Chapter 447: It's Smoke Again
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In Jianghuai, the defeat of Duoduo caused a huge panic among the Qing troops everywhere.
All kinds of gossip spread like a plague, and the Qin army became an invincible legend.
First of all, it was the collective defection of the 2,000 green battalion soldiers of Fengyang Prefecture, followed by uprisings in Dingyuan, Huaiyuan, Mengcheng, Hongxian, Shouzhou and other places on both sides of the Huai River.
Under the instigation of the night of the reluctance, the people in these places rose up one after another, killed the local Manchu officials, rebelled against the rule of foreign races, and linked up in many places, making a big noise, making the already panicked Qing army even more noisy, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.
As the saying goes, wildfires can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows. In the Central Plains, the rebel army, which fell into a trough under the encirclement and suppression of Duoduo a few months ago, also took advantage of this spring breeze to come out and attack the city and plunder the pond, dotted with stars, with the support of the local people, it seemed that the spark was burning the prairie again.
Especially the group of men and horses led by Dongfang Sheng, although there were only a few hundred people left, but after countless battles, they all became elites, and they suddenly appeared in Shandong and attacked Jining City in one fell swoop;
There are countless people in Jining, and in a few days, tens of thousands of horses have been pulled up.
Jining's strategic location is very important, bordering four lakes in the south: Weishan Lake, Zhaoyang Lake, Dushan Lake, Nanyang Lake, guarding the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and only sixty or seventy miles away from Yanzhou, an important town in the southeast of Shandong.
Dongfang Sheng's capture of Jining was tantamount to slashing the Qing army seven inches with a knife.
The more than 30,000 Qing troops besieging Sizhou heard that there was turmoil in many cities in the rear, and they were panicked and at a loss, so they hurriedly abandoned the siege and retreated westward.
Yan Yingyuan sent a small group of elite cavalry to constantly harass. And personally led 3,000 men and horses to slowly march westward, and everywhere they went, the people were like the clouds of a long drought, and they greeted each other on the road.
Immediately afterwards, the 10,000-strong army led by Jin Shenghuan, with the help of the sailors, crossed the river to the north and broke through Qingjiangpu in one fell swoop.
In Suqian County, Zhao Hongming, a guerrilla of the former Ming army, suddenly led his troops to attack the county government at night and killed Zhang Cunren, a general of the Qing army, with gunpowder. Then he led two hundred subordinates to rush out of Suqian County to join the Qin army.
Jin Shenghuan's army quickly advanced to Suqian. The 3,000 Qing troops in Suqian were leaderless, and when they heard that the Qin army had arrived, they fled without a fight, and Jin Shenghuan did not fire a single arrow. Easily take Suqian City.
An army of 10,000 then slaughtered to Xuzhou non-stop. The artillery, grain and grass were all escorted by the sailors. Jin Shenghuan, who advanced lightly, traveled seventy miles a day, and the speed of the advance was very amazing, faintly echoing the north-south trend with Dongfangsheng, who captured Jining.
Then. The remnants of Duoduo were pursued by Su Jin, Li Jiu, and Niu Wanchuan, and fled back to Fengyang in embarrassment, Su Jin quickly captured Dingyuan County, Dingyuan County was very close to Fengyang, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and after Su Jin captured Dingyuan, he used it as a base and constantly sent troops to attack Fengyang Mansion.
In the south, after Liu Meng's 25,000 men and horses were supplied with grain and grass, he went north out of Qingliu Pass and rushed to Dingyuan to join Su Jin.
On the western front, after receiving the order, Li Guo's 20,000 horses stationed in Huoshan were all dispatched, plus Meng Ke transferred 10,000 troops from Luzhou, a total of 30,000 horses and horses marched along the west bank of the river to Shouzhou.
All of a sudden, the three-way Qin army totaled 100,000, and the power of the great victory marched hand in hand, and the momentum was huge.
In Chuzhou City, Qin Mu, who did not have a "royal drive and personal expedition" this time, set up a temporary command post in the compound on the east side of the state government. Repeatedly discussed with Gu Junen, Yu Dayou and others who came from Jinling whether the deployment was appropriate.
It is worth mentioning that in the new science and technology jinshi, Qin Mu specially recruited Jin Lei and Sima Kai, Jin Lei made a strange plan in Jiangyin to help Su Jin defeat the Qing army, Qin Mu was very optimistic about him.
As for Sima Kai, he is actually very talented, and Qin Mu is also used to him, in addition, it can be regarded as a kind of reward for Sima An's hard work and due diligence for so long.
There are still twenty days to go, and it will be the New Year. The wind and snow in the past few days seem to have exhausted all the clouds in the sky, and the sky outside the door is very clean, and the long-lost sunshine is particularly bright, giving people a warm feeling.
Yan Gaofei, who hadn't shown up for a while, hurriedly walked in and reported to Qin Mu: "King Qin, I just received the news that Jiang Liang, the general soldier of Datong in the former Ming Dynasty, raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, killed Wu Weihua, the Marquis of the Manchu Dynasty, and Geng Yan, the puppet prefect of Datong, fled.
"But what?" Qin Mu asked.
"Back to the King of Qin, Jiang Hao is serving the Yongli of Guangxi as Zhengshuo" Yan Gaofei finished speaking, and quietly glanced at Qin Mu.
Nowadays, even King Lu has gone to the title of supervising the country, and he is Zhengshuo in Daqin, but this Jiang Hao ignores Daqin, and would rather follow Zhu Youlang, who is busy fighting in Liangguang, as Zhengshuo, isn't this a blockage for Qin Mu.
Qin Mu didn't think so. After hearing the news, he smiled happily: "God help me!" Haha"
Gu Junen also smiled and said: "My king is ordered by the sky, and at the critical time, he has the help of the heavens, this is the image of the great Qin!" ”
Yu Dayou stroked his long hair and said: "Shanxi is now the place where the Manchu Qing Dynasty came out of wealth, besides, Xuanda has always been the northwest gateway of Yanjing, and the rebellion of the Great One directly threatens the security of Yanjing, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty must not sit idly by." Hehe, it seems that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is really exhausted, Duoduo has just been defeated in Chuzhou, and fled back to Fengyang in embarrassment, and Shanxi has caused trouble with Xiao Wall, and now Dolgon is afraid that he is really anxious. ”
"Jiang Hao, this person, is a backbone, the Tartars are retreating, at this time he is anti-Qingshi is not surprising, such a person, it doesn't matter if he serves the banner of my king or not, as long as he stirs up a mess in Shanxi, it will be a great favor for us."
It's no wonder that Gu Junen doesn't have a good impression of Jiang Huang, Jiang Huang was originally the general soldier of Datong in the Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng marched into Shanxi, he surrendered without a fight, at that time Li Zi looked down on him as a soft bone, and wanted to kill him quickly;
Under the persuasion of Zhang Tianlin, the general of the Dashun army, Li Zicheng spared his life, and when the Qing army entered the customs and Li Zicheng retreated, Jiang Hao actually attacked Zhang Tianlin, the life-saving benefactor, and killed Zhang Tianlin, the general of Datong, to surrender to the Qing, causing the Dashun army to collapse on the whole line in Shanxi.
Now it is estimated that he saw that the Manchu Qing were losing and retreating, so he raised troops against the Qing again. Speaking of which, this guy is really an anti-bone boy.
Sima Kai thought for a while and said cautiously: "King Qin, Duoduo has suffered a big defeat, morale is low, the Central Plains righteous banners are rising, and Shandong and Shanxi are in the midst of great changes. At this time, Duoduo was bound to not be able to stay in Huainan for a long time, and Weichen thought that our army did not need to advance too fast now, but only needed to fight steadily and steadily, step by step, and win. ”
Jin Lei nodded again and again and agreed: "Weichen also thinks that it should be adjusted now, Duoduo wants to return to the north in a hurry, and it is very likely that he will seek a battle with our army before returning to the north, in order to stabilize the situation in Huainan, at this time, as long as our army is not impatient and moves step by step, Duoduo can't afford to delay, and the defeat is decided." ”
Qin Mu nodded with satisfaction, and said to Yan Gaofei: "Summoning Liu Meng and Meng Ke, you can gradually advance according to the situation, don't worry, deploy more troops to protect the logistics line, now for our army, as long as it is not defeated, it is a win." Jin Shenghuan on the eastern front still advanced with all his might according to the plan, in order to capture Xuzhou as quickly as possible, so as to echo with Dongfang Sheng in Jining. ”
"Yes, King Qin." Yan Gaofei gave a long salute and hurried out.
The Jurchen population is sparse, the soldiers are only 70,000 or 80,000, plus the attached Mongolian department and the Han army flag, the full battle is only 1120,000, if it has been like the early days of entering the customs, the momentum is like a bamboo, invincible, naturally there are many Han people willing to surrender;
Now that they have encountered heavy setbacks, they are losing and retreating, their soldiers and horses are discounted by more than half, and their vitality is greatly damaged, how many Han people will be willing to be the servants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty? It is inevitable that they will rise up and rebel.
As long as Daqin continues to exert pressure and drag the Qing army to the southern front, not to mention anything else, the uprising in the Central Plains and Shaanxi will definitely not be suppressed by the Manchus;
Because of the endless wars and hardships in these places in the past 20 years, most of the young and strong people have grown up in the flames of war, and belligerence has become the nature of most people.
The atmosphere in the hall seemed very relaxed, and in general, in the confrontation with the Manchu Qing, Da Qin Mu had gained the upper hand, as long as he did not make a faint move and fought steadily, it was only a matter of time before the Manchus were expelled from the Central Plains.
Qin Mu was happy, and instructed Li Shi: "Go and bring Zu Dabi up, this king wants to invite him to drink, this wine must be drunk more, hahaha"
Gu Junen and Yu Dayou glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but smile, Qin Mu invited Zu Dabi to drink from time to time, it can really be said that the drunkard didn't mean to drink.
I heard that on the second day of the capture of Zu Dabi, he invited Zu Dabi to drink in the camp on the Chuhe River, and the two of them drank happily and drank very happily, and the Qing army who were captured together saw that now many people have "successfully escaped", and it should soon be passed back to Duoduo and Yanjing by Qin Mu and Zu Dabi.
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(To be continued......)