“…… Pseudo-Qing favors traitors, is greedy for endowments, and is punished heavily. If you can't save the people from fire and water, you will run out of money and take people and money, suck the marrow and peel off the skin, and rape people's wives and daughters, how is it different from beasts? This army is a good man who has been farming for the tenth century, a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, saving the people. Today, Jinan, send a card to inform: the people should not be frightened, and everyone will be safe. If there are people in the barracks who kill the people, the whole team will be beheaded! The people have abandoned the dark and turned to the light, and reported the pseudo-Qing officials who hid the people, and they were immediately reused. The rest do not have to be subdued, the jade is indistinguishable, and it is too late to regret it. This one! ”

As the army on the east coast entered Jinan one after another, the notices of Anmin concocted by a group of literati from the old camp of the former Shun army under the command of Shao Shude were also posted in the streets and alleys of Licheng County (that is, Jinan City). This notice, which was changed by the Shunjun script, inherited the consistent tradition of the East Coast, and it was murderous and very much in line with the image of the East Coast army. However, the troubled times should be the focus, when this notice of peace came out, and at the same time hunted and killed a few green-skinned hooligans who took advantage of the chaos to rob, the order of Jinan City immediately settled down.

The remnants of the Qing army in the city were also searched and found one by one, and all the middle and senior officers were taken into custody for interrogation. After the interrogation, they were loaded onto prisoner vans and escorted to Yantai in the rear, where they waited for ships to be transported to Heishui Harbor, where they would spend at least five years in forced labor camps in lumber yards, coal mines, brick kilns, lime factories, etc., even in winter.

In this battle, the army on the east bank captured more than 8,000 armed men and horses from all walks of life such as the green battalion of the Qing army and the landlord regiment, except for a few who were scattered and supplemented by the servant army of various departments, the rest of the more than 5,000 people will be escorted to the rear to build bridges and pave roads and build fortresses. These people are all defeated generals, and their morale is extremely low. Basically, it was left to the East Coast to knead. After being transported back to the mainland, they don't have to worry about what moths they will do.

The inventory of supplies in the city was also carried out at the same time. In addition to the booty belonging to the soldiers of the various departments, the people on the east coast also obtained a considerable harvest: more than 40,000 stones of grain and beans, 16,000 bundles of forage, more than 1,500 pigs, cattle, sheep, horses and mules, and 300 carts, all of which were extremely valuable materials for the army on the east coast. In addition, Jinan is a prosperous and prosperous place, and all kinds of books, articles, antiques, jade and other things that are not very useful in the eyes of the Qiu Ba have also been sorted out. Then one by one, the packing trucks were sent to Yantai, and the final destination of these good things should be the Dongfang Port, the capital of the east coast. The largest library in the country is about to be built over there, and ancient books from the Ming Kingdom are just used to fill the empty shelves.

Licheng County is not only the capital city of Jinan, but also the best place in Shandong, where all kinds of people from three religions and nine streams gather here, and it is still quite lively on weekdays. However, after the army on the east coast entered the city and blocked the entry and exit, these craftsmen, playwrights, prostitutes, storytellers, langzhong, low-level scholars, and even fortune-tellers were swept away and loaded onto carts. Let them cry and send to Yantai in the rear.

Among these people, handicraftsmen, langzhong, and low-level scholars are the kind of people who are hand-picked by the local people to be vigorously recruited. All of them were sent back to South America; As for the entertainment industry such as storytellers, jugglers, plays, and magic sticks, a small part of them are basically sent to Sakhalin Island and the towns on the east bank of the Amur River Basin, and most of them are also sent to the mainland; The rest of the prostitutes were all sent to Sakhalin, these people are quite attractive, some of them have a bit of wealth, and they are actually very sought-after in the hearts of the people at the bottom. Therefore, it is a good thing for everyone to give them to the disabled sergeants who are missing arms and legs.

These things have been delayed Shao Shude for a whole week, and when he was busy a week later, the battle report from the front line also came: on June 19, in order to show his heart, Niu Chenghu personally led more than 8,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to Tai'an Prefecture, and broke the seven or eight thousand rabble that Kong Xigui put together in a battle, and then chased all the way to the outside of Qufu County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and met more than 4,000 people from the Gaodi Department of the Henan General Army who came to meet him. On the way back, I didn't forget to loot the Tai'an Prefecture Treasury and the heavy grain and grass left there by Kong Xigui.

On June 21, Mao Desheng, who personally led the main force to Dongchang Mansion, arrived in Liaocheng County after Liankeboping, Tangyi and other counties. Lu Guonan, the commander of Baoding, who had been defeated and retreated here, swayed left and right between the harsh battlefield shape and the strict order of the Qing court not to retreat, and then was surrounded by the army on the east bank that quickly rushed to the city. After a fierce battle, on the night of the 23rd, Lu Guonan led the army to break through the siege, and was broken by the cavalry on the east bank in the west of the city.

After Lu Guonan's defeat and retreat, the Qing court no longer had strong soldiers and horses in Dongchang Mansion, and the Yuyuan army, which was originally suppressed, was suddenly out of control, and in less than ten months, except for a few state cities, almost the entire territory of Dongchang Mansion "fell". The state cities that a small number of landlords practiced and defended were like lonely boats in the vast sea, and they were in danger of capsizing at any time. And the people on the east coast were not idle at this time, they sent a small force, carrying a few light artillery, to assist the Yuyuan army to break through the stubborn city of the Qing army, and the province will have a place to meet when the Qing army returns in the future.

