When Jiang Ning was having trouble deciding who to send to Dengzhou to supervise the war, Chen Zhihu sent his deputy general Gao Yi to lead more than 10,000 troops to attack Qingzhou.
Gao Yi attacked Qingzhou and imitated Chen Zhihu's tactics of attacking Linzi. He directly pressed the army forward and surrounded three towers, leaving a way for the defenders in Qingzhou City to survive and destroying their fighting spirit to prevent them from fighting to the death.
Thousands of civilians were captured from the Eight Pavilions of the Four Townships, and they used carts and cloth bags to carry earth. In just one day, they filled in seven or eight siege channels on the moat that was more than ten feet wide. Gao Yi then drove
More than ten thousand soldiers and horses were divided from three sides, attached to the city with cloud ladders, and stormed Qingzhou, as if they did not want to waste a moment.
Chen Zhihu attacked Linzi, but Linzi was unprepared. Zhang Jinxian only had a thousand soldiers in Linzi at that time, so he was caught off guard. In addition, Linzi was a big city, and the thousands of soldiers could not defend it fully. Therefore, Chen Zhihu took more than 10,000 soldiers.
The elite troops pressed forward and attacked quickly, and Linzi was captured in three days. Both the attack and the defense were normal results.
After the fall of Linzi, Du Juefu reacted very quickly, abandoning Shouguang, Changyi, Guangrao and other cities in the north, and concentrated his troops in Qingzhou City. Although the defenders in Qingzhou City were in disarray, they were inevitably panicked when the troops pressed on, but the total number was still
There are as many as four thousand.
The person who assisted Du Juefu in guarding Qingzhou City was none other than Yang Shi.
Yang Shi is the son of the Gu family, and he and his father Yang Pu are deeply trusted by Gu Wuchen and Gu Siyuan. When Gu Wuchen and Gu Sichen led the main force of the Qingzhou Army to Yangxin, although the troops and horses left in Qingzhou were limited, with only two battalions of soldiers, Yang Shi could be said to be the leader of the Qingzhou Army.
There were few capable generals who could give Gu the trust, so he was assigned to stay at the Qingzhou base camp.
In addition, assisting Du Juefu in guarding Qingzhou City was Cheng Weiyuan, the magistrate of Guangrao County.
Cheng Weiyuan gave Gu Wuchen, and Gu Siyuan and his son crowded from Yangxin to Guangrao County to be appointed magistrate. Some veterans from Yangxin went to Guangrao with him, and based on this, the Guangrao Army was formed. Although the number was less than a thousand, there were veterans who had experienced the brutal war in Yangxin.
Soldiers are the basis. The Guangrao soldiers are still far from being elite, but at least they didn't panic when they saw the enemy troops coming, and they also had rules for defending the city.
Sometimes, there is a difference between having experienced it and not having experienced it.
Du Juefu usually had a good demeanor, but now he couldn't get rid of the panic in his eyes. Cheng Weiyuan had been holding on to Yangxin City for several months, and there were tens of thousands of corpses of barbarians and rebels piled under Yangxin City. Gao Yi said
It was hard for him to be shocked by such a crude fighting method.
What's more, Wu Qi was in Qingzhou City at this time.
Qingzhou and Huaidong were separated, and the people of Qingzhou were deeply hostile to Huaidong, but at that time the main force of the Qingzhou army had not yet been besieged in Yangxin City.
At this time, Linzi fell and the situation in Qingzhou collapsed. Even if Du Juefu and others had the courage to do so, they would not expel Wu Qi who came directly to Qingzhou to contact him. What's more, Cheng Weiyuan and Yang Shi also felt close to Huaidong.
In fact, Du Juefu himself also wanted to evacuate his family members to Huaidong for refuge.
There are Yang Shi, Cheng Weiyuan, and Wu Qi in Qingzhou City. The city's defenders have sufficient troops, and they have had a few days of buffer time before. They asked the defenders to make some preparations. Naturally, Gao Yi's crude and crude tactics were ignored.
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Gao Yi's troops had been attacking for a day without any results. They were about to withdraw their troops at dusk and wait to attack the city again tomorrow. Yang Shi took advantage of the opportunity and personally led 600 soldiers to attack from the north gate and attack Gao Qi, the commander-in-chief of Gao Yi.
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When Yang Shi saw that the enemy general was contemptuous, his tactics were crude, and he had many soldiers and horses brought to attack the city, he naturally had to seize the opportunity to counterattack. Otherwise, he would wait for the enemy to attack the city for several days without any results, and then he would dispatch the main army honestly.
