At the beginning of May of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

After Liu Juntao settled Guo Muying's mother and son, he specially asked Guo Yongzhong to move over, and Guo Muying had a relative to take care of him, so that Liu Juntao could rest assured.

After that, Liu Juntao didn't wait for Ren Chengwei's reply, and rushed back to Dongpingzhou directly, preparing to mobilize people and horses to go south to fight!

This time, after careful consideration, Liu Juntao decided to let Hu Dexing lead his troops to garrison Dongpingzhou, and ordered Chen Ziping to lead his troops to rush back to Yushan Town from Huakou Town to garrison, and replace Zhou Zongsheng's cavalry department to go south to Dongpingzhou and join the Chinese military headquarters.

At the same time, he ordered Zhang Xiaojun to lead his men and horses from Anshan Town to Dongpingzhou, and ordered Gao Ran to lead his men and horses from Zhang Qiu Town to Dongpingzhou, and the two men and horses arrived within 10 days to join the Central Military Department.

In this battle, Liu Juntao will use the Central Military Department, Zhang Xiao's Military Department, Gao Ran's Department, and the Cavalry Department led by Zhou Zongsheng, totaling more than 8,000 people.

After Liu Juntao led his troops south, Hu Dexing, Chen Ziping, and Yan Hu each led their headquarters to garrison Dongpingzhou, Yushan Town, and Yushan Military Bureau, which were the three most important places.

Of course, now that Liu Juntao is already the head of the militia in Yanzhou Mansion, this time he is naturally going south under the banner of the Yanzhou Mansion militia group, and the fight in the south is not a weapon fight between the powerful and powerful, but the Yanzhou Mansion militia group going south to sweep away the bandits!

Ten days later, as the last batch of grain and grass was transported to Dongpingzhou by the Qingzhuang of the Escort Baggage Department, Liu Juntao's team to the south had all arrived, and even Liu Zi'an rushed to Dongpingzhou with a team of men, waiting for Liu Juntao's dispatch at any time.

At the same time that Liu Juntao mobilized people, the news that Yushan Town was gathering people and horses to prepare for the south also spread all over the sky, not only the powerful and gentry from all over the country sent people to inquire about the truth, but even the Confucius Mansion in Qufu County also sent people to inquire.

Everyone is so concerned about the war in the south of Yushan Town, not because they are worried that Yushan Town will be defeated, nor because they are worried about the life and death of the people of Xuzhou, these people do not have such a good heart.

The reason why people from all sides are so eager is that they are worried that the battle in Yushan Town will be delayed, or they are worried that this battle will affect the time when the commercial department of Yushan Town will advance into Xuzhou!

In the final analysis, these people are worried about whether they can make money with the money they invested in the Ministry of Commerce of Yushan Town, and they are all worried about whether their interests will be affected, including Yan Shenggong!

Liu Juntao naturally saw through the thoughts of these people at a glance, no matter how noble and righteous these people's rhetoric was, Liu Juntao would never believe it.

However, Liu Juntao didn't say anything to these people, just kind words to comfort them, and promised that Yushan Town would definitely solve the problem quickly and would never let everyone's money go down the drain.

got Liu Juntao's promise, and the heroes and gentry from all sides said some beautiful things and left one after another.

After that, Liu Juntao summoned Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, Liu Zi'an, and Hu Dexing, who was stationed in Dongpingzhou City, to discuss the matters of going south.

However, before everyone could discuss for a long time, the porter hurried over and said, "Qi Yu Lian Zong, the commander of the city guard, sent someone to the lord, saying that there is a big matter to discuss!" ”

Liu Juntao couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said to everyone: "Commander Lei is also worried about our southward journey!" I was still curious before, so many people came to inquire about the news, even Mr. Shan came, why did Commander Lei never send anyone? Now it seems that Commander Lei must have some ideas, so he waited until now to send someone! ”

Everyone was talking about it when they heard it, and Zhang Xiaojun and Hu Dexing were even worried that this time Commander Lei suddenly sent someone to affect the army to fight south!

Liu Zi'an said with some concern: "Mr. Lian, I'm a little worried in my heart, since the bandits of the Ye Zongliu Department crossed the Yellow River and raged in the south of Yanzhou Mansion, Commander Lei has been surprisingly quiet and has not reacted at all, isn't it strange?" ”

Liu Juntao couldn't help frowning and said, "It's a little strange! Looks like I'm going to have a good talk with someone! ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao asked the porter to bring people in.

And Hu Dexing, Zhang Xiaojun, Zhou Zongsheng, Gao Ran, and Liu Zi'an also sat down one after another, and sat down on Liu Juntao's left and right, and the whole hall suddenly looked a lot solemn, as if it was a big tent of the official army.

It didn't take long for the porter to walk in with a military general, this person Liu Juntao and others all knew, it was Li Qianhu who was Ren Chengwei.

