For the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, going to Beizhili to fight is an internal battle, in fact, it can be seen from Lu Xiangsheng's incident, although it is in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but this is not necessarily an internal line, and the food supply is not something that can be given.

However, there were no soldiers to fight in Beizhili, and the document of the military department to summon soldiers and horses from all over the country still specifically stated that military salaries and grain were all provided by the imperial court and the local state capital of Beizhili. Although he had this promise, Li Meng was skeptical, he regarded the fight against the Tartars as a national war, but some people regarded it as a means to eradicate dissidents.

Although the Jiaozhou battalion agreed to send troops, the time spent on the preparation work could not be short, and the supply logistics and transportation were all to be prepared.

On December 26, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Li Meng's army set off for Zhending Mansion in Beizhili, and the reason why it acted faster than expected was because Hejian Mansion and Cangzhou urgently prepared a batch of military food supplies and sent them over, and Jingzhou also mobilized the people to contribute to assist the march.

There are police in Gyeonggi, and they are all the state capitals of Beizhili, and Hajian Mansion also has a feeling of cold lips and teeth, so it is quite hard, and the money and grain allocated are the storage of Caoyun, and there is a lot of oil and water in hand after the handover, and the enthusiasm of the prefectural and county officials is also very high.

By the way, the money and grain in the hands of the Jiaozhou battalion were still deducted by 20% according to the usual practice, which is already a rare small share, which can be regarded as a special case for Li Meng for the sake of the country's and nation's interests.

In the operation of the large army, the range of movement of the horse team is smaller than when it was stationed in Texas, but the frequency and number of trips are greatly increased, which is also to allow the army to have a faster response.

However, on the way from Jingzhou to Hengshui, the Jiaozhou camp walked very slowly, because it was in the area of Anping County, which had been broken. The Tartar cavalry reappeared. After Li Meng's scout cavalry came and went several times, there were indeed Tartar cavalry haunted there, but they passed by there and immediately went south.

This confirms the judgment of the upper and lower cadres, the Qing army is ready to loot in Beizhili, and now all the states and counties have been robbed, and there are still the southernmost Guangping Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion.

The first day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen. The Jiaozhou battalion was spent in Jizhou City, which had been defeated by the Qing army, and only one-tenth of the population in the city remained, and even this tenth was when the Jiaozhou battalion came over. They scattered and fled to the nearby countryside.

However, this city can also be used as a fortification to rely on, at least when setting up camp can save a lot of effort, on the morning of the first day of the new year, before the camp is pulled, the whole army is in front of the camp.

There were two big cars parked on the road, there were five wooden coffins on the cars, the Jiaozhou battalion was standing solemnly in front, Li Meng was dressed in armor and uniform, standing on the side of the carriage, although there were nearly 10,000 people in the audience. But it's quiet.

"The Jiaozhou battalion went on the march, and these five brothers fought bravely. Honorably died in battle, posthumously presented to the team, and the family gave 100 acres of land, which was supported by the Jiaozhou battalion for a lifetime, and the field was passed down from generation to generation. ”

A personal soldier always shouted loudly there, and every sentence was heard clearly by the officers and soldiers present, and everyone had different emotions. Wei Li, who had been promoted to the general of the horse team, and the cavalry who had experienced the battle that day were already in tears.

Li Meng took a step forward. A man came along with a wooden tray with three glasses of wine. Li Meng picked up the wine glass, spilled the wine on the ground in front of the cart, and said slowly:

"Jiaozhou camp in the son, this general is to treat the nephew, every one person dies, it is like cutting meat in the heart of the general, but with the Tartar sacrifice in battle, the general heartache but also for you to feel the glory, the battle barbarian, is my Jiaozhou camp hero, he will be in the Heroic Shrine to enjoy the incense offerings, this will lead the army to fight to the death with the Tartars, can not send you back to your hometown, these three glasses of wine, even if it is for you."

After saying this, Li Meng took a step back, clenched his fists with both hands, and shook it deeply, the front of the camp had become silent, only Wei Li and a few people were crying loudly.

Suddenly, the entire Jiaozhou battalion burst out with a tsunami cry, regardless of officers and soldiers, generals and colonels, everyone was shouting:

"I am willing to die for my lord, and I am willing to die for my general!!"

Everyone was shouting there from the bottom of their hearts, everyone was shouting hoarsely, although it was cold, but everyone felt that the blood on their bodies seemed to be boiling, and their morale was high and in full swing.

After the worship was over, Li Meng took the lead in getting on the horse, and the whole army marched in the direction of Nangong County.

