In early May, at the northern foot of Mount Li.
"Sir, this is Mount Li, and more than seventy miles further north is Jinan Fucheng."
Miao Shao rode beside Liu Yan and introduced the terrain ahead. Several other Qian generals also rode around, and Xun Jingyun, the governor of the town, was also looking northward.
Liu Yan looked around and saw that in front of him were the remnants of the northern foothills of Mount Li. The terrain was undulating, like the hills in the south of the Yangtze River. Moreover, the trees here were very lush, and he could only see two or three hundred people in front of him. meters of place.
"The army cannot go further north for the time being. The terrain ahead is too complicated. We need to send more troops to search northward at night. After confirming that there is no ambush, the army can continue to move north."
Several people looked at each other, and Chen Xun asked: "Sir, the war in Jinan Fucheng is urgent. Is it okay for us to move so slowly?"
At this time, the army had been marching north for several days, always maintaining a certain speed, which was not too fast.
Liu Yan said: "Don't worry, if we don't get to Jinan Fucheng, the slave thieves will not break the city. They will still surround us for reinforcements!"
Liu Yan was too familiar with the Manchu tactics, either encircling a point to bring reinforcements, or using traitors to open the city gates in order to capture the city. All in all, there were only a few tricks, and there were not many actual examples of head-on battles.
Therefore, Liu Yan was extremely cautious when he went north this time, and the Qing army's scouts were very effective, so he was able to successfully encircle and rescue many times, and he was able to sneak into the city and open the city gate.
Now that Liu Yan has spoken, Chen Xun, Wang Bo and others will say nothing more.
Xun Jingyun, the governor of the town, asked: "Sir, should we camp on the spot?"
"Camp where you are!"
Liu Yan pointed at the hilly area ahead with his horsewhip and said: "Each battalion will set up camp according to the directions of the front, rear, left, and center. The guard camp and cavalry camp will camp in the middle, and together with the middle camp, they will form the main camp of the Chinese army."
"Each camp is two or three miles apart to facilitate mutual support. Two trenches must be dug around the perimeter of all camps, and antlers, horses, and an earth wall must be set up to form a three-dimensional defense line."
"In a word, this is an enemy-occupied area. The entire army must fortify the stronghold and fight to the death. There is no room for slacking off!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Yan then said: "After the camps of each battalion were set up, each ministry immediately sent out the front camp, rear camp, left camp, and right battalion to guard within ten miles of the army. The middle camp and the guard camp were not closed at night. Exploring northward to ensure the safety of the army moving northward."
"Got the order!"
After Liu Yan completed his deployment, Chen Xun, Wang Bo and other seven thousand commanders left one after another and returned to the army to convey orders.
At this time, Liu Yan was left with only three people, Xun Jingyun, the governor of the town, Miao Shao, the commander-in-chief of the Guard Battalion, and Qian Jie, the commander-in-chief of the artillery camp.
"Mr. Qian, what about the eighteen artillery pieces allocated by the three generals?"
Qian Qian said: "My subordinates have organized the eighteen Folan cannons into a separate post. The two commanders and several flag commanders and captains have been transferred from the other posts. The organization has been completed in the past few days. .”
"As for the artillery, both the rate of fire and the power are not as good as our Lingshan Guard's self-made Folan cannon."
Qian Qian seemed to look down on these eighteen cannons, even a little disgusted, and said: "Our Lingshan Guard's Folan cannon can fire about five kilograms of cannon, and the eighteen Folan cannons are of different sizes, the largest The smallest cannon can only fire about three kilograms of cannon, and the smallest cannon can only fire small stones less than one kilogram."
Liu Yan also sighed. There was nothing he could do about it. He had tried his best. Jinan Fucheng must be rescued.
With Lu Xiangsheng here, the various Ming troops in Shandong Dusi can still obey orders, or at least they can follow the new Lingshan Guard army to take advantage and fight with the wind. However, once Lu Xiangsheng is defeated, the Ming army in various parts of Shandong will inevitably become a piece of scattered sand, and Shandong will also become a horse farm for the Qing army. At that time, Liu Yan will have to face a hundred thousand Qing troops alone. Can Lingshan Guards survive alone?
The answer is definitely no!
Therefore, if this duel with the Qing army must be fought, the battlefield must be set outside Lingshan Guard, and Jinan Fucheng is the most suitable battlefield.
