Chapter 235 Enter the city, copy the big family
Ten days passed in a flash, and half of the land of Denglai changed their colors.
The so-called: The tears of a loving mother in the dream are vaguely seen, and the flag of the king changes on the top of the city. This is the case.
When the Qing army entered Denglai, the prefectures and counties surrendered without fighting. The officials there either abandoned their seals and left, or turned into Qing officials - are they all "beasts in clothes and clothes".
The Qing army was like a parade, without any resistance. Now it surrounded the Prefecture of Laizhou, and the vanguard rushed to Huangxian in the west of Dengzhou. Li Ruitai also captured Jiaozhou without any blood, and then the army headed straight to Laoshan.
Yes, the Qing army came straight to Laoshan, not Fushan Front, which was the foundation of the Zheng army in Jiaozhou. The reason is that a Laoshan blocked most of the space between Fushan Front and Jimo County, leaving only a narrow passage near Jiaozhou Bay on the west side.
The flat ground about ten miles was blocked by several small but strong bastions, so Li Shutai would not lead his army to fight. Although he had not experienced the power of the bastion himself, his ears were not deaf. He knew that Abatai, his Guo Luomafa, had touched a bag in Tianjin.
So he just wanted to find paths from the huge Laoshan Mountains that were not intended by Zheng's army, bypass the Zheng army's defense line and break into the interior. He could not establish a foothold, and it would be better to kill and burn it, destroy the enemy's war potential.
You must know that summer grain is about to be harvested.
Therefore, Li Lutai, who entered Jiaozhou, did not easily attack Jiang Zhe's troops, but instead stopped his troops from Jimo and asked Liu Zeqing to quickly plunder the surrounding prefectures and counties.
Now Liu Zeqing has entered Laiyang, and his troops are heading straight to Haining Prefecture south of Qishan District (Yantai).
The strategy of the Qilu Green Flag Soldiers, or the Qing army, this time in the Battle of Denglai was to attack multiple ways, creating the greatest pressure on the Zheng army and forcing the Zheng army to divide the troops, causing Zheng Zhibao to gather troops to fight the Green Flag Soldiers head-on.
It can be said that it is very different from the war strategy that was eager to fight the main force of the Ming army earlier, because the Qing Dynasty recognized the Zheng army's strong combat effectiveness.
The ability of hand-to-hand combat is placed next to you, just look at the Zheng army's guns and cannons to fight head-on battles. The losses of the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty will not be small, and the Green Banners soldiers will be in vain.
The green flag soldiers of Qilu are either recruiting new recruits or surrendering soldiers like Liu Zeqing, and their combat effectiveness is very limited.
Banah was afraid that after they fought with the Zheng army, the tens of thousands of green flag soldiers in Qilu would be destroyed.
That can make the Tartars feel distressed.
Tens of thousands of people can control the boss by scattering them out. Even if they are useless, they are extremely precious to the current Manchu Qing words.
As for the Eight Banners of Manchuria he led now, there were quite a few people, but they were used to attack Laizhou and Dengzhou, not to fight against Zheng Jun's guns and cannons.
First solve Zeng Ying, then greet Zheng Jun. This is a choice that the Qing Dynasty had to make after bumping into Tianjin many times.
The strong defense of the bastion and the small number of defenders needed in it forced the Qing army to temporarily avoid it. They could not think of a suitable solution now.
You want to say why you don’t need to be surrounded, not for a long time? Isn’t it a ‘suitable’ way to crack it?
The Tartars are not in sufficient force to control the territory now, so what should they use to encircle for a long time?
With Tianjin as an example, Li Lutai can guarantee that as long as Zheng Jun is given enough time, they can build Fushanqian into Tianjin's second place.
Therefore, we should not be anxious or indifferent to the Zheng army. The first priority is to consume their war potential.
Killing people and burning food is what he should hurry up to do.
But this is for Li Lutai, not what Jiang Zhe thought. Jiang Zhe, who was in front of Fushan, is now preparing to go to war.
His target was not Lingshan Acropolis opposite Jiaozhou Bay, but instead jumped over Denglai and inserted into Qingzhou.
Late May.
Just as the seventh small group of green flag soldiers raised their hands and walked into the prisoner camp obediently, Jiang Zhe personally led dozens of large sand boats and a centipede boat, heading south under the blowing of the sea breeze, crossing Lingshanwei, Xiahezhai and other places, and arrived in Rizhao.
Surprisingly, they found a small, slow sand boat on the sea. The people above were panicked when they saw them and quickly turned the bow of the boat and ran towards Shisujima Village in Rizhao.
"Stop it!"
Jiang Zhe ordered without thinking.
Although the Qing Dynasty had already gained an absolute advantage in Qilu, it was only on land. Whether it was the Zheng family fleet on Zhifu Island or the sand boat gangs from Tianjin, Qilu and Jianghuai, their major task was to observe whether there were unfamiliar ships and shipyards along the coast.
Resolutely exterminate the Qing Dynasty's offshore naval masters in the bud.
