On February 2nd, the dragon raised its head.

In Nandu, Xiaoying School, two marquises and one uncle came rarely.

The two marquises are Li Chengzuo, the Marquis of Fengcheng, Tang Guozuo, the Marquis of Lingbi, and the Boye is Jiao Mengxiong, the Boye of Dongning.

Li Chengzuo once followed his father to lead the Jiang army. The officers and soldiers of Shenwu Camp had close ties with his Fengcheng Marquis Mansion, so he was the only one who was willing to take charge of the army.

Tang Guozuo asked to lead a army because he really wanted to see the scene of Wei Yin being dismantled with his own eyes, but Marquis Tang had never led troops before, so in order to prevent any mistakes, Duke Wei specially arranged for Dongning Bo to assist.

The ancestors of Dongning Bo Jiao Mengxiong were naturally transformed into Mongolians and were very good at fighting. Although they had been passed down to Jiao Mengxiong's generation and had long abandoned military affairs, Jiao Bo was as strong as his ancestors. He was like a general in his armor.

The other officials of the other families were not as powerful as Jiao Boye and were not engaged in military affairs, so they did not show off. Tang Guozuo was also self-aware, and he was very happy to have Jiao Mengxiong help him.

According to the deployment of the Duke of Wei, the Marquis of Fengcheng will lead the Western Route Army and Tang Guozuo will lead the Eastern Route Army.

The Western Route Army was the main force in the fight against eunuchs this time. It consisted of three major camp officers and soldiers, family soldiers of the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Fengcheng. The force reached more than 3,400 and 120 officers at all levels.

There were 210 horses and mules, 140 cavalrymen, 230 baggage coachmen, and more than 300 men with the army. They were equipped with 2,400 bird guns, 320 three-eyed guns, 60 tiger squat cannons, and 95 large pole guns.

In addition, there are 62 vans, 373 pairs of bows and arrows, 256 large crossbows, long spears, long knives, and 580 long axes, 7,680 rockets, 256 big sticks, 256 rattan cards, 580 waist knives. 120 iron armor, 620 cotton armor, and 600 paper armor.

Such soldiers and equipment can be said to be armed to the teeth. Not to mention trying to fight the domineering Wei Yan, it would be more than enough to take the Northwest to fight the Mongolian Tartars in the last battle.

You know, in order to gather the equipment of this Western Army, Duke Wei took a lot of effort.

Xu Hongji knew the fact that Liu Chaoyong, the inner guard, sent someone to secretly stumbling to his family, but there was no way to deal with Liu Chaoyong. However, if Liu Chaoyong thought that using these hands and feet could stop him from doing things, he really looked up to his inner guard.

Duke of Wei won the support of a person, who was one of the three giants in Nandu and the most powerful civil and military officials in Nandu City - Wang Yongguang, Minister of War of Nanjing.

With Wang Yongguang's tacit approval, various weapons and equipment were smuggled out of the warehouses of the three battalions and the Ministry of War under various names.

On the Eastern Route Army, it is composed of family soldiers from the Nandu Xunchen Mansion, with a force of more than 3,200.

The weapons and equipment are worse than those of the Western Route Army, but there are more than 1,300 mules, more than 300 horses and mules, and there are also a large number of other weapons.

In order to cover up, the families of the officials who formed the Eastern Route Army have left the city in many groups. They will meet in Fangshan, and then go to Lishui to cross Shennv Lake and enter the northeast of Liyang, blocking the official road from Liyang to Changzhou.

The Western Route Army gathered at the Xiaoying School Farm, then drove out in the name of the school soldiers, and then left the city and headed straight to the Liyang Iron Field.

To the outside world, even the Duke of Wei dared not say that he mobilized officers and soldiers to kill the eunuchs appointed by the emperor. He could not even say that those who went to Liyang were soldiers, but only civilians.

The civil unrest is another saying in this campaign to fight for eunuchs.

If the two sides fight and suffer casualties, it will be an armed fight or a large-scale armed fight.

