When Li Laiheng first arrived in Shandong, it turned out that Zeng Hualong, the governor of Dengzhou in the Ming Dynasty, still had some troops. He sent Dengzhou guard Teng Yinyu and other troops to attack the rebels. It turned out that Chang, who had accepted Li Laiheng's official appointment, still had some troops.
Li Haoxian, a local tycoon in Yi County, also took the opportunity to lead a crowd to cause chaos and separatize the Denglai area.
At that time, because Li Laiheng was eager to deal with the Qing army, he did not spare his hands to completely wipe out the remaining Ming Dynasty forces in Dongsanfu, Shandong. He only ordered Xu Du to recruit local rebels in the name of Shandong's rebel envoys to fight against these armed gentry.
It was during this period that "King Qingtian" Gong Wencai was recruited by Xu Du and joined the Shun Army. In addition, there were rebels Zhang Daya, Zhang Qianchu, Han Jiben in Lingshan Guard, and Shanzhi in Gaomi County.
Zhang Yu and other tribes were rewarded, Huang Zongxian, Saturday, Qiu Shangzuo, Wang Erxi and other tribes were included in Jimo, and Zhai Wushang, Zhang Guang and other tribes were included in Pingdu.
Among them, the Gong Wen Cai Department in Manjiadong and the Ma Ying Examination Department in Fujialou were the first to accept the complete reorganization of Dashun Army, so they have the highest degree of formalization and the strongest field strength.
Originally, after the great victory at Baigouhe, Zeng Hualong, who was the governor of Denglai in the Ming Dynasty, had abandoned his official position and fled. However, after the Qing army entered the customs, the power of the local gentry revived. Shandong Denglai Dao, who was in charge of the Tianjin Guards Navy, had
Su Guansheng took the opportunity to contact the armed gentry in Jiaodong area with the intention of causing rebellion.
This time Ma Bao went to Jiaodong to organize an encirclement and suppression of these armed gentry.
Gong Wencai followed Ma Bao. He was a subordinate of Xu Du, the Shandong envoy, but he was also very attracted to Ma Jieshuai, who was known as one of the five tiger generals under the command of the King of Jin.
"Commander Jie, Su Guansheng's military strength is not strong, but he has a navy in his hands. Our Dashun Army lacks warships in Jiaodong and cannot go to sea, so it is often passive during battles."
Ma Bao nodded while listening. He didn't feel that Su Guansheng was very difficult. The most important problem now was Hauge, who was still entrenched in Jinan.
"Gong Weiwu, Su Guansheng is only suffering from scabies, so it is not a problem. Now Guo Shuai has arrived in Xuzhou, and reinforcements from Dashun are arriving in Shandong one after another. There are now as many as 60,000 to 70,000 people. I don't think it will take much longer."
Even if the time increases to 80, 90, 000, 90,000, or even 100,000 or more horses, this is something that can be expected.
Most of the food, fodder, and military supplies for the reinforcements were transferred all the way from Huguang and Henan. Shandong has been in ruins for a long time, and there is no way to supply the army with supplies. The key issue is that as locals, you have to do a good job as a guide, and more
Find some people who are familiar with local geography to help the reinforcements figure out the situation in Shandong as soon as possible."
Gong Wencai nodded hurriedly and ordered a master next to him, who had no fame but was good at handling documents, to jot down all of Ma Bao's requests.
Ma Bao laughed softly again and said: "Chief Su of the Qing army defeated Jinan Prefecture with 80,000 troops, and now he went directly south to attack Yanzhou and Xuzhou. He was very reckless in using troops. We only need to settle the Denglai wing.
It poses a huge threat to Chief Su’s flanks.”
Here, Ma Bao cracked his whip and joked about the shortcomings of Hauge's military use. He seemed to have forgotten that not long ago, he himself fled from Nanpi to Dezhou, and then fled from Dezhou to Jinan under Hauge's pursuit.
Fleeed from Jinan to Laizhou.
However, this does not mean that Ma Bao is incompetent in using troops. After all, he only had 7,000 soldiers when he defended Nanpi, and it was indeed difficult to compete with the Qing army's front.
Gong Wencai wiped his sweat, pointed in the direction of Dengzhou and said:
"Su Guansheng's Tianjin Navy Division mainly attacked the Laizhou area. The biggest problem in Jiaodong now is Kong Youde who is entrenched in Dengzhou."
After Gong Wencai mentioned Kong Youde, Ma Bao's face immediately turned gloomy. Su Guansheng was fine, he was just a civil servant who didn't know how to fight, but Kong Youde was very gratifying. Geng Zhongming, the three rebel kings of the Ming Dynasty, everyone
He was a veteran general from Liaodong who was killed in a sea of blood from a mountain of corpses. He was experienced and skillful in military use, perhaps far superior to Ma Bao.
