Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1183 The Battle of the Three Kings ([-])

Four years ago, the Ming army used North Korea as a base to plunder Shandong and the northern coast. The Ming army navy was able to organize tens of thousands of troops to raid the Qing army from the sea.

In history, Zheng Chenggong set out from Jinxia and went north along the coast, and organized a siege of Nanjing with a claim of 10 people.

It shows how powerful the navy of the Ming army was at that time. In terms of the same period, even the Western European powers in the era of great navigation could hardly organize such a battle that spanned thousands of miles.

The entire grand strategy of the Ming army's attack on the Qing Dynasty was to attract Wang Yan from the front, and Dai Zhifan was responsible for breaking the flanks and outflanking. In the small battlefield of Xuzhou, the Ming army adopted the same strategy. Dai Zhifan led 13 cavalry and stormed Xuzhou from the front. Da Zhuang led the navy to intervene between Beizhi and Shandong, cut off the continuity between the two places, and captured Jinan, in order to force the Qing army to land in Shandong.

Why not go ashore directly from Tianjin Wei and attack Beijing?Dorgon knew that the Ming army's navy was strong, no matter how urgent the battle in Shanxi or the south was, there were still nearly [-] Qing troops in Beijing who did not move out, and the defense was the Ming army's surprise attack from the sea.

However, the strength of the Qing army is at the end of its strength after all!He can defend Beijing and deter Beizhi, but he can't control Shandong.

The origin of the Five Loyalist Army is still in Qingzhou, Shandong.Although Zhao Jun and the Shandong Rebel Army had a thousand people who escaped the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army in the end, the original backbone of the Five Zhong Army was undoubtedly the Shandong Rebel Army.

Time flies, and ten years later, the original 1000 people in the Zhongyi Camp have withered away. Especially during the Bamin Incident, Wang Wei and the Zhongyi Camp all died in battle to protect Emperor Gaozong, which made the old Shandong people, Not much left.

This time Shandong and Henan are going to be fought, and the old men in Zhongshan of the Ming army have already boiled over.

Qin Shangxing and Zhao Shenkuan of the Hengchong Horse Army were the leaders of the Shandong Rebel Army at the time. They expressed to Wang Yan early on that they would participate in the operation to restore Shandong, but because of the needs of the Heluo battlefield, Wang Yan did not agree to their request.

The Hengchong horse army had to appear in Heluo, so that the Qing army would feel that the Ming army was mainly attacking the Central Plains. Qin and Zhao did not make it, but among the remaining Shandong elders, there were still a few who made it.

Qian Yifeng from Qingzhou was born as a scholar. After Wang Yan arrived in Guangdong, he became a civil servant and learned about Qiongzhou affairs.Because he became a civil servant, he has less opportunities to make meritorious service, so his current rank and title are behind Liu Shun.

Hearing the news that the imperial court was going to recover Shandong, he wrote to Wang Yan several times, saying that over the years, what he was most worried about was whether the clansmen were still there?Is the ancestral grave intact?For ten years, he could only see these scenes in his dreams, and hoped that Wang Yan would let him take a look.

When Dai Zhifan stormed Xuzhou, under the command of Man Dazhuang, the Donghai Navy quietly set sail from Haizhou, bypassed the Shandong Peninsula, and came to the mouth of the Yellow River.

The Yellow River originally flowed southward and flowed into the sea after joining the Huaihe River. However, when Xie Qian and the Yuyuan Army rose up a few years ago, the Qing army dug up the Yellow River in order to destroy the Yuyuan Army. In a land of hundreds of miles, most of the Yuyuan Army was wiped out, and the Yellow River was diverted because of this, flowing into the Yellow Sea from the north.

On the night of March 500, more than [-] large and small warships of the Donghai Navy had arrived in Laizhou Bay.

The Qing army in Shandong was mainly concentrated on the front line of Xuzhou, and the rear was extremely empty. Only Jinan still had some troops, so the navy did not hide, and directly parked in the sea near Qingzhou. They would go ashore and rush directly to Jinan after dawn.

It was very night, the sky was full of stars, and the sea was very calm. Qian Yifeng stood at the bow of the ship and did not return to the cabin to rest.

"Supervisor, are you thinking about the old things in Qingzhou?" Man Dazhuang came out and stood beside Qian Yifeng.

Qian Yifeng said with a smile, "Du Fu once wrote a poem "Outside the Sword, it was suddenly passed on to Jibei, when I first heard it, tears filled my clothes. "This official is luckier than him. I can personally participate in the restoration of my homeland. I will have no regrets in this life!"

"Supervisor, it has been ten years since the change in Qingzhou!" Hearing his words, Man Dazhuang felt a little touched in his heart, "We finally survived!"

"Yes!" Qian Yifeng couldn't help touching the beard on his face, and in a blink of an eye, he was already middle-aged.

The two were feeling emotional on the big ship, but a sentry ship of the Ming army cruising along the shore suddenly noticed the movement, and a soldier on the ship exclaimed, "Hey, there seems to be someone on the shore."

"Where is it? I didn't look at it." Xiaoqi, who led the team on the boat, heard the sound and looked over, but the black lights couldn't see clearly!

Several other soldiers looked at it and found nothing unusual, so they couldn't help laughing, "I said, do you have luminous eyes? It's dark, there are people there!"

The soldier who spoke first was told by everyone, but he couldn't see anything when he looked at it again. He just thought he was wrong, so he touched his head in embarrassment, and asked in doubt: "Is it really my blind eye?"

