Shandong that had been silent for a period of time suddenly started the war again, this time it was not the Ming and Qing armies that clashed, but the Fengzhou army suddenly blackened the Ming army, fought clean and beautiful, the officials and the army did not react and collapsed, the local government and the gentry also responded unanimously, sending the messengers and Minzhuang to take the Fengzhou army into the village and into the house to arrest the rout, all those who accused the evil were beheaded, and within three days, thousands of heads were hung on the gates and intersections of various prefectures and counties to show the public.

The first knife was Ni Pet again, and the troops that were finally pulled up broke up again, and the other party obviously wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, chasing his ass and beating him until his family and personal soldiers were killed and wounded, and he was captured alive. Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen suffered, see that the situation is not good, immediately go to find the old master Zu Dashou, the old guy has been shrinking in Dengzhou City, but Fengzhou Iron Cavalry refused to let them go, until Dengzhou City to the Guanning Iron Cavalry Regiment surrounded, Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen was defeated and captured, except for two thousand Hu cavalry took the initiative to disarm and was forcibly incorporated into the Fengzhou Army, hundreds of other people were all shot, out of the city for the old subordinates to support Zu Dashou saw that the situation was not good, overnight boarding the ship and fled to Jinzhou.

Gao Qiqian was so frightened that he sent a messenger to Li Yu, suggesting that everyone was the emperor's person and the target of Wenchen's suppression, and they must support each other and not misunderstand. Li Yu replied to explain that those rebellious troops ate the emperor's grain and took the emperor's salary, but they wantonly brutalized the emperor's subjects, and he really couldn't stand it, so he vented his anger for the emperor, and the internal officials in the palace had a good relationship with him, and they would never embarrass the father-in-law. Gao Qiqian breathed a sigh of relief, and quietly took Guan Ningjun out of Shandong and entered Beizhili - the naturalized general army was strong and ruthless, and it was safe to stay away from him.

The smartest is Liu Zeqing, the Fengzhou army does not go far, he never shows up, and secretly sends people to pull relations, he has mixed in the White Lotus Sect, and contacted Wang Fang through this line, repeatedly saying that he would never dare to go against the Fengzhou army, and hinted that if Li Dashuai wants to do great things, he is willing to follow the work of dogs and horses. Wang Fang participated in the uprising of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong launched by Xu Hongru when he was young, and he saw a lot of repeated villains in the mixed sect, Liu Zeqing belonged to this category, Wang Fang warned Liu Zeqing's secret envoy that the north of the Yellow River in the future is definitely the strength of Fengzhou, Li Dashuai is the second, no one dares to be the boss, smart people should see the situation clearly, so that it will be beneficial to do it later. Liu Zeqing was very honest once, hiding in his hometown in Caozhou, and restraining his subordinates to strictly abide by military discipline and not to act recklessly, and finally escaped this catastrophe.

Yan Jizu and Song Xuezhu also waved their flags and shouted for the Fengzhou army at the beginning, eager to kill the disobedient rebels, the more they felt that something was wrong, the Fengzhou army was too ruthless, and almost destroyed the Shandong official army in one fell swoop, they thought of a question, no matter how bad the official army was, it was their own dog, this dog was slaughtered, who would come to see the home in the future. When the Fengzhou army sent Ni Chong, Zu Kuan, and Li Chongzhen to Jinan Mansion, Song Xuezhu almost collapsed, and the two major soldiers in Shandong, one was too frightened to show up, and the other went to prison, although Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen's iron cavalry did not dare to fight with the Qing army, but they were the only elite cavalry who could fight in Gongwei Gyeonggi, and it was absolutely easy to deal with the anti-thieves and rebels.

"Li Hanmin, what do you want to do? The Qing army has not eaten the Shandong official army, but you have done a clean job, do you want to dominate Shandong? When Yan Jizu saw Li Yu, he shouted and asked.

"You are so vicious, and you sent someone to send those three bastard military leaders to Jinan, and you want to blame others!" Song Xuezhu also interjected.

Li Yu did something wrong, his face was red and he wanted to hide, but fortunately, Du Wenhuan supported him: "Cutting off the chaotic army and rectifying military discipline was proposed by the two of you first, we are just helping, the people who were killed are all extremely evil, and the evidence is ironclad, and the people who were arrested are also handed over to you for detailed investigation, I dare to guarantee that none of them have been wronged, Lord Yan, I remember that you still applauded, and you forgot it so quickly?" Don't worry, Shandong is full of locusts and plagues, and it's not a good place, so don't give it to us for free, or keep it for yourself, and our army will immediately pull out the camp and go to Zhili. ”

"But I just rectified the military discipline, and I didn't let you kill ...... indiscriminately, no, you want to leave, how can it be reasonable, you beat the Shandong official army to the point that there is not much left, and you still want to leave, don't think about it!" Yan Jizu roared angrily.

