The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 247 Soldiers enter Jinan
The Qing army did not go west. Going west in Jiazhuang was just a cover-up of its true intention.

The battle of Jiazhuang failed to achieve its goal. Sun Chuanting led troops to join forces with Lu Xiangsheng, with a force of [-], and set up a camp at Jiazhuang.

In the battle of Jiazhuang, Lu Xiangsheng was not the only one who used up all the shells. The gunpowder and shells stored in the Qing army had also bottomed out.

Dorgon had repeatedly read the military report submitted during the First World War, so he knew that the Shaanxi military weapon that Sun Chuanting was commanding was sharp.

There are not only a large number of guns with strong armor-piercing ability, but also a lot of artillery, which seem to be extremely powerful and fast.

So even if he knew that the Shaanxi army rushing all the way to help must be exhausted, Dorgon didn't have any idea to attack the Shaanxi army.

Moreover, Jia Zhuang's first battle was only against Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan Dajun, and they paid a very heavy price, and the soldiers of all banners complained a lot.

The Xuan Da army under Lu Xiangsheng's command is tough and brave to fight, and the Shaanxi army under Sun Chuanting's command is also a powerful force.

The previous attack failed, the casualties were heavy, the morale of the army was low, the flags were separated from each other, the army had no will to fight, there would be no will to fight, and there was no condition to fight again.

There are actually not many choices left for Dorgon.

It is naturally impossible to go north and re-enter Zhending Mansion. They have come all the way south from the north via Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion.

There is not much oil and water to be squeezed out of these two places, and if they go north now, they can indeed leave the customs with most of the proceeds.

But when he is out of the customs, relying on the current harvest, I am afraid that when he is out of the customs, it will be the beginning of Dorgon's withdrawal from the stage of power.

Huang Taiji is suspicious and angry, mean and ungrateful, and his methods are cruel, and he will never show mercy.

Mangurtai, Amin and Huang Taiji were also brothers, but because they disobeyed Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji was charged with treason and executed directly.

Going west, attacking Shunde Mansion is the same situation.

There are many officers and soldiers in Shunde Mansion. When there were cannons before, it was difficult to attack. Now that the cannons don't have many shells at all, the difficulty of attacking will only be greater.

Even if it is conquered, the losses of the troops will probably exceed the gains.

And the other villages and towns in Shunde Mansion have already been looted, and there is not much oil and water to be squeezed out.

So in fact, the real road that can be taken starts from the failure of the battle of Jiazhuang, and there is only one road before Dorgon.

Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong Province.

Outside Linqing City, the flames of war raged, and mourners were everywhere.

Dorgon was wearing a silver-white water-milled general armor and a pointed two-edged helmet on his head. Standing under the silver-white dragon banner, he scanned the entire battlefield in front of him.

Duoduo followed Dorgon's side. He was dressed the same as Dorgon, except that the outer eaves of the armor he wore were trimmed with red, indicating his flag color.

Behind Dorgon and Duoduo, there are a group of cavalry wearing silver armor, silver helmets, tiger spears, and silver dragon flags.

These armored cavalry are the personal guards of Dorgon and Duoduo, and they are the armored cavalry in the Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner.

Duoduo said coldly, leading the war horse that was walking around from time to time.

"The two films of Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng are as expected, and they are still in Julu without action,"

Dorgon's originally frowning brows relaxed a lot at this time, and they were no longer as frowning as they were in Jiazhuang.

"Lu Xiangsheng was seriously injured. I'm afraid he won't be able to take charge of the army for the time being. The Xuan Da army under his command suffered heavy losses in Jiazhuang, and there is not much power to fight again."

"Sun Chuanting is cautious in deploying troops. The total number of generals under his command is no more than 5000. Our army is more than twice as strong as his. He will definitely not rush to send troops."

"and……"

Dorgon turned his gaze to Linqing City not far away.

At this time, Linqing City was in chaos, even if they were separated by several miles, they could still hear a little noise with the help of the wind.

It has been six days since the first battle in Jiazhuang, and Dorgon has led his troops out of Shunde Mansion.

As expected, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng didn't come after them.

So Dorgon directly gathered the army, turned to the south, and sent his troops straight into the Quang Binh Mansion.

Jize County in Quang Binh Province had already been breached before, and then burned to the ground.

Gao Qiqian once stockpiled troops in Jize for a short time, then marched all the way east to Wei County, and finally retreated all the way to Linqing Prefecture.

However, Gao Qiqian didn't gather all the soldiers together, only more than [-] people followed him to Linqing, and he also left some soldiers in other important cities.

The line of defense in the Linqing area was created by Yang Sichang.

