Just when Mao Desheng was thinking about finding a breakthrough from the battlefield behind enemy lines, what coincided with him was that on May 15, news came from the direction of Gaojiagang that Captain Li Wenchang, who had stayed behind, had just led his troops to repel a group of Qing troops attacking the station. Its number should be around 5,000 people, including both the regular green battalion of the Qing army and the local regiment training village bravery. This news made Mao Desheng surprised and intuitively felt that it was reasonable, and the scene in Jinan seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.

The Qing army attacked the logistics and transportation line on the east bank, and the east bank had already penetrated deep into the "behind enemy lines" to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace. Since sending Du Chong to lead his troops into Yanzhou Mansion to contact the Mule Army, Qingshan Thieves, Dongping Thieves, and the remnants of the Yuyuan Army to resist the Qing Dynasty, Mao Desheng also sent more than 5,000 people from Ding Mingwu's department, who had returned from defeat, to the north of Jinan Mansion.

Ding Mingwu was originally from here, and most of his soldiers and generals were from the northern prefectures and counties of Jinan Prefecture, so he soon became active like a fish in water. They contacted thousands of people from Ding Weiyue's regimental training army (Ding Weiyue was born as a regimental training envoy and resolutely advocated resisting the Qing Dynasty), and there were also some local troops who had dispersed after the failure of the Li Huajing uprising in Caozhou, and Ding Mingwu invited them to attack the Qing army. With so many contacts, the number of people soon reached one or two thousand, and the momentum became huge again.

These 20,000 people, if they were placed outside the city of Jinan, with their rubbish equipment and inferior training level, they were afraid that they would be defeated by the Qing army in just one face. But if it is placed in the rear of the enemy's weak strength, this effect will be greater. They have connections, connections, and connections in Jinan Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and even Yanzhou Mansion, and they are more familiar with geography than the Qing army, and they are basically fighting at home. Attacked some Qing army grain collection teams and punished some gentry who raised food for the Qing army. It's still competent.

And in view of the frontal battlefield assault may lead to casualties. Mao Desheng also expressed his appreciation for their role behind enemy lines, so he gave the green light to Ding Mingwu's requests for instructors and equipment, and presented them with a batch of cold weapons sent from the Gaojiagang Salt Farm, encouraging them to fight more Tartars and develop their ranks by the way. If necessary, the East Coast could also send some experienced military instructors from the advance team to help them reorganize their troops.

After these horses were active in the northern part of Jinan Prefecture, Mao Desheng also moved his command post into the ruined county town of Zhangqiu, and at the same time, the elite East Coast Army, Black Eight Banner Infantry, Advance Team and Cavalry Wing were also stationed here. This is the end of the war. This Mao Desheng's most elite field force has not yet fought a battle, and it can be described as a new force in the new force. However, seeing that the servant army was generally demoralized, Mao Desheng pondered that it seemed necessary to pull out the elite of his subordinates and give the Qing army a few blows, otherwise the battle would not be so easy to fight.

On May 18, Du Chong led his troops to besiege Zhang Qiuzhen again, and this time his chances of victory were much better than the last time, not only because he contacted more Yuyuan troops to help in the battle, but also because Mao Desheng sent Kurhan's scout team with 200 men. These Jurchen hunters from the White Mountain and Black Water are skilled in warfare and well-equipped, and they are like playing against the hundreds of Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners stationed in Zhang Qiu Town.

May 20th. After two days of fierce fighting, as well as Du Chong and others' fighting style of driving away cannon fodder regardless of casualties. The Caoyun node Zhang Qiuzhen was conquered. Qing Meile Zhangjinglai died in the cold arrow of the scouts of the East Coast Security Corps, and all the following generals were all killed in battle, and most of the more than 340 people in the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners died in the frontal battle, and only a few dozen people were captured. Most of the more than 700 people of the two battalions of the green battalion of the Qing army who assisted Lai Fu in garrisoning were also killed in battle, and there were several other battalions of new regimental training in the town, and the casualties were smaller, but none of them ran away, and most of them were taken prisoner.

