Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 454
After Yang Chao felt that the Eight Banners soldiers in Shandong had a kind of fear for him, he immediately made a change. He felt very excited, and felt that this was the source of the faint throbbing in his heart, and that he would win a big victory.

Our own soldiers stationed in Huaibei have been resting for a long time, and their desire for war is high, while the main force of the Qing army, mainly the Eight Banners soldiers, has been wiped out several times in a short period of time, so they are full of fear of Yang Chao, so Yang Chao thinks that Zhao Kang has the ability to attack Jinan's confidence.

However, Zhao Kang did not agree to attack Jinan directly, but asked him to attack the counties and counties near Jinan Prefecture to mobilize the main force of the Eight Banners in Jinan City. After all, Jinan is also a big city, and the number of Qing troops in the city may be more than Zhao Kang. If you attack by force, you will suffer too much.

"Attack the nearby counties first, mobilize the Jinan Qing army to rescue, and wait for the opportunity to stop!"

Yang Chao immediately sent such an order to Zhao Kang.

Then came Jining Prefecture. Li Wuliu's left-wing army had arrived in Jining, but the Qing army stayed behind closed doors, which made his plan to fight the enemy in the field. Wang Pu excitedly began to organize a siege, and the artillery roared, and soon opened a city wall. gap, and at this time the Qing army fled.

Jining Prefecture was captured almost without bloodshed, but whether it was Li Wuliu, who failed to wipe out the enemy in a field battle, or Wang Pu, who bombarded and retreated the enemy, both of them were somewhat dispirited. I have encountered such a Qing army.

In fact, Yang Chao was also a little surprised. Although the Qing army was afraid of him, it was just a guess. Thinking of the Sanshun Wang Han army who attacked Nanjing, it seemed that they were much stronger than these Eight Banners soldiers.

What Yang Chao didn't understand was that the troops led by King Sanshun were not all Han Eight Banners. Among them, Kong Youde had more than 3000 subordinates, all of whom followed Mao Wenlong to harass the rear of the Qing Dynasty. Veteran Wu who surrendered in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

When Kong Youde was in Shandong, he was a general with tens of thousands of troops. After the Qing Dynasty, his troops were reduced. Although he was a prince, he never led an army of tens of thousands. There are thousands of troops, but all of them are elites. They fought in the south and the north. After fighting from Beijing to Xi'an, they were transferred back to Liaodong to idle.

After Kong Youde came out of the mountain this time, with the support of Hong Chengchou, more than 6000 people were selected from the Ming army who surrendered in the whole north to supplement Kong Youde. These [-] people went to the green camp of the Ming army, and each of them was a frontier army with bows and horses. The elites used to have poor combat effectiveness in the Ming army because the entire army lacked discipline, but when they were in the hands of Kong Youde, they were immediately restrained by strict military discipline. At this time, their superb skills can be fully released.

Therefore, although King Sanshun's army is the Han army, its combat effectiveness is not weaker than that of the Qing army.

But more importantly, no matter whether Yang Chao defeated Duoduo twice or beat Azighaug, none of these people participated in it.

Kong Youde's core elite was training in Liaodong at that time, while the green battalion masters were defeated by the Qing army one by one.

Therefore, the elites of Kong Youde's men are because they don't know much about Yang Chao's Jiangnan soldiers and horses. Therefore, Kong Youde's army has no shadow against Yang Chao in terms of psychology or skills, so in a duel, they still have a slight advantage.

That's why Kong Youde's soldiers and horses showed a completely different state from the Shandong Qing army.

Monk Geng Zhongming's gratifying situation is the same as Kong Youde's. He is also an elite subordinate and a master of the Ming army's frontier army, and he doesn't know Yang Chao's soldiers and horses.

But these Eight Banners soldiers in Shandong are different. They are all Eight Banners who entered the customs with Dorgon early on. Each of them has relatives and friends who were buried in the hands of Yang Chao. There are several coats in the small officer's family, who wants to work hard.

That's why they didn't want to risk their lives with Yang Chao.

"Jinan has also been defeated?"

On the third day, Zhao Kang sent back the news that Jinan City had been conquered, which was beyond Yang Chao's expectations again. Yang Chao thought he had to mobilize the Qing army, cut off the wings first, and finally besieged Jinan City. Pu's preparations for support, but he didn't expect Zhao Kang to conquer Jinan City by himself.

After inquiring in detail about the scouts who reported the letter, Yang Chao learned about the battle situation in Jinan. Zhao Kang divided his troops and surrounded Tai'an Prefecture. Just ran from the gap.

After taking Tai'an, Zhao Kang besieged Feicheng this time. He also surrounded but did not fight. At the same time, he divided his troops and felt that Jinan would challenge.

The result is that Feicheng has not yet been taken, and the Qing army in Jinan City also ran away.

"It shouldn't be. Jierhalang is also a veteran general and the regent of the Qing Dynasty. His status is second only to Dorgon. There is no reason why he should be so vulnerable."

