(

Le'an City, Han Wangfu, study.

King Han sat behind his desk with a frown, looking at a piece of paper on the table with a stern expression, on which was information about Qingzhou City.

According to the contents of the newspaper, Li Yuntian sent Jin Rong to lead 20,000 people to defend the county seat of Donglin County, while he himself and 10,000 Ming troops known as Xiaowu Army sat in Qingzhou City.

Moreover, according to the notice of the official government on the streets of Qingzhou City, Li Yuntian has mobilized 50,000 troops in Jinan City, and he can rush to the aid of Qingzhou City at any time.

It stands to reason that Li Yuntian only has 30,000 horses in Qingzhou City, and his lone army has penetrated deep into the area controlled by the Han King, and now that Zhang Hao is defeated, he will face the pressure of rebels from Le'an and Dengzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion, and the troops are already stretched, and he should have withdrawn to Jinan City, or stuck to Qingzhou City, but he did the opposite to disperse the troops in his hands, which was really unexpected.

King Han knew that the notices on the streets of Qingzhou City were just Li Yuntian appeasing the people, and he knew very well the deployment of troops in Jinan City, and now there were not even 50,000 people, so what could he do to rescue Qingzhou City?

In the eyes of the King of Han, if Li Yuntian wanted to hold Qingzhou City, he would have to mobilize another 10,000 or 20,000 people from Jinan City while maintaining the original troops.

Therefore, the king of Han has been waiting for the army of Jinan City to rush to the aid of Li Yuntian, and then he can wipe out this group of troops in Qingzhou City.

Compared with Jinan City, Qingzhou City's city defense is undoubtedly much easier to attack. [34015671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty Ruling the Ming Dynasty] 340 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 343

Who would have thought that the King of Han did not wait for the news that Li Yuntian had transferred reinforcements from Jinan City, but learned that Li Yuntian had divided his troops to defend the county seat of Donglin County.

I have to say that Li Yuntian's move is a clever move, so that the county seat of Donglin County has become a bridgehead for Qingzhou City to resist the rebels in the direction of Le'an.

If the rebels coming out of Le'an want to attack Qingzhou City, they must take Donglin County, or send troops to defend the Ming army in Donglin County, so as to prevent Jin Rong from attacking Qingzhou City from behind.

In this way, Donglin County will attract a large number of rebel troops, which not only relieves the pressure on the Ming army in Qingzhou City, but also buys time for Xue Lu in Jinan City to send troops to rescue Qingzhou City.

Even if the Ming army in Qingzhou City could not withstand the siege of the rebels before the reinforcements from Jinan City arrived, Li Yuntian could choose a place where the rebels were weak to break through and then flee back to Jinan City.

And the reinforcements of Jinan City can turn to rescue the Ming army in the county seat of Donglin County, and take Jin Rong and others back to Jinan City.

King Han thought about it, and felt that Li Yuntian's wishful thinking was really fine, and it was obvious that the casualties of the besieging side were much higher than those of the defending side, and Li Yuntian's use of Donglin County and Qingzhou County would cause a large number of casualties to the rebels.

As for Qingzhou City, when Zhang Hao was defeated by the Han King in Dezhou, Qingzhou City had actually lost its strategic value to Li Yuntian, and could not cause the expected damage to the rebels, but would fall into the left and right attacks of the rebels.

With Li Yuntian's city government and strategy, the King of Han naturally would not think that he would be stupid enough to stick to Qingzhou City, and Li Yuntian not only did this, but also divided his troops into the county seat of Donglin County, and his intention was naturally obvious, it was nothing more than to take the opportunity to consume his own troops.

For the King of Han, the current situation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take Jinan City, as long as Li Yuntian and Jin Rong's troops are besieged in Qingzhou City and Donglin County, and then the reinforcements from Jinan City are eliminated, then Jinan City will be empty of troops, and it will be just around the corner.

Once Jinan City was taken, Dongchang Mansion and Jining Mansion became his belongings, because a large part of the Ming army in these two places was transferred to Jinan City, and there were not many troops left.

