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Chapter 326 The Eight Flags Will Also Fall

Jinan.

Zhou Haizhong and Yu Kecheng sent troops to Jinan City, and the Ming army gathered 28000 troops.

The four captured prefectures of Tai'an, Qingzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou were temporarily handed over to local defense. At the same time, fast horses and fast ships notified the rear, and dispatched officials and troops to take over the city as soon as possible.

Jueluo Manbao only hesitated for a moment and then missed the best opportunity to fight.

However, at this time, the Qing army still had a strength advantage over the Ming army. The total strength of the Ming army surrounded outside Jinan City was only 28000.

There are a full [-] troops in Jinan City, as well as [-] young and strong militiamen recruited temporarily.

[-] is less than [-], the advantage is mine!

But even though he had superior strength, Jueluo Manbao still did not dare to go out of the city to fight.Just sit and watch 28000 Ming troops camp outside the city, build forts, and completely encircle and block Jinan City.

"Boom boom boom!"

Ming army artillery began to bombard the city wall of Jinan.

Although the Ming army did not have many troops, they brought a lot of artillery. Eight red heavy artillery pieces were brought over.

Yu Kecheng watched the battle on his horse: "It's a pity that Jinan doesn't want to surrender. We have to attack hard to win."

Zhou Haizhong said: "If you don't want to surrender, then you don't want to surrender. It's not that we can't defeat it. When the city is broken, it will be too late for these Qing dogs to surrender again."

Yu Kecheng said: "Your Majesty wants us to pacify Shandong as soon as possible. I have seen it all along the way. Starving people are everywhere, and ten houses are empty. This war cannot be continued. We must allow the people of Shandong to rest and recuperate."

Zhou Haizhong nodded, quite annoyed: "Dear Niang Xipi, those Qinggou Tatars should be killed. What a disaster they have caused to the whole of Shandong! And those fields, such good land, have all been abandoned."

"It's not all the Qinggou Tatars who are doing bad things, there are also those rogue bandits. Although most of them were forced to rebel by the Qinggou Tatars, there are also many who followed them and tortured the people."

Yu Kecheng said: "After Shandong was pacified, while we felt close to the people, these bandits and bandits could not keep them."

"Boom boom boom!"

The rumbling artillery fire continued to bombard Jinan, although it was majestic, but under the firepower of the Ming army's heavy artillery, it was beaten so hard that it did not dare to stand up.

Basically all the Qing troops on the city wall hid behind the female wall.

"What kind of ghost cannon is this? Why does it shoot so far?" Jueluo Manbao was very surprised. Although he was a civil servant, he knew as much about artillery as a military general.

Almost all the coastal defense forts along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang were built at his request.

Jueluo Manbao ordered: "You can't fight like this. Send the order, fire, fire, fight back!"

The Qing gunners hurriedly boarded the city wall fort and were about to load the cannonballs with gunpowder.

The Ming army's artillery aimed directly at the Qing army gunners in those forts, which was a concentrated fire attack.

The hit rate of heavy artillery is indeed low, but it cannot hold up to the large number of artillery pieces, which all bombard in one direction.

There is always someone who can hit. Even if you can't hit, the distance is so close, you will definitely be affected, especially the psychological pressure.

"boom!"

A heavy artillery round directly hit the parapet next to a Qing army fort.

The female wall was instantly shattered by the shells, and the flying rubble killed and injured several Qing artillerymen on the spot. The remaining Qing soldiers who were not hit on the other side were frightened and fled away.

"Boom boom boom!"

With great difficulty, the Qing army's fort successfully loaded the artillery shells with gunpowder, and fired a salvo at the Ming army outside the city.

Due to time constraints, the number of heavy artillery in Jinan City's defense artillery was not large, only four in total.

Moreover, the red cannons cast by the traditional cannon casting method are far inferior to the heavy artillery cast by the Ming army's hollow cannon casting method in terms of range, power, and endurance.

The Qing army's artillery fired a volley, but missed every shot because the range was not enough.

The Ming army did not even send troops to attack the city, but concentrated artillery fire to destroy Jinan's city defense forts one by one.

It is to bully the Qing army's artillery with its range and power.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery continued to bombard for a long time, and the Qing army's artillery on the Jinan city wall became completely silent.

It's not that all the artillery was destroyed, but that most of the Qing artillerymen were dead, and no one who survived anymore dared to go up and man the artillery.

This is pure death!

The Ming army immediately took out food, recruited hungry people from Changqing and Qihe counties to serve as civilian husbands, and began to fill in the moat of Jinan City.

The food for recruiting hungry people basically came from the official warehouses of the two counties, and there was also food transported from the rear.

