Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 486 Stalemate and Breakthrough ([-])

Under Haifeng City, Jinan Prefecture, people shouted and screamed, and artillery fire raged.

A reinforcement of the Qing army from Wuding Prefecture was unable to support it under the bombardment of cannons, and the remaining nearly 2000 people scattered to the distance. About six or seven hundred cavalrymen in yellow clothes and silver armor held high sabers or Riding a spear, he followed these scattered pawns unhurriedly.Whenever they saw some exhausted Qing troops falling to the end, they would speed up their horses and cut them down with a knife. After cutting, they continued to maintain a loose arc encircling them, still closely following these fleeing Qing troops. Behind the pawns.

Dong Xueli closed his eyes, this army is finished, maybe the whole army will be wiped out.But now is not the time to worry about their fate, Dong Xueli should be more worried about his own life and the future of the three thousand brothers under his command.The cavalry team of the bandits in yellow had already chased down the remnants of the enemy, but their troops still stood firmly outside the city, while the artillery team began to pull the artillery to the city of Haifeng, ready to approach and shoot.But he, Old Dong, doesn't even have the courage to go out of the city to fight, so he can only stay in this small county and don't know what to do.

"Uncle, the yellow-clothed thief's cavalry has gone after Zhang Guerrilla's men, shall we quickly retreat from the west gate?" Dong Dalang, Dong Xueli's nephew, saw that there was no one around except Dong Xueli's personal soldiers, and immediately suggested cautiously.

Dong Xueli's eyelids twitched, and he didn't say anything, but he could see that he was struggling fiercely in his heart.Reinforcements from the Qing Dynasty have already marched from Henan and Shanxi to North Zhili and Shandong. Dorobel Lek Dehun has personally led the [-] Manchu Eight Banners cavalry south to Jinan, and quickly began to deploy troops and deploy coastal defenses matter.

Last month, Luck Dehun set up the Coastal Defense Command in Binzhou, and Li Sutai, who had withdrawn from the Yantai front line, took up this position, and Li Sutai's thousands of troops were naturally included in the jurisdiction of the Coastal Defense Command.Dorgon is obviously quite dissatisfied with Hauge, which is evident from the fact that he stripped Li Sutai, Dong Xueli and others from Hauge's army.

Dong Xueli's 3000 people were also included.He himself was a lieutenant general in the past, and Fang Dayou read a book hard last time, saying that he "can't go in, just sit and watch the city fall", which scared him enough.Later, the old Dong was finally appointed, and it happened that the Qing court was short of people at this time, so he was only demoted by one level, "to stay in the job and listen to it, so as to see the aftereffect."Generally speaking, the problem is not big, at least he still controls the army.The establishment of the Binzhou Coastal Defense General Corps, Dong Xueli was appointed as the general of the Haifeng Camp. Li Sutai gave him the order to guard Haifeng County, and report to Binzhou and Jinan immediately if there is any situation.

In addition to setting up the Coastal Defense Command in Binzhou, Luck Dehun also strengthened the strength of Yizhou Town in the south. After all, the army on the east coast may also sail to the south side of the Shandong Peninsula to land and attack, so they have to guard against it.Yizhou Town originally had only a few thousand miscellaneous soldiers, which were used to defend Nanming.This time, Luck Dehun directly replaced the original chief soldier who had a vegetarian meal, and appointed Xu Dingguo, the former Nanming gentry who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Henan, as the chief soldier of Yizhou Town.Xu Dingguo's headquarters and the original miscellaneous soldiers in Yizhou Town have a total strength of more than 3 troops, which at least seems to give people a sense of security.

If one counts the more than 2 men of the newly surrendered soldiers Bai Guang'en, Niu Chenghu, and Chen Zhilong who are coming here from Shanxi, and the thousands of non-identical armed forces in Henan, the total force under Luck Dehun's command has already expanded to seventy-eight million people.Adding these forces to the remaining 8 or 4 troops on hand by Hauge, the total strength of the Qing court in Shandong has exceeded 11, close to 12, and the number of cavalry including the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia is even close to [-]. Whether it is the quality or quantity of troops, both hit record highs.Shandong has properly become a magnet that attracts the Qing army, firmly sucking a large amount of Qing army's vitality here, effectively reducing the pressure on Nanming and Dashun.

Under the desperate toss of the people on the east bank, history here has finally undergone some changes that are unfavorable to the Qing court.For example, because the strong city of Huaiqing Mansion was accidentally conquered by Guo Sheng's Shun army, and the Qing army's luggage was lost, the Duduo army entered Tongguan west half a month later than in history.Correspondingly, Li Zicheng withdrew from Shaanxi 20 days later than in history, which prevented him from encountering the snowstorm in Languan that froze tens of thousands of people to death.After entering Hubei, Dorgon urgently ordered Duoduo and Azige to reorganize their troops and mobilize tens of thousands of people to move eastward due to the flames of war in Shandong, North Zhili and even the coast of Liaodong. This not only delayed them for several days. The pursuit time and the power of the pursuit have also weakened.

As a result, Li Zicheng, who should have been killed in Tongshan, Hubei more than ten days ago, is still running around.Although he was repeatedly defeated by the chasing soldiers of the Qing army, and the three concubines were forced to throw themselves into the river, and he had already temporarily lost contact with the main force.If Li Zicheng is not dead, the cohesion of his troops is still there, and the possibility of the surviving more than 10,000 troops surrendering to the Qing army on a large scale will be greatly reduced, while the [-]+ main force and a large number of miscellaneous armed forces that the Qing army can fight the most can still not He took it lightly and was firmly nailed to the Hubei area.

