After crossing the Huai River, it went north. At the relevant intersection, local officials had already received a report and prepared water and rice on the side.

Pick up the old prince's flying report again:

On the way to the capital, Jinan Pass and Cangzhou Pass have either been lost or have joined the rebels;

Xu Tengyan had a total of 90,000 troops in the three states, and they swore to support the Holy Lord and were willing to obey the general's dispatch;

The position of the 20,000 troops in Texas is unknown;

The Jiaodong mob took the opportunity to rise up irrepressibly.

Ren Tianqi immediately ordered Xu Teng and Yan to send an elite 5,000 horse army to the north with the army to Qinwang, and then sent 10,000 troops each to Jiaodong, so as to block the mob for more than a month, so as not to overflow Jiaodong and spread; and ordered Yanzhou to send a small number of cavalry, disguised as a ghost of the black water, to maneuver near Jinan Pass to confuse the rebels.

The army did not camp along the way, drank some water when it was thirsty, ate some dry food when it was hungry, and took a nap on horseback when it was sleepy; along the way, it received 15,000 elite cavalry from three states, and nearly 20,000 war horses were able to ride one man and two horses in turn.

On the night of the next day, the army rushed for more than 900 miles and came to Jinan Pass. There were more than a thousand horses exhausted, and the army could not slow down the speed of the rush.

Jinan is lined with armor and torches, bright as day. Wang Hui, the chief soldier of Jinan, accompanied Wanyan Fuqing to watch at the head of the city.

Wang Hui pointed below with a big belly and said with a smile: "My lord, there are only 30,000 military horses here, and they are all horse troops. Presumably, the people who come here will be people who have lost their reputation, don't they know that they are the head of the infantry army. The last general knows that the southerners are good at foot warfare, and the northerners are good at horse warfare, and now they don't know this, so don't be afraid!"

Wanyan Fuqing nodded, and said with a smile: "What the general said is good, I heard that the person who came here is a soldier from Xuzhou, and its director Tianqi used to be quite prestigious, you don't know it, you must not underestimate the enemy!"

Wang Hui said: "Xuzhou is far away from here, and the Xuzhou soldiers stop in the middle of the night, it must be a long way to run, the people and horses are very tired, while they are not standing, the last general is willing to take 5,000 men and horses down the pass to rush and kill, kill the spirit of the Xuzhou soldiers!"

Wan Yan Fuqing shook his head and said with a smile: "I heard that the Xuzhou soldiers are strong, we can't be careless; besides, we only need to let go north within ten days without letting go of a single person and a horse to guard the pass here, so why be greedy for that momentary speed, when the world is decided, the Xuzhou soldiers will retreat by themselves!"

Wang Hui said with a smile: "In this way, there is still a place that needs to be strictly guarded and more careful!"

Wan Yan Fuqing nodded and said with a smile: "I have my own arrangements, the general doesn't have to worry about it, but it is a great achievement to guard the city pass for ten days!"

Ren Tianqi set up the army to rest three miles away from the pass.

Both sides are brightly lit.

Some Tanma and Yanzhou local generals came to report that there were 30,000 garrisons in Jinan Pass, and the garrison general Wang Hui rebelled; later, the general Wanyan Fuqing led 50,000 troops to merge into one place, with a total of 80,000 defenders, and the city was fortified with sufficient grain and grass.

Ren Tianqi spread out the march map and thought hard about how to deal with it. Ren Tianqi knew that the more than 30,000 cavalry on his hand alone would definitely not be able to capture Jinan City, the imperial capital was in danger, and he couldn't afford to drag it out.

Ren Tianqi looked at the map, closed his eyes and calmed down, and hurriedly called the Yanzhou magistrate and asked, "Is there a trail here that goes around Jinan Pass to the north?"

The magistrate replied: "Yes, there is a mountain pass twenty miles west of here, which is quite hidden, called the mouth of Qianfo Mountain; this Qianfo Mountain is steep and the site is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of the army, and the guard camp is stationed on the mountainside and the top of the mountain pass, equipped with heavy bows and fast crossbows, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. It turned out that when Guan Sheng, the general of Jinan in the Song Dynasty, set up a small village there and allocated 500 soldiers to guard it; after Yan Fuqing came, yesterday he transferred another 5,000 infantry troops to garrison it, which was extremely difficult to pass. ”

When Ren Tianqi heard this, he smiled slightly, and then ordered the army to rest, and the whole army and horses were full of food and drink on the third watchday, leaving only a thousand old and weak soldiers to guard the camp to confuse the rebels, and the rest were all opened to Qianfoshan.

