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  Chapter 410 408 [The more you fight, the more outrageous it is]

  Yan Yingyuan seized Jinxiang, which was a random event.

  According to Fei Ruhe's original plan, he first went north along the Grand Canal and quickly captured the strategically important Nanyang Town.

   Then, let the civilians build fortifications, garrison with a small number of regular troops and peasant soldiers, and then return to the division to take Guting Town and Yutai County. While ensuring your rear, attack Jinxiang again, and use artillery to smash down the city wall with all your strength, so that you can stabilize your flanks.

  The actual situation made Fei Ruhe very embarrassed. He was halfway into Yutai County, and the city of Yutai County had already been captured by Dian Shi and Xiucai. As for Guting Town, it was seized by a group of gentry.

  This place borders Zhao Han's territory. Officials, scholars, commoners and squires dare to take the city as long as they are brave enough, and they have no worries. The Datong Army will soon take over the city.

  Yutai has been conquered, so Fei Ruhe went to fight Jinxiang again.

  A few miles away from Jinxiang County, Fei Ruhe was dumbfounded when he received the news again: "Jinxiang has also been captured? There are thousands of defenders there!"

  Tan Ma said in detail: "It was Mr. Xu who sent out another spy to persuade the people in the city to seize the city. Jinxiang Dian Shi called Yan Yingyuan, went to the city alone to kill the enemy generals, persuaded more than 2,000 enemy troops to surrender, and beheaded three enemy generals one after another."

   "A true warrior!" Fei Ruhe praised.

  Tan Ma also said: "Yan Dianshi asked for more troops to garrison Jinxiang, and to allocate some military rations. He said that he would bring two thousand surrendered troops and promise to take down the five cities of Shanxian, Chengwu, Caoxian, Dingtao, and Caozhou."

  Fei Ruhe said with emotion: "He is really loud."

  One dared to boast to Haikou, and the other dared to agree. Fei Ruhe really handed over the cities on his side to Yan Yingyuan to solve.

  If there is no Yan Yingyuan, he will send farmers, soldiers and civilian husbands to get it done.

  Because as long as Jinxiang is won, the rest of the counties are too close to Zhao Han's territory, and most of them will choose to follow the wind. Whoever does not surrender will face the attack of the Datong Army!

  This is the same situation in the north of Shandong. The defenders faced the Manchu attack directly, so they surrendered one after another.

   Moreover, Li Zheng's troops are fighting in Guide Mansion, and they can cross the river to reinforce Fei Ruhe's flank at any time.

   Just when Fei Ruhe returned to Nanyang Town, he suddenly received a message from the emissary: ​​There were a large number of ships transporting troops and rations, and they were mobilizing in the direction of Yanzhou and Qufu.

  Fei Ruhe quickly dispatched the cavalry west of Nanyang Town, scattered most of them to the east of Nanyang Town.

   Soon there was news that a large number of enemy traces were found in the northwest of the Jinxiang River.

   There are people in both directions, east and west. Could it be that Duoduo divides his troops to attack?

  Fei Ruhe convened the officers to discuss the matter, and discussed in detail for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what Duoduo wanted to do.

Division deputy Wan Sitong said: "It doesn't matter what he wants to do, how to fight, how to fight, our army will pull out Teng County first. The Clippers went to inform General Zhang and asked him to leave farmers, soldiers and civilian husbands to garrison Yishui , Juzhou, and Zhucheng, let Huang Fei stick to Weixian, Changyi, and Anqiu. Anyway, the Qingzhou government can't be moved, let General Zhang come back with the main force to help here."

  Fei Ruhe immediately understood: "Zhang Tieniu led his troops from Yizhou, along the Junhe River to Jingfei County, straight into Sishui, Qufu, and Yanzhou, and joined us in a two-sided attack. This is indeed a good strategy. I don't know if it will be in time."

   "It's too late," Wan Sitong said, "The war here won't end in a while."

   "Then do it like this!" Fei Ruhe made a decision.

  …

  Yanzhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, and Shandong are the two major battlefields, and they are all deadlocked.

  Both sides are trying to find a way, and they come up with exactly the same way.

  Duoduo asked Hong Chengchou to garrison Jining, dispatched soldiers and generals to confuse both sides of Nanyang Town. He personally led the main force, took the Junhe River and went straight into Yizhou, not only cutting off half of Zhang Tieniu's retreat, but also going up the river to pinch Zhang Tieniu.

  Fei Ruhe was the main force to suspend the attack on Qingzhou Prefecture, let Zhang Tieniu go back to Junhe, go straight to Surabaya and Qufu, and attack Duoduo in Yanzhou.

  Zhang Tieniu and Duoduo's troops are likely to meet love around the corner, and bump into each other along the banks of the Jun River!

  But it said Jinxiang.

  After the farmers, soldiers and food transportation team sent by Fei Ruhe arrived, Yan Yingyuan immediately set off with 2,000 surrendered troops, leaving Jinxiang County to Dong Yongqing for management.

  Yan Yingyuan led his troops straight to Shan County, and when he came outside the city, the county town had changed its banner.

