Chapter 142: Filling in the River
After the Qing army invaded Qingzhou, it immediately launched a tragic massacre.
After He Yongqing, the prefect of Qingzhou, and Qu Yunbin fled to the city, many of the people in the city also fled into the nearby mountains, and there were only more than 30,000 people left in Qingzhou City.
But the red-eyed Manchurian soldiers did not spare the remaining people in the city.
The massacre of the Manchurian soldiers lasted for two days, and only 27 of the more than 30,000 Qingzhou people survived by hiding in cellars and dry wells.
On the twenty-second day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the captives of Bo Qingzhou, the minister's father stood up to scold, and did not return, so that the arrows and blades were added, and the body was broken, until the day of the captive retreat to the corpse, his teeth were gritted and angry, and the state of the thief still existed, compared to the grandmother of the minister, the uncle of the minister, the brother and sister of the minister, a total of forty-six mouths, all died in the flames, burnt out, cut off the heart, the tragedy is exhausted, the minister was fortunate to be taken captive and fled back, the mother of the minister Hu jumped into the well, the corpse dried up, and the two lives survived.
The slaves were burned and killed, and the cruelty was not great... When it is, the creatures of Hecheng are boiling, there are straight blades to touch, and the broken heads are not guaranteed; There is a blood-biting curse thief and a neck is slain; There is a desire to cleanse the body, and the abyss is like a home; There is self-division and death, and the embers do not avoid; Even the fathers and sons of the family are cut off; The wives and concubines of a room shall be killed and taken captive; The corpse was stuffed in Qu Lane, and the blood was sprinkled on the husband. Burning and plundering for three days, the camp was divided into southwest, houses and mounds, and cattle were swept away...... More than 25,200 people were killed, more than 4,800 were captured, and others were captured by the Emperor's family, and those who were captured by the detainees and did not know about them.
After Deng Qiannan and Deng Tianshen, the former governors of Shandong, reported the massacre of the Dongyu, the tragic situation in the counties of Jinan and Qingzhou was really tragic, with a sea of corpses and blood.
Qingzhou was close to Huang County, and after the Yue Tuo Department sacked Qingzhou, it continued to advance eastward, and at the end of January, it entered Weifang County in Laizhou.
It's just that after the rebellion of Kong Youde, Weifang did not recover at all, and the Jingbei Army sent the people of Huangxian and Weifang to Laizhou, and the Dongyu gained nothing.
For such a result, it was obvious that Prince Cheng of the Qing Dynasty and his Manchu and Mongolian army could not be satisfied, and the red-eyed Eight Banners quickly marched eastward and approached Huangxian, the gateway to Laizhou.
The slaughter of Qingzhou and the invasion of Laizhou by the Dongyu could not be concealed from Li Xingzhi, who was stationed in the area of Huangxian County, after all, Li Xingzhi had already planned to annihilate the enemy in order to avenge the revenge of the Hutuo River.
It is definitely not possible to defend the city, after all, Li Xingzhi only has more than 700 cavalry in his hands, but if he retreats to Laizhou like this, Li Xingzhi is afraid that the Qing army will accept it when it sees good.
In order to lure the enemy deeper, Li Xingzhi decided to face the Dongyu army at Jiaohe.
From Huangxian to Yexian, it is necessary to pass through the Jiaolai River, because the Huangxian section is close to the mouth of the sea, the water flow is not turbulent, Li Xingzhi immediately ordered An Ba and Zhang Shaoqian to lay a defensive line at the Haicang Town ferry on the west bank of Jiaoshui.
There was originally a simple walled city at the ferry port of Haicang Town, and Li Xingzhi originally had the idea of luring the enemy to go deeper, so he did not strengthen the wall, and his subordinates on the left and right were cavalry, and there was no problem if he wanted to evacuate, but he just ordered Zhang Shaoqian to spread the things that ignited the fire in the wall.
On the third day of the second month, Yue Tuo, the general of the Qing court, led his army to Huangxian, and when he saw the empty city in front of him, he was extremely depressed.
What the fuck is this? Kong Youde, a traitor, killed his own people so ruthlessly, and after General Ben entered Laizhou, he didn't encounter a thief.
