The Qing court sent troops, which was already expected by Cao Bianjiao, and at the same time, it was a little surprising to him, but Dolgon sent this time was not a heavy general. The Qing army moved, so it was time to take action by itself, even if the 100,000 army came, how could it be, come on, Cao Bianjiao was not afraid.

In the hall of the Yizhou County Ya, in front of Cao Bianjiao was a huge square sand table. The outline of the entire Shandong Province and the geographical situation of the mountains and rivers were presented in front of him exactly in detail. Standing in the huge hall of the county party, it seems that you can have a bird's-eye view of the entire mountains and rivers of Shandong. For this sand table, Cao Bianjiao also spent a lot of effort, sending countless scout spies to walk and investigate, and it took nearly three months to complete. On both sides of the sand table, the generals are seated, so that the hall, which looks quite spacious on weekdays, seems a little narrow at this time.

In the hall, all the generals were whispering......

Zu Dale took the first step and stood up and shouted loudly: "General, since the Qing army has taken the initiative to invade the territory, they want to bring about their own destruction, and the last general will ask for his life and fight with them." ”

"Zhang Nai, please fight."

"High one, please fight!"

Seeing that the generals stood up one after another to ask for battle, Cao Bianjiao did bow slightly, and then waved his hand and said, "I want to hear your thoughts on this battle." ”

Zu Dale laughed and shouted: "Naturally, it is a fight, of course it must be beaten, and it must be beaten hard, and they will not dare to come again." ”

"Exactly! We are all ready and ready to serve our country loyally! The generals also said one after another.

Cao Bianjiao stood up, looked around at the people in the hall, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Generals, the place where we are standing now is the land of our Ming Dynasty, where there are 876,734 households of my Ming people, a total of more than 4,611,400 people. They are all our Ming people, and now they are all living under the ravages of the Qing army, and the people living in this land are looking forward to us day and night, waiting for us...... When I took Shandong, I got the help of the people of Shandong, donated food to supplement the military salary, and at that time I promised them that they would live a peaceful life, and I have been working hard for this and fighting for it. Now we are facing the most serious situation since the fighting! 100,000 Qing troops are heading south, and the Qing army will fight to the death with us, and if we fail, all our efforts will be in vain. At that time, the people will once again become the target of the Qing court's brutality, so generals, we must fight, because we have no way out! Not only will we fight, but we will burn the flames of war into the hearts of the people...... Offense is always the best defense. Let the people stand up and resist, of course, we must fight with the Qing army, we must still be ours, we can't let the people bear this responsibility that should be borne by us......"

"General, I, Li Dingguo, swear to follow the general, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, I will not give up, and I will die without regrets!" Li Dingguo stood up and said with a resolute face.

"We are all comrades with the same heart as General Li, and we are willing to follow the general to fight to the death and be loyal to the country!" The generals shouted.

And Cao Bianjiao raised his hand and continued: "In this battle, we have no reinforcements. The soldiers and horses available in Nanjing, Fengyang and other places have been transferred to participate in the war; And the soldiers and horses in Hubei, Sichuan, Henan and other places can't give us much support. Well, it's simple...... They are also facing battle, and I have ordered an all-out attack to inflict a heavy blow on the Qing army. Therefore, we can only fight alone, and I am not prepared to recruit soldiers and horses from among the people, because they have given enough... And the vast requisitioned civil uprising is also powerless to fight... I have gone to recruit the rebels from all over the country, hoping that they will join forces with us to attack, Qixia County, where there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of the rebels; Zichuan, there are six or seven thousand soldiers and horses; And the Yuyuan army has 100,000 people...... We have 50,000 soldiers and horses in our headquarters, which is not a lonely battle, although we will face an army of 100,000 soldiers, it is very likely that there will be more, and this battle will be very difficult. If it wins, it will be difficult for the Qing army to fight back; If we lose, we will have to fight to the death. I will not leave and take a step back, because it will be a shame for my life to leave! ””

Cao Peng said, stretched out his hand to untie the saber on his waist, pulled out the knife and swore to the Heavenly Alliance: "If this battle fails, I will end my life with this sword, and I will be my minister." Ladies and gentlemen, I want to tell you that we have no way out, and we will not have any choice but to fight to the death! People who are afraid of dying on the battlefield, I can let them disarm and return to the field, and not pursue, but if anyone retreats when the battle is about to be fought, then don't blame me Cao Bianjiao for being ruthless&......"

