Chapter 383: Jinan is in danger

Seeing these generals, everyone was selfish and selfish, and they didn't think about how to retreat from the enemy and defend the country, but they only thought about how to preserve their strength to avoid attrition, and Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, suddenly felt sad in his heart. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

What's even more hateful is that knowing that these military leaders have done such a dirty act, and treating their so-called superiors as nothing, they have no way to punish these guys, and they can only do their best to curry favor with them and win them over, damn it, what is this called!

"Since the generals are reluctant, General Cao doesn't have to be strong. Please also ask all good students to defend the city wall and strictly prevent the Qing army from attacking. ”

Although Yan Jizu was annoyed in his heart, he still tried his best to use a calm tone and said to these military leaders.

Liu Liangzuo was in the middle of it, he laughed dryly, and said: "Since Governor Yan has spoken, then we won't say anything, just act according to the order." “

"Let's go, that's it, I'll go and arrange the guards of the city wall as soon as possible." Zu Kuan also said loudly beside him.

The other generals, who were also Nono, immediately got up and walked towards the outside of the council hall.

Yan Jizu also stood up and prepared to leave the room, but what he didn't expect was that next to him, there were words of Cao Bianjiao's urn.

"Governor Yan, the Qing army is so arrogant and aggressive, only the vanguard small troops came, our army has nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they dare not attack in the city, isn't it even more imposing for the Qing people, and my Texas defenders, shouldn't they be even more despised by it?! Governor Yan, if the generals dare not attack, Cao asked to lead his troops and horses out of the city to meet the attack, and he must frustrate the rampant arrogance of the enemy army! “

After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he clenched his fist to Yan Jizu, with a determined attitude.

Seeing that Cao Bianjiao was willing to only lead his troops and horses out of the city to attack the enemy, Yan Jizu was very moved.

And the generals who have not yet gone far are all with complicated faces and all kinds of eyes, and they are throwing themselves towards Cao Bianjiao.

Yan Jizu stared at Cao Bianjiao's resolute eyes, and finally nodded slowly.

Cao Bianjiao bowed his hand again, let alone answered, and then walked out of the conference hall and walked towards the headquarters barracks.

In less than half a pillar of incense, Cao Bianjiao led his subordinates with 2,000 soldiers and horses to open the north gate of Texas, pouring out like a flood that opened the floodgates.

When Cao Bianjiao came out of the north gate to meet the enemy, the 300 cavalry of the Qing army were scattering in all directions, galloping around the city of Dezhou, probing the situation of the military deployment in the city.

"General Wu Naming, he dared to come to fight against our army, but he was so daring!"

Niu Lu, who personally commanded the cavalry of the 300 Manchurian Qing army, came to Dezhou City to investigate, and saw that the Ming army dared to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and his face was unconsciously filled with surprise.

He couldn't remember how many times he had defeated the Ming army by following the Qing army all the way south.

In his impression, these Ming troops, who were weak in combat and low morale, basically collapsed in front of their own troops as soon as they came into contact, and fled in all directions.

And what Dayang Ah has to do next is just a side-down indulgent slaughter.

A sneer flashed across his slender cheeks.

"Pass on my military order, all the cavalry, concentrate on the battle, and be sure to defeat this Ming army that does not know whether to live or die in one fell swoop!" Niu Lu Ezhen Dayang A quickly ordered.

"Huh!"

Three hundred Manchurian cavalry of the Qing army, arranged in an unplanned semicircle, roared and rushed towards Cao Bianjiao's army formation, which had just been set up.

The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties immediately fought together.

The combat power of the Qing army is really very strong, and the cavalry formation of only 300 people can rush violently, slash and kill, and rush into Cao Bianjiao's army formation fiercely in a miserable scream!

The infantry of Cao Bianjiao's department was not an opponent at all in the face of the strong impact of the Qing cavalry. Most of the people are struggling to support themselves, and many are even fleeing for their lives in wailing.

"Resist, resist Lao Tzu! Brothers, be sure to kill these Tartars! “

Cao Bianjiao, who struggled to kill a Qing army vest soldier, wiped a handful of blood foam on his face, and shouted at his own soldiers.

Listening to the desperate general shouting like this, Cao Bianjiao's subordinates were slightly boosted, and for a while, the Ming and Qing dynasties fought into a stalemate.

While Cao Bianjiao led his troops to fight the Qing army to the death, the Ming troops above the city of Dezhou were all watching with a numb face. What's more, they are still pointing and talking, as if they are watching a free drama that has nothing to do with them.

Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, saw Cao Bianjiao's troops fighting so desperately on the opposite side of the city, and he was not greatly moved, but his heart became more and more sad.

