Zhu Cixuan immediately sent the information sent by the Military Information Department of the Inner Factory to Shandong, and ordered the Shandong generals to prepare for the fight.

In addition to Qin Gongming's troops stationed in Dezhou, Gao Jie led tens of thousands of elite troops to Linqingzhou. The Shence Army camps, which were once stationed in Denglai, also brought troops north to guard Leling and Haifeng.

It can be said that the entire northern Shandong was run by the Ming army like an iron barrel, and even a single fly could not fly in.

Then they said that the Shence Army camps were originally for the dispatch of Zhang Kentang, the governor of Denglai. However, because the Denglai Navy was not yet in scale and could not attack the Qing army from the sea, they still chose to reinforce Leling and Haifeng to ensure that the Qing army had no choice.

Among them, the Tianqi Camp led by Chen Liu, the Yongwu Camp led by Chen Fu were stationed in Leling, Xuanwu Camp, and Xiaoguo Camp stationed in Haifeng.

As a soldier in Xuanwu Camp, Liu Sanshui naturally followed the army to Haifeng to garrison. In his opinion, Haifeng is certainly not a big city, but some basic facilities are complete.

Being a soldier and fighting is natural, let alone fighting the Tartars.

The robes had no complaints, so naturally Liu Sanshui would not have them either.

The senior generals of Xuanwu Camp have undergone great changes. Now the camp is always a general named Han Qu. Although this general Han is only in his thirties, he is proficient in military tactics and has great experience in placing troops.

Moreover, he and Sun Annian, the battalion general of Xiaoguo Camp, also worked as the emperor's servant together, and it was perfect for the two to cooperate in defending Haifeng City.

There are more than a dozen battalions ten miles outside Haifeng City, and the battalions are connected by trenches.

This is the first line of defense in Haifeng City, and it must be strictly guarded.

After some discussion, Han Qu and Sun Annian decided to send nearly half of their troops to garrison on this line.

Xuanwu Camp is an infantry battalion, but Xiaoguo Camp is an artillery battalion. The combination of infantry and artillery is the main tactic that the Holy Emperor has always emphasized.

It is not easy to just move the bulky eight-pound cannons and twelve-pound cannons into the bastion.

Sun An spent a lot of effort to command the soldiers to complete this task.

Although the emperor and the Ministry of War highly valued the bastion, after all, everyone had never defended it here before, and they were still a little more or less motivated.

Fortunately, their tension didn't last long and disappeared completely.

Because the emperor led the guards and camps to personally arrive in Shandong to command the war.

It is not uncommon for the Emperor to personally expedition in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention Taizu and Chengzu, even Yingzong and Wuzong had the experience of personally leading the army.

However, after the civil servants' power expanded, in order to limit the emperor's power, especially military power, the literati and officials prevented the emperor from personally expeditioning for various reasons.

This was naturally a thing of the past during the Taiping period.

After all, some small frictions in the local border do not require the emperor to personally solve them. The so-called son of a daughter cannot sit in the hall.

Civil officials said that Emperor, you can be stable as long as you rule the world with your support.

But the facts are completely opposite.

The emperor lost his military power and became a puppet, a symbol and symbol for sitting in the Forbidden City.

He said that Emperor Chongzhen killed his ministers like slaughtering dogs, but he could not leave Beijing City like a government order. Especially local warlords, such as Zu Dashou in Liaozhen, etc., were even more slanderous to the court.

In the final analysis, there was a problem with the imperial system.

Since the current emperor ascended the throne, he has eliminated the treacherous and trained the new army and looked like a prosperous trend.

Those despicable villains with ill-gotten plots were eliminated one by one by the emperor, and warlords with ulterior motives were also killed one by one.

Under this circumstance, the emperor's personal prestige reached its peak.

Of course, when Zhu Cilang proposed that the imperial commander in person, there was also an uproar in the court and the country.

Most of the ministers in the censors of the Great and Big Nine Ministers and the ministers of the Daoism raised objections. The reason they dissuaded the emperor was the same old thing, what is His Majesty the Supreme Lord, and one person is responsible for the safety of all people in the world and not to be in danger.

Such words may be okay to fool Chongzhen, but it is impossible to fool Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cixuan immediately stated at the court meeting that the battle between the Donglu and the Ming Dynasty in Shandong decided that the offensive and defensive momentum of both sides in the next few years and should not be missed.

If the Ming Dynasty lost Shandong, it would fall into a very passive situation and could only be beaten passively.

This is something Zhu Cilang didn't want to see.

In other words, if the Ming Dynasty eventually perished, Zhu Cixuan had no other choice than to learn from Chongzhen.

So you must never lose this battle.

The emperor's personal expedition to Shandong will not bring too much changes to the Shandong Ming army's immediate combat power, but it can greatly boost the morale of the army and boost morale.

After all, in this era, in the minds of ordinary people, the emperor is a saint and a god.

Especially the Shence Army, which was founded as the Emperor's personal army from the very beginning. In their minds, the Emperor is definitely an existence that cannot be looked up to.

If the emperor really led the army to command the battle in Shandong, all the Ming army soldiers would definitely fight bravely to fight the enemy to repay the king.

Zhu Cilang is not ready to compromise on this matter.

He arranged for Lu Zhenfei to sing with him in the court.

In this way, many opposition voices were suppressed.

In addition, Zhu Cilang has accumulated an absolute prestige since he ascended the throne for a year, so he can promulgate the imperial edict strongly.

Those nine ministers and censors from all over the world can understand it. The emperor insisted on commanding the army to personally lead the army.

Even the Minister of War expressed his agreement. It is definitely not a good thing to sing a counter-tune with the emperor at this time.

The result is likely to be a scepter, but it will not affect the final result.

Since this is the case, it is better to choose to obey.

The emperor's personal expedition is definitely a major event that has caused a sensation in the world.

According to the old system of ancestors, the guards must be followed by the emperor.

Now that the garrison system is in name only, the Beijing camp has been abolished. The guards are accompanied by the Shen Ce Army.

In addition to the Shence Army stationed in Shandong and Huguang, there were also the 15th Battalion, with nearly 30,000 people left behind in Nanjing.

The emperor transferred all 30,000 people to the army.

The deputy commander of this army is the commander Zhao Xin (the head coach is Zhu Cixuan).

Because he did not bring too much baggage, the army headed north after leaving Nanjing, and it took not long to arrive in Shandong.

The emperor moved to Jinan Prefecture and stationed in the prefecture. The Shen Ce Army, which had more than 30,000 people, surrounded Jinan City.

After receiving the news, Gao Jie, Qin Gongming and other generals rushed to Jinan Prefecture to meet the emperor as soon as possible. Zhu Cixuan met them in the temporary palace and said some encouragement words, and promised that as long as the Shandong War was won, the entire army would be rewarded with generous rewards.

The generals knelt down on the ground and called His Majesty wise, and the atmosphere was very warm.

For Zhu Cixuan, the emperor's personal expedition was a decision made after thinking about it. It was not that he did not understand the danger of this trip. But since he had to face it sooner or later, it would be better to have a duel earlier.

This battle is related to the fate of the Ming Dynasty and must be won!

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Chapter completed!