The Qing army could not hold back and launched an attack in winter.

Zhao Ming asked in a deep voice: "How did the Qing army come from?"

The scout replied: "Twenty thousand elite troops left Jinan, marched east along the official road, and headed straight to Yidu. The other way was Mandahai, which had been following us, and more than 20,000 people went north from Rizhao County to Laizhou."

Shandong is the way to transport grain, and it is also between Hebei and Jiangnan. It has an important geographical location and can threaten Beijing to the north, which makes the Qing Dynasty necessary to retain troops in Hebei and threaten Jiangnan to the south, which makes the Qing army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang face the attack of Shandong and Zhejiang Ming army, and can attack Henan to the west. Once Henan is disrupted, the Qing Dynasty's rule will be cut off in half.

When Zhao Ming heard that two Qing soldiers were coming, he took a breath, but was not panicked, but smiled steadily: "It seems that Mandahai and Dorgon are anxious. As soon as the two men entered Shandong, they couldn't wait to attack me."

The Ming army entered Shandong, with only more than 13,000 people, of which more than 4,000 were naval troops, and only more than 9,000 people were on the shore. The two Qing army was four times that of the Ming army. However, the Shandong Peninsula faced the sea three times that of the Ming army. If the Ming army could not win, they could enter the sea at any time, so they were not panicked.

Wang Chaoxian said: "Master General, the Qing army divided into two groups, heading straight to Yidu and entering Laizhou. This is to annihilate us in Qingzhou!"

Zhao Ming nodded and suddenly waved: "Come here!"

The shogunate staff immediately took out a map and expanded it, and all the generals who were burning fire surrounded him.

At this time, Zhao Ming stared at the map for a long time, and his fingers were drawn on it for a while, and suddenly he slapped his high and said with a smile: "Two Qing troops came from division. Let's block the whole way, put them all the way, lead them into the hinterland, and ambush them, how about?"

When everyone heard the words, a glimmer flashed in their eyes. Wang Chao first clasped his fists and said, "Please tell us, how can we play?"

The continuous military victory made the Ming army in the East China Sea not afraid of the Qing army. When everyone heard that the Qing army was coming, their first reaction was not how many people came, but how to fight.

Zhao Ming pondered for a while and sneered: "Of course, who is the most urgent to beat whom!"

Wang Chaoxian, Ruan Mei, Li Zhongming and others immediately smiled and said, "That must be Mandahai!"

Zhao Ming smiled, "Yes, just beat this urged Tartar!"

Mandahai chased from Yangzhou to Huai'an, and then chased him all the way to Shandong. Seeing the Ming army generals of the two Huai Rivers, Shandong was in chaos, I must be the most anxious.

Zhao Ming fled into Shandong from his defense zone. If he didn't solve Zhao Ming, he would inevitably be punished by the Qing court. Maybe Mandahai and Hong Chengchou would lose their official position because of Zhao Ming's move to the north.

After all, if this situation is caused, people will definitely need to be punished. If the war is defeated, and the crime is not punished, then will all other officials be defeated in the future?

Xie Qian, who was standing beside him, said: "Master, the Qing army in each of them has more than 20,000 people, and they are all elite Qing dynasties. We may not be able to win if we try our best to block the whole way. How can we block the whole way and fight the whole way together?"

Zhao Ming had nine thousand people in his hands. Although the number of rebel soldiers was large, they were all mobs, and it was indeed difficult to withstand the attacks of the two Qing troops.

Zhao Ming looked at the map for a while and nodded and admitted: "The Qing army's military strength and combat power are indeed stronger than us, and we will be able to defeat all our troops along the way. We will disperse our troops to block the road and then eat the other road. At that time, there will be a risk that the other road has not been eaten yet and the other road has already reached it."

Wang Chaoxian also pondered: "There are many Qing army and horse army. The two sides advance side by side and support each other at any time. It is really troublesome!"

Zhao Ming touched the short beard on his forehead, pondered for a moment, and suddenly laughed and said, "It's okay! Thank you for your command! The Qing army in Jinan is going to pass through your defense zone. I don't ask you to die. You just need to resist step by step and send people to harass the Qing army's rear and delay the speed of the Qing army's advance! As for Mandahai, if his army advances, we will retreat. The city he captured always needs to leave some troops to guard. I let him chase him all the way. After his troops are reduced, he will choose one place and catch him off guard."

Zhao Ming's meaning was to delay the Qing army in Jinan, and then let Mandahai pursue him. Mandahai would recover the city, so that some troops would be left to guard it, so as not to be occupied by the rebels again and cut off his retreat and food routes.

In this way, he pursued the whole way, and the more cities he collected, the less troops he had.

When he went deeper alone and distanced himself from the Qing army in Jinan, Zhao Ming ambushed and wiped out Mandahai in one battle.

The inspiration for this strategy came from later generations. Zhao Ming glanced at the generals and fisted loudly and said: "This strategy of the general is called not fighting for the gains and losses of a city and a place, concentrating superior forces, and annihilation of the enemy's vitality in the movement. Is it meaningful?"

Xie Qian felt something and asked, "What is the power of life for the Grand Marshal?"

Zhao Ming was stunned for a moment and explained: "It is all the troops and horses that the Qing Dynasty could mobilize, and all the troops that could be used for combat!"

Xie Qian nodded as if understanding. Zhao Ming glanced at him and felt that he should publish a book, but the situation is urgent now. I will wait until the battle is over before I can implement his great thoughts to the entire army.

"You have no point, so let's prepare for each of you!" Zhao Ming said solemnly.

"Here!" The generals all held their fists and took the order.

At that moment, Zhao Ming discussed a specific plan with everyone and formulated a strategy. Xie Qian led the rebel army to set up an ambush to block the Qing army in Jinan, fight and retreat, and delay the speed of the Qing army's advance.

As for the Mandahai who was chasing the southern line, he resisted a little, gave up the city and fled to Dengzhou, trying to get on the boat from Penglai to go out to sea, attracting the Mandahai army to pursue it.

There were obstacles along the way, but no decent resistance along the way. The speed of Mandahai's advancement must be faster than that of the Qing army in Jinan.

After the two Qing troops set apart, the Mandahai continued to occupy the city and its troops weakened, Zhao Ming assembled nine thousand Ming troops and Denglai's rebel army to encircle and annihilate the Mandahai troops.

Of course, the plan was formulated like this. If the Qing army did not advance according to the plan, Zhao Ming would retreat to the sea, wait for the opportunity to continue to spend time with the Qing Dynasty.

At this moment, Zhao Ming instructed the generals to act according to the plan. As long as this battle is fought well, the Qing Dynasty would continue to mobilize troops into Shandong, Huguang and Jiangxi battlefields, and the pressure would be greatly alleviated.

Historically, Jiang Xiang was in a state of justice, so that the Qing army gathered most of the elite troops to encircle and suppress Jiang Xiang. The location of Shandong was no worse than that of Shanxi, and Dorgon would not tolerate Shandong being occupied by the Ming army.

Zhao Ming instructed all departments to act according to the plan. If anyone does not obey the control and acts without authorization, he will definitely be engaged in military law, and then he will lead the main force to move towards Laizhou.
Chapter completed!