1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 546 Gathering Soldiers ([-])

In July 1645, Duoduo, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army's southern expedition, was blocked on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The Qing army occupied a large area of ​​land, and at the same time received a large amount of supplies.

However, when Duoduo looked back, he found that there were still a large number of Nanming forces entrenched in the Jianghuai area behind him, especially the tens of thousands of Dongping Bo Liu Zeqing, one of the four towns in Jiangbei, who were still stationed in Huai'an.

Immediately, Duoduo ordered Belle Boluo (Abate's third son) to lead the Eight Banners, supervise the troops under Li Benshen, and go north to attack Huai'an.

Seeing the Qing army attacking, Liu Zeqing did not dare to fight the enemy. He escaped from Huai'an and led his troops to retreat from Lianshui and Guannan all the way to Haizhou (now Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province).Just when he was about to flee back to the south of the Yangtze River on a large number of water transport ships detained in the early stage, Boluo sent people to surrender.

His nephew Liu Zhiqian and his lieutenants Zheng Longfang, Yao Wenchang and others also tried their best to persuade Liu Zeqing to surrender, saying that the Qing Dynasty had already swept the world, and its soldiers and horses were so powerful that no one could beat them. Great future ahead.

In addition, the representative sent by Boluo also assured Liu Zeqing that after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, his title and official position would remain unchanged, and the army's rations and various supplies would also be borne by the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Zeqing thought over and over again, then tied up more than a dozen Haizhou officials who were unwilling to surrender to the Qing, went to the Qing army camp in person, and asked Boluo to surrender.

Boluo was overjoyed, he captured Huaibei almost without bloodshed and relieved his worries. He also collected tens of thousands of troops from Huaibei, including Liu Zeqing, which further strengthened the strength of the Southern Expedition Army.

Before it was too late, Abatai, who was stationed in Jinan, heard that Huaibei had recovered, so he sent a message to Boluo, requesting to send some food and grass materials from Jianghuai and the needs of Shandong soldiers.The power of this Prince Denglai was so annoying, they almost evacuated the entire Jinan and Qingzhou prefectures, and even engulfed hundreds of thousands of common people and gentry to the coast of Denglai, so that Abatai led more than [-] soldiers and horses. , there is almost no place to beg for food.

In view of this, Boluo ordered Liu Zeqing's [-]st Division to send a large amount of materials looted in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River to Jinan. Lai area.

On July 7, Liu Zeqing's troops captured Andongwei easily, and the officers and soldiers under the command of the guard fled.

On July 7, Rizhao County surrendered without a fight to the attacking Li Benshen.

On July 7, the Qing army invaded the Jiaozhou area of ​​Laizhou Prefecture. In the afternoon of the same day, the Keling Mountain Guard captured and killed more than 23 Ming troops.

On July 7, the Qing army besieged Jiaozhou, but was desperately resisted by the officers and soldiers of Denglai Town in the city, so they were trapped in trenches.

On July 7, the Qing army divided its troops in Jiaozhou, and Li Benshen went north to take Gaomi and Pingdu prefectures, and then threatened Laizhou prefecture to Zhiye County.Liu Zeqing's troops took Jimo in the east, then attacked Laiyang and Qixia in the northeast, and went straight to Dengzhou to rule Penglai.Tulai led the Eight Banners to supervise a part of the surrendered army, continued to besiege Jiaozhou, and ensured the smooth supply of supplies for the two Qing armies.

At the same time, Tulai also ordered Liu Zeqing's general Zheng Longfang to lead 160 troops and take more than [-] large and small tank boats to attack Penglai along the coast.

Although Abatai, who was stationed in Jinan, was short of food and grass, he also sent more than [-] Mongolian cavalry led by Ird to Qingzhou Prefecture, ready to wait for an opportunity.

For a time, the situation in Denglai changed suddenly, facing the Qing army's third-line attack by land and at the same time, Liu Zeqing's side attack by sea, which made the prince and other civil and military officials panic.

The Qi State ship that wanted to transfer a group of refugees to Jeju Island had to stop for this reason, and began to respond to the siege of the Qing army and carry out the necessary counterattack.

"The Abatai Qing army stationed in Qingzhou Prefecture can be ignored for the time being. Because the line from Changle, Weixian, Changyi, to Yexian has basically been wiped out by Denglai. The Qing army should not be able to attack Laizhou for a long distance." Holding a short stick, He Yunfeng pointed to a map on the wall and said, "So, the most threatening people we face are Li Benshen and Liu Zeqing."

"Therefore, I suggest that the main force of Denglai Town go out of Pingdu Prefecture to prevent Li Benshen from continuing to advance northward. At the same time, Denglai Town sends another powerful team, carrying a large number of firearms, to Qixia for reinforcements, trying to take advantage of the local mountainous terrain. Liu Zeqing's troops were blocked here. And our Qi State Marine Corps, together with [-] self-salvation troops, took a ship to detour to Lingshanwei and landed, attacked the back of the Qing army, cut off its logistics supplies, and relieved the siege of Jiaozhou."

After finishing speaking, He Yunfeng looked at the officers of Landing Town and Qi Guohai and Army officers sitting in the room, and added with a smile: "As for the Jiannu troops who came from the sea, they are nothing more than sending us some heads and ships to destroy the land. So, it shouldn’t be difficult.”

