In the south corner of the west gate of Dezhou City, in an official lobby, Pang Yu stood in the queue, looking at the people in the hall from time to time.
The deputy commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Zhou Yuji, was on his right. Originally, the Beijing camp had a higher status than the local camp leader and should stand in front. However, Zhou Yuji knew that Pang Yu had just made great achievements and did not dare to stand up to him. He insisted on letting Pang Yu stand in front.
The first one.
This official office is located south of the west gate of Dezhou. It is the government office of Wude Bingbei Road. The official name of Wude Bingbei Road is Wuding Bingbei Road, which is on the same level as Shi Kefa's Anchi Bingbei Road. Wude Road is located on the seventh floor of Zhengde
In 1999, it was one of the seven military roads in Shandong, running between Wuding and Binde prefectures, as well as Yangxin, Shanghe and other prefectures and counties.
The status of Dezhou within the jurisdiction is also very important, so the road was stationed in Wuding in winter and spring. In summer and autumn, because it needed to ensure water transportation, it was stationed in Dezhou. At that time, there was a branch in Dezhou City. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, due to the gradual military situation,
Seriously, Dezhou is more important than ever, and Wude Road was officially relocated to Dezhou, where it is now the government office.
This time when the Qing army entered the border, the Ministry of War considered Dezhou from the beginning. There was a large amount of water transportation money and grain stored here, as well as a sum of 400,000 taels of salt. The strategic position was also very important, and it was the place where Yang Sichang focused on defense.
The Ministry of War first transferred Shandong Governor Yan Jizu to Bazhou, and then to Dezhou, asking him to ensure that Dezhou was not lost. Yan Jizu took the governor's Biao camp from Jinan, and after arriving in Dezhou, he set up his station at the Military Preparation Office.
At this time, Yan Jizu was also sitting in the hall, but his face was not very good. Naturally, it was because Jinan was lost. The left wing of the Qing army that passed through Dezhou before found that the city was well prepared and did not attack Dezhou. He bypassed the city and went to Linqing. Yan Jizu
It was true that Texas was saved, but he did not expect that Jinan, which was more solid, was lost.
He is the governor of Shandong, and Jinan is his permanent residence. The destruction of the provincial capital is not only a matter of responsibility. His family's small property must also have suffered heavy losses, and there is also a prince in the city.
In addition to Yan Jizu in the hall, Pang Yu was also quite uneasy. Although he sent away the officials, after all, the Ministry of War had issued an order to him and Ni Chong to go to Jinan to provide support. Pang Yu and Zan Painting House both considered Jinan Prefecture.
As for the attack, the situation was judged to be that the Qing army would open the front eastward and expand the scope of looting. However, it was only believed that the Qing army would attack the area under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture, and did not really think that it would attack the city.
Since the Qing army entered the pass, they have only attacked cities at the prefecture and county level. They have not actually attacked Zhending, Baoding, Hejian, Dongchang and other prefectures. Previously, Zhending's defense was empty, with only more than a thousand soldiers in the city.
, the Qing army gave it a try and found that the city was well prepared and gave up immediately. The performance of the Qing army in Tongchengyi can also prove that their main purpose was to obtain supplies and people, and their tolerance for casualties was not high.
Jinan is the provincial capital and one of the strongest cities in the world. As long as there is a little preparation, the Qing army will not attack rashly.
But now Jinan has indeed been captured. The Qing army has invaded many times before, and no city at the provincial level has ever been breached. The court will definitely pursue the case. Although Pang Yu has military exploits in hand, he is also a little worried.
The people in the lobby had different expressions, and they all looked preoccupied. Most of them were generals. Except for Zhou Yuji, Pang Yu didn’t know anyone, but there were more than ten people opposite him.
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The generals stood together, all looking weathered and familiar with each other. Pang Yu was probably one of Xuanda's men.
Before arriving, Liu Yuliang briefly reported the situation. The Dezhou Road Biao, Fu Biao, and River Defense soldiers were local soldiers from Shandong, and the others were mainly Qinwang soldiers brought by Sun Chuanting.
Zhou Yuji came two days earlier and had already seen these people when he was promoted to the tent. He came over and introduced Pang Yu in a low voice, "The one at the top opposite is Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, and the one below is the commander-in-chief Hu Dawei of Shanxi Province. These two
The main barracks are all those who fought against the Tatars in Jiazhuang and escaped from the siege. The next one is Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, who did not fight in Jiazhuang. I heard that he ran the wrong way and was just transferred back from Shanxi."
Pang Yu listened to Zhou Yuji's introduction and looked around. Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were both about fifty years old. Although they looked tired, they still had the majesty of veteran generals. Wang Pu was the youngest, and his eyes were lively. When he saw Pang Yu, his eyes were friendly.
