Chapter Seventy-Three: Losing the Face of the Ancestors
Zheng Zhilong's abacus was very clear, he could send troops into Yanzhou City, but he would never 'hurt' the main force in his hands. The latter was the main combat force of his "mobile defense" in the following time.
To the east of Yanzhou is Qufu, across is Qingzhou, and east of Qingzhou is Denglai......
Now it is difficult for the Qing army in Yanzhou Mansion to fight with Xiao Yuanying in Zou County on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can fight Qufu without fighting across Ziyang. But what if Abatai led his army south to join Turg?
The main force in Zheng Zhilong's hands is to contain the Qing army outside Ziyang City, and the second is to prevent the Qing army from dividing troops to attack Qufu and defend Kong and Meng, and the task on his body is not ordinarily important.
Moreover, Ziyang, Zouxian, and Qufu in Yanzhou have formed a huge interception area, and the Qing army will have to advance eastward, so it is inevitable to leave some soldiers and horses here to maintain a back passage. Because of the beginning of the eastern part of Yanzhou, that is the Yimeng region of later generations, with mountains and hills, since ancient times, it has been a place of four stops, no boats and vehicles, no foreign goods, and no local goods. It is not only the best place for the Qing army to block the Qing army layer by layer when it advances eastward, but also an excellent place to block the back road when the Qing army returns from the east.
Anyone with a modicum of military knowledge will establish a solid passage in and out of the central and western parts of Yanzhou Prefecture.
Of course, the Qing army may also give up its plan to enter Qingzhou and Denglai eastward after Yanzhou was blocked, who knows.
His "chessboard" was originally just Qilu, and he recruited Xiao Yuanying, so that he would not lose the battle of Yanzhou Mansion, and as for the rest, it would no longer be considered. When the time comes, it will really happen, and you can only look at it step by step, and see the moves.
Before, Zheng Zhilong left 1,000 people on Zhifu Island, although it was only a thousand bald soldiers (bald laborers) who had been trained for a short time, but everyone wore armor - cotton armor. With the remaining people's army in Shangdenglai, as well as the people's army in Qingzhou, with concerted efforts, it is not impossible to really block the Tartars in the Yimeng Mountains.
That's the best answer.
In this way, Zheng Zhilong is equivalent to holding the capital city of Yanzhou, guarding Qufu and Zou County, and sheltering the three prefectures in the east of Qilu, and the credit in this war is big enough, and his reputation can rise again.
In other counties in Yanzhou, although the word "give up" seems a little cold-blooded, Zheng Zhilong can't help it.
That's all he has!
It was Zheng Zhiguan who didn't give birth to him in the middle - Zou County and Qufu were not in his plan, then Jiang Zhe mentioned the four families of Confucius, Meng, Zeng and Yan, but Zheng Zhilong, who knew the history, always thought that the four families would be fine at all. Even if Qufu, Zouxian, and Jiaxiang were really captured by the Qing army, the four families would also ensure the safety of each - Zheng Zhilong filled the small Yuan camp into the Yanzhou capital city. Yanzhou City is strong, with the supplement of Xiao Yuan's battalion, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, how can it be easily broken by the Qing army? And he led troops in the east of Yanzhou and the south of Qingzhou to block the eastward advance of the Qing army.
It was only the Turg Department that was sure to block, and when Abatai led the army south, Zheng Zhilong had no score in his heart.
So, whether there is this or not, it doesn't change at all.
What Zheng Zhilong sees now is that the Abatai army has not yet moved south, and although there have been some changes, the battle situation in Yanzhou has not exceeded his expectations. The situation is still very good. Xiao Yuanying took the lead in Zou County. He also led the army to the outside of Yanzhou.
Now that Zhou Lianggong sees himself, Zheng Zhilong can know what he wants to do with his toes. The latter's task, the first is to reinforce Yanzhou.
But the same is to lead troops into Yanzhou, how many soldiers to bring, more or less is just right, what choice Zhou Lianggong has to make, but it represents the different levels of evaluation he will get in Zheng Zhilong's heart.
This assessment may not change much in the short term, but in two years' time, it will most likely mean a completely different world!
