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Chapter 818 The Qing army is approaching Shandong

A cavalry attacked on the bastion line and attacked the county and villages of the Qing court on the western Shandong Plain. When they encountered those who could not defeat them, they hid in the bastion group and fought them. Such open plots were really impossible to solve. "The imperial edict was here, and the general of Dingguo received the order!" The eunuch's voice came from outside.

The nominal imperial edict belonged to his nephew Shunzhi, but in fact it was Dorgon's imperial edict. Therefore, Duoduo was unwilling to give up and still knelt down to receive the edict. When he knelt down, he was still thinking in his heart: Brother is too kind and ruthless. If it were me, he would have deposed his little emperor long ago and ascended the throne himself.

However, Dorgon had no son, only a six-year-old only daughter, Dong'er Gege. Because Dorgon had never had children, he got more than a dozen North Korean women to give birth to children for him in one go, but in the end he had only one daughter.

The meaning of the imperial edict is very obvious. Duoduo must protect the food security in western Shandong and southern Zhili, and repel the Ming army's bastion line east of Jinan.

Duoduo thanked the emperor for his kindness and after the eunuch left, he turned to the generals and said, "How long will it take to repel Minggou's bastion line eighty miles?"

As long as the Ming army's bastion line was repelled for eighty miles, Shandong and southern Zhili would be basically safe. Kong Youde knew that Duoduo was mainly asking himself that to defeat the Ming army's bastion line, it would be impossible for the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers to bump up stupidly, and they had to rely on his Wuzhenchao Ha soldiers to bombard them with cannons.

Kong Youde replied: "Prince, the slaves bombarded with red barbarian cannons. It is estimated that a bastion can be opened in three to four days. On the bastion line with an 80-mile width, there are more than fifty bastions of Minggou. It may take more than half a year to defeat Minggou for eighty miles."

Duoduo walked around the map and gestured on the map. He thought for a moment, then suddenly pointed to the locations of several military forts and said, "Ritu, come and take a look."

Kong Youde quickly responded, "I'm here, what are the master's instructions?" He said that and walked forward.

Duoduo pointed to the Phoenix Mountain Fortress Group near Jinan and said, "First pull out all the military forts here." Then he pointed to the Jiguan Mountain area: "First pull out all the people here."

"Your Majesty, there are many mountains near Jinan, Shandong. These military forts are built on the mountain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. You must be careful to deal with it." Fang Dayou, the pseudo-Shandong Governor, said.

Fang Dayou wished that the Qing Dynasty could unify the country as soon as possible, and tore all the Chongzhen, Wang Chengen and Zhang Shuheng to pieces, because his hometown in Huzhou had been confiscated by the factory guards. When Wang Chengen and Zhang Shuheng arrived in Huzhou to arrest Tu Guobao, they took charge of all the traitor's houses. More than ten males in Fang Dayou's family were beheaded, and the rest of the males in the nine clans were all slaves, and all the female relatives were divided up. Even the married daughter was arrested and assigned to the poor army as their wives.

Thinking of the beautiful little daughter born by her concubine, she was under her body by a poor soldier, and her beloved concubine, and she didn't know which smelly man she fell into. Fang Dayou's teeth were sore.

In fact, if the Jiaofangsi was not overcrowded, the female family of Fang Dayou's family would not have enjoyed such treatment, but was sent to the Jiaofangsi and ridden by thousands of people.

Jiaofangsi is not like brothels. Although the status of brothel women is low, their value is very high. Well-known artists like Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, Kou Baimen are equivalent to stars in later generations and are sought after by many romantic scholars. The women in Jiaofangsi are actually not worth a lot of money. The romantic young masters and noble officials are unwilling to go to Jiaofangsi. The female family members in Jiaofangsi do not even have the chance to become good. Not to mention that the noble nobles and romantic young masters will not marry them, even the common people, even the lowest businessmen, cannot marry the women of Jiaofangsi.

Therefore, the best outcome for the female family of Fang Dayou's family to be sold to poor military men.

On the second day of the second month of the 18th year of Chongzhen, Duoduo's army left Xi'an, rushed eastward, and rushed straight to Jinan.

