The foundation of the Shandong Army is the former Xuzhou Forbidden Army, and the Xuzhou Forbidden Army is not from a military household, but is composed of local miners and farmers in Xuzhou Prefecture, and the people of Xuzhou are fierce, so the army formed by Xuzhou is also very strong, and it is the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

However, the Xuzhou army, which is not as powerful as it used to be, has been beaten by Hong Chengchou and has lost its sharpness, and the cavalry as a mobile force has also been wiped out, leaving only the chariots and infantry, and the action is far less fast than the Qing army, so it is reasonable to have been defeated repeatedly.

If you want to win the war, you must have the right time, place and people, in fact, these three things are occupied by the Shandong army, but it is not able to take advantage of it, and the generals are puzzled, but using Liu Ziguang's military theory to explain it can make them suddenly realize that the elements of victory in the war are more important than the right time, place and people, mobility, Firepower and intelligence, the cavalry of the Qing army accounted for the majority, mobility completely overwhelmed the Ming army, although the firepower was slightly weaker, only part of the arquebus and copper cannons, but it was offset by the advantage of mobility, Hong Chengchou did a good job in intelligence, he had a special horse exploration team, all of them were in Hanfu, speaking Shandong, riding fast horses, carrying carrier pigeons, the Ming army took a little action, the Qing army would know that the division, encirclement, siege, and reinforcement were all Hong Chengchou's forte.

According to the analysis of the previous defeats, Liu Ziguang was surprised to find that Hong Chengchou, this guy is indeed a genius in using soldiers, and he knows it well** When the Ming army attacked in a group, he used the advantage of strong mobility to drag down the Ming army, and from time to time he waited for an opportunity to bite a bite, when the Ming army attacked in multiple ways, he concentrated local superior forces to fight a war of annihilation, and the tactics were very appropriate, and the Qing army did not commit any offense against the people as much as possible under his strict constraints, but the Ming army often went to the countryside to rob a pig, dog, cow and sheep, etc., which made the people complain, where would they give the Ming army a message.

The current situation is that Dongchang Mansion, Qingzhou Mansion and Denglai Prefecture in Shandong Province have been captured by the Qing army, and Qingdao Naval Base, Jinan Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion are still under the control of the Ming Army.

Liu Ziguang decided to attack Qingzhou Mansion first to relieve the pressure on Qingdao, he left Niu Yong to guard Jinan, and drove out of Jinan with the rest of the generals and 50,000 horses, heading towards Qingzhou.

As soon as the army moved, there was a Qing army to explore the horse, and now the report of Zhou Peigong because Hong Chengchou personally led the troops to Hebei Zhending to save the car, so the Shandong war was handed over to Princess Zhou Pei, this gentleman was scheming, and the use of troops was no less than Hong Chengchou, when he heard the report of the horse exploration, he sent an army to lure the enemy, and at the same time ambushed two roads of people in the rear, preparing to make a pocket formation, and wrapping the vanguard of the Ming army into dumplings.

However, the army that lured the enemy went forward for dozens of miles, and did not encounter the outpost of the Ming army, and now that the Ming army had already set up camp, the Qing general wondered, how far had he gone? Zhangqiu County didn't even arrive, so it was slow to set up camp, right? And people's camp is also very particular, there are walls and trenches behind the mountains and waters, the Qing generals thought that I was here to lure the enemy, and said that they had to lure the Ming army out, so they led the army to attack the village, this attack did not matter, and almost gave the troops to the army, and the artillery and guns of the bright army were prepared, waiting for the Qing army to come to the door.

The Qing generals lost many people, and the horses did not dare to continue to attack back, Ma Fei reported to Zhou Peigong, Zhou Peigong was very puzzled, and personally led the troops to fight, but now the Ming army only walked forty miles forward, and formed a strong battalion.

Zhou Peigong tried to attack again, but there was no result, the Ming army couldn't defend it in every possible way, Zhou Peigong was also dumbfounded, why did the Ming army suddenly become a turtle with a shrunken head? Since the stockade is so solid, then wait for them to pull out the camp before doing it, he will set up his troops ten miles away from the Ming army, and he keeps exploring the horses every day, and he keeps saying in his heart, I don't believe that you will stay and leave!

Of course, the Ming army had to move, but even in the process of marching, the Qing army could not get a bargain, and when the Qing cavalry pounced, they only saw a well-defended ironclad cart quickly formed a circle formation, and the army of 50,000 formed countless hedgehog cannons and firecrackers that were difficult to speak, and shot at the bows and arrows of the Qing army outside, no effect at all, but was killed and wounded by the firecrackers, so they retreated and waited for the opportunity, and the Ming army also had the patience to camp locally, dig trenches, and build earth walls, and Lao Tzu would not stay!

