On the tenth day of October, Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong, was sitting in the magistrate’s office of Qingzhou Prefecture, looking at the Shandong civil servants and military generals gathered together, smiling and stroking his beards.
The emperor mobilized soldiers and horses to garrison Xianghe County, more than a hundred miles north of Tianjin, and mobilized 130,000 frontier troops, which shocked the government and the public. This time, the emperor only asked the army to gather in Xianghe County, but did not explain what to do next.
The soldiers were stationed in Xianghe and built a stronghold. Since they were paid, it didn't matter. But outside, the purpose of this troop deployment was aroused.
Xianghe is so close to Tianjin. Most civil servants looked at the map and thought that this operation was aimed at Tianjin. Li Zhi had just violated the imperial edict and invaded Shandong, and the emperor mobilized such a large army to go south. The civil servants were very excited.
These days, wars often take place for half a year or a year, and it is common for the army to stay in a certain place for a period of time before the decisive battle. Rumors that the emperor wanted to get rid of Li Zhi's cancer spread rapidly across the country.
The civil servants congratulated each other and kept urging the emperor to use troops quickly in the court. They all said that they would fight quickly before Li Zhi's defense in Tianjin was complete.
In response to this huge change, Li Zhi responded by gathering troops and horses to defend Fanjiazhuang, hoarding grain and grass in Fanjiazhuang, and seemed to be ready to abandon the rest of Tianjin at any time. In Shandong, Li Zhi's 5,000 soldiers and horses that were originally scattered in various places were all concentrated.
Jinan City put on a defensive posture.
The literati and gentry in Shandong were very excited when they heard the news. They lamented that the emperor finally woke up and no longer protected Li Zhi, and rushed to tell each other.
After Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong Province, heard the news, he was so excited that he didn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, he took the seal, his family members and servants out of the city in batches, quickly left Jinan City controlled by Li Zhi, and rushed to the city where there was no Huben division.
Qingzhou Prefecture.
In Qingzhou Prefecture, Wang Yongji urgently contacted Liang Fengchun, the governor of Denglai, and summoned generals from all over Shandong to take advantage of this good situation to recapture Jinan City by force and drive Li Zhi out of Shandong.
There are two governors in Shandong, the east is under the jurisdiction of the Denglai governor, and the west is under the jurisdiction of the Shandong governor. Liang Fengchun, the Denglai governor, also hated Li Zhi. After receiving Wang Yongji's letter, he rushed to Qingzhou to meet Wang Yongji as soon as possible. The two of them met.
Camps from all over Shandong were summoned, and soon all the generals from Shandong were gathered in Qingzhou.
Nowadays, there are rumors everywhere that the emperor is attacking Li Zhi, and Li Zhi has turned into a hairless phoenix. At this time, two governors jointly mobilized Shandong soldiers and horses to attack Li Zhi. Which general dare not listen?
There were originally Dengzhou Camp, Laizhou Camp and other battalions in Shandong. In only fifteen days, Wang Yongji gathered a force of more than 30,000 troops.
In the lobby of the Qingzhou Prefecture's Yamen, Wang Yongji and Denglai Governor Liang Fengchun were sitting at the top, with more than 20 generals standing below. Although the Shandong General Soldier and the Denglai General Soldier are considered to be general soldiers, in Shandong, they are
The commander-in-chief of the inland provinces has little status and can only stand in front of the governor.
Wang Yongji smiled while stroking his beard and said loudly: "Everyone, the Li thieves first surrounded the capital and then moved to Shandong. The rebellion is clearly exposed. The emperor has been furious and vowed to kill Li Zhi and his party. Li Zhi's father's family, Li family, mother's family
The Zheng family and the Cui family of my wife will not be able to escape the fate of killing their clans this time. The scholars of Tianjin and Shandong can regain the clear sky."
In order to incite the generals to attack Li Zhi together, Wang Yongji told a big lie.