At least Liu Yan could back up the strong city and have the support of Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu's troops. Even once Liu Yan severely damaged the main force of the Qing army, soldiers and horses from all over Shandong would swarm under Lu Xiangsheng's order and rush up to take advantage.
"Running to the aid of Jinan Fucheng is the best choice right now, and these artillery pieces, money and food are also the biggest benefits I can get. Let's do this for now. The rest will be revealed on the battlefield!"
Then Liu Yan said to Qian Qian: "Since these eighteen Folang cannons are of no use, then on the battlefield, these eighteen artillery can be used as supplementary firepower for the Folang cannon posts."
"yes!"
Under the guidance of Liu Yan, Qian Chong allocated the artillery commander's firepower.
As the first firepower network, the Folang gun post fires the first wave of firepower to kill Qing soldiers, followed by the rocket launcher, and finally the Tiger gun post, which uses shotguns to kill Qing soldiers.
Now these eighteen Folan cannons of different sizes can only fire between the first and second lines of fire, which can be regarded as increasing their lethality.
Soon, the camps of each battalion were built one after another, and then the soldiers of each battalion attacked one after another and galloped out in all directions.
Liu Yan also stationed in the Chinese army camp, staring at a map of Jinan Fucheng in the Chinese army tent and thinking.
"This battle is still based on positional warfare. We have a fortified city at our back, facing the enemy head-on with strong fortifications, and using firearms to kill a large number of Qing troops' effective forces!"
"One hundred thousand Qing troops!"
At this time, Liu Yan also received a lot of information from General Zhang Youxun and others. He knew that Shandong General Liu Zeqing had been defeated and died, and he knew the approximate strength and composition of the Qing army.
"Zhengbai flag, Xiangbai flag, Zhenghong flag, Xianghong flag, as well as Mongolia's Zhengbai flag, Xianghong flag, Zhenghong flag, and also Shang Kexi, the big traitor. The Tatars have spent a lot of money this time!"
"It's so gratifying..."
Liu Yan suddenly remembered something, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Shang Kexi rebelled in Dengzhou, took away the Ming Dynasty's elite firearms army and artillery team, and gave the Tatars a huge gift. It was like pie in the sky! This time Dorgon brought this huge The traitors have been brought here, probably because Shang Kexi’s army is equipped with firearms!”
Liu Yan sneered and said to himself: "Hmph! Not everyone can play with firearms. The firearms I have seen and the firearms tactics I have seen are things you have never seen before in eight lifetimes! What if this time? If you encounter him on the battlefield, you must teach this traitor a lesson!"
Just when Liu Yan was checking the map, Xu Mingde, who had been promoted to the commander of the Ye Bu Shu Flag directly under the Central Camp Qian General, was lying on the ground. Next to him was his captain Xiao Dongzi and a group of Ye Bu Shu soldiers. m.
At this time, more than a dozen people were watching nervously. Under the dim light of dusk, there were vague figures flickering in the woods ahead.
"Boss, they should be the Manchu Tatars from Zhengbai Banner. It looks like there are about ten of them."
Xu Mingde nodded and whispered: "Wait a moment, wait until the brothers who went to check the situation come back before we discuss it."
Everyone waited for a while before a figure crawled back from the front, then turned over and rolled directly under the slope where Xu Mingde and others were hiding.
"Boss, I have seen it clearly. There are a total of eleven Tatars, led by a Baiba La soldier. There are also three vests, and the remaining seven are infantry."
"There is a Tatar with white armor!"
Xu Mingde frowned, this team of Tatars were all tough and difficult to chew.
However, this place is only more than twenty miles away from the new army camp of Lingshan Guard. It is already very close, and we must not let this group of Tatar scouts pass by.
So Xu Mingde whispered to Xiao Dongzi and others: "I will lead ten brothers to attack from the front later. Xiao Dongzi, you lead the remaining four brothers to outflank them from the side."
"good!"
The four people led by Xiao Dongzi all used powerful crossbows. In order to hide their whereabouts, this team of Ye Bushou was not equipped with blunderbuss, but was only equipped with some crossbows.
Of course, everyone in Zhentianlei is still equipped with a lot of equipment, at least they can die with the Tatars at the critical moment.
A moment later, Xu Mingde led ten Ye Bushou to take the lead. Everyone rushed out, each equipped with powerful crossbows. At this time, a hail of arrows shot at the Tatar soldiers not far away, immediately shooting down four of them. People, including a vest soldier!
