Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 460

"Relying on the mountains and rivers, and defending the battle, Shandong will never lose!"

There was a thunderstorm outside the hall, and the princes and ministers gathered in the hall to discuss state affairs.

When the Xuhuai war started, Beijing Wenbao was already discussing countermeasures, but it was too late to come up with a good solution. There were still quarrels here. Some people suggested that the emperor should be invited to personally conscript, and the Beijing Eight Banners elites would go south.Some people suggested that Huainan should be abandoned first, handed over to the Han generals, and the Qing army retreated to the Dengzhou area of ​​Jinan.

When the battle was at its peak, news of several defeats came one after another.

Kong Youde lost Dengzhou and died by self-immolation.

Geng Zhongming lost Laizhou again, abandoned the city and fled back to Liaodong.

Of the [-] elites of the two armies, only [-] remained.

The Ming army's momentum was so fierce and the offensive was so fast that it caught the Qing court in Beijing by surprise.

Some say it's fake news.

But then the Ming army broke through the iron gate of Jinan Prefecture, seized the important pier at the mouth of the Daqing River, and then reported that the Ming army seized Haizhou...

Even Boluo's urgent report arrived in Beijing, and now everyone was shocked and speechless.

An urgent meeting of ministers of the king was held again.

Even the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager brought the young emperor to attend, and all the princes and ministers in Beijing were present.

The emperor's father and regent Dorgon coughed all the time. It is said that he vomited blood and passed out after hearing the news of his defeat a few days ago.

The two armies of Ming and Qing are now facing each other in the Jianghuai area.

To the north of the Jianghuai River, there is an endless plain. In the east of this plain, there is a low mountain and hilly area, which is the low mountain and hilly area in the middle and south of Shandong, Shandong, which is composed of Mount Tai, Mount Lu, Mount Yi, and Mount Meng.

The Yellow River flows into the sea from its south side, and Surabaya flows into the sea from the west side of the low mountains and hills.

In the north, the Daqing River flows into the sea.

Surrounding this piece of low mountains and hills, there are Hebei in the north, Henan in the west, and Huainan in the south, all of which are the Great Plains. Only this hilly and mountainous area, surrounded by mountains and seas and backed by mountains, has become a prominent dangerous place.

It is more connected to the north and south.

There is a beautiful sand table in the hall.

Regardless of his physical discomfort, Dorgon endured coughing up blood and pointed at Jinan on the sand table, "Zhu Yihai rushed to attack Dengzhou from the sea, then seized Laizhou, and now he is taking Tiemenguan again. His intention is very obvious, and the next step must be to attack Jinan. "

"Shandong is at the center of the battle, and Jinan is the most important."

"If you don't have Jinan in the south, you can't ask about Heji. If you don't have Jinan in the north, you don't dare to look at Huaisi. If you don't have Jinan in the west, you can't aspire to Linzi. If you don't have Jinan in the east, you can't compete with Ajuan.

Therefore, Shandong is in trouble, and Jinan is the center of the battle.

From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, Jinan has always been the most critical place in Shandong.

Although the status of Jinan and even the entire Shandong declined when the Central Plains was unified and stable, in times of turmoil, especially when the North and the South confronted each other, Shandong and Jinan became a place of contention.

All the ministers of state affairs looked at the sand table and fell into silence.

Zhu Yihai's raid on Dengzhou was a stroke of genius.

Because Boluo was stationed in Xuzhou and Tan Tai was stationed in Huai'an, under normal circumstances, the Ming army had to break through the Xuhuai defense line before going north, and then there were four passages going north.

For example, the Langya passage from Haizhou to Jiaozhou via the coast is along the coast.

Another example is the valley lowland passage formed by the alluvial of the Yishui and Shushui Rivers. Yizhou to Qingzhou is an important passage connecting Lubei Qidi and Xusi.

There are also two passages, one is through Yanzhou to the northeast, through Laiwu, Wenshui River Valley, and enters Qidi.

The last channel is the [-]-[-] mile-wide riverside plain between Jishui and Mount Tai in the north, connecting Ludi and Qidi.

Among the four passages, the northernmost one is naturally the flattest and widest, but with Xu Yan blocking it, Zhu Yihai couldn't get through at all. Last autumn and winter he fought all the way to Changping, and he could enter Jinan along the Daqinghe River, but That time, he only got to Changping and then retreated.

