"The scenery of the north is thousands of miles away, and snow falls thousands of miles away. Looking inside and outside Anqiu, there are only the vast rivers and rivers... Forget it." Under the city tower of Anqiu County, Mao Desheng, covered in a yellow military coat, was smoking his pipe and showing off his rare poetic spirit towards the wind and snow. Unexpectedly, after chanting a few words, he suddenly lost interest, waved his hands indifferently, and said to the followers following him: "It's boring. Go downstairs and have a meal."

Several followers who were down-and-out scholars looked at each other, chewed the short sentences just now, and then followed Mao Desheng down the city tower.

In the small Anqiu County, at this time, thousands of elite troops were squeezed into the 103rd Company and 104th Company of the East Coast Army, Supplementary Company, Yantai Artillery Company, Public Security Team, Cavalry Brigade and other troops. In addition, about six or seven hundred meters west of the city, there was a village with mixed structures of civil and industrial structures. The three infantry battalions and supplementary troops of the Eight Banners New Army of South Africa were stationed there by Liu Zhong, the commander of the Biaotong Commander; there was also a wooden camp in the south of the city, where more than 4,000 soldiers were stationed in Dong Xueli's troops; and in the north of the city, a larger village also stood in the wind and snow on the river bank, with more than 9,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 soldiers from Qin Shangxing's troops crowded together.

Inside and outside Anqiu County, more than 10,000 main soldiers of infantry and cavalry artillery were stationed on the east coast. They attracted the attention of the Qing army like sucking iron, reducing considerable pressure to the rebels who fought hard in Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture.

On the coast south of Zhucheng County, to the south, the main force of the forward team commanded by the army captain and captain Zhang Xudong, the captain of the First Regiment, was also stationed in a civil-built military camp. They were responsible for liaison with the navy (two flute-shaped transport ships, two armed transport ships, nearly thirty medium-sized fishing boats, four warships have gone to the vicinity of Zhoushan, and the remaining 16 sailboats have to undertake immigration transportation tasks), ensuring the smooth flow of various materials required for the large force to fight.

In addition to them, nearly 6,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in Zhucheng County, and the 3,500 troops of Du Chong's troops were responsible for the task of escorting 6,000 soldiers transporting supplies for 6,000 soldiers. As for Ding Mingwu, Xie Qian and other troops, they had a lot of troops. However, their combat effectiveness was too weak, so they were sent back to Dengzhou, Ninghaizhou, and Weihaiwei to operate their homes in the front line, and they were not needed for the front line for the time being.

Because of the existence of the East Coast Navy, the main force of the Qing army did not dare to go eastward, because they were afraid that the main force of the East Coast suddenly landed in the rear and cut off their supply line. Therefore, from September to December, for three months, the Double Convenience has been confronting near the junction of Qingzhou and Laizhou, and small-scale battles have been held from time to time. However, there was no large-scale main battle. Especially in November, nearly a thousand recruited Polish veterans were transported to the east coast, the cavalry strength increased greatly (2,800 Polish cavalry, about 500 Tatar cavalry, and more than 350 scouts of the security team with superb personal skills). The East Coast army even attracted a small number of the Eight Banners who were monitoring them.

In particular, one of the cavalry riding a tall horse (a mixed-blood horse with a height of more than 145 cm, an eliminated product cultivated by Ma Zheng), wearing iron armor, a short gun hanging on the waist, and a spear in his hands. They were quite imposing the cavalry of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia who had fought with them.

The two sides did not engage in a main battle. That was because the East Coast people did not intend to fight them at all. In addition, the main force of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners did not intend to consume the precious national children on the battlefield in Shandong. According to Tan Tai and Luke Dehun, it is likely that thousands of Eight Banners would be killed or injured.

After all, the more than a thousand "real yellow-clothed thieves" musketeers, the 4,000-small ghost slaves and heavy infantrymen of the black vassals, and thousands of semen cavalrymen, were not easy to meet. Head-on battles, when the yellow-clothed thieves were fired, the Eight Banners soldiers were not killed or injured by five or six thousand people, and they were not allowed to take over the enemy. Not to mention the other party's Qin Shangxing, Zhai Congyan, Dong Xueli, Chen Zhilong and others were not mud-mouthed. They made rapid progress under the training of the yellow-clothed thieves. Even in the Qing army's green camp, they were relatively outstanding camps, and their combat power should not be underestimated.

This is not over yet. The other party seems to have a battalion of seven or eight thousand people (most of them are dispatched this time), which is not easy to deal with. In terms of combat effectiveness alone, it may be stronger than the troops of Qin, Zhai, Dong, and Chen's "Four Kings" and the tactics are quite unique, which is somewhat similar to the real yellow thief. In short, is this bandit unexpectedly stubborn? Let's wait until the main force of the green camp clears out the Yuyuan Army, Dongping thieves, Mule Army, Qingshan Bandits, Li Huajing Caozhou Rebels, Ding Weiyue's Regiment Army and other large and small rebellious armed forces. At that time, more than 100,000 troops gather in Qingzhou and suppress the yellow thief back.

