Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 667

"Cut them all!" Chen Zhilong said hoarsely with a circle of blisters on the corner of his mouth.As his words fell, the wolf-like soldiers behind him pushed a group of officers wearing general uniforms to the ground, and then raised their knives while they were crying and wailing. A dozen heads that were still steaming It rolled and fell on the snow-covered land.

"General Chen, I hope you will purge your troops more in the future, and don't let what happened before you happen again. To be honest, if Dong Xueli and General Dong hadn't used your military achievements as a guarantee this time, you might not be able to pass the test so easily this time. I hope you Take care of yourself, I have to rush to the front to report to Marshal Mo, and there will be a later date." Che Nian, the deputy captain of the first brigade of the Standing Team, bowed his hands to Chen Zhilong, and then rode away with his followers.

Today is January 1, and two days have passed since the siege of 16 people in Gaodi.When the Dong Xueli Department once shook the enemy's front line in the afternoon of the 5000th, Gao Di became ruthless and personally organized his own soldiers to suppress Dong Xueli Department back.However, after the battle lasted until midnight, Gaudi, who had suffered many casualties, knew that the situation was over, and began to order a breakout.

The remaining [-] Qing troops chose Chen Zhilong's weaker troops as a breakthrough point.They used the frontier as a sharp knife and the elite cavalry as their follow-up. Driven by the will to survive from death, they actually broke through the more than [-] soldiers and horses of Chen Zhilong deployed on the east side in one battle, and then swarmed to break through in the dark night. What kind of formation is there, and they fled desperately towards Yimeng Mountain in the east.

Knowing that the enemy had broken through, Mo Ming immediately ordered the whole team to pursue. The stand-up team and the cavalry brigade set off first, followed by the South African Eight Banners New Army, and then the East Coast Army.As for Chen Zhilong, who caused the Qing army to break out that night, Mo Ming originally planned to be dismissed and investigated. Fortunately, Dong Xueli used his military merits as a guarantee. , so Chen Zhilong was lucky enough to stay in office.However, the ten or so generals under his command who escaped first last night were not so lucky. In order to show his heart, under the supervision of the officers on the east bank, Chen Zhilong personally ordered the beheading of these ten or so old brothers who had followed him for many years. Handsome to explain.

As for the more than [-] high-ranking soldiers and horses who came out of the encirclement, they were chased by the army on the east bank, and they continued to lose their troops. Finally, they were hit in the middle by the cavalry from the east bank who rushed over, and most of them were surrounded in Yimeng. Baodu Gushang in the mountainous area.Only Less than Qianqi, under the leadership of Gaodi, escaped the pursuit of the army on the east bank, and fled south towards Xuzhou.After chasing for a while, the cavalry brigade led by Yang Mingyang ran back angrily. His mother Gaodi ran faster than a rabbit, and disappeared in the blink of an eye!

At this time, there were still 7000 to [-] Qing troops surrounded on Baodugu, and there were also many middle and senior officers.These Liao soldiers are not as "unscrupulous" as the Shun army or the Qing army from the Ming army. They have always been relatively stubborn. They look down on the troops in the pass, and it is even more difficult to surrender to them-especially when the Qing court likes to reuse "Liaodong old men" when.

After surrounding the Qing army, Mo Ming thought for a while, and transferred back Ding Mingwu, who was still on the way to Yizhou, and asked him to take turns with Zhai Cong'e, Dong Xueli and others. While launching a general attack on the Qing army, he Take advantage of this rare opportunity to sharpen your troops.This Qing army is doomed to perish, and once they are wiped out, the more than 5000 people who crossed the river in Gaodi's army are almost wiped out.Gaudi had only less than a thousand cavalry left, and in addition to the five thousand weak soldiers who remained in Hexi, the old base was almost wiped out.After the news spread, the rest of the generals of the Qing army should take a warning: that is, don't be the first bird who provokes the bandits in yellow!

After successfully defeating the Qing army, Mo Ming began to send out scouts to contact more than [-] people from Li Wenchang's department who had gone south from Jining Prefecture, and asked them to come to Baodugu together, and then join forces to Yizhou, and finally arrived Haizhou on the Yellow Sea receives key supplies from naval ships anchored on the sea.

While waiting for Chief Li Wen to arrive, Marshal Mo finally considered the arrangements for the funeral in the Far East.He wrote all his arrangements in a letter, which will be handed over to Shao Shude at that time.He and Shao Shude have known each other for many years, and both of them are members of an interest group. Some things are better left to him in private.

First of all, he was the leader of the Far East Army after he left. Here he recommended Mao Desheng and asked Shao Shude to write a letter back to the mainland to ask the executive committee to extend Mao Desheng's term of office.Mao Desheng is the company commander of the 104th company, and he doesn't have much contact with the stand-up team system. It shouldn't be a big problem to extend his term for a few years.Anyway, next year, the 104th company will have to rotate back to the mainland, and Mao Desheng, who has lost his direct line of troops, will not be able to play too many tricks by then-and he doesn't need to play any tricks.

In the last few battles, Mo Ming appointed Mao Desheng as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy each time, directing specific battles, so Mao Desheng can be regarded as an experienced veteran.In the future, there will be no more military and political strongmen like Marshal Mo in the Far East. Shao Shude doesn't know soldiers, but he has seniority, face, and management skills, so it is not a problem to preside over the overall work; and Wei Boqiu, the deputy commander of the gendarmerie, can be in charge of the economy. , Diplomatic work, this gentleman is also versatile-maybe he is a little smarter, but it does not hinder the overall situation. Letting him take charge of economic work should be able to relieve the finances of the Heishui area that was on the verge of collapse by Marshal Mo.

