Just when Liu Zhengfeng, Yu Zhilong and others were intensively practicing various departments, Yidu City was very happy to discuss how to recruit and suppress these anti-thieves.

"The anti-thieves have occupied Linqu County, if they are not exterminated in time, after the anti-thieves entangle the stupid people in the township, the power will be large, and it will be difficult to deal with it! Looking at the former sesame Li and Liu Futong, and the nearest Zhang Shicheng two thieves, once the incident started, the foolish people flocked to the ants, and in just a few days, there were 10,000 people, and within a month, hundreds of thousands of people could be gathered, and then the officers and soldiers were dispatched, and they had to deal with 10,000 officers and 100,000 people. Not only is it not easy to mobilize the army from all directions, it costs countless money and food, and after the thieves are huge, it is even more difficult to exterminate, but at the beginning, it is easiest to launch a large army to suppress it with lightning speed! ”

There are more than 20 people in the seat, wearing civil and military uniforms, and they are all sitting on both sides according to the format of the left and the right. A person in the hall sat on a high couch, looking arrogant, listening to the words of this subordinate, a wisp of anger flashed in his eyes from time to time.

The person in this hall is Yiwang to buy slaves, to the second year of the Yuan Emperor by the Xuanjing King changed to the Yiwang, out of the town of Yidu, the hall is speaking is the Privy Council of the capital Gu Kai, awarded the title of the doctor.

The thieves in the sea have been poisoned for several years, and Yidu Road has been encircled and suppressed in many ways, although they have killed countless of their subordinates, but the thief leader Yu Hai is very cunning, and after repeatedly seeking gaps and escaping, he has sought opportunities to loot villages and towns in the weak places of the official army, and the villagers have been encircled and encircled, and the thieves have recovered.

One of the reasons why the officers and troops have repeatedly failed to succeed is that the various departments are willing to fight for merit, and do not want to be in danger and suffer, and no one wants to stand in the way of their sharpness alone. The generals of the various departments think that the sword soldiers have no eyes, and they are anxious to provoke the thief, if they turn around and bite themselves, it will not be a big bad luck!

However, for their own interests, the local rebels contributed a lot to the suppression of thieves, such as the Meng rebels recruited by Meng Qing.

Shandong is the land of the belly, not only there are many households, the production of grain, grass, sheep and horses is abundant, and the Beijing-Hong Kong Grand Canal from the capital of Tonghui River, Huitong River, Jeju River and so on to the south, economic south, direct to Hangzhou. More than half of the grain transported from the south to Dadu relied on the Beijing-Hong Kong Grand Canal to complete the transportation, so the long-term peace and stability of Shandong was very important to the Yuan court.

Although the waterway is still unimpeded, the collection and allocation of various materials in central and eastern Shandong have been hindered from time to time, and even some of them have to be used to suppress local thieves. This made some officials in the Privy Council quite dissatisfied, although this thorn was not big, but it was quite deep in the flesh, and it could not be removed for a while.

This year, the Yuan court had to temporarily send Gu Kai, the Privy Council, to Yidu Road to coordinate the dispatch of various military horses to ensure that all soldiers and horses could have sufficient material support.

After Gu Kai arrived in Yidu, he did his best, with the support and intimidation of the commissioner of the Yuan Court, the soldiers and horses below ran a lot more actively, and finally rushed to the front line of the Qingshui River with the thief, plus the Mongolian iron cavalry temporarily seconded from Jinan, finally hit the thief on the mountain road, and even the thief's head Yu Hai was captured.

The exact military report came, Yidu was jubilant, all of them were prosperous, all of you were far-sighted, and you had tens of millions of armor soldiers in your chest, and the thief line would eventually collapse and disappear. It's a pity that Yan Chi's subordinates suddenly received an order to get rid of the army, so they had to go south urgently and no longer participate in the next step of encirclement and suppression, which made King Yi and Gu Kai regretful. However, the thief has suffered a big setback, and there must not be many waves.

