Chongzhen Undergraduates

The whole Caozhou has become a hell, killing people and setting fire everywhere.People outside the city, even Jinbing, kept entering until the whole city was engulfed in flames.

Hong Chengchou didn't enter the city at all, he just camped outside the city, and then watched the city being ruined for a whole night.

The next day, the fire in the city was extinguished, and only a few puffs of black smoke still rose into the sky.Hong Chengchou led Jin Bing and began to march towards Dingtao and Chengwu.

On the thirteenth day of the seventh month, Ren Qi from Dingtao and Liang Min from Chengwu abandoned the city and fled, not even daring to collide with the Jin soldiers head-on, and fled all the way into Yuyuan to hide.

"My lord, the thief has already hid in the elm forest, what should I do next?" Hou Fangyu, the army staff officer, came to Hong Chengchou in fear, not even having the courage to face him squarely.

To be vicious, Hou Fangyu felt that compared with the person in front of him, he was nothing compared to the big one.

"Hmph! Let them live for a few more months. If they don't come out on their own initiative after a while, the old man will have his own way to deal with it." When Hong Chengchou said this, his face remained unchanged, but Hou Fangyu trembled in his heart.

When Zhu Youjian heard that Caozhou City had been slaughtered, he felt chills in his heart.In fact, Hong Chengchou doesn't have the heart of a bodhisattva at all, he only has thunderbolt means, and everything he does is just to achieve his goal.

"Commander-in-Chief, Hong Chengchou withdrew before entering Yuyuan. Shall we recruit them?" Yao Hai still misses those people in Yuyuan. If you have the opportunity to say something in front of you, you will definitely say it.

"Go and try again, I think Hong Crazy will not let them go." Also as a superior, Zhu Youjian thought from Hong Chengchou's point of view, if it was him, he would not let them go. Forget it.As for the means, they are just a little gentler than Hong Chengchou.

When Yao Hai came to Liang Min, he knew that Ren Qi had been frightened into a fool, and now the entire Yuyuan people were concentrated in Liang Min's hands.

"Boss, the emperor ordered me to come, and the meaning is still the same: let you go south. This is not a place to stay for a long time."

In this courtyard of Yuyuan Village, depressed people are crowded in twos and threes. They are very silent and do not show the passion of the day.

"No! Crazy Hong doesn't dare to enter Yuyuan. Let's stay here, and no one can touch us." Liang Min's eyes flashed fiercely, as if he wanted to eat people.

Yao Hai saw that he couldn't persuade him anymore, any further persuasion would anger Liang Min, and it would be counterproductive.

After Yao Hai left, the tunnels in Yuyuan were dug deeper and deeper, and the knives were sharpened. Liang Min was training to fight against Hong Chengchou.

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Hauge's attack in the Yimeng Mountains was very difficult.

Hou Jin's so-called horsepower advantage is of little use here, and instead becomes a burden.

Li Yan divided the Luzhong Army into four armies, dispersed them at some key passes in the mountains of southern Lu, and built solid fortifications for Hauge to chew on bit by bit.

It is true that Hauge has a large army, but it is impossible to deploy troops in front of the pass in the mountain, and it is difficult to transport the artillery up the mountain. After they capture a pass, they often suffer heavy casualties.

For the same reason, this is not a city, and even the trick of driving the people to death will not work, and can only rely on the golden soldiers to attack hard.

"Prince Su, if we continue to fight like this, our troops will be almost dead by the time Li Yan is wiped out." Nikan, who is only one year younger than Hauge, looked at a pass in the distance, where there was a wave of Jin soldiers. The attack was repulsed by Lu Zhongjun.

"If I don't fight like this, what can I do?" Hauge has been very angry recently, the corners of his mouth are full of blisters, and his nostrils are dry and sore.It is normal to get angry in autumn, and the weather is very dry, as explained by the army doctor.

When fighting on the plains, Hou Jin is generally invincible, and will be caught blind as soon as he reaches the mountains.Historically, it took 20 years to wipe out the entire Southern Ming Dynasty, such as the last Kuidong Thirteen Rebel Army.

"That old guy Hong Chengchou suggested that we go around to the east first, and then block the main exit to trap them." Nikan said in a low voice, as if he wasn't talking to Hauge. He knew that Hauge and Hong Chengchou were not dealing with each other.

Chapter 221: Haizhou Crisis

Almost the whole of southern Shandong is mountainous, and the area covered by Yimeng Mountain is about one-fifth of the entire Shandong.

It can be said that it is very difficult for Jin Bing to wipe out Li Yan's [-] troops in such a large range. This is why Li Yan promised Zhu Youjian to carry on in Shandong for two years. The states are very close, so there is no need to consider the issue of supplies for the time being.

