"Some time ago, except for our Zheng family's boat, the rest of the boats were not allowed to pass. I heard from the Tartar soldiers guarding there that their army had already come to the Ming Dynasty!"

Zheng San followed him to greet the shopkeeper and whispered, "The shopkeeper's expression did not change much, so he turned around and returned to the back of the counter.

At this time, no one in Shandong knew that the Tatar army came from the north. One hour after receiving the news from Zheng San, a fast horse ran out of Jiaozhou City and headed towards Jinan City. This was an omission in the Shandong Salt Gang intelligence system. Although Li Meng led the army to Nanzhili, the terminal of the entire intelligence system was still Jinan City. After summarizing it here, it was only passed to the army in the south. This round-trip transmission would definitely take a lot of time.

After the news came from Jiaozhou to Jinan City, the spy arranged by the Jiaozhou camp in northern Zhili finally bypassed the blockade of the Tartars army and sent the news to Jinan City.

At this time, the only soldiers in Jinan Prefecture were Dengzhou Army, and the Dengzhou Army led by Zhao Neng left 5,000 troops stationed in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou areas, and the Jiaozhou camp in Jinan Prefecture had only 20,000 troops. The Yanzhou Army in Yanzhou Prefecture was deploying defenses near the borders of Henan and Nanzhili.

On November 15, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Meng's army had left Xuzhou for two days and arrived in Suqian.

After entering Nanzhili, the officials of the prefectures in Nanzhili really didn't know how they should treat this army and General Li Meng of Zhendong. They had to do their best to support the military supplies, but they did not dare to come to see each other. However, there were several magistrates in Xuzhou who sent letters to Li Meng in private, which was a letter to vote in advance.

But the noble families in Xuzhou were completely different. They were very enthusiastic and brought their own civil and military soldiers to join, saying that they wanted to go south with the general to pacify the thieves.

Xuzhou has always been a place of tough folk customs. People from the rich and powerful families gathered together to protect themselves in peace and robbed them in chaos. Such forces of all sizes must seek a promising and strong enough strength. The Ming government will definitely not allow such armed forces in the local area.

Whether it was Li Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong or Ge Zuo Wu Battalion, they never arrived here. Even if they wanted to join, they had no place to invest, and the risk was too great.

At this time, Li Meng led his army to come, which was the best choice for falling from the sky. In history, this time when changing the world was a good time to bet on wealth and wealth. If you lead your military and generals to join in, you might be able to gain wealth and prosperity. Why not do it? Even if you fail to achieve success, it is also a good thing for the court to help the soldiers and horses to suppress the thieves, and have made contributions and no mistakes.

This caught Li Meng off guard. Compared with the shyness of the wealthy families in Shandong, Xuzhou, which has recently become the control area, has such a situation.

Of course, the private armed forces of wealthy families in Shandong are strictly prohibited, so naturally no one dares to take the initiative to die. In Xuzhou, it is a tradition to raise private soldiers at home. Jiaozhou Camp happened to be the right time, so it was naturally welcomed.

Although Li Meng refused the "good intention" of the wealthy families in Xuzhou, he sent someone to register these wealthy families. The wealthy families and their private soldiers here are really a good source of soldiers. If the Jiaozhou Camp expands its troops next, the private soldiers of the wealthy families here are the best choice.

After arriving in Suqian, the army undertook a brief rest. Ten days before this, the Qingzhou army led by Ma Gang had already headed west along the Huaihe River. The Qingzhou army passed Fengyang Prefecture with great fanfare. Ma Shiying, the Governor of the Cao Transport, dared not react other than to let the troops in the headquarters be on guard.

After the Qingzhou army passed Fengyang Prefecture, they set up camp in Xincheng Town about fifty miles away from Shouzhou, blatantly cutting off the retreat of the eunuch Lu Jiude, the governor of Nanjing.

At present, the troops in Nanzhili were trapped in Shouzhou and several surrounding cities. To the west is the Huaiyang Army led by Chen Liuhe Gaoke, and to the east is the Qingzhou Army led by Ma Gang. The front of the Gezuo Wu Camp and they are intertwined with each other. Now the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili are surrounded by the refugee army and the Jiaozhou camp army. It is really hard to fly.

"Li Zhendong will not continue to go to Shouzhou area. If this supervisor's judgment is correct, he must have led his troops to be stationed in Shanyang area of ​​Huai'an Prefecture. When the situation in Shouzhou is launched, the troops led by the Central Officer Lu Jiude will be annihilated. He will lead a large army along the Henan Province, heading straight to Nanjing, and control the fertile land in the world."

