Chapter 241 Persistence

Wu Wensong reminded Li Meng to preserve his strength and not to consume his army in such a battle. This is still an outsider who is not close to him, and Master Ning and Zhou Yang have even more ideas.

Among the generals, Tang Er and Wang Hai immediately went down to the whole team after receiving the order from Li Meng. They set off in a few days. Time was indeed a little tight. The supplies and food must be prepared, and the troops distributed between Jiaozhou City and the seaside need to gather. This takes time. However, when the Jiaozhou Camp defeated the troops of Qiu Lei in Dengzhou, they remained in a state of war until now, and they were always faster when they moved.

"The Laiyang Dushi Zhao Neng led 1,000 soldiers, the Yidu garrison Ma Gang led 2,000 soldiers, and the Ningyang garrison Chen Liu led 500 soldiers to Jinan Prefecture. The general led 6,000 soldiers from Jiaozhou camp to Jinan to meet together. The deputy of each department led the remaining soldiers to guard the mansion. If there is an emergency, the village guard team can be adjusted and the salt Dings will be armed. Master Ning, hurry up and write out the documents. After I use the seal here, I will send the horses out today."

In the study, Li Meng spoke orders in a plain voice. The next place of the army was mobilized, and the next place was arranged. The operation of nearly 10,000 people, and the baggage, food, and auxiliary soldiers were naturally necessary, but Li Meng's side was relatively simple.

At present, it is still fighting in the inside line of Shandong. The military farms spread all over the country can actually be mobilized. As a team that transports food and supplies, there is also extremely abundant personnel. This is also the reason why Li Meng left only a few troops to guard the local area, because there are a large number of semi-armed organizations such as village guards that can be mobilized.

After Li Meng finished speaking, Master Ning wrote down all the pens, but after writing, he looked at Zhou Yang who was sitting next to him, and did not send them to Li Meng, asking Li Meng to sign with a seal.

The literati think a lot and do it quite tactfully. The two of them have been exchanging eyes. When Li Meng was a little impatient, Zhou Yang coughed and stood up, and first bowed solemnly. According to the current relationship between the two parties, Zhou Tongzhi, the Zhou Juren, could be fine even if he sat there and talked.

However, it is obviously a serious suggestion, or this suggestion may anger the main family, so you can make a gesture in advance.

"General, the Eastern Barbarians are here this time. I think it is very likely that the disaster will be the same as before in the capital of Shanxi, and it will not involve Shandong. If you don't do the interests of Shandong, it would be better to mobilize a few soldiers to deal with it. In this year of disaster, the military farms and farms have begun to improve. This time, they will have 90% of the soldiers and horses, which consumes food and grass. You have to think about the future!"

Zhou Yang's words were covered up, but he could clearly say that there was still a large-scale military use in the future. Today's incident has nothing to do with the Jiaozhou Camp, so why bother joining in the fun?

Mr. Ning, who was sitting next to him, looked down at the military order documents, as if he was looking for wrong words and sentences, but he did not dare to say anything. Although his status is slightly the same as Zhou Yang, and in fact it is a little higher, his identity is different. Before Zhou Yang came to Jiaozhou Camp, he was a peer-to-people relationship with Li Meng, and Ning Qiangui was a slave family member since the beginning. When Zhou Yang thought about these words, there were many sensitive aspects of them. Ning Qiangui himself dared not say them, or even dared to think about them.

"Since the Governor Yan Jizu sent an envoy to mobilize the troops of Jiaozhou camp, it is inappropriate for me to do my best. After all, this time the troops were Yan Jizu's first order, and I can't handle it now."

Li Meng's explanation was not too powerful, and Zhou Tongzhi continued to argue loudly there:

"Yan Jizu has always been a good man. The lord led his troops to Jinan Prefecture. How could the governor not transfer his troops to Hebei to serve the king? The barbarians only know how to plunder gold, silver and treasures. They don't have much intention. Moreover, they plundered lightly and dare not go deeper. It is more likely that the lord led our Jiaozhou soldiers to Jinan. The barbarians in the East have already retreated to the outside world. At that time, the soldiers will return without success and will only cost food, grass and silver. The foundation of our Jiaozhou camp is still shallow, how can we withstand such expenses?"

Speaking of this, Master Ning next to him finally found a loophole to interrupt and spoke:

"There are still thousands of remaining soldiers from Liu Zeqing's troops in Yanzhou Prefecture, and they are under the jurisdiction of the Lord. What should I do if I transfer them to this time, so as not to be disgusting where I put them."

Hearing this, Zhou Juren turned around and smiled, indicating that the words were right. At this point, it was all right to see Li Meng's decision. Both of them turned their attention to Li Meng. Since dealing with Li Meng to do things for him, these two people felt that although Li Meng had the intelligence and strategy of being talented, they seemed to know nothing about some things.