However, the generals were not as well-informed as the governor, and with rumors flying all over the sky at this time, how could the generals tell whether Wang Yongji's words were true or false? When the generals heard Wang Yongji say that Li Zhi was about to be destroyed, they all hurriedly curry favor with the governor, for fear that at this critical moment
Fall behind others.
"What the Governor said is absolutely true. A few years ago, I heard that Li Thief was exploiting the gentry in Tianjin, and I knew that Li Thief would be destroyed."
"We are willing to follow the governor and drive Li Zhi's forces out of Shandong."
Wang Yongji laughed loudly and said: "There are only 5,000 thieves in Jinan City. I have 30,000 people to lay siege to the city and storm it. I believe we can capture it in a few months. At that time, my troops from Shandong will march north, together with hundreds of thousands of border troops."
Attack Tianjin. Once the low wall at Fanjiazhuang is breached, you will all be great contributors to suppressing the rebellion."
After listening to Wang Yongji's words, the generals bowed down one by one and shouted: "It's all up to the governor to make the decision."
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On October 15th, Li Zhi received a report from Han Jinxin at the Tianjin General Military Mansion and learned that Shandong Governor Wang Yongji had mobilized troops to attack Jinan.
Now that the emperor has sent troops to Xianghe County, hundreds of thousands of troops are eyeing Tianjin. Although Li Zhi still lives in Tianjin, he is always paying attention to reports from Xianghe. As long as Xianghe's border troops approach further south, Li Zhi will be ready to retreat to Fanjiazhuang for defense.
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At this time, Li Zhi was very angry when he heard the news that Shandong Governor Wang Yongji was fishing in troubled waters.
Li Zhi's men gathered at the General Military Mansion to discuss countermeasures.
Zheng Kaicheng was still a little afraid of the imperial power and was very nervous these days. At this time, he was sitting on a chair, his face was not very good, probably because he had not slept at night. He looked at Li Zhi, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, if we really wait for ten
Thirty thousand border troops besieged Fanjiazhuang, and the situation is irreversible. It is better to withdraw the court in Shandong and talk to the emperor nicely. After all, we are the heroes of the Jinzhou War. As long as the court is withdrawn, the emperor will definitely withdraw his troops."
Li Laosi glared at Zheng Kaicheng and said, "Zheng Kaicheng, don't talk nonsense. How can there be any reason to spit out what my boss has eaten?"
Zheng Kaicheng looked at Li Laosi, then at Li Zhi, swallowed what he wanted to say, and stopped talking.
Li Xing said: "Brother, in my opinion, the emperor is just showing off and will not really attack Fanjiazhuang."
Zhong Feng became interested when he heard this. He raised his head and said, "Li Xing, please tell me why the emperor won't really fight."
Li Xing said: "It's very simple. The emperor cannot afford to fight this war. We have accumulated enough food and materials in Fanjiazhuang for two years. Can the emperor's 130,000 troops fight with us for two years? As long as we fight for one year, the emperor will not be able to fight."
The money is used for military pay."
Hearing Li Xing's words, the generals under Li Zhi laughed heartily. Everyone had always found the poverty and embarrassment of the Ming Dynasty very ridiculous.
Seeing everyone laughing so happily, Zheng Kaicheng also laughed a few times.
Li Xing waved his hand and said: "I don't think it will take two months before the emperor will feel sorry for Yinzi and issue an order to withdraw his troops."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Li Xing is right. The emperor has no determination to fight a protracted war with us. I am not worried about the border troops in Xianghe."
Changing the topic, Li Zhi added: "But this Shandong Governor Wang Yongji makes me intolerable."
"Wang Yongji was the one who took the lead in setting up the newspaper. I had already spared his life, but I didn't expect that he would go further and now he dared to mobilize troops to attack Jinan."
"If I hadn't killed Wang Yongji, everyone in the world would have thought that I, Li Zhi, was weak and could be bullied!"