When the three rebel kings fought a bloody battle with the captive chieftains in Liaodong, Ma Bao was just a pawn. He would never dare to look down upon these three people.
Gong Wencai added: "The three rebel kings came from the sea, first destroyed the large and small bamboo islands, and then attacked the Dengzhou Prefecture with the help of officials and gentry. They recruited surrender and rebels everywhere, and there were about 30,000 soldiers and horses.
This band of Wuqiao bandits had raided Denglai many years ago, and the people of Shandong were deeply afraid of them. Many of our Shandong soldiers did not dare to go up to them just after hearing Kong Youde's name or seeing the banner of the Wuqiao bandits from a distance.
We fought with them before, so during this period we won less and lost more against the rebels."
"snort!"
Ma Bao was very afraid of the three rebel kings. Now this group of Wuqiao thieves had controlled most places in Dengzhou. Fortunately, in places like Weihaiwei and Wendeng, there were still many local troops of Dashun Army guarding the city.
Looking at the overall situation, Hauge's main force is in Jinan and Kong Youde's main force is in Dengzhou. They have formed a pincer attack on Dashun's army in Dongsanfu, Shandong.
Fortunately, Hauge was reckless with his troops and just went south to attack Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Now Guo Junzhen is in charge of Xuzhou, reinforcements from Henan are coming to Shandong in large numbers, and the situation in southern Shandong is very stable.
Hauge and Kong Youde did not respond to each other or cooperate with each other. Even Ma Bao, who did not understand the power struggle within the Qing army, had gradually realized from this point that Hauge had more influence on various forces within the Qing army than Huang Taiji.
The control ability is obviously much worse.
The Huolu War and the death of the Three Emperors were indeed a fatal blow to Dashun, but the losses to the Qing army were equally huge.
From this perspective, the outcome of the Battle of Huolu is not yet clear whether the Qing army or the Shun army won. Only the future can decide.
The victory of the Battle of Huolu was not decided at the moment when Li Zicheng or Huang Taiji died, but the final conclusion would be seen in the demise of Dashun or Qing Dynasty a few years later.
Laizhou City is already in sight, the Bohai Sea is surging, the sky and the sea are connected into a gray desert, and the sound of waves resounds in Ma Bao's ears. He is an inland man, born in Qin, raised in Henan, and has heard of the Yellow River
The sound of water, the turbulence of the Yangtze River, and the boundless vastness of the sea were seen for the first time.
Looking at the sea, Ma Bao couldn't help but feel a sense of awe:
"The overseas is so vast! The Dashun Army does not yet have a navy that can fight at sea. This is our shortcoming."
The gates of Laizhou City were opened, and Shandong's ambassador Xu Du had already led a group of cavalry out of the city to greet Ma Bao.
Since Kong Youde and other three rebel kings landed in Dengzhou, Xu Du has been stationed in Laizhou, commanding various heroic armed forces in Shandong to fight against the three rebel kings.
Although most of the heroic armed forces under Xu Du were militiamen and were not as strong as the Dashun Fifth Battalion under Gu Kecheng and Ma Bao in field battles, they lost more than they won. However, Xu Du used his weak troops to fight in the field.
, but still successfully defended the Laizhou, Jiaozhou and Wendeng areas, and blocked the three rebel kings' armies in a corner of Dengzhou. It must be said that this was an outstanding performance.
"Bi Shuai!"
Xu Du came from a literary background. Although he was full of the heroic spirit of Jianghu people, he had achieved fame after all. He was once a promising new star in the Ming Dynasty official circles. His speaking style was similar to that of Gong Wencai.
It's different to be a wealthy person.
He did not call Ma Bao "Jie Shuai" because within Chuchuang, "Jie Shuai" was once a unique title for Li Laiheng. Only newcomers like Gong Wencai who were not familiar with Li Laiheng would do this.
Use the cool title indiscriminately and recklessly.
Ma Bao refers to the city wall, and Bi Shuai also highlights Ma Bao's good defensive performance against the Eight Banners Army in the two battles of Dangshan and Baigouhe. He not only respects his position, but also respects his talent. Such a title is better than Gong Wencai's casual talk about Chao Shuai.
Much more suitable.
"Xu Zhaobao, how is Denglai's situation now?"
Ma Bao didn't make any more pleasantries, but got straight to the point and got to the point. However, Xu Du smiled when he heard this and mentioned another character that Ma Bao didn't expect:
"Does Commander Bi know about Li Jiantai, Gao Qiqian, and Liu Zeqing?"