"Big brother, the gathering of officials and troops is in Tianjin, where there is enough grain and grass, and you can get the support of Jingying and Jizhen nearby, and it is more likely to be entrenched in Tianjin and not move, and fight us a decisive battle over there." Shi Manqiang said in a muffled voice, even if he is such a calm and honest person, he has some uncontrollable excitement in this battle.

Zhao Jin smiled and said leisurely: "At present, the general trend, it is the best choice for the official army to fight a decisive battle with our army in Tianjin, but it can be gathered in Tianjin, but there is no dispatch, isn't this afraid of the enemy?" Even if the superintendent and the main general understand, the DPRK and China will not allow it, even if the eunuch side does not make a sound, there will be people within Donglin who will jump out, and this southward engagement has nothing to do with military strategy, but is related to the Korean struggle. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Jin nodded on Jinghai County, the closest to Tianjin, and said with a smile: "So this place may be the largest, and it can be regarded as coming out, but it is not too far away." ”

All the generals couldn't help laughing, Ji Xiang shook his head and said contemptuously: "These scholars are really bad things, we can't do this in the future."

Halfway through the words, Chen Sheng coughed over there, Ji Xiang also understood why, a little embarrassed laughter, but he didn't make a sound, Zhao Jin only didn't hear it, and said in a deep voice: "If you engage in a battle in Jinghai or Qingxian, Cangzhou and Xingji County in the rear are hidden dangers, and we have no spare strength to stay and garrison, if when we start the war, the Minzhuang officers and soldiers in these places have any small moves in the back, then there is a risk, so these cities must not leave officials and soldiers, civilian officials are placed in the camp, and every city must be broken by cannonballs, Then they went into the city to search and arrest people, so that they did not have the ability to organize resistance, and they did not dare to have this thought! ”

When the army came to the city of Cangzhou, Cangzhou City was completely at a loss for reaction, the city gate was closed, but after the first gun test firing, it was found that the city gate hole was not blocked, and then the next step was to take the initiative to open the city and surrender, Cangzhou Zhizhou was ready to hang himself in a fake manner, and then was saved by the people around him.

The garrison of Hejian Fucheng did not move, the local soldiers and horses of Cangzhou had long fled, and what was even more absurd was that the local Cangzhou never believed that there would be a large number of anti-thief soldiers and horses, and the northern Zhili had been peaceful for several years, and the gentry and the people felt that even if there were soldiers and horses, they would be Tartars from the north, and as for those who came from Xuzhou, Shandong, in the south, what was it, it was really unbelievable.

And when the Zhao family army appeared under the city, the officials and gentry at the head of the city were also dumbfounded, because even the officials and soldiers did not have such a strict queue, nor did they have such a neat uniform number and equipment, if this is a thief army, what is the so-called official army? But when did there be such soldiers and horses in Shandong and Xuzhou, and they also stepped into Beizhili step by step, and this side is not too far from the Beijing Division

In this unbelievable, unbelievable situation, the Zhao family's artillery opened the city, sweeping away the city, for the officials were detained, the attitude of the Cangzhou gentry and heroes was very ambiguous, as long as they were not arrested, then there was nothing to care about, this Zhao family's army was strictly disciplined, except for the damage to the city gate and the city wall, those blind and unscrupulous goods who took advantage of the fire to rob were cut off their heads, and the others were as usual, then everyone pretended that nothing happened, and it was good to protect the territory and the people.

Zhao Jiajun was delayed in Cangzhou for a day, it was supposed to be three hours, the reason why it was delayed for so long was because a cadre from the nearby Changlu Salt Farm came, the world knew Huaiyan and Haizhou Salt Farm, but ignored the Changlu Salt Industry whose scale was second only to Haizhou Salt Farm.

Changlu Salt is not for any loyalty, they set conditions, as long as Zhao Jiajun does not destroy the Changlu salt industry, pay 30,000 taels of silver, and there are 30,000 taels of silver on the return trip, a qiē is easy to talk about, but the news of this business is better than the local sticks, Changlu Salt and others naturally know the connection between Zhao Jiajun and Huaiyan, and also know how big the business in Xuzhou is, they also put forward the conditions, during the period when Zhao Jiajun goes north, there will be no change in Cangzhou, Yangzhou salt merchants are the local soil emperors, and Changlu is not too much here, If Zhao Jiajun wants to negotiate peace with the imperial court, Changlu can also match the bridge.

These are naturally not done in vain, being deterred by the military is on the one hand, on the other hand, it is to see the changes in Huaiyan, now that the power of the Zhao family army is about to go out of Shandong, the Changlu salt merchants naturally have to take action, so that Zhao Jin and his partners feel subtle is that the Changlu salt merchants actually judged that Zhao Jiajun was not a rebellion this time, because from a business point of view, this can not do the greatest benefit.

