On June 10, the transportation fleet of the Merchant Army arrived in Dengzhou. After Zhou Shaohuan accepted the supplies, he immediately organized troops to enlist Shang Yi's order to enter Qingzhou and Laizhou, and took the lead in launching an attack on the Qing army stationed in Shandong.
At this moment, Tong Dayong, the leader of the Muling Pass Independent Regiment, sent a message that Qingzhou City had been occupied by Qing Dynasty officials.
It turned out that after the Qing army entered Beijing, it first defeated the Dashun army and consolidated the surrounding areas of Beijing. Then Dorgon also recruited officials to discuss the next plan of march. The Qing Censorate participated in politics and Zu Kefa, and Zhang Cunren and others first went to
Dorgon advised: "Shandong is the way to transport food, and Shanxi is the way to merchants, so it is urgent to recruit pacification. If the soldiers and civilians of the two provinces return to our territory, then the wealth will be released and the country will not be scarce."
Dorgon also agreed with the two people and first collected the land of Shanxi, Shandong, so he sent troops to continue to pursue the Dashun army. On May 25, he sent the surrendered minister Fang Dayou as the deputy envoy of the army supervisor to recruit Shandong.
On the fourth day of the month, the surrendered minister of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Aoyong, was sent to recruit Shandong and Henan as the Minister of the Second Ministry of Works.
At this time, the situation in Shandong was very chaotic, and all forces were intertwined and complicated. Zhu Shuai, the King of Ji, who had once made a fuss in Shandong, was occupied by most of Shandong, northern Zhili and Hebei.
, but in fact it was a pile of scattered sand. Zhu Shuai was just a squire from Dezhou, Shandong, and launched a puppet. He did not have much force, and Zhao Jiding, Cheng Xianzhen, Xie Bi and others who supported Zhu Shuai were not generals.
Although Zhicai drove away the officials of the Dashun Army and sent people to contact Nanming, he did not know that he should appease the people and stabilize the local area, nor did he know that he should prepare for war and prepare for the battle, but he just passed by.
Zhang Daya, Zhang Qianchu, Han Jiben, Shan Zhizhang, Zhang Yu and others were just taking advantage of the chaos and taking advantage of the situation to catch up.
After Zhu Shuai was uprising, he also sent someone to recruit Zhou Shaohuan, but Zhou Shaohuan used the reason that he had already guarded Dengzhou by the Southern Ming Dynasty, so he could not use the imperial edict to vacate it. At the same time, he also advised Zhu Shuai to come to Dengzhou to discuss it.
However, Zhu Shuai and others were afraid that they would be subject to Zhou Shaohuan after they arrived in Dengzhou, so they did not answer and defended Jinan Prefecture. At this time, the Shandong Governor Fang Dayou, sent by Dorgon, also led his army to enter the Shandong area.
In fact, at this time, Fang Dayou had only more than a thousand men, and they were all composed of Ming troops who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Beijing. They were simply a group of scattered soldiers and had little combat power. Moreover, Fang Dayou was a civil servant and did not know much about military affairs. If Zhu Shuai was at this time,
Fang Dayou could not enter Shandong, even if he could unite the gentry and officials who gathered in Shandong, Beizhili, Hebei and other places, work together to fight the enemy together.
But the gentry left behind by the Ming Dynasty was just a group of mobs, and Zhu Shuai was only caring about spending time in Jinan Mansion, and he was just a monk who hit the bell for a day. As a result, the mobs were fighting against scattered soldiers and bravely.
But after all, the scattered soldiers and roaming the Qing army's head street. Although it was a copycat version of the Qing army, it was still a bit scary to tie a small seed after shaved his hair. Therefore, when the gentry and officials from all over the country heard that the Qing army was coming, they immediately became scattered.
He was scared and almost surrendered. Therefore, Fang Dayou was in a good way, almost without any bloodshed, so he pacified the Bazhou, Cangzhou, Dezhou, Linqing and other places in the border areas of Shandong, the northern Zhili. He also sent his surrender to his own
Zhang Youfang, the governor of Dezhou, went to Jinan Prefecture to recruit Zhu Shuai and others.
