Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 786 Jinan (V)

"...The puppet Qing Dynasty favors treacherous ministers, greedy and collecting taxes, heavy punishments. Can't save the people from the fire and water, exhausts the troops and robs people's money, sucks marrow and skin, rapes wives and daughters, how is it different from animals? Our army is all good farmers who have been farming for ten generations. , Urgently promote the division of benevolence and righteousness, and save the people from misery. Jinan is now set, and a sign is sent to inform the people: Do not be panicked, and everyone is safe. Every army camp has anyone who kills people without authorization, and the whole team will be killed! Officials who hide among the people will be reused. The rest will not get military uniforms, and jade and stone are hard to separate. It is too late to regret. This call!"

As the army from the east bank entered Jinan one after another, the Anmin notices prepared by Shao Shude's former Shun army old camp literati were also posted on the streets and alleys of Licheng County (that is, Jinan City).This notice, which was changed from the Shunjun's call to arms, inherited the tradition of the East Bank. It was murderous and fit the image of the East Bank Army.However, in troubled times, the key point is to focus on this. When this Announcement on the People was released, and a few green-skinned hooligans who took advantage of the chaos and robbed were killed, the order in Jinan City immediately stabilized.

The remnants of the Qing army in the city were also searched out one by one, and all middle and senior officers were put in prison for interrogation.After the interrogation, those who were interrogated were loaded into the prison vans, escorted to Yantai in the rear, and then waited for the ship to be transported to Heishui Port. They will spend at least five years in forced labor camps in lumber yards, coal mines, brick kilns, lime factories, etc.——Winter I have to work too.

During this battle, the army on the east bank captured more than 5000 armed men from various quarters, including the Green Camp of the Qing Army and the Landlord Tuanlian. Except for a few who were dispersed and supplemented by various servants, the remaining more than [-] people will be sent to the rear to repair bridges. After paving the road and building the fortress, most of them will be sent to the immigration transport ship and head to the east coast.These people were all defeated generals, their morale was extremely low, and they were basically left to the hands of the people on the east coast, and after they were transported back to the mainland, they didn't expect them to make any trouble again.

The counting of materials in the city was also carried out at the same time. In addition to the trophies belonging to the soldiers of the various ministries, the people on the east coast also gained a considerable amount: there were more than [-] stones of grain and beans, [-] bundles of forage, pigs, cattle, sheep and horses. There are more than [-] mules and [-] carts. These are all extremely valuable materials for the army on the east bank.In addition, Jinan is a prosperous and prosperous place. All kinds of books, articles, antiques, jades, and other things that Qiu Ba and the others think are not very useful are also sorted out, and then sent to Yantai in packs one by one. The destination should be Dongfang Port, the capital of the east coast.The largest library in the country is about to be built there, and the ancient books from the Ming Dynasty are just used to fill those empty bookshelves.

Licheng County is not only the prefectural city of Jinan, but also the most benevolent place in Shandong Province. People from various religions and nine streams gather here, and it is quite lively on weekdays.However, after the army from the east bank entered the city and blocked the entry and exit, these craftsmen, actors, prostitutes, storytellers, doctors, low-level scholars and even fortune-telling witches were swept away, and then they were loaded into carts and let them go weeping. Send it to Yantai in the rear.

Among these people, handicraftsmen, doctors, and low-level scholars are the type of people who are hand-picked by the local people to vigorously recruit them. It’s nothing to say, they will all be sent back to South America; as for storytellers, jugglers, actors, magic sticks and other entertainment industry practitioners , basically a small part of them were sent to Sakhalin Island and the towns on the east bank of the Amur River Basin, and most of them were also sent to the mainland; the rest of the prostitutes were all sent to Sakhalin Island. People with a little wealth are actually very sought-after in the hearts of the people at the bottom.Therefore, it is a good thing for everyone to reward them as wives for disabled soldiers with missing arms and legs.

These things have delayed Shao Shude for a whole week. When he finished his work a week later, the battle report from the front also came: On June 6, in order to show his heart, Niu Chenghu personally led more than 19 troops from the headquarters to the In Tai'an Prefecture, the seven or eight thousand mob assembled by Kong Xigui was defeated in the first battle, and then they chased them all the way to the outside of Qufu County, Yanzhou Prefecture. On the way back, he didn't forget to loot the Tai'an state treasury and the food and grass left there by Kong Xigui.

On June 6, Mao Desheng, who personally led the main force to Dongchang Prefecture, arrived in Liaocheng County after Liankeboping, Tangyi and other counties.Lu Guonan, the chief soldier of Baoding who had originally retreated to this point, vacillated between the harsh battlefield situation and the strict order of the Qing court not to retreat, and was then surrounded by the east bank army who rushed to the city.After a fierce battle, on the night of the 21rd, Lu Guonan led his army to break through the siege, and was smashed to the west of the city by cavalry from the east coast. Numerous soldiers and horses under his command were killed and injured.

After Lu Guonan was defeated and retreated, the Qing court had no more powerful troops in Dongchang Mansion, and the Yuyuan Army, which had been suppressed, was suddenly out of control. "The whole land has fallen".The state city, where a small number of landlord groups practice armed forces, is like a lone boat in the vast ocean, in danger of being capsized at any time.And the people on the east bank were not idle at this time. They sent a small group of troops, carrying a few light artillery pieces, to assist the Yuyuan army in breaking down the city stubbornly held by the Qing army, so as to save them a place to meet when the Qing army came back in the future.

