Chapter 452: The Conqueror

Now the hottest topic in Shandong is not how long it will take for the Fu Han army to take the whole of Shandong, but the Kong family has surrendered the Fu Han army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

This is really shameless.

Who in the whole of Shandong didn't know about the old master's P map, and he was identified by the Kong family as having done it by the Fu Han Army? That Mixed Yuan Sect was just a pawn of the Fu Han Army.

In the past few years, how many Kong family members have sprayed the blood of Chen Hui and Chen Ming's father and son, and cursed the heavens and swore that they would not die with the Fu Han army, but before the Fu Han army entered Yanzhou, the Kong family surrendered.

And not only the Confucian family has fallen, but also the Meng family, the Yan family, the Zeng family, and the descendants of the four sages of Confucianism have all descended, and there are more than ten large and small families that are close to them, all of whom shamelessly became traitors to Daqingguo.

And they took the entire Yanzhou Mansion to make a surrender gift.

After the prefect of Yanzhou heard the news of the Confucian family's surrender to Han, he took off his black gauze hat and hung the seal and left. By the time Kong Zhaohuan led 10,000 or 20,000 'rebel troops' to kill Yanzhou, Yanzhou Tongzhi and Tongju, who were still in the city, had already pulled out the dragon flag at the head of the city and replaced it with a red and glamorous red flag!

At that time, Chen Minggang led the troops to Pingyi Village.

But how can the real bitterness of these people be understood by bystanders? Kong Zhaohuan led people to dedicate the entire Yanzhou Mansion, but what he was waiting for was a fluttering sentence: "The governor of the capital has an order,...... The army continued to attack Jining to the west, and granted Kong Zhaohuan the ...... to appease Shandong."

Kong Zhaohuan immediately knew that his previous guess did not say that Chen Han, especially Chen Hui and Chen Ming, did not value his sincerity very much, and was even more dissatisfied.

Kong Zhaohuan's tears finally revealed the truth.

He raised a place to descend, and Chen Ming really didn't have a reason to move the Kong family immediately. But Kong Zhaohuan's 20,000 horses are very different from the people of the Mixed Yuan Sect and the Qingshui Sect. They can consume as much as they can, and at most many people will be given some compensation when they die.

One or twenty close-knit families, when they get together, can pull up one or two thousand people, and they can also lift a place to surrender, this is really not to be underestimated!

But ......, Chen Ming looked at the intelligence and felt strange again, how could he not have heard of how he fluttered in history with such a deep foundation of the Kong family? Chen Ming, who was also very puzzled, had no idea how huge the 'heresy' Dasheng's Fu Han Army was to the Kong family's 'deterrence'!

Two days later, Chen Ming led his troops to Qufu, although he didn't have a good impression of the entire Kong family in his heart, but no matter what, he still had to show a certain amount of respect for Old Master Kong. Not only did the big gift sacrifice to the Dacheng Palace, but also the sacrificial text sent by Chen Hui, and the specifications were still very high.

As the head of the Kong family, Kong Zhaohuan was on the front line, but he did not dare to leave his post without permission. The entire sacrificial process was accompanied by Chen Ming by the elders of the Kong clan!

At night, Chen Ming had already fallen asleep.

"Your Highness. Qingzhou frontline battle report. Liu Wu looked at the battle report in his hand, remembered Chen Ming's previous instructions, and finally woke him up softly. This was the first hard battle after the two brigades of the Fuhan Army on the North Road met, and the Qing army garrisoned Qingzhou with more than 20,000 soldiers, but Liu Wu felt that the second garrison division had no possibility of defeat, and victory was undoubted. But since His Highness wants to pay attention, it can't be delayed.

Chen Ming was sleeping soundly, heard a few sounds, raised his head and looked, Chen Dawei was standing at the door, Liu Wu was standing at the head of the bed, still holding a book in his hand, "Where did you send it?" "I looked at the floor clock in Wuli, and it was past eleven o'clock.

"Your Highness. It is a good news for the Qingzhou front. The Northern Route Army has successfully captured Qingzhou, although the number of Qing troops defending the city is large, the fighting spirit is fragile, our army has annihilated 5,000 enemies, and its own losses are few. ”

Qingzhou? Yes, the battle of Qingzhou should also be over. Although there were more than 20,000 Qing troops there, it was just an appetizer. "Is there any news from Jining?" Chen Ming wiped his face with water. Two words - spirit. It's not in the south, it's already cold in autumn and winter.

