Chapter 249 Here and there

Li Meng was even more troublesome than General Qiu Lei himself about how to arrange Qiu Lei's thousands of troops, so he put Qiu Lei's troops in the north to take the lead.

These more than 6,000 local chickens and dogs were like candidacy, Li Meng was not expected to hold the Qing army to win the time. He was afraid that the chance of escaping first would be even greater. If he was arranged to garrison in the rear, he might be able to do something that threatens the food routes of friendly troops. After all, there is a precedent for seizing food and wages.

After thinking about it, Li Meng only suggested that General Qiu lead his troops to the plains and Yucheng area to garrison. After all, you can also help you close to Jinan Prefecture City.

Hearing Li Meng's arrangement, Shandong general Qiu Lei, in the lobby of the magistrate's yamen, almost fell softly from his chair to the ground. It was not because of fear, but because of the extreme ease after the nervousness.

Judging from Li Meng's methods outside, Shandong General Qiu Lei thought that the other party would kill him directly in the lobby, but he didn't expect that there would be such a good thing. Shandong General Qiu Lei's current idea is to be as far away from Li Meng, the plague god, the better, even if he was willing to go to the front line.

Shandong General Qiu Lei naturally agreed that Li Meng's position in the lobby was the lowest, but after the action outside, what Li Meng said was a decision and no one would object. Even the nominal decision-maker, the governor Yan Jizu and the military supervisor Liu Yuanbin, had a false consideration and then made this arrangement.

At this time, it was almost dark. According to tradition, it would take at least noon the next day to set off. There were many things to prepare for when the army set up its camp.

However, Qiu Lei expressed his passionate expression, saying that military affairs should not be delayed and that he was willing to travel overnight. Naturally, the other three were unwilling to argue with him, so he went there.

When Qiu Lei walked out of the gate of the prefect's yamen, his back was already wet with cold sweat. He was really frozen to the bone when the cold wind outside blew. However, Shandong General Qiu Lei, who was the only few personal soldiers around him, rushed out of the city. Dezhou City, which was originally the garrison, was now like Shura Hell in Qiu Lei's eyes.

When he got outside the city, the Shandong general Qiu Lei couldn't help but be glad for his decision. Several troops from Jiaozhou Camp had been mobilized and had made a siege. Although he could attack in, he saw the comparison of the combat power of the personal soldiers during the day, Qiu Lei did not think he could gain an advantage in such a battle.

If the other party attacks in the evening, wouldn’t it be the ending of annihilation? The foundation of one’s life will be gone. How can you survive in this world and you will not become the fish on the chopping board?

The commander of Shandong General Qiu Lei, more than 6,000 troops were led by the camp that night, and went to Yucheng, the plains to set up defenses, and the camp was launched at night. It was quite inconvenient to prepare, and he also had to be fully alert to the Jiaozhou camp, which was eyeing the covetous Jiaozhou camp. As a result, some camps could not control the troops and collapsed and chaos occurred.

But Shandong General Qiu Lei didn't care about anything. He drove the camp overnight and stopped after rushing thirty miles. The next morning, he checked the troops and found that more than 500 people were missing.

The system of the Ming Dynasty was to command civil officials, military generals led troops, and eunuchs monitored them. Usually, the governor was commanded by the general, and the general led troops, and the military supervised commanded them. This was the norm of the court.

But in Dezhou City, everything is decided by Li Meng, and the governor and the military supervisor have become a decoration. Although the two of them secretly complained, they are still polite on the surface. They all have the intention to settle the score in the future. They thought that when this battle is over, they must find an excuse to impeach you, the domineering person.

However, Li Meng did everything without any loss. Although he beheaded hundreds of personal soldiers of Shandong generals within one day, these personal soldiers did the work of cutting into pieces, and he admitted that he was killed openly and no one could find any fault.

As for the transfer of Qiu Lei's troops, General Qiu himself agreed. Li Meng was just making his own opinions. At that time, he completely followed the court system and asked the governor and the military supervisor for instructions. Everyone agreed. If they had to find fault, they could not find Li Meng.

The city is full of Li Meng's men, and the heads and blood are still vivid in my mind during the day. How can anyone not listen to Li Meng's opinions?

Li Meng would not do the kind of transcendence and rebellion that these two high-ranking officials thought. This time, Li Meng came to Dezhou for national justice, not to rebel for the sake of killing officials.

His purpose was to make these shocking and domineering actions in order to make himself completely take the initiative in decision-making in the battle formation, and to completely eliminate the prone factors that may arise in battle and the unstable hidden behind. Therefore, what Li Meng did seemed to be beyond the perils, but as long as he was carefully investigated, Li Meng could come up with sufficient justification.

