Liu Zeqing really had no intention of paying attention to what Yan Jizu was thinking now, and how the governor of Shandong reported to the court and the emperor, because Qingzhou was already under siege.
Three thousand soldiers and horses of the Polu Army have arrived outside Qingzhou City.
If Liu Zeqing is still lucky enough to not see the Polu Army cavalry again, maybe he can have a stalemate with the Polu Army.
When he saw the cavalry of the Polu Army outside the city, Liu Zeqing had completely given up on leaving the city to fight in the field.
Thousands of soldiers of the Polu army were arranged outside the east gate of Qingzhou like a synchronized team.
Well, they were arranged like a synchronized team.
If you didn't see it with your own eyes, if others said that Liu Zeqing could spray him in the face, you would be treated like a beast.
Like other people, they are not obedient and are just talking nonsense.
But now that those war horses were really obedient and formed a military formation, Liu Zeqing was even more frightened.
This showed that the Polu Army cavalry was trained rigorously.
Liu Zeqing did not want to test whether his opponent was good enough.
There were Jiannu and Japanese pirates.
They tried it, but they all ended up being defeated by Zhao Lie.
The combat power of his Qingzhou soldiers was roughly comparable to his own.
After all, Old Liu was also from Liao Town.
He estimated that in a field battle, his 5,000 soldiers could withstand 500 Jiannu armored soldiers.
Well, he could block one in ten.
Then the difference in combat power with the Polu Army would be even greater, so it would be better not to try.
Liu Zeqing looked at the shining armored elite soldiers of the Polu Army covering the plain outside the east city.
He felt extremely regretful.
He had done nothing to offend Zhao Lie.
He had underestimated Zhao Lie's boldness.
Who would have thought of Zhao Lie?
He really dared to send troops to attack Qingzhou, which showed that he did not take the court seriously, so Old Liu was disgraced.
Liu Zeqing ordered all the troops to go to the city to guard the city.
However, there were only 5,000 people in the surrounding city, which was still insufficient.
The wide city walls were filled with almost no reserve troops.
Shandong Commander Liu felt guilty.
He ordered the young men in the city to go to the city to help defend.
His soldiers took this opportunity to enter the house to search whether the young men were hiding.
They took the opportunity to loot and rob the city.
There was a lot of chaos in Qingzhou Prefecture, just like a gangster crossing the border.
Chaos appeared in the city.
The prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture was furious and hurried to see Liu Zeqing, hoping that he would restrain his soldiers not to disturb the people.
This was not a small rural place, but Qingzhou Prefecture.
Unfortunately, Liu Zeqing did not even see him.
Liu Zeqing could not even deal with him at this time.
Not even in the mood.
Liu Zeqing just stayed in the city to defend the city.
Anyway, he didn't believe that Zhao Lie's cavalry could attack the city, so he should just wait and see.
Liu Zeqing had already sent someone to report to the governor of Shandong and to visit Zhao Lie.
He could only wait.
Who told him to stir up a hornet's nest?
Nan Yong outside the city was very happy and leisurely at this time, and he had no intention of using cavalry to attack the city.
That was not what the cavalry did, and even if they all used up all of them, they would not be able to attack a city.
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Nan Yong ordered the soldiers to besiege the camp.
Not a grain of rice could flow into Qingzhou City.
As for the people who entered the city, it was casual.
They could be hoisted into the city by ropes, but they could not be let out.
Nan Yong ordered a thousand cavalrymen to be on full alert every day, and two thousand cavalrymen rested in the camp, taking turns to maintain the fighting strength of the men and horses, and to monitor the four gates of Qingzhou.
As a result, Qingzhou City was strangely surrounded by three thousand cavalrymen.
The staff sent by Liu Zeqing were interrogated several times along the way.
When they arrived at the camp, Nan Yong and other generals excused themselves because they could not make the decision, and asked them to go see Master Zhao Lie for a decision.
The staff rushed to Denglai with their Pegasus, and met Zhao Lie's army in Wendeng.
