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Chapter 327 Shandong and Henan are decided
On the third day of the siege of Jinan, Jueluo Manbao came out of the city to meet the enemy.

Not only the Eight Banners soldiers below couldn't bear it anymore, but even Jueluo Manbao himself was almost driven crazy.

In just three days, the moat outside the city was almost completely filled in by the Ming army and civilians.

Moreover, under the continuous bombardment, no matter how majestic Jinan City is, it will definitely not be able to withstand it.

Instead of suffering and waiting until the morale of the army collapses, it is better to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight now.

Not counting those young and strong militiamen, the Qing army also had [-] elite Zhili Eight Banners soldiers, which was a full [-] more than the Ming army. Moreover, among these [-] Zhili Eight Banners soldiers, there were [-] cavalry.

This is Manbao's trump card, and Manbao's capital to suppress Jinan and make Jinan's gentry and officials dare not act rashly.

Although Manbao was a civil servant, he also developed a body of tendons during his counterinsurgency in the North, and he directly went into battle himself.

The [-]-banner Qing army left the city early in the morning and quickly formed an array under the orders of the Manchu and Bao army.

"Da da da da!"

The Manchu and Qing cavalry took the lead in charging, and tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards the Ming army's formation with shouts.

"All mortars and shotguns come forward! The heavy infantry will put on their armor immediately!"

Yu Kecheng and Zhou Haizhong gave orders one after another.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Manchu and Qing cavalry rushed halfway, and the Ming army fired directly without any warning.

The Ming army's mortars were brought over directly. The mortars of the two armies fired dozens of explosive rounds.There are also redundant gunners operating shotguns that continue to fire stone shells.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

There were continuous explosions, and large pieces of stone bullets flew into the Manchu and Qing cavalry arrays.

Those cavalrymen were charging at a high speed. It was difficult to dodge and they didn't know how to dodge.

Forget about the rain of stones and bullets, there are actually explosive shells, which are so powerful.

What is this ghost?

Hundreds of cavalrymen met the King of Hell on the spot, and there were many cavalrymen who were not hit by the bombing. Their horses were suddenly frightened, and they themselves were unprepared and were thrown off their horses.

The organized cavalry fell off their horses when charging, and it is almost needless to say what happened.

In just an instant, a round of artillery fire came down, and the tens of thousands of Manchu and Qing cavalry were directly reduced by one-tenth.

How is this played?
The Manchu cavalry general was stunned by the explosion. His riding skills were very good, and the explosive bombs were blown close to each other. The horse was naturally frightened, but he quickly reined in the horse and controlled it without being thrown off.

"No, spread out! Everyone spread out!"

In fact, there was no need for him to give orders at all. After the cavalry were bombed, they all actively dispersed their formation.The rest who didn't know it saw the friendly troops disperse and followed suit.

When the cavalry charged into the formation, they had to charge in large numbers. As soon as they dispersed, the cavalry naturally lost its power.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery didn't care whether the Manchu and Qing cavalry dispersed or not.Even if they disperse, there will always be small gatherings, so focus on bombing those cavalry that gather together.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

After such indiscriminate bombardment, the Manchu and Qing cavalry could only continue to disperse their formations.

When they rushed to the Ming army's formation, no one dared to rush directly into the formation.

The front rows of the Ming army's formation were all heavy infantry regiments that had been put on.

"Raise the gun and aim!"

"shooting!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

However, when the Ming army's artillery soldiers saw that the distance was enough, they moved forward from behind the heavy infantry and rattan players, and fired volleys at the cavalry who were about to rein in their horses and turn around.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Three salvos hit the enemy directly, and the Manchu and Qing cavalry fell instantly.

"Turn around and form a formation! Don't disperse again!"

The Manchu and Qing cavalry generals quickly shouted orders and tried to regroup their troops.This guy was so brave that he completely ignored that he was within the range of the fire gun soldiers.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Ming army gunners turned their guns and fired a volley in his direction.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

After only two battles, the Manchu Qing cavalry general fell off his horse.The war horse was hit by more than a dozen molecular bombs. Instead of dying immediately, it crashed into several of the cavalry commander's soldiers.

The scene became chaotic, and soon someone closer discovered that the knight was dead.

"The general is dead! The general is dead!"

"Run!"

As soon as the general died, the Manchu cavalry was instantly defeated.

Yu Kecheng quickly took the opportunity to shout: "Those who dismount and surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who dismount and surrender will not be killed! Those who dismount and surrender will not be killed!"

The front row infantrymen of the Ming army also shouted as they moved forward to encircle and block the fleeing Manchu and Qing cavalry.

Although Shandong is almost in ruins now, it will still be troublesome for so many cavalry to flee.

