Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 462 Guerrilla ([-])

The days in mid-March 1645 seemed lackluster to the east coast people in Yantai Fort.

The Qing army outside the city had nothing to do with them. They first tried to fill in a passage in the muddy area on the west side of Yantai Fort, but later they found that the artificial reservoir built by the East Bank people on the southwest side of Yantai Fort greatly hindered them. Therefore, they tried to fill up this reservoir.

After creating a piece of land in the swamp area, the Qing army directly invested 2000 people to attack the western city wall at a time, but they were repelled by the people from the east bank who had long been rested.The firepower configuration on the west side of the city wall is only two less than that on the front (south side), and coupled with two squadrons of standing soldiers, the Qing army failed to capture it after two days of attack, and instead left more than a thousand corpses under the city. Tool.

When attacking the city wall on the west side, the Qing army also tried to break through from the east, but they were still completely defeated by the artillery at the top of the city and the bombardment of 12 heavy artillery pieces on one side of the two armed transport ships on the sea.It was even difficult for them to gain a foothold under the city. Not everyone could bear the feeling of being attacked by front and rear cannons. After trying to attack once but failed, the Qing army retreated decisively, leaving hundreds of corpses behind.

On March 3, Hauge, the coach of the Qing army, became ruthless, and the Qing army launched a fierce attack from the south, west, and east regardless of casualties.The people from the east bank also transferred the last two squadrons of the Standing Team, but they still didn't use the Army and the Eight Banners New Army as the main force.With 18 soldiers and less than 200 artillerymen from the east coast, relying on the solid city walls and scientific firepower configuration, the massive offensive of the Qing army was completely defeated. The Qing army suffered more than 2000 casualties throughout the day, but did not achieve any results. They even failed to climb the top of Yantai Fort.

That night, the Qing army selected some healthy soldiers to sneak attack at night, and they were defeated, leaving more than a hundred corpses.So far, the Qing army has besieged Yantai Fort for ten days. All means have been exhausted, but there is no way.The morale of the entire army was low, and many people were looking forward to withdrawing.

On the morning of March 3, two steam engine sailboats that had been overhauled from Rishiri Island brought forward soldiers from the four squadrons (19-11 Squadrons) that had been trained on Rishiri Island.In the afternoon, as if a discussion had been made, the fleet heading to Jeju Island also came back. Together with them were 14 soldiers from the 15th-18th Squadron of the Second Brigade of the Volunteer Squadron, the 102nd Company of the Army, and part of the Yantai Artillery Company. Officers and soldiers, more than 700 people from the Third Battalion of the Eight Banners and 2500 soldiers.So far, the troops on the east bank have basically gathered, including 4000 soldiers from two brigades of the Standing Team, 4 from 870 companies (including supplementary companies) of the Army, more than 2400 from the Eight Banners New Army (including supplementary soldiers), and nearly 700 cavalry (including supplementary soldiers). Security team scouts), 200 field artillery, a total of more than 8200 people, including more than 5000 troops with strong combat effectiveness.With such a force, the Qing army couldn't defeat it even if they tried their best, not to mention they should worry about the safety of their rear.

The scout cavalry of the Qing army soon discovered the arrival of reinforcements from the east bank outside, and they quickly reported the information to Hauge.Hearing that the gang of bandits in yellow came with "thousands" of reinforcements and six giant ships, Hauge also knew that this battle could no longer be fought, especially since there was an urgent report from Jinan last night that Yanmanjiadong bandits came again. When they became rampant, they attacked from the caves and attacked the local regime, facilities and personnel of the Qing Dynasty everywhere.Even some small convoys transporting grain and grass to Dengzhou were ambushed by them and suffered heavy losses.

Tens of thousands of troops rushed under the city, and lost more than [-] troops in ten days, but they worked hard to no avail.On the opposite side, the yellow-clothed pirates on the east coast would not have more than a hundred casualties. This has to be said to be a huge failure, and it will have a very bad impact on his status.But right now is not the time to think about these messy things. The yellow-clothed thief has a large group of reinforcements coming, and he will definitely not be able to break through this small city, so now he should think about how to deal with the aftermath.

Although it has never been clear how many men the Yellow Clothes Bandit Army has, everyone agrees that their number of soldiers should not be less than 2, and the number of the whole army is probably close to [-].This number makes everyone feel very tricky, there are too many things that [-] soldiers can do.Hauge is sure that as long as his main force is withdrawn, it will not be a problem for these yellow-clothed troops to defeat more than [-] Qing troops in field battles.Attacking the city was even easier. They only needed to pull the cannons to the city, and then they could break through the cities stationed by the Qing army one by one. The entire Denglai Second Mansion had no powerful troops that could stop them.In that case, when will the situation in Shandong be truly stable?

Thinking about it this way, Hauge was even more upset.Could it be that these tens of thousands of troops were dragged here?Shandong is so close to the capital, and it is impossible to justify keeping such a large number of warlike pirates in yellow clothes here.What is even more worrying is that besides the sharp guns, these yellow-clothed pirates also have at least six giant gunboats. Think about how the small boats moored in some ports in the Liaohai Sea in the Qing Dynasty resisted?If you can't resist, wouldn't you let these yellow-clothed thieves run across the sea, and when the time comes, there will be warnings everywhere in this thousand-mile sea, and there will be no day of peace, what should everyone do?

