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Yan Yingyuan's seizure of Jinxiang was a random event.

According to Fei Ruhe's original plan, he would go northward along the Grand Canal and quickly capture the strategically important Nanyang Town.

Then, let the civilians build fortifications, garrison with a small number of regular troops and peasant soldiers, and then return to the division to take Guting Town and Yutai County. While ensuring your rear, attack Jinxiang again, and use artillery to smash down the city wall with all your strength, so that you can stabilize your flanks.

The actual situation made Fei Ruhe very embarrassed. He was halfway into Yutai County, and Yutai County had already been captured by Dian Shi and Xiucai. As for Guting Town, it was seized by a group of gentry.

This place borders on Zhao Han's territory. Officials, scholars, civilians and squires dare to seize the city as long as they are brave enough, and they have no worries. The Datong Army will soon take over the city.

Yutai has been conquered, so Fei Ruhe went to fight Jinxiang again.

A few miles away from Jinxiang County, Fei Ruhe was dumbfounded when he received the news again: "Jinxiang has also been captured? There are thousands of defenders there!"

Tan Ma said in detail: "It was another spy sent by Mr. Xu to persuade the people in the city to seize the city. Yan Yingyuan, the official history of Jinxiang, went to the city alone to kill the enemy generals, persuaded more than two thousand enemy troops to surrender, and beheaded three enemy generals one after another."

"What a warrior!" Fei Ruhe praised.

Tan Ma said again: "Yan Dianshi asked for more troops to garrison Jinxiang, and to allocate some military rations. He said that he would bring two thousand surrendered troops and promise to take down the five cities of Shanxian, Chengwu, Caoxian, Dingtao, and Caozhou."

Fei Ruhe sighed, "He's really loud."

One dared to boast to Haikou, and the other dared to agree. Fei Ruhe really handed over the cities on his side to Yan Yingyuan to deal with.

If there is no Yan Yingyuan, he will send farmers, soldiers and civilian husbands to get it done.

Because as long as Jinxiang is won, the rest of the counties are too close to Zhao Han's territory, and most of them will choose to look forward to it. Whoever does not surrender will face the attack of the Datong Army!

This is the same situation in the north of Shandong. The defenders faced the Manchu attack directly, so they surrendered to the Manchus one after another.

Moreover, Li Zheng's troops were fighting in Guide Mansion, and could cross the river to reinforce Fei Ruhe's flank at any time.

When Fei Ruhe returned to Nanyang Town, he suddenly received a message from Xizuo: a large number of ships transporting troops and rations were being mobilized in the direction of Yanzhou and Qufu.

Fei Ruhe hastily dispatched the cavalry from the west of Nanyang Town, scattered most of them to the east of Nanyang Town.

Soon there was news that a large number of enemy traces had been found in the northwest across the Jinxiang River.

There are people in both east and west directions. Could it be that Duoduo divides his troops to attack?

Fei Ruhe convened the officers to discuss the matter, and discussed in detail for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what Duoduo wanted to do.

Division deputy Wan Sitong said: "It doesn't matter what he wants to do, how to fight, how to fight, our army will pull out Teng County first. The Clippers went to inform General Zhang and asked him to leave farmers, soldiers and civilian husbands to garrison Yishui , Juzhou, and Zhucheng, let Huang Fei stick to Weixian, Changyi, and Anqiu. Anyway, the Qingzhou government can't be moved, let General Zhang come back with the main force to help here."

Fei Ruhe immediately understood: "Zhang Tieniu led his troops from Yizhou, along the Junhe River to Fei County, straight into Sishui, Qufu, and Yanzhou, and joined us to attack from both sides. This is indeed a good strategy. I don't know if it will be in time."

"In time," Wan Sitong said, "the battle here won't end in a while."

"Then do it like this!" Fei Ruhe made a decision.

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Yanzhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, and Shandong are the two major battlefields, and they have all been deadlocked until now.

Both sides are trying to find a way, and they come up with exactly the same way.

Duoduo asked Hong Chengchou to garrison Jining, dispatched soldiers and generals to confuse both sides of Nanyang Town. He personally led the main force, took the Junhe River and went straight into Yizhou, not only cutting off half of Zhang Tieniu's retreat, but also going up the river to pinch Zhang Tieniu.

Fei Ruhe suspended the attack on Qingzhou Prefecture, let Zhang Tieniu go back to Junhe, go straight to Surabaya and Qufu, and attack Duoduo in Yanzhou.

Zhang Tieniu and Duoduo's troops are likely to meet Ai around the corner and run into each other along the banks of the Jun River!

But it said Jinxiang.

After Fei Ruhe's peasant soldiers and grain transportation team arrived, Yan Yingyuan immediately set off with 2,000 surrendered troops, leaving Jinxiang County to be managed by Dong Yongqing.

Yan Yingyuan led his troops straight to Shan County, and when he came outside the city, the county had changed its banner.