To settle down Dongchang Mansion, after Mao Desheng inquired that Luck Dehun in Dezhou had been decreed by the Qing government, Li Sutai was dismissed (Xu Dai committed a crime), and the Qing army had been unable to enter. .Therefore, he first collected a large amount of grain and grass near Liaocheng, and then he didn't even wait for the gunpowder to be transported behind—first he used the captured Qing army's inferior gunpowder, and then led the army northward to Dezhou.

He set off with three infantry companies and two artillery companies of the East Bank Army, three infantry battalions of the Black Eight Banners, most of the volunteer troops, and the servants Dong Xueli, Qin Shangxing, Xie Qian, Chen Zhilong and other departments, with a total of 5000 troops. (including 2000 soldiers), it can be called the essence of the troops on the east bank in Shandong.The remaining 9000 members of the fourth brigade of the Standing Team, the servants Zhai Cong'e, Niu Chenghu, and the rebel army Ding Mingwu, who was hit hard a while ago, were stationed on the line from Jinan to Tai'an Prefecture, while contacting Du Chong who was making a big fuss in Yanzhou Prefecture , while faintly suppressing the nearly [-] remnants of Gaodi and Kong Xigui, who had joined forces at the moment.After Du Chong completely paralyzed the rule of the Qing government in Yanzhou, and the next batch of supplies arrived in Jinan City via the Xiaoqing River, Shao Shude had to lead the remaining troops south to defeat the two lingering remnants of the Qing army, and completely resist the enemy. Set South.

The Qing court was not well prepared for the sudden deterioration of the war situation in Shandong. Seventy to eighty thousand soldiers and horses could not stop the murderous yellow-clothed bandits. Now the whole province is about to fall, but they are unable to rescue them.Gein is now at a critical juncture in the Shanxi battlefield, and the Qing government has drawn troops from various parties, but it still feels stretched. So far, the local rebellion has not been completely quelled. No chance.The walls of this city are high and deep, and the large-caliber artillery of "My Great Qing" has lost a lot in Shandong and Hubei. It is really unreasonable that there is nothing to do with an isolated city of Datong at this time.

Shandong must be saved!This is the unanimous opinion of the Qing court.Although the Qing court at this time was not like the Ming Dynasty, it had not yet developed the habit of relying on water transportation in the south on a large scale, but the canal was cut off, business travel was blocked, and local difficulties were also great. Over time, the damage to the Qing court was also considerable. big.What's more, Shandong is adjacent to North Zhili, and troops can be sent directly to the capital. The threat is too great. In addition, there are many bandit ships and fast guns in yellow clothes. Strategic points such as Tianjin and Jinzhou are under its threat. In the stronghold of bandits in yellow clothes, the Qing court could hardly sleep or eat. The tartars could not be robbers at ease, and the Han officials could not be traitors at ease. How could this happen!

But to rescue Shandong, where will the soldiers come from?Not to mention Shandong, there are no soldiers for thousands of miles in the wilderness of Henan, and there are some troops in Beizhili, but the responsibility of defending the capital is so great that it can't be lightly moved.As for the more than [-] people under Jiangbei Zhunta's command, they also dare not move!The thieves in yellow have been making frequent moves recently. Seeing that they are about to launch a landing battle in the Yangtze River area, how can the soldiers and horses guarding the place be transferred away?Looking at it this way, the Qing court really has nothing to do in Shandong, including the neighboring Jiangbei Huai'an Mansion, Henan Guide Mansion, Beizhili Daming Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion and Hejian Mansion. The thieves attacked the city and seized the land.

Of course Shao Shude could clearly see the reality of the Qing court.In today's world, I am afraid that no one can stand on a higher level to look down on the world than the East Coast people, and no one has a clearer grasp of their respective strategic intentions and general trends than the East Coast people.The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, it's so cool!

However, it is one thing to know the intention of the Qing court, but it is also very troublesome for the people on the east bank to do it themselves.Breaking through Jinan was a huge blow to the prestige of the Qing court. In the long run, the troubles of the Qing court will be even greater; What about the people on the east coast?As long as the Qing government does not procrastinate in Shanxi for too long, and then scrapes the ground three feet to support the less than 20 troops in the north, and quickly rushes to Shandong after conquering Shanxi, with the Green Camp and the Eight Banners of Manchuria as the main body, when the time comes, the people on the east coast will Maybe they have to retreat to Qingzhou or even Laizhou - this is almost inevitable!

Forget it, how can I manage so many things!Shao Shude shook his head. We all made such a big commotion. For this reason, the Qing army had actually abandoned the entire province of Sichuan and parts of Huguang, and the battlefields of Jiangxi and Shaanxi-Gansu were also greatly affected.Moreover, it can be expected that for a long time to come, these places will still not be under the pressure of the Qing army after the main force of the Qing army gathers in Shandong. If the various anti-Qing armed forces cannot seize the opportunity to expand their strength, then the people on the east coast will also There is nothing to say, just admit it.

On June 1649, 6, Shao Shude, who had stabilized the situation in Jinan, went south with the main force left behind, and together with Du Chong and other ministries (which had tens of thousands of people involved) who were still active in Yanzhou Prefecture, pressed against the stationed troops from two directions. The 30 remnants of the Gaodi and Kong Xigui armies in Yizhou intend to wipe out the threat from the south and spy on Huai'an Mansion.

(End of this chapter)