On the seventh day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army broke through Jinan.

The house leak coincided with the rain, after the Jiaozhou battalion accelerated its march, it entered Shandong on the first day, and the supply was cut off on the second day.

The so-called break, that is, the soldiers will go hungry, according to the quartermaster's guarantee, it only takes ten more hours to raise enough military rations.

The reason is that the grain road adjusted from Dezhou was cut off, and the Qing army rushed in the direction of Jinan, and the storage and transportation center that was originally placed near Dezhou City allocated grain and grass, but I am afraid that it will not be able to be transferred, because the road has been cut off, and new grain and grass must be replenished from Yanzhou Prefecture on the spot.

It was really self-inflicted, originally Li Meng wanted to use this Dongchang Mansion as a buffer zone with Qiu Lei of Jinan Mansion, so that his food appearance was not too ugly, who would have thought that it was not his own territory, and it would be not easy to use.

Fortunately, this Dongchang prefect is his own family, it is Li Meng's father-in-law, Yan Ruoran's father, Yan Zhizhou, and now it should be called Yan Prefect's Mansion in Fucheng Liaocheng.

Hearing that the Tartar army suddenly appeared from Linqing Prefecture, Pingshanwei of Dongchang Mansion scattered nearly half of his men and horses overnight, and a large number of residents fled towards Yanzhou Mansion in the south.

Of course, that Zhang Chengye didn't have much loyalty, but he fled here from Gaotang Prefecture, he was very good at calculating, if the Dongchang Mansion City couldn't support it, then it would be difficult to escape the prefect and his wife overnight, at least the general Li Meng would have to accept his big favor.

However, the Qing army that entered the territory of Shandong moved quickly, and did not pay attention to the nearby Dongchang Mansion City, or even Gaotang Prefecture, but went straight to Jinan City.

Knowing that his son-in-law's soldiers and horses entered Dongchang Mansion and lacked food and salary supplies, he immediately mobilized officials at all levels in Dongchang Mansion who were still in operation, and began to raise food and salary supplies for the Jiaozhou Battalion.

The food and salary were soon replenished, and the grain road was also built, and Li Meng's troops were delayed for ten hours, because Li Meng did not want his troops to fight hungry, and sometimes it was not possible to achieve victory in the battle against a strong enemy with strong will and training alone, and it was necessary to have sufficient supplies to ensure the physical fitness and condition of the soldiers, and to have 12 points of certainty to meet such a strong enemy.

Li Meng also understood the reason for the speed of soldiers, but when he entered the area of Linqingzhou, he had already received the latest news from Huang Ping's fast horse, Jinan City was broken by the Qing army in one day, strictly speaking, Jinan City took the Qing army a few hours. A large number of Tartar soldiers appeared in the field of vision of the guards at the head of the city, all they could do was to close the upper city gate, but there were only 1,100 defenders in the city, and there was no way to take care of several city gates.

There are more than 100,000 residents in the city, there are not many places to resist, although the political envoy and the prefect of Jinan are civil officials, but they still hold swords and die in the street battle, and the German king Zhu Youshu and the general of Fengguo Zhu Enxiang Chengpo were captured.

Since Jinan City has been breached, should the other party rely on the strong city to fight calmly at this time? It's better to adjust yourself to the best condition.

However, after the Jiaozhou battalion entered the north from Dezhou, it completely misjudged the movement trend of the Qing army, and it was almost five to six days behind the other side. If Li Mengruo sent cavalry to hurry, he could also rush to Jinan in more than a day, but the crux of the problem was that two or three thousand cavalry faced nearly 20,000 Tartar troops, and they were clearly moths to the fire.

As for the 10,000-strong army of the Jiaozhou battalion, the marching speed of forty miles a day can already be called fast, and what Li Meng is doing now is to rush desperately to ensure his own safety.

