"As for absorbing the rebels, you think about it clearly, the rebels here are mixed, and many of them are doing things that harm people and fattening themselves in the name of the rebels." Shen Jin did not have a good impression of the local rebels.

Seeing that the two of them were suspicious of this, they said, "Let me tell you something, it happened in Haizhou a few months ago. Last year, when the Jin people went south, the rebel army from all over Shandong swarmed, among them there was a strong rebel army, the leader was called Geng Jing, after the Jin people went south to the Lianghuai region, it grew rapidly, and grew to hundreds of thousands of people, even the righteous army near the Daimyo Mansion asked to be controlled by it, because the number was too much, he called himself the Tianping Army Festival Envoy, and controlled the righteous army of Shandong and Hebei Zhulu, which was huge for a while, and posed a great threat to the Jin people, but in the end it quickly disappeared. There is only one reason, some of the righteous army he led were willing to be sold by the Jin people for small profits, and as a result, he was killed by the traitor Zhang Anguo in Haizhou, hundreds of thousands of righteous troops were scattered in an instant, and fifty or sixty thousand people turned into attached to the Jin people, which also caused Haizhou to fall into the hands of the Jin people, and later the Great Song army went north and killed the traitors before retaking Haizhou. Therefore, we must be cautious in recruiting the rebels, otherwise not only will we not succeed, but we will also incur failure, and the Geng Jing incident is a lesson. ”

Yao Chang and Luo Cong were greatly surprised when they heard this, the leader of the 100,000 rebel army could be killed by traitors, and nearly half of the rebel army belonged to the Jin people? It seems that if you want to achieve great things, you really can't rely on the local rebels.

"Brother Yao, after taking Yidu Mansion, you are still responsible for absorbing the rebels, you have recruited new troops, and you have more experience than me." Luo Cong retreated.

"It's good that the rebels are not all traitors, they should be selected according to the recruitment criteria, and then dispersed to join our army, and then trained, which should solve the problem." Yao Chang nodded.

"Recruiting rebels, although there is no need to distribute money, but they need to supply food, and the grain stored in Qindao is only enough for 10,000 people to eat for about half a year, if too many rebels are recruited, I am afraid it will not last too long. There is a lot of grain in Yidu Province, if we can take down Yidu alone and control the food in our own hands, we can solve part of the grain and grass problem, but if the rebel army from all walks of life gathers in Yidu Mansion to ask for the distribution of grain, then the problem will be troublesome, distribute it to them, our grain and grass will be insufficient, not to them, the same righteous army, we have to give them a reasonable explanation, otherwise they will rob hard, once we fight with them, we will suffer from the enemy. As soon as he thought of the scattered rebel army, Shen Jin was deeply worried.

Yao Chang and Luo Cong's hearts sank, this is really a big problem, if the Jingwu Army fights as a righteous army, then if the city is defeated and the grain and grass property are obtained, other righteous troops will inevitably covet it, in the eyes of the righteous army, they are not official soldiers, and they are robbing from whomever they want, and there is no reason not to rob the Jingwu Army.

"The so-called rebels, it is estimated that many of them are just to make a living. It's better to do this, when Yidu is taken, the city defense reinforcement also needs manpower, those who are willing to stay to help are fed, and those who are unwilling to help and want to share food and ask for money will be you're welcome, just expel them directly, if you dare to make trouble, then destroy them! Luo Cong broke the silence.

"This is also a way, recruit a part of the rebels to join our Shandong rebels, and then recruit a group of rebels to surrender their weapons and stay to build fortifications, and the rest is estimated to be not too much, even if they really want to do it, they also have to weigh how many catties and taels they have." Yao Chang nodded.

"I'll find a way to settle the rest of the people, and if there is any trouble, I'll deal with it." Shen Jin thought about it and said.

"Okay, then the problem of the rebels is solved. Let's take a look at what to do after taking Yidu, should we take Mizhou first, or Linyi first? I suggest taking Mizhou first, there are too many soldiers and horses in Linyi, it is not easy to take, once the attack fails, it will dampen morale, it will not be able to win the battle, and the rebels will also flee. Take Mizhou first, continue to recruit rebels, and after the power grows, take Linyi in one fell swoop. What do you think? Luo Cong asked.

"Yidu Fu is very far from Linyi, not close to Mizhou, the distance from Mizhou to Linyi is farther than to Yidu, if we go to Mizhou first, and then go to Linyi, the road is too far, a long journey, a tired army, in the war is not good. I thought that after Yidu was ready, we should go directly and quietly south, and launch an attack on Linyi from behind, and the chances of success would be greater than taking Mizhou and going to Linyi. Yao Chang put forward a different view.