Come, besiege and beat them with water mills. They will be trapped in the city and suffer.
When Yang Shi led his troops to suddenly attack from the north gate, Gao Yi's troops were scattered on three sides of Qingzhou City. The siege force was exhausted and retreated. When the formation was in disarray, Yang Shi's troops were overwhelmed by a sudden attack, and there was almost no organization.
After a decent offensive, the general's battle flag was chopped down by the Qingzhou defenders who stormed out of the city.
The leader chopped down the battle flag, and the Chinese army was thrown into chaos. Although there were still more than 10,000 enemy troops, they were like huge bodies with heads cut off and headless flies, and they immediately fled in panic.
Yang Shi took advantage of the victory to pursue him, and Du Juefu also decisively sent more troops outside the city, chasing and defeating the soldiers all over the mountains and plains...
In one battle, they were able to annihilate nearly 3,000 captured soldiers and capture countless armors. This was the only victory the Qingzhou Army had won since Chen Zhihu led his troops into Qingzhou and captured Leling, and it could definitely be called a great victory.
Although this battle did not directly defeat Chen Zhihu himself, Gao Yi had been regarded as Chen Zhihu's shadow for more than ten years. The troops he led to attack Qingzhou City were Chen Zhihu's massacre battlefield, and he pardoned the elite of the famous Tiger Army's forward battalion.
Since the East Fujian War, the Tiger Army's forward battalion has almost never suffered a defeat, and it was once considered an elite force that could compete with the elite of the Huaidong Army.
In this battle, more than 10,000 of Chen Zhihu's elite troops were defeated, and his deputy general Gao Yi was seriously injured and fled back to Linzi. Chen Zhihu only dared to lead the remaining troops to defend Linzi.
If this was not a great victory, Du Juefu didn't even know what would be considered a great victory.
Wu Qi was a veteran with a ruthless eye. Although he felt that Gao Yi had been unjustly defeated and that the victory in front of him was strange, the victory was real and there was nothing fake about it, so he couldn't help but not believe it. After all, there was a great victory on the battlefield.
Full of chance, it is not impossible for Chen Zhihu to be arrogant and underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.
Thinking about how many famous generals throughout the ages were defeated at the hands of weak enemies because of underestimation, the defeat of Chen Zhihu and Gao Yi would not be unimaginable.
The army and the people in Qingzhou were excited for a while. Du Juefu felt as if he had traveled all over the world. From the previous panic, he instantly fell into the ecstasy of winning a great victory. He immediately divided his troops to capture Shouguang and Changyi. He quickly rode out of Qingzhou City with Chuanjie.
Traveling in all directions.
There is always a thin line between hell and heaven. The mood in hell and the mood in heaven change so quickly, and with it, the judgment of the war and the situation is completely subverted.
Everyone who stayed behind in Qingzhou City, not only Du Juefu, but also Cheng Weiyuan and Yang Shi, were no longer pessimistic and lost. They no longer believed that the situation in Qingzhou was irreversible. They even felt that as long as such a victory could be won again, the situation in Qingzhou would be improved.
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It’s no wonder that Du Juefu and the others think so. Chen Zhihu has always had a reputation and notoriety. Even if he surrendered Yanhu, his image of an invincible brave general on the battlefield is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In Du Juefu’s view, Chen Zhihu was already crippled in the battle of Qingzhou;
With a victory, the enemy forces entering the hinterland of Qingzhou can be completely wiped out, thereby threatening the main force of the Japanese troops besieging Yangxin.
Annihilating the enemy is secondary. The key is that this battle boosted morale. As long as Chen Zhihu can be driven out of Linzi City, the Dengzhou Army and the Liang family troops will gather in the middle, and the prisoners will besiege Yangxin's main force. In addition to withdrawing, there will be a third
Two options?
The key point is that the defenders of Qingzhou City at this time are limited and not enough to continue their efforts to achieve another great victory. On the one hand, Du Juefu sent fast horses to Dengzhou and Jinan to ask for reinforcements. On the other hand, he hoped that Wu Qi could gather the men scattered among Huaidong and Yishan to form a
A combat force forms a frontal battlefield.
Guerrilla tactics emphasize "when the enemy is tired, we attack, when the enemy retreats, we pursue." Qingzhou won a victory, but Chen Zhihu's elite troops were crippled. It was also an opportunity to pursue the attack - Wu Qi did not delay, and sent people to Huaidong to report
This victory was detailed, and he rushed back to Baqi Mountain in person, asked Chu Zheng to gather troops, and went out to fight jointly with the Qingzhou defenders.
