Yu Ren still persuaded him.

"They didn't do it right. But we can't be impulsive, otherwise we'll just mess things up. You wait outside, I'll go in and find him. After speaking, Yu Ren let go of Lu Yue.

The two soldiers guarding the gate saw Yu Ren suddenly break through the gate and hurriedly rushed up to stop him. "Hey, I said, don't you want to die? You dare to trespass into the General Military Mansion! ”

Yu Ren took out a jade plaque from his arms and shook it at the two of them. "I'm still the envoy of King Lu, I have something important to look for Master Li, which of you dares to stop it!"

When the two men heard this, they were immediately frightened and did not dare to speak again. I regret that I just looked away.

Yu Ren directly broke into the General Soldier's Mansion, and several servants in the palace stepped forward to stop him, but they were all frightened back by his jade plate.

When he reached the hall, Li Zhaoji had just sat down with the help of one of his maids, who was still hurriedly tying his belt. Looks like someone has just woken him up from bed.

"Lord Li is about to come to a catastrophe, and you don't know it. Are you still in the mood to go out and drink flower wine? ”

As soon as Yu Ren came up, he split his head and covered his head. Li Zhaoji was startled by Yu Ren's words, and he immediately woke up halfway from drinking. Busy got up from his chair all of a sudden. "What? But the thieves broke through Taizhou? ”

"Not really. However, if you don't send troops again, I'm afraid that this Yanzhou will be over soon! ”

When Li Zhaoji heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his chair. "It turned out to be Yanzhou."

As he spoke, Li Zhaoji picked up a cup of tea on the table and took a sip gently. "Don't worry, General Yu. The city of Yanzhou is high and deep, and it is as solid as a rock, and it is impossible to attack those rabble by smelling incense. We are about to borrow the power of King Lu to consume some more of the strength of the anti-thief. That way, when we send our troops, we can sweep them away in one fell swoop. ”

Li Zhaoji said with a very confident look.

When Yu Ren heard this, he slapped the table hard.

"Fart! Is this what Zhao Yan told you? Let me tell you, if I hadn't risked my life to lure the elite of the Wenxiang Sect out of Yanzhou and give King Lu a chance to breathe, I'm afraid that Yanzhou City would have been breached at this time, and it would be as solid as a rock. Before I led my troops to break through the siege, the city broke into seventeen places, is this also called rock solid?

I really don't understand how Lord Li could believe these words. ”

Li Zhaoji suddenly heard Yu Ren's words and seemed to be taken aback.

"Isn't it! Lord Zhao clearly said that he would send someone to Yanzhou to spy soon. said that Yanzhou City can at least hold for half a year! ”

Yu Ren was so angry that he really wanted to rush up and slap him. I really don't know how he got his name as a famous general, and he is so confused.

"My lord, can you believe Governor Zhao's words? You don't want to think about why he is telling you this? It's not that I want you to stay in Jinan! As long as you stay in Jinan, the army will stay in Jinan, and he is the safest here. Otherwise, you will take your men and horses to Yanzhou. In the event of a defeat in this battle, the anti-thieves of the Smelling Fragrance Sect will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue. At that time, Jinan and Taizhou will also be besieged by anti-thieves. At that time, it was not easy for him, the governor of Shandong, to do it.

And if only Yanzhou is breached, he has little responsibility and no risk. Anyway, he is just a civil official, and the person in charge of quelling the chaos is you, Lord Li. If the war is not fought well, the responsibility is yours Master Li. The responsibility of Lord Zhao is only to minimize the impact of the rebellion. ”

Li Zhaoji patted his head, revealing a sudden realization. "I see! No wonder, why did I say that Lord Zhao was so enthusiastic about me! actually said that he wanted to marry me a concubine. It turns out that the cat is tired here. ”

As he spoke, Li Zhaoji stood up. "So, what now?"

Let's go to Zhao Yan right now, you must remember. No matter how much he talks to you, just remember a little ......"

"We must send troops to Yanzhou!" Li Zhaoji hurriedly said.

Yu Ren's face finally showed a smile of relief.

"Let's go!"

Without waiting for Yu Ren to urge, Li Zhaoji had already strode out.

In the governor's yamen, Zhao Yan had already fallen asleep, but was dragged out of bed by Li Zhaoji.

"What's so urgent? My Lord Lee! ”

Zhao Yan was very dissatisfied with Li Zhaoji for dragging him out of the arms of the soft concubine.

"Lord Zhao, we must send troops, we must send troops immediately!" Li Zhaoji said toughly.

Zhao Yan was a little surprised. "Haven't we already talked about this? Yanzhou won't save them for the time being, let them consume the strength of the anti-thieves! ”

"But I have just received accurate information, Yanzhou City is already in danger, if the anti-thieves are allowed to capture Yanzhou, their morale will be greatly boosted, and the surrounding states and counties will definitely have many responses. At that time, the situation in Shandong will be difficult to manage. ”

Zhao Yan glared at Yu Ren on the side, knowing that he must have said something to Li Zhaoji. He then pulled Lee Siu-ki aside.