The 6,000 soldiers and horses of the Shandong general Qiu Lei were transferred back to Dezhou City by the governor Yan Jizu and the eunuch Liu Yuanbin as soon as Li Meng left, and the news of the Qing army's attack on Jinan was even slightly earlier than the Jiaozhou battalion knew, but no matter what Yan Jizu and Liu Yuanbin ordered, the Shandong general Qiu Lei just did not move and retreated in the city.

No matter how complete the battlefield of the Qing army was and how complete the protection of the cavalry was, Shandong was after all the territory that Li Meng had operated for many years, and in addition to the spies led by Huang Ping on the way to Jinan Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, there were many other means to detect the news of the other party. After the Qing army captured the city of Jinan, after clearing all resistance, they began to pick the population in the city, slaughter the old and weak, and the livestock, gold and silver were all looted in an orderly manner.

Li Meng is just looking forward to the other party searching in Jinan City for a while longer, and waiting for a decisive battle after he arrives in Jinan, but the latest information sent made Li Meng break out in a cold sweat.

The Qing army of 15,000 people, divided into three armies, ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 people, marched towards all parts of Shandong, and went to all parts of Shandong in Jinan.

Although the movement of the Qing army in Jinan was tightly blocked by Li Meng, there was still some news from the outside, although the soldiers had the desire to fight, but their own territory was about to be attacked, and the military spirit was immediately a little fluctuating, even the generals could not calm down, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng came to Li Meng's camp several times to discuss.

Denglai Qingfu is the hinterland of the Jiaozhou camp, if it is attacked by the Tartars, I am afraid that the foundation laid for many years will all be wiped out.

On the eleventh day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Jiaozhou battalion began to divide the troops, Tang Er led the horse team, Ma Gang led 3,000 soldiers with a total of 5,000 people to go to the first line of Feicheng, passed through the south of Jinan Mansion, and rushed to Qingzhou Mansion to deploy defense, Li Meng led Zhao Nengbu to continue to march towards Jinan Mansion.

In the past, when I saw the battles between the Ming officials and the Jurchens, several major defeats were because of the division of troops, and then they were broken by the Eastern Jurchens, and when Li Meng read the literature and talked about those veterans, he was also deeply vigilant, reminding himself not to make such a mistake and concentrate his strength.

Who would have thought that when he was facing the enemy, he would have to divide his troops, which really made Li Meng cry and laugh.

At present, Li Meng has set up a military transfer center in Boping County, Dongchang Prefecture, and only by keeping this transfer center can we ensure the supply and food of the army, and only then can we maintain the ability to continue fighting.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Huang Ping came with the latest news, the Qing army began to drive the residents of the city out of the city, sent to various places to make a deep penetration, and the troops in other prefectures and counties in Shandong had returned to Jinan City.

Li Meng realized with some frustration that he had been tricked by the feints of the Qing army again, and he attached too much importance to the enemy, resulting in being led by the enemy by the nose and losing his own steps.

The Tartar army may know that there is such a Ming army behind them, but since the Tartar army entered the fortress, the Ming officers and soldiers except for Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, led the troops to fight to the death, and the rest of the Ming officers and soldiers either fled from the wind or kept a distance of dozens of miles to follow, and did not dare to come forward to fight.

Therefore, as long as the Qing army makes a move by itself, the Ming officers and soldiers behind will have to make a very exaggerated reaction, as if it is a ring, the distance of the inner ring to turn a circle, and the outer ring to turn more distance, so to speak, Li Mengsu's conceited Jiaozhou battalion and other officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not much different.

Li Meng knew that he had to speed up his movements, otherwise he would have to watch the Qing army run away from Shandong, and the only way he could do at present was to stare at the point that the other party had captured a large number of people and moved slowly, first delay the other party's actions, let Ma Gang and Tang Er's troops on the way turn back, and after the two sides joined forces, they would fight with the Tartars!

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Li Mengqin led 800 people in the barracks, and Chen Liu, Zhao Nengbu, a total of 1,300 people, led by Chen Liu, a total of 2,100 people, gathered mules and horses in the area of Dongchang Mansion, and rushed to Yucheng lightly, preparing to intercept on the opponent's road back to the north.

