Gao Qiqian came to Zhu Dadian's mansion overnight, at this time Zhu Dadian had already slept, and the next person saw that Gao Qiqian was coming at night There must be something important, so he had to bite the bullet and call his master up.

In Zhu Dadian's study, Gao Qiqian was already anxious, and when he saw Zhu Dadian pushing the door in, he immediately greeted him, "Lord Zhu, save the miscellaneous family!" "Let's talk about it for a long time.

Zhu Dadian was still wondering in his heart, what was this eunuch looking for him to do so late, he was not so familiar with him. Seeing Gao Qiqian's posture like this, he was shocked and said, "Why does Grandpa Gao need to be like this, if there is something to say slowly, please get up quickly!" "Take a few steps forward and help Gao Qiqian up.

Gao Qi said urgently, "If Lord Zhu can't save me in this matter, please ask Lord Zhu to help the miscellaneous family!" ”

"What is so difficult for Grandpa Gao, as long as this official can help, he will definitely go all out, let's sit down and talk slowly, don't worry!" As he spoke, he pulled Gao Qi and sat down.

After the two of them sat down, Gao Qiqian said, "Tonight, Your Majesty sent a secret envoy to come and tell the miscellaneous family that they must relieve the siege of Laizhou and rescue Liu Fan within half a month, otherwise the miscellaneous family will not be safe!" At that time, all the people involved will inevitably be punished, and Lord Zhu's future is also worrying! Therefore, adults must help miscellaneous families, and they are also helping adults! “

Zhu Dadian was surprised: "Hasn't the imperial court always been inclined to appease?" A few days ago, I heard from a friend that the adults in the cabinet were inclined to appease the Liaodong Army! ”

"I have heard that the cabinet tends to appease the miscellaneous family, so it has been standing still, but His Majesty suddenly issued an order to relieve the siege of Dengzhou in half a month, and to quickly exterminate the rebels, the reason is that after Xu Congzhi a few days ago, Xie Lian and Zhu Danian also died at the hands of thieves, and the main reason is that Liu Fan and Liu Jimin are still in Laizhou City, once Liu Jimin dies, the miscellaneous family will be buried together!" Gao Qiqian sighed

"Who is this Liu Jimin? How come this official has never heard of it? Zhu Dadian asked differently

"The miscellaneous family hasn't been back to the palace for a long time, but I heard Cao Huachun say that this person is deeply favored and trusted by His Majesty, and he can even stay in the palace and drink and eat with His Majesty, which is really not to be underestimated!" Gao Qiqian said with some jealousy

"Oh? Is that so? It seems that the extermination of the rebels has become inevitable! Father-in-law doesn't have to be anxious, it's useless to be anxious, the troops in our hands are too small to pose a threat to the rebels at all, what we need to do now is to prepare the food and grass needed by the army, quickly send people to notify all walks of life, and rush to Qingzhou to converge as soon as possible, and then the army will arrive and set off quickly, so as to rescue Liu Jimin as quickly as possible! Zhu Dadian said after listening to Gao Qiqian's words

"Alas! Now that's all it can be! The miscellaneous family went back, sent people to prepare grain and grass to be transported to Qingzhou, and sent people to notify all walks of life overnight, so that they could leave immediately, and set off under the stars! Gao Qiqian stood up and said goodbye to Zhu Dadian

"Good! The official will also send someone to raise food and salary, and the official will rush to Qingzhou early tomorrow morning to arrange follow-up matters! Zhu Dadian also stood up and sent Gao Qiqian to the door

"Farewell!" "Father-in-law, go slowly! Come! Send tall adults! ”

After Gao Qiqian went back, he sent people overnight with his own handwritten letters to rush to the camps, at this time all the armies have arrived in the vicinity of Shandong, Sichuan General Deng, Wang and the two have arrived in Changyi but received an order to garrison not to advance, Liu Tongzhu has already arrived near Shandong but did not move, Guan Ning's army is on the way, several armies did not dare to slack off after receiving Gao Qiqian's handwritten letter, the next morning the army marched, to Shandong Qingzhou convergence!

On the fifth day of the third month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the armies of all walks of life gathered outside the city of Qingzhou, and Zhu Danian convened the generals to discuss the combat mission. Everyone from the Qingzhou Government Office gathered together, and generals such as Zhu Dadian, Gao Qiqian, Wang Guochen, Zu Kuan, Zu Dabi, and Zhang Tao held a meeting to discuss countermeasures. In the end, it was decided to attack Dengzhou, the rear base of the rebels, in three ways, and "encircle Wei to save Zhao" to relieve the siege of Laizhou.

In order to provoke Zhu Dadian to take out the letter of the captured rebels and said, "Zu Kuan, Wang Guochen, Zu Dabi has a letter from the rebels here, saying that you are colluding with the rebels to prepare for trouble, you can see for yourself, what is the explanation for this?" Then he threw the letter to the king's minister.

Wang Guochen took the letter and immediately watched it, after reading it, he was in a cold sweat, and hurriedly handed it over to everyone to circulate, it turned out that the letter said that Kong Youde and other Liaodong rebels were old acquaintances with the Guanning army, and the letter talked about the etiquette of friends, told the court that the soldiers were in distress, and invited them to do things together. After everyone looked at each other, they immediately knelt on the ground, and Zu Kuan said, "My lord, we have been wronged!" The subordinates are willing to be the vanguard to exterminate the rebels! Prove your innocence! Zhu Dadian looked at the people who knelt on the ground and nodded with satisfaction, and said that Guan Ningjun was unruly and difficult to train, and he used a little trick to clean up their obedience, and now he will open his mouth to petition, are you afraid that they will not contribute now?

"Good! I'll give you a chance! ”

After finishing speaking, he looked around at the generals and said, "Now this official orders: Now the army is divided into three routes, and the East Route Army is headed by Zu Kuan, Zu Dabi, Zhang Tao, Wang Guoqi and other Guanning troops, led by the general soldier Wang Guochen, and Deng Wangji led the infantry to follow, marching from Gray Port, crossing the Qing River and Shahe, and going straight to Huangxian. Chen Hongfan, the chief soldier of Changping of the Middle Route Army, and Liu Zeqing and Fang Denghua, deputy generals, marched from Pingdu on the South Road. Generals Wang Zhifu and Wang Wenwei marched from the Haimiao on the North Road. The guerrilla Xu Yuanheng and others led Laiyang's army as a reserve to support, and Mou Wenshou guarded Xinhe. The armies of the various routes carried three days of food, and they must capture Huangxian and enter Dengzhou within three days to relieve the siege of Laizhou, Your Majesty has issued an order, and the half-moon period is almost here, if you can't complete the task, then not only the official, but also the head of the high father-in-law will not be guaranteed, and you will not be able to escape the responsibility! Is it all clear? Everyone responded in unison and made assurances.

On the sixth day of the third month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Dadian led a total of 40,000 local soldiers and horses and a total of 40,000 guest troops to the east bank of the Xinhe River, and ordered Mou Wenshou to stay behind to guard the back road of the Xinhe, and the other troops crossed the river one by one, preparing to launch an attack on the rebels.