Therefore, in the previous deployment of the Qing court, the focus was still on the front lines of Lu, Feng, Huai, and Xu.

However, due to the weakness of the navy at sea, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were moved to the Denglai Peninsula to prevent the Ming army from going around at sea.

At the same time, an order to relocate to the sea was issued to relocate the people from the coastal areas of Hai, Lai, Deng and other prefectures north of the Huaihe River for [-] to [-] miles.

Especially in the Haizhou area, the plan is to completely prevent the Ming army from replenishing in Haizhou Bay, and also prevent them from entering the Denglai Peninsula through the Langya Passage.

But be on guard against everything, no one can prevent Zhu Yihai from being able to annihilate Kong Geng's 1 horses so quickly.

In particular, the Ming army actually hijacked a North Korean grain ship off the coast of Dengzhou, and then used it to fraudulently enter Dengzhou port.

The two regent uncles, Jierhalang and Daishan, were also silent.

"The Grand Canal is under the supervision of Jinan. Now the Huguang, Jianghuai, and Jianghuai taxes, grain and salt taxes are all lost. The imperial court relies on the grain from Henan and Shandong to go north, and relies on the canal to transport grain and grass to the front. If Jinan is lost again, the Qing Dynasty will be in danger! " Dorgon knocked on the table angrily.

Boluo's brother, the county king Yuedong said, "Kong and Geng will lose their teachers and humiliate the country, and they should be punished! Last year, the two of them seriously dereliction of duty, and the court did not pursue them, but tried to appease them, but this year, please The imperial court ordered that Kong Youde be deprived of his titles and all his families be executed!"

"Geng Zhongming was arrested and executed, and the whole family was made slaves!"

Kong Youde was defeated and burned himself in Dengzhou, and Geng Zhongming was defeated and abandoned Laizhou and fled to the sea. There is no news yet.

If it is possible, everyone wants to destroy these two kings.

But Dorgon has no intention to pursue the responsibility of the two right now, or he is still looking for Geng Zhongming's 3000 troops, hoping to transfer him to the battlefield again.

"Boluo Shangzuo, we must abandon Lu, Feng, Huai, and Hai, retreat to Xuzhou and Yingzhou, and completely destroy the entire Huainan's solid walls and clear fields."

Many people opposed Bolo's plan.

Some people even think that now that Huainan has just harvested wheat, it just solves the problem of famine and food shortage. How can they voluntarily abandon such an important military town?

Some people think that even if Zhu Yihai goes around to Denglai, there is no need to be afraid, but this is his own dead end.

"Sending troops south to reinforce Xuhuai and defending Haizhou will cut off the back of the Ming army's food road. The Ming army entering Shandong will become an isolated army. We will encircle and suppress them in the Eight Banners. If so, Nanming will be completely destroyed." Fuzheng Prince Yu Duoduo said bluntly.

His speech attracted the nods of approval from many Manchu nobles.

But Dorgon shook his head.

"Don't you want to think about how Zhu Yihai arrived in Denglai?"

Shandong can be roughly divided into four sections according to geography, and the sand table in the palace has already presented it clearly.

Basically, it is bounded by Mount Tai and Mount Lu, and to the north is the Lubei Plain, that is, Qidi, with Jinan and Qingzhou as the center. This land is the most fertile and flat, and it is the center of Shandong.

Then there is Ludi, that is, the western part of Shandong, which is also a plain area, and there are many transportation routes such as the Yellow River to the west.

Then there is the Xusi area in the southwest. This area is also an important transportation route, but it is almost worse than Qidiludi.

In the past, the most remote place was the Denglai Peninsula. Especially before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was only one Dengzhou port on the peninsula. Because it was a port, it was responsible for maritime transshipment and other developments. Other places were not developed or reused.

In the Ming Dynasty, because of Liaodong, especially after the rise of Jurchen in the later period, the Ming Dynasty needed to connect Liaodong and even North Korea from Dengzhou, so this place became more important, and the Liaodong Xingdu Division was still located in Dengzhou.

However, the sea was not very developed during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so they did not pay much attention to the Denglai Peninsula, which has always belonged to the edge of Shandong.

In the conventional battles of previous dynasties, especially in the era of confrontation between the North and the South, the competition around Shandong was generally around Qingzhou and Jinan, and the Denglai Peninsula was rarely taken care of.

