It was already July 16th that Zhu Hongsan arrived at Anshan Lake. It was already cold in July due to the influence of the small ice river in the late Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hongsan ordered the fleet to drive to Anshan Lake and moored more than 600 meters away from the shore to prevent the Qing army from setting fire with rockets on the shore. Then Zhu Hongsan asked his imperial guard division to station on the shore of Anshan Lake.

Zhu Hongsan stood by the lake wearing a single dress, looking at more than 200 transport ships in the lake. This was the supply of supplies for the entire army for half a year. According to the Qing Dynasty, he must come to attack. But now he has passed the best attack location. Does the Qing Dynasty want to wait until he arrives in Liaocheng before taking action?

"Li Chengen, what news is there on the Jinyiwei?" Zhu Hongsan asked Li Chengen beside him.

"Return to the Emperor, the news from the Jinyiwei came from the Qing cavalry Yuele headquarters is still in Daming Mansion, and Jiergalang from Jinan did not move either!"

The more Zhu Hongsan thought about it, the more wrong he was. He was less than two days away from Liaocheng. If the Qing cavalry were still staying in Daming Mansion, he would not be able to catch up with the time, and something must have happened to the Jinyiwei.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Anshan Lake at sunset, and the water surface was very calm. Except for the noisy troops on his side, there was no one in the radius of ten miles, and there was not even a water bird.

Zhu Hongsan knew that the late Ming Dynasty had caused great damage to Shandong, but it was still too quiet now.

Zhu Hongsan pointed to a hill more than ten meters high by the lake and asked, "What kind of mountain is that?"

After turning around, Li Chengen replied, "Old Master, that is Anshan by Anshan Lake. There are two big towns around Anshan Lake, one is Liangshanji and the other is Anshan Town. They are more than 20 miles away from here. The servants have sent Tiqi to them. I guess there will be a reply before dark!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded. The years of war made Zhu Hongsan very nervous. He felt that there must be something wrong with Anshan Lake. Although the water surface of Anshan Lake is not big, it cannot be a single family or a water bird. This is not a human-eating Henan, and it should be someone who is dilapidated.

Zhu Hongsan pointed to Anshan and said to Han Sanqiang: "Sanqiang, send a group to station at any hill, and we will arrange double posts tonight!" Zhu Hongsan looked at the sky. It should be a sunny day tonight. After all, autumn is here and there are few rainy days.

"I also ordered all soldiers to wear clothes without untied their clothes, put their weapons in a convenient place, and also have artillery ready. I feel something is going to happen tonight!"

After Han Sanqiang received the order, he quickly went down to make arrangements. Zhu Hongsan then asked Li Chengen: "Where are Li Yuanyin and his cavalry?"

"Go back to the emperor, I arrived in Yuncheng half a month ago, and now Chen Po is stationed on the edge of Yuncheng!"

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "I ordered someone to pass on the order to Li Yuanyin and let him lead the team here!" Zhu Hongsan felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and he was still a little arrogant. Although the Imperial Guard Division could fight, the number was too small, with only 15,000 people, and there were 50,000 people on the other side of the Qing army. Zhu Hongsan decided not to use his life as bait, after all, there was only one life. So he planned to transfer Li Yuanyin to his side, and then go to Liaocheng with great fanfare, forcing Yue Le to fight with him.

What Zhu Hongsan didn't know was that Yue Le could see his every move clearly, because Yue Le's 150,000 cavalrymen were not far from Zhu Hongsan and stationed in Anshan Town north of Anshan Lake.

Yue Le was the grandson of Nurhaci, the Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, and the fourth son of Abatai, Prince Rao Yumin. In the third year of Shunzhi, Yue Le, who was only 21 years old, followed Prince Su Haoge to conquer Zhang Xianzhong, who occupied Sichuan. During the war, Yue Le showed his strong military ability. Not only did he fight very bravely, but he was also very strategic, and eventually wiped out the Great Western King Zhang Xianzhong.

Of course, this achievement was nothing in the early era when there were many powerful generals in the Qing Dynasty. That is, it was a pretty good figure among the third generation of the royal family. There was still some gap between the Haoge, the three generations of the emperors. Yue Le's battle to become famous was the battle to slap the Three Feudals during the Kangxi period. At this time, the Qing royal family had entered a stage of disagreement. A large number of princes and princes were idle every day and could not go out to fight. Wu Sangui was under the banner of expelling the Tartars, and some Han generals dared not use it. After thinking about it, Emperor Kangxi decided to re-activate Yue Le, and named him the general of the Dingyuan Punishment of the Counties, and led his troops to attack Wu Sangui.

After rigorously deploying the combat plan, Yue Le attacked Jiangxi first and cut off the connection between Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong. After occupying Jiangxi, Yue Le led a large army to attack Hunan. After that, Wu Sangui passed away and the victory of the Qing army was just around the corner. Kangxi transferred Yue Le back to the capital and personally welcomed it and commended it. It can be said that the war in the early years of Kangxi was supported by Yue Le.

However, Yue Le now does not have the title of Prince. He is just a prince of Duluo. He did not make his mark in the war and could only be regarded as a junior.

