Abatai, who was under the city of Yanzhou, was also very troubled.

Since entering the Yanzhou Mansion, the soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner led by him have encountered far more resistance than imagined. The counties that passed through the county, instead of falling from the wind like Jinan Prefecture, put up very stubborn resistance.

The war lasted for a month, and the Manchu army only captured three county towns with all its might. However, the loss of personnel caused by the storming of the county seat is not small, and it has reached 3 cattle records.

What made Abatai even more annoyed was that every time he captured a city, the county commanders and commanders who defended the city were all killed in battle, and all the granaries in the city were burned down.

Abatai had no choice but to take revenge by slaughtering the city and plundering the food of the people in the city as military rations. The grain of the people's homes has long been looted and burned by the officers and soldiers, and the grain that can be plundered is small and scattered, and the army can get very little military ration supplements.

When Abatai attacked the city of Yanzhou, there was only less than half a month's grain in the army, and as a last resort, Abatai could only send 10 cattle to plunder the grain.

The tenacious guards of Yanzhou City also far exceeded his estimates, and Zhu Yihai scattered the wealth of the Lu Wangfu for recruiting troops and rewarding the army. The prefect Deng Fanxi took all the officials of the government and lived with the soldiers who defended the city.

Zhu Yihai and Deng Fanxi even mobilized the female dependents of the whole house to organize the women of the whole city to cook and sew clothes, and support the defense of the city.

In addition, the news of the Manchu Tartars' massacre of the three cities had already reached Yanzhou City, and the soldiers and civilians of Yanzhou City abandoned all illusions and went all out to start a series of bloody battles with the Manchu Tartars who were besieging the city.

It has been half a month since Abatai stormed Yanzhou City, and there have been 2 Tartar soldiers who died under Yanzhou City. And the 20,000 guards in Yanzhou City and the 10,000 royal soldiers also lost half.

The two sides of the attack, the other on the defending, have completely killed each other, and this war can only end with the complete destruction of one side.

According to his estimates, if he wants to take the hard bone of Yanzhou City, he will lose at least 4-5 Niu Lu, but he heard the news from outside the military tent that Darhan had come to defect.

As soon as Darhan, who fled back to Yanzhou Mansion, entered the tent, he cried and fell to his knees, "Lord Belle, the blue flag, the blue flag is defeated!" ”

"The Blue Flag is defeated?"

Abatai was stunned and asked, "Darhan, is it Liu Zeqing who has a decisive battle with Zhenglanqi?!" ”

Darhan cried and said, "Liu Zeqing hid in Jining City and didn't take a step out of the city, Zhenglan Banner is, he lost to a mysterious Ming army, a whole 12 Niu Lu, all gone!" ”

12 Niulu is 3,600 people, which is indeed a big blow to the Manchu army of 40,000 who entered the pass and plundered, and even the Manchu Eight Banners with a total of only 60,000 soldiers.

Abatai trembled with anger and asked sharply, "The elusive Ming army? Darn! It must be the Ming army in Gyeonggi that rescued Shandong, who is the commander of the Ming army? ”

Darhan shook his head and said, "I don't know! ”

Abatai got up angrily, pointed to the door of Darhan and asked, "How many people are in this Ming army?" ”

Darhan shook his head and said, "I don't know! ”

Abatai swept all the military orders and books on the case of the Chinese army to the ground, threw the inkstone and smashed it on Darhan's forehead, and immediately burst into blood, "Darhan! You lost 12 Niu Lu, but you don't even know the details of the Ming army? ”

Darhan said with a sad face, "I only know that this Ming army is as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, as plundering as fire, and as immobile as a mountain!" Lord Belle, it's not me making it up, this time our army has really encountered a strong enemy! ”

Abatai saw Darhan's deep fear, and was able to beat Darhan, who galloped on the battlefield and was brave, to run away overnight, and also faintly sensed that something was wrong with this Ming army, and his anger calmed down a little, "You are growing the morale of others and destroying your own prestige, you tell me, what kind of tactics is this Ming army?" ”

Darhan hurriedly said, "This Ming army is all cavalry, one person and two war horses, can run 500 miles in three days, and destroy 4 of my cattle in a row, which can be said to be as fast as the wind; When luring the enemy, the formation is not chaotic, and the advance and retreat are orderly, which can be said to be Xu Rulin; The Ming army is well-equipped, the combat power is fierce, and the combat ability of individual soldiers is also above my Qing warriors, one or two hours later, you can take Jiaxiang City, and you can also annihilate my 3 Niu Lu in the field, which can be said to be like a war of invasion; When defending, the lineup is neat, and the five-stage strike formation meets the enemy, which can be said to be motionless. ”

Abatai suddenly remembered what his brother Huang Taiji had said to him before he set out on the expedition, this time he entered the customs and plundered, and the only person to worry about in the Ming army was only two people, one was Sun Chuanting, who commanded the last elite division of the Ming army; One person was Fang Yuan, who had led twenty Jinyi guards to defeat fifty Manchu soldiers in a night battle.

