When the Liukou arrived in Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict ordering Liu Zeqing, who was then the commander-in-chief of Shandong, to lead an army to aid Beijing, but Liu Zeqing refused on the grounds that he was injured after falling from his horse. Liu Zeqing, who felt that the rogue was strong and could attack Shandong at any time, hurriedly led his army south, burning and looting all the way to the front line of Yuyanzhou and Qingzhou, and then stopped, causing the people in this area to suffer.

If it weren't for the Nanjing New Army stationed on the front line in Xuzhou, they would have been even more unscrupulous.

After news came from Qingzhou that Liu Zeqing refused to obey the dispatch of the imperial court, Cao Yue immediately ordered half of the Nanjing New Army stationed in Xuzhou as the governor of the capital, and under the personal leadership of Cao Jie, went north to quell the rebellion.

Since Liu Zeqing chose confrontation, Cao Yue also chose to be more tough and solve the problem by force. Anyway, now Jiannu is doing his best to deal with the rogue, and he will not take into account the situation in Jiangbei for the time being. If Jiannu arrives in the southeast of Shandong, Liu Zeqing may choose to surrender, and while the situation is still good, he will completely solve the problem of this man and horse, and he will not have the slightest pressure.

However, just two days after the Nanjing New Army was deployed, news came from the front line of Qingzhou that Liu Zeqing had been killed by his subordinates in the chaos army, and his troops mutinied, and one of them fled after the rout, but most of them were controlled by other generals and were ready to accept the appeasement of the Nanjing New Army.

Liu Zeqing was actually killed by the elite sergeants of the special guard battalion who infiltrated his camp, and they infiltrated the camp before the order of the imperial court reached his subordinates, and waited and watched what happened. Among the other troops, there were also a different number of soldiers of the special guard battalion who infiltrated, but Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo finally chose to bow to the imperial court, and the soldiers of the special guard battalion did not act. Liu Zeqing was unwilling to obey the orders of the imperial court, and eventually caused death.

The order Cao Yue gave before the action was that everyone except Huang Degong could be killed, as long as they did not obey the orders of the imperial court.

The next day, Liu Zeqing's head was hung high outside the gate. Attached to the head was a letter denouncing his guilt without a signature.

The generals under his command were terrified when they saw the hanging head and the letter. In fact, many of them were not willing to betray the imperial court with Liu Zeqing, and the main generals had been appointed as the chief soldiers, and after receiving the appointment of the imperial court and knowing Liu Zeqing's choice, some people were already thinking about finding an opportunity to lead the army away from Liu Zeqing's side, so as not to bring disaster. Liu Zeqing was killed inexplicably, and many thoughtful generals thought that other people were afraid of being implicated and killed Liu Zeqing. Liu Zeqing died. They didn't have to make any choices, and immediately decided to stop going north, ask for surrender to the new army in Nanjing, which was chasing them, and wait for the imperial court to appease them.

How Liu Zeqing died, who was killed, no one will investigate. In the face of huge interests, friendship is nothing at all!

Liu Zeqing was killed, his subordinates mutinied, and most of them chose to regain allegiance to the imperial court. The news soon spread to Nanjing.

Cao Yue, who received the news, immediately ordered Cao Jie to receive Liu Zeqing's men and prepare to reorganize his department. and reoccupy Shandong.

Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo's men and horses also had to be reorganized, and Cao Yue was ready to re-establish the military system of the Ming Dynasty, all of which were under the jurisdiction of the Dadu Governor's Office. He is in charge. Originally, those newly appointed generals were only temporarily replaced, waiting for the integration to begin. Depending on the situation, they should be reappointed to remain in office, re-appointed, or dismissed.

Cao Yue was really glad that he adopted iron-fisted measures when recruiting the new army, and after more than half a year of training, he trained the Nanjing New Army into an army with strict discipline and prohibitions. It is precisely such an army that gives him the capital to influence the political situation of the Ming Dynasty, and when he first emerges, he dares to impulsively fire at the warlords who are several times his size, forcing them to make a choice, and accept the challenge without fear.

However, Cao Yue knew that Zuo Liangyu in Hubei would not be as easy to deal with as Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing, this guy had a larger number of troops in his hands, and he occupied the rich Huguang area, and his troops had openly rebelled in the original history, so he was prepared for the worst. Fortunately, Cao Yue had also made preparations before, and he could calmly deal with any possible outcome.

After knowing that the Red Lady successfully took over Li Yan's legacy, Cao Yue immediately sent a group of people to train and control the army for the Red Lady, and later contacted more frequently, and secretly delivered some military supplies, including firearms, to the Red Lady.

In the letter to the Red Lady, Cao Yue not only made arrangements for the follow-up actions of the Red Lady's department to deter Zuo Liangyu, but also bluntly expressed his private requirements for the Red Lady. She wants the red lady to become his woman in the future, and he hopes that the red lady will agree, and follow him to fight the world, create history, and create a "myth" that is difficult for ordinary people to predict.

I don't know if the red lady is grateful for his loyalty, or finally has feelings for him, anyway, she complied with most of Cao Yue's requirements, accepted Cao Yue's dispatch of men and horses to her army, let them train soldiers, give them positions, accepted Cao Yue's gift of military weapons, and moved to the Hubei border to deter Zuo Liangyu's department. But there was no response to Cao Yue's request for her to obey him and be his woman.

Cao Yue knew that as long as time passed, the red lady would succumb to him and be willing to be his woman or his lover. In fact, after Li Yan's death, Cao Yue had the idea of taking the Red Lady into his room, such a beautiful woman, any man will have the idea of possession when he sees it, not to mention that the person who gets the Red Lady can get a lot of other things, including the tens of thousands of troops she leads.

However, Cao Yue also felt that the number of troops he could command was insufficient, Nanjing should leave a certain number of troops to guard, and Xuzhou should also have troops to guard the front line, and was ready to take over and reorganize the army left by several warlords, and also prepare to deal with Zuo Liangyu's possible rebellion, and more than 100,000 horses were basically not enough.

Cao Yue could only ask the little emperor Zhu Cijiong to issue an emergency recruitment order, and then recruit troops from all over the country, with an initial amount of 300,000 horses.

The cost of recruiting so many troops, Cao Yue asked the second assistant and Gao Hongtu, the head of the household department, to raise preparations. Gao Hongtu, who has been completely controlled by Cao Yue, has no way to break free from it, so he can only do it hard. However, Cao Yue solved Liu Zeqing's ministry with drastic means, and forced Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo to take up posts in Nanjing, which has made Gao Hongtu stunned, he has a new understanding of Cao Yue's ability and charm, and he also knows that this horse master in front of him is a decisive person, if he has selfish intentions and disobeys his orders, then he may soon lose his position and completely lose the opportunity to gain a foothold in the court.

Gao Hongtu's only choice was to do his best for Cao Yue, for the new Ming court, and devote himself to the work of recruiting new troops.

With Gao Hongtu doing his best, Cao Yue also has a lot of worries. (To be continued.) )