Following Wu Qi and Chu Zheng, Huaidong entered Yishan successively with more than 500 men, who were used to consolidate the original village and horse bandit forces. In just less than two months, the number of troops increased to nearly 3,000.
Is it due to insufficient recruitment or insufficient training? The most important thing is that these soldiers and horses are scattered among Yishan Mountains. It will take some time to assemble them, not just a few days.
But in any case, Qingzhou's victory suddenly stimulated the nerves of the military, civilians and officials in the eastern Shandong Peninsula. The situation did develop in a good direction in a short period of time.
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News of the victory in Qingzhou reached Jiangning, but Jiangning had not yet decided who to send to Dengzhou to supervise the battle.
Emperor Yongxing summoned all ministers and important ministers to discuss matters in Chongwen Hall. Faced with the good news that had been urgently delivered from Qingzhou, everyone was happy and surprised.
Xie Chaozhong laughed loudly and said, "I said earlier that Marquis Huaidong was just making wild guesses. Let's see what I say!" With a proud look on his face, he looked directly at Lin Xuwen.
Lin Xuwen was speechless. Naturally, Qingzhou would not deceive the court with fake victories. The situation in Qingzhou had turned for the better. It can only be said that Lin Fu made a mistake in judgment on this matter. Xie Chaozhong's villainous ambition disgusted him, so he could only
Emperor Yongxing defended Huaidong in front of him and said: "The Marquis of Huaidong also shared the worries of the imperial court..."
"I understand, there is no need for Lin Aiqing to say more," Emperor Yongxing interrupted Lin Xuwen impatiently. Lin Xuwen and Huaidong were wearing the same pair of trousers. He naturally knew in his heart that it was the Qingzhou Army that won the battle. If it were the Changhuai Army, he
There was no need to look good on Lin Xuwen and Huaidong, and asked Chen Xiyan, "Chen Qing's family, according to your opinion, do you want to send someone to Dengzhou to supervise the war at this time?"
No one was willing to go to Dengzhou to supervise the battle before. After all, Dengzhou is a dangerous place; there is no way to get stuck there, so who is willing to run over without any trouble? At this time, the situation in Qingzhou has greatly improved. Going to Dengzhou to supervise the battle, not only is there no danger, but there may be dangers.
There is a lot to be gained, so naturally everyone is willing to do it.
However, when we sent people to Dengzhou to supervise the battle, we were worried that Liuye Fei would be unstable and that the Dengzhou navy might fall into the hands of the enemy. At this time, the situation in Qingzhou had greatly improved, and Dengzhou was naturally no longer a threat.
If you send someone over at this time, aren't you deliberately trying to cause trouble for Liu Yifei?
Chen Xiyan said: "There is no need to send people... At this time, Duke Lu and Liu Yefei, the prefect of Dengzhou, are ordered to immediately send troops into Qingzhou and join forces to fight, hoping to expand the results and relieve the siege of Yangxin as soon as possible." The previous decree was issued.
I'm afraid no one will pay attention to it. Entering Qingzhou at this time can divide the results. I think the Liang family and Dengzhou town will be more active.
Yue Lengqiu said: "I think this is inappropriate. All armies should guard their territory, strengthen their walls and clear the fields, and wait for the enemy to retreat on their own. They should not rush into battle..."
What Yue Lengqiu said at this time was quite unexpected, and even Emperor Yongxing asked in confusion: "Shouldn't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
"Except for the soldiers and horses led by the Duke of Lu, the main force of the Qingzhou Army is trapped in Yangxin. There are only scattered troops in Qingzhou and Dengzhou who are brave enough to mobilize. It is easy to defend the city, but the field battle is difficult. If you rush into battle, you are afraid that the victory will be lost.
" Yue Lengqiu said, "In addition, Magistrate Liu is good at political affairs but poor at military affairs. If he doesn't engage the enemy in Dengzhou, Liu Yefei is a suitable candidate for the magistrate. At this time, when Dengzhou engages the enemy, the minister recommends Zuo Qian, the chief envoy of the Huaixi Army.
Liu Tingzhou, the censor of the capital, went to Dengzhou to replace Liu Yefei!"
Yue Lengqiu first felt that there was something fishy about Qingzhou Yijie, and he also felt that Liu Yefei's continued stay in Dengzhou would be a poison that he didn't know when it would strike. Therefore, he did not agree with Dengzhou Town soldiers and horses taking the initiative.