On the east bank of the canal, more than 50,000 Qing troops arrived in Linqing one after another, and under the order of the regent Dorgon, they were encamped fifteen miles away from Linqing City.

was tricked by the Ming army to attack Jin Xinbu, and it took a few days in vain but nothing was gained, but the Qing City was obtained by the Ming army, and the generals of the Qing army were a little depressed.

The Eight Banners were not iron-clad, and after marching for a few days, the army would also get tired, so Dolgon ordered him to rest and wait for the two cavalry divisions of Bololk Dehun to meet before fighting a decisive battle with the Ming army.

However, what Dolgon did not expect was that the two cavalry of Bolo were blocked from crossing the river, the canal was blocked by the Ming army's naval divisions, and the two pontoon bridges crossing the river were burned by the Ming army, but thousands of soldiers were lost.

As a result, Dolgon realized that the reason why the Ming army dared to attack Linqing was probably to rely on this canal that connected Linqing Liaocheng. As a result, Dolgon understood why the Ming army occupied Shandong for several months and did not launch an attack, because the frozen canal in winter could not stop the pace of the Qing army, and now the ice and snow have long since melted.

The firearms of the Ming army were too powerful, and the Qing troops on both sides of the river lost a lot in the shooting with the Ming army, the Boluo Department lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and the Qing army in Hedong also lost about the same number of people, of course, under the covering fire of the Qing army, the Ming army in the canal also suffered great losses. However, Dolgon knew in his heart that the forces between the Ming and Qing dynasties were not equal, and the Ming army could not afford to lose anything.

"Command Bolo Lek Dehun, order them to lead the cavalry north to bypass Linqing, find a suitable place to cross the river, and then launch a flank attack on the Ming army from the north!" After pondering it carefully, Dorgon commanded in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, Bolo, they will go around to cross the river and then come from the north, it will take at least seven or eight days, what if the Ming army takes the opportunity to attack them? The difference between the strength of the enemy and us is too great! The veteran Shi Tingzhu couldn't help but persuade.

Both of Bololek and Dehun are cavalry, but Dolgon's side is mostly infantry, and there are only more than 2,000 cavalry under Wu Sangui in the formed cavalry, and there are 1,000 cavalry cavalry battalions directly under Dolgon. However, the strength of the Ming army in Linqing was more than twice that of their own, and if they took the opportunity to attack them, it would be troublesome.

"We have 50,000 banners, are we still afraid of the attack of the 100,000 Ming army?" Dolgon frowned and looked at Shi Tingzhu coldly. The Eight Banners are invincible, this is the consensus of the people of the world, and it has been proved in countless wars. Dolgon personally led the troops and the Ming army experienced countless battles, and never lost again, now although the Qing army is weak, but he still has 50,000 banners in his hands, only with these 50,000 banners, Dolgon is also confident to defeat the Ming army in Linqing.

"Alas!" Shi Tingzhu sighed and said no more, at this time he didn't dare to say anything more to affect morale.

Despite his tough tone, Dorgon also knew that the Eight Banners were not what they used to be. After the defeat of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of battle-hardened Eight Banners warriors died in battle, and now more than half of the Eight Banners soldiers under his command are re-recruited from the bannermen. Although they have also received military training since childhood, and most of them have fought in battles, they are mostly on the battlefield in the situation of auxiliary soldiers, and their combat experience is far inferior to the Eight Banners soldiers who died during the Southern Expedition.

If it had been before, even if the Ming army was twice as large as his own, Dolgon would have ordered an attack on the Ming army on his own initiative. But now, in the face of the Ming army camp more than ten miles away, what he had to do was to defend, and he dared to take the initiative to fight the Ming army after the two armies of Bololk Dehun arrived.

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In the camp of the Qingming army, Li Yulin led the fleet back to Linqing.

"Lord Wang, the Qing cavalry on the west bank has left the canal and is marching northward, probably trying to bypass Linqing and choose a suitable place to cross the river." Yu Feng, who was in charge of the sentry, told Chen Yue.

Chen Yue nodded and asked, "Where do you think the Qing army will cross the river from?" ”

Yu Feng said: "The Wei River meets the canal in Linqing, and even if the Qing army bypasses Linqing, it must cross the canal first. His subordinates suggested sending a fleet into the Wei River to blockade it, so that the Qing cavalry had to continue westward to find a suitable place to cross the river.

Of course, their cavalry was much faster than our ships, so it was almost impossible to prevent them from crossing the Wei River, so we had to delay their crossing as long as possible.

Therefore, the subordinates estimate that if we do our best to stop it, they will be able to cross the Wei River at Guantao, speed north from Guantao, and then cross the river from Wucheng. ”

"Wucheng, it is only forty miles away from Linqing, we can send a fleet to Wucheng, and then take the opportunity to capture Wucheng County." Chen Yue said.

"If Wucheng can be captured, the Qing cavalry can only continue to the north, and will cross the river from Texas. In this case, it will take them at least ten days to get around Linqing. Yu Feng said.

Chen Yue nodded slightly: "Ten days?" It should be enough. ”

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Thirty miles east of Linqing, a caravan was walking on the rural road south of Xiajin. The entire caravan had more than 50 carts, escorted by three or four hundred people, all of whom carried knives and guns, and played the banner of the Fan family's caravan.

A team of three or four hundred people, except for the army, no one dared to provoke ordinary bandits. In order to avoid the Ming army in Linqing, the Fan family caravan chose to go south from Xiajin and did not dare to go to the official road of Linqing.

In the middle of the team, the steward of the caravan was nervously asking Fan Tianyu who suddenly appeared.

"Third Young Master, why have you disappeared for so many days, where have you been these days, why did you suddenly appear in Linqing?"

Fan Tianyu waved his hand: "Last time, I did a secret thing on my uncle's order, and I can't say anything about it for the time being." Who knew that when I came back, I met bandits, fortunately I was saved by the brother of the Cao Gang, and I was entrenched in the Linqing Cao Gang leader Cheng Jiu for a few days, who knew that the Ming army actually hit Linqing, I didn't dare to stay any longer, so I thought about looking for the Qing army, who knew that I met you. By the way, what's in the convoy? ”

"What else could it be, grain! Originally, he was ordered by the Beijing court to buy grain and transport it to Linqing, but when he went to Dezhou, he heard that Linqing was occupied by the Ming army. I didn't dare to go to Linqing again, so I went south from Xiajin. The steward said.

Fan Tianyu looked at him: "I said that you kid is okay, you are so loyal to the Qing Dynasty, Linqing is occupied by the Ming army, you will not stop in Texas, you dare to venture south, are you not afraid of meeting the Ming army?" ”

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid. But don't we have to be honest in doing business, saying that we are transporting military rations to the regent's camp, if we can't deliver it, I'm afraid that our Fan family will be angered by the Qing court. The steward said aggrievedly.

Fan Tianyu nodded: "You kid is good, businessmen are honest, as it should be." ”

The Fan family caravan was very lucky, it did not encounter the Ming army for dozens of miles south from Xiajin, and when it arrived in Qingping County, it finally encountered a small group of cavalry, but it was the Han army banner cavalry of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi. (https:)

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