Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 665 Fight and retreat ([-])

On November 1648, 1, Xiaoxue.

In Mengyin County, the old god Wei Boqiu was sitting on the ground in the county office, smoking a cigarette rolled up in paper, listening to several east bank officers discussing the next move.Shao Shude was really nervous. He was extremely worried that Mo Ming would lose the tens of thousands of troops, so he not only asked Li Wenchang to take the local rotation troops to Qingzhou and Jinan to meet the main force, but also sent Wei Boqiu, the deputy commander of the gendarmerie. Go out and act as a supervising army, and let him urge Mo Ming to withdraw the army as soon as possible, and don't delay outside any longer.

Wei Boqiu asked himself that if Mo Ming was determined not to withdraw his troops at this time, he would have nothing to do!Could it be possible to deprive others of their command right on the spot?Old Wei can't do such a face-breaking thing, and it's not realistic!When he went this time, he just beat the side drums to convey his thoughts, as for how to make up his mind, that was his own business.

But Wei Boqiu reckoned that this matter would not be difficult.

One is because Marshal Mo himself already has the intention of withdrawing troops.Although he still wants to try to see if he has a chance to fight Gaodi, who is the most ruthless chaser, but after beating Gaodi, it is probably time to withdraw his troops. This is from the information sent by the envoy he sent two days ago You can know.Ding Mingwu, Xie Qian, Du Chong and others had already retreated along Zou County, Teng County, and Yizhou in advance, accompanied by a large number of trophies and personnel-basically handicraftsmen and low-level scholars.

Second, Shao Shude is Mo Ming's senior, and he has good friends with retired army veteran Peng Zhicheng and others. To put it bluntly, Mo Ming was promoted by them alone, representing their interests, so Shao Shude's words are still in Mo Ming's heart. It's very important, no matter what, I have to give some face.

Therefore, after figuring this out, Wei Boqiu leisurely smoked a cigarette, and then ran outside the county government office, watching a group of soldiers in Shunjun uniforms carrying supplies back and forth.The one who organized them was Cai Huaze, the Dashun brigade. When he was in Qingzhou, he was stopped by Li Wenchang on the spot, and the food he harvested was also used as military supplies on the east coast—thousands of people from Li Wenchang's department came out in a hurry, with weapons and ammunition Yes, I brought a lot, but I didn't bring much food.

This guy Cai Huaze conscripted masters in the Binzhou area and cut off the grain of several counties. The number of soldiers and horses on hand has also expanded from more than 400 to more than 800. In addition, he also robbed many donkeys, mules and carriages. It is the time when the soldiers are strong and vigorous. .Unexpectedly, he was happily walking back with supplies, but he was stopped by Li Wenchang on the way, and then not only the supplies were requisitioned, but even his subordinates were dragged to this unshitty Mengyin County.

In fact, it wasn't just him, the 7400 spearmen under Zhou Zuoding's command of the third brigade of the stand-up team, and 4 soldiers were also recruited.So far, the number of infantry and cavalry under the command of artillery captain Li Wenchang has reached about 7000, and he also has [-] cannons. He has a complete range of materials and strong mobility. He is no longer a force that can be ignored.If the opportunity is right, their more than [-] people are enough to become a force that can control the situation of the battle.

"Deputy Commander Wei, you have finally appeared." Cai Huaze, who was wearing a Qing army cotton armor, saw Wei Boqiu swaying out, and immediately ran over to call Qu: "Marshal Mo has promised me the food in Binzhou, and I am in a hurry to raise money." The food is going back to save the emergency, but who wants Li to intercept the half-way army, you have to make the decision for me."

"Why are you making so much noise?" Wei Boqiu said impatiently, "Of course I won't lose you a penny if I promise you food. This time, I've expropriated 20 shi of grain for you, and I'll pay you back [-] shi. The entire Denglai Qingsan Mansion We have harvested most of the grain, and even the grain in more than a dozen counties in the northern part of Jinan Prefecture has been wiped out by us. I am afraid that we have harvested more than [-] shi this time. Your little things are nothing. ! Now our army is only borrowing your food for a temporary turnover, and at the same time giving you a chance to go to battle and make a fortune, why, you still don’t want to?”

Hearing what Wei Boqiu said, Cai Huaze immediately felt relieved, then shook a short hammer in his hand, and said with a smile: "Since General Li thinks highly of us, we have nothing to say. Before coming out, Guo Shuai (Guo Sheng) said After that, if the generals have any orders, we are obliged. Isn't it just to fight the Tartars? I'm afraid of a ball. When I was in Jingzhou, I killed two vests! Now it's just to deal with some traitors and Ertars. I'd like to see how superficial they are, who can hold my copper hammer!"

"Hehe, the morale is good! Very good!" Wei Boqiu lit Cai Huaze with a burning cigarette, and encouraged him with a smile: "That fellow Gao Di was overthinking his abilities, and he crossed the canal first with some combat power under his command. Shuai's main force chased after him. Marshal Mo decided to give him a hard blow to deter the Qing army. And our task is to rush to the front line of Ziyang and Jining Prefecture as soon as possible to cut off Gaodi's retreat , and at the same time intercept Kong Xigui's troops who might come for reinforcements, so that Marshal Mo's main force can safely defeat Gao Di's troops and combat the arrogance of the Qing army. By the way, this Gaodi was the general soldier of Shanhaiguan back then, and now he is serving as Kaigui Zong Bing (Henan Zong Bing) and Dashun have a lot of enmity. Now that he has the opportunity to end this guy, Guo Sheng and Guo Shuai should be very happy to see it. Okay, no more to say, you go down quickly Get organized, we're leaving soon."

