When Amur led more than a thousand Qing soldiers back to Qingzhou, Pang Gang also commanded more than 4,000 soldiers and horses under his command to follow his tail to the city of Dezhou Prefecture.

"Sir, Dezhou Prefecture has arrived!" Meng Qing, the staff officer of the army, pointed to the tall city wall in front, and said to Pang Gang with a hint of joy in his tone: "The Dezhou Prefecture is ahead, I hope it has not been captured by the Tartars yet!"

When Meng Qing first came to the Wanghai Fort in Lingshan Guard, Pang Gang only asked him to be a clique in charge of miscellaneous things, but later Pang Gang saw that he was quite insightful in military affairs. Therefore, before going to the expedition, he specifically asked him if he was willing to develop in the army. Unexpectedly, he was very happy to accept it. Because he was a scholar and had the fame of a scholar, he was also a rare talent in Lingshan Guard. Pang Gang promoted him as a staff officer and asked him to give advice along the way.

Before arriving in Dezhou, what Pang Gang and the generals were most worried about was that Dezhou Prefecture had been captured by the Qing army, so Pang Gang would fall into a passive position. After all, the 4,000 army had been gone for more than half of its food, and if there was no supply to the 4,000 army, you can imagine the situation.

Pang Gang smiled slightly: "Dezhou Prefecture is a big city after all. Although it is not as high as Jinan Prefecture, it is not easy for thousands of Tartars to conquer it. As long as the generals who defend the city are not fools, it will not be a problem to insist on last month."

"Who knows, things in this world are hard to say accurately. As for the city guards in Texas, what do you think!"

Pang Gang could hear Meng Qing's tone that he seemed to be very unaware of the officials of Dezhou Prefecture. Although he was a little surprised, he was not the kind of person who liked to ask questions. He smiled and stopped talking. He grabbed the horse under his crotch and accelerated his speed to run towards the vaguely visible Dezhou Prefecture.

On the afternoon of the second day of Chongzhen March, Dezhou Prefecture

At this time, there was a thick smoke rolling on the city wall, and there was a mess on the city wall. Many soldiers were busy carrying things on the city wall, while some civilians carried down the soldiers who were killed or injured to treat them. Today, the Tatars' attack was finally repelled, and everyone began to get busy. Those who should repair the city wall and those who should save people.

Dezhou magistrate Ji Ruxing was standing at the battlement at the top of the city and looking out at the Qing army camp about one mile away from the city. His anxious expression appeared directly on his chubby round face. His fat face, which was supposed to be red, was falling down. However, the expression on the Dezhou Prefecture guard Yi Jiang's face was exactly the opposite of Ji Ruxingji. He always looked like he was owed money and refused to pay it back. Looking at the Tartar soldiers who had just retreated from the city, his face was still expressionless, but there was a trace of unusual fluctuations flashing in his eyes.

Ji Ruxing took out a snow-white scarf and wiped the beads of sweat that kept gushing out of his face, and asked anxiously: "Yi Guardian, these Tartars have been attacking the city for three days, and we have fewer and fewer people. We are about to be unable to hold on. Our mansion probably will be in the fall of Dezhou Prefecture if the Tartars attack again tomorrow. Let's ask Jinan Prefecture to send more reinforcements?"

Yi Jiang said expressionlessly: "Mr. Ji, since you know that there is no Dezhou that can't last tomorrow, is it still time to send someone to Jinan Prefecture for help now?"

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Ji Ruxing was so choked by Yi Jiang's truth that he couldn't speak, and he couldn't help but say in anger: "That's better than waiting to die. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the hundreds of thousands of people in Texas!"

Seeing that Ji Ruxing was choking, Yi Jiang's originally stern face relaxed a little, and sighed and said, "Sir, those Tartars could not conquer Dezhou Prefecture. They were here to be bait in our Dezhou Prefecture."

"Bail?" Ji Ruxing asked in surprise: "What does Yi Shoujian mean?"

Yi Jiang patiently explained: "Didn't you notice it? Whenever the Tatars were about to break through our city walls for these three times, they always had to ease the attack speed so that we had time to block the loopholes. Moreover, their attacks these days were mainly those Mongols, and the main troops of the Tatars had almost never been dispatched. What does this mean? This shows that the Tatars did not use any force to deal with us?"

"Ah, the Tatars have not yet exerted their strength?" Ji Ruxing was a little stunned. "Why do I feel like I'm spending these days? Is such a fierce attack just a feint of the Tatars?"

Yi Jiang continued to say with a stern face: "Although the officials are unwilling to admit it, I'm afraid this is the fact."

"What should I do?" Ji Ruxing stood aside and murmured to himself: "Is Tatars waiting for someone?"

"If it is not as expected, the Tatars are waiting for reinforcements from all over Shandong to arrive. Fortunately, they will annihilate our Shandong reinforcements in one fell swoop in the field, and then take the opportunity to invade Shandong's hinterland and plunder."

