Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 668

The Xie Qian tribe was in Huaibei, and the news that Duoduo led the Mongolian Eight Banners to the south naturally spread to the rebel army through the Tiandihui.

Xie Qian thought that he was not an opponent of the Eight Banners, and several rebel armies fleeing in Huaibei immediately approached the Huaihe River, broke through Andong City, and crossed the Yellow River into Huainan.

The rebel army did not attack Huai'an City, which was heavily guarded by the Qing soldiers, nor did they dare to touch Yangzhou City. Features are brought to the extreme.

Duoduo led more than 3 cavalry into the Huaihe River and joined Ma Guanghui. Without a word, he beat the board first to punish him for the crime of suppressing the bandits. , but he soon faced the same embarrassment as Ma Guanghui.

At this time, the encirclement and suppression army was close to 7 people. In the dilapidated Huaibei, the Qing army could not collect a ration of food and grass, and Huainan had to support the 4-strong army along the river to guard against the Ming army's navy, and there was no extra food and grass supply.

Water transportation was blocked, and the only place with sufficient food in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties was separated by the Ming army. Duoduo's army rations soon fell into crisis, and the rebel army penetrated into the area of ​​the ancient Han Kingdom with many hills and rivers and lakes, which also restricted the cavalry. , Duduo, who originally wanted to quickly wipe out the bandits, also fell into a stalemate.

The hilly area is not conducive to the performance of the cavalry, and Duoduo has no way to do it. In the end, he licked his face and let Ma Guanghui, who had been beaten by him, continue to preside over the encirclement and suppression.

Liangxian County, Shandong Province is the birthplace of Liangshan heroes in the novel "Water Margin" of the Ming Dynasty. It is located in Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, with the Grand Canal to the east and Caozhou where the Yuyuan Army was active to the west.

Unlike Xie Qian's mobile operations, the Yuyuan Army rarely crossed the border of Caozhou to plunder nearby state capitals, so in the eyes of the Qing court, the threat was much smaller than that of Xie Qian.

The key to the differences between the two rebel armies is the difference in leadership.

Qian Qianyi secretly organized a group of officials and gentry to participate in the Restoration Movement, and formulated a grand strategy of joining forces with the Yangtze River. The Shandong Rebel Army is an important part of it, but the Xie Qian Section has been active for two years and has already formed a fixed team , the gentlemen are having a hard time inserting themselves into it, so just cooperate a little bit and give it some resources.

But the Yuyuan Army was different. The original refugee leaders Zhang Qi and Ren Qi had limited abilities after all, and soon the entire team was controlled by the Fuming gentry.

Following the killing of Liu Zeqing, one of the four Jiangbei towns, by the Qing court, Liu Zeqing's former troops, who had been hidden in the Yuyuan Army, also completely revealed their identities and took over the command of the rebel army.

In terms of military affairs, the Yuyuan Army was basically dominated by Liu Zeqing's nephew Liu Zhiqian and his lieutenants Zheng Longfang, Yao Wenchang, Li Huajing, etc. In terms of civil affairs and strategy, the literati Yan Ermei and others from the south of the Yangtze River were in charge.

Most of these people were from the government, and the supporters were gentry, so they did not take the road of looting like Xie Qian, but used the secret support of the gentry to cultivate intensively in Caozhou.

At this time, the sun is shining and everything is waiting for spring. Outside the withered reeds near the Grand Canal in Yanzhou, there is no movement, and it is peaceful.

Suddenly a large ship appeared in the distance, with a yellow dragon flag planted on the bow, hunting against the wind of the river. On both sides of the deck were green battalion soldiers wrapped in bloated war jackets, standing on both sides of the ship with long guns, all seemed a little listless. On the east bank, the trackers of the brigade lowered their heads and dragged the boat to the south step by step in silence. The atmosphere was silent.

Behind this ship, a long line of ships appeared immediately, with soldiers standing on both sides, and the cargo in the middle was covered with tarpaulins.

At this time, the ship in front had already reached the reed marsh, but the end of the ship behind was still invisible. Although the soldiers on the ship were listless, the general at the bow looked around vigilantly from time to time, as if they were about to encounter some danger.