After dismissing Cai Huaze, Wei Boqiu returned to the county government. At this time, Li Wenchang and the others finally negotiated a regulation, which was to go north along the Wenshui River, bypass Mengshan Mountain, and then go back to Ziyang to try to get Gao At this moment, the troops that were still scattered on both sides of the canal were intercepted, and then let Mo Ming's main force successfully eat some of the troops who had already crossed the river led by Gaodi himself.As for what to do after eating this part of the team, I'm sorry, Marshal Mo is also confused, now he is taking one step at a time, and there is no plan to speak of.

Now the Yuyuan Army is still in Yanzhou Mansion, making a lot of noise. Kong Xigui's main force has just entered Cao County. Pulled a distance.In addition, Tong Yangliang, the commander-in-chief of Qingdengzhou, and Yi Yonggui, the commander-in-chief of Linqing, who came down from the north, have just entered the front line of Liaocheng and Jinan. It won't go south in time.As for Lu Guonan, the chief soldier of Baoding, it is even further away. He is still collecting food, grass and military resources in Hebei.In this way, the fighter plane has actually appeared.Gao Di was so overjoyed that he bumped into the muzzle of this gun again, and at this moment he suddenly became the prey in the eyes of others.

Li Wenchang now has an infantry company, a black heavy infantry battalion, half an artillery company, two squadrons of volunteer soldiers, more than 400 Polish mercenaries, and Cai Huaze has more than 800 people, totaling 2900 soldiers. With more than 4500 soldiers and a large number of weapons and ammunition, their strength should not be underestimated.If these troops occupied a strong terrain, it would be no problem to block some of the reinforcements from the Qing army for a while, so that Marshal Mo would have enough time to eat up the part of Gao Di's troops who had already crossed the river.

On January 1, more than 7 men from Li Wenchang's army marched extremely fast and conquered Xintai County in just two hours.Then they did not stop at all, but marched westward at full speed, heading towards Ningyang County.They didn't dare to delay, because although the order of the Yanzhou Mansion has collapsed and there is chaos everywhere, there may have been diehard members of the Qing court—such as the gentry—notifying Gao Di of the whereabouts of his troops, so that It might make Gaudi feel hesitant and afraid, so he retreated back to Hexi, which they could not tolerate.

On January 1, the forward of Li Wenchang's department arrived outside Ningyang County.When Marshal Mo came to Qufu and Ziyang, the magistrate of the county abandoned the city and fled. Later, he saw the news and ran back.Now that his buttocks were still hot, he suddenly heard his subordinates report another wave of yellow-clothed bandit soldiers, so the county magistrate stepped on the donkey without hesitation, and once again abandoned the city and fled.

Zhou Zuoding, who was the striker, ordered the men to rest, and at the same time sent people to search for craftsmen who could make porcelain in and out of the city.The Ci Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty is located in Ningyang County. Although it is no longer beautiful now, the number of local porcelain craftsmen accumulated over hundreds of years is still extremely large.Zhou Zuoding had been an official in the nearby Tai'an Prefecture for a period of time, so he was very clear about this, so he immediately ordered to arrest a group of talents and send them to Dengzhou.

And when Zhou Zuoding's troops had just arrived in Ningyang County, Marshal Mo's main force had already traveled only a few miles away from Tengxian County, facing a forward cavalry team under Gaodi's command.Yang Mingyang's cavalry brigade had been sent to guard Ding Mingwu and his troops and hadn't returned yet, so these Qing army cavalry were extremely arrogant, stepping forward from time to time to harass the people from the east bank who were really in the marching ranks, which was very annoying.

Seeing that it was not far from Tengxian County, Mo Ming considered that tens of thousands of horses under Gao Di’s command had already crossed the river from Jining Prefecture, where the canal was relatively frozen (the areas around Dushan Lake and Weishan Lake in the south were not frozen tightly, so it was impossible to cross) A large number of people, horses, and supplies) headed south, and most of them had already passed Zou County at this moment. If they turned around and defeated them at this time, it would be difficult for these people to escape.

However, Gaodi's troops were indeed able to fight. A few days ago, that useless fellow Chen Zhilong sent some troops to fight against the enemy cavalry that was too closely pursued. In the end, they failed miserably and were beheaded by more than a thousand ranks. The arrogance of Gao Di's department.At this time to fight Gaudi, those unusable troops can no longer be sent up, so as not to get in the way.

On January 1, when Mo Ming made up his mind to face Gaodi, Kong Xigui had led his main force into Shan County, and the Qing army in Jinan in the north had raised some food and grass to prepare to go south, a shocking news came: it was originally in the middle of this year that the Li Huajing, a native of Cao County who raised the flag to oppose the Qing, saw that the Qing court paid attention to one thing and lost another, so under Liu Zeqing's signal, he raised his troops to revolt, surrounded Caozhou, and echoed the local bandits in the nearby Dongming Dynasty.Hebei General Kong Xigui immediately changed the direction of his march after hearing the news, and headed north to suppress Li Huajing, and a considerable part of the Qing army in Jinan was also attracted there, and Gao Yi was immediately isolated.

(End of this chapter)