The generals were puzzled, and the Yanzhou magistrate was even more dumbfounded, unable to guess why the general did not listen to the advice, and had to go to the Qianfo Mountain Pass, which was guarded by this person and could not be opened.

The army came to the foot of Qianfo Mountain, nearly four watches, the sky was unclear, Ren Tianqi passed down the military order:

He was ordered to take 4,000 Mongol soldiers, 3,000 Wanyan soldiers, and 2,000 heavy bows to retreat five miles each to guard against the rebels from outflanking, and then respond to the 1,000 troops in front of the pass at any time;

ordered the black and white eagles to lead two thousand tiger guards with swords and shields, divided into four parts, all dismounted and on foot, taking advantage of the darkness to attack the mountain pass;

Ming Ming led a thousand gunners and a thousand light archers to follow behind the Tiger Guards, divided into four divisions to protect the Tiger Guards;

He ordered Di Wei to lead a thousand heavy archers, divide them into three formations, set up launchers, and prepare to launch Jiangnan fire oil and thunderbolts and reinforcements from the mountains on the opposite side, and set fire to the mountains.

He ordered Yong Shaur to lead 2,000 heavily armored horse troops to prepare to force the customs clearance at any time to deal with the rebels' possible support and encirclement in front.

The black eagle interrogated if he wanted to wait until dawn before attacking, Ren Tianqi saw that it was not early, the east was white, the sky was blood-red, the wind rose sharply, sighed and shook his head, and ordered to rush immediately.

Ren Tianqi also got off the horse and came to the bottom of the mountain to watch the battle with a halberd in hand.

Seeing that Shuangying led the five hundred tiger guards and five hundred light archers to slowly force up the mountain silently, he had already seen the guards, and a burst of arrows and torches were shot down, igniting the grass and trees under the mountain, and the light was as bright as day, blocking the way for the people of Shuangying. Seeing that the sneak attack failed, the two eagles swung their knives to suppress the formation and prepared to attack.

Ren Tianqi was busy throwing gunners to fire thunderbolts and canisters. In an instant, the flames on the mountainside soared into the sky, and the remnant screams rang out, and the opponent's defense was in chaos.

The twin eagles raised their nine-ring swords, roared, and rushed forward with five hundred tiger guards.

Gong Ming swung his sword and followed closely with five hundred light archers, and a burst of random arrows shot at the opponent's position, pressing the opponent to the point where he couldn't raise his head.

I heard someone on the other side shouting: "Oh no, they're attacking, quickly transfer people over!"

Ren Tianqi looked up and saw many soldiers rushing down the other mountain, the sound of killing shook the sky, the torches were like fire dragons, and Di Wei was ordered to fire firearms and thunderbolts to isolate the mountain to help the enemy. In an instant, the explosions on the mountainside and the surrounding mountains continued, the flames soared into the sky, flying sand and stones, and flesh and blood flew sideways. The other party obviously didn't expect Ren Tianqi to shoot so much.

The black and white eagles here were also guarded by archers, braving the rain of arrows from the other side, and attacked halfway up the mountain with a single sprint.

Ren Tianqi was overjoyed when he saw it, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, so he hurriedly ordered Di Wei to continue firing, and rushed up with a thousand tiger guards wielding halberds. Gong Ming was in a hurry when he saw it, and hurriedly rushed forward with the gunners and light archers to follow the guards.

In this way, the first explosion and first burning, shooting from a distance and slashing at a distance, a sprint, the army took the Qianfoshan Pass. Shaur crossed the pass with two thousand heavily armored troops and went to ten miles to guard. Here, Ren Tianqi and other leading soldiers slashed and killed, 5,000 defenders killed most of them, and then 7,000 cavalry came up, and they burned and looted, except for a few who escaped, 5,000 people were almost all killed and wounded, and the two camps were robbed and burned.

Ren Tianqi ordered a few soldiers, and only 30 people were killed and 160 were injured. Ren Tianqi walked non-stop, and went forward for another thirty miles, and came to a place where the terrain was slightly flat, and it was already dawn, so he arranged a guard, lined up his position, and let the army dismount to rest and eat, waiting for the rebels who were about to follow behind.

