Zhang Sizhi did not take Lu Chengye's 50,000 taels of silver as his own, but transferred 30,000 taels of silver to Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui first took out part of the military horses to enter the guard, and then allocated 20,000 taels to Miyun.

With the silver, Wu Sangui no longer had a reason to shirk, so he could only lead 3,000 troops to reinforce Tonghua with Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, and Tang Tong, the deputy general of Xuanda, also set off immediately after getting the silver.

Gao Di is a native of Yulin, Shaanxi, the word Han Chong, although he is not a fierce general, but he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he also knows that Wu Sangui sent him to Qin Wang, in fact, he is to eliminate the dissident mind, but now the situation is urgent, Gao Di is not willing to be in Shanhaiguan and Wu Sangui and the snake, received Wu Sangui's general order, and took the elite 3,000 soldiers of the headquarters out of Shanhaiguan and went straight to Tongzhou.

Tang Tong is a native of Jingyang, Shaanxi, at the beginning of the governor Chen Qiyu fought in Yunyang and Zhang Xianzhong, because of the merit promoted to Yulin guerrilla, and then fought with Li Zicheng, tired of officials to Xuanda and Miyun general army.

In this Songjin War, Tang Tong was also recruited into the army by Hong Chengchou, and cooperated with Cao Bianjiao to repeatedly fight with Donglu in Rufeng Mountain, and later Wu Sangui and others took the lead in defeating and fleeing, resulting in the collapse of the Ming army on the whole line.

After the Battle of Songjin, the imperial court held accountable for the defeat, and Tang Tong was demoted to the deputy general of Miyun due to his ineffective fighting, and he made meritorious service for his crimes.

Thanks to the 100,000 taels of silver raised by Lu Chengye, on the 23rd day of September in the 13th day of Chongzhen, reinforcements from all over Gyeonggi arrived in Tongju City in turn.

At this time, the Ming army gathered in Tongzhou had reached more than 12,000 people. With soldiers, he has confidence, and Zhang Sizhi issued a document in Tongzhou in the name of the second assistant of the cabinet and the Jiliao governor.

"I heard that the rebel thief rose up and lived a virtuous life. In the past, Zhulu was in turmoil, and he rose up; Reckless and rebellious usurpation of the dynasty, Dou Rong was worried. Cover because of his loyal ministers do not send, then the society is difficult to be safe, Yu Zeng read the Qin Ji, Zhao Gao and Li Si rebelled, then the hundred and two Qin Guan changed hands in one dynasty, not lost in Chu Han, but destroyed in the power of the traitor. ”

"Today, Zhu Youshu, who is rebelling against the domain, does not want to abandon the crime of defending Jinan, harbors evil intentions, secretly accumulates minions, and wants to follow the story of the Ning Domain in the past. The rebel Li Xingzhi was born as a thief in Gaoyang, and the imperial court did not give him a despicable background, and repeatedly gave him grace and awarded him the Marquis of Penglai, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but the thief was a dog and sheep, and he did not want to repay the service, and colluded with the rebel clan to achieve his intention of stealing the country, and his heart could be punished. ”

"Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi, the world by the grace of the country, although attached to the rebellion, but he has no soldiers and no power, I am afraid of being against the feudal domain, against the handsome in the ear, now the rebel king's army has approached Tongzhou, I hope that the Holy Father can repent, live up to the holy teacher, the name of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, entangle the loyal and brave people, smash their nests, and cut off their fundamental place."

"This superintendent is also working hard with a million halberds, thousands of Hu horses, people who have been educated in the middle of the yellow sky, and a good bow and a strong crossbow. When the state and county are all in order, Chen soldiers are ready to go, in order to save the generals, and Kuang Sheji, in order to establish a virtuous name, so it is important. Like a law! ”

After Zhang Sizhi's rebellious document was issued, the Ming court also reacted quickly, proclaiming the world with a clear decree, dismissing Zhu Youshu and Li Xingzhi's Penglai Marquis and the Zuo Du Governor of the Dadu Governor's Office, but retaining the position of Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi, in order to divide and win over the Jingbei Army.