Six thousand soldiers escorted thirty cannons and were marching slowly.
The staff was stunned when they saw it.
These thirty cannons were extremely huge.
Anyway, he had never seen such a cannon.
He was very doubtful whether Qingzhou City could be defended.
It was probably a bit uncertain.
In the camp outside Wendeng County, Zhao Lie was meeting with Chen Huaiming, the magistrate of Wendeng County, for a detailed discussion.
The two had not seen each other for many years.
Well, yes, it was still the unlucky Chen Huaiming.
The Wendeng camp was hindering Zhao Lie's decision on the location of Denglai Dusi.
No one cared about the county magistrate's throne under his butt, so Chen Huaiming was dumbfounded and became the county magistrate for the past few years.
However, it was the location close to Denglai Dusi that allowed Chen Huaiming to see the changes in the lives of the military households in Denglai.
In the past, the situation of ragged military households fleeing to Wendeng County to work as refugees or as lowly tenants paying 60% of the rent is no longer the case.
Nowadays, military households from nearby areas go to Wendeng County to purchase items.
They are all clean and tidy and extremely respectable. .
When it comes to shopping, they are much more generous than the people in Wendeng County.
Now it seems that the lives of military households and ordinary people have dropped one by one.
The ordinary people are becoming more and more difficult because of the three major salaries and land taxes that have to be paid.
This shows that their expressions are becoming more and more numb, and their clothes It is becoming more and more dilapidated, and there are even more and more people selling their sons and daughters, which shows that more and more people are going bankrupt.
Although the purchasing power of the people in Wendeng County is increasingly depleted, the purchases from nearby military households are more than enough to make up for it, making Wendeng County's business strangely prosper against the trend.
It shows that the commercial tax collection in Wendeng County has increased by 20%.
If Chen Huaiming can't see the reason here, he is really blind.
As a scholar, Chen Huaiming could only admire Zhao Lie, a rough man, who could not only run the army but also govern politics.
He was much better at governing than many civil servants.
He was simply not on the same level.
In the past few years, he personally watched Zhao Lieping, Kong Youde, assisting Lushun, and conquering Japanese pirates, and made countless extraordinary achievements.
However, these were all wars and could be regarded as the duties of a black man.
But this kind of political power can be seen even more clearly.
It can even be said that Chen Huaiming believed that Zhao Lie's soldiers could have such combat power, and Zhao Lie's political achievements deserved the most credit.
But the one who Ming saw so clearly was probably Chen Huaiming.
The others were all staring at Zhao Lie's military exploits, completely unaware that the rise of the Polu army was not due to force at all.
He had also heard about the mutual suspicion and wariness between the imperial court and Zhao Lie for a long time.
In his opinion, it was too normal.
No imperial court would allow the existence of such strong soldiers under Zhao Lie's command who were not under their control.
However, the imperial court is now in trouble both internally and externally, and has failed due to its actual strength.
It will still have to be solved in the future.
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Alas, it will not be peaceful.
Today, Chen Huaiming was shocked when he saw Zhao Lie's army marching westward.
He wondered in his heart whether Zhao Lie had any objections.
In his opinion, the Ming court and Zhao Lie would win if they cooperated, and lose if they fought.
In vain, Jiannu and the rebels would reap the benefits, so he plucked up the courage to come to see Zhao Lie.
He still wanted to persuade Zhao Lie, a reckless man, not to act out of anger.
Of course Zhao Lie knew about Chen Huaiming, who had been stationary for several years, because Chen Huaiming had a good official reputation and never oppressed the people under his rule.
He was considered an official.
Therefore, when he heard that Chen Huaiming asked for an audience, he immediately asked someone to introduce him.
He was considered an old acquaintance. , it doesn’t hurt to meet.
Chen Huaiming met Zhao Lie according to the ceremony.
Now Zhao Lie was no longer a simple warrior, but Jing Haibo of the Ming Dynasty.
He was a noble of the Ming Dynasty with a title.
