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Li Rusong said:

"Didn't Xu Wenbi want to advance in two directions? The governor might as well suggest that the Shandong local army and township regiments should also participate."

"It's a short distance to attack Peixian along the canal, but it's a long way to attack Xuzhou along the Surabaya River. Let the Shandong local army and the township regiment attack Peixian, and our three-town new army attack Xuzhou."

Sun Tingzhi's eyes lit up.

Of course he knows the level of these local armies and rural regiments.

It's okay to let them bully the people, but if they really attack the regular army in the southeast, it will be like getting killed.

Sun Tingzhi was not a fool, so he naturally understood Li Rusong's plan.

The road to Peixian County is close, but the road to Xuzhou is far away.

The attack on Xuzhou will have to take a detour to the upper reaches of the Surabaya River, and then we can delay it for a while by building ships.

The focus of the two-pronged plan is of course on "merger". Once one of them collapses, the other can stop advancing.

The new troops in the three towns were originally the elite of the Ming court. Once the Shandong local army and township regiments attacking Peixian were defeated, Sun Tingzhi could order a halt to the advance, bypass Xu Wenbi directly, and ask the Ming court to withdraw his troops.

Once Xu Wenbi suffered a major defeat, the commanders of the three towns could unite to impeach him, and Xu Wenbi would immediately fall.

Wonderful!

Sun Tingzhi looked at Li Rusong, and he quickly understood why Li Rusong planned this.

Once Xu Wenbi fell, no one from the two factions of civil servants and nobles would be qualified to lead the new army in the three towns.

Among the Ming court, only Li Rusong's father Li Chengliang was qualified to lead the new army.

Sure enough.

It turns out that what the Li family and his son were planning was Xu Wenbi's position as minister of the new army!

Sun Tingzhi was naturally willing to let Li Chengliang come to power. After all, Li Chengliang knew more about military affairs than the people in front of him, and he was also the principal of their new army.

Immediately afterwards, Li Rusong completed the series connection in two other towns before returning to his camp.

During the military meeting the next day, the commanders of the three towns simultaneously proposed to support Xu Wenbi's plan to attack Xuzhou with two armies.

However, Sun Tingzhi, the first town commander, suggested that the southeastern bandit army was good at defense and it would be too difficult to rely solely on the new army to attack the city in separate divisions. It was better to let the Shandong local army and rural regiments also join in.

The local army and township regiments were used to attack Peixian County, which had a relatively short city, and the new army from the three towns attacked Xuzhou, which was a tall and important town.

Without thinking, Xu Wenbi immediately accepted Sun Tingzhi's suggestion and began to summon the Shandong local army and township regiments to prepare a two-pronged battle plan.

They gathered men and horses and raised a large army. It was not until November that the Ming Dynasty army in Shandong finally set off.

The new troops from the three towns of the Ming Dynasty totaled 15,000 people, heading west into the upper reaches of the Surabaya River, preparing to attack Xuzhou along the Surabaya River.

The Shandong local army and township regiments mobilized 20,000 people and went south directly along the canal to attack Peixian County.

A total of 35,000 troops took the oath in Shandong. Xu Wenbi was still wearing the shining silver armor. He watched the army set off with satisfaction.

Southeast has only 5,000 people in total in the Xuzhou area. With its own army of 35,000 people, if they advance in two directions, they will definitely be able to capture Xuzhou.

With this credit, his position as the leader of the class is secure.

Xu Wenbi drew his sword, gave a boring swearing-in speech, and ordered the two armies to move out!

Chen Lin, who had already received the news, also held an emergency military meeting.

The staff of the 5th Brigade of the Southeast New Army conducted deductions for several days and finally submitted a combat plan to Chen Lin.

Looking at Song Qian, who had just graduated from Nanjing Army School, Chen Lin asked:

"The staff office really thinks that as long as the Shandong motley army attacking Peixian is repulsed, the Ming court's offensive will collapse?"

Song Qian nodded quickly and said, "That's right!"

"Give your opinion."

Song Qian immediately said: "Xu Wenbi, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, does not know how to fight. There is no problem with the strategy of advancing in two directions, but the journey to attack Peixian and Xuzhou are different."

"If we really want to advance in two directions, we should let the troops attacking Xuzhou set off first."

"Then what?"

"The two armies set off at the same time. It must be the new army from the three towns of the Ming Dynasty. They hope that we will defeat the Shandong miscellaneous army attacking Peixian first, so that they can use an excuse to delay the attack on Xuzhou."

Chen Lin shook his head and said: "This reason is too far-fetched. Are you basing your analysis on the internal battles in the Ming court?"

Song Qian nodded.

Chen Lin stood up and said: "This kind of analysis is acceptable in small-scale battles, but such tricky methods cannot be used in wars."

"There is serious internal strife in the Ming court, but it is not advisable to underestimate the enemy's strategy."

