Qianlong did not rush to attack Linqing, but instead stationed in Jizhou, and the troops entered Dezhou first.

The Qing army beat Chen Jun surrounded by them on one side, and seemed to be waiting for news from other directions.

Of course, they also have another purpose to raise money and grain in Jizhou, Guangping, Jingzhou, Dezhou and other places.

The braid-cutting order has long been implemented in these places that Chen Jun had previously controlled.

Those brains without braids were not perfect in Qianlong's eyes, but he also knew that he could not have been as powerful as he did in the early Qing Dynasty.

The situation simply does not allow it.

But he couldn't turn a blind eye. In that case, where would the dignity of the Qing Dynasty be?

At this time, the gentry and wealthy people in the local area took the initiative to show their loyalty.

Although the wealth of these places is far from comparable to that of Jiangnan, the Qing army easily obtained hundreds of thousands of donated money and grain in the same prefectures and three prefectures.

For more than 100,000 Qing troops, hundreds of thousands of yuan were not too much, but it was not too little. At least the effect was immediately effective when distributed, and the morale of more than 100,000 Qing troops was immediately shocked.

Under the city of Dezhou, there were dense Qing army camps. The Qing army, with more than 20,000 people, surrounded the county town that belonged to Chen's army shortly.

This is the northern gate of Qilu. It has been an important water and land transportation site in Qilu since ancient times, and is an important wharf in the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.

The Qing army did not directly confront Linqing, but surrounded Dezhou first.

He also sent a large number of infantry and cavalry to attack Dezhou and headed straight south across the Majia River. The infantry was blocked by Qilu's security forces on the plains, but the Manchurian Horse Team made people helpless.

Several bridges on the Majia River were captured by the Qing army, and large groups of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry ravaged the plains, Lingxian, Linyi and other places. If there was not a wider Tuhai River to block the way for the Manchu and Mongolian horse team, they would have fought all the way to the banks of the Daqing River.

From this point of view, the Qing army's combat policy was obviously very different from Zhao Liang's previous ideas.

Zhao Liang originally thought that Qianlong was in charge of the army and the morale of the Qing army was not weak, so he wanted to have a decisive battle with the Chen army.

But now, Qianlong obviously had his own ideas about this battle.

Not to mention the large-scale activities of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, the refugees alone created a lot of them for Chen Jun, which was a burden.

Not only will the autumn harvest be delayed, it will not be guaranteed, but it will also affect the cultivation of winter wheat!

Zhao Liang frowned in Linqing.

Because the Qing army saw that Pingyuan could not be taken, they turned to attack Ling County. Moreover, the Qing army in Dezhou divided another army and crossed the Majia River eastward to capture Deping.

From Deping to the east, it is Wuding Prefecture.

The military discipline of the Qing army was well known to everyone. After Deping suffered a war, a large number of refugees and refugees arose again, and panic directly affected Wuding Prefecture.

Now most of the garrison forces in Qilu have been mobilized, and with Tuha River under the protection, they can still be supported.

But what if Qianlong sent troops to the west?

In Shunde (Xingtai), Guangping (Handan) and directly attacked Daming and Zhangde (Anyang)...

Then Zhao Liang must divide his troops.

Otherwise, relying solely on one local garrison, it would not be able to defend the Zhang River.

Mingliang did not stay by Qianlong's side. His current title is the commander of the Eastern Army. He also had Yansheng Gong Kong Xianpei who had disappeared for a long time. He didn't know what kind of twists and turns he had experienced after being taken away from Qufu.

Mingliang's Qing army now has more than 30,000 Qing army infantry and cavalry, and there are also a Zhili militia of tens of thousands. The strength is definitely far greater than that of the local garrison troops in Qilu.

However, the main force of Mingliang was besieging Dezhou before, and not many troops were used on the southern line. It was purely normal for the Qilu garrison troops to be blocked in plains and other places.

However, when Mingliang suddenly let go of Dezhou, crossed the Majia River, swayed south from the Pingyuan City, and penetrated straight into the Tuhai River, Qilu suddenly panicked.

Because they have no soldiers in their hands.

Some of the local garrison troops in Qilu went to Linqing, and the remaining ten thousand people were divided into part of the plains. Then when the Qing army attacked Wuding Prefecture, many people were divided into Wuding Prefecture. Now the Qing army in Wuding Prefecture is still there. Where can the Qilu garrison troops get out of here for a while?

The part of the troops on the plain were wrapped in the Qing army. When the Qing army transferred its troops to attack Lingxian, they found that they could not walk anymore.

The outside of the city was full of Qing cavalry, and the news was completely blocked. If there weren't any carrier pigeons to maintain internal and external contact, the Chen army in the city would have known nothing about the military situation outside the city.

There is not too long distance between Majia River and Tuhai River. At least from Pingyuan County to the south, it is Yucheng County to cross Tuhai River. This is just a county.

The Mingliang army was stationed on the north bank of Tuhai River. To some extent, they were still within the attack range of the Chen army in the plain.

However, the Chen army in Pingyuan had only one or two thousand people, and Mingliang's Qing army was more than ten times that of theirs, and there were a large number of horse teams, so there was no need to fight this battle.

The Qilu garrison army now has less than 5,000 people, and is pressing on the line of Tuhai River. Facing the bright army, it naturally feels difficult, so the letter of help is sent to Linqing.

Linqing City.

The map in front of Zhao Liang was no longer as clean as before.

Red and blue threads were drawn out, especially in Jizhou, on the east side of Linqing, you have me and I have you. A line of vanishing heads of varying thicknesses tangled around the northern border of Qi and Lu into a mess.

As the situation develops to this point, everything has become very obvious.

Qianlong was dispersing the troops in Zhao Liang's hands.

As the east-west front spread out, Zhao Liang sent out a group of troops, and the number of Chen troops left in Linqing would become smaller and smaller.

This was obviously very beneficial to the Qing army. Because will the decisive battle come eventually?

Moreover, only in the dispersed actions could the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry find opportunities to take advantage of, right?

If the Chen army was wrapped in a group from beginning to end, the role of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry would become dispensable.

After all, they are a group of classical cavalry and do not have the strong impact of modern cavalry. Can they still play the role of birds in the war?

"King, Mingliang has only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers under his command. He has now reached Tuhai River. It is farther from Jizhou than from Linqing. It can be said that he is going deeper alone. Why don't we eat him in one fell swoop?"

Someone immediately put forward this suggestion during the military discussion. No one is fool. Several important positions on the map are obvious at a glance. Brightly distances from the main force of the Qing army than from the main force of the Chen army. No matter how you look at it, it is a good opportunity to eat him.
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