“Kill the Tartars!”
Xu Mingde shouted loudly, a spear in his hand flashed with cold light, he was the first to rush into the woods, and stabbed to death a Tatar soldier who had no time to react with one shot.
The remaining ten night warriors also took advantage of the Qing soldiers being caught off guard, rushed into the woods, and fought in a melee with the remaining six Tatar soldiers.
"Damn Akito!"
At this time, the Bai Baya soldier was like a tiger. He picked up a knife in his hand and killed two Ye Bu Su soldiers. Then he was stopped by three Ye Bu Su soldiers. The four of them fought in a melee, one against three. Under such circumstances, Bai Baya's soldiers did not fall behind!
In addition, the other two vests came to their senses and became more and more courageous as they fought. Xu Mingde dealt with one vest by himself, and the other two Ye Bu combined their efforts to deal with the remaining vest.
The remaining four Night Guard soldiers fell into a bitter battle and started to attack the remaining four Tatar infantry. Both sides suffered injuries to each other and were unable to win for a while.
At this moment, Xiao Dongzi rushed out from the side with four Ye Bushou. The five of them were all good at using crossbows. They stood outside the battle circle and fired cold arrows at the Tatar soldiers who were fighting fiercely.
"ah!"
Xiao Dongzi shot a Qing infantry soldier to death with one arrow, then hurriedly stepped on the crossbow with both feet, then used both hands to cock the bow and nock the arrow.
The other four kept firing arrows at night, killing one and two infantrymen one after another.
However, the situation at this time was still stalemate. The Bai Baya soldier had already killed one of the Ye Bu soldiers, and the other two Ye Bu soldiers were all injured, and they were suppressed by Bai Baya soldiers alone.
Xu Mingde killed his opponent, but another vest also killed the Ye Bushou soldiers in front of him. The two were already red-eyed at this time, and then they attacked each other.
The remaining four Ye Bu Shu soldiers, with the assistance of Xiao Dongzi and others, killed the remaining two infantry soldiers after sacrificing one Ye Bu Shu soldiers.
"Surround around, leave no one behind!"
Xiaodongzi roared excitedly, and rushed forward with four Ye Buzai. Together with the other three, eight people surrounded the Bai Baya soldier.
At this moment, Xu Mingde also stabbed the vest soldier to death with one shot, and then came over with blood all over his body. Nine people surrounded Bai Baya's soldier and looked at him with murderous intent.
Bai Baya Labing, who had been so aggressive just now, was also discouraged at this time, and a look of fear finally appeared on his face.
"Try to catch them alive!"
"This is easy to handle!"
Xiao Dongzi then raised his crossbow and shot an arrow at Bai Baya's left leg. But what surprised everyone was that at such a close distance, the Bai Baya soldier actually knocked the arrow away with his sword!
"Set me an arrow!"
Xiaodongzi was furious and roared loudly.
The other three soldiers who stayed out all night also unfurled their bows and nocked arrows, and at the same time they fired arrows at Bai Baya's soldiers. At such a close distance, the three arrows were unable to stop him, and then they shot through his legs.
"Ah! Damn Ming Gou, I'm going to kill you!"
Bai Baya's soldiers shouted loudly in ugly Manchu. Xu Mingde and others swarmed him, disarmed him, and then beat him violently until he was beaten like a dead pig. He fell to the ground and groaned for a long time. Don't stop until you can't curse.
In this fierce battle between the scouts from both sides, ten of the eleven Tatar soldiers were killed and one was captured.
There were a total of sixteen people on Xu Mingde's side who stayed overnight, seven of them were killed in the battle, and all of the remaining nine were injured.
"Boss, what should I do with this thing?"
Xu Mingde thought for a moment, and then said: "Strip this guy clean, tie him to the horse and take him back immediately!"
Then everyone took the time to get busy. The bodies of the seven Ye Bushou who died in the battle were all tied to their horses with ropes. The same was true for the Bai Baya soldier. Anyway, everyone captured the horses of eleven Tatar soldiers, a total of two Thirteen horses are enough for war horses.
In addition, ten Tatar heads, as well as a number of armors, weapons, etc. were captured, which were also placed on the war horses and brought back.
"Let's go back to camp. This tongue needs to get the news as soon as possible!"
Some people died, but not completely...
