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(Well, again, today is the last day of the day, and we will continue to return to the original pace of the early morning updates, so this is also my last time going to the bathroom and buying salt. Well, this time I went out to pay the phone bill. Really, I will be back soon, thank you for your support.)

On March 4, 1649, outside Yidu County, Mao Desheng put his left hand on his hips and his right hand, holding a pipe, looking at the snowy road in front of him, silent.

On the official road a hundred meters away, the East Coast soldiers wearing cotton coats were walking in the muddy snow, pushing the cart forward with difficulty. The cart was loaded with heavy gunpowder barrels, filled with horse farming islands, and gunpowder stocks made in Jeju Island gunpowder workshops. The pulling horses were driven by horse whips. With the help of more than 20 military men, they pulled the cart out of a mud pit.

Behind them was a heavy 12-pound cannon. This long-barrel heavy cannon was extremely heavy. It was a high-diameter-biased cannon specially designed and cast for the Far Eastern battlefield. It has a long range, but its strong siege ability is the most worthy of boasting. At this time, this terrifying siege weapon was also struggling on the muddy land. Four Mongolian horses were neighed by the reins, and dozens of soldiers pushed and pulled each other, which made the cannon move slowly.

The soldiers were exhausted at this time, but the officers leading the team still did not let the next group of rotation go on the battlefield. He was wearing muddy leather boots and cheering the soldiers in Chinese with a strong accent, asking them to persist in the last five minutes and transport the cannon to the built cannon position.

There were still rumbling sounds of cannons in front, which were the field artillery (mostly light and small-caliber artillery) that arrived in advance, bombarding the enemy's positions. The Qing army also built several strong camps on the hills outside Yidu County (i.e. Qingzhou City). These camps were stationed in the Green Camp soldiers transferred from Dongchang Prefecture, and some of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners supervised the battle. Therefore, they were more tough in the resistance against the attacks launched by the people of the East Coast.

With these cities and villages, the army on the east coast outside the city was like a thorn on its back and could not attack the city with all its strength. Especially when the artillery troops were behind due to the harsh road conditions, the army on the east coast could only rely on their own flesh and blood to attack the existing positions of the Qing army. However, these Qing army green camp soldiers did not know whether they had taken the wrong medicine or what. The resistance was quite firm, which surprised the people of the East Coast. Could it be that the Qing court was ruthless, which forced these green camp soldiers to use all their strength to fight?

Although the people of the East Coast guessed not very accurate, they were not far from the truth. In January, after Jiang Yan was correct, the Qing court lost a moment of inch. Dorgon, who actually held the power of the Qing court, judged at the first time: the rebels must be wiped out as quickly as possible, otherwise the impact would be extremely bad. However, the various Shanxi rebels who wiped out Jiang Yan and responded to his uprising needed troops, but now the Qing court lacked troops in the north!

The yellow-clothed thieves killed in the sky were making a big fuss in Shandong. Then the Yuyuan Army, the Qingshan Bandits, the Mule Army, the Corps Training Army, the Dongping thieves, and the Li Huajing Rebel Army also responded, causing the Qing court to transfer almost all the mobile troops from the north to Shandong, with seven generals of 150,000 and more than 30,000 people. The troops of a total of 180,000 people were trapped in Shandong, but their opponents, the Yellow-clothed thieves, were only 50,000 or 60,000 (most of them were mobs). The embarrassment made the Qing generals and officials in Shandong speechless.

At the same time, on February 15, the Qing court also sent someone to send a letter of surrender to Mao Desheng, who was urging people to advance westward, which was confident: "The Qing Dynasty responded to the fate of the dragon and heroes responded. Before that, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and others knew the fate of heaven. I refreshed my heart and changed my face, and I praised his ambitions, and all of them were rewarded. You should judge the situation, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, enjoy wealth and honor, and achieve success in the world; otherwise, like Li Chuang, who would be crushed to pieces and his wife would be humiliated. Great blessings will no longer be there, and the lessons of honor will not be far away..."

Mao Desheng certainly ignored this nonsense letter of surrender. After sending people to send away the Qing envoys, he repeatedly urged all troops to speed up the marching speed and refused to allow the Qing army to retreat smoothly.

Before Jiang Qin, there were about 20,000 people in Qingzhou. At the junction of the two Laizhou prefectures, the Qing army confronted the east coast army. The other main forces of the Qing army (including nearly 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners) were in Jinan Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture to wipe out local thieves such as the Yuyuan Army, which had seriously threatened the Qing court's rule. After the news of the drastic changes in Datong came, the Qing court quickly made the decision to withdraw its troops. Therefore, Tan Tai first took 15,000 Eight Banners soldiers and immediately left the battle. After the assembly, he immediately went north from Yanzhou Prefecture. In addition, he also quietly transferred back to the 5,000 Mongolian horse team from the front line of confrontation with the yellow-clad thieves and headed north to Zhili together.