Although Zhu Shuai and other officials and gentry from the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to submit to the Qing Dynasty, they were all mobs, and they could block the attack of the Qing soldiers. At the same time, Zhang Youfang, who persuaded surrender, tried his best to exaggerate the strength and strength of the Qing army, and tried his best to understand.
After all, Zhu Shuai and others were all difficult to become great people, so they had to disband their subordinates and submit to the Qing Dynasty. Fang Dayou also entered Jinan Prefecture very smoothly.
Later, the Ming Quande Mansion served as the Tai'an King Zhu You, the royal family of the Mingde vassal princes, surrendered to the imperial court, Shandong was in charge of the seal and the seal officials, and other civil and military officials such as Zhong Xingpu, the Jinan Mansion proclaimed the official, and the rural gentry also surrendered. The Ming Dynasty organized the Dongchang Road Ministry.
The head of the ministry, Yu Lianyue, went east of Changfu, and Linqingzhou. Zhu Guang, the governor of Jining, and Pan Shiliang, local gentry, Ren Kong Dang and others also joined the Qing court. Therefore, the area under the jurisdiction of the Qing court was rapidly expanded.
.At this time, another Ming Dynasty surrendered official sent by Dorgon, Wang Aoyong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Minister of Works, also arrived in Jinan Prefecture.
When Wang Aoyong saw Fang Dayou's troops arrive, all parts of Shandong surrendered, and heaved many places in an instant and made many contributions. He couldn't help but be very jealous. At this time, because there were too many places to surrender to the Qing court, Fang Dayou was just now.
He could not send officials to manage the place, so he temporarily stayed in Jinan Prefecture. Therefore, Wang Aoyong immediately volunteered to lead the troops he brought into Qingzhou Prefecture, and sent people to recruit officials from Qingzhou Prefecture to surrender.
The prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, Xiao Wenjun, was originally a disciple of Zeng Hualong, and had some friendship with the merchant army. After learning that the Qing army had arrived, he did not have time to ask for help from the merchant army, so he did not dare to stay in the palace and immediately abandoned the city and fled.
After Wang Aoyong led his men to the city of Qingzhou, the city's magistrate Li Maoxue, the prosecutor Peng Qin and other officials also opened the city to join him.
Wang Aoyong was very happy when he wrote a letter back to Beijing to express his merits to Dorgon, and at the same time he sent an edict to other Zhechengguan counties in Qingzhou Prefecture, demanding that they all surrender to the Qing court. At the same time, he was actively preparing.
We are going to march into Laizhou Prefecture.
The prefect of Laizhou, Han Zhi, was also a disciple of Zeng Hualong. After receiving the edict from Wang Aoyong, he was very surprised. Moreover, the territory of Laizhou Prefecture was not peaceful at this time. First of all, Zhang Daya and Zhang Qian came out to join forces to capture Lingshan Guards and raise the flag.
Independent; Han Jiben of Jiaozhou, Gaomi, Shanzhisheng, Huang Zongxian of Jimo, Zhou Saturday, Qiu Shangzuo, Wang Erxi, Zhai Wu Monk of Pingdu, Zhang Guang and others gathered to raise the matter one after another, occupied the city and robbed the land, and now Qing Dynasty
The army came again, so Han Zhi hurriedly asked Zhou Shaohuan in Dengzhou for help.
At this time, the establishment of the Second Division of the Merchant Army stationed in Dengzhou had been completed, and after the transport fleet arrived in Dengzhou, the weapons were all equipped. Zhou Shaohuan became the division commander, Tang Zhen was the chief of staff, and Bao Tonggang was the deputy division commander.
Three regiments were set up, the first, second and fifteenth regiments were led by Jiang Yiqu, Teng Yinyu and Qiao Keyu. At the same time, thousands of reserve troops were recruited and training was being stepped up.
Zhou Shaohuan also learned that Qingzhou Prefecture had been occupied by Qing court officials. At this time, a rebellion broke out in Laizhou area, so he did not dare to neglect it. He immediately prepared troops and led the troops of the First and Second Regiments to enter Laizhou Prefecture.