In fact, according to Wang Yongguang, the Minister of War of Nanjing, it would be better to say that the local garrison was persecuted by Wei Yin, and then he rebelled openly, causing a tragic incident. There were no previous examples, didn’t the Yunnan Mining Supervision and Huguang Mining Supervision and Chen Feng just asked the local officers and soldiers to kill them?

When a person dies, everything is easy to say. Nandu has the same words, so what can the emperor do?

The Duke of Wei originally wanted to cut the mess quickly and get less fancy heads, but the sick Duke of Xin sent someone to tell him about this, and he would cover up the eyes and ears no matter what.

Duke Xin Guo reminded Duke Wei that in the past, the expulsion of mining prisons in various provinces was dominated by local officials, and the six departments of the cabinet were suppressed and refused to do so. The emperor was helpless.

But this time, it was not the local officials who caused trouble, but the founding ministers. In Beijing, there were many people who were dissatisfied with them, the founding ministers. If someone in the six cabinet departments was in trouble, it would be a big problem.

After hearing Duke Xin's reminder, Duke Wei ordered that the two groups of soldiers must not slap the banner of officers and soldiers, and even the flags of each family cannot be beaten. Just bite to death.

In order to motivate the soldiers, the Duke of Wei even gave a reward of 6,000 taels of silver, and gave him who could capture and kill Wei Yin, so he was promoted to the third level and rewarded 1,000 taels of silver.

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When the Marquis of Fengcheng and Marquis of Lingbi and others arrived at the school ground of the small camp, the officers and soldiers who had just secretly pulled out of the camp yesterday were already waiting for them. Although they were in chaos, they all formed their own camps and teams, and they still looked very energetic.

Seeing the three lords coming, the generals who led the troops hurried forward to greet them.

Most of these generals have a relationship with the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Fengcheng, while a few are the lines of the other honorary ministers. To be honest, they are much more loyal to the honorary ministers than to the court. Many people even came from the family generals of the honorary ministers.

The leaders were Li Zhaoji, deputy general of Shenji Camp, and Zhu Guozhi, the deputy general of Shenwu Camp, and the Duke of Wei's mansion led by Xu De.

Li Chengzuo, Tang Guozuo, Jiao Mengxiong and other generals said a few words, and then he ordered to set off.

The generals actually didn't know what they were going to do, but when they saw the two marquises and one uncle came forward, they knew that the matter was not small, so they didn't ask much and arranged the arrangements. More than 3,000 officers and soldiers were quickly divided into several battalions and opened the schoolyard one after another.

After leaving the city, Tang Guozuo and Jiao Mengxiong bid farewell to Li Chengzuo and led their families to attack Lishui.

In the city, many honorary officials gathered in the Duke of Wei's mansion, drinking tea and listening to operas, waiting for the good news to come.

Even the Duke of Wei was in a very good mood, because the whole family was united and the heavy troops were pressing down on the battlefield, which was definitely not comparable to the last time. The eunuch of Wei had no reason to escape.

The inner guard Liu Chaoyong was also waiting for news. Although the Duke of Wei was hiding the deployment of many people, so many honorary and relatives participated in it, how could this secret be hidden?

Therefore, he didn't have to bother to inquire, so he got a clear idea of ​​the ministers' background. Then, he asked someone to report to Liyang.

That's all he can do, and the next thing he can do is see if that little guy can withstand it.

If he won, Eunuch Liu must have a account to calculate with these honorary officials: Is it considered a rebellion if the private transfer of troops to surround and kill the central officials in the court?

If you lose, then Eunuch Liu will take it as nothing.

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In the Iron Farm in Liyang, Eunuch Wei ordered Song Sibao to receive the reward silver from the inner garrison yamen to report the news. Then he said to the left and right generals: "Duke Wei really respects our family. There were thousands of people at once, and they were divided into two groups. Hey, I don't even use the banner. Is this guilty?... Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials. They are the people, and our family is the officials!"

It was so easy to say, but my father-in-law was under great pressure. There were only a few thousand muskets on both sides of the two groups, which was even stronger than the Ming Dynasty Imperial Army. How should we fight this battle?
Chapter completed!