Chapter 237 Guerrilla War
The land of Shandong and the way of food transportation, leaving a military force here is like strangling the throat of the Qing Dynasty.
Zhao Ming was originally planning to disturb Shandong, so he left the mess and cleaned up the Qing Dynasty. But when he entered Shandong, he found that Shandong had a strong desire to resist Qing Dynasty, so he changed his idea of patting his butt and leaving.
Although the main force of the Qing army came, all parts of Shandong would definitely not be able to defend it, but the land of Denglai was surrounded by the sea on three sides and there were many islands along the coast, but it was not impossible to gain a foothold.
If a person can maintain an anti-Qing army in Shandong, the Qing Dynasty would need to send heavy troops to defend the Qing army at all times, which would restrain a large number of Qing troops.
In the Jiangnan region, the main force in the fight against the Qing army was the Southeast gentry whose interests were damaged, while in Shandong they were ordinary people, which can be said to be a response.
This is because the Qing army looted Shandong several times before entering the pass and committed heinous crimes. The people in Shandong hated the Qing Dynasty. Secondly, because the disasters in Shandong were every year, the people were not full and not warm in clothing. The Qing Dynasty not only did not provide relief, but also collected taxes as usual, making it difficult for the people to survive. In addition, the Qing army in Shandong was weak and the control was not strong, so the people generally opposed the Qing Dynasty.
With such a basic existence, Zhao Ming naturally had to grasp it well, preserve and strengthen the power of the Shandong rebel army to use it for his purposes.
After defeating Mandahai and breaking the Qing army's encirclement and suppression of Denglai, Zhao Ming and General Zhao's reputation spread in Shandong.
Zhao Ming took the opportunity to issue a notice, "The Marquis of Pinglu was very righteous to inform Qilu: The Eastern Captains bully the heavens and the earth, steal the magical tools, invade our territory, destroy our cultural rules, harm living beings, wolves and unkindness, and sins accumulate! Now, I am following the order of the emperor, and the three armies are raised up, and they want to clear the Huyi, support the Han Dynasty, and save the people. How can the land of Qilu and the land of saints be occupied by slaves? On the day of the manifesto, Shandong heroes should gather strong disciples and participate in the righteous acts, and can be followed quickly."
The manifesto was reported to all parts of Qi and Lu, and Shandong was in full swing, and heroes from all walks of life responded, gathering like rain.
There were originally many rebels and bandits in Shandong, and they were not subordinate to each other. Some were under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, some were under the banner of the Shun Army, and some were under the banner of the self-employed. The situation was very complicated.
After Zhao Ming's proclamation arrived in various places, Zhou Kuixuan, the leader of the Mengyin rebel army, led 400 horse army and thousands of infantry to surrender. There were also Song Yadan, Chen Guozao and others from Dezhou, and thousands of heroes came to Dengzhou. There were also Ding Weiyue, Zhang Yaozhong, and Yangyunshan from Dongchang, leading more than a thousand horse thieves to obey the orders. In addition, the rebel army from Denglai and Qingzhou, countless people came to surrender from all directions.
Although the rebels in western Shandong were mainly controlled by Liu Zeqing's generals and commanded by Liu Zeqing, most of the rebels in the east of the canal obey Zhao Ming and claimed that they were soldiers under General Zhao.
According to the news obtained by Zhao Ming, the Qing Dynasty had already dispatched troops from Huguang to help. The Duoduo army would come to Shandong soon to take over Shandong military affairs and prepare to encircle and suppress the Shandong rebel army. Although Zhao Ming defeated Mandahai, his strength was far from reaching the point of fighting hard with the Duoduo army. Therefore, Zhao Ming summoned the leaders of various departments to come to Changshan Island to discuss military affairs and prepare to deal with Duoduo's attack.
In front of the official hall of Changshan Island, a large flag was hung high with several large characters embroidered on it. In the middle is "Anti-Qing and Saving the Country." Next to it is "Zhao, the commander of the Zhejiang Marquis of Pinglu."
In front of the official hall, a group of rebel leaders lined up to wait for Marshal Zhao's review.
Everyone was wearing messy armor, including Ming army, Shun army, Qing army, and various weapons, including swords, guns, swords and halberds, showing their personality. There was also a strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a pair of heavy maces hung around his waist, standing among the crowd with high acupoints.
Zhao Ming watched the crowd, walked past them, shook hands cordially with everyone, asked about their well-being, and asked about their names, which made everyone happy and their morale greatly boosted.
"What do you call this hero?" Zhao Ming walked to the man with the mace and saw that he was more than eight feet long, with a waist of ten feet, and a strong and virtuous appearance. He stood there like a door god, and couldn't help but pay special attention.
