The Jiaolai River was swept down by the Qing army, which had no ships, and the loss of the Qing army was only more than 100 Han troops with the Yellow Flag, which made the Manchu, Han and Mongolian generals excited.

As the fire of the Ming army at the ferry in Haicang Town became smaller and smaller, the Manchurian soldiers of the fifth Zuo Ao Bei, that is, the three Niu Lu of the headquarters, took the lead, his goal was very clear, the Ming thief had just escaped for an hour, as long as he followed the footprints and horseshoe prints to catch up, he would not be able to bite the tail of the Jingbei army.

Of course, Yue Tuo was not a man without scheming, and after Ao Bei was dispatched, Yue Tuo immediately summoned the second leader Ba Lanqi, the eighth leader Tanaka, the Mongolian Ezhen Alan Chai, Sonomu, and the Han army banner Tong Tulai and Jin Li and other Manchu and Han generals to discuss the advance of the army.

Tanaka smiled and said: "General, the Jiaolai River has been broken through by us, we might as well attack Laizhou immediately, now it's just past noon, our cavalry will go first, and at most an hour will be able to enter the city of Laizhou, just with those guts of the Southern Barbarians, how can we block the blow of my Qing army?" ”

"Yes! General, the soldiers are fast, let's break Laizhou today, it's better than camping in this wilderness! ”

"Tanaka is right, do those inferior Han dogs dare to fight with our Qing army?"

Baranch and Alan Chai and other Manchurian generals demanded immediate pursuit.

Since the southern expedition, they can't remember how many Ming cities they have broken, those cowardly Ming army, it is not too much to describe it as invincible, and even a dozen sentinels can beat thousands of Ming army wolves like dogs.

"Prince Cheng, since our army entered Jiaodong, although it has captured several Ming thief cities, it has not made any gains, rashly attacked Laizhou, and the minions are afraid that we will not have enough food and grass!"

Tong Tulai obviously hasn't lost his mind yet, after all, he has experienced the battles of Qingdu and Jiazhuang, the tenacity of the Tianxiong army makes him feel palpitations, and this Leiden general Li Xingzhi is also a ruthless character, Sun Degong and Abatai are folded in his hands, in the absence of heavy offensive weapons, Tong Tulai does not think that he can defeat Laizhou without blood.

Baranqi said disdainfully: "Tong Dutong, Laizhou has been disabled by Gongshun Wang Kong Youde, it is normal for these affiliated counties to have no population, as long as Laizhou City is laid, do we still need to worry about food?" If it weren't for the right talent Tong Dutong to cross the river first, Ben Zuoling would have thought that you were afraid of those lowly Han dogs. ”

Tong Tulai still wanted to persuade again, but it was not easy to say, Dolgon had issued a strict order not to tell the truth about Abatai's defeat in the army, let alone reveal it to Yue Tuo and Hauge and others.

"Okay, there's no need to quarrel, if you don't win, you will lose first, Tong Dutong is right, let's go deep alone, how can we not leave a way back? The ferry crossing of Haicang Town is related to the retreat of our army, and it is very important, you and Alan Chai led six Niu Lu Manmeng soldiers to garrison both sides of Haicang Town, and the rest of the military horses pursued with the general. ”

Yue Tuo is not a reckless man who only knows how to fight like Baranqi, he has been spinning for more than a thousand miles, and Jiaodong is a peninsula, if the back road is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Wow! Slaves and others obey the general's orders! ”

Taana, Sonomu and other Manchu generals received orders one after another.

The soldiers are fast, it is still early at this time, Yue Tuo will naturally not dry up in the Jiaolai River, there are six Niu Lu's Manchurian soldiers guarding the Jiaolai River, so naturally there is no risk of losing the way back.

As Yue Tuo expected, the Jingbei Army that had evacuated Haicang Town was soon discovered by the pursuing Aobei Division.

