Tan Tai, who fled from Shouguang City, led more than a hundred troops and fled outside Daoyidu City, but learned that the Ming army had broken through the city.

"Let's go back to Jinan immediately." Tan Tai's men only had more than a hundred men. Seeing that they were all occupied by the Ming army, Tan Tai had no choice but to flee back to Jinan in embarrassment.

Facts have proved that Banerdai did not deceive Zhu Yunfei, it was him who provided the information and led the way.

Li Hu and Cao Ming led 700 elite cavalry and successfully captured the weak Yidu.

Yidu is the capital of Qingzhou Prefecture. There are tens of thousands of people in the city. Adding the people who were held captive by the slaves, the city's population has skyrocketed to 150,000 or 60,000.

These trapped people were enslaved like cattle by the slaves.

Because they didn't have enough to eat and had to help the slaves transport stolen food supplies, hundreds of people were killed every day.

"These damned Tatars really deserve to go to hell."

After Li Hu and Cao Ming led their troops into the city, they looked at the ragged people along the street and the scene of starvation and resentment.

Especially the smell of rotting corpses in the air is even more disgusting.

"General Li, there are hungry people all over the place. We should open warehouses immediately to stock up on food." Cao Ming looked at the scene in front of him and said with a frown as he smelled the stench in the air.

"You're right, let's arrange it immediately." Li Hu shook his hand to dispel the stench and frowned, "This smell is really unpleasant and must be dispelled."

"General Li, this is the smell of the rotting corpses of people who died of starvation in the city and were killed by Jiannu slaves."

Benader drove his horse up and said: "Now these corpses must be burned immediately, and the people in the city must be driven out of the city to wash their bodies."

"The whole city will be burned and cleaned, otherwise the plague will easily breed."

"So serious?" Li Hu was also shocked when he heard this. He was a martial artist, but he had no experience or ability in these areas.

"General Li, we are not good at this matter. We must report it to the general immediately and ask him to send someone to take charge of the overall situation." Cao Ming was also surprised and said quickly.

"Yes, send someone to report it immediately." Li Hu nodded nervously and said to Bennadai: "Sir, you will be responsible for this government affairs. Cao Ming and I will maintain public order and provide porridge to the people."

Banadai was born as a Mongolian slave, but he was actually Nak'er in the Namuzhong family.

Nakoer in Mongolian refers to the personal soldiers and companions of the noble lord ‘Nayan’.

So despite his humble background, he is quite talented. Not only can he fight, but he also has the ability to bring peace to the people.

The reason why he was willing to surrender to Zhu Yunfei was not because Klentu sent him to surrender.

But he heard from Klentu that Concubine Namuzhong had committed herself to Zhu Yunfei.

As a Nake'er, wherever the master is, he will naturally be there.

Under the Shouguang City, Zhu Yunfei successfully completed the reorganization of 8,000 young recruits with the assistance of Yang Cai and Li Zhifang.

Yang Yan in Shouguang City and Li Geng, the county magistrate, also received seized materials as gifts from Zhu Yunfei.

It not only reinvigorated the morale of the military, but also inspired the morale of the three armies.

It was even more successful in restoring people's hearts and reviving more than 80,000 hungry people.

But all this is just an appearance. First of all, the crisis in Shouguang has not been resolved yet.

First of all, the food in Shouguang City is far from enough to support more than 80,000 people. Adding the 5,000 soldiers in the city, that is more than 90,000 people.

In other words, no matter how much you save on food, the 30,000 shi of food seized will be exhausted in a month at most.

Secondly, Shouguang's current city defense is weak, which is not conducive to holding on.

The most important thing is that the army of Jiannu will come to kill you at any time and trap Shouguang. You will undoubtedly sit there and wait for death.

Zhu Yunfei also considered this issue, so after settling the army recruitment matters, Zhu Yunfei summoned Yang Yan and Li Geng to the big tent.

"General Yang, the magistrate of Li County, cannot stay in Shouguang for long. Now we must mobilize the people to move."

"There are two plans now, one is to move to Yidu, and the other is to move to Laizhou."

"There is a prerequisite for going to Yidu, that is, Li Hu must recapture Yidu."

"The second question is whether Yidu really has enough food and grass to feed a population of 100,000 people for a long time."

After hearing Zhu Yunfei's proposal, Yang Yan and Li Geng both nodded.

"I'll wait and follow the general's arrangements."

"In this case, make arrangements immediately and organize the people to prepare for the relocation. When news comes tomorrow, we will immediately decide on the departure plan."

Although Zhu Yunfei's focus these days is on reorganizing military affairs in the camp.

But he also saw the performance of Li Geng and Yang Yan in reassuring the people in the city, and he greatly appreciated the ability and cooperation shown by the two.

"I obey the general's orders." The two men immediately stood up and responded.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yunfei received a military report sent by Cao Ming.

I learned that Yidu City was successfully captured, and that ten piles of grain and grass were seized, as well as countless gold and silver treasures.

Zhu Yunfei was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to call Yang Yan and Li Geng.

"News came from Yidu. Our army successfully captured Yidu, seized ten piles of grain and grass, and rescued more than 100,000 people..."