  But this place is very close to Dangshan Mountain. When Li Zheng sent troops to Dangshan Mountain, he sent an army of farmers and soldiers to cross the river, and the defenders of Shanxian County directly chose to surrender.

  Yan Yingyuan made some supplies in Shan County, and then led troops to attack Chengwu. Zhang Xiude, the guard, surrendered immediately.

  Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Xiude went to Cao County together. Li Kun, the magistrate of Cao County, responded to the uprising and killed the guards and sacrificed the city.

  Then the three of them joined forces and recruited courageous men from the countryside. More than 4,000 people were killed in Dingtao.

   Zhang Xiude pretended to be defeated and fled, opened the gate of the city, killed the guards and seized the city, and gathered more than 5,000 soldiers to attack Caozhou (Heze).

   It was like a snowball, although they were all mobs, the scale of the army was getting bigger and bigger.

  It went so well for three reasons:

  First, the middle and low-level soldiers under Zuo Liangyu were unwilling to join the Qing Dynasty.

  Second, this place is too close to Zhao Han's territory. Not only is he afraid of being attacked by the Datong army, but he also has a better understanding of Datong policies. I also know that the epidemic situation in the south is well controlled, and I want to ask Datong doctor to come over and treat the plague as soon as possible.

  Thirdly, at the beginning of the war, Fei Ruhe did not attack the city, but took Nanyang Town along the canal. Just this one move, it seems that it didn't capture the city, it didn't seem like it killed the enemy, but it split Zuo Liangyu's southern territory in an instant. The counties in the south of Yanzhou Prefecture were all isolated and helpless. Either the defenders surrendered easily, or the people were keen to revolt.

  Fei Ruhe also grew up during the war, and regardless of his command ability, the strategic layout of the campaign is excellent.

  Even Teng County, whose strategic position is extremely critical, chose to change its flag without waiting for the Datong Army to fight after Fei Ruhe cut the battlefield.

  The battlefield in Shandong is so weird. The guards in the north have turned to Man Qing, and the guards in the south have turned to Zhao Han. Zuo Liangyu, the largest warlord, voted for the Manchus, while Huang Fei, the second most powerful warlord, voted for Zhao Han.

  When Yan Yingyuan, Zhang Xiude, and Li Kun led troops to Caozhou, they found that it was impossible to fight here.

  Tang Tong, the surrendered general of the frontier army, has already led reinforcements and stationed there, and the defenders have more than 5,000 troops.

   Just as they were about to leave, a large force suddenly came from the north.

  It was the Liangshan coalition led by Zheng Peiran and Ma Jinzhong who abandoned Yuncheng and came to attack Caozhou.

   "I'm stumped this time, son of a bitch, Duoduo!" Tang Tong felt cold all over his body.

  Outside the city, Ma Jinzhong and Yan Yingyuan joined forces. Although they didn't know each other, both sides were flying the Datong military flag at this time.

  Nephew Tang Lun privately said to Tang Tong: "Uncle, why don't we surrender too."

Tang Tong said: "Your family and I are all in Beijing, how can we surrender? What's more, what benefits can we get from voting in Nanjing? Our family occupies so much land in Jizhou circle. If the Qing Dynasty is defeated, our family's land will be lost." gone."

  Tang Lun anxiously said: "The enemy's coalition camp is several miles outside the city, and there are no less than 100,000 people. Our army only has five or six thousand, how can we hold it?"

Tang Tong said: "There are more than 100,000 enemy troops, and only a few thousand can really fight. The rest of the troops even have messed up their flags. Although we only have more than 5,000 people, it is more than enough to defend the city, and we can look for opportunities to go out of the city to rob. Battalion. As long as the attack is unprepared, it will be a big victory, and maybe you will be able to make meritorious deeds!"

   Tang Lun didn't think so, but he didn't dare to oppose his uncle, so he could only silently go back to the section of the city wall he was defending.

  He is still very young, and he doesn't want to wear braids on his forehead for the rest of his life.

   Moreover, with more than 100,000 enemy troops currently besieging the city, people in the city have long been panicked. Can you really keep it?

  A few days later, the siege troops had filled up the moat, and the leaders of the various rebels also relaxed. Although Ma Jinzhong, Yan Yingyuan, Zheng Peiran and others repeatedly warned against night raids, the soldiers at the bottom didn't take it seriously.

  Tang Tong selected 800 elite soldiers and put his nephew Tang Lun in charge of guarding the city, but he even ran outside the city to rob the camp himself.

   This guy was very timid for the Ming court, but now he is brave when fighting for the Manchus. Eight hundred people dared to attack a camp of more than 100,000 people at night.

  At night, a large camp of the Rebel Army suddenly caught fire.

  The outlying camps fell into chaos, and one camp after another began to be in chaos as if the plague was spreading.

  The rebel army composed of mobs ran around like headless chickens. In the darkness, they didn't know how many enemies were coming, or where the enemies were coming from. They only knew that the friendly troops were shouting and fleeing, so they followed the shouts and fled.

  With more than 100,000 rebels, over a cup of tea, more than half of the bombing battalion collapsed.

   Only two camps were not bombed, one was Ma Jinzhong and the other was Yan Yingyuan.

