Zhou Wang's meaning, Lin Chunhong, Lu Shiming and Tian Chuyun understood it, but it was nothing more than saying that if Yuetuo could cross the canal, the strategic encirclement and suppression plan would not be a failure. As for Jinan, the soldiers in the city could defend enough time. The Jingzhou military could force Yuetuo to withdraw through tactical movements. If Jinan could not defend enough time, the Jingzhou army would not have to give up its strategic goals in order to rescue Jinan.

The so-called enough time is the time when the main force of the Jingzhou army rushed from Liaocheng to Yanshan County, Hejian Prefecture.

In terms of reason, Lin Chunhong also agreed with Zhou Wang's opinion, but emotionally speaking, once the Jingzhou army does not provide help, it is estimated that it will be difficult for three days to hold on with the bombardment of the red and barbarian cannons of the Tartars. In this way, the total number of residents in Jinan, including the surrounding suburbs, will be in dire straits.

Lin Chunhong felt embarrassed and turned to look at Lu Shiming to see what Lu Shiming had.

Lu Shiming gritted his teeth and said decisively: "We cannot rescue Jinan! Judging from Dorgon's current military deployment, looting more wealth and population is not his most important purpose. If his subordinates are probably good, Dorgon should have forced us to leave the canal and divide our troops to create a fighter opportunity to eliminate part of our army!"

Lin Chunhong's heart moved and looked at Tian Chuyun again. Tian Chuyun said, "I agree with the opinions of Governor Zhou and General Manager Lu!"

Lin Chunhong stood up suddenly and ordered firmly: "This battle is code-named Thunder, with the goal of completely annihilated Yuetuo! Beat the drums and gather the generals!"

...

Since the Grand Canal was excavated in the Sui Dynasty, with the changes in the economic center, the canal channels in Shandong, Henan, and northern Zhili areas have changed the most. The current canal has basically not changed since the Luozhou River and Huitong River were dug in the Yuan Dynasty, except for the Jishuitan to Tongzhou section no longer open to navigation.

Among them, the section from Tianjin to Linqing is called the Northern Canal, and the section from Linqing to Pizhou is called the Lu River. These two sections of canal flow all the way north, which means that the Longwu Army, Xiongwei Legion and Shenji Legion led by Tian Chuyun were transported to Yanshan County, Hejian Prefecture, and along the way.

"Boom...boom..."

A violent explosion suddenly came, and it seemed particularly vulnerable in the quiet night sky.

"The Tartars are here!" The officers and soldiers and the people, who were frightened, ran around in fear. However, to their surprise, they ran for several quarters of an hour and almost couldn't find the way home, and they did not see any Tartars.

The people returned to the explosion site tremblingly and were surprised to find that the stone arch bridge that they had been walking for hundreds of years disappeared and was shattered by explosives. Several ships carrying more than a hundred soldiers were clearing the waterway.

From Liaocheng to Yanshan County, the waterway distance is more than 600 miles, and there are about 120 stone arch bridges. These bridges disappeared overnight, and the traffic between the east and west of the canal was completely cut off.

The people and the government were shocked and inquire about it, and then they realized that the Jingzhou army had blown up all the bridges!

To be precise, it should have been bombed by the Beiwei Army under the command of the Jingzhou Army. When the 52 martial arts masters were tortured by Shen Yi, they finally received the task. After hearing this, they all looked forward to it.

Finally, I can get rid of this devilish training.

The soldiers of Beiweiying, who were highly motivated, were divided into several strands, and happily carried explosive bags to the target, blew the bridge into pieces, and then aimed at the next bridge and began to advance.

No wonder these good men in the world are so excited and perform such simple tasks. Compared with devilish training, it is simply the difference between heaven and hell. What's more, men have destructive slaughter in their bones, especially these men who have been able to vent their inner filth by resisting the righteousness of the Tartars. Why not do it?

Moreover, the explosion of fire and the earth-shaking loud noise made these men full of pride. Especially when they saw the people running wildly, they even had an impulse: stop the people and declared: "Don't run away, this is what I did, isn't it?"

The people were angry, pointing to the sky and drawing the earth, scolding the Jingzhou army, accusing the Jingzhou army of not resisting the Tartars, but damaging the people's traffic. The government was angry, and the memorials flew to the Shandong Governor Yan Jizu like snowflakes.

Yan Jizu was also angry. The Jingzhou army not only blocked the connection between the east and west of the canal, but also made Dezhou connect to the west and north of the canal. Originally, Liu Zeqing led more than 7,000 elite troops to Jingxian slowly, just one canal from Dezhou. Now he found an excuse and simply stationed in Jingxian. If Yan Jizu urged his troops, he would just hold on.

Now the Tartars are heading for Gaotang and Jinan, and Jinan is in danger. Yan Jizu, as the governor, has an unshirkable responsibility for Jinan's defense. Yan Jizu could not urge Liu Zeqing's soldiers, and Zhang Gongwei in Dezhou City was also slandered, and he only had more than 3,000 model soldiers under his command. In desperation, he had to write a letter with a tough wording, allowing Lin Chunhong to quickly rescue Jinan.

Lin Chunhong did move troops, but what shocked Yan Jizu was that Tian Chuyun led 30,000 to 40,000 troops to board the boat in Liaocheng and looked straight at Dezhou.

Yan Jizu was originally from Zhangzhou, Fujian. The entire Yan family had more or less connections with Zheng Zhilong, and his horizons were still broad. Later, after Lin Chunhong rose strongly in Guangdong, he opened up a route to the West. The Yan family turned to Lin Chunhong and made a fortune. Although Yan Jizu and Lin Chunhong had never met, they were considered to be a god-like friendship for a long time.