When Jueluo Manbao saw that the Ming army was recruiting civilians to fill the moat, he hurriedly shouted: "Quickly... shoot the arrows! Fire the cannon! Tell the soldiers that anyone who captures the first level will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. If the Ming soldiers can be defeated, all soldiers will be rewarded." Promoted to the next level!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

But this is obviously not feasible for Jinan City, and the Qing gunners have long been frightened.Even the furthest cannons we fired could not reach the Ming army's artillery. Going up and firing now would be equivalent to death.

The Qing artillery was completely silent.

The Qing archers were ordered to take the risk and stand up from behind the female wall to fire arrows.

But it was unthinkable to risk the Ming army's artillery fire and expect the archers to fire and aim.

At most, aim in the general direction and shoot with force.Some even just draw the bow and shoot the arrow.Who cares where it goes, whether it kills people or not.

"Shhhhhhh!"

A hail of arrows fell.

Most of the arrows were shot sparsely, weakly, and started to float before they hit the ground.

Even if there are a few who use their strength, they are all crooked.Not to mention that they were missed by thousands of miles, but luckily a few arrows were blocked by the door panel held up by the civilian husband.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery concentrated fire again, and bombarded the female walls where arrows were fired.

The Qing artillery in Jinan was wiped out, and the Ming army fired a salvo of dozens of artillery pieces.

This time, no one dared to shoot an arrow.

Jueluo Manbao, the Qing army commander, could only watch the Ming army outside the city, where they were carelessly filling in the moat.

Although the landfill speed was not fast, it was tantamount to mental torture for the Qing troops in the city.

The Qing army in the city would think that they could not stop the Ming army from filling in the moat.If this continues, sooner or later the moat will be filled by the Ming army.

By then, should the Ming army launch a general offensive?
When Jinan is captured by the Ming army, the tens of thousands of Zhili Eight Banners present here, including Jueluo Manbao, will hardly end up with a good ending even if they don't die.

The tens of thousands of Zhili Eight Banners brought over by Jueluo Manbao unknowingly became resentful of Manbao.

They complained about why Jueluo Manbao wanted to sit back and watch the Ming army siege the city. Even if they did not leave the city to attack, they at least had to withdraw in advance!

It's not like now, being surrounded alive in the city and waiting to die.

Not only the tens of thousands of people directly under the Eight Banners, but also the gentry and common people in Jinan City.Even the officials, big and small, including Chen Shiguan, the governor of Shandong who was promoted to an official position by the Manchus, also started to think about it.

Zheng Chanbao, the chief envoy of Shandong Province, went to the governor Chen Shiguan and said, "Master Futai, this battle cannot continue like this!"

Chen Shiguan was also frightened: "Zheng Fantai, I also know that this battle cannot be fought like this, but the puppet Ming army is besieging the city, and the Manchurian side is... alas!"

Zheng Chanbao suddenly said: "Since Mr. Futai also thinks that Manshuai has his own way, why not quietly send people out of the city to contact Wang Shi's heavenly soldiers. By then we should cooperate with each other internally and externally, so that we can end the war as soon as possible and achieve this great achievement."

Chen Shiguan stood up instantly, with a look of disbelief on his face.

When others say this, maybe he doesn't react that much.

But this Zheng Buzheng, that was the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria, not the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. This guy actually wanted to surrender the city.

But Zheng Chanbao said: "In the battle of Henan, the Qing Dynasty has been defeated. Just because of the rumors, the people's hearts in Jinan have fluctuated. How can Jinan be defended? Instead of waiting for the city to be broken, the Ming army It is better to surrender the city than to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. With this great achievement, we can exchange for a chance of survival."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Shiguan fell silent.

Indeed, even if you are going to die, you have to think about your family.

Zheng Buzheng's wife and children came to Jinan with them. If they waited for the city to fall, they would probably lose their lives.

This is the same as Chen Shiguan, whose son Chen Kesheng is also in Jinan City.It was when Hangzhou was besieged that I escaped from it.

Chen Shiguan was silent for a moment and sighed: "Manshuai is watching too closely, I'm afraid it won't be easy to handle..."

When Zheng Chanbao heard this, his tense mind finally relaxed. He was really afraid that Chen Shiguan would have his own way.

After all, Chen Shiguan was the governor of Shandong promoted by Yongzheng, so he was considered to have the favor of the emperor.

But in the face of a life-and-death situation, Jun En is nothing!

Zheng Chanbao said: "Master Futai does not need to worry. As long as the flag is changed at the critical moment, other matters will be handled by the lower officials."

"..."

Not only were the governor's offices discussing, some gentry in the city were also secretly "visiting relatives and friends" with each other.

These tens of thousands of Zhili Eight Banners have been in Jinan for almost more than a month, and they have already been tortured enough.

Throughout Jinan City, there are undercurrents everywhere.

Either they are planning to dedicate the city, or they are planning a retreat.

And that's just the first day.

(End of this chapter)