Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 214 Tartars plunder south of Lu (fourth update)

"If you can escape past the first day of junior high school, but if you can't escape the fifteenth day, first take Geng Zhongming down for treatment, and then escort him back to Nanjing. After the initial battle is decided, we will deal with it severely!"

Zhu Youjian is not yet in the mood to interrogate Geng Zhongming. At this time, he is still concerned about whether the Ming Guards can annihilate the Doduo Department of the Qing Army under the city of Yangzhou.

Today's Dingyuan defense battle made Zhu Youjian realize that even a well-trained cavalry and artillery team may not be able to completely defeat an army that is all cavalry.

The [-] cavalry were divided into several groups to attack, and the breakthroughs to each battalion of the Guards would indeed cause a great deterrent to a regiment of the Guards.

Moreover, if the time comes, the guards will fight against the main force of the Doduo Department of the Qing Army, and the main force of the Duduo Department of the Qing Army will have nearly [-] cavalry. .

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian mobilized three guards this time, and six corps that could fight independently, totaling more than 40 people.

So there is still hope to wipe out the main force of Doduo.

But how to command these more than 40 people to wipe out the main force of the Duoduo Department at that time, Zhu Youjian is at a loss at this time.

Of course, now Zhu Youjian not only needs to consider this, he also needs to wait for news from Xuzhou. Abatai suddenly asked Zhunta to lead five thousand cavalry to attack Xuzhou south. The plan to annihilate the Duduo Ministry had an impact.

Although the main force of the First Guards Army was stationed in Xuzhou and Zaozhuang, the Abatai Division of the Qing Army was able to seize the opportunity to seize the Ming-occupied part of Northern Zhili.

But Shandong is still in the hands of Daming. Abatai dared to let Zhunta lead [-] cavalry directly across several provinces in Shandong, go deep into the hinterland of Daming, and attack Xuzhou. Protect against nothing.

It is estimated that Abate, who was the king of Doro County in the Qing court, also wanted to take advantage of Dorgon's order to go south to attack the North Zhili part controlled by Ming Dynasty because he saw that Azige's march into Shaanxi and Duoduo's march into Henan were too smooth. When fighting in the Shandong area, surprise soldiers occupied Xuzhou, an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, so that in the future, they could rush into the south of the Yangtze River ahead of Duoduo and make the first contribution to the destruction of the Ming court.

The coach Abatai is arrogant, and his subordinate Zhunta is even more arrogant as a young general of the Qing Dynasty. From Baoding Mansion all the way south, he neither sent people to inquire about the reality of Xuzhou, nor sent troops to occupy important places, leaving a way out for himself, just like that The awl smashed into the southeastern part of Shandong abruptly.

But Ningwuhou Zhou Yuji of Ming Dynasty would soon let him know that Zhunta's awl hit the iron plate instead of the window paper that could be broken with a poke.

Zhunta is the first-class marquis and first-class Yunqiwei of the Qing court, and his status can be regarded as a relatively respected Manchu nobleman.

Of course, in the clan circle of the Qing court, where the princes and sons of Bei Le are walking everywhere, he is naturally dissatisfied with this, and now he also thinks that he can easily break through the gate of Xuzhou, and wantonly kills as soon as he arrives near Xuzhou. In order to create an image of terror, they want to scare off the guards in Xuzhou.

Unlike Zhunta's [-] Qing cavalry who underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, Zhou Yuji had already started preparing for the encirclement and annihilation battle against Zhunta when he learned that Zhunta had passed through Tai'an.

Even though Zhou Yuji hadn't received the order from Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian at this time, he didn't rigidly wait for the order to be issued before deciding whether to wipe out the Zhunta Ministry.

The meat delivered to the door is not free.

Zhou Yuji had already dispatched sentry cavalry directly under the Corps to keep an eye on the movements of the Zhunta Department, where they were stationed, which villages they plundered, how many days away from Xuzhou, and where they would arrive next, all of which were almost clear.

