1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 540 Stalemate ([-])

On March 1645, 3, under the bombardment of red cannons, the 16 troops of the Duoduo Department of the Qing Army broke through Tongguan (more than a month later than the original historical time and space).

On March 3, Li Zicheng fled back to Xi'an. On the same day, he packed up the gold and silver and left Xi'an to retreat to Hubei.

On March 3, the Qing army entered Xi'an without bloodshed.

On March 3, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other troops who had fought bitterly with the Qing army Azig in Yan'an Prefecture in northern Shaanxi were defeated.However, in view of the fact that the Qing army occupied Xi'an and blocked the escape route to the south, they had to make a big detour, passing through Shaanxi and entering Sichuan, and then diverted to Hubei.

On April 4, under the pursuit of the Qing army Azige all the way, Li Zicheng retreated to Xiangyang, Hubei, and joined the 28 Baiwang tribe who stayed here, and the number of troops increased to more than 7 (including the families of women, children, old and weak), preparing to capture Wuchang.

On April 4, Zuo Liangyu heard that the Shun army was about to attack Wuchang, so he dared not fight the enemy.So under the banner of crusade against Ma Shiying's "Qing Emperor's side", he led his army to the east.But before reaching Jiujiang, Zuo Liangyu suddenly died of illness in the army, and the Zuo army was in chaos.

On May 5, the Duoduo and Kong Youde troops of the Qing army left Hulao Pass from Henan Prefecture, and the Gushan Ezhenbai Yintu Department left Longmen Pass from Henan Prefecture.Liu Fangxing and other ministries of the Shun army who stayed here surrendered to the Qing army one after another.

Shangshu Han Dai, Meile Zhangjing Yide, and Minister Nikan, who led the Mongolian cavalry from Beijing, wanted to go south to support Duoduo in attacking Jianghuai, but according to Denglai and Shandong, one of the princes of the Ming Dynasty left Qingzhou. Intimidate Jinan.Abatai, Li Shuitai, and Geng Zhongming, who were stationed in Jinan, had few soldiers and urgently called for help, so they turned to Jining and came north.

On May 5th, the Mongolian cavalry from Handai, Yide, and Nikan tribes had just arrived in Jinan, and they received an urgent call from Dorgon, the regent of Beijing, ordering them and the cavalry from the Abatai tribe to return to the capital as soon as possible.

After inquiring the envoy, all the people learned that five days ago, thousands of black-clothed bandits raided Tianjin on boats, broke through the city of Tianjin (the former Daming Tianjin Youwei town), captured the governor of Tianjin Luo Yangxing (formerly the commander of Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty), and killed Manchuria bordered with white flags led the Huai Pagoda, killed and wounded more than [-] Qing soldiers, and shocked Beijing.

The bandit army in black arrived at Tianjin Wharf before noon that day, and broke through Tianjin City in the evening. Although there were officers and soldiers from the Tianjin Guards of the original Ming Dynasty as internal support, they quickly defeated the garrisoned soldiers of the [-] Banners and nearly [-] surrendered troops. Beijing can't help being frightened.

Tianjin is only more than 300 miles away from Beijing, and it can be attacked in a few days.You know, in order to wipe out Li Zicheng and Nanming in one fell swoop, the Qing army almost dispatched their nests. There were less than [-] banner soldiers and more than [-] former Ming troops stationed in Beijing, but they were stationed in various places in the capital. important place.Close to Shuntianfu, Tongzhou, Wuqing, Tianjin and other directions, there are few soldiers stationed.

It would be a big joke if this powerful band of black-clothed thieves broke through the city of Beijing and captured and killed all the leaders of the Qing Dynasty by mistake!

Abatai, Han Dai and others did not dare to neglect their orders, so they left Li Shutai, Geng Zhongming and other Eight Banners Han troops to guard Jinan, and all the more than [-] Manchurian Eight Banners Jiaqi and Outer Domain Mongolian cavalry returned north to the capital.

On May 5, more than 21 cavalry of the Qing army, led by Abatai, passed through Binzhou, Cangzhou, and Jinghai, and went straight to Tianjin without stopping.

However, when the Qing army attacked Tianjin, they did not encounter any enemies all the way. Officials from various places in Shuntian Prefecture and Wuqing County, as well as the garrison soldiers dispatched urgently, also claimed that the bandits in black had not yet attacked.

