1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 581 The Great War Begins ([-])
November 11, Denglai, Ye County (now Laizhou City, Shandong).

Han Mengbo, Deputy General of the Right Association of Denglai Town, turned over the document in his hand, read it at least five times, his face was uncertain.

"You said that the tens of thousands of slave-building troops outside the city surrounded our Ye county. No matter how you look at it, the city is in danger of being destroyed at any time." Han Mengbo handed the letter to a general next to him, and then smiled. Facing the other generals, he said: "This Yang Chengzu is either dedicated to my Ming Dynasty, and will never change his life and death, and is willing to die with us in Ye County. Or, he must have some unknown purpose. Everyone, think how?"

"What General Han said is true!" A guerrilla said with a smile: "Not to mention that the situation in Ye County is critical now, even judging from the current situation in the world, Jianshou is the strongest. This Yang Chengzu is not good as a slave for others, but wants Why did you come here to pretend to surrender? Without saying anything, lure him into the city, chop him up, and then send his head back to Jiannu. Let those descendants who have forgotten their ancestors take a good look at it, this is a dog for people end!"

"If this Yang Chengzu really came to surrender because he couldn't bear Jiannu's suspicion and oppression, we would kill him indiscriminately. If there are other generals who surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, would they be so cold? Are you determined to work for Jiannu?" The general next to Han Mengbo said with a frown.

"What's so difficult about it?" said the guerrilla, "If Yang Chengzu really wants to surrender us, he has to make some noise in the Jiannu camp, either by burning the Jiannu's food and grass, or by attacking and killing the Jiannu's few." A major general must have a certificate of honor, right?"

"Old Zhou is right." Han Mengbo said with a smile: "That's it, let Yang Chengzu's messenger send a message back, make an appointment to burn the food and grass in the slave camp, and then come to vote for me. Daming. To play false surrender, you have to come up with something that convinces us!"

In the camp of the Qing army outside the city of Ye County, Yang Chengzu heard the messenger say that the defenders of Ye County in the city required him to obtain a certificate of surrender before surrendering to the Ming Dynasty. manner.

Not daring to be negligent, Yang Chengzu immediately took a messenger to the Duoduo tent to report the progress of the false surrender here.

Duoduo stared at Yang Chengzu expressionlessly, and did not speak for a while, which made the atmosphere in the tent freeze to the extreme, and the two white tooth assassins standing beside him held their waists and lowered the handle of the knife, staring intently.

"The food and grass carried by the army is only stored for three days. If it is set on fire, the army will be in a panic." Duoduo said: "If the Ming army sneaks to the back of the army and attacks Changyi , Break Wei County, cut off my army's food supply, maybe tens of thousands of my horses will die here. General Yang, do you think so?"

"Prince Yu, the last general... the last general will definitely not dare to really burn the food and grass in the camp." Yang Chengzu heard Duoduo's unkind words, and hurriedly fell to his knees, "But the general who defended Ye County sent a message to me. , need to submit a nomination certificate to him. At the end of the day, the general thought about it, why not empty a field in the camp, gather firewood and trees to pile it up, and then light a fire, thinking that the food and grass have been burned."

"If the Ming army in Ye County still doesn't believe it and wants you to kill this king, how will you respond?" Duoduo asked.

"How dare the general dare to do such a rebellious thing!" Yang Chengzu immediately sweated profusely and kowtowed heavily after hearing the words, "Prince Yu, the general is absolutely loyal to the Qing Dynasty. , even more respectful as parents, how could they do this...an act of a beast? The Lord Mingjian!...Since the Ming army did not believe in the plan of the last general to feign surrender, tomorrow, the last general will lead his troops to attack Ye County, and it is bound to be captured by our Qing Dynasty. This city, destroy Denglai, capture and kill the false emperor of Yongchu!"

"The strong city of Ye County is well-defended and has a lot of firearms. Are you sure you can capture it tomorrow?" Duoduo sneered.

"The end will be loyal to my Qing Dynasty, not afraid of life and death, why cherish this body!"

When Duoduo heard the words, he felt contempt in his heart, Da Ming raised you for decades, but he still couldn't be loyal, because he was afraid of my Qing military power, he had to surrender.It makes you a warrior, as if you are so loyal and unyielding.

"Batu, go down and make some arrangements with General Yang." Duoduo turned around and told a leader of the Eight Banners in the tent, "If you can gain the trust of the defenders in the city, you'd better sneak into the city and think that you should respond."

Yang Chengzu felt relieved when he heard the words, knowing that Duoduo planned to let him continue to perform the feint-surrender, and he also had a glimmer of hope for him.Since the siege of Ye County for several days, various Han armies have taken turns to attack the city. Except for leaving a place of corpses, there has been almost no progress. Not even a small fortress has been conquered, which made the coach Doduo very anxious.

Even after conquering Ye County, there is still Huang County behind. I heard that the city defense facilities of Penglai in Denglaizhi are even worse than that of Ye County. There are also many fortresses, and there are many artillery defenders in the city, and the soldiers are worthy of battle. For the Qing army, it may be difficult to win quickly.

However, the two armies of the north and the south, 10,000+ soldiers and horses, consume countless supplies and food every day, all of which are transported by the rear. The grain roads stretching for hundreds of miles not only make the officers and soldiers of the Qing army who oversee the grain and grass miserable, but also raise supplies from the rear. Ding Wensheng, the governor of Shandong, was also unable to continue.Excessive looting has caused signs of unrest among the people in Shandong, Henan, Huaibei and other places. In dozens of prefectures and counties, civil unrest, resistance to food collection, and donations have occurred to varying degrees.If the war drags on for a long time, Denglai may not be able to calm down, but there will be chaos in the rear.
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Boluo, who lives in Laiyang, received a series of bad news.