This battle greatly boosted the self-confidence of these bandits, because it was the first time that they defeated the so-called "real Manchurian officers and soldiers" in a frontal battle. Although there are only more than 300 lone soldiers, and they are still assisted by the Jurchen hunters on the east coast, the real Tartars are the real Tartars, and they are not comparable to those new regiments like chickens and dogs.

Of course, in order to conquer Zhangqiu Town, a transportation node, the Yuyuan Army and other local armed forces also paid huge casualties: more than 2,500 corpses died inside and outside Zhangqiu Town, and more than 4,000 people were wounded, which can be described as extremely tragic. However, the leaders of all walks of life, the heads of the canals, and the leaders didn't care, because the dead were all new minions who had not been in the gang for a long time, and there were not many casualties in the core force. And compared with the casualties, they are more concerned about how many good things they can find in the Caoyun node of Zhang Qiuzhen.

But the answer is probably going to disappoint them. Zhang Qiu Town just sent a batch of materials to Jinan a few days ago, and there is not much inventory in the town at present. I am afraid that the silver taels, silk, grain, military funds and other property are not enough for the more than ten canal leaders and nearly 30,000 horses present to divide up, this is only enough for everyone to cushion their stomachs, if you want to eat enough, you have to go around and take a look. Since those landlords and gentry were able to respond to the order of the Tartar governor Zhang Ruxiu to deliver grain and grass to Jinan, wouldn't there be any superfluous ones to come out to entertain the heroes from all walks of life?

Everyone wanted to do it, so they soon left Zhangqiu Town in a roar before the Qing army in Jinan could react, and then raged in the northern part of Yanzhou Province and the eastern part of Dongchang Province, and their momentum was so great that they even defeated a force sent by the prefect of Dongchang Province to rescue the locality.

At the end of May, Zhang Qi, Ren Qi and others who were hiding in Yuyuan Laozhai went out of the mountain again, and led tens of thousands of Yuyuan troops to kill the Daimyo's Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, all the way to conquer the city and coerce the people. Under these circumstances, the delivery of supplies and supplies urgently needed for the war to Jinan became empty talk. The gentry from all over the country are still too busy to take care of themselves, how can they still pay attention to the hoarse shouts of those Qing court and county officials, the catastrophe is coming, everyone should take care of themselves!

Ding Mingwu and others were making trouble in the vast north of Jinan Prefecture, and there were Yuyuan troops in Dongchang Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and even the neighboring Daimyo Mansion, and the local order had completely collapsed. Since the fall of Zhang Qiuzhen, the supplies sent from all over the country have been decreasing day by day, but they can finally be maintained. But after more than half a month, they found that the situation in various places had completely gotten out of control. Now the grain conscription team of less than 1,000 people has gone out and never returned. It's terrifying.

Faced with this situation. Luck Dehun was also anxious, in addition to writing a request for reinforcements from Beijing, he also asked the Gushan Ezhen Zhun Tower, which was stationed in Yangzhou, to lead a capable man to the north to support. However, there were only 2,500 Manmeng Eight Banner soldiers under Zhun Ta's men, and the number of green battalions was only 30,000.

Jiangbei is only enough for self-protection, and there are no soldiers in Beizhili and no soldiers in Henan. Shandong's forces were all in his own hands again, and Lucketthun suddenly found that he seemed to be isolated. Now there are only more than 40,000 soldiers left at hand, and they are still suffering from lack of food, and their morale is also very low.

Recently, the yellow-clothed thieves have stepped up their offensive, and the men and horses from all walks of life, who have been resting for a long time, have taken turns to attack wave after wave, and it seems that it is to prevent the soldiers of the "I Daqing" from having the opportunity to clear the place and restore the supply of grain. But what about knowing the other person's purpose. The shells of the yellow-clothed thieves fell from their heads like no money, and the green battalion soldiers, whom they called the "standing team", pressed forward step by step without giving people a chance to breathe. The defense is already very difficult, how can we still spare troops to clear the place? But then again, now that the local situation is rotten, and cleaning it up is far from being completed overnight, the more than 40,000 soldiers under his command will probably starve to death for a long time.

Today's plan may only be to avoid the edge for the time being, and first get out of the quagmire of Jinan. His grandfather is Daishan, his father is Sakhalian, and he usually has a lot of dealings with the regent, so he should be fine. As long as he brings back the thousands of Eight Banners in and out of the city safely, he should be able to start all over again. He didn't feel that he had lost Jinan City at all, and what a shameful thing it was to lose Li Shutai, Lu Guonan, Niu Chenghu, and Kong Xigui's soldiers and horses.