After listening, Jiang Yongrui, the general soldier, nodded, expressing his approval of the combat mission assigned by the Qi State Staff Officer.Today, the entire town of Denglai has undergone another expansion of the army, and the number of troops has increased to more than [-], and the ordnance is well-equipped. All of them use high-quality steel knives and spearheads brought from the mainland of Qi. One thousand pairs of half-body plate armor, five thousand sets of crocodile leather armor, and the end is well-equipped.The only thing lacking is nothing more than actual combat.

However, Jiang Yongrui is very confident that he will build an elite division with considerable combat power within one or two years. Although it cannot be compared with the Eight Banners of Manchuria, it is still relatively sure to deal with some surrendered troops.If it can rival the Eight Banners Han army's combat power, then it is not impossible for him to consolidate the land of Denglai, and then spy on Shandong and Huaihe Rivers.

In response to the large-scale siege of the Qing army this time, the army of Qi State was still used to defeat the enemy. The officers and soldiers of Denglai Town guarded the city, which was more in line with their respective combat power positioning.The officers and soldiers of Denglai Town first relied on the city defense to fight offensive and defensive battles with the surrendered army to train the troops.After having a certain amount of actual combat experience, maybe he can follow the army of Qi State and attack outside at the right time.

On July 7, a group of 30 large and small ships from the Qi State Fleet encountered more than 25 tank ships from the Liu Zeqing Department of the Qing Army near the Weihaiwei sea area, and a massacre began at sea.

The poor tank boats were originally only used for the transportation of materials on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and they were not armed. Facing the powerful Qi fleet, they had no resistance at all. After being sunk and destroying more than [-] ships, In addition, unable to escape the pursuit of the opponent, Zheng Longfang, the chief general of the Qing army, simply led his army to surrender. After confiscating all the armed forces of the surrendered army, the Qi State Fleet sent several warships to take them all to Weihaiwei, where they were temporarily detained.

On August 8, the Qi State Marine Corps led a self-rescue army to land in Lingshanwei. On the evening of the same day, artillery bombarded the gate of Lingshanwei City, captured and killed more than 2 people who stayed behind in the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Red Banner, and surrendered more than [-] troops. Countless materials were seized.

On August 8, Niu Hu, the head of the regiment, left a part of the self-rescue army stationed at Lingshan Guard, and led the army to quickly cross the Fengshui River (now the Fenghe in the south of Huangdao District, Qingdao City), and rushed to a farm near the Yanghe River in a day and night. , Immediately demolished the bridge on the river more than ten miles upstream and downstream, and then quietly stationed here, waiting for the counterattack of the Jiannu army.

This time, Tulai led the army to attack the south wing of Lai, without carrying the cannons in red. Therefore, when facing small cities such as Andongwei, Lingshanwei, and Rizhao County, they could easily conquer them. Jimo and other relatively large cities, after being resisted desperately by the officers and soldiers of Denglai Town, seemed to be a bit struggling.

Jiaozhou city has been besieged for more than ten days, and was attacked by ants for several rounds by the Qing army, all of which were repelled by the defenders in the city.However, Li Benshen and Liu Zeqing, who divided their forces to attack Gaomi and Jimo, also failed to conquer the two cities, leaving some soldiers and horses to besiege and continue to go further north.

When Tulai heard that Lingshan Guard had been captured by a force headed by a black-clothed army and had cut off their supply from the rear, he immediately panicked.The food and grass needed by the tens of thousands of troops depended entirely on the supply lines of Huaibei, Haizhou, Rizhao, and Lingshanwei.If this is blocked in Jiaozhou by others, and the food and grass are cut off, wouldn't it lead to the collapse of the army, or even annihilation of the entire army.

After hastily dispatching two teams of messengers to recruit Li Benshen and Liu Zeqing back, Tulai did not delay in Jiaozhou City, and led the army back immediately, trying to recapture Lingshanwei and open up the follow-up supply line.

On August 8, when Tulai led the army to the vicinity of the Yang River, he saw a mixed army of more than 6 black and gray troops waiting on the other side of the river, blocking their way back.Tulai was a little startled. This black-clothed army had been rumored among the Qing army for a long time. Its firearms were sharp, and it fought resolutely. The enemy of the Qing army.

Before Tulai gave the order to launch a large army wading attack, the artillery suddenly roared in the opponent's formation, and the artillery bombarded his head and face, which made the slightly messy formation even more chaotic due to the rush.In particular, the newly attached Liu Zeqing's unit was on the verge of collapse.Damn, haven't you seen artillery bombardment?

It took a long time for Tulai to bring more than [-] Manchurian Eight Banners to make the army retreat several hundred meters, and it was only then that the chaos in the team could be stopped.Afterwards, Tulai ordered the surrendered troops to run to the upstream and downstream river shoals separately, trying to distract and divide the enemy in front of them.

Sure enough, after seeing the division of the Qing army in the black-clothed army on the opposite side, they also divided into two groups. Following the movement of the Qing army, they divided up and went to the upper and lower reaches of the Yanghe River.However, there were several pack horses in the opponent's team, pulling a few cannons along with the army.

Oh, why is the cannon of the black army so light that a horse can easily drag it around.This small river does not seem to be easy to cross.

(End of this chapter)