"Commander-in-chief, the White Lotus Sect's crime is unforgivable, the cavalry of the last general can set off immediately, the commander-in-chief will give the order!"

As soon as Xu Kai's words fell, Qu Tao, who was in the last seat, jumped out, made a generous statement, and asked for a battle.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the civil and military generals present got up one after another to ask for battle, among which Li Yuchi and Liu Sui were the most angry, they were bruised and scolded, the former was willing to go to the front line to be a pawn and swear to kill the enemy; The latter was willing to serve as a cavalryman, to drive the army forward, and to fight to the death with the bandit army, and if he did not succeed, he would become a benevolent.

Seeing the excitement of everyone, Xu Huizu ignored them, but turned his head: "Lord Tie, now that the situation is urgent, do our army want to attack immediately?" ”

"Your Majesty has said that the general will decide on the actions of the army, and Tie Xuan is only responsible for supervision, military salaries, grain and grass, etc., so please decide on everything."

"However, now that the bandits in Qingzhou are rampant, should we go all out to extinguish the Qingzhou bandits and then deal with the Texas bandits?"

"This," Tie Xuan hesitated for a moment, and said: "The White Lotus Sect bandits are just clowns jumping off the beam, our army is attacking in two directions, with the cooperation of General Guo, it is already a foolproof strategy, it seems that there is no need to make any adjustments......

"Very good," Xu Huizu nodded, cut off Tie Xuan's words, turned his head to the hall and said, "General Ben agrees with Lord Tie's suggestion, and the overall plan remains unchanged. The congregation will obey the order! ”

"The last general!"

"General Qu led 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard, set off immediately, rushed to Qingzhou City within two days, cut off the traffic inside and outside Qingzhou City, and waited for the arrival of the army!"

"The last will be ordered!"

"General Cao followed General Ben and Lord Tie as the Chinese army, and went straight into Qingzhou City, attracting the surrounding enemy troops to fight a decisive battle with me!"

"The last will be ordered!"

"General Xu Lao led an army of 30,000 as the rear team, responsible for escorting grain, grass and baggage, and ensuring the transportation between the army and Jinan!"

"The last will be ordered!"

"In addition, General Geng is responsible for guarding Jinan City, and General Liu leads the army to the north, obeying the command of General Guo, exterminating the bandits, and ensuring the safe arrival of the army's baggage and relief food!"

"Yes, the last will be ordered!" "The last will be ordered!"

"Lord Tie, do you have anything else to add?"

When Xu Huizu gave the order, a trace of anger flashed in Tie Xuan's eyes, but it quickly disappeared, and when he saw Xu Huizu asking, Tie Xuan's eyes froze, swept over the generals, and said, "Li participates in politics!" ”

"The lower official is here!" Li Yuchi walked out of the queue and bowed.

"This official ordered you to rush to Texas to be responsible for the army's food and grass and disaster relief, if there is another problem, this official will inevitably play the emperor and dismiss you from the official and hold you accountable! Do you understand? ”

"The lower officials understand, the lower officials understand!" Li Yuchi was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and swore that he would be honest and loyal to his duties.

"Very good," Tie Xuan paused, glanced at the hall, and then arched his hand to the south and said: "Before this official left Beijing, the emperor personally instructed in his busy schedule that this crackdown on bandits should only succeed, not fail, if the generals are greedy for life and afraid of death, and retreat from battle, this inspector will never spare them!" ”

"The last general/subordinate officer will obey the instructions of the supervising envoy!"

......

With Xu Huizu's order, the army of bandits immediately set out and rushed towards Qingzhou.

The big war is on the verge of breaking out!

......

On this day, the White Lotus Sect of Qingzhou officially established the title, changed Qingzhou to Tianjing, Tian Jiucheng's son Tian Wanjia ascended the throne as the emperor under the support of the ministers, and at the same time sealed the ministers and granted amnesty to the world.

Tian Jiucheng claimed to be the reincarnation of "Maitreya Buddha", and at the same time enshrined his sister Tian Yuer as the regent princess and was in charge of the government; King Vajranu was crowned as the central protector of the Heavenly King, and was in charge of the "Protector Holy Army".

In addition, Qin Jingtian was enshrined as the king of the eastern state; Lu Chongfei is the king of southern growth; Yan Luoyi is the wide-eyed king of the West; Cai Hanzhi is the king of the northern Duowen, and the four heavenly kings are in charge of the four armies in the southeast, northwest, and northwest respectively, and are responsible for the defense of the Tianjing Quartet.

In the end, he was appointed as a protector general and a number of protector Arhats, subordinate to the Four Heavenly Kings, and in charge of the grassroots army.

