When they arrived at the table, Li Xiao, Wu Sangui and others chatted and sang each other. For a moment, the guest and the host and the host were in harmony.

Wu Sangui, Fang Guangchen and others were very happy that Li Xiao, who was Duke of Tang, could treat him so kindly. Everyone was talking and laughing, and their relationship suddenly felt much closer.

After the banquet, Li Xiao invited Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen to enter the living room, and took a seat with guests and guests to watch the tea.

The three of them casually said something casually. Wu Sangui put down the teacup and went straight to the topic: "Duke Tang, I am waiting for Dengzhou here. In addition to being willing to visit Lord Li, I also want to know what Duke Tang thinks about the current situation in Shandong?"

After Wu Sangui finished speaking, his eyes looked straight at Li Xiao, full of inquiries and advice.

Li Xiao frowned slightly, and soon the expression on his face returned to calm. He sighed lightly and said slowly: "Changbo, I will say bluntly that the situation of anti-Qing in Shandong is extremely unoptimistic."

"Oh, why did Lord Li think so?" A shadow flashed across Wu Sangui's face and asked again.

Li Xiao took a sip of the tea, put down the teacup, and sighed: "The Qing army entered the pass and attacked this time, with more than 100,000 troops, with great momentum. Wherever the army passed, it was invincible. As far as I know, these 100,000 Qing troops are now stationing troops in the area of ​​Leling County, which is in the junction of Shandong and Beizhili, and the land of Shandong is already in danger. In order to save this crisis, I urgently submitted an emergency to the court, requesting that I temporarily command Shandong troops in order to unite the masses to fight against the Tartars."

Li Xiao paused for a moment and continued: "I never expected that the court did not agree with my husband's actions, so he decided to arrange actions separately with the troops who entered Shandong and our subordinate Tang army. In my opinion, now that the enemy is in the head, our troops in Shandong are insufficient, but we cannot form unified command, but we fight on our own. This is really an extremely serious strategic mistake."

Li Xiao's words attracted Wu Sangui's warm approval.

He slapped his thigh heavily and nodded, "Mr. Li said it right! From the perspective of the following, the court's mistake was ahead, and then sent the chief assistant Liu Yuliang to coordinate the dispatch of various troops, but it was a major mistake! Thinking about Liu Yuliang's civil servant, he was a timid and incompetent person, and he knew nothing about marching and fighting. He had no skills except for his internal fighting. Sending such a person to command the Ming Dynasty's official army is a bit ugly, and he can be said to be using a stupid pig to command a group of lions! The court's use of people in this way is simply a way to defeat himself."

After Wu Sangui finished speaking resentfully, Fang Guangchen sighed and interrupted: "Mr. Li should know that now, Liu Yuliang, who had just left the capital because he was afraid of the Qing army, returned to cry and was really a coward. The court had no choice but to send another Shandong Governor Yan Jizu to take over as Commander-in-Chief of the reinforcements in Shandong. It is a pity that this Lord Yan is also a civil servant who has never been to the battlefield. If he asked him to take charge of the battle situation in Shandong, it is probably a difficult task and difficult to help."

After Fang Guangchen finished speaking, the room was silent for a while.

It was Wu Sangui who broke the silence and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Li, the court's arrangements have been made, and it is useless for us to complain. In your opinion, where will the Qing army attack in the next step?"

After hearing Wu Sangui's question, Li Xiao replied with a bright look: "Brother Chang, according to my opinion, the Qing army will definitely focus on attacking Dezhou next!"

After hearing Li Xiao's words of affirmation, Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen were both shocked.

Li Xiao continued: "What I do is to believe is because our army had fought with the Qing army in Zhuozhou last time and defeated its cavalry. Therefore, after the Qing army tasted the power of our Tang army, it would have a shadow on our army. Now, I have ordered our Tang army chief general Tian Wei to lead the soldiers of the Jiaba of Xingzhong Town in Xingzhong Town to guard Wudingzhou in northwest Shandong. In addition to the nearly 20,000 Jiaba of Jiaba, I have arranged many auxiliary soldiers, brought a large number of defensive weapons such as catapults, thunder and other defensive weapons to assist in defending the city. Therefore, the Qing army would definitely not be able to capture Wudingzhou immediately. If the Qing army was not stupid, it would probably only use a feint attack on Wudingzhou in northwest Shandong, and would throw the main force into other places."

