Chapter 182 Influence (1)
From November 25th to the end of the month, the East Coast people transported various supplies, and the personnel's actions lasted for a full seven days. During this period, the movements of the Qingzhou and the Qing army were always surprising. They obviously knew the news that Li Lutai was defeated, but they didn't know what they thought, but they never gathered troops to attack the "yellow-clothed thieves" in Anqiu. Perhaps the number of their soldiers was scarce (more than 5,000), perhaps because their food and grass were insufficient, and of course it was more likely that the combat power displayed by the East Coast people made them afraid. In short, they did not send anyone to take action against the East Coast people.
Early in the morning on November 28, Ke Yongsheng, the general general of Jiaozhou of the Qing army, and Chen Jin, the governor of Denglai, led more than 4,000 troops to Qingzhou and met with Hetuo, Li Rutai and others. At this point, the Qing army gathered more than 20,000 troops, of which more than 7,000 soldiers were more than 7,000 soldiers. On that day, Hetuo divided his headquarters into more than 2,000 Manchu soldiers to prevent the yellow-clad thieves, and then urged Li Rutai and Ke Yongsheng to send troops to attack Qingzhou City.
Zhao Yingyuan and others, who had already received the news of the victory of the Battle of Anqiu in the East Coast, also strengthened their determination to defend Qingzhou. They adopted the old routine, that is, they snatched all the silver, cloth and even women from the rich merchants and gentry in the city, and then distributed them to their soldiers to inspire them to fight bravely. Some leaders suddenly felt a little bold in their hearts when they saw Zhang Rujie's head sent by the East Coast people, and they walked up to the city to lead the children to fight against the green camps of the Han army that surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and forgot their ancestors.
The Qing army attacked fiercely for a whole day, leaving more than a thousand corpses, but they were not defeated. On November 29, after seeing that it was impossible to quickly conquer Qingzhou City, the cold weather was frozen and the food was slightly exhausted. He Tuo had to order the Qing army outside the city to retreat in batches and return to Jinan. At the same time, he sent people to Beijing to request reinforcements and specifically asked for more than ten red-clothed cannons that could attack the city.
At this point, the once-massive Qingzhou Battle came to an end. In history, the army led by Hetuo and others pretended to surrender Zhao Yingyuan and others through the assistance of Zhang Wenheng who was ambushed in Qingzhou City, and then killed dozens of leaders including Zhao Yingyuan at the alliance site, and finally incorporated tens of thousands of his troops. Now that things have come to this point, not only did they not easily capture Qingzhou City, but they even lost seven or eight thousand soldiers. This gap between in and out cannot be calculated. Moreover, in history, they have
After descending to Qingzhou City, Chen Jin, the governor of Denglai appointed by the Qing court, also used this power to surrender Yang Wei, the deputy general of Ming who was guarding Dengzhou City, and then successfully recovered the entire Dengzhou Prefecture. But now everything is different, Qingzhou will not talk about it. The gentry and landlords who were looking forward to the arrival of our Qing Dynasty "King Army". Naturally, the famous cities like Dengzhou will not surrender easily. In addition, the anti-Qing rebels in Jinan, Dongchang, and Yanzhou Prefectures have been one after another. The situation in Shandong has once again fallen into chaos.
On November 30, four naval transport ships that had left in advance arrived at Jiaozhou Bay again. After learning that the Qing army had withdrawn, the East Coast army also left Anqiu County, which had been stationed for more than ten days. They marched quickly to the south and arrived in Zhucheng County on the afternoon of December 2. The county magistrate appointed by the Qing court abandoned the city and fled. The people on the East Coast entered the county without firing a single shot. After releasing prisoners as usual, collecting food and grass, and recruiting volunteer reclamation personnel, the East Coast people left Zhucheng County on the third day. Before leaving, they publicly executed more than ten gentry who were expelled during the May rebellion, captured and killed the officials of Dashun, and confiscated their property in the city.
After leaving Zhucheng County, the people of the East Coast arrived in Rizhao County on December 8th. The gentry in Rizhao County committed too many evil deeds at the time, so they were more tenacious to resist the people of the East Coast, so that the people of the East Coast spent most of their time to attack the city by relying on cannons, and nearly 30 soldiers from the stand-up team were killed and injured. Therefore, after entering the city, the people of the East Coast executed all the resisting gentry themselves and their male heirs, confiscated their property, and formed their wives, concubines and daughters into the women's stand-up team.
As usual, after staying in Rizhao County for a day, the people on the east coast set out again on December 10 and began to sweep the Andong Acropolis and the garrisons near Rizhao. They even moved westward to Ganyu and Yizhou, which made the Yizhou General Town established by the Qing court extremely nervous. They repeatedly rushed to Jinan and Beijing, saying, "Mo Ming, the yellow-clad thief leader, had 280,000 attacks Yizhou. I fought to the death. I went in and out of three, and was destroyed dozens of times before I repelled the bandits. However, the bandits' guns and cannons were sharp, and they carried refugees and were surrounded by prefectures and counties. The momentum was very rampant. I begged the court to quickly send 10,000 Manchu soldiers to kill this villain."