"The one below him is Deputy Town Liu, who supervises Biao Youying. It was he who found Lu Dutang's body and sent it to Zhending. The one who comes down is Li Chongzhen, the deputy town who supervises Biao Zhongying..."
When talking about Liu Qin, Zhou Yuji's tone was very respectful, but when he talked about Li Chongzhen, his tone was obviously contemptuous.
Pang Yu looked at Li Chongzhen carefully. He was estimated to be about forty years old. His eyes were dull and his face was very tired. It can be inferred from Zhou Yuji's attitude that even the lieutenant generals looked down on him. Li Chongzhen's situation was not good. Supervisor Biao
The central camp was composed of the governor's own troops. Lu Xiangsheng died for his country, and his troops fled to save their lives. It is unjustifiable in any case. If he had not achieved a good record, he would not have been able to escape from prison. Generally speaking, Xuanda's generals all carried a
The stocks are sluggish, which is the consequence of Jiazhuang's defeat.
Zhou Yuji, who was at the head of Pang Yu in the column on the left, said in a low voice, "The one at the top is Liu Guangzuo, the commander-in-chief of Baoding. He brought out 350 men to fight."
Pang Yu was not surprised. It was estimated that Liu Guangzuo only brought his retainers, and the army in Southern Zhili was at a similar level. Xu Ziqiang and his group did not have 300 retainers before.
The rest are the general soldiers of Shandong Fubiao Battalion. On Zhou Yuji's right are Wuding Road Biao, Hefang and other officers, as well as some attached reinforcements, rangers and other small battalion leaders. There are more than 20 officers in the hall. Pang Yu said to the battalion team
Without knowing anything about it, it was difficult to estimate the total combat strength of these battalion leaders. If he went into battle with these people, he would have no idea.
Liu Yuliang is the leader at the top, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, is on the left, Yan Jizu is on the right, and Wuding Bingdao is at the bottom. Local civil servants from Dezhou did not participate in the meeting.
Sun Chuanting is now the governor of King Qin, and he has the same responsibilities as Lu Xiangsheng. The battalions he leads are basically those of Lu Xiangsheng. He originally had a unit of Wu Xiang from Liao Town, which was a new force transferred to Sun Chuanting from the Ministry of War.
As a result, he was snatched away by Gao Qiqiansheng in Linqing. Sun Chuanting had no choice but to report to the Ministry of War and suffered a dumb loss.
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The mission of the battalions, road signs, and river defenses is to defend Dezhou. The combat power of these inland soldiers and horses is doubtful, and Sun Chuanting may not be able to take them away. Compared with Lu Xiangsheng in Jiazhuang, Sun Chuanting only has Datong Zhengbing, Baoding Jiading and Shaanxi Fu at the head of the battalion.
mark.
However, due to the defeat of Jiazhuang, the Xuanda troops and horses among them must have suffered huge losses in personnel and materials, and more importantly, they have lost morale.
In other words, the overall combat strength of these Qinwang troops gathered in Dezhou may not be as good as Lu Xiangsheng. Pang Yu raised his eyes and observed Sun Chuanting. This Shaanxi governor was tall and had the gentle temperament of a civil servant. He was still quite calm sitting next to Liu Yuliang.
However, Pang Yu knew that Sun Chuanting was also pretending to be calm, because he had previously thought that the Qing army had returned north to Dezhou, and he did not expect that another Qing army would go east to Jinan. He made a mistake in judging the signs of the Qing army, so
He went directly north from Linqing instead of crossing the river to contain the Qing army on the east route. If the Ministry of War really wants him to take the blame, it is not without reason.
Everyone in the entire lobby was worried about their own affairs. Only Liu Yuliang, the chief assistant of the visual division, was the most relaxed. He did not have to bear responsibility. He had just reported a big victory. He was very comfortable. The only thing he had to worry about was that there would be more to come.
Facing the Qing army.
There was a bang in the hall and everyone stopped talking.
The various official offices in the Ming Dynasty were generally similar. Pang Yu went from Tongcheng County Office to Dezhou, and the sitting official went from the county magistrate to the chief assistant. The atmosphere of discussing matters was similar. The difference from the county government was that those who discussed matters sat in the hall, and there were no such things in the hall.
The yamen servant stood.
Pang Yu followed the military attachés and knelt down to worship the officer sitting in the hall. Liu Yuliang did not put on any airs and motioned for everyone to get up.
"The Eastern Han Dynasty has been raging for several months. I came out of Beijing to inspect the divisions and saw bones along the way. No roosters crow in the villages. The people were tortured in an unspeakable way. I was shocked to hear that the provincial capital of Jinan was destroyed. I was really shocked.
I was so worried that I summoned all the generals to discuss how to recover and save the Southern gentry and the people from the fire and water."
