Gao Jie couldn't help but ponder.

Although he is not as good at judging ideas as civil servants, he is not stupid.

Compared with Zhao Xin, who was born in the Eastern Palace, he is definitely not the emperor's primary choice.

The reason why the emperor asked him to lead his army to fight in the north was because his army was the most capable of fighting among the imperial army.

But if you take all the credits, what should the Emperor's Divine Army do?

Therefore, the Northern Expedition plan cannot be just Gao Jie's troops, but also the Shence Army. As for the Dezhou Army led by Qin Gongming, it is not that critical.

Li Chengdong suggested that Gao Jie report to the court after taking Henan, but Gao Jie had a different view.

He thought it was too late. It would be best to defeat the Green Camp Army of Zukefa's troops and write to the court.

In this way, the Shence Army can join the battle at the best time and share the contributions to regaining Henan.

After making up the plan, Gao Jie sighed. He used to think it was difficult to be a bandit, but now he thinks it is even more difficult to be a minister.

Not only do you have to be yourself, but you also have to be considerate and not make it difficult for the king and father to do it.

Gao Jie worked so hard for the court not only for himself, but also for his son.

His son Gao Yuanzhao is now studying in the Imperial Ming Military Academy, and is obviously trained by the emperor as his confidant.

Since his origins determine that it is impossible to become the true direct line of the emperor, we must work hard to make our son the emperor's direct line of the emperor.

The foundation he earned was finally handed over to his son.

Yuanzhao, I hope you can understand the painstaking efforts of your father.

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Xuzhou, General Office.

Li Benshen leaned half on the bed, allowing two beautiful maids to pinch his feet.

That technique is just right.

Li Benshen only felt his muscles and bones numb and his soul was almost hooked out.

"Well, use some more force and go up."

Li Benshen closed his eyes and enjoyed it to the fullest.

It seems that staying in Xuzhou is not a bad thing. If I follow my uncle, I will definitely have to go to the Northern Expedition now. How could the beautiful maid come to the comfort of the service?

"General, something is wrong!"

Just as Li Ben was thinking deeply about which maid should be dealt with for a while, Gao Jie's confidant Du Hui rushed in in panic.

Li Benshen was about to curse, but when he saw clearly that the person was Du Hui, he swallowed the dirty words that had already come to his mouth.

"Mr. Du, why are you here?"

Li Benshen kicked the two maids who were pinching his feet away and was about to get up to greet him.

Du Hui is one of his uncle's confidant aides, and even his uncle himself respects him very much.

"The general is in trouble!"

Li Benshen looked suspicious and asked, "What happened?"

Du Hui glanced at the two maids, and Li Benshen then coughed and said, "You go down, you are not allowed to come in without my order!"

After the two maids retreated, Du Hui said anxiously: "The two Lius are coming to Xuzhou City."

"Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing?"

Li Benshen's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

"Are they going to rebel openly?"

Although Er Liu had sent someone to rob him near Xuzhou before, he had put on makeup at least.

Now they attacked Xuzhou while Gao Jie led his troops to attack the northern expedition, and there was no difference between them and rebellion.

Seeing Li Benshen being shocked and angry, Du Hui advised him: "For the sake of the present, we should strengthen the walls and clear the fields and not give the two thieves the opportunity to take advantage of."

Li Benshen nodded: "Mr. Du said it well. Xuzhou is also a strong city. It is not easy for Er Liu to conquer it."

Now Gao Jieyuan cannot quench his intimate thirst, and Li Benshen can only rely on himself.

He only hopes that the court can discover Er Liu's movements earlier and send troops to assist Xuzhou.

"It's a lot of calculations, but it's not enough to calculate that the two thieves dare to act like this."

Du Hui sighed sadly: "Fortunately, the city has sufficient food and grass, so it should be no problem to stick to it for a while."

Li Benshen is now full of distributing people and deploying city defenses, and he is not in the mood to hear Du Hui express his feelings.

He casually put on a robe and strided towards the outer yamen.

Li Benshen was the Xuzhou garrison left by Gao Jie, and he could make full decisions when Gao Jie was away.

After summoning a group of military generals in the General Army's Office, he first made a brief report on the situation and then began to assign tasks.

After the arrangement, Li Benshen was already dry and dry. Fortunately, the defense matters had been arranged, and he felt that there were no omissions.

Now I wait for the effort to be free and wait for the second Liu to invade.

However, Li Benshen obviously had no mood to continue staying in the General's Mansion. He climbed up to the city wall surrounded by a group of personal guards and stood in the city wall.

After about half an hour, a dark army came from the south.

Li Benshen looked closely and found that these people were not Liu Zeqing, but who was Liu Liangzuo’s troops?

Anger arose in his heart and he wanted to go forward to curse. But after a closer look, he felt something was wrong.

Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo's army are too many, right?

If Li Benshen remembers correctly, the two Liu's commands will have 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the combined total will be only 40,000 to 50,000, but how can there be about 100,000 people like this?

Is Er Liu trying to drive away the people to be cannon fodder for siege and fill in trenches?

Li Benshen felt that only this explanation could make sense.

But he would not have any sympathy for these people.

As long as these people were driven to Xuzhou City by the second Liu, Li Benshen would order the defenders to stoop their bows and arrows without hesitation.

But what surprised Li Benshen was that he did not see any collisions or ladders for siege. He did not even have the simplest ladders.

In this case, what do Er Liu want to attack the city?

Just when Li Benshen was puzzled, he found that the second Liu army had slightly changed direction and walked around the west side of Xuzhou City.

Hiss, these two thieves want to siege the city!

Li Benshen concluded in his heart.

It is indeed a good choice if there are 100,000 people siege the city. Moreover, the troops in Xuzhou are empty, and the city walls will be even weaker if they spread across the four sides.

Li Benshen hurriedly ordered the troops concentrated in the South City to be stationed in several other places. After working for a while, he found that Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo's troops did not encircle Xuzhou, but went all the way north!

Hiss, what was the idea of ​​these two thieves?

They launched an attack on the city of Xuzhou but did not attack. Is it just trying to rob the prefectures and counties near Xuzhou? This is too stupid!

At this moment, Du Hui shouted: "The two thieves are not trying to attack Xuzhou, but to jump into Shandong!"

He pointed to the dark army outside Xuzhou City and said, "General, please see, the people captured by the two thieves were not used to fill the moat and attack the city, but to be captured as the masters of the strong men."

After Du Hui was a little bit like this, Li Benshen discovered that these people were wearing ropes and pulling the car with all their strength.

The car is full of bags of food and fodder.

If Er Liu came to fight Xuzhou, he would not have brought so much food and fodder.

There is only one explanation: Er Liu wants to march for a long distance.

Judging from their march direction, they were indeed heading for Shandong.

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Chapter completed!