The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 623 The Old Routine

Wang Weizhong was all infantry, with only a few towed cannons and heavy horses. Naturally, he walked much slower than them, and he listened to Ding Yi's words, and he was very careful at every step.

Ding Yi's army did not join him either, so he asked his own soldiers to call Wang Weizhong over, and the two gathered in Ding Yi's camp to discuss it.

It was late November at this time, and Ding Yi passed through Laizhou all the way, passing through Qingzhou, and no one knew where the Qing soldiers were.

The two of them wanted to laugh. They were fighting in the mainland, but they were blind and had no idea where the Qing soldiers were.

Some said that the Qing soldiers were divided into more than a dozen groups, and they were everywhere. Some said that the Qing soldiers went to the capital, and some said they went to Jinan.

In fact, the officials of the Ming army were greedy for life and afraid of death, so they only dared to guard the city, and did not dare to go out to inquire about the news. I don't know what's going on outside.

It was precisely because he didn't know the surrounding situation that Lu Xiangsheng was ambushed by Qing soldiers in his own country.

Of course, Ding Yi didn't want to be ambushed, so he told Wang Weizhong to be careful. Fortunately, the whole army had binoculars, and their vision was clearer than that of the Ming army.

Everywhere, there must be a sentry to find a high ground first, and use a telescope to take a closer look.

After Ding Yi and Wang Weizhong met, he signaled him to continue to Jinan, and Ding Yi led his troops to the west, arriving in Jinan before Wang Weizhong.

On November 11, when Ding Yi arrived in Jinan, he asked for food as before.

Song Xuezhu, the patrol censor, was very polite, and immediately organized the army rations, and first asked King De of Jinan for food, and King De was also very polite, without hesitation, he took out a thousand shi, and Song Xuezhu collected another [-] shi. A total of [-] shi was given to Ding Yi.

At this time, Ding Yi’s convoy was getting bigger and bigger, and there was more and more food. He continued to lead his troops to the northwest according to what Song Xuezhu said. Texas.

Yan Jizu, governor of Shandong, is stationed here, and finally got some news here.

Yan Jizu said that the Qing soldiers had cavalry passing by at both ends of the three days, continuously.

Ding Yi was speechless, this may be a disturbance in your sight, you all huddled in the city, they sent cavalry to pass by, you still think that there are a large number of Qing soldiers nearby, maybe the main force is hundreds of miles away .

But here, he got the news of Lu Xiangsheng, and he seemed to have gone to Julu.

Dezhou is nearly 400 miles away from Julu, and it would take Ding Yi two days to get there at the speed of almost all cavalry, but it is impossible for him to leave the cart and luggage and go directly to fight the Qing soldiers.

In case Yan Jizu's news is wrong, Julu has no one, and he ran in vain, wouldn't it be dangerous.

What if there are Qing soldiers ambushing along the way?
Ding Yi certainly didn't trust the officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty very much, so he continued to ask for food.

This time I asked for another thousand stones, and then the whole army headed towards Julu.

Take a look, everyone, this is the difference between wanting face and being shameless. If Lu Xiangsheng had done this earlier, would he have been without food for seven days?
Isn't it an international joke that the Ming army ran out of food for seven days in the local battle?

So Ding Yi went all the way to ask for food, just like a beggar, but there was more and more food.

If you don't let me do it, my army will turn around immediately, and then I will go to the emperor to read your book.

No one dares not to give.

There are two ways to go from Dezhou to Julu. One is to go southwest or in Shandong, and then go to the vicinity of Linqing and go out from Qinghe. The other way is to go directly west from Dezhou to Hebei.

The first road is definitely safer and more secure, but Ding Yi is also anxious to help Lu Xiangsheng at this time, starting directly from West Dezhou and entering Hebei

As soon as the army entered Hebei (Northern Zhili), it was obvious that Qing soldiers were everywhere.