The atmosphere of celebration here has not yet dissipated, and suddenly it was reported from Linqu that there were thieves attacking the quarry in Linqu, and thousands of coolies released on the spot were attached to the thieves.

Everyone was shocked, and was about to discuss whether to mobilize many people in the city to support, but a day later, bad news came, Meng Qingyi's army was ambushed in the mountains, and suffered a lot of losses.

Meng Qing originally planned to encircle Yu Haiyu, but he was about to finish, but unexpectedly, a large number of rebels appeared from behind, and the attacking rebel army was devastated, almost all of them were wiped out, Meng Qing broke a son, and fled back with only the remnants of the army!

Seeing that the situation was critical, Yiwang Mainu urgently summoned his subordinates and others to discuss the strategy, and the final plan had not yet been decided, and today came the news that Linqu County had fallen into the hands of thieves.

At this time, the county Yin Qi'er sat at the bottom of his left hand in frustration, the news of the fall of the county town was reported by him who fled into Yidu overnight, and the beggar originally wanted to work hard for another two years in office to be promoted, but now there is no hope!

Yiwang bought slaves and was angry, these thieves caused so much trouble to themselves, not only made themselves disgraced, but also after the fall of the county, they were afraid that the local small people would become a disaster, if they were not dealt with in time, it would be really as Gu Kai said, once the thieves became the climate, they would also be affected in Yidu.

At this time, Gu Kaizao started with King Yi, and he was very sorry in his heart, it was he who recommended Meng Qing to lead the army to take a detour around the mountain road and outflank the back road of the thief army, but now the strategy has failed, and the thief is even more hot, and he is a little hesitant for a while.

The old minister, who was already bearded, stood up proudly, and said loudly to the slave: "Xiaokou, but take advantage of the gap to steal the city, although the old man has made a decision, but the body and spirit are acceptable, I would like to ask the prince to order, put on armor again, and lead the sons and daughters to go out to share the worries of the court!" ”

This old man is Wang Ying, a native of Yidu, Congo, good at riding and shooting. When he was young, he took his father's position and was a thousand households in Juzhou. Because the father and son are good at using double knives, they are called the king of swords. After the army moved to Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang all the way to ask for thieves, there were many military exploits, the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, awarded Huaiyuan General, with the knowledge of Haibei and Hainan Province to comfort the secretary. Although he is now old and at home, he also came to participate in the conference because of his outstanding reputation in the local area.

General Huaiyuan, who is from the third grade, is one level lower than Gu Kai's Yuanzheng Sanpin.

"The old general's ambition is still there, and the king is very relieved, but he just kills chickens with a knife, and the old general sits here with peace of mind, and his sons and daughters have made meritorious contributions on the field." Mainu suppressed the anger in his heart and whispered to dissuade him.

This old guy can indeed fight, and he has good teeth and good health, and he can still ride a horse-drawn bow, and he continues to drink and meat every day, and he is also a popular figure in this Yidu City. It is said that people live for seventy years, and Wang Ying is still ninety years old, and even the officials in the Privy Council of the capital know that there is such an outlier.

Today, I don't know where he learned about the fall of Linqu, and he was already at home, and he heard that King Yi had convened everyone to discuss the matter, so he had to come to the meeting in person.

Gu Kai said on the side: "What the prince said is very true, the old general is a little restless, the prince has already issued a document to transfer troops everywhere, and in a few days, the soldiers and horses of Laizhou, Jinan, and Dizhou will be gathered in place, and when the army will be sent together, these thieves will be wiped out." ”

"The prince cherishes the old minister, the old minister understands it, if the court calls, there are several grandchildren in the old minister's family who have learned martial arts, but they can go to the field to share worries for the country!" Wang Ying held up the few strands of long beard under his chin and said word by word. After hearing this, everyone sighed, praising the old general Wang for his loyalty to the monarch and the country, and the world is not as good as the world.

