The second day, on March 26, the Shandong army responsible for the advancement of the Western Front stopped in Haizhou, waiting for the third-line troops to follow. Yaozhou's third-line cannon fodder troops were coming to Haizhou after two days of clearing the field.

As for the rescued Han people and the captured Manchu savages, they were all handed over to the administrative personnel who rushed to deal with it, and left a thousand people to garrison in Haizhou.

Relatively speaking, Haizhou is relatively empty, but the two infantry battalions of the Liaodong Legion have landed on the Liaodong Peninsula, and there is also a cavalry battalion that has landed on Liaodong, and there is also a cavalry and artillery battalion of the Shandong Legion. If Haizhou is attacked, support will arrive soon.

At the same time, the Third Infantry Battalion and Fourth Infantry Battalion of the Liaodong Army, under the command of the Liaodong General Staff, were rushing to various captured towns and passes to take over the city defense.

The Liaodong Army is far inferior to the Shandong Army in training. Apart from the first and second infantry battalions, the third and fourth infantry battalions are also slightly immature. Apart from participating in some bandit suppression missions, they have hardly experienced any formation.

The reason why Zhao Yan transferred them to Liaodong was to let them take on the city defense mission. City defense is a matter that requires technical surnames but does not require technical surnames.

The required technology is weapons hardware, and the defense personnel can be competent for the defense of cities and passes after a period of training.

City defense exercises are held every year in Denglai. At that time, the people in the garrison either guard the garrison business or enter the city to hide. The militia conduct drills under the command of the guard.

This is a very common thing in Denlai, where the castles are lined with a bunker. When the building of the brinks in various parts of Shandong is an existence beyond the French Vauban defense system. In an era when the firearms have not left the initial stage, Zhao Yan is invincible as long as he is not injured in the fundamental things.

Denglai's militia were all very familiar with the defense of the bastion. Although the training of the Liaodong Army was not as good as that of the Shandong Army and had not experienced much baptism of war, defending the city was no problem. Even if they fought against the Qing soldiers, their equipment was extremely likely to win.

...After the third-line troops joined forces with the Shandong Army on the Western Front, at noon, the scout finally encountered the traces of the Qing soldiers thirty miles north of Haizhou.

Zhao Yong and Lin Yi immediately arranged the scouts mainly in the northern direction of Haizhou, but did not relax their vigilance in other directions. The basic warning without blind spots should be retained. The reason why most of the scouts were sent to the north was to prepare for a cruel battle with the Qing soldiers and scouts.

After joining forces with the third-line troops, Zhao Yong and Lin Yi led the Western Front Operations Group to continue to advance northward, and did not care about the Qing army that appeared in the north.

As long as the Qing army did not get close to within ten miles, there was no need to react too much.

Just as the First Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion and the Artillery Battalion were advancing towards Anshan, the scouts in front had already had a fierce conflict with the scouts of the Qing army.

I saw cavalry constantly colliding with each other in the plain with green grass, then killed the other party and cut off the other party's head.

In such a front-line conflict, the scouts of the Shandong Army were almost invincible against the same number of Qing army scouts.

All the scouts of the Shandong Army were carefully selected, and the training was the most difficult, and the equipment was the most excellent. They were proficient in alert methods, map drawing, and calculating the number of enemy troops.

During the investigation, each of the scouts of the Shandong Army had a telescope, and the squads echoed each other. After discovering the scouts of the Qing army, if there were few enemies, they would rush up and cut off the heads of the scouts of the Qing army. If there were a large number of people, contact other scouts to cooperate with the operation.

The army was thirty miles away, and they had enough buffering distance.

After the Qing army scouts and Shandong army scouts, they were both one-sided and beheaded and off-horse. The Shandong army had very high defense power and was very advantageous.

At the same time, the Shandong Army's scout team paid great attention to cooperation when fighting. Some held knifes, some held maces, and some held boring handles.

However, the scouts of the Shandong Army often suffer casualties. The scouts' injury rate and death rate have always been the highest among all military groups. This is their profession and this is their battle.

The number of scouts of the Qing army was not as good as the Shandong army. The Shandong army had scouts since the company level. At the same time, the scouts of the Qing army were not as good as those of the Shandong army. They often made guest appearances, and their reconnaissance efficiency was not high in high awareness.

Under the suppression of the Shandong Army scouts, the Qing army scouts retreated step by step. In less than half an hour, the Qing army scouts saw the Shandong Army scouts, and it was like a mouse or a cat.

