Penglai Pavilion Jingbei Army Marshal's Mansion Xingyuan.

After determining the objectives of this operation, Li Xingzhi readjusted the defense affairs of various localities in the area under his jurisdiction, and the specific arrangements were as follows.

Yang Biao's troops in the first town were stationed in Jinan, urging Liu Lishun, the governor of Shandong, to immediately requisition the people who accompanied the army, prepare the money, food, materials and boats needed for this battle, and immediately build a fortress at Luokou in Jinan to control the canal.

Wang Zhongbu, the second town, stayed in Laizhou and arranged corresponding defensive lines along the line of the Jiaolai River and Daze Mountain to consolidate the production base of Ziyang Reservoir and Zhaoyuan.

The third town Li Rui is stationed in Dengzhou, the main task is to carry out the corresponding water training, this army Li Xingzhi is ready to be used to sneak attack Liaodong, if you are not familiar with water warfare, even to Liaodong, I am afraid that there will be no strength to fight because of seasickness, and the second is to guard Dengzhou Mansion to prevent the Kong family and King De from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

Of course, in order to prevent changes, Li Xingzhi also left 500 iron soldiers under the command of Zhou Ting to guard Penglai Pavilion.

There are 10,000 troops and horses guarding Leiden, and Jinan is garrisoned by 5,000 troops from the first town, so the base camp is naturally safe, after all, the imperial army is gathered in Huguang, and there is no way to threaten the Jingbei army here in Shandong.

The first, second, and third towns were left behind, and the horses that went out on the expedition must be the fourth and fifth towns and the Green Banner soldiers.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the fourth and fifth towns is not much different from the other towns, because these five towns are scattered and reorganized, and all they lack is the corresponding armor and weapons.

For this reason, Li Xingzhi immediately instructed Zhaoyuan Ordnance Manufacturing to immediately produce 800 large-caliber arquebuses, 2,000 medium-caliber arquebuses, 3,500 crossbows, 30,000 catties of gunpowder, 100 artillery pieces, as well as a sufficient number of cannons and guns, and the rest of the plate armor vests and corresponding cotton armor should also be ready.

As for the Green Flag soldiers, Li Xingzhi did not intend to distribute them according to the equipment of the Jingbei Army, and still ordered them to use their original weapons, but only wore a set of vest armor.

The reason for this is that the accuracy of the Eight Banners' archery skills is much higher than that of the long-range soldiers of the Jingbei Army, and the power of their firearms is not bad, and a rash change of clothing will only affect their combat effectiveness.

There were more than 15,000 people in the Fourth Town, the Fifth Town, the Manchurian Green Banner Soldiers, and the Iron Man Soldiers on the expedition of the Jingbei Army, and this kind of military and horse mobilization was also the largest transfer of the Jingbei Army since its formation.

Going out for the imperial court, the Jingbei army has no possibility of preparing money and food by itself, Li Xingzhi is not a big wrongdoer, Guan Ningjun, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong can ask the court for money, and the Jingbei army can naturally do it.

According to Li Xingzhi's request, the governor of Shandong must raise enough money and grain for half a year, that is, 60,000 stone of grain and grass and 180,000 taels of silver, and recruit a sufficient number of people to escort the grain and grass materials.

As the saying goes, thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and Liu Lishun is naturally no exception, relying on the support of Xue Guoguan, Liu Lishun directly increased the silver required for the Jingbei army to 300,000 taels, and strictly ordered all provinces to make up the cost of the army within a month.

However, as soon as the Donglu crossed the border, Jinan and Qingzhou in Shandong were looted by the Dongyu, countless people were displaced, and a large amount of land was barren, and it would not be possible to gather all this money and grain for a while.

The common people have no money, but the gentry do! Relying on the support of Xue Guoguan, Liu Lishun didn't care what the gentry thought, and forcibly apportioned the amount donated by the gentry, although 300,000 taels of silver was much, but it couldn't stand the gentry in Shandong.