Yue Le led his army to Daming Mansion as early as May. He received an order from Jirgalang to do his best to eliminate the Ming army's supply fleet, so that the Ming army could retreat in the face of difficulties.

After receiving Jirgalang's order, Yue Le was very dissatisfied. He followed Duoduo and Haoge to fight all directions. He always surrounded and annihilated the Ming army. He did not dare to take action like now. He only dared to attack the supply fleet.

Although Yue Le looked down on Jiergalang's orders, Yue Le knew that Jiergalang had fought for a lifetime and had extremely rich war experience. He must have a reason for being so cautious. So after Yue Le learned that the Southern Ming Emperor left Suqian, he immediately sent a large number of detective cavalry to find out the movements of the Ming army.

Here I want to talk about Zhu Hongsan's cavalry team. Zhu Hongsan spent a lot of money on this cavalry, but the cavalry is a technical army and cannot be bought with money. Although the Ming cavalry has the teachings of Spanish instructors and the old foundation of Li Chengdong's bandits.

Spanish instructors are good at training soldiers, but there is no strategy in the Western war. From ancient Rome to Napoleon, they were all cut against each other. When you were killed, I would win. Otherwise, Hannibal's simple pocket formation of Canny Battle could not be regarded as a classic by Western military books for thousands of years, so Spanish instructors would not understand the Eastern strategy. As for Li Chengdong's old bandits, the officials were all washed away by Zhu Hongsan. They either went home to be a residence or sent to the West with a glass of poisoned wine. How to march in the cavalry, how to send scouts, and how many miles the scouts had to go forward when the army marched, no one taught Li Yuanyin.

So Li Yuanyin rushed into Shandong with 50,000 cavalry. He thought that his march was very hidden during the day and at night, but he didn't know that as soon as he passed by Juye, he was targeted by Yue Le's Mongolian cavalry.

On the other hand, although the older generation of generals were dead, the army's skeleton was still there, and they were all good at marching, reconnaissance, and camp deployment. This was even more true for the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry. In order to ensure that the battlefield information was obtained, the Mongols often sent one-third of the cavalry as scouts when marching.

After Yue Le learned that the Southern Ming Emperor was also heading north with the canal boat, he was overjoyed. Jiergalang's established strategy was to burn the Ming army's supply ships, let the Ming army retreat in the face of difficulties, and give the Qing Dynasty a breathing time. But when Yue Le learned that the Southern Ming Emperor was also here, wouldn't it be better if he wanted to capture the emperor?

Yue Le opened the map and saw that the canal between Jining Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture was narrow, and the Ming army must have been defending tightly. Although Yue Le had not fought with the Ming army, it was said that the arms were powerful. It seemed that they should not conflict head-on with the Ming army. It would be better to choose a suitable location.

Like Zhu Hongsan, Yue Le chose the decisive battle site at Anshan Lake. Yue Le's reason is also very simple. The water surface of Anshan Lake is wide, and the Ming army must have thought that they are all cavalry and cannot attack surface targets. At the same time, the flat eastern Henan plain west of Anshan Lake is the flat eastern Henan Plain. This place is so suitable for cavalry combat. If the war is not good, they can use cavalry to escape.

Yue Le said to King Pingxi Wu Sangui: "King Pingxi, take your own troops and horses. I will also hand over the 20,000 cavalry from Shaanxi. Your mission is to go to Yuncheng and must stop the Ming cavalry from reinforcements. If one soldier and one soldier are released, I will want your head!"

Wu Sanguigong bowed his hands and said carelessly: "Please rest assured, the Southern Barbarians can play with cavalry. They are just farmers riding horses. They just let the last general Liaodong Iron Cavalry teach them what cavalry is!"

"Pingxi King, do not underestimate the enemy. Although the Ming army is not accomplicated in equestrianism, their firearms are very powerful. Don't take them lightly, do you know?"

Although Yue Le was young, only twenty-seven years old, he followed Duoduo and Haoge for many years, and Wu Sangui also knew how capable the young general in front of him was. So when Yue Le scolded him, he stood up and apologized.

"Please rest assured that the general will surely guarantee that the Ming army will not rush over to one soldier!"

Yue Le nodded and said to his deputy general Oboi: "Oboi, you can sneak into Shouzhang with 30,000 cavalry. Don't leak news along the way, wait for my king's orders!"

Oboi was Huang Taiji's confidant and fought with Haoge after entering the pass. However, Haoge was unlucky and was executed by Dorgon. Oboi was deeply implicated as Haoge's man. However, after Dorgon's death, Oboi's spring came. Emperor Shunzhi liked this loyal general very much, and this time he sent him to assist Yue Le to lead the cavalry team.

Aobai didn't like to talk much. After listening to Yue Le's arrangement, he stood up and bowed, saying that he knew.

After Yue Le finished the arrangement, he took his main force of 70,000 cavalry and left the Daming Mansion station late at night. However, although the cavalry left, the barracks were not demolished. For the sake of setting up the suspicion, Yue Le left thousands of Han military flags to pretend to be fine here. The spies of the Jinyiwei Guard in Daming Mansion did not dare to approach the military camp, so they had no choice but to send Zhu Hongsan all the normal news.
Chapter completed!