Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 958 Beware
Obviously, the Qing army had had enough of being treated like a dog. Under Abatai's command, they quickly changed their route and went straight to Donghai County.

Donghai County is adjacent to Haizhou, and is a county under Huai'an Prefecture. It is rich in cotton, wheat, vegetables, and fruits. It is also close to the sea, and has the benefits of fishing and salt.However, the size of this county is really small, so Abatai didn't pay much attention to it when he went south. He just sent a small team to deliver orders to Donghai County to hand over some fodder and fodder.At that time, Donghai County was also quite obedient, and honestly handed over a large amount of food, fodder, fodder, and a lot of fruits to honor the Qing army. Abate was quite satisfied with their obedient attitude.It's just that the situation has changed now, and Abatai's troops are almost driven into a desperate situation. They are all enemies and have nowhere to go. In desperation, they can only turn their attention to Donghai County and try their luck there... There is no way, the food and fodder are running out Well, if they don't lay down the next county to raise a batch of grain and fodder, they will starve to death!

As long as you don't run into Yang Menglong's big hanger, Abate's luck is still very good.Due to the serious delay in the news, the entire Haizhou area still does not know that the Ming army has begun a massive counterattack and has won every victory. Seeing the Qing army going south suddenly rushing into its own territory, the county magistrate of Donghai County is a bit of a monk. Can't figure it out.Bewildered, he still organized the county's gentry to go out of the city to meet them, for fear of offending the Qing army and causing disaster.

He was wrong, going out of the city to greet each other is the real disaster!Abata remained calm and waited for the vanguard to enter the city. He suddenly launched an attack and captured all the stunned officials and gentry in one fell swoop, and then ordered an attack on the city.The people of Donghai were stunned to see that the Qing army who had been chatting and laughing with the county magistrate just now suddenly turned against them and slashed at them with their swords. They were so frightened that they fled in all directions, but how could they escape?The Qing army laughed wildly and rushed into the city, killing everyone they saw. They vented the anger they had received from the Ming army these days on these ordinary people. Donghai City was filled with blood, kind old men, beautiful women, honest young people, lively Cute children fell to the butcher's knife of the Qing army one after another. Helpless screams and cries echoed through the sky. Bones were like numbness and blood flowed across the streets and alleys.The Qing army held blood-stained swords and searched through the houses, dragging out the people hiding inside and killing them. No one could save their lives. They were already crazy and no longer had any hope of returning to their hometown in the Northeast alive. , only thinking about burning, killing, looting, and ruthlessly destroying this colorful world before he is finished!
Abate did not stop this kind of bestiality.He actually didn't like this kind of bloody atrocity, but there was nothing he could do about it. Now that the morale of the army had declined badly, it was necessary to use this kind of bloody massacre and looting to boost morale.When the screams and wild laughter in the city gradually subsided, he ordered: "Collect all the fodder, feed the horses first, and then let everyone eat!"

The Qing army cheered loudly and brought out large bags of rice, flour and beans. The beans and barley were given to the auxiliary soldiers to add salt and fry them, then fed them to the horses, while they themselves washed the rice and started cooking.Someone found a lot of salted fish from a warehouse. It was an unexpected surprise. They didn't bother to cook it, so they just ate it together. After being hungry for so many days, this was definitely the most delicious thing they had ever eaten. .

As the commander in chief, Abatai naturally ate better.A few coat servants caught a fat sheep from nowhere and killed it. They skinned, deboned, and chopped the meat. They added a lot of condiments and threw it into a pot for stewing. The big pot was filled with a large group of Jurchen nobles. The big pot was devoured, his mouth was full of fat, his belly was swollen, and Lao Gao couldn't bear to stop.

Abatai also gobbled it up, and the bones in front of him were piled up into a hill.He didn't stop until he couldn't eat any more, burped, and said, "No, I'm getting older and my appetite is not as good as before! Before putting it away, I could eat half of such a sheep in one sitting!"

Jiala Zhenniu Colutru wiped the oil on his lips with his sleeve casually, and said with a smile: "Even now, the master's prestige is still the same as before. With this appetite, the last general will be willing to bow down!"

Abatai shook his head and said, "No, I can't compare to you young people."