After sweeping the front of Xiahe Village, the last two strongholds of Lingshanwei, the East Coast people brought nearly 2,000 Ming people who volunteered to follow the East Coast people to pioneer the territory, more than 5,000 stone of grain, more than 400 prisoners (including more than 50 women's stand-up teams), and a large amount of livestock and supplies returned to Jiaozhou Bay again. It was December 18, and Yantai Port was almost frozen. There was no way, so there were only six naval ships to transport these personnel and materials to the winter base of Yuanbo Port, Liji Island. As for these East Coast Army, the stand-up team and the military team, they could only walk back to Yantai with two feet. Fortunately, the Qing army, which had a little climate in the three prefectures of Denglai Qing, has basically been defeated, and the rest have retreated back to Jinan. The East Coast people walked back swaggeringly along the way, believed that no one dared to intercept them.
Therefore, after spending two days to plug more than 300 tons of grain, two thousand emigrants in the land reclamation, more than 400 prisoners, more than 800 donkeys and mules, more than 500 pigs, cattle and sheep, more than 90,000 bundles of fodder, more than 500 tons of black beans, more than 300 large trucks and a large amount of gold, silver and silk into six large ships, the East Coast Army, which had a great harvest, left Jiaozhou Bay with more than 600 pack horses, thousands of war horses and a small number of four-wheeled carriages, and returned to Yantai through Jimo, Laiyang, Qixia and Fushan. After the land-based army left, the six naval ships on the sea surface of Jiaozhou Bay also drew anchors and sailed eastward along the northwest wind. Their destination was Lishiri Island.
Half a month has passed after the Battle of Anqiu, and the news that the people of the East Coast won the battle continued to ferment in the three palaces of Denglaiqing, and almost all the well-informed gentry landlords knew about it. Therefore, the gentry from all over the place where the army of the East Coast passed sent military supplies to make a good relationship. The people of the East Coast also refused all the food and fodder supplies, which effectively supplemented everyone's food reserves.
When the army on the east coast arrived at Yantai Fort, it was already January 10, 1645. The battle lasted nearly three months, conquering a prefecture city, four county towns, and acropolis. More than 5,500 Qing army people were killed and injured, 1,400 people were captured, and nearly 900 tons of grain and beans were harvested, and countless livestock military funds were numerous. It effectively attacked the arrogance of the Qing army, causing it to quickly pacify Shandong and completely bankrupt. At the same time, after seeing the myth of "invincible" of the Qing army, the anti-Qing armed forces in Shandong were shattered, and began to frequently roam around, causing Hetuo, Li Rutai, Ke Yongsheng, etc., who had retreated to Jinan, to be extremely upset, and had to dispose of troops and suppress the thieves, thereby relaxing the invasion of the three prefectures of Denglai Qing. At this point, the entire Shandong took Qingzhou City as the boundary and maintained a strange and fragile balance.
Li Wenchang, the artillery company commander who stayed at Yantai Fort, reported to Mo Ming that on the eve of the frozen closure of Yantai Port in mid-December, the navy's sailing fleet transported immigrants returned from Jinshan Port, Australia, and transported 3,000 people from Yantai and Kongtong Island to Yuanbo Port of Lishi Island. After the ship was repaired and maintained, they embarked on the journey to Australia again. It has been almost a while since then. At this time, a thick layer of ice has formed in Yantai Port. Outside the port, there are also large patches of dense ice floating on the sea. The ice conditions of the Yellow Sea this year are very serious. This port is afraid that it will not be thawed until mid-February.
After the combat commendation meeting was held, a group of officers and soldiers were promoted at the ranks and trophy bonuses were distributed, on January 13, Mo Ming from Yantai Fort secretly met a familiar and unfamiliar guest.
"You mean, Duodo had arrived in Wuzhi and Mengxian on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, preparing to cross the river and advance to Tongguan? And he also sent an army to enter Shandong east?" Mo Ming asked in surprise. The person came was the family of the gentry Luo Guoshi of Dezhou. He was the guy who provided the news of Bahana and Shi Tingzhu's advance half a year ago to the people of the East Coast. This person was burdened by the people of the East Coast and could not find a position in the "My Qing" that was founded in the Xin Dynasty. Fortunately, he had a vast friendship and many friends, so he was not liquidated. Some people even helped him to act in an activity recently and recommended him to Shandong Governor Fang Dayou to serve as an official, which shows his energy. However, this person's character was the first and the two ends of the rat. This can be learned from his two times when he sent his confidant family to the people of the East Coast.
"Yes, the master learned this news from a good friend. The master thought it was 80% true. But he didn't know who the general was, and there was no way to know whether there were any soldiers and soldiers. He just vaguely heard that Lord He Tuohe from Jinan was very dissatisfied because the red-clothed cannon army he wanted did not follow, and he should still be arguing with the above." Luo Guoshi's family replied carefully.
"Well, I'll say hello to your master on my behalf. Go to my kitchen with my adjutant and have a good meal and have a good rest for a night and leave tomorrow." After sending Luo Guoshi's family, Mo Ming couldn't help but think. Now He Tuo and others are obviously unwilling to accept the small setbacks encountered in Qingzhou City. When reinforcements and red-clothed cannons arrive, these people will definitely launch a new attack. It is hard to say whether Qingzhou City can be saved by then. Anyway, Mo Ming is not very optimistic. The Qing army will have almost ten thousand warriors and cannons to help, and the mobs in Qingzhou City cannot resist. If one is not done well, it may be wiped out.
Chapter completed!