Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Hongsheng and the four of them all frowned, although they were all taking advantage of the royal family, but they were not really thugs, the last time they fought with the Jurchens, they were already very desperate, some were slightly injured, some were seriously injured, and now Zhu Youzhen actually asked them to fight hard.

Seeing the faces of the four people, Zhu Youzhen was not really a fool, knowing that the four of them must have been dissatisfied, so he said with a serious expression: "I also know that a few people are hard to worship, if this matter can be successful, several people will be hereditary marquis."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, Li Hongsheng's eyes all showed a look of intent, to be honest, if Zhu Youzhen just gave some gold, silver, jewelry or treasure medicine or the like, they naturally disdained it, after all, at their level, gold, silver, jewelry or treasure medicine and the like were just things at their fingertips.

However, this title is different, there are a lot of innate realms in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, but there are a few people who have obtained the title, although they are innate realms, but their descendants do not have such a good talent as them, if they can get the title, it means that their descendants are worry-free.

Li Hongsheng and Yu Xiao, Xia Bing, and Ma Jiyun glanced at each other, and after a silent exchange, the four nodded imperceptibly, although it was dangerous to deal with Su Hao, but the four hereditary marquis positions were enough for them to take risks.

After reaching a consensus, Li Hongsheng replied, "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to fight."

"Then I'll ask a few people to make offerings."

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

…

Looking at the figure of Li Hongsheng and the four leaving, Zhu Youzhen's face instantly became gloomy, in the past, the royal family could not refuse the emperor's orders, but he didn't expect that now he still has to make a promise first.

Just a moment later, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh, although Li Hongsheng and the four of them needed him to make a promise first, but they still worked, much better than those ministers, who not only took his best kindness, but also didn't do personnel for a day.

………

On the other side, Jinan Fucheng.

On the majestic and solemn city wall, Su Hao led many civil and military ministers to stand on it.

The open space outside the city gate was black and oppressive, and it was a group of prepared Qi soldiers, these soldiers stood solemnly, looking at the city gate from afar, countless banners were displayed, a door tiger squatting cannon, Hongyi cannon, and the muzzle of the cannon was hideous.

In the distance, there was a cavalry formation, although there were only five or six thousand people, but the momentum was not inferior to that of 100,000 infantry, and the infantry and cavalry were scattered all over the land, forming a sea of people with no end in sight.

"Let's go!"

Su Hao shouted.

The pro-army guards beside him shouted at the same time: "Go!"

Soon, thousands of forwards went first, followed by cavalry, then the Chinese army, followed by heavy grain and grass, and finally a large number of infantry guards, 100,000 soldiers and horses formed a team of four or five miles long, and a large number of scouts and horses patrolled back and forth.

…

Jinan Mansion City is not far from Dezhou City, but two hundred miles away, after four days of marching, the army stayed in Lingxian County, which is more than 50 miles away from Dezhou City.

Naturally, such a big move of the Qi army couldn't be hidden, and the news was soon placed on the desks of Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu.

"The four worshippers, and then they all rely on the four."

Hong Chengchou arched his hand and said.

"Governor Hong, we are only responsible for dealing with Su Hao."

Hearing this, Li Hongsheng said lightly that he was not interested in the top hat worn by Hong Chengchou, after all, the royal family and officials were not allowed to contact each other privately, and it was useless to deal with the relationship.

Hearing Li Hongsheng's words, Hong Chengchou just smiled, and there was nothing displeased, he also knew the rules of the royal family not to contact officials, as long as Li Hongsheng and they were willing to deal with Su Hao.

"Brother Chen, the Qi army in Texas City will ask you."

After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued, if they want to fight with Su Hao, the Qi army in Dezhou City will definitely not sit idly by, so they must leave troops to block it.

"I'll stop as much as I can."

Chen Qiyu looked solemn

nodded, this time Su Hao brought about 100,000 soldiers and horses from Jinan Fucheng, and if he wanted to be sure enough to block Su Hao's soldiers and horses, so that Li Hongsheng and them could kill Su Hao, they had to dispatch at least more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

When they set out on the expedition, there were 170,000 soldiers and horses, but after more than a year, there were less than 140,000 people left, and now Hong Chengchou is ready to take 110,000 soldiers and horses to deal with Su Hao, he only left more than 20,000 people on his side, and with only more than 20,000 people, he did not dare to guarantee that he could stop the Qi army in Dezhou City.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou also nodded solemnly, this battle can already be said to be a desperate gamble, if you can kill or capture Su Hao, then no matter how big the loss is, it will be worth it.

Because if they don't take Su Hao, they have no hope of capturing Dezhou City at all, and the imperial court has not much food, at most three months, they have to withdraw to Henan and Huguang, otherwise the army will have to mutiny because of lack of food.

