After the two armies were dispatched, there were only 50,000 Qing troops in Linqing City, but Dorgon was not afraid and led his troops out of the city to fight.
"Your Majesty, let's wait for Baylor and Luck Dehun to come back with their troops before fighting."
Gushan'e Zhenshi Tingzhu advised.
Dorgon shook his head: "The battle is not about the strength of the troops.
Even if there are many sheep, can they beat the wolves?
The Ming army is attacking with all its strength.
It seems to be menacing, but it is not terrible.
We only need to avoid its sharp edges and attack its weak points.
That’s it.
Give them the city of Linqing if they want it, what we have to do is to eliminate its vitality.”
"Your Majesty, you mean" "Yes, let them attack from three directions.
I will only attack one of them.
I will not care about Linqing or the other two armies.
I will catch them all and beat them hard.
As long as they can destroy all the armies, the Ming army's offensive will be defeated, and then I will attack them.
When the troops retreat, it will not be a problem to launch a fierce attack and annihilate these three Ming armies."
Shi Tingzhu praised: "Your Majesty is wise."
Among the three Ming armies, Chen Yue led his own army to attack Linqing along the canal.
Li Yi led the army to the west and attacked Linqing through Guantao.
Jin Xin led Jinan's army to Qi.
He Qingping attacked Linqing.
The armies of the three armies, Chen Yue and Li Yi, are less than twenty miles away from each other and can support each other.
They are also the closest to Linqing.
Jin Xin led the army from Jinan and traveled a much farther distance.
On March 28, sentinels reported that the Qing army had abandoned Linqing, and Dorgon led the army eastward.
"Your Majesty, the Qing army must have gone to attack Jinxin.
The general is willing to lead the army to reinforce."
Yu Feng immediately asked for orders.
"If the Qing troops want to fight, just let them go," Chen Yue said with a sneer.
The army then continued to march towards Linqing and captured Linqing City the next day.
Jin Xin set out from Jinan with an army of 30,000 people.
The march was very fast at first, but then it slowed down and could only travel twenty miles in one day.
On March 29, after the army had breakfast, Jin Xin suddenly ordered to return to Jinan.
"General Jin, shouldn't we go to Linqing to meet the prince?
Why are we returning to Jinan?"
a subordinate asked in confusion.
"Go back as soon as I ask you to, there's so much nonsense," Jin Xin angrily scolded.
"Why did the Ming army go back?"
Fifty miles south of Qingping, a huge army was walking on the road.
Dorgon was shocked when he heard the report from the sentry.
"Your Highness, shall we continue moving forward?"
Shi Tingzhu asked.
"You're still going forward, you've fallen into the Ming army's trick," Dorgon said bitterly.
The original plan was to annihilate the Ming army on the east side first, and then calmly deal with the other two groups.
Who would have thought that the Ming army on the east road would shrink back again.
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Do they want to attack Jinan Jiancheng on their own?
"Go back to Linqing" Dorgon said with a gloomy face.
The army turned around and returned, and its morale inevitably dropped.
After being out for a few days, the strategic goal was not achieved, and even Linqing was lost.
It was really embarrassing to be thrown into grandma's house.
However, Chen Yue rashly led his troops out of Liaocheng and abandoned the line of defense he had worked so hard to build.
It is not certain who will win and who will lose.
Linqing City was almost an empty city.
The people in the city had been driven out by the Qing army.
When the Qing army left the city, they took away some of the food and burned everything they could not take away.
"Your Majesty, what should we do next?"
Li Yi asked.
The three-way march was all a pretense.
Jinan was too far away from Linqing and there were few defenders.
Chen Yue had no intention of letting Jin Xin participate in the battle.
His plan was for Li Yi and his own two armies to attack.
The Qing army should choose one of them to attack.
No matter which way the Qing army attacked, the other army would immediately go to the rescue.
The two armies combined totaled 120,000, which was enough to defeat Lin Yi.
The Qing army of the Qing Dynasty.
But who would have thought that Dorgon would choose to attack Jinxin and give up Linqing to him.
Chen Yue was not worried about the Jin Xin tribe.
He had already explained that the Jin Xin tribe sent troops from Jinan to create pressure on the Qing army in Linqing and force them to fight a decisive battle.
Otherwise, the three Ming armies would be surrounded and the number of the Qing army would be reduced.
Too little will definitely not support it.
"What should we do?
Just stay in Linqing.
After the Qing army lost Linqing, we cut off the connection with Beijing.
It is very difficult for them to maintain their food and grass for a few days just by looting and supporting tens of thousands of troops.
Wu Ping has captured Ningyuan, and now it is not us who want a decisive battle, but Dorgon," Chen Yue sneered.
Sure enough, information came that day that Dorgon had led his army back to Linqing.
In Linqing City, thousands of troops were left to defend the city, and most of the troops set up camp outside the city.
The Ming army's camps stretched for several miles along the canal, and ships passed by in the canal.
It was already early April, and the canal had long since thawed.
Linqing and Liaocheng were connected by canals.
The Ming army had a large number of canals, which could easily transport food from Liaocheng to Linqing.
This was also an important reason why Chen Yue was not afraid of sending troops to fight the Qing army. .
In February, Dorgon led his troops to capture Linqing.
The canal was frozen at that time, so Dorgon naturally did not think of using the canal.
He drove away most of the people in Linqing City.
You must know that Linqing, an important canal town, thrives on water transportation.
There are hundreds of water ships in Linqing, and tens of thousands of people live on water transportation.
After the people were driven out, most of them dispersed to the countryside, and a considerable number went to Liaocheng.
The Qing army didn't pay much attention to Caobang, so naturally Chen Yue didn't.
After capturing Linqing, Chen Yue immediately ordered the canal boats to be collected and the Caogang people gathered.
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"Meet the prince."
Linqing Cao Gang leader Cheng Jiu knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to Chen Yue.
"Cheng Jiu, this Linqing is your territory.
I heard that I can't hide any troubles from you.
Now I need you to serve the court and help me defeat the Qing army.
Are you willing?"
Chen Yue asked lightly.
"The Qing army massacred my people, took away my property, and raped my wife and daughter.
The people of my Caobang have long been disdainful and have sworn to be at odds with them.
Your Majesty, please don't worry.
As long as you give the order, my Caobang brothers will I am willing to go through fire and water for the sake of the prince," Cheng Jiu promised with his chest raised.
Chen Yue nodded: "I need you to summon the Cao gang brothers as soon as possible and gather all the Cao boats in Linqing area to ensure that no Qing soldiers can get a single boat.
Your people and ships are temporarily placed under the management of the army, responsible for the two cities of Liaocheng and Linqing.
As for you, since you are serving the imperial court, I will not treat you badly.
I will first give you a position as a guerrilla general.
If you can make achievements in annihilating the Qing soldiers, you will be promoted and rewarded. " Cheng Jiu was overjoyed to suddenly become a guerrilla general from a civilian.
He knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.
Looking at Cheng Jiu's back as he walked out, Chen Yue smiled.
Dorgon, Dorgon, you think you are smart, but now your army is separated by the canal.
I want to see how big a wave you can make: