The governor of Shandong did not even return to the camp, and went directly to Qingzhou Mansion.

Soon Song Weishen sent someone to report to Deng Ming, who had already monitored the Qing army in the camp of the governor of Shandong, although it seemed that there were hundreds of people, but most of them were unarmored soldiers.

"Send them Zu Zepu's flag...... No, I'd better go myself. Deng Ming just finished the order, hesitated for a moment and then retracted, the battlefield here has been almost cleaned, Deng Ming asked the Shandong friendly army to take over Zu Zepu's camp with him.

Zu Zepu's handsome flag, honor guard to the front of the camp, the garrison in the camp was completely desperate, just now someone has fled back to say that the army is destroyed, but these guards are still lucky, hoping that the governor can still send reinforcements or the Ming army retreats on its own. These defenders had no horses and few weapons, and the camp was hastily built and had no considerable defensive power, but Deng Ming really didn't want to pay any more damage, so he made a very generous treaty: as long as the camp surrendered, the officer could leave on his own, and Deng Ming could give him a horse; If the officers had armored subordinates in this camp, Deng Ming would not stop them from leaving, and they could take their weapons with them.

Deng Ming's conditions made the friendly troops in Shandong look at each other, and Bao Guogong patiently explained: "I know that the officers are all minions of the Qing court, and the armored soldiers may also have the blood debt of the Shandong righteous army, but the unarmored soldiers have no sins; But in this camp, these people have the final say, whether you are willing to storm the camp for the sake of justice, if you will, I have no opinion. ”

However, the Shandong people did not want to attack, because Deng Ming said that there might be some supplies in the camp, and if they attacked, they might be burned by the desperate defenders. Besides, they felt that most of the green battalions left in the big camp were not elite troops, and they might not be enemies of the Shandong Righteous Army, so they didn't plan to attack the camp.

To everyone's surprise, there were only about 30 armored soldiers who came out to surrender in the end, and there were dozens of scribes and officers in charge of warehouses and logistics. The rest are unarmoured. The people who were standing on the camp wall with a bluff just now, seeing that the Ming army promised not to kill people and let them go, they couldn't wait to agree to Deng Ming's conditions and betrayed the remaining unarmored soldiers and people.

Seeing that the resistance in the camp was so weak, many Shandong heroes showed regret on their faces, but Deng Ming did not listen to their advice, and each scribe and officer was given a captured horse. Deng Ming even planned to leave them for a meal, but the Shandong people were not familiar with Deng Ming's temper, and they would not be willing to surrender if there was still resistance in the camp. These left-behind personnel were naturally overjoyed to see that Deng Ming did not break the contract, many people did not even dare to ask for horses, since Deng Ming insisted on fulfilling the contract, then they also accepted it, but this meal was not eaten anyway, and they fled in a hurry after thanking Deng Ming.

Although there was not much food in Zu Zepu's camp, there was a flock of sheep, which was prepared for the governor and the staff of the governor's yamen.

"We've come to the right place." Deng Ming guessed that there would be some delicious food in Zu Zepu's camp, and ordered all the sheep to be killed to share with everyone: "Although it's not time for lunch yet, let's eat an extra breakfast." ”

Although the Qing army was defeated very quickly today, after the nervous spirit was relaxed, the Sichuan army felt hungry one by one, and the Shandong heroes would certainly not object to eating one more meal.

It was only at this time that Deng Ming had time to tidy up his armor, and he took off the small iron sand on the armor one by one, and he threw it all in a basin, which soon covered the bottom of the basin. After carefully checking it a few times and making sure that there were no more remnants, Deng Ming picked up the basin and checked it, and smiled at Gao Yunxuan and the others: "There are also several taels." ”

Some of these projectiles on the armor were embedded in the first charge, not only on Deng Ming's armor, but also on his mount. There were also some stray bullets that hit Deng Ming during the rush to the formation, and there were many three-eyed cavalry who shot subconsciously, most of them did not hit Deng Ming but were blocked by other Qing soldiers, but some were hung on Deng Ming's armor.

"This thing is a great threat to the rebels, because the rebels have no armor." Deng Ming shook the pot of iron sand and poured it aside with contempt, the power of this thing is worse than the handcuffs that Deng Ming has seen, no wonder the Ming army with firearms will be defeated by the Qing army, if the Shandong Governor uses the bird gun of the Han Eight Banners, the effect will be very different.

Today, the Ming army has not been fatally injured because of the three-eyed gun, and the three-eyed gun is smashed as a hammer, which is better than when it is used as a firearm. In fact, Deng Ming felt that not to mention the Sichuan army wearing iron armor, if the Shandong Righteous Army had been trained first and was not frightened by the sound of this thing, even if there was no armor, I am afraid it would be difficult for people to lose their combat effectiveness immediately.

Regarding the captured three-eyed guns, Deng Ming's opinion was to return them all to the furnace to make swords, but the Shandong Righteous Army had a different opinion, they said that this thing was very useful. The opinion of the Shandong heroes is that this thing can be used as a hammer and can also be blasted with iron sand, which is really a first-class weapon. The good man of Shandong told Deng Ming that someone once held a captured three-eyed pole, which made a platoon of green battalion soldiers cringe; And this good man took a step forward, and the green camp took a step back, for fear of being sprayed all over his face by the three eyes.

