The army of Jiaozhou Camp attaches great importance to camping and spends a lot of time every day on camping and camping. Although this delays the time of marching, it can allow its troops to fight based on the camp during combat. Moreover, the firearms troops of Jiaozhou Camp rely on ammunition, which has high logistical requirements.

A solid camp is not only a temporary fortress and fortress, but also a large warehouse. Therefore, if the officers of Jiaozhou camp have their own expertise in camp planning, they can still stand at a very good advantage in promotion.

The personal soldiers followed Li Meng and Ma Gang. During the camping period, the officers and soldiers did not have to give a full tribute, but simply swung their fists on their left chest.

Although Zhao Neng said it was troublesome to set up camp, the camp in Jiaozhou Camp also had an advantage under Kaifeng City. First of all, there was no shortage of water sources. It turned out that the wells in the residential areas had not been filled yet.

In addition, according to the Caodian, the camp of Jiaozhouying must dig a certain depth to surround the outer circle. This time, you can rely on the trenches that break into the camp and siege the city, saving a lot of efforts in earthwork projects.

According to Li Meng's prediction, since the Kaifeng Prefecture Promoter Huang Peng has entered the city, he will generally not come out again. I guess the next step is to stand on the top of the city and say to the people below:

"There are also difficulties in Kaifeng City. I really can't let you enter the city. Please camp outside the city and rest!"

It was almost noon here when the sun was sunny, and the camp had been built. Since it was a rebel army and there were no enemies around, Jiaozhou camp worked hard to build the camp. After arranging the guards, the battalions were ready to arrange rest, and Li Meng also started to eat before the commander's tent.

There is not much dust outside. The reason why I eat outside the tent is to let the soldiers and generals see it. Their commander has nothing special, which makes it more intimate and can make the image of the commander more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Just after half of the meal, a personal soldier came to report:

"Huang Peng, the Promoter of Kaifeng Prefecture, asked for a meeting..."

When Li Meng heard the reports from his personal soldiers, he felt it was very interesting. He thought the other party would never return, but he actually came back. He hurriedly heard that the east gate of Kaifeng City is still closed. The Kaifeng Prefecture's prosecutor is also a high-level official. He was hung up by a hanging basket and probably had run away in the city.

The weather was quite cold in March, but Huang Peng was already sweating profusely. He clasped his fists to salute Li Meng as soon as he met:

"This time, Xiaguan talked about it in Kaifeng City. Finally, he told everyone that the east gate will open later. Please ask the general to enter the city. Shandong soldiers have great kindness to me, Kaifeng City. We cannot let the loyalty of all the soldiers again and again..."

After saying that, Huang Peng was also a little proud and couldn't help laughing. Li Meng also signaled:

"Since that's the case, I'll thank you Huang Tui."

However, there was no plan to enter Kaifeng City, but the attitude in Kaifeng City changed. It was really troublesome. After Huang Peng finished humble, he said in a little embarrassed manner:

"But these thieves besieged the city, the victims from all over the world poured into the city. The places where they could accommodate large armies were really limited. There are still other soldiers coming in the past few days. The governor and the prefect together, can they discuss with the general and bring a thousand people into the city? "

Huang Peng, the provocateur, did not have the kind of pride he had just said, and he was a little guilty. The military general was domineering, and civil servants could deal with it with their character. However, Li Meng was young and had a manner that seemed to be the old guys in the capital who had been officials for half his life. He was not indifferent to his emotions. He really didn't know what the other party was thinking.

But then, Huang Peng felt relieved. Li Meng chuckled a few times and said:

"That's the best, then it's up to a thousand people!!"

I am lucky, and the other party’s arrangement is very suitable for my own wishes.

It is easier to select people who enter the city. The personal military camp led by Wang Hai is enough, and some people who do not need to enter the city must be removed. Speaking of which, the officials in Kaifeng City are worried about Shandong soldiers entering the city. They just want to find a way that Shandong soldiers outside the city can accept, and arrange a number that both sides can accept to station in the city.

