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Yang Shiqi said to Zhuang De: "Commander Zhuang, now that the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court has gone north, we got the news yesterday that the army has entered Jinan City, and it seems that the rebellion is already a turtle in the urn that can be destroyed." ”

After Yang Shiqi broke through with Zhuang De, Xia Zi and others, Zhuang De and Xia Zi led their troops to withdraw to Dongchang Mansion first, but Cheng Rebellion's army chased very closely, and had no choice but to retreat north to Linqing Prefecture instead of entering Dongchang Mansion.

But then the rebellious army pursued to Linqingzhou. They are all cavalry in their hands, good at mobile combat and not good at defending the city, but the other side has more cavalry than them, the two sides fought a battle, Xia Zi died in battle, and they could only flee in embarrassment again.

After that, an order came from the capital, so that they could go to the north to contain the rebels in Texas, and they could leave Shandong Province. So they led the remnants of the defeated army into the north of the country, and stationed in the area of Wuqiao County to harass Texas.

In fact, although Yang Shiqi is patrolling the imperial history of Shandong, fighting is obviously not within the scope of his business, so he can no longer follow this defeated army to continue to run, Zhuang De also persuaded him many times to go to the counterinsurgency army led by His Majesty, but Yang Shiqi just didn't want to.

Yang Shiqi himself couldn't say why he was reluctant to leave this army, perhaps because he escaped from Jinan with this army, so he wanted to return to Jinan with this army; Perhaps because he was the inspector of the mountain, it was best to be with the army of the mountain before His Majesty removed him from this official position; Perhaps, it was because of the words of his friend He Yuan before he died.

Still, no matter what, he followed the army and didn't leave. And now he was very happy to hear the news that Cheng Rebellion would soon be eliminated.

Of course, Zhuang De was also happy, he said: "I don't know whether the last battle will take place in Dezhou or Jinan, now the army is attacking Jinan, but sending a partial division to attack Dezhou, I don't know whether I want to go down to Dezhou or Jinan first." ”

As a civil official, Yang Shiqi was of course even more impossible to guess the intentions of the imperial court, so he said: "Whether it is to go down to Dezhou or Jinan first, we must always attack Dezhou, and then we will fight back to Dezhou!" However, I am still willing to fight Texas first, so that our army can attack Jinan and personally avenge He Yuan and others! ”

Of course, Yang Shiqi knew that a few rebels would definitely not be able to deal with him, but he still stubbornly thought that he could take revenge on He Yuan by personally returning to Jinan.

Of course, Zhuang De was also willing to do what Yang Shiqi thought, and after he echoed Yang Shiqi for a while, he picked up the chapter table sent by the imperial court and said, "However, why does Your Majesty's recent order ask us to pay attention to the situation in the north?" ”

"I also know that Cheng Rebel sent troops to occupy Binzhou, but I haven't heard that they sent troops to continue to attack north?"

Yang Shiqi was also very puzzled, he was about to speak, when suddenly a soldier guarding the gate walked in and said: "Commander Zhuang, Yang Yushi, Wuqiao County ordered Dong Liang to come to meet the two adults." ”

Yang Shiqi then said: "Then let Dong Zhixian come in." Dong Liang often came to visit them because of some things, so they were not surprised. And Dong Liang, as the magistrate of the county, is a civil servant, so it is usually Yang Shiqi who speaks.

After a while, a magistrate in his thirties, who is now the most common magistrate of the Ming Dynasty, walked in, saluted Yang Shiqi and Zhuang De and said, "Dong Liang, the magistrate of Wuqiao, has seen two adults. ”

Zhuang returned the courtesy, and Yang Shiqi stood up and said: "We have met many times, why bother with so many courtesies every time we meet." ”

Dong Liang insisted on finishing the salute and said, "The salute cannot be abolished." ”

Then Dong Liang stood up and said, "Two adults, I came to find the two adults today because I have something to ask." ”

"Today, a post station in the northwest of Wuqiao County, near Dongguang County, came to me and said: 'A large army of 40,000 or 50,000 people came from the north, under the banner of His Royal Highness King Yan, saying that it was at the behest of His Majesty to go south to quell the rebellion.' ”

"After listening to the words of the people at the post station, I felt that it was wrong, since it was a large army that went south to quell the rebellion, then why didn't you inform us about these states and counties along the way? Or did other states and counties get the news and only omit our Wuqiao County? ”

"It just so happens that the two adults are in Wuqiao County now, so I'm going to ask, I wonder if the two adults have received such news?"

