Outside the city of Jinan, the Ming and Qing armies faced each other in formation. This was a traditional battle. The flags of both sides were fluttering, the formations were clear, the cavalry and infantry were well-proportioned, and the left and right Chinese armies echoed each other. The core of the army was the Chinese army's banner.
, Wei Guogong Xu Zengshou was sitting on his horse in a military uniform, observing the Qing army opposite with a telescope.
On the hilltop opposite is the flag of the Qing army commander Hong Chengchou. Those in front are also soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. They are divided into several flat square formations. The first row is lightly armed with swords and shields, and the corners are bows.
Crossbowmen, followed by pikemen, could vaguely hear the neighing of horses in the rear formation. The Qing army's formation was very strict. Although there were tens of thousands of people, except for the occasional horse neighing, no one spoke, and it was a very oppressive situation.
in the silence.
On the other hand, the Ming army was very lively with people shouting and neighing. The messengers shuttled back and forth between the military formations with flags on their backs. The generals waved their horse whips and pointed at the Qing army opposite and talked and laughed. It is no wonder that the two armies
In the battle, the Qing army won less and lost more, and it has long become synonymous with idiots in the hearts of the Ming army.
The predecessor of the Shandong Forbidden Army was the Xuzhou Army. Since Yuan Chonghuan was promoted to Beijing, the Xuzhou Army lost its strong leaders and gradually turned into arrogant and powerful generals such as Zu Dashou, Man Gui, Zhao Lejiao, and Niu Yong.
They occupied a large number of properties, houses and mines, recruited private soldiers, set up tax items, despised civil servants, and regarded themselves as a new generation of warlords. Suddenly, Xu Zengshou, an airborne cadre, came. How to convince them? Fortunately, Xu Zengshou is a hereditary prince, and he is my own.
He was good at martial arts and kind, otherwise they would have rushed back to the capital.
Xu Zengshou gathered 100,000 troops from various Shandong armies to fight against the Qing army. He knew well that his responsibility was great. Liu Ziguang's red shirt army was just a surprise force. His 100,000 men were the force for the decisive battle. The other side was the final strength of the Qing army. As long as
After defeating them, there will be peace in front of you. Beijing is right in front of you. Recovering the old capital and capturing the enemy chief alive are all no longer a dream! Before coming to Shandong, Liu Ziguang made an agreement with himself to share the battle achievements equally and never advance to Beijing. Now Liu Ziguang has completed
After his task, it's up to you.
Xu Zengshou silently thought about the blessings of his ancestors. The unscrupulous descendants will bring glory to you. The old Xu family has always been the Duke of Taiping since Xu Da. It was only in his generation that there was a change. First, he assisted the emperor in seeking great power, and then
He led the army to attack Huanglong, and his achievements were unparalleled and his fame lasted forever. When the descendants of the Xu family talk about their ancestors, they will definitely compare his generation of Wei Guogong to the founding General Xu Da.
The wind was blowing loudly, and the sound of war drums from the opposite side was heard. The Qing army was beating the drums. Xu Zengshou cheered up and looked up. In the meantime, the infantry formation in the front line of the opponent side made a big gap, and more than a thousand cavalry rushed out from behind.
The prancing horse swung his sword to kill the Ming army.
The Ming army remained motionless, and when the Qing cavalry entered the shooting range, they fired arrows together. After a round of arrow rain, the Qing cavalry fell off their horses one after another. Then the Ming cavalry also attacked. The two groups of cavalry collided and started fighting madly.
This is a battle between the Han people. Shandong cavalry versus northwest cavalry. The Manchurian and Guizhou cavalry are of relatively high quality. In addition, they are equipped with single-shot firecrackers, sabers and firecrackers. Naturally, they are invincible in cavalry combat.
After the hedging, half of the Qing cavalry was dead. After another hedging, there were basically no people left. The Qing army did not dare to fight anymore and just patted their horses and walked away.
Man Gui laughed loudly: "The Northwest Horse Harrier is nothing more than that, chase!" With a wave of the red flag, all the front army cavalry under his command pressed forward and rushed towards the Qing army. Xu Zengshou couldn't help but frowned. The Chinese army had not yet issued an order.
Man Gui took action without permission. Doesn't this mean he doesn't take the coach seriously?
