Yan Yingyuan's capture of Jinxiang was a random event.
According to Fei Ruhe's original plan, he first went north along the Grand Canal and quickly captured the strategically important town of Wucheng.
Then, let the civilians build fortifications, garrison them with a small number of regular troops and peasant soldiers, and then return to capture Guting Town and Yutai County. While ensuring your own rear, attack Jinxiang and use all your artillery to blow down the city walls. This way you can
Stabilize your flanks.
The actual situation made Fei Ruhe very embarrassed. On his way to Yutai County, Yutai County had been captured by Dian Shi and Xiucai. As for Guting Town, it was captured by a group of squires.
This place borders Zhao Han's territory. Officials, scholars, civilians, and squires will dare to seize the city as long as they are brave, and they will have no worries. The Datong Army will soon take over the city.
Yutai was defeated, so Fei Ruhe went to Jinxiang again.
A few miles away from Jinxiang County, Fei Ruhe received the news again, and he immediately couldn't laugh or cry: "Jinxiang has also been captured? There are thousands of defenders there!"
Tan Ma explained in detail: "It was Mr. Xu who sent another detailed plan to persuade the people in the city to seize the city. The official name of Jinxiang Dianshi was Yan Yingyuan. He climbed to the city alone to kill the enemy generals, persuaded more than 2,000 enemy troops to surrender, and killed three enemy generals."
"What a warrior!" Fei Ruhe praised.
Tan Ma added: "Yan Dianshi asked for more troops to be stationed in Jinxiang and to allocate some military rations. He said that he would bring two thousand troops to surrender and guarantee to capture the five cities of Shanxian, Chengwu, Caoxian, Dingtao and Caozhou."
Fei Ruhe sighed: "He has such a loud voice."
One dared to boast about Haikou, and the other actually dared to agree. Fei Ruhe actually handed over the cities on his side to Yan Yingyuan for settlement.
If there was no Yan Yingyuan, he would send peasants, soldiers and civilians to take care of it.
Because as long as Jinxiang is captured, the other counties are too close to Zhao Han's territory and will most likely choose to surrender. Anyone who does not surrender will face the attack of the Datong Army!
This was the same as the situation in the northeast of Shandong. The defenders faced the Manchu and Qing attacks, so they surrendered to the Manchus one after another.
Moreover, Li Zheng's troops were fighting in Guide Mansion and could cross the river at any time to reinforce Fei Ruhe's flank.
Just when Fei Ruhe returned to Nanyang Town, he suddenly received news from Xizuo: A large number of ships carrying military supplies were being mobilized towards Yanzhou and Qufu.
Fei Ruhe quickly mobilized the cavalry from the west of Nanyang Town and threw most of them to the east of Nanyang Town.
Soon another news came, saying that a large number of enemy traces were found in the northwest across the Jinxiang River.
There are people in both the east and west directions. Could it be that Duduo divided his forces to attack?
Fei Ruhe summoned the officers to discuss the matter and discussed it in detail for a long time, but they couldn't figure out what Duduo wanted to do.
Division deputy Wan Sitong said: "No matter what he wants to do, he can fight as he wants. Our army will take out Tengxian first. Then the clipper will go to inform General Zhang and ask him to leave the peasant soldiers and civilians to garrison Yishui."
, Juzhou, Zhucheng, let Huang Fei defend Wei County, Changyi, and Anqiu. Anyway, Qingzhou Prefecture cannot be attacked, so let General Zhang come back with the main force to help here. "
Fei Ruhe immediately understood: "Zhang Tieniu led his troops from Yizhou, along the Junhe River to Feixian County, and went straight to Sishui, Qufu, and Yanzhou, and joined us to attack from both sides. This is indeed a good strategy, but I don't know if it will be in time."
"It's too late," Wan Sitong said, "the war here will not be over in a while."
"Then let's do it!" Zhang Tieniu made the decision.
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Yanzhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, and Shandong are the two major battlefields, and they are all at a stalemate until now.
Both sides are thinking of ways, and the ways they have come up with are exactly the same.
Duduo asked Hong Chengchou to garrison Jining, and sent down troops and generals to confuse both sides of Nanyang Town. He personally led the main force and crossed the Jun River directly into Yizhou, which not only cut off half of Zhang Tieniu's retreat, but also allowed him to attack along the river.
Zhang Tieniu.
Fei Ruhe suspended the attack on Qingzhou Prefecture and asked Zhang Tieniu to return to the dredging river, penetrate directly into Si River and Qufu, and attack Duduo's main force in Yanzhou.
Zhang Tieniu and Duoduo's troops may very well meet Ai at a corner and collide along the Junhe River!
But he said it was over there in Jinxiang.
After the peasant soldiers and grain transport teams sent by Fei Ruhe arrived, Yan Yingyuan immediately set off with two thousand surrendered troops, leaving Jinxiang County to Dong Yongqing to manage.
Yan Yingyuan led his troops straight to Shan County. When they arrived outside the city, the county seat had actually changed its flag.