The Jinyiwei obtained the news that the Qing army was about to attack the Jinan Castle Group and immediately sent the information to Li Guodong, Yangzhou.

"Jiannu is coming to the basin and is bleeding. Let them come and meet it. Immediately send the news to Li Yan, Shandong." Li Guodong ordered.

When the news from the Yangzhou Jinyiwei came, Li Yan's own night was not accepted and he also spyed on the news.

"Jiannu is coming to Jinan, but Jinan City cannot be defended. I immediately organized the people to evacuate into the mountains around Jinan, and some women, children, elderly and weak will be arranged in our military fort." Li Yan made a quick decision and asked someone to send orders to arrange the evacuation of the people in Jinan.

The northern Zhili, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi were successively occupied, and Xuzhou was in danger, but Jinan was still in the hands of the Ming army. This was all thanks to the protection of the Ming army's bastions scattered around Jinan. The Qing army did not dare to attack Jinan rashly when its troops were insufficient.

A few months ago, the Qing army also came near Jinan, but found a group of fortresses scattered on the mountains around Jinan, so they gave up their plan to attack Jinan. At that time, Haoge led not many people, only 20,000 Manchu and Han Eight Banners soldiers, and there were no green camp cannon fodder on hand. Haoge did not dare to attack Jinan rashly. Attacking Jinan, a large number of cannon fodder needed to attack the city. Haoge did not bring cannon fodder, and attacked the city with elite Eight Banners soldiers. Not only did it not deserve the loss, but it also had to prevent the sudden emergence of the Ming army on the surrounding mountains.

This time it was different. Duoduo brought more than 200,000 troops. Except for the 40,000 Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, the rest were cannon fodder.

Duoduo had many soldiers and generals. He had to take down Jinan first, let the army settle in Jinan City, and then seek an opportunity to break through the bastion on the surrounding mountains. Because there were many military forts around the Ming army, if the Qing army did not settle in the city, it would be easy to be attacked by the Ming army.

On the road leading to Jinan in western Shandong, a large Qing army was advancing towards Jinan. Colorful flags fluttered in the wind. In front were green camp soldiers wearing blue and black tits, black red tassel warm hats, and armor. Behind were Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers wearing bright armor and riding war horses. Then were Han Eight Banners Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers. At the end of the team, green camp auxiliary soldiers wearing blue and black tits and red tassel hats. Those auxiliary soldiers did not have warm hats, no armor, only tits and hats. When they marched, they were coolies, and when they fought, they were cannon fodder.

"It's less than six miles away from Jinan. Men, hurry up and break through Jinan. I'll spend the night in Jinan City tonight!" Kong Youde, wearing red armor, turned his head on the horse's back and shouted with a loud voice.

The Han Eight Banners soldiers wearing bright red armor and bright yellow armor walked on the official road. These Han Eight Banners soldiers were wearing exquisite armor, lightning rod helmets, and carrying bird guns on their shoulders. Behind were a group of Han Eight Banners soldiers wearing bright red armor and bright yellow armor. They held whips in their hands and beat the ragged green camp auxiliary soldiers.

The auxiliary soldiers of the Green Camp were panting and drove away the yellow cattle. The yellow cattle pulled the heavy cannon trucks. The three to four thousand pounds of red cannons were very difficult to march. There were several cows in front of each cannon, and the auxiliary soldiers of the Green Camp were also required to help push the carts behind. Once the cannon truck was trapped in the earth pit on the ground, more than a dozen auxiliary soldiers of the Green Camp were panting to help lift the wheels of the cannon trucks out of the pit.

The Qing army was very slow. Although Duoduo's Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers could maneuver quickly, the Han Eight Banners Wuzhenchao Ha Camp was too slow. The main reason was that the cannons were too slow. The Red Barbarian cannons used to attack the city could only march for forty miles a day. It took more than 200 miles from Linqing in western Shandong to Jinan, which took five days to get there.

More than 200,000 Qing troops marched to Jinan along the former Yellow River (the Yellow River entered the sea from Xuzhou at this time, and the Yellow River in Shandong turned into the former Yellow River path).
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