Liu Zhongyong, the second-ranked figure of the Chinese Army, is also one of the founders of the Chinese Army. His prestige in the army is second only to Liu Bu.

Although he is not as famous as Liu Bu and is invincible, his ability is quite strong. It can be said that most generals come from his disciples and are loyal to the Liu family.

Long before the Liu family raised an army, even if he was the head of the Liu family's yard guard, he would train the army for Liu Yuanqiao privately. These were already head-cutting jobs in the Ming Dynasty.

When Liu Yuanqiao dared to hand over all his work to him, it shows his trust in Liu Zhongyong. At that time, even if Liu Bu wanted to lose a soldier and a soldier, he had to get Liu Yuanqiao's approval.

Of course, after Liu Bubing and founding the Ministry of National Defense, there was no problem in this regard. It could mobilize all the troops, and other people were convinced by him and did not dare to be successful at all.

This time, organizing the Shandong Battle was also the result of their discussions. They chose Jinan to become the main battlefield for their decisive battle. Liu Zhongyong did not refuse at all and implemented various combat orders without fail.

Now, compared with the Ming Dynasty and the Chinese Army, there are not many other advantages in terms of military strength.

Moreover, since the Chinese Army launched the large-scale use of firearms, the advantage of this number of people has been no longer the main factor that determines success or failure.

The Chinese army has some tactical tactics against the enemy. Now both sides are at a critical moment. After the Chinese army withstood the first wave of attacks of the Ming army, it is time to launch a counterattack.

It can be said that when they withstand the enemy's attack on Jinan, they were counterattacking.

According to the current situation, the Chinese military has been determined to be a confrontation between the north and the south.

But if the Ming Dynasty cannot be defeated, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be defeated, and it will probably be destroyed. This is also the reason why Emperor Chongzhen realized that it was a huge inappropriate thing, so he promised such a high reward and organized the army to fight at all costs.

This is because he also knows that if he doesn't fight now, he probably won't have the chance to fight in the future.

Hundreds of thousands of troops began to travel to Jinan continuously. This scene was truly overwhelming. Jinan is the number one important town in Qilu, the absolute core of the six prefectures in Shandong, with official roads and rivers connected in all directions.

This means that the imperial government troops can use official roads to mobilize troops on a large scale.

With such a huge force from the enemy, the Chinese army also understood that except for Jinan Prefecture, the remaining prefectures and counties were not able to resist the enemy's invasion, so they all followed the strategy in Dongchang Prefecture, which was to evacuate most small counties and concentrate their troops among several major towns, the most important of which was Jinan, and Liu Yuanqiao was here.

The defenders of Jinan City were close to 100,000, Liu Zhongyong brought 20,000 people, and Liu Yuanqiao brought 50,000 people. The locals formed an army of tens of thousands, and their troops were quite strong. This time they did not go out to fight in the field and chose to stick to the city and use their leisure to replace them. They also ensured the power of their firearm output to the greatest extent.

They can see clearly now that the reason why they dare to challenge the Chinese army with great fanfare this time is because it is in the rainy season. Fighting in the rainy season is not good for the firearm troops, and it is even more extremely unfavorable for the Chinese army, which is almost all firearm troops.

That's why the Ming army considered that it would take advantage of this secret to destroy the Chinese army. If the weather clears up after the rainy season and the roads solidify, it would be time for the Chinese army to deal with them.

However, even in the rainy season, even when the Chinese armament troops could not exert all their power, the Ming army did not take advantage of it and did not obtain everything they wanted.

That's why they took risks and concentrated their forces to siege Jinan Prefecture. Although other prefectures and battlefields are still fighting, Jinan Prefecture has become the key to the battle in Shandong.

In order to win the battle of Jinan Prefecture, Emperor Chongzhen once again confiscated the homes of wealthy businessmen and officials in the capital, and obtained a large sum of silver and grain, and sent it to the front-line army to make them use of development expenses.

Moreover, the troops that can be dispatched in the important towns of the nine borders have basically been dispatched. Except for the Guanning Army, which is to protect Shanhaiguan, other places, such as Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, etc., have basically been dispatched almost. If the Mongols came to attack the border at this time, the court would probably not be able to resist it. They could only see the enemy breaking through the pass and robbing.

However, in recent years, the Mongolians have been like they have committed a draw. They are against Jiannu, but they are almost the same as Jiannu, and they have become weak and dare not attack the Ming Dynasty. It is because of this that the court dared to continuously draw elite border troops from the Jiubianzhong Station to suppress the bandits and the Liu family rebellion. One is to win the battle of their destiny, and the other is to draw out their main troops and rush to assist the Shandong battlefield.