However, this place is very close to Dangshan Mountain. When Li Zheng sent troops to Dangshan Mountain, he sent a peasant army across the river, and the Shanxian garrison directly chose to surrender.
Yan Yingyuan made some supplies in Shan County and then led his troops to attack the city. The defender Zhang Xiude immediately surrendered.
Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Xiude joined forces and went to Caoxian County. Li Kun, the magistrate of Caoxian County, responded with an uprising and killed the defender and surrendered the city.
So the three of them joined forces and recruited local warriors, and more than 4,000 people went to Dingtao.
Zhang Xiude pretended to be defeated and fled, falsely opened the city gate, killed the defenders and seized the city. He gathered more than 5,000 troops and then attacked Caozhou (Heze).
Like a snowball, although they are all rabble, the size of the army is getting bigger and bigger.
There are three reasons for this success:
First, the middle and low-level soldiers under Zuo Liangyu were unwilling to surrender to the Manchus.
Second, this place is too close to Zhao Han's territory. Not only is he afraid of being attacked by the Datong army, but he also knows Datong's policies well. He also knows that the epidemic in the south is well controlled, and he wants to ask Datong doctors to come over and control the plague as soon as possible.
Third, at the beginning of the war, Fei Ruhe did not attack the city, but went straight to Nanyang Town along the canal. With this move, it seemed that he did not attack the city or kill the enemy, but it instantly destroyed Zuo Liangyu's army.
The southern territory was divided. The southern counties of Yanzhou Prefecture were all isolated and helpless. Either the defenders were prone to surrender, or the people were eager to revolt.
Fei Ruhe also grew up in the war, and regardless of his commanding ability, the strategic layout of the campaign was excellent.
Even Teng County, which has an extremely critical strategic position, took the initiative to change its flag after Fei Ruhe cut off the battlefield without waiting for the Datong Army to attack.
The battlefield in Shandong was so strange. The northern defenders defected to the Manchus one after another, and the southern defenders defected to Zhao Han. Zuo Liangyu, the largest warlord, defected to the Manchus, while Huang Fei, the second most powerful warlord, defected to Zhao Han.
When Yan Yingyuan, Zhang Xiude, and Li Kun led their troops to Caozhou, they found that it was impossible to defeat them.
Tang Tong, the surrendered general of the border army, has already led reinforcements and garrisoned the area, with more than 5,000 garrison troops.
Just when they were about to leave, a large army suddenly came from the north.
However, it was the Liangshan Allied Forces led by Zheng Peiran and Ma Jinzhong who abandoned Yuncheng and came to attack Caozhou. Rebels continued to join along the way, and there were more than 100,000 people including their families.
"I'm in trouble this time, you son of a bitch Dodo!" Tang Tong felt cold all over.
Outside the city, Ma Jinzhong and Yan Yingyuan met. Although they did not know each other, both sides were flying the Datong military flag at this time.
His nephew Tang Lun said to Tang Tong privately: "Uncle, why don't we surrender too?"
Tang Tong said: "How can we surrender if our whole family is in Beijing? What's more, what benefits can we get by surrendering to Nanjing? Our family occupies so much land in Jizhou. If the Qing Dynasty fails, our land will be gone."
Already."
Tang Lun said anxiously: "The enemy troops are camped several miles outside the city, and we are afraid that there will be no less than a hundred thousand people. Our army only has five or six thousand, how can we defend it?"
Tang Tong said: "There are more than 100,000 enemy troops, and only a few thousand can really fight. The rest of the troops are even in chaos. Even our flags are in chaos. Although we only have more than 5,000 people, we are more than enough to defend the city, and we can look for opportunities to escape from the city and rob the city."
Camp. As long as the attack is unprepared, it will be a great victory, and maybe you can even achieve meritorious service and become a marquis!"
Tang Lun didn't think so, but he didn't dare to oppose his uncle, so he could only silently return to the section of the city wall he was defending.
He is still very young and does not want to have his hair braided for the rest of his life.
Moreover, more than 100,000 enemy troops are currently besieging the city, and people in the city are already in panic. Can it really be defended?
A few days later, the siege troops had filled in the moat, and the leaders of the various rebel armies also relaxed. Although Ma Jinzhong, Yan Yingyuan, Zheng Peiran and others repeatedly warned to be wary of night attacks, the soldiers at the bottom did not take it seriously.
Tang Tong selected 800 elite soldiers and put his nephew Tang Lun in charge of guarding the city. He actually went to rob the camp outside the city himself.
This guy was very timid when fighting for the Ming Dynasty, but now he became brave when fighting for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Eight hundred people dared to attack a camp of more than 100,000 people at night.
At night, a fire suddenly broke out in a Datong area of the rebel army.
The outer camps fell into chaos, one after another, and the chaos began to spread like a plague.
The ragtag rebel army was running around like headless flies. In the darkness, they didn't know how many enemies were coming or where they were coming from. They only knew that the friendly troops were shouting to run away, so they also followed the shouts and ran away.
With more than 100,000 rebels, more than half of the bombing camps collapsed in just one cup of tea.
