At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

At the foot of Mount Li, a cavalry unit was advancing rapidly.

"Guo Youming, quickly lead a thousand fine cavalry to Qinghe and seize the ferry!" Zhang Sheng said, holding up his telescope.

"Yes!" Guo Youming received the order and quickly led a thousand vanguards to march ahead regardless of their horse power.

At this time, Zhang Sheng's troops had been heading north from Qufu along the main road for many days.

Along the way, they captured Tai'an Prefecture and other places, and continued to advance relying on the road from Qufu to Jinan.

And now they have marched to Lishan. As long as they can pass through Lishan, they can reach Jinan City.

Then you can reach the Daqing River.

Since the Yellow River had already changed its course, Zhang Sheng had already crossed the Yellow River when it diverted the Huai River into the Yangtze River.

As long as they cross the Daqing River, which is far easier than the Yellow River, their lone army can enter the North China Plain and reach Beijing.

But this journey doesn't seem to be that easy.

As soon as Guo Youming entered Mount Li with a thousand fine cavalry, he was ambushed by the Qing army.

Countless thunder stones rolled down, instantly smashing a thousand fine cavalry to pieces and causing chaos in the formation.

"Generals of the Qing Dynasty, it's time to serve the country with loyalty!" Xu Wenxiu, the governor of Shandong, shouted.

He pulled out his sword and urged the Qing army to charge and kill the enemy from both sides.

"Kill!"

There were shouts of killing, and thousands of green soldiers rushed out from both sides of Lishan Road and charged towards a thousand Jingqi.

"Damn it, a bunch of crooked melons and cracked jujubes dare to ambush my heavenly soldiers!"

Guo Youming cursed angrily and shouted: "Brothers, follow me and let them, the Shandong Green Camp, have a taste of the advantages and disadvantages of the heavenly troops before I drive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Youming took the lead in the battle and charged into the Qing army with his horse.

"Brothers, kill!"

A famous Xiying general showed no fear and personally led the counterattack.

Although these elite soldiers of Xiaoqi Town encountered ambushes, their consecutive victories had already made them confident.

Facing the green camp soldiers, they have the confidence to be invincible.

Now I saw generals at all levels leading the charge one after another, and my fighting spirit was high for a while.

They all dismounted and fought back fiercely with their own weapons against the charging Green Camp soldiers.

bang bang bang-

shhhhh--

In the Lishan Mountains, the Qing army took advantage of the danger and used their guns to attack from a high position, which was quite inappropriate.

The troops in front of them also drew their bows and fired arrows, and from bottom to top, they all fought bravely to kill the enemy.

For a time, even though they occupied a favorable location, these thousands of Qing troops were evenly matched with a mere thousand troops.

Governor Xu Wenxiu's face turned green when he saw this.

The 6,000 green battalions he put together could not defeat a mere 1,000 advanced troops through an ambush.

What kind of gods are the soldiers and horses under Zhang Sheng’s hands?

"Lord Governor, withdraw, otherwise we won't even be able to defend Jinan when the reinforcements from the Western Bandits arrive!"

Zhao Wencai, deputy general of the Fubiao Chinese Army, said worriedly.

Xu Wenxiu felt a little scared when she saw the scene in front of her.

In fact, he did not have the certainty or confidence to defeat Zhang Sheng.

It's just that since Zhang Sheng pledged to join the Northern Expedition in Qufu, his momentum has been huge and he has stated that he will take Beijing directly.

As the governor of Shandong, he would only have been a tortoise in Jinan when the Western bandits moved north.

After Zhang Sheng's army arrives in Beijing, I'm afraid the Qing Dynasty will not let him go no matter what!

This thief has gone to Beijing, and Xu Wenxiu is a dead man!

Only by fighting a fierce and tough battle when the Western bandits move north can we give an explanation to the Qing Dynasty.

Otherwise, it would be to allow thieves to disrupt the capital, and you would definitely die!

