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The 251st chapter Shandong drought (six)

"... The pseudo-Qing benevolent officials, greedy for taxes, and severe punishments. They cannot save the people from water and fire, and they will be used to collect money from the army and brigades, and they will suck marrow and peel off their skin. What is the difference between traitors and wives and daughters? Our army is all good people who have been farming for ten generations, and they will be eager to promote benevolent and righteous troops to save the people. Now they are settled in Jinan, and they will send a card to inform them: Don't be panicked, and everyone will be calm. If there are those who kill the people in each army, the whole team will be killed! If the people abandon the secret and turn to the light, and report the pseudo-Qing officials to hide among the people, they will be used with great importance. The rest should not be sold out, and jade will be difficult to separate, and regret it. This is a proclamation!"

As the east coast army entered Jinan one after another, the Anmin notice, prepared by a group of literati from the old camp of the Qian Shude, was also posted in the streets and alleys of Licheng County (i.e. Jinan City). This notice changed by the Shun Army manifesto inherited the consistent tradition of the East Coast, which was murderous and very in line with the image of the East Coast army. However, the focus should be used in troubled times. When this Anmin notice was released and a few green-skinned gangsters who took advantage of the chaos and robbed, the order in Jinan City immediately settled.

The remaining Qing troops in the city were also found one by one, and all the middle and senior officers were put into prison for interrogation. After the interrogation, they were loaded on the prison van and taken to Yantai in the rear, and then waited for the ship to be transported to Heishui Port. They will spend at least five years of forced labor reform career in logging yards, coal mines, brick kiln factories, lime factories and other places, and have to work in winter.

In this battle, the East Coast army captured more than 8,000 armed personnel from various groups, including Qing army green camps, landlords and gang training. Except for a few who were dispersed and supplemented to various minions, the remaining more than 5,000 people will be taken to the rear to build bridges and roads and build fortresses. After the incident, they will most likely be sent to the immigration transport ships to the east coast. These people are defeated generals, and their morale is extremely low. They are basically allowed to be kneaded by the East Coast people. After transporting them back to the land, they are even more unwilling to make any trouble.

The inventory of materials in the city was also underway. In addition to the spoils belonging to the soldiers of various departments, the East Coast people also gained considerable gains: there were more than 40,000 stones of grain, beans, 16,000 bunches of forage, more than 1,500 pigs, cattle, sheep, horses and mules, and 300 large carts. The above are all very valuable materials for the East Coast army. In addition, Jinan is a prosperous place, and various books, articles, antiques, jade and other things that seem useless to Qiuba people were sorted out, and then packed trucks were sent to Yantai. The final destination of these good things should be Dongfang Port, the capital of the East Coast. The largest library in the country will be built there, and ancient books from the Ming Dynasty were used to fill in the empty bookshelf.

Licheng County is not only the prefecture city of Jinan and also the best place in Shandong. Various people from all walks of life gathered here, and it is still quite lively on weekdays. However, after the army on the east coast entered the city and blocked the entry and exit, these handicraftsmen, actors, prostitutes, storytellers, doctors, scholars, and even fortune-telling witches were swept away, and then loaded into a cart, allowing them to cry and send them to Yantai behind.

Among these people, handicraftsmen, doctors, and scholars from the bottom are the kind of people whom the locals are seeking to recruit. All of them are sent back to South America. As for the entertainment industry practitioners such as storied artists, jugglers, actors, and charlatans, they are basically sent to the east bank towns of Sakhalin and Amur River Basin, and most of them are also sent to the locals. The remaining prostitutes were all sent to Sakhalin Island. These people are quite beautiful, some are still a little wealth, and are actually very popular among the lower class people. Therefore, it is a good thing for everyone to give them to those disabled soldiers with broken arms and legs as wives.

These things have been delayed for a whole week. When he finished his work a week later, the front-line war report also came: On June 19, to show his feelings, Niu Chenghu personally led more than 8,000 troops from his headquarters to Tai'an Prefecture, and defeated the seven or eight thousand chaotic people that Kong Xigui pieced together in one battle. Then he chased him out of Qufu County, Yanzhou Prefecture. After meeting more than 4,000 troops from the Henan General Gaodi who came to pick him up, he stopped his troops and returned. On the way back, he also looted the Tai'an Prefecture Prefecture and the supplies and food left by Kong Xigui.

On June 21, Mao Desheng, who personally led the main force to Dongchang Prefecture, arrived in Liaocheng County after defeating Boping, Tangyi and other counties. The general Lu Guonan, who had originally retreated to this point, swung left and right between the harsh battlefield situation and the Qing court's strict orders that the Qing court was not allowed to retreat, and was surrounded by the army on the east coast that quickly rushed to the city. After a fierce battle, day and night, Lu Guonan led his army to break through and was defeated by the cavalry on the east coast to the west of the city. He was killed and injured by countless soldiers and horses. Lu Guonan was saved only and was not sure where to end.