The staff officers of the Jiaozhou battalion guarded everyone with horses, and they were all trained according to the goal of horse walking, not to mention the horse's riding skills, not to mention the 1,300 people, it was a problem to get the horses together in a hurry.

But in this day and age, the only way to increase speed was to ride a horse, and with the help of the local squires and magistrates, the mules and donkeys were pulled out, which was also a means of transportation. The remaining 3,000 people were led by Zhao Neng, trying to speed up the march as much as possible, and strive to be stationed before the Qing army reached Yucheng.

In fact, according to the current speed of travel, it is impossible to enter Yucheng in advance, and the reason why Li Meng did this is also a bit of a personal taste.

Came to Jinan Mansion with a heart of war, entered Beizhili, but in the end found that he had done nothing, watching the Tartars raging, but the whip was out of reach, and now blocking the Tartars' way back to the north is the only opportunity for them to do something, but such actions, the Jiaozhou battalion soldiers and horses are scattered everywhere, which is equivalent to dividing troops to fight with large forces of the enemy.

Although Li Meng is a general, this military strategy and judgment of the situation are indeed lacking.

The horse team is in a hurry, and it is not that it does not rest, otherwise the mount has to run to death, and when more than 2,000 people leave the Dongchang Mansion and enter Jinan Mansion, the sun is already past noon. If there is no accident, you should be able to rush to Yucheng at night.

There happened to be a small town nearby, Li Meng arranged for his men to go to that town to buy some forage and grain, and replenish it on the spot, although the Qing army had activities in Jinan Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, but this town was safe and sound, and it was considered lucky.

These people led by Li Meng were all on horseback, and the speed was very fast, and the people of this small town found that the army had arrived before they had time to dodge, so they had to shrink into the town tremblingly.

Fortunately, the discipline of the Jiaozhou battalion is strict, although the forage and food are required, but they are paid according to the rules, and it is higher than the current price, and the people of the town have gradually lost their vigilance and began to take the initiative to help do something, of course, this move is also flattering, who knows what these soldiers will do.

According to the news inquired by the soldiers, the residents of this town said that they had seen the Tartar cavalry passing by a few days ago, but they did not do anything to the town, and they did not even enter, so that the residents who ran out of the town had a false alarm.

What makes people feel strange is that the Tartar cavalry turned back the day before yesterday, and they didn't do anything to the town, and the residents of the town even felt that they were making a fuss, Li Meng, Wang Hai, and Chen Liu were all surprised when they heard about it.

After a simple rest on the edge of the town, the brigade led by Li Meng embarked on the journey again, and the experience of fighting all the way made the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion feel relatively heavy and low.

The reason why Jinan Mansion is rich is because the flat land area of Jinan Mansion is second only to Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong, and the area of arable fields is large, which is naturally much stronger than other prefectures and counties in this agricultural era. There are also several low mountains at the junction of Jinan and Dongchang Mansions, but they are not connected into a piece, which does not affect the sight and itinerary in the slightest.

It was only ten miles away from the town, and it was just about to turn a low mountain bag, and a scout horse hurriedly came from the opposite side, looking at the dress of the scout, but it was Huang Ping's subordinate agent, and the soldiers in the front row hurriedly brought people to Li Meng, the spy was wearing a gray cotton jacket, which was full of mud and blood stains, and looked very dirty. It was nothing, but he had an arrow stuck in his shoulder, and the shaft was still exposed.

The spy's face has become blue, the cold weather is one thing, and the fear of this arrow wound is also one of the important reasons, when he was brought to Li Meng, he wanted to get off the horse, his body moved, he couldn't control his balance, and he fell directly to the ground, but fortunately he was supported by Li Meng's personal soldiers.