"Brother Yao means to take Linyi first and then Mizhou? If so, what will Linyi do after transferring to Mizhou? Should we divide our troops to defend ourselves, or will we hand it over to the Haizhou Song army? ”

"Our troops are limited, and it is impossible to defend both Yidu and Linyi, as well as Mizhou and Dengzhou. Linyi can be completely lost to the Song army in Haizhou, Linyi is surrounded by water on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I think they should have no problem defending, as for Mizhou and Dengzhou, only a small number of troops are needed to garrison, if the troops are not enough, they can also not send troops to garrison. Our focus is on Yidu, on the one hand, we must guard against the Jin people's counterattack on Shandong, on the other hand, we must wait for the opportunity to seize Jinan Mansion, and when Jinan is taken, the Jin people will not dare to invade Shandong easily, and then cooperate with Lord Yang to recover Jeju and restore the initial strategy of the Central Plains. Therefore, it is not the goal to seize Linyi, it is the goal to defeat and eliminate the defenders of Linyi, this Jin army is eliminated, and we can fight with all our strength in Yidu, waiting for the opportunity to take Jinan Mansion! ”

"Although I don't understand military affairs, Lord Yang's strategy is indeed to seize Jinan and Jeju, open up the passage from Shandong to Suzhou and Bozhou, facilitate communication between the two places, and form a three-sided attack on Bianjing in the south, north and east, and finally help the main force of the Great Song Dynasty to restore the Central Plains. Therefore, I am in favor of not dispersing the troops in Linyi, Mizhou and other places, and after taking Linyi, they can be handed over to the Song army in Haizhou, and as for Mizhou and Dengzhou, I will find a way to invite a few officials who are idle at home to come, so that they can restore the government governance, and the basic city defense can also be handed over to them. We will focus on Yidu and Jinan, and fully cooperate with Lord Yang's strategy of restoring the Central Plains. ”

"Okay, then let's start our whole strategy in Shandong, after taking Yidu, ensure that the city defense is worry-free, and then go south to take Linyi, and then turn back to seize Jinan Mansion, and wait until the right time to cooperate with the Suzhou army to take Jeju!"

The three of them soon reached a consensus on the entire strategy of the Jingwu Army in Shandong, and the goal was clear, but the next details had to be confirmed one by one, for example, since it was a righteous army, there was no so-called adult or general, and in terms of title, it was necessary to try to align with the righteous army, at least in the early stage, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

On the issue of titles, Yao Chang and Luo Cong jointly recommended Shen Jin as the eldest brother and was commensurate with the leader of the rebel army, but his eldest brother was more special, and he tried not to interfere in the military.

After many details were determined one by one, it was time to announce them to the whole army, and within a few days, the three of them successively summoned officers and officers at all levels to announce orders and decisions, and their titles and establishments were also changed, and strict orders were issued that no one should pretend to be officers until they were reappointed by the imperial court.

Five days later, spies from Yidu, Dengzhou and other places sent news that Yidu Fu sent 3,000 troops, known as 15,000 people, to Dengzhou to quell the rebellion, and another 10,000 troops set out from Yidu and marched westward, which should be combined with other armies in Jinan and then go north to Zhendingfu.

Not long ago, the number of rebels from all walks of life who gathered in Dengzhou had reached five or six thousand, all of whom gathered near Dengzhou City, just waiting for more rebels to arrive and attack the city together.

The defenders of Dengzhou City are less than 1,000 people, after hearing that the rebels are swarming, they have already closed the city gates, only allowed to go out, not allowed to enter, and only people are allowed to go out, they can't take away food, let alone gold and silver treasures, once they are found by the officers and soldiers guarding the city, they directly rob the treasures, and then throw people out of the city, the food in the city is limited, the fewer useless people, after the city is closed, the longer it can last.

Whether the rebels from all walks of life can take Dengzhou or not, the tens of thousands of rebels in Qindao don't care at all, it's better if they can take it, it doesn't matter if they can't take it, it's enough for them to attract the defenders of Yidu Mansion to go out of the city to rescue.

Two days later, the Yidu reinforcements arrived in Ye County, less than two hundred miles away from Dengzhou City, and the righteous troops from all walks of life gathered in Dengzhou at this time had reached 10,000 people.

After hearing that Dengzhou was besieged by tens of thousands of righteous troops, the 3,000 reinforcements of Yidu immediately stationed near Jinling Town and sent spies to the direction of Dengzhou to find out the truth.

After learning the news, so as not to change, the reinforcements returned to Yidu, Yao Chang and Luo Cong immediately decided to attack the whole army and seize Yidu as soon as possible.

On September 12 of the 32nd year of Shaoxing, nearly 10,000 Shandong volunteers set off from Qindao in 100 large ships, all the way to the southwest between the Xiaoqing River and the Mi River, and landed from here.

Then, under the guidance of the guide, he went out day and night, and traveled for two nights, and arrived near Tangzi Village, which was less than 20 miles away from Yidu City.

The army lurked near Tangzi Village to rest, and the vanguard composed of 200 veterans of the Jingwu Army followed the ordinary people through the city gate into the almost unfortified Yidu City during the day.

After dark that night, nearly 10,000 troops set out, came to the city of Yidu on the third watch, gathered near the north gate and the west gate where the defense was weakest, and only waited for the city gate to be opened and the drawbridge lowered, and then rushed into the city in one fell swoop.

The 200 vanguard soldiers who had infiltrated the city during the day were divided into two routes, one lurking at the west gate and the other at the north gate, and suddenly launched an attack before dawn, silently killing more than a dozen sleepy and unsuspecting city gate defenders, quickly opening the city gate and lowering the drawbridge over the moat.

Yao Chang and Luo Cong, who were outside the north gate and west gate, saw that the drawbridge was lowered, and immediately ordered the whole army to enter the city silently.

The Shandong Righteous Army, which quietly entered the city, was divided into six routes, all the way to the east of the city to capture the east gate, all the way to the south of the city to seize the south gate, all the way to take over the west gate, all the way to take over the north gate, all the way to surround the garrison barracks, and finally to surround the mansion left behind.

Before dawn, when the vast majority of people were still asleep, Yidu Mansion had quietly changed the sky.