The centipede ship quickly accelerated its speed. They were like dragons flying from the sea of Panlong Clouds, rushing towards the target.
The small sand ship turned around the first moment they discovered the Panlong Cloud Sea flag, because they knew that their small body was no match for the Zheng family's navy. Not to mention the centipede ship, even any big sand ship could smash it.
And how can the sand boat compete with the centipede boat? Although the former also has paddles, the number is small, but it is really much worse than the centipede boat.
But unexpectedly, when the people on the small sand boat found that they could not escape, they did not raise the white flag simply, but instead started a desperate counterattack with the few muskets and crossbows on the ship. Several archers and musketeers also stood inside the ship's side and shot at the centipede ship. Not to mention the effect, but to just talk about courage, it is still worthy of recognition.
When the gun was answered by a gun and arrow, the centipede ship immediately responded to the color so that they would not be spoiled by their opponents.
One cannon spewed out anger.
The two were less than a hundred meters apart, and the shells flew toward the small sand boat in a nearly straight-sighted manner. Moreover, it was near the sea, and the wind and waves were far smaller than the far sea. Although it was impossible to maintain 100% completeness in this way. Two shells fell into the sea, but four shells still hit the enemy ship's hull, causing huge damage.
There are twelve guns on one side of the centipede ship, which is only half of the firepower. But it has already hit the small sand boat.
Two shells hit the side of the small sand ship, creating two small holes, causing people on the ship to exclaim. Moreover, the rudder was also broken.
There is no suspense in such a battle.
It's just me who beat my son.
Jiang Zhe looked at the ship and sneered. He wanted to see what was on the ship and what people were behind the ship.
He told his left and right to capture the small sand boat, and then walked back to the cabin. However, his order was destined to be lost.
When a large sand boat arrived at the edge of the small sand boat and boarded the bridge, a team of Zheng Jun jumped to the small sand boat with swords and guns, and screams quickly rang inside the boat.
When Jiang Zhe arrived, he saw corpses filled the ship's deck.
Not only those brave men, but also some twelve or three-year-old cardamom girls.
"Master, we are afraid we will run into human traffickers."
An officer reported to Jiang Zhe that the latter squatted down and looked at the faces of the girl with a broken breath. As expected, the circle was full of beauties.
“Is it necessary?”
There are so many refugees in the Huai River and so many such women inside. Is it necessary to transport people from the North?
Moreover, everyone is dead.
Both the men outside and the women inside the men were all dead.
Jiang Zhe always felt something was wrong when he looked in front of him. What secret should he keep? These guys just wiped their necks so simply, which is amazing.
But now we are taking Rizhao and sweeping away the top gentry and wealthy businessmen who treasoned the Qing Dynasty. Although this matter is foggy, it is still a matter of adjournment.
"Immediately draw these people's appearances. Take all the bodies and enter Rizhao County. Pay attention to finding a few coroners to let them see."
This is all Jiang Zhe can do.
The battle with this small sand boat is just a small episode today. Jiang Zhe’s ultimate goal is to take Rizhao. Rizhao is an optional small county town. It is neither the transfer station of the Qing army nor the material reserve for the Qing army. It is a small county town that has just been under the banner of the Tartars for a few days, and the county magistrate is the original county magistrate.
Jiang Zhe sent troops to fight Rizhao, which did not have much military significance, but it had a lot of political significance - this was to warn other states and counties that from the moment you turned to the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, everyone would be enemies.
The Tartars were very cruel to deal with the enemy, and the Zheng army was also very cruel to deal with the enemy.
If the Qing army could enter Denglai and reach the nose of Zheng's army, then the Zheng army could also reach the territory of the Qing army.
You gentry and wealthy families surrendered to the Tartars in order to protect their own interests. Now, can the Zheng army naturally harvest your interests?
So, don’t think that after surrendering to the Tartars, you will rest assured. That’s nonsense!
Even if Zheng Jun can only harass the coast, it can still make many people cry, right?
In this way, the practical significance is not much, but the impact will not be less.
When the main force of the Qilu Zheng army in Zhifu was restrained, Jiang Zhe felt that it was luck that he would fire the first shot of the "counterattack".
After the ship sailed into Shijiu Island Village, thousands of Zheng troops swayed off the ship, and rushed straight to Rizhao City with banners along the way. When the soldiers arrived at Rizhao, they saw a group of Ding Zhuang with messy clothes standing at the top of the city.
These people don’t look very motivated and have poor military skills.
Not to mention guns and cannons, even Tugong Jiangzhe didn't find many.
Putting down the telescope, Jiang Zhe shook his head straight at the city defense of Rizhao County, and was also a little happy. He felt that the battle would be very easy. Perhaps the fall of the city could be completed in just a moment.
Everything was as expected by Jiang Zhe.
When the guns and cannons rang out, these Ding Zhuang had no courage to fight on the top of the city! They didn't know if any of them were killed, but they turned around and ran away.
Then the battle ended, and the whole process was not as troublesome as Jiang Zhe had to let someone blow up the city gate.
Chapter completed!