"Okay, let's row back!" Xiao Qi waved his hand and was about to get into the cabin.

At this moment, people on the bank suddenly shouted together, "On the sea, watch out for the fire boat!"

The little flag was taken aback, he didn't have time to think, he pulled a soldier over and shouted: "Call the police, let the fleet raise anchor!"

The navy of the Ming army moored by the sea had already noticed the movement at this time. Man Dazhuang walked to the side of the ship and asked loudly, "What's the situation?"

"Captain, there is movement on the shore!" The officers and soldiers on board shouted in one voice.

"What movement?" Man Dazhuang asked repeatedly.

"I don't know, there is fire, and there are shouts of killing!"

Man Dazhuang's face darkened, and he ordered loudly: "First lift the anchor and raise the sail..."

After the Ming army fleet left Haizhou, it was discovered by local fishermen when they were in Dengzhou Prefecture, and they informed the Qing government, and the Dengzhou guard immediately reported it to Jinan.

Jinan was guarded by Shandong Governor Fang Dayou and Shandong General Soldier Wang Zhongqing. Fang Dayou was a civil servant, and he mainly listened to Wang Zhongqing in military matters.

This Wang Zhongqing was originally only the guard in the Dengzhou area, because when the Ming army pretended to be Japanese pirates and plundered the coast of Shandong, many places in Shandong were attacked by the Ming army, but only Dengzhou, which was guarded by Wang Zhongqing, suffered less losses. Therefore, he was favored by the Qing court and gradually became the general soldier of Shandong.

He stayed in Dengzhou for several years, and the management was not bad, especially because most of his subordinates' family members were settled in Dengzhou, so Dengzhou was very close to him and could report news to him.

After getting the news, Wang Zhongqing knew that something was wrong. The Ming army wanted to outflank Jinan and cut off Ma Guanghui's retreat while the main force of the Qing army in Shandong was fighting in Xuzhou.

After discussing with Fang Dayou, Wang Zhongqing decided to lay an ambush at the mouth of the river first. He was going to take advantage of the night, and since the Ming army ships were anchored and could not move, he planned to use small boats to attack the Ming army warships.

He has been defending the sea in Dengzhou for several years and has experience in this field, and he used this method to burn several large ships of the Ming army.

This time, he originally wanted to wait until later in the day, when most of the Ming army had fallen asleep, and let the soldiers approach the big ship of the Ming army in small boats filled with fuel and firewood, and then set fire to destroy the navy of the Ming Dynasty, but Unexpectedly, while he was preparing, another group of troops suddenly appeared on the shore and warned the Ming army, ruining his good deed.

"Junmen, what should we do if we are discovered?" A general of the Green Battalion said while holding his knife.

"Junmen, there is a group of troops coming to the shore!" Another general said in a panic.

Wang Zhongqing gritted his teeth, "Those who have loaded the fuel oil and firewood will immediately attack the open ship, and the others will follow the town to fight!" After finishing speaking, he drew his sword and led a group of Qing troops standing on the bank to the back. Fire kills.

On the navy warship, many soldiers suddenly started shouting, "Fire! Fire!" Dozens of black shadows suddenly appeared on the shore, and one of them collided with a Ming Dynasty blessing ship, and immediately burst into flames.

At this moment, everyone in the navy understood what was going on. It was the Qing army who wanted to sneak attack and attack them with fire. Fortunately, someone gave a warning beforehand, and the Ming army warships had already lifted anchor and raised their sails.

The chaos on the shore lasted most of the night, and it was quiet when dawn came.

In the early morning, the navy of the Ming army who left the shore came back to the shore again. There was still the destruction of the fire boat last night on the sea, but there was no trace of the Qing army on the shore.

Man Dazhuang was a little annoyed at the bow of the boat. The Qing army failed to attack last night, but he was startled. He almost capsized in the gutter, and because of his panic, the Ming army collided with many ships and the Qing army burned him, causing him to lose four ships. , injured more than a dozen ships.

"The Qing army on the shore seems to have withdrawn." Qian Yifeng frowned and looked at the shore.

"Hmph!" Man Dazhuang snorted coldly, "If they don't leave, let me catch them, and I will peel their skins!"

While the two were talking, a group of people suddenly emerged from the woods on the bank. They were wearing common clothes, holding headscarves, and holding various weapons. There were also banners among them, with the characters "King" and "Ming" written on them. Character.

This should be the people who warned the navy last night, and the equipment should be the rebel army active in Shandong.

"Is the king of Chu's men on the sea?" A rebel general rushed to the beach and shouted.

Naturally, Man Dazhuang didn't need to conceal his identity. An officer on board replied, "We are the Daming East Sea Navy, and we are under the control of His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" After speaking, he added, "Where did you come from?"

The general on the bank did not answer, but rode back. After a while, only the crowd on the bank was jubilant.Those rebel soldiers waved their weapons excitedly, cheered thunderously, and some even shed tears with excitement.

Seeing this, Man Dazhuang immediately sent a boat to pick up the leader of the rebel army on board.

Not long after, several leading rebel generals came up from the small boat, Man Dazhuang and Qian Yifeng stood on the deck, the latter was slightly taken aback when he saw the person coming up, and blurted out: "Shijie?"

When a leader came up, seeing Qian Yifeng, he was also stunned immediately, and two lines of turbid tears flowed down.

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