Jinan Fucheng, Governor's Mansion.
"Haha, Commander Liu has triumphed. Today, the arrogance of the slave thieves has been greatly defeated. It is really gratifying and congratulatory!"
Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, said with a smile when he saw Liu Yan striding towards him. King De Zhu Youjue, who was sitting on the seat, also looked at Liu Yan with a smile, his eyes full of admiration.
Lu Xiangsheng sat at the bottom and said with a smile: "There was a fierce battle today. Although the slave thieves did not attack with all their strength, our army also made some gains, which is indeed worthy of celebration."
Liu Yan clasped his fists and said a few words of humility, and then said: "I believe that today's battle will involve more temptations from slave thieves. Dorgon and other slave chiefs have suffered too much loss in the near future, so they are trying every means to consume our army's strength without I am willing to participate in the war with the Eight Banners of Manchuria."
"Today's fierce fighting, most of the casualties were civilians who were captured by slaves and bandits, as well as captured soldiers of Liu Jun's department. The heads of slaves and bandits that our army actually captured were all soldiers of Mongolian banners, so the army of slaves and bandits was The strength has not suffered much loss, but there is still a long way to go to defeat the slave thieves."
Zhu Youli was a little disappointed when he heard this. He originally thought that the battle was won today and that the Qing army would retreat soon. It turned out that the Qing army did not suffer much losses at all.
Yan Jizu and Lu Xiangsheng looked at each other, and they were very pleased. Liu Yan was not proud of taking credit. After winning the battle, it was not easy for him to be able to analyze the current battle situation realistically.
Then several people talked about preparations for war, and Liu Yan took the opportunity to say: "Master Futai, can the defense line outside the south gate be completed before noon tomorrow?"
Yan Jizu looked troubled and said: "I'm afraid it's too late. Although more than two thousand civilians have been recruited to build it day and night, during the fierce battle with the slave bandit army today, all those civilians fled into the city and stopped work for most of the day, so..."
Liu Yan said: "The slaves keep attacking, but they don't use all their strength. I'm afraid they are not only trying to consume our army's strength, but also to prevent the construction of our army's defense line. I expect that the Qing army will attack again tomorrow!"
Yan Jizu agreed and said: "This is reasonable, but I am still worried. What if the army of slaves and thieves turns around to attack Jinan City and leaves the south side unattacked?"
Liu Yan said with a smile: "Don't worry, Governor, if the slave thieves dare to attack the city again, I will lead my troops to directly seize the slave thieves' camp and attack the slave thieves army from behind!"
Lu Xiangsheng also said: "Although the slave thieves are ferocious, Dorgon and other slave chiefs are experienced warriors and will not take such risks. If we fight again tomorrow, the slave thieves' main attack direction will still be south."
"In this case, I want to gather the Du Biao camp stationed in the city and go out to fight with the Lingshan Guards tomorrow to inflict as much damage on the army of slave thieves as possible!"
Liu Yan thought for a moment, and found that the Dubiao camp had just been rebuilt, and most of them were new recruits. Their combat power could no longer be compared with before. If the two armies go to war together, once the Dubiao camp is damaged, the new Lingshan Guard army will inevitably be greatly affected.
So Liu Yan said: "The governor is the commander-in-chief of the entire army and cannot be moved lightly. The city of Jinan also needs troops to garrison. It is better for the governor to lead the army to garrison in the city."
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Liu Yan who persisted, sighed slightly, and said, "Okay, then Liu Yan, you should be more careful."
Liu Yan then rode out of the city and first inspected the southern defense line where work was being done. I saw that the main body of the defense line here has been roughly completed. The entire defense line relies on the moat. Two trenches are dug on the north bank of the moat. There are cut wooden piles under the trenches, and a low wall is built behind the trenches. It is completely the defense of the Battle of Julu. A replica of fortifications.
However, there are some changes to the defenses here. For example, the two trenches and low walls are all continuous, and there is no passage in the middle for the army to pass. After all, there is a moat in front, and the army cannot move out at will.
In addition, there is no place to set up artillery within the defense line. All artillery is concentrated on the top of the city. The artillery commander's tiger cannons are all deployed at the suspension bridge at the city gate. This is the only place to pass through the moat. There is an arch bridge with a wood and stone structure for the passage of the army.
Liu Yan planned a fort at the north end of the arch bridge. There was a low wall in front of the fort for protection. Between the low wall and the arch bridge, there was a trench. On this side of the arch bridge, there are three trenches and low defensive walls.
The artillery commander's tiger gun sentry was deployed here, blocking the bridgehead with twenty tiger guns.
After Liu Yan made a tour, he rode back to the camp.
At this time, the results of the fierce battle during the day have come out. Each battalion of Lingshan Guards suffered 152 casualties, with the main casualties being soldiers of the rear and middle battalions.
The officers and soldiers of each battalion beheaded 317 levels of Mongolian Tatar soldiers, all of whom were Tatar soldiers under the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, the Bordered Red Banner, and the Zhenghong Banner. Since the Qing army withdrew quickly, the fierce battle during the day did not achieve much results.
Liu Yan ordered people to store the captured heads and store them in the camp.
There was nothing to say that night. Early the next morning, the Qing army's camp once again sounded trumpets. A large number of Qing troops with various banners and horses drove out of the camp and formed formations in the wilderness.
Liu Yan also mobilized troops out of the camp. According to yesterday's troop deployment, the soldiers of each battalion lined up in the south of the camp and were on standby.
Less than half an hour later, Liu Yan saw a black battle flag coming out. It was the banner of the Han army led by Shang Kexi. A mighty army of ten thousand people lined up in front of the Qing army's formation.
Liu Yan frowned slightly, because Liu Yan saw that in front of Shang Kexi's unit, there were more than thirty Folan cannons, lined up in a row and pushed forward by the gunners and auxiliary soldiers.
In addition, Mongolia's 4,000 cavalrymen with Zhenghong Banner were on the left, Mongolia's 3,000 cavalrymen with Xianghong Banner were on the right, and Duduo led 5,000 men with Manchuria Xiangbai Banner behind them, pressing towards Liu Yan's troops in a mighty manner.
Liu Yan sneered, understanding that Dorgon wanted to use Shang Kexi's troops to pry open his phalanx, and then use the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry to charge.
"Order the artillery commander to be ready. When the enemy reaches a distance of two miles, concentrate firepower to bombard Shang Kexi's artillery!"
"Order the heavy troops of each battalion to immediately pack soil into sacks and pile them up in front of the army formation to prevent the slaves from being bombarded by artillery."
"Contact Governor Lu immediately and ask the citizens in the city to help prepare sacks of soil as soon as possible and transport them out immediately!"
At this time, Liu Yan was also a little nervous. He was glad that before rebelling against the Ming Dynasty and surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he was also a general who was good at firearms. This shows that the thirty artillery pieces should not be underestimated.
Soon, Shang Kexi ordered to stop the advance. At this time, the Han army's 10,000 troops stopped more than a mile in front of the new Lingshan Guard Army.
"Hmph! Today I want to show the Ming army how artillery battles are fought!"
Shang Ke is very proud. The more than 30 cannons in his hands are well-cast, and the gunners are all old people. They followed him when Dengzhou rebelled against the country. Their skills are absolutely perfect, and they are by no means comparable to those of the Ming army's gunners. 33
In addition, among the 10,000 people under Shang Kexi's command, there are also three thousand bird gunmen and three-eyed gunmen. Most of the remaining 7,000 people also have armor, and they are led by the generals Xu Erxian and Ban Zhifu respectively. The battles of these generals The force is definitely stronger than the Ming army.
"Even if Liu Yan's new army is strong, I can still compete with them!"
Yesterday's fierce battle was witnessed by Shang Kexi, but he didn't take it too seriously. Shang Kexi attributed the failure of last night's battle to the "causing trouble" of more than 20,000 people in the middle. The attack in the middle was unfavorable, so the two wings naturally had no choice but to retreat.
"Order the artillery team to reload immediately and prepare to fire!"
"Order Xu Erxian to be ready. After the bombardment, immediately lead his troops to advance and shoot at Liu Yan's troops!"
"Order Ban Zhifu to lead his troops to suppress the formation. As soon as Liu Yan's front army is defeated, he will immediately lead his troops to attack the Ming army's center!"