However, Mangui's unauthorized actions were very effective. Facing the overwhelming offensive, the Qing army fired arrows sparsely for a while, and then the Chinese army began to retreat. As soon as the Chinese army moved, all the armies were in chaos, and they dropped their flags and fled.
Seeing that the enemy army was defeated, Xu Zengshou waved his command flag for fear of missing the opportunity to fight. The left army and the right army pushed forward, and the center army followed suit. The whole army cheered thunderously, as if victory was just around the corner.
Although the Qing army abandoned their helmets and armor and seemed to be retreating, they were defeated and did not break up. The Ming army's pursuing cavalry came first and the infantry followed. When the distance between the cavalry and the infantry was widened, suddenly, suddenly
A group of cavalry rushed out from behind the hillock, as fast as lightning. The knights shouted wildly while shooting arrows quickly. They shot thirty arrows at extremely fast speeds from the high-speed horses, and the arrows were all missed.
The Qing army had never seen such a powerful force. The infantry of the Ming army was immediately divided. These elite cavalry were not willing to fight. They just kept rushing back and forth, disrupting the ranks of the Ming army. They fought with cold weapons, relying solely on flags and gongs and drums.
Once the command and order flags were lost, the soldiers would be defeated without seeing the order. These elite soldiers specially snatched the Ming army's battle flags. After a few charges, the Ming army's follow-up infantry was in chaos.
Mangui's cavalry was pursuing them when suddenly there was a bang and random arrows were shot from the woods nearby. As soon as the offensive weakened, the Qing soldiers in front who were pretending to escape shouted and turned around to fight back. The two armies fell into a melee.
The weapons and equipment of the Ming army in Shandong were similar to those of the Qing army, and their military strength was also close. The strength of the two armies was almost the same. The only difference was the strategy of the commander. Obviously Hong Chengchou was more skilled than Xu Zengshou. In the end, the Qing army won this large-scale melee under the city of Jinan.
, the Ming army suffered tens of thousands of casualties and retreated to the city. The Qing army, Chen Bing, spent all day cutting down trees and building ladders under the city, preparing to repeat the old massacre in Jinan.
Xu Zengshou lost the first battle and became furious. He placed the responsibility on Man Gui, the former commander of the army who attacked without permission. Man Gui was not convinced. He had lost thousands of soldiers and was also angry. He couldn't help but contradicted him a few times. Xu Zengshou ordered his generals to
Man Gui pushed him out and beheaded him. Man Gui's soldiers immediately drew their swords and faced each other. Fortunately, Zu Dashou and others intervened, and the generals' dispute was settled.
The biggest problem faced by the Shandong Ming Army was that the generals were at odds and fighting on their own. Not only could Xu Zengshou not be able to command them, but these generals also did not agree with each other. They were all generals, and no one had a lower official rank than anyone else. Why?
Listening to the shouts of others, as for the Qing army outside the city, although everyone lost a round, they are not worried. Jinan has advanced city defense weapons and enough food for several years. There are many springs in the city, which can be said to be impregnable. Even if it is ten
The Wanqing army continued to attack for ten years but could not defeat it.
Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou used another trick and planted suspicious troops under Jinan City. In fact, the main force had turned to Qingzhou in the dark night and attacked the city. The Qingzhou Ming Army sent messengers to fight their way out of the siege to ask for help from Jinan. This Qingzhou City was Mangui's territory.
, Hearing that his hometown was in danger, Mangui was so worried that Xu Zengshou refused to support him, saying that he was afraid of falling into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain. Mangui thought that Xu Zengshou was avenging his personal revenge, and brazenly led his troops out of the city to rescue Qingzhou. Little did he know that Hong Chengchou was using a strategy of siege and reinforcements.
, the Mongolian elite cavalry ambushed the Manchu and Guangxi cavalry on the road.
Mangui is also a Mongolian, and his riding and shooting skills are excellent. However, he has lived too much in the past few years, and his waist is full of fat. He is not as brave as before. The same is true for his subordinates. They have not been riding horses and drawing bows for many years, and their muscles have become flabby.