"This is definitely not on the battle array, nor is it the elite soldiers of Shandong supervising and raising the standard." Deng Ming commented without thinking.

It was indeed not, this was what happened when a good man met with the green battalions stationed in several counties in the mountains and valleys, and he was able to escape from Ascension with one shot and three eyes.

Hearing that he had guessed well, Deng Ming shook his head again and again, but he no longer persuaded the Shandong heroes to arm themselves with this kind of firearm. Since this weapon is useful in Shandong, there is no need to dispose of it as a scrap. Anyway, Shandong has lost most of the bidding and upgrading after this battle, and the remaining troops are even more useless.

"No wonder Jieshu and Curb Bilong don't use Shandong soldiers," taking advantage of the absence of Shandong heroes, several commandos of Deng Ming were talking behind their backs. Shandong, Zhili, and Henan have not experienced a major war since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and there are almost no troops to fight except for supervising the standard, raising the standard, and a few town standards: "Even if it is placed in the southeast, no one will want this kind of weapon, right?" ”

"Of course no one uses it. Zhang Shangshu has been fighting in the southeast for 20 years, and the green camps in Liangjiang and Zhejiang have not seen blood. ”

For example, when fighting with Zheng Chenggong, Jiangnan Biao dared to attack at the risk of Zheng Jun's bows and arrows and birds, and most of the officers in it had made war exploits in the tug-of-war with Zhang Huangyan for many years.

However, in the next battle of Nanjing, a large number of veterans were burned by Li Laiheng; Later, Jiang Guozhu, Liang Huafenghuo and allegiance were managed, and they killed a group of people ruthlessly. In addition, Ma Fengzhi took some away, and Jiangnan Green Camp has been in a slump since then. In recent years, every time Deng Ming went to the southeast, it was resolved peacefully, and Zhang Huangyan did not need armed smuggling, so Jiang Guozhu was never able to use the guò war to select capable officers.

It is precisely because Shandong has been peaceful for a long time that Deng Mingcai doubly felt the importance of training the Shandong Righteous Army, and in this era, except for Sichuan, there was no other place to use reserve military service or a similar system, so the first-mover advantage was very important. Once an army has gained combat experience, they can become stronger by bullying inexperienced opponents. Now the Shandong rebel army is relatively ineffective, and it is the Shandong Green Battalion that has been trained. As long as this situation is reversed and the Shandong rebel army has the ability to defeat the Shandong Green Battalion, then the rebel army will become stronger and stronger, and the Qing army in Shandong will have to fight in Lazhuang Ding because the elite is wiped out, which is actually continuing to train the rebel army.

There are generally two ways to reverse this situation:

One is to hold on to a certain city, and even the less effective defenders in defending the city can also create a miracle - because the attackers are actually extremely untrained troops. In this era, anything can happen when defending a city, and the attacker may wipe out the elite troops in his hands because of a reckless attack, so that the original inferior side is equalized, and everyone has to start over.

Another is to send strong troops to help, such as the Qing court found that the Shandong Green Battalion could not defeat the righteous army, and transferred the Ganshan Green Battalion. However, as long as Deng Ming maintained sufficient pressure in other directions, it was unlikely that the Qing court, which was already overstretched, would have many such opportunities, and even if it was forcibly withdrawn, it would mean that the Shandong battlefield was supporting the other fronts of the Ming army.

After noon, Deng Ming called the leaders of the Shandong heroes and asked them to hurry up and train the team. In today's battle, first of all, the prestige of the Sichuan army has reached a new high, and now the Sichuan army will believe it no matter what the Shandong righteous army says; Secondly, Deng Ming estimated that the Qing army in Shandong had been greatly damaged, and if reinforcements from other provinces were not considered, Jinan would not be able to interfere in the war situation in Jiaodong for half a year.

It is impossible for Qing reinforcements from other provinces to arrive soon, so Deng Ming no longer needs to keep a large number of guards by his side, and can send more than half of the guards to train the Shandong Righteous Army, so that they can familiarize themselves with the basic banners, queues, and precautions for marching and camping.

"If there is no training, all military knowledge has to be explored by actual combat, and many of them may be wrong, such as letting monks chant sutras, or killing black dogs to strengthen artillery."

"Doesn't killing a black dog strengthen artillery?" Someone exclaimed.

"Can't! That's why you need to be trained. Deng Ming replied quickly: "In order to deepen the impression, we need actual combat training." Let's start with the county seat of Laizhou Mansion, this can be regarded as a collection of questions, and your imperial examination is to attack Laizhou Mansion. We don't have to rush, take our time, at least for a month, Jinan can't do anything. ”

A batch of gunpowder was also seized from Zu Zepu's barracks today, and since the Shandong heroes like three-eyed guns, they should use them well, but these gunpowders have a more important use: "From today onwards, my subordinates will also teach you a new style of city-breaking tactics - blasting." ”

Deng Ming has been using this tactic in Huguang for four years, and Zhang Huangyan has also used it in Zhejiang, but it has not yet spread in Shandong, which surprised Deng Ming. But it doesn't matter, what the Shandong heroes have learned will be the latest research results of Kui Dongjun.

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