Early the next morning, another group of eunuchs came to announce the decree.
The eunuch went to Lu Xiangsheng's tent and waited for Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Pu to kneel down before reciting the imperial edict and saying, "There is a police officer in Jin and they want to send Wang Pu's troops back to Datong."
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this imperial edict, he didn't say anything for a long time and accepted it with a livid face.
The angel handed the imperial edict to Lu Xiangsheng and left in a hurry.
After reading the imperial edict twice, Lu Xiangsheng said with great annoyance: "First I was divided into Ji, and the Liao troops and horses were raised and retreated. Then I was divided into generals and guerrillas were given to Chen Xinjia. Now, I, Wang Pu, are transferred back to Datong. This Yang Sichang is immortal.
endlessly!"
Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this imperial edict, secretly saying that he no longer had to fight with the Tatars. He had won some ranks in Gaoyang a few days ago and was promoted to the governor and co-inspector based on his merits. He was very satisfied and did not want to stay here anymore.
Gyeonggi has been caught in the fire.
But seeing Lu Xiangsheng's appearance, Wang Pu did not dare to show his emotions, and stood there feeling a little embarrassed.
Lu Xiangsheng's ambition, which he had built up due to the victory at Gaoyang, seemed to have disappeared for a moment. He sat on his chair and said in a low voice: "Now that there are only 20,000 people left in our army, how can we fight a decisive battle with the 100,000 Dongnu?
Yang Sichang is determined to kill me!"
Yang Guozhu stepped forward and said: "Master Governor, now we have to avoid the main force of Dongnu and carefully look for small groups of enemies on the periphery to annihilate them!"
Lu Xiangsheng raised his head and looked at Yang Guozhu, then at Li Zhi.
Seeing Li Zhi, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to muster up some energy, nodded and said: "This is the only way to go now!"
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Under Jinan City, the Qing army's camps were endless, with no end visible at a glance, making people feel as if the whole world was filled with Qing troops.
The Qing army had been besieging Jinan for ten days. There was originally a 3,000-biao military camp of Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, in the city of Jinan. However, Yang Sichang judged that the Qing army would enter Shandong from Dezhou and asked Yan Jizu to guard Dezhou. However, Yang Sichang made a mistake this time and the Qing army
Instead of attacking Dezhou, Dorgon and Yue Tuo's troops marched westward from Jifu in eight groups and arrived at the Shanxi border. When they arrived near the Shanxi border, the Qing army divided into four groups and marched south, bypassing Dezhou, descending to Linqing, crossing the Huitong River, and heading straight into Jinan.
Under the city
Now there are only 500 old and weak rural soldiers and 700 battalion soldiers reinforced by Laizhou in the city of Jinan. They are tightly surrounded by 40,000 Qing troops. The Qing army knew that there were few soldiers in the city and made up its mind to capture Jinan.
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Fortunately, Jinan's city wall was relatively tall, and various reserves in the city were relatively sufficient. In addition, the soldiers and people in the city shared the same hatred of the enemy, so the Qing army never succeeded.
On this day, Abatai led more than 10,000 Qing troops to Jinan and joined Dorgon's army, making the Qing troops under Jinan City even stronger.
However, Abate's career is not honorable. He was beaten away by Lu Xiangsheng and fled to Jinan.
In the Qing army tent under the city, Dorgon and the Qing army generals were sitting on chairs, looking at Abatai who was standing in the middle of the tent.
Belle Haug was the eldest son of Emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty. He had an extraordinary appearance and was talented in archery and horsemanship. He had always been somewhat conceited. Hearing Abatai's words, Hauge sneered and said, "You said that when you besieged Gaoyang City, you were
More than 20,000 Ming troops were defeated!" After a pause, Hauge said: "Abatai, you have 15,000 Qing warriors under your banner!"
Abata's face turned red, he looked at his nephew Haug with some annoyance, and said loudly: "If Haug were there, you would still have no choice but to run away!"
Hauge said loudly: "I defeated 12,000 Ming troops in Fengrun with 5,000 soldiers and horses from the Zhenglan Banner. If I had led 15,000 troops, I would have beaten the 20,000-odd Ming troops into panic!"
Abate was scolded by Hauge and felt a little ashamed.
