February of the first year of Guangzhong has come to an end.
To the north of Xuzhou, Dorgon's nearly 100,000 troops were blown south like a howling wind. To the west of Xuzhou, Li Laiheng also led the main force of the Dashun Field Army of seven divisions, nearly 80,000 troops, and rushed eastward crazily.
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The two armies, one from north to south and the other from west to east, have such a straightforward purpose, which is to be the first to rush to Xuzhou City.
In a corner of southwest Shandong, at this time, two hundred thousand soldiers gathered to fight each other. From a bird's-eye view from a vast high altitude, two distinct tracks could be clearly seen. They were the smoke and dust raised during the march of the army.
It inevitably obscures the sky and turns it into a gray-yellow line that can be seen even from the clouds.
In the other corner of Shandong, where Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou were known as the Eastern Three Prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, there was another Dashun Army unit.
In fact, most of the Dashun Army's troops in Shandong were originally deployed on the front line. After learning the news about Dorgon's sudden march to Xuzhou, Shandong's strategic envoy Gu Kecheng, although he hurried slowly and used various methods, finally put it together.
More than 10,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 civilians were sent to Xuzhou to set up defenses, but the main force of the Dashun Army and Shandong armies was still concentrated on the left and right wings of Jinan, Dongchang Prefecture and Dongsan Prefecture.
Since Ren Jirong, Ma Bao, Dang Shousu and other generals were all in Liaocheng of Dongchang Prefecture, the Dashun Army of Dongsan Prefecture was commanded by Guo Sheng, the military commander of Shandong Province.
Guo Sheng turned out to be the deputy commander-in-chief of Liugou in the Ming Dynasty. His status was not as good as that of Li Laiheng's close confidant Ma Bao of Yuan Cong, nor was he as good as the Zhongying generals Ren Jirong and Dang Shousu. Therefore, he did not catch up with any of the three divisions of the Dianqian Army.
The position of the general was only temporarily filled as the military attache of Shandong Jiedushi.
However, because of the Battle of Liaocheng, three generals, Ren Jirong, Ma Bao, and Dang Shousu, all gathered in Dongchang Mansion on the west wing of Jinan. Therefore, Guo Shenglai was completely responsible for the defense of the huge Dongsan Mansion.
He originally set up his base camp in Dengzhou, far away from the front line, so as to avoid Azig's military front. However, after Gu Kecheng and Xu Du went to Xuzhou to set up defenses to resist Dorgon's attack, the fighting situation on the Jinan front line was not intense.
A huge change happened immediately...
"Ajige has sent troops!"
Azig has been entrenched in Jinan for a long time. Ever since Prince Su Haug was lured away from the mountain by Dorgon and tricked into Beijing to eradicate him, a group of elite soldiers with two yellow flags originally belonging to Hauge fell into the hands of King Azig.
Among the three Dorgon brothers, Azig is the eldest, but he is also the simplest-minded. In comparison, although Dodo is also Dorgon's biological brother, Dodo's personal ambitions
It is much bigger than Azige. A long time ago, Duduo had the tendency to form its own sect to compete with Dorgon.
Therefore, after Dorgon used power and deceit to eliminate Hauge, he exiled Duduo to Shaanxi and did not assign him elite Manchu troops. Instead, he asked his most trusted Han political ally Wu Sangui to monitor Duduo with a large army.
Dorgon was not so cautious when dealing with the simple-minded Azig. He simply handed over the Qing army in Shandong to Azig's command. You must know that the elite troops left by Haug belonged to the two yellow banners, whether they were the Zhenghuang Banner or the Zhenghuang Banner.
In the past, Huang Taiji personally commanded the Xianghuang Banner, which was considered to be the most elite force among the Eight Banners.
It is precisely because Azig acted recklessly, had limited abilities, and was a brother to Dorgon that he was able to command such an elite army.
However, Azig controlled such an elite force, but after Hauge was eradicated, he stayed in Jinan for a long time and did nothing. He was neither premeditated to weaken Taiyuan's defenses like Ye Chen did in Shanxi, nor was he like the late arrivals.
Jierhalang of Shanxi attacked Taiyuan City like crazy, and did not even make a gesture to contain the Tongguan defenders like Wu Sangui.
Azig just stayed motionless in Jinan. For a period of time, the Shandong generals of the Dashun Army simply wondered whether Azig was simply acting recklessly, simple-minded, or was there some other conspiracy?
Now Dorgon broke through the pass from southwestern Shandong to attack Xu, and Ajige set off from Jinan at about the same time. After Ketai'an, he pushed towards Surabaya. Only then did Guo Sheng realize that Ajige had been motionless for a long time. It seemed that he was waiting for this important moment.
fighter planes arrive.
