It was impossible to conceal the news that Qufu was besieged, because more than one person came to report it.
The morale of the troops in the city was shaken, and the Shandong generals clamored to see Zuo Liangyu.
Accompanied by bursts of artillery fire, Hong Chengchou was disheartened. He wanted to surrender the city, but he was afraid that surrender would end badly. After all, his official position in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was too high and he was already a famous traitor.
Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, and Hong Chengchou were already listed as the three greatest Han ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!
Hong Chengchou felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, a feeling of powerlessness as a civil servant.
During the Ming Dynasty, the military generals did not listen to him. During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the military generals also did not listen to his suggestions.
This Duduo underestimates the enemy!
Duduo underestimated the enemy from the beginning. He heard that Huang Fei was attacking Qingzhou Prefecture, so he divided his troops and asked Azig to attack Huang Fei. The strategic goal assigned to Azig was to capture the second Denglai Prefecture and then take advantage of the situation to capture Yishui.
, Yizhou, and then all the way to Jiangsu.
Historically, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties played in a similar way.
The same goes for chasing and attacking Li Zicheng, and the same goes for attacking Can Ming in the south. Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, with a group of surrendered soldiers and generals, dared to conquer half a province, or even be responsible for conquering a whole province. And they succeeded.
, it was not until Dorgon issued an order to shave his hair that he suddenly encountered fierce resistance everywhere.
In this time and space, the pursuit of Li Zicheng was equally effective, and he quickly occupied Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan.
It seems that this style of play can be copied, and Duduo still wants to play in Shandong!
When Fei Ruhe, who was stationed in Nanyang Town, could not be defeated, Hong Chengchou knew that adjustments should be made. He also gave solid suggestions, but Duduo just refused to listen. After occupying Beijing, he gave the Manchu nobles an ability to
The illusion of taking over the world.
The throne in the Forbidden City in Beijing seems to be a curse.
After Li Zicheng sat on the throne, his mentality changed rapidly. After the Manchus sat on the throne, their mentality also changed rapidly. It seems that with that throne, everyone in the world should be obedient, and all forces should lose their will to resist.
What can Hong Chengchou do?
A civil servant without military power is just guarding the city.
"Kill the Tartars!"
On the city wall near the Grand Canal, a surrendered general finally defected again. That was a surrendered general who did not receive any benefits. He was not given a title by the Qing Dynasty. He was only given a bunch of empty promises, and even the rewarded land had to be occupied by himself.
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When Hong Chengchou heard the noise, he immediately got on his horse and fled towards the north city gate.
"Kill the Tartars!"
Another section of the city wall shouted.
However, the defecting troops only shouted and did not attack the Eight Banners of the Han Army, nor did they attack the border generals who followed Duduo south.
Hong Chengchou, Zu Zeyuan, Bai Guangen and others quickly fled from the north gate with their troops. The Shandong generals did not stop them after they defected, but went to open the city gates individually, hoping to take the lead in dedicating the city.
How easy it is to open the city gate, but to lead the troops to stop the Eight Banners of the Han Army, you have to fight tooth and nail.
The Shandong warlords have been here for too long, and they have never fought a tough battle. They have long been enjoying themselves. They also know the situation of their soldiers. They are not paid, their rations are not enough, and they do not train during the plague. No matter which side they fight.
They are all seeking death.
Thousands of Han troops from the Eight Banners and the border troops surrendered and fled in a hurry from the north gate.
If you don't leave, you will definitely be surrounded and killed by the Datong army in the city.
"The Tatars are leaving the city!"
A few miles north of the city, Wang Tingchen rode forward.
He led the cavalry south with Cao Bianjiao, and was initially appointed as a hundred-man general. With the expansion of the army, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao are now the deputy generals of the cavalry of each division, and the commander is a veteran of the Datong Army who is skilled in riding.
The cavalry commander of this division is Yan Jiu. He specially asked a scholar to rename him. The scholarly one was called "Yan Daoheng".