"So, the Gong of Tang believes that if the Qing army was difficult to attack Wudingzhou, would it turn to attack another Shandong gateway, Dezhou City to the west? But in the following view, Dezhou City is now high and steep, and the guarding measures are quite complete. There are also Shaanxi aid and suppression general Cao Bianjiao, Liaodong aid and suppression general Zu Kuan, Shanxi deputy general Liu Liangzuo, Shandong deputy general Ni Chong and other troops defended together. The total number of soldiers and horses guarding the city is nearly 20,000, which is quite considerable. Therefore, if the Qing army in Dezhou City wants to attack, it is not easy to capture, right?" Wu Sangui asked again.

"If this is true, the land of Shandong will be even more dangerous." Li Xiao said with a worried look: "If the Qing army fails to attack Dezhou, it is very likely that we will give up continuing the attack, and instead bypass Dezhou, attack Jinan or Yanzhou and other places, avoid the real and the weak points of our army. This is what I am most worried about!"

"If this is true, then the area in the middle of Lu will be bad." Fang Guangchen interrupted with a serious look on his face: "Now, Shandong general Liu Zeqing is stationed in Jinan, Liaodong vanguard battalion Zu Dabi is stationed in Yanzhou, and our Ningyuan army stationed in Jiyang, all of which are only thousands of soldiers. If the Qing army rushes in, how can we stop it?"

"This is exactly what I am most worried about. If the provincial capital Jinan falls into the Nei Lu Central area and lets the Qing army kill them, the whole area of ​​Shandong will be in danger! The Qing army will likely divide its troops and attack and defeat our Shandong troops separately." Li Xiao said with a solemn expression.

"If this is the case, Lord Li might have solved the problem? No Qing army can attack rampantly, but our Ming official army is helpless, right?" Wu Sangui asked again.

"Hmph, the Qing army is not a monster with three heads and six arms, so how can it be done with them?" Li Xiao snorted coldly and said to Wu Sangui: "General Wu, in my opinion, if you are willing, my army can lead my troops from Dengzhou to Jiyang, and stationed in the same city as you, and help each other. If the Qing army attacks, they can defeat their fronts together, and there is no worries to defend Jiyang."

When Wu Sangui heard that Li Xiao was willing to send troops to guard Jiyang with him, he looked full of joy and said loudly: "Mr. Li is willing to send Tang army to fight with Yuxia. He is full of joy. What else can I worry about? Then I am in Jiyang City, welcome Lord Li to send troops to come!"

Wu Sanguigang made a statement, and Fang Guangchen, who was standing by, asked Li Xiao again: "If the Qing army turns to attack Yanzhou in the south, what should Lord Li do?"

Li Xiao chuckled and replied loudly: "Now, the two thousand Liaodong Forefront Battalion of Zu Dabi's army are stationed in Yanzhou. Although there are few soldiers, the area of ​​Shanxian in southern Yanzhou has the Iron City built by our army. Now the troops of Bing Camp in Xingzhong Town are arranged to be stationed. If the Qing army came to Yanzhou, I can order the Bing Camp in Xingzhong Town to be transferred to Yanzhou City urgently and guarded with Zu Dabi. There is no need to worry about the land of Yanzhou."

"Mr. Li's plan is very good! The Deputy General Zu, seeing that Lord Li is willing to send Tang army to help the war, he will definitely welcome him. If there are nearly 20,000 troops stationed in Yanzhou City, it is enough to guard it." Wu Sangui said from the side. Here, he suddenly frowned and said to Li Xiao: "Mr. Li, if the Qing army bypasses Dezhou and attacks Jiyang, it will neither go north to attack Jiyang nor south to attack Yanzhou, but concentrates its forces and directly attacks Jinan Provincial Capital. What should Lord Li solve it?"

After hearing Wu Sangui's question, Li Xiao sighed deeply.

"What Changbo said is also the most worrying thing in my heart!" Li Xiao frowned and said, "Now, Shandong General Liu Zeqing is the chief of Shandong. This person regards Jinan as his private ban and is very suspicious of foreign visitors. Moreover, Liu Zeqing is a despicable villain. I have always had evil with him, so it is difficult for me to work with such villains."

"Of course, now that the country is in danger, I don't want to argue with villains like him. If the Qing army really wants to attack Jinan, our army will immediately send troops from Jiyang and go south to rescue. "Li Xiao sighed softly and said, "I just hope that Liu Zeqing will not have too soft bones and can persist until our army arrives. Of course, in such a hasty response, our Tang army will most likely suffer heavy losses, but there is no way to do so."

There was silence in the room for a moment.

The faces of the three people were full of thoughtful expressions.

"Mr. Li, when will the troops be sent to Jiyang?" It was still Wu Sangui who broke his silence.

"Three days later, our guild personally led his troops to Jiyang." Li Xiao replied clearly.

"Okay, when the army arrived, we were in Jiyang City, and we held a banquet for Lord Li and the soldiers of the army to welcome the people." Wu Sangui responded with emotion.

