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In the hall of the Yamen of the former Shandong Eastern Division, Lu Yuan said to a few people in front of him: "Today I have received a letter from His Royal Highness King Yan, His Royal Highness has occupied Cangzhou on the sixth day of the first month of October, and plans to go south to Dezhou to meet us after resting in Cangzhou for three days. ”

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, several generals in front of him were overjoyed, and Chief Su said excitedly: "Lu Yuan, are you about to join the army of King Yan?" ”

Lu Yuan nodded and said: "Your Highness will go south from Cangzhou on the ninth day of October, and will pass through the three counties of Nanpi, Dongguang and Wuqiao on the way. We will also pass through Yucheng and Pingyuan counties from Jinan to Dezhou, and it will take about six days to reach Dezhou, so I will lead most of the soldiers and horses to Dezhou tomorrow at the latest. ”

"Most of the soldiers?" Luo Ren noticed Lu Yuan's word, and immediately said, "Why did you take most of the soldiers and horses north to Texas?" Isn't it just to meet His Royal Highness King Yan? ”

"For the Lan Zhen Department who came from Yanzhou, our delay in the Tai'an area was not effective, not only did we not be able to delay them much, but he ate thousands of people and horses. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Lan Zhen's vanguard of the Southern Army will be able to go to the city of Jinan. ”

"Our troops near Jinan City are only 36,000 now, and Lan Zhen's department has 30,000 people, and there is a large army led by Cao Zhen and others in the back, if we lead the army north to Dezhou to meet with King Yan, then although Jinan City is a big city, it will be difficult to be captured for a while, but it will inevitably be surrounded. The so-called long-term defense will be lost, Jinan City is dangerous! ”

Lu Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "I also know, but this is the order of His Royal Highness King Yan. ”

"His Royal Highness King Yan's plan is that we give up Dongpingzhou, Dong'e, Caozhou, and even Qingzhou, Mulingguan, Binzhou, Dongchangfu and other places, and all the soldiers and horses arranged in these places will be withdrawn to Jinan and other places, and we will go all out to defend these places from Jinan to Dezhou."

"And the rest of the army will join up with the Yan Wang's subordinates and go north to clear the guards around Beiping Mansion, and then go south after the area around Beiping Mansion is safe."

Everyone present was silent after hearing Lu Yuan's words. Zhu Di's purpose is already very clear, that is, to give priority to the safety near his lair, temporarily abandon the less important places in Shandong, and then wait until the lair is safe before coming south to fight for Shandong with the southern army.

The people present are all Shandong, at least those who have been in Shandong, at least those who have been in Shandong, although everyone has accepted the reality of being commanded by Zhu Di, but they are still unwilling to give up Shandong.

And in addition to being emotionally unacceptable, there is a more realistic question: "But our family members are in Qingzhou Mansion, and there is a lot of grain and grass in Qingzhou Mansion, how can our family members and these grains and grasses be transported to Jinan and Dezhou?" Luo Ren asked.

Hearing Luo Ren's words, everyone woke up like a dream, and they forgot about such an important matter! Especially those who came out of King Qi Sanwei, a pair of eyes were firmly fixed on Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan said: "Since those grains can't be transported, they don't have to be transported, and all of them must not be left for the Southern Army!" ”

"Naturally, our family members are all transported from Qingzhou safely. However, after a few days, the road from Qingzhou to Jinan is no longer safe, but fortunately, the southern army has not been able to fight Qingzhou in an eagerness, and there is still time. ”

"I will order the soldiers who stayed in Qingzhou and Mulingguan to escort them from Le'an, Boxing, and Pubei to Binzhou, and then from Binzhou to Dezhou, or directly to Cangzhou."

Of course, Lu Yuan also cares about these family members. Once they are obtained by the imperial court, then Jia Shiming, Chen Lianyu and others may not defect to the imperial court again, but the other generals who came out of the three guards of Qi are likely to defect to the imperial court again, even if they themselves may be executed by the imperial court after the rebellion is put down. Therefore, Lu Yuan also chose the safest and most secure path after careful consideration.

Since Lu Yuan had already made up his mind, these people did not dare to oppose Lu Yuan's order. Some people were surging with the idea of encouraging Zhu Di to get rid of Lu Yuan after everyone belonged to Zhu Di, but no one was revealed on their faces.

Lu Yuanjian had already 'convinced' everyone, and then ordered: "Immediately send people to Mulingguan, Qingzhou, Dongpingzhou and other places to give orders, abandon these places, and all the troops go to Dezhou or Jinan." ”

"General Xie, you are the most senior person among all people, and you are the defender of Jinan City. His Royal Highness King Yan also means this. ”

Xie Cheng said: "Okay. ”

Lu Yuan continued: "I will leave you 6,000 men and horses to garrison Jinan, plus the army that will be withdrawn from Tai'an tomorrow, and gather 10,000 men and horses to defend Jinan City." Then Lu Yuan took out a letter and handed it to Xie Cheng and said, "At this time, His Royal Highness King Yan sent a letter to General Xie. ”

Xie Cheng took the letter, but he didn't open it immediately. He could guess the content anyway.

Then Lu Yuan ordered a few more people to be stationed in Jinan as Xie Cheng's lieutenant general, and finally said: "The rest of the men and horses will all follow me to Texas!" ”

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Lu Yuan thought that he still had a lot of time to properly arrange the family members of the former Qi King Sanwei military generals who stayed in Qingzhou, but in fact he had no time.

Yun Xi used a large number of huge ships to transport the right army to Laizhou Mansion, which exceeded the scale of Zheng He's fleet in Yun Xi's previous life, and also exceeded the size of the fleet he sent to conquer Srivijaya in this time and space, and transported about 50,000 troops to Laizhou Mansion in two batches.

The first army arrived at the ferry port in Laizhou Province on the evening of the eighth day of October, and the second group of troops arrived at the ferry port in Laizhou Province at noon on the ninth day of October.

Thanks to Mazu's blessing, there were no strong winds and waves along the way, not even a single reef, and the entire 50,000 troops, together with dozens of cannons, nearly 100 small cannons, and enough food for the 50,000 troops to eat for half a month, all arrived in Laizhou safely.

In order to be faster, Zhu Shou's army did not let the army go to the ready-made military camp near Laizhou Prefecture, but after the ship arrived at the port, except for the ship that unloaded the cannon and food, the other soldiers still lived on the ship. The ships that Daming transported the soldiers this time were all big ships, and they stayed in the port very smoothly and would not make people seasick.

During the entire tenth, Zhu Shou let the soldiers sleep on the ship, and did not wake them up until the evening when he woke them up, and then told them: Tonight is the day of war! Then he ordered to bury a pot on the shore to cook food, so that the soldiers could have a full meal.

For a time, countless soldiers sat around one cooking utensil after another in small flags, and after a while, the smell of food wafted around, causing countless people to water; The smoke also rose faintly, obscuring the sun as it was about to set.

When Zhu Zhi arrived at Laizhou Mansion, he saw such a situation.