The generals below didn't say anything. Liu Yuliang seemed to have expected it. He continued without waiting, "The soldiers and horses have not yet used the food and grass. It has been several months since the military Qin Wang entered the guard. I am here with the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate a salary.
First, give half a month's salary to each battalion, and then the Dezhou Prefectural Government will distribute ten days of food and grass to each battalion, making sure that King Qin's soldiers and horses are well fed. Jinan is a powerful land in Tianhuang. It cannot be trapped in the enemy's hands for a long time. It must be restored as soon as possible. Please ask Sun Dutang
Assignment.”
Pang Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard about the ten days of food and grass. With Liu Yuliang here, at least the food was more secure than before. However, the supplementary salary was still too little, but it was better than nothing.
After Liu Yuliang finished talking about the distribution of money and food, he handed over the meeting to Sun Chuanting. He did not interfere with the command at all and only performed his duties as an inspector. Now even Pang Yu is a little envious of this role.
Sun Chuanting was more direct and briefly reported the news of Jinan's defeat. He said that the Qing army arrived at the outskirts of Jinan on December 24th. After looting the suburbs, they captured the city on the 4th of the first lunar month. The news of the city's defeat was reported by the magistrate of Changqing County.
Report, and at the same time received a letter asking for help from Yanzhou Prefecture being besieged.
Then Sun Chuanting asked each general to
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First of all, all the Xuanda generals on the opposite side looked at Yang Guozhu, who was at the top. He should be the most senior.
Yang Guozhu turned his head and looked at Hu Dawei. The two exchanged glances, and then Yang Guozhu took a step forward and said, "As a general of a defeated army, I shouldn't talk nonsense anymore, but it involves important military matters. I have the courage to report it to Liu Zhongtang."
, Sun Dutang, and Yan Junmen knew that the soldiers and horses from various towns fought against the Donglu with little success, and this time they were defeated in Jiazhuang. Even Lu Dutang died in the battle, leaving aside the damaged men, horses and equipment.
It is the Xuan Da troops and horses that are left in front of me. I have the courage to say that as long as the troops are defeated, they will no longer be the same troops when they are taken back, and I will lose all my courage."
The generals in the hall were talking in low voices, but Sun Chuanting above did not say hello, but just looked at the table with a calm expression, and his emotions could not be seen.
Yang Guozhu raised his head and looked at several civil servants, took a breath and continued, "With this little army, we still owed seven months of last year's salary. King Qin previously accumulated 69,500 taels, and now he owes it again."
Liu Zhongtang took the trouble to bring three or four months from Beijing, but he could only make up for half a month..."
Liu Yuliang raised his hand gently and interrupted, "I just received confirmation when I came here. A sum of salary will be delivered the day after tomorrow, and I can make up for another month or two."
Yang Guozhu bowed and said, "Money and food can be replenished, but morale cannot be replenished. I have been leading troops for many years. With the current situation of the soldiers and horses, if they are forced to fight, they will immediately break up and flee, or even there will be chaos."
Most of Xuanda's generals nodded in agreement, Yan Jizu frowned and stared at Yang Guozhu, "Does Marshal Yang mean not to fight with him anymore, but to let him wreak havoc?"
"Back to Yan Jun, Donglu is still in Shandong, so naturally we can't ignore him."
Liu Yuliang turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting. Only then did Sun Chuanting say, "How do you think Marshal Yang should fight against Jiannu?"
"The lower official thinks that Jinan has been defeated for several days, and the available troops in the north are only these. We cannot rashly gather people and horses for a battle. The Eastern captives have robbed these money, food and children, and they must go out. The soldiers and horses must protect them.
The objects are scattered, so our soldiers and horses will have a small battle with them first to build up morale with a small victory. Only when Director Gao and other King Qin soldiers and horses gather together can we fight Donglu again."
His subordinate Hu Dawei also agreed, and then Wang Pu. Among them, Wang Pu was the strongest because he did not participate in the battle of Jiazhuang. After these three people expressed their opinions, Xuanda's attitude became clear, that is, he believed
Currently, we do not have the strength to fight the Qing army. We hope that Sun Chuanting will not force them, but he can fight some small battles in the name of restoring morale so that Sun Chuanting can explain to the court.
Sun Chuanting turned to the left. The first one was Baoding General Soldier. Liu Guangzuo greeted several civil servants and said cautiously, "I have arrived late to lead the troops. They have not yet entered the city. Now the Tatars are already near Dezhou. The Tatars are the last."
I am running fast, please let the little men and horses enter the city first, so as not to be suddenly attacked and damage the morale of the men and horses..."
As soon as these words came out, the two officers under Zhou Yuji also started shouting. It turned out that they had not entered the city.
Pang Yu secretly glanced at the top position. Yan Jizu's face was ashen, and Sun Chuanting's brows were already furrowed.