This year (1647) is the year before Mo Dashuai is about to leave office, and it is destined to be a glorious year for the people of the East Coast, and it is also a year in which the yellow-clothed thief left a strong mark in history.

In the first half of this year, more than 20,000 yellow-clothed thieves suddenly landed on the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture6, broke through Zhou County, plundered a large number of people, and after attracting the Qing army in Jiangnan to cross to the north and some Qing troops in Jiangbei and Shandong to go south, they suddenly returned to Shandong, and then broke the cage that had gradually trapped them in Yantai in one fell swoop, which made people stunned.

After breaking the cage, the tiger could no longer be stopped, the remnants of the Qing army in the Jiaodong area wailed, and Dengzhou City, the first important town in Jiaodong, was surrounded by Xun before everyone could react, and Chen Jin, the governor of Denglai, was trapped in the city with ten thousand soldiers and horses.

It is also ridiculous to say that there are not as many people and horses on the east bank as there are people surrounding Dengzhou City, but he is afraid to die, which fully shows that after years of galloping, the prestige of the yellow-clothed thief has fully penetrated into the hearts of the vast number of northern Qing troops. When the strength of the troops was not more than twice that of the yellow-clothed thieves, the ordinary green battalion of the Qing army did not dare to take a large-scale field battle lightly, because the probability of victory was extremely low.

On August 5, the army on the east bank launched a strong attack on the city of Dengzhou. The walls of Dengzhou City were originally very strong and the moat was extremely wide, but since the end of the Ming Dynasty, this famous city of Denglai has been repeatedly robbed, and now the city is very dilapidated. Although Chen Jin repaired it after his arrival, its fortification was still limited, and it could not be bombarded by the yellow-clothed cannons on the east coast.

On August 8, the southwest corner of Dengzhou City collapsed in a large area under the continuous attack of the army on the east bank, and the two battalions of the Qing army guarding here were scattered, and the army on the east bank attacked lightly. At this point, Dengzhou City finally fell after holding out for 4 days. More than 10,000 Qing troops in the city surrendered or fled (most of those who escaped were chased and hacked to death by the cavalry on the east coast), and Chen Jin, the governor of Denglai, took advantage of the chaos to disappear, but most of the Qing court officials in the city were captured and none of them were spared. Most of these officials came from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. Mo Ming was not very interested in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after a brief interrogation, he ordered them to be taken back to Yantai and imprisoned, and what awaited them in the future would be an endless career of labor reform in the Heishui Coal Mine.

August 9th. Only then did the four naval warships slowly dock in the sea outside Dengzhou City under the blowing of the southeast wind. Nowadays, most of the fishing boats and sailboats are fishing, which is the second most important job of the year for people on the East Coast. Two other flutes and two armed merchant ships were doing maintenance, so there were only four warships to use their pitiful cargo holds to transport supplies and personnel.

The Qing army operated in Dengzhou for several years. They had to supply the tens of thousands of troops in the vicinity, and they had accumulated a great amount of food, which now fell into the hands of the people on the east coast, and now all these supplies were carried by the people of the requisitioned city to the seaside ships. And when transporting supplies. Mo Ming now had a considerable amount of sweet potatoes and corn in it, which made him speechless.

When Shandong was still in the hands of the Ming army and the Shun army, some Ming people in Yantai Tuntian fled with corn and sweet potato seeds. At this time, these bags of sweet potatoes and corn should be the "descendants" of those seeds, thinking of this, Mo Ming also sighed a little, the administrative efficiency of the Qing court is indeed not comparable to the Ming Dynasty, and in just a few years, they have already roughly stabilized the situation in Shandong. Production has resumed in a considerable part of the country, as can be seen from the warehouses full of grains such as millet, corn, and sweet potatoes. The Ming Dynasty is really not working well and rotten to the home!

"The main force should pack up their things and go out to Huangxian as much as possible. Dengzhou left 1,500 soldiers here to garrison. Let them supervise the transportation of supplies to the people here. As for the personnel here, there were more than 4,000 prisoners of those Qing soldiers. I remember that many people were the Shun army of Shaanxi and Ningxia who descended to the Qing Dynasty, right? There are many officers and soldiers from the Shun army in the team, let these people say the names of acquaintances, and some of them are guaranteed to be incorporated into the army, handed over to Chen Zhilong to command, and they will be the vanguard when attacking Huangxian. If there is no one to protect them, they will all be detained and waited for the ship to be transported back and slowly screened when the ship is free. Mo Ming took out the warm barley tea from the cowhide bladder and drank a few sips, and then began to order: "There are only more than 700 people in Dengzhou City who are willing to go with us, right?" Well, these people are also taken away, in addition, the Langzhong, craftsmen, and low-level scholars in the city are all taken away, whether they want to or not, take them away first! The others, since they are willing to stay under the rule of the Manchus, will not be able to control so much, and our current food will not be able to feed many people. Let's do this for the time being, contact the staff officer, and go down to give orders! ”

Although the military team of the people on the east coast is doing the work of auxiliaries and miscellaneous labor, they will also train several times every once in a while. The food on weekdays is also good, and there are a lot of times to go to the battlefield, so they still have a little combat effectiveness. During the Battle of Yangzhou, Zhang Xudong's department arranged 2,000 spearmen from military backgrounds to fight against the Qing army's green battalion, which was also so-so. Therefore, with these people here, the few remnants of the Qing army near Dengzhou City really can't take Dengzhou City.