Dorgon, Hauge, Yue Tuo, and Du Du are all veterans who have been fighting for many years. They are very good at using soldiers. They also know that the Ming army is timid and sent cavalry flying all over the sky. There are cavalry everywhere. It was almost in the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming army could not be seen on the road.

Ding Yi's sentry cavalry encountered Qing soldiers sentry cavalry frequently, and the two sides fought many times.

In recent years, Ding Yi's cavalry has fought against Japan, North Korea, and Qing soldiers, and they have become stronger and stronger, and the earliest veterans have trained from the second year of Chongzhen to the 12th year of Chongzhen now, which is almost ten years.

And at this time, Ding Yi's war horses can be said to be the best war horses of this era. The Qing soldiers and Mongols were limited by food, and the war horses they raised basically used more forage than materials, and they were not as tall and powerful as Ding Yi's war horses.

Ding Yi's cavalry all carried two short guns, which could be loaded in advance, and they were very sharp. The Battle of Beigou made Hou Jin suffer a lot.

The encounter was the same this time. After fighting for several rounds with the sentry cavalry of Qing Bing and Ding Yi, they kept losing their generals and retreated one after another to avoid them. At the same time, they also knew that the old opponent of Dongjiang Town, Ding Mouse, was coming.

On December [-]st, Ding Yi arrived near Zaoqiang. He wanted to go to Zaoqiang to ask for food, but found that Zaoqiang was a small place, so he went directly to Zaoqiang.

When the soldiers and horses approached Laoyanhe, the sentry cavalry returned to the camp one after another and reported to Ding Yi that a large group of Qing soldiers appeared in front of them.

This group of Qing soldiers was the 2 right-wing Qing soldiers led by Yue Tuo and Du Du.

At this time, the left-wing Qing soldiers were setting up an ambush, preparing to ambush Lu Xiangsheng. Their way of setting up an ambush was very simple, but it was very easy to achieve results.

It is to send some small groups of Qing soldiers to shuttle non-stop in the direction of Lu Xiangsheng's advance, attracting Lu Xiangsheng to chase and follow.

The two men on the right, with [-] cavalry, met Ding Yi on the north bank of the Laoyan River in Zaoqiang, and Ding Yi's troops were on the south bank.

The two sides looked at each other across the river and looked at each other.

When Yue Tuo saw Ding Yi's soldiers and horses again, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, and he was still a little scared.

"It's Ding Mouse's soldiers, why are they all cavalry? How is that possible." Du Du exclaimed at this moment.

Both Yue Tuo and Du Du looked in disbelief, because they had fought with Ding Yi before, and Ding Yi had always been an infantry battalion, but this time they were all cavalry.

I saw densely packed cavalry on the opposite side, like a dark cloud, it seemed that there were at least ten thousand cavalry.

The two looked at each other, feeling a chill in their hearts at the same time.

Over the years, the Qing Dynasty and Ding Yi have repeatedly fought and lost. Ding Yi is mainly based on infantry battalions. Now, in a blink of an eye, he has trained so many cavalry?
The infantry battalion can't beat it, isn't the cavalry more troublesome?
Yue Tuo pondered for a moment, then said: "Ding Yi's musketeers and pikemen are formidable, he prefers the easy to the difficult, and I see the cavalry, they must be unbearable."

The expressions of the surrounding generals eased a little, Yue Tuo was encouraging morale and boosting the morale of the army.

"Without the blunderbuss, Ding Shuo's soldiers and horses are food." Du Du also hurriedly said.

All the generals around have agreed.

But someone suddenly said: "Their cavalry also carry guns, and they can fire suddenly, so they don't need to reload."

There was a sudden silence all around, knowing that this was the wheel-wheel gun that appeared in the Battle of Beigou.

They also made it in the Qing Dynasty, but the quality is so poor that it is almost useless.

Yue Tuo and Du Du looked at him dissatisfied, and the man quickly lowered his head, not daring to speak out.

The soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty were all scared by Ding Yi, but it is very enjoyable to bully the Ming army recently, so their morale must not drop right now.