The ten piles of grain and grass mentioned by Zhu Yunfei were the warehouses used by the Ming army to store grain. Generally, a warehouse could stack 30,000 to 50,000 shi of grain and grass.

Li Hu and Cao Ming had just captured Yidu. Since they didn't have time to count, they could only report the number of granaries.

Zhu Yunfei watched the two people report the situation in Yidu and continued.

"The city of Yidu is strong and suitable for holding on if there is food and grass."

"I think General Yang Shen and Li Zhixian, you should move to Yidu immediately."

"Securing Yidu is equivalent to laying a nail in Qingzhou, which can contain the Jiannu soldiers and stabilize the situation in Qingzhou."

"I wonder what you two think?"

"What the general said makes sense, I will lead Shouguang soldiers and civilians to set off immediately."

Yang Yan and Li Geng cooperated tacitly and immediately stood up and responded with their hands in hand.

"Without further delay, let's take action immediately." Zhu Yunfei nodded and said: "I have recruited eight thousand new soldiers in my camp, and asked Qi Yilong to lead three thousand people and integrate them into the Qingzhou Guard."

"Assist you in guarding Yidu. I need to lead my army back to Laizhou immediately."

"I will then send Jin Yiwei Baihu Song Qing to keep in touch with you."

"General, take care!" Yang Yan already knew at this time that his cousin Yang Cai had joined Zhu Yunfei.

At this time, he actually understood in his heart that from now on, the Yang family would definitely need to rely on Zhu Yunfei a lot.

"Take care, both of you, and see you soon!"

Zhu Yunfei bowed to the two of them and watched them go.

In the afternoon of that day, more than 90,000 soldiers and civilians in Shouguang City, led by Yang Yan, Li Geng, Qi Yilong and others, headed for Yidu.

Zhu Yunfei, Yang Cai, and Li Zhifang led more than 3,000 Dengzhou troops under their tent and 5,000 new troops to withdraw to Laizhou Prefecture.

As for the 700 cavalrymen in Dengzhou under Li Hu and Cao Ming, they could only wait for Yang Yan and others to arrive in Yidu before returning to Laizhou.

Pingduzhou City.

Li Huajing, who was ordered to guard Pingdu City, received news from Cao Gui in advance and learned that the Qing army was coming to kill 12,000 men.

In addition to the 1,800 soldiers at hand, plus the Jiaozhou Zhizhou Yamen, the regiment training camp recruited 500 young men, plus the 2,000 civilian men recruited.

Li Huajing was full of confidence, gearing up and preparing for a big fight.

However, Li Huajing obviously overestimated himself and underestimated the strength of the Qing army.

The 12,000-banner infantry and cavalry led by Bo Hetuo were fighting at the gates of Pingdu City.

The general of the bodyguard under Bo He Tuo's account, Baya Lajia Lazhang Jingsu Bai, led a thousand fine cavalry to circle the city and, with flying shots, immediately discovered the reality of the city's head.

It turned out that in order to strengthen defense, Li Huajing deployed 600 Laizhou troops in each of the east and west cities, and each was equipped with 400 regiment training camp civilians.

Three hundred soldiers were deployed in each city in the north and south, as well as 800 regiment training camp civilians.

There is actually nothing wrong with such a deployment of troops.

It's just Pingduzhou City. It's just a state city. The city is only one foot high. In addition to the years of peace, many places on the city wall have collapsed and the moat has dried up.

The defensive capabilities were far inferior to those of Laizhou City. Li Huajing was ordered to guard the city for a short time and did not have time to dredge the moat. He only repaired some of the city walls.

After Baya Lajia Lazhangjing Subai's report, Bohetuo immediately made a plan to attack Pingdu City.

That is to order Yang Yuming, the commander-in-chief of the Han Army Banner, to lead a fierce attack on the east gate with 3,000 troops.

Zhengbai Banner, Manchuria Gushan Ezhen'ashan, led five thousand troops to attack the south gate.

He led Suohai and Hulibu, each with a thousand men and horses, to attack the two northwest gates.

Li Huajing's original intention was that he could take care of each city and conduct a strong defense.

But as a result, the Qing army attacked the city from all sides, and the attacks at each gate were fierce, which led to Li Huajing's misjudgment.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time. When night fell, the Qing army pretended to withdraw its troops.

While the garrison at the top of the city was having dinner, Ashan personally led the main force to storm the south gate.

The defenders at the top of the city were caught off guard and the Qing army captured the south gate in one fell swoop.

"Follow me to the battle and kill Jiannu down to the city." Li Huajing led his troops to rescue him, but was defeated by Ashan.

Thanks to the fire and thunder bomb cover of the lieutenant generals, Li Huajing was able to lead the remaining soldiers to escape from the city.

"Kill, rush into the city and rob all the Ming Man's belongings."

Under the night, Bo Hetuo saw Ashan leading his army to capture the south gate. He stood up on his horse and drew his sword. He raised his sword high and pointed at Pingdu City, roaring with excitement.

[Author's digression]: The names of people in the chapter are confused.

Abatai here is Bohetuo.
Chapter completed!