Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 682 New Deal ([-])

Mao Desheng's request was finally approved by Shao Shude.But Shao Shude asked Mao Desheng to report on his previous military actions regularly, and agreed with him not to engage in large-scale battles with the main force of the Qing army. As for what the main force of the Qing army is, it was up to Mao Desheng to judge for himself.All in all, Mao Desheng has a lot of freedom.

On March 3, Mao Desheng led his army back to Teng County, defeating more than 2 Green Battalion soldiers who were left behind by Hebei General Kong Xigui, and then stationed here again, waiting for the logistics troops while investigating the enemy's situation.As for the artillery captain Li Wenchang who came for reinforcements, he had already led some troops and spoils to retreat by land to Dengzhou.

At this time, Mao Desheng still had three companies of the East Bank Army, a strengthened artillery company (16 artillery pieces), three infantry battalions of the Eight Banners New Army, a security team and a cavalry brigade—all of which were relatively elite troops, totaling about There are more than 3 soldiers; in addition, there are more than 7500 members of the First Wing of the Standing Squad (the full number is 5), and the servants Zhai Cong'e, Qin Shangxing, Xie Qian, Dong Xueli, Chen Zhilong, Du Chong, Ding Mingwu and other mobs There are more than [-] people in total. If you add the nearly [-] soldiers from the East Bank, the total number of soldiers on the East Bank has exceeded [-].

Although the combat effectiveness of more than half of the troops is worrying, and it may even be difficult for the Green Battalion of the Qing Army, this number sounds scary enough. At least some of the troops of the Qing Army Kong Xigui who had already chased the Yuyuan Army into the canal were immediately killed. He shrank back in fright, and even called it to go in to relieve the siege of Cao County.

It is said that after Li Huajing set off a big uprising to surround Caozhou, the southwestern part of Yanzhou Prefecture fell into chaos. In short, there is no place of peace.Le Kede, who was sitting in Jinan, saw that the entire territory of Yanzhou Prefecture had almost fallen. At this time, he also became anxious. He began to urge Tong Yangliang, Niu Chenghu and other ministries to go south to recover Yanzhou, and repeatedly ordered several ministries to keep their distance and go hand in hand. So as not to be broken by everyone.

At the same time, Baoding General Soldier Lu Guonan was also ordered to turn around and go straight to Dongchang Mansion. Together with Linqing General Soldier Yi Yonggui, they will first pacify the Yuyuan Army bandits there.Unexpectedly, the Yuyuan army there was extremely cunning. They used the elm forests, caves, and tunnels all over the area to deal with the Qing army. In that way, many caves were tightly blocked, and this was the only way to restrain the elusive Yuyuan army.But in this way, precious time has passed, and the situation in Yanzhou Prefecture in the south is getting more and more chaotic. The [-] to [-] soldiers and horses sent by the three major generals sent by the Qing court are almost exhausted there. On the front line, there were tens of thousands of yellow-clothed thieves staring at them. Even the Qing army was not very efficient in suppressing the bandits. It always had to use the main force to defend against the yellow-clothed thieves. It was difficult, but the situation was deadlocked for a while.

The more than [-] soldiers of the Seventh Commander-in-Chief were unable to settle the situation in Shandong quickly. This made Lu Kede in Jinan panic, and also shocked the Manchu nobles in Beijing. There is still such a difficult situation in this world. bandits?Is this Luck Dehun still okay?

However, no matter what the nobles of the Qing Dynasty think, the situation in Shandong has indeed come to a stalemate. While Mao Desheng is closely investigating the movement of the Qing army in the direction of Jinan in the north, he maintains uninterrupted harassing attacks on Kong Xigui and other ministries along the canal. He could not concentrate on dealing with various forces such as Yuyuan Army, Qingshan Bandit, Mule Army, Li Huajing Rebel Army, etc. At the same time, he also allowed his gang of mobs to gain some valuable battlefield experience to improve their combat effectiveness.

In this way, until the middle and late March, Li Huajing's troops finally conquered Caozhou City. Huang Dengxiao, the Qing Caozhou garrison who had promoted Li Huajing, was forced to cut off his braids and surrender due to the situation.At the same time, Niu Chenghu and Tong Yangliang's second corps who went south finally broke through the heavy interception of the army on the east bank and entered Juye County in the west of Yanzhou Prefecture, but the situation was already out of control.

Li Huajing, Yuyuan Army and other anti-Qing forces still staying in Yanzhou Mansion add up to almost 20 people. In addition, there are more than [-] yellow-clothed bandits who have been threatening them all the time. In order to avoid repeating Gaodi's mistakes, the three Qing armies simply began to shrink their forces and set up camp on the front lines of Juye and Yuncheng.In this way, we can not only contact Yi Yonggui and Lu Guonan who were suppressing bandits in Dongchang Prefecture, but also ensure that the grain road from Jinan to Yanzhou will not be cut off.

However, in this way, Yanzhou Mansion is bound to be completely abandoned by them. Not surprisingly, at the end of March, as the pressure on the Qing army eased, the Dongming local bandits who allied with Li Huajing began to return to the Northern Zhili Daming one by one. However, the highly mobile anti-Qing rebel army, such as the Qing bandits and the mule army, began to enter the empty Guide Mansion in Henan Province. The sound of the wind is rumbling, and the grass and trees are all soldiers.