It's just that the Western bandits are so powerful, and Shandong doesn't have many soldiers.

He could only piece together a mere 8,000 troops in Jinan.

Now that we have led six thousand green soldiers to fight a fierce battle with the Western thieves, we can be considered sorry for our Qing Dynasty and have an explanation.

After all, the Eight Banners soldiers couldn't defeat the Qianqian Army, the green battalion soldiers he had put together.

Being able to ambush and shoot a few shots is already pretty good.

"Withdraw!" Xu Wenxiu ordered quickly.

Deputy General Zhao Wencai quickly organized the Qing army to retreat.

There are only 8,000 troops in Jinan. If the losses are too large, the Western bandits may attack Jinan.

Flags were waved, giving orders to the Qing army to retreat.

Then at this moment, a large number of Qianqian troops suddenly appeared on a mountain peak in front, and they quickly raised their swords to kill the Green Camp there.

"No, the reinforcements of the Western thieves are coming up the mountain to attack!" Zhao Wencai was frightened and quickly led his troops to escort Xu Wenxiu and evacuate.

"Hahaha, the ambush depends on who is ambushing! Even if the green camp soldiers ambush my heavenly soldiers, how can they win?"

Zhang Sheng held up the telescope and looked at the battlefield in the distance, laughing.

Li Dingguo successfully ambushed Nikan in the past, but that was also the result of the quality gap between the Jin soldiers under his command and the Eight Banners.

But right now there is too much gap between Shandong Green Camp and Xiaoqi Town.

Shandong has not had any major wars since the Yuyuan Army, and there has not even been an admiral.

The green battalion under Xu Wenxiu was not only small in number, but also had poor food, pay, and combat capabilities.

It would have been fine if such an army ambushed other armies, but it happened to encounter Zhang Sheng's Xiaoqizhen.

Xiaoqi Town is the most elite town-level force under Lord Sun.

The core of it is the 7,000 cavalry Zhang Sheng brought back from Yunnan.

In another time and space, these 7,000 cavalry almost defeated Li Dingguo's 30,000 Jin soldiers at Hunshuitang.

Nowadays, these veterans have experienced a series of great victories, and their morale and combat power have been tempered beyond criticism.

Although there were many losses during the period, as the most elite cavalry town under Lord Sun, Xiaoqi Town had the highest priority for replenishment.

The additions are all elite soldiers, so the overall combat strength is getting stronger with each fight.

Facing such an elite force, it was no longer possible for Xu Wenxiu's green battalion soldiers to win by ambush alone.

In the past, after Zuo Liangyu's troops were ambushed by the rebels, they were still able to maintain their morale and win in hand-to-hand combat.

Now Zhang Sheng's elite soldiers and generals can naturally turn the situation around with their combat power when facing Shandong Green Camp.

"Brothers, attack with all your strength and eliminate Shandong Green Camp as much as possible!" Zhang Sheng waved his hand, and the flag behind him kept waving.

Although in Lishan, a large number of troops could no longer see Zhang Sheng's banner.

But these elite soldiers of the Western Camp were still biting the Green Camp.

Among the peaks and within the dense forest, one after another the front troops were advancing like a broken bamboo, constantly destroying the green soldiers.

"Brothers, remove your armor and kill all these green battalions. Let's attack Jinan City and capture Xu Wenxiu alive!"

"Yes!" A former warrior was not afraid at all and quickly took off his armor.

Holding his horse and sword as light as a swallow, he continued to kill the green soldiers in Mount Li. Without any accident, the six thousand green camps in Mount Li collapsed.

A large number of Green Camp soldiers were hunted down until they knelt on the ground and begged to surrender.

That afternoon, the smoke in Lishan subsided.

Most of Xu Wenxiu's 6,000 green battalion were killed, surrendered, and dispersed in the mountains.

Only deputy general Zhao Wencai was left, escorting the governor back to Jinan City with hundreds of defeated soldiers.