"My lord, there is a Tartar cavalry in front, there are about a thousand people, the small ones are watching nearby, they were accidentally discovered, and they went around in a circle to shake off the pursuers behind, and the Tartar cavalry is coming this way, I'm afraid it's almost there......"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers in the front team were heard shouting:

"Smoke and dust ahead, there is an enemy!"

The plains are all looking at the mountains and running dead horses, watching the smoke and dust rise, they naturally know that the other party's men and horses are marching, but there is still a distance to see it, but there is still a period of time to arrive, although this time is very short

As for why it was judged to be the enemy, even if there was no report from this spy in advance, he would know that it was the enemy in front, because in the area of Jinan Mansion, except for the Jiaozhou battalion, the Ming officers and troops were all scattered without a trace, and there would be such a big momentum there.

"General, what should I do!?"

The officer on the side shouted at the top of his voice, Li Meng glanced at it a few times, turned around and shouted:

"What else can I do, hit the fuck!"

After Li Meng finished saying this foul word, the officers and soldiers below suddenly agreed, although most of the troops led by Li Meng can ride horses, but they are not too proficient in fighting immediately, after all, the training required and the requirements for talent are relatively high, after Li Meng gave an order.

Most of the officers and soldiers dismounted, took off their mounts and weapons to prepare to meet the enemy, or the rule of the horse team, when dismounting and fighting, one of the ten people led the horse to stabilize.

But at this time, the situation was different, and the mounts were concentrated in the shelter of the low mountain bag, and dozens of people were sent to guard them, and all of them stood in the ranks.

Originally, Li Meng and dozens of personal guards around him were still riding horses, which was also a rule, firstly, it was condescending, and secondly, it was convenient to maneuver if there was any problem.

However, after seeing that everyone began to prepare, Li Meng also turned over and dismounted and walked into the team with a spear, Wang Hai was quite nervous and whispered:

"My lord, this battle situation is dangerous, let's command the formation immediately!"

Li Meng shook his head and didn't explain anything, he took the spear and walked to the front rows, the soldiers who got off the horse were a little busy, the enemy was met on the road, and it was the notorious Tartar cavalry, the officers and soldiers here were almost the first time to meet, and this march, wherever the Tartar army passed, was talking about how strong the Qing army was, how invincible, the world-famous Xuanda Governor Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, which also gave everyone a great shock.

But the soldiers in the team watched as their main general, Li Meng, walked to the second row with a spear, Li Meng was wearing plate armor, and the spear in his hand was also specially painted with vermilion lacquer, and there was a very conspicuous white color at the spear thorn. Walking in the middle of the line, the soldiers in the back row may not be able to see people, but they can see the spear.

The main general of his own family came to the forefront, and all the soldiers who saw this felt much more energetic.

Those cavalry are not slow, everyone is on the plain, the Tatar cavalry naturally also saw the horse team of the Jiaozhou battalion, marching and fighting, experienced people can see the number of the opponent's team from the smoke and dust raised by the march, and the cavalry of the Qing army of more than 1,000 people can naturally see that there are many more people on the other side than them. But these Tartars did not show the slightest fear or fear, but quickened their horses and hurried towards this side.

In fact, these Tatar cavalry targeted the population and livestock and property in the area from Dongchang to Yanzhou, and the Qing army was mostly targeting Jinan, before taking Jinan to determine the next move. The few forces that went out were just to find out the specific situation.

The confidence of the Qing army is getting stronger and stronger, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty were scattered in the north of Zhili, and the capital of Shandong was easily captured, and the Ming army encountered was only a few thousand soldiers and horses led by Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, but it was still a beautiful war of annihilation, and the rest of the troops fled in despair.

In the eyes of these Qing soldiers, the so-called Ming army was just a group of peasants with weapons, so even if they saw that there were many people on the other side, they rushed over.

The town where the Jiaozhou battalion rested at noon, this Qing cavalry did see it, and the reason why it didn't move was not because of soft-heartedness, but because the time had not come, and the task at that time was just to investigate the truth and feint, and to pretend to confuse it, and when all the dust settled, they began to loot people, livestock, and property, and these villages and towns would naturally not let go.