Li Xingzhi's intention was to lure the enemy, and Ao Bei did not think that he could pursue the Jingbei army, which was full of cavalry, and the two sides also had a tacit understanding, and they traveled more than ten miles apart, and Ao Bei almost watched the Jingbei army enter the city.

"Go and send a message to Prince Cheng, it means that the thieves have entered Laizhou, Zack Niulu, you go to arrest some mountain people first, let them build a camp for us, in case Prince Cheng and they come late, we can be prepared."

Although he didn't know how many Ming troops there were in the city, there were almost six or seven hundred cavalry in Shicai, and Ao Bei didn't think that he could climb the three-zhang high city wall with this little man and horse in his hand.

"Wow!"

The two heralds responded to the order, turned their horses' heads, and galloped in the direction of Haicang Town.

Niu Lu Zack, who followed Ao Bei, also received the order with a bang, and with a wave of the long knife in his hand, he beckoned more than 200 cavalry from the headquarters to scatter.

However, something happened to make Zack depressed, and they didn't find a single trace of the people in the entire Laizhou Zhouzuo.

It turned out that after the Qing army broke into Weifang, Li Xingzhi ordered Yang Biao to move all the people who had opened up wasteland outside the city into Laizhou City.

As for whether the Tartars will destroy these newly reclaimed land, Li Xingzhi can't take care of it, there is no food, it's a big deal to rob it, according to Kong Wenming, the leader of the gentry in Jinan, the grain of the Confucian Mansion in Qufu is almost piled up into a hill, we are originally born as bandits, who will eat if you don't eat big households?

Zack half-knelt in front of Ao Bei, and said helplessly: "Lord Zuoling, the sons and daughters under the command of the last general have searched all over the suburbs of Laizhou City, except for some temporary living shacks, there are no traces of people's activities at all, how can this camp be repaired?" ”

"What? Not a single one? Then you allocate manpower as soon as possible and set up camp to wait for the prince's army. ”

Ao Bei had an uneasy feeling in his heart, he didn't know whether the Ming army lured the enemy or not, but it was obvious that the wall was clear.

The Qing army has been going south for six months, and only encountered the Ming army's strong wall Qingye in Tongzhou and Dezhou, that is, the Qing army did not defeat these two cities.

"Wow!"

Zack was a little depressed, when did this kind of thing need to be done by the Manchurian Eight Banners, these Nikans are really fucking fast.

The Qing army was approaching the city, so it was naturally going to attack Laizhou, and after Li Xingzhi entered the city, he took a group of generals to inspect the city defense of Laizhou again.

There is Yunfeng Mountain in the east of Laizhou, the north is not far from the coast, it is not suitable for the deployment of the army, the generals all think that the east captives are not more than 10,000 military horses, the circumference of Laizhou is ten miles, it is impossible for the east to besiege on all sides, it stands to reason that the focus of the Qing army's attack should be the west gate of Laizhou, Dinghai Gate, the south gate Jingyang Gate.

Yang Biao, who stayed in Laizhou, obviously predicted this, and he deployed all the long-range soldiers and white pole soldiers at hand to the second gate in the southwest.

As for the two gates in the northwest, only one infantry team was transferred to defend the mandarin duck soldiers, and an infantry team expanded from the original Lijiashan mandarin duck soldiers was left as a reserve.

Yang Biao's deployment was decent, but because the Jingbei Army was expanding too quickly, many soldiers did not have complete weapons and armor, and basically they were recruits who had not been on the battlefield, so the generals were a little worried.

Li Xingzhi thought that this kind of worry was superfluous, and with the three-zhang high city wall of Laizhou, as well as the prepared rolling wood and stones, plus the forty-four artillery pieces deployed on the city wall, it was enough for the Qing army without heavy weapons to eat a pot.

What's more, as far as he knew, the Donglu came on a light horse, but he didn't bring any people, that is, building equipment was enough for the Qing army to be busy for a day or two, and he had time to continue to strengthen the city wall.