Chapter 210: There is an urgent matter at home

Except for the three hundred cavalry marching from east to west, which attracted everyone's attention, the rest of the cavalry were broken into pieces, scattered and stationed in the residences of various smugglers, and marched towards the base camp behind in batches, but few people noticed that when Ma Gang returned, the scale of his 1,500 men was already much larger, one thousand and three thousand, and many people were too lazy to count them one by one.

The real brigade that Li Meng returned to Laizhou Mansion was with Ma Gang and them.

On the way back, although Li Meng's troops were still cautious and cautious, they became extremely relaxed in the hearts of both officers and soldiers, no matter what, this battle can be said to be a complete victory, first using Kong Sande's relationship in Yanzhou Mansion to release all kinds of fake news. Then, taking advantage of the emergency and distress documents of Surabaya County and Ningyang County, Ma Gang led 1,500 soldiers into Surabaya County, the capital of Yanzhou.

Now the powerful generals in all parts of the Ming Dynasty regard the garrison as their own territory, such as Li Meng and Liu Zeqing, who have deep hatred and hatred, the opponent's army enters their own territory, which is the most tense thing, and the siege must have ten times the strength of the city, with their own training of elite 1,500 soldiers, it will definitely involve most of the opponent's strength, at least more than 5,000 troops should be no problem.

If it can't be defeated, Liu Zeqing will definitely increase his strength, and his soldiers and horses around Caozhou will inevitably be transferred a lot, relying on the network relationship built by private salt, it can be completely applied at this time, and those gentry are also suffering from Liu Zeqing's scourge.

The soldiers stationed at the city gate, after the family found out, they could directly come to the door to threaten, and in front of the white money and the life of the family, everyone knew very well what they should do.

After the city gate was opened and two thousand cavalry entered, the gentry in the city were even more aware of the direction of the wind, and the gentry who were particularly close to Li Meng had already buried the artillery transported by the trade route in their manor a few days ago.

These gentry who cooperated with the Jiaozhou battalion took a great risk, but the rewards after the success of the matter were also rich and abnormal, even if the Yanzhou Mansion was not at the disposal of Li Menglai in the future, the new officers would not be able to operate here for many years like Liu Zeqing, and they had to rely on them. And with Li Meng's private salt management and the support behind them, they will definitely become a big tycoon in Yanzhou Mansion, and they will no longer be small landlords who only make promises.

As for Li Meng, he defeated Liu Zeqing, the big enemy who was watching by his side, and his own safety in Shandong naturally needless to say, Yanzhou Mansion is the richest mansion in Shandong, and the sales of Li Meng's private salt in Yanzhou Mansion have always been unsatisfactory, so this time he naturally wants what he wants.

And because of this attack on Liu Zeqing's inner city, Li Meng and Caozhou and the gentry and clans of Confucius have established corresponding contacts, in itself, this kind of fire is not a complicity, since they are involved, they have each other's handles to coerce, relatively, that is, the two sides are more closely combined.

Regardless of whether Li Meng could defend Yanzhou Mansion in the end, he could achieve implicit control through his relationship and contacts with these gentry, as well as his own forces, and the force and performance of attacking Caozhou also fully erected the majesty of General Li of the Jiaozhou battalion.

Of course, Li Meng achieved his goal perfectly this time, and after knowing the matter, the governor of Shandong, Yamen, had already asked Li Meng to temporarily act as the town of Yanzhou Mansion, and a few months later, Li Meng was officially appointed......

Laizhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion Li Meng can almost completely control it, and Dengzhou Mansion is also extremely infiltrated, this time with the addition of Yanzhou Mansion, Li Meng already holds four of the six prefectures in Shandong, and now he is the largest military leader in the entire Shandong.

Fortunately, when they withdrew from Yanzhou, after most of Li Meng's troops entered Qingzhou, the Jiaozhou battalion headquarters was filled with a jubilant atmosphere from top to bottom, and now even the most ordinary soldiers knew that the status of the Jiaozhou battalion system in Shandong had been different, and it had greatly increased.

Even if it is Layue, everyone is busy with the New Year, but the local landlords and heroes of Qingzhou who are close to Yanzhou Mansion still show a very high probability of courtesy, what happened in Yanzhou Mansion, they all have a vague understanding, and they also know that in the future, Li Meng of the Jiaozhou camp will not only be in Qingzhou Mansion, Laizhou Mansion will say it, I am afraid that it will be said in the entire Shandong territory. Of course, they didn't notice the existence of Li Meng among the soldiers and horses that Ma Gang brought back to Qingzhou Mansion.

Although the brigade marched slowly, and there were constantly soldiers and horses stationed in various places, the connection with Jiaozhou was never broken, and the cavalry and horses traveled between the team and the battalion.