Another Jia Laerzhen named De Gele tore off a large piece of meat from the leg of lamb, chewed it hard, and said: "Damn Minggou, he has eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard, and he dares to chase after him!" Let’s not let go! I’m so hungry that I have no strength, so I can only retreat again and again. Now that I’m full, I’ll come again! Don’t write your names upside down!”

It’s okay not to mention the Ming army, but when the Ming army is mentioned, the relaxed smiles on the faces of the generals disappeared instantly, and the atmosphere became dull.Now their situation is too bad. There are tens of thousands of high-morale Ming troops chasing behind them, and there are a lot of rebels in front of them. There is simply no way to go north or get supplies through the canal!To make matters worse, Jinan has been surrounded, which also means that their way to the north has been blocked!If you want to go north, you can either fight a decisive battle with the Denglai new army under the city of Jinan and defeat the Denglai new army, or bite the bullet and go deep into Huaibei, where the folk customs are fierce, and fight your way out. There is no other choice!And no matter which road they choose, it will be difficult and frightening at every step... Well, this time going south, I thought I could enjoy it in the world of flowers and flowers in the south of the Yangtze River, but I didn't expect to fall into hell at one end, bad luck, What bad luck!

Pu Luo took a big gulp of wine, and slightly drunkenly asked Abate: "Ama, can we go back to Liaodong?"

Abatai said categorically: "Yes, it is possible, just because the mob of the Ming army wants to keep me? They are not qualified!" Right? Let’s take a break and straighten out the troops as soon as we regain some strength, let’s leave Donghai County and go to Haizhou!”

Everyone was taken aback: "Didn't you say that you are going to fight the Ming army in Donghai County? Why do you want to go to Haizhou?" Pu Luo said: "Yes, Ama, Haizhou is backed by the sea. Oh! What are you doing there?"

Abate looked stern, and said: "You will know when the time comes. In short, we must act quickly. Whether we can return to Liaodong alive depends on whether we can capture Haizhou before the Ming army reacts!"

Seeing this, the generals did not dare to ask more questions, and immediately gathered the troops separately to prepare for departure.The Qing army was eating and drinking. When they heard that they were going to leave again, there was a commotion. Everyone shouted in dissatisfaction, saying that they didn't want to leave and wanted to stay here and wait for the Ming army to come.Pu Luo didn't talk nonsense, and immediately asked people to drag out the ten who screamed the loudest, and personally beheaded them one by one with a knife. This bloody practice made the Qing army shudder, and finally calmed down. Stuff as much food as possible in the bag, leaving only a small number of people guarding Donghai County, and the main force drove the large livestock robbed from surrounding towns and marched towards Haizhou City.

Now, they could already hear the sound of the sea.

As soon as Abatai left, Qi Hu arrived on his back. Seeing the burned and looted villages and towns around the county seat, and the rows of corpses hanging on the city wall, the old man was so angry that he immediately ordered Ming The army began to attack the city.The Ming army was also enraged by the Qing army's beastly behavior. They didn't even build ladders. Under the cover of fierce artillery fire, they rushed to the city wall in wave after wave. Those who are beaten continue to climb up!The number of the Qing army is too small. On average, a soldier has to guard two or three crenels. How can he defend it?It was quickly attacked by the Ming army, and fierce hand-to-hand combat began.Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang, who were fearless and fearless, also rushed up. Shi Lang held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right, and fought fiercely with a Qing army soldier. Qi Hu was quite pleased with the performance of this nest of cubs.

The future of a country lies in the children. These children are so brave at such a young age. Why worry about the country not being strong?

There was no suspense in the battle of Donghai County, and Abatai left a small number of soldiers to defend, just to buy himself a little more time.His goal was achieved. When the last Qing soldier guarding Donghai City was pierced by more than a dozen spears and lifted up in the air, the Qing army also captured Haizhou. More than 4 shi of rice and wheat and more than 2 shi of barley became the trophies of the Qing army. These grains were enough for the Qing army to eat for several months!When Qi Hu chased to the city of Haizhou, what he saw was an enemy army full of energy and high morale, the old man was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood!Along the way, in order to prevent the Qing army from getting enough food and sleep, it can be said that he racked his brains and used all the available methods. As a result, those idiots opened the city gate and invited the Qing army in. Tens of thousands of shi grains were sent to the Qing army!
He is really not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs!