Officials in Kaifeng City, because all these soldiers are poor and crazy bandits, who sleep in the open on weekdays, and finally arrived at such a prosperous place, they all wanted to enter the city like wolves. But what money does these robbers wearing officers and soldiers have? After entering the city, they still rely on their swords and guns to pay the bills. Many retired officials in this city are the nobles of the vassal kings, and it is a trouble for them to violate the family.

The current situation is that Kaifeng City is in danger twice in two years. Those who come to rescue are all Shandong soldiers. If the city gate is closed and people are not allowed to enter, it will be unreasonable no matter what.

If reinforcements are needed in the future, the other party will not raise troops so quickly and rescue. Moreover, the number of troops from Shandong to the city was set to set the standard for the other troops that had to arrive here in almost two days, and each army could only enter the city by people from the past.

If all of them were done, the soldiers entering the city could be controlled at about 4,000 people. Not to mention the restraint of these 4,000 people, Henan General Chen Yongfu had more than 9,000 soldiers, enough to suppress these guest troops.

The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture, who knew these preparations, joked with each other, saying that the civil and military officials in Kaifeng City had not planned so hard when they broke into the army to siege the city. They were like guarding against thieves, and even when they were guarding against thieves, they did not guard against the reinforcements outside the city as such.

After the Kaifeng Prefecture Promoter Huang Peng and Li Meng finished discussing, since the other party agreed to the number of soldiers entering the city, everything was easy to say. Kaifeng Prefecture had already prepared the barracks and corresponding supplies for the thousand soldiers. What Li Meng did was to lead the troops into the city.

Li Meng agreed, but did not show any impatient appearance to enter the city. He just finished his lunch leisurely.

This makes the promoter Huang Peng quite different. Not only Li Meng, but the entire Jiaozhou Camp has similar consensus on whether to enter the city. Except for the time when there were only a few hundred people in the initial construction of Jiaozhou Camp, the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp were strictly prohibited from living in private houses, even if they had to camp in the wild.

The Ming army generals liked to camp in the city because there were cities as fortifications, houses as barracks, and storage in the city as military supplies. Whether to disturb the people or not is not their consideration.

However, the army is stationed in residential areas, and the houses and cities are for life, not for defense and combat. Houses are not conducive to rapid entry and exit, and cannot arrange defense in a formal manner. In other words, the troops in the houses cannot act like the troops.

Therefore, Li Meng would rather let his troops camp or sleep in the open than let them use houses as barracks. Moreover, under the training system of Jiaozhou Camp, the military soldiers in Jiaozhou Camp were nothing in the barracks, but if they were alone among the people, they would immediately appear very special.

A soldier's behavior, deeds and temperament are completely different from that of a civilian. Moreover, because the Jiaozhou camp's sufficient salary and food and daily performances, the soldiers' status in the civilians in Shandong is quite high. A literati from the Lai Party once joked that Shandong, "We are divided into four people in Shandong, and we are also scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. But this scholar is talking about soldiers' soldiers."

In such a chaotic and disaster year, it is so enviable and rare that every soldier is unwilling to leave this group.

The daily queues and various trainings from modern times have made these soldiers increasingly collectively conscious, feel that they are a member of this group, and are willing to stay in this group, apart from the time of combat, and are willing to stay in the military camp.

The officers and soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp were not very interested in whether to enter the city, and many people were even unwilling to go there. They all had enough food and salary. Jiaozhou Camp never treated them unfairly, and there was no need to enter the city to supplement supplies.

Wang Hai asked the personal military camp to organize the team very quickly. After the thousands of people were lined up, a famous personal military soldier came to report some things. Wang Hai nodded and hurriedly ran to Li Meng.

"Master General, Henan Provincial Administrator sent a right-level political consultant to welcome the governor Yan."

The right-level political sergeant usually consists of third-rank or fourth-rank officials, and are divided into certain soldiers to prepare for the affairs, such as Liu Qingsong, who is in Shandong. The right-level political sergeant is much higher than that of the promoter Huang Peng.

Those with high status came to ask the governor Yan Jizu, and those with low status came to ask the general Li Meng. The officials in Henan had no idea what was going on in Shandong.

