Chapter 704 The Clouds of the Qing Army's Grain and Grass(1/2)
The Ajige tribe outside Qingzhou City had just retreated shortly after it was strengthened and the larger version of Qufu City was outside. Tan Bai finally glanced at Qufu City with a fierce look, but did not fall in love with the battle anymore, and quickly led his people to retreat.
"Haha, the Tartars retreated, the Tartars retreated!"
"Master, we won, we won!"
"The prince is mighty, the prince is mighty..."
Like Qingzhou City, after a moment, thunderous cheers sounded everywhere on Qufu City, and countless people regarded Kong Yinzhi as a savior.
Kong Yinzhi was a little stupid and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
What does this mean?
I thought I would lose my skin even if I don’t die. Who would have thought that before they really did anything, the Tartars who came in a fierce manner had retreated...
After a long time, he saw the reality again and enjoyed the huge reputation that was like a blowout.
Soon, this feeling made him feel uncomfortable without a single pore.
I'm afraid that his ancestors, the saint, wouldn't they look like when they were alive?
He is definitely the most awesome head of their Kong family in the past few decades.
"This silver flower is worth it, this is worth it. Hold our Marquis of Haicheng tightly, it's true..."
Until noon, when he returned to his study room next to the city, Kong Yinzhi was still a little passionate and could not calm down for a long time. He became more and more satisfied with his vision and decision.
But soon, he quickly began to think about it.
I can't wait any longer, just wait for the Tartars to retreat this time, and I have to send Qin'er to Xu Changqing as soon as possible, and there is a dowry, which must not be less than 100,000 taels.
While he was thinking, the servant outside the door hurriedly reported: "Mr., the men from the second, third and fourth rooms have all come over and want to see you..."
"Well. I understand, let them wait first. I'm a little uncomfortable, let's talk about it later for an hour."
"yes……"
Seeing the servant retreating more respectfully than before, Kong Yinzhi couldn't help feeling more comfortable.
These brothers have caused him a lot of trouble on weekdays, but now they have finally gotten their hands on it!
This feeling is just two words, so cool!
...
The war between Qingzhou and Qufu was soon passed back to Haicheng.
Xu Changqing was also excited after seeing the news, and she was happy and comfortable.
Things finally got on track.
The strongest military character, which is dominated by nomadic peoples like the Qing army, is their mobility the most powerful, and the softest but also their mobility.
For more than ten or twenty years, why did they have been rampant in the Ming Dynasty, as comfortable as they follow their own back garden?
The most core reason is that the Ming Dynasty is from top to bottom, and preparation is insufficient, and there is no intention to make aware of it!
For example, when the Qing army entered the pass from Xifengkou, it didn't take much effort. It simply could collect tens of thousands of Han slaves in Jizhou.
These Han slaves were like mules, not only able to help them carry people and goods, but also acted as important laborers in siege.
This made them snowball like an arm and finger. Whether they continued to guide Zunhua or rushed to the capital, small cities could not stop them, and big cities could only shrink, and continuous vicious cycles.
However!
At this time, the world has changed!
In the past ten or twenty years, the places where the Qing army could plunder had already been plundered. All parts of the Ming Dynasty were in decline, the population was sharply reduced, and the people were living in poverty.
Even if Xu Changqing doesn't work, it is no longer realistic for them to think that they can make a lot of money like they used to be.
Not to mention that Shandong was robbed by them before, it was reshuffled by Xu Changqing, and the opera troupes under the command of Li Youwei and others are constantly demonizing them.
The remaining people have long hated them, wishing they could eat their flesh and blood raw, so how could they let them slave again
service?
In addition, Xu Changqing had already given tips to these ordinary people, and the Qing army itself was in a hurry. After layering up, they would have good results before they could see the ghost.
However, for Xu Changqing, this will begin!
It may be too early to talk about national awakening at this time, but the seeds have begun to spread. As long as this wave can be stabilized, Xu Changqing will be given one or two years, and more firearms and equipment will be spread among the people. The regiments will train guerrillas, and it will be more than just harassing the Qing army!
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Early the next morning, the victory of Qingzhou and Qufu was written by the Haicheng Morning Post, which was so popular that it was so popular that Haicheng's morale was instantly brought up.
Although Haicheng was surrounded by the main force of the Qing army at this time, there was no fear in the city, but there was the excitement of making achievements everywhere.
Especially many young scholars and courtesans, they sometimes organize parades, constantly inspiring the enthusiasm of the people.
