Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 613 The Changing Situation

"Wan Sheng!" The soldiers of the first brigade of the stand-up team suddenly cheered enthusiastically, and behind their cheers were hundreds of Qing cavalry retreating in embarrassment.

Today is September 9, and the Qing army surrounding the army on the east bank has assembled about 2 people. It seems that they have received reinforcements from the Hetuo Ministry who fled back from the Jiaodong area.After the increase in troops, the Qing army seemed to have a certain degree of confidence in attacking the marching troops of the people on the east bank. Of course, they were not attacking the main force of the army on the east bank, but the logistics convoys and mules and horse teams carrying a large amount of combat supplies.

Although the navy transported supplies, the military team still carried an astonishing amount of combat supplies, such as: drinking water, weapons, ammunition, medicines, etc.These materials were carried by about 2000 heavy-duty cargo carriages of the East Coast standard, 7500 captured carts, and about 2500 North Korean ponies. He walked forward cautiously under the guard of his hand.The cart is outside and the pack horse is inside. Whenever the enemy cavalry approaches, the security team scouts cruising around will give an early warning, and then the soldiers will skillfully cage the pack horse, and the convoy will surround the front and back to form a closed vehicle formation.

There are spearmen guarding the edge of the chariot formation, and the musketeers shoot. The Qing cavalry can only be beaten and cannot fight back.Along the way, the Qing army tried to attack the convoy several times, but was repelled by the musketeers every time, and dozens of corpses were left behind.After repeated see-sawing many times, seeing that the army on the east bank was about to approach Changyi County, the Qing army seemed unwilling to always "watch" without any record. Attacked, but was still knocked back.And because the Qing army retreated a little slower this time, they were seized by two light army guns that rushed over and bombarded them fiercely, dropping seventy or eighty corpses back and forth immediately.

After the Qing army was repulsed, they seemed to feel that they had no chance to follow up.Moreover, after sleeping in the open air for so long, it was not easy to supply supplies, and the mount under his crotch was exhausted, and he was afraid that he would suffer a loss if he continued to follow, so he roared away after discussing it, not knowing where to go to rest.

After leaving with the annoying flies around, on September 9, the army from the east coast arrived in the suburbs of Changyi County.Perhaps because of the strict order of Luck Dehun, the small Changyi County, which has no more than 3 paces around the city and no more than [-] soldiers, refused to surrender.But what's the use of this, Chen Zhilong's troops who were in the vanguard went on stage again, and after the east bank artillery who cooperated with the battle blasted the gap, they rushed forward and easily captured this dilapidated small county town.The Qing government officials captured in the county are naturally looking for benevolence at this moment. All the males were handed over to Chen Zhilong's department to behead, and the female relatives were distributed to the ten officers and soldiers who took the lead in breaking the city in Chen's department to boost morale.

On September 9th, the latest news finally came from the scout team that had been cruising outside recently. Luck Dehun had personally led 4 eight-banner cavalry into Qingzhou City. confluence.In addition, news also came from the south that the remnants of the Qingjiaozhou Township's [-] troops have recently gone northward and have passed through Gaomi County.

After receiving this information, Mo Ming decisively ordered the whole army to turn around and go southward, heading straight to the front lines of Anqiu and Gaomi.The people on the east bank of this road are old and familiar. At the beginning, Jiaozhou, Gaomi, Anqiu and other counties were taken over by the people on the east bank, and countless people and materials were plundered. The maps drawn by the consultants were relatively comprehensive.If this is the case, then before the main force of the Qing army is assembled, the whole army will go south to eat up the Qing army with superior forces and superior combat power.The Qing army's mobile force in Shandong was running out, and this ten-thousand-strong force was destroyed. It was really a heavy blow to Luck Dehun in the short term.

Yizhou Town lost more than half of its southward trip to Yangzhou and Dengzhou Town. If there is another mistake in Jiaozhou Town, then only Binzhou Town will be left on hand.Li Sutai from Binzhou Town brought at most 5000 people to support Qingzhou, because he had to leave enough troops to guard the area. Everyone was really scared by the elusive and fast-moving tactics of the people on the east coast. You If you take the main force and go south, the old nest may be breached by the yellow-clothed thief who suddenly appeared there, so what a fart!