But if you don’t know, you won’t know. It’s better to be vague. Li Meng said calmly:

"Prepare a carriage for Lord Yan and arrange some personal guards to follow him, and say that he is the governor's servants, let's set off together."

When I first came to Kaifeng City, Li Meng entered the city from the north, perhaps directly facing the ferry of Kaifeng City, so the city gate and the city wall were relatively new. When I entered the city gate, the distance between the city gate was very long, which really showed the thickness of the city wall, but it was already dilapidated, just like what Ma Gang said.

If the Yellow River is really dug and flooded Kaifeng City, the city wall will definitely collapse after soaking in the water for a while. Li Meng immediately shook his head and told himself not to continue thinking. If the Yellow River breaks and floods, it will not only be the Kaifeng City, but also the number of people will be drowned, and there will be no need to mention the epidemic after the flood.

Li Meng smiled self-deprecatingly and thought to himself: The relationship between Jiaozhou Camp and Kaifeng City is still a rescue at present. It is estimated that this will be the case within a few years. I have thought too much.

On the way to the city, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu was trembling and scolded the Henan Governor for being troublesome, because according to the common status of the people, the governor's carriage was always before the general's mount. How could Yan Jizu sit safely?

There was no meaning along the way. Li Meng just led a thousand people into the city, and he could still feel the festive atmosphere like the New Year. However, every street where soldiers and horses passed by in Shandong closed their doors and doors, and there was no pedestrian on the streets. You could hear cheers and firecrackers from other places in your ears. The air was filled with the smell of sulfur, but it was deserted. This scene was really weird.

Obviously, these people were afraid of foreign visitors, and they didn't know if they were so afraid when they went up to the city to deal with the rebels outside the city that day.

The accommodation places for more than a thousand soldiers are also very particular. They are just adjacent to the nine thousand soldiers of Henan General Chen Yongfu. It is not so convenient as to be surveillance.

"Governor Yan, General Li, the two adults traveled thousands of miles to Kaifeng, Henan to rescue. They are really a great kindness. Chen is a representative of the people of Henan and respect each other."

Henan General Chen Yongfu was quite heroic. He stood up and toasted Yan Jizu and Li Meng with a wine glass, and settled into the city. Although this rescue was allocated by the court, according to the rules of the officialdom, Henan party held a banquet to thank him, which was always necessary. This was the so-called human relationship and was vague.

But when he came to the banquet, Governor Yan Jizu felt a little strange, because the person who sent the post to the banquet was not Governor Li Xianfeng or the ones in the governor's office, but Chen Yongfu, the general of Henan. This world will definitely not be like Shandong, and the status of military officers is higher than that of civil servants.

Moreover, Chen Yongfu's reputation in the officialdom is quite humble and gentle, which means that this person is very upholding the rules in the officialdom and will not do such reckless things.

After coming, something was even more wrong. The one who came to accompany him was the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture. The other person who was more capable of being on the table was Chen Yongfu's son, Chen De.

Yan Jizu told Li Meng about his surprise, but Li Meng felt it was okay, because when he walked in with his personal guards, the other party did not ask them to remove the weapons they were wearing, while Chen Yongfu and his son were wearing casual clothes. What's so strange about this? He was even more comfortable without those high-quality civil servants.

However, after everyone killed this question, Chen Yongfu himself explained, his voice was quite serious and said in a deep voice:

"Governor Yan, General Li, I am from Henan. At this time, I really don't have the mood to come out for a banquet and have fun. I am afraid that it will delay everyone's excitement, so I avoid it. This is what makes me welcome. I hope no wonder!"

After saying that, he picked up another glass of wine toast with him. The warriors were more straightforward and quick to drink. Li Meng didn't vaguely and drank it directly. When he entered the door, he noticed that even the Kaifeng prefect who came to accompany him had a depressed expression on his face. This was not something that was supposed to be a banquet for guests. And he was a distinguished guest with a higher status than him.

"After all it is..."

Li Meng had not reacted yet, and Chen Yongfu was confused just now. He was about to ask questions, but he was kicked by the governor Yan Jizu. Li Meng turned his head in shock. Yan Jizu made an apology expression on his face and leaned closer and said in a low voice:

"Loyang City Fu King lost his own vassal and lost his relatives. He is now the first-class crime of our Ming Dynasty. Governor Li Xianfeng and the governors of the General Secretary may not escape the court's accountability. Even Kaifeng Prefecture, which is not very relevant, may be demoted."

