"The rebel navy?" Shi Kefa stood up and asked, "Is it Zheng Zhilong?"
"Your Excellency the Governor, it is the Fujian Navy led by Zheng Zhilong."
Shi Kefa quickly ordered: "Quickly order the Guanliao Dengjin navy to go meet the enemy!"
"Yes," the scout and the herald left the tent together.
After the messenger left, Shi Kefa began to think over and over again about his countermeasures.
The Guanliao Dengjin Navy was stationed in Dengzhou, located in the northern part of Shandong Peninsula.
The East China Sea Institute is located in the southern part of Shandong Peninsula.
If Zheng Zhilong chose to land in the East China Sea and enter Shandong.
His left wing would be threatened.
By then.
Directly in front of him was Zhu Guobi, who was besieging Xuzhou.
The left wing was Zheng Zhilong who landed in Donghai, and the right wing was Ma Shiying who was approaching the city of Guide Prefecture.
Thinking of the right wing, he began to worry again.
In order to deal with Ma Shiying, he dispatched Xuanwu Guard and Suiyang Guard to rescue Guide Prefecture.
But the problem is that most of the soldiers in Xuanwu Guard and Suiyang Guard are old, weak, sick and disabled, and may not be Ma Shiying's opponents.
The more Shi Kefa thought about it, the more confused he became, and in the end he even regretted volunteering to go to war.
He regretted not because he was afraid of death, but because he was afraid of delaying national affairs.
But it was too late to regret, and he could only try his best to deal with the current situation.
While requesting the Ministry of Revenue to allocate more silver to recruit more soldiers, he also wrote letters to Zhu Guobi, Ma Shiying and Zheng Zhilong to persuade them to stop the rebellion.
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South bank of the Yellow River.
Zhu Guobi, Xu Wenjue, Liu Kongzhao and others stood on the shore thinking about countermeasures.
Xu Wenjue was the first to speak: "Shi Kefa has no intention of rescuing Xuzhou. Our strategy of surrounding the city and attacking the reinforcements has failed."
"Don't worry, don't worry." Liu Kongzhao comforted: "This matter can't be rushed. The more anxious you are, the easier it is to lose your composure."
Xu Wenjue muttered, "We have to hurry. The Ping Liao army is fighting in Korea right now and won't be back for a while. If we delay until they come back, I'm afraid you and I will be prisoners right away."
Just when several people were worried about this, the Jinyiwei sent someone to deliver a secret letter.
Zhu Guobi opened the secret letter and read it carefully, a happy smile appeared on his face.
Xu Wenjue asked doubtfully: "What's written in the letter?"
Zhu Guobi smiled and replied: "The Nanjing Jinyiwei said that they have found out Shi Kefa's troop deployment in Pei County."
When everyone heard this, they immediately came over.
Zhu Guobi continued, "In order to prevent us from crossing the river, Shi Kefa deployed his elite troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, leaving Pei County in the rear with no troops."
Liu Kongzhao blinked and asked, "Do you mean to send an elite force to raid Pei County?"
“That’s right!”
"I'm afraid this won't work?" Liu Kongzhao was very skeptical. "Even if Pei County has a small number of soldiers, they can still fill the city walls. If we go with too few people, we won't be able to capture Pei County. If we go with too many people, we will be exposed early, and the enemy will be prepared in advance."
Zhu Guobi smiled and replied: "Five hundred people are enough!"
Everyone exclaimed: "Five hundred people?"
"Yes," Zhu Guobi nodded heavily, "Nanjing Jinyiwei has recently recruited many Jinyiwei from the capital. They have the official document of Shi Kefa recruiting civilians. We only need to send out a group of elite soldiers to disguise themselves as civilians, and with the Jinyiwei from the capital leading the way, we can easily sneak into Pei County."
"You should know that all the food and grass for Shi Kefa's army are stored in Pei County. After entering the city, there is no need to capture the city, just burn the food and grass. Once the food and grass are gone, Shi Kefa will retreat without a fight!"
Everyone thought about it for a while, and then someone asked, "Are the Jinyiwei of the capital reliable?"
Zhu Guobi patted his chest and said, "Of course, I am sure they surrender sincerely."
Liu Kongzhao said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, let's do it!"
Others responded loudly: "Fuck!"
At noon that day.
In order to attract Shi Kefa's attention, Zhu Guobi gathered troops on the bank of the Yellow River northeast of Xuzhou, creating an appearance of crossing the river.
This move was indeed effective. After learning the news, Shi Kefa immediately dispatched additional troops to the shore.
Little did they know.
Zhu Guobi had ambushed five hundred elite soldiers thirty miles northwest of Xuzhou.
They prepared boats for crossing the river in advance and quietly crossed the Yellow River early the next morning.
The Imperial Guards of the capital had been waiting on the other side of the river for a long time.
After the meeting, he led them to Pei County.
During the march, the soldiers of the Royalist Army asked, "Didn't we agree to disguise ourselves as civilians to enter the city? Why don't you let us change into civilian clothes?"
Jinyiwei said calmly, "Things have changed! Because Pei County has stored a large amount of food and grass, in order to prevent spies from sneaking into the city, Shi Kefa ordered the gates of Pei County to be closed. Only those with military orders can enter the city."
"We don't have military orders!"
"Don't worry," the Royal Guard patted the man on the shoulder, "We have it."
"Then what identity do we use to enter the city?"
The Jinyiwei raised his head and replied proudly: "The imperial court is here to help!"
After the discussion was completed, everyone continued on their journey.
Although they encountered several waves of scouts along the way, they were readily let go after seeing the official documents in the hands of the Jinyiwei.
The next morning, they arrived at the city of Pei County.
Looking at the troops that suddenly appeared outside the city, the defenders of Pei County had a lot of question marks in their heads.
"Who is coming?" asked the defenders hiding behind the battlements of the city wall.
"Reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements?" The Pei County defenders were very confused: "Where are the reinforcements? Who asked you to come?"
"Of course it's the imperial court's reinforcements. The governor-general Shi, who is in charge of suppressing the rebellion, learned that someone was going to launch a surprise attack on Pei County, so he specially ordered us to come and help defend the city." The Jinyiwei took out an official document from his arms and shook it vigorously in his hand.
The defenders on the city wall tied a bamboo basket with a rope and lowered it down along the city wall.
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