On September 9, after continuous investigation and adjustment of the marching route, the army on the east bank finally blocked the slow-moving army of tens of thousands in Qingjiaozhou Town by the Weishui River.Excited, Mo Ming ordered the attack decisively. Mao Desheng was in charge of the front enemy in this battle. He placed Chen Zhilong's troops (which had expanded to more than 8 people) at the front in the center, Qin Shangxing's troops on the left, Zhai Cong'e's troops on the right, and the cavalry troops beside them. Swim around and wait for the fighter to appear.

Behind these miscellaneous troops, there are two complete formations of 5000 people, mixed with artillery and musketeers. These are the direct descendants of the East Bank with rich combat experience.Lieutenant Zamparini, who is now a senior officer of the 104th company, also stood in the array and watched the "performance" of both sides: one side was the Jiaozhou Town Army, which was dominated by Shandong local troops, including 4500 soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. There are all kinds of weapons, and the equipment is also very general; the other side is composed of soldiers from Chen Zhilong's tribe and Qin Shangxing Zhai Cong'e. There are more than [-] soldiers in the Chen tribe, and nearly [-] soldiers. The military difference is similar, but their combat power from Ningxia, Shaanxi seems to be higher.In addition, there are about [-] troops of Zhai Cong'e and others, all of whom are soldiers. They wear yellow clothes, big caps, and leather armor (veterans and officers have iron armor). The weapons are also standard equipment, which are relatively uniform, and they look pretty good.

"I bet this battle will end in less than two hours." Gao Shan, the deputy company commander standing on Zamparini's right hand, said softly, "There are quite a few veterans among those Qin people, and their combat effectiveness is not bad. Zhai, Qin After two years of training, the combat effectiveness of the second department has also improved rapidly, and it will not suffer too much against the general green camp of the Qing army. We are familiar with the Jiaozhou town army. Back then, Ke Yongsheng used hundreds of Han Eight Banners to pull Three or 4000 troops were raised, and they were all defeated by us at that time. Now his army has been injected with more than 2 people, and I feel that it is easier to deal with than before. How about it, bet or not, I know you will go I snatched a box of jewelry in Yangzhou and hid it, so I bet on the string of beads in it and don’t want anything else, how about it? I’ll give you 400 yuan if you lose, how about it?”

In the past two years, the various units of the Qing army in Shandong have been rapidly expanding. There is no way, and the strength of the troops is tight, so they can only recruit bandits and strong men to join the army on the spot. However, this has also caused a rapid decline in combat effectiveness. After all, these It takes time for newcomers to become qualified soldiers with certain combat effectiveness.In fact, this is not only the case of the Qing army, but also the Ming army and Shun army at this time?For example, the more than 20 men of Li Guo and Gao Yigong who came back from Shaanxi and Gansu all the way were elite men who were used to fighting, but after recruiting many strong men in Hubei and Hunan, the number quickly increased to [-]. The combat effectiveness of this army is much worse than before, and it often fails to gain any advantage in confrontations with Kong Youde, Shen Zhixiang and others.Even after many times of seeing-saw, the Shun Army, whose supplementary soldiers were not as good as others, gradually began to be at a disadvantage.

"No gamble." Zamparini stood in a good position and could vaguely see some of the situation ahead.He found that the Qing army seemed to lack cavalry, and of course there was no artillery. At this moment, under the bombardment of some east coast artillery that supported operations at a long distance, the formation had been slightly shaken, which made him wisely choose not to participate in this losing gamble.

"The combat effectiveness of these Qing troops is not very high. In fact, I don't think we need to move. We just need to let the artillery keep hitting them with shells. They can't bear the shells falling on their heads, so they either run away or risk the fire. They rushed up to fight, anyway, they are extremely passive, and they will lose this battle." Seeing that no one was paying attention, Zamparini immediately said softly.