The cavalry of the Qing army rushed to the city of Tianjin cautiously, but saw the city gate was wide open, and sent a small group of soldiers and horses into the city to investigate, and found that it was an empty city.Moreover, it was an empty city in the true sense, and all materials and personnel were looted.

On May 5, when Abatai and others did not know what to do next, news came from Beijing that Le'an County, Qingzhou Prefecture (now Dongying City, Shandong Province) was breached by black bandits eight days ago. captured.

On May 5, Abatai was ordered to lead his army back to Shandong. When he arrived in Cangzhou, he received another warning. The city of Binzhou was broken.

On May 5, Abatai led the troops into Binzhou. The supplies in the city had been emptied, and most of the city defenses had been dismantled.

On June 6, Abatai, who had not yet caught his breath, received bad news again. The city of Jinan fell, Shandong governor Fang Dayou, Jinan prefect Yang Lunzhen and other officials fell into the hands of thieves. .

After Abatai heard the news, he shouted angrily, drew out the short knife under his waist, and destroyed all the furniture and decorations in the house.

This bandit army in black is too deceitful. In more than 20 days, my cavalry of the Qing Dynasty went back and forth from north to south. The journey was two thousand miles. We were exhausted, but we failed to kill a single bandit.You are walking monkeys! ?
On June 6, more than 3 cavalry marched to a hillside outside Hengtai Town (now Hengtai County, Zibo City, Shandong Province), more than 20 miles north of Linzi. After observing for a while, he looked in both directions, east and west.The vast land is barren, and the fertile fields that were once full of crops are covered with weeds.The residential houses scattered in the wild are all crooked, with wild dogs occasionally appearing in them, which is a scene of the end of the world.

"General Fu, do we still need to investigate further?" An officer in Ming army uniform asked softly.

"Let's go here." Fu Jinbiao felt very good about this "general", and said with a grin: "Jianu has ten thousand cavalry, if we go further, we will run into someone's house In front of the brigade, I'm afraid you won't be able to get away....You first build a beacon pile on this slope, and lead people to the river in front to have a look. Maybe you can meet someone and ask about Jiannu's situation."

Seven days ago, after the Qi Marine Corps broke through Binzhou, they recruited a large number of mules and horses on the spot, quickly went straight to the southwest, joined forces with more than [-] officers and soldiers in Denglai Town under the besieging Prince's command of Jinan, and then set up several artillery pieces to blast the city wall.A day later, a corner of the city wall was smashed down, and then the surrender army attacked the city.

Li Shutai and Geng Zhongming's Eight Banners Han Army first fought in the streets of the city, fighting to the death, but were defeated by the muskets of the Qi Marine Corps who entered the city later, and they had no choice but to escape from Jinan to Wenchang in the southwest.

Zhang Ruliang, the prince's young servant who was ordered to supervise the army, and the governor of Laizhou, intended to belong to the important town of Jinan, Dabu in Shandong, and intended to occupy it, thinking that the prince's Xingyuan was located.However, Niu Hu and Li Fade, the leading troops of the Qi State, blocked them and said that Jinan is the hub of the north and south, attracting attention from all over the world.However, the place where the prince was born is far away from Jinan, so there is no way to take care of it, and it is difficult to replenish food, grass and military equipment, so it is not a place for long-term defense.

Jiang Yongrui, the commander-in-chief of Denglai Town, also held the same view and did not advocate occupying Jinan, so Zhang Ruliang had no choice but to give up.

As a result, the whole army immediately began to organize personnel and mule and horse convoys after clearing Jinan City and the surrounding remnants of the Qing army, and began to move materials from the city and withdraw to Qingzhou.

Considering that the Qing army may have returned to Shandong, the Qi Marine Corps, with more than [-] self-rescue troops, set off first and arrived at Zibo to open the way for the retreating army.

All the cavalry including Fu Jinbiao were ordered to go out more than [-] miles north of Zibo to provide flank warning for the retreat of the army.

Qi Guojun Wu and Denglai Town were not very worried about the possibility that the slave-building army would come to surround and intercept them.They raided Le'an County, Binzhou, Gaogao and other places along the way, looting almost all the money and food in the vicinity, and scattered all the money and food that could not be taken away among the people.If the Qing army gathers a large army and does not bring sufficient supplies, it may be difficult for the surrounding places to supply the Qing army.

