In Jiaozhou City.
"Have you understood what you said?"
Guo Hu grabbed the green battalion soldier who reported the news by his front, and the flesh on his face trembled.
"General, I don't dare to lie.
It is indeed King Chen Yue of Qi.
There is no doubt that there are tens of thousands of new troops arriving at the beach, under the banner of King Chen Yue of Qi.
The people nearby were excited when they heard that Chen Yue was coming.
It's incredible, Chen Yue also personally summoned many people to talk to them, this is true. " Although there are more than 10,000 Ming troops under the city, the more than 10,000 people are naturally unable to surround Jiaozhou and cannot block the traffic between Jiaozhou and the outside world.
Naturally, such a big thing happening on the seaside thirty miles away could not be hidden from an experienced general like Guo Hu.
At first, he only sent people to find out the Ming army's subsequent movements.
Who would have thought that he would find out such a big thing.
"You go down first.
Continue to inquire about the movements of King Qi Chen Yue."
Guo Hu's face was extremely complicated, and he waved the sentry to retreat.
He needed to think carefully.
At first, the Ming army outside the city shot into the arrow book, claiming that King Chen Yue of Qi was coming with a large army.
Guo Hu thought it was just a despicable trick by the Ming army generals to undermine the morale of the defenders in the city.
Now it seems that it is true Shouldn't Chen Yue be leading hundreds of thousands of troops from Xuzhou to attack Yanzhou Dongchang?
Why did he suddenly appear here?
Guo Hu was confused at first, but then he realized that this must be Chen Yue's plan.
The main force used its own banner to attack Yanzhou Dongchang in the plain area to attract the main force of the Qing army.
However, it led a partial force to Haizhou and entered Jiaodong, rescued Wu Ping in Dengzhou, and then attacked east and west with the main force to occupy the entire Shandong.
I'm afraid this This was Chen Yue's idea.
But now, Commander Hong Chengchou led the main force of the Green Battalion to Jinan to meet the enemy.
Chen Yue no longer had to hide his presence and quickly captured Jiaodong under his own banner.
Even if Hong Chengchou gets his revenge, he probably won't be able to figure out where Chen Yue is and will be in a dilemma.
Guo Hu didn't know what Hong Chengchou would do and didn't want to know.
He only knew that he had to make a decision immediately.
Chen Yue marched in a hurry for more than ten days from Haizhou to Jiaozhou.
Now he is just resting because of exhaustion.
Once he recovers, he will be the first to attack Jiaozhou City and remove the obstacles to the northward journey to Denglai.
Although he still has nearly 10,000 troops, Guo Hu has no confidence in holding Jiaozhou.
King Chen Yue of Qi's past invincible record put too much pressure on him.
The two sides had not yet contacted each other, and Guo Hu's courage was already cold.
He did not think that he could hold Jiaozhou, and the consequences of failing to hold Jiaozhou would be extremely miserable.
He was originally a member of the Pingnan Army, but he betrayed the Ming Dynasty at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition.
Will King Chen Yue of Qi still accept him?
Guo Hu did not dare to take risks.
Soon, Guo Hu made a decision to evacuate Jiaozhou at night and escape far away.
Of course, just escaping like this wouldn't work.
To be on the safe side, he ordered his deputy, Meng Hu, to be called over.
"The reinforcements of the Ming Army have arrived at the seaside of Jiaozhou and will come to attack Jiaozhou soon.
In order to defend Jiaozhou, we must first deal with the more than 10,000 Ming troops outside the city to weaken the Ming army.
Now that the reinforcements have arrived, the Ming troops outside the city You must be lax, General Meng.
I order you to take your headquarters out of the city and steal the camp at night.
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I will take all the remaining troops to support you.
We must destroy this Ming army tonight."
Guo Hu said to his deputy general Meng Hu sternly.
"This" Meng Hu showed a look of embarrassment on his face.