Gao Shan sighed regretfully, it seemed that he couldn't fool the string of beads.After that, the two of them didn't speak any more, and carefully observed the situation ahead through the gap between people.The 2 people there have already started to fight. The battlefield is obscured by smoke and dust, and it is difficult to see clearly. You can only vaguely see the 500 people of Zhai Cong'e, who was deployed on the right wing, moving forward. This proves the progress on the battlefield. good.

After 10 minutes, the artillery had stopped firing to prevent accidental injury.Zamparini carefully felt the progress ahead, and he found that the soldiers of Zhai Cong'e's troops had already given out two rounds of cheers spontaneously, while the more than [-] soldiers of Chen Zhilong's troops in the middle were fighting vigorously. Still ahead, it seems that they have pushed back the Qing army on the opposite side.

More than 20 minutes later, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes from the left wing of the battlefield. Zamparini closed his eyes: the cavalry is dispatched!It seems that the formation of the Qing army has been shaken unforgivably. Maybe some people have fled from the rear. At this time, the cavalry rushing up is definitely to expand the results of the battle.

When the last rays of the sun shone on the battlefield, this massacre-like battle finally came to an end. With 8500 soldiers fighting against 6000 soldiers, the morale and combat effectiveness of the opponent were all overwhelmed, and with the help of cavalry and cannons, Zamparini really couldn't think of a reason why the Qing army could avoid defeat.

In this battle, which lasted for more than an hour, the remaining tens of thousands of Qing troops in Jiaozhou Town were all wiped out here.Among them, more than 4000 people were killed on the spot, more than [-] were killed by cavalry swords while fleeing, and more than [-] people were drowned in the Weishui River. More than [-] people were captured and replaced the injured Ke Yongsheng. The soldier Lin Zhixian was defeated and committed suicide, and a large amount of food, vehicles, mules and horses were seized.And more importantly, after the destruction of this relatively important mobile unit of the Qing army on the ground in Shandong at this time, it must be more difficult for Luck Dehun to deploy troops.

On September 9, the army on the east bank, which had rested for a day by the Weishui River, broke out again.Mo Ming didn't care about the several groups of Qing troops who were being urgently mobilized. On the contrary, he encouraged the morale of his men: "As long as he comes, I will only go all the way. There are tens of thousands of Qing troops on a single route, and I don't have to worry about it." in the eyes."

While the Qing court suffered a crushing defeat in Shandong, it was not very optimistic in other places.In the first half of the year, the former Shun Army general He Zhen, who had originally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, suddenly rebelled and led his army to invade Shaanxi from Hanzhong. The Qing army was in a hurry.At this time, the Shaanxi area was the rear of the Qing army, a safe zone in their eyes. A large number of surrendered troops were transferred out of Shaanxi to fight in Hubei and Jiangnan, so the rear was relatively empty.This time He Zhen's rebellion really killed the Qing court. The troops originally planned to conquer Sichuan were urgently mobilized to wipe out the tens of thousands of He Zhen's troops who had been killed from Hanzhong first.

As for the battlefield in Hubei, a large number of elite Qing troops were attracted by the people from the east bank who were messing around in Jiangbei. The Eight Banners, Han Army, and Green Battalion that were originally scheduled to be transferred to Wuchang were all gone at this time. It's going very slowly there.Jingzhou City has changed hands several times. Although Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others have won many times, they have not been able to achieve a decisive victory. The situation is still not optimistic.

All in all, the Qing army is now a triumphant song in the Nanming battlefield. After Longwu was destroyed and the Zheng family surrendered, it was really a spring breeze and very comfortable; but in the Shandong, Shaanxi, and Huguang battlefields, the Qing army encountered considerable difficulties, and the war fell into a stalemate for a while. In deadlock.In such a delicate situation, since 1644, the Qing army's posture like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves has been clearly contained, and the minds of some generals who had no choice but to surrender to the Qing court due to the general situation earlier suddenly became active again.

(End of this chapter)