After these elite troops were taken away, the Qing army on the front also retreated with lightning speed before the East Coast people reacted. Then they entered the existing positions that had been renovated in the rear, intending to block the yellow-clad thieves' westward advance with all their might, so as to gain enough time for Luke Dehun of Jinan Prefecture to adjust and deploy. Yidu County was the first line of resistance and the strongest line of defense. The people on the East Coast only needed to break through the Qing army blocking here, and then they could advance all the way and head straight to Jinan Prefecture, without any force along the way. Therefore, this also destined to be the fierce battle for Qingzhou City.

The cloudy and snowy weather since late February has seriously hindered the pace of the East Coast army. In particular, the logistics supplies and artillery units have spent a lot of time in the muddy snow. In addition, the Qing army deliberately destroyed the official road before evacuation, which has added countless difficulties to the marching of the East Coast army. Therefore, until today (March 4), the siege cannon was only late when hundreds of soldiers and a large number of mules and horses shouted and neighed, and arrived outside Qingzhou City.

The army's light field artillery was two days earlier than them. Before the field artillery arrived, the East Coast army had already launched several rounds of attacks on the camp outside the city guarded by the Qing army. However, they did not expect that these Qing troops were extremely stubborn, and there seemed to be Eight Banners soldiers to supervise the battle. Therefore, the East Coast army could not completely solve the thorns behind them. At that time, a servant army who participated in the attack on the Qing army camp (more than 400 Ding Mingwu's troops were almost all mobs), and even lost the battle under the counterattack of the Eight Banners soldiers. The entire camp that attacked the camp was only 126 people left after the defeat, which was extremely tragic.

Mao Desheng had no mercy towards these miscellaneous troops. After seeing these troops being killed and dispersed like sheep by the Qing army, he changed his servants to fight with expressionless expression and continued to consume the power of the Qing army. After a few days, the army's field light artillery finally arrived at the front line.

After the artillery arrived at the front line, Mao Desheng did not rush to order the entire line to attack. Instead, he first asked the artillery to use limited ammunition to carry out directional strikes at some solid strongholds of the Qing army to continue to destroy the opponent's resistance and will. After two days of this bombing, Mao Desheng saw that the time was ripe, and finally decided to launch a general attack on the Qing army camp outside the city.

At twelve noon on March 4, thousands of servant soldiers who had finished their meals were in the command of the officers. Then Mao Desheng waved his hand and, amid the howling of artillery shells, the soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Qing army camp.

Qingzhou offensive and defensive battles are officially launched!

The army's light field artillery was two days earlier than them. Before the field artillery arrived, the East Coast army had already launched several rounds of attacks on the camp outside the city guarded by the Qing army. However, they did not expect that these Qing troops were extremely stubborn, and there seemed to be Eight Banners soldiers to supervise the battle. Therefore, the East Coast army could not completely solve the thorns behind them. At that time, a servant army who participated in the attack on the Qing army camp (more than 400 Ding Mingwu's troops were almost all mobs), and even lost the battle under the counterattack of the Eight Banners soldiers. The entire camp that attacked the camp was only 126 people left after the defeat, which was extremely tragic.

Mao Desheng had no mercy towards these miscellaneous troops. After seeing these troops being killed and dispersed like sheep by the Qing army, he changed his servants to fight with expressionless expression and continued to consume the power of the Qing army. After a few days, the army's field light artillery finally arrived at the front line.

After the artillery arrived at the front line, Mao Desheng did not rush to order the entire line to attack. Instead, he first asked the artillery to use limited ammunition to carry out directional strikes at some solid strongholds of the Qing army to continue to destroy the opponent's resistance and will. After two days of this bombing, Mao Desheng saw that the time was ripe, and finally decided to launch a general attack on the Qing army camp outside the city.

At twelve noon on March 4, thousands of servant soldiers who had finished their meals were in the command of the officers. Then Mao Desheng waved his hand and, amid the howling of artillery shells, the soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Qing army camp.

Mao Desheng had no mercy towards these miscellaneous troops. After seeing these troops being killed and dispersed like sheep by the Qing army, he changed his servants to fight with expressionless expression and continued to consume the power of the Qing army. After a few days, the army's field light artillery finally arrived at the front line.

After the artillery arrived at the front line, Mao Desheng did not rush to order the entire line to attack. Instead, he first asked the artillery to use limited ammunition to carry out directional strikes at some solid strongholds of the Qing army to continue to destroy the opponent's resistance and will. After two days of this bombing, Mao Desheng saw that the time was ripe, and finally decided to launch a general attack on the Qing army camp outside the city.

At twelve noon on March 4, thousands of servant soldiers who had finished their meals were in the command of the officers. Then Mao Desheng waved his hand and, amid the howling of artillery shells, the soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Qing army camp.

At twelve noon on March 4, thousands of servant soldiers who had finished their meals were in the command of the officers. Then Mao Desheng waved his hand and, amid the howling of artillery shells, the soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Qing army camp.

Qingzhou offensive and defensive battles are officially launched!
Chapter completed!