If you only bring a small number of soldiers and horses, the Qi State Marine Corps and Denglai Township officers and soldiers will join forces, and there will be more than [-] troops, so you will not be afraid of Jiannu's attack.

On June 6, Meile Zhangjing Yide led more than 6 Mongolian cavalry from the outer domain, and encountered a cavalry from the Ming Dynasty in Hengtai Town, Zibo. The opponent fled back to Linzibo City on horseback after lighting a beacon along the way.

Yide drove the Mongolian cavalry to hide and kill, quickly approached Zibo City, and attacked the city before the city gate was closed.Just as the Mongolian cavalry swarmed into the city, laughing loudly and preparing to slaughter the city with their horses, they were suddenly shot by countless gunfire soldiers on both sides of the street, and the men and horses fell down immediately.

Ild, who had not yet entered the city, was shocked and hurriedly led his troops back.At this time, more than ten artillery guns fired at the top of the city, and the overwhelming shotguns killed more than two hundred Mongolian cavalry who had not retreated in time.

In the end, Yide retreated back to Boxing Town (now Boxing County, Binzhou City, Shandong Province) with only less than [-] remaining Mongolian cavalry. Stop the decline.

On June 6, after Abatai heard that Yide was defeated in Zibo, he assembled more than 8 cavalry scattered in the wild to collect food and grass, and rushed towards Zibo.

In the afternoon of the same day, the cavalry of the Qing Army Brigade rushed to Zibo, but encountered an empty city. The villagers who were captured and failed to escape in time learned that the Ming Army Brigade had retreated to the east.

On June 6, after a night's rest, the cavalry brigade of the Qing army of the Abatai Department chased towards the east after looking for traces of the retreat of the Ming army.An hour later, they chased to the bank of the Zi River, but saw more than 9 bandit troops in black and gray clothes waiting in formation on the other side of the river.

The Zihe River is only five feet wide (about 14-15 meters), even if the tidal flats on both sides are included, it is no more than ten feet, and the deepest water is only one foot (2.7-2.8 meters). Although several wooden bridges in the river They have all been dismantled, but horses can easily cross the shallow area, but the more than [-] enemy troops are just next to the mountains on the south side, guarding the shallowest banks of the river.

Abatai ordered a thousand Mongolian cavalry to find shallow water and charge across the river in separate ways.In his impression, as long as our Daqing armored cavalry charges, all the enemy troops will be shaken and scattered.Although this enemy army looks like a relatively worthy army, but they are all infantry, so it is not difficult to defeat them.If they are killed and scattered, they must gather a large army and capture them all.It's disgusting. With the advantage of boats, I mobilized my Qing cavalry to run around. Hundreds of horses ran to death, and people ran away.

However, several groups of Mongolian cavalry who assaulted across the river were met with continuous fire from the enemy on the opposite bank, causing heavy casualties. After dropping more than 300 corpses, the Mongolian cavalry swarmed back and retreated.

Uh, what's the situation?
Abatai didn't realize it for a while, and it's not like he didn't encounter firecrackers from the Ming army on the Liaodong battlefield, but the frightening effect of those things far outweighed the killing effect.Why, the Ming army on the other side of the river suddenly became more powerful because they wore different costumes and took firecrackers one by one.

"My lord (Abatai was dubbed the king of Doro Raoyu County), the bandit army in black on the opposite side may be the army of Qi State who defeated Prince Su's army last year." Han Dai suddenly remembered something, and turned to Abate He reminded: "In addition, before that, they and Denglai's puppet prince Ming also defeated the troops of Bahana and Shi Tingzhu. Now, they meet this bandit army here again. We must not underestimate the enemy!"

"Qi State?" Abatai asked in surprise: "Is that the small state belonging to the Ming State that once attacked our Liaodong--Qi State?"

"Exactly. I heard that this bandit army is good at using firearms, and it is unstoppable. In Denglai, I am afraid that there is some way to defeat our Qing Heavenly Soldiers twice." Sitting on the horse, Han Dai turned his head to the other side of the river and glanced at the neat and solemn army of Qi State, with an expression on his face. A little dignified, "We should be careful when we meet them."

"...you take a cavalry detour downstream, find a shoal to cross the river, and then attack the rear." Abatai said in a deep voice: "We have a lot of troops, and they are all cavalry. Can't stop here?"

(End of this chapter)