"Report to the general, Ding Weiyue of Dongchang!" The man clasped his fists, and he was quite heroic.
Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Can you borrow your weapons to see it?"
Ding Weiyue immediately took off his maces and presented them to Zhao Ming. Zhao Ming took them over, but he felt that the maces were heavy, and they were at least 100 kilograms together, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
Even more surprised than him was Ding Weiyue. When he saw Zhao Ming picking up his maces and dancing with ease, he was very surprised.
"Not bad, but it's still a little lighter!" Zhao Ming returned the two maces to him, and then asked with a smile: "I still lack the officers of the guardian army and hundreds of households, are you willing to serve as the one."
Ding Weiyue hesitated for a moment and still bowed with his fists, "The Grand Marshal is to kill the heroes of Tartars, and he is willing to serve the Grand Marshal!"
"Haha~" Zhao Ming laughed with satisfaction. After Ding Weiyue said that, he stood behind Zhao Ming with both maces in his hand.
At that moment, Zhao Ming encouraged many heroes and called everyone to come and listened, and ordered people to kill pigs and sheep, and served good wine and green onions to enter many Shandong men.
The banquet was held, and many heroes were having a lot of fun eating meat and drinking with big bowls.
Before, Shandong's anti-Qing Dynasty had no rules. Everyone just didn't listen to the command of the Qing Dynasty and attacked prefectures and counties. Anyway, they just didn't agree, but they didn't know what they were going to do in the future.
Most of the rebels also knew in their hearts that they could not overthrow the Qing Dynasty's rule, and they could live one day.
Now that Zhao Ming and the Ming army in Donghai appeared in Shandong, Zhao Ming led the royal army to Denglai with the honor of Pinglu Marquis, which means that the court has not forgotten Shandong, and the court is not over yet, so it has a backbone in everyone's heart.
Since the court is not over, and the Pinglu Marquis leads the royal army to come, everyone will follow the Pinglu Marquis in the future and just follow the imperial court's command.
Since the Qing Dog entered the Pass, Shandong has become the king and the traitors. As soon as the general came, they immediately beat them up and made them piss off and make them angry.
First, after a few glasses of wine, the Shandong heroes turned red and their emotions were in high spirits. They all said that they would follow Zhao Dashuai in the future.
Zhao Ming greeted everyone to eat and drink, turned his head and asked Xia Wanchun, "Are the leaders of the rebel army from all over Shandong here?"
Xia Wanchun said in a deep voice: "No one came from the Yuyuan Army in western Shandong, and no one came from the White Lotus Sect that was operating near Gaotang Prefecture!"
Zhao Ming nodded slightly when he heard the words, and he glanced at the many rebel leaders who were eating and drinking, "It's better not to come, but if there are too many people, I can't afford it!"
After saying that, Zhao Ming raised the wine bowl and whispered: "Brothers, I call you here today to discuss military affairs. Please be quiet!"
When many heroes heard this, they immediately said silently, blushed and looked at Zhao Ming, and several people shouted: "Although the commander is to attack Jinan or attack Hebei, the commander greets you, and you will definitely arrive!"
Zhao Ming shook his head, then waved his hand and said, "Send it down!"
Two shogunate soldiers behind him walked to the official hall with a stack of booklets in their arms and handed over a booklet to the many leaders on both sides of the seats.
The booklet is written by Zhao Ming, copied by the records of the shogunate clerk, and the cover is three big words "guerrilla warfare".
Zhao Ming looked at everyone seriously and said to everyone in a Shandong accent: "According to the news, Qing Gou has mobilized heavy troops from the south to be ready to encircle and suppress us. If we want to fight against the Qing army, we must first survive by ourselves and then kill and injure the Qing army with vitality. This booklet is written by the general, which contains our general's experience in resisting the Qing Dynasty. You can take it back to study it. Those who are literate will read it yourself, and those who are illiterate will find an old man to read it. As long as we read it thoroughly, we guarantee that you can escape the heavy encirclement of Qing Gou."
"Qinggou is coming to encircle us again?" Many heroes were in an uproar.
Zhao Ming nodded and told them directly, "It's not someone else who came, but the slave Duoduo. This time you are recruiting you here is to make preparations in advance. Those who should build a parcel, those who should build a parcel, those who should store grain, and those who should store grain, and those who should go up the mountain and into the sea. The cities you occupy now, when the Qing army comes, don't guard them, and retreat to the island. When the Qing army leaves, we will kill you again!"
Zhao Ming had just finished speaking, when Ruan Mei hurriedly entered the official hall and whispered. Zhao Ming narrowed his eyes and said to everyone in a deep voice: "Duoduo has arrived in Xia Pi!"
Chapter completed!