Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Yinzhi received the warning sent by someone from Yinti on the afternoon of August [-]th. At that time, he was so frightened that his limbs were so weak that he almost fainted. He just wanted to leave the dead city of Jinan immediately, but Yinzhi is also a few One of the brothers who read the most, of course, knew Jia Xu's famous saying "Abandoning the masses and going alone, that is, a pavilion chief can restrain the emperor", so he suppressed his fear and sent someone to make the Minister of the Ministry of War title the governor of Shandong and Henan, Polpen. , Shandong Governor Tie Tu, Shandong Governor Dong Guoli, Shandong Inspectorate Bahunde, Shandong Admiral Jueluo Liu Liba, Conscript Governor General La Duhun, Yanzhou Zhen General Soldier Ensai and other dignitaries invited to discuss the matter.

As a result, everyone present at the meeting realized that Jinan was undefendable and had to retreat immediately to survive.So he immediately decided to leave Shandong's local township brave and regiment training, and only led the Shandong Green Battalion to flee from the north of the city before the Xia army closed the four sides of Jinan.

In order to slow down the pursuit of the Xia army, the Qing army set fire to Jinan before withdrawing.

For a while, thick smoke billowed in the city of Jinan, and the bustling spring city might have turned into a sea of ​​flames and hell.

The Xia Army's Eastern Front Troops who also received the notification from the Dongchang Front were actually ready to pursue the Qing Army's escape, but Yang Bokang did not expect that the Qing Army would burn the city before retreating, and eventually had to change the plan. Army, Annan Army, and Vietnamese Army pretended to be the main force of Xia Army and followed the Qing Army, and the rest immediately entered the city to fight the fire, and wiped out the remnants of the Qing Army who took advantage of the fire on the spot, and at the same time evacuated, accommodated, screened, and rescued a group of refugees.

It is precisely because Xia Jun temporarily changed the pursuit plan that Yinzhi and others escaped from Jinan smoothly.

But Yinzhi was not proud of it. It was because he fled to Yucheng, and the Shandong Green Camp he led had shrunk to less than ten thousand people. The soldiers fled with ordnance, so they had no choice but to comfort themselves by saying that they could cause trouble for the Xia army's pursuit troops. The only consolation is that due to the strict supervision, there is no problem with the convoy transporting the army food, otherwise the Jinan Qing army that retreated north would be completely destroyed. collapse.

After resting for a while outside Yucheng, Yinzhi decided to march overnight---although Yinzhi likes to hang out with literati in front of everyone, but his own riding skills are still good---only some of the people in the group Too many Manchu and Han army banner civil servants would lose airs even in a carriage, and Yinzhi, who couldn't cruelly leave them to fend for themselves, finally agreed to stay in the city for one night.

That night, the senior officials of the Qing army in Yucheng City and some of the Qing troops entering the city were having a good dream. Several regiments of the Shence Army of the Xia Army who had been chasing and chasing all the way rushed into the camp of the Qing army outside the city. Speaking of which, Yang Bokang They didn't have the idea of ​​letting them fight the Qing army, but the junior military officers had their own ideas, and no one wanted to give up the military merits that were at their fingertips.

When the Japanese mercenaries with hair buns were murderously rushing towards them under the moonlight, holding iron cannons and swords, the memories of Japanese pirates emerged from the minds of some people.The Green Battalion soldiers, who had no intention of resisting, dispersed immediately, but they didn't know what a bad decision it was to leave their backs to the enemy.

The Qing army in Yucheng stayed behind closed doors in fear, allowing the Xia army with limited strength to wantonly kill their comrades.

He didn't dare to go up to the top of the city to look out until dawn, but he saw a lot of corpses exposed in front of crows, rats, insects and ants.

The Qing army was pleasantly surprised to find that except for the Shence Army who was cleaning the battlefield, the rest of the Xia Army's troops did not seem to catch up, and suddenly became bolder.Of course, the so-called boldness does not mean that the Qing army deliberately went out of the city to invite the regiments of the Shence Army who had been fighting all night, but that they were able to escape boldly again.