Ma Shiying, the governor of the canal transport, had a very accurate judgment on Li Meng's next move. Although Li Meng claimed to the court that he would go to Shouzhou to rescue, the people of the world also saw this. However, in this situation, the army led by Li Meng would achieve the greatest benefits only if he did this.

A person who is clear about the situation and is clear about the powerful will obviously make such a judgment for Li Meng. Ma Shiying is such a smart person. He still has a judgment on Li Meng's movements:

"Although Shandong General Li Meng has ambitions, he still has to wait until the major event in Shouzhou has been decided before taking action. This shows that this person still wants to be a fair name. At present, the troops in Nanzhili are in crisis and the Shouzhou area is unavailable, and the new recruitment of Zhenjiang Army is not available. Nanjing City and our governor are still less than 20,000 troops. The only thing we can count on is the discussion of the Shilin and the people in the world."

Ma Shiying was a rare real person in the late Ming Dynasty. He had the ability and was not empty talk. Of course, he would not believe that a hero like Li Meng would be afraid of Shilin's criticism and condemnation with conscience.

The reason for speaking like this is because when Li Meng went south, every step must be legal and legal, and not act rashly. It is obviously necessary to seize it smoothly and take the initiative in public opinion.

In response to Li Meng's approach, some practices can be used to delay his actions. After all, the Ming Dynasty is still the orthodox position in the eyes of the world. In the Ming system, civil officials and military generals in the mainland, except for Li Meng, an unreasonable person who emerged from nowhere, others still need to maintain this system.

Ma Shiying hopes that his own actions can delay Li Meng's progress, and other local forces may be able to re-arrange their reactions and work together to prevent them.

In other words, the purpose of Ma Shiying is to buy time and hope that the situation can change. He is helpless in his behavior and everything he does is just to rely on the so-called will of heaven.

Since the beginning of the operation, the army led by Li Meng can be said to be smooth sailing. A scene that everyone hopes for, local governments and governments have come to support it.

But after Shandong soldiers arrived in Suqian, noise finally came from the local area. Originally, after Li Meng sent troops to the southern province, the Jiangnan Shilin collectively lost voices, and the only voice among the people was the clamor in Shandong literary world, saying that Li Meng's move was the first move of loyalty and righteousness and unparalleled in the world.

The Donglin and Jiangnan parties, who have always criticized the government and commented on the world, were silent and did not dare to say a word or write a word.

In the peaceful times, when these literati did not kill literati and officials, everyone spoke freely, did not take justice first, and they only had their own interests as the only one, attacked each other and fought endlessly. No matter how treacherous and stupid his own party was, they were also a first-class honest and honest scholar. They were not his own party, no matter how diligent and capable he was, they were also a first-class traitorous minister who was in trouble.

Zhang Pu organized the resuscitation and claimed to be the leader of Donglin. He had a reputation in the world. He could use the power of public opinion to carry Zhou Yanru into the cabinet and become the chief minister. When he was alive, all scholars from Jiangnan were proud to be able to visit him, and even called himself a long gate after meeting him.

But after Zhang Pu's death, everyone knew that this sudden death was inseparable from the cabinet's chief minister. However, the Donglin celebrities who had always been fearless of the powerful and dared to criticize the government were all silent, no one dared to speak out, and even the funeral was relatively alienated from Ma Shiying, who was not part of Donglin.

The reason is nothing else. Zhou Yanru is the chief assistant and his career prospects still have to be spoken by this big man. No one wants to cause trouble...

Even the future of the official career can make these literati like this. Li Meng's army went south. This was an unreasonable warrior, holding a sword in his hand. If he really upholds any loyal and conscience speech, if the situation changes, these warriors will directly kill people.

Therefore, the Shandong army went south and the scholars in the world lost their voices, which also led to some people who had expectations for the so-called character of the scholars.

But this situation was a bit strange. When the army was traveling south, no one spoke when everyone knew about it. Instead, they entered Nanzhili and got closer and closer, and there were voices of opposition. It was really hard to understand.

But this strange phenomenon was exactly what Governor Yan Jizu talked to Li Meng that night. Since it happened, there was also a way to deal with it. Governor Yan Jizu no longer followed the brigade and accompanied by the Shandong Salt Gang and Lingshan Trading Company staff, he went directly to Nanjing with a large sum of gold and silver.

On November 16, 15th year of Chongzhen, Jiaozhou Camp was set up in the post station in Yutai County, Yanzhou Prefecture. Three messengers rushed to the door with their horses. The horses foamed at the mouth, and they were obviously running away. One messenger fell down from the horse. The post station staff went to help him, but heard the messenger's neighing voice shouting:
Chapter completed!