…

Soon, the 110,000 Ming army formed in formation, bypassing Dezhou City and heading towards Lingxian, while Chen Qiyu also led more than 20,000 Ming troops to block the direction of Dezhou City to Lingxian.

………

At this time, on the city of Dezhou, Tang Xiangjin and others also looked at the direction of the Ming army camp.

"Governor, shall we stop these Ming troops?"

Pan Ping on the side opened his mouth and said, Ling County is located below Dezhou City, and the Ming army has to bypass Dezhou City to go to Ling County, if they make a move now, they can completely stop the Ming army.

"Your Majesty, let's let the Ming army go first, and then send troops to flank them."

Tang Xiangjin shook his head, it is okay to block it, but the casualties will definitely not be small, after all, there are only more than 60,000 Qi troops in Dezhou City now, leaving a few thousand people to guard the wall, and they can mobilize less than 60,000 people, the strength of the Ming army is more than twice as much as theirs, and the master is also above them, if the Ming army is forcibly stopped, the casualties can be imagined.

Hearing Tang Xiangjin's words, Pan Ping didn't say anything, Su Hao's order was not something he could disobey.

After seeing the Ming army bypassing Dezhou City, Tang Xiangjin immediately ordered his troops and horses and followed behind.

…

The next day, early in the morning.

The 110,000 Ming army led by Hong Chengchou and the 100,000 Qi army led by Su Hao confronted each other several miles away.

On the other side, the more than 20,000 Ming troops led by Chen Qiyu and the 60,000 Qi troops led by Tang Xiangjin had already begun contact battles, and the vanguard armies of the two sides fought together.

"Li Xianfeng, I will lead the troops to stop the masters of the Qi army, and the puppet emperor Su Hao will be handed over to you."

Looking at the tight formation of the Qi army on the opposite side, Hong Chengchou looked solemn, he thought that the Qi army basically had no experience in fighting outside the city, and it would be easier to deal with, but he didn't expect that the opponent's formation would not be chaotic at all.

"Don't worry."

Li Hongsheng said lightly.

"Attack!"

Hong Chengchou waved the order flag, and the orders were passed down one after another.

Soon, the war drums sounded, and the 110,000 Ming army marched slowly, with chariots and shields in front, pikemen behind, and archers and musketeers at the end.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

At this moment, dozens of earth-shattering loud noises, and then more than 40 solid shells bombarded the Ming army's formation, and in an instant, the shells ploughed out the bloody path in the crowd.

However, after more than a year of siege artillery battles, the Ming army has long been accustomed to this situation and still maintains a tight formation.

Seeing this scene, Hong Chengchou frowned, and in order to travel lightly, he left all the Hongyi cannons to Chen Qiyu, but he didn't expect to suffer a loss now.

It's just that the rate of fire of the Hongyi cannon is not fast, and after only four rounds of shelling, the distance between the two armies is only 400 zhang.

Three hundred zhang!

Two hundred zhang!

One hundred zhang!

The tiger squat cannons on both sides opened fire at the same time, but under the protection of the shield, the stones and iron beads like a rain curtain did not cause too many casualties.

Eighty zhang!

Fifty zhang!

Thirty zhang!

both sides

of archers also began to shoot arrows, and at the same time the musketeers began to shoot, and the casualties began to increase.

Ten zhang!

Sanzhang!

The two sides collided together like two waves, and began to fight spears and broadswords, infantry combat is not better than cavalry, infantry has no surprise attack, no charge, only spears, broadswords, and willpower, whoever has the first formation to mess up, who will be defeated.

At this time, Li Hongsheng and the four of them suddenly rushed into the battle formation of the Qi army, swept the qi in their hands, and killed dozens of Qi troops in a moment.

In the Chinese military department, Su Hao watched Li Hongsheng and the four of them kill in the army, reached out and took out four long arrows from the quiver behind his back, and bent the bow and shot the arrows in one go!

The four Li Hongsheng, who were targeted by the long arrow, jumped sharply, and the anger frantically poured into the weapon, and then the long arrow shot flew out.

"What kind of ability is it to bully the weak, it's just a loss of identity."

Looking at Li Hongsheng and the four of them, Su Hao said lightly: "You just want to force me to make a move, just keep up and fight!"

With that, he took off into the air and flew towards the hill in the distance.

Seeing this, Li Hongsheng and the four of them also hurriedly followed, the reason why they made a move on those ordinary soldiers was to force Su Hao to make a move, otherwise they would only make a move on those ordinary soldiers if their brains were pumped, and their anger was also limited, and they would kill thousands of people if they died, unless the other party had no masters, let them kill, otherwise they would not be able to affect the battle situation at all.

