On the tenth day of October, Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong, sat in the yamen of the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, looking at the military generals of Shandong who were gathered together, smiling and stroking his beard. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Son of Heaven mobilized soldiers and horses to Xianghe County, more than 100 miles north of Tianjin, and mobilized 130,000 border troops, which shook the government and the opposition for a while. This time, the Son of Heaven only asked the army to gather in Xianghe County, but did not explain what to do next. The border soldiers were stationed in Xianghe to camp and build a village, anyway, they had a salary, but it didn't matter. But outside, the purpose of this troop transfer has been hyped.

Xianghe and Tianjin were so close that most of the civil officials pondered the map and felt that this operation was aimed at Tianjin. As soon as Li Zhi disobeyed the holy decree and invaded Shandong, the Son of Heaven mobilized such an army to the south, and the civil officials and gentry were very excited. In these years, it was common for a large army to stay in a certain place for a period of time before a decisive battle. The rumor that the Son of Heaven wanted to take out Li Zhi's cancer in one fell swoop spread rapidly in the north and south of the river.

The civil officials celebrated with their crowns, and constantly urged the Son of Heaven to use troops quickly, saying that they would fight a quick battle before Li Zhi's defense in Tianjin was complete.

In response to this huge change, Li Zhi reacted by gathering troops and horses to defend in Fanjiazhuang, hoarding grain and grass in Fanjiazhuang, and seemed ready to abandon the rest of Tianjin at any time. In Shandong, Li Zhi's 5,000 soldiers and horses, which had been scattered all over the country, were all concentrated in Jinan City and put on a defensive posture.

The literati and gentry in Shandong were very excited when they learned the news, and they felt that the Son of Heaven finally woke up and no longer shielded Li Zhi, and ran to tell each other.

After Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong, learned the news, he was so excited that he didn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, he left the city in batches with Yin Xin, his family and his servants, and quickly left the city of Jinan controlled by Li Zhi and rushed to Qingzhou Mansion, where there was no tiger master.

In Qingzhou Mansion, Wang Yongji urgently contacted Liang Fengchun, the governor of Denglai, and summoned generals from all over Shandong to take advantage of this excellent situation to recapture Jinan City by force and drive Li Zhi out of Shandong.

There were two governors in Shandong, the east was under the jurisdiction of the governor of Denglai, and the west was under the jurisdiction of the governor of Shandong. Liang Fengchun, the governor of Denglai, also hated Li Zhi, and rushed to Qingzhou to meet Wang Yongji as soon as he received Wang Yongji's letter. The two gathered battalions from all over Shandong, and soon gathered all the generals in Shandong to Qingzhou.

Now it is rumored everywhere that the Son of Heaven is crusading against Li Zhi, and Li Zhi has become a hair removal phoenix. At this time, the two governors jointly requisitioned Shandong soldiers and horses to crusade against Li Zhi, which military general dared not listen?

There were Dengzhou battalions, Laizhou battalions and other battalions in Shandong. In only fifteen days, Wang Yongji gathered a force of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.

In the lobby of the yamen of the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, Wang Yongji and Liang Fengchun, the governor of Denglai, sat at the top, and more than 20 military generals stood below. Although the Shandong General Army and the Denglai General Army are noble soldiers, they have no status in inland provinces like Shandong, and they can only stand in front of the governor.

Wang Yongji stroked his beard and smiled, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Li Thief first besieged the capital and then mapped Shandong, and the rebellion was clearly exposed. The Son of Heaven has been furious and has said that he will destroy Li Zhi and his party. Li Zhi's father's Li family, his mother's Zheng family, and his wife's Cui family, all of them can't escape the fate of the Zhu clan this time. The scholars of Tianjin and Shandong can regain the bright sky. ”

In order to incite the generals to attack Li Zhi together, Wang Yongji came up and told a big lie.