Anyway, as long as Qing Qi wins, it will be easy for Deng Lai.

Even if you can enter the Denglai Peninsula through the Langya Road along the coast, it is useless, because the key is Muling Pass, which is a strategic location such as Qingzhou and Jinan. .

Even Liu Yu's Northern Expedition took the risk of sending troops through Muling Pass at that time, and finally captured Yidu.

But Duduo overlooked a problem, that is, today is no better than before.

The current Ming army is not the Ming army of the past. They have an incomparable advantage on the water, and even now they are very strong on the sea.

In other words, when they enter Denglai, they don't have to worry about food roads at all, because for them, the sea is a smooth road, and they don't need to take the Langya coastal passage, so they don't have to worry about being cut off from food roads and supplies.

The Denglai Peninsula, which protrudes from the sea, is an excellent favorable terrain for the Ming army, which has the right to control the sea.

Zhu Yihai didn't need to go to the coast of Langya at all, let alone take the dangerous road in Yimu River Valley where cars couldn't merge into each other, and he didn't need to attack Muling Pass, which can only be opened by one man.

Their fleet can sail on the sea and land and dock in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Jiaozhou, Haizhou, and even Tiemenguan at the mouth of the Daqing River.

The traditional Shandong military geographic defense based on land operations can be said to be ineffective against the Ming army.

Surrounding the Ming army in Denglei Peninsula?
Drive them into the sea?

Now Dorgon is not only going to rescue Jinan, but also guarding Qingzhou. He also has to worry about Lushun in southern Liaoning, and the northern Zhili area.

Just like when the Ming army established the Ningjin line of defense in western Liaoning, the Qing army could still bypass the Liaoxi corridor, then cross the Great Wall and enter the customs. Ding livestock money.

It was these five times of entering the fortress that severely hit the Ming army, and even made the Ming army's suppression of bandits in the Central Plains fail again and again, and was eventually consumed to death.

Huang Taiji put forward a famous slogan back then, cut down but not cut down.

He compared Daming to a 300-year-old tree, saying that it is unrealistic to cut it down with one axe, so he had to cut it down first, and cut it down more, until it was almost finished, and then felled it down with an axe.

Entering the fortress five times, avoiding the heavily built and heavily defended Liaoxi corridor, went deep into the hinterland, not only approaching the city of Beijing, but even fought all the way to the southern Zhili border.

Judging from the results, Huang Taiji's strategy back then was very successful.

But now, the offense and defense have changed.

Zhu Yihai's sudden occupation of the Denglai Peninsula will completely collapse the already reluctant Jianghuai defense line, and will directly threaten Shandong, Hebei, Liaodong and other places, and even directly threaten the Beijing-Tianjin region.

This is simply a re-enactment of the Qing army's hacking but not logging, but they changed the method.

"We must immediately deploy troops to reinforce Jinan, then deploy troops to defend Qingzhou, and also deploy troops to defend Lushun, and Tianjin must also increase troops!"

"We must take Denglai back at all costs!"

Dorgon coughed and shouted hoarsely, Jierhalang and Daishan also nodded, Zhu Yihai is now not only pointing his sword at Huai, but directly threatening Beijing and Tianjin.

Suddenly, a little eunuch hurried in to report.

"Northern Emergency Report!"

An urgent military report sent in from eight hundred miles away.

Dorgon was very dissatisfied with this slave who didn't understand the rules, breaking in at the Minister Wang's political meeting, but seeing his terrified appearance, he held back.

"Bring it up!"

Dorgon took the emergency report, opened it and glanced at it, suddenly coughed violently, covered his mouth with his hands, but blood kept gushing from his fingers, and finally fell to the ground with a scream.

This time, the princes and ministers in the palace were shocked, and even the Queen Mother stood up in shock.

Doduo hurried to help his brother.

Jierharang picked up the bloody urgent letter.

Looking at it, I was also horrified.

"What happened?" Daishan asked.

Jierhalang tremblingly said, "Teng Jisi, the leader of the left-wing banner of the Sunite Department, rebelled."

If it was only Tengjisi's rebellion, it would not have caused such a big reaction from the two regents. The key is that not only Sunit's Tengjisi rebelled, but he also pulled people to vote for Khalkha Chechen Khan in Mobei Mongolia.

(End of this chapter)