Song Qian lowered his head.

Chen Lin said: "However, the staff office's strategy of first reinforcing Pei County and taking the initiative to defeat the enemy attacking Pei County is correct."

"No matter what the Ming Ting army thinks, let's break the courage all the way."

"Shandong Guardsmen and Township Regiments are fine for defense, but not for offense."

"Attack its weak points first. This is no problem strategically. Then take the initiative to attack the Ming army attacking Pei County!"

Chen Lin's fighting style is stability, but he also knows that this time the Ming Dynasty's 35,000 troops attacked Xuzhou, blindly seeking stability will not work.

He said to Song Qian: "According to your plan, gather outside Peixian County, repel the Ming army, and then return to Xuzhou to aid."

"As you command!"

Before this battle began, everyone had made plans.

Chen Lin led the main force of the fifth brigade to ambush near Peixian County, preparing to ambush the Shandong miscellaneous army attacking Peixian County.

The new troops in the three towns of the Ming Dynasty delayed their advance, and when the Shandong miscellaneous army was defeated, they immediately stopped their advance and returned to Shandong.

Everyone planned well, but no one thought of Shandong's miscellaneous army!

This miscellaneous army, composed of the Ming Ting Shandong Guards Army and local township regiments, slowly set off from Shandong and walked for ten days without leaving Shandong!

Xu Wenbi sent people to urge them many times, but these miscellaneous troops remained unmoved, and they continued to advance slowly.

Only then did Li Rusong realize that after many calculations, the Shandong local army was only weak in combat effectiveness and not stupid!

People also noticed that they went to attack Pei County just to deliver food. They were also waiting for the new army in the three towns to be defeated and immediately ran back to Shandong.

Chen Lin also saw a rare sight in the war.

The two Ming armies advancing in parallel were slower on one side than on the other.

The miscellaneous army here can be said to be moving at a very fast pace, and they can't cover ten miles in a day.

The New Army in the Three Towns is still building ships in the upper reaches of Sishui River. Sometimes the water is dry and it is difficult to move, and sometimes the transport ships are stranded, and they are still moving at the speed of a turtle.

Xu Wenbi, who was originally hiding in Jeju City and conducting remote control, finally couldn't sit still.

Once the army sets off, the amount of food and grass it will need will be staggering. The battle has not even started yet, and Xu Wenbi has no way to explain it to the court.

Xu Wenbi gritted his teeth and could only rush to the front line of Peixian County in person to urge the Shandong miscellaneous army to speed up their advance.

Xu Wenbi sent his cronies to supervise the battle with the New Army in the three towns.

With Xu Wenbi supervising the battle, this unit finally moved faster.

In early November, Shandong's miscellaneous army finally entered the boundaries of Xuzhou.

Chen Lin, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately led the elite of the fifth brigade to ambush the Shandong miscellaneous army that had just entered Peixian County.

There is no suspense in this battle. Shandong's miscellaneous army has a complex composition and fights on its own.

Whether it is a guard army or a township regiment, military leaders regard their troops as private property. They always charge with the thought of letting others charge first, and they always run faster than others.

This force is used to defend one's hometown, or to suppress bandits or to fight.

But it was useless for attacking. When the fifth brigade's artillery salvo fired and the musket phalanx pierced the enemy's formation, this 20,000-person army quickly collapsed.

Xu Wenbi, who was commanding from the rear, saw the army collapse and immediately ran to the rear wearing his iconic silver armor.

His silver armor was so conspicuous that everyone saw the general running away and immediately followed him.

The 20,000 troops plus 10,000 civilians put down their equipment and supplies and ran to the rear like crazy.

Chen Lin was worried about the new army from the three towns attacking Xuzhou, so he just drove them out of the vicinity of Peixian County and immediately led the army back.

The new troops from the three towns of the Ming Dynasty who were attacking Xuzhou over there finally received the news of their defeat in Peixian County.

Sun Tingzhi and other three town commanders immediately jointly submitted a letter to the Ming court to impeach Xu Wenbi for his various absurd behaviors after taking office.

The Ming Ting's new army in the three towns immediately stopped their advance and withdrew directly to Shandong regardless of whether Ming Ting responded.

This absurd autumn Shandong campaign came to an end.

News of the defeat quickly spread to the capital, but at this time the capital was experiencing a storm.

The cause was the restructuring of Southeast China.

The news of Southeast's political reform was published in full in Southeast's underground newspaper in the capital. "Jingshi New News" introduced Southeast's political reform in five consecutive issues, which shocked the scholars of the Ming Dynasty in the north.

To restore the power of the prime minister, the ministers and many senior officials in the capital were ready to make a move.

Whether it is the balance of power over the years, Southeast's excellent propaganda capabilities, or more importantly, the New Service Movement initiated by Gao Gong, a subconscious idea has been implanted in the Ming court, that is, Southeast is advanced.

