The cavalry in town was completely replaced with rifled guns.
The next step is to hunt the Eight Banners Mongolia.
Before sending troops, Hu Guozhu sought Zhu Cijiong's opinion.
"King Ding, do you have any advice on how to hunt the Eight Banners Mongolia?"
Hu Guozhu was very sensible, and Zhu Cijiong did not put on airs as a prince, because Chongzhen often told him that as a king, there was no need to put on airs with his subjects, and everyone was equal in personality.
"Xiao Wang doesn't have any high opinions here. Just do whatever Mr. Hu says."
Hearing what Zhu Cijiong said, Hu Guozhu's anxious heart immediately fell back into his stomach, and he immediately said with a smile: "That's right, the riding skills of the Eight Banners Mongolia are really good, and the war horses are not much worse than us. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us under the same conditions."
To catch up with them, this was the case on the way to Dengzhou from the south. We chased them several times but failed to catch up."
Zhu Cijiong said in his heart that the more than two thousand cavalry I brought from Liaodong did not have such a thing.
The reason is also very simple, because the horses of the Liaodong cavalry are all the three thousand white-armored horses that Obai brought to Korea. They are all good horses that Mongolian ministries paid tribute to the Qing court.
Therefore, in Liaodong, the Ming cavalry could catch up with the Mongolian cavalry.
But these cavalrymen in the cavalry town obviously did not have such good horses.
"But after the Eight Banners Mongolia penetrates deep into Shandong, it will definitely be difficult to supply food and grass."
Hu Guozhu continued: "So we can use grain and grass as bait to fish."
"This method is quite good." Zhu Cijiong said happily, "Then let's do it."
"Okay, bring me the map." Hu Guozhu motioned to the accompanying Guo Zisheng to open the map and chose a small stronghold called Qingtuozi Fort along Laizhou Bay. "Prince Ding, how about this?"
In Qingzhou, not far from Laizhou Bay, there is a large lake called Qingshuibo.
A thousand cavalry team from Eight Banner Mongolia was camping on the south bank of Qingshuibo.
It was already the eighth day of February, but the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty had not yet passed, so the weather in Qingzhou was still freezing, and the ice in Qingshuibo showed no sign of melting.
In the late Ming Dynasty, Shandong would not get warmer until the end of March.
Therefore, life in Mongolia under the Eight Banners was also very difficult.
Not only people but also war horses suffered because they couldn't find grass to eat.
It is said that war horses must eat grass, otherwise they will have diarrhea. That is nonsense.
At least Mongolian horses are not so delicate. They can digest any grass and will not lose fat or have diarrhea.
Having said that, if it is a high-intensity march or battle, the war horse must be fed beans or even wine, otherwise the war horse will really lose weight or even die.
Bart was drinking from the wine gourd.
Although there was wine and beef jerky to go with the wine, Bart was not in a good mood.
One is worried about the supply of military rations and fodder, and the other is worried about the Ming army's revenge.
A few days ago, six to seven thousand Ming army cavalry marched along Laizhou Bay toward Dengzhou. Bart instinctively felt that the Ming army must be planning a revenge operation, and it would not last long.
Amidst the sound of horse hooves, a team of hundreds of cavalry meandered back to the camp.
"Agula." Bart asked loudly, "Have you found the Han Dog Village?"
A burly Mongolian man came to Bart, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "We can't find it. We have searched an area of a hundred miles and even found a county town, but there is no one in the town and it is all deserted."
Bart sighed after hearing this. This was all caused by the war. Most of the population of Jinan Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture, and half of Qingzhou Prefecture were robbed by Qing soldiers. Even the Kong family in Qufu was kidnapped.
Later, the remaining population was moved to Denglai by the Ming army.
So now Qingzhou Prefecture has almost become a white land.
It is not easy to find food and fodder under such circumstances.
But it was impossible not to look for it, because the dry food and fodder that I brought with me were almost gone.
"Du Tong, if it doesn't work, go to Laizhou Mansion and rob him." Agula said in a ferocious voice.
"What you said is easy." Bart snorted, "Han dogs are hiding in the city. Even if a few big households don't live in the city, most of them have built forts. How can you rob them?"
"How about storming the fortress on Mingguoliang Road?"
Another Mongolian general said: "If you lay down a fortress, you will have everything."
Bart felt a little moved in his heart, but he was worried about casualties: "Let's take another look. It's best to wait for Ming Gou's baggage team to come out of the camp before attacking. It will be easier to fight this way."
As I said, I won't take it back until the end of the night to report it.
"Dugun, Qingtuozi's Mingdog baggage team has come out."
"Have they finally come out? I thought they could hide forever."
Bart laughed ferociously and asked again: "How many peasants and carriages came out?"
The scout cavalry said: "More than three hundred civilians, more than a hundred carriages and more than two hundred mules and horses."
Bart asked again: "How many Ming army infantry are there to protect you?"
The scout cavalry said: "About a hundred or so."
"This is great." Agula said with a ferocious smile, "Robbing this batch of food and grass is enough for us to eat for a month. Let's take action!"
"Don't worry yet." Bart shook his head and said, "Minggou's baggage team has just come out. If we go over too quickly, they will definitely shrink back, so we have to let them go as far away as possible."