Not long after the Manchurian and Guijun troops left the city, they were caught off guard by Nasungerile's cavalry in Zhangqiu. This was a duel between cavalry. The Central Plains heavy armored cavalry faced the Mongolian light cavalry. Mangui and the others were surprised to find that the Mongolian army's
The riding skills and combat effectiveness were much better than the northwest cavalry of Wang Fuchen's troops that they encountered the day before. They came and went like the wind, and their arrows were fired without missing a beat. After a fierce battle, more than half of the Ming army was killed or wounded. Man Gui was hit by several arrows, and only dozens of cavalry escaped.
Jinan.
After returning to Jinan, I learned that Xu Zengshou had also suffered a defeat. He thought that the main force of the Qing army was advancing eastward and the troops in Jinan city were empty, so he personally led the troops to rob the camp and rushed into the Chinese army camp with Hong Chengchou's flag, only to find that it was an empty camp.
, Xu Zengshou shouted that he had fallen into the trap, and turned his horse to leave. There were already sounds of killing and explosions all around. Hong Chengchou buried a lot of weapons in the camp, specifically to deal with the Ming army robbing the camp. If he hadn't been petty, he wouldn't have used it more*
*, Ming army coach Xu Zengshou died in Jinan City.
Xu Zengshou's eyebrows were burnt and his beard was burnt. He hurriedly withdrew into the city. All the 5,000 men and horses he brought out had been lost. He had no direct troops and used the men and horses of Niu Yong, the commander-in-chief of Jinan. Niu Yong felt distressed.
It was so terrible that the news of the Mangui army being ambushed came again. The morale of the Ming army was even worse, and people were panicked for a while.
Xu Zengshou originally planned to kill Mangui Liwei, but he failed to live up to his expectations and lost five thousand soldiers. How could he have the nerve to blame others? The generals apologized to each other, cleared up their past grudges, and faced the enemies outside the city together.
Mangui's cavalry was finished, and the Ming army no longer had mobility. The infantry alone could not fight the Qing army in the field. The initiative in the Shandong battlefield fell to the enemy. In a few days, news came that Qingzhou had been lost, but Hong Chengchou
However, they did not massacre, but instead appeased the people and treated the prisoners preferentially. This psychological attack tactic was very clever. When they captured another city, the Ming army would no longer resist desperately.
He originally wanted to achieve great military exploits, but he unexpectedly suffered such a disastrous defeat. Xu Zengshou did not dare to report the truth to Nanjing, so he could only send a message to Liu Ziguang, asking him to send red shirt troops to assist in the battle.
In fact, Hong Chengchou fought so fiercely because he was following the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao. The battle situation in Beijing was completely opposite to that in Shandong. The Ming army suppressed the Qing army and fought. The Qing army's sphere of influence could not leave the city. The Ming army ruled the whole country. Kangxi supported it.
Unable to hold on, Hong Chengchou was ordered to attack Shandong fiercely, and his troops were directed towards Qingdao, the base of the Red Shirt Army.
On Beidaihe Beach in Yongping Prefecture, Zhili Province, Liu Ziguang was lying leisurely on a bamboo rocking chair wearing sunglasses. On the small coffee table next to him were cigars from the Song Dynasty, ice-cold Cokes with straws stuck in them, and a few slices of sliced ​​watermelon.
In the distance, a group of red shirt soldiers wearing big pants were playing with inflated pig urine bubbles. The red shirt soldiers encouraged this kind of confrontational entertainment, playing beach volleyball on the beach, Cuju and polo on the grass.
It not only exercises the body, but also enhances the cooperation between comrades, which is much better than the monotonous and boring practice of carrying stone locks and performing Guan Dao.
Beidaihe was designated as a military controlled area by Liu Ziguang. The system of the Red Shirt Army is that after three months of frontline operations, they can be transferred back to the base for vacation. After one month of operation, they can go to Beidaihe for a week's vacation. It is August, and it is really nice to have a vacation on the seaside.
A pleasant thing is that there are mountains of watermelons, beer and coke to drink, various canned meats, and fresh sea fish to eat. Every day, we play beach volleyball and swim during the day, and grill fish and drink beer at night. The commander also put Yongping
All the brothels in the mansion were taken care of. Dozens of charming young ladies started a business in the barracks. They could sleep with each other for half a buck. This little life was as comfortable as a fairy.
The telegrams from Jinan and Qingdao were delivered to Liu Ziguang. He took off his sunglasses and read them at a glance. He couldn't help but became furious: "What a Hong Chengchou, if you dare to copy my old home, then don't blame me for being rude!"