Zhunta relies on nothing more than his Qing army cavalry is highly mobile, invincible, and can come and go freely. In the Huaiyang boundary of Shandong, most of the terrain is flat, and it can be reckless. However, it is not that there are no mountains and rivers in plain areas. There is no suitable area for ambush.

Peixian County to the north of Xuzhou is the higher terrain on the north bank of the Yellow River. There are two passes, Jingoukou and Miaodaokou, and the Feiyun Bridge in the south is the only way to cross Surabaya. Not only that, but in Peixian County In the north and south, there are two lakes, Dushan and Weishan, which are densely covered with swamps.

And on the south bank of Xuzhou, there is a natural moat of the Yellow River. It is not difficult for Zhunta to capture Xuzhou by surprise.

In the original history, Abatai did allow Zhunta to defeat the Nanming army under the city of Xuzhou, but that was because Xuzhou Gaojie died at the hands of the traitor Xu Dingguo, and when Xuzhou was in chaos, the Zhunta department took advantage of it Chance.

Now that Abatai is still playing like this, it can be seen how much he regards the Ming army as nothing.

However, since the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River and entered the sea, it was not easy to go from Xuzhou to Pei County.

The transfer of all 7 people to the north bank of the Yellow River obviously required too much transportation. Zhou Yuji decided to transfer only part of the main force to cross the river, and then transfer back to the south bank to Huai'an. This can save a lot of money for the Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards crossing time.

That is to say, Zhou Yuji had to let part of the main force of the Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards not only quickly cross the north to annihilate the Zhunta's troops, but also quickly cross the south and down to Huai'an in a short period of time.

When Zhu Youjian gave his instructions at the beginning, he also considered that the Yellow River had taken the Huaihe River into the sea, but he also knew that the First Guards Army had been stationed in Shandong for a period of time, and it should not be possible to coordinate river transportation.

Although Zhu Youjian's instructions have not yet arrived, Zhou Yuji decided to wipe out the Zhunta Ministry. Indeed, as Zhu Youjian thought, he has been ordered by Zhu Youjian to go through Shandong since last year, and all the ships along the Yellow River Control in their own hands.

Now crossing the river is easy. Within three days, part of the main force of the Second Corps of the First Guards Army had crossed the river and rushed towards Pei County.

On April [-], the [-]st and [-]nd Infantry Battalions of the Second Corps had entered Jingoukou, Pei County.

The third battalion of the Guards Infantry has also arrived outside the county seat of Peixian County.

The first battalion of the cavalry also arrived in ambush around the temple crossing in advance, and the artillery battalion was also stationed around the Feiyun Bridge.

At this time, the Zhunta Department of the Qing Army was still in Guting Town, Shandong Province.

As soon as Zhunta entered Guting Town with [-] cavalry, he began to slash and kill pedestrians on both sides of the street at will, and even directly set up a rocket with his bow and set fire to the houses, deliberately creating chaos.

Some cavalry even got off their horses and rushed into the inner courtyard of Gaomen, hacked and killed anyone they encountered, and dragged them out when they saw a slightly attractive Han woman, and the whole Guting Town was full of crying.

Shandong is no better than Jiangbei, because Abate did not expect that Abate would dare to send Zhunta deep into the hinterland, and it went deep into the area near Huaiyang in the south of Shandong, so there was no time to evacuate the people in this area, so many people in the south of Shandong were killed The Tartars of the Zhunta Department were brutally slaughtered.

Fortunately, Zhunta wanted to fight quickly, and it was not good to stay in Guting Town for a long time. Amidst the cries of a baby whose parents died tragically and was abandoned in a dry well, and amidst the resentment of the survivors, the Tartars of the Zhunta tribe After some looting, he continued to head south proudly.

In Guting Town, which was destroyed by these Tartars, countless women and children hanged to death in front of the gate overnight, countless Han family sons died tragically in front of their homes, and even children fell to their deaths in front of the street.

Originally, Shandong and Huaiyang had already regained some vitality after Liu Zeqing was eliminated by Zhu Youjian, but now they are being burned again!

(End of this chapter)