When Li Meng heard this, he suddenly realized that the Ming Dynasty's laws were extremely complicated and he had contacted very little, but the most familiar one was the charge of "losing a relative and a relative". On that day, Yang Sichang, a bachelor of the cabinet and minister of the Ministry of War, wielding this charge, killed many civil and military officials because King De was captured. Yang Sichang himself committed suicide because King Xiangyang and King Fu of Luoyang were killed by bandits, which was also a serious crime for losing a relative and a serious crime.

For a moment, Li Meng had nothing to say, so he had to start talking about the topic. Chen Yongfu was 38 years old, Chen De was 19 years old, and Li Meng was 29 years old. The three military generals on the table were quite a bit timely.

The Henan general Chen Yongfu and his son were curious about such a young general in Shandong and the general in the title of left governor, but they didn't have much to talk deeply. Li Meng first thoughtful, and then drank a few drinks. Judging from his appearance, he drank a little high.

The atmosphere at the banquet was a little higher. The Kaifeng prefect was about to come forward to toast, but suddenly, Li Meng slapped the table heavily and said loudly:

"How come Governor Li is guilty? He is obviously a meritorious!"

I don’t know if he was drinking too much, and the table was stunned...

At noon the next day, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, sat at home and avoided guests since Kaifeng City was relieved. His mind was almost desperate.

The commander Yang Sichang was so favored by Emperor Chongzhen, but after King Xiang and King Fu fell, he committed suicide by going on a hunger strike. He was the governor of Henan and had the responsibility of the security and defense of Henan. However, it was already one step too late to lead Chen Yongfu to Luoyang for rescue. Who would have thought that before he returned to Kaifeng, the thieves began to siege Kaifeng again.

At that time, I just thought not to fall from Kaifeng. If Kaifeng fell, I would be so shameless as the governor of Henan. If I defended the city, I could still keep my face.

When Kaifeng City was preserved, people breathed a sigh of relief, but what followed was how to face the serious crime of losing their relatives. If the Tiqi came to do it, they would be shackled and become criminals from officials. This is really a pity to ancestors and humiliated their families. It would be better to find a break by yourself, and their families would not be implicated.

While Li Xianfeng was thinking about it, he heard the butler carefully spread outside, saying that General Chen Yongfu asked for a meeting.

The servants of the governor Li Xianfeng naturally knew that their master was in a bad situation and had a very bad mood. They would definitely not want to see the guests. Some customers with no eyes came to the door, and they usually refused, but the general Chen Yongfu was not a guest without eyes, and the servants could not stop him at all.

"Just say, I feel uncomfortable, Master, please let General Chen go back!"

As soon as Li Xianfeng finished speaking listlessly, he heard the sound outside the door. The butler screamed in shock. A big man had already rushed in. When Li Xianfeng saw that it was General Chen Yongfu. This general who was usually very restrained and low-key was a little excited and said loudly:

"Master Futai, don't worry about closing the door. The unlucky thing in Luoyang is turning a turnaround!"

Originally, Li Xianfeng was about to speak out and expel the guests. He heard Chen Yongfu's words clearly, his eyes suddenly widened, and he sat on the chair and stared at the other party blankly.

General Chen Yongfu took out a document from his arms and handed it to Li Xianfeng who was sitting there...

On March 29, the 14th year of Chongzhen, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu, Shandong Governor Li Meng, Henan Governor Li Xianfeng, Henan Governor Chen Yongfu, Henan Governor Chen Yongfu, Henan Governor and Henan Civil and Military Offices jointly submitted a report to the court.

Since the fall of Chen Luoyang and King Fu fell, it was because the commander Yang Sichang failed to surround the enemy and even allowed the enemy to enter Henan, causing a disaster. However, the treacherous siege to attack Kaifeng, the capital of Henan, and the governor Li Xianfeng, and the general Chen Yongfu led his troops to resist the bandit army and ensure safety.
Chapter completed!