To be honest, Yang Sichang still has a strategic vision, and he has done some research on how many soldiers to leave in where.

However, he ignored the ability to stand up and lead troops, and also ignored the morale of Guan Ning's army.

In Quzhou County in the south of Jize, Quzhou is regarded as the northern gate of Guangping Prefecture, and its geographical location is quite important.

Staying in Quzhou County was Hou Gongji, who was the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan at that time. Hou Gongji relied on Quzhou to lead the elite soldiers of Shanhaiguan. Facing the frustrated Qing army in Jiazhuang, he was defeated in one battle.

Quzhou fell, and the Qing army, under the command of Dorgon, plundered the surrounding area, and then transferred from Guangping Mansion to Dongchang Mansion in Shandong Province.

Quzhou's victory brought back some confidence to the defeated Qing army in Jiazhuang. It seemed that apart from Xuanda and the Ming army in Shaanxi, the Ming army in other towns was still as weak as ever.

Then Dorgon divided his forces in Qiu County to plunder in four directions, going southwest all the way to plunder Guangping and Daming Mansions.

The second road goes east and takes Guantao directly, and the third road goes southeast and takes Guanxian.

The fourth route is to go northeast from Dorgon's headquarters to take Wei County.

Wei County is about [-] miles southwest of Julu. The reason why Wei County was taken was to guard against the Ming army rushing to help Julu.

Dorgon took the initiative to take over the dangerous task, and gave up the lucrative route to other banners, in order to restore the prestige left behind in Jiazhuang and cover the losses of each banner.

The Qing army plundered all directions, and finally most of them gathered in Linqing Prefecture.

It was Linqing that Gao Qiqian led the troops to retreat all the way.

Although Sun Chuanting had sent someone to send a letter before, the Qing army fled south, and might enter Shandong Province and come to Linqing.

However, the early warning did not play a role in Linqing's occupation, and Gao Qiqian did not arrange many useful arrangements.

Gao Qi's reputation as a Qianzhi soldier was bought entirely with money. He didn't know how to fight.

Claiming to be an expert in military affairs, he is actually as timid as a mouse, without the slightest ability to command.

Gao Qiqian never really commanded a battle at all, he just cut off the dead man's head and pretended to take credit for it.

Historically, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led an army to approach Beijing, and Chongzhen ordered Gao Qiqian to monitor Ning and the former troops, but Gao Qiqian abandoned the pass and fled before Li Zicheng arrived.

Then in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Fu Wang Zhu Yousong called Gao Qiqian to be the admiral of the Beijing camp. Gao Qiqian even led the troops to surrender to the Qing army this time.

It can be said that he only knows how to exploit, but has no ability at all. He doesn't succeed enough, fails more than he does, and doesn't even have the slightest backbone.

And because Gao Qiqian is quite domineering, the generals in Guan Ning and other towns are not intimidated by Gao Qiqian.

After Dorgon gathered a large army and arrived in Linqing to launch an attack, the generals of Guan Ning and other towns only made a symbolic resistance, and then retreated into Linqing City, without any intention of fighting to the death.

Gao Qiqian also had no way to tell whether Guan Ning's army had really contributed. He had already been frightened by the arrival of the Qing army, and the defeat outside the city also made him even more frightened. Under the intimidation and fooling of a group of generals in the town, Gao Qiqian issued a military order to guard Linqing City.

Staring at Linqing City, which is full of red flags, there is no fear in Dorgon's eyes.

He has dealt with these people in Guan Ning and other towns for too long, and he can no longer be familiar with them.

As long as they don't fight Liaodong, don't fight Beijing, and go to other places, the will of the Guanning Army to fight can be said to be almost non-existent.

These few battles in Quzhou and Linqing were the battle strength and morale that the Ming army should have, which was in line with his old impression of the Ming army.

The Xuan Da Army and the Shaanxi Army, these two armies are different from the Ming Army.

"Where is Hauge now?"

Dorgon withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at Linqing City.

Anyway, the Guan Ning army would not go out to fight in the city, so there was no need to take it too much to heart.

Duo Duo reined in the horse that kept moving left and right, approached Dorgon, and replied.

"Haoge led his troops east to Hejian Mansion and then went all the way south. According to the report received yesterday evening, he has led his troops to Linyi and Shanghe in the north of Jinan Mansion, less than two hundred miles away from Jinan Mansion."

"Less than two hundred miles?"

Dorgon narrowed his eyes slightly, and the light in his eyes flowed. After thinking for a while, he asked again.

"What's the latest situation in Jinan Prefecture, and what's different from before?"

Doduo thought for a moment, his eyes slightly excited, and replied.

"Not much has changed. The main force of the Ming army in Jinan Prefecture is still in Dezhou in the northwest. There are only a few hundred soldiers in Jinan City."