However, this place is very close to Dangshan Mountain. When Li Zheng sent troops to Dangshan Mountain, he sent a peasant army to cross the river, and the Shanxian defenders directly chose to surrender.

Yan Yingyuan made some supplies in Shan County, and led his troops to attack Chengwu. Zhang Xiude, the guard, surrendered immediately.

Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Xiude joined forces and went to Cao County. Li Kun, the magistrate of Cao County, responded in an uprising and killed the guards and sacrificed the city.

So the three of them joined forces and recruited brave men from the village, and more than 4,000 people were killed in Dingtao.

Zhang Xiude pretended to be defeated and fled, opened the gate of the city, killed the guard and seized the city. More than 5,000 soldiers gathered and went to Caozhou (Heze).

Just like a snowball, although they are all mobs, the scale of this army is getting bigger and bigger.

It worked so well for three reasons:

First, the middle and low-level soldiers under Zuo Liangyu's command were unwilling to join the Qing Dynasty.

Second, this place is too close to Zhao Han's territory. Not only is he afraid of being attacked by the Datong army, but he also has a better understanding of Datong policies. I also know that the epidemic situation in the south is well controlled, and I want to ask Datong doctor to come over and treat the plague as soon as possible.

Thirdly, at the beginning of the war, Fei Ruhe did not attack the city, but took Nanyang Town along the canal. Just this one move, it seems that it didn't capture the city, it didn't seem like it killed the enemy, but it split Zuo Liangyu's southern territory in an instant. The counties in the south of Yanzhou Prefecture were all isolated and helpless. Either the defenders surrendered easily, or the people were keen to revolt.

Fei Ruhe also grew up during the war, and regardless of his command ability, the strategic layout of the campaign was excellent.

Even Teng County, whose strategic position is extremely critical, took the initiative to change the flag after Fei Ruhe cut the battlefield without waiting for the Datong Army to fight.

The Shandong battlefield is so weird, the guards from the north have turned to Man Qing, and the guards from the south have turned to Zhao Han. Zuo Liangyu, the largest warlord, voted for the Manchus, while Huang Fei, the second most powerful warlord, voted for Zhao Han.

When Yan Yingyuan, Zhang Xiude, and Li Kun led troops to Caozhou, they found that it was impossible to fight here.

Tang Tong, the surrendered general of the frontier army, has led reinforcements and stationed there, with more than 5,000 defenders.

Just when they were about to leave, a large army suddenly came from the north.

It was the Liangshan Allied Forces led by Zheng Peiran and Ma Jinzhong who abandoned Yuncheng and came to attack Caozhou. Rebels joined along the way, including more than 100,000 family members.

"I'm stumped this time, son of a bitch, Duoduo!" Tang Tong felt cold all over his body.

Outside the city, Ma Jinzhong and Yan Yingyuan joined forces. Although they did not know each other, both sides were flying the flag of Datong.

Nephew Tang Lun said privately to Tang Tong: "Uncle, why don't we surrender too."

Tang Tong said: "Your family and I are all in Beijing, how can we surrender? What's more, what benefits can we get from voting in Nanjing? Our family occupies so much land in Jizhou circle. If the Qing Dynasty is defeated, our family's land will be lost." gone."

Tang Lun anxiously said: "The enemy's coalition camp is several miles outside the city, and there are no fewer than one hundred thousand people. Our army is only five or six thousand, how can we hold it?"

Tang Tong said: "There are more than 100,000 enemy troops, and only a few thousand can really fight. The rest of the troops even have messed up their flags. Although we only have more than 5,000 people, it is more than enough to defend the city, and we can look for opportunities to go out of the city to rob. Battalion. As long as the attack is unprepared, it will be a big victory, and maybe you will be able to make meritorious deeds!"

Tang Lun didn't think so, but he didn't dare to object to his uncle, so he could only silently go back to the section of the city wall he was defending.

He was still very young, and he didn't want to wear braids on his forehead for the rest of his life.

Moreover, more than 100,000 enemy troops are currently besieging the city, and people in the city have long been panicked. Can you really keep it?

A few days later, the siege troops had filled up the moat, and the leaders of the various rebels also relaxed. Although Ma Jinzhong, Yan Yingyuan, Zheng Peiran and others repeatedly warned against night raids, the soldiers at the bottom didn't take it seriously.

Tang Tong selected 800 elite soldiers and put his nephew Tang Lun in charge of guarding the city, but he even ran outside the city to rob the camp himself.

This guy was very timid for the Ming court, but now he is brave when he fights for the Manchus. Eight hundred people dare to attack a camp of more than 100,000 people at night.

At night, a large camp of the rebel army suddenly caught fire.

The outlying camps fell into chaos, and one camp after another started to be in chaos as if the plague was spreading.

The rebel army composed of mobs ran around like headless chickens. In the darkness, they didn't know how many enemies were coming, or where the enemies were coming from. They only knew that the friendly troops were shouting and fleeing, so they followed the shouts and fled.

With more than 100,000 rebels, more than half of the bombing camp collapsed with a cup of tea.