However, to this day, the safety of Jinan involves Yan Jizu's wealth and life. The more he thought about it, he felt more and more afraid. In desperation, he came up with a self-confidence method: he once again wrote a letter to Lin Chunhong, sternly rebuking Lin Chunhong for not wanting to destroy the Tartars, but marching north with ulterior motives. At the same time, he also submitted a memorial to Zhu Youjian, emphasizing that because Yang Sichang ordered the heavy troops in Dezhou, Lin Chunhong remained unmoved, causing Shandong to fall into danger, and then expressed his loyalty, saying that he would not be stingy in his body and fight the Tartars to the end.

After completely ruling the blame, Yan Jizu immediately called Zhang Gongwei, the Marquis of Longping, and said, "I am in accordance with the emperor's will to guard Shandong. Shandong was poisoned by the Tartars, and I am not redeemed for death. Jinan is in danger, so I am leading 3,000 troops to rescue him. As for the safety of Dezhou, I am also asked to give him the strength to do so."

When Zhang Gongwei heard this, he cursed Yan Jizu's ancestors all over the 18th generation. He could see Yan Jizu's plan at a glance: Seeing that Lin Chunhong's army was about to arrive in Dezhou, Yan Jizu was unwilling to have anything to do with Lin Chunhong, so he led his troops to apply oil and threw this hot potato into his hands.

Although he had seen through Yan Jizu's treacherous plan, Zhang Gongwei could not stop Yan Jizu at all. Yan Jizu was under the banner of rescuing Jinan. If Zhang Gongwei stopped him, the city of Jinan would be destroyed in the future. All the responsibility would be to him, Longping Hou, to cut off his titles, and to lose his head. Or, Zhang Gongwei asked Yan Jizu to stay in the city, and personally led more than 10,000 troops to rescue Jinan. However, when he thought of the Tartars who were like wolves and tigers, Zhang Gongwei felt that Lin Chunhong's face was far less ferocious than the Tartars, so it would be better to deal with Lin Chunhong's journey north.

Zhang Gongwei was silent for a while and finally agreed to Yan Jizu.

So, Yan Jizu ordered his troops out of the city and marched towards Jinan. Along the way, he was extremely confused. The Tartars rushed straight to Jinan. The possibility of letting Jinan was almost zero. On the one hand, if Jinan could hold on, he would bear much less responsibility. However, in this way, the three thousand model soldiers he led would probably confront the Tartars, and the possibility of being wrapped in a horse was very high. On the other hand, if Jinan was broken, he would probably avoid the Tartars and escape the disaster. However, Jinan was the first provincial capital to be captured by the Tartars. Will Zhu Youjian let him go afterwards?

The left is dead, and the right is dead. Yan Jizu regretted it very much, so why did he run to Shandong to be the governor of Luosi?

After thinking about it, Yan Jizu still felt that it was more acceptable to fight the Tartars to fight to the death. Since he had the ambition to die in his heart, Yan Jizu was surprised to find that the Tartars hundreds of miles away were not as terrible as they imagined, and there were many loopholes. The three thousand troops he led had great potential.

Yan Jizu immediately ordered the entire army to speed up and head straight for Gaotang. There was the Tartars' wealth and temporary storage place for the population. As long as Yan Jizu led his troops nearby, it would inevitably involve a lot of Tartars' troops.

Yan Jizu was full of courage and his mind became more agile. He was always puzzled about why Lin Chunhong went north. After careful consideration, he suddenly had an idea and guessed Lin Chunhong's plan.

Yan Jizu had a glimmer of hope, and rode on the horse, laughing endlessly: "Marquis Longping, Marquis Longping, I hope you don't have to fight with Lin Chunhong..."

After laughing, Yan Jizu loudly ordered: "Go to Linqing!"

...

When Yan Jizu turned around to Linqing to seek protection from the Jingzhou army and save his life, Yue Tuoye had already captured Qihe County and fought with the elderly, weak, sick and disabled in Jinan City.

Jinan City was already empty, and Yan Jizu took away more than 3,000 model soldiers, and only 500 township soldiers and more than 700 Lai soldiers were left in the city. Even the city wall was dissatisfied, let alone defense.

When the government offices in the city heard that the Tartars were approaching, they were all scared to death, and they packed up their packages to escape. Some gangsters took advantage of the situation and robbed the people everywhere, insulted women, and the city was in chaos. At this critical moment, the Shandong inspector, Song Xuezhu, returned to Zhangqiu, and despite the heavy army of the Tartars, led his personal guards into the city.

Zhu Zhi of Song was full of tricks and had always fought with Yan Jizu continuously. His reputation was no less than Yan Jizu. Now that Yan Jizu was not in the city, Zhu Zhu of Song took on the burden without permission.

Song Xuezhu used Pili methods to suppress the gangsters in the city and appease the people, temporarily stabilizing the situation in the city. Then, Song Xuezhu took advantage of the fact that the Tartars had not yet established a stable foothold and personally led the elderly, weak and sick and disabled to go out to fight. The Tartars were caught off guard and lost a small defeat.

This small victory was right at the right time, and even more so that the Song Xue Zhu generals hung high above the city tower. The soldiers in the city were all over the city and the people were all motivated. They vowed to fight the Tartars to die and survive and die with Jinan.

Song Xuezhu took the opportunity to recruit warriors to the city tower to garrison, and obtained more than 3,000 soldiers from the village. Together with the military commander Zhou Zhixun, the city defense in Jinan was organized vividly.

The fall of Jinan is still a foregone conclusion, but if you persist for a few days, there should be no problem.
Chapter completed!