In this way, Shao Shude in the Far East presided over the overall work, and Mao Desheng and Wei Boqiu were his deputies, responsible for the military and economic aspects respectively. This political structure should be quite stable for a period of time.

Before leaving, Marshal Mo also left one last gift for what may be the most exciting peak career in his life: using the 80 million taels of silver and a large amount of supplies looted from Jining Prefecture and other places as guarantees, he will serve as a guarantee in the entire army. (Progressive Squad, Servant Army, and Surrendered Soldiers) were selected to form the fourth brigade of the Standing Squad—the preparatory work for this brigade has already begun, and hundreds of Japanese samurai and savage Jurchen tribes have been recruited civil.

After the formation of the fourth brigade of the stand-up team, the total strength of the stand-up team system will reach 9500, which is very beneficial to the stabilization of the territory occupied by the Blackwater Pioneering Team in Shandong.And as for the additional maintenance costs of more than 15 yuan per year, what does it matter to him?Anyway, he's about to pat his ass and leave soon.

He believed that Shao Shude would continue to form the fourth team of the stand-up team.Because he learned from some letters from Yantai recently that Shao Shude had already sent people to repair and rebuild the city walls of Ninghai Prefecture and Weihaiwei. In addition, Dengzhou City had already been rebuilt and a certain number of cannons had been placed.

It is said that under Wei Boqiu's suggestion, Shao Shude will hand over these cities to some servants to guard them.For example, Dengzhou City was originally planned to be handed over to Chen Zhilong—of course, this matter has changed now that Chen Zhilong has just lost, and Mo Ming is going to suggest that his flood land be changed to Ninghaizhou City.As for Dengzhou City, Mo Ming prefers to hand it over to Dong Xueli. This guy may not be able to turn back now, and the army's combat effectiveness is also strong, so it is more reassuring to hand over Dengzhou City to him.Finally, there is the relatively old Weihai Weicheng. After much deliberation, Mo Mingsi decided to suggest that Shao Shude hand over this city to Xie Qian for defense. If they send officers to reorganize his troops at the same time, they should be able to defend Weihaiwei, a small coastal city.

The above-mentioned people are all miscellaneous troops recruited during this expedition. These people have recently invested in, and their capital is not weak. If they are sent to the Black Water area or other bitter cold places rashly, it will inevitably make people feel uncomfortable. It is a bad opinion, so it is more reliable to place them in Dengzhou on the spot.Anyway, those guarding those fortresses are not the troops of the East Bank system, they are all servants, and they don't feel bad when they die.

Moreover, Mo Ming discovered through correspondence with Shao Shude that he seemed to be planning to hand over Dengzhou to some servant generals to manage it—of course, all the policies, instructions, and plans in the early stage must be done by people from the East Coast.For example, in the past month, Shao Shude has ordered the protection of the properties of the few remaining landlords in Dengzhou and Laizhou, and at the same time distributed a large amount of unclaimed land to some Ming refugees who came from war-torn places such as Qingzhou and even Jinan. , Let them level the wasteland there, dig ditches, and prepare to start planting after the next spring.

As for the few remaining landlords, Shao Shude insisted that they reduce rent and interest, reduce the burden on farmers, pay taxes on time, and avoid any tax evasion.With such a move, with the news of Marshal Mo's successive victories in Jinan Prefecture, the situation in Dengzhou Prefecture suddenly changed greatly, and there was even a hint of order.

Of course, Shao Shude had the confidence to dare to do this.First of all, since last autumn, the people on the east bank have sent a large number of soldiers and military men to the four prefectures of Denglai Qingji to harvest the grain in the field. Then, except for the distribution of some rations to the local poor, the rest of the grain and many livestock are basically sold. Shipped to the vicinity of Yantai.With these grains, Dengzhou will be able to feed a large number of people, and it will also be able to organize refugees to recultivate the abandoned land.

Secondly, with the improvement in the quantity and quality of the troops on the east coast, Shao Shude was actually not very afraid of the Qing army dragging hundreds of thousands of kilometers of supply lines to attack Dengzhou.Are you kidding me, in the Dongsi Prefecture of Shandong where all the food has been cut off by the people on the east coast, how can it be so easy to raise rations for an army of more than 20?If you are transshipping thousands of miles from other places, sorry, if the people on the east coast who hold the command of the sea organize an "Incheon landing", then the 10,000+ army in front will be in trouble.

On January 1, Li Wenchang led some pioneers to Baodugu.At this time, the Qing army on the mountain had been worn down by repeated sieges. At this time, Marshal Mo no longer let his subordinates continue to sharpen the troops. He ordered the whole army to attack the remaining four thousand Qing troops on Baodu Gu. The army launched the final attack, according to his words-rush to Baodugu and destroy the Kaigui soldiers!

That night, more than half of the 1 Qing troops in Baodugu were killed or injured, and the rest surrendered. The main force of the trump card army under Gaodi's troops has been destroyed so far. On January 22, Mo Ming, who waited until Li Wenchang's follow-up troops, led his army to Yizhou, and occupied it without bloodshed on January 1. On the 26th, the whole army continued to move south, and finally arrived at the coast near Ganyu on February 27, and then began to load and unload supplies to prepare for the next combat operation. Mao Desheng also began to temporarily take over the command.And Mo Ming boarded one of the ships, preparing to return to the mainland with his family (Lola and two children) after returning to Yantai.At this point, the man who once rose like a comet in Shandong and repeatedly slapped the Qing court may leave this land forever.

(End of this chapter)