After the Lu State retreated, the Qing court had no more powerful troops in Dongchang Prefecture. The Yuyuan Army, which was originally suppressed, suddenly became uncontrollable. In less than a few prefecture cities, Dongchang Prefecture almost "falls the entire territory". The prefecture city where a few landlords trained armed forces were like a lonely boat in the vast ocean, and was at risk of being overturned at any time. The people on the East Coast were not idle at this time. They sent a small group of troops and carried a few light artillery to assist the Yuyuan Army in defeating the city that the Qing army was stubbornly defended. The provinces and cities still had a location to respond when the Qing army came back in the future.

After resolving Dongchang Prefecture, Mao Desheng found that Luke Dehun in Dezhou had been ordered by the Qing court to deal with it. Li Rutai was dismissed (Xu Daishu made meritorious service). After the Qing army was still stumbling around, he had a sense of getting a bargain. So he first collected a large amount of food and grass near Liaocheng, and then even the gunpowder transported from the rear did not wait for the captured inferior Qing army gunpowder, so he led the army northward and headed towards Dezhou.

He set out with him were three infantry companies of the East Coast Army, two artillery companies, and three infantry battalions of the Black Eight Banners. Most of the forward teams, the servants Dong Xueli, Qin Shangxing, Xie Qian, Chen Zhilong and other troops, with a total of 45,000 troops (including 15,000 military men), which can be regarded as the essence of the troops on the East Coast Army in Shandong. The remaining 2,000 people in the fourth team of the front team, Zhai Congyan, Niu Chenghu's troops, and Ding Ming, the rebel army who was severely injured a while ago.

Our troops were stationed on the front line from Jinan to Tai'an Prefecture. While contacting Du Chong, who was making a big fuss in the Yanzhou Prefecture, faintly suppressed Gao Di, who had joined forces at the moment. Kong Xigui's two armies had nearly 9,000 remnants. When Du Chong completely paralyzed the Qing court's rule in Yanzhou, the next batch of supplies arrived in Jinan City through the Xiaoqing River. Shao Shude said that he had to lead the left-behind troops to go south, defeat the two remaining Qing troops, and completely reach the south.

The Qing court was not prepared for the sudden deterioration of Shandong's war situation. Seventy or eighty thousand soldiers could not stop the yellow-clothed thieves who were killed that day. Now the whole province is about to fall, but they are unable to rescue them. Because the battlefield in Shanxi is at a critical moment, the Qing court still feels like they are stretched out from many sides, and the local rebellion has not been fully pacified. As for Jiang Xiang, who is in charge of Datong, it seems that there is no chance in a short period of time. The walls of this city are high and the pool is deep, and the large-caliber artillery of "My Qing" has suffered a lot in Shandong and Hubei. At this time, it is outrageous that it is impossible to take a lonely city in Datong.

Shandong must be rescued! This is the unanimous opinion of the Qing court. Although the Qing court did not develop the habit of relying on the southern grain transport at this time, the canal was cut off and the business and travel was blocked, and local difficulties were also great. Over time, the damage to the Qing court was also quite great. What's more, Shandong is adjacent to Northern Zhili, and sending troops can directly attack the capital, which is too great. In addition, there are many yellow-clothed pirate ships and cannons, and Tianjin, Jinzhou and other strategic points are under their threat. If the yellow-clothed thief stronghold on the Shandong Peninsula is not able to sleep or eat, the Tartars cannot be safe to be robbers, and the Han officials cannot be at ease to be traitors. How can this be done!

But if you want to rescue Shandong, where do the soldiers come from? I won’t talk about Shandong. There are no soldiers in the wilderness of Henan. There are some people in Zhili in the north, but if you are responsible for any major defense, how can you move lightly? The more than 30,000 people under the command of the junta of Jiangbei are not afraid to move! The yellow-clothed thieves have been making frequent moves recently. Seeing that they were going to launch a landing war in the Yangtze River area, how can the troops and horses in the defending place be transferred? From this perspective, the Qing court had no choice in Shandong, including the neighboring Jiangbei Huai'an Prefecture, Guide Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture, there was no way to do anything in Shandong. In a short time, they could only watch the yellow-clothed thieves conquered the city.

Of course, Shao Shude saw the truth and reality of the Qing court very clearly. In today's world, I'm afraid no one can stand on a higher stairs than the East Coast people, and no one has a clearer grasp of their respective strategic intentions and general trends than the East Coast people. The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, it's so good!

