Since Shandong announced that Deng Ming's army appeared in Jiaodong, Li Guoying has been skeptical about this. It is obvious that the main force of the Ming army opposite was the Western Sichuan Army, and Li Guoying also knew their banner.

The Western Sichuan Army has never had the intention to hide the banner. It has been neighbors with Li Guoying for so many years. It cannot hide the hidden banner. Instead, it will create chaos for itself and its friendly forces.

"This is Zhou Kaihuang. He followed Deng Ming since the Kunming fire. He had been in the limelight in the Battle of Huguang. He heard that he had repelled hundreds of Zhenbiaos by one person; this is Mutan, who is extremely despicable, but the navy has two tricks. I heard that he followed the pirates on the sea in his early years and did not go ashore for several days and nights. He only ate fish and shrimp, but his face did not change color." Li Guoying pointed to the flag opposite and counted them one by one.

"With such skills and being proficient in naval masters, no wonder Deng Ming would tolerate him." Ebilong and Jieshu couldn't swim, and their faces changed slightly when they heard this. Without Li Guoying's introduction, they had long heard that Mu Tan was a greedy villain. The governor of the Cao Transportation bribed him and took back the body of the late emperor. When other governors mentioned Mu Tan, their evaluations were similar. Many times, Deng Ming retreated and was inseparable from the Qing army bribed Mu Tan. The court once planned to buy Mu Tan and assassinate Deng Ming, but Mu Tan was loyal to his immediate superior, and the lobbyist was beaten and released - Mu Tan said that Deng Ming had told him not to kill the envoy.

"That's Ren Tang, a scholar from Jiangxi, Yun Wen and Yun Wu. When he heard about it in the battle of Gaoyou Lake, he charged side by side with Deng Ming," Li Guoying praised Ren Tang a few words, calling him a general with both civil and military under Deng Ming: "The slave once defeated him for a while."

"What about their head coach?" Jieshu asked, pointing at Zhao Tianba's flag. The three people in front of him had a good reputation and had heard of their deeds. It was Zhao Tianba, and his aides shook their heads and didn't know.

"I have heard of this person's name. It seems to be Deng Ming's friend of drinking and meat, but Wu Yi heard that it is okay. Last time Zhao Liangdong surrounded him, but Deng Ming hurried to rescue him, but he couldn't kill him..." Li Guoying's understanding of the Sichuan Army was obviously far above Jieshu and Ebilong. He carefully introduced to them the situation of Zhao Liangdong and Zhao Tianba's last matchup. "So Zhao Tianba has some prestige in the Western Sichuan Army, and it is said that the soldiers trust him. Others seem to have no outstanding achievements. He did not participate from the Kunming fire to the last time the Western Sichuan thief went to Zhejiang."

"Maybe Zhao Tianba can sit in this position because he has the best relationship with Deng Ming?" Ebilong observed the Ming army's lineup with interest: "Then how can he convince the public? Just because he is a good old man who never abandons soldiers!"

"So I think that Deng Ming must not have left. Although Deng Ming was young, he fled to six provinces and caused trouble in the world. He was the number one thief in the world and would never be so stupid. Maybe Deng Ming was in charge of here under the banner of Zhao Tianba, and asked Zhao Tianba to lead a partial army to land in Shandong, trying to disrupt the morale of our army." Li Guoying thought that his guess was very likely. Didn't Zhao Tianba have the strength to command the army? He did not have the ability to command the army, but he could still harass him by leading hundreds and thousands of elite soldiers in Shandong.

Since the confrontation with the main force of the Ming army, Ebilong has been full of confidence in victory. In his opinion, time is not a friend of the Ming army. The advantage of the Ming army lies only in its maneuverability along the Yangtze River. This is also what Li Guoying repeatedly emphasized. Li Guoying believes that it is difficult to seize the opportunity of battle along the Yangtze River, but will be mobilized by the Ming army back and forth, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army's dispersed forces to defeat them one by one. In Zhongxian and Wanxian, Li Guoying suffered a great loss.

Now that the Ming army abandoned their greatest advantage and concentrated their forces to confront the main force of the Qing court's Central Army, it would be equivalent to lifting the suppression of the Liangjiang troops. In the past, because the Ming army's water pressure was too high, the Liangjiang troops had to disperse and stick to the various cities, and now there is a chance to gather to help the war.

But unexpectedly, the Liangjiang troops were still half-dead. Even though Ebilong repeatedly informed Nanjing and Nanchang, saying that the main force of the Ming army was on the Huai'an line, they were unlikely to encounter an ambush when crossing the river, but Jiang Guozhu and others still insisted that the Ming army still retained strong forces on the Yangtze River - but it should be said that the army was so powerful that it was so powerful that it could concentrate 100,000 troops to confront the Qing Dynasty Central Army and maintain its advantage over Nanjing while maintaining its advantage over Nanjing. Then Ebilong would never believe it.

And with the latest report coming, Ebilong's battle situation became even more incomprehensible.

The letter sent by Beijing this time included the content of Zu Zepu's memorial. When he saw Zu Zepu turned to support peace talks, Ebilong, like Sony, Oboi and others, guessed that Zu Zepu was probably defeated by the landing Ming army.