In the eyes of Wang Hai and Tang Er, Li Meng was not too happy about this victory, but he had a strange habit, and asked Ma Gang to do the same after returning to the garrison of Qingzhou Mansion, that is, to convene the officers below to discuss the gains and losses in the Yanzhou battle, and everyone should speak freely.

Every time the officers got together to talk about this, Li Meng listened to the speeches of his subordinates with great energy, and asked the secretary of the army to write it down.

In Qingzhou Mansion is expected to rest for three days, but in the afternoon of the next day, Jiaozhou came to deliver the letter again, and the letterhead was delivered to Li Meng's house.

"Xiaohai, quickly gather the cavalry, there is an urgent matter at home."

Wang Hai and the other personal soldiers rarely saw Li Meng in such a hurry, they were all a little nervous, thinking about what kind of big thing happened, Wang Hai and these personal guards were naturally higher than ordinary soldiers, and soon the horses and weapons were sorted out, and it was almost half an hour.

Li Meng was also dressed in his whole body and hurriedly got on the horse, but when he left the station, Wang Hai and his guards were a little strange, because the direction Li Meng went to was not Laizhou Mansion at all, but Jinan Mansion on the contrary, and everyone was even more confused.

Walking from Mengyin to the direction of Jinan Mansion, the road is really not very easy to walk, and the three hundred guards are fully armed, sitting on the road is really too attention-grabbing, fortunately, there are many familiar landlords along the way, to provide all kinds of convenience, on the sixth day of the lunar month, Li Meng and they rushed to Zhangqiu City.

Fortunately, when Li Meng and they left Jiaozhou, they brought the customs and defense documents with them, so they didn't have to worry about being checked, they were nervous and hurried, everyone and horses needed to rest, I thought that they would take a breath in this Zhangqiu City, who would have thought that the local guide who accompanied them would go to the post station outside the city, and soon came out after entering, and said a few words on Li Meng's side, Li Meng did not enter Zhangqiu County, but led the guards to rush in the direction of Zichuan.

The horse's long-distance gallop must have time to rest, Wang Hai and several leaders are a little worried, if they run like this, I am afraid that the horse will not be able to support it, and the horse will die. At the same time, everyone was even more confused, not understanding what Li Meng was going to do, but the speed of the horse team slowed down on the road from Zhangqiu to Zichuan, and Li Meng seemed to be in no hurry, leading the guards to advance on the official road at a very slow speed.

Halfway through, after arriving at a place called Licun, Li Meng finally stopped and stopped moving forward. According to Wang Hai's own judgment, the leader of his own family may have come here to meet someone, so as soon as he entered this village, in addition to arranging camping, he also arranged a very tight defense.

It wasn't until the evening that Li Meng's side called Wang Hai over, and Wang Hai was very surprised to find that Master Li, who had made a decision to kill, was actually a little hesitant, I don't know why, he didn't dare to open his mouth there, he could only wait there, Li Meng's side finally spoke, and directly ordered:

"Xiaohai, our trip is to intercept a team of people, you personally go and convey it to everyone!"

Hearing this, Wang Hai hurriedly saluted and agreed, this is not a big deal, he is also relaxed, Li Meng said again:

"Don't kill people, don't hurt people, don't be rude, if anyone violates it, this seat can be dealt with by military law."

This request is also very strange, but Li Meng's words are military orders, Wang Hai still firmly remembered, and respectfully agreed, speaking of this, Li Meng was a little hesitant, and after a while, he continued to speak:

"Around noon tomorrow, go to a place three miles away from the village to intercept ...... Not...... Xiaohai, you go to this village and ask, find a carriage with a carriage, find two sensible women, say that they are a domestic servant for a day, although the money is cost, it must be done before tomorrow morning, go quickly. ”

Wang Hai was completely confused at this time, but seeing that there were no other instructions, he still bowed down and hurriedly ran out, this small village, it is not easy to find a carriage, as for hiring a woman, it is even more confusing. But let's do it quickly, this carriage is estimated to be hired from Zhangqiu County.

Early the next morning, Li Meng and his guards waited on both sides of the official road, Li Meng kept looking in the direction of the east, and did not know what he was waiting for, the carriage, the coachman and the two women were all standing behind, although the hired silver was in his hands, but he did not know what to do himself, and his heart was nervous.

In the lunar season, pedestrians, cars and horses on the official road are very scarce, and some people passing by also saw a group of menacing warriors on the side of the road, and hurriedly accelerated their pace, for fear of causing trouble for themselves.

When the sun was almost in the middle of the day, a convoy appeared in Li Meng's field of vision......