Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 205 The World Shakes ([-])

Shandong, Tancheng, Yizhou Prefecture.The Second Battalion, the Yuyuan Army, the Jiaojun and other coalition forces were huddled on the ground with a radius of dozens of miles.

A few months ago, Zhang Cunren, governor of the three provinces of Shandong and Henan in Zhili Province of the Tartars, sent troops from Jinan to encircle and suppress the coalition forces in Caozhou Prefecture. Facing the superior forces of the Tartars, the coalition forces were defeated one after another.When the battle situation was critical, the first battalion sent troops from Yingzhou Prefecture to stop the Tartars and regain some of the lost cities.It's just that at this time, the Tartars dug the Yellow River at Jinglongkou in a frenzy, and flooded Caozhou, Yanzhou, Tai'an, Dongchang and other counties.In desperation, the first battalion led its troops to withdraw from Caozhou Prefecture, and the coalition forces also fled eastward one after another.In this campaign, the Wenxiangjiao, Monroejiao, Hongyangjiao, Huangtianjiao and other teaching troops in the teaching army suffered heavy losses. Zhang Qi, Liang Min, Li San Maoyan, Huang Zhenshan, Shi Kuiran, Zhang Cui and others in the Yuyuan Army The leader also sacrificed heroically.

All the way to the east to escape from the Yellow Flooding Area, the coalition forces finally landed in Tancheng, Yizhou Prefecture.Seeing that the strength of the coalition forces has been greatly reduced and cannot endanger the canal, it is no longer a confidant.Zhang Cunren transferred the army back, leaving some troops to continue the encirclement and suppression.After all, firstly, the court’s troops were insufficient and needed support everywhere, and secondly, such a large army spent a lot of money and food on the expedition. Facing the defeated coalition forces, such a waste was not worth it.So, fortunately, the enemy the coalition forces will face next is the local green battalion soldiers in Shandong.The Tazi army, which had withdrawn from Datong, continued to return to Shanxi and participated in the offensive against the Fourth Battalion occupying Taiyuan. This increased the pressure on Li Taiping, and the failure of the coalition forces indirectly affected the situation in Shanxi.

In the next few months, the Tazi's Green Battalion repeatedly attacked Tancheng, but all failed, and the battle fell into a stalemate.

Now there are less than [-] people left in the Second Battalion, and the Yuyuan Army and the Teaching Army are even worse. The combined number is not as large as the Second Battalion. The key is that their leaders suffered heavy casualties, and the Yuyuan Army and the Teaching Army are almost at risk of collapse.

At this time, the trainer Ma Lin suggested to Sun Zhi to annex the Yuyuan Army and the Teaching Army to expand his own strength.

Ma Lin's suggestion moved Sun Zhi very much, but he was a little worried that doing so would cause a backlash. If it led to civil strife, the coalition forces would destroy themselves without the Tartars attacking.

"Battalion Commander, now the only leader of the Yuyuan Army is Ren Qiyi. Not long ago, Ren Qi was injured in battle. If the wound infection cannot be cured, then the Yuyuan Army will have no leader." Ma Lin ruthlessly Said harshly.

Seeing Ma Lin's ruthless expression, the corners of Sun Zhi's eyes twitched, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing that Sun Zhi didn't speak, Ma Lin could only continue talking.

"Now the coalition forces are retreating to Tancheng, and Tancheng is too small to support more than ten thousand troops. Even going to Haizhou in Jiangnan Province to plunder is just a drop in the bucket. Fighting against the Tartars' invasion of Tancheng is mainly the people of our second battalion, those Yuyuan Army and Jiaojun It will only destroy morale. Now the food and grass collected by my second battalion are distributed to them, which not only makes the soldiers of my second battalion feel dissatisfied, but they also dislike the scarcity of food and grass and are dissatisfied with us. Is this the appearance of helping each other in times of trouble?"

Sun Zhi frowned but still didn't speak, he seemed a little shaken.

Seeing this, Ma Lin urged even harder.

"These Yuyuan Army and Jiaojun are all from Caozhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture. Now our coalition army is hundreds of miles away from Caozhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture, and this place is also a place of origin for them. Before my second battalion united with them. I want to break into the circle of anti-Tartar forces in Shandong, and now my name of the Second Battalion has been branded out, but they are worthless for us to attack Yizhou Prefecture at this moment. It is better to annex them for fear of civil strife."