Guo Sheng's base camp is in Dengzhou, mainly because Dengzhou is the base of the Shun Army's Shandong Navy. He has been planning to use the ships of the Shandong Navy - this force is mainly from the Jin and Liao Navy of the Ming Dynasty who were unwilling to go south.
A group of ships and sailors - carrying soldiers from the army - took advantage of Dorgon's empty nest to go south and attacked Tianjin on the sea, achieving the effect of draining fuel from the bottom of the cauldron.
It has to be said that once Guo Sheng's conspiracy is successful, it is likely to directly lead to a reversal of the war situation in the world.
It was a pity that Azig sent out a large number of troops at this time. Seeing that the front line of Surabaya was not secure, Guo Sheng had to give up his amphibious landing plan of floating on the sea to attack Yan, and rushed to the frontline official office in Yidu, Qingzhou Prefecture, to mobilize the troops of Dongsan Prefecture for a side attack.
Azige, in order to contain his plan to go south to attack Si.
Otherwise, once Azig successfully breaks through the line between Yanzhou and Surabaya, the east bank of the Grand Canal and the front on the other side of Xuzhou will also face a major crisis.
The Dashun Army was in the south of Jinan, relying on Mount Tai and Sishui, and originally had a strong defense line.
This line of defense is different from southwestern Shandong, which has long been empty of troops. It has always been highly valued by Gu Jinglu. After all, this is the front line of defense against Azig. Even though Azig stayed in Jinan and showed no desire to attack for a long time, Gu Kecheng
Nor did they relax the frontline defenses in Taishan and Surabaya.
Therefore, after Azig sent troops south, the fighting in this area was particularly fierce.
The Shun army built a large number of camps and forts and placed a large number of artillery in Mount Tai, Guishan, Guanshan, Liangfu Mountain, Gongshan, Sishui, Fangshan, Peiwei Mountain, and Mengshan Mountain, close to mountains and rivers, and placed a large number of artillery, forming an extremely
A solid and powerful line of defense.
After Guo Sheng, the governor of Shandong Province, arrived in Qingzhou, he immediately mobilized about 10,000 Dongsanfu field troops. He left 4,000 troops to guard Qingzhou. He led 6,000 soldiers and temporarily assembled rebels, and trained more than 10,000 gentry troops.
, left Linzi, crossed many frozen rivers, and unexpectedly attacked Zichuan County, Changshan County, and Xincheng County behind Azige.
There were only thousands of troops, but Guo Sheng built a huge momentum, claiming that he had 80,000 troops and would sweep into Jinan and cut off the return route of Azige's east route army, hoping to force Azige to return.
However, the Azige East Route Army's southward goal is the same as that of Dorgon's Middle Route Army, which is to join forces in Xuzhou.
This is a big battle where victory or death is inevitable. There is no turning back when the bow is fired. At this point, how could Azig return to the north just because Guo Sheng attacked Jinan?
The battle will eventually fall on the frontal battlefield near Xuzhou...
Guo Sheng led thousands of lightly armed troops into battle and advanced quickly. After leaving Qingzhou, he quickly reached the vicinity of Jinan. Near Zouping, he personally led his subordinates to encircle and annihilate a group of hundreds of traitor green camp troops. After all, he wrapped his armor and rode on horseback.
disappointment.
"Even if we capture Jinan, will Azig remain unmoved? How determined is the Qing army's determination to march south to Xuzhou?"
"Jiedu Envoy!"
Another man ran back from the front line without stopping at night, with the banner of the army on his back. Along the way, a large number of Shandong fathers and squires raised troops to greet him.
"Guo Jiedu, there are people in several market towns between Jinan and Zhangqiu who have raised troops to revolt to welcome our division into Ji. The situation is very good."
However, Guo Sheng hesitated. He knew that his troops were weak, so he suddenly left Dongsan Prefecture and took the initiative to attack Jinan Prefecture. The original purpose was just to contain the flank of the Azige East Route Army.
Unexpectedly, Azig sent out troops in such an overwhelming force this time. There were not many troops stationed in the important town of Jinan behind, which allowed Guo Sheng to make such rapid progress.
He worried: "If we continue to go deeper, once Azig returns to the army, there is a danger of being surrounded and annihilated... What is Azig's intention? Is the Qing army really going to attack Xuzhou regardless of the rear?
Is it? Because food is at the mercy of the enemy, because food is at the mercy of the enemy, to this extent, how has the food situation of Donglu deteriorated?"