You know, in order to completely solve the situation in Shandong, the Qing government allocated all the field mobile forces in Shandong, Beizhili, and Henan provinces.But the more than [-] field troops failed to completely solve the problem, and instead allowed the "bandit sentiment" to spread to neighboring provinces, what a shame!At the beginning, the cultural relics officials of the Manchu Dynasty all advised Dorgon to eliminate the bandits in Shandong as soon as possible, otherwise there would be changes later, and after analysis, Dorgon also believed that if the Shandong problem was solved, then the national problem would be half solved.Therefore, he mobilized a large number of mobile troops in the north, changed from a comprehensive attack to a focused attack, and tried to solve the Shandong issue in World War I.

But in many cases, the direction of things is not based on personal will. The leader of the bandit in yellow, named Mo Ming, dared not withdraw in front of more than [-] Qing troops. In the Battle of Baodugu, they surrounded and wiped out more than [-] elite soldiers from the Ace Army and Henan General Soldier Gaodi, which made Kong Xigui terrified. At the same time, Niu Chenghu and Tong Yangliang who went south were full of doubts. That kind of courageous and diligent momentum.

After seeing that the Green Camp could no longer completely solve the problem, Dorgon, who was far away in Beijing, began to consider whether to let Wu Sangui, who had just arrived in Shaanxi, lead his troops back.This guy Wu Sangui has been suspected by the Qing court for the past few years, and he has just been transferred back to Shaanxi from outside the customs—although the rebel army there has been extinguished, the sporadic resistance of the remnants has not stopped, and there is an urgent need for a general to lead the battle The soldiers guarded.However, after thinking about it, Dorgon decided not to recruit Wu Sangui and returned. He was going to mobilize the elite Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia to go south, and strike with all his strength like a lion fighting a rabbit, in order to completely solve the Shandong problem.

Dorgon even thought about the leader of the army, that is his henchman Tan Tai.At that time, Tan Tai will lead the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia with a number of no less than [-] to go south and take over the military affairs of Shandong.Although Luck Dehun was capable, he was inexperienced after all. He was completely passive when he faced the treacherous and cunning leader of the bandit in yellow, Mo Ming. At this time, a replacement was necessary.As for Luck Dehun's arrangement after returning to Beijing, Dorgon meant to refrigerate it for a while, and then find an opportunity to send it to the south for gold plating before it can be used.

In April, the Qing court formally ordered Tan Tai to be the general of Pingdong, leading more than 7 people from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, to go south to Shandong in a mighty way, and strive to completely solve the Shandong problem.So far, the total number of Eight Banners soldiers and horses sent by the Qing government to Jiangnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shandong has reached about 14.At this time, there were only more than 60 Cheng Dings in the Manchu, Han, and Mongolian Eight Banners who were over 14 years old and under [-] years old. The Qing court really worked hard to quickly pacify the world.

Tan Tai's army would not be able to reach Shandong in a short time to raise food, grass, ordnance, and money, so the situation in the three prefectures of the east and west of Shanxi was still in a muddle-headed stalemate.The West Three Mansions are full of flames, while the East Three Mansions are indeed a scene of peace and tranquility.

After the beginning of spring in April, Shao Shude ordered to start farming in the outskirts of the cities of Yantai, Dengzhou, Ninghai Prefecture, and Weihaiwei, and launched a vigorous spring sowing operation.At the same time, after more than half a year of reconstruction and repairs, the city wall of Dengzhou City has changed greatly. Not only have a large number of broken line areas (in order to reduce the nesting area) been added to the city wall, but also several prominent areas have been added. The Ministry, and all placed artillery-artillery artillery trained by the East Coast.

Although Weihaiwei's city walls do not have time to rebuild, the city near the sea can be effectively supported by naval guns on the sea, so the area is actually not that large.Moreover, many damages and gaps on the wall have been repaired and reinforced. If a few small cannons are installed, it will be quite easy to defend.

As for Ninghai Prefecture City, this one is more painful.You must know that the city was demolished by the people on the east coast, leaving only a foundation. Later, when Haoge besieged Yantai, he once rebuilt the city, but the project was huge, and Yantai was sealed off before the completion The army was defeated and fled.After the East Coast people took over the city of Ninghai Prefecture, although they still continued to build the city wall, they had no choice but to have insufficient time and manpower. So far, they have not yet finished repairing the city wall of Ninghai Prefecture. It seems that it will take at least several months to complete the construction. up.

In addition to these construction works, Shao Shude also set up an Anti-Qing Military and Political Academy on Zhifu Island in Yantai on a whim, which was specially responsible for training officers and management personnel at all levels of the servant army.He was even thinking about requiring the officers of the various ministries of the servant army to take turns to attend lectures at the Anti-Qing Military and Political Academy, and the people from the east bank would teach them some extremely simple and fundamental skills of governing the country.

For this reason, Shao Shude even planned to give lectures in person, teaching the group of Qiu Ba, who could not read a few big characters, the "revolutionary principles" and the skills of governing the country in as simple and straightforward language as possible.In the future, if these people are not sure that they will get lucky in the world or become a member of the ruling class, then teaching them some simple political theory will only benefit them and not harm them.

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