"The cannon has been extinguished, but there is no news yet." It's estimated that it's also soon. Often following Chen Ming, Liu Wu naturally knows his temperament, pay attention!

Jining was one of the most prosperous cities in the heyday of the Grand Canal. Moreover, maintaining the connection between Shandong and northern Jiangsu, the Qing army can retreat in great strides in Yanzhou and Yizhou, but Jining will always have to fight a dozen, right?

After Jining, Caozhou is further west, and Caozhou is Guide and Kaifeng to the west, and Xuzhou is to the south.

Of course, the Fu Han army would cross the canal line, kill Caozhou, and threaten the Qing army in Henan. But if the Qing army's counterattack is fierce, Chen Ming will still withdraw from Caozhou, just keep Jining, and his most important task is to move the main force south as soon as possible and completely eliminate the Qing army in northern Jiangsu.

Looking at the map of China, Xuzhou Mansion in Jiangsu Province, a corner that leans out to the west, is located in the center of the four provinces of Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu, and the strategic location of the four provinces is self-evident.

It is Shandong, Anhui, and Henan. If the Fu Han army captures Xuzhou, and then conquers Guide Mansion and connects with Chenzhou Mansion, not to mention the impact on the Central Plains battlefield, it will only be the most fatal blow to the Qing army in Anhui. Because at that time, the whole of Anhui was wrapped in the Fu Han army.

Therefore, the next battle of Xuzhou was a duel between the Fu Han army and the Qing army in northern Jiangsu. And during this period, it was difficult for him to predict whether Ah Gui would come over and intervene, as well as the Qing army in Anhui.

If the Fu Han army wants to fight Xuzhou, Jining is an important barrier.

"Your Highness, the land of Jining is of great importance. It is very likely that they will have to suffer from both sides, and with the combat ......strength of Shandong Minyong, I am afraid that it will be difficult to bear the heavy responsibility. It's better to let the lowly ministry stay. Sure enough, just as Liu Wu thought, Jining was taken. Then Shandong Minyong crossed the canal and continued to attack Caozhoufu.

In Yanzhou City, Yang Mingzhao looked at Kong Zhaohuan, who was recalled from the front line, and his eyes were full of provocation and banter. Compared with Kong Zhaohuan, who surrendered helplessly, he Yang Mingzhao is the father of the Fu Han Army, and he put on the hat of the Shandong General Soldier of the Fu Han Army on his head early.

"Why should Master Yang take fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps? The combat power of Shandong Minyong is much inferior to that of the heavenly soldiers, but it may not be inferior to you. However, Master Yang should not forget, in the past two years, who has surrounded your generation in the mountains, which is insurmountable? ”

Kong Zhaohuan didn't know if his top sentence would make Chen Ming disgusted, but no matter how down-and-out his Kong family was, he wouldn't be ridiculed and provoked by Yang Mingzhao's generation, right? He arched his hand and said to Chen Ming: "Your Highness is willing to entrust the heavy responsibility to the hands of my people, and the ministers will be crushed to pieces, and Jining will not be lost." "This is already an indirect military order.

Chen Ming's face showed satisfaction, "Okay." Your faithfulness to the Governor is trustworthy. "At that time, Jining will not only face the Qing army in Shandong, but also the Qing army in the Central Plains sent by A Gui. The pressure is predictable right now.

"Jining is the back of our army, and the relationship in this battle is huge. Second, don't let the Governor down. Chen Ming's voice was full of solemnity. Kong Zhaohuan met Chen Ming's gaze, his chest held high. It's like really receiving a key glorious + important task.

But in reality? One thing that everyone understands, Jining really missed, the Qing army killed from behind the Fu Han army, can it bite Chen Ming and bird feathers? It's simply impossible. Chen Ming has three brigades in his hands, and there are 20,000 or 30,000 horses of the Mixed Yuan Sect next to him, and even when the time comes, the Fu Han army of Yangzhou Gaoyou will be killed in Huai'an, and it is only one step away from Xuzhou, he will be afraid of a ghost.

If Shandong Minyong really can't hold Jining, Chen Ming can completely dismiss them with a turn of his face, and Kong Zhaohuan and the others, even if they don't die, can peel off a layer of their skin. Chen Ming had such an idea, and the task of defending Jining naturally fell into the hands of Shandong Minyong.

Kong Zhaohuan was both excited and deeply stressed.