As long as the city of Jining was captured, the Han king would not only cut off the connection between Beijing and the south, but also obtain the necessary military supplies from the canal.

For a long time, the corners of King Han's mouth showed a sneer, since Li Yuntian wanted to play, then he would accompany Li Yuntian to play, so that Li Yuntian would know that Jiang was still old and spicy.

"Someone, pass on the order of the king, let Chen Lang lead the army to attack Qingzhou City in three days." Then, he called into the personal guard at the door, threw a token in his arms to him, and said in a deep voice, "Sue Chen Lang, besiege but not attack, you must not let Li Yuntian escape!" ”

When the personal guard heard this, he bowed his hand to the King of Han, took the token and hurriedly left, and went to Dengzhou City to give an order. [34015671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty Ruling the Ming Dynasty] 340 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 343

Chen Lang was the old commander of the Han Dynasty, the commander of the Dengzhou Guard, and was now in charge of commanding the more than 40,000 rebel troops in the Dengzhou and Laizhou Mansions.

Since Li Yuntian unexpectedly captured Qingzhou City, Chen Lang had already mobilized 40,000 horses from Dengzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion in Dengzhou City, one was to guard against Li Yuntian's attack, and the other was to assist the King of Han in attacking Qingzhou City.

"Lord Wang." Shortly after the personal guard left, Yang Yong entered the room and bowed to King Han, who was sitting behind a desk drinking tea.

Although Yang Yong lost Qingzhou City, the King of Han did not punish him, because it was not Yang Yong's fault, who would have thought that the Ming army would suddenly collapse the wall of Qingzhou City, even the King of Han could not do anything in the face of this situation.

"Three days later, our army will counterattack Qingzhou, and you will be the vanguard." King Han put down the teacup and said to Yang Yong in a deep voice.

"Thank you for your grace, if you can't capture Qingzhou City, I would like to come and see you!" Yang Yong bowed his hand to King Han when he heard this, and said in a resolute tone, he lost Qingzhou City in a daze, and he had already held his breath.

"It's not Qingzhou City, it's Donglin County." King Han's eyes flashed, and after shaking his head, he opened his mouth to correct Yang Yong, "The county seat of Donglin is guarded by Jin Rong, and this king will give you 30,000 horses, and you will firmly besiege him to this king." ”

"Yes!" Yang Yong's eyes flashed with a look of surprise, and then he said in a deep voice.

He didn't know that Jin Rong was sent to Donglin County by Li Yuntian, and he couldn't have imagined that Li Yuntian would dare to divide his troops at this time, wouldn't that mean that Qingzhou City's troops were empty?

At the same time, the city of Jingzhou.

Emperor Xuande looked at a picture of the enemy and the enemy hanging on the wall, his brows were tightly furrowed, Zhang Hao's defeat made the situation in Shandong complicated, and the Ming army changed from the original offensive to the defensive.

Now, the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court has retreated to Jingzhou City to rest, and the only Ming troops in Shandong who can fight the rebels are Li Yuntian of Qingzhou City and Xue Lu of Jinan City.

Originally, the shì was very beneficial to Emperor Xuande, and Li Yuntian's successful raid on Qingzhou City cut off the connection between the eastern and western parts of the rebels, making the Han king fall into passivity.

But no one could have imagined that the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed, and the King of Han actually came up with a beautiful return pistol, which made Zhang Hao, who couldn't catch off guard, suffer a big loss, and then lost the initiative on the battlefield.

Emperor Xuande is now very worried that if Li Yuntian and Xue Lu can't hold on, then Shandong will become the world of the Han king, and it will bring a series of unpredictable effects.

"Your Majesty, Jinan City is heavily defended, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Li Yushi and Yangwu Hou are one and one martial artist, and they will definitely be able to defend Jinan City." Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and Zhang Hao and other big men stood behind Emperor Xuande, and when they saw Emperor Xuande looking at the map worriedly, Zhang Fu couldn't help but take the lead in speaking and comforted.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to atone for his sins and lead an army to Jinan City to support Li Yushi and Marquis Yangwu." Zhang Hao's face showed a look of shame, and he bowed to Emperor Xuande and said.