Anyway, there is no one in charge of the battle on this front line, so why don’t you run away even though you know you can’t beat it?

The Qing army scouts retreated without fighting, which completely lost their purpose. The Shandong army's scouts had successfully achieved the purpose of covering up the whereabouts of the main force.

At the same time, the Qing army scouts were defeated step by step, allowing the Shandong army scouts to see the main force of the Qing army.

Among the Qing army troops that were about to 40 miles north of Haizhou, Shuotuo and Jiergalang were each holding a monocular telescope and looking at the Shandong army scouts approaching in the distance.

"Prince Su, our scout, the soldiers who followed Taizu to conquer the world at the foot of Baishan Mountain in Dushan were defeated by the Ming army scouts. It seems that these Ming army scouts are very powerful!" Jiergalang said to Shuotuo: "And the Ming army seems to be very alert, and it is so far away that it scattered the scouts."

"It's really very elite." Shuotuo nodded, "But the scouts of the team are useless. We can send the scouts of the team. The Ming army's scouts are all five or six people. Even if they join forces with ten teams, there are only fifty or sixty people. I see how they resist."

Shuotuo said, clicking out five Niulu, a total of 1,500 people, divided into five directions, searching towards Haizhou, and estimating that in this way, we will inevitably find where the main team of the Ming army is.

Five Niulus were scattered out, Shuotuo and Jirgalang began to wait, and the Ming army was nearby. They rushed for two days and the horses needed rest.

Once they discover the main position of the Ming army, they can wait for an opportunity to assault and give the Ming army a thunder attack.

Whether it is Shuotuo or Jiergalang, they are very careful. Whether it is the nine-year defeat in the pass or the Zhenjiang defeat, they are all suffering from the cannon.

The sharpness of the Ming army's cannons was beyond their imagination. Because they did not understand the Ming army's cannon, Abatai, Haoge, and Daishan were all killed by the bombing.

Ajige escaped under the artillery of the Ming army, but his life was not good, so he was captured alive. Duoduo also escaped under the artillery of the Ming army, but now he becomes the emperor. The high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong have forgotten Huang Taiji at this moment.

So now Shuotuo and Jirgalang have decided to hide far away when fighting against the Ming army, because no matter how powerful the Ming army cannons are, they will not be able to kill all their troops, but they may be able to kill them.

Shortly after the five Niulu set off, the marching cavalry battalion soon received the news of the scouts in front of him. Lin Yi pointed out a thousand cavalry, then divided into two teams and rushed towards the approaching Qing army Niulu.

The two Qing army Niulu, who were heading towards the main force, advanced unimpededly to five miles away. At this time, they saw a 500-man cavalry rushing towards them with great momentum.

The Ming cavalry on the march seemed very neat, all of which were black plate armor, all of which were of heights, and all of which were like a sophisticated machine.

One of the Qing army Niulu, who was quite arrogant in fighting against the cavalry, also rushed forward. However, as soon as they rushed, the formation immediately became sparse.

A wave of arrows shot away, causing several Ming troops to fall off the horse. The Qing army's bows and arrows were not very effective for the cavalry battalion wearing plate armor.

At this time, the cavalry battalion in front also shot a row of cavalry guns, but the number was not large. The Qing army's Niulu only fell off the horse, and both sides were half a dozen.

"charge!"

The soldiers from the cavalry battalion drew their weapons one after another, maintained a dense arrow formation, and rushed forward towards the Qing army Niulu on the opposite side.

The two sides collided in an instant, and the Qing army, which was scattered in formation, broke through as soon as they rushed, and a hole was easily torn open by the cavalry battalion. The hole gradually expanded, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion themselves had an advantage in the overall number. The dense formation gave them absolute advantage in the local area, and their protection ability was stronger than that of the Qing army. The Qing army they swept over was like a layer of flesh being scraped off, and dozens of Qing soldiers fell down.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion who broke through the Qing army Niulu then turned their horses and quickly sorted out the formation, and then rushed towards the Qing army Niulu again.

The Qing army's Niulu was shocked. When he saw the soldiers rushing toward the cavalry battalion, he immediately slapped his horse and fled.

Another Qing army Niu Lu was so scared that he turned around and ran away on the spot when he saw the neat and exaggerated formation of the cavalry battalion. Although the Qing army was a hunting nation and was not good at cavalry combat, since the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty, the number of cavalry has been increasing and he has become more familiar with horse warfare. Naturally, he knows that formation is the key when cavalry confronts.