Kong Zhaohuan, who is not a fool, of course knows what kind of tragedy it will be if he can't hold Jining, but he is more hopeful that he can hold Jining, or in the wave after wave of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, under the wave of the Qing army, firmly hold the glory behind Jining City. That will not only be the glory of the Confucian family, the glory of his Kong Zhaohuan, but also the glory of the entire Confucianism!

Yang Mingzhao quickly returned to Yizhou, and they mixed the Yuan to teach people and horses to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army in northern Jiangsu to gather in Xuzhou and move south. Eat Haizhou and other places, and the Fu Han army of Yangzhou and Gaoyou will also take the opportunity to go north, and after seizing Huai'an Mansion, the two phases will meet, that is, completely take Jiangsu except Xuzhou, and then move according to the situation in Xuzhou.

The gate of Huai'an City.

Li Shiyao glanced back at Huai'an City under the autumn sun, and all kinds of emotions flashed in his eyes. As the governor of Heyun and the part-time governor of Jiangsu, he had been in Huai'an for more than two years, and after Rong Bao left, he became the top military and political leader in Manchu Jiangsu. It's a pity that the hard work was in vain. When Jiangsu was under him, there was never a moment that was complete, and now he had to throw away most of the land in northern Jiangsu to fight for the last opportunity.

Now he is going to the battlefield with an uncertain fate, to use his greatest efforts to fight for the last trace of vitality of the 'Great Green Fruit'.

Li Shiyao didn't dare to imagine that it would be such a catastrophe after completely losing the land of Jiangsu. The Fu Han army has already captured half of Shandong, plus Jiangsu and half of Henan, and Anhui will be completely cut off by them. How long can the latter last at that time? Just like the current southwest, most of Yunnan and Sichuan are still in the hands of the Qing army, but so what? Just waiting to die.

Anhui, Henan, and Shandong were captured by the Fu Han army, and the entire Daqingguo was just waiting for death.

Li Xingyuan, Fengshan and other Manchu and Han generals of the Northern Jiangsu Qing Army stood aside, looking at Li Shiyao's face full of safety, and they were all sad. This farewell Huai'an, does the Qing Dynasty still have a chance to recover Huai'an? Everyone asks themselves in their hearts, but the answer makes them even sadder.

……

Laizhou off the sea, west of the capital city of Laizhou, near the sea area of Weixian. Hundreds of ships loaded with cargo and military supplies are moored at sea, and three or four hundred small boats near the sea are busy traveling between the large ships in the sea and the simple docks on land. They and the ox carts, horse carts, donkey carts, mule carts, etc., on the land, are like black pressed ants, diligently stockpiling 'food'.

Further out of this huge fleet, more than a dozen warships of various sizes lowered their sails, lowered their anchor heads, and stopped on the sea.

This war they simply came to travel. The Shandong naval division of the Qing army has long been finished, and in this vast sea, not even a small miscellaneous fish like a 'grasshopper boat' can be seen.

David was bored on the boat, his brown-red hair seemed to be dyed with a golden glint in the sun, and the sails of the Mermaid's armed merchant ship had all been lowered at his feet. It's just too safe, too much to do.

They seem to have arrived with two or three hundred men and a batch of goods, and then, and then, lazily, basking in the sun every day.

David had been traveling between China and the Kingdom of Britain for fifteen years, but this was the first time he had come to China, to Shandong.

"The shrimp, crab and clams here taste good, but I'd rather be a little further north. Mr. Captain, can you propose to the Chinese that we go to the Bohai Sea. Go see Tianjin in the Qing Empire!

I think it's going to be a lot more interesting and meaningful than the days we're doing now. ”

Shelley, the second mate on the boat, remembered the voice of a glass of rum that had arrived. This is not rum from South America or Europe, but rum from China, and it doesn't seem to taste any different than before.

After Chen Han ruled Liangguang, Hainan, and Taiwan, he introduced this sake making process. Sugarcane, Taiwan, Hainan, Liangguang, there is the sugar bank of the Chinese. The quality of rum is determined by the aging time, and now Chinese rum is one or two years old. Shelley had blonde hair, which was shiny in color, but his countenance was so fierce that he did not deserve that good hair at all.

He was originally a member of the British Royal Navy, and a battle almost cost him his life, so Shelley chose to retire and came to the Mermaid.

