Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 767 Jinan ([-])

Du Chong was wearing a straight black woolen overcoat, with a brightly colored mixed-breed warhorse under his crotch.The horse is very tall, almost 150 centimeters in size. In this era of the Far East, it is really a tall horse, but it can be seen that the temper is quite bad, and it is not easy for people who are not skilled in horses. Maybe this is why this horse was killed by the horse. The reason for being eliminated by the government department is that after all, such a hot-tempered horse cannot become a qualified war horse.

But Du Chong liked this horse very much. When Shao Shude sent someone to send it over, he immediately fell in love with it.As a very tall man of Angzang, Du Chong likes this kind of violent war horse the most, and he did not castrate the stallion, and he rode around triumphantly all day long, showing off in front of everyone His horsemanship.

Du Chong, as one of the big bosses under Fuxing (Ren Qi), the first head of the Yuyuan Army Daqu, is currently considered an important guest on the east bank.Both Shao Shude and Mao Desheng spared no effort to win them over.The supply of money, food and materials is sufficient, and at the same time, someone was sent to guide him to train the troops, as if he was treated as a first-class battalion in the servant army.There is no way, with the current messy reputation of the people on the east bank, they can only win over such bandits and horse thieves. It is difficult for serious officers and soldiers to surrender unless they have to. Come and surrender?

And Du Chong himself has a good impression of the people on the east bank, and he is also quite yearning for the advanced weapons and advanced tactics displayed by the army on the east bank, especially the spectacular scene of twenty small artillery salvos, which made him always Du Chong, who boasted of being brave, also felt shuddering.The iron eggs shot out of the muzzle of the cannon will hurt you if you rub it, and you will be killed immediately if you hit it. Even if you wear several sets of armor, it will not help. It is really beyond human power.It is also after seeing the powerful combat power of the East Coast Army's "sharp guns", the Black Eight Banners infantry's "resolute and courageous", and the Semu cavalry's "indomitable forward", Du Chong, who was originally quite proud in the Yuyuan Army, was completely defeated. Overwhelmed.

After being subdued, Du Chong is like those Stockholm syndrome patients, and he crazily worships everything on the east bank. He is obsessed with the khaki military uniform of the east bank army (in fact, this is only the uniform of the reserve force, and the local soldiers on the east bank can wear it. I am proud of the dark blue military uniform), I like the slightly curved sabers of the East Coast style, I prefer to wear the high riding boots of the East Coast style, and I like a 1633 flintlock pistol hanging around my waist. Lu Lai held his head high and held his chest high, looking like a soldier on the east coast.

His own leader is like this. Du Chong brought more than 1000 cavalry (horses, donkeys and mules) when he first threw himself into the east bank. Horses) and more than two thousand infantry also followed suit.They took off their various clothes—many of which were snatched, and some soldiers even wore colorful women’s clothes—and put on the simple and practical East Coast khaki military uniforms. One to the school yard station queue.

Mao Desheng made a surprise inspection of the ministries of the servant army when it snowed heavily at the beginning of the year. At that time, none of the ministries had combat missions and were stationed in the counties of Qingzhou Prefecture.After Mao Desheng led the troops into the camps of each department, he ordered the formation and roll call. As a result, Du Chong's troops had more than [-] cavalry in armor. Many soldiers asked for leave to go out), which shows the strict discipline of the Ministry.

Du Chong, who was born in the Yuyuan Army, had such strict discipline, which surprised Mao Desheng.If you think about it carefully, if you want to transform a group of Yuyuan Army who have no concept of discipline and are used to laziness into a disciplined and combat-capable battalion, it will require great efforts from the entire army. The most test of the cohesion of the troops and the charisma of the chief officer.Du Chong can do this, and it is not in vain that he is a person valued by Fuxing, the first director of Yuyuan Army Daqu, and he is really capable.It can also be seen from this that there are indeed considerable talents buried in the reckless, as long as they are given the right opportunity, they will definitely be able to soar into the sky.

This time, Du Chong handed over 2000 infantry under his command to the command of the battalion outside Zhangqiu City, and then brought more than 1000 old cavalry brothers and several letters from Mao Desheng to Zhang Qi, Ren Qi and other leaders of the Yuyuan Army. , quietly left Zhangqiu County, all the way south to Yanzhou Mansion, looking for traces of the Yuyuan Army.

Now the bandits in yellow are aggressive, and Luck Dehun's twelve gold medals have forced the scattered green battalion troops to withdraw from the battle and gather towards Jinan, which made the road much more empty.Originally, Du Chong planned to take a detour to avoid the Qing army brigade, but after entering Yanzhou Mansion, he only saw scattered small groups of Qing troops along the way, but rarely encountered large groups.Even if you encounter them, you can use your mobility to get rid of them.Sometimes when the soldiers are full, he will order a surprise attack on some Qing army troops who are on the march. Of course, they are usually infantry battalions with incomplete organizational systems, with a majority of 300 people.Hitting these soft persimmons can not only eliminate the vitality of the Tartars, but also obtain some supplies, so why not do it.

