Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 463 Guerrilla ([-])

Zamparini kicked over a looting gangster, and then two strong Xhosa beat him up with sheathed sabers and dragged him away.Under the banner of Dashun, this rogue was taking advantage of the troubled waters to steal people's wealth. Zamparini, who thought he was upright, couldn't stand it anymore, kicked him over, and handed him over to the Eight Banners New Army. The Xhosa supervised the removal of supplies.

The people from the east bank successfully occupied Zhanhua County without any casualties.The magistrate of the county and the gentry who owed Dashun blood debts during the rebellion last year fled one after another, but the monks could not leave the temple if they could, and some of the belongings they left in the city, such as silk, cloth, grain, and livestock, were very rare. It is difficult to take all of them away, and now they are confiscated by the people on the east bank as enemy property.

As usual, the prisoners in the prison were released regardless of their reasons; Luo Tiansheng, who followed, led a group of men to start recruiting volunteers for land reclamation; They are guarding outside the city, and everyone is in order.Because doing this is really too familiar, and there are fixed procedures.

"Hurry up and take a rest, we are going to set off again soon." Deputy company commander Gao Shan came over and patted Zamparini's shoulder, and quietly threw a Jade Guanyin that he found somewhere into his pocket: " Little Mateo will be graduating in a few years, right? My uncle hasn’t given him a gift yet, well, I heard that he is a devout Buddhist, so he will definitely like it.” After finishing speaking, Whistling and walking away slowly.

Zamparini looked around to make sure that no one saw the two of them hiding the booty, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, then he straightened his clothes and walked out of the city gate.The duty of their army is to eliminate possible resistance elements in the city, and at the same time to monitor whether the volunteer team has any misdeeds of violating military discipline. Now that the matter has been almost handled, it is time to withdraw.

Since the Qing army in Shandong has basically gathered near Yantai Fort, let alone other prefectures, even Jinan prefecture only has more than a thousand Qing troops in Jinan City, and there may be no soldiers in the rest of the place, mainly relying on the gentry. The landlord armed the scene.And the fighting power of those landlords' armed forces is not that the people on the east bank look down on them, but they are really scumbags, and their level is even inferior to the 15-18 Squadron, which is not long established by the people on the east bank in Zhanhua City.At least the soldiers who came forward had adequate nutrition, trained normally, and were paid on time. The longer the time, the greater the gap between them.Therefore, the people on the east bank swaggered about in Zhanhua City, not worrying about harassment by the unscrupulous Qing army nearby.

Now that the war situation in Shaanxi is entering a critical moment, as long as the Qing army works harder, it will almost completely destroy Li Chuang's will to resist and win the battle that will determine the fate of the North.After defeating Li Chuang, the rest of the troops were not to be feared. Except for Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Army, which was still a little capable, Nanming's army was unbearable at all, and the occupation of Nanjing was just around the corner.Therefore, at this time, except for a small part of the main force of the Qing army in the north staying in western Henan to continue to suppress the remaining local Dashun armed forces, the main force of more than 20 people has basically gathered in northern Shaanxi and Tongguan, the vast Kinki (Hebei), Shandong, Most of Henan and Shanxi have few soldiers at all except Tianjin. Therefore, what an "open land" is before the people on the east coast. They only hate that they don't have enough troops to disturb them.

Tianjin was an important city for the Qing army, and there were troops stationed in the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, which were relatively elite. Of course, there were also a lot of cannon fodder, which was the closest threat to the people on the east coast.However, the staff members unanimously judged that the Qing army would not mobilize the troops here to go anywhere, and this army was to defend Beijing.Back then Dashun's offensive in Henan was so fierce, the Manchus only mobilized troops from various places, but they never touched this army in Tianjin.The same is true for the Qing army in Jinzhou. Since the Qing army entered the customs, they have moved many cannon foundries and blacksmith shops (for making armor) that were originally located in Shenyang to Jinzhou. It is a rare "industrial center" in the Qing court-controlled area Therefore, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia are also stationed for defense.Similarly, the soldiers here will not be easily transferred.

After such an analysis, the Manchus really have no soldiers to use around here.The original mobile force of nearly 7 people in this vast area was taken to Yantai by Hauge. Except for some troops who escorted food and grass on the way and were stationed in important strongholds in Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou, Yantai City was full of troops. There are nearly 6 people.Even now, after repeated battles, there are still about 5 people left, while the east bank army that restrains them has only a mere [-] people and a bastion.

Right now, the Qing army outside Yantai City should have known the news of the division of troops on the east coast, and they probably knew it on the morning of the 28th, but the east coast fleet sailed for more than 70 nautical miles in one night. Li said that it would take a week to go, and even the cavalry would have to go for two or three days. It is obviously unrealistic to catch up.Therefore, the people on the east coast who are currently transporting things and people in Zhanhua County don’t have to worry too much for the time being. Even if Hauge withdraws from Yantai on the spot, it will take more than a month for the troops to get here, and ten days for the cavalry. Don't worry.What's more, he didn't know where the people from the east bank went. His first reaction must be that the people from the east bank would repeat their tricks and attack those quarries.Moreover, it is still a question of whether they dare to withdraw their troops. Mo Ming tends to think that the Qing army may transfer some of the Eight Banners or Mongolian cavalry to Jinan, but who cares?Anyway, we don't intend to stay here for long.