This idea of granting land has been planned for a long time, and it was originally intended to be used to raise fields in Huguang to attract Shandong soldiers to go, but in the end, because Huguang was restless, Liu Fulai, the eunuch who guarded the town, temporarily stopped his official position. However, this plan has some advantages, that is, it is a good means to stabilize the morale of soldiers and enhance the cohesion of soldiers.

Propaganda and ideological indoctrination and education are certainly a means, but in this era, the local people, especially those recruited from the peasants and the children of military households, are certainly determined to die effectively, but if they are motivated and encircled with practical benefits, the effect will certainly be greatly strengthened.

There is no shortage of fields, Li Meng is already a big landlord in Shandong second only to Confucius, Tuntian Grange is a living example in front of everyone, these fields are Li Meng's private property, the so-called grant of land is to give the right to use the field to the soldiers' families, only to collect one or half of the harvest, the rest are owned by the person who was granted the land.

This is equivalent to the fact that every soldier and officer who has obtained land on Li Meng's side is a second landlord, and their land ownership is closely related to Li Meng, only if Li Meng does not fall, the more prosperous and rich they are, the more secure their land ownership will be, and they will have enough food and clothing from generation to generation, and they can even become rich because of the accumulation of military merits, but if Li Meng and the Jiaozhou Battalion fall down, the land and rich life they have obtained will also disappear.

You know, what kind of desire will civilians and soldiers from military families have for this hundred acres of land, and don't they just want to live better all their lives, from farming to land? When these sacrificed soldiers received this reward, it means that the policy is about to be implemented.

The soldiers all have this consciousness in their hearts, to fight to the death for the Jiaozhou battalion, in exchange for a rich life for themselves and their families, to fight desperately, to make their rich life better, to fight desperately, to defend this group, to defend Li Meng, and to let their improved life last for a long time, rather than a flash in the pan.

Li Meng's precepts in front of the camp had a good effect on boosting morale, but no one noticed that Li Meng only mentioned the Jiaozhou camp everywhere, only talking about the generals, but did not mention the Ming Dynasty or the imperial court.

However, after leaving Jizhou, there was a problem with the food supply, camped in Nangong County, and got a military report from Tanma, saying that the Qing army had signs of a stop between Qinghe and Wei County, which was probably similar to Li Meng's judgment, Li Meng was ready to convene the generals to discuss the next move, but the quartermaster came to report that "the grain and forage can only hold on for two more days." ”

It's not that the logistics supply of the Jiaozhou battalion can't keep up, but to pursue the enemy, Li Meng deliberately accelerated the march, and the logistics supply from Texas gradually couldn't catch up.

Li Meng pondered for a while, and suddenly became a little angry, and opened his mouth to reprimand:

"Confused, Qingzhou Mansion takes the road of Jinan Mansion to transport supplies, it has to go to the black, and the place where Shandong and Beizhili meet is not this place, Yanzhou Mansion takes Dongchang Mansion Linqing side, isn't it the same."

The quartermaster was reprimanded by Li Meng so much that his forehead was sweating, but he also knew that Li Meng was just talking about this kind of thing, so he calmly replied:

"General, this has to change the route, the warehouses along the way, the allocation of grain, and the summoning of carriages and horses cannot be completed in a day or two, and our military quartermaster is also planning, and the route can be changed in almost three days, and please bear with me."

Li Meng sighed and said slowly:

"This is also something that can't be helped, doesn't the state capital of Beizhili have no money and grain allocation, and when I was in Hejian Mansion, didn't there be a lot?"

Speaking of this, the quartermaster also sighed and said with a wry smile:

"The states and counties on this side of Zhending Mansion have been broken by the Tartars, and the people have fled, and there is no way to talk about the food and salary, so go to Ningjin County to raise money, and the local officials will deduct seventy percent, and after calculation, it is not enough for us to spend our own cars and horses going back and forth."

"These bastards, acting like this, are not indirectly helping the Tartars!"

Li Meng shouted angrily, and the quartermaster was also full of grievances, but this temper was also useless, Li Meng immediately sighed weakly, and said:

"You go down first, the change of grain route is carried out quickly, the camp is still enough for a few days."

The quartermaster bowed and saluted, turned around and was about to go down, and just walked to the door of the military tent, he heard Li Meng behind him exclaim:

"From Linqing to Beizhili, from Beizhili to Linqing, the Tartar army may also have this plan, they don't have to enter Shandong from Dezhou, they can also be in Linqing, guards!! Guardsman!! Gather the generals of the battalions here, block!! ”

I vaguely heard someone outside running towards the big tent, shouting hoarsely, "General, there is an urgent report......

In January of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army suddenly broke into Linqing from the Guangping Mansion in the north, entered the territory of Shandong, and went straight to Jinan City, and Shandong was in an emergency