On this day, the entire Qingzhou and even the White Lotus Sect bandit army were beaming with joy and morale, and they all rubbed their hands, vowing to repel the Ming Emperor and defend Tianjing and the "Emperor of Han Ming".

After the reorganization of the White Lotus Sect bandit army, there are already 50,000 people, each of the four heavenly kings commands 8,000 people, and they are divided into Anqiu, Jimo and other county seats, there are nearly 20,000 people in Qingzhou City, but there are only 5,000 people in the Dharma Protector Holy Army. In the eyes of the eldest princess regent and the Dharma Protector Heavenly King, although the Dharma Protector Holy Army is elite, the number is too small, so since the occupation of Qingzhou, the White Lotus Sect has used various means to recruit strong people to supplement the Dharma Protector Holy Army, in order to identify the decisive heart of the Holy Army soldiers, Tian Yuer ordered to tattoo the back of each Dharma Protector Holy Army with the words "Maitreya descends into the world, the white lotus is reborn", and a lotus flower is tattooed on everyone's forehead, cutting off the back road of the Dharma Protector Holy Army; At the same time, in order to stimulate the morale of the holy army, the "Tushi Palace" was also established to recruit women to serve the holy army......

At the same time, in order to raise grain and grass, Tian Yuer not only collected grain and grass in the city and villages, but also ordered the collection of income city tax in Qingzhou City, and the transaction tax on the merchants, which caused a special phenomenon, some merchants often gathered in the inns outside the city to wait and see the situation.

Limited to the traffic conditions at that time, when the merchants learned the news of the White Lotus Sect's rebellion, they immediately fell into a dilemma, because they did not know whether the trading partner was still there, if they directly pulled the goods back, not only would it cost a lot of money, but even cause some small merchants to go bankrupt; In addition, there are some bold merchants, but they are trying to sell their goods to the White Lotus Sect, and some merchants even hope to cooperate with the White Lotus Sect for a long time, because the White Lotus Sect has a lot of needs for materials, and the price is higher; Finally, there were some merchants, who heard that the imperial court had sent guards to suppress bandits, and felt that the bandits were just grasshoppers after the autumn and could not last long, so they sent people to stay outside Qingzhou City, watch the progress of the situation, and prepare to wait for the situation to improve, seize the opportunity, and make a lot of money.

More than ten miles south of Qingzhou, there is a village and town, called Huangjiazhuang. The village is not small, there are several inns in the town, and business has been booming in recent days, as many merchants are stranded here.

The south side of Huangjiazhuang is a small river, the river surface has been frozen, there is a stone bridge on the river, the bridge is relatively wide, you can pass two carriages side by side, this bridge is called Jufu Bridge, there is an inn on the north side of the bridge, called Jufu Inn, compared to several other inns, the business of Jufu Inn is much better.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Jufu Inn ushered in a group of guests, led by a couple, the man was in his thirties, dressed in white, handsome, with a short beard, and it is said that he has the fame of showing talent; His wife did not seem to be in good health, and had been living in the carriage without showing up; As for the maids, servants, and family members, there are about a dozen of them, all of them are relatively capable, and they all seem to have such a lot of strength between their gestures.

Finding that there were big customers coming, Tian Fuman, the innkeeper, was very happy and arranged a separate courtyard for them according to the requirements of the guests. Shopkeeper Tian felt that they had an extraordinary bearing, so he instructed the men to take care of them and not to treat them slowly.

After this guest checked in, the male and female hosts rarely showed up, and only sent some family members out to Qingzhou City to inquire about the news, but this is not surprising, most of the merchants in the store are like this, so from the shopkeeper to the guys, they all feel common.

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, "Emperor Han Ming" ascended the throne, and stayed until the evening, the news had reached the Jufu Inn, and for a while the store was boiling, and everyone was talking about whether the White Lotus Sect was crazy, if it was not called the emperor, the imperial court might not take it too seriously, and there was a possibility of recruiting peace; But once he is called the emperor, he is inseparable from the imperial court, and the soldiers of the imperial court will definitely come soon, and once the city is broken, it will be a situation where the jade and stone will be burned.

While everyone was talking, an old man of small stature walked in, coughing as he walked, and stumbled past the lobby. The old man heard the commotion in the lobby, shook his head slightly, bypassed the counter, and went to the backyard.

"Amber, why did you come back? Miss and aunt are in a hurry! ”

"Well, Lanxiang, I ran a lot of places today, and I was tired enough, but I finally gained something, cough cough ......"

"Amber, why are you coughing? Got a cold? ”

"Don't get in the way, it's important to get down to business, I want to see Miss and Uncle quickly, the stakes are high!"

"Well, okay, you go to the main hall first, and I'll report to Miss and Uncle immediately!"

"Okay!"