For example, this time, Shandong knew that the rebel army had been in Henan, northern Zhili and Shandong's local activities, and the Ministry of War and the Shandong Governor transferred Liu Zeqing's troops to suppress the thieves. However, after Liu Zeqing suffered a loss, he refused to obey the transfer again and always used the reasons of being seriously ill or short of salary to shirk responsibility.

Li Meng's power today is far greater than Liu Zeqing who lives in a corner that day. If he said he would not go, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu would have no choice but to say, "I can't deal with it for the first time." This is really ridiculous. Zhou Juren and Master Ning both said everything, but I still hope that Li Meng can change his mind.

The room was quiet for a while, and Li Meng smiled. The two people on the other side thought that their persuasion was effective. When they breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Li Meng laugh and say:

"If I were asked to go to Northern Zhili to serve the king, then I would go there, it would be fine."

Originally, Juren Zhou picked up a cup of tea and was about to moisten his throat, but he didn't expect Li Meng to answer like this. He immediately choked in his throat and coughed immediately. He took a long time to recover and wiped the water stains on his chest, and said with a hint of laughter and tears:

"General, military and national affairs are not a joke!"

Li Meng still looked indifferent, but his eyes became extremely firm, and he said slowly:

"Prepare quickly!"

In Jiaozhou Camp, Li Meng was an absolute authority, and others could come to persuade him, but the final decision was Li Meng. When Zhou Yang heard Li Meng say this, he knew that things were irreversible and changed. He couldn't help but sigh and said nothing. Master Ning next to him took the order and asked Li Meng to check it out. Then he went out to copy a few copies of the signatures with a seal, and then sent his personal soldiers to send them out.

Watching Master Ning go out, Zhou Yang sat there and took a few deep breaths to stabilize his mind, and then said:

"Since the adults have decided, I will send an urgent message to the farms in various places, asking them to raise food and grass, prepare staff, and cooperate with the adults to send troops this time."

Li Meng nodded. Everyone in the world thought that the Eastern Captain Jurchen was a scabies, and it was irrelevant. The other party was hit by the capital. Is it still irrelevant? To put it in a saying, the Ming Dynasty court and the camp, no matter who is the representative of the landlords, who is the representative of the peasant class, who is in the world, Li Meng didn't think what would happen, and would accept it calmly. In Li Meng's idea, after all, the Han people fought for the world, and no matter where they won the world, they were all rotten in the pot, and it didn't matter.

But the Qing Dynasty was different. They were alien races, barbarians outside the border. If they were not my race, their hearts would be different. The scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty often talked about "Chinese barbarians", believing that "barbarians" could not be considered a nation that can be compared, but could only be said to be livestock and animals. But in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty Jurchens, the Han people were also cattle and sheep.

The attitude towards cattle and sheep is naturally enslavement and slaughter, and there is no need to respect and appease. In fact, in the history that Li Meng knew, during the change of Ming and Qing dynasties, those bloody tragedies and those inhumane massacres were indeed inhumane, and the Qing Dynasty did not treat the Han people as human beings at all.

This kind of thought and attitude continued until the Opium War. You should know that in the history of normal development, it was only in the decade before the Opium War that the Han bureaucrats had real power and real voice in the court and the local government, but that was already the end of the world.

Moreover, the attitude of the Eastern Jurchens toward the Han people was not in the later stages, but an attitude that existed since the beginning. These were things that Li Meng didn't know. In fact, before the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, she was still fighting for land in the northeast with Liao Town, not only did she kill the military towns of the Ming Dynasty. Nurhaci also cleaned and massacred the Han people who joined his camp several times.

Although they were despised by the scholars and officials, they said that such alien races were beasts and could not be associated with people, but these beasts were tigers and wolves and wanted to eat people.

It is true that if I did not go to Jinan Prefecture to participate in defense this time, it can be said to be a way to preserve my strength, and there was no moral condemnation. The Qing army rages in a province several times when they enter the pass, and they dare not go deep into the Central Plains. This time, I entered Beizhili, and according to the previous actions, I guess it would be a plunder in Beizhili, and then retreat to the outside world. It would be no big deal if I didn't go to Jinan Prefecture.

But Li Meng didn't want to do this. This was a national war. Since Shandong Governor Yan Jizu gave this order, Li Meng must go. Even if he didn't give this order, Li Meng would go. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Li Meng believed that he was not an ordinary man, but a general under the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he had this obligation and responsibility.

However, Li Meng also thought of some comments afterwards. It is estimated that Shandong scholars were either intimidated by their own power or gained their own benefits and would not say anything bad. I am afraid that people from other places, including Shandong, would be very concerned about it in private.

You can guess anything you say. The first is that the general Li Meng seeks fame and reputation. One is that the powerful, who came from a tyrant, was brave enough to take the lead at this time of crisis in this country. It is not that he is sober and extremely naive. He has no cunning strategy for generals and commanders. He has always been self-respecting now and has spent money, grain and salary for the court's business, and has made a futile business. Isn't this a fool?
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