Even if Gao Gong himself is unwilling to admit it, it is unrealistic to say that the Shinwu Movement only learns technology from the Southeast.

When introducing Southeast technology, Southeast management methods will inevitably be introduced. Southeast new ideas also require new political systems to cooperate.

Even Gao Gong himself relied on Emperor Longqing's trust to make an exception and let Gao Gong also be in charge of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and also let Gao Gong be in charge of the Jingchao, so that he could carry out the new affairs.

Since last year's Aoshan Lantern Festival and the dispatch of mine supervisors to various places, this has greatly affected the courtiers' attitude towards Emperor Longqing.

Fortunately, the Aoshan Lantern Festival was because the local mine supervisor deeply touched the interests of the scholar-bureaucrats.

In particular, Longqing began to reuse eunuchs, which these civil servants and officials could never tolerate.

Originally, local benefits were shared by local officials and gentry.

The emperor sent mine supervisors to search the place, which was equivalent to taking food from the mouths of these officials and gentry.

And behind these local officials and gentry were the ministers in the imperial court.

Since Eunuch Jiao took up the post of mine supervisor in Shandong, Longqing learned about the taste of food, and successively sent mine supervisors to Huguang, Shanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan.

Newspapers controlled by literati also began to describe the disasters of eunuchs interfering in politics, from the chaos of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the dethronement of the emperor by the Shence Army in the Tang Dynasty.

These newspapers also reported many stories of mine supervisors exploiting people and destroying ordinary people's families. This also aroused the sympathy of many young scholars.

The story of Zhang Juzheng's battle with the tax supervisor in Huguang was also adapted into a script and story, which was widely disseminated in the capital.

At this time, Mingting was like a cauldron that was about to boil. Firewood was being added constantly, waiting for the moment it boiled.

The political reform in Southeast China is the biggest firewood.

Due to the advanced system of the Southeast, it was also proposed to restore the complete power of the prime minister, and Su Ze has not proclaimed himself emperor until now.

In the eyes of the ministers of the Ming court, this was Su Ze's compromise with the powerful gentry forces in the southeast.

If everyone in the southeast wants to compromise with the gentry and restore the power of the prime minister, what about your Ming court?

The emperor is still sending eunuchs to search the place!

And when the news of Shandong's defeat reached the capital, the water in the cauldron finally boiled.

The last day of November is the time when Ming court officials take a rest at the end of the month.

At dawn, Shen Yiyi came out of his house, and Xiangzi, who was pulling a green chartered car, quickly pulled the car forward.

"Master."

"Go to the bookstore."

Xiangzi immediately prepared the car, and after Shen Guanyi got in the car, he followed the familiar road and left for the bookstore.

When he arrived at the bookstore, Shen Guanyi opened the door and found that Tong An, the clerk who came earlier than him every day, did not come.

Shen Yiguan frowned. Tong An was originally a scholar from Shandong. After finding a job at Shen's bookstore, he cherished it very much. He would come to the bookstore half an hour early every day to open the bookshelf.

Why haven't you arrived today?

After another half an hour, Shen Mingchen arrived belatedly. He also found that Tong An was not there and asked Shen Yiguan:

"Yi Guan, where is Tong An?"

Shen Guanyi replied: "Maybe there is something going on at home."

At this moment, a young guest walked in from the door.

This guest did not choose a book, but directly asked Shen Mingchen:

"Shopkeeper, do we sell "Road to the Far Mountains" here?"

Shen Mingchen's heart skipped a beat. This was the secret code Lu Er had agreed on. He immediately said, "Yes, sir. I wonder if you want the hardcover version or the embroidered version?"

"I want the Song version."

"Please come later."

Shen Mingchen and Shen Guanyi checked that there were no other customers outside, so they simply locked the door of the bookstore and entered the back room of the bookstore with this guest.

"Editor Shen, Editor Shen."

"Webmaster Lu asked me to inform you that all actions related to the "Jingshi News" will be stopped recently and publication will be suspended for three days."

Shen Yiguan frowned and asked, "Why? Did something happen to Mingting?"

The intelligence officer sent by Lu Er immediately said: "Five hundred supervisors of the Imperial College and three hundred famous scholars in the capital jointly submitted a letter to Zuoshunmen."

"What!"

Even Shen Yiguan, who was always calm, never expected such a thing to happen.

"The leader is a Shandong scholar named Tong An. They asked the Ming court to follow our example in the southeast and carry out political reforms."

"Recall the mine supervisor, restore the prime minister system, and promote the ministers."

Shen Mingchen looked at his nephew, and Shen Guanyin looked at his uncle.

Shen Yigui sighed and said, "We are going to evacuate."

The people at the Capital Intelligence Station looked at the uncle and nephew with confusion. Shen Yiguan said calmly: "Your intelligence work is not up to standard. Then Tong An is our buddy."

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