Because the enemy was escorted by cavalry, the march was covered by bows and arrows in the hands of the infantry, and the imitation of the Jingai-1 arquebus salvo in the hands of the musketeers, the cavalry who knew that the arquebus salvo was powerful did not dare to venture close to the enemy infantry, even if the enemy was a thousand green battalion troops, there were at least two hundred muskets in it, and under the influence of the Huaxia Army, Hong Chengchou Qing Army, who vigorously studied the Huaxia Army, had already used the Green Battalion as the militia brigade of the Huaxia Army.

The Han Army's flag soldiers were used as the garrison regiment of the Huaxia Army, and the garrison battalion was used, so the cavalry brigade could only select those troops in the gaps of the enemy's march, or the troops with lax defenses to surprise and cause some damage to the enemy.

Take a look at these reports:

"On the 3rd, a battalion of the enemy's new army town, plus a green battalion, led a general of 200 people to raid the garrison of our militia squad, and the 200 militia were negligent in their precautions, and after half an hour of fighting, 200 people, in addition to a horseman, a herald, three militiamen who had not returned, and an old woman in the village escaped and fled to a town more than ten miles away to report, together with 300 people in the village, were killed by the Qing army, according to the account of the scout cavalry of the 27th Field Brigade who later went to investigate, The whole village and the regular militia squad were all killed and the corpses were thrown into the wilderness, the village and the barracks were covered with black blood, the burned ruins were full of crows, vultures were screaming, and there were a few wild dogs, their eyes were green, apparently eating the corpses of the dead, arousing their wildness, seeing the arrival of the cavalry, they took the initiative to attack, and were repelled by the cavalry's bows and arrows. ”

"On the 6th, the town more than ten miles away was broken by a green battalion of 1,000 people by the enemy, a small flag of the 24th Field Brigade, a squadron of the militia brigade, a squad of the cavalry brigade was destroyed, and 5,000 people in the town were slaughtered 3,000 people, and the young man was captured as a man, and then a battalion of the cavalry brigade pursued, the enemy abandoned the people, and fled in a hurry, a battalion pursued for several miles, destroyed 300 enemy green battalion soldiers, and captured more than 100 prisoners, and then the enemy's brigade of cavalry came to meet them, and the cavalry battalion left the enemy prisoners and retreated, and the enemy pursued for several miles. Our cavalry battalion lost more than 100 troops, and finally defeated the enemy's cavalry of 1,000 men, but because of the heavy losses and the enemy's large forces to help, we had to retreat. Both the men and the prisoners were recaptured by the enemy. ”

"On the 11th, Hong Chengchou's Qing army has approached the city of Weifang fifty miles, where it passed, except for a small number of people who survived, the young and strong have become the Qing army's people or soldiers, the militia force has more than 5,000 troops, more than 1,000 people have escaped, more than 2,000 people have been killed, more than 1,000 people have become prisoners of the Qing army, or killed, or collected as people's husbands, Xiangyong, regimental training, green battalion soldiers, militia troops In addition to a small number of militia stationed in the north of Weifang, the south has been broken or captured by the enemy, or fled."

"On the 12th, in order to cover the evacuation of more than 10,000 people, a cavalry battalion fought with the enemy's 2,000 cavalry, fought back bravely, and was finally annihilated by the enemy, only one wounded cavalry fled back to the cavalry brigade headquarters to report the situation, more than 10,000 people fled except for a few, more than half were killed, more than half were captured and plundered by the Qing army, the Qing army suffered casualties of 1,000 cavalry, 300 Han army flag soldiers, dozens of green battalion soldiers, and the soldiers approached Weifang for more than 40 miles."

