As November approaches, the weather becomes colder and colder. The Ming army stops in Shandong and does not continue to move north.

After Zhao Ming led his army to the coast of Shandong, he found that the Qing Dynasty's troops in Shandong were very weak. It was not that there were no garrisons, but that the garrisons were mostly green camp soldiers with worrying combat power. It was okay to deal with ordinary bandits. When they met a regular Ming army, they could not defeat them for a while, and they often fled on their own initiative.

Furthermore, the Qing army plundered Shandong several times that year. After Dorgon attacked Shandong, he massacred 180,000 people in Jinan and captured 300,000 to 400,000 people from Shandong as slaves and 100,000 livestock.

Later, Abatai invaded Shandong, and shed horses in Shandong for half a year, looted everywhere, committing heinous crimes. Before leaving, he also abducted 300,000 to 400,000 people and countless livestock.

These reasons made the Qing Dynasty's rule in Shandong very unstable and unpopular.

Earlier during the Hongguang Dynasty, the people of Shandong heard that Li Zicheng was defeated by the Qing army. When the Qing army entered the pass, they immediately supported King Ji to resist the Qing Dynasty and recovered most of Shandong. They asked the Hongguang court to send troops to accept it. However, because the Hongguang court implemented the strategy of using the enemy to suppress the enemy, they were afraid of misunderstandings in the Qing Dynasty, so they did not send one army and one soldier to the north and handed Shandong to the Qing Dynasty.

After that, Shun General Zhao Yingyuan opposed the Qing Dynasty in Qingzhou, launched the Qingzhou Incident, and supported the Ming Dynasty royal family Hengfan to resist the Qing Dynasty. All parts of Shandong responded one after another, but were also destroyed by the Qing army because they did not have the support of the Ming army.

Now most of the rebels of Shandong, large and small, have been destroyed by the Qing army, but the people of Shandong have a grudge against the Qing army. As soon as the main force of the Qing army left, a group of rebels emerged.

Among them, the Gaoyuan Army, which is the junction of Caozhou Yuyuan Army, Jinan and Qingzhou, has the greatest momentum.

The Yuyuan Army activities and the eastern and western parts of the mountain were secretly supported by Liu Zeqing, the former Dongping Bo of the Ming Dynasty. His nephew Liu Zhiju, his generals Li Huajing, Zheng Longfang, Yao Wenchang and others all secretly joined the Yuyuan Army and became the main leaders of the rebel army.

After Zhao Ming asked Xia Wanchun to go to Caozhou, Liu Zhiji and Li Huajing rebelled with a pseudonym, leading more than 20,000 people to conquer Caozhou, Dingtao, Chengwu, Dongming and other places, Juye, Shandong, Daming Prefecture, Zhili Daming Prefecture, which was connected with Caozhou, and Guide Prefecture, Henan, all responded to the people and made great news.

Gao Yuan's army was a rebel army that emerged in central Shandong after the shaving order. The leader Xie Qian attacked the city and captured the village, and was called the number one giant bandit in Shandong by the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Ming sent Wang Jiaqin to contact Xie Qian, and immediately received Xie Qian's response.

In addition to these two huge rebels, there were dozens of rebels ranging from hundreds to thousands of people, and they also responded to the Ming army.

This made Zhao Ming, who was originally prepared to fight to Tianjin Wei, decide to do a big battle in Shandong.

A province in Shandong, an eastern region, extends into the sea. Denglai Prefectures are surrounded by the sea on three sides. The terrain is narrow and the area is mountainous, which is conducive to defense and mobility of warships. It is not conducive to the interweaving of Qing cavalry. It is a place where it can be used.

At the end of October, Zhao Ming captured Dengzhou and defeated Laizhou. In early November, he met with Gao Yuan's army at the foot of Qingzhou City and then captured Qingzhou City. In the eastern part of Shandong, all the places in the Qing Dynasty were left. Only Jinan, Wuding, Yizhou, Yanzhou and other places were still in their hands, and the situation was completely deteriorated.

Outside Qingzhou City, the Ming army opened warehouses and released grain. The rebels from all walks of life in Shandong, the bandits and the heroes of green forest gathered in Qingzhou, with great momentum.

