The imperial envoy taught me a lesson that I immediately removed the sedan chair." Kong Yout signaled the suona at the same time, and the drummers stopped.

Hong Chengchou had the intention of taking the opportunity to establish his authority against Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, but when he saw that the two of them had to endure it, he thought it was a pity in his heart, but said, "So, thank you for the two princes to welcome him."

Why did the Battle of Songshan fail? Hong Chengchou summed up the problems. The 130,000 troops were the elite troops mobilized by the Ming Dynasty from various border troops. However, it was because of the elite troops that the arrogant generals were created, and it was difficult to command Ruyi. If the 130,000 people were his Hong army, Hong Chengchou believed that even if the food route was cut off, he would have the confidence to lead the army to a bloody road. Unfortunately, the general of Datong, Wang Pu, took the lead and fleeed, which triggered the collapse of the army. No matter how capable he had, he would be powerless to turn things around.

Now Hong Chengchou is the Grand Secretary of Military Affairs of Shandong and Jiangnan provinces, but he has two princes under him. If he had not done the right to act cheaply, it would be impossible to regard Kong and Geng as subordinates.

Dorgon brought 15,000 troops to Hong Chengchou's 20,000 troops, and another 5,000 people. Hong Chengchou gave Zhang Cunren to Yulin to wipe out the bandits of Yuyuan. Zhang Cunren was the deputy general of Ningyuan in Ming Dynasty. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with the general Zu Dashou, and submitted memorials to Huang Taiji many times. He made many contributions to the destruction of Jinzhou, Songshan and other places in Ming Dynasty. He can be said to be a good general with both civil and military status. Unfortunately, Zhang Cunren is suspected of showing off his qualifications. After leaving the capital, Hong Chengchou kicked Zhang Cunren to Yuyuan without seeing him.

Hong Chengchou had made up his mind that he had to find an opportunity to impress Kong and Geng, otherwise he would rather let these two men lead the army to watch the show than let them hinder their great cause of suppressing the thieves.

The three of them had their own thoughts. Kong and Geng led the way. Hong Chengchou's 15,000 troops, plus the troops they brought with them, nearly 20,000 people marched towards the camp in a mighty manner.

When he arrived at the camp, he saw Kong and Geng's camp, Hong Chengchou let go of his contempt for them. The entire camp was full of ravines, strict and carefully arranged, and a large area of ​​open space was reserved around him. Even if all his 15,000 people moved in, it would not seem too crowded. It would be avoided to build the camp. The Qing army who came with Hong Chengchou was undoubtedly extremely satisfied. It would not only take more effort to dig trenches in such weather, but also not be able to build them in a short time.

"The two princes are worthy of being the generals on the battlefield, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this camp is Long Tan Hu*." Hong Chengchou praised it with a rare sensation.

The camp was built in this way, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were in trouble. When they first arrived at Laizhou Prefecture, they had the idea of ​​finally capturing these damn bandits. They wanted to break up Laizhou in a short time and capture Xie Qian, a giant bandit who disrupted several Shandong prefectures, and never thought about how solid the camp was built.

After several days of continuous attack, after being bleeding from the city, Kong and Geng had to make a long plan to siege for a long time and simply build the camp. However, at this time, the rebels in the city counterattack came. Every night, the rebels sent elite troops to attack, causing chaos in the Qing army's camp. Not only were there casualties and injuries in the Qing army, but the entire army was also in peace. Kong and Geng had to strengthen the camp again and again. After several months, the camp could not be as good as the tiger.

Even so, the camp is not safe. The edge of the camp is easily attacked by rebels. Especially at night, the rebels left the city to shoot at the camp with muskets unscrupulously. Although most of the bullets were not accurate, they were just too close to the village wall, but many people in the Qing army lost their lives. The Qing army had to expand the camp, making the village wall farther and farther away from the camp tent.

In fact, in the past few months, except for the first few days when the Qing army launched several fierce attacks on Laizhou, the Qing army did not launch a decent attack on the city most of the rest. They could not rest well at night and had to build camps again during the day. There was no time to attack the city. Both sides were just consuming it. Until the weather became colder, the Qing army camps were also built extremely strongly. The rebel attacks began to decrease.

However, of course, Geng and the others would not say this. When they heard Hong Chengchou's praise, Kong Youde showed a smile on his face: "The imperial envoy is too much. The bandits are rampant. I have to do this. For this camp can accommodate 5,000 people. Some of the officers and soldiers brought by the imperial envoy need to set up another camp."

"King Shun. What do you mean? This camp can obviously accommodate more than 30,000 people." Before Hong Chengchou could answer, a general with a bearded face said angrily.

Although Kong Youde made up his mind to bow to Hong Chengchou for the time being, it did not mean that he would bow to Hong Chengchou's subordinates. He asked calmly: "Who is this general?"

"Mayer Zhang Jinglai was annoyed by Zhengbai Banner.

"The bearded general replied with his head raised.

Kong Youde was shocked when he heard this. After a closer look, he found that this man looked like a Manchu. He was just wearing a hat on his head and covering his shaved part. He didn't see it for a while. Kong Youde sighed inwardly, he was old now. The Regent asked Hong Chengchou to lead the army to fight. Even if he trusted him, he would send a Manchu general to follow him. Since this man was from Zhengbai Banner, he was naturally the regent's confidant. Although he was just a deputy general, Kong Youde did not dare to slackew.