In this small county, the people on the east coast only seized a pitifully small amount of more than 1000 shi of grain, more than 4000 taels of silver, dozens of livestock, and some silk and books.In addition, there are more than [-] voluntary reclamation teams.To be honest, this number still surprised Mo Ming, because at the end of last year, only a few hundred people from the East Coast were recruited in Jiaozhou, which is still a big gap compared with now.It seems that even the people in the relatively wealthy Jinan Prefecture are not doing well nowadays. In this lean season, I believe many people have already stopped cooking.

Dayou in the south of Jinan was in a hurry to urge the class, and the tens of thousands of Qing troops under the city of Yantai were exhausted. In the next few days, the lives of ordinary people in Shandong will be even more difficult. Going up the mountain and falling the grass prevented the social production order in Shandong from being effectively restored, which seriously restricted the next move of the Qing court.

In fact, this is also a good thing. Haug in the Yantai area should have given up his plan to conquer Yantai Fort.Looking at his route, it is clear that he wants to dig a long trench and build a long fence near Yantai Fort, weakening the role of this precious land advance base on the east bank, and even making it completely abandoned.In this way, Yantai Fort is no different from those overseas islands, and its value is greatly reduced.Moreover, will the Qing army move borders and ban the sea in the two prefectures of Deng and Lai in the future, so as to confront the people on the east coast for a long time?No one knows this!Mo Ming only knew that it was a good thing to be able to catch some people now, but he didn't want all kinds of cats and dogs, after all, there wasn't enough food.The first choice for recruiting is to be talented, secondly to be young, and finally to be voluntary, otherwise it will be a hassle to get through.

On April 4, after leaving 3 military men to transport supplies and personnel to the fleet anchored on the sea, the army on the east coast, which had been lingering in Zhanhua County for a day, set off again.After they turned to the south, they marched quickly for most of the day, and then arrived at the foot of Binzhou City before the sun set.There were originally some Qing army generals at the head of Binzhou City, but after seeing the army on the east bank pull out a few artillery pieces, the group immediately dispersed and slipped away from the south gate.In this way, the East Coasters once again occupied the state city without bloodshed, as easily as an armed march-in fact, it was almost the same.

Since today is the fifth day since the people from the east bank landed, many well-informed gentry packed up their belongings and left, so the people from the east bank have also gained very poorly in the city.For a majestic state city, only more than 700 shi of grain, [-] shi of black beans, a hundred mules and horses, and a small amount of silver taels of silk tea were harvested.At the same time, the recruitment operation went relatively smoothly. In just one night, nearly a thousand people from the east bank were recruited.These people also suffered from the taxation of the Qing court, and they couldn't survive in the local area, so they simply followed this group of pirates of unknown origin to go to the sea to reclaim wasteland.No matter how bad it is, it's just death, what are you afraid of!

In the next five days from April 4th, the army on the east bank galloped across this area in the northeast of Jinan Prefecture, successively conquered the counties of Wuding Prefecture, Putai, and Lijin, and finally arrived in Lijin on the evening of April 4. Off the coast of the county, it merged with the fleet that had moved southward here.The subsequent transfer of materials, personnel and livestock to the ship lasted for another two full days, and it was not officially declared over until the morning of the 4th.

At this time, [-] days had passed since the people from the east coast landed in the outer sea of ​​Zhanhua, and on this morning, the fastest Qing army had just arrived nearby.This Qing army, which was based on Dong Xueli from the green battalion withdrawn from the Yantaibao area, and mixed with some miscellaneous armed forces, took advantage of it. They successfully "recovered" Lijin County after the people on the east coast retreated.It is foreseeable that they will continue to "recover" the four prefectures and counties of Potai, Wuding, Binzhou, and Zhanhua in the future. The luck is really good.

In fact, Mo Ming himself was quite surprised by the speed at which the Qing army arrived, and also surprised that they could gather nearly 3000 people.Because it takes two or three days for them to get the news, then discuss countermeasures, mobilize troops, raise supplies, and then go to the Binzhou area. The 12 days is really very efficient.However, Mo Ming also sneered at the strength of this Qing army. There are not enough 3000 people, and the ordnance and clothing are in a mess. It seems that their combat effectiveness is just that.

After dispatching two steam engine sailboats and a flute-shaped transport ship to return supplies, the East Coast Army left Laizhou Bay on the remaining five ships, entered the Bohai Bay northward, and sailed to the Haihe River on April 4. Near Dagu at the mouth of the sea.At this time, the two gunboats and two armed transport ships of the East Coast Navy Fleet showed great power and sank more than ten small ships of the Qing army in one fell swoop, and damaged a lot of the few naval treasures of the Qing court.Due to the important geographical location of Dagu, the Mongolian cavalry of the Tianjin garrison arrived quickly, but at this time the east coast fleet had quietly gone away.

On April 4, the East Coast Fleet appeared off the coast of Leting County, Luanzhou, Yongping Prefecture.After sending a small group of troops to successfully land in a day and a half, led by local guides, the east bank army held torches and drove all night, and advanced to the city of Leting County at noon on the 15th.The morale of the slightly tired soldiers on the east bank was fairly high. They fired their cannons and spent half a day blasting through the city wall.Everything that followed was logical. After the soldiers on the east bank plundered the county and executed a group of captured Qing officials, they rested for a night.Then early the next morning, they left the county town with the booty and some volunteers, and walked towards the seaside.At this time, the main force of the Qing army closest to Leting County had just completed its formation and was preparing to march from Qian'an to Leting. It is believed that by the time they arrived here, the people from the east coast had already fled for a long time.

(End of this chapter)