The military newspaper said that Chen Yue led the army to capture Liaocheng, why did there be another Chen Yue in Jiaodong? Which one is real, which one is real, this makes Hong Chengchou puzzled.

I don't know whether Chen Yue is in Liaocheng or Jiaodong, which makes Hong Chengchou even more afraid to move, for fear of falling into Chen Yue's tricks.

Within a few days, Guo Hu, who was guarding Jiaozhou, fled to Qingzhou, and then to Jinan, because Chen Yue sent an army to Qingzhou.

According to Guo Hu sent someone to report, it was indeed Chen Yue, the king of Qi, who appeared in Jiaodong, and Chen Yue had met a lot of villagers there when he first arrived in Jiaozhou Bay, which could not be faked.

At first, Hong Chengchou thought that Guo Hu had falsely reported the military situation in order to shirk his responsibility, but looking at the Ming army in Liaocheng and never marching to Jinan, Hong Chengchou understood that Chen Yue was really in Jiaodong.

Based on Hong Chengchou's understanding of Chen Yue, if Chen Yue was really in Liaocheng, it would be impossible for him to remain silent for more than ten days, but instead put on a posture of strict defense and did not move.

Sent a large army to contain the main force of the Qing army from the Northern Expedition in Xuzhou under his own banner, but he led a small part of the army from Haizhou to Jiaodong to rescue the Wuping Department of Dengzhou.

Hong Chengchou had to admire in his heart, and then there was a burst of regret and shame. If he had known that Chen Yue would appear in Jiaodong, he would never have led the main force back to Jinan, but led the army to march into Jiaozhou and annihilate Chen Yue who had advanced with a light army in one fell swoop!

The main force of the Ming army marched along Liaocheng, Yanzhou, and there would not be many troops following Chen Yue, but at that time he had as many as 300,000 troops in his hands!

However, regret is useless, what we have to do now is how to hold Jinan under the two-way attack of the Ming army, as for the Tang Tong Bai Guangen department outside Dengzhou City, since learning that Chen Yue arrived in Jiaodong, Hong Chengchou has lost hope for them.

With Chen Yue's army approaching outside, and seventy or eighty thousand defenders in Dengzhou City inside, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen have no way out!

Led the army eastward to rescue Bai Guangen's Tang Tong Department? So what should the Ming army in Liaocheng do? You must know that Liaocheng is only more than 100 miles away from Jinan, while Jinan is as much as 7 or 800 miles away from Dengzhou. If he led his troops to Dengzhou to rescue Tang Tong Bai Guangen, how could the Ming army in Liaocheng leave Jinan and not fight?

"Master Inspector, there will be a plan in the end, which can destroy the Ming army in Liaocheng!" Just when Hong Chengchou was hesitating, Li Chengdong, the chief soldier of the Green Battalion, suddenly said to Hong Chengchou.

"Oh? General Lee, please. Hong Chengchou said with interest.

Li Chengdong, originally a general of the Ming army Gao Jie, Gao Jie supported the Tang King to ascend the throne, and Chen Yue, who escorted Chongzhen to the south, was killed by Chen Yue, Li Chengdong and many generals of the Gao Jie Department surrendered to Chen Yue, and made some military achievements in the fight against the Qing army going south.

However, when Chen Yue Shouxiao Lu Zhenfei led his troops to the Northern Expedition, he was flanked by the Qing army of Aobai Wu Sangui and Haoge, Lu Zhenfei's Northern Expeditionary Army was defeated, and Li Chengdong led his troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Because he betrayed the Pingnan Army, if he was defeated by Chen Yue, Li Chengdong would never end well, and Hong Chengchou knew his worries.

"Supervisor, the last general has been in the Pingnan Army, and he still knows Chen Yue's guy. Chen Yue seems to be unparalleled in martial arts, but he has a big shortcoming, that is, he is the most adventurous by nature. Its soldiers like to go off the beaten path with their swords and win with odds.

Take this time as an example, not long after the Ming Dynasty exterminated Zhang Xianzhong's troops, it brazenly sent troops to the Northern Expedition, which is the embodiment of Chen Yue's character.

We all know that the Ming Dynasty has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and now more than half of the territory has been lost, and Huguang Jiangxi has been poisoned by Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, where does the Ming Dynasty still have the strength to conduct a big war. But Chen Yue wants to fight, what is this not an adventure?

Chen Yue and Zhang Xianzhong fought for several months, although they defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army, the losses were also very large, so the last general concluded that most of Chen Yue's army now are newly recruited soldiers or surrendered troops of the Western Army, and the training is only a few months, no matter how powerful it is, how powerful can it be? Therefore, the Ming army seems to have a lot of troops, but in fact, its strength is only few.

And if Chen Yue concentrates his superior forces to attack all the way, we will have no way to take him for a while, but he wants to attack in two ways, wouldn't it give us a chance to break through?

Chen Yue himself led his troops from Haizhou to Jiaodong, although his troops are not much, but they must be the most capable elite of his subordinates, so the Ming army in Liaocheng must be ordinary soldiers with combat strength, I am afraid that most of them are newly recruited troops or troops adapted from the Western Army. So this can also explain why the Liaocheng Ming Army has stopped these days.

Therefore, as long as the Ming army in Liaocheng is broken, the Ming army's offensive can be thwarted in one fell swoop and the Ming army will be blocked in Jiaodong. When the imperial court sends the Eight Banners to help, it will be the time for us to break the Ming army and capture Chen Yue! ”

Hong Chengchou listened to Li Chengdong's words, and thought quickly in his mind, what Li Chengdong said was not unreasonable, Nanming is also suffering from internal and external troubles, and it is impossible to come up with too much strength for the Northern Expedition, so don't look at the Liaocheng Ming Army, which claims to be 300,000 troops, and its actual number can have 100,000 It is good, and he has more than 200,000 people, including nearly 100,000 elite soldiers, and has an absolute advantage in the face of the Liaocheng Ming Army!

But?

"There are a lot of people in the Ming army of Liaocheng, if they stick to the city, it will not be easy for us to defeat them, and it will be a long time. Maybe before we can defeat them, Chen Yue has already joined the Ming army in Dengzhou to kill them, what should we do then? Hong Chengchou asked.

Liaocheng is the city of Dongchangfu, the city is not small, the number of the Ming army is large, if it is determined to hold on, it is not easy to break Liaocheng.

"Don't worry about the superintendent, there will be a plan in the end, which can ensure the annihilation of the Ming army in Liaocheng." Li Chengdong smiled.

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"What? The Qing army in Jinan sent troops, how many troops were sent? Where did it go? A series of questions came out of Li Yi's mouth.

"According to the report from the brothers in Jinan City, the Qing army in Jinan City almost poured out, and under the leadership of Hong Chengchou, they went out of the east gate to the direction of Licheng." Shen Lian said.

"If you go east, you must know the news that the prince has arrived in Jiaodong, and this is to attack the prince." Li Yi said, "But isn't Hong Chengchou afraid of us?" Or did he expect that we wouldn't be able to defeat Jinan? ”

Shen Lian kept his mouth shut, he was just a brocade guard, where did he know military strategy?

"Isn't it obvious?" Ma Chuang on the side shouted, "Hong Chengchou knew that the prince was in Jiaodong, and he also knew that the prince did not have many troops with him, so he went out to attack, he was determined to kill the prince!" ”

Li Yi nodded slowly, "You're right, Hong Chengchou's purpose is to rescue the more than 100,000 green battalion soldiers under Dengzhou City, and then to get rid of the prince." As long as the prince is eliminated, even if Jinan is lost, it will be a great achievement for Hong Chengchou. ”