After the Qing soldiers conquered Bazhou, Hejian, Yongqing, and Hengshui, they turned to Shandong to attack Yanzhou, and Zhu Yipai, the king of Lu, committed suicide by being captured, and his eldest son and younger brothers Zhu Yishu and Zhu Yijiang were martyred together.

When the news reached the state capitals of Shandong, everyone was in danger.

Everyone had a feeling that a catastrophe was coming, and the whole of Shandong fell into a panic.

When the news reached Xingjing, Zhou Xian summoned all the management personnel and all the cadres above the regimental commander of the army to the Great Hall.

There were more than 200 people seated in the Great Hall, no one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed very dull.

Zhou Xian stood on the podium, looking at the distance and thinking about something, and after a while, everyone was almost here.

"I guess many people know the news of the Tartars' entry into the customs." Zhou Xian said lightly.

"Can you tell us about the situation? I've been working in a chemical plant every day lately and haven't heard much. Chen Lufeng was still a little confused.

"I guess there are still people who don't know, so I'll tell you." Zhou Xian sorted out his thoughts and continued.

"In November, Abatai led the two wings of the Qing army to go out, destroyed the wall from the Great Wall at the mouth of the Boundary Ridge, conquered Jixian County, killed the general soldier Bai Tengjiao, and the Qing soldiers even Kebazhou, Hejian, Yongqing, and Hengshui turned to Shandong to attack Yanzhou, and Zhu Yipai, the king of Lu, committed suicide by being captured."

When they heard the news, the people below began to talk about it.

"Now the Qing army is rushing to Jinan, if there is no rescue, Jinan will soon be breached, I summoned everyone here today to discuss the matter of supporting Jinan." Zhou Xian knocked on the table with his hand.

Hearing that Jinan was going to be supported, everyone was shocked.

"I heard that the Qing army that entered the customs this time has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and my Xingjing only has 20,000 soldiers, how to support." Zhang Changfeng said.

When everyone heard Zhang Changfeng's words, they all agreed.

"We are not fighting the Qing army head-on, plus the Qing army is now burning and looting everywhere, and the personnel are not concentrated, so there should be no problem for our Zhou army to support Jinan from the flank." Zhou Xian is confident.

Zhang Changfeng still said with some concern: "Why do we want to support Jinan? Why take such a big risk, isn't it good for us to keep our own Xingjing? ”

"If we don't send troops to support Jinan, then Jinan will be broken, and then the whole of Shandong will be captured by the Qing army, even if we can hold Xingjing, what's the point? Do we just watch our compatriots being slaughtered and taken away as slaves by the Manchu Tartars? I, Zhou Xian, could not be indifferent to seeing this kind of thing happening, and supported the show of hands to send troops to support Jinan. Zhou Xian said indignantly.

After hearing Zhou Xian's words, everyone's blood boiled and they raised their hands one after another.

Unanimous vote!

Zhou Xian laughed when he saw this scene, "Okay! is worthy of being a good boy in my Xingjing, and I announce that Xingjing will send troops to support Jinan tomorrow. ”

There was a round of applause in the General Assembly Hall.

Next, some details of the dispatch were discussed.

In the end, it was decided that Commander Daniel Zhang would lead 15,000 soldiers and horses to support Jinan, and Xingjing would remain with 5,000 soldiers.

Zhao Laoyan said that he could take out 6,000 semi-automatic rifles and 20 fully automatic machine guns, 20 cannons, and 30,000 grenades for Zhou Jiajun.

Zhang Xiaoyu has already made 20,000 sets of cotton clothes and 5,000 sets of quilts, all of which are put on by the soldiers.

Zhang Qing said that he could give the soldiers 20,000 loads of grain and grass.

"Okay, that's all for today's meeting, everyone should go back to their posts, and after they go out, they must appease the workers and don't cause chaos." Seeing that the discussion was almost over, Zhou Xian announced the dismissal of the meeting.

Everyone walked out of the Great Hall one after another, but everyone's faces showed solemn expressions.

The next day, Daniel Zhang set off for Jinan under the escort of Zhou Xian and others.

Zhou Xian watched the long line disappear from view, and after a long time, he slowly turned around and walked towards the mansion.

He is now copying textbooks for various subjects, which he can bring to the teacher to study before the school is repaired.

Although according to Zhou Xian's estimation, Daniel Zhang and they have such a powerful weapon, no one should be able to stop them.

But he was still a little worried, this was his biggest effort, if it was gone, Zhou Xian didn't dare to think about the consequences, and finally sighed lightly, "Let it be." ”

Daniel Zhang led 15,000 Zhou family troops to Jinan.

It took five days to rush to the vicinity of Jinan, and they began to set up camp ten miles away from Jinan.

Daniel Zhang summoned Xiang Shaoyun, Liu Hu, Zhang Shan, Li Huaping, Bao Changwu, Ou Jiahua, and other officers at and above the brigade level.

"Through the scout observation in front, the Qing army has surrounded Jinan, we need to enter Jinan from the east gate, there are about 10,000 Qing troops here at the east gate, and we will sneak attack them to enter Jinan at night." Daniel Zhang introduced the situation of the Qing army.

"Commander, I don't think it's a good idea for us to go to Jinan, because we are not familiar with the army in Jinan, they may not necessarily open the door, and one of our soldiers is not good at using our weapons on the city wall, I suggest finding an excellent defensive position, and after the arrangement is made, attract the Qing army to come over and destroy them."

Hearing Xiang Shaoyun's words, Daniel Zhang fell into deep thought.

"Okay, according to the suggestion to the division commander, we will retreat two miles, where is a steep slope, which can just be used as a natural barrier, we only need to defend the southeast and southeast directions." Daniel Zhang made up his mind.

After the deliberations had been made, they all returned to their tents and issued orders.

The army retreated two miles and began to deploy under a steep slope.

First of all, it was necessary to prevent the cavalry of the Qing army from attacking, so Daniel Zhang ordered to dig horse traps and sprinkle iron tribulus terrestris at 50 meters, 100 meters, 150 meters, and 200 meters away from the defense.

The soldiers dug ravines in the places where they were deployed, and piled up earth in front of them to prevent the cavalry from firing arrows.

After a day's arrangement, it was already dark, and everyone rested for the night.

The next day, after breakfast, the soldiers went to their posts.

Daniel Zhang said to Liu Hu next to him: "Liu Hu, you lead a cavalry regiment to lure the Qing army, remember not to contact the Qing army, just bring it directly to us." ”

"Subordinates obey."

After Liu Hu finished speaking, he walked out of the big tent.

"Let's all act according to the plan and minimize our casualties." Daniel Zhang stressed again.

Everyone responded and walked out of the tent.

Liu Hu led the cavalry regiment and ran out of the Qing army camp in front.

It didn't take long to see the Qing army, and as soon as Liu Hu saw the Qing army, he pretended to run away and ran back directly.

When the Qing army saw a group of Ming troops running away when they saw them, they all laughed and got on their horses to chase after the Ming army.

The 300 people of the Qing army formed a Niu Lu, and the supreme commander was called Niu Lu Ezhen.

Every five oxen formed a Kala, and there were 1,500 people, and the supreme ruler was called Kala-Ezhen.

Every five Jiala formed a solid mountain, and there were 7,500 people, and the supreme ruler was called Gushan Ezhen.

Soon, the three Niu Lu of the Qing army, a total of 900 people, chased after them.

They don't care if these Ming troops have an ambush, as long as they fight head-on on flat ground, they are not afraid of anyone.