The commander's will to fight has been shaken, and the morale of the people below can be imagined. On June 6, Shao Shude led the 4th Brigade of 2,000 soldiers and 2,000 soldiers to arrive at the sea off the salt field of Gaojiagang on a well-maintained naval ship, and then began a large-scale landing. On this day, the army on the east bank also began to launch a final onslaught on the Qing strongholds on the periphery of Jinan, and the Qing troops guarding these fortresses had been out of food for several days. The people on the east bank also felt the great changes in the shape of the Qing army's resistance from the strength of the resistance, so they immediately strengthened the offensive, and it took only three days to break through most of the Qing army fortresses outside the city one after another, and pushed the defense line to a place just one step away from the city of Jinan.

On June 10, seeing that the army was extremely demoralized and defeated in successive battles, he ordered a general retreat in desperation, and then fled out of the city with thousands of Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner horses. They were in good spirits, and even though there was a shortage of food in the city, it never lacked them, and even the horses and other beasts were eaten smoothly and slippery, and they were even more desperate to run at this time.

The remaining three commanders in the city, Li Shutai, Niu Chenghu and Lu Guonan, look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do. The will given by the Beijing court to Le Ke Dehun is very clear, that is, not to retreat, to hold on to the end! But Luckard had the audacity to disobey his will and withdraw his troops, and the three of them didn't dare. But what can you do if you don't withdraw? Now I am afraid that this situation will not last even a day, and it will be a dead word for everyone to stay.

After hesitating for a long time, Li from the Han military banner led Taiti yì to slaughter the city, and then everyone carried the soft grain and grass they had snatched, and ran out of Jinan City, the dead place, first. Lu Guonan, the chief soldier of Baoding, hesitated after hearing this, but was quite moved; Niu Chenghu, the general of Yizhou, accepted it on the surface, and after he returned, he sent his henchmen to contact the army on the east coast outside the city, and then took advantage of the fire in the city at night when the fire first broke out to directly send troops to attack Li Shutai and Lu Guonan, who were starting to rob, which made the two of them angry.

The internal strife of the Qing army gave an excellent opportunity to the east bank army outside the city, and the main force of the first wing of the standing team quickly entered the city under the command of the captain Zhang Xudong, and then with the assistance of Niu Chenghu's generals and some soldiers and horses, they attacked the Qing army Li Shutai and Lu Guonan. After he stepped forward, more than 2,000 infantry of the Black Eight Banner Infantry Battalion also entered the city with heavy steps, they were masters of street fighting, and with their participation, the resistance of the Qing army was quickly broken.

On the morning of June 11, after a night of fierce fighting, Li led the Tai troops, who had already suffered heavy losses in the soldiers and horses, to be the first to be unable to support it, and then retreated from Jinan City in defeat and fled westward in a hurry; As for the Baoding General Soldier Lu Guonan's Division, it was more tragic, under the joint attack of Niu Chenghu's Department and the East Coast Army, a small part was killed and wounded, and most of them were captured, and he only took two or three thousand henchmen and horses to escape desperately.

After recovering Jinan City, Mao Desheng spent another three days rectifying order and appeasing the people. On June 16, Shao Shude led 2,000 men and horses to Jinan, and then held a military meeting to discuss the next move. Although Jinan has been recovered, the surrounding shape is still not optimistic, Luck Dehun and Li led Taishang to entrench in Dezhou, and the remnants of Lu Guonan entered Dongchang Mansion; In addition, there are thousands of remnants of Kong Xigui in Tai'an Prefecture in the south, and Gaodi in Xuzhou also went north to Yizhou with thousands of newly recruited men. The number of soldiers and horses under the command of these defeated generals is not large, and the strength is not strong, but they still need to deal with them one by one, which is more or less a trouble.

Of course, it is also necessary to give a reward before the next military action begins. After all, this is a great victory with far-reaching impact by destroying tens of thousands of enemies, and it is not his Shao Shude style if he doesn't hype it up! (To be continued......)