Yue Tuo knew that Dorgon and the others were setting up an ambush and had to hold Ding Yi back.

"Will you fight?" Du Du asked.

Yue Tuo thought for a while, then shook his head: "Go north."

He is confident that the riding skills of the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty are better than that of the Ming people, so he decided to lead the Ming people by the nose. If Ding Yi doesn't chase, he will follow behind Ding Yi's fart. If Ding Yi wants to chase, he will go around to other places .

It has to be said that Yue Tuo was very good at fighting, he didn't fight Ding Yi to the death, and the whole army went north with an order.

He was defeated by Ding Yi in North Korea and almost died in the mountains. Of course he knew Ding Yi's military advantage.

In order to take revenge, he was very decisive this time and directly took all the soldiers and horses to the north, and behind their [-] soldiers and horses, there was a large amount of food, wealth and population, all of which were recently plundered.

Yue Tuo left as soon as he said he would, and soldiers and horses headed north one after another, leaving only tens of thousands of Ming people and hundreds of carts of grain and wealth behind.

Ding Yi quickly used the binoculars to see Yue Tuo's reaction, Xiao Yongqiu, Zhang Jing and other generals were also watching.

"That's Yuetuo, what do they want? They don't want any money?" Zhang Jing grinned.

"Don't dare to fight with us, just run north?" Mao Xin also laughed.

Ding Yi thought for a while, he didn't know if Lu Xiangsheng was in Julu at this time, and there were still more than 200 miles away from Julu, he was afraid that he would run away, and he was afraid that Yue Tuo was going to fight Lu Xiangsheng, and he suddenly realized that fighting Sometimes, it is very troublesome not to fight according to one's own mind.

If his goal was only to deal with the Qing soldiers, this battle would be easy to fight. Now he wants to save Lu Xiangsheng, but he doesn't know where to save him, and it is easy to mess up his deployment.

On the battlefield, there are many changes, and a single decision may change the outcome and result.

Lu Xiangsheng is a loyal and loving person, can he be used by me?Ding Yi's face slowly revealed a serious expression.

There is no doubt that if Ding Yi raises troops to fight against Daming, Lu Xiangsheng will be the first to lead his troops to suppress the rebellion.

A gentleman like him would never surrender to someone like Ding Yi.

Even if the Ming Dynasty falls, it is impossible to surrender.

Ding Yi quickly made a decision. On the battlefield, there was no room for him to think about it.

"Drive the people away, and leave all the food and money." Ding Yi said in a deep voice, "This is the Ming Realm. Let them go home. Those whose homes are far away, go to Zaoqiang first."

"No." Zhang Jing took the order, ordered two hundred horses and went over.

"Still the old routine?" Zhang Jing asked before leaving, Ding Yi gave him a blank look, and Zhang Jing laughed.

From this side to the other side, you need to run several miles to the southwest. After Zhang Jing’s cavalry ran over, the Ming people on the opposite bank, except for a few brave ones, jumped into the river and swam here. Tens of thousands of people crowded together. Over there, he didn't dare to move.

At this time, the Qing soldiers had already left, and the Ming people still did not dare to move.

They were afraid that if the Qing soldiers turned back, whoever dared to escape would be killed.

Ding Yi saw that more than 100 people jumped into the river and swam this way, and most of them were strong and strong men. He immediately said: "These people will be collected in the camp later, and they will serve as heavy soldiers and bring them back to Phi Island."

Everyone nodded, understanding that Mr. Ding valued the courage of these people.

Of the tens of thousands of people on the other side, only more than 100 people jumped into the river and swam over after seeing the Ming army. No one dared to run away for the others. It was really hard to look directly at.

As soon as Zhang Jing's cavalry arrived, many people flocked because they finally saw the Ming army.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Zhang Jing yelled all the way, rushed in front of hundreds of cars, took a look, and suddenly said sharply: "We are the Wu Sangui Department of the Guan Ning Ming Army. The Qing soldiers did not dare to fight us, so they retreated Alright, you go home."

(End of this chapter)