After settling the Dongchang Mansion, Mao Desheng found out that Le Ke Dehun in Dezhou had been ordered to be taken by the Qing court, Li Shutai was dismissed (Xu Dai was guilty of meritorious service), and the Qing army had not been able to advance, so he had a trace of thinking about picking up bargains. So, he first collected a large amount of grain and grass near Liaocheng, and then even the gunpowder transported in the rear did not wait - first using the captured inferior gunpowder of the Qing army, he led the army to the north and went to Dezhou.

He set off with three infantry companies, two artillery companies of the East Coast Army, three infantry battalions of the Black Eight Banners, most of the standing team, and the servant troops Dong Xueli, Qin Shangxing, Xie Qian, Chen Zhilong and other units, with a total army of 45,000 people (including 15,000 soldiers), which can be called the essence of the troops on the east coast in Shandong. The remaining 2,000 people of the Fourth Brigade of the Standing Force, the servant army Zhai Congge and Niu Chenghu, and the rebel Ding Mingwu Division, which was heavily damaged a while ago, were stationed on the line from Jinan to Tai'an Prefecture, and while contacting Du Chong, who was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace in Yanzhou Mansion, he faintly suppressed the remnants of the two armies of Gaodi and Kong Xigui, who had joined forces at this moment, nearly 9,000 people. After Du Chong completely paralyzed the Qing court's rule in Yanzhou, and the next batch of supplies also arrived in Jinan City through the Xiaoqing River, Shao Shude said that he had to lead the remaining troops to the south, crush the remnants of the two haunting Qing armies, and completely reach the south.

The Qing court was unprepared for the sudden deterioration of the war situation in Shandong, and the 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses could not stop the yellow-clothed thief who had been killed that day. Guy is now at a critical juncture on the battlefield in Shanxi, the Qing court has drawn troops from many sides, but there is still a sense of being overstretched, and the local rebellion has not yet been quelled. The walls of this city are high and deep, and the large-caliber artillery of "my Daqing" has suffered a lot of losses in Shandong and Hubei.

Shandong will be saved! This was the unanimous opinion of the Qing court. Although the Qing court at this time was not like the Ming Dynasty, and had not yet developed the habit of relying on the southern Cao Yun on a large scale, the canal was cut off, business travel was blocked, and the local difficulties were also very great, and the damage to the Qing court was also quite great after a long time. What's more, this place in Shandong is adjacent to Beizhili, and the troops can be sent directly to the Beijing Division, the threat is too great, plus there are many yellow-clothed thief ships and fast artillery, Tianjin, Jinzhou and other strategic points are under its threat, if the stronghold of the yellow-clothed thieves on the Shandong Peninsula is not uprooted, the Qing court is difficult to sleep and eat, the Tartars can't rest assured to be robbers, and the Han officials can't be traitors with peace of mind, how can this be made!

But to rescue Shandong, where do the soldiers come from? Let's not talk about Shandong, there are no soldiers in the wilderness of Henan, and there are some people in Beizhili, but the responsibility of defending Gyeonggi is so heavy, how can it be moved lightly. What about the more than 30,000 people under the command of Jiangbei Zhun Tower, they don't dare to move! The yellow-clothed thieves have been making frequent moves recently, and seeing that they are going to launch a landing battle in the Yangtze River area, how can the soldiers and horses guarding the place be transferred? Looking at it this way, the Qing court in Shandong, including the neighboring Huai'an Mansion in Jiangbei, Guide Mansion in Henan, and Beizhili Daimyo Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion and Hejian Mansion, really had nothing to do, and could only sit back and watch the yellow-clothed thieves attack the city in a short period of time.

Shao Shude certainly saw the reality of the Qing court very clearly. In today's world, I am afraid that there is no one who can stand on a higher step and look down on the world than the people of the East Coast, and no one has a clearer grasp of their strategic intentions and general trends than the people of the East Coast. The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, it's so cool!

However, it is one thing to know the intentions of the Qing court, but it is also very nerve-wracking for the people of the East Coast to do what to do themselves. The capture of Jinan was a huge blow to the prestige of the Qing court, and in the long run the trouble for the Qing court would be even greater; But in the short term, if the Qing court insists on being shameless and ignoring some prefectures and counties in Shandong and other neighboring provinces, what can the people on the east coast do? As long as the Qing court did not delay in Shanxi for too long, and then scraped the ground and tried its best to support the less than 200,000 troops in the north, and after conquering Shanxi, it quickly pounced on Shandong, with the Green Battalion and the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners as the main body, and then the people on the east coast would have to retreat to Qingzhou or even Laizhou - this is almost a certain thing!

Forget it, you can manage so many things! Shao Shude shook his head, we have all made such a big move, for this reason the Qing army has actually abandoned the whole province of Sichuan and parts of Huguang, and the battlefields of Jiangxi and Shaanxi and Gansu have also been greatly affected. Moreover, it can be expected that for a long time in the future, after the main forces of the Qing army gather in Shandong, these places will still not suffer from the pressure of the Qing army.

On June 30, 1649, Shao Shude Shao Marshal, who had stabilized the situation in Jinan, led the main force left behind to the south, and together with Du Chong and other troops who were still active in Yanzhou Mansion (tens of thousands of people had been coerced), they pressed the remnants of the two armies of Gaodi and Kong Xigui who had been stationed in Yizhou from two directions with 9,000 people, intending to clear the southern threat and peep into Huai'an Mansion. (To be continued......)