Standing at the head of Qingzhou City, looking up, there were people from all directions, with different costumes and various weapons. Qingzhou, Denglai's rebels, gentry guards, bandits, and miscellaneous armed forces were all dispatched, with tens of thousands of people.

At the same time, the 20,000 Qing troops heading south from Beijing, led by the commander of the Guardian Jueluo Bahana and Bei Ziyuele, rushed to Jinan City and met with the Governor Fang Dayou.

The other Qing army, led by Mandahai, chased to Rizhao and had just recovered the county town.

After receiving the news that Zhao Ming had entered the Huai River, Mandahai hurriedly led 30,000 troops to north for reinforcements, and then chased from Huai'an to Haizhou and from Haizhou to Shandong.

Because he set out in a hurry, the army did not carry much food, and the two Huaihe Rivers were destroyed by the Ming army. Therefore, after Mandahai chased Haizhou, there was no food. The army could only stop in Haizhou. It was not until the subsequent military rations were delivered that he entered Shandong and chased Rizhao County.

But at this time, the situation in Shandong was already decayed. Every time Zhao Ming broke into a place, he opened warehouses and released grain, gathering the people, causing rebels from all over the country to rise up, and there were so many riot bandits that the Qing army dared not see.

At this time, in the Qing army camp in Rizhao County, Mandahai heard that Zhao Ming had captured Qingzhou, and he couldn't help but get furious. The generals in the tent bowed their heads and dared not speak out.

Just as the people in the tent were silent, soldiers outside the tent suddenly reported: "You report to Mr. Beile, the envoy of the court has arrived outside the camp."

Mandahai felt a little nervous. At this time, the imperial court sent an envoy here, so it would definitely not be coming to commend him, and it must be a reprimand.

Mandahai received the report, his cheeks were swelling, and he was ashamed and angry, but he had no choice but to invite the envoy into the coach's tent!

The Qing Dynasty envoy was Sun Zhixie, a Shandong native who was entitled as Minister of War. He was not ashamed of his companionship with the hair shaving order. Even the Han officials in the Qing Dynasty looked down on him and excluded him, making him unable to gain a foothold in Beijing. The hair shaving order was implemented, and Doorg still needed to thank him, so he found him an errand to pass on the order to pass on the order.

Sun Zhixie entered the tent of the commander and greeted Mandahai. When Mandahai knelt down, he immediately issued an order and recited loudly: "I ordered the general of the Southern Conquest of the South, Dorobel Mandahai, and said: "I guard the Jiangnan region, with more than 100,000 troops, and spent tens of thousands of dollars and grain. The pirates broke into the Huai River and robbed the grain. Where are your soldiers? The pirates broke into Shandong provinces and counties, where are your soldiers? Now, I have ordered the commander of the Protector Jueluobahana to lead a 20,000 army south to help you. You should quickly defeat the pirates and still be able to succeed as the General of the Southern Conquest! If Lu Province is corrupt and let the pirates run rampant, you will be severely punished!"

After reading it, Sun Zhixie saw Mandahai’s face full of gloomy face and reminded him: “Master Beile will accept the order!”

Mandahai was ashamed and angry, his cheeks bulged up, and he kowtowed to answer the order.

...

On November 10th, Qingzhou Prefecture.

After winter, the north was cold and the land was frozen. In addition, the Qing army reinforcements entered Shandong, Zhao Ming's army stopped Qingzhou and did not take advantage of the opportunity to recover Jinan.

Although the weather was cold at this time, it was a piece of cake for the Qing army. The Qing army entering Jinan and the Mandahai chasing Shandong were very likely to invade eastern Shandong, so the Ming army and the rebel troops did not dare to be careless.

Both sides felt that a great war would break out on the land of Shandong, and everyone was alert and cheered up.

On that day, Zhao Ming was talking to Xie Qian and others, but a scout rushed into the temporary festival hall.

"Master, please report urgently from the front!" The scout reported on one knee.

Zhao Mingzheng and Xie Qian and others were cooking fires. Wenyu stood up and said, "What's the matter?"

"The rebel army ahead reported that the two Qing troops were coming to Qingzhou!" The scout raised his head and said anxiously.
Chapter completed!