On the 26th day of the 19th year of Chongzhen, Jinan.

The fierce north wind gradually stopped, and the sky was gray. The fighting in the city has long since ceased, and the surrendered Green Battalion soldiers have been confiscated and imprisoned in the barracks.

Above and below the city wall, hundreds of young and strong people were busy, sorting out the swords, guns and arrows that could be seen everywhere on the battlefield, dragging the corpses out of the city for burial.

In this era of lack of clothing and clothing, as long as there is a little food, countless people are willing to risk these guys.

The original governor's yamen in the city has now become Li Yi's command. A large number of civilian officers accompanying the army shuttled endlessly, sorting out and organizing various documents.

Capturing a city is never easy, there are so many things to deal with.

The grain depot and armory are the first thing to occupy and protect when attacking the city, and the grain in the granary is related to the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of troops and even the people in the city.

The second is the yellow book of the population of various acres in the governor's yamen, and the capture of Jinan means that Shandong will return to the rule of the imperial court from now on, and the yellow book of the population of these acres is very important for the future rule, and it is very troublesome to recount it once it is lost.

Of course, these trivial tasks do not need to be worried about by Li Yi, the commander of the army, only the clerks accompanying the army are responsible for this matter.

What really worries Li Yi is the next war.

"Looking at the weather, it looks like it's going to snow!" Standing at the door of the lobby, looking at the gray weather, Li Yi said.

"It's good to have a heavy snowfall, it's snowing heavily and freezing to death those bastards of the Green Battalion soldiers!" Ma Chuang said with a smile.

"The green battalion soldiers are troublesome, but the prince is still on the way to Jinan, isn't it more troublesome?" Li Yi glared at Ma Chuang and said.

"Hehe...... Ma Chuang smiled and stopped talking.

Heavy snowy weather makes the march countless times more difficult, which is the same for both the enemy and us. However, there is one thing that Li Yi knows, that is, time is on his side.

After losing Jinan, more than 100,000 green battalion soldiers have lost their roots, and they can consume him to death. But Li Yi also knew that Hong Chengchou would not sit still, the so-called trapped beast was still fighting, and it would be very troublesome if he launched a madness.

Therefore, for Li Yi, the first thing to do is to hold Jinan, and then to exert continuous pressure on the green battalion soldiers, so that they cannot escape easily. Then the whole army was ready to attack as soon as the Green Battalion showed signs of escape, turning their escape into a rout. There's nothing easier than attacking an enemy who escapes!

Therefore, Li Yi has already transferred the camp in the west of the city to the east of the city, and cooperated with the camp in the north of the city, with a total of 20,000 troops outside the city, led by Yu Feng, to coerce the Qing soldiers in Licheng. At the same time, sentinels were widely dispatched to investigate the movements of the Qing soldiers all the time.

Li Yi will not take the initiative to attack, he has to wait for the army of King Qi to come, and then he can leave all the more than 100,000 green battalion soldiers behind by attacking from both sides.

However, Li Yi knew that the Qing soldiers would not let this situation continue, and Hong Chengchou might have other plans. However, they can't beat Jinan, and the only thing they can do is to find a way to escape.

To the north of Jinan is the Daqing River, and now the Daqing River has been completely frozen enough for the army to pass, so it is certain that the green battalion soldiers will escape!

Li Yi had already received a definite report that Hong Chengchou's army had already left the mountains of Zhangqiu, less than twenty miles away from Licheng. Will he continue to move west to join Li Benshen's army in Licheng, or will he leave Li Benshen and flee alone? Although there are no avenues to the north. But in this kind of cold and freezing situation, there are no big hills separated by them, even if the mountains can march in the wilderness, but the baggage of the army cannot be carried. But Li Yi believes that for Hong Chengchou, who is eager to flee for his life, there is no need to hesitate to lose his baggage. The question is whether he will lose Li Benshen's army.

"Ma Chuang, if you were Hong Chengchou, what would you choose?" Li Yi asked casually.

"What else can I do, run away immediately. Jinan was lost, and the prince's army was killed from the east, didn't he flee and wait for death? Ma Chuang said as a matter of course.

"But Licheng still has more than 10,000 troops of Li Benshen, if Hong Chengchou escapes, Li Benshen's army will definitely be shaken, and it will not be so easy to escape."

"Dead friends don't die poor, how much can you manage in this situation? It's better to lose more than 10,000 troops than to wipe out the whole army! Dashuai, I don't think we can wait any longer, we should attack Licheng immediately! Otherwise, send an army to the north to block their escape route and completely wrap them in dumplings. Ma Chuang said.

Li Yi's eyes lit up, and Ma Chuang's words still had some truth. Licheng was garrisoned by more than 10,000 troops from Li Benshen, and he didn't want to spend his strength to fight, but he could choose to send an army to block their escape route.

Hong Chengchou's only way to escape is to cross the Daqing River, although the Daqing River is so long, but as long as you follow all the way to the east, you will definitely be able to find the place where it crosses the river, and when attacking Bandu, it is not difficult to defeat the green battalion soldiers who are eager to escape.

As for Li Benshen's more than 10,000 people in Licheng, his own army of more than 100,000 can't just be consumed here!

"Okay, that's it!" Li Yi said categorically: "Send troops down the Daqing River to the east and block the place where Hong Chengchou's green battalion soldiers go!" ”

Seeing that his opinion was adopted, Ma Chuang was overjoyed: "Dashuai, let me lead the troops!" ”

"You?" Li Yi shook his head, "You can go, but as the vanguard of this handsome." Ben Shuai will personally lead the troops there! ”

Ma Chuang was anxious: "Dashuai, you are the master of the army, you should stay in Jinan City." ”

Li Yi shook his head and said: "With the situation of the Qing army, it will definitely not attack Jinan." The stakes are high for this battle, so I don't feel safe if I don't go there myself......"

Li Yi immediately ordered to leave Li Yulin with 20,000 troops to defend Jinan City. Yu Feng led 20,000 people to Licheng to threaten Li Benshen in Licheng. He led 60,000 troops, took Ma Chuang as the vanguard, and brought enough grain and grass weapons out of Jinan City to the north and went straight to the Daqing River.

The movement of the 100,000 army, of course, could not be hidden from others, and as soon as the Ming army moved, the news quickly spread to Licheng.

Licheng, Li Benshen listened to the spies' report, his brows tightened.

"Big brother, let's go quickly, it's really too late if we don't leave." Gao Jinku's face was flushed in a hurry, and the Jinan Ming army had just stopped for a day, and then it was mobilized on a large scale, which made Gao Jinku frightened.

"What's the hurry? Could it be that the Ming army could conquer Licheng? Li Benshen secretly thought about it and said casually.

"Where will people fight Licheng, it's clear that they want to cut off our retreat, why aren't you in a hurry, big brother!"

"Cut off our retreat, it's beautiful to think, the Daqing River is frozen for hundreds of miles, we can cross the river from any place, can they break it?" Li Benshen sneered.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier rushed over, bringing news that made Li Benshen's expression change greatly.