Of course, during the period when Liu Lishun raised food and wages, the training and costume change in the fourth and fifth towns did not fall behind, although there was still a small gap in equipment, but the change of clothes was basically completed.

On 1 July, Li Xingzhi immediately gathered an army at the Tianqi Mountain Campus in Laizhou and swore to go on the expedition.

On the platform of the generals as high as three zhang, Li Xingzhi stood by his sword, and Zhang Shaoqian, Zhang Wu, Amba, Alan Chai, Zack, Akema and other army commanders were lined up on the left and right.

The ten infantry teams of the fourth town under the stage are on the left, the ten infantry teams of the fifth town are on the right, and in the middle are 2,100 cavalrymen of the full green banner and the green banner of Meng, and 2,600 infantry of the Han green banner.

On the school ground, countless military flags of various colors were waving in the wind, the earth-shattering drums and cannons, and the neighing of war horses made the entire array full of a solemn atmosphere.

Li Xingzhi looked at the neat phalanx under the stage, and his heart was also surging, and he drew his sword and shouted: "The soldiers of the Jingbei Army, the puppet Qing Beile Abatai, and Prince Cheng Yue Tuo are all folded in our hands, and today the commander is going to take you to meet Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings of the pseudonym, do you dare?" ”

"Dare! Dare! ……！ ”

Shen Yongzhen and the others in the audience raised their arms and shouted one by one, and countless soldiers also shouted frantically, and the wave after wave of shouts went straight to the sky.

"Good! Since you have the guts, then Ben Shuai will take you to kill Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, the two dog thieves, and listen to the soldiers' texts.

Lydon soldier Dao Lu Liang stepped forward, showed the text in his hand, and read aloud: "Cao Kou is loyal to you and you are a demon, its nature is dog and sheep, unpredictable, now raise the flag to restore chaos, since October, slaughter dozens of cities, hurt hundreds of thousands of people, cruel and vicious, can be described as the anger of the heavens, the people and the gods are angry. ”

"The year before last, the head of the high rebellion, Li thief was frightened, wandered deep in the mountains, offered the thief cold and tied, but the nature of the thief, reinstated Yunyang, wanted to use the axe of the mantis arm, the Sui of the Yulong car, Peng Laibo, the commander of Shandong, Liaodong military affairs chief officer Li Xingzhi was ordered by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel division, advocating righteousness, today from the land and water army of 50,000, Keri expedition to the west, where the book arrives, please surrender early, if you resist the heavenly soldiers, the jade is burned, don't say it is unpredictable."

Lu Liang read the article on the thief in one breath, and looked at the neat Jingbei military formation under the stage, and he was also excited, only hoping that such a strong army could sweep away the Liukou in one fell swoop and prosper the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xingzhi suddenly drew his sword, pointed directly at the military flag of the Jingbei Army hanging high on the platform, and said loudly: "Everyone, who led you to flood the city, attack Liu Lizhuang at night, and make a great break for Sun Degong?" ”

"It's a handsome, it's a handsome!"

Zhang Shaoqian and Yang Biao raised their arms and shouted!

"It's a handsome, it's a handsome!"

The soldiers of the former Jingbei Army under the stage also shouted!

"Who is taking you, guarding Gaoyang alone, and breaking the slave chief Abatai?"

"It's a handsome, it's a handsome!"

The Green Flag soldiers also joined in the cheers, and their eyes looked firmly at the tall figure on the stage.

"Who led you to break the false Qing Prince Yue Tuo? The Qing army was wiped out? ”

Li Xingzhi took a step forward and roared hoarsely.

"It's handsome, it's handsome......!"

At this moment, whether it is the Shandong Army, the Green Flag Soldiers, or the Jingbei Army, everyone is cheering, and the tens of thousands of invincible Eight Banner soldiers in the world are not the opponents of the great marshal, not to mention a mere Zhang Xianzhong.

"Okay, now the whole army is out!"

Li Xingzhi returned the sword into the sheath, and finally issued a military order to march into the army.