For Zhang Hao's defeat, although Emperor Xuande was angry, but did not punish Zhang Hao, now is a critical period of war between the two armies, and it is impossible for the general who commands the army to move lightly.

Moreover, except for Zhang Hao, Emperor Xuande did not have a suitable candidate to lead the army against the King of Han, after all, even Zhang Hao was defeated in the hands of the King of Han, not to mention other nobles.

Unless...... Unless Emperor Xuande uses Zhang Fu, Emperor Xuande can't trust Zhang Fu, so naturally he won't let him lead the army.

"Yiguo Gong, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, you don't have to take it to heart." Emperor Xuande smiled slightly when he heard this, turned to Zhang Hao and said, "I believe that Li Yushi and Marquis Yangwu can hold Jinan City, you can reorganize the army with peace of mind, and strive to send troops to Dezhou as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Jinan City." ”

"Obey." Zhang Hao hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian, his expression was a little gloomy and helpless, and he secretly prayed in his heart that Li Yuntian and Yang Wuhou could survive, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Your Majesty, do you want to transfer An Pinghou to help in the war?" Hu Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites on the side, sighed for a while, and said to Emperor Xuande tentatively, "If the Marquis of Anping will bring troops to help, Shandong's predicament can be solved." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's better not to move the Marquis of Anping, the Marquis of Anping is sitting in the famous city, which is enough to ensure that the south of our department is worry-free!" Standing in front of Hu Ying, Yang Rong heard this, and immediately denied his advice, and said quietly.

Although Yang Rong did not say it explicitly, everyone at the scene knew the meaning of "my southern department" in his mouth, alluding to King Zhao of Zhangde.

It has been more than two months since the Han King rebelled, and although the King of Zhao was reorganizing his army in Zhangde, he did not respond to the intention of the Han King to raise troops, which was naturally the credit of Niu Shihao, the Marquis of Anping, who exerted great pressure on the King of Zhao in the famous city, so that the King of Zhao did not dare to act rashly.

Once Niu Shihao led the army to leave the famous city, King Zhao lost the pressure from the north, and there was a good chance that he would take the opportunity to rebel, and the situation would be cleaned up a lot.

"Your Majesty, it's better to be like this, Zhending Mansion is only three or four hundred miles away from Jingzhou, so we can let the Duke of Zhongguo send some troops to help us." Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, thought about it and said to Emperor Xuande.

After nearly two months of fierce fighting, the battle in Zhending Mansion has now entered a stalemate stage, and Lu Zhongqian has no way to tear through the defense line set up by Zhou Zheng, and it is difficult to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this move is feasible, there is a loyal country to defend Zhending City, and 20,000 people can be transferred from the defenders of Zhending Mansion to Jingzhou." Zhang Fu nodded when he heard this, agreed with Xia Yuanji's statement, and said, "In addition, 10,000 people can be transferred from Anping Hou." ”

At this moment, if Emperor Xuande wants to transfer troops, he can only have Zhou Zheng of Zhending Mansion and Niu Shihao of Daimyo's Mansion, otherwise he can only recruit troops from the civilian households of Beizhili, which not only takes time, but these recruits have no military training and cannot go to the battlefield.

"Yiguo Gong, what do you think?" Emperor Xuande was a little undecided, especially when he transferred troops from Zhending Mansion, worried about affecting the battle between Zhou Zheng and Lu Zhongqian.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's feasible." Zhang Hao pondered for a while, nodded at Emperor Xuande, he knew Zhou Zheng's strength, judging from the current battle situation, Zhou Zheng firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield, so even if he lost 20,000 troops, he could still rely on the city defense of Zhending City to block the rebels and deal with Lu Zhongqian.

Seeing that Zhang Hao also agreed, Emperor Xuande no longer hesitated, and immediately issued an edict to Zhou Zheng and Niu Shihao, asking the two to transfer troops to reinforce Jingzhou