Yue Tuo received news from Dorgon, and while strengthening his night guard, he sent a large number of scouts and whistle cavalry to the west to spy on the movements of the Ming army.

Li Guodong's elite cavalry, who did not stop the night, launched hunting and anti-hunting battles with the Qing army's scouts and mails again and again, paying the price of sacrifice of more than 50 elite cavalry, which greatly prevented the Qing army's scouts and mails. However, the number of Qing army cavalry was too large, and Li Guodong knew that once he entered within a hundred miles of the Qing army, he would inevitably be discovered by the Qing army.

The people from Li Hong's mission came again and sent a letter to Li Guodong: Yuetuo already knew about Dorgon's defeat. In the letter, Dorgon reminded Yuetuo, asking him to be careful of the Ming army's sneak attack.

"Let's march south and walk into the southern mountainous areas of Jinan." Li Guodong ordered.

Nearly 4,000 cavalry troops circled Yanggu, crossed the canal, and went straight to Jinan through the hilly areas in southern Shandong. Along the way, the land of Shandong, which was plundered by the Qing army, was terrible. Villages were burned to pieces, and only ruins were left. People who were killed could be seen everywhere. The winter wheat planted was trampled into a mess. People who fled into the mountains returned to their hometowns and saw the burned houses and the murdered relatives, and more relatives disappeared. The people cried and robbed the earth.

But when the Ming army passed by, the people not only did not come up to ask for help, but instead stared at the passing cavalry with hatred.

"Why do the people hate us?" Li Guodong turned to Yang Guozhu and the big power and said, "Because the officers and soldiers in Shandong ran faster than anyone else when they faced Jiannu! But when Jiannu left, they followed Jiannu and caused trouble to the people! They robbed the people and even killed people and cut off their heads, killing good people and taking credit for their achievements!"

Among the corpses of the people everywhere, there were many headless corpses. Most of the headless corpses were done by the Ming army. The Qing army massacred the people and did not cut off their heads to ask for merit. Although the Eight Banners soldiers were responsible for killing and burying them, they did not have to use the heads of the people to ask for merit. But the Ming army was different. In addition to robbing property, they also had to kill good people to take merit.

Yuetuo's scout cavalry was mainly searching for Jinan, but the Qing army did not relax the warning to the south, north, or even east. The scout cavalry that went west to explore military information ran a hundred miles away, and the scout cavalry in other directions also ran thirty miles away.

When Li Guodong's cavalry arrived between Shuangjian Mountain and Wufeng Mountain, which were still 30 miles away from Jinan, the Qing army discovered their whereabouts.

"Report to the master, the servants discovered that more than 5,000 Mingdog Cavalry was the banner of Xuan's army, and it was only more than thirty miles away from Jinan! Mingdog Cavalry was advancing north along the Zhongchuan River." A white-armored soldier with a red flag ran into Yuetuo camp.

"Come and get the map!" Yue Tuo shouted.

Several personal guards opened a large box and took out a map provided by Shanxi merchants and spread it on the desktop.

Yue Tuo's white fingers were gestured on the map, and finally stopped in the area of ​​Zhongchuan River between Shuangjian Mountain and Wufeng Mountain: "Has Minggou been here?"

"Go back to Master, that's right."

"Ama, the child is willing to lead five thousand cavalry to fight against the Mingdog cavalry!" Luo Luohong stood up and said.

"No!" Yue Tuo shook his head, "Li Guodong is good at managing his army, but it cannot be defeated by just 5,000 cavalry! If our army fails in the initial battle and its morale is greatly affected, and then Minggou in Jinan City will attack, our army will be defeated at the city of Jinan!"

"Are you just watching Li Lao Er enter Jinan City?" Luo Luohong asked unwillingly, "If he was allowed to enter Jinan City smoothly, even if Prince Rui comes, he would not be able to conquer Jinan anymore!

