On December 22, the artillery troops on the east coast arrived at the city of Jiningzhou. At this time, Gao Di and Kong Xigui had already wiped out the local gangs in Guide Mansion. Of course, they also ruined the place and began to contact Melezhang Jinglai, who was leading a small group of troops to suppress bandits in Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Mansion, and prepared to raise troops to advance eastward.

In the north, the new Dengzhou general Tong Yangliang, who was advancing rapidly, and the Linqing general Yi Yonggui also led an army of 50,000 to Dezhou. The front line of Linqingzhou - the army of more than 50,000 people was mobilized only a month after the Qing court issued an edict, and then marched to northeastern Shandong. It was also rare and efficient in ancient troops. As for the Baoding general Lu Guonan, he had already collected food, grass and weapons, and began to march southward, preparing to join the remaining Qing troops in Jinan Prefecture.

As the Qing army arrived, the East Coast people who were rushing to transport supplies in Binzhou also hurriedly retreated. Cai Huaze, a commander brigade from Dashun, led a few hundred people and five hundred East Coast soldiers, drove away a large group of people near Binzhou, escorted the harvested food, and slowly retreated towards Qingzhou. The Qing army forces along the way had been swept up, and even if they were lucky enough to be extinguished, they were scared out of fear, so they were still safe along the way.

The Qing army was mobilized frequently, but Mo Ming didn't know about these, because at this time he was personally commanding the siege under the city of Jiningzhou. More than ten cannons were lined up around the city wall at one time, and bricks and stones flew across the walls, and a large area of ​​the city walls exposed yellow rammed earth. The Qing army magistrate who guarded the city killed all his wives, concubines and children, and then called on the gentry in the city to send food to fight the yellow-clothed pirates to the death. At the same time, he spread rumors in the city that the yellow-clothed pirates killed people without blinking, cannibalizing people, and eating their stomachs. He was very tempted by some people who did not know the truth to go to the city to help defend. When a few people pointed out that the yellow-clothed thieves distributed the landlords and gentry's fields to the poor in Dengzhou to the landless cone lands. These people were quickly labeled as spies of the pirates and rectified the law on the spot.

The fierce battle continued. The Qing army at the top of the city shouted loudly to boost his courage, but Mo Ming regarded it as if nothing had happened. His troops were not made of paper, and he was afraid that he could not defeat these complicated places that the Qing army had temporarily summoned. Moreover, these rural heroes who were bewitched for a while and were in the forefront of the metal storm caused by the yellow cannon, their blood would dissipate and leave and go away. After fighting in Shandong for so many years, Mo Ming had seen many of these situations.

On December 25, the east city wall of Jining collapsed on a large scale. Du Chong's troops sent by Ren Fuxing volunteered to attack the city and directly seize the prefecture. Mo Ming praised and comforted him and ordered his troops to attack. However, I don't know if it was because of the brave Qing army bravely defending his hometown and the fighting spirit, or if Du Chong's troops were too strong, they were backwards after the attack in the city at the beginning, killing and injuring three or four hundred people, and their morale was greatly damaged.

Du Chong's troops retreated, and Mo Ming was not in a hurry. He immediately took Xie Qian out and ordered an attack immediately. Xie Qian and the Qing army had long been incompatible, and at this time they had no choice but to kill more than 4,000 brothers in batches. After a little training, his troops eliminated some old and weak and soldiers, and their combat power improved. Therefore, this time they were not reversed, but instead relied on the large number of people and people to kill them step by step.

At this moment, Ding Mingwu, who had been sent by Mo Ming, led his tens of thousands of his subordinates to attack from the North City with the Ant Attack Technique. The Qing army in Jining Prefecture was weak and most of them were attracted to the East City. At this moment, he was caught off guard and suddenly broke down, which actually allowed hundreds of selecting strikers selected by Ding Mingwu to occupy a city.

After Ding Mingwu's army occupied the city, he immediately relied on the endless reinforcements to defeat the Qing soldiers who were reinforced by a few constables and yamen runners, and then opened the northern city gate and put his main force in. At this point, the Qing army's situation was gone.

The "rebels" who rushed into the city immediately began to plunder, and even Du Chong's troops fought with some of Ding Mingwu's subordinates to fight for the spoils. However, soon the East Coast stepped forward to enter the city, arrested some of the soldiers of Du, Ding Er's troops, and killed them on the spot, which quickly stopped the chaos, and Jiningzhou finally saved the bad luck of becoming the second Ziyang County.

After capturing Jining Prefecture, Mo Ming first ordered the black infantry to control the treasury. Jining Prefecture is an important node on the Grand Canal and is also a prosperous commercial port. There are many wealth and grain in the treasury in the city, and even some military funds. In addition, there are many gentry and businessmen in the city, and there are also a lot of money and grain in the houses of each family. Mo Ming asked the Qing army prisoners to point out one by one. All gentry and businessmen who had funded the death of Qing magistrate to guard the city were locked up and cleared the canon on the spot, and the family property was confiscated.

When dealing with these trivial matters, the scouts who inquire about military information also attacked everywhere. The scouts under Kurhan had as many as 350 cavalry. These hunters from Baishan and Black Water were skillful in bows and horses and well-equipped. They put on the seized Qing army cotton armor and looked even more real than the real Tartars after they ran around Yanzhou Prefecture, searching for information from various sources while taking the opportunity to draw maps. With their efforts, news from all aspects also came one after another.