As if he had received an amnesty, Yinzhi immediately fled from the city. When the gang of uncles who had harmed him all night escaped, the magistrate who was born as a Jinshi took off his coat, tied his arms upside down, and led a group of servants to open the door to the city. He asked to surrender, but was told by the generals of several regiments of the Shence Army that the discussion of surrender had to wait for the discussion of the rear team. He was tired after fighting all night and had no time to deal with it.The magistrate was depressed, and a regiment chief told him that the battlefield outside the city had been cleaned up, but there was no time for the Shence Army to bury one or two thousand corpses. To prevent the epidemic, the city sent people out to dig holes

Although Yinzhi escaped from Yucheng, it does not mean that he is safe.Because of the one-night delay in Yucheng, the Xia army's follow-up troops had already caught up. Although the combat power of the servant army was questionable, how dare the frightened Qing army stop to fight, so they could only continue to flee north regardless.

Fleeing to the plains, there were only 5000 people left in the Shandong Green Camp, and Tie Tu and Bahunde also disappeared in the chaos.

Yinzhi had no time to mourn what happened to these two people, and even couldn't complain about Pingyuan Zhixian's practice of closing the city gate to avoid him. He just hurriedly ate something outside the city to relieve his horsepower, and then continued to flee to Dezhou. go.But at this time, the four divisions of the Xia Army's Flying Cavalry Army had already arrived in the south of Dezhou, and Yin Zhi, who didn't know it, was heading towards the end of his escape step by step.

In the late afternoon of August [-]th, the Qing army running all the way finally saw the Majia River, and as long as they crossed the Majia River, Dezhou was close at hand.Overjoyed, Yinzhi immediately urged the troops to cross the river. The Qing army also had a feeling of survival after the catastrophe. Regardless of the fact that the waist-deep river would soak their clothes and pants, they scrambled to cross the river.

Less than [-] Qing troops were trudging through the not-so-wide river when suddenly dust rose in the distance, followed by the creepy sound of horseshoes.Some ignorant Qing soldiers were still at a loss, and some who were sober had already turned around and fled back and forth.

It's a pity that everything was too late. The Xia army cavalry that appeared suddenly did not charge straight, but rushed straight into the river and used the speed of the horses to reach the south bank of the Majia River before the Qing army, thus realizing the victory over the Qing army. surrounded.

Looking at Xia Jun who got off his horse and raised his guns, the Qing army with wet lower body had no fighting spirit at all.There were only a few military officers from the green battalion who were full of Eight Banners, like wounded hungry wolves, trying to pounce on Xia Jun's neat formation, and collapsed to the ground under Xia Jun's relentless volley of gunfire.

These Manchurian military officers who died in the battle seemed to have taken away the last bit of courage of the Qing army in Jinan. Without Xia Jun saying a word, everyone threw down their weapons, put their hands on their heads, and just stood in the water waiting for their fate.On the contrary, there were a few civil servants under Dong Guoli, the governor of Shandong Province, who knew that there was no way out. They gritted their teeth and jumped into the Majia River from the car. They struggled for a long time and choked to death, but they were dragged like dead dogs come up.

"You are the Tartar elder brother Yinzhi?" Looking at the pale Yinzhi, He Shuzhi showed a satisfied smile. "Okay, great, I would like to thank you for fulfilling the fame of the officers and men present." Yin Zhi wanted to vomit blood, but He Shuzhi turned his head to the side and ordered. "Be careful, don't let him die, it's only worth living in front of the Holy One"

After temporarily identifying a group of Manchu and Han officials, He Shuzhi led the flying cavalry and escorted the Qing army prisoners to appear under the city of Dezhou.