After the canal opened, Zhao Jiajun's use of the Cao Yun system was far more thorough than that of the imperial court, and a large number of Cao boats and materials concentrated in Qingjiangpu, Jining and Linqing were transported back and forth through the Cao Yun Canal, transporting personnel, materials and grain and grass for the Zhao Jiajun, and even the ships could be used as temporary camp tents, while the official army was very troublesome, the Zhao Jiajun advanced one foot, the official army was one foot less, and the Zhao Jiajun used the canal to transport a little more, and the officials and soldiers were a little less.

When arriving in Qingxian, even the steps of the artillery opening the city were omitted, the magistrate of Qingxian County and the officials and troops in the county fled out of the city, the gentry of Qingxian County opened the city to greet each other, and the Zhao family army temporarily rested here, because they had received definite news that the officers and troops from all walks of life had gathered in Tianjin, and they were about to send troops soon, and more than 5,000 soldiers and horses had arrived in Jinghai County.

By this time, the official army finally knew the news of the blockade, a few days ago the merchants who were rushing along the canal were nowhere to be seen, and when the light cavalry of the Zhao family army spied on, they began to encounter the official army's probe horses that did not collect at night

However, Qingxian is already the hinterland of Beizhili, even if you don't go to Tianjin Wei, go directly from Qingxian County to Shuntianfu, bypass the wetland of Triangle Lake, take Dacheng County, Wen'an County, Baoding County, and ride a horse to Jingshi It only takes less than three days.

If the Zhao family army is really a thief or a Tartar, then at this time, they will disperse their troops, go around to loot, and disturb all parties, which will make the Jingshi side like ants on a hot pot, making all kinds of panicked actions, but Zhao Jiajun did that, they didn't seem to realize that Qingxian was only two hours away from Shuntianfu, and they didn't realize that sending cavalry could go straight to the Jingshi city.

Because from the Qingxian side into Shuntianfu, there is no too reliable river along the way, and the terrain between Wen'an County and Triangle Lake is too cramped, the army has no way to maneuver there, there will be a certain risk, more importantly, the purpose of the Zhao family army this time is to win a big victory, defeat the army put together by the imperial court, and then proceed at their own pace, if it is really neat and easy to enter the capital, then there will be many unpredictable results.

This time the official army is claimed to be 100,000, and the actual number is 80,000, but in this current situation, it is impossible for the newly recruited officers and soldiers in Henan to come, and it is impossible for the soldiers and horses in Shandong to go out of the province, and the officers and troops of Tianjin Wei are only more than 65,000.

Since the distance is so close, a lot of news from the Jingshi side can be sent to Zhao Jin in time, although the official cavalry has done a cover, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp and Shuntianfu are also on guard, but with such a large territory as Shuntianfu, it is too simple to take advantage of the loopholes.

Lei Cai has entered the Beijing Division with the elite forces of the Internal Guard, this time Zhao Jin did not get angry, because the situation is already like this, many things must be done, instead of thinking about protecting themselves, the reaction of the Beijing Division is very strange, and it is still maintaining a situation as usual, and even the people only know the rumors, but do not know the real situation.

At present, the Donglin ministers who are in charge of the government can only hold on, and it cannot be said that because of their own policy, they will guide the Xuzhou anti-thieves all the way north, and they are about to enter the Shuntian Mansion, whether it is the right or wrong of this policy, or the speed of dealing with the mobilization of troops and horses, they will be investigated and killed, surprisingly, Wei Zhongxian's party did not take advantage of this to fight back, and occasionally a few people provoked it, and then they were pressed down.

It is said that the army is approaching, and it is approaching the capital of the center of the world, it should always be noisy and nervous, but the Zhao family army is too regular along the way, the military discipline is strict, there is no plundering of the place, the gentry and the people naturally will not go to the emergency, and most of the areas that the Zhao family army passes through have long been accustomed to the storage of Xuzhou soldiers and horses, let alone what kind of big thing it is.

In addition, even if the Zhao family army broke the city, they ignored the officials in the city, and the two sides went their own way, in such a situation, the local government would not be in a hurry, and after you reported the urgency, you said that the city was breached, so why did you not lose the city, why did you not resist, how many enemies were killed, how much did you lose, why were you safe and sound, whether it was colluding with each other, it was not clear to say, anyway, the city is there, the yamen is there, and the gentry and people are there, so why bother to make a noise.

What really caused the confusion was the gathering of officials and troops, the Xuanfu border army, the Jizhen border army, the Jingying soldiers and horses, the Shanxi border army, and the military towns of Zhending Mansion and Baoding Mansion in Beizhili, the transfer of these soldiers and horses was a disaster, since it was the Ming official army, then it was normal for the army to march with three days and five days of grain and grass, and if it was eaten up, it could be supplied locally, and everyone could also get some benefits by the way.

Once you get to the field, who cares about anything else, the villages and towns along the way, if you dare to refuse the supply of the army, no one dares to say anything if you directly wash it in blood, not to mention that many soldiers have been holding back for a long time, and it is a good time to indulge after coming out, which makes the road even more miserable.

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