He is also very familiar with Yanzhou Mansion. In the past, he often brought his subordinate Erlang here to "wander", and the farthest time he even went to Fei County.Yanzhou Mansion is not a rich place in Shandong, so there are so many bandits and bandits in the area. Zhu Langrong, the supervisory censor appointed by the Qing court, played "there are famous drama bandits in the eastern province, and there are more than fifty battalions of thousands of bandits." , about one-third of which came from Yanzhou Prefecture.These well-known masters, village owners, and canal leaders on the road, Du Chong also more or less knew each other when he was hanging out with Ren Fuxing, a big brother of the Yuyuan Army. This time he led troops all the way south from Jinan Mansion Entering Yanzhou Mansion, also relied on this old relationship to obtain some key supplies.If not, would it be possible for him to attack the enemy's rear for thousands of miles with a thousand cavalry?After all, Yanzhou Mansion is not "enemy rear" to him after all.And this is actually the reason why Mao Desheng sent him here.

Now that the army on the east bank is expanding in the outskirts of Jinan, the Qing army has also begun to gather more troops, and the battle between the two sides is imminent.At this critical moment, how could it be possible for Mao Desheng not to contact those local armed forces headed by the Yuyuan Army who had resolutely resisted the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years?These people can't do anything else, but they win because of their tenacious will. Like Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death, they are still very good at doing some things behind the weak Qing army.Now is such a good time. Mao Desheng will send Du Chong, who has accepted some military concepts of the East Coast, back to contact the armed forces of various factions. It is best to directly contact his former boss Ren Fuxing, so that the Yuyuan Army will completely riot behind the enemy lines. Whether it is attacking the Qing army's food collection team or cutting off the canal connecting the north and the south, the Qing army can lose sight of the other, and then be limited to passive step by step, eventually leading to defeat.

Although the Yuyuan army suffered heavy losses in the large-scale encirclement and suppression by the Qing army a while ago, the centipedes were dead but not stiff. At this time, the green camps of the Qing army in Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture had no intention of fighting and withdrew from the battlefield to encircle and suppress them. Gather to Jinan.This time is a good time for them to come out and make troubles in the Heavenly Palace, robbing money, food and livestock, and then coercing some people to farm in their base areas (the base areas of the Yuyuan Army in history were called "thieves' fields" and they were all located in the terrain. dangerous or complex terrain) to consolidate their foundations.

Originally staying in Yanzhou Mansion to preside over the bandit suppression military affairs was Qing Hebei General Kong Xigui, who originally had [-] troops, suffered a lot of losses after a long tug-of-war with the army on the east bank, and was later transferred to the rear by Lu Kede Commanded by Lai An, he replenished his troops while suppressing the bandits, so as to restore his strength as soon as possible.It's just that he had only fought a few battles in Yanzhou Prefecture, and when he regained a sense of victory, Jinan's urgent order came: ordering him to withdraw from the fighting areas immediately, gather his troops and drive to Tai'an Prefecture for standby.And when Kong Xigui arrived in Tai'an Prefecture with the main force, a new order came: order him to lead his troops to Changcheng Ridge in the south of Zhangqiu County to set up a camp, echoing Niu Chenghu's troops at a distance, threatening the flanks of the bandits in yellow.

As soon as Kong Xigui withdrew his 2 horses, Yanzhou Mansion was suddenly empty enough to run horses.All kinds of "heroes" who had been beaten up and ran around one after another emerged and moved around, and the local gentry also looked at Wang Shili, who was protecting their interests, reluctantly. Go, and then held a group training with the letter of commission from the boss, vowing to fight to the death with those armed gangsters, so as to ensure that "My Qing Dynasty" will not lose its way.At the same time, they also sent people south to contact the Gushan Ezhenzhun Pagoda stationed in the Huaiyang area, asking them to lead troops to the north to "clear up the place" and "return the world to a bright world."However, Zhunta is currently attracted by the yellow-clothed thief ships that have been haunting the Yangtze River Estuary for many times. It is worried that it will land in Nanzhili again, so it temporarily ignores the request made by the Shandong gentry, but sticks to it own portal.

Du Chong led more than 1000 cavalry to race horses in the territory of Yanzhou Prefecture like lightning. While inquiring about Zhang Qi, Ren Qi and others, he contacted familiar armed forces. Pick soft persimmons and pinch.While boosting the morale of these bandits and thieves, they quickly approached Zhang Qiuzhen, a key node on the canal, with the intention of destroying this key point for the Qing army to transfer supplies and pay, so that the main force of the Qing army in Jinan could not continue to pay.

Some remnants of the Qing army or local regiments in Yanzhou Prefecture originally had confidence in making gestures against the so-called "anti-Qing rebels" (in fact, bandits). Most of the Yellow Clothes Thief Cavalry (under Du Chong's command) lost the courage to resist the enemy on the spot.The prestige of the Semu cavalry is not boasted on the ground in Shandong. It was the result of bloody battles with the Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry. Let's see who knows the truth.Just like those Han army flags in Liaodong back then, who knows if you are a real Tartar or a fake Tartar with your braids hanging, and you will still scare away piles of Ming troops when you press it from a distance.

In this way, the battle-level battle near Jinan City has not yet started, and the battlefields behind the enemy lines in Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture have already become lively, and the Qing army, which is severely understrength, is under great pressure.

(End of this chapter)