Fang Yuan rose like a comet, and was repeatedly promoted by Chongzhen, not only destroying the Manchu soldiers, but also slaughtering the eight Jin merchants who supplied food to the Manchus, and can be said to be one of the most powerful celebrities in the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji also specially instructed the other party to be careful and not to underestimate the enemy on the battlefield.

Abatai had vaguely guessed the identity of the opponent he was facing this time, and said with a deep sigh, "I know who the commander of this Ming army is, Fang Yuan!" ”

While the two were talking, the sergeant outside the military tent came to report that Fang Yuan ordered the ten Manchu sergeants who had surrendered to escort back a large gift and asked Abatai to receive it personally.

Abatai made the gift into the military tent, it was five large boxes, and when the boxes were opened, they were the braids of the Manchus cut off together with the scalp, still with bloody blood.

In the five big boxes, there are at least two thousand or more braids!

This is Fang Yuan's naked provocation of Abatai, directly sending the dead man's pigtails to the door to slap his face.

Abatai was bullied by Fang Yuan, this is still a shame that has never been seen after the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is unbearable!

The commanders in the entire military tent shouted and scolded in unison, eager to peel Fang Yuan's skin and bones, and asked Abatai to fight, wanting to go to Jining Prefecture to meet Fang Yuan, and be ashamed of the snow!

As the commander of the invading army, Abatai is much calmer, the 25 Niu Lu's Zhenglan Banner was defeated by Fang Yuan in less than a month, and with the 20 Niu Lu of the Zhenghuang Banner, it is unknown whether Fang Yuan can be encircled and annihilated.

Flesh and blood alone will not help, you must come up with a perfect solution!

Just when Abatai was hesitating, a military report came from outside the military tent again, and 2 of the 10 cattle that Abatai sent out to loot had already reported that they had been completely annihilated by Fang Yuan.

This time against the attack of the Zhenghuang Banner, Fang Yuan did not conceal his identity at all, and directly showed his name.

Darhan was shocked with goosebumps, he didn't expect Fang Yuan to kill from Jining Prefecture to Yanzhou Mansion so quickly, and annihilated the two Niu Lu of Zhenghuang Banner as soon as he made a move.

Abatai was also frightened into a cold sweat, and then he empathized with Darhan's fear, and immediately sent dozens of horsemen to order the remaining 8 Niu Lu to drop the plundered population, and the military rations returned to the division at full speed, without the slightest delay.

Darhan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Lord Belle, the Yellow Banner and the Blue Banner must not be divided into troops to go out to loot, otherwise they will be broken by Fang Yuan one by one!" ”

Abatai asked rhetorically, "Our 33 cattle are at least 100 stone per day, and we don't divide the troops into plunder, how can we guarantee the military rations of the army?" ”

Unless Fang Yuan's main force is annihilated, this is an unsolvable dead end, and it is also the key to Fang Yuan's scorched earth resistance.

Darhan's head has lost most of his head, and he can only count on making up for his mistakes, so he is not afraid to continue to make things bigger, "Lord Belle, since dividing troops and plundering is to send them to death, it is better to make a big one and solve the military food crisis at one time." In the entire territory of Yanzhou Prefecture, there are only two important towns, one is Jining City guarded by Liu Zeqing's 100,000 Ming troops, and the other is Yanzhou City in front of him. All we need to do is concentrate our forces and capture one of the important towns and capture the great granaries in the city, which will be enough for our army. ”

Is it to attack Yanzhou City, or Jining City?

Abatai thought about it for a while, and then patted the military case and said, "The bloody battle between Yanzhou City and our army for days has been a situation of endless death. Even if the city can be broken now, the soldiers and civilians of Yanzhou City will not leave any military rations; On the contrary, Liu Zeqing, who guards Jining City, is a bad seed who is afraid of death, as long as we attack Jining City, he will never dare to burn grain. As long as we can encircle and annihilate or force these 100,000 Ming troops to surrender, it will be enough to offset our previous defeat! ”

In order to deal with Fang Yuan before, Darhan only left 8 Niu Lu to besiege Jining City, Liu Zeqing did not dare to go out of the city to try the truth, it can be seen that he was really frightened by the Manchu Iron Cavalry, this kind of person dared to burn the military food in the city is strange, and hurriedly echoed and said, "Lord Belle is really like a torch, but there are 100,000 Ming troops in Jining City, and we only have 10,000 people with the Yellow Flag and the Blue Flag, so it is better to call the Zhenghong Banner, and the white flag and blue flag of Turg will attack Jining City together." ”

Abatai is not a mother-in-law, and immediately said, "Someone! To the red flag solid mountain Ezhen Ye Keshu order, the red flag and the blue flag to change the guard, the town of Jinan City. ”

"Send an order to Turge, and immediately go south with the plundered grain and besiege Jining City with our army!"