After entering the city, Xu Wenxiu quickly ordered the city gates to be closed, intending to defend the city.

Zhang Sheng, on the other hand, led Xiaoqi Town through Lishan Mountain and arrived at Jinan City.

"Sir, the ferry has been seized, but all the ships have been burned by the Tatars."

"The last general suggested that while collecting ships and erecting pontoon bridges, we should capture Jinan and replenish food, grass and supplies!" Guo Youming said with a cup of his hands.

"Okay! Order the Green Camp soldiers to build siege equipment, and then send people to recruit nearby people."

"As soon as Longxiang Town arrives, attack the city quickly! Capture Xu Wenxiu alive!" Zhang Sheng said.

In the next few days, Xiaoqizhen camped under Jinan City.

In addition to sending cavalry around to collect supplies and collect warships.

People were also recruited to build pontoon bridges on the Daqing River and build siege materials.

At the same time, Liu Tianxiu's Longxiang Town was riding a mule and came quickly using horses instead of horses.

In addition, the twenty-four six-pound red-coated cannons that were strengthened for Longxiang Town also moved quickly under the traction of livestock, and were accompanied by more than a dozen captured light red-coated cannons.

Zhang Sheng's bold march shocked the whole world.

On November 24, the urgent military information from Shandong Governor Xu Wenxiu was quickly conveyed to Beijing via the 800-mile express, causing an uproar in the Manchu and Qing court.

The Manchu nobles quickly held a meeting to discuss this urgent matter.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the little king thought that we should send a large army to destroy Zhang Sheng's lone army!"

Prince Jian Jidu said: "According to reports from Liu Zhiyuan of Xuzhou and Xu Wenxiu of Jinan, Zhang Sheng's troops are no more than Xiaoqi and Longxiang towns, and his troops only have 18,000 troops."

"We need to divide our forces to stabilize the rear, but a mere 10,000 thieves dare to run to the emperor's feet and die."

"We, the Qing Dynasty, can just send our troops to annihilate them in one fell swoop and show the power of our Qing Dynasty to the whole world!"

As soon as these words came out, many Manchu nobles nodded their heads, and a mere eighteen thousand people dared to attack Beijing.

You don’t take my Qing Dynasty seriously enough.

Such an arrogant Western thief must hit hard!

But now that the Qing Dynasty has reached this stage, do we still have a heavy blow?

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Xiao Wang, I, the Qing Dynasty, will still be waiting for work in the capital, relying on the fortified city to arouse the enemy's strength, and then send the Eight Banners outside the pass to assist in the battle, concentrating all the power of the Qing Dynasty to annihilate Zhang Sheng's troops in the capital area."

At this moment, the assistant political uncle Wang Yuele slowly opened his mouth and poured cold water on the Manchu nobles.

Facing a mere 18,000 Western thieves, his suggestion was not to send troops to annihilate them, but to lure them deeper and fight them decisively in Beijing.

In addition, the Eight Banners outside the Pass had to be dispatched to assist in the battle.

"Prince An, do you want to let the Western thieves attack the capital city?"

Jidu said displeasedly: "There are only 18,000 Western thieves. If they are allowed to attack the capital, how will our Qing Dynasty lose face?"

"Besides, there are many unruly people in Beizhi. Once Zhang Sheng's troops are allowed to enter, I'm afraid there will be wars everywhere in Beizhi!"

As soon as Jidu said this, he was instantly recognized by many Manchu nobles.

There are only 18,000 Western thieves. If the Qing Dynasty allows them to attack Beijing.

Isn’t this another announcement to the whole world that the Qing Dynasty is no longer viable?

Although our Qing Dynasty is indeed in trouble now, we can't talk about this kind of thing!

Let alone let the Qing Dynasty admit it!

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, the capital is the foundation of the country. Letting Zhang Sheng attack the capital will shake the country!" Ye Bilong said in a deep voice.