Zhuang De immediately said: "We have not received such news, and we don't know about His Majesty's mobilization of His Royal Highness King Yan's army to the south to quell the rebellion." And according to common sense, it is okay to mobilize the troops of Heyan, Jianghuai, and even Hebei Dusi, and His Majesty will not mobilize the army of His Royal Highness King Yan to quell the rebellion in Shandong. What the hell is going on? ”

"What else could it be! It's His Royal Highness King Yan who has rebelled! Yang Shiqi stood up from his seat and said with a very ugly face: "His Royal Highness King Yan has always been quite ambitious, and now Shandong's rebellion is a rebellion, if King Yan rebels again, Shandong's north and south will be connected, and it will become the climate." ”

"Although in our opinion, even if they all occupy the north of Shandong, it is only a corner of the world, and it is impossible to succeed in resisting the whole country with a corner, but King Yan may not think like this, so he can't hold back his ambition and decides to rebel!"

Zhuang De and Dong Liang were already stunned by what Yang Shiqi said. At this time, Yang Shiqi temporarily stopped talking, and Zhuang couldn't help asking, "Then how are we doing now?" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Now for King Yan, the most important thing is to rush to Dezhou to meet Chengyi, so that the east and north of Shandong will be connected, and it will be difficult to govern." ”

Then Yang Shiqi pondered for a while and then said, "We must stop King Yan!" Although even if the east and north of Shandong are connected, King Yan and Cheng rebelled and rebelled into the climate, they are definitely not the opponents of the imperial court, but in this case, the imperial court will have to spend more effort to pacify them, and the family funds saved by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty will also cost an extra point, so we must stop King Yan! At least it was to delay King Yan for a while. ”

What Yang Shiqi said was very reasonable, but Zhuang had to be embarrassed and said: "Yang Yushi, you also know our current situation. We only have less than 2,000 cavalry in our hands, and there are no soldiers of the imperial court in Wuqiao County; And King Yan went south with an army of forty or fifty thousand, of which I estimate that there are at least six or seven thousand cavalry, and they are all very fierce cavalry who have been in the border town for a long time. And it won't take much time, let alone stop it. ”

"If you harass with you, King Yan can send a cavalry to entangle with us, and it will be useless for the army to continue to move south."

Yang Shiqi knew that Zhuang De's words were right, and the cavalry in their hands would not play a role. But he was unwilling to let His Royal Highness King Yan over like this.

Yang Shiqi walked around the room irritably, and after a long, long time, when Zhuang had tried to persuade Yang Shiqi to give up, Yang Shiqi suddenly shouted: "There is!" ”

Zhuang De heard Yang Shiqi's cry and immediately asked, "What's the solution?" ”

Yang Shiqi swept away his previous ugly expression at this time, and said to Zhuang De with a smile: "I have thought of a way to delay King Yan." ”

Then Yang Shiqi didn't explain to Zhuang De, but said to Dong Liang: "Dong Zhixian, please ask you to collect all the live sheep and live pigs in Wuqiao County, if there are live cattle, gather them all together, gather at the north gate of Wuqiao County, and then find some people who are good at driving sheep and pigs to drive these sheep, pigs and cattle, I will be of great use." ”

Although Dong Liang didn't know what Yang Shiqi's purpose was, he hurriedly agreed, and then went out to find the officials to collect live sheep and live pigs.

Zhuang De was also very curious, and asked Yang Shiqi: "Yang Yushi, how do you want to stop King Yan's army?" ”

Yang Shiqi smiled confidently: "You'll know later." ”

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The sun is at its fiercest at noon, and although it's already October, it's still very uncomfortable to walk against the sun at noon. After occupying Cangzhou City, there was no longer a big city to block in Dezhou, and Zhu Di did not order the army to march quickly, so at noon he found a forest for the soldiers to rest, and sent someone to a nearby post station to ask where there was a water source nearby.

After waiting for noon, Zhu Di asked the generals to call the soldiers up and continue the march.

Zhu Di rode on his horse and looked at the army in front of him, but his mind at this time was not on this army, but said to Dao Yan: "Since the army went south, no state or county has known that this king has rebelled, why didn't Yun Xi send someone to inform these states and counties that the king had already raised troops?" ”

Dao Yan said: "Because Your Majesty is not sure that His Highness has already raised troops. Although the King of Gaoyang County will inevitably report it to His Majesty, His Majesty will also worry that whether the letter has been dropped is not His Royal Highness's intention. ”

"Therefore, Your Majesty did not tell the state and county officials below, but led the troops to requisition, and the intention was understood. His Royal Highness is the clan of the Ming Dynasty, and only His Majesty can decide how to dispose of His Highness, so His Majesty's personal levy is to be able to dispose of His Highness immediately. ”

Zhu Di thought about it for a while, and felt that Yun Xi's approach was indeed the safest, and when he was not sure whether Zhu Di was really rebelling, he did not rashly announce that he would raise troops, but personally led the troops north, which was indeed the best way.

At this time, Dao Yan said: "Your Highness, the two civil officials and poor monks who suddenly threw themselves into His Highness have been found out, and they are all from Huzhou. ”

Zhu Di muttered to himself: "Huzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang? What are they trying to do? ”

Dao Yan said: "According to the poor monks, they want to make the rebellion more prolonged. Even want His Highness to succeed. ”