"The Chinese won't take us to Tianjin." Taking the glass, David took a sip, "But you don't have to be bored. Soon, we're going to be out of here. ”

"Why?" Shelley looked dazed.

"Look at the weather right now, it's getting colder. Some of the puddles left behind by the low tide on the coast are already covered with ice. You know? This place is frozen in winter. The thickness of the ice can sometimes exceed a foot. ”

This place was a transit point for the Fu Han army to receive supplies on the northern route, which was switched from sea to land. After capturing Qingzhou, the Northern Route Army was marching towards Jinan, and the Qing army's horse corps was fully active.

Just when a large number of Fu Han troops rushed to Xuzhou, the war in northeast Shandong also reached a critical moment.

The 1st Garrison Division easily captured Pizhou, and the large army advanced to Xuzhou through the canal, and the villages and towns along the way were full of panicked residents. Especially those women and children, when they saw the soldiers of the Fu Han Army wearing red military uniforms and carrying muskets, they were all so frightened that they didn't dare to come out.

A large number of people in Xuzhou were forced out by the Qing army, either to help the Qing army strengthen the city defense, or to help the Qing army transport material grain, and they could also act as a shield when necessary.

Therefore, when the vanguard passed through the villages and towns, it saw most women and children, and men, especially the able-bodied laborers of the right age, were very few.

The gentry and landlords stood respectfully on the side of the road, carrying baskets of full heads, eggs, and porridge, and humbly bent their waists very low when facing the Fu Han army. It's a tribute to the new conquerors, and it's a way to spend money to buy peace. Of course, God really blessed them, and they encountered a very disciplined army.

The military discipline of the Fu Han Army is definitely very good on the earth in this era.

Along the way, the progress of the 1st Garrison Division was not as smooth as expected, and the expected Qing army horse team was also missing.

Unlike the cement commonly used by the Fu Han army to build fortresses, the cement poured out by the Qing army was of poor quality, and I don't know if it was because the workers were careless, or for some other reason, although the cost of the cement was very cheap, and the Qing army completely gave it up.

Therefore, the fortifications of the Qing army are still mainly civil fortifications, and the masonry still relies on glutinous rice slurry and lime as binders.

Xuzhou City is a typical example, and Huai'an City, which was abandoned by Li Shuyao, is even more so, and there are many more fortifications than Xuzhou, although Li Shuyao left 5,000 soldiers in Huai'an.

The first garrison division relied on artillery and fire dragon bullets, and the vanguard was only a brigade of the Fu Han army, which took the initiative to attack Xuzhou, which gathered at least 30,000 Qing soldiers, but the Qing army only dared to shrink and squat, squat, and keep squatting.

Small mortars were not very useful in this kind of warfare, and medium and heavy mortars, plus small and medium-sized rockets, allowed the 4th Brigade of the 1st Garrison Division to smoothly carve a passage through the outer fortifications of Xuzhou.

One after another, the fortifications of the mixed structure of civil engineering were ravaged in turns, and a large number of Qing soldiers were buried alive in the collapsed fortifications, or they were directly shocked to death.

However, the peripheral fortifications are easy to do, and the pontoon bridge across the Yellow River is not easy to restore the Han army, this time is the dry period of the Yellow River, but the Xuzhou city wall on the south bank of the Yellow River is difficult to do, and there is a fort that stands outside the city of Xuzhou.

The Fourth Brigade didn't have too many heavy rockets in its hands. Therefore, he could only withdraw from the battle and wait for the arrival of the main force in Xuzhou City.

Li Shiyao at the head of the city looked at the Fu Han army that had retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River, and didn't know how to describe his feelings. But what about the Qing army?

Li Shuyao thought about it carefully, he felt that the Qing army might also be stronger, and there were indeed more flintlock pistols and cannons in the team, but what about the combat effectiveness? Is it really powerful? Li Shiyao shook his head in his heart.

The emperor equipped the Eight Banners New Army with a large number of new guns, but he was concerned about the opinions of the localities and the possible dissatisfaction of the Green Battalion, so he had to divide a part of them to equip the armies of the provinces. As a result, a limited number of new guns were sprinkled on a large sheet of dough like a pinch of sesame seeds, which seemed to make the dough taste better. But in essence? Nothing has changed.

It's still a dough cake, not a sesame cake.

If these sesame seeds are used in a concentrated way, they can really turn the dough into a more fragrant sesame cake, but now there are no more sesame cakes in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty except for the new army with a limited number of people...... (To be continued.) )