In the late Ming Dynasty, there were famous generals but unknown troops. The troops the generals rely on were their personal soldiers, leading tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops. The most elite ones were the personal soldiers around the main general and the soldiers of the generals at all levels.

These personal soldiers or servants were full of food and pay, and their clothes, armor and weapons were all complete and well-equipped. These personal soldiers and servants did not have to engage in farm work and chores every day, but only needed to train martial arts. In order to support these elite soldiers, most generals had to deduct the food and pay issued by the court, and most of the money and food that had been heavily deducted were used to support these personal soldiers and servants.

Moreover, in order to win over these personal soldiers and servants, the generals have to train them from time to time to get closer to each other. Many personal soldiers and servants follow the generals as domestic servants and servants.

The personal soldiers who spent so much energy and money to raise them are indeed elite soldiers who can attack desperately on the battlefield. Even when facing the Jurchen army, there are often cases where a certain general leads personal soldiers and generals into the formation and all the members die in battle. This is indeed too brave and tenacious for the officers and soldiers of the same era.

However, the cost is huge and the number of people is small, and the capital of the generals is the generals. In order to strengthen border defense, the guilty generals of the criminal army could be exempted from being punished when they went to the border town. After they arrived at the border town, the level of the official position was often determined by the number of personal soldiers and generals he brought. Invisibly, the number of personal soldiers and subordinates had become a measure of the strength of the generals.

If the personal soldiers and soldiers are still there, even if tens of thousands of troops are defeated, they can recover. If the personal soldiers and soldiers are killed or injured, it will hurt the army's vitality and cannot be recovered.

Therefore, there is Wu Sangui's Laozi Wu Xiang, who has 70,000 people who actually raise 30,000 soldiers. Among the 30,000 soldiers, only 3,000 personal soldiers can be used. The allusion is better than Wu Xiang's food and use, which shows how important the personal soldiers and soldiers are to the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Shandong general Qiu Lei was full of anger in the yamen and refused to do anything. But at the door of the yamen, his face began to turn pale. The reason was that he was killed as a personal soldier who was relying on, so why not be afraid?

There were few soldiers from Jiaozhou camp and many soldiers, but there were such results outside in such a short time. The gap in strength between the two sides was obvious, and the military strength of the Jiaozhou camp outside the city was far beyond that of Qiu Lei's men. Shandong general Qiu Lei might have had some bad intentions before, but now he is just afraid.

Governor Yan Jizu and military supervisor Liu Yuanbin did not know any military affairs at all. Seeing the scene in front of him, he was shocked in his heart. Jiaozhou Camp was only thought to be the organization of Minzhuang Township Ding. The battle with the Qing Dynasty still had to rely on the troops of Shandong General Qiu Lei. Who would have thought that this would be the result?

The Texas magistrate was vomiting loudly on the side. This was a few voices that could be noticed in the field. The Texas scholars outside saw the evildoers who harmed the people and did evil things that harmed the heavens and were simply beheaded and killed. But when they saw this scene, no one felt happy.

The open space in front of the prefect's yamen was covered with bloody corpses, and the bloody atmosphere spread. The soldiers from Jiaozhou camp in the field issued orders and slashed the short axe in their hands.

This kind of scene similar to the slaughterhouse, whether it is the scholars and civilians in Dezhou City, the governors and military supervisors, or even the guards of the governors and military supervisors, are extremely afraid. As for the Qiu Lei's personal soldiers who were kneeling on the side and being taken care of, many of them even closed their eyes. It may be possible to go to the battlefield to gain life, but such a scene is a real test of courage.

There was a small episode in the middle. Several soldiers who were about to beheaded were struggling and shouting, but they didn't want to spare their lives. Jiaozhou Camp was so powerful that they had no idea. However, when they set off, they had to bring in more companions, such as the soldiers guarding the general Qiu Lei.

Since it is intimate with the main general, he must be the most confidant and the most high-ranking one, but in the eyes of Jiaozhouying, he doesn't care about these things at all.

Since he had identified it, soldiers immediately came over. Li Meng nodded. More than a dozen soldiers immediately surrounded Shandong general Qiu Lei. The identified personal soldiers around Qiu Lei were already stupid. They were just glad that they were by the general today. The other party would take some care of the face and not come forward to take people.

Who would have thought that the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp didn't care about this at all. They couldn't even resist in this situation. Someone actually shouted with Shandong General Qiu Lei:

"Help, Grandmaster, I was with you in Pingbailian..."