There was a little smile on Dorgon's face, everything was as expected, Jinan City is still very empty today.

He had previously entered Baoding Mansion in Northern Zhili, attacked Hejian Mansion, and assumed the posture of attacking Dezhou, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province, prompting the Ming army to mobilize heavy troops to enter Dezhou.

Dezhou is close to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and is an extremely important transit point. Tank ships transporting supplies from south to north must pass through Dezhou.

The loss of Dezhou can even affect the safety of Beijing.

Because of this, most of the Ming army in Shandong Province were deployed around Dezhou, which also caused the emptiness of Jinan City.

"Send an order to Hauge, let him gather troops and horses not to stay in Linyi and Shanghe, go all the way south, besiege Jinan first, and cut off the Ming army!"

"Inform Yue Tuo that after passing Linqing City, the troops will be divided into two groups. He will lead the South Route Army and go to Jinan City along the line of Qingping and Qihe."

Dodo nodded, remembering the military order issued by Dorgon, but when he heard that Dorgon was about to divide his troops again, he asked.

"Then us?"

"Let's go from the north, through Xiajin, Gaotang, Yucheng, and Jinan from the north."

"The cities along the way can be destroyed if they can be destroyed, and if they can't be destroyed, they should leave immediately. Don't waste military power and manpower."

Dorgon raised his head, his gaze went beyond the city wall of Linqing City, and fell to the horizon in the distance.

"With Jinan Mansion taken down, we can get everything we want..."

Dorgon didn't finish his sentence. For him, taking down Jinan was the only solution to eliminate Jiazhuang's influence.

When he went south, he had already done an investigation. Jinan Prefecture is the capital of Shandong Province, and it is also the most affluent city in Shandong Province, with a population of hundreds of thousands.

And in Jinan, there is also a prince of the Ming Dynasty, called King De.

Most of the princes in the Ming Dynasty had no real power, but those princes were very rich, not only had a lot of land, but also a lot of gold, silver and grain.

Although Dorgon didn't know how much gold, silver, food and grass there could be in a palace of the Ming Dynasty, but thinking about the accumulation of several generations, it was definitely much more than those ordinary wealthy gentry.

Moreover, in Jinan City, there are still a large number of wealthy households and tyrants. The income from breaking Jinan City is probably much more than the income from looting the entire Shandong town and village.

After conquering Jinan, head all the way to the northeast, and then go north along the sea, then grab a hand in Tianjin and other places, and finally exit through Jizhou Town!

……

Julu, Jia Zhuang Ming army camp.

Just like a few days ago, Jia Zhuang's Ming army camp was still silent at this time.

In the military tent, there was silence.

Sun Chuanting sat upright on the head seat, with his back leaning against the screen, and several personal guards stood on the left and right sides.

Among them, a personal guard closest to Sun Chuanting held a sword in his arms, most of which was hidden in the brocade case with dragon pattern on yellow satin.Only the spike of the sword is exposed.

Such a shape, such a specification, can only be possessed by the Shangfang sword bestowed by the emperor.

In the battle of Jiazhuang, although Lu Xiangsheng was not in danger of his life, he was injured in many places, and his injuries were serious. He was unable to handle government affairs, and naturally he was unable to manage military affairs.

After Jiazhuang's pond report was submitted, the imperial court's text was issued soon.

The text issued was not to commend Jiazhuang for his achievements in the bloody battle, but to reprimand Lu Xiangsheng for being ignorant of detectives, incompetent in dispatching, sitting back and watching the fall of the cities, and advancing aggressively under the guise of the enemy, resulting in being trapped in Jiazhuang and almost losing the humiliation of the country.

The victory in the Battle of Jiazhuang is just a fluffy post-war discussion, which is briefly mentioned.

Sun Chuanting's previous memorial to impeach Gao Qiqi to avoid the war and not to help was simply lost, without the slightest response.

Lu Xiangsheng was seriously injured and unable to serve as a council member, regardless of various crimes for the time being, his post of governor of the world's soldiers and horses was temporarily taken over by Sun Chuanting.

He was also awarded the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and the Youqian Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to succeed him, and gave Shangfang the sword.

The Shangfang sword that is in the tent now arrived in the army only yesterday.

Cao Wenzhao was wearing a hood and sat on the first seat on the left.

The first seat on the right is Yang Guozhu, followed by Hu Dawei, and several Xuan Dajun lieutenant generals in the military academy.

Chen Wang was sitting fourth on the left, next to him was Cao Bianjiao, and next to him was He Renlong.

Being able to sit in the tent is the military post of deputy commander in the end, leading a battalion alone.

(End of this chapter)