This Tatar cavalry is here for this, looking at the smoke and dust of the Jiaozhou battalion, I don't feel that the other party has a lot of people and everyone should be careful, but I feel that the other party has a lot of horses, and there is a big fat in front of me, and I am really sorry for myself if I don't eat it.

Although the cavalry of the Qing army accelerated the speed of the horse, but did not gallop with all their might, or control the horsepower, at this time the Qing army soldiers, the proportion of soldiers who have received military training and actual combat experience is much higher than that of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, which is of course due to the Eight Banners system of the Jurchen people, and also the innate advantages of the fishing and hunting people. (Fishing and hunting peoples have cultivated coordination and basic military skills in fishing and hunting activities, which is indeed an inherent disadvantage for farming peoples.) In fact, the hunting activities of the emperors of various dynasties were not for fun, but more of a symbolic military training activity. ）

These Tartar cavalry came to the Jiaozhou battalion in a good time, and the time they rode over was faster than the judgment of the Jiaozhou battalion.

The array of the Jiaozhou battalion has just been completed, Li Meng's pro-battalion is nervously loading ammunition, compacting with a whole strip, looking at the Tatar cavalry that has stopped for more than a hundred steps, the soldiers who have not yet finished loading ammunition can only run to the back of the long weapon array in a panic, and the firecrackers stay in front of the formation without ammunition fired, which is self-defeating.

The Tartar cavalry that stopped more than a hundred steps away, saw those soldiers running towards the back, this scene must have seen a lot, originally saw this group of Ming troops did not run but lined up in the same place, and their hearts were a little apprehensive, but at this moment they were all relieved, it turned out to be the same as before.

These Tartar cavalry could see a large number of mules and horses not far away, their eyes were shining, thinking that this time it was going to be developed, Bei Zi, who led the team, looked at the young and strong Jiaozhou battalions in those formations, and said in a deep voice and the two staff leaders beside him:

"Break up this gang of dogs, and catch all the young and strong, this is a good labor."

One of the staff leaders on the left grinned and greeted:

"Bei Ziye is lucky this time, he has caught so many mules and horses and young people, he must have a good fortune on Prince Rui's side, and when he returns to the capital, he has to enter Baylor!"

The ginseng on the right was not so agile in his speech, and said hesitantly:

"These dogs don't look right......"

"What are you afraid of, our Baturu with a white flag, I'm afraid that these dogs will do something, line up, shoot first and then rush!"

Beizi in the center said in a deep voice under the visor.

When the Jianzhou Jurchen conquered Ula, it was ambushed by Ula, surrounded by thousands of people, the Jianzhou military generals dismounted and shot on foot, saw that there was a gap in the enemy formation, they went on the horse and burst out, the Ula army was defeated, the sound of killing shook the sky, the neighboring North Korea heard it, did not dare to cross the river for three days, and crossed the river to collect the corpse after seven days.

The Central Plains Dynasty of the Han family, the literati and scholars, the common people, the civil and military officials, the impression of those nomads outside the Guanwai and Saiwai is that the bow horse is strong, and the "riding and shooting" is also.

However, in actual battles, "riding and shooting" does exist, but "riding" and "shooting" are generally separated, and the characteristics of long-range weapons such as bows and arrows determine that if they are bumpy when fired, the arrows shot out will not have any accuracy, so when shooting arrows with bows, most of them are shot on foot.

The arrows of the Qing army were large and heavy, and although the range was not far, the effect of armor-piercing was extremely strong, and after a person was shot, the wound would generally be very large and lose its combat effectiveness.

In battle examples, there are often situations where a certain general is hit by dozens of arrows and still fights to the death, and does not die, but that kind of arrow is often light arrows, does not hit the vital point, and cannot make the opponent lose its combat effectiveness. However, this kind of heavy arrow of the Qing army is different, after being shot, the wound is very large, the bleeding does not stop, and the person must withdraw from combat treatment, and the consequence is directly serious injury and death.