He turned his head and shouted to the army leaders who were watching: "Generals, General Cao's soldiers are fighting with the enemy, the situation is very critical, and I also ask the generals to go out of the city to help Cao Zong's troops in a battle!" ”

Yan Jizu shouted three times in a row, but no one answered him.

Seeing these guys, seeing that the friendly army was in such a sinister situation, but they could still sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, Yan Jizu finally couldn't hold back anymore and broke out.

He shouted loudly: "Chief Soldier Zu, Chief Soldier Liu, Chief Soldier Ni, if you don't go out of the city to rescue again, and still sit back and watch the success or failure like this, this official will report to the court truthfully in the future, but I am afraid that when the military department will be held responsible, you will not be able to afford the loan!" ”

Hearing him shout such seemingly threatening but extremely helpless words, in the end, only Zu Kuan responded.

Zu Kuan lifted the belt on his waist, and replied angrily: "Let's go, let me rescue him from the city with Liaodong soldiers and horses, and count this kid as owing Zu a favor." ”

Yan Jizu had a smile on his face, and said hurriedly: "It's still the ancestor general soldier who has high righteousness, and Benxian admires it very much, so please ask the ancestor general soldier to quickly gather troops and horses and go out of the city to help the war!" ”

Zu Kuan snorted, let alone answered, quickly ordered a thousand soldiers and horses under his subordinates, and rushed out of the city.

Cao Bianjiao, who was fighting desperately with the Qing army, saw that there were friendly troops out of the city to help, and his morale was greatly boosted. They all competed for the first, all of them fought bravely, and Zu Kuan's troops attacked back and forth, and the Qing army was defeated immediately, and it was difficult to support.

In the sound of the Ming army's slashing and slashing, there were constantly cavalry screaming and dying under the swords and guns.

Seeing that the Ming army was strong, it was estimated that it was difficult to win, so he shouted: "Ming Gouzi is attacked in two ways, our army can no longer fight with it, quickly retreat and report to Prince Zheng!" ”

He made a whistle, and a group of Qing troops immediately pulled out their horses and turned around, fought a bloody way from the alliance of Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao, left more than 70 corpses, and fled north.

Behind these fleeing Qing troops, the cheers of the Ming army immediately sounded.

Cao Bianjiao, who was injured in several places and splashed with blood all over his face, panted and looked back at the miscellaneous corpses all over the ground, but there was not much joy in his heart.

In this short but fierce battle, the Ming army had killed more than 200 people and wounded many others. Moreover, if it were not for Zu Kuan's timely assistance, he wanted to completely defeat this powerful Qing cavalry, I am afraid that it would be really two words.

"Mr. Zu, thank you for your help today." Cao Bianjiao bowed his hand to Zu Kuan, who was slowly riding his horse.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, everyone is a Ming official army, so they should help each other and work together." Zu Kuan smiled, and at this time, he began to pretend to be generous.

He pretended to say something more, but Cao Bianjiao had a sullen face and took the lead in leaving, urging his soldiers to clean up the battlefield quickly.

Soon, the battlefield was quickly cleaned up, and Cao Bianjiao's troops and Zu Kuan's troops retreated to the city.

When the two of them entered the city, Yan Jizu greeted him with a smile on his face, and praised Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan: "The two generals worked hard, and the victory in this battle was a big setback for the spirit of the Qing Dynasty!" And when the war is settled, this constitution will be directed to the imperial court and show merit for the two generals! ”

Listening to Yan Jizu's words, Zu Kuan smiled profusely, but Cao Bianjiao had a gloomy face, as if he hadn't heard anything.

At this time, Dayang, who fled for dozens of miles and finally arrived in front of the main force of the Qing army, turned over and dismounted in front of Prince Zheng, knelt down casually, and immediately reported the battle between Fang Cai and the Ming army to Yue truthfully.

"Oh? This Ming army dared to go out of the city to face the battle? Yes, quite bold! ”

After listening to Dayang A's report, Yue Zhi's face showed surprise, and he pondered.

"Hmph, since these Ming soldiers don't know whether they are alive or dead, and dare to be enemies of our army, then let's let them taste the taste of our swords! Please Prince Zheng give an order, let me lead my troops and horses to attack the city, I will definitely be able to take Dezhou City in one fell swoop, and ask Prince Zheng for credit! ”

The young and vigorous Nikan came up from behind and shouted to Yue Yu with an impassioned face.

Yue Yu didn't seem to hear it, he didn't look at him at all, but continued to ask Dayanga: "Dayanga, you led the sentinel to go there last time, and you saw clearly, how many soldiers and horses are stationed in the city of Dezhou?" ”

"Prince Zheng, according to our investigation, the Texas defenders are only afraid that there are at least nearly 20,000." Dayang said anxiously.

"Oh? Why did the Ming army have so many soldiers and horses stationed here? Yue Zhen's face became solemn.