After being stunned several times like this, Zhou Peigong jumped so angrily that this tactic is simply a turtle! Roll forward like an iron bucket, if you come to fight me, I will guard against you, if you don't fight me, I will not take the initiative to fight you, the Qing army's mobile advantage cannot be waved at all, and the ability to attack the fortification is precisely their weakness, and there is no countermeasure for this tactic.

The Ming army slowly advanced to the city of Qingzhou, did not attack the city, found a good place to set up camp, and then began to dig ditches, deep and wide trenches were enough to block the attack of the cavalry, Zhou Peigong saw that they wanted to surround Qingzhou in this posture, and hurriedly sent troops to fight, the Ming army still should not fight, only to defend their firepower, high-quality steel cast cannons have a long range than the Qing army's copper cannons, so the Qing army could not suppress firepower.

Zhou Peigong died down for a few days, and then picked a month of dark and windy night to attack at night, but he was defeated again, he was unwilling and chose to raid early in the morning, lunch, dinner and other times, but every attack was attacked by a strong sniper, so after a few times, Zhou Peigong understood that no matter what time the Ming army had at least thirty percent of the troops, standing on the camp and ready to resist the enemy at any time.

Liu Ziguang stood in the watchtower of the camp and looked into the distance, the trench outside the city of Qingzhou was already very large-scale, the soldiers were still digging, and it would not be long before Qingzhou could be encircled, one after another, the Qing army could not rush out if they wanted to, his 50,000 horses, in addition to carrying weapons, each person was also equipped with an iron shovel or hoe, specifically for digging ditches.

The soldiers are mostly miners or farmers from the surrounding areas of Xuzhou, digging soil is their old business, although they keep digging ditches, it is very tiring, but it is better than fighting knives with the Qing soldiers, so everyone is still in full swing, these days, the Ming army basically has no casualties, but it killed thousands of Qing troops, and also surrounded Qingzhou, this victory is very encouraging everyone's morale.

The camp of the Ming army is very different from the previous marching camp, the previous marching camp is very simple, that is, cut down trees to make a fence, fence it behind with a carriage, and then dig some drainage ditches to prevent rain, now it is a long-term camp, all of them are earthwork, the wall is eight feet high and one foot thick, and it is composed of adobe blocks. The trench was one foot deep, and the earth excavated from the trench had to be moved two feet away, in case the enemy could easily fill it in with the excavated soil. Outside the ditch is a hedge, which is buried five feet in the soil, and two feet of hedges have two or three layers. The fence was built to protect against the onslaught of the enemy's cavalry. The outer layer is a trench against infantry, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The firepower of the Ming army is strong, the range and power of the guns are stronger than those of the Qing army, coupled with such a camp, the result is to turn the disadvantages into advantages, don't you bully me, am you not strong in mobility, I will simply be a turtle, although it is slow, but you can't find a chance to bite me.

The camp is strong, and it has to rely on the soldiers to defend, Liu Ziguang stipulated that at the beginning of the fifth watch, three percent of the troops should be sent to stand on the wall to defend, and wait until the day is completely dawn, everyone will have finished the war meal before replacing this group of people, during the day, there will be fifty percent of the troops out of defense, and in the evening, it will be changed to three percent again, and when it is night, it will be replaced by one percent of the troops to keep vigil, but there are two percent * men and horses sleeping, not allowed to take off their clothes, ready to support at any time, such a means of defense, no wonder Zhou Peigong can not bargain no matter when he attacks.

The Qing army is brave and good at fighting, but when encountering this kind of scoundrel play, there is really no way to do it, so I can only watch the trench dig longer and longer, surround Qingzhou, surround Qingzhou, you can rest, but people don't continue to dig, and the direction of Denglai is also dug a deep ditch, one is not enough, at least three ways, Zhou Peigong knows that this is digging a ditch to block reinforcements, it seems that the Ming army wants to trap themselves with this hand.

Zhou Peigong wondered when Xu Zengshou became so smart, but a flying pigeon sent to him was surprised, and it turned out that it was not Xu Zengshou who was fighting, but Liu Ziguang!

It's Liu Ziguang, and it's not obvious that the Ming court transferred him to preside over Shandong's military affairs, but this master is not this style, according to Zhou Peigong's understanding of Liu Ziguang, this guy should be that kind of rough and risky style of play, the light soldiers rushed into a night, and the firepower covered the airship airborne, this is Liu Ziguang's style, when did he change to such a stupid way of playing?

The generals of the Ming army praised this so-called "stupid" tactics, they admired Liu Ziguang casually, changed the situation of the battle by showing his hand, changed from passive to active, and attacked with defensive play, although the labor intensity of the soldiers was high, and it took a long time to fight a battle, but they were not afraid of delaying, and it should be the Qing army that was afraid of dragging.

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