Yang Chao couldn't figure it out. He knew that the Qing army deployed heavy troops in Shandong, and the leader was Jierhalang. Needless to say, this Jierhalang was a high-ranking member of the Eight Banners very early on, earlier than the Dorgon brothers. Mostly, the Ming army he fought in those years was not the Ming army that has completely collapsed now, but the Ming army that was still able to organize during the Apocalypse and Chongzhen period.

Therefore, Yang Chao did not believe that Jierhalang would be a cowardly person.

Yang Chao is different from the general civil and military men of the Ming army. Those civil and military men either utterly despise the Qing army and call the Tartars barbarians, or they are afraid to death, and there are masters who despise and fear in their mouths, but Yang Chao only believes in the facts. , They have fought more battles than you have ever heard of. The accumulation of this kind of experience is enough to prove the strength of the opponent.

That's why Yang Chao was extraordinarily strange.

"It doesn't seem to be the reason for the battle itself!"

Yang Chao judged that such a situation could not be due to purely military reasons.

Although I have defeated the Qing army many times, and even wiped out four times, Haizhou once, Yangzhou twice, and Nanjing once.

Those who were defeated were also famous generals of the Qing army. It was possible to kill tens of thousands of people and make the Qing army fearful, but it seemed a bit abnormal to let them collapse like this. , so that you don't dare to fight and run away.

Zhao Kang stood on the city of Jinan, full of vigor and high spirits. He did not expect to take Jinan so easily. Although he did not gain much, the political significance of taking down such a big city is still great. He couldn't help but get excited. The whole city was under his feet, and a sense of pleasure of conquest filled his heart.

In the north of Jinan City, a group of people is leaving.

Jierhalang had complicated emotions, and he abandoned the city and fled without shooting an arrow. This is not what he should do.

But he had no choice but to lose, and he lost from the moment he was transferred to Shandong by Dorgon.

None of the generals under his command wanted to fight Yang Chao with his life, but Jierhalang still had the power and prestige to force them to fight, but he didn't do that, the reason was simple: casualties!

The Eight Banners suffered untold casualties, and Ding Zhuang's loss was too severe, and he would lose no matter whether he succeeded or failed in the fight.

If Jierhalang fought Yang Chao desperately in Shandong, even if he won in the end, he would definitely be taken down by Dorgon when he returned to Beijing. At that time, the nobles of the eight banners would not give him Jierha Lang spoke, because the losses of all the banners were too great, and they were full of resentment towards Jierhalang.

And he fled without a fight, and he would still be blamed by Dorgon when he returned. Fortunately, the strength of each banner was preserved. There is no hope for the future, and he only wants to spend his old age in peace.

Jierhalang didn't want to fight against the Ming army. He was also the respected Batulu, a warrior.

However, the cruel power struggle made him calm early, and even showed a completely different weakness from the battlefield. However, because of this attitude, he has never been suspected in the Nurhachi era and the Huang Taiji era. Position, high position and weight.

Being in a high position, one's thoughts and thoughts are completely different from those on the battlefield.

"This war is not a crime of war!"

Jierhalang sighed, and finally made the decision to withdraw from Jinan. With a sad mentality of a hero's twilight, he slowly marched towards Beizhili.

"Press the main force of the Eight Banners step by step, but don't love to fight. If the opponent flees and follows, they have already lost!"

After Yang Chao wanted to understand the reason for the escape of the Qing army, he immediately gave orders to all the troops. At this time, he no longer needed to fight the main force of the Eight Banners. Knife.

Jierhalang must be doomed when he goes back this time, especially if he chases and does not fight, Dorgon will catch him, because no matter how he looks at it, he has some kind of tacit understanding with Yang Chao, so give him an enemy. The charge of collusion, he couldn't even clear it up.

Yang Chao's forcible attack on Jierhalang is actually more beneficial to Jierhalang, but Yang Chao can't afford to sacrifice the lives of his soldiers in order to keep him, so he can only pursue him like this to prevent them from escaping and desperate If the Qing army, with an attitude of "I don't want you if I can't get it", destroys the city, or even kills and loots, Yang Chao will really have a headache. From the perspective of the culture of "no domestic slaves in all countries", it is not impossible for them to do this kind of thing.

"Order Li Wuliu to advance toward Linqing, Wang Pu to go east, and capture Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou. Please appease the surrendered green battalion, and don't kill them at will!"

Yang Chao began to divide his forces and let Li Wuliu attack along the canal, Zhao Kang pursued the main force of the Eight Banners, and Wang Pu went east to capture other prefectures in Shandong.

As for the surrender of the green battalion, it is still for political purposes, not purely military purposes.

"Hmph, if a large number of Han troops surrender in Shandong, I'd like to see if Dorgon dares to use the Han troops wantonly!"

Yang Chao thought to himself that when the manpower was exhausted and King Sanshun had to be used, a large number of green camp soldiers surrendered. At this time, even if Dorgon dared to use Han soldiers, the dignitaries of the Eight Banners would probably object.

(End of this chapter)