Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 741

"Northern scenery, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside of Anqiu, there is only a vast, big river...forget it." Under the tower of Anqiu County, Mao Desheng, wrapped in a khaki army coat, was smoking a pipe. Facing the windy and snowy field, he was very poetic, and he chanted a few words unexpectedly. He suddenly lost interest, waved his hand in a disinterested manner, and said to the followers who followed him: "It's boring. Go downstairs, go for meal."

Several entourages and assistants who were born as poor scholars looked at each other, carefully chewed the few short sentences just now, and then followed Mao Desheng down the tower.

In the small Anqiu County, thousands of elite troops including the 103rd and 104th companies, supplementary companies, Yantai Artillery Company, security team, and cavalry brigade of the East Coast Army were crowded in at this time.In addition, about 700 meters to the west of the city, there is a stockade with a mixed structure of civil engineering. The three infantry battalions and supplementary soldiers of the South African Eight Banners New Army are stationed there under the command of the standard commander Liu Zhong. There is also a wooden camp in the south of the city. More than 2000 soldiers from the Dong Xueli Department were stationed; and in the north of the city, a larger stockade also stood in the wind and snow on the river bank, with more than [-] soldiers and more than [-] soldiers from the Qin Shangxing Department crowded together.

Inside and outside Anqiu County, more than [-] of the most elite infantry and cavalry artillery main soldiers on the east bank were stationed, which attracted the attention of the Qing army like a magnet, and gave the anti-Qing rebels who persisted in Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture Reduced considerable stress.

In the south of Zhucheng County, south of the coast, the main force of the volunteer team commanded by the captain of the army and the captain of the First Wing Captain Zhang Xudong was also stationed in a military barracks built with civil engineering.They are responsible for liaising with the navy (two flute-shaped transport ships, two armed transport ships, and nearly 16 medium-sized fishing boats, four warships have already gone to Zhoushan, and the remaining [-] motor-sailboats will undertake the task of immigration transport), ensuring that all the troops in the battle The smooth flow of various materials needed.

In addition to them, there are nearly 500 soldiers from Chen Zhilong's troops stationed in Zhucheng County, and [-] soldiers from Du Chong's troops are responsible for guarding [-] soldiers because there are many mules and horses, and almost everyone can ride horses. The task of transporting and supplying supplies.As for Ding Mingwu, Xie Qian and other ministries, they have many troops, but their combat effectiveness is too weak, so Mao Desheng sent them back to Dengzhou, Ninghai Prefecture, and Weihaiwei to run their old nests. They are not needed in the front line for the time being.

Because of the existence of the navy on the east coast, the main force of the Qing army did not dare to go east easily, fearing that the main force on the east bank would suddenly land in the rear and cut off their supply lines.Therefore, from September to December now, for three whole months, the two parties have been confronting each other near the junction of Qingzhou and Laizhou, and from time to time they engaged in small-scale fights, but the large-scale main battles were once in a while. No.Especially after nearly a thousand recruited Polish veterans were transported to the east coast in November, the strength of the cavalry increased greatly (9 Polish cavalry, about 12 Tatar cavalry, and more than 11 highly skilled security team scouts) The troops on the eastern bank of China even made the small number of Qing troops and Eight Banners watching them look sideways.

Especially one of the color-eyed cavalry riding tall horses (mixed-breed horses with a body height of more than 145 cm, eliminated by Ma Zheng), wearing iron armor, short guns hanging from their waists, and holding spears in their hands. They are quite imposing when they charge in groups. , which impressed the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry who fought against them very deeply.

The two sides did not engage in a main force battle. That was because the people on the east bank did not plan to have a main force decisive battle with them at all, and the main force of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia did not intend to waste their precious national children on the battlefield in Shandong—according to Tan Tai, Le Ke Dehun estimated that thousands of Eight Banners disciples would probably be killed or injured in order to completely defeat the bandits in yellow.

After all, the opponent's more than 1000 "true yellow-clothed thieves" musketeers and gunners, the small 4000 black feudal ghost slave heavy infantry, and thousands of color-eyed cavalry are not easy to get along with.In a head-to-head confrontation, under the situation of the yellow-clothed thieves firing all their guns, the Eight Banners soldiers would not be killed or injured, and five or six thousand people might not be able to take down this enemy.Not to mention that Qin Shangxing, Zhai Cong'e, Dong Xueli, Chen Zhilong and others on the other side are not muddled. They have made rapid progress under the training of the bandits in yellow.

This is not over yet, the opponent seems to have a "fake yellow clothes thief" battalion of seven to 8000 people (most of them are dispatched this time), which is not easy to deal with. The troops of the "Four King Kongs" are even stronger, and their tactics are quite peculiar, somewhat similar to those of the true yellow-clothed thieves.In short, is this group of bandits unexpectedly fierce? Or should we wait for the main force of the Green Camp to wipe out the Yuyuan Army, Dongping Bandit, Mule Army, Qingshan Bandit, Li Huajing Caozhou Rebel Army, Ding Weiyue Regiment and other large and small rebel armed forces Let's talk later.At that time, more than [-] troops will gather in Qingzhou, and they will also suppress the yellow-clothed thieves back.