"That's right, there are only tens of thousands of Western thieves. Our Qing Dynasty has a hundred thousand strong soldiers in the capital. Why should we be afraid of just ten thousand Western thieves!" said the veteran Bahana.

For a time, the Manchu court was full of voices supporting Jidu's proposition.

It is really embarrassing to let more than 10,000 Western bandit troops descend on the capital.

In addition to saving face, the wars all over Beizhi will make the emperor of the Qing Dynasty rotten under his feet.

No matter for the sake of face or dignity, we in the Qing Dynasty are not willing to do this.

But Yue Le sighed.

"The Emperor, the Queen Mother, all the ministers, and the little king are not willing to let the Western bandits come to the capital, but can we, the Qing Dynasty, be able to deal with these 18,000 elite Western bandits in a field battle?"

Yue Le said in a deep voice: "Our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty originally had more than 100,000 men, of which more than 70,000 were Manchu and Mongolian men."

"But Donnie took half of them to Yunnan and Guizhou, and only 11,000 people came back!"

"In Yunnan and Guizhou alone, our Qing Dynasty lost more than 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian children, and the most elite Manchu and Mongolian children were lost!"

"That's not all. Zheng Chenggong wiped out the 4,000 Eight Banners stationed in Jiangning in Zhenjiang. The Eight Banners in Jiangning were divided equally between Manchus and Han. Two thousand Manchus and Mongolians died in Jiangnan!"

"In addition, Sun Kewang captured Nanjing and killed a large number of Hangzhou Eight Banners."

"And Dasu, Suohun, and Laita were trapped in Wuchang, and the thousands of Manchu and Mongolian people in Wuchang were cut off from our Qing Dynasty."

"After Sun Kewang took over Jiangnan, there was no news about the Eight Banners in Hangzhou and the Eight Banners in Fuzhou. The situation of the One Thousand Eight Banners who were transferred from Dezhou to Wenzhou to guard against pirates was also unknown."

"Now, even though our Qing Dynasty still owns the six northern provinces and the southeastern land, does our Qing Dynasty still have elite soldiers who can destroy Zhang Sheng's 18,000 elites?"

Xiaozhuang, Erbilong, Suksaha, Jidu and others were speechless when they heard this.

All the nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were sweating coldly. Xuan Ye, who was only five years old, sat on the dragon chair with carefree curiosity and looked at everything around him.

In the past year, from the Mopan Mountain at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to now, the Manchu and Mongolian children have suffered numerous casualties, and the bannermen in the capital have paid filial piety to every family.

In the battles of Mopanshan, Baoqing, Zhenjiang, and Nanjing, the Manchu and Mongolian children all suffered heavy losses.

The Eight Banners in Wuchang, Hanzhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou and other places were isolated.

To put it into perspective, Doni lost more than 25,000 of the 36,000 Manchu and Mongolian disciples he brought to the southwest.

In Zhenjiang, two thousand Manchu and Mongolian people were wiped out by Zheng Chenggong.

In Nanjing, a large number of family members and thousands of Manchu and Mongolian descendants were lost.

In Wuchang and the southeast, about 4,000 Manchu and Mongolian descendants were isolated.

Counting other sporadic losses, there are already 33,000 Manchu and Mongolian people who cannot come back!

And it's more than that, even if it's a great victory in Nanyang.

In the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Gushan'erzhen Erosechen and Hujun commander Aidali died in battle.

Two thousand four hundred and seventeen Manchu and Mongolian disciples were lost.

More than 35,000 Manchu and Mongolian disciples were lost, and only in one year.

Manqing's backbone had been completely broken.

In this year, there were only two thousand new adults in Manchuria.

The loss was 35,000 and the number of adults was 2,000. How can the Manchumen and Mongolians make up for this situation!

In the entire north, there are only a mere 40,000 Manchu and Mongolian descendants left in the Qing Dynasty.

Among them, Obai held 15,000 men, and about 10,000 men were stationed in Shengjing and Ninggu Pagoda to guard his hometown outside the customs. (End of chapter)