Yue Tuo also knew that his son made sense. Jinan City is not easy to fight now, and his 20,000 people would definitely not be able to break through. If Li Guodong's 5,000 cavalrymen enter the city, wouldn't the Jinan defenders be like a tiger? However, Yue Tuo was very afraid of Li Guodong's cavalry. Although Li Guodong's cavalry was not large in number, they were all elite heavy cavalry. It was an elite iron cavalry trained on the grassland. Combined the advantages of the Han and Mongols, its combat effectiveness was far better than that of the Guanning Army, and even surpassed the Manchurian heavy cavalry. This elite heavy cavalry not only had excellent protection, but also had a maneuvering speed even as fast as that of the light cavalry! Yue Tuo really didn't know how Li Guodong did this.

In fact, the method is very simple. They all use the best horse equipment, and the armor on their bodies is also the best. The armor on Li Guodong's heavy cavalry has a combination of rattan armor and cotton armor, and a combination of plate armor and cotton armor. The plate armor is made by Li Guodong himself. It is forged by hydraulic machinery and is forged into iron armor. It has excellent protection ability and is not heavy in weight. Generals such as Li Guodong, wearing triple armor, all have the best war horses under their crotch.

"It's a pity that Wu Zhenchao Ha Camp is not here with me, otherwise it would be easier to deal with." Yue Tuo sighed.

Don’t think that even if the Qing army relied on bows and horses to conquer the world, the Later Jin Dynasty, which entered the era of Huang Taiji, attached great importance to firearms. When Ji Si changed into the pass and robbed, the Jin army had a lot of firearms and soldiers. When Kong Youde rebelled and surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty, he brought a lot of elite firearms and soldiers.

Of course, Yue Tuo knew that the best way to restrain Li Guodong, a heavy cavalry who runs fast and has strong attack power, is to cooperate with firearms, spearmen and heavy cavalry, and to cooperate with multiple arms to defeat them in one fell swoop.

"Ama, although our army does not have Wuzhenchaoha camp, there are also Han flag and firearm soldiers! We can let Aha organize the growth of spear soldiers and protect the Han flag and firearm soldiers. The child personally leads our Qing cavalry to guard the two wings, and block the Mingdo's road to Jinan in the Zhongchuan water!" Luo Luohong said.

"Okay!" Yue Tuo nodded, "I will give you three thousand heavy cavalry and five thousand infantry, and you will give you three thousand Han army flags and five thousand Aha! Go and stop Li Laoer!"

"Ama is too careful," said Luo Luohong. "Ten hundred thousand Qing warriors are enough to defeat 200,000 Mingdogs! Ama actually used it to deal with only five thousand Mingdogs!"

"Luo Luohong, be careful yourself! Although this person only has 5,000 troops, each of them is elite! At least 20,000 people in the Guanning Army! I will let Dudubeile cooperate with you again!"

"Zhe!" Luo Luohong and Du Du retreated.

Li Guodong's cavalry was built with a lot of money, and the number of people was never large. The Xuan Army cavalry who came to Jinan with Li Guodong was far inferior to Li Guodong's cavalry. However, with the cooperation of friendly troops, they could take care of each other when fighting.

The Ming army arrived at Xiaogu Mountain and prepared to cross the Zhongchuan River here.

It was winter, and it was the late Ming Dynasty and the rain was sparse. At this time, the river water of Zhongchuan was not deep. Li Guodong asked him to explore the water in the river and found that the deepest water depth was only three feet, and the cavalry could wader across the river.

Just as Li Guodong was about to cross the river, someone suddenly shouted: "Jiannu! Jiannu is here!"

I saw countless Qing troops emerging from the woods on the other side, arranged in a huge rectangular formation, extending from the north bank of Zhongchuan River to Tongluo Mountain. In the middle of the Qing army were infantry arranged in an orderly formation, with heavy cavalry and heavy infantry riding on both sides. After estimating, Li Guodong judged that there were at least 15,000 people!

"Jiannu is coming in full force!" Yang Guozhu was shocked.

If Yang Guozhu had seen so many Qing troops, he would have turned around and ran away. Even the loyal and brave tiger power would not dare to fight with so many Qing troops in field battles.

"Uncle Du Du, there are only 5,000 Ming dogs ahead. Our army can cross the river to attack!" Luo Luohong said to Du Du.
Chapter completed!