"On the 16th, Hong Chengchou's Qing army occupied most of the territory of Weifang Prefecture, Weifang only a small number of places in the north were still in its hands, the cavalry brigade suffered heavy losses, a total of annihilated the enemy's 3,000 green battalion soldiers, 2,000 village warriors, 3,000 people, captured more than 300 enemy cavalry, killed and wounded more than 1,000 enemy cavalry scouts, the enemy army approached Weifang Mansion City ten miles camp, cut off contact with the 27th Field Brigade, the Fifth Field Brigade could only get supplies from the sea, and the north was also harassed and captured by the Qing cavalry, Seeing that the enemy was about to cut off the Huaxia Army from the Jinan Prefecture Army Headquarters. ”

"On the 17th, the messenger who detoured through the defense area of the 23rd Brigade in the north brought news that the 27th Field Brigade was besieged by the enemy's 30,000 green battalions and 25,000 new army town troops, and the Qing army launched a fierce offensive, and the 27th Field Brigade, which had just been replenished, had 11,000 troops, plus 2,000 cavalry, 3,000 militiamen, and 5,000 young and strong soldiers and horses in the city fought fiercely with the enemy for three days and nights, repelling countless attacks by the Qing army, but it was also overwhelmed, and it was hoped that the Fifth Field Brigade would send troops to contain the enemy's forces."

Geng Quanli stood up, patted the letter and said, "They are close to Jinan Mansion, why don't they ask Jinan Mansion for help, but ask us for help?" ”

Gao Yigong rubbed his head like a sparrow's nest, his current appearance, his beard was slaggy, his swollen eyes, and he touched his shriveled and emaciated cheeks with his unwashed hands with some purple and brown bloodstains: "There is only one pro-guard regiment in Jinan Prefecture, a militia unit, and half a regiment of the twenty-four field brigades, that little force can only defend the city in front of the enemy's hundreds of thousands of troops, and the militia troops and cavalry units can only fight guerrillas like us. The 1st Guards Brigade also has to deal with the Qing army in Jining Province on the opposite side, they must defeat the opponent before they can attack other places, and the militia brigade is now only two militia brigades, we use most of it here, and the northern defense line still needs one and a half to defend the enemy, and now the strength is stretched. ”

Qin Mo asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

"What else can I do, fight, the enemy has begun to besiege the city, relying on the three thousand mixed recruits and a thousand militia in the city, how can we withstand the siege of the enemy's hundreds of thousands of troops, but we have just completely destroyed the city of Weifang, and destroyed four city walls with artillery in one day, and there are still 13,000 enemy prisoners inside, just taking care of these prisoners will make people collapse, let alone meet the enemy."

Geng Quanli also rubbed her swollen face that had not closed her eyes for a few days, and said helplessly.

At this moment, his Fifth Field Brigade was stationed in the county town facing the sea in the east of Weifang Prefecture, while most of the 24th Field Brigade was stationed in the villages north of Weifang Prefecture that relied on the 23rd Field Brigade and the militia, and the county seat and cavalry brigade were stationed in a village in a mountain that was only 20 miles away from the enemy near Fucheng, defending Weifang Fucheng on three sides.

Gao Yigong said: "If you want to fight, you have to face the enemy head-on, my cavalry brigade only has 2,500 troops left, and the reinforcements have not yet arrived, and the cavalry replenishment is not as fast as your infantry and musketeers, and it has to be mobilized from other places." It's not like the guy just gave him a horse to be a cavalryman. ”

Qin Mo said: "This time the enemy is not easy to fight, Hong Chengchou is personally led by the old thief, and the troops are more than twice as many as our army, maybe we will have to pay huge casualties." My brigade has also suffered some damage, and now it has only 7,500 troops. It is almost the former B-class field brigade. ”

Gao Yigong, "In this way, if you replenish the cavalry in your brigade, I will have 5,000 troops, and the formation will be restored, and the cavalry of the Fifth Field Brigade has also lost a lot some time ago, so I will not adjust, I will deal with you and Fucheng on the side." ”

Qin Mo glanced at Geng Quanli, and Geng Quanli said: "Okay, General Qin, you can act as a supplementary infantry, my Fifth Field Brigade will act as the main attack, and you will attract the enemy on one side and disperse the enemy's forces." ”

The next day, the Qing army completely surrounded the city of Weifang, leaving no road for the Huaxia army in the city to escape.

(End of chapter)