Song Xuezhu also jumped up and pointed at Li Yu and shouted: "You are reckless, you dare to annex friendly troops and hold the place hostage, and this official wants to impeach you to the imperial court." ”

Wang Fang laughed: "We only respect the emperor, so we are not afraid of the imperial court, Lord Song can be impeached as a patrol, but we can also explain to the emperor that the Qing army broke through Jinan and killed King De, and see who is unlucky in the end." ”

Song Xuezhu immediately broke out in a cold sweat and sat back in his seat, Yan Jizu also wiped his forehead, gritted his teeth and asked, "You must have other plans, say, what do you want?" Don't mention the resettlement of refugees, there is a big epidemic in Shandong, and there is really no money and food available in the treasury. ”

"The two adults are a little restless, it's not so complicated, as long as you sit down and talk, Shandong has suffered from repeated disasters, and the household registration has decreased a lot, these 200,000 people are not only not a burden, but a great benefit, Fengzhou has this kind of experience, and it will never go wrong according to our method." Ma Shiying said, with a smile on his face, helping his step-ancestor to sit down.

"Let's leave some money to help Tuntian, and in addition, there can be a lot of trade between Fengzhou and Shandong, and there will be no money to make when the business is done, and the two adults will know the benefits in the future." Wang Fang added.

"Don't want those disobedient officers and soldiers, let's keep some elites down, select strong soldiers from the people of Tuntian, the governor will no longer have to worry about having no soldiers available in the future, Fengzhou is two or three thousand miles away from Shandong, the two adults will not have any scruples, right?" Mao Yuanyi also said with a smile.

Song Xuezhu thought for a while and asked, "What to do with those three guys in prison?" They're all with the rank of general. ”

Ma Shiying smiled faintly and said: "According to the "Da Ming Law", the three of them are afraid of the enemy like a tiger, they are not effective in aiding and disturbing the people and causing trouble, ** captivity, all of them are not punishable, Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen can add one more, secretly building Yi, trying to seize the city, the two adults also planted the matter of Jinan on their heads, and if someone wants to overturn the case in the future, they will bite them and hold on, and it is natural for us to exterminate them, but this has to get their confessions." ”

"Good idea, leave it to me, I have a way to get them to confess." Wang Fang patted his chest and said.

Yan Jizu and Song Xuezhu glanced at each other, Yan Jizu patted his thigh and said: "Okay, just believe you, according to the method of Fengzhou, Tuntian training, but this official can only order the local government to help, you can raise your own money and food, and the other trained soldiers must be handed over to the official for dispatch." ”

"Leave Ma Yaocao to assist Tuntian." Song Xuezhu pointed to Ma Shiying and added.

Li Yu nodded in agreement, and glanced at Ma Shiying by the way, who lowered his head with a red face.

At night, Ma Shiying entered Li Yu's big tent alone, sitting silently in front of Li Yu, Li Yu put down the official document in his hand, stared at him for a while, sighed and said: "Master Ma, I have wronged you all these years, the emperor has granted amnesty to the world several times, you could have been exempted from being sent to the customs and returned to your hometown, but you have been suffering with us, Fengzhou can have today's you are indispensable, that time you resigned as the governor of the Governor's Department, I knew that you had a pimple in your heart, so I transferred you to the Grand Commander's Mansion as the secretary, I originally wanted to find an opportunity to recommend you to the ...... of the office, Forget it, it's okay to go home, if there's anything else I need to do, just bring it up. ”

"Hermes-Epitek, don't call me an adult, or call Lao Ma sounds kind, I don't want to leave Fengzhou, it's been almost ten years, this love is constant," Ma Shiying's eyes were red, in the same year, his friend Ruan Dacheng and the Donglin Party Yumai Fushe fought inextricably, and wrote many times to persuade him to enter the customs to help, and promised to help him re-enter the officialdom, Ma Shiying was a little tempted, and had the heart to enter the customs and fight again, but in Fengzhou for a long time, the love was difficult to break, and the words of farewell could not be spoken, but he was reluctant to leave, he wiped his eyes and said, "Hermes-Epitek, you are a good person, but you know what? This is a troubled time, I can't tolerate a good person like you, if you go on like this, Fengzhou will be someone else's wedding dress sooner or later, if you want to achieve a big thing, my old horse will not leave, and I will gamble with you. ”

"Outsiders open their eyes and see the vast grassland, free galloping, do what they want is our life, I don't want to enter the customs, let alone lock myself up in a house like a prisoner, forget it, it's good for me to live like this for the rest of my life," Li Yu smiled slightly, changed the topic and said, "Old Ma, I know you have high ambitions, go do your own thing, I have prepared five hundred taels of silver, you take it to supplement the family, in addition, you also keep your military field and military merit field in Fengzhou, if you don't have a good time in the pass, don't forget to have a home in Fengzhou." ”

"I'm not helping you for money!" Ma Shiying cried, covered his face and left.