Jueluo Manbao originally wanted the cavalry to charge first, disrupt the enemy's formation, and then take the opportunity to launch an offensive.Defeat the Ming army on the opposite side in one fell swoop to break the siege of Jinan.But the cavalry was defeated so quickly!

What are those explosive firearms that are so powerful?

However, now that the arrow is on the string, Manbao can only bite the bullet and order: "The whole army attacks! For the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the emperor, kill these rebels!"

"Kill!"

These Eight Banners infantry troops shouted to kill and launched an attack.

Like the Ming army, the heavy infantry were in the front, and the rattan players and fire gun soldiers were behind.

Seeing the situation, the Ming army was forced to give up besieging the defeated cavalry troops and engage in a head-on battle with the Manchu and Bao troops.

Moreover, those cavalry troops who were defeated were really unable to stop them. Except for those who died in battle, most of the others successfully broke out of the encirclement.Only Xiaoban was at a loss and was re-engaged in the battle between the two armies.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Ming army's mortars and shotguns all fired volleys, and the Manchu and Bao army could not touch the Ming army's formation at all.

The former army suffered heavy casualties before engaging in battle.

Finally, a Qing army was lucky enough to rush to the front of the formation. The Ming army's front troops were all heavily armed heavy infantry.Although the Qing army also had heavy infantry, the Ming army also had musketeers and grenadiers.

"Aim, shoot!"

"Grenadiers, light the fire and drop the bomb!"

The Ming army issued continuous orders.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The fire musket soldiers raised their muskets and fired volleys, while the grenadiers threw grenade hammers at the rushing Qing troops.

After only two rounds, the Qing army's front army finally exploded.

Although the total casualties of the Qing army were only [-]%, it had only been so long since the battle began.The artillery soldiers of the Qing army didn't even do anything, and the casualties were already so heavy.

This had a strong impact on the elite Eight Banners of Zhili under Manbao.

"It's a magic method! There is a magic method for rebelling against thieves!"

"Run!"

"..."

No matter whether there is really magic or not, these so-called Zhili Eight Banners elites collapsed on the battlefield.

The battle took place less than an hour ago.

Manbao drew his sword from behind and shouted: "Don't run away, that's not a magic weapon, that's a weapon used by rebels! Come back and fight again, fight again!"

Shouting and shouting, Manbao suddenly tightened the rope, turned around and ran away.

It took the surrounding soldiers two seconds to react and chase him.

"All troops charge!"

On the Ming army's side, they had already begun to launch an encirclement charge from three sides, while shouting loudly: "Those who kneel and surrender will not be killed! Those who kneel and surrender will not be killed!"

Those cavalrymen involved in the battle reacted fastest and quickly dismounted and knelt down to surrender.

Every one of the remaining 2-odd Eight Banners infantry troops who were close to the Ming army laid down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

For those who are far behind, all the people intend to return to the city with Manbao.

Fortunately, the Ming army had no cavalry at all except for reconnaissance cavalry.

At this moment, each of these Eight Banners soldiers wished that their parents would give them two more legs.

Manbao rode his horse to the city first and shouted to the city: "Open the city gate quickly and let me in!"

However, let alone opening the city gate, a hail of arrows fell instantly from the top of the city.

Manbao reacted quickly enough, jumped off his horse in an instant, and rolled on the ground. His horse and three soldiers were shot into hedgehogs on the spot.

Just as Manbao was about to get up from the ground, he was suddenly held down by someone, and then he heard someone shouting: "I have captured the Manchu general! I have captured the Manchu general!"

Manbao recognized it. It was the voice of his own soldier captain.

Jinan recovered.

Chen Shiguan and Zheng Chanbao took the lead with the officials and gentry of Jinan to surrender the city.

Jueluo Manbao was captured alive by the Ming army.

The Ming army immediately sent troops from three towns as partial divisions to march to Dongchang, Linqing and Wuding respectively.

Relying on the terrain, Dongchang Mansion, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, heard the news and took the lead in watching the wind and descending.

Immediately afterwards, Linqing and Wuding also changed their flags.

As for the counties under its jurisdiction, they can be decided by direct communication.

At this point, the entire territory of Shandong was restored.

On the battlefield in Henan, after hearing that the Qing army was defeated, all the prefectures in Henan, including Luoyang and Shaanzhou, all surrendered.

Not only Henan, but also the two prefectures of Zhili and Guangping also changed their tune.

The Ming army immediately deployed defenses along the lines of Dezhou, Linqing, Guangping and Wu'an to prevent the Zhili Qing army from going south.

There is no way to hit Beijing in one go.

Although Zhu Yijiong wanted to eat, he didn't have enough food.

(End of this chapter)