The Liu family army resisted the imperial edict and refused to collect one million taels of silver in the three eastern prefectures. The court sent troops to conquer the Liu family army in anger.

This was a major event that caused a sensation in Shandong and the entire north. When Liu Zeqing did not send troops, almost the entire north knew about it. Everyone felt that the war in Shandong was about to begin, and the people were going to live a life of war and displaced.

It was heard that Liu Zeqing had dispatched a large army of 100,000, and advanced eastward in a mighty manner, preparing to sweep the three eastern prefectures in one fell swoop. The news came out that grain prices in several northern provinces rose sharply, and prices were counted in one day.

Everyone knows that when this battle starts, there will definitely be a war. The area between the two sides is just around the canal. If both sides fight, the Grand Canal, which the court considers as its lifeline, will be cut off and the food from the south cannot be transported through the north, which will cause the entire north to fall into a situation of shortage of food, so the price of rice will fly.

They were not worried too much, because after Liu Zeqing's army sent troops, the canal began to be shut down, and all the food was placed in Jining, Jinan, Linqing and other places, and could not be transported northward. They were worried that they would be attacked by the Liu family army and the situation would be extremely tense.

But something even more shocking happened. Liu Zeqing's army, who was so awesome and arrogant, was defeated in just one day. Jinan, known as the number one important city of the six prefectures of Qi and Lu, was even defeated by the Liu family army overnight.

Such a news spread throughout the north like a Category 10 hurricane, and of course it also spread to the capital.

Wherever you go, it makes people flock to the ground, leaving behind a mess.

When the imperial court heard such a news, it was a fire in the small temple - a god of panic. When Emperor Chongzhen heard such a news, he was furious. He swept all the memorials on his imperial case to the ground, and then kicked them wildly, urging against the sky and the earth.

They had high hopes for Liu Zeqing. They all believed in Liu Zeqing's combat effectiveness. After all, he was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for more than 20 years. They all had the advantage of numbers and had the support of the court. It was easy to destroy the family army.

The court was even studying that it should send an army supervisor to restrain Liu Zeqing's troops, for fear that after occupying the three eastern prefectures, his power will increase greatly, resulting in a huge situation, and another Liu family army will be there.

The entire court was immersed in the joy of victory, but who knew that such shocking bad news was coming. Liu Zeqing's 100,000 troops were defeated, he was captured alive, and Jinan Prefecture was captured overnight.

It can be said that the court suffered an unprecedented defeat in Shandong. Everyone felt that the sky had collapsed and the earth had cracked, and the end of the world was coming.

When the court came to their senses in shock and panic, they immediately organized people to study how to deal with the current situation. It can be said that the situation the court is facing now is unprecedentedly dangerous.

Although the Liu family army did not raise troops to rebel, their actions were no different from rebellion. The court did not need to hesitate and immediately sent troops to wipe out. However, the current court has been in a huge hesitation. Whether they were to mobilize troops from various provinces to jointly encircle and suppress the Liu family army, or to draw elite troops from the nine borders or to draw elite troops from Shaanxi, they were hesitant and didn't know what to do.

Now they truly realized the power and power of the Liu family army. Even the Ministry of War came to a conclusion that the Liu thief could not be suppressed without a 200,000 army.

If elite troops and strong generals are drawn from the surrounding provinces, gather 200,000 troops and besiege Shandong, it will take at least half a year to organize it. In the past six months, I don’t know what the Liu family army will do toss Shandong here.

Another thing is to mobilize troops from the nine borders. If it is the time for autumn to be clear and cool, all regions are also guarding against autumn, actively facing the possibility of Jiannu going south at any time. If a large army is drawn to wipe out the Liu family army, it means that the border defense is empty, and Jiannu and the Mongols will invade at any time.

If their main force team was drawn from Shaanxi to advance eastward to destroy the Liu family army, it would mean that it took them several years to finally squeeze the bandits into the Zhongnan Mountain area and release them. You should know that these people are extremely tenacious in vitality. If you don’t completely eliminate them, they will soon rekindle and make a comeback.

By doing this, the court has entered an unprecedented dilemma, that is, it is not appropriate to dispatch troops from anywhere, and it is not cost-effective to transfer troops from anywhere, which will cause another place to collapse. Now the court is using troops in several directions.

The main force was to deal with Jiannu and Mongolia on the nine sides; the army in the Central Plains gathered in the northwest area to eliminate bandits; the army of the five southwest provinces gathered in Guizhou to finalize the rebels in the She'an Rebellion. They had originally used troops in multiple directions, but they had already asked them to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. It was difficult to find it. But now at such a critical moment, the Liu family army rebelled and rebelled, which made the entire court crazy and angry.