However, knowing that the intention of the Qing court was one thing, the East Coast people themselves were also very troubled. Breaking through Jinan would have caused a huge blow to the prestige of the Qing court. In the long run, if the Qing court was shameless, regardless of Shandong and some prefectures and counties in other provinces, what could the East Coast people? As long as the Qing court did not delay in Shanxi for too long, then scraped the ground and tried its best to support the less than 200,000 troops in the north, after conquering Shanxi, quickly rushed to Shandong, with the Green Camp and the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia as the main body, the East Coast people might have to retreat to Qingzhou or even Laizhou again. This is almost inevitable!

Forget it, I can't care about so many things! Shao Shude shook his head. We have made such a big disturbance. For this reason, the Qing army has actually given up on Sichuan Province and some areas of Huguang. The battlefields of Jiangxi and Shaanxi and Gansu were also greatly affected. Moreover, it can be expected that for a long time, these places will not be under pressure from the Qing army after the main forces of the Qing army gathered in Shandong. If all the anti-Qing armed forces cannot seize the opportunity to expand their strength, then the people on the east coast have nothing to say, just admit defeat.

On June 30, 1649, Shao Shude, who stabilized the situation in Jinan, led the main force behind the left-behind forces to the south. Together with Du Chong and other troops who were still active in Yanzhou Prefecture (which had already carried tens of thousands of people), they pressed from two directions towards Gaodi, who had entered Yizhou. Kong Xigui's remnants of the two armies, intending to clear the threat in the south and peek at Huai'an Prefecture.

The Qing court was not prepared for the sudden deterioration of Shandong's war situation. Seventy or eighty thousand soldiers could not stop the yellow-clothed thieves who were killed that day. Now the whole province is about to fall, but they are unable to rescue them. Because the battlefield in Shanxi is at a critical moment, the Qing court still feels like they are stretched out from many sides, and the local rebellion has not been fully pacified. As for Jiang Xiang, who is in charge of Datong, it seems that there is no chance in a short period of time. The walls of this city are high and the pool is deep, and the large-caliber artillery of "My Qing" has suffered a lot in Shandong and Hubei. At this time, it is outrageous that it is impossible to take a lonely city in Datong.

Shandong must be rescued! This is the unanimous opinion of the Qing court. Although the Qing court did not develop the habit of relying on the southern grain transport at this time, the canal was cut off and the business and travel was blocked, and local difficulties were also great. Over time, the damage to the Qing court was also quite great. What's more, Shandong is adjacent to Northern Zhili, and sending troops can directly attack the capital, which is too great. In addition, there are many yellow-clothed pirate ships and cannons, and Tianjin, Jinzhou and other strategic points are under their threat. If the yellow-clothed thief stronghold on the Shandong Peninsula is not able to sleep or eat, the Tartars cannot be safe to be robbers, and the Han officials cannot be at ease to be traitors. How can this be done!

But if you want to rescue Shandong, where do the soldiers come from? I won’t talk about Shandong. There are no soldiers in the wilderness of Henan. There are some people in Zhili in the north, but if you are responsible for any major defense, how can you move lightly? The more than 30,000 people under the command of the junta of Jiangbei are not afraid to move! The yellow-clothed thieves have been making frequent moves recently. Seeing that they were going to launch a landing war in the Yangtze River area, how can the troops and horses in the defending place be transferred? From this perspective, the Qing court had no choice in Shandong, including the neighboring Jiangbei Huai'an Prefecture, Guide Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture, there was no way to do anything in Shandong. In a short time, they could only watch the yellow-clothed thieves conquered the city.

Of course, Shao Shude saw the truth and reality of the Qing court very clearly. In today's world, I'm afraid no one can stand on a higher stairs than the East Coast people, and no one has a clearer grasp of their respective strategic intentions and general trends than the East Coast people. The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, it's so good!

However, knowing that the intention of the Qing court was one thing, the East Coast people themselves were also very troubled. Breaking through Jinan would have caused a huge blow to the prestige of the Qing court. In the long run, if the Qing court was shameless, regardless of Shandong and some prefectures and counties in other provinces, what could the East Coast people? As long as the Qing court did not delay in Shanxi for too long, then scraped the ground and tried its best to support the less than 200,000 troops in the north, after conquering Shanxi, quickly rushed to Shandong, with the Green Camp and the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia as the main body, the East Coast people might have to retreat to Qingzhou or even Laizhou again. This is almost inevitable!

Forget it, we can't control so many things! Shao Shude shook his head. We have made such a big noise. For this reason, the Qing army has actually given up the entire Sichuan province and some areas of Huguang. Jiangxi and Shaanxi-Gansu battlefields were also greatly affected. For this reason, the Qing army has actually given up the entire Sichuan province and some areas of Huguang. Jiangxi and Shaanxi-Gansu battlefields have also been greatly affected. For this reason, the Qing army has actually given up the entire Sichuan province and some areas of Huguang. Jiangxi and Shaanxi-Gansu battlefields have also been greatly affected. For this reason, the Qing army has shook his head.
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