?After the situation in the north reached Shandong, Abatai also knew that for a long time, the Shandong region would not receive any reinforcements, so if you want to resist the attack of the Chinese army, you can only rely on Shandong's troops.
Fortunately, in the previous stage, the Qing army in Shandong withstood the attack of the Chinese army. The battle to defend Zhangqiu County was quite successful, and it also realized the strength of the Qing army's new army, which also gave Abatai a lot of confidence. In addition, the "" brought by Li Guoying could not change the overall situation in Shandong, but it was finally better than nothing.
At the same time, Abatai also made another arrangement for Shandong's defense and military distribution. Now the total strength of the Qing army in Shandong is less than 100,000, the strength of the Shenwei camp is about 13,000, and the other men and horses are about 83,000. Abatai sent 40,000 troops in Gunzhou and handed over to Li Rutai to command; another 43,000 troops are stationed in Jinan Prefecture, 13,000 troops are sent in Jiyang'an, Zhangqiu arranged 10,000 troops, and the rest are stationed in Jinan.
Originally, Abatai planned to divide the troops of Shenwei Camp equally, but Yue Le had learned the tactical ideas of the Chinese army and knew the principle of concentrating troops. Therefore, he also dissuaded his father's plan. Shenwei Camp was still stationed in Tai'an Prefecture and was responsible for both sides of the response. However, Yue Le was also worried that the Chinese army would launch a sudden attack, so he dispatched 1,500 soldiers from Shenwei Camp in Jinan and Gunzhou. If the Chinese army attacked, there were only 1,500 soldiers from Shenwei Camp to resist. However, there were only 10,000 soldiers stationed in Tai'an Prefecture.
The distribution of the Qing army's troops was soon arranged in Jinan through the Chinese army. The intelligence personnel from Yanzhou made a clear investigation and reported to the Shandong Military Region Command. At this time, the Chinese army in Shandong had been repaired for more than ten days, and most of the injured soldiers were recovered from the injury. At the same time, a part of the new army was added from Qingzhou Prefecture, and the system of each unit was basically restored. This is also a major advantage of the Chinese army compared with the Qing army. Because the Chinese army had a very good civilian foundation and Shang Yi had been improving the social status of soldiers since the uprising, the general people in the governing area of the Nanjing government were also proud of being a soldier. In this way, the lost troops could be greatly supplemented.
Seeing that they were almost ready at this time, Zhou Shaohuan decided to launch the Shandong battle again, and this time they would focus on attacking Gunzhou Prefecture. Therefore, in Jinan Prefecture, only the Fourth Army was left to guard Gaoyuan and go to Zichuan to restrain the Qing army's forces. Zhou Shaohuan led the Ninth Army to Yizhou in Yanzhou Prefecture and met with Tong Dayong. At this time, Zheng Chenggong also received Shang Yi's order and led 15,000 troops to send troops from Haizhou and stationed in Yizhou.
Therefore, at this time, the Chinese army also gathered three troops in the Yanzhou Prefecture, with a total of three infantry divisions, four infantry brigades, one cavalry division, and one special forces brigade. With Zheng Chenggong's men and horses, the total force had exceeded 90,000. At the same time, Zhou Shaohuan sent people to contact the rebel army in the southwest of Gunzhou Prefecture and the Han army anyway, and made an appointment to attack Gunzhou Prefecture together.
Although the Qing army did not have a complete intelligence agency in the Chinese army's ruling area, the spies always sent a lot, and the mobilization of tens of thousands of troops could not be without any clues. Therefore, although it was a lot late, Li Lutai, who was stationed in Yanzhou Prefecture, learned that the Chinese army was about to attack Yanzhou Prefecture again, so he also made some arrangements for the defensive forces of Yanzhou. In Sishui, east and south of Yanzhou, 15,000 troops were arranged to garrison in Sishui, Zou County. He also notified Yue Le, who was stationed in Tai'an, to prepare for reinforcements at any time.
This time, the Chinese army's offensive direction was to choose Zou County, and the Fifth Army first launched an attack on Zou County. The Qing army had already been ready to fight in Zou County, so the two sides fought for two days, and Zou County's defense was still very stable, and the Chinese army did not gain much advantage.
After receiving the battle report from Zou County, Li Rutai was very satisfied and felt relieved. He originally planned to strengthen Zou County's defensive forces, but it seemed that he could wait and see for the time being. But at this moment, someone suddenly reported that a Chinese army was attacking Jining Prefecture, and the peasant army that was uprising in Caozhou and Puzhou, as well as the former Ming generals Ren Qi, Zhang Qi, Li Huajing, Zheng Longfang, Yao Wenchang and others were also leading the crowd eastward to attack Juye County.
After receiving this news, Li Lutai was also shocked. Jining Prefecture was in the southwest of Yanzhou and the east bank of the canal. Although the Chinese army attacking Jining Prefecture was an isolated army, after Jining Prefecture was lost, the Chinese army could open up the connection between the east and south of Shandong, and merge with the peasant army that revolted in Caozhou and Puzhou, and the lonely army would not be alone.