Inside the reeds, the dry reeds swayed for a while, and suddenly a few people came out of it, all with bows and knives on their backs, and the head of one person showed excitement in his eyes, and he greeted: "This must be the Qing army's grain ship, you must inform the general immediately, and hurry up." Get ready! Zhou Ze, you guys continue to monitor."

Several deployments around him responded in unison, and the leader turned over the river and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Thirty miles west of Liang County, on the official road, a group of men and horses were walking quickly. These people were all wearing cotton armor, turbans, and carrying various flags. They were the Yuyuan Army active in Caozhou Prefecture.

The flag is not only a sign of identity, but also an important tool for combat command. Just from the appearance, you can know that the Yuyuan Army is much more formal than ordinary rogues, and it is not a wild way.

Xie Qian made such a big commotion in Lianghuai, Shandong, the Yuyuan Army naturally knew about it, and the generals were also ready to move, but Yan Ermei, the military adviser of the Yuyuan Army, said: "At the end of Qin, Chen Sheng, Wu Guangdeng, and Gaozu called first, but the one who died in Qin Dynasty was Han Gaozu. Also. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wagang, Dou Jiande, and Du Fuwei were the first to promote, and Li Tang was the one who won the world. However, it will also face the most brutal counterattack, becoming the main target of suppression, and rarely succeeding. Now that Xie Qian is famous, the Qing court will inevitably encircle and suppress it with heavy troops, and what we have to do is to take advantage of Xie Qian to hold back the Qing soldiers, Accumulate strength and train men and horses."

Ordinary thieves will not understand these words. Perhaps none of these names have been heard before, but the upper echelons of the Yuyuan Army understand somewhat. Don't go so far, just say that Gao Yingxiang, who started the dynasty first, was beaten to death by the court first. ?
Although they are both anti-Qing rebels, they also have their own interests. At least as an armed force supported by the gentry, the Yuyuan Army does not like Xie Qian's collusion with the White Lotus Sect to break the city and rob the property of the gentry and landlords.

Of course, although there were contradictions, these contradictions were temporarily suppressed by the larger contradictions between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Duoduo encircled and suppressed Xie Qian in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River. Xie Qian was forced into the hills and lakes. When the grain was adjusted, the Yuyuan Army decided to rob this batch of grain and grass, and gave Xie Qian a hand.

It can be said that the lack of food in the north of the Qing court was worse than that in the south, but the Manchu nobles were in Beijing, so naturally they had to ensure the food supply in Beijing first.Therefore, the Qing court built a large number of granaries in Beijing to store grain, but after the water transportation was cut off, they were still sitting on the mountain. This time, it was a batch of military grain that Dorgon managed to squeeze out.

The Yuyuan army received information that the Qing court would have a batch of military rations to be transported to the Huaihe River via the Grand Canal, so Li Huajing was ordered to lead 4000 troops into Yanzhou to rob the Qing army's grain transport ship.

Before Li Huajing set off, he had dispatched more than a dozen scouts to enter the border of Liang County first, and he led the troops to arrive later, but he was almost close to the canal, but still no scouts reported back. He was a little worried, whether it was intelligence Slow down, the grain ship has already passed the boundary of Yanzhou.

At this moment, in front of the road where the army was marching, several scouts galloped towards one person, and it was the little leader who found the grain ship. He galloped up to him, immediately got off his horse, and with clean movements, he clasped his fist on one knee and reported: "Report to the general, we found the grain ship of the Qing army!"

Li Huajing was overjoyed. He leaned down on the horse and asked anxiously, "Where are the boats? How many are there?"

"The boat has just passed Anshanji. There are 2000 boats, and each boat is guarded by about [-] green battalion soldiers. It is estimated that there are about [-] people. The humble subordinates are still watching."

Li Huajing is from Shandong, and he is very familiar with the direction of the Grand Canal. After hearing this, he made a decisive decision and ordered: "The whole army heads south, rush to Kaihe Post to set up an ambush."

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