Li Yan is no ordinary general. If this is just a relatively small area, or if there is no defensive strategic space at all, how can he defend it.A territory in one or two counties like Yuyuan, let alone a million-dollar army, will face a decisive battle even if it has an army of 50.What Li Yan wanted to fight was not a decisive battle.

"Brother, do you think this Hauge is stupid? He actually only launched an attack on us at five passes, and he fought for almost two months before advancing less than [-] miles." Li Nian was at the headquarters. Li crossed his legs and rested, looking very relaxed.

Even Li Yan still has free time to draw the map himself.Li Yan replied while practicing the drawing method of the contour topographic map taught by Zhu Youjian:

"Then what do you ask Hauge to do? Disperse the troops? As long as he dares to disperse, we dare to eat him."

Li Yan still admires the military accomplishments of the main generals of Houjin, at least this Hauge would rather take his time than make mistakes easily.

"But if he continues to fight like this, he will fight against our militia. We haven't even sent out a few regular soldiers. How many years will he have to fight?"

"Then why are you still here? Hurry up and train your troops. Train more archers, you'll need them later."

Li Yan didn't count on the flintlock gun that Zhu Youjian said before, and that thing really couldn't be made in a day or two.The Lu Zhongjun lacked long-range weapons, so they all relied on themselves to train a group of archers.

"The former long swordsmen are now learning to practice archery. I think it's a bit wasteful. Tell the commander-in-chief to give more gunpowder. Especially the gunpowder that was shipped recently, it's very easy to use. Let's make a batch of bombs Soldiers, when Hauge is here, let them stand on a high place and throw them down, and they will definitely blow up others."

The new type of granular gunpowder has been mass-produced, and its power is naturally better than the previous ones.When Li Yan saw it for the first time, he couldn't believe how these particles were so well-proportioned and almost the same size.

"It can be formed. In each class, pick two long-throwing ones to practice. It may be useful." Li Yan continued to work on his diagram.

Suddenly, Li Yan stopped, and then fixed his eyes on Haizhou. He felt that he still overlooked something.

Li Yandu walked, a little irritable, and kept asking himself: Where is it?

Walking to the map again, his eyes slowly moved along the coastline along Haizhou, and Li Yan locked on a place - Dengzhou.

At this time, Li Yan basically understood completely. He and Zhu Youjian only thought of supplying from Haizhou, but they ignored a big problem: Houjin also had naval forces.

Yes, that's right.Don't think that Houjin, which relied on riding and archery as its pillar, had no navy. In fact, when Kong Youde defected, almost all the navy in the north of Ming Dynasty was given to Huang Taiji.

Although Houjin didn't pay much attention to the navy, it doesn't mean that there is no such thing. This navy is now in Dengzhou, led by Li Sutai.

Li Sutai is the son of Li Yongfang and the son-in-law of the wild boar skin.The relationship is a bit convoluted, let's talk about it, that is, the wild boar skin married his granddaughter to Li Yongfang in order to win people's hearts.

It is estimated that his niece has already been given away, or she is too ugly.This is also a very normal thing. The first generation of entrepreneurs is generally like that. Only after they are in the top position can they have the capital to not improve the genes of their offspring.

Anyway, this navy is basically used as a supplementary arm for land soldiers, because Houjin didn't pay much attention to it, and although the scale is not small, its combat power is average.

No matter how ordinary combat power is, it is also a professional arm.Li Yan was still worried when he saw it, because apart from the Zheng family, Daming no longer had any naval forces across the sea.

"Get the messenger quickly." Li Yan yelled at the door, and he was going to write a letter to Zhu Youjian to report his worries.

"Brother, what's the matter?" Li Nian was curious why his brother who was fine just now suddenly became nervous.

"Haoge may want to attack Haizhou."

"How is that possible? They don't even dare to fight Xuzhou, so how could they fight Haizhou?"

This is also a fact. The reason why Hou Jin dared not attack Xuzhou was because he was restrained by Shandong, and he was afraid that the situation in Fengyang would happen again.

Since even inland Xuzhou can't be conquered, how can Houjin attack coastal Haizhou?

"Haizhou City is close to the river, and Hou Jin only needs to send waterways to attack Haizhou." Li Yan said firmly.

In fact, he didn't have a clue, because he had never seen a water battle, he had only heard of it.

When this letter was delivered to Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian felt that Li Yan was a little worried.As far as he knows the history, he has never heard of a large-scale attack on a city by a navy in Houjin.

However, for the sake of caution, Zhu Youjian decided to send a letter to Zheng Chenggong to ask if there was such a possible letter.