Everyone knew that the Ming army was powerful, and he was asked to lead his three thousand troops to steal the camp.
If he failed to steal the camp, there would be heavy casualties.
How could he be willing to do such a thing.
But as Guo Hu's boss, Meng Hu didn't know how to refuse his orders.
Guo Hu observed the situation and threw out the chips at the right time.
"Don't worry, I will not treat those who fight bravely.
I will take out three thousand taels of silver from the warehouse to reward the brothers who attacked at night."
Of the three thousand taels of silver, each soldier who goes into battle can get one tael.
Of course, this silver is completely at Meng Hu's disposal.
He can withhold it at will and swallow most of it himself.
Faced with such a temptation, it was impossible for Meng Hu not to be tempted.
So Meng Hu summoned three thousand men from his headquarters, opened the south gate of Jiaozhou, and went for a night attack.
"One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, how can there be two tigers in one camp?"
Guo Hu murmured as he watched Meng Hu lead his army out of the city gate.
Guo Hu's direct family members and other troops in the city gathered together.
When the fighting broke out in the Ming army camp outside the city, Guo Hu immediately led his troops out of the north city.
The Ming army's camp was filled with flames, and countless torches illuminated the camp as if it were daytime.
In the middle of the camp, Meng Hu, who had broken into the camp, had only a thousand people left, but he was surrounded by several times the Ming army.
Projectiles from arrows and muskets came like raindrops, and from time to time, soldiers from the green camp screamed and fell to the ground.
"Guo Hu, I'm your grandma" had been in the camp for half a day, but Guo Hu's reinforcements had not yet arrived.
Moreover, the Ming army in the camp was not at all alert as Guo Hu said, but was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, as if there had been a dike.
When Meng Hu attacked, he deliberately let him into the camp, and then besieged him on all sides.
In a short time, Meng Hu Hu's 3,000 men were left with more than 1,000 men.
At this time, Meng Hu didn’t know that Guo Hu had plotted against him and used him as a shield to escape.
"Brother, we can't hold it anymore and we have to break out quickly."
The leader of the servants, Meng Hu's cousin Meng Bao, shouted.
Breaking through, where to break out?
Looking at the Ming army surrounded on all sides, Meng Hu laughed miserably, let go and threw down the weapons in his hands, "Send the order, put down your weapons and surrender."
The morning light filled the earth, and the camp finally calmed down after fighting for half the night.
The remaining Qing soldiers surrendered under the leadership of Meng Hu and were taken into custody.
Some of the soldiers were sorting out the remnants of the war, while many others were soundly asleep after being ordered to catch up on their sleep.
A long queue came from the south, but it was Qi King Chen Yue who drove over with a large group of people.
Patrolling the orderly camp and listening to Lu Tai and other generals reporting on the battle, Chen Yue nodded with satisfaction and ordered the soldiers in the camp to rest for half a day and set out again in the afternoon.
Guo Hu led all the Green Camp troops to evacuate, leaving only the devastated Jiaozhou City.
Before leaving, Guo Hu ordered several wealthy households in the city to be raided, even though these wealthy households were usually extremely respectful to him.
However, because he was eager to escape, Guo Hu did not order large-scale robbery and killing.
However, some unwilling soldiers left the team to rob and robbed privately.
They hurriedly fled Jiaozhou before dawn.
Some chased Guo Hu's large army, while others took advantage of them.
He deserted with the looted wealth.
The gangsters in the city also took the opportunity to do evil, breaking down people's houses, robbing and committing adultery.
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They were responsible for most of the evil deeds.
When Chen Yue led his troops into Jiaozhou, he could still see hooligans shouting and smashing doors and beating people on the streets.
Chen Yue frowned slightly: "Mr.
Gu, you stay here for now.
I will give you a thousand soldiers to quickly stabilize the situation in Jiaozhou.
Anyone who kills, plunders or commits adultery will be executed."
"I accept my orders," Gu Junen respectfully agreed
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