Thirteen days have passed in this way, and all the preparations for guarding Jinan are almost complete, but the Qin army has not yet reached Jinan Mansion. Shang Yi can't help but feel a little strange. It is said that it is almost time, how can he clear up the situation?
The Qing army hasn't attacked yet? Could it be that the Qing army doesn't plan to attack Jinan, but is planning to take a detour directly back to the outside of the pass? If that happens, that's not bad. If the Qing army wants to leave, just let them go! Shang Yi doesn't plan to either
Go and provoke them again. Anyway, this time the goal of recovering Jinan has been achieved. Materials, money, food, and population have all been greatly harvested. If it was not forced, Shang Yi would not want to cause any extra trouble.
Of course, this was just a thought. Shang Yi never had such illusions, so he still carefully trained his troops and guarded the border, and continued to pay close attention to the trends in Yanzhou. Sure enough, the next day, Shang Yi took over
After receiving the news from the scouts, the Qing army Yijing dispatched from Yanzhou Prefecture and headed towards Jinan Prefecture. And just three days later, the vanguard of the Qing army arrived at Yijing and marched to the southwest of Jinan Fucheng.
The Qing army they killed was the 10,000 troops led by Turge, but now he did not dare to underestimate the Muling army anymore, so he did not dare to attack Jinan Prefecture rashly. Therefore, after the Qing army moved to the southwest of Jinan Prefecture, they planned to
Erge has always been careful to defend, closing the camp and not going out to fight. As the Qing army did not go out to fight, the Muling army would naturally not take the initiative to fight, and the two sides were in a temporary confrontation.
However, although the Qing army did not go to war, Turg was not idle either. He sent out reconnaissance cavalry to see if there were other Ming Dynasty troops concentrating towards Jinan Prefecture. At the same time, he stepped up the production of siege equipment.
Prepare for the possible attack on Jinan Prefecture in the future.
But after three or four days in a row, the Qing army's scout cavalry basically searched a distance of about 200 miles around Jinan Prefecture, and it seemed that no other Ming troops were found active. And at the same time, Yue Le also led the army to garrison.
After arriving at Dongchang Mansion, no movement of the Ming army was found on that side. In other words, within a few hundred miles from the east, west, north, and west of Shanxi, there was actually only one Ming army like the Muling Army.
After Turge learned of these situations, he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the capture of Jinan Mansion was just an individual act of the Muling Army, and was not a deliberate plan by the Ming Army to lure the enemy deeper.
The other armies of the dynasty seemed to be as fearful of battle as before. So it would be much easier to just deal with this Muling army.
Two days later, Abatai also led the army to escort all the money, food and materials, and the people and livestock finally arrived in Jinan City. After hearing Turge explain the situation, Abatai was really relieved, and it turned out that it was him.
The worry is a bit excessive. So what should we do next? Should we continue to bypass Jinan and return north, or should we attack Jinan Prefecture?
It would be too cowardly to directly go around and return to the outside of the pass. The Muling army captured Jinan Mansion, which was tantamount to giving the Qing army a loud slap in the face. If the Qing army did not even dare to fight a battle, it would just remain silent.
Que calmly retreated, that was too cowardly. Ever since Taizu Nurhachi's uprising, why did Daqing suffer from this kind of suffocation at this time?
But in attacking Jinan, Abatai felt uncertain. Although Abatai really wanted to see how powerful the Muling Army was. But he also knew that the Muling Army could defend Muling Pass twice and defeat Tu.
It is absolutely no accident that your army has now captured Jinan Prefecture. Moreover, the lower-level soldiers of the Qing army are now looking forward to returning to the outside of the pass as soon as possible to reunite with their families. Their desire to fight is not as strong as when they first entered the pass.
.If the attack on the city fails again, it may cause the army to lose morale.
There is still more than two thousand miles from Jinan to the outside of the Pass. Although other Ming armies now dare not fight the Qing army, what if the Qing army is really frustrated under the city of Jinan? Will anyone in the Ming army change their mind?
Or what if the Ming army did not dare to fight the Qing army head-on, but was attacking in secret? And who can guarantee that the second Shang Yi will appear on the way back. You must know that the Qing army is not like entering the army now.
It's time to close the country, and transporting so much money, food, supplies, people and livestock is a heavy burden in itself.
After discussing with Turge and Bolo, Abatai decided that it would be better to adopt a two-pronged approach. They left some troops to besiege Jinan City and sent another group to escort the money, grain and supplies, and the people and livestock returned to the outside of the customs without any delay.
The last few people discussed and decided that Bolo would lead 50,000 men and horses to escort the money, grain and supplies, and the people and livestock would continue to go north out of the customs and return to the Qing Dynasty, while Abatai and Turg would lead the remaining 35,000 men and horses to stay.
Continue to attack Jinan Prefecture, and Yue Le, who is stationed at Dongchang Prefecture, is responsible for supporting the attack on both sides.