Hao Xiaozhong and Zhang Tianfu continued to attack Qixia for several days, but they lost more than [-] troops and failed to fight again.

After conquering Jimo, Luck Dehun divided his troops to attack along the coast, successively conquered Dasongwei, Haiyangsuo (now Haiyang City, Shandong), and Rushan, and then attacked Wendeng in the northeast direction, but was blocked by the defenders in the city. They fought fiercely and failed to overcome for several days. Later, due to unfavorable supplies, they temporarily retreated to Rushan.But nothing was found in the surrounding plunder, so he asked the rear to quickly deliver food and grass to continue the attack on Wendeng with the attacking army.

Yesterday evening, Liu Wuyuan, who was attacking Rizhao County, sent a fast horse to report that more than [-] Ming troops had landed near Rizhao County, and among them were the troops in black from Qi State.After repelling the reinforcements on this road, the Ministry will withdraw from Rizhao and prepare to defend Juzhou and Jiaozhou to cover the rear for the army. However, it still asks Boluo to send the elite of the Eight Banners back in case of emergency.

However, Boluo hadn't reacted yet. Early this morning, he received another report from Juzhou Kuaima, saying that Guo Hu's troops of the Han army had rebelled, and the troops of Liu Wuyuan and Li Qifeng of the Eight Banners Han army with the red flags were defeated. Only a thousand people fled. Back to Juzhou.After the Ming-Qi allied forces and Li Benshen's Ming army in Rizhao County joined forces, they had surrounded Juzhou and were about to attack the city.Therefore, I ask Boluo to send reinforcements back quickly to relieve the difficulties in Juzhou.

Boluo was shocked. You must know that the supply of grain and grass for the Qing army on the South Road was transported from Jining to Yizhou on the one way, and transported to Yizhou from Huaibei through the Yihe River on the other way, and then transported to Juzhou on a pack horse carriage. State, and from this, they were transferred to Jiaozhou and Laiyang, and used by the front-line army.

I thought that Juzhou was far from the sea, and even if the Ming army landed nearby with the advantage of boats, Juzhou would receive the news as soon as possible and prepare for it. Moreover, Boluo also specially kept Liu Wuyuan, Li Qifeng, Guo Hu and other Eight Banners Han troops, together with the left-behind soldiers and horses in Juzhou and Jiaozhou, have an army size of more than [-]. Guarding by the city should be able to ensure the retreat of the army.

Unexpectedly, Liu Wuyuan, Li Qifeng and others failed to capture Rizhao County for a long time, but were caught off guard by the Ming army who landed suddenly, and lost more than [-] troops.As a result, Juzhou is in danger, and the rear of the entire South Army is also at risk of being cut off.

Boluo immediately ordered the two Qing armies attacking Qixia and Wendeng to retreat to Laiyang and Jimo to stand by respectively. He personally ordered the Eight Banners to ride more than [-] horses, set off from Laiyang City, and galloped towards Juzhou.
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Seeing the raging fire in Juzhou City, Niu Hu secretly thought, what a pity.Immediately, he led the brigade to Yizhou, more than 100 miles away.

In the battle outside Rizhao City, because Guo Hu's troops rebelled against the enemy, the Ming and Qi allied forces defeated the Qing army and captured and killed more than [-]. Li Benshen's [-] cavalry chased them to death and chased north, leaving more than a thousand Qing troops and the Eight Banners Han army.

After the battle, the coalition forces did not delay, and after leaving more than a thousand defenders in Rizhao City, they requisitioned all the pack horses and livestock in the city, marched day and night, and quickly attacked Juzhou.

In the early morning of November 11, the coalition forces immediately launched an attack on the city without waiting for the artillery to be dragged to Juzhou.

Asking the accompanying civilians to take some grain back to Rizhao County, Niu Hu then ordered to set fire to the Qing army's accumulated grain and grass, and then attacked Yizhou to the west without stopping.

On the evening of November 11, a part of the cavalry of the Ming-Qi coalition army first arrived in Yizhou, immediately cut off the connection with Jining, and hunted down the cavalry of the Qing army.

In the morning of the next day, the Ming-Qi coalition brigade rushed to the city of Yizhou, burned all the dozens of tank boats at the Yihe wharf, and then began to besiege Yizhou.

From the mouth of the Qing army captured in Juzhou, it is known that there are only more than [-] soldiers and horses in the entire Yizhou City. Except for the two oxen and more than [-] armored soldiers in the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Zhenghuang Banner, the rest all surrendered when the Qing army attacked. The combat effectiveness of Liu Zeqing's officers and soldiers is negligible.

The coalition forces still repeated their old tricks, bombarding the city wall with artillery, and then separated several groups of personnel, sneaked near the city wall, dug holes and planted explosives.After paying the casualty price of more than [-] people, the city wall of Yizhou was blown down. Under the cover of Qi State muskets, Guo Hu's and Li Benshen's troops rushed into the city and started street fighting with the Eight Banners Jiabing.

In the afternoon, except for more than [-] soldiers from the Eight Banners who escaped on horseback, all the Qing soldiers in the city were wiped out. After the food and other materials in the city were released, a fire burned all the materials accumulated by the Qing army, and then withdrew from Yizhou.

(End of this chapter)