Juye County is more than 60 miles west of Jining Prefecture. The peasant army attacked Juye County and had the intention to merge with the Chinese army. Moreover, the Qing army in Shandong is now concentrated on the Jinan-Guanzhou line. The entire east and south Shandong, including Jining Prefecture, has very empty troops. Once the Chinese army and the uprising army merge, it is probably difficult to preserve the east and south Shandong areas, and the Jinan-Guanzhou line will be trapped in the two sides of the Chinese army.
It seems that the Chinese army's attack on Zou County was fake, and it was true that they took advantage of the situation to attack Jiningzhou. Thinking of this, Li Lutai couldn't help but sweat. The Chinese army was so evil that they would do such a trick for him. Therefore, Li Lutai did not dare to neglect. Although there were only more than 10,000 defenders in Gunzhou City at this time, he still mobilized 8,000 troops, including 1,500 soldiers from Shenwei Camp left in Gunzhou City, led by Deputy General Chen Tai, to rescue Jiningzhou.
Fortunately, Jining Prefecture is not far from Yanzhou, only more than 60 miles away, and it is all official roads, so people can be arrived in one day. Li Shutai repeatedly reminded Chen Tai that once he learned that Jining Prefecture had been lost halfway, he immediately withdrew back to Yanzhou.
However, after the rescue of Jining Prefecture was sent, Gunzhou's defense was empty. Who knows whether the Chinese army would take advantage of the opportunity to take Gunzhou again? After all, it was only more than 40 miles to go from Zou County to Gunzhou, so Li Lutai did not dare to take this risk. So he ordered Chen Jin, the garrison of Sishui County, to lead 10,000 troops immediately to rush back to fill the void of Gunzhou. At the same time, Li Lutai asked Yue Le of Tai'an Prefecture for help.
Fortunately, Sishui County is not far from Gunzhou City, less than seventy miles away. After receiving the order, Chen Jin did not dare to delay at all. He immediately led his army to leave and handed over the defense of Sishui County to deputy general Wu Chaozuo to the deputy general. He also rushed along the way. Although he was about to vomit blood, the troops who were rescued by Jiningzhou had just left for a few hours before they arrived in Yanzhou. Therefore, Li Lutai was also relieved, and now he only hoped that reinforcements could arrive in the extreme and defend Jiningzhou.
After the troops who rescued Jiningzhou set off, Chen Tai also knew that the military situation was urgent, so he did not dare to delay it. He stepped up his march all the way, and almost ran trotting. The Qing army ran for more than two hours and ran almost fifty miles. Seeing that Jiningzhou was about to arrive, and there was no news of Jiningzhou's loss, Chen Tai also felt that there was great hope, so he kept urging the horse to run back and forth, urging the soldiers to "rush faster, faster."
However, the Qing army was so tired at this time that they all had sore waists and legs, and they opened their mouths and gasped. The number of soldiers behind had reached more than 300.
At this time, a man was so tired that he was overly angry and said to Chen Tai: "Deputy General Chen, brothers are so tired. I think it's better to take a break and then rush on the road?"
Chen Tai shook his head and said, "It's less than ten miles away from Jining Prefecture. No matter how tired you are, you can't be more tired. Let the brothers grit their teeth and persevere for a while, and wait until they arrive in Jining Prefecture before resting."
That always thought to himself: "Grudge your teeth and hold on for a while." It is easy to get it. You have a horse to ride and don't have to walk, but we all rely on two legs and run ten miles, and we have to break the legs. But even though we think so, we dare not say it out.
At this moment, suddenly, a sound of gunfire came from the left and right sides of the official road. The Qing army was caught off guard, and many soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, and the entire team immediately became in chaos.
Chen Tai couldn't help but be surprised. Is the Chinese army ambushing people? Gunzhou is mostly mountainous hills, with undulating terrain. Although the official road is wide and flat, there are hills and trees on both sides of the official road, so it is just right to ambush people. Therefore, thinking of this, Chen Tai's face changed drastically and he hurriedly sent an order to prepare for the battle.
But at this time, on both sides of the official road, bullets were row by row, like raindrops, and there was no hidden place on the official road. The Qing army had no idea how to fight the enemy. Some soldiers raised weapons such as guns, shields, and were ready for battle, but were beaten to the ground one after another.
Although there were 1,500 soldiers from the Shenwei Camp in the Qing army, they could not be arranged in three rows of continuous shooting formations in this haste. Moreover, most of the soldiers were also busy at this time and could not fill the ammunition calmly. Some soldiers were trembling and trembling. As a result, the ammunition bags were either sprinkled or dropped on the ground. Several ammunition bags were used in a row, but they could not complete the filling. Although there were a few soldiers who could maintain a firm state without force, they did not have time to carefully find the hiding place of the Chinese army, and they could only shoot aimlessly on both sides of the official road and let out a breath.
Chen Tai was still thinking of commanding at the moment, and at this moment, he heard the whine of the war horse sitting down, his limbs softened, and he fell to the ground with a "gulp" sound, and also threw Chen Tai off the back. However, when Chen Tai lost his balance, he felt a shock on his head, as if he had been hit by a moment. After he got up from the ground, he found that the lightning rod and helmet tassel on his helmet were shot down by the projectile at some point. Chen Tai was not only scared and sweated, but it was too dangerous. If the war horse had just fallen to the ground, wouldn't this shot hit his own sky spirit cover?
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