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"You can't move." Chen Xunping shook his head and said, "The pressure on his side is not small. In the final analysis, our military lines in Shandong are too spread out."
"There is nothing we can do about it. We want to quickly seize the ports between Deng and Lai, but we also have to guard against the surrounding Ming troops. We are going deep alone." Sun Chuang sighed softly.
Chen Xunping moved his eyes away from the map, walked back to his seat, sat down, and said: "Our time here in Shandong is too short. The peasants and soldiers have not been trained yet. We can only do some errands to escort grain and grass. When we meet Cao Cao A great Ming general like Wen Zhao naturally becomes powerless."
"I think we should dispatch a troop of troops from Henan to Shandong. Let's find a way to hold on a little longer. If that doesn't work, we can find a big local businessman here in Laizhou to borrow food." Sun Chuang suggested.
Chen Xunping frowned and thought silently.
After a long time, he said: "I personally wrote a letter to Li Futai, asking Henan to send an additional army to Shandong. However, this army is not to reinforce Laizhou, but to cooperate with Cao Guang's attack. Jinan Mansion.”
As he spoke, he clenched his hands into fists and punched the table.
"Jinan Mansion!" Sun Chuang muttered again, and then said, "Fu Zonglong's governor's office is located in Jinan Mansion. You are going to encircle Wei and save Zhao, forcing Fu Zonglong to withdraw his troops and save himself."
Chen Xunping said: "Denglai has his own governor, and most of Yanzhou Prefecture is in our hands. The only place where Fu Zonglong can stay is Jinan Prefecture. Of course, if he dares to come to Qingzhou Prefecture, I don't mind suspending the control of Laizhou Prefecture." On the offensive, deal with him first.”
"Well, Qingzhou Mansion is right under our noses. If Fu Zonglong reaches the border of Qingzhou, we will have a decisive battle with him to deal with this Ming army in Shandong." Sun Chuang said as he was talking.
After hearing this, Chen Xunping smiled and said: "It would be best to have a decisive battle with the Ming army. As long as we deal with the Ming army brought by Fu Zonglong, we can concentrate on dealing with Denglai and win these two places as soon as possible."
"I think we can capture Pingdu first, capture Pingdu earlier, and not give Fu Zonglong a chance to attack us." Sun Chuang walked to the map, looked back and said to Chen Xunping.
Hearing this, Chen Xunping nodded and said: "Then take Pingdu first, and the temporary shortage of food and grass will be taken from Pingdu."
The main force of the Tiger Character Banner in Shandong stepped up its attack on Laizhou.
Denglai and Denglai have always been bridgeheads for supporting Lushun by sea. Many Ming troops were stationed here. At the same time, Denglai Governor was specially established as a fourth-rank governor.
On the other side, Fu Zonglong immediately accelerated his march to Dengzhou after sending Cao Wenzhao.
On the way from Jinan Prefecture to Laizhou Prefecture, you have to pass through Qingzhou Prefecture.
Even though Fu Zonglong kept urging to speed up the march, such a long distance could not be reached in one fell swoop. The Chinese army was mostly composed of new soldiers, so naturally it could not march too fast.
The Ming army on the two wings was able to be faster, but Wang Chengyin on the left wanted to preserve his strength and was unwilling to take the lead. He always maintained an equal status with the central army. The remaining right wing, Sun Chuanting, was unable to support himself and could not break away from the army. He led the Ming army on the right alone to support Laizhou.
As a result, the marching speed cannot be too fast.
Fortunately, Fu Zonglong didn't really want the army to rush to Laizhou.
Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew cut off the food route of the Tiger Banner's main force in Laizhou. The longer the delay, the more beneficial it would be to the Ming army. Fu Zonglong even hoped that the Tiger Banner would take the initiative to withdraw troops from Laizhou.
In this way, he has an explanation to the court and can buy some time to strengthen himself.
He still agreed with some of Sun Chuanting's ideas. He felt that it was too early for a decisive battle with the main force of the Tiger Character Banner. Moreover, even if he defeated the main force of the Tiger Character Banner in Shandong, the Tiger Character Banner could still mobilize troops from other provinces to Shandong. .
Tiger Character Banner is not an ordinary bandit. It has already become a behemoth that has entrenched several provinces. One or two defeats cannot shake the foundation at all.
Just like Ming Dynasty faced fake gold in Liaodong.
Even though the Ming Dynasty was losing ground on the battlefield in Liaodong, it still had the strength to fight and would not be overthrown by fake gold just because it lost one or two battles.
"Report!" A capable soldier strode in from outside the tent, bowed and saluted Fu Zonglong inside the tent, and said, "A messenger who claims to be from Dengzhou has arrived outside the camp. .”
Fu Zonglong was shocked when he heard this.
A haze immediately appeared in his mind, and he said in his mouth: "Quickly, bring people in."
The soldiers who reported the news retreated.
Soon, a man with a dusty and tired face returned to the big tent.
"Niu Wu, a small flag officer under the command of the Deputy General of Shandong, pays homage to the Grand Supervisor." The visitor knelt down and kowtowed to Fu Zonglong, while holding up a letter with both hands, "My general, Ming Xiao, brought the Grand Master Futai's A letter.”
Fu Zonglong knew that the deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong mentioned by the other party was the statement group stationed in Denglai.
Unlike the Shandong Commander-in-Chief, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief is in charge of coastal defense affairs in the Denglai area and is now the main commander in resisting the Tiger Flag army.
He is the second person who came here.
A staff member next to Fu Zonglong came over, took the letter from the flag officer Niu Wu, and handed it to Fu Zonglong.
After reading the letter, Fu Zonglong slammed the letter on the table and said with an ugly face: "Come here, go find Ambassador Sun and Vice General Wang."
Special personnel went to the left and right wings of the army to invite Sun Chuanting and Wang Chengyin.
"Take this Niu Wu down and settle him down." Fu Zonglong waved his hands and asked his soldiers to take Niu Wu down who was delivering the message.
The left and right wings of the army were not too far away from Fu Zonglong's central army.
Without letting Fu Zonglong wait too long, Sun Chuanting and Wang Chengyin rushed over one after another.
"The supervisor called us here in such a hurry, but what happened?" As soon as Sun Chuanting arrived, he saw that Fu Zonglong's face was not good, so he asked tentatively.
Although Wang Chengyin did not speak, he listened carefully.
Fu Zonglong pressed his fingers on the letter on the table and said: "I just received a request for help from Governor Denglai. The tiger thieves have dispatched a navy from Lushun and are approaching Denglai. Under internal and external pressure, Governor Sun hopes that we can Help them hold back the bandit troops coming to the state."
"It's not that the slave chief sent Mang Gurtai to attack Lushun. How come the tiger bandits still have the strength to attack from the direction of Lushun and use troops?" Wang Chengyin couldn't help but say.
Doubt the authenticity of the Tiger Flag Navy's invasion message.
Sun Chuanting said: "The strength of the tiger thieves in Lushun should be strong enough to deal with the slave thieves' troops. How come they still have the strength to deal with Deng Lai? Could it be a mistake!"
He had the same suspicion.
Pseudo-Gold was able to suppress the Ming army in Liaodong on the Ningjin front line. Even if he had not personally fought against the slave thieves, he could understand how difficult it was to deal with the slave thieves.
No matter how powerful the Tiger Flag is, in a lonely place like Lushun where no aid has come, it seems to him that it will be difficult to resist the slaves and thieves with all their strength.