As for chasing more than [-] people to Dengzhou to beat up the bandits in yellow clothes, Tan Tai, Luck Dehun and the others never thought about it, it was impossible, and they didn't dare to take such a big risk.As long as the thieves in yellow carry out the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness in Laizhou and Qingzhou, the food supplies for the more than [-] Qing troops can only be provided by the rear. The mobile force landed in the empty rear of the Qing army and cut off its supply line, so the more than [-] Qing troops in front would collapse without fighting.

However, although those Yuyuan soldiers were weak in combat power, they were indeed cunning enough.They knew that the Qing army was pressing down on the country, and they didn't dare to toss about outside, so they all hid back to their old nests, taking advantage of the complicated local environment and favorable terrain to resist one by one; Sooner or later, these guys can be cleaned up one by one, but the time spent in the middle is out of the question.

In history, Zhang Cunren led 10,000+ Qing troops to encircle and suppress the Shandong Rebel Army headed by the Yuyuan Army, but it took more than two years to initially calm down its main force, and the remnants of the Yuyuan Army continued to make trouble for more than ten years after that. It finally disappeared, which shows the complexity of the local environment and the firm resistance of the members of the Yuyuan Army.

At that time, Zhang Cunren unified the three provinces of Jili, Shandong, and Henan, and had more than 15 soldiers in his hands. It took more than two years to pacify most of them.But now the yellow-clothed thieves are on the sidelines, and many places have scored troops to stay behind, and they cannot go all out to attack; in addition, their green battalion troops are not as good as in history in terms of equipment and morale after repeated attacks. The Eight Banners sent troops to assist, which further reduced their desire to engage in a main battle with the bandits in yellow, and also made the entire process of the campaign more complicated and confusing. The difference between a soldier and a green battalion soldier is really not that big, and it is not easy to wipe out those geographical ghosts who are familiar with the environment.

The Qing army was concentrating on destroying the Yuyuan Army to relieve their own worries—after all, the army needed a lot of food and grass to be raised from the relatively affluent Dongchang Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion. ——Mao Desheng naturally won't let them do what they want.Therefore, the small-scale fighting continued uninterrupted for three months. Among them, both the people on the east bank took the initiative to attack the Qing army, and the Qing army attacked the supply line on the east bank (from Zhucheng to Anqiu).

The people on the east bank took the initiative to attack and had no results, because the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia could avoid fighting, unless they faced the cavalry regiment on the east bank (two cavalry brigades under its jurisdiction, a total of 2800 cavalry, of which about 600 were Polish heavy troops) mounted cavalry and riding mixed-blood war horses), otherwise they would not want to fight head-on with the yellow-clothed thieves; and the Qing army did not take advantage of the transport convoy of the people on the east bank, because the transport team of the people on the east bank was The heavy freight carriages are mainly driven by well-trained spearmen, the first brigade of the elite stand-up team (spearmen, musketeers and a small amount of artillery mixed) and some cavalry (donkey and mule cavalry under Du Chong's department) On the flanks, the Eight Banners of Man and Mongolia are not flustered when they encounter the Eight Banners of Man and Mongolia. Instead, they form a car formation to resist.

In such a situation, although there were no large-scale battles between the two sides, small-scale fights were often carried out.More than 1 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners and some local regiments, Yanding, Taxing, and government servants were firmly dragged in Qingzhou Prefecture, and they accompanied the various ministries on the east coast to train the troops. It was really depressing. no.

After the time entered the middle and late November, due to the extremely cold weather this year and heavy snowfall in Shandong, even the small-scale fighting between the two sides gradually stopped, and they began to rest and organize their troops.The same is true for Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion. Although the green battalions of the Qing army were urged by Shangfeng’s strict orders, the inconvenience caused by the bad weather still reduced their efficiency a lot. The Yuyuan Army and other rebels who had been beaten into disgrace were greatly relieved.

However, when both sides were staring at each other and waiting for the opportunity, at the beginning of 1649, Khalkha Mongolia invaded the border. Dorgon called a meeting of the kings and felt that it should not be underestimated. Some troops were dispatched to the Datong area, and at the same time, Jiang Guan, who was guarding the area, was ordered to come out of the city to pay a visit, which aroused Jiang Guan's doubts.At this time, at the time when Li, Jin, Wang and others in the south, anyway, the Qing government urgently dispatched some of the Manchu, Han and Mongolian Eight Banners, led by the veteran Ji Erhalang, to put out the fire. Encouraged by this, Jiang Guan simply killed the Qing court sent to prepare The officials who caused complaints from the people for food and grass rebelled!

Anyway, Jiang Guan's words were like a thunderclap, echoing for a long time in the emptiness of the Sanjin land.

(End of this chapter)