At the cliff, Li Jiwen, who had survived the disaster, was sitting on a stone, breathing heavily. Next to him, the commander and colleague Hu Zongming was doing the same. Big beads of sweat kept dripping from their foreheads, as if they had just Just like fished out of water.
"Haha, Liu Yan, you are very good. It is a great blessing for our Lingshan Guard to have a strong general like you!"
Li Jiwen liked Liu Yan from the bottom of his heart at this time, and immediately promised to fight for Liu Yan when he returned.
Hu Zongming on the side also echoed and said: "Liu Baihu has a bright future in the future. With Mr. Li and me here, Liu Baihu will have smooth sailing in Lingshan Guard from now on. If anyone dares to embarrass Liu Baihu, I will make him look good!" "
Liu Yan didn't really take it seriously after hearing the two people's assurances. There were always countless promises made in the officialdom.
However, since Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming had given their promises, Liu Yan was happy to climb up the pole and immediately clasped his fists and said: "I have thanked you two adults, but in this battle, our officer Zhang Hailin, who defended Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, was killed. The soldiers of Qianhu Station suffered heavy casualties, and many of the soldiers led by the two adults were also damaged. It will probably be very difficult to replenish them after the war, and my subordinates are also worried about this."
Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming looked at each other, and then Li Jiwen said: "Liu Baihu doesn't need to worry about this. After I go back, I will mobilize military households, military equipment, money and food for Liu Baihu. Then Liu Baihu will send me an official document." , write down the amount of military households, military equipment, money and food needed, and Mr. Hu and I will definitely collect it for Liu Baihu!"
"Yes, yes, Liu Baihu should just be more relaxed about this matter."
Liu Yan then smiled and thanked the two of them with fists in his hands.
At this time, Miao Shao, the chief flag officer, strode forward, clasped his fists at Liu Yan and said, "Master Qi, my subordinates have already counted the heads of all the Qing soldiers. Including our army's gains on the Yaoshan Mountain Road, a total of One hundred and thirty-four levels were beheaded, including 18 Qing soldiers and vests, one was the leader, and the rest were auxiliaries and soldiers of the Qing army."
Liu Yan nodded and asked Miao Shao to collect all the heads and prepare to take them back together. After finishing the instructions, he saw that Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming had stood up. Their eyes were full of expectation and they were obviously staring at each other. On the heads of these one hundred and thirty-four Qing soldiers.
The number of casualties among the Lingshan Guard units in this battle cannot be calculated at all, because each unit originally had the problem of being underpaid, and many soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape, so the actual number of casualties cannot be calculated until now. .
However, Liu Yan estimated that the number of casualties among the Lingshan Guards in this battle was at least around a thousand. This was only the casualties caused by more than 30 Qing cavalry. If they really faced a large force of Qing troops, I am afraid that the 4,000 Lingshan Guards Many people have to answer here. Even the thousand-man army led by Liu Yan himself couldn't escape. After all, with so many pig teammates around, even if the Qi family army was reborn, they could only do nothing!
With so many casualties among the various departments, Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming naturally wanted to obtain a piece of military exploits in order to keep their official positions, or even go further, so they all cast expectant glances at Liu Yan.
Even though Liu Yan was their subordinate, Liu Yan was holding a powerful elite army at this time. Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming did not dare to use force and could only discuss with Liu Yan with a smile.
Li Jiwen walked to Liu Yan's side, pulled Liu Yan and said in a low voice: "Haha, Liu Baihu, you have won a lot in this battle. According to the reward issued by the imperial court, if you get one Qing soldier's head, you can actually be promoted to the first level. , these one hundred and thirty-four Qing soldier heads in this battle..., haha, do you see it?"
Liu Yan looked around and said: "Sir, I think the most important thing at this time is to gather all the soldiers and retreat to Qingzhou City as soon as possible. Although my subordinates have annihilated the Qing army, no one can I can guarantee that there will be a large group of Qing troops coming later. What do you think, sir?"
Naturally, Liu Yan would not just share the credit here. He would at least find all the thousands and hundreds of households in front of Xiahe Village.
At this time, these 134 heads are the bargaining chips in Liu Yan's hands. After this battle, Liu Yan will most likely be promoted from Wangjiazhuang to the Thousand Household Office in front of Xiahe Village. These heads can be used to win over people's hearts. How could Yan only be distributed to Li Jiwen and others?
When Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming heard the word Qing Bing, their faces immediately turned pale and they nodded in agreement.
Later, Liu Yan and Li Jiwen's troops went south together and retreated directly to Qingzhou City. Before nightfall, they sent the battle report of the Yaoshan Mountain Road blocking battle into the city.
One hundred and thirty-four Qing soldiers' heads were captured in the first battle. Such a great victory immediately alarmed all the officials in the city. That night, they sent people to Liu Yan's military camp to test the authenticity of the heads.
Early the next morning, a team of flying horses headed north all night, sending this battle report to the capital to report their victory.
In the battle report, Liu Yan naturally led his troops to fight to the death, but Li Jiwen, Hu Zongming, Ji Xianhai, Tang Jingming, Zhang Hailin, the defender of Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, Wang Wenzhen, Jia Hongyu, Song Gongming and others all had Credits of different sizes were distributed among the superior officials in Qingzhou City, including "pre-war deployment" and "preemptive enemy opportunities", etc., and they were all very happy.
Then Liu Yan led his troops to rest under Qingzhou City. The superior officials in the city were considerate of their subordinates and sent supplies of wine and meat every few days. Even Zhu Changshu, the king of Heng in the city, also sent people to send supplies twice. Liu Yan's troops and Lingshan The various ministries of the Ministry of Health have never worried about food and grass.
During this period, many defeated troops fled back to Qingzhou City. Wang Wenzhen, Deputy Qianhu of the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, Jia Hongyu, Deputy of the Hundred Households, and Inspector Song Gongming, as well as Tang, the guard of the Qianhu Station in Jiaozhou Jing Ming, Ji Xianhai, the defense officer of Zhongqianhu Station, and others also escaped safely.
After rest and recuperation, there were actually more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in each department of Lingshan Guard. Of course, this included the number of Liu Yan's men, but it was enough to make Li Jiwen and other generals happy. At the cost of losing more than a thousand Dun troops, more than a hundred Qing soldiers were killed. This battle was very cost-effective. The attitude of everyone made Liu Yan shake his head and sigh, secretly saying that everyone had not made any progress.
Time flies, from mid-July to the end of August, there is no trace of the Qing army in the direction of Qingzhou.
During this period, Liu Yan sent out sentries to stay at night, together with the soldiers of the cavalry sentries, to continuously explore the situation north and west. However, there was no trace of the Qing army within a hundred miles. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and all The saying is that the Qing soldiers finally retreated.
But then, Li Jiwen received a battle report from the court: the Qing troops who had penetrated all over Shandong had all gathered at the foot of Jinan City. It seemed that the Qing troops were preparing to besiege Jinan Mansion!
There was Emperor Zhu Youshu of Jinan Prefecture in the city, as well as a group of Shandong officials, so nothing could happen. So the day after Li Jiwen received the battle report from the court, he received an urgent order from the Ministry of War forwarded by the Shandong Dusi, ordering everyone to The entire army immediately rushed to Jinan Prefecture for reinforcements.
On the same day, Li Jiwen summoned the generals of Lingshan Guard to discuss matters.
"Everyone knows everything, what should we do?"
The sentence "What to do" revealed what Li Jiwen was thinking. Hu Zongming was the first to stand up and said: "Sir, our army has just gone through a bloody battle and all units have suffered heavy losses. It is really inappropriate to continue to advance. My subordinates think that our army should be stationed on the spot. , and then make a decision after a period of rest.”
Ji Xianhai and Tang Jingming then agreed, but neither agreed to continue the march. Wang Wenzhen, Jia Hongyu, and Song Gongming of the Thousand Households Office in front of Xiahe Village looked at Liu Yan. Zhang Hailin was dead at this time. Although Liu Yan was only an official of the Hundred Households, he had become the backbone of the three people. Wait for Liu Yan to make up his mind.
Liu Yan clasped his fists and said: "Sir, I thought that Jinan Prefecture had reinforcements from all over the country, including ours, so whether I went or not, the result would be the same. But there is King Heng in Qingzhou City, but there is no one here. We are heavily guarded, and if the Qing soldiers attack us, we will not be able to bear the responsibility for trapping the feudal lord!"
joke!
Liu Yan knew very well that according to historical records, Yang Sichang, the Minister of War, misjudged that Dezhou was the only place the Qing army would pass through when marching south, and ordered Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, to lead his troops to guard it. As a result, Jinan was empty. Now there are only rural soldiers and Laizhou reinforcements in Jinan. One thousand two hundred men defended the city.
However, more than 10,000 Qing troops, led by Dorgon, bypassed Dezhou, passed through Linqing, crossed the Huitong River, and penetrated directly into the city of Jinan. The Qing army besieged the city for sixty days, and the Ming army resisted the city and fought to the death, but no reinforcements arrived. Just a few days later, the city of Jinan was destroyed and countless people died in street fighting. The German king Zhu Youshu and the Fengguo general Zhu Enshang were captured. Subsequently, the Qing army "massacred the city of Jinan, leaving more than 130,000 corpses."
Dorgon immediately led his army back north after plundering. Before leaving, he set fire to the city of Jinan, and the entire Jinan was burned and plundered.
In such a situation, no matter how confident Liu Yan was, he did not think that the thousand men in his hands could defend Jinan City. Now to fight against more than 10,000 Qing troops was tantamount to throwing an egg against a stone.
Although Liu Yan also sympathized with the people in Jinan City, he had no choice. This was the cruelty of history. Liu Yan was helpless and could only apologize in his heart and promised to kill more Qing soldiers in the future to avenge these dead people.
At this time, Liu Yan carried King Heng out of Qingzhou City, which immediately made Li Jiwen and others happy, so they immediately decided on the strategy of continuing to stay in Qingzhou City for rest.
Early the next morning, Li Jiwen went to the city to pay homage to King Heng, and received a handwritten letter from King Heng requesting to suspend the redeployment of Lingshan guards and horses. Then Li Jiwen ordered someone to quickly deliver the handwritten letter to Jimo Camp, which was in charge of Lingshan Guard.
At the same time, news from all parties continued to come.
Although the Ming armies from all over Shandong received orders to rush to Jinan City to rescue, they were afraid of the Qing army's front, so they all did their best and did not dare to go to the rescue at all. More than ten days passed, but no reinforcements arrived in Jinan City to help.
After hearing the news, Liu Yan could only mourn quietly at night. After all, his strength was still not enough at this time.
During the period when Liu Yan led his troops to be stationed under Qingzhou City, he never encountered a small group of Qing troops again, and his life was very peaceful.
During this period, Liu Yan kept in contact with Wangjiazhuang, and the guards of the guards kept traveling between Wangjiazhuang and Qingzhou City at night.
Through contact, Liu Yan learned that the salt drying farm, winery, and soap workshop were operating very well during this period, with stable income. There are no problems in every aspect.
In addition, the output of the Firearms Supervisory Manufacturing Office and the Armor Supervisory Manufacturing Office are also steadily increasing. With the supply from the Tiegu Mountain Iron Material Yard, Wangjiazhuang's armament output has begun to continue to grow.
With this news, Liu Yan felt confident, but at night, Liu Yan sat alone in the camp, still looking up at the stars, and said silently in his heart: "The current strength is still not enough, hurry up, it seems that time is not waiting for us. !”
Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps came, and it was Miao Shao who walked quickly with a gloomy face: "Sir, the conduct officer Mr. Li asked you to go to the Central Army to discuss matters."
"Do you know what happened?"
"Jinan has fallen!"
Some people died, but not completely...