According to the defenders of Dezhou are Zhengbai Banner Shoudao Lufu, Zhifu Jiuling with Xianghong Banner, and Dezhou Town Chief Soldier Daofu, but all the soldiers and horses of Dezhou Town are already in the Xia Army prisoner camp under the city, so they can only rely on a group of township braves and regiments to practice defense. city.However, most of the township braves and regiments were just ordinary people before the training. They had never seen tens of thousands of people appearing in front of them. They panicked and ran faster than anyone else without being greeted by their companions.

All the soldiers guarding the city escaped, and Lu Fu, Jiu Ling, and Dao Fu had no choice but to find a rope to solve it themselves, and Dezhou was restored.

He took down the Yinzhi Department and Dezhou City without loss, and He Shuzhi thought about it.He didn't know if the iron cavalry had restrained Yinti's troops, and he didn't know if the main force in the middle had caught up with the Qing army, so he felt that he couldn't just stay in Dezhou City and wait for the results of all parties, he had to take the initiative to attack. Cooperate with the main force to attack Yinti's department.

But the problem came soon, once the flying cavalry army left, what would happen to Dezhou City?If it is said that Dezhou City can be easily recaptured if it is lost, what about the more than 4000 Qing army prisoners of nearly [-]?The Flying Cavalry Army is mounted infantry, so it doesn't necessarily slow down the overall speed in order to escort these prisoners.

He Shuzhi suddenly felt murderous, since they are all traitors anyway, and they just harmed Jinan City and Yucheng, so death is not a pity.

Just getting ready to act, the subordinates reported that the Shence Army and other servants chasing up from Jinan were not far away.

He Shuzhi was overjoyed and heaved a sigh of relief, now he doesn't have to take political risks to surrender.

He Shuzhi quickly calculated that of course Dezhou would not allow the servants to enter, but it would not be a problem to guard these prisoners on the spot outside the city.Therefore, Uncle He used his status as a member of the Privy Council to order several ministries to move closer to Dezhou immediately.

Of course, there is no need for more than 2 or nearly [-] mercenaries and servants to guard less than [-] captives.Therefore, He Shuzhi ordered that the first division of the Flying Cavalry Army leave one regiment to maintain order in Dezhou City, the Shence Army leave two regiments and the Annan Army four regiments guard the Qing army prisoners outside Dezhou City, and the rest of the troops follow him to attack westward. .Among them, the Flying Cavalry Army went first, and the Shence Army, the Korean Army, and the Vietnamese Army then escorted the grain and fodder to follow up and maintain contact with Dezhou and Jinan to ensure the safety of their own food roads.

There is nothing wrong with the servant army. They have already been shocked by the mighty power of the Xia army. If they want to let them go east, let them go west, let alone serve the Xia army, naturally there is no objection.But the Shence Army is in trouble. They don't agree that they should only play the role of a supply soldier, hoping to play a bigger role.

He Shuzhi originally thought that it would be no problem for his authority to overwhelm the leaders of the Shence Army, but who knows that these leaders are all horny people, and they are used to doing their own thing overseas on weekdays, so they don't accept it at all. He Shuzhi dispatched, and kept claiming that he was a member of the East Route Army. Only Yang Bokang, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and the commander of the East Route Army, could dispatch him.

He Shuzhi was furious, but there was nothing he could do, so he had no choice but to discuss with the other party. As a result, more than a dozen regiments of the Shence Army muttered, and decided to keep two regiments to cooperate with the Annan Army to guard the Qing army's prisoners, but the other twelve regiments would not follow. He Shuzhi went west, and they wanted to go north alone to contact the Sixth Division of Xuanwu Army.

He Shuzhi thought for a while, the Xuanwu Army Sixth Division hanging alone on the North Road was indeed a little dangerous. It was enough to escort the grain trucks to maintain the food road with more than [-] Korean troops and [-] Vietnamese troops, and there was no need to rely on the strength of Shence Army, so just agree.

On the early morning of August [-]th, the Xia army in Dezhou divided into two groups, and went to their respective targets to kill each other.