As for Chen Zhilong mentioned in Mo Ming's mouth, this person was originally born in the Ming Dynasty, and later surrendered to Li Zicheng and served as the defense envoy of Ningxia, and had a good relationship with Dong Xueli. In 1644, Dong Xueli wrote a letter to Chen Zhilong, asking him to surrender to the Qing army, but the secret letter was intercepted by Niu Chenghu, the general of Ningxia, and Dong Xueli's younger brother and only son were killed, so Chen Zhilong did not surrender. Unexpectedly, after the Qing army invaded Shaanxi, Niu Chenghu and Chen Zhilong were forced to surrender to the Qing army together, and then because the yellow-clothed thieves made a big fuss in Shandong, they were transferred here for 6 consecutive years. At present, Dong Xueli is a general under the command of Li Shutai, the chief soldier of Binzhou coastal defense, Niu Chenghu has been newly appointed as the chief soldier of Yizhou Town due to the large number of subordinates, and Chen Zhilong has been transferred to the deputy general of Denglai Town (the general soldier is temporarily missing). The defense zone of the three of them is not very far apart, and there is nothing more wonderful than this.

Although Chen Zhilong was born as a literati, he did not have much discipline, first Shiming, then Shun, then Qing, and now he has descended to the east coast, which can be called a broken discipline. He probably has less than 3,000 soldiers and horses now, and on the night of the East Coast people breaking the city, this person was the first to respond, leading his troops to capture and kill dozens of Manchu people of the prison army, and then leading the East Coast forward team to take the governor's office, so frightened that Chen Jin rode away before he could change his clothes, and he made a great contribution.

After the war, his behavior on the battlefield was recognized by Mo Ming, and the soldiers and horses under his command were also pardoned, and they were still under his command. Not only that, but among the remaining Qing prisoners, more than 1,000 soldiers from Shaanxi who were guaranteed were incorporated into his army as rewards. As a result, his strength at the moment suddenly expanded to more than four thousand.

On August 1o, after the army on the east bank that conquered Dengzhou City left 1,500 soldiers to carry supplies and personnel, the remaining 16,000 men and horses (including military men, excluding Chen Zhilong's department) began to advance along the coastline to Huangxian, and the vanguard was naturally the newly surrendered Chen Zhilong's 4,000 men and horses.

Before they went out, they were forced to shave their heads collectively and cut off the tail of the rat that stood on the top of their heads, and then some of the Eight Banners captives captured in the Battle of Dengzhou, and the Denglai officials appointed by the Qing court were also handed over to them for public execution, which was regarded as submitting a petition for submission. In addition, Chen Zhilong, who was born as a person, did not expect the yellow-clothed thief to be extremely "vicious", and asked him to write an article that scandalized the upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and scattered it around, which included some dirty jokes between Dolgon and the current Empress Dowager, which completely blocked his way to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and made him want to cry without tears.

These 4,000 or so people were still wearing the uniforms of the Qing army and holding the original equipment, and they advanced under the strict supervision of the cavalry on the east bank. From time to time, whizzing heralds from the east coast came running to give them orders, and they obeyed them with trembling. It seems that in their eyes now, the yellow-clothed thief and the Eight Banners are almost the same level of people, both murderous people who kill people without blinking, and they must be treated carefully.

On August 13, after more than three days of marching, the army on the east bank finally arrived under the city of Huangxian. Huangxian County, like Dengzhou City, has been in war since the end of the Ming Dynasty and is dilapidated. But it is not as important as Dengzhou City, so there is no one and no one can not afford to repair, at this moment the east bank army put the formation under the city, and the momentum of the Qing army in the city is three points shorter.

Chen Zhilong looked at this formation, and was overjoyed, this battle should not consume too much of his own strength, a dilapidated small city like Huangxian County, it is not difficult to fight. So, under the order of Mo Dashuai, Chen Zhilong carefully selected a thousand soldiers who were relatively good at fighting, and after the artillery on the east bank blasted a large section of the rammed earth mud wall, he shouted and killed them. Then, within half a day, they only paid more than 100 casualties, defeated 6 or 700 Qing troops who fled to the city, and killed a guerrilla on the spot, which was considered a victory.

After the defeat of Huang County, the craftsmen in the city and the few people who volunteered to leave were sent away as usual. In order to protect their safety, Mo Ming specially ordered Chen Zhilong to send about 400 soldiers and 1,000 soldiers from the east coast to escort the supplies and personnel to Dengzhou.

On August 18, the army on the east coast conquered Zhaoyuan County, and at the same time took control of some nearby gold mines, seizing a considerable amount of gold. After conquering this place, Mo Dashuai commanded the army to turn west and enter Laizhou Mansion, and went straight to Zhiye County, Laizhou Prefecture. After discussion, the staff officers unanimously deduced that Le Ke Dehun, who was stationed in Jinan, was likely to lead part of the cavalry eastward, and at the same time, the Qing troops in various parts of Shandong should also be moving quickly and preparing to march east to Denglai.

After hearing the news, Mo Ming ordered the troops to speed up the march to Ye County, and at the same time muttered secretly in his heart: "Suddenly returning to Denglai from the banks of the Yangtze River, the faces of the tens of thousands of Qing troops who went south from northern Jiangsu and southern Lunan are about to be swollen, right?" How many troops can Shandong transfer to block me this time? I'd like to see what the four or five thousand cavalry you have at hand can do with me! ”

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