Among the people present, seeing Cao Bianjiao's move, they were all moved, which is enough to show that his fighting spirit is unshakable......

Li Dingguo got up and shouted loudly: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general and never retreat!" ”

"I am willing to fight to the death with the general and never retreat!" Zu Dale's face turned red, and his eyes flashed with fanaticism.

"Fight to the death!" Zhang Nai, Liu Tiansi, Chen Jin and other generals couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm.

The shouts made Cao Bianjiao's eyes reveal a touch of joy. He took a deep breath and said secretly: All of us are united, this battle will be won. Then he said: "Then, let Mr. Song Xiance explain the deployment of the war for everyone!" ”

After Cao Bianjiao and Song Xiance glanced at each other, Song Xiance also nodded, stepped forward, and came to the side of the sand table, and everyone immediately stepped forward and stood around the sand table.

Song Xiance then said: "Generals, in this battle, our focus is to take Jinan, and on this basis, we will fight a fierce battle with ......the Qing army."

In the Datong General Army's Mansion, Jiang Huang, the Datong General Soldier, also got the news that the Ming and Qing Dynasties sent troops to fight, and he wandered in the flower hall, hesitating. He didn't know, should he raise troops? Just last night, he received a letter from Cao Bianjiao, inviting him to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty. Jiang family generations are generals, the eldest brother Jiang Rang is the general of Yulin, Shaanxi, died in the battle to exterminate the Liukou in the early years, the younger brother Jiang Xuan is the deputy chief soldier of Shanxi Yanghe, Jiang Hao served as the general of Zhenshuo Yin Datong General Commander, when Li Zicheng's army pressed the border, he surrendered Li Zicheng in order to survive for a while, but soon resisted, because he heard that Wu Sangui borrowed Qing soldiers, so he surrendered, I didn't expect Wu Sangui to lure the wolf into the house, he himself has already become a slave of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he can not accept it, but his military power has been received, and he can only lament. Shanxi is of extremely important strategic importance to the Qing court, and they naturally will not willingly sit back and watch Jiang Jiu sit big, and they may threaten the capital at any time, so Dolgon sent Azig to sit in the land of Xuanda!

"Little brother, what is it that is so eager to recruit a brother?" Just as Jiang Hao was pacing back and forth, a middle-aged man came to the hall, it was Jiang Qiang's eldest brother Jiang Rang, who surrendered to Li Zicheng when he was the chief soldier of Yulin, and later turned to the Qing Dynasty, but was not reused.

"Big brother, sit down." Jiang Zong motioned for him to sit down, and then handed Cao Bianjiao's letter to Jiang Rang.

Jiang Rang looked at it, his brows frowned slightly, "Brother intends to oppose the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"I don't know what you mean?" Jiang Jiu didn't answer and asked.

Jiang Rang immediately gritted his teeth, got up and arched his hand and said: "Brother, we are Ming ministers, since General Cao is willing not to give up the previous suspicions, why don't I fight back, with Ming loyalty, who is willing to be a slave to the Manchu Tartars, anyway, I don't want to, damn it, have you forgotten the previous thing." ”

"I understand......" Jiang Zong also nodded frequently, Jiang Rang said that the previous thing was that a brother of their family married, but the bride was forcibly taken away by the Manchurians, Jiang Gang personally looked for them to ask for someone, and was beaten out, as soon as he thought of this, Jiang Gang also gritted his teeth with hatred.