He hurriedly said, "Gen. General Lai Diao, the bandits often steal camps at night. He shot very far away. He could not camp near the walls of the camp, so he could only accommodate 20,000 people."

"Where did the bandits get firearms with such a long range?" Lai Chou didn't believe Kong Youde's truth. There were trenches outside the camp, and it was not easy to get close to the village wall at night. At least more than a hundred steps were empty inside. Even the Qing army's firearms could not shoot at such a long distance. Not to mention those bandits,

Hong Chengchou was also half-believing and half-doubted. The Ming Dynasty's firearms had been developing for hundreds of years, and he knew a lot about each one. It has only been five years now. He didn't know any firearms. Unless the bandits brought out the cannons at night, it was of course impossible. Not to mention that the bandits did not have one, they could not even push them out.

However, Hong Chengchou obviously thought it was a bad idea. There were artillery in Laizhou City, but only four benzene-heavy bronze cannons placed on the wall, each with four or five hundred kilograms. Of course, it was impossible to move out of the city, but the range of the rifle was no longer below that of the bronze cannon.

Seeing Lai's anger, Hong Chengchou was suspicious of himself. Kong Youde naturally would not explain that Hong Chengchou did not obey Kong Youde's words to set up another camp. In such cold weather, it would take at least several days to set up a camp, which was far less useful than a ready-made camp. Kong and Geng only had more than 15,000 people left in their hands, plus Hong Chengchou's 15,000 people, and the originally empty camp was immediately crowded.

Such a big noise in the Qing army camp was naturally impossible to hide in the city. After receiving the report, Xie Qian, butcher Zheng, Zhao Shuxiang, Du Xiaoshan and others all climbed to the city to look at the Qing army camp. Among the four leaders of the rebel army, Ding Keze and Cheng Shan were not in the city. They led their troops to station in the county town below.

Seeing that more than 10,000 more people were added to the Qing army, Xie Qian, but the butcher Zheng and others had no worries on their faces, Du Xiaoshan even laughed: "Haha, the special forces team has another job."

Xie Qian and others nodded to Du Xiaoshan's words. The special forces originally had fifty people, but Zheng Sen left and lost two of them. Now there are only forty-seven people, but they have made countless contributions. Although the victory outside Qixia County cannot be replicated, the Qing army, which was restrained by special forces only these days, could hardly be able to attack the city.

When Laizhou was just captured, many people were worried that this rebel army would lose to the Qing army. Although they hated the many heavy taxes of the Qing Dynasty, few people dared to truly support the rebel army. They were cautious when they came into contact. The longer the city is guarding, the higher the morale of the rebel army, and the confidence of the people is also enough. It can be said that the rebel army had obtained the support of most of the people in the city at this time. No matter how many Qing army came, Xie Qian was confident to defend the city.

"Captain Huang, how about it? Let these dogs have an unforgettable sleep at night." Xie Qian slapped heavily on Huang Mingfeng, who replaced Zheng Sen as the team leader.

Huang Mingfeng had sniped the Sing Kexi, but he didn't know Shang Kexi's identity after he sniped the Sing Kexi. Shang Kexi's personal soldiers were almost dead. Fortunately, several people pretended to be dead and surrendered to the Yulin Guard, so Huang Mingfeng's contribution was not discarded in vain.

Huang Mingfeng couldn't help licking his lips. At that time, his habitual movements when the battle came: "General Xie Shen, there is no problem. I'll guarantee that I can give these Qing dogs an unforgettable good sleep.

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Zhao Shuxiang frowned: "General Xie, Huang Captain Zheng, it seems a bit wrong. Qinggou should know that this is done. Our army can attack him. Why do we still set up the camp so close to the village wall?"

"Hey, there is something wrong." Du Xiaoshan also nodded.

"General Xie, Huang Captain Zheng, I think it's better to be alert to the attack on the camp. Anyway, these Qing dogs will not run away. Please observe for a few days before checking."

Xie Qian and Du Xiaoshan were also confused. Each special forces soldier was a treasure. A few days ago, he accidentally fell into Kong Youde's trap and lost two people at once. If there was any damage to the attack camp, it would be completely unpaid. The butcher Zheng Yichu decided: "Then wait a few days."

Although Hong Chengchou did not believe that the rebel army could steal the camp at night, he was always cautious in leading troops. Thinking of Kong Youde, perhaps not just talking casually, he still sent many posts that night, but they were safe all night. The posts were trapped in a mess. Hong Chengchou thought he was deceived, and he had no good expression on Kong Youde the next day.

The thieves did not send anyone out, and Kong Youde also secretly wondered that he had suffered enough of the rebel army's stolen camp in the past. The rebel army just fired a shot from the east and shot from the west and disturbed the entire camp. It was not until the construction and expansion of the camp were completed that they could have a good sleep. How could the thieves in the city missed this opportunity yesterday?

There was no movement when camping for two consecutive nights. Hong Chengchou finally confirmed that Kong Youde was deliberately misleading him and cut off most of the night's post. On the third day, Xie Qian and others finally confirmed that it was not the trap of the Qing army, but the internal problems of the Qing army. Huang Mingfeng and other special forces could not bear it and quickly formulated a plan for the night attack.

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Chapter completed!