No one could answer Hauge's question.Li Shutai, Ke Yongsheng, Chen Jin and other Han army bannermen dare not say anything, and the Eight Banners generals such as Hetuo, Emengge, and Tulai can't explain why. As for Dong Xueli and other green battalion generals, they are even less qualified to speak. The Qing army was immersed in a strange atmosphere like this.

In such a situation of hesitation, entanglement and consideration of gains and losses, the Qing army besieged Yantai Fort for a few days.However, judging by the momentum of their attack, they were weak, and basically withdrew after a slight setback. In three days, there were only more than a thousand casualties.On the contrary, they carried out several night raids with considerable vigor, causing certain casualties to the people on the east bank.

On March 3, Hauge, the coach of the Qing army, finally made up his mind and decided to stop the attack on Yantai Fort and change to a long-term siege, and began to dig long trenches and build walls about four kilometers south of Yantai Fort.In order to implement his intention, he also sent a special letter to Jinan, requesting Fang Dayou, the governor of Shandong, to ensure the timely supply of grain and grass.At the same time, he also sent people to collect grain and grass in Dengzhou and Laizhou areas, and forcibly recruited peasants to build this huge city wall that besieged the people on the east bank.For a time, the quarries in Yantai, Ninghai Prefecture, and Weihaiwei were overcrowded, and a large number of Eight Banners coated with knives and whips drove a large number of civilians to quarry and polish in these mines, and then transported them to the outside of Yantai. , Build the city wall.

The people on the east bank didn't know what the Qing army was doing at first, but they immediately understood the reason after seeing them transporting a lot of stones from a distance.Soon, some elite Black Eight Banners new troops who had not participated in the war so far were loaded onto naval ships, and then attacked the quarries controlled by the Qing army along the coast.The coast near Yantai is rich in stone resources, so most of these quarries are built by the sea. People from the east coast mobilize two thousand Eight Banners new troops, and they can often land in a certain place in less than half a day, and then easily defeat those who are as few as a hundred. The Eight Banners coated with hundreds of people and the defense of the Green Battalion soldiers, and many masters were arrested at the same time.

After several such successful raids, the Qing army had to abandon these mines along the coast of the Liaohai Sea and concentrate on mining those deep inland mines.Even, they also learned from the people on the east bank, demolishing all the city walls of some nearby guards and prefectures and counties, and then transported the materials to Yantai to build the city walls that besieged the people on the east bank.Of course, they are not all destroyed, and there are naturally some constructions. For example, they ordered the nearby counties to provide a large number of bricks within a time limit, all for the purpose of repairing the city wall.

The city wall was being repaired at the back, and the tens of thousands of cavalry and nearly [-] infantry of the Qing army in the front were still standing ready to prevent the people from the east bank from going out of the city to fight at any time.However, considering the severe situation in the rear, they also sent [-] soldiers from Dong Xueli's department back to Jinan Prefecture on horseback a few days ago to assist the governor Fang Dayou to eliminate those noisy Manjiadong local thieves in order to stabilize the situation and fully protect the area around Yantai. The food roads of the army are safe.

The Qing army mobilized 3500 masters (there will be more in the future) to repair the city wall and dig trenches. Naturally, the people on the east bank will not be indifferent.Although the troops with combat effectiveness are only 500 people brought from the mainland and South Africa, plus at most 3 cavalry, and 6 people from the 1000-[-] Squadron, which is mostly Shandan and Shun Army veterans. The [-] elite cavalry and [-] infantry of the Qing army had little chance of winning.Not to mention that they might be bombarded by the red cannons of the Qing army during the field formation, and the loss would be huge. You must know that it is very difficult for the people on the east bank to replenish their troops in the Far East. If someone kills more than ten people with one shot , then don’t cry to death!

However, this does not mean that the people on the east bank have no way to deal with the Qing army. *** once said, you hit yours, I hit mine!Since most of the Qing army in Shandong has been looted and concentrated here, doesn't it mean that other places are extremely empty?After discussing and deducing with the officers under his command, Mo Ming boldly decided to take a naval vessel and lead the army deep into the west side of Laizhou Bay to attack the defenseless Fuzhou County of Jinan.At this time, most of the Liaohai Sea has thawed, and the weather can no longer stop the people on the east coast.

3月27日，在留下烟台守备队队长李文长率4000多人留守烟台后，莫茗率领陆军两个连、八旗新军两个营、半个烟台炮兵连、骑兵大队全部、挺身队15-18中队、斥候队全部3900余战兵，并军夫队2500人，总计6400人趁夜渡海出征，于3月30日突然出现在了济南府滨州沾化县外海。

Due to the serious silting of the offshore area and the difficulty of approaching, it took nearly three days for the troops on the east bank to complete the landing amidst the screaming and neighing of people.During this period, no one in the defenseless Jinan Mansion or even the whole of Shandong came to stop them. There were only some scouts watching from afar.After the landing, the army from the east coast, which had been waiting impatiently for a long time, began to march westward. Within a day, they rushed directly to the city of Zhanhua.

(End of this chapter)