In the late Ming Dynasty, as long as these powerful military generals could come up with a reasonable reason, the court would go on the way and not pursue the matter. Moreover, the evidence of Li Meng was actually true.

After having the Texas transit station, Li Meng began to arrange the battle completely according to his own actions. First, he mobilized civilians to build earthen fortifications outside the city of Dezhou and dig trenches. It was already cold winter, and earthwork operations were extremely hard, but Li Meng didn't care about this.

Originally, when Li Meng was recruiting civilians during the war, he didn't have to pay any money. All the labor was borne by the local government. However, in order to improve efficiency, Li Meng himself invested a lot of money and grain from the farmland. It was a wasteland and the poor lacked a way out. Since it was real money and grain, naturally many ordinary people were willing to come and work hard.

The construction of the defense system is in full swing. More than 400 cavalrymen under Li Meng's cavalry were temporarily converted into reconnaissance cavalry, and they began to start reconnaissance and search within two days of the cavalry.

But what surprised Li Meng was that Yang Sichang, a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and Minister of War, mobilized all the troops in Shandong that could fight to Dezhou to resist. However, the Qing army never appeared in the direction of Northern Zhili attacking Dezhou. Instead, since entering the pass, he followed Zhuozhou to Baoding and fought all the way to Northern Zhili. If he wanted to follow this trend, Henan would be on guard first.

Yang Sichang's judgment cannot be said to be unreasonable. Li Meng, including the people around him, did not have the ability to know the enemy's movements in advance. The Qing Dynasty entered the pass and robbed people and property this time. God knew where they were going next. Only then did Li Meng realize that there were indeed too few soldiers in his hands. There were too many places along the border between Shandong and Northern Zhili, and he could not set up defenses everywhere.

"...Lu Xiangsheng had a wrong dispatch, so he removed the title of Minister of War and demoted him to Minister of the Ministry of War. He hoped that he would make meritorious service and expel the Eastern Barbarians and bandits, and he had already repay the honor..."

Governor Lu Xiangsheng of Xuanda was watching the orders that came down a few days ago, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. When he was in front of the officers and soldiers during the day, Lu Xiangsheng always had a confident attitude and expression, but in the military tent late at night, it was completely different. The military tent was a county town in Zhending Prefecture, and the houses that could be requisitioned were all for injured soldiers. Lu Xiangsheng refused the advice of the local county magistrate to give him the county government or a wealthy family's house to him, so he found an open space in the city and set up a military tent.

In addition to Lu Xiangsheng, there was only one young man sitting next to him, saying that he was a young man. Lu Xiangsheng was only 39 years old. However, Lu Xiangsheng looked at his face as if he was fifty years old, and the young man was also 30 or 40 years old.

"The commander, today the general Hu Dawei led his troops back to the camp. He said that when he arrived in Anping County, the city had been broken and there was no time to enter the city to garrison, so he had to go back to the camp."

Lu Xiangsheng's dress was a little strange, with white cloth strips wrapped around his head and a robe on his body. This was a funeral dress. In May of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng's father died of illness. Lu Xiangsheng originally wanted to stay at home and was left alone by Emperor Chongzhen.

But Lu Xiangsheng was a rare sober person in the Ming Dynasty. When he took advantage of Ding You to stay in mourning, he couldn't help but take the opportunity to avoid such chaos and leave the officialdom that became extremely dangerous because of Chongzhen's meanness. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not allow him to leave, but instead sent him to the front line. The filial piety uniform on Lu Xiangsheng was not removed, so he knew that this was extremely dangerous and he knew that he would decide his own determination to die.

"Hu Dawei is also an old man who has fought for many years in Xuanfu. The city was destroyed and returned to the camp. Why don't the Tartars carry people and livestock, and they are unable to move?

"Supervisor, this... this is not actually a mistake for General Tiger. The Eastern Captain is strong, General Tiger must also be cautious..."

Looking at the young man hesitating in the next chapter, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said:

"No wonder he is a brave man after I ordered him to go to Anping County. I have pity that my millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty, but I have no way to fight against the Tartars in the capital. Tinglin, today I will go to Jinzhou, and will have food and salary?"

Hearing this, the young man called Tinglin stood up with shame and spoke:

"The subordinates are incompetent. Jinzhou replied that there was no food and salary in the capital, saying that the roads are now blocked and refugees are everywhere, so they don't care about these things."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and said:

"Don't do your business."

The young man sat on the chair, as if he had remembered something, and stood up to report:

"The army in the army, the food and grass in the camp will be at most more than half a month. Even if we raise our own funds in various prefectures and counties, there will not be much supply in this situation. Otherwise, the army in charge, you will write a document to remind us."
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