Before this sentence was finished, it was already pressed to the ground and cut off its head with an axe. When the soldier shouted, Li Meng and the soldiers who arrested the people were staring at Shandong General Qiu Lei. At this moment, Qiu Lei should not talk about courage, for fear that the other party would even cut himself off by this opportunity.

Moreover, looking at the fierce attitude of the Jiaozhou camp soldiers, it is very likely that they can't help but speak with a stiff face:

"I did something that was so unreasonable, and I would have the face to talk about my love back then. Today, General Li doesn't kill you, I will kill you!"

This was very contrary to his will. After saying that, even those Qiu Lei's subordinates who had no roots were involved in this case were all strange, and this was clearly abandoned by their own chief general.

Li Meng stood by and smiled and praised:

"General Qiu is indeed a person who knows the general justice. Li is indeed a little anxious about doing this today, but I think Lord Qiu will do this too."

After being asked by Li Meng, Qiu Lei could not even squeeze out a smile on his face. Li Meng was quite satisfied with this effect. First, most of the core personnel of Shandong General Qiu Lei had been knocked out, and second, because Qiu Lei's behavior was like this, his subordinates would probably not have any loyalty in the future.

This is really amazing. The dignified general of the general town and the generals of a province are only reliable. The number of soldiers and soldiers in their hands is only 500 or 600. In this way, the total number of soldiers and personnel at all levels is only 500 or 600, which is more than 1,000. What kind of combat power can such a force have?

"My sirs, let's continue to discuss matters, don't be delayed."

Li Meng said with a smile again, reaching out to make an invitation. It was Li Meng's suggestion that he came out, and it was Li Meng's statement when he went in. If someone else did this, I'm afraid the governor Yan Jizu and the military supervisor Liu Yuanbin would have been out of temper long ago. However, looking at the bloody scene outside, who would dare to say one more word?

Yan Jizu coughed and said:

"Foreign enemies are approaching, and there are still many major issues to be discussed. Don't delay it, go in and discuss it quickly!"

He lifted up the airs, and with a strong governor's temperament, he turned around and walked into the yamen of the magistrate of Dezhou. The military eunuch Liu Yuanbin also laughed dryly and followed him in. As for Shandong General Qiu Lei hesitated for a while, he turned around and walked in. The current situation did not allow him to object.

Li Meng nodded at Wang Hai next to him and walked in with him. This discussion really required discussion on how to arrange defense in Dezhou, so Li Meng naturally had to express his opinions.

Since it was given justice, the Texas magistrate naturally would not follow him in and staggered back to his residence to rest with his family. The other Texas gentry figures also scattered. The blood that he saw today may take a long time to reply, but at this time, someone finally felt a hint of pleasure in his heart. Thinking about the families in the city of Texas, and thinking about the girls of Deci'an who died of self-immolation, the blood that was full of blood was not without a little pleasure.

Even though the half-squatted Qiu Lei's personal soldiers were not killed, the scene they saw and the cold attitude of Qiu Lei could not increase their courage and combat power. Jiaozhou Camp did not intend to let them stay in the city, and directly escorted the personal soldiers from the north gate to drive them out of the city.

Another thousand soldiers from the Jiaozhou camp entered Dezhou and began to drive away the defenders at each city gate, and their own troops were used to replace the defense. Even the soldiers guarding the city gate were in the back sequence even among the subordinates of Shandong General Qiu Lei. They were completely old and weak soldiers, let alone resist. Soon, all the city gates in Dezhou City were already controlled by the Jiaozhou camp.

Seeing that the people around General Qiu Lei were driven out of the city, the people stationed in the south and east of the city began to get restless. Qiu Lei's generals did not know what was going on in the city. When the soldiers stationed at the city gate also appeared in front of him, the troops began to be uproar.

However, the restlessness quickly calmed down. The horse team and infantry of the Jiaozhou Camp appeared not far from Qiu Lei's military camp. At the battlement at the top of the city, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou Camp began to hang the heads and corpses that had just been killed one by one, and some blood was flowing down the city wall. It was already dusk, but the scene still made the people below speechless, and then they shuddered, and only then knew the difference in combat power between the two sides.

The guards below were like Dushi, and the other soldiers who heard the personal soldiers saying that General Qiu was invited to the mansion to discuss matters. Although life and death were unknown, there was no clear news. This could be regarded as a reason to comfort myself. Since lord is fine, why should I be so nervous? Why should I wait outside the city?

Li Meng's reconnaissance cavalry and provocateurs had long been entering the territory of Northern Zhili to investigate, but no movements of the Qing army were found in Hejian Prefecture and Cangzhou.
Chapter completed!