He waved his hand and told Dayang Ah to step back first.

Dayang sighed and hurriedly retreated.

Seeing the hesitation on Yue Zhen's face, Nikan was anxious, and he said loudly: "Prince Zheng, our army has 60,000 soldiers and horses, which is three times the size of the Ming army!" Even if it relies on the city to defend it, our army will definitely be able to rely on the superiority of soldiers and horses to overcome it in one fell swoop. “

After listening to Nikan's words, Yue Zhi glanced at him and said: "Nikan, if our army wants to storm Texas, it will eventually be able to overcome it, but in this way, our army will also lose a lot of soldiers and horses, isn't it suspected that the gains outweigh the losses?" “

At this time, the other two lieutenants, Abatai and Du Du, also walked up together, and Yue Zhi gave a brief description of the situation of the Ming army in Texas with the two.

Listening to Yue Zhen's words, Abatai and Du Du's faces did not become solemn.

"Prince Zheng, now that the Ming army is in Dezhou City, it has been prepared, and the number of soldiers and horses is very considerable, but our army needs to find another place to attack before it is suitable." Abatai whispered his opinion.

"I also agree with Rao Yu Baylor's opinion that the Ming army has strong cities and a large number of soldiers and horses, even if our army can be captured, it will suffer many losses. In my opinion, it is better to bypass this Dezhou and attack the Luzhong area directly, as agreed in Leling before, so as to catch the Ming army by surprise. Anping Beledudu also expressed his views to Yue Xuan.

Hearing that Abatai and Dudu were going to let Texas go and attack elsewhere, Nikan was very dissatisfied on his face, but Yue Zhi had already rejected him just now, so he was now standing with a stiff face, but he didn't say much.

Yue Zhen looked around at these people, and then said loudly: "The two Baylors are reasonable! Although our army is powerful, it does not have to fight hard with the Ming army, so that it will be attrition and the troops will stay in the city. According to the two of them, our army bypassed the city of Dezhou, went straight east, and attacked the provincial capital of Shandong, Jinan! “

Hearing that Yue Zhi had made up his mind to attack Jinan, the largest city in Shandong, Abatai and Du Du and others were all happy. Even Nikan was no longer angry, but full of anticipation.

You must know that this Jinan City is the provincial capital of Shandong, with a circumference of more than 20 miles, hundreds of thousands of residents in the city, and a lot of shops, warehouses, money and grain in it.

The plan of the Qing army was set, and it did not go south, but turned around and went straight to the east, heading straight for the city of Jinan.

Two hours later, in the city of Dezhou, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and a group of generals were wondering why it had been so long that the Qing army had not come to attack the city.

"Report! Lord Yan, generals, for some reason, when the Qing army was less than fifteen miles away from Dezhou, it suddenly turned around and headed east, as if it was going to attack the area of Luzhong. “

"Ah, these Qing captives, sure enough, know that avoiding the truth is false, and attacking my weak hinterland!"

After listening to the sentry report, Yan Jizu's face changed greatly, and his lips kept trembling.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan both had very solemn faces.

They had already thought that the Qing army would go all out to attack Jinan, Yanzhou and other places where the defense was weak, so that these places would quickly fall into the hands of the Qing army.

As soon as Jinan Yanzhou and other important towns in Luzhong were lost, in addition to the Qing army could obtain a large number of people, livestock, money and food, the most important thing was that they could turn around again and successfully capture Dezhou, which had no foreign aid and only a lonely city.

It's just that when Cao Bianjiao, Zukuan and others were worried, Liu Liangzuo, Ni Pet and others had relaxed faces.

In the eyes of these generals who are bent on personal gain and only want to get by, since the Qing army has left the city of Texas, it means that at least for now, there is no danger in Texas.

As for whether the Qing army will attack Texas again in the future, it is not something to consider.

After all, when it really comes to that point, he can carry forward the fine tradition of the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers who have abandoned the city and fled for a long time. If the Qing army really wants to turn around and attack, it is not embarrassing to smear oil on the soles of their feet in advance and save their lives.

And only if the soldiers and horses in his hands are there, and he does not surrender to the Qing army, he will only send someone to reprimand him when he wants to come to the court, and finally the matter will not be resolved.

At this time, it was still Cao Bianjiao, the chief military officer of Shaanxi, who stood up with a serious face.

He said loudly to Yan Jizu: "Governor Yan, if the Qing army goes to attack Jinan and other places, then Jinan will be thin and difficult to defend. The last general implored Governor Yan to give an order, quickly transfer the soldiers and horses of Dezhou, and rush to Jinan, and be sure to rush to the aid of Jinan City before the Qing army arrives in Jinan, so as to protect our Shandong provincial capital and not fall into the hands of the Qing captives! ”