Less than an hour later, the Jinan rebels sent Wang Hui with 10,000 cavalry to follow and kill.

On the left is 4,000 Mongolian troops, on the right is 3,000 heavily armored iron troops, and Ren Tianqi led 3,000 tiger guards in the middle to kill head-on. The military horses of the three states along the road gathered behind, seeing that the general was so brave, he was not willing to lag behind, and he was afraid that he would fall into the crime of being unfavorable in battle afterwards, and the fifteen thousand military horses also rushed out with a shout, and followed the Chinese army to outflank the enemy and separate them, and killed until noon. Of the 10,000 cavalry brought by Wang Hui, less than 3,000 wounded soldiers remained, and all of them dismounted and surrendered under the leadership of Wang Hui.

Ren Tianqi ordered to take over all the war horses and prepare the army to go north, and urged the horses to come to Wang Hui, take a halberd Wang Hui and said: "The saint treats you well, why did you rebel?"

Wang Hui looked up and saw the mask on Ren Tianqi's face, "Black Water Ghost", and let out a scream and fainted.

Ren Tianqi sneered, waved his arm, cut off Wang Hui's head, and whistled with a rein.

Hearing this, all the Mongol soldiers turned over and dismounted, slashed their swords and guns into the crowd of rebels. In a moment, thousands of surrendered people died under the swords and guns, and the Mongol soldiers were busy searching for the dead, and occasionally those who were wounded but not dead were also dragged out and hacked to death.

The bloody scene made the Sanzhou Jin soldiers tremble.

At this time, the probe horse flew to report, and tens of thousands of rebels were killed behind. Ren Tianqi snatched the halberd in one fell swoop, and ordered each general to take the headquarters and wait in formation. Ren Tianqi

Standing in front of the formation, on the left are 3,000 Wanyan army 3,000 heavy armored iron troops and light archers, on the right 4,000 Mongolian troops and artillery men, and behind them are 3,000 tiger guards and other armies.

Looking up, there are always as many as 40,000 people of the enemy, cavalry and infantry, all over the mountains and fields, black and oppressive, perhaps the incoming soldiers have walked a long way, exhausted, the flag is crooked, and the morale is low, or the people who have come have seen the corpses all over the ground, and the blood is flowing like a river, and they are all in a mess.

Ren Tianqi saw that the enemy's army was uncertain, the army was not in order, and the array was not completed, so he ordered Ma Tian and the others to pass down the general order to the Xuzhou soldiers: take advantage of the enemy's panic and want to rectify the military formation, but when they heard the sound of the other party's horn, they immediately fought out, only seeking to defeat, not to be entangled, and they needed to go north as soon as possible.

A trumpet sounded in the opposing army, the crowd shook for a while, and the horse infantry army was preparing to line up.

Ren Tianqi saw that the opportunity could not be missed, raised the halberd with the reins, and rushed out with a shout. The 10,000 strong troops in front of the battle swept forward like a whirlwind, and like the wind swept away the leaves, the future 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers rushed to pieces. The Xuzhou soldiers rushed back and forth to kill, killing and wounding thousands of enemies. The enemy hurriedly retreated like a tide. Ren Tianqi did not chase after him, and ordered the whole army to turn around and go north. In this battle, the Xuzhou soldiers lost less than 2,000 soldiers, the Sanzhou soldiers lost more than 2,000 soldiers, and the two divisions killed nearly 20,000 enemies.

The army went all the way north, and in order to hurry and fill its stomach, the army was looted along the road; the soldiers of Sanzhou had never been so presumptuous, and they had actually viciously attacked the Xuzhou department, and all the departments rushed forward. Ren Tianqi was busy with the win-win rate department to restrain him. Ren Tianqi also wrote an official letter ordering officials in various places to immediately start to appease the people and investigate the loss of registration. On the way, he received an urgent report from the imperial court and the old prince: On the way to the imperial capital, only Cangzhou Pass was occupied by the rebels; the king of Junan had led his troops to fight with the rebels in Beijing; the rebels had besieged the capital while gathering troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the Xuzhou soldiers on the outskirts of Beijing; and the imperial court demanded that Ren Tianqi must rush to the imperial capital to relieve the siege within five days.

The army passed through Texas and got another 10,000 cavalry. In addition to ordering Texas officials to lead the troops of their own state to the north, Ren Tianqi also increased the number of soldiers and horses in Binzhou and Dingzhou along the way to the north. The army hurried north.