Chapter 447 Armed Parade

At noon, the tail of the defeated Qing army had crossed Fushan County. The first battle after the 13th Brigade of the Second Guard Division of the Fuhan Army landed in Shandong, the Battle of Fushan, ended.

Played very easily. In the future military history, there will only be such a nondescript description lightly recorded:

In the autumn of the 140th year of Chongzhen, on August 28, the 13th Brigade of the Second Division of the Fuhan Army's garrison, which launched its attack from Yantai and attacked Dengzhou from the north, defeated the main force of the Qing Army in Dengzhou five miles east of Fushan County. .

"Master, there are not many valuable things in Fushan County." The logistics director took a few pieces of paper and walked into the Fushan County government office and reported to Gao Jinghui: "Except for more than five thousand kilo of grain, three hundred kilo of black beans, and one thousand kilo of black beans, In addition to many bunches of fodder, there are only a few iron bullets, gunpowder, and swords and guns. The gunpowder is also The quality was poor, and it seemed that it was not the military gunpowder of the Qing army, but the local gunpowder, many of which were still in powder form. The biggest harvest was more than 400 carts and supporting mules and horses. There are livestock, including cattle, horses, donkeys and mules. The specific classification numbers are on the last page.”

Gao Jinghui flipped through it casually and found that there was nothing of value. He only found more than two hundred taels of silver, which was not enough for the entire 13th Brigade in Nanjing. Of course, this figure and the current seizures are only for now, and they are not the total revenue of the subsequent purge of the county. It may not be even one-twentieth or one-thirtieth of anywhere. These are things that the Second Brigade can reach out for themselves. Gao Jinghui then asked: "What are the casualties of our army?"

"79 people were killed and 157 injured, with a total of 236 casualties; 52 of them were disabled or seriously injured. The final death number is expected to be around 130." The logistics minister said expressionlessly without looking at the statistics table. This battle brought the casualties of the 13th Brigade to close to 5%.

"More than 1,500 Qing infantry and cavalry were killed and more than 3,200 were captured." This is a preliminary statistics, which is far less precise than my own casualty statistics. "Fifteen artillery pieces of various types and more than 2,000 muskets were seized. A batch of swords, guns, bows and arrows were seized."

This battle was not difficult for the Thirteenth Brigade, but the number of Qing troops who came over was a bit large. There were tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, a large number of civilian braves, and a cavalry team, with a total strength of nearly 20,000. The combat effectiveness was not enough, and the 13th Brigade failed to defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop.

During the battle, the Fuhan army wearing breastplates took advantage of them, but when chasing, the Qing army in light armor ran faster.

Of course, the Qing army also suffered huge losses in this battle. They lost about 5,000 people on the battlefield alone. They were probably all the brave warriors in this Qing army. What was even more difficult for the Qing army was the containment of the defeated soldiers after the defeat. The Jiaodong Peninsula had been repeatedly ravaged by the Fuhan army. The morale of the Qing soldiers and civilian warriors here was not high, and their combat effectiveness was average. I don't know how many Green Camp soldiers will flee after this big defeat. It is commendable that they can finally gather 10,000 people.

In the first battle, half of the men, all the cannons, and more than half of the cavalry were lost. The Qing army's defeat was extremely tragic. It must have been like a wake-up call, suddenly awakening the Qing army and civilians in Shandong. The combat effectiveness of the Fuhan army coming across the sea has not weakened. Even if they have just got off the ship, they can easily fight in a field battle with one against three. The Qing army in Jiaodong was wiped out.

It wasn't until dusk that the entire battlefield was completely cleaned.

The corpses of the Qing soldiers and civilians who were about to be stripped naked were thrown into the pits. These tunnels were originally the defense lines dug by the Qing soldiers and civilians when they defended the city, but now they are all useless.

The common people who were pulled from the county town by the Fuhan Army to help frantically stripped off the clothes and shoes of the dead Qing soldiers and civilian heroes. Some people picked up the occasional gun heads, knives, etc. left on the battlefield, and carefully wrapped them in their clothes. Inside, I was deeply afraid that the Fuhan Army would see him and take him away. Shandong has suffered from severe copper and iron shortages in recent years, and the price of iron is ten times higher than that of Chen Hanneng.