The Ming court and the Jingbei army are fighting a big fight, both sides declare the legitimacy of their rule over the Ming Dynasty, the entire Beizhili is scout cavalry is all over the place, even the air is filled with the smell of gunsmoke, both sides know that the truth is in their own long knife, that is, whose knife is sharp enough, who can control the Ming Dynasty's right to speak.

Li Xingzhi took the oath to set out on 15 September, and arrived in Dezhou with his troops on 20 September, where he immediately boarded a ship and headed north along the Grand Canal.

Li Xingzhi made a fool of the military horses that marched into Henan, and ordered Wang Zhong to send troops westward on 10 September, in order to make a time difference between the Ming court and seize Luoyang and Kaifeng, the two important towns in the Central Plains, after his Jingnan document was issued.

In fact, Li Xingzhi's deployment was correct, and in the face of the Jingbei Army from Shandong, the King of Zhou in Kaifeng and the Fu Fan in Luoyang did not have any defense, but invited the second town and the new second town of the Jingbei Army into Fucheng with great fanfare, so as to deter Li Zicheng's army that had gathered in Xinyang.

At the same time that Wang Zhong's troops were stationed in Luoyang, Li Xingzhi also personally commanded the Manchurian and Han Green Banners, the Iron Man Soldiers, and the Fourth Town and the New Fourth Town of the Jingbei Army to the vicinity of Caoguan, which was not far from Tongzhou.

In order to control the water transportation of the canal, Li Xingzhi immediately ordered Lang Shaozhen, the deputy general of Xin'er Town, to lead an army of 1,005 as the vanguard and first capture the Tongzhou wharf Caoguan.

As the name suggests, Caoguan is set up for Caoyun, guarding the water gate of the Grand Canal, which is actually a town and the only barrier of Tongzhou City.

In the face of the offensive of the Jingbei Army, Zhang Sizhi, the deputy assistant of the cabinet stationed in Jietongzhou, immediately summoned Huang Wenchang, the chief soldier of Baoding, Tang Tong, the deputy general of Miyun, and Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, to discuss the strategy of war and defense.

"Ge Lao, the last general has fought against Abatai in Gaoyang and Li Rebellion, Li Reverse is full of wisdom, and the last general is afraid that there will be fraud in it, so it is better to be safe."

After Huang Wenchang retreated to Tongzhou, he saw that Zhang Sizhi had gathered more than 10,000 troops and horses to garrison Tongzhou, and heard that Wu Sangui might also lead the army to return south, so he muttered in his heart and started to wait and see.

"Huang Shuai is not afraid of Li Shun, according to the sentry cavalry, Li Shun's vanguard is only 1,500 people, if we eat them, we can also greatly boost the morale of our Tongzhou defenders."

Gao Di is the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and he is on a par with Huang Wenchang in terms of function, and now Zhang Sizhi actually made Huang Wenchang the president, which made Gao Di very dissatisfied, so he thought of taking this opportunity to eat Li Xingzhi's vanguard troops, so as to show his face in front of Zhang Sizhi.

"What General Gao said is that there are 3,000 soldiers in your department, including 800 cavalry, and it is not difficult to deal with the rebel army with only more than 1,500 yuan."

Zhang Si knew that he was not familiar with military affairs, and in his opinion, since he had already gained the advantage in numbers, it was better to go out of the city to attack the thieves, so as to boost the morale of the military and the people in Tongzhou and Gyeonggi.

"The last general will definitely live up to the trust of the elder!"

Gao Di was overjoyed and immediately went down to the city to order troops.

Accompanying Gao Di's men and horses, that is, the 800 cavalry and 2,400 infantry in his headquarters, Zhang Sizhi was afraid that the troops were insufficient, so he drew out the 800 soldiers of Li Tongsuo's department of the Tongzhou garrison to go with him.

Before the Gao Di Department went out of the city, Zhang Sizhi, the elder of the cabinet, took Lu Chengye, the governor of Tongzhou, Wang Bingwen of Tongzhou Prefecture, and Huang Wenchang and other officials to set up a banquet at the head of the city to set up a banquet to set up a wine.

After drinking the wine of the expedition, Gao Di ordered the troops to go out of the city. At the end of the day, the official army encountered Lang Shaozhen's department in the new second town of the Jingbei Army that had arrived in Caoguan Town.