As soon as Yi Jiangwu finished speaking, the scream of his accompanying sergeant came from beside him, "Sir, look, the reinforcements of the Tatars are here!"

"What, the Tatars have reinforcements!"

Ji Ruxing, who was shocked, quickly poked his head out of the chassis, staring at him as if he looked from a distance. In the southwest, a group of more than a thousand Qing soldiers were quickly moving towards the Qing army camp outside the city. Behind them was still smoke and dust, as if there were still large troops following him.

Seeing this scene, Ji Ruxing immediately felt as if the sky was about to fall. He collapsed to the ground and said with a look of earth: "It's over, the reinforcements of the Tatars are here, and our Dezhou Prefecture is over!"

Yi Jiang also looked at Chen Yan in the distance with a calm face and said nothing. His originally dark and thin face was so heavy that it was about to drip out of ink.

The smoke and dust were getting bigger and bigger, and the troops were getting closer and closer to the city of Dezhou. Looking at the approaching team, both the soldiers guarding the city and the young and strong hearts sank into the bottom of the valley. Slowly, a big flag appeared far away in everyone's eyes.

"Sir, sir, it's our reinforcements, and our reinforcements have also arrived!"

Just as the soldiers and civilians were in despair, a sharp-eyed soldier pointed to the front and shouted, and the loud voice was heard by everyone on the nearby city wall.

"What, reinforcements! How is this possible? Didn't you see the Tartar soldiers just returned? If there were reinforcements, would those Tartars be blind, would they not see it?" A Ming army officer thought that the soldier was dazzled, and scolded the soldier loudly, and even gave him a thunderous look.

The soldier lowered his head a little aggrievedly: "Sir, the villain is really good at seeing it. Although the villain is illiterate, the villain with the word "Ming" has been watching it on the top of the city for three or four years, and he will never misread it."

"Yeah!" After the soldier said this, Yi Jiang and Ji Ruxing continued to stare at the front with wide eyes. After a while, several soldiers also screamed: "Sir, this kid is right. It's really our Ming reinforcements. You see, those people are wearing our Ming armor, and those who are in front of us are the Ming banner?"

"Yes, it's really a reinforcement from our Ming Dynasty! We're saved!" Ji Ruxing also saw that the fat prefect jumped up on the city as if he had escaped from the gravity of the earth.

But Yi Jiang, who was standing beside him, frowned and murmured in confusion: "Behind the Ming Dynasty flag is the "Pang" flag. Look at the dust and smoke rising all the way, there are at least thousands of people. Are there any commander or general or guerrilla in Shandong? Is it because the Tatars were using tricks to open the city gate?"

Thinking of this, Yi Jiang shook his head again. It was easy for the Tatars to capture Dezhou Prefecture, which is now less than 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers. Why use any tricks in one move? But when did such an army be added in Shandong really make Yi Jiang unable to understand. Now, aren’t the troops with a little combat power in Shandong heading to the capital to serve the king?

Just when Yi Jiang was surprised, the army slowly appeared in front of everyone! Everyone could see clearly on the city wall. Although this Ming army was in a clear stand, in line, with a strong army posture and awesome momentum.

There were dozens of cavalrymen around the team to warn them from time to time. The leaders were led by bird gun soldiers and sword shield soldiers. The soldiers were all red armor lined with mandarin duck war jackets, spears like clouds, and bird guns like rain. They looked really majestic. All the soldiers marched in a very consistent manner while walking, and they raised smoke and dust, slowly heading towards Dezhou Prefecture and Baoanzhou.

"Hiss where did reinforcements come from? I have never seen such a strong army in more than 20 years!"

The layman watched the excitement and the expert looked at the tricks. In the eyes of Ji Ruxing and others, the army outside was just walking neatly and beautifully, but in the eyes of Yi Jiang, the old army, the taste was completely different.

The army that followed the tail of the Tatar team from the southwest was Pang Gang and other Lingshan Guards. They followed Amur's team's tail and continued to pursue, forcing Amur to abandon most of the stolen food, property, and other items. They rushed forward with a lightweight rush. After rushing, they finally arrived at Dezhou Prefecture before dark.

At this time, Da Zhuang came to report: "Sir, the Tatars will set up camp one mile outside the south gate of Dezhou. Do we want to enter the city from another gate?"

There was no cold light in Pang Gang's eyes, "Just, this is my place in the Ming Dynasty. Do we have to look at the face of the Tatars when we enter the Ming Dynasty? Let's enter the city from the south gate today, and we must not let the Tatars look down upon it!"

"Yes, enter the city from the south gate immediately!"

After receiving the order, Dazhuang immediately clasped his fists.

Looking at Dazhuang's leaving figure, Meng Qing asked with some concern: "Sir, aren't you afraid that the Tartars will attack us halfway?"

Pang Gang shook his head and said meaningfully: "I am afraid that the Tartars will not come to attack us!"
Chapter completed!