Seeing that Wu Sangui was a foreign guest, but he expressed his generous attitude, Li Xiao felt even more fond of him. So he smiled and said, "Very good, then I will thank General Wu for his kindness first."

Wu Sangui and others stayed in Dengzhou for only one day, and the next morning, they hurried back to Jiyang and left.

Before leaving, after receiving the promise that Li Xiao would lead his troops to the next day, Wu Sangui felt relieved and led his guards to return west to Jiyang City with Fang Guangchen.

Three days later, Li Xiao mobilized the troops of the B camp of Xingzhong Town, as well as all the cavalry units, 2,400 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 2,400 flying kite light cavalry, 1,800 Manzhou cavalry, 2,000 musketeers, 70 heavy dragon gun troops, more than 1,500 auxiliary soldiers, nearly 23,000 soldiers and horses, led by Li Xiao himself and headed straight to Jiyang.

The guard of Dengzhou City was Li Xiao who drew a general soldier from Pingnan Camp on Jeju Island to maintain public order and order.

When Li Xiao was moving westward with a large number of troops and horses, the Qing army had already divided into two units. According to the previous plan, there were 40,000 troops along the way, led by General Dorgon and Prince Su Haoge, who was ordered to attack Wudingzhou.

Another group of 60,000 troops were led by Yangwu General Jun Yuetuo, and Abatai, Dudu and Nikan were deputy generals. As the main force of the troops, they turned to attack Dezhou and left.

As the Qing army was heading for a large number of troops to attack Dezhou, in the city of Dezhou, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu was worried about dealing with the severely tense military-civilian relations.

It turned out that Dezhou now gathered troops from all over the country to aid the Ming army, but the military disciplines of Zu Kuan, Liu Liangzuo and other troops were extremely bad, and they were robbed and looted the people everywhere. The evil deeds of the women of the good family made the whole of Dezhou storm and the people were indecent.

Liu Zhixun, the governor of Dezhou, was extremely angry at the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty's official army, and decided to stand up and seek justice for the people.

So he immediately sued Zu Kuan, Liu Liangzuo and others for his military actions, but he did not expect that Zu Kuan and others not only did not uphold justice, but instead took their anger on him. He said that the military pay was insufficient now, and what was wrong with the subordinates robbing some of the people's things? It is said that the emperor is not enough for hungry soldiers. They did not entrust soldiers to kill the people, and they were already merciful to their subordinates.

In the end, as a dignified magistrate, Liu Zhixun was driven out of the military camp by a group of noisy military generals, which was so gentle that he was wiped out.

Liu Zhixun hated him in all his heart, but he had no choice but to do anything. Fortunately, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu brought his aide Fang Wen and the two to Dezhou to reward the army. Liu Zhixun, who was so angry, immediately reported to Yan Jizu about these evil deeds of joining the Ming army to aid the Ming army.

Yan Jizu's face looked very ugly after hearing Liu Zhixun's complaints, but he felt very helpless.

In the late Ming Dynasty, he had soldiers and horses in his hands, and he could only speak as a civil servant, and what could he do to Zu Kuan, Liu Liangzuo and others? In the end, he had to arrange Liu Zhixun with kind words and let him be patient for the time being and not to care too much about these ignorant soldiers with crotch on their heads. After all, they really annoyed these guys, and they could do anything.

You know, Kong Youde, who rebelled in Dengzhou that day, wasn’t it because he fought for a chicken in Wuqiao, northern Zhili, and finally started a rebellion and poisoned the Denglai area in Shandong. Has it been nearly two years?

The previous lesson was first taught, and the Qing army was invaded. Therefore, although Yan Jizu was the governor and the nominal commander-in-chief of Shandong soldiers, he had to be very cautious and never dared to force Liu Zhixun.

Liu Zhixun retreated with hatred, and Yan Jizu sighed secretly in his official residence.

Such a Ming official army, who feared the Tartars like a tiger but was extremely vicious to the people, could they really resist the invasion of the powerful and warlike Qing army?

Yan Jizu's heart was very unsure.

However, one day after he arrived in Texas, he heard an amazing news.

That is, according to reports from the spies outside the city, most of the Qing army had left Leling, and one side army attacked Wudingzhou, while the other main force of the Qing army was coming to Dezhou with a vast force.

Okay, the Qing army came so quickly that the commander-in-chief of the war could no longer leave Texas, so they could only take on the burden of defending the city of Texas.

"I passed the order of this constitution and summoned all military generals to join our residence to discuss matters!"

Yan Jizu, whose face changed drastically, sent an emergency order to Fang Wenhe, a staff member beside him.
Chapter completed!