Li Yu looked at the back of the old horse and sighed, and walked an old brother, he felt empty in his heart, Du Wenhuan walked in and sat down, and asked in a low voice: "Has the old horse been here?" ”

"Thunderbolt they figured it out?" Li Yu nodded and asked, among the senior generals in Fengzhou, only Sun Fuhu is from Shandong, Li Yu planned to leave him and Sun Erkui's uncle and nephew, as well as Liu Tichun and Hao Shaoqi, the battalion officers from the homeless people, in Tuntian, Shandong to train troops, but these people did not agree, and Du Wenhuan went to them after dinner.

"If you can't figure it out, you have to obey your fate, they agreed, but they asked to be awarded the number according to the Fengzhou military system, and return to the establishment within three years," Du Wenhuan sighed, with a wry smile and said, "Yuzi, you make Fengzhou nondescript, some people say that Fengzhou is like a den of thieves, some people say that Fengzhou is like a gang, I feel like a big family, closed the door is noisy and noisy, and when I go out, I cry and cry, which looks like doing big things!" ”

Li Yu replied lightly: "I don't want to do big things, so it's good, lest the brothers meet and be tied, agree to their request, and grant them the number of Shandong Tuntian Army, in addition, Sun Fuhu will be the rank of the governor, and the three battalion officers Sun Erkui, Liu Tichun, and Hao Shaoqi will be directly promoted to the rank of deputy general." ”

Three days later, Li Yu bid farewell to Sun Fuhu and Sun Erkui, Liu Tichun, and Hao Shaoqi, who will lead the remaining 500 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to escort the people to the vicinity of Jinan to open up wasteland and tuntian, and then the main force of the Fengzhou army also marched north, but instead of pursuing the Qing army along the canal in the direction of Tianjin, they rushed to Zhending to replenish supplies and ordnance.

The battle into Shandong, the Fengzhou army suffered heavy casualties, before and after the death and death of more than 6,500 people, plus more than 2,000 wounded, almost reimbursed two associations, but the strength of the army has increased unabated, 3,000 Mongols who surrendered to Shun, 2,000 Guanning army Hu cavalry were incorporated into the army, 20,000 Eight Banners and Liaodong Han people were also temporarily issued with knives and spears, this is of course not to beware of the Qing army, but to prepare to deal with the Ming army's sneak attack - Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuliang's 180,000 Ming army is stationed in Jinzhou, east of Zhending, and the Qing army has no courage, It is possible to stab the Fengzhou army in the back. However, Li Yu was too careful, since Sun Chuanting and others were hiding from the Qing army, they also did not dare to provoke the Fengzhou army, the Jinzhou camp closed the camp gate, and the Ming army did not dare to go out of the camp for half a step, and opened his eyes to see the Fengzhou army swaggering past in front of him, and the main force of the Fengzhou army passed through Jinzhou smoothly and joined Bai Xianzhi's headquarters under Zhending City.

Bai Xianzhi led 5,000 Shanxi People's Army to garrison Luquan Grain Terrace, after Li Yu and Sun Chuanting turned their faces, the Great Commander's Mansion was worried that the situation would change, and urgently transferred Xiao Sigui's cavalry Left Association Left Battalion and Bai Chengzu's artillery Left Association Right Battalion to enter the customs, Bai Xianzhi got reinforcements, leaving Sun Xianzu and 2,000 Shanxi People's Army to guard the grain platform, and he led the main force to Zhending to set up a large camp, ready to deal with the unexpected at any time.

The two Fengzhou armies joined forces and the army was greatly inspired, Li Yu personally led the cavalry right association, the infantry front association, and the infantry left association to continue to advance northward, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu would not let go of the opportunity to show their faces at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and led the remnants of Shanxi and Xuanfu to follow up together, and the other troops followed up with Du Wenhuan and Bai Xianzhi in Zhending to rest and recuperate.

When Li Yu arrived in Gu'an, he received a message from the Ministry of War -- the Qing army had left the pass from Qingshankou three days ago, and ordered the naturalized army to rush to Changping to stand by.