Liu Juntao immediately got up and hugged his fists and said with a smile; "Li Qianhu! It's been a long time, please be seated! ”

Who knew that Li Qianhu didn't have a smiling face, so he sat down with a frown, which made Liu Juntao and the others feel their hearts beat when they saw it.

"Mr. Liu Lian! Now there are a lot of soldiers and horses in this Dongpingzhou City, I heard that you have also transferred a lot of Yushan Town guards, and even mobilized all the horse teams? Here's what to do! ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao smiled indifferently and said, "Go south to suppress bandits!" ”

"Bandits?"

Li Qianhu said angrily: "What kind of bandits are worth using tens of thousands of horses to conquer and suppress? It's worth using horses and firearms to kill! ”

"Li Qianhu, is this questioning me!"

Liu Juntao saw that Li Qianhu didn't care about the past at all, and he was also angry in his heart, and he slammed the table and said loudly: "Now Jinxiang County, Yutai County, and Teng County in the south of Yanzhou Mansion have been ruined!" The 20,000 thieves of Ye Zongliu's department are burning and looting over there, didn't Ren Chengwei receive an urgent document! ”

Li Qianhu was immediately deflated when he heard this, and then he still said stiffly: "Even so, then Liu Lian will have to wait for Ren Chengwei's order to lead his troops south, how can he act like this, without waiting for Ren Chengwei's order, he will privately mobilize people and horses to gather in Dongpingzhou!" ”

"I have already sent the documents to Yanzhou Mansion and handed them over to the Yamen, the commander of the city guards."

Speaking of this, Liu Juntao paused, stared at Li Qianhu, and said: "It's just that half a month has passed, and the commander has never replied!" Lord Qianhu, dare to ask: Do you have to wait until the people of Jinxiang County, Yutai County, and Teng County are all coerced by the army of thieves, and when all the three places are reduced to white land, the commander will order me to lead my troops south! ”

"This!"

Li Qianhu was speechless for a moment, and he couldn't say a word there.

At this time, Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "My lord, my Yushan Town and the commander have a good relationship, why are you acting like this today?" I hope you tell me the truth! ”

Li Qianhu hesitated for a long time when he heard this, and finally sighed heavily and said; "It's the ghost of Xu Zhaohui, the head of the Xu family, Xu Zhaohui sent someone to send a generous gift to the commander, a full 100,000 taels of silver! It is to let the commander drag Liu Lian Zong, don't let the people of Yushan Town go south, and buy some time for the Xu family and Ye Zongliu! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaojun, Zhou Zongsheng, Liu Zi'an, Hu Dexing, and Gao Ran in the hall were all angry, and they all accused the responsible city guards of misbehaving and acting as the Ming generals!

Although Li Qianhu felt uncomfortable when he heard this, he couldn't refute it, and sat there without saying a word.

Liu Juntao pondered for a while, then waved his hand to tell everyone to stop talking, and said, "My lord, I have something to say, please tell the commander when I go back." ”

To tell the truth, this time he came to stop Liu Juntao from leading his troops south, Li Qianhu was reluctant, but he couldn't resist the commander Lei Bo.

At this time, since he had already told the whole story, Li Qianhu simply did it to the end and said, "Mr. Liu Lian, please speak, I will definitely bring it." ”

"My lord, who is Ye Zongliu? Thieves! This time, the thieves and bandits are in trouble in the three southern counties, and if the commander makes the adults do nothing, the imperial court will definitely take responsibility for the city guards! What is a hundred thousand taels of silver? The commander made the lord so confused, can he ruin his future, or even his life, for a mere 100,000 taels of silver! ”

Hearing this, Li Qianhu was already sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "The commander was originally just thinking about delaying Liu Lian for some time, and then let Liu Lian lead his troops south. The commander thought that the Xu family didn't say how long it would take to delay anyway, and the 100,000 taels of silver should have been picked up in vain, where did he think of this! ”

"Pick it up for nothing!"

Liu Juntao said: "The commander has collected the money here, and the Xu family will definitely save the evidence, and then this will be the evidence of the commander and the adult!" It is the Xu family's tight spell to coerce the commander to continue to use for him! ”

"Ahh

Li Qianhu reacted immediately, and he couldn't take care of it anymore, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you, Mr. Liu Lian!" I also ask General Liu Lian to lead his troops south as soon as possible, and I can return to the city guard, and I will send the order to requisition and transfer the Yushan Town Guards and the Yanzhou Mansion Militia to the south to quell the chaos in a few days! ”

After speaking, Li Qianhu hurriedly left.

At this time, Liu Zi'an shook his head and said: "It's really unthinkable that the commander of the dignified guard is so short-sighted and greedy for money!" ”

Liu Juntao also sighed slightly and shook his head.