the capital.

However, their ships were not the first to reach the capital. The soldiers of Qingzhou attacked Muling Pass, although they lost it because the people guarding the pass were unprepared for them, but some people took advantage of the chaos to escape, and fled to the front of Xiahe Village on August 23.

The Xiahezhai Front Office quickly sent a ship to the capital to report the news, and arrived in the capital on the first day of September.

The person who received the report did not dare to slack off, and immediately informed Yunxi of the report.

Yoon-hee was dumbfounded when he learned the news. Why did Yun Wei abolish the throne of King Zhu Rong of Qi in his previous life, and Zhu Rong did not rebel, but now he has rebelled?

Yun Xi thought about it himself, probably because he had been completely deprived of power when Yun Xi abolished the throne of Zhu Rongqi, so it was impossible to rebel, not necessarily because he didn't want to rebel.

But it doesn't matter, it's important to put down this rebellion.

Yun Xi didn't pay much attention to it at first, and ordered Ga Xie to become the general of Pingdong to preside over the counterinsurgency. Xie Cheng is a general, and the other guards in Shandong have more soldiers than the three guards of King Qi, so he should be able to quell the rebellion.

But the result after that left Yun Hee dumbfounded. On September 16, there was an urgent report from Jinan Mansion that the army led by Xie Cheng was defeated!

Yun Xi was stunned for a while, and then read the recital over and over again, and then noticed that Zhang Shen and others, the political envoy of Shandong Zuobu, suspected that Xie Cheng had betrayed.

Yun Xi was also puzzled as to why Xie Cheng had rebelled, but he could finally explain why he had lost the battle.

But the most important thing is that with Xie Cheng's rebellion, the situation in Shandong is bound to be rotten, and by the time he receives the setback, Jinan may have fallen. Yoon-hee likes to prepare for the worst in everything, although on the surface he has always been.

Yun Xi immediately called Cao Zhen, Guo Ying, Geng Bingwen and others in Beijing, plus Zhang Wen, who was already serving as the assistant official of the Spring Festival, the most experienced generals left in the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty were all called to the palace.

Except for Zhang Wen, who already knew about this when Yun Xi received the fold, the other three people didn't know because the twist was sent directly to Yun Xi from the ferry.

They were also surprised when they heard what Yun Xi said, but they immediately returned to normal. They are all people who have experienced Zhu Wenzheng's intention to defect, so they can accept it quickly.

Yun Xi asked, "How many troops do you think you need to send out to quell this rebellion?" Yun Xi is also not nonsense, and asks important questions when he comes up.

After thinking for a while, Cao Zhen said, "Your Majesty, do you want to put down the rebellion as quickly as possible, or at the lowest cost?" ”

Yun Xi immediately said: "The people of Shandong are in the hands of the rebels for more than one day, and I have trouble sleeping and eating. Quell the rebellion as quickly as possible! ”

Since Yun Xi has expressed his attitude, then they will start planning with Yun Xi's thoughts. Because of the rebellion of Shandong Xie Cheng this time, and Xie Cheng was also a hero left in the Hongwu period, but his ability was smaller, so the credit was also smaller, and he was not named the marquis.

So they all felt embarrassed, for fear that Yun Xi would suspect them and not speak directly. Only Cao Zhen's second son, Princess Shang, so he doesn't have to estimate so much.

So Cao Zhen said: "Your Majesty, the guards of Shandong, not counting the soldiers of Denglai Second Mansion, not counting the three guards of King Lu of Yanzhou Mansion, there are about seventy or eighty thousand people. Among them, they fought continuously, and the number of casualties was at least 10,000 or more, plus the obvious unwillingness to follow the rebels and those who were killed, the maximum number of soldiers under the commander of the rebel army was not more than 60,000. ”

"However, they are all local soldiers in Shandong, and the terrain is familiar, and if Xie becomes the commander, he will not easily show his flaws."

"Therefore, if you want to quell the rebels in Shandong as soon as possible, mobilize 150,000 troops from the area around the capital, and then requisition the soldiers of Xuzhou Wei, Zhou Wang Sanwei, Daimyowei and other guards near Shandong, a total of 200,000 troops can be mobilized."

"Two hundred thousand." Yun Xi muttered for a moment, and then said firmly: "200,000 is 200,000!" Now that the autumn harvest is over, the weather is not too cold, and you can quickly recruit the guards near the capital to fight. ”

Then Yun Xi thought about it for a moment and said, "Cao Aiqing, I will take you as the commander of this army. ”

The people present, Zhang Wen and the others, did not look surprised at all. Since Yun Xi is pursuing the fastest solution, then the commander of the army must be the oldest generals among them now.

And among them, it's hard to say who has higher skills, but Cao Zhen's son is still the princess and Yunxi's own sister, so she is naturally the most trustworthy.

Yun Xi continued: "As for the other generals under you, especially the candidates for the vanguard, I have not yet decided, let me think again. ”

"In addition, Cao Aiqing, although you are actually in command of this army, you can only be the deputy commander, and the commander has someone else. However, I will tell the boss not to interfere with your command. ”