These two Niulu were chased by the cavalry battalion and rushed to ten miles away. The Cavalry battalion then began to return. The other Niulu was heading to Haizhou to investigate, so the Cavalry battalion ignored them and the main force continued to advance towards Anshan.

The First Battalion and the Artillery Battalion have huge baggage troops, with a number of 3,000 people. They are all carried by carriages, and there are a lot of supplies.

According to normal circumstances, it is no problem to use supplies for more than half a month, but 15,000 third-tier troops were recruited, and the food and supplies were only enough for seven days, but the time was still very abundant.

Even if there is a problem with food and grass, at most, it is impossible to kill the horses. The horses of the third-line cannon fodder troops are all inferior horses, and such inferior horses are not short of Shandong.

Kill the horse, the grain was solved, and the grass was saved.

Shuotuo and Jirgalang waited there for nearly an hour, but they were two Niulu who were defeated. This made Shuotuo a little angry. The horse whip blew on the face of the entire team of Niulu who had returned from defeat. "Baoman, you won the battle without even fighting. It really embarrasses me, the Qing Dynasty."

He sucked Niu Lu'er so hard that his face was covered in blood. Jiergalang then reached out and said, "Okay, Prince Su, now my Qing Dynasty has not yet recovered. The Ming cavalry is extremely elite, and there are more people. It is good to be able to bring all the people back."

"Hmph." Shuotuo snorted coldly at Niu Luezhen. After hearing the whip in his hand, he scolded Niu Luezhen, "Don't you retreat for me."

"Yes." Niu Lue really quickly stepped down.

"Prince Zheng thought, what should we do now?" Shuotuo asked Jirgalang at this time. He was not as good as Jirgalang in leading troops to fight.

"From the scout investigation, the Ming army is already advancing towards Anshan." Jirgalang said.

"But the scouts found nothing?" Shuotuo questioned, "How did Prince Zheng know that the Ming army was heading towards Anshan again?"

"Since the Ming cavalry appeared north of Haizhou, it means that their main force is nearby. Since they have come to the land thirty miles north of Haizhou, they naturally want to go to Anshan." Jiergalang said as he smiled, with a hint of contempt, but he looked down on this shotuo in his heart.

"What Prince Zheng said is reasonable, then we will go and stop them before we talk."

"Prince Su is going to do it!" Jirgalang didn't want to say anything more. Anyway, now facing the Ming army, it would be better to preserve its strength.

The 30,000 Qing troops, under the order of Shuotuo, went straight towards Anshan. Then they blocked the only way from Haizhou to Anshan, and began to move south again.

The scouts of the Shandong Army naturally could not compete with such large-scale Qing soldiers, and could only send the news back at all times. The main forces of the two sides finally met fifty miles away from Anshan at dusk on March 26th.

When the Qing army brigade of cavalry entered within six miles, they were bombarded. Liuli was exactly three thousand meters, and 15 1,000-kilogram 200mm caliber howitzers in half an artillery battalion fired fifteen-kilogram shells.

The 30,000 Qing cavalry were like a black line, and it was relatively dense. Although it was three thousand meters away, the artillery battalion did not need to aim at it at all, as long as the direction was right.

The 15-kilogram 200mm caliber grenade exploded in the marching Qing army. The power was absolutely extraordinary. All the Qing army within a radius of ten meters were shocked to death.

Many horses were frightened and jumped around, and the horses themselves were timid. How could these war horses that had not been trained in the targeted surnames be able to withstand such fright.

Both Shuotuo and Jirgalang were so scared that they were out of control. They immediately led their troops to retreat for two miles, but they did not dare to move forward again. The Shandong army, eight miles away, continued to advance, and even had no formation.

It is natural that there is no need to form a formation when it is so far away. They have to go to attack Anshan! It is so easy to be restrained by the Qing army. Isn’t that exactly what the Qing army means?

With the speed of the Shandong Army's array, it was enough time to go three miles away.

At this time, the sky was getting darker, and Zhao Yong and Lin Yi stopped the soldiers and camped on a small hill to rest.

Shuo dragged Jirgalang and did not go to attack the camp that night. The next day, the Shandong army on the western front had breakfast and continued to move forward.

Early in the morning, Shuotao sent a cavalry of 5,000 to harass the Ming army.

However, the five thousand cavalry had just entered a distance of 1,800 meters and were immediately bombarded by fierce artillery fire. It was the 300-kilogram 75mm howitzer of the Artillery Battalion, with a maximum range of 2,000 meters. The entire battalion was equipped with 220 gates, and half of the artillery battalion had 110 gates.
Chapter completed!