Iron pots, kitchen knives and iron farm tools in some places were collected by soldiers to make knives, guns and cannons. Many people could only use copper coins to "luxury" make copper knives and then carefully hide them. The issue of three or five families sharing the same sword has reappeared on the land of China since the fall of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Then rough clay pots became popular in Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other provinces.

The Fuhan Army had seen many scenes of "crazy" people, although as long as it was not too excessive, such as stripping off the coat and then stripping off the middle coat or even underwear, the Fuhan Army didn't care at all. As for swords, guns and iron weapons, I don't even care.

The Thirteenth Brigade stayed in Fushan for two days. A large amount of food was transported by sea from Yantai to the east of Fushan County, where the two most important rivers in Fushan, the Qingyang River and the Dagu River, merged. Sea vessels could That’s it.

This location is not far from the battlefield where the 13th Brigade fought with the Qing army, and six or seven miles away from Fushan County. Piles of grain were delivered to the shore, and the Fuhan army immediately opened warehouses to release grain. After the news came out, there was a sensation in Fushan. Many people from the countryside came with their children and their daughters. No one thought that the extra six or seven miles would be too far.

In fact, the Chen Han officials who opened the warehouse to release grain and the 13th Brigade were completely different systems.

The local secret camp will also pop up. Although Fushan was not the focus of the Shandong secret camp from the beginning, it was right next to Yantai. After the Fuhan Army took root in Yantai, Fushan also became a point that the secret camp could not ignore. Now these people, as well as several gentry and landowners who were connected to the Fuhan Army, became the key to Chen Han's initial rule and credibility in Fushan.

For two days, Chen Han was busy transporting various materials and personnel, and the 13th Brigade did not immediately go north. During this period, the Qing army of Qingzhou Harlong arrived in Laizhou, but Harlong did not continue to advance to Dengzhou.

Most of Shandong should have known the news that the Qing army in Dengzhou had returned in defeat. Who else would dare to continue to challenge the 13th Brigade? Instead, countless messages were sent to Fushan, all of which were "surrender letters" from local gentry, landlords and even officials.

As the province with the strongest militia in the world, the gentry and landlords in Shandong hold considerable power. However, the shame of the gentry in Shandong, as the hometown of saints, does not seem to be as noble as imagined. When the real danger came, they knelt very neatly.

On the first day of September, Fushan's 13th Brigade arrived at Changshan Island by boat, joined the local navy, and then landed on the west side of Penglai, the capital of Dengcheng Prefecture. That afternoon, Dengzhou City fell into the hands of the 13th Brigade.

The Dengzhou militia, who had been beaten up by the 13th Brigade three days ago, suddenly rebelled and opened the city gates. The Qing troops in the city either surrendered or immediately abandoned the city and fled. After the 13th Brigade entered Dengzhou, it immediately, with the cooperation of the local "rebellious" gentry and the secret camp, arrested and killed a group of Manchu gentry, or confiscated all their property in the city if they could not find them.

The main force of the Fu Han Army, which landed in Jiaozhou Bay later, had entered Qingzhou Prefecture and reached the outside of Zhucheng under the leadership of Chen Ming. As for the two prefectures of Deng and Lai in the north, which covered most of Qingzhou Prefecture, Chen Ming would not send troops to sweep them. With the 13th Brigade that landed in Yantai and the 14th Brigade of the Second Garrison Division that was about to land in Laizhou Bay, two brigades were enough to solve these problems. After sweeping the three prefectures of Deng, Lai and Qing, they would march straight to Jinan.

Chen Ming had to first deal with the southwest and southeast of Shandong, merge the four armies of Qingshui Sect and Hunyuan Sect, and then see the situation of the battle of Jinan. If it is not necessary, Chen Ming will march south to attack Huai'an.

Where is his biggest goal!