  They gathered their troops in the noise and chaos, but it was too difficult to gather troops at night. In the end, each of them only gathered more than a thousand people and rushed towards the direction where the flames were most intense.

   "Why don't you send troops?" Tang Tong looked in the direction of Caozhou City in doubt.

  He made an agreement with his nephew that as long as the night attack was successful, his nephew would immediately lead an army out of the city to pursue him.

   But at this moment, Caozhou City is very quiet.

  Caozhou City.

  General Wang Chang said happily: "Young General, the night attack was successful, let's go out of the city to chase after him!"

  In the darkness, Tang Lun's expression was gloomy and uncertain: "General Wang, do you think the Tartars can really hold the world firmly?"

  Wang Chang said in shock: "Young General, why do you say that?"

Tang Lun said: "The Nanjing court occupies all the wealth and wealth in the world. Even if it is not as good as the Tartars in fighting, it is by no means comparable to the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to be defeated for thousands of miles. The Nanjing court can lose ten times, but the Tartars can only lose once or twice. The Tatars don’t have much military rations at all, so this time we’re going south, grabbing food everywhere and robbing the peasants, how many months can the food last? Once there’s a stalemate, the Nanjing court doesn’t need to fight tough battles at all, and the Tartars can be dragged to death by holding on to the city.”

  Of course Wang Chang understood, but he said anxiously: "Major General, even though we say that, our family members are all in Beijing!"

  Tang Lun sighed: "I can only feel sorry for my parents, wife and children. Will you surrender?"

  Wang Chang hesitated and struggled for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and said, "For the righteousness of the Han family, I will surrender with the major general!"

  Tang Lun took off his helmet, swung a knife and cut off his braid: "Please, General Wang."

  Wang Chang imitated the example, and also took off his helmet and cut his braids.

  Then, the two summoned the officers and forced the officers under their command to cut their braids, and those who refused to cut their braids were hacked to death on the spot.

   They may really hate the Manchu customs in their hearts, but they choose to defect, but it is definitely not for the righteousness of the Han family.

   It was the battlefield situation that changed. It was thought that the Eight Banners Army would be able to rush forward. As a result, the two battlefields of Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion fell into a confrontation. In order to raise more grain, Duoduo forced Zuo Liangyu to send a large number of troops to the counties, forcibly grab grain from the people, and forced the peasants to transport the grain to the front line.

  How much food do the common people have? All the people who were robbed were gentry merchants!

  This way of doing things caused uprisings everywhere in the rear. The gentry, merchants, civilians, and scholars all united to rebel, and more than a dozen counties planted the banner of Datong one after another.

  Even the Confucius family in Qufu wanted to rebel because they were ordered to donate five thousand shi of rice and wheat.

  The Kong family was robbed once by the White Lotus Sect, so there was not much food left. In the past few years, there have been droughts, and there is no way to get five thousand stones of grain, so the shortfall has to be made up with silver.

  Many surrendered generals felt that the Tartars were going to collapse, and they were thinking about when they would take the opportunity to turn against them.

  If Duoduo and Hong Chengchou want to turn the situation around, they must win a big victory.

   Otherwise, it will really collapse, and the army rations have not been eaten yet, and a large number of surrendered generals will lead their troops back.

  The rebel army broke up everywhere outside the city. Ma Jinzhong, Yan Yingyuan, Zheng Peiran, Zhang Xiude and others led a small group of troops to fight against the current. On the way, they met Li Qingshan, Shi Kuiran and Ren Qi who were fleeing, and each of them brought dozens of volunteers to meet up.

  Finally, more than 3,000 volunteer soldiers collided with Tang Tong, and Tang Tong's 800 elite soldiers ran away in fright.

   Fleeing to the bottom of the city, Tang Tong shouted: "Open the city gate!"

  No one in the city answered.

   Tang Tong was so angry that he cursed: "Tang Lun, you are an unfilial son. I am your own uncle. How many times have I saved you on the battlefield? You are a dog, open the city gate quickly!"

   Tang Lun replied: "Uncle, surrender quickly, the Tartars are doomed to lose this time."

   Once upon a time, Cao Bianjiao also robbed the camp at night, and defeated Dorgon's camp. Tang Tong's surrendered generals only watched from within the city, forcing Cao Bianjiao to lead his troops south to join Zhao Han.

   Now, the same situation happened, and Tang Tong was swayed by his nephew.

  Seeing the pursuers coming, Tang Tong had no choice but to shout: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!"

  Li Qingshan rushed to the front with his men, hacked to death Tang Tong who was kneeling and begging to surrender, and roared: "I managed to gather thousands of soldiers, and they were all scattered by night raids by you! Damn it, **** it!"

  This kind of battle is so **** outrageous.

  While one hundred thousand troops were defeated by eight hundred, at the same time they were beaten to death by their own nephew.

   And on the bank of the Junhe River, Zhang Tieniu, who made a surprise attack on Yanzhou Mansion, collided with Duoduo, who made a surprise attack on Qingzhou Mansion. This is the only way for both sides to outflank the enemy!

  (end of this chapter)