The northern and southern Zhili have been involved in the flames of war, and the destruction and rebirth are staged simultaneously. The situation is changing rapidly, making people dizzy. History is at its extreme frenzy at this moment.However, all of this seems to have nothing to do with Dalian, which is across the sea from Yantai. There has been a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood here, while the other side is still calm and calm.It's just that ships continue to travel between Dalian and Jeju Island, transporting the horses from the Jeju Island military horse farm to Dalian to rebuild the cavalry unit that has been exhausted.The Ming army on the Liaodong Peninsula also gradually recovered from the devastating blow last winter. Lu Xiangsheng began to reorganize the army, and sent the 3000 soldiers who followed him to fight for thousands of miles, and finally broke through the blockade and successfully arrived in Fuzhou. They were divided into two legions, each with [-] soldiers, and the officers were veterans of the Tianxiong Army. They were trained strictly and determined to take revenge.

This vengeance army drilled extremely hard, everyone was holding a breath in their hearts, and they were training on their own injustice. They didn't care about their own bad life anymore, they only wanted to take revenge! More than 20 paoze fell on their road to Fuzhou. If they don't avenge their revenge, they will not rest in peace even if they die!
Lu Xiangsheng quickly trained these two legions into a terrifying force.At this time, the sea ice melted and the route with Yantai resumed unimpeded. Immediately, several transport ships came over and brought him a large number of bullets and crossbows. These are what he urgently needs now, relying on Denglai direction With more supplies, his two legions gradually filled up.However, to the dissatisfaction of these Ming troops, what Denglai sent mainly were muskets, bows, crossbows and long swords, but there were very few shells and cannons they urgently needed.Li Chongshi said a little annoyed: "What does Shandong mean? Don't they know that the most we need now is cannons? Without cannons, what can we use to blow up the phalanx of Jiannu, and what can we use to blow away Jiannu's city wall!"

Lu Xiangsheng frowned and said, "Maybe it's because there was a fierce fight with Jiannu over there, and the artillery and shells are urgently needed. Just wait patiently. The most important thing for us now is to train as soon as possible, and the artillery is not in a hurry!"

Li Chongshi could only accept this explanation, and he was so angry at the soldiers that he drilled them until they complained.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the list of weapons, was silent for a long time, sighed, and said in a low voice: "Yang Menglong, do you want to defeat Jiannu with your own strength and take this unparalleled feat? If so, I will fulfill you, I will Do not move……"

Lu Xiangsheng is a good old man, many times he just laughed it off when he suffered a disadvantage, and didn't take it as disobedience.But the good man is not an idiot. From the detail that Shandong refused to replenish him with enough artillery and shells, he deduced that maybe Yang Menglong wanted to kill Huang Taiji by himself and did not want him to take credit for it.He was a little disappointed about this, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he only had a remnant army in his hands now, and there was no result of competing with Yang Menglong... Sigh, forget it, let him do it this time.

On the Yantai side, four more cargo ships loaded with supplies are about to leave the port, and there are still not many artillery and artillery shells on board.Li Qiang looked at Li Yan with some confusion and asked, "Why do you do this? Could it be that you are wary of Marquis Su Yi?"

Li Yan shook his head: "What I have to be wary of is not Su Yihou, but the one next to him! If there is no accident, Jiannu who enters the customs will most likely not be able to return to Liaodong. We will win a complete victory, and these will not be a problem But what to do after the war is a big problem. Su Yihou is a great loyal minister. If he has enough powerful artillery, he will definitely attack under the strong request of the person next to him. Shenyang, whether it is success or failure, is a big trouble. If it loses, our army will suffer heavy losses again; Infinity! I can't give him any chance, not even a chance!"

Li Qiang sighed: "In this case, I can only wrong Su Yihou."

Li Yan said: "Yes! Shenyang must fight, but it can only be under the auspices of Emperor Longwu, led by Champion Hou and Su Yihou, and it must not be led by that one!" I sighed inwardly.He has great admiration and admiration for Lu Xiangsheng's talent, character and deeds, and now he wants to use this method to deal with Lu Xiangsheng, and he feels very uncomfortable.But so what if it doesn’t feel good?This is politics, the cruelest and dirtiest thing, which cannot tolerate any warmth.He could only say silently in his heart: "Marquis Su Yi, I'm sorry, for the sake of the stability of Jiangshan Sheji, I can only wrong you, I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts!"

(End of this chapter)