Zhucheng is the hometown of Liu Tongxun and Liu Yong. Liu Tongxun is a benchmark among the Han people in the Qing Dynasty. Even though the Liu family has now become the Liu Jia family, the influence on the hometown has not been weakened. The gentry here is the most reactionary and has the greatest hatred for the Fu Han Army.

After Liu Yong's death, the militia in Zhucheng still exists. Although they no longer fight in Shandong, they are still very powerful when dealing with the "religious bandits" in the province. Especially Zhang Gu, a student of Liu Yong, has been wearing a third-grade hat under the care of Liu Tongxun.

Zhang Gu was originally in Tai'an. When the news that the Fu Han Army was about to land in Shandong came, Zhang Gu hurriedly led his militia back to Zhucheng. At that time, the bigwigs in Jinan promised Zhang Gu that they would send troops to reinforce Zhucheng. Although the facts proved that it was a lie, the Fu Han Army had already arrived, and the gentry in Zhucheng could only persist in resisting.

The price of trying to stop a car with one's arms is to be crushed by the rolling wheels, especially at this time when the Han Dynasty was in decline. These people will be engraved into the pillar of shame in history and will be infamous for thousands of years.

Chen Ming bombarded the city with large and small cannons for 30 minutes, and then took over Zhucheng County at the cost of more than 50 soldiers killed and injured. More than 500 of the more than 2,000 militiamen who defended the city were killed, and the rest were captured. Zhang Gu, whose legs were blown off, was carried to the prisoner-of-war camp but did not receive treatment. There were five other militiamen leaders like him. These people were placed on a high platform. They would bleed to death in front of the prisoners!

Zhang Gu died with his eyes open. He did not avenge his teacher. On the contrary, he saw an acquaintance in the prisoner-of-war camp, an acquaintance he thought was dead - Li Mingxing. One of the leaders of the Qingzhou Camp at the time, a military candidate. A common man! Zhang Gu looked down on him.

The Qingzhou camp was almost completely killed or wounded during the decisive battle in northern Jiangsu, and Li Mingxing did not return. Zhang Gu thought he was dead. Who would have thought that Li Mingxing actually joined the bandits, and judging from his clothes at this moment, Li Mingxing has become an official.

Fortunately, the court also gave his family a plaque--

Therefore, after entering the city, Chen Ming searched the entire county and ordered the execution of all the stubborn gentry and their direct male relatives of more than 200 people, and confiscated their property. The fate of wives, concubines and daughters could only be that. The clansmen of the side branches were completely detained, and what awaited them would be labor camps!

The 14th Brigade landed in Laizhou Bay, and the 13th Brigade came from Dengzhou. After the Harlong troops of Laizhou Prefecture joined the defeated soldiers of Dengzhou, there were still more than 10,000 troops, but they did not dare to fight to the death in Laizhou, and fled to Pingdu Prefecture in the interior [south].

This location is between Laizhou and Jiaozhou.

Of course, Harlong did not dare to go to Jiaozhou. After arriving at Pingduzhou, he sent an emergency message to Jinan, and then turned west with his troops and ran all the way, passing Weixian, and fled to Yidu, the capital of Qingzhou Prefecture.

Since the Fu Han Army landed in Shandong, except for the 13th Brigade fighting a tough battle in Fushan, the rest of the time was simply an armed parade. But this kind of armed parade was deliberately condoned by the Qing Dynasty?

The strategy of the Qing army was very clear, that is, to indulge the Fu Han Army deep into the hinterland of Shandong.

Fushan was just a contact battle, and the same was true for Qingzhou, which was about to start. Jinan was the real contest between the two armies.

Shu Hede, the Manchu Minister of the Qing Ministry of War and the Nine Gates Admiral, had already entered Jinan.

...

Nanyang, Sulu Islands.

In September, the weather in the north is already golden in late autumn, and the northeast and Xinjiang have even snowed, but it is still hot here. The Fu Han Army's suppression of the rebellion in Sulu has entered the most critical moment, because not only have the European pirates invited by the "rebel nobles" appeared one after another, but these pirates have also "raised" a group of soldiers to form a land force of more than a thousand people, and are now helping the "rebel nobles" in Sulu to attack Hele Island.