Only two camps were not bombed, one was Ma Jinzhong and the other was Yan Yingyuan.

They each gathered their troops in the noise and chaos, but it was too difficult to gather troops at night, and in the end they each only gathered more than a thousand people, and rushed towards the direction where the flames were most intense.

"Why don't you send troops?" Tang Tong looked in the direction of Caozhou City in doubt.

He made an agreement with his nephew that as long as the night attack is successful, his nephew will immediately lead an army out of the city to pursue him.

But at this moment, Caozhou City is very quiet.

Caozhou City.

General Wang Chang said happily: "Young General, the night attack has succeeded, let's go out of the city to chase after him!"

In the darkness, Tang Lun's expression was gloomy and uncertain: "General Wang, do you think the Tartars can really hold the world firmly?"

Wang Chang was startled and said, "Young General, why do you say that?"

Tang Lun said: "The Nanjing court occupies all the wealth and wealth in the world. Even if it is not as good as the Tartars in fighting, it is by no means comparable to the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to be defeated for thousands of miles. The Nanjing court can lose ten times, but the Tartars can only lose once or twice. The Tatars don’t have much military rations at all. This time we go south and grab food everywhere to grab civilians. The food can last for a few months? Once there is a stalemate, the Nanjing court doesn’t need to fight tough battles at all. Holding the city can drag the Tartars to death.”

Of course Wang Chang understood, but he said anxiously: "Young General, even though you say that, our family members are all in Beijing!"

Tang Lun sighed, "I can only feel sorry for my parents, wife and children. Will you surrender?"

Wang Chang hesitated and struggled for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and said, "For the righteousness of the Han family, I will surrender with the major general!"

Tang Lun took off his helmet and cut off his braid with a knife: "Please, General Wang."

Wang Chang imitated the example, and also took off his helmet and cut his braids.

Then, the two summoned the officers and forced the officers under their command to cut their braids, and those who refused to cut their braids were hacked to death on the spot.

They may really hate the Manchu customs in their hearts, but they choose to defect, but it is definitely not for the righteousness of the Han family.

Instead, the situation on the battlefield changed. I thought that the Eight Banners Army would be able to rush forward. As a result, the two battlefields of Yanzhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture fell into a confrontation. In order to raise more food, Duoduo forced Zuo Liangyu to send a large number of troops to the counties to grab food from the people by force, and forced the people to transport the food to the front line.

How much food do the people have? All the people who were robbed were gentry merchants!

This way of doing things caused uprisings everywhere in the rear. The gentry, merchants, civilians, and scholars all united to rebel, and more than a dozen counties planted the banner of Datong one after another.

Even the Confucius family in Qufu wanted to rebel because they were ordered to donate five thousand shi of rice and wheat.

The Kong family was robbed once by the White Lotus Sect, so there was not much food left. In the past few years, there have been droughts, and there is no way to get five thousand stones of grain, so the shortfall has to be made up with silver.

Many surrendered generals felt that the Tartars were about to collapse, and they were planning in their hearts when they would take the opportunity to turn against them.

If Duoduo and Hong Chengchou want to turn the situation around, they must win a big victory.

Otherwise, it will really collapse, and the army rations have not been eaten yet, and a large number of surrendered generals will lead their troops back.

The rebels scattered outside the city, and Ma Jinzhong, Yan Yingyuan, Zheng Peiran, Zhang Xiude and others led a small group of troops to fight against the current. On the way, they met Li Qingshan, Shi Kuiran and Ren Qi who were fleeing, and each of these three brought dozens of volunteers to meet up.

In the end, more than 3,000 volunteer soldiers collided with Tang Tong, and Tang Tong's 800 elite soldiers ran away in fright.

Fleeing to the bottom of the city, Tang Tong shouted: "Open the city gate!"

No one in the city answered.

Tang Tong was so angry that he cursed: "Tang Lun, you are an unfilial son. I am your own uncle. How many times have I saved you on the battlefield? You are a dog, open the city gate quickly!"

Tang Lun replied: "Uncle, surrender quickly, the Tartars are doomed to lose this time."

Once upon a time, Cao Bianjiao also robbed the camp at night, and defeated Dorgon's camp. Tang Tong's surrendered generals only watched from within the city, forcing Cao Bianjiao to lead his troops south to join Zhao Han.

Now, the same situation happened, and Tang Tong was put on by his nephew.

Seeing the pursuers coming, Tang Tong had no choice but to shout: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!"

Li Qingshan rushed to the front with his men, hacked to death Tang Tong who was kneeling and begging to surrender, and roared: "I managed to gather thousands of soldiers, and they were all scattered by night raids by you! Damn it, damn it!"

This kind of battle is fucking outrageous.

On the one hand, the one hundred thousand army was defeated by eight hundred, and on the other hand, he was beaten to death by his own nephew.

On the bank of the Jun River, Zhang Tieniu, who raided Yanzhou Mansion, collided with Duoduo, who raided Qingzhou Mansion. This is the only way for both sides to outflank the enemy!