Chen Huaiming's status as a scholar could not be relied on.
After the two met and exchanged greetings, Chen Huaiming was about to persuade Zhao Lie, a reckless man, "Well, you can't send troops without permission.
This is taboo, and I'm afraid it will be detrimental to your Zhao family in the future."
As a result, a guard came to report that Denglai Governor Chen Yingyuan and Denglai Guard Zhang Guoyuan were three miles away and were about to arrive at the camp.
Chen Huaiming was immediately shocked.
What happened?
The two giants from Denglai and Dengyi came to this place.
It seemed that this matter was a big deal.
Zhao Lie was very calm.
He had expected these two people to come.
If these two senior officials who controlled Denglai didn't come, they would be haunted.
Zhao Lie, Huang Han, and Chen Huaiming welcomed him out of the camp together.
Chen Yingyuan and Zhang Guoyuan came in a hurry.
They abandoned their carriages and rode horses.
Their official robes had been discolored by dust, and their beards and hair were covered in gray.
They were so anxious to get on that they were unsteady when they dismounted.
Zhang Guoyuan dismounted immediately, completely ignoring Chen Huaiming who was kneeling and Huang Han who was saluting.
He waved his whip and halberd and pointed at Zhao Lie.
"Zhao Lie, what do you want to do by leading the army to the northwest without permission?"
Zhang Guoyuan's face turned red.
He was really anxious.
He heard in Dengzhou that Zhao Lie's army came out of Shidao, and the guard almost fainted.
Zhang Guoyuan thought that Zhao Lie was rebelling, so he would be beheaded and abandon the market.
Fortunately, Lu Ping sent people to find out that it was Zhao Lie's cheap brother-in-law who was framed by the subordinates of Shandong General Liu Zeqing.
He sent people to demand Liu Zeqing and refused to release him.
Then he raised troops out of anger.
Zhang Guoyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it was not the worst. possible.
At this time, Chen Yingyuan also came to discuss this matter.
This matter is not a small matter.
The two generals of Shandong and Denglai are about to kill each other.
Do you think this matter is a small matter?
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The two of them discussed it and hurried forward to intercept Zhao Lie.
They could not let this warrior act so recklessly.
So the two of them, accompanied by more than a hundred guards, drove directly to Wendeng County, which was the only way for Shidao to go to the west.
The two of them have been living happily for many years and rarely ride horses, but now they have to ride faster.
You can imagine the hard work, but in order not to create a huge mess, these are all trivial matters.
Therefore, Zhang Guoyuan couldn't control his anger when he saw Zhao Lie.
He pointed his halberd at Zhao Lie in anger.
"Secretary Zhang, please be patient and calm down.
Let's go to the camp to have tea first and then we can talk."
Zhao Lie's smile did not change.
"Drinking tea, you are about to march into Qingzhou.
If you still drink tea, you are raising troops without orders, which is a crime of treason.
Zhao Lie, you must be too wanton."
Zhang Guoyuan shouted loudly.
"How about framing a scholar for treason and asking the whole family of Ming Dynasty scholars to punish him for this crime."
Zhao Lie was so cold that his smile just now was gone.
"This is the despicable thing Liu Zeqing, a common man, did.
He did this just to extort money and food from the people.
I sent people to see him and asked him to let him go, but he beat me up with a stick.
How could I endure it?"
"This is just your one-sided statement.
The matter needs to be reported to Mr.
Chen and Mr.
Yan from Shandong.
They will take care of justice in this matter.
Why rush to raise troops?"
Zhang Guoyuan was hostile to Zhao Lie from the bottom of his heart and never had anything kind to say to him.
"Oh, what if it's not my one-sided words."
Zhao Lie asked with a half-smile.
Zhang Guoyuan just wanted to blurt out, even if you are justified in sending troops, this is an angry statement, but he is still smart.
It seems that every time Zhao Lie sends troops, he has a good reputation.
This is not easy to deal with.
He is always correct.
Zhang Guoyuan immediately stopped talking
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