Chen Yue did not stay longer in Jiaozhou, leaving Gu Junen to temporarily take charge of the situation in Jiaozhou and command the troops behind him, while he himself went straight north with the recovered 20,000 troops.
It was also a light march, and it was also a rapid march.
The difference was that this time they carried armor and some artillery.
After all, they were marching in enemy-occupied areas, and battles could occur at any time.
As for more baggage and red cannons, they were slowly pursued by the following troops.
Two days later, the army arrived at Pingdu Prefecture.
There were only more than a thousand green battalions guarding Pingdu.
They panicked when they saw the overwhelming Ming army approaching.
When they heard that Qi King Chen Yue was personally leading the troops, the Green Camp garrison guarding Pingdu Prefecture immediately broke away from the city and surrendered.
Chen Yue summoned the Green Camp garrison named Li Gouzi outside the city.
After questioning, he learned that he was an old subordinate of Tang Tong.
He had also chased the Eight Banners soldiers who retreated outside the pass with Chen Yue's Xishan Army.
Since he was an "acquaintance", Chen Yue was not polite.
He directly recruited his army and gave him a letter asking him to find Tang Tong and ask Tang Tong to surrender quickly.
"Tell Tang Tong that because of our old friendship, I will give him a way to survive.
After I arrive in Laizhou, if he binds his hands and surrenders in my camp, I will intercede for him in the court and forgive him for his repeated rebellions.
Leave him a place in the court, otherwise, when the army arrives, they will all be defeated.
He knows my temper and the urgency of the situation.
I don't have time to argue with him.
If he doesn't surrender when I get to Dengzhou, then don't surrender," Chen Yue said domineeringly.
Pingdu Prefecture was captured without bloodshed, leaving hundreds of officers and soldiers to guard it.
The army continued to march towards Ye County, the capital of Laizhou.
Jin Xin led 3,000 troops as the vanguard.
He was the first to arrive at Ye County two days later and immediately approached the city of Ye County for provocation.
Guarding Ye County was one of Bai Guangen's generals, and there were more than 20,000 troops in Ye County.
Bai Guangen was originally born as a bandit, and later surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became the commander-in-chief of the army.
His closest generals were also born as bandits.
Seeing that a Ming army of more than 3,000 people dared to provoke, this general was furious. , immediately sent his troops out of the city to attack the Ming army.
Then he saw the powerful force of the Ming army.
When the two sides were one mile apart, they were attacked by a round of artillery.
Dozens of soldiers fell down.
Not to be outdone, the Green Camp soldiers marched and fired firecrackers and arrows at the Ming army.
Half a mile away, hundreds of Ming army squatting cannons fired at the same time.
The dense projectiles were like a rain curtain half covering the attacking Green Camp soldiers.
Hundreds of Green Camp soldiers fell immediately, and the formation was suddenly in chaos.
"Rush over and kill them all," the general shouted.
He knew that as long as his side continued to attack, the Ming army's artillery would not have time to reload.
Following their orders, more than a thousand soldiers rushed out first, followed by the rest of the army, rushing towards the thin front line of the Ming army.
"Bang bang bang" countless firecrackers sounded, and from time to time some of the running Green Camp soldiers fell to the ground.
This general did not care.
These are necessary sacrifices during the attack.
As long as both sides are in close combat, with several times their own strength The force is enough to overwhelm the opponent Getting closer, getting closer, you can already see the Ming army's gunners retreating behind, and several rows of spearmen holding long spears flashed out.
Can this meager formation of pikemen hope to block my attack?
The general sneered.
Looking at the green soldiers of the Qing army swarming in, Jin Xin frowned slightly.
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He really wanted to step forward with his gun and kill them happily.
But it won’t work.
It would be fun to do so, but our side would also suffer more casualties.
Moreover, why bother to fight when you can easily defeat the enemy?
Jin Xin sighed and ordered: "Drop the bomb."
Following Jin Xin's words, the gunmen lit the fuse of the grenade, waited for a few breaths, and then threw it towards the Qing troop formation less than ten steps away.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom", at this moment, it was as if countless thunders fell from the sky and fell on the ranks of the Qing army, followed by lightning and thunder, violent sounds one after another, countless firelights flashed, and gunpowder smoke rose. , shrouded the entire Qing army.
A huge shock wave swept across the queue, and countless soldiers were staggered by the impact.
A grenade exploded into more than ten pieces of shrapnel, which was enough to wipe out the soldiers within a few steps.
Hundreds of grenades fell into the Qing army.
In the column, people screamed and fell to the ground at every moment.
The dense attack formation made many people unable to dodge or dodge.
The general was so shocked when he saw this tragic scene that he didn't expect that the Ming army had such a powerful weapon.
Even before we got close to each other, thousands of people were killed by the mass murder weapon.
The formation of the Green Camp soldiers was blown to pieces.
How could we fight this battle?
"Stop" Jin Xin waved his hand, and the orderlies around him immediately waved the flags representing the generals back and forth, so the firecrackers who were throwing grenades stopped throwing, and the explosions also stopped.
Looking up at the Qing army array, I saw the fallen flags, the soldiers lying on the ground in a mess and howling in agony, the blood-stained ground, and the shocked and frightened expressions of the Green Camp soldiers.
In fact, the explosion only lasted for a short moment, but it caused thousands of casualties to the Green Camp soldiers.
The Green Camp soldiers were completely stunned by the explosion and did not know how to react.
Jin Xin raised a smile and said, "Kill them and annihilate them all."
Don't you want to rely on the large number of people?
Now I will grant your wishes.
The Ming soldiers who had been eager to "kill" rushed towards the Qing army a few steps away with swords and guns.
The gunmen also dropped their guns and followed behind with their short knives drawn from their waists.
There was a "boom", and before the Ming army could reach them, the green battalion soldiers at the front who were lucky enough not to die in the explosion dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away.
The Ming army is all devils, they can thunder easily.
How dare these green soldiers dare to fight against them?
"Don't run, our numbers are much greater than theirs."
The general remained "awake", knowing that despite the explosion, his number was still several times that of the Ming army.
But how can the outcome of a battle be determined by the number of people?
When an army loses all morale, no matter how many people there are, it is just a group of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
But now, the Green Camp soldiers were like pigs and sheep, being killed by the Ming army who were far smaller than their own, and they were being killed all over the ground.
No one paid any attention to this angry general.
The general howled for a while, then a Ming soldier rushed in front of him, raised his hand and stabbed his throat with a spear, and the howling suddenly stopped.
"What nonsense!"
the Ming soldier spat on the ground, drew his gun and joined the pursuit.
Countless Green Camp soldiers fled, threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
Jin Xin commanded the army to pursue them and took advantage of the situation to invade Ye County, the capital of Laizhou.
When Chen Yue arrived with his troops, he saw the Ming Dynasty's military flag flying above the city of Ye County, and Jin Xin, covered in blood, greeted him outside the city gate with a smile
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