Jiaozhou City.

"What do you say? Figured it out? Guo Hu grabbed the placket of the green battalion soldier, and the horizontal flesh on his face trembled.

"General, the little one doesn't dare to lie, it is indeed Chen Yue, the king of Qi, there is no doubt. There are tens of thousands of new troops to the seaside, under the banner of Chen Yue, the king of Qi. The people nearby were very excited when they heard that Chen Yue was coming, and Chen Yue also personally summoned many people to talk to them, which can't be wrong. ”

Although there were more than 10,000 Ming troops under the city, more than 10,000 people naturally could not besiege Jiaozhou to death, and they could not block the traffic between Jiaozhou and the outside at all.

And such a big thing happened on the beach thirty miles away, naturally he couldn't hide it from an experienced general like Guo Hu, he just sent someone to find out the follow-up movements of the Ming army at first, who would have thought that he would find out such a big thing.

"You go down first. Continue to inquire about the movements of Chen Yue, the king of Qi. Guo Hu's face was extremely complicated, and he waved his hand to let the sentry retreat, he needed to think about it.

At the beginning, the Ming army outside the city shot into the arrow book, claiming that Chen Yue, the king of Qi, came with a large army, but Guo Hu thought it was just a despicable means of the Ming army generals, in order to break the military spirit of the defenders in the city. Now it seems that it turned out to be true!

Shouldn't Chen Yue have led hundreds of thousands of troops from Xuzhou to attack Yanzhou Dongchang, why did he suddenly appear here? Guo Hu was puzzled at first, but then reacted, this must be Chen Yue's strategy.

With the main force attacking Yanzhou Dongchang in the plain area under its own banner, attracting the main force of the Qing army, he took the partial division to Haizhou and entered Jiaodong, rescued Wu Ping in Dengzhou, and then attacked with the main force to occupy the entire Shandong, which is probably Chen Yue's idea. And now, the supervisor Hong Chengchou led the main force of the green battalion to Jinan to meet the enemy, Chen Yue no longer had to hide his existence, and quickly captured Jiaodong under his banner. Even if Hong Chengchou gets the report, it is estimated that he can't figure out where Chen Yue is, and he can only be in a dilemma.

What Hong Chengchou would do Guo Hu didn't know and didn't want to know, he only knew that he had to make a decision immediately.

Chen Yue marched from Haizhou to Jiaozhou for more than ten days, and now he is only resting because of exhaustion, and once he recovers, he will definitely be the first to attack Jiaozhou City and remove the obstacles to Denglai in the north.

Although he still had nearly 10,000 troops under his command, Guo Hu did not have the slightest confidence in holding Jiaozhou. The invincible record of Qi King Chen Yue in the past was too much pressure on him, and the two sides had not yet contacted, and Guo Hu's courage was already cold. He didn't think he could hold Jiaozhou, and if he couldn't hold Jiaozhou, the end would be extremely miserable. Surrender? He was originally a member of the Pingnan Army, but he betrayed the Ming Dynasty at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition, will Chen Yue, the king of Qi, still accept him? Guo Hu didn't dare to take risks.

Soon, Guo Hu made a decision, that is, to evacuate Jiaozhou at night and escape far away. Of course, it was not okay to just run away like this, for the sake of safety, he ordered someone to call the deputy general Meng Hu over.

"The reinforcements of the Ming army have arrived at the shore of Jiaozhou, and they will come to attack Jiaozhou in a few days. In order to hold Jiaozhou, it is necessary to first deal with the more than 10,000 Ming troops outside the city to frustrate the spirit of the Ming army. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, the Ming army outside the city must be slack, General Meng, I order you to take your headquarters out of the city to steal the camp at night, and I will take all the remaining troops to respond, and you must destroy this Ming army tonight! Guo Hu said to the deputy general Meng Hu sternly.

"This ......" Meng Hu's face showed a look of embarrassment, everyone knew that the Ming army was powerful, let him take the three thousand troops of his headquarters to steal the camp, once the camp failed, he would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, how could he be willing to do this kind of thing. But Guo Hu is the boss, and his order Meng Hu doesn't know how to refuse.

Guo Hu observed his words and looked at his words, and threw out his chips at the right time, "Don't worry, for those who fight bravely, this general soldier will not be disadvantaged!" Come, take out three thousand taels of silver from the treasury, and reward the brother who attacked at night. ”

Three thousand taels of silver, each soldier who went out to battle could get one tael, of course, this silver was completely disposed of by Meng Hu, he could intercept it at will and swallow most of it himself. In the face of such a temptation, it is impossible for Menghu not to be moved.

So, Meng Hu gathered 3,000 people from his headquarters, opened the south gate of Jiaozhou, and went to attack at night.

"One mountain still can't tolerate two tigers, how can there be two tigers in a camp?" Watching Meng Hu take the army out of the city gate, Guo Hu muttered.

Guo Hu's descendants and other armies in the city were assembled, and when the Ming army camp outside the city began to fight, Guo Hu immediately led his troops out of the northern city......

The camp of the Ming army was full of fire, and countless torches illuminated the camp as if it were day.

In the middle of the camp, there were only more than 1,000 people left around Meng Hu, who broke into the camp, but he was surrounded by several times the Ming legion, and the projectiles of arrows and muskets rained down, and from time to time there were green battalion soldiers screaming and falling to the ground.

"Guo Hu, my day is your grandma!" After attacking the camp for half a day, Guo Hu's reinforcements had not yet arrived. And the Ming army in the camp was not as unguarded as Guo Hu said, but loose on the outside and tight on the inside, as if there was an embankment earlier, when Menghu attacked, he was deliberately put into the camp, and then besieged on all sides, not much time, Menghu's 3,000 men were left with more than 1,000 people. At this time, Meng Hu didn't know that he was calculated by Guo Hu, and he was used as a shield for him to escape!

"Big brother, I can't support it! We're going to have to break through. Meng Bao, the leader of the family, Meng Hu's cousin, shouted.

Break through, where to break through? Looking at the Ming army surrounded on all sides, Meng Hu laughed miserably, and threw down the weapon in his hand, "Order, put down your weapon and surrender!" ”

......

The morning light sprinkled the earth, and the camp in the middle of the night after the battle finally quieted down, and the remaining Qing soldiers surrendered under the leadership of Meng Hu and were already taken into custody.

Some of the soldiers were sorting out the remnants of the war, and many more were ordered to make up for sleep and were sleeping. A long queue came from the south, but it was Chen Yue, the king of Qi, who drove over with a large group of people.

Inspecting the orderly camp and listening to Lu Tai and other generals report on the battle, Chen Yue nodded with satisfaction and ordered the soldiers in the camp to rest for half a day and set off again in the afternoon.

Guo Hu evacuated with all the green battalion soldiers, leaving only the devastated Jiaozhou City, before leaving, Guo Hu ordered the raid of several rich families in the city, even if these rich families usually treated him with special respect. But because he was in a hurry to escape, Guo Hu did not order a large-scale robbery and killing, but some unwilling soldiers left the team to rob without permission, and fled Jiaozhou in a hurry before dawn.

And the hooligans and ruffians in the city also took the opportunity to come out and do evil, smashing the people's doors and robbing and committing adultery, and most of the evil deeds were done by them. When Chen Yue led his troops into Jiaozhou, he could still see ruffians shouting and smashing doors and beating people on the streets.

Chen Yue frowned slightly: "Mr. Gu, you stay for the time being, I will give you a thousand soldiers, quickly stabilize the situation in Jiaozhou, kill and plunder those who commit adulterers, and all of them will be executed!" ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Gu Junen respectfully agreed.