The various units of the Model Army were also very imposing and were fully prepared to launch a historic head-on decisive with the main force of the Qing army.
The Qing army was a little miserable.
As the food and grass gradually became short of food, the Qing army's divisions, even the masters of Niulu Zhangjing, began to reduce meals and prepare to deal with the most likely outbreak of food and grass crisis.
This made the Qing army's battle formations full of sorrow and bleak clouds everywhere. Even many of the racist cavalry lost their energy and only tightly shrank in various strongholds. They would never easily provoke the Model Army's nights.
Throughout history, why did the Central Plains dynasty rarely launch real wars except those powerful monarchs?
A seemingly unrelated sentence can actually be explained clearly:
"A poor family and rich road!"
When you are at home, you will have no problem with two meals a day or even one meal. After all, as long as you can hold on and there is no big deal, it will not affect anything. At most, you will be in a bad state.
But when you go out, you have to face war at any time and you have to consume a lot of physical and energy on the way. Not to mention two meals, three meals are not necessarily enough.
The food of this era is far less than that of the oil and water in later generations. Everyone has a good stomach and can eat enough at will.
At this time, even if you are an ordinary thin man in the army, it is normal to have three or five big steamed buns for a meal.
The Han people have always lacked aggressiveness. The logistics of more than 100,000 soldiers has at least doubled. This is hundreds of thousands of people, and with many livestock, how much does this person consume every day when he eats horses?
What kind of military victory, coupled with political victory, can this cost be recovered?
Even if he was as powerful as Emperor Wu of Han, by the end of his life, the capital left by his grandfather and father "Wen Jingzhizhizhi" was almost consumed by him.
Even if the Qing army was a nomadic people, it was extremely aggressive, and it could be said that it was the most aggressive nomadic people around the Han people, but it was unable to open up the situation for a long time. This consumption power can be imagined.
This is also one of the core reasons why Xu Changqing chose Haicheng as his foothold.
Relying on the powerful joining of Dahai Mother and the powerful joining of many seafood, the stomachs and intestines of the model army's men are not much worse than those of later generations.
Of course, even so, reducing meals is something that Xu Changqing dared not make a choice easily. Many times, even if he tightens his belt and doesn’t eat, he has to ensure that his men have to eat well!
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In this dilemma, under Jining City, Obai thought about it and decided to take action against Jining City!
His luck was much better than Tan Bai who made rapid progress. He captured several villages near Weishan Lake and captured almost a thousand people. Although the number was small, it really gave Oboi a lot of confidence, including the slaves of all sizes under his command.
Just last night, they had tormented more than a dozen female relatives to death. They were really hungry and the aunt in their forties and fifties was not spared.
“Woo woo…”
Early in the morning, accompanied by the roar of the deer horns, Obai personally supervised the formation, and many servants of the two yellow flags pressed hundreds of Han people, and attached to Ji.
The Grand Canal at the South Gate of Ningbo began to be filled and advanced.
"fire!"
"Blow me up, don't let the damn come!"
After a moment, the offensive of the Oboi tribe had just begun. Dozens of large and small cannons at the southern city of Jining flocked to fire, which soon caused dozens of casualties and injuries. Many Han slaves were suppressed and dared not look up, and many real Manchus also quickly shrank.
"Oh~~!"
Cheers suddenly came from the top of Jining city.
Many scholars who had been preparing for a long time, including some courtesans and officials from all over the world, came to inspire the morale of the army immediately.
"Soldiers, you all saw how cruel the Tartars were?! As long as the city was captured, all of us would have no good fruits to eat. Our houses, land, and sisters would all become slaves to the Tartars!"
"Soldiers, do you have the heart to watch your sisters be humiliated by the Tartars, your property is occupied by the Tartars, and your family is burned by the Tartars?"
"No!"
"no way!"
"Dog Tartars are a big shot, fuck them! Never let them come to the city!"
"I heard that the Tartars in Qufu City have retreated, and even the small city of Qufu can do it. How can our Jining-dignified Canal Capital not do it?"
"Soldiers, you are all good! As long as you defeat the Tartars, our Jining Brothel Association will give you a discount on all the soldiers!"
"Sisters, take out the meal you have made with you and reward our soldiers!"
"How can you be so embarrassed..."
"Ah, Chun is here..."
As the momentum of the Tartars was suppressed, the atmosphere on the city wall became hot.
To be continued...