"The text has been preached in the world, and the loyalty of the four families of Confucius and Mencius and Zeng Yan is well known to the world. The Tartars were extremely brutal and vicious, and even if they sent troops to Zou County, it was difficult to guarantee that they would also send troops to Qufu. The saint's temple must not be lost, otherwise we will have no shame to live in the world. "Zhou Lianggong really didn't expect Kong Meng, Zeng Yan and the four families to be so tough. As a scholar, who doesn't know about the shameless acts of Confucius and Mencius's families in history?
But because they are descendants of saints, they can only turn a blind eye. By the way, he turned a blind eye to the scene of his predecessors obediently kneeling at the feet of the aliens.
Therefore, Zhou Lianggong never imagined that the four families would jointly issue a message, and the content was so vicious and spicy. This really has a feeling of "transgender" in his heart. But it can't be denied that it also inspired him!
So, how could Zhou Lianggong, who knew so deeply about the four families of Confucius, Mencius, and Zengyan, forget Qufu? When he opened his mouth, he said a very appropriate figure - three or two thousand people, that is, two battalions.
It is said that this force can not only inspire Yanzhou City, but also not hurt Zheng Zhilong's 'vitality'.
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In Zou County, the sound of fighting resounded in the sky.
The fierce battle between the Qing army and the small Yuan camp lasted from yesterday to today, and the little Yuan camp that fell from the sky won the gratitude of almost everyone in Zou County, but the only one who was not grateful to Yuan Shizhong was Meng Hongyu.
Because before Xiao Yuan's soldiers and horses arrived in Zou County, he first sent his son out of the city and went to the north road to find the Qing army to beg for mercy.
He asked his son to ask the Qing army not to attack Zou County, saying that the inscription was definitely not the work of the Meng family, and that someone was harming the descendants of their four saints. and took out 50,000 taels of silver and tens of thousands of stones of grain raised by everyone as ransom money, stating that if these were not enough, they could talk about it again.
Tens of thousands of stones of grain are still in Zou County, but 50,000 taels of silver Meng Wenxi is carrying with him.
But his son only took the silver to find the Qing soldiers on the front foot, and Xiao Yuan's camp entered Zou County on the back foot, so his son's fate should not be too miserable.
Meng Hongyu's hunch was correct. Dong E Eshuo, who led the troops, saw the Ming army banner floating on the county in Zou County, and the first thing he did was to cut Meng Wenxi, who was full of "wronged" with a knife.
"Throw this dog's head at me."
"Soldiers, get ready, siege the city." Enraged, E Shuo directly waved his troops and launched an offensive against Zou County.
Demolished the houses outside the city that had long been devoid of human figures, and used beams, pillars, door panels, bed boards, etc. to build shield cars and long ladders, and the moat of Zou County had long been frozen, and E Shuo waved his troops to storm the city.
It's a hard-fought battle.
As the attacking side, the Qing army was logically at a disadvantage. However, when Xiao Yuanying entered Zou County, he found that the latter had not made any preparations to defend the city.
Rolling wood and stones, dry firewood, wood dust, gold juice, hot oil, etc., are all gone.
What's more, the order in the city has been greatly disturbed. Yuan Shizhong wants Ding Zhuang to do logistics, and he still needs to divide his own people to pull Zhuang Ding.
Meng Hongyu died of his son, and the whole person was going to be bad. Meng Wenyu has a bad name, and it is no longer suitable to be a leader at this time. How dare other families overpower the prestige of the Meng family?
Thanks to Yuan Dahong, it didn't take long for the follow-up main force to arrive in Zou County, and the arrival of tens of thousands of soldiers completely made the people in the city feel safe.
Yuan Dahong stepped into the signing room of the county government in a huff, and the latter could no longer see a single figure, up to the county magistrate, down to the white servant who was not in the arrangement, and there was no shadow.
"Uncle, it's not right here. Since Meng Wenyu dared to sign the text, he hated the Tartar to the core. Why did I go around this city for a week, and I didn't see Zou County preparing for war in the slightest? Not to mention that a large number of people fled south, even the gentry and wealthy families fled one after another. The rest of the characters did not flee, but they did not see the slightest sign of resistance. I also heard that Meng Hongyu of the Meng family sent his son out of the city from the north gate with a large amount of silver......"
Yuan Shizhong sighed, he is not a stupid person, how can he trust Meng again at this time?
"This Meng family, I'm afraid that I was cheated. The Confucian family. The Zeng family and the Yan family are probably the same. The saint Miao didn't dare to do so, he really lost the face of his ancestors. ”