"Oh, yes, yes." Agula woke up from his dream, "That's the truth."
After waiting for half an hour, when he estimated that the Ming army's baggage team had gone seven or eight miles away, Bart stood up and said: "Send the order, everyone mounts their horses, Qing Tuozi strikes the grass and valley!"
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The coast of Laizhou Bay.
A Ming army convoy, consisting of more than 300 civilians, more than 100 carriages and more than 200 mules and horses, was meandering north, accompanied by about a hundred Ming army infantry for protection.
At a certain moment, the ground suddenly shook slightly.
"Cavalry! There are cavalry! There are cavalry coming this way!"
A "civilian" sitting on the shaft of one of the carriages suddenly jumped up.
Immediately, the civilian husband took out a telescope from his arms and stood on the shaft of the carriage to look around.
Soon, the civilian husband saw a large group of black cavalry from the southwest horizon, sweeping towards the direction of the baggage train.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, there was no fear on the civilian husband's face, but a look of joy.
"Act according to the original plan." The civilian husband gave the order, and more than 300 civilian laborers "turned into chaos", and more than a hundred Ming army infantrymen ran to the southwest of the baggage train and lined up.
Soon, the Mongolian cavalry coming from the southwest approached within a thousand steps.
The Ming army's "baggage train" also retreated to the seaside and set up a vehicle formation with its back to the sea.
Obviously, the Ming army's "baggage train" knew that it was too late to retreat to the Qingtuozi stronghold, and it was too late to go to the forward stronghold, so they could only set up a defensive vehicle array with their backs to the Beihai Sea and try to resist stubbornly.
With the rumble of hoofbeats and the movement of horses' heads, the Mongolian cavalry quickly approached within a hundred steps.
At this moment, the "civilian" just shouted loudly, and the more than 300 "panic" civilians immediately took out flintlock guns from the carriage, and then quickly entered behind the more than 100 Ming soldiers who were lined up.
Set up the line array. In the blink of an eye, the line array has been set up.
There are three rows at the front and back, with about 150 people in each row.
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"A thief!"
Seeing this scene, Bart couldn't help being surprised.
Even though he is a pig, it can be seen that he has been fooled now.
What kind of baggage team is this? They are all Mingguo infantrymen pretending to be soldiers.
"You've been fooled, retreat quickly!" Bart jerked the horse's head and tilted it to one side.
The cavalrymen in the front row behind Bart also saw this scene and turned around one after another.
In an instant, the cavalry wave that was originally surging forward seemed to hit a rock, split into two halves instantly, and then circled towards both sides of the rock.
However, even if they circled diagonally, the distance between the two armies continued to close.
Soon, the distance between the two armies was less than fifty steps. The next moment, the Ming army, which was lined up in line, began to advance one after another, taking turns to fire cannons.
Accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang", the Mongolian cavalry instantly fell on their backs.
Even Bart, the commander-in-chief of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, was shot in the chest and fell from his horse.
After a while, the Mongolian cavalry detoured from both sides of the Ming army's formation, and barely managed to complete the turn before rushing onto the ice of the North Sea. Then, they followed the coastline and ran straight to the north and south. They even started running from
The Ming infantry did not have the courage to approach the flank, and they just wanted to escape quickly.
However, can you still escape at this time?
Before the Mongolian cavalry could escape, billowing smoke and dust were raised in both the north and south directions at the same time.
Then two Ming army cavalry swept over like two red hurricane waves.
"Flee to the west!" The two groups of Mongolian cavalry immediately turned their horses and broke through to the west.
Unfortunately, not too far away, a red hurricane wave also appeared on the western horizon.
The two groups of Mongolian cavalry fleeing to the west immediately changed directions, one turning to the northwest and the other to the southwest, trying to escape from the two gaps between the three Ming armies.
Naturally, the Ming cavalry would not let the Mongolian cavalry do what they wanted.
Soon, three lines of Ming army cavalry moved closer to the center.
At this time, it’s time to compete on the horse speed of both sides.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia are also Mongols, and they are also a people on horseback after all.
In the end, the Ming cavalry failed to complete the encirclement before the Mongolian cavalry escaped, and some Mongolian cavalry was still allowed to protrude from the two gaps.
However, the Mongolian cavalry also paid a heavy price.
Not only Dutong Batt was killed on the spot, more than a thousand cavalrymen were also killed and more than 500 were killed.
The three Ming army cavalry quickly gathered together, and Hu Guozhu asked: "King Ding, do you want to pursue us?"
Zhu Cijiong put his hand on his forehead and said helplessly: "Hu Guozhu, you are the commander-in-chief of Cavalry Town. Xiao Wang is just the deputy commander-in-chief, so you don't need to ask for instructions on everything."
"Okay, then I won't chase you. Even if I chase you, I won't be able to catch you."
After a pause, Hu Guozhu continued: "But fishing can only be done once, and it won't work the second time, so we have to change our approach next. It's better to divide into eight thousand cavalry teams and hunt separately.
Mongolian cavalry.”
"Okay, this is a good method." Zhu Cijiong said impatiently, "Then let's start quickly."
Zhu Cijiong was really impatient, he hadn't had enough of it just now.
