In the hall of the former Shandong Dusi Yamen, Lu Yuan said to the people in front of him: "Today I have received a message from His Highness King Yan. His Highness has occupied Cangzhou on the sixth day of October. He plans to rest in Cangzhou for three days before leaving. Come south to Texas and meet us."
After hearing Lu Yuan's words, the generals in front of him were all happy. Chief Su said excitedly: "Lu Yuan, are you going to join King Yan's army soon?"
Lu Yuan nodded and said: "His Royal Highness will go south from Cangzhou on the ninth day of October. He will pass through Nanpi, Dongguang and Wuqiao counties on the way. If we don't march in a hurry, we can reach Dezhou in eight days. When we go north from Jinan to Dezhou, we will also pass through Yucheng and Pingyuan. It will also take about six days to reach Dezhou from the second county, so I will lead most of the troops to Dezhou at the latest tomorrow."
"Most of the soldiers and horses?" Luo Ren noticed Lu Yuan's wording and immediately said: "Why are you taking most of the soldiers and horses north to Dezhou? Isn't it just to meet with His Highness King Yan?"
"For Lan Zhen's troops who came from Yanzhou, our delay in the Tai'an area was not effective. Not only did we fail to delay them for much time, but they were eaten by thousands of troops. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Lan Zhen's vanguard of the Southern Army will be able to Go to Jinan City."
"Our current troops near Jinan City are only 36,000 people, and Lan Zhen's troops have 30,000 people. Behind them are the armies led by Cao Zhen and others who are constantly moving north. If we lead the army north to Dezhou and Yan If the king goes to join us, then although Jinan City is a big city and it will be difficult to capture it for a while, it will definitely be surrounded heavily. As the saying goes, if you defend it for a long time, you will lose it. Jinan City is dangerous!"
Lu Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "I know it too, but this is the order of His Highness King Yan."
"His Royal Highness King Yan's plan is that we abandon Dongping Prefecture, Dong'a, Caozhou, and even Qingzhou, Mulingguan, Binzhou, Dongchang Prefecture and other places. All the troops and horses deployed in these places will be withdrawn to Jinan and other places, and we will fully defend from Jinan to These places in Texas.”
"The rest of the army will join up with King Yan's troops and then go north to clear out the guard posts around Beiping Mansion. They will wait until the area around Beiping Mansion is safe before heading south."
Everyone present was silent after listening to Lu Yuan's words. Zhu Di's purpose was already very clear, which was to give priority to the safety near his home base, temporarily abandon less important places in Shandong, and then wait until his home base was safe before heading south and south. The army fought for Shandong.
Everyone present was from Shandong, or at least they had been in Shandong for a long time. Although everyone had accepted the reality of being commanded by Zhu Di, they were still unwilling to give up Shandong.
In addition to being emotionally difficult to accept, there is also a more practical problem: "But our family members are all in Qingzhou Prefecture, and there is a lot of grain and grass in Qingzhou Prefecture. How can our family members and these grains and grass be transported to Jinan and Dezhou in a hurry?" Luo Ren asked.
Hearing Luo Ren's words, everyone woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream. They had forgotten such an important thing! Especially those who came out from the three guards of King Qi, their eyes were fixed on Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan said: "Since the food cannot be transported, there is no need to transport it. Burning it all must not be left to the Confederate Army!"
"Of course our family members have to be transported safely from Qingzhou. However, in a few days, the road from Qingzhou to Jinan will no longer be safe. Fortunately, the Confederate army was unable to reach Qingzhou in the hurry, and time."
"I will order the soldiers staying in Qingzhou and Mulingguan to escort them from Le'an, Boxing, and Pu Tai to Binzhou, and then from Binzhou to Dezhou, or directly escort them to Cangzhou."
Of course, Lu Yuan also cares about these family members. Once they are acquired by the imperial court, then Jia Shiming, Chen Lianyu and others may not defect to the imperial court again, but the other generals from the Three Guards of King Qi are likely to defect to the imperial court again, even if they are themselves
After the rebellion was put down, he might be executed by the court. So Lu Yuan chose the safest and safest path after careful consideration.
Since Lu Yuan had made up his mind, these people did not dare to oppose Lu Yuan's order. Some people had the idea of instigating Zhu Di to get rid of Lu Yuan after everyone belonged to Zhu Di, but no one showed it on their faces.
Lu Yuan Yuan had already 'convinced' everyone, and then ordered: "Immediately send people to Mulingguan, Qingzhou, Dongping Prefecture and other places to convey orders to abandon these places and send all the troops to Dezhou or Jinan."
"General Xie, you are the most senior among all the people, and you are the guard general of Jinan City. His Highness King Yan also means the same."
Xie Cheng said: "Okay."
Lu Yuan then said: "I will leave you 6,000 troops to garrison Jinan. Together with the troops that will withdraw from Tai'an tomorrow, we will have 10,000 troops to defend Jinan City." Then Lu Yuan took out a letter and handed it to Xie Cheng.
Said: "At this time, His Highness the King of Yan sent a letter to General Xie."
Xie Cheng took the letter, but did not open it immediately to read it. He could guess the content anyway.
Then Lu Yuan selected a few more people to be stationed in Jinan as Xie Cheng's lieutenants, and finally said: "All the rest of the people will follow me to Dezhou!"
Lu Yuan thought that he still had a lot of time to make proper arrangements for the families of the former Qi King and the three generals who stayed in Qingzhou, but in fact he had no time.
Yunxi used a large number of giant ships to transport the right army to Laizhou Prefecture. It exceeded the size of Zheng He's fleet in Yunxi's previous life, and also exceeded the size of the fleet he sent to conquer Srivijaya in this time and space. It was divided into two groups of generals.
About 50,000 troops were transported to Laizhou Prefecture.
The first batch of troops arrived at the ferry at Laizhou Prefecture in the evening on the eighth day of October, and the second batch of troops arrived at the ferry at Laizhou Prefecture at noon on the ninth day of October.
Thanks to Mazu, there were no big storms or waves along the way, and we didn't even hit a single rock. The entire 50,000-strong army, along with dozens of cannons, nearly a hundred small cannons, and enough food to feed the 50,000-strong army for half a month, were all safe.
Arrive in Laizhou.
In order to speed up the process, Zhu Shou did not allow the army to be stationed in the ready-made military camps near Laizhou Prefecture. Instead, after the ships arrived at the port, except for unloading the cannon and food and letting the ships transporting these things return, the other soldiers remained
Living on a boat. The ships used to transport soldiers during the Ming Dynasty were all big ships. They were very stable in the port and would not cause people to get seasick.
Throughout the ten days of the day, Zhu Shou let the soldiers sleep on the boat. He didn't wake them up until late in the evening, and then told them: Tonight is the day when the war begins! Then he ordered pots to be buried on the shore to make rice, so that the soldiers could have a full meal.
A meal.
For a time, countless soldiers gathered around cooking utensils with small flags as units. After a while, bursts of fragrance of food wafted around, causing countless people to salivate; smoke also rose faintly, covering the
The sun was about to set.
When Zhu Zhi arrived at Laizhou Mansion, he saw such a situation.