"I'll tell you, Master Lee. This is a matter of urgency. The army promised by the emperor to us in Shandong has not yet come. At this time, if we are bold enough to send troops, we will easily be defeated. At that time, I am afraid that even Taizhou and Jinan will not be able to keep it. If that happens, you and I will be guilty of greatness! ”

Li Zhaoji no longer listened to Zhao Yan's words at this time, but just shook his head vigorously.

"Lord Yuan of Liaodong has recently lost more than 100,000 elites, and the emperor just wants to send troops to us, but he can't send them for a while, and the team that barely managed to make up a few can't fight at all. I have led the army for many years, and I know this better than anyone else.

However, if the situation in Shandong drags on any longer, it will only get worse and worse. Xu Hongru of the Wenxiang Sect has already declared himself Emperor Zhongxing Fulie, and if we don't exterminate them as soon as possible, more people will turn to them. By then, the situation will be even more out of control.

Therefore, we must immediately send troops to Yanzhou to fight to the death against the anti-thieves. ”

This time, Li Zhaoji finally showed his experience and courage as a famous battlefield general, and analyzed the situation very thoroughly.

Zhao Yan also wanted to say that Li Zhaoji had stopped him.

"Lord Zhao doesn't need to say any more. Tomorrow I'll go to the teaching field to order soldiers. There were 12,000 horse infantry in Jinan City, and I took 10,000 with me. Leaving 2,000 people for Lord Zhao to guard the city, this should be enough, right? ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, he was taken aback.

"How can this work? Jinan City is so big, if the thieves attack it, how can these two thousand people defend the city! ”

"That's either it. Lord Zhao and I each received 5,000 men. I went back to Taizhou and brought with me the 4,000 people in the city. We, 9,000 men, were responsible for fighting the anti-thieves besieging Yanzhou from the front. Lord Zhao was responsible for making a detour to attack behind the anti-thieves, and the soldiers pointed directly at Teng County to eliminate the general nest of the anti-thieves.

These two paths, Lord Zhao chooses one! ”

Zhao Yan looked at Li Zhaoji. "Master Li must fight?"

"Must be hit?"

"Are you sure you want to fight?"

"Sure you want to fight!"

"Lord Zhao Li, don't you want to think about what the consequences will be if you are defeated?"

Li Zhaoji was stunned.

Yu Ren was worried that Li Zhaoji would be shaken by Zhao Yan again, so he hurriedly said on the sidelines, "Since the emperor personally ordered Lord Li's generals, he hopes that Lord Li can exterminate the thieves in Shandong as soon as possible. If the emperor heard that Lord Li was coming, he would not move and do nothing, what would be the consequences? ”

When Li Zhaoji heard this, he immediately nodded, revealing a firm position.

"Then, I'll choose the second option." Zhao Yan said. He also knew that Li Zhaoji was the commander-in-chief of Shandong personally ordered by the emperor, and he still had to take him as the main one in the war. Since Li Zhaoji has repeatedly insisted on sending troops, he can no longer insist on opposing it. Otherwise, this matter will be known to the emperor in the future, and no matter what the war in Shandong is, he will not be able to escape the charge of avoiding the enemy and cowardly.

Although Emperor Tianqi was just an ignorant child, Zhao Yan knew very well that the group of old ministers around him were extremely difficult to fool, especially those Donglin Party members. Zhao Yan, as a Chu Party official, cannot be cautious today when the Donglin Party is extremely powerful.

The next day, Li Zhaoji, accompanied by Zhao Yan, personally went to the church to count the people. In order to prevent changes, Yu Ren followed Li Zhaoji almost every step of the way.

Fortunately, the old boy's nerve that was originally mistaken finally returned to normal, and there was no delay.

The city of Jinan has 12,000 people and horses, which are divided into three groups. The first group of 5,000 people, led by Li Zhaoji, was responsible for going south to reinforce Yanzhou, looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the thieves under the city of Yanzhou. The second group of 5,000 people, led by Zhao Yan, was responsible for making a detour to attack the old nest Teng County of the Wenxiang Sect. The third group of 2,000 people, led by the new garrison of Jinan Prefecture, was responsible for guarding the city of Jinan.

After the task assignment was completed, Li Zhaoji did not delay for a moment, and set off with his troops in the afternoon of the same day. Zhao Yan, on the other hand, dragged and procrastinated, lectured, sacrificed flags, and bid farewells, until noon on the third day, when the army began to leave the city.

At this time, Li Zhaoji was already about to arrive in Taizhou City with his 5,000 men.

Just when their army was still about twenty miles away from Taizhou City, they suddenly went forward to report that they had found a large number of people in front of them.