After seeing this report, although Li Guoying still didn't believe that Deng Ming had gone to Shandong, he also had a little doubt about his original judgment: "Zhao Tianba is a brave man. Deputy General Zhao said that it would be easy to defeat him without any effort. If he led his troops to Shandong, can he beat the governor of Shandong?"

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He had been arguing with Liangjiang until November 15th, and the situation still did not change in favor of the Qing army. Ebilong had no trace of reinforcements that were eager to see. He had been waiting for the Ming army to attack the Ming army for more than a month, but it was impossible to achieve it. On the contrary, Zu Zepu detained part of the northern reinforcements that should have been sent to Huaiyang, and said that the Shandong Green Camp was too busy to take care of itself and could not continue to support the Jiangnan battlefield.

Today, the imperial court sent another 800 miles to speed up, saying that Zu Zepu reported that Deng Ming was sweeping Jiaodong, and not long ago seized the seal of the prefect of Laizhou Xiong Sen and sent it to Qingzhou City. It seems that Laizhou has fallen. The Tianjin Navy, who went to Laizhou and other places to investigate, was also defeated by the Ming army. The unreasonable Fujian Army chased after it outside Tianjin Port. Poor dozens of Qing warships fled back two. According to the navy officers and soldiers who survived, the Ming army fleet overseas in Laizhou and Dengzhou was out of sight at a glance, and there must be seven or eight thousand without ten thousand. Sony and Oboi forced the water to squeeze out the water, thinking that the Ming navy was about one thousand and could transport more than one hundred thousand troops.

Now the connection between Jinan and Dengzhou is intermittent, and the messengers who sent the letters were found from the south of the Jiaodong Peninsula. It is said that the front-line military camps of Dengzhou Prefecture are now panicked, and the officers and soldiers all knew that there was a powerful army behind them. Zu Zepu also said that the messengers who escaped from Dengzhou also recognized the banner of a large number of Sichuan troops. Zu Zepu asked the court to send reinforcements to him immediately, or simply dismiss him.

Zu Zepu even said this, obviously he could no longer support it. Beijing angrily asked the Huaiyang front line whether they wanted to fight or retreat. Beijing felt that Deng Ming had taken away the main force of the Sichuan army, but Ebilong, who had supported the officers and soldiers of the two rivers, still did not dare to fight the remaining Ming army. Although the court was a little disappointed with Ebilong's courage, Sony and others still trust Ebilong's command ability. If Ebilong decides not to fight this battle, Beijing will also support his judgment.

"Do you still believe that Deng Ming has not gone to Shandong?" Jieshu asked Li Guoying. Ebilong had the same view, but now the views of the regent minister have been shaken, and all the doubts fell on Li Guoying's shoulders.

"The main force of the Sichuan Army must have not taken it away," Li Guoying said confidently: "If Deng Ming really went to Shandong, how could he only bring such a little force?"

Now the Ming army in Jiangbei is located in the territory of the Qing army and is stuck by the Central Army. It may be surrounded by the Qing army that are driven from all directions at any time. In this dangerous situation, Li Guoying does not think that Deng Ming would take the most elite troops away from the main battlefield. If there were only Kuidong Army and Chongming Army here, Li Guoying would also think that Deng Ming wanted to use a miscellaneous army to drag the Qing army and take his main force in western Sichuan to eat meat, but there were obviously a large number of western Sichuan troops on the opposite side.

"It's not a big deal to always drag on it." When he first arrived at the battlefield, Jieshu was indeed quite nervous. He followed Ebilong and Li Guoyingyan's plan. Jieshu would not object to the strategy that both of them agreed with. However, after sitting quietly with Ming Jun for a long time, Jieshu gradually overcame his nervousness, and the impatientness in Beijing's documents was also obvious: "Are you going to fight or to deal with Deng Ming who was landing in Shandong first? You two will give you an accurate statement."

"The slave thought he should wait." Li Guoying believed that the best way was to adhere to the strategy proposed by Ebilong: "The thief was tired from the veterans, and the officers and soldiers of Liangjiang would continue to recover. Sooner or later, the thief would withdraw his troops, or take the initiative to attack our camp. Shandong must not be Deng Ming, and the slave was sure that his main force was here."

"How long will it take to wait, five months, ten months? Or five years, ten years?" Jieshu's tone became even more impatient. Seeing that Li Guoying couldn't answer at once, Jieshu sneered: "You are really a turtle. No wonder Deng Ming couldn't get your Chongqing, and you have no size in the past five years."

Ebilong actually recognized Li Guoying's suggestion, but as Prince Kang said, how long will it take to wait to see the officers and soldiers of Liangjiang to assist in the war? If there is no movement for a few more months, and Deng Ming did take the army to Shandong, the lost patience Beijing might be charged with a crime of delaying the military opportunity. The last time the defeat in Gaoyou Lake was defeated, Ebilong's reputation had been affected.

"I think we should attack," Jieshu planned to attack the Ming army's camp forcibly: "Maybe they are all false banners, and they will collapse as soon as we attack. If the thief is very strong and is indeed the main force of the thief in western Sichuan, then we will at least feel at ease and know that Deng Ming must have not left."

After a pause, Jieshu added: "Even if Deng Ming really goes to Shandong and the remaining troops here are very strong, we can give in to the court if we fight and retreat again and again."

Of course, the precious Eight Banners would not let the precious Eight Banners do this. Jieshu decided to send the Northern Green Camp to the lead.
Chapter completed!