On December 20, Gao Di, the general of Henan, Qing Dynasty (the part south of the Yellow River in Henan Province), led his troops into Cao County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and defeated thousands of troops under Zhang Qi, the Yuyuan Army who were besieging the county town. Then he sent a cavalry team to attack Shan County in a flash, captured and killed two small canal leaders of the Yuyuan Army in one fell swoop, defeating thousands of their troops, and beheading more than 800 levels.

The troops under Gao Di, whose army was based on the Liao soldiers in Shanhaiguan, won two battles as soon as they entered Yanzhou Prefecture. Such a dazzling record immediately made a group of Yuyuan Army units who had taken a lot of joy a while ago and were silent. This also made these mobs realize that they might be able to compete with the local local gangs of the Qing army, but they were also a scumbag against the Qing army green camp, which had rich experience on the battlefield.

A few years ago, when Li Zicheng took the 60,000 old camp to attack Shanhaiguan, those who fought against Dashun were Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan and Wu Sangui of Ningyuan. At that time, Wu Sangui had more than 30,000 Ningyuan soldiers and more than 10,000 Gao Di's soldiers were involved, and the two were about 50,000. In Li Zicheng's battle to attack Shanhaiguan, more than half of Wu Sangui's soldiers were killed and injured (only more than 10,000 people remained after the end of the Battle of Yipian Shi), and Gao Di's soldiers were also seriously injured, and less than 10,000 people were killed or injured after the war.

Both of them did not have a good ending later. Wu Sangui was idle, and Gao Di was only appointed as the general of Henan, and his status was even worse than that of the former Ming army in the pass that surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After resting in Kaifeng and Guide's two prefectures for a period of rest, Gao Di's troops expanded to more than 20,000, and because of the many veterans, his combat effectiveness was quite good. This time, he marched into Yanzhou Prefecture and took several small thief troops to attack, so he was naturally able to capture it.

After learning that Gaodi's troops entered Cao County and Shan County, Mo Ming was immediately moved. He now has more than 33,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Although there are many mobs, there are also many combat-capable East Coast Army, the Eight Banners New Army and the Cavalry Brigade. In addition, the first brigade of the forward team has been through battle formations for a long time, which is very useful. In this way, even if Gaodi's troops are more resistant to war, it is not impossible to eat the opponent. If he eats this rash Qing army vanguard, he must have been the general of Hebei who is still suppressing bandits in Guide Prefecture and is so scared that he will be lost. In this way, two of the seven generals will be removed, and the room for maneuvers in the East Coast people will be much greater.

However, the danger here is self-evident. Kong Xigui's more than 20,000 troops were in Guide Prefecture, just two or three days away from Cao County and Shan County. If the Gaodi army could not be quickly resolved, he would be entangled by these two people. At this time, if the Qing army in Jinan went south again, the people on the East Coast would be made into dumplings. Even if the soldiers on the East Coast were well trained and skilled in the battle formation, the Qing army would not break the attack for a while, but they only needed to surround and not fight and continuously launch small-scale harassment. Once the ammunition and food of the East Coast army was cut off, they would be in danger of being wiped out.

After thinking for a night, Mo Ming finally did not dare to take risks. However, he did not retreat immediately. Instead, he let the troops of Ding Mingwu, Du Chong, Xie Qian and others take the seized large amount of materials to Zouxian and Tengxian in advance. He himself took Jining Prefecture and sent a large number of envoys to Yutai, Jiaxiang, Juye and Yuncheng to contact the leaders of the Yuyuan Army, and invite them to take refuge in Qingzhou for a while.

It’s a pity that most of the Yuyuan army were local thieves, so it was very difficult to let them leave their hometown and travel far away. And they still had fantasies now that the Qing court might have no choice but to do anything to them, because the Qing army has repeatedly conquered them in recent years, but they all returned without success. Therefore, they thought it was the same this time. Only a few canal leaders with a keen sense of the situation this time, so they crossed the canal and rushed to Jining Prefecture with the looted goods overnight, preparing to jointly operate with the Marshal Mo who was shocking Shandong.

On December 29, after the vanguard's baggage troops reported to occupy Zou County, Mo Ming was unwilling to wait any longer. He ordered the entire army to retreat eastward, and took away the last batch of materials seized in Jining Prefecture City, as well as a large number of skilled technicians, boatmen, doctors and other people. Even some popular kiln sisters in Jining City were ordered to be put into a sedan chair by Chen Zhilong, who was very good at flattering, and brought back to Dengzhou.

On January 1, 1648, Mo Ming led his troops to marches slowly to Zou County. At this time, the vanguard Xie Qian's troops had reported to capture Teng County, which was abandoned by the Qing army; and the general of the Qing Hebei Qing Dynasty, Kong Xigui, finally wiped out the vanguards in Guide Prefecture, and his vanguard had already advanced to Cao County. As for Gaodi's troops, I don't know if they were stupid, bold or confident, but they ignored the vanguards around them and led the main force to go straight to Jinxiang and Yutai. They seemed to go north to recover Jiningzhou, and cross the river east to cut off the yellow-clad thief's way back south.
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