There were only two people whose camp was not bombed, one was Ma Jinzhong and the other was Yan Yingyuan.
They each gathered their troops amidst the noise and chaos, but it was too difficult to gather troops at night. In the end, each of them only gathered more than a thousand people and rushed towards the direction where the fire was the brightest.
"Why haven't you sent troops yet?" Tang Tong looked in the direction of Caozhou City in confusion.
He made an agreement with his nephew that as long as the night attack was successful, his nephew would immediately lead his army out of the city to pursue him.
But at this moment, Caozhou City was very quiet.
Caozhou City.
General Wang Chang said happily: "Major General, the night attack is successful, let's go out of the city to pursue them!"
In the darkness, Tang Lun's expression was gloomy and uncertain: "General Wang, do you think the Tatars can really secure the world?"
Wang Chang was shocked and said: "Young General, why do you say that?"
Tang Lun said: "The Nanjing imperial court occupies all the richest places in the world. Even if it is not as good as the Tatars in fighting, it is by no means comparable to the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to defeat thousands of miles. The Nanjing imperial court can lose ten times, but the Tatars can only lose once or twice.
The Tatars don’t have much military rations at all. This time we go south and grab food everywhere and rob the people. How many months can the food last? Once there is a stalemate, the Nanjing court does not need to fight a tough battle. If we hold on to the city, we can drag the Tatars to death."
Of course Wang Chang understood, but he said anxiously: "Major General, having said that, our families are all in Beijing!"
Tang Lun sighed: "I can only apologize to my parents, wife and children. Will you surrender?"
Wang Chang hesitated and struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "For the sake of the justice of the Han family, I surrender together with the major general!"
Tang Lun took off his helmet and cut off his braid with a knife: "General Wang, please."
Wang Chang followed suit and also took off his helmet and cut off his braids.
Then, the two men summoned the officers and forced the officers under their command to cut off their braids. Those who did not want to have their braids cut were hacked to death on the spot.
They may really hate the Manchu customs in their hearts, but their choice to switch sides was definitely not for the sake of Han family justice.
But the situation on the battlefield changed. I thought the Eight Banners Army would be able to advance wildly, but as a result, the two battlefields of Yanzhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture fell into a confrontation. In order to raise more food, Duduo forced Zuo Liangyu and sent a large number of troops to various counties.
They forcibly snatched grain from the hands of the people, and forcibly recruited civilians to transport the grain to the front line.
How much food do the people have? Those who were robbed were all gentry and merchants!
This approach caused uprisings all over the rear. Gentlemen, merchants, civilians, and scholars all united to rebel, and more than ten counties successively planted the Datong flag.
Even the Kong family in Qufu wanted to rebel because they were ordered to donate five thousand shi of rice and wheat.
The Kong family was robbed once by the White Lotus Sect, and there was not much food left. In the past few years, there was another drought, and they could not afford 5,000 shi of food, so they had to use silver to make up for the shortfall.
Many surrendered generals felt that the Tatars were about to collapse, and they were thinking about when they would take the opportunity to defect.
If Duduo and Hong Chengchou want to reverse the situation, they must win a big victory.
Otherwise, it will really collapse. Before the army rations are finished, a large number of surrendered generals will lead their troops to rebel.
The rebels outside the city were scattered all over the place. Ma Jinzhong, Yan Yingyuan, Zheng Peiran, Zhang Xiude and others led a small group of troops to charge against the current. On the way, they encountered the fleeing Li Qingshan, Shi Kairan and Ren Qi. Each of these three people led dozens of rebels to join together.
In the end, more than 3,000 rebel soldiers collided with Tang Tong, and Tang Tong's 800 elite soldiers were so frightened that they ran away.
After fleeing to the city, Tang Tong shouted: "Open the city gate quickly!"
No one in the city answered.
Tang Tong was so angry that he yelled: "Tang Lun, you are an unfilial son. I am your uncle. How many times have I saved you on the battlefield? You are a dog, open the city gate quickly!"
Tang Lun replied: "Uncle, surrender quickly, the Tatars will definitely lose this time."
Once upon a time, Cao Bianjiao also robbed the camp at night and defeated Dorgon's camp. Tang Tong and other surrendered generals only watched from the city, forcing Cao Bianjiao to lead his troops south to join Zhao Han.
Now, the same situation happened, and Tang Tong was tricked by his nephew.
Seeing the pursuers approaching, Tang Tong had no choice but to shout: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!"
Li Qingshan led his men to the front and slashed to death Tang Tong, who was kneeling on the ground asking for surrender. He roared: "I finally managed to gather thousands of soldiers, but they were all scattered by you in a night attack! Damn it, damn it!"
This kind of battle is fucking outrageous.
On one side, an army of 100,000 people was defeated by 800, and on the other side, he was tricked to death by his own nephew.
On the bank of the Junhe River, Zhang Tieniu, who made a surprise attack on Yanzhou Prefecture, collided with Duoduo, who made a surprise attack on Qingzhou Prefecture. This was the only way for both sides to outflank the enemy!