Many generals have changed their names. Huang Yao was changed to Huang Changzuo, which means "prosperous and powerful, Tongguo Zuo". Zhang Tieniu was changed to Zhang Mingshan, which means "Mingshan Zhidao".
Liu Zhu was renamed Liu Dingjue, Huang Shun was renamed Huang Shunqing, Jiang Liang was renamed Jiang Daoxing, Jiang Dashan was renamed Jiang Guoyan...
As soon as his name was changed, he instantly became more distinguished.
Yan Jiu is almost fifty years old. He followed Fei Yinggon as a ranger in his early years.
The fighting was very fierce, but the reckless habits were too strong. Don't make big mistakes, but keep making small mistakes. Otherwise, with his seniority and military exploits, he would not have led 2,500 troops after the expansion. After all, before the incident, this guy had robbed him with Zhao Han
Chaoguan.
"Go up and stop it!"
The dragoons were divided into three groups, spread out and fired at the enemy from a distance, and sent several more cavalry to report the situation to Fei Ruhe.
The gates of Jining City were wide open, but Fei Ruhe did not enter the city. Instead, he led troops around the city to pursue Hong Chengchou, Zu Zeyuan and Bai Guangen who had escaped.
Zu Zeyuan's command was composed entirely of heavy infantry and musketeers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, but not a single cavalry. Bai Guangen had hundreds of servant cavalry, and the remaining infantry had average combat effectiveness. Hong Chengchou also had two thousand soldiers under his command, who were the governor's personal soldiers.
, selected Jizhou Qingzhuang to form.
They were left in Jining to suppress the Shandong generals, but now they were driven out of the city by the generals.
Bai Guangen and his son Bai Liangbi came forward with their cavalry to fight.
Yan Jiu personally led a thousand dragon cavalry and swept to the side, preparing to dismount and shoot.
Wang Tingchen led five hundred dragoons and blocked the front of Bai Guangen and his son.
"Brother Bai, aren't you going to surrender?" Wang Tingchen shouted from a distance.
Damn it, let alone Bai Guangen, who couldn't hear it. Even if he heard it, he wouldn't dare to surrender. He tricked Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen in Jizhou. If he surrendered now, he wouldn't know how he would die, but would fall into Wang Tingchen's hands.
, I guess I was "caught the plague" for no apparent reason.
"Bang bang bang!"
2,000 dragoons fired their guns from afar, and nearly a hundred of Bai Guangen's servant cavalry fell instantly.
The father and son continued to charge, and Wang Tingchen immediately led the dragoons to get out of the way.
Dragoons don't play close combat!
Just as the dragoons pulled away and dismounted to reload their ammunition, Bai Guangen had already led his servants to rush over.
"Chase!"
After loading the ammunition, Wang Tingchen led his troops to chase, while Yan Jiu continued to pester the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
Bai Guangen was also ruthless, and even sent half of his servant cavalry to go back to the rear to intercept the dragoon's pursuit. This guy didn't even think about fighting for his life, but charged and broke through, leaving his friendly troops behind and just ignored them.
If placed in the Ming Dynasty, the servant cavalry should be loyal to protect the master.
But the world is collapsing and the country is changing. Who can be loyal to whom?
After more than two hundred cavalrymen were separated and cut off, more than a hundred people dismounted on the spot and asked to surrender. Dozens more cavalrymen fled towards the northeast, and only about fifty cavalrymen were actually cut off.
After chasing and escaping, they arrived at the Shushan Lake. Bai Guangen kept dividing his troops and cut off the rear, leaving only a dozen riders beside him.
"Ah...Father, save me!"
Bai Liang lost his horse and fell to the ground, shouting in horror at Bai Guangen.
Bai Guangen did not look back and continued to run away on horseback.
Wang Tingchen pulled out his saber, passed by Bai Liangbi, and slashed his throat with precision. A Ming Dynasty border general like him was very skilled in cavalry combat, and was far better than the Taoist soldiers who turned into cavalry halfway.