Sitting down a Guan Jun Wanhu said: "As long as you wait for another five or six days, the soldiers and horses of Laizhou, Jinan, and Dizhou can rush to Yidu Fucheng, and the soldiers and horses of Yizhou will run directly to Linqu from the south, blocking the thief's way to flee south." The various units that had participated in the encirclement and suppression in the Yangtian Mountains could also withdraw north from the mountains, and after joining up with our Yidu Army in the northwest of Linqu, they could also withdraw from the mountains and go south to suppress the bandits. Once the various divisions are combined, we can concentrate seven thousand people outside the city alone. ”

"It's just that although there are more men and horses than thieves, at least half of the officers and soldiers are rebels from all over the country, so I don't know what the combat power is? Can it be used? Also, can the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Pu County send troops to help suppress it? "A Yidu Road Zhenfu Division Zhenfu asked a question.

"Most of the rebels this time are the local Meng Qing Department and the Laizhou Tianhu Department. Although there has been no big war with thieves in recent years, the local people are fierce, and Tian's training is not embellished, and it has a reputation in the local area. Meng Qing's department has been fighting with the thief for more than a year, and has won many victories, and Meng Qing is loyal to the imperial court, good at governing the army, since responding to the initiative of the imperial court, has organized thousands of people, can be of great use. "The next person sat down and interviewed Shi Interface.

"Most of the ministries of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion have been transferred south by the Prime Minister, and now they are almost empty; Jinan Road is too far away, far less rapid than the reinforcements of soldiers and horses in Laizhou and Dizhou. Another official explained. The Dadu Governor's Mansion was built in the second year of Tianli (1329) and belonged to the Mongolian army in Hebei, Shandong.

"Although the Meng Clan Righteous Army is numerous, but it has suffered defeats in the past two months, and there have been a lot of losses in men and horses, a few days ago in Yangtian Mountain, not only lost thousands of men and horses, but the three sons of Meng Qing also died in this battle, I don't know if their troops can still fight now?" A Han army of thousands of households asked.

"In the defeat of this battle, Meng Qing's troops were indeed hit hard. However, Meng Qing personally gave Yidu Road a letter a few days ago, saying that the thief would not be destroyed and he would not turn back. In order to avenge his son, this time he not only recruited a wide range of rebels in his hometown, but also organized a new army, led by his fourth son, and had already marched to Fucheng in advance. In order to boost his fighting spirit and show his loyalty and bravery, the king has awarded Meng Qing as the deputy Wanhu of the Guanjun, and posthumously awarded his third son as the Qianhu of the Han Army. Mainu interjected, "I want him to avenge his son, and he will be able to make a big effort in this battle!" Don't worry. ”

"It's a pity that the iron cavalry of Yan Chi Qianhu failed to completely exterminate the thieves last time, if it weren't for the war in the south, and then leave this batch of iron cavalry for more than ten days, maybe there would be no today." Gu Kai sighed.

At the beginning, he vigorously asked the prime minister of Jingshi and Totoku to send elite soldiers to help him on his trip to Shandong. Out of the old situation, it was agreed that Yan Chi's cavalry would be temporarily transferred to Yidu.

Yan Chi was good at the army, in order to prevent the news from leaking, he stopped all the way, galloped on horseback, concealed his movements, and died in the sea under the unpreparedness of attacking him, and his soldiers and family members were killed and wounded. This battle is the biggest record since the suppression of bandits in Yidu Road this year, but Yu Zhilong after this battle, it is also since then began to emerge, soon in charge of an army, several battles, finally have some climate, and now take Linqu County, after governing the government and training, has gradually become a prairie fire.

However, Yu Zhilong's series of actions and development momentum are still not widely known to outsiders, and these people in Yidu Zhizhi only know that after Yu Hai's death, Liu Zhengfeng took over the position of the big leader. King Yi and others were mainly worried that in a few days, the people might join the wind in large numbers, so that it would be difficult to successfully exterminate them.