Hele is Holo, the former is the Chinese transliteration, and the latter is the name of the Spanish.

On the sea, seven pirate ships of different sizes are flying skull flags, like hungry wolves staring at the clumsy buffaloes - the Nanyang Navy of the Fu Han Army.

The number of warships on both sides is disproportionate. The main force has gathered half of the warships of the Nanyang Navy, with as many as sixty or seventy ships, most of which are Tongan shuttle ships, Ting ships, and Fu ships, and there are very few clumsy old warships such as Ganzheng ships.

Both Zheng brothers were there. Although they had an absolute advantage in numbers, their expressions were full of caution.

How could the Nanyang Navy, which was "making a living" in the Nanyang, not know how powerful Western sailing ships were?

Although their number of warships was almost ten times that of the Europeans, Zheng Lianchang and Zheng Lianfu would not dare to set up a battle formation to confront the other side without the fire dragon bombs. Even if the cannons on their ships were replaced with new cannons from the Fu Han Army, it would still not work.

On Hele Island at the same time.

The sun was scorching at noon, and the temperature had risen to the highest point of the day.

Every soldier of the First Battalion of the Second Marine Regiment of the Nanyang Navy was panting and sweating. They were already moving forward as lightly as possible, but they just couldn't speed up.

The Sulu Islands are a standard tropical area with high temperatures and heavy rains all year round. As the main island of the Sulu Kingdom, Hele Island is as large as a county in China. The island is lush with tropical plants, many small rivers, and several extinct volcanoes.

Now the soldiers of the first battalion of the second regiment are traveling through the rainforest under the guidance of the guide. The humid and sultry air can make these warriors who are from Lingnan feel suffocated. The hot sun can't penetrate the lush branches and leaves above the rainforest, but it also makes the temperature of the space under the branches and leaves continue to rise, and it is as if covered with a lid, so hot that people want to faint.

The first battalion of the second regiment will pass through the rainforest in front of them and kill the rebels behind them. While the defenders of Hele City kill those rebels, they will also block their retreat and wipe out the main force of the rebels in one fell swoop. The most important thing is to solve the "pirate soldiers" in the rebels. Then they can sit on the navy's warships and sweep a series of small islands from Hele Island to the northeast of Zamboanga.

A group of warships of the Nanyang Navy continue to stay in Halong Bay, and some warships and marines remain in Singapore. At present, the confrontation off the coast of Hele Island and the contest on land are the largest forces that the Nanyang Navy can dispatch.

Xihe and the rebellious nobles also concentrated all their sea and land forces. This was a crucial decisive battle.

The straight-line distance of more than ten miles, after entering the rainforest, it twisted and turned, and went twice the distance. There was no way, some places were simply inaccessible. Don't think that the natives of Sulu can ignore the dangers of the rainforest. They can only walk on fixed trails.

The 500 soldiers of the first battalion of the second regiment were all moving on their own feet. This time they went into battle lightly, without even a mortar. In addition to carrying 100 paper bullets, each person had five grenades, the most powerful weapon! Then there was water and food.

"Hurry, hurry. Follow up, follow up--" Zheng Wenhui stood on a tree stump next to him and shouted loudly at his exhausted soldiers. Sweat dripped from his forehead and neck, stinging his skin. Zheng Wenhui kept wiping the sweat on his face and neck with his hands.

He is the second son of Zheng Lianfu and the second brother of Zheng Wenjun. His real name is Zheng Wenhui, but after the Zheng brothers joined the Fu Han Army, he could no longer use the word Hui, although Chen Hui himself did not give such an order.

After a long journey, the physical strength is greatly consumed, but now he still needs to persevere. Zheng Wenhui must also persevere! This is an opportunity, an opportunity for him to soar to the sky!

"Brothers, work harder, Labuga is ahead, we are about to reach the destination!" Zheng Wenhui continued to encourage verbally, and this was all he could do at the moment.

All the soldiers had only one thought in their minds, that is - move forward, and move forward again. Get to the destination, get to the destination...