But in general, the Qing army still has an absolute advantage.Nanming, Dashun, and Daxi were no opponents, and the people on the east bank were only suffering from scabies. This can be seen from the fact that Duoduo still led an army of [-] to [-] troops through Henan and went straight to Huaisi to attack Nanming.People are still able to fight on multiple fronts with ease, which shows how huge their advantages are.The details of history have changed, but the general trend is sometimes really hard to change.

Moreover, it may not be a good thing that Li Zicheng is not dead, because at this time Nanming's number one enemy is still him.I remember in the battle of Jingzhou in history, the Dashun army carried the Qing army to the death. Unexpectedly, the Nanming army secretly let the Qing army pass through its own defense area, and then attacked the Shun army from behind.The Shun army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. Tens of thousands of people collapsed, but the people of Nanming celebrated with each other, beaming with joy.

One by one, his troops were recruited by the Qing army, but Nanming pretended not to see them; the envoys he sent to Beijing were beaten in the face again and again, but Nanming pretended not to see them; Nanming continued to pretend not to see it. Such a wonderful monarch and ministers are rare in history. It is really meaningless to keep such a court.The most capable Han army lost its last elite under the joint strangling of them and the Manchus, and finally they themselves were wiped out by the Manchus, which made people laugh out loud.

It can be seen from this that due to flaws in IQ, the gentry in Nanming only have the number one enemy Li Zicheng in their eyes.If Li Zicheng did not die, it would be difficult to talk about uniting against the Qing, which would surely give the Qing army a big advantage.So, everything has pros and cons, this is really a wise saying.

The Qing army had a great advantage in the general situation, and this was the reason why Dong Xueli did not dare to make mistakes.The laws of the Qing court at this time are strict, and fleeing without a fight is a capital crime among capital crimes. Dong Xueli can't imagine what will happen to him after he escapes from Haifeng City.Now that he has betrayed Dashun, if he betrays Daqing again, even though the world is big, there will be no hiding place for his old Dong.

But this one is really sad.The 500 troops of Cangzhou Qingyun Guerrilla Zhang Haoqian, who also belonged to the Binzhou Coastal Defense Command, were routed, and the entire army was about to be wiped out. next target.Haifeng County is a small county on the edge of the border. The city is neither high nor thick, and it doesn't even have a moat. It can be described as extremely shabby.During the Longqing period, the brick-covered outer wall was already decayed after many storms and wars, and the inner layer of rammed earth was exposed in many places. Dong Xueli just took office not long ago, and he will not have time to repair it in the future. Therefore, Haifeng City is basically safe. can be kept.

This kind of dilapidated city wall, under the bombardment of the yellow cannon, might not even be able to bear it for two hours.Once the city wall collapses, why fight?Do you fight in the street?I'm sorry, the bandits in yellow never fight you face-to-face in street battles, they just line up in a tight formation, shoot at close range with that kind of light cannon, and clean up house by house.In the face of absolute superiority in firepower, you can't play any tricks in custody.

"What a fart in this battle!" Seeing Dong Xueli's silence, Dong Dalang slapped the city wall depressedly.Unexpectedly, with his palm, the city wall shook violently, and large pieces of bricks and stones mixed with dirt fell down.Dong Dalang was startled, and quickly understood what was going on, it was the artillery team of the bandit in yellow who was firing!

"The thief in yellow worked hard at the seaside for three days before landing, and then marched to the city for another day. During these four days, a Qingyun guerrilla foolishly brought troops over. Even if the old turtle Li Sutai was in Binzhou is a little farther away. If we marched concurrently, we should have arrived at this meeting, but there is not a town army of the Coast Guard here. We really think we are fools! Uncle, this battle cannot be fought! The cavalry has not turned back yet, let's leave those newly acquired miscellaneous brands to defend the city, and take two thousand old brothers to withdraw first." Dong Dalang was still persuading Dong Xueli, but before he could finish speaking, another cannonball hit, and a large piece of the city wall The rammed earth fell, revealing a hideous gap.

The surrounding soldiers also came to persuade the two generals Dong to go downstairs.Dong Xueli was still hesitating, the bandit in yellow seemed to be determined to win Haifeng County, if he withdrew, the capital crime of falling into the flood zone would not be able to escape.The governor of Shandong, Fang Dayou, had long disliked him because he failed to extort bribes from him. Last time, he secretly read one of his books.If he let him grab the handle again this time, wouldn't he be going to die?

That's all, it's important to preserve your strength, retreat to the countryside first, and wait for the yellow-clothed thief to withdraw himself before going to recover the city.Of course, if the matter cannot be covered up and the superior wants to punish me, then my old Dong is not a fat sheep to be slaughtered.At worst, pull up the troops and bring down the bandit in yellow. What can you Fang Dayou and Li Sutai do to me?

After figuring this out, Dong Xueli hurried downstairs with his soldiers, and then arranged for the escape.He specifically explained that all the food, gold, silver, silk and other goods in the city were sealed up, and conspicuous signs were pasted on them so that the yellow-clothed thieves could collect the spoils more conveniently after entering the city.In this way, maybe when they are happy, they will be merciful and let my old Dong leave safely.

On June 1645, 6, the East Coast Army led by Mo Ming defeated Qingyun Guerrilla Zhang Haoqian with 12 soldiers outside Haifeng City. While fleeing, the people from the east bank successfully entered the city and got a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)