As soon as Li Hongsheng and the four left, the rest of the Qi soldiers immediately filled the vacancy, and the battlefield once again entered the meat grinder mode of fighting for will.

…

On the other side, as soon as he landed, Su Hao waved his hands and summoned out four natal paper figures and hundreds of armored paper figures, just after doing this, the next moment, Li Hongsheng and the four of them fell from the sky.

"Lao Li, Lao Ma, Lao Yu and I entangled his paper man, you deal with him closely."

Seeing Su Hao behind the paper man, Xia Bing said with a solemn expression, Su Hao's information has already been repeatedly studied by Da Ming countless times, and they already know what tricks Su Hao has.

"Hmm."

Li Hongsheng nodded and said, "Remember to be careful of his Yuan Shen attacks."

Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu had invited Jiang Lan before, but Jiang Lan didn't want to get involved in the battle between Daming and Daqi, so he only told them that Su Hao's Yuan Shen cultivation was very strong.

After finishing speaking, the figures of the four people flashed, and they entered the paper crowd like four exercises.

In the rear, Su Hao's thoughts moved slightly, and hundreds of armored paper figures formed a formation centered on the four natal paper figures in an instant.

Burst!

With a wave of the golden mace in Li Hongsheng's hand, he directly swept off an armored paper man, and the next moment, another armored paper man slashed at Li Hongsheng.

Clang!

Xia Bing blocked the paper knife of the armor paper man with a sword, and at the same time, several gangqi swept away more than a dozen armor paper people.

And Li Hongsheng and Ma Jiyun did not hesitate, and at the same time, several gangqi slashed out, sweeping away more than ten armored paper figures in front of them, revealing Su Hao behind the paper figures.

Li Hongsheng and Ma Jiyun just wanted to rush over, but at this time, No. 3 and No. 4 suddenly appeared in front of Li Hongsheng and blocked their way.

Clang! Clang!

Li Hongsheng forced No. 3 to retreat with a single blow, but at this time, the armored paper man who was originally split into the air had returned to the formation, but there was a crack on his body, but for the paper man, as long as it was not completely destroyed and damaged, it would have no effect at all.

"Brother Li, go from the sky!"

After cutting off an armored paper man with a knife, Ma Jiyun said with a solemn expression, these paper figures are too tenacious, they can't even be broken, and they have to use their magic weapons to cleave, there are too many paper people here, if they are all destroyed, it will take too long, and Su Hao can summon them again at any time.

"Let's go!"

Li Hongsheng soared into the air.

Behind the paper man, seeing Li Hongsheng and the two of them rising into the air, Su Hao's mind moved, and No. 3 and No. 4 also rose into the air, blocking in front of Li Hongsheng and the two.

At the same time, Su Hao reached out and took out two long arrows from the quiver behind him, bending

The bow and arrow were completed in one go, and while bending the bow and arrow, Su Hao did not forget the attack of the Yuan Shen, and the two thick Yuan Shen long whips were drawn towards Li Hongsheng and the two of them without distinguishing between front and back.

"Brother Li, Brother Ma, be careful!"

Yu Xiao and Xia Bing sensed the attack of the Yuanshen Long Whip and hurriedly exclaimed.

At this time, Li Hongsheng and the others also sensed the attack of the Yuanshen Long Whip, and hurriedly knocked away the third and fourth with a gang qi, and at the same time held their breath and concentrated, and the Yuanshen was silent.

Boom! Boom!

The next moment, the Yuanshen long whip was pulled down fiercely, and the two of them only felt dizzy, and then the fatal sense of crisis made the two come back to their senses in an instant, at this time the two long arrows had arrived in front of them, and Yu Xiao and Xia Bing were entangled by No. 3 and No. 4.

Clang! Clang!

After Li Hongsheng and the two blocked the long arrow, they hurriedly fell back to the ground and continued to stay in the air, they were live targets, but after falling back to the ground, all the paper figures surrounded the four of them again.

"Lao Li, what should I do now?"

Ma Jiyun transmitted the sound into the secret passage, Su Hao's defense was too tight, it couldn't work from the ground, it couldn't work from the sky, and these paper figures around him were too tough, and it was not easy to destroy them.

"Consume him."

After thinking about it for a while, Li Hongsheng gritted his teeth and said, this is the last thing they want to see, Hong Chengchou's side may not be able to stop it for long, once the masters from Daqi's side come to support Su Hao, it will be difficult for them to take Su Hao again.

But it's useless to think about it, they can't force through the blockade of the paper people, and once they are injured, it will be even more impossible to take Su Hao.

(End of chapter)