But the generals are not as well-informed as the governor, and rumors are flying all over the sky at this time, where can the generals tell the truth from the falsehood of Wang Yongji's words? When the generals heard that Wang Yongji said that Li Zhi was about to be destroyed, they all hurried to the governor, for fear that they would be left behind at this critical moment.

"What the governor said is very true, a few years ago I heard that the Li thief was exploiting the gentry in Tianjin, and I knew that the Li thief would be destroyed."

"We are willing to follow the governor and expel Li Zhi's forces from Shandong."

Wang Yongji laughed and said: "There are only 5,000 thieves in Jinan City, and I have 30,000 people to besiege the city and storm it, and I believe that it will be taken in a few months." At that time, our soldiers and horses from Shandong will go north and attack Tianjin with more than 100,000 border troops. As soon as the low wall of Fanjiazhuang was breached, you were all great contributors to the rebellion. ”

Listening to Wang Yongji's words, the generals bowed down one by one and shouted loudly: "It's all up to the governor to decide." ”

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On October 15, Li Zhi received a report from Han Jinxin at the Tianjin General Military Office, and learned that Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong, had mobilized troops and horses to attack Jinan.

For example, in Xianghe County, today, more than 100,000 troops are eyeing Tianjin. Although Li Zhi still lives in Tianjin, he always pays attention to Xianghe's inform. As long as the border army of Xianghe approached further south, Li Zhi was ready to retreat to Fanjiazhuang to defend.

At this time, hearing the news that Shandong Governor Wang Yongji was fishing in troubled waters, Li Zhi was very annoyed.

Li Zhi's subordinates gathered in the general military palace to discuss countermeasures.

Zheng Kaicheng is still a little afraid of imperial power, and he is very nervous these days. At this time, he was sitting in a chair, his face was not very good, probably not sleeping at night. He looked at Li Zhi and arched his hand and said, "Grandpa Guo, if you really wait for the 130,000 border troops to besiege Fanjiazhuang, the matter will be irreparable." It's better to withdraw the court in Shandong and talk to the Son of Heaven with good words. After all, we are the heroes of the Jinzhou War, as long as the court is withdrawn, presumably the Son of Heaven will definitely retreat. ”

Li Laosi glared at Zheng Kaicheng and said, "Zheng Kaicheng, don't talk nonsense. Where is the reason for the owner to spit out what he eats? ”

Zheng Kaicheng looked at Li Laosi, then at Li Zhi, swallowed what he wanted to say into his stomach, and stopped talking.

Li Xing said: "Big brother, in my opinion, the Son of Heaven is just posturing, and he will not really attack Fanjiazhuang. ”

Zhong Feng became interested when he heard this, and he raised his head and said, "Li Xing, you should tell me why the Son of Heaven can't really fight." ”

Li Xing said: "It's very simple, the Son of Heaven can't afford to fight this battle. We have now accumulated enough food and materials in Fanjiazhuang to fight for two years, and the 130,000 army of the Son of Heaven can spend two years with us? As long as he fights for a year, the Son of Heaven will have no money to pay his military salary. ”

Hearing Li Xing's words, the generals under Li Zhi laughed. For the poverty and embarrassment of the Ming court, everyone has always felt very ridiculous.

Zheng Kaicheng saw that everyone was laughing so happily, and he also laughed a few times.

Li Xing waved his hand and said: "I don't think it will take two months, and the Son of Heaven will feel sorry for the silver and order the withdrawal of troops." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Li Xing is right, the Son of Heaven has no determination to fight a protracted war with us at all, and I am not worried about the border army of Xianghe." ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Li Zhi said again: "But this Shandong governor Wang Yongji makes me unbearable. ”

"When I first ran the newspaper, it was also Wang Yongji who took the lead. I have spared him to die, but I didn't expect him to have to move an inch, and now he dares to deploy troops to attack Jinan. ”

"If you don't kill this Wang Yongji, the world still thinks that I, Li Zhi, am weak and can be bullied!"