Although there were only 35,000 troops left to attack Jinan Prefecture, they included 65 Manba Banner Niu Lu and eight complete Jia La. There were a total of more than 2,500 armored soldiers and more than 4,000 auxiliary troops.
There are more than 8,000 people, followers, and soldiers. There are also fifty-eight Han army oxen, nine complete armors, and more than 12,000 men and horses; there are thirty-two Mongolian oxen, six complete armors.
, plus the Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals, there are more than 8,000 people in total. They also have 20 various artillery pieces.
Therefore, the strength of the Qing army this time far exceeded the troops of Turg who attacked Mulingguan last time. Moreover, Yue Le of Dongchang Prefecture supported him. Even Abatai felt that with such a force, let alone attack Jinan.
There is no problem even if he attacks the city of Beijing. However, the opponent he faces this time is unusual and cannot be judged by common sense. Moreover, under Turge's repeated advice, Abatai cannot help but be more cautious. So he planned
Wait a few days and let Bolo lead the troops to go farther before attacking Jinan. In this way, even if the attack here does not go smoothly, even if there is an accident, it will not affect the troops returning north. At the same time, more troops can be
Make some siege equipment.
However, in the past few days, Abatai has not been idle. Together with Turg, he led a group of guards to inspect the terrain of Jinan Mansion. He saw the positions set up by the Muling Army outside the city and looked at the diggings outside the city.
With the trenches and low walls built, coupled with Turg's explanation, Abatai had to admit that judging from the defensive positions deployed outside the city, the troops defending the city must not be underestimated.
It is not unreasonable that the Muling Army was able to repel the Qing troops twice and defend Muling Pass.
After looking at it for a long time, Abatai said to Turg: "These trench low walls will cause us a lot of trouble in attacking Jinan Mansion. We must find a way to clear them."
Turg smiled bitterly and said: "Baylor, I also know that these trench walls will hinder our attack on Jinan, but it is not easy to clear these trench walls, because these trench walls are under the Ming army's artillery
If we eliminate them within the strike range, we will suffer huge losses. If the common people who were captured by the Ming Dynasty are expelled to do the clearing work, Shang Yi will not show mercy. He will still fire on the Ming Dynasty prisoners without fail, and he will also
They would deliberately torture the captured warriors of our Qing Dynasty under the city wall, which would not only strengthen the Ming army's hatred of the same enemy, but also have a huge impact on the morale of our army. Therefore, we cannot do this."
Abatai nodded and said: "In order to defend the city, he would not hesitate to fire on the people of his own country. It seems that Shang Yi is indeed a hero. It is unexpected that there is such a figure among the Han people. It is indeed a bit surprising.
Unexpectedly, I am afraid that this person will become the second Yuan Chonghuan in the future and become a strong enemy of our Qing Dynasty. Moreover, Jinan is really difficult to fight. It seems that we can only prepare more wooden boards as springboards. When attacking the city, let those Han
The army goes to attack the city, no matter how many casualties there are, and then try to clear these obstacles. If Jinan City is really difficult to capture, then forget it."
Turge said: "This is easy to handle. The Han army dare not disobey our orders. I feel very sorry for the Mongols. These people have always bullied the weak and feared the strong. This time there is another tough battle to fight.
I'm afraid they will be thinking about how to preserve their strength again. If they don't work hard on the battlefield, not only will they not be able to help us attack Nanfu, but on the contrary, it will also affect the fighting will of those Han troops."
Abatai snorted and said: "This time we can't help them. In the past, they followed us in Daqing and took a lot of advantage. Now it's their turn to contribute. If they still dare to make a move,
Both ends are cowardly, I will not let them get away with it. I want them to make it clear whether they are relying on us Daqing, or we Daqing are relying on them."
Turg nodded and said: "Since Baile said so, I think those Mongolian barbarians should wake up."
Abate raised his head again, looked at the Jinan city wall more than 200 steps away, and said: "To be honest, I really have some expectations now to be able to compete with this person."
At this moment, Abate's heart moved, and he suddenly said: "Turg, if it rains heavily now, do you think it will be more detrimental to one of our two armies?"
Turge was startled for a moment. He looked up at the sky and saw a large dark cloud hanging over Jinan City. Although he had never learned how to observe the sky, he was also a battle-hardened man and could make rough judgments based on experience.
When he came out, it did look like it was going to rain, so he was overjoyed and said: "If it really starts to rain, although it will cause some trouble for us to attack the city, the Ming army's firearms will not be able to work.
, it should be more beneficial to us."
Abatai also chuckled and said: "If God bless us, there will be a heavy rain within three days. Turge, let's go back to camp and make preparations. We will only let the rain fall, and immediately send troops to attack Jinan with all our strength."
At this time in Jinan City, Shang Yi was also looking up at the sky, with a wry smile on his face. It seemed that this rain was inevitable.