Shang Kexi then looked at the left and right sides of the army. Mongolian cavalry with red flags and red flags were gathered a mile away, and the power of the two cavalry armies continued unabated.
"Now in the world, only the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry have such military power. I am very happy that I will come out on top in this battle and gain some favor in front of Prince Rui!"
Just as Shang Kexi was secretly cheering himself up, a loud noise came from the top of Jinan Fucheng, followed by dozens of white smoke projectiles across the sky and hitting the Han army's artillery position.
"What!"
Yesterday, Shang Kexi paid special attention to the range of the Ming army's artillery. He clearly said that the distance was about one mile, but today he deliberately stopped the army one mile away. But what's going on? The Ming army's artillery can actually shoot so far!
"fire!"
Shang Kexi was also decisive, knowing that the artillery team had no time to retreat at this time, so it was better to bombard the Ming army's formation directly while the gunners could still hold on.
"Bombard the Ming army's formation, fire immediately!"
The Han army gunners in front of the formation were indeed well-trained, and they even withstood the bombardment of the Lingshan Guard New Army Artillery Chief and fired one after another.
Liu Yan was also surprised when he saw cannonballs fired into the military formation, sweeping through the ranks of the front camp, left camp, and right camp, forming bloody alleys!
"Asshole!"
"Order each battalion to advance two hundred steps!"
Liu Yan immediately ordered the entire army to move forward, advance within the range of the cannons, and then cooperate with the artillery commander's salvo, and then use the cannons to drive back Shang Kexi's troops.
"go ahead!"
"go ahead!"
Chen Xun, Zhang Yi, and Wang Bo all ordered to advance. At this time, all three of them had red eyes. The casualties of their subordinates had almost made the three of them lose their minds. They wanted to cut Shang Kexi into pieces.
Wang Yue and Shen Tuo were also furious. Seeing the three battalions in front being shelled by the Qing army, they wished they could lead their troops directly to join the battle.
At this time, in the central army, Miao Shao and Xu Ming accompanied Liu Yan, and all the soldiers of the cavalry battalion followed behind.
Xu Ming asked Liu Yan to fight more than once, asking to lead a cavalry battalion to attack Shang Kexi's headquarters, but Liu Yan stopped him.
"Using cavalry to attack a firearm formation, I will never do such a killing!"
On the top of the city, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu looked solemnly at Liu Yan's troops advancing forward.
"I didn't expect the slave thief's artillery to be so sharp!"
Lu Xiangsheng said angrily: "That is Shang Kexi's command. This traitorous general should be cut into pieces with a thousand swords!"
Yan Jizu nodded in agreement, then looked to one side and said, "I hope President Qian can suppress the slave thieves' artillery!"
At this time, Qian Qian was completely crazy. The Lingshan Guard New Army had always bombarded the enemy with artillery, and had never been bombarded by enemy artillery.
In this battle, the Qing army's artillery caused huge casualties to the front camp, left camp, and right camp. Standing on the top of the city, Qian Qian could clearly see that many soldiers were hit by artillery. Even with the eliteness of the new Lingshan Guard Army, It was quite shaky at first.
"Asshole!"
At this time, Qian Qian beat the arrow stack on the city head with both hands and shouted loudly: "Folang machine gun, fire!"
"Boom! Boom!"
The Fo Lang machine gun posts and the newly compiled thirty-eight Fo Lang machine guns opened fire one after another, covering the Han army's artillery array with salvos. Even though the Han army's artillery was very sparse at this time, it still could not reduce the anger in Qian Qian's heart.
"Load, load!"
"The baseline cannon has been adjusted!"
"All guns approved!"
"preparation!"
"put!"
"Boom! Boom!"
At this time, the artillery commander of the new Lingshan Guard Army began to show off its power. The continuous artillery volleys completely silenced Shang Kexi's artillery, covering the advancement of the soldiers of each battalion.
Shang Kexi's face turned pale, looking at the more than thirty artillery pieces in front of him that were almost submerged by the cannons and smoke, he murmured: "How is this possible? Even the Folangji can't fire such a powerful Qi." Shoot, how many artillery pieces does the Ming army have?"
Some people died, but not completely...