The formation is combined with a very close infantry formation, the cavalry is often difficult to shake, and the casualties are also very large if they charge directly into the formation, so the cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty rode to the firing range, dismounted and shot arrows, if there was a gap in the enemy formation, it was immediately on the horse to charge the formation, which was extremely useful for dealing with the infantry formation.

What's more, Da Ming went to find such a disciplined, brave and resolute foot soldier, this set of tactics is naturally invincible, and the Tartar cavalry is indeed much stronger than the Ming foot soldier who was deducted from the salary.

The non-commissioned officers of the Jiaozhou battalion must have a team deputy and squad to correct the arrangement and align the direction before and between the formation, and then adjust it again through the drum beat when advancing and retreating.

But the appearance of the Tartar cavalry was indeed too sudden, and the above adjustments were not made, and the soldiers only relied on ordinary training, those semi-instinctive reactions developed under the supervision of clubs, whips, and military discipline to stand in their ranks, and put their spears either flat or obliquely fingered.

Li Meng's personal guards only had dozens of people following him, all of them were standing in the front rows with spears, while the rest of the soldiers of the pro-soldier battalion were charging the musket, and the musketeer shooting was a combat technique with high operational requirements compared to the spearmen and axe gunners, and among the people brought by Li Meng, only the personal guards and less than 200 full-time musketeers could do the shooting of the musket. Only a few hundred people could be reloaded.

The cavalry of the Qing army over there, the two staff leaders shouted and commanded there, and the two sides were more than a hundred steps away, so naturally they couldn't hear what they were saying, but even if they were closer, Li Meng, these Shandong people, couldn't understand the Jurchen language.

The cavalry of the Qing army were all veterans of old battles, and the leaders above fully implemented the above tactical intentions as soon as they were arranged.

At present, the formation of the Jiaozhou battalion is scattered in front of the firecrackers, and the soldiers who are nervously loading ammunition in the back are automatically ignored by the Qing army, that is the stragglers, in front of the cavalry rushing over the formation is not worth mentioning at all, at present, these Ming officers and troops on the opposite side are only three phalanxes of different sizes.

There are 500 people in the square of Li Meng, the soldier of the Jiaozhou battalion, Chen Liu and Wang Hai each led 300 people on both sides of the phalanx led by Li Meng, and the Li Meng phalanx in the center is the largest.

The whole field is full of routs, although there are many people, but most of them are foot soldiers, and the cavalry pursuit is bound to be a big victory, although looking at these mules and horses parked on the other side of the Ming official army, this more than 1,000 Qing troops from the Beizi who led the troops to the ordinary bannermen below feel strange, thinking that these people have no time to run, why should they fight here.

But the benefits of sending to the door, there is always no reason to let go of the past, looking at the Ming army is still in the whole team, the cavalry of the Qing army has already set up a formation, thirty horses in a column, three columns in a team, three teams are lined up first, and the rest are scattered in the back waiting for an opportunity, just look at a general with a leather pocket and a pointed helmet shouted, and his right arm waved down violently.

The shouts of the people and the neighing of the horses began to sound noisily, and the Qing army's horse team moved......

Look at the soldiers around them, some of them look firm, but more people are a little flustered, there is some noise and noise in the team, the Tartar soldiers are fierce and brave, and the impression of invincibility has been deeply rooted in everyone's impression for many years, and the short soldier of Wei Li is different from the short soldier of Wei Liquan's blood bravery, and now it is a thousand-level engagement, nervous, apprehensive, it is the emotion in the hearts of most people, and maybe fear. Li Meng smiled silently, stretched out his hand to close the visor, and whispered to himself:

"You can't retreat at this time, so let's fight!"

He raised his voice abruptly and shouted loudly:

"Listen to my orders~~~"

The three teams suddenly fell silent.

"Jiaozhou battalion, forward!!"

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