Tong Tulai, the commander of the Zhenghuang Banner Han Army who accompanied the army, said: "Prince Cheng, why don't we withdraw from the army, anyway, Qingzhou has also been beaten down by us, and Prince Rui will have an explanation for us." ”
Tong Tulai doesn't want to leave, it's meaningless! After running for nearly 100 miles, I didn't even see a ghost, if the general soldier of Leiden robbed Jinan's money and grain to go to a nest on a small island, or hide in the mountains, there would be no place to find it!
The second leader of the second leader, Lan Qi, said with his head bowed: "What Tong Dutong said is that we are only more than 10,000 military horses, Jiaodong is so big, we are walking around and bumping, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, we have been in Shandong for so long, and the Qin army that wants to come to the Ming Kingdom is also going to arrive in Gyeonggi, once our retreat is cut off, it will be worth the loss!" ”
To be honest, the words of Baranch and Tong Tulai did move Yue Tuo, after all, no one wants to run around without a goal.
"Good! Let's stay in Huangxian for one night, and withdraw our troops back to Jinan tomorrow! ”
"Wow! Slaves and others obey the king's orders! ”
A group of Manchu Han and Mongolian generals received orders one after another, and they didn't dare to offend Yue Tuo, named Beile, who was actually the banner master of the prince.
"Report!"
Yue Tuo was just about to sit down, when the voice of Niu Lu Akma came from outside the door.
Akema was originally the leader of the scouts sent out by Yue Tuo after he was stationed in Huang County.
"Come in!"
Hearing Akema's voice, Yue Tuo's heart moved, and it was difficult to find the traces of the thief.
The truth was similar to what Yue Tuo expected.
When Akema entered the lobby, he saluted and said: "Master, the slave has just received news from the sentry that there are Ming thieves stationed on the other side of the Jiao River, and the flag should be the general soldier of the Ming Court." ”
"What?"
Yue Tuo was overjoyed, this was really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it, and he attacked Jiaodong this time in order to find the general soldier of Laiden who robbed Jinan.
"How wide is the glue?"
Yue Tuo, who had been in battle for a long time, quickly threw out the first and most important question, after all, the soldiers of the Eight Banners were all landlubbers, and if the river was wide, it would not be easy to cross it.
"Qi Qi master, after receiving the news, the slave personally investigated the terrain of the glue, the east and west banks are only more than 100 steps, according to the deployment of the thieves on the opposite side, the slave thought that the thieves would not exceed 1,000 people."
"Good!"
Yue Tuo stroked his palms and laughed, and said to the generals: "Ming thief, this is a poor donkey skill!" He even abandoned the strong city defense, thinking that a river 100 steps wide could block a blow from our army, and passed on two orders, and today he temporarily rested in Huangxian for the night, and sent troops tomorrow, and he was going to fill in the river and advance. ”
"Wow! Slaves, generals, etc., obey the order. ”
A group of Manchurian, Mongolian and Han army generals Zuo suddenly received the order.
The next day, more than 10,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Han troops approached the ferry of Haicang Town.
Yue Tuo has been in battle for a long time, so naturally he will not ignore the problem of crossing the river, if he really fills in the river and advances, I am afraid that more than 10,000 military horses will drown in this rolling glue.
How to cross the river is nothing more than to build a pontoon bridge, there are so many houses in Huangxian County, and they can be dismantled at will.
It's just that the work of building the pontoon bridge must have been completed by the Han military banner, after all, these animals who have forgotten their ancestors will never dare to offend the Manchurian master and the Mongolian second master.
Tong Tulai deliberately removed more than 1,500 Han soldiers who demolished the timber of dozens of houses in the city and carried them to the west bank of the Jiaolai River.
Looking at the river in front of him, which was no more than more than 100 steps wide, Yue Tuo stroked his palms and laughed: "The thief thinks that our army is not accustomed to water warfare, and he actually tries to defend it with glue, which is really killing himself!" ”
"General, there will be minions in this battle, there are two Niu Lu's firecrackers in the minion department, and we also captured seven small cannons in Qingzhou, just with such firepower, the Ming thief will never be able to block the blow of my Han military flag."