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Blood gurgled from Bai Liangbi's throat, but he did not die immediately. Instead, his whole body twitched, his hands covered his neck, and his eyes were filled with despair.
Although Bai Liangbi was killed, Bai Guangen managed to escape.
Because it was already dark and Wenshang County was in front of them, which belonged to the enemy's territory, Wang Tingchen did not dare to rush in with a few hundred people.
North of Jining City.
Because Yan Jiu continued to harass with his cavalry, the main force of the Qing army was unable to escape quickly.
Not long after, Fei Ruhe led his infantry to fight. Zhang Yingxiang and other surrendered generals also led their troops out of the city to encircle them. These surrendered generals did not dare to stop the Eight Banners soldiers in the city, but they had the courage to kill the enemy with the Datong army, and
In an instant, morale was high, and everyone from soldiers to generals became brave.
"My sons, follow me to kill the Tatars and avenge the fellow villagers in Shandong!"
Zhang Yingxiang had cut off his braids and personally led the charge, as if Lu Bu was reincarnated and Zhang Fei was reborn.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Wuzhenchao Haying was really not a vegetarian. With three consecutive attacks, Zhang Yingxiang's front army was defeated.
Fei Ruhe was not impatient and organized the infantry to advance slowly.
After blocking the enemy, they did not even attack, but let ships bring artillery from the south of the city.
The trapped enemy troops are just living targets. It’s so exciting to blast them with artillery. Why do you have to fight with real swords and guns?
When the artillery arrived, it was getting dark and the Manchu troops were completely panicked.
The infantry abandoned by Bai Guangen were the first to throw away their weapons and swarmed to the edge of the canal to kneel down and beg for mercy. There was no Datong army here, so they were not afraid of being mistakenly killed as a charge, but they could kowtow to the Datong Navy in the river.
Hong Chengchou's two thousand soldiers were also trembling, and only Zu Zeyuan's Eight Banners of the Han army could still form a formation.
"Boom boom boom!"
There was a burst of cannon fire, and Hong Chengchou's soldiers collapsed in response. They also followed the same example, threw away their weapons, fled to the canal and knelt down.
"kill!"
Facing the artillery bombardment, Zu Zeyuan chose to counterattack.
He really couldn't surrender. Many members of his ancestral family were serving as officials and leading troops in the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, he was the deputy commander of the Eight Banners of the Han Army at Xiangbai Banner. In terms of rank, he was ranked among the top fifteen Han generals in the Qing Dynasty.
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Surrendering won't bring any favor, so it's better to die a heroic death and let Dorgon remember his goodness and earn some shadow for his son.
Hong Chengchou stood on horseback in the center of the battlefield. He looked up at the rising moon, as if he was in a dream. Looking back on his experiences over the years, life was really like a dream. How could he be in such a state now?
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Zu Zeyuan, who was charging, fell down after being shot. But he was not completely dead. He wanted to stand up, but he had no strength, so he could only draw a knife across his neck, slit his throat and commit suicide.
After three rounds of fire cannon fire, those with white flags were really awesome, and less than a thousand people were dead. Some turned around and ran away, some knelt down and surrendered, but no one dared to continue charging.
"Kill the Tartars!"
Zhang Yingxiang led the surrendering troops and generals, and became brave again. This guy took the lead and drove the defeated troops to mow the grass all the way. He killed more than 20 Han troops with white flags by his own hands.
Hong Chengchou did not escape. He was a high-ranking civil servant and had to maintain his grace even if he lost.
He still refused to surrender or commit suicide. He stayed where he was and waited for the Datong Army to catch him.
"Old thief, where are you running away from?"
A general rushed over on horseback and pinned Hong Chengchou to the ground.
Hong Chengchou put his face to the ground, his face was covered with dust, and he also ate some dirt in his mouth. Finally, he completely lost his demeanor as a civil servant.
In the direction of Qufu, the Kong family asked to surrender.