While Zhu Yixi was counting the chips, Jierhalang and others were doing the same thing.
"Our army has 20,000 heavy infantry, 20,000 full cavalry, 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, and more than 20,000 Han infantry. They are all elite soldiers for the southern and northern wars."
Luckard showed a proud look and said loudly: "As for the Ming army, according to the reports from spies, it is only around 100,000, which is about the same as us."
On the side, Hauge also agreed with exception: "For so many years, Ming people will only use several times the force to dare us to fight, and we will often lose more than we win."
"Now that our military strength is about the same, isn't it certain that we will win?"
As soon as he said this, he got everyone's approval.
Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde nodded with approval on their faces.
Regarding the combat power of the Qing army, the three of them were more confident than the Manchus.
"The baggage will arrive tomorrow!"
Seeing the high morale, Jierhalang also smiled: "The army has had a good rest these past two days. The day after tomorrow, we will break camp and set off to capture the puppet emperor alive!"
"Catch the false emperor alive, capture the false emperor alive——"
The generals shouted one by one, their voices rising to the sky.
After it was over, Kong Youde muttered: "Wu Sangui is really unlucky after all. The bandits in Shandong are not as good as the Ming army in front of us."
"Who told him to come late?"
Shang Kexi stroked his beard and said proudly: "We are all bannermen now. Although his title is equal to ours, he is just an outsider after all."
"No better than ours."
Kong Youde nodded in agreement.
Only Geng Zhongming still thought for a while before speaking: "Even if he doesn't speak, the prince will drive him to Shandong, where only cavalry are suitable for suppressing bandits."
"That's true."
The three of them thought happily and were full of confidence in the decisive battle in a few days.
At the same time, in Shandong, the Yuyuan Army was also informed of the order that it must dispatch.
In fact, after the emperor decided to go north and leave Yangzhou, the Jinyiwei had already issued orders and made many twists and turns before arriving in Caozhou.
Chu Yu also received a commendation order at the same time.
He was promoted to the rank of a thousand households in Jinyiwei, and was rewarded with a Nanjing house and a thousand pieces of silver.
At this time, he was rewarded for provoking the Yuyuan Army, plundering the canal, and luring Wu Sangui away.
Moreover, Wu Bangfu also hinted later that when the decisive battle is over, he will still be rewarded with a title.
This made Chu Yu very passionate.
In just two or three years, he climbed from the general banner to Qianhu, and it won't be long before the top level of Jinyiwei is within reach.
Thinking of the tens of thousands of Jin Yiwei and their power to arrest, he couldn't help laughing.
Ren Qi and Zhang Qi also rushed over at this time. Seeing him like this, they were also puzzled: "Mr. Chu, what's wrong? Is there a letter from the court?"
When Chu Yu heard this, he calmed down instantly.
These two boys are indeed monitoring themselves.
Thinking of this, he raised his head and said: "To be honest, I am a member of Qianhu Jinyi Guards."
"Jinyiwei?" Ren Qi and Zhang Qi were shocked.
Even though they are from common people, they are still familiar with the famous name of Jinyiwei.
"Now, Commander Zhang, Commander Ren, there are new instructions from the court!"
As soon as Chu Yu said these words, the two of them were shocked and immediately became nervous.
In the past, if Chu Yu was regarded as an ordinary civil servant, he would have been more wanton, but now because of Jin Yiwei's prestigious reputation, the two of them immediately behaved themselves.
Tanigoku
"The lowly position (the last general) respectfully welcomes the Holy Edict!!"
"Order Zhang Qi and Ren Qi to lead the Yuyuan Army to harass the banks of the canal at all costs and not to allow the Qing Dynasty's canals to pass through the canal..."
Chu Yu said loudly.
"It's easy!" Ren Qi said at this time: "It's a cold winter, and the snow is feet thick. If those civilians hadn't been driven by the yamen to keep chipping away at the canal, the canal would have been impassable long ago."
"We just need to drive away those people. The canal will freeze in two or three hours."
"Okay!" Chu Yu nodded: "Run them away if you can. If you can't, catch them all."
"Then we don't have that much food to live on. The food Jining City grabbed is only enough for us to survive the winter."
Zhang Qi opened his mouth with questions.
"Stupid!" Ren Qi shook his head and said, "When the canal freezes, those canal boats won't be able to move. Why don't we just let us move?"
Chu Yu smiled with satisfaction.
Although I don't understand why we are so eager, as long as we can make a contribution, that's all.
At the same time, Li Dingguo and others who were hiding in Tibet also received the letter.
When Wu Sangui was quelling the rebellion in Shandong, he cut through the mess very quickly with a sharp sword.
But these bandits were basically the result of the instigation of Jin Yiwei and the support of the gentry in resisting the exploitation of the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, on the surface, only the Yuyuan bandits are still alive in Shandong, but in fact they are like an active volcano, accumulating the dissatisfied anger of the gentry.
Although Li Dingguo and his party were chased by Wu Sangui and were in a panic, they had no worries about food and drink under the cover of the gentry from various counties in Shandong who were committed to the Ming Dynasty.
However, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army used the pretext of chasing the bandits to loot and force a showdown, which angered the gentry even more.
In this way, Wu Sangui became happier as he chased after her, while Li Dingguo and others were like a fish in water and lived happily.
After running for more than half a month, I returned to Mount Tai to spend the winter.
The heavy snow covered the horse's hoof prints, and the gentry deliberately covered them up, so they spent a good year.
The Jin Yiwei searched for many days before bringing the instructions from the court.
Li Dingguo was affiliated with the Beijing camp, so he was directly under the emperor's command. The order only contained the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army and the emperor's seal, which was simple and clear:
With the order, Li Dingguo and others tried to hold back Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army at all costs, waiting for an opportunity to attack the canal and block the southward movement of the canals.
"What does this mean?"
Gao Yigong frowned, quite puzzled.
There had never been such clear instructions before.
Li Dingguo looked at the snow outside the window and spoke after a while: "I guess the imperial court is preparing for a decisive battle to completely eliminate this band of thieves."
"What? Are you kidding me?"
Gao Yigong was stunned, with a face full of astonishment: "That's a hundred thousand Qing troops, how many people are there in the imperial court? Isn't defending the city the best way? Did you take the wrong medicine?"
After saying that, he walked up and down: "It's okay if the Ming Dynasty is gone, but my sister is still in Nanjing, what should I do?"
"There are treacherous ministers around the emperor. That's what the play says. Yes, it must be."
Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "No matter what the emperor does, we will do our own thing."
"Wu Sangui must not be allowed to go south."
"What should we do?"
"If you attack the enemy, you will save——"
Qufu.
After a lonely life in Shandong, Wu Sangui was stationed in Qufu, eating and drinking in the name of protecting Yan Shenggong.
In the huge Confucius Mansion, there were hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land. Although it could not be grabbed openly, Wu Sangui could make the mute Yan Shenggong eat Coptis chinensis and not be able to vomit out the pain.