The Qing army's expedition was divided into internal operations and external operations. Huang Taiji led Duduo, Azige and Jierhalang to attack the castle of the Ming army's Guanning defense line in western Liaoning and contain the Guanning soldiers and horses. The Qing troops who entered the fortress
Not all of the troops in the army were soldiers and horses from the Eight Banners of Manchuria. There were probably more than 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Eight Banners of Manchuria, plus more than 20,000 from the Eight Banners from Mongolia, and more than 20,000 from Mongolia from the outer vassals. Finally, including some handymen, they were said to be one hundred thousand.
At this time, many nobles from the Eight Banners Mongolia and Outer Mongolia were sitting in Dorgon's camp.
The leader of the Eight Banners, Zhenghong Banner of Mongolia, Gushan Ezhen Engetu and Abatai are sons and daughters. When he saw Abatai being scolded, he came up and said something to Abatai: "This Ming army can defeat Rao Yu."
Baylor must be pretty good, but I wonder which Ming army it is?"
Abatai then found a step and quickly said: "This Ming army is the soldiers and horses of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the Ming Dynasty. Under his command is Li Zhi, who annihilated Yangguli's soldiers and horses the year before last!"
Lu Xiangsheng's name was well known and did not attract the attention of the generals. But when they heard Li Zhi's name, the Qing generals in the tent were startled. The year before last, Yangguli's 12,000 Zhenghuang Banner army was defeated by Li Zhi in Tianjin.
Li Zhi was defeated and almost all the soldiers were wiped out by Li Zhi. Only more than 3,000 auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers escaped alive and returned to Azige's army. Zhenghuang Banner was crippled in this battle.
The Zhenghuang Banner, the Xianghuang Banner and the Zhenglan Banner were Huang Taiji's support within the Qing Dynasty, and the two yellow flags were especially important. Because of this battle, the Zhenghuang Banner was crippled, and Huang Taiji's power within the Qing Dynasty was greatly reduced.
The weight of the Qing Dynasty was no longer as important as it used to be. Dorgon, who was brave and strategic and controlled the Two White Flags with his brother Duduo, had a great increase in authority within the Qing Dynasty.
If Dorgon can plunder more people and property this time and return to Shengjing, his prestige will be even greater. After Huang Taiji, all military and state affairs will have to be discussed with Dorgon.
Upon hearing that Abatai had met this Li Zhi, a hint of fear flashed in the eyes of all the Mongolian nobles, and they looked at each other several times.
This was the leader who led 4,000 soldiers and horses to cripple the 12,000 Zhenghuang Banner army. If the battle of Fanjiazhuang was a fluke, then he defeated Abatai again this time, which is enough to prove Li Zhi's strength.
After the defeat of Zhenghuang Banner at Fanjiazhuang the year before last, the Qing State sent a large number of spies to Tianjin to find out information about Li Zhi. Although Fanjiazhuang's continuous guarantee system was strictly enforced and Qing spies could not get in, it was easy for the Qing Dynasty to sneak in.
My detailed work in Tianjin has uncovered a large amount of information about Li Zhi, and I have already figured out Li Zhi’s basic situation.
After Li Zhi defeated Yang Guli, he was promoted to guerrilla. Later, he defeated the bandit Zhang Xianzhong and was promoted to the general of Tianjin West Road. The last time he assisted the bandits, he had 8,000 strong soldiers under his command.
This Li Zhi was completely different from other Ming generals. Other Ming generals lived on empty wages and drank the blood of their troops. It would be good to have 3,000 soldiers out of 5,000. But this Li Zhi did the opposite and used private property to support his troops.
The leader of the Zhengbai Banner of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Rui, ordered General Dorgon to sit in the middle of a group of nobles, frowning and thinking.
Dorgon was a lean young man with a handsome face and a beautiful beard. He was only twenty-seven years old at this time, but he was already a very important figure in the Qing Dynasty.
Li Zhi's information may not be very clear to other Baylors and nobles, but Dorgon does know it very well. In Dorgon's heart, this Li Zhi is already the number one enemy of the Qing Dynasty.
Hearing Abatai announce Li Zhi's name, Dorgon narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Is this Li Zhi again?"