Liu Wenzhong came back, and also sent the emperor's edict, of course, it was still not through the cabinet's decree, the emperor praised the merits of the soldiers of Guihua Town to defeat the enemy, and called the two battles of Tuxiao River and Qi River as an unprecedented victory, which is enough to mark the annals of the Ming Dynasty.

After the little eunuch finished reading the holy decree, the generals of Fengzhou all looked cold, Liu Wenzhong waved his hand to let the entourage retreat, and said in fear: "It's all to blame for our confusion, I only know how to fight for face, and I handed over two Jiala flags, more than ten Niu Lu flags, and there are too many gold, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and the cabinet ministers estimate that they can sell for 40,000 taels of silver, the emperor is used to being poor, and others are reaching out to ask for money when they fight, but we are sending him money, and the emperor is excited to see Li Shuai, and our family does not dare to persuade him." ”

Li Yu couldn't cry or laugh a little, to be honest, this is also to blame him for being smart, the property of the Qing army must be the stolen goods, he feels a bit of a thief in his hand, and intends to encourage Liu Wenzhong to take more to the emperor, as long as the emperor accepts the stolen goods, he will use it with peace of mind, but the emperor not only accepted it, but also the enthusiasm was also stirred up, I have to see him, but he is a northern captive who should have been beheaded in the eyes of the courtiers, can the Beijing master get in and out?

"Great Commander, the Ming court is used to intrigues and tricks, and has never been faithful, you are in danger of millions of people in Fengzhou, you must not go to the danger in person, and the capital cannot go!" Gekuri said loudly.

"That's right, the Grand Commander can't go to Jingshi!" The generals spoke in unison.

"Hanmin, don't go to Jingshi, what about those Wenchens, what about you, what should we do?" Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu's faces turned pale, one of them is the general soldier of Shanxi, the other is the general soldier of Xuanfu, if Li Yu encounters an accident, the Fengzhou army will definitely rebel, and the first to be stabbed must be the three towns in Xuanda Pass.

"This time the emperor really wants to see Li Shuai, Li Shuai doesn't go, our family can't go back to explain!" Liu Wenzhong was so anxious that he wanted to cry.

"You can't go back and confess, if something happens to the commander, how can we explain to the people of Fengzhou, if you don't go, you won't go!" Ge Curi scolded Liu Wenzhong sharply.

The generals shouted and scolded loudly, so frightened that Liu Wenzhong hid behind Li Yu, Li Yu waved his hand and said: "This matter is no wonder to Gonggong Liu, let's go to Juyongguan first, and talk about the matter of facing the saint next." ”

In the evening, the officers and soldiers of Xuanfu Town suddenly appeared under Juyong Pass, Yang Guozhu took out the seal letter of the Xuanfu General Army, claiming that the Xuanfu Army was going home after the battle, and even coaxed and scared to open the city gate, the Fengzhou army took the opportunity to rush in, and the officers and soldiers guarding the pass were weak and did not dare to talk much, and they were all driven back to the barracks to rest - took over the Juyong Pass, Li Yu immediately sent someone to report the naturalization, and he was ordered to enter the Beijing Face Saint, please make plans as soon as possible, and at the same time ask Liu Wenzhong to report to the emperor, naturalization, Shanxi, Xuanfu The army of the three towns is tired of fighting, It was necessary to rest for a period of time at Juyong Pass, and after the naturalized general army settled the army, he rushed to Beijing.

A few days later, Zhao Ji and Zhang Shi'an rushed to Juyong Pass, Zhang Shi'an said hello, saying that he was going to Jingshi to fight the front station, and left in a hurry, Zhao Ji brought a letter from Prime Minister Batu and Speaker of the House of Representatives Omulun - Fengzhou is under the banner of Daming Naturalization Town, the emperor summoned Li Yu to meet, it is definitely not appropriate not to go, and the risk is too great, the gang of people in Fengzhou did not express their position, and pushed out the two elder brothers of Ulan, Omulun and Batu, to speak for them. The two brothers-in-law said in the letter that Zhuo Liktu (Li Jin) was getting smarter and smarter, and everyone agreed that he was the future master of Fengzhou, so he was publicly discussed as the first candidate for succession to the throne of the Great Commander, and the Great Commander's Office had urgently summoned Du Wenhuan to return and began to formulate a new strategy for the Great War, and specially solicited Li Yu's opinion.

"Yuzi, the emperor is a fart, it doesn't matter if you see him or not, you have to go to see him, you say it first, what should you do if you die in Fengzhou, my brother will definitely avenge you, don't stop it." Zhao Ji said with a big grin.

"Fly on the grass, Lao Tzu can still get when he dies, whatever you want." Li Yu yelled angrily.