The Ming Dynasty drew out its main troops and concentrated its efforts to the Shandong battlefield, which also reduced the power of other battlefields. For example, the imperial army had always cleaned up Li Zicheng's remnants in the Zhongnan Mountain area! As a result, as the continuous withdrawal of troops, the power of their roundup was greatly reduced.

This led Li Zicheng to lead thousands of people to escape from the encirclement and flee back to Shaanxi. When he left Zhongnan Mountain, he only had thousands of soldiers. However, when he returned to Shaanxi, tens of thousands of troops became famous and began to make trouble again.

However, the bandits are no longer the top enemy of the Ming Dynasty. The number one enemy to be dealt with in the Ming Dynasty is the Liu family in Shandong. They believe that as long as the Liu family is destroyed, everything else will be natural. As for bandits, scabies.

The leaders of the previous bandits died at the hands of the court. Their chief Gao Yingxiang was even executed by the court's public lingchi, so the court also looked down on them, believing that these people were just hungry and couldn't eat enough, and it was not difficult for the rebels to deal with these people. This made Li Zicheng re-start his team and his momentum became stronger.

The strategy of the Ming Dynasty was to advance together and encircle Jinan, strive to capture Jinan in one fell swoop, and achieve full results with one battle.

For the Ming Dynasty, winning the Battle of Shandong could stabilize the situation in the north, and at least strive for a confrontation between the north and the south. If Liu Yuanqiao could be captured in Jinan City, the Liu family could be destroyed and the world would be unified.

So before setting off, the court granted a heavy reward. Those who broke the Jinan Prefecture first had a reward of 10,000 taels, and those who killed Liu Yuanqiao were awarded the king. This kind of reward was very high and amazing, but it made the morale of these troops participating in the besiege quite high.

Of course, the main ones that were stimulated were Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang's troops. As for Zhu Xieyuan's troops, their morale was already quite high. Because they were rich, the military pay was paid on time, and they obtained a lot of things by looting in the war. So in terms of morale, they were the best among the three armies.

Zhu Xieyuan was so aggressive this time that he rushed from Yanzhou Prefecture to Jinan, not for the things that the court rewarded him, but really hated the Liu family and Liu Yuanqiao. If he killed Liu Yuanqiao, he would quell the world's chaos.

Zhu Yuan regarded himself as a loyal minister and a good general. He gritted his teeth for Liu Yuanqiao, a traitor who planned to usurp the throne. He was thinking, if it weren't for Liu Yuanqiao's rebellion, why would the Ming Dynasty have been full of wars and devastated today, and so many people died, just for his own little hope. He wanted to capture Liu Yuanqiao alive on the day of breaking through Jinan, dig out his heart, and see if he was red or black.

Of course, he thought this way, because of national hatred and family hatred. If the Chinese army destroyed the ten clans of Zhu Xieyuan, he would not be angry or hated, and probably no one would believe that he was real hatred. He hated to the point where his teeth were about to be broken and he would destroy the ten clans. What a tragic revenge. It is estimated that all relatives and friends in his hometown will die and die.

Zhu Xieyuan was determined to assist the wise ruler, support the world and benefit his hometown, but in the end, his relatives and friends in his hometown suffered from him. This made him feel very guilty. When he burned incense to these people, he cried bitterly and apologized repeatedly. After quelling the rebellion of Liu thieves and killing all the traitors, he committed suicide and apologized, and went to the underworld in person to apologize to these relatives and friends.

On the Shandong battlefield, due to the strategic mobilization of the Ming army, it became nervous again. This time it was a decisive battle between the two sides. No matter who both sides were, they dared not take it lightly.

In fact, the Chinese army also intends to lead the other side to Jinan to fight here, because this will relieve a lot of pressure on other governments. The Ming army's alone will bring greater pressure on his food and logistics supply. When this army arrives here, it is probably exhausted.

If the Chinese army had good luck and could defeat the enemy in one fell swoop here, the other routes would probably just flee. So after knowing that the other party was about to besiege Jinan, they began to urgently evacuate the people of several prefectures and move them to the prefectures, and then do their best to strengthen the city's defense.

Liu Zongyong still has rich experience in defending the city. Jinan City is also one of their old nests. Its management is not leaked. As early as when the court was about to enter Jinan, it sent a large number of spies. These fine works can take the opportunity to seize the city gates and create greater chaos in the time of chaos.
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