As for taking more than 100,000 troops to Dengzhou to fight the yellow-clad thieves, Tan Tai, Luke Dehun and others had never thought about it. It was impossible, and they would not dare to take such a big risk. As long as the yellow-clad thieves were in Laizhou and Qingzhou two prefectures implemented the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, the food supply of the more than 100,000 Qing troops could only be provided completely from the rear, and the supply line would be long. At that time, the yellow-clad thieves could rely on their superb power to land in the empty rear of the Qing army and cut off their supply line. Then the more than 100,000 Qing troops in front would collapse without fighting.

However, although the Yuyuan army had weak combat power, they were indeed cunning enough. They knew that the Qing army was in a predicament and did not dare to make trouble outside anymore, so they all hid back to their nests and used the complex environment and favorable terrain to resist one by one; some even started guerrilla warfare. Although the "Qing Dynasty" now has strong troops and can sooner or later, the time it took to be spent in the middle is out of date.

In history, Zhang Cunren once led more than 100,000 Qing troops to encircle and suppress the Shandong rebel army headed by the Yuyuan Army, but it took more than two years to initially pacify its main force. The remnants of the Yuyuan Army continued to make trouble for more than ten years before they finally disappeared. This shows the complexity of the local environment and the resolute resistance of the Yuyuan Army.

At that time, Zhang Cunren was in charge of the three provinces of Shandong and Henan. It took more than two years to pacify most of its troops. But now the yellow-clothed thieves are on the side, and many places are left behind and are not allowed to fight with all their strength. In addition, their Green Camp troops were not as good as in history after being attacked. Therefore, at this time, the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia had to assist them, which further reduced the main battle with the Yellow-clothed thieves, and made the entire process of attack more confusing, and it is likely to develop in a direction that is not conducive to the Qing army. After all, in the dense forests of the mountainous areas, the difference between an Eight Banners and a Green Camp soldiers is really not very good, so it is not easy to wipe out those geographical ghosts who are familiar with the environment.

The Qing army was focusing on the suppression of the Yuyuan Army and relieved their worries - after all, a lot of food and grass needed by the army had to be raised from the relatively wealthy Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture. If these local bandits were not destroyed, the army would only drink the northwest wind. Mao Desheng naturally would not let them go. Therefore, a small-scale battle continued uninterrupted for three months, including people on the east coast attacking the Qing army, and the Qing army attacking the supply line on the east coast (from Zhucheng to Anqiu).

The people of the East Coast took the initiative to attack without any results, because the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners could avoid fighting, unless they faced the cavalry gang on the East Coast (two cavalry brigades under their jurisdiction, with a total of 2,800 cavalry, of which about 600 were Polish heavy cavalry and riding mixed-blood war horses), otherwise they would not want to fight head-on with yellow-clothed thieves; and the Qing army's transport convoys that attacked the East Coast people did not gain any advantage, because the transportation team of the East Coast people was mainly heavy carriages, and was controlled by rigorously trained spear-holding soldiers. The first brigade of the elite standing team (spikes, musketeers and a small number of artillery) and some cavalry (Du Chong's donkey and mule cavalry) were guarding the side wings. They were not panicked when they suddenly encountered the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, but formed a chariot formation to resist. The Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners were often helpless in the face of this tightly guarded turtle shell.

In such a situation, although there were no large-scale battles between the two sides, small-scale battles were often carried out. The number of Manchu-Mongolian Eight Banners and some local regiments, salt, tax, and yamen runners, were firmly dragged in Qingzhou Prefecture and accompanied the East Coast troops to carry out rotational battles to train the troops. I was so depressed.

After the time entered mid-to-late November, due to the extremely cold weather this year, Shandong generally suffered heavy snow, so even the small-scale fight between the two sides gradually stopped and began to rest and organize their troops. The same is true for Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture. Although the Qing green camps were forced by the strict orders of the peak, the various inconveniences brought by the bad weather still reduced their efficiency a lot. The soldiers complained a lot and the morale of the army was quite sluggish, which made the rebels such as the Yuyuan Army who were beaten to pieces were relieved.

However, just as both sides were staring at each other and waiting for the opportunity, in early 1649, the Khalkha Mongol invaded the border, and Dorgon summoned the kings to meet, feeling that they should not be underestimated. Therefore, some troops were drawn from the already tense forces to Datong area, and at the same time ordered Jiang Qi, who was guarding the area, to come out of the city to pay homage, which aroused Jiang Qi's doubts. At this time, Li, Jin, Wang and others in the south, anyway, the Qing court urgently transferred some of the Eight Banners of Manchu, Han and Mongolian by veteran Jirhalang to put out the fire. Jiang Qi was inspired by this and simply killed the officials sent by the Qing court to prepare food and grass to arouse grievances, and rebel!

Anyway, Jiang Yan's story was like a thunderclap, echoing for a long time on the empty land of the Three Jins. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!