At this time, Sun Zhi also nodded, but he said hesitantly,

"That being said, it's really not easy to merge!"

Hearing that the battalion commander finally let go, Ma Lin was overjoyed, and he said hastily.

"With Ren Qiyi gone, only Ye Tingxiu, Yan Ermei, Zhao Erbao and others are the only people with prestige in the Yuyuan Army. Ye Tingxiu's attitude is unclear, and his subordinates have tried several times to understand his attitude. Yan Ermei is a firm person who has recovered his eyesight. The faction he belongs to is the King of Lu. Needless to say, Zhao Erbao, he wholeheartedly wants to join our second battalion. So for the Yuyuan Army, as long as Ren Qi dies, his subordinates are guaranteed to attract more than half of the people. If Ye Tingxiu If you can join us, I am afraid that the entire Yuyuan Army may be pulled over."

"As for the teaching army, as long as the Yuyuan army is attached, they will definitely not dare to resist. In fact, those teaching troops are more suitable to be called teaching bandits. They are brave and fierce tigers when they win battles, but they run faster than rabbits when they lose. Now the war is not good. Even if they don’t dare to stretch their heads, even if they are annexed, they can’t be used as soldiers, they can only be used as a reserve army, and they need to be well trained.”

Hearing that Ma Lin had a complete plan, Sun Zhi nodded and approved his suggestion.

Next, Ma Lin will be responsible for how to make Ren Qi, the leader of the Yuyuan Army, die.Ren Qishi was stabbed in the stomach by a long spear when he was fighting with the Tartars, but fortunately he didn't cut his intestines and lacerate his internal organs, so he was rescued.Under the treatment of doctors from the Second Battalion, Ren Qi gradually showed signs of improvement.

At this time, Ma Lin wanted to kill Ren Qi, but he couldn't give up treatment on him, so he arranged for doctors to apply bandages on Ren Qi that looked clean but were extremely dirty, and even fiddled with the wound with dirty hands intentionally or unintentionally in the name of checking the wound, so Introduce germs into the wound.After doing this several times, the wound on Ren Qi's abdomen finally became infected and inflamed, and he died of the wound infection not long after.

After Ren Qitouqi, Sun Zhi began to annex the Yuyuan Army and the Jiaojun. He took advantage of the Tartar invasion and discussed the coalition defense line as an excuse to invite the leaders of the Yuyuan Army and the Jiaojun.

At the meeting, Sun Zhi made it clear what he meant. The loose formation of the coalition forces is not conducive to the resistance against the Tartars. It is better for everyone to be included in the second battalion, and they will not be separated from each other from now on.

On the spot, Yan Ermei turned his back on him.Yan Ermei is loyal to the former Ming Dynasty, and the security group is obviously an ambitious force, they will not be loyal to the former Ming Dynasty.Now that the security group wants to annex King Lu's power, this is intolerable to Yan Ermei.

What disappointed Yan Ermei was that he was the only one who opposed it.The rest of the people, even his close friend Ye Tingxiu, did not object, as if they had expected it long ago. Even Zhao Erbao and his brothers and subordinates were extremely excited, as if their wish for many years would come true.

So Yan Ermei left angrily. In order to take care of the overall situation, Sun Zhi did not make things difficult for him and let Yan Ermei go.

After reorganizing the coalition army and eliminating the old, young, sick and disabled, Sun Zhi got [-] soldiers.

Not long after the formation of the new Second Battalion, news came that the headquarters had captured Jiang Ning.Stimulated by such great news, the morale of the Second Battalion immediately rose.Those regiments who were originally the Yuyuan Army's teaching army instantly became more loyal to the security regiment, and the cohesion among the teams also increased.A promising group can always get the loyalty of its subordinates. What they are loyal to is not the group or any leader, but their own future.

After Chen Chen sent troops to Huai'an Mansion, Sun Zhi also hurriedly sent troops to Haizhou, gaining a solid base.Then he took the expanded [-] army all the way north and marched southeast of Shandong.Yizhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, and Laizhou Prefecture in southeastern Shandong suddenly became turbulent.

(End of this chapter)