However, the court was surprised now that the Liu family army had raised an army and defeated Liu Zeqing's army, captured Liu Zeqing alive, and captured Jinan Prefecture City, but they did not raise troops to rebel, and sent a letter to the world, claiming that they had raised an army.

You should know that all the rebels rebelled, and he would inevitably proclaim the world, claiming that he was a righteous army, overthrew the brutal court, and punished the people. Since the Liu family army did not do this, it means that they just did not rebel.

However, they did not care whether the Liu family army had issued a letter to the world and rebel. What they did now was to rebel, and they had completely crossed the bottom line of the court. They had nothing to say, but they were fighting. What they had to consider was to mobilize troops from where to destroy them.

Military, horses, food and grass have become their big problem.

Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, personally apologized for guilt at the entrance of the Taimiao. If it were not for his protection everywhere that day, the Liu family army would not have the situation today. So he apologized to the previous emperors of all dynasties, and then he, the Minister of War, quit and went out to supervise the troops and attack Liu thieves.

This time, the court did not think about mobilizing the army to attack the Liu family army in Shandong, but they had decided to appoint the Minister of War as the supervisor, command all the troops, and encircle and suppress the Liu thief army.

This also shows that the court was really angry this time, and he really wanted to move the Liu family army. You should know that the generals who had dispatched to suppress bandits in the past were all appointed as Minister of War and commanded the troops of several provinces. This time, he ordered the real Minister of War to take action to deal with them.

They have now decided to lead various armies to encircle and suppress the Liu family army, but the specific army of which side should be mobilized is still under study.

Zhang Fengyi, Minister of War, can mobilize soldiers from all over the country.

Just when the court was still studying it.

At this time, something even worse came, that is, the Jiannu army finally arrived. After preparing for a month, they took a detour to Mongolia again and directly broke through the Great Wall.

Huang Taiji sent Aziger as the general who was ordered to lead the troops to attack the border.

This time, the Jiannu army divided into three groups, rushed to northern Hebei, entered Dushikou, and met in Yanqing, won seven battles and seven victories, and captured more than 10,000 people and animals. The Jiannu army passed through Yanqing and entered Juyongguan to capture Changping. The general Chao Pichang surrendered. Jiannu burned Deling, and the court was so uproared and wailed.

Deling is the joint tomb of Emperor Xizong's Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang (Weibintian).

Back then, Zhu Youxiao held Chongzhen's hand and said, "My brother should be Yao and Shun." Unexpectedly, a few years later, this younger brother, who was promised by him, made his tomb destroyed, and Chongzhen had no face to see anyone!

The Jiannu army advanced to the Xizhi Gate of the capital, and divided the troops to attack other junctures, cutting off the external contact between the capital.

At this time, the entire court focused on Shandong in the south, and even planned to draw troops from the border area to go south to Shandong to wipe out the Liu bandits. Who knew that Jiannu launched a fierce attack at this time. They attacked in like a scattered sea of ​​seas, broke the Great Wall in one fell swoop, and directly reached the capital, causing a sensation in the entire capital, and shocked the north Zhili.

This time, Jiannu seemed to be trying to capture the capital. After the troops arrived at Xizhimen, they surrounded the nine major gates in Beijing in different directions, cutting off the connection between the capital and the outside world, and threatening to capture the capital in one fell swoop and capture Emperor Chongzhen alive.

After seven years, Beijing City was once again under the city by Jiannu's troops. The whole city fell into great chaos and panic. The people were in chaos, and the rice prices soared again. The gangsters and bandits on the streets openly went to the streets to kill and rob, making the situation even more chaotic and panic, as if a chaotic world was coming.

Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered the Minister of War Zhang Fengyi to govern the reinforcements of various towns, and the eunuch Gao Qiqian supervised the army and arrived within a limited time. Those who violated the orders were killed, but all the towns remained unmoved, and no one dared to fight.

Since Emperor Chongzhen's army besieged the city, he ordered the towns in the north to quickly send troops to the capital to serve the king.

However, the officers and generals from these major border towns made excuses and did not dare to come. You should know that they were defeated by Jiannu and were afraid of being beaten. In the past, the small troops of Jiannu taught them to be human beings, but now there are so many of them coming. If they attack rashly, they will easily be ambushed by the enemy.

Therefore, after receiving the imperial edict, the generals of the northern towns all said that they would send troops immediately, but on the pretext that the food and grass were not in full, the troops were not in full, and they refused to send troops because they were gathering.

Ajige's army invaded the capital in order to drive the Liu family army and let the Liu family army support the capital. They could fight against the Liu family army while fighting in the field. Who knew that they had heard very bad news.

That is at this time, the Liu family army also rebelled.

The Liu family army reversed, which means that they could not listen to their mobilization and go to the capital to fight them in a decisive battle. Instead, they would fight the Ming army.
Chapter completed!