After arriving in Laizhou Prefecture, Zhou Shaohuan first met Han Zhi, the governor of Laizhou, learned about the situation, and then decided to work together to quell the rebellion within Laizhou Prefecture, while planning to recover Qingzhou. Zhou Shaohuan first rebelled against the various rebellions in Laizhou Prefecture in the name of the merchant army.
The troops ordered them to immediately lead their troops to surrender, and at the same time sent Teng Yinyu to take the 15th Regiment to capture Lingshan Guards again. Then they sent a message to Tong Dayong, asking him to send troops together to capture Qingzhou again.
Just then, Wang Aoyong sent Peng Qin, the former Qingzhou Prefecture's procurator, to Laizhou to persuade Han Zhi to surrender to the Qing court. It turned out that after a proclamation, Wang Aoyong saw that Laizhou Prefecture had no response and thought that the heat was not enough, so he sent Peng Qin to persuade him to surrender. .
At this time, Zhou Shaohuan was thinking about ways to recover Qingzhou, but he didn't know the reality of the Qing army. I guess even if the Qing army had not many people, there should be four or five thousand people, and a big city like Qingzhou was not that It's easy to break, because this is the first battle of the merchant army in Shandong, so we must start well, so Zhou Shaohuan did not dare to be careless at all. Moreover, this time he sent troops, and he did not bring the artillery of the auxiliary regiment, so the siege was probably It was not that easy to fight. I was also thinking in my mind whether to transfer artillery troops from Dengzhou to participate in the war, or to ask Tong Dayong to bring artillery troops to assist in the war. But I never expected that the Qing army in Qingzhou was completely strong outside and was working hard on the outside.
But when he learned that Wang Aoyong sent Peng Qin to persuade him to surrender, Zhou Shaohuan suddenly had an idea and came up with a good way to defeat Qingzhou: Since Wang Aoyong sent someone to persuade him to surrender, he might as well make plans and pretend to agree to Wang Aoyong, and said that he would personally Go to Qingzhou to meet Wang Aoyong and ask for surrender. After arriving in Qingzhou, Wang Aoyong will definitely open the city to greet him. As soon as the gate of Qingzhou City opened, he immediately led his army into the city and sent people to help him. To capture Qingzhou City, this will be much easier than to attack.
However, if this strategy is implemented successfully, Han Zhi must cooperate. Therefore, Zhou Shaohuan immediately discussed with Han Zhi. After Han Zhi heard this, he also felt that this was indeed a good strategy. If Qingzhou can be recovered, then he would have one. He also agreed happily that he had originally planned to drive Peng Qin away, but now he has changed his mind and ordered a warm reception of Peng Qin.
Although it was a fraudulent decline, it must be done the same as the real thing. After all, I once refused. If Ma expressed surrender this time, it would be too obvious. Therefore, I still have to bargain with Peng Qin and make the whole set of dramas. Only by doing enough can Han Zhi be done. Of course, it is not difficult for him to defeat Han Zhi in this regard, and Peng Qin is not a shrewd and capable character. After some persuasion, Han Zhi then agreed to surrender to the Qing court for difficulty. At the same time, he also He agreed to go to Qingzhou in person to meet Wang Aoyong for payment of the seal.
Peng Qin did not doubt it, and was happy that he had successfully surrendered to Han Zhi. After all, he had just surrendered to the Qing court and had not yet made any achievements. Now, he has made the first contribution. Maybe Wang Aoyong They would look at themselves with admiration, but they had a great chance of promotion in the future. So the two agreed on a date again, and then Peng Qin left Laizhou happily and returned to Qingzhou to report to Wang Aoyong.
After Wang Aoyong received Peng Qin's reply, he had no doubts, because there were too many Ming Dynasty officials surrendered since the Qing army entered Shandong. Besides, the Ming Dynasty has been completed now, so what's the use of holding on? It was not a good place to make a living in that court, who would have no regrets about his life? I believe Han Zhi would not be a regular person. Therefore, Wang Aoyong was at ease in Qingzhou City, waiting patiently for the day when Han Zhi surrendered.