The next morning, the Andong army set out. Gao Qiqian and the others looked unquestionable about Andong's departure, and at the same time they were very disdainful of Lin Dong's arrogance.

If the Qing army was so easy to fight, would you allow An Dong army to make contributions? Will Gao Qiqian defeat them directly and make great contributions?

Since you, An Dongjun, like to die, then you can go there. I, Gao Qiqian, will not be with you.

Lin Dong naturally didn't know about Gao Qiqian's thoughts. At this time, he was leading the Andong army all the way south. It was not very far from Shunde Prefecture to Jinan Prefecture. The difficulty was that the weather was too bad during this period, and it was delayed by Gao Qiqian for so long. It was a matter of fact that the time for the Qing army to attack Jinan was about to come soon, and I don't know if I could catch up.

According to Lin Dong's memory, Jinan City was destroyed in the first month of the 12th year of Chongzhen, and now it is mid-December of December of the 11th year of Chongzhen. In other words, there is not much time left for An Dongjun.

In order not to get lost last time, Lin Dong took the lead in sending all the spies out.

There was a small episode when Lin Dong was sending out a horse, that was, Lin Dong had not written to Chang Yao for so long. Chang Yao had a lot of opinions about him. Because he had no chance to meet alone, he was angry, but he had no chance to vent.

This time Lin Dong came, and was caught by Chang Yao directly. After a while, Lin Dong was furious.

In the end, Lin Dong had no choice but to tell the story of asking Liu Ge Laogu to protect the media, which made Chang Yao stop the attack.

Seeing that Chang Yao finally didn't make trouble again, Lin Dong relieved his heart and immediately said his purpose.

When she heard that she wanted to send a siege out, Chang Yao agreed without thinking. Now she has promoted the position of Qianhu, and her siege under her has a large scale, with a team of as many as twenty.

The most important thing is that the horses she explored were selected from the cavalry layer by layer, and they could be said to be the elite among the elite cavalry. Therefore, when the cavalry saw the horse exploration team, they all showed a look of yearning.

You should know that not everyone can be a detective. They are equivalent to the current reconnaissance team and must have professional qualities.

At the same time, their treatment is not comparable to ordinary cavalry. Not only does the horses explored are good, but they also pay more. What is most enviable is that the war horses they sit on are the best in the army. Each of them is carefully selected. Not only is the tutorial fast, but it is also strong and tall, and it is majestic when sitting on it.

Under Lin Dong's order, all the explorers were dispatched and spread the warning circle for nearly a hundred miles at once. It can be said that Lin Dong knew the situation within this hundred miles.

On December 23, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Jinan City was filled with peace on this day, with lights and colorful decorations everywhere, as if it was not affected by the war in the north at all.

There are high-ranking officials who visit relatives and friends everywhere on the streets, and there are also some people who purchase New Year’s goods. Some of them ride tall horses, some of them ride on horseback, and some of them can only carry their hands to buy New Year’s goods at their own homes. Everyone is filled with a joyous scene.

Just at noon, a muffled thunder suddenly came outside Jinan City, and then the earth began to tremble.

The experienced soldiers' faces suddenly changed because they found that there was no sound of thunder? It was simply the sound of tens of thousands of war horses running.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" The soldiers guarding the city were shocked and retreated back to the city, closing the city gate tightly.

As the shout of enemy attack came, the entire Jinan city suddenly became excited.

The streets were even more chaotic, and countless people began to run on the street, shouting words like "The Tartars are here, the Tartars are here, run away quickly."

From this day on, the Battle of Jinan officially broke out, and the soldiers in the city were panicked.

The reason is nothing special, because under the erroneous estimate of Yang Sichang and others, the Jinan Governor Yan Jizu was transferred to the Dezhou area. Jinan City can be said to be empty, and there were no other combat soldiers except the seven hundred soldiers and the five hundred townsmen who were guarding the city.

When the Qing army arrived, there was panic everywhere in Jinan City. Now there were no soldiers available in Jinan except these soldiers. The most helpless thing is that even the generals of the soldiers were taken away from Jinan by the governor of Jinan Yan Jizu. Today, there is no one in Jinan City with experience in leading troops except for a group of civil servants and officials such as De Wang.

The news reached the ears of the Jinan prefect Gou Haoshan. When he heard that the Qing army was invading, the prefect was shocked. According to the news he had obtained before, the Ming army had already arranged defenses in the place where the Qing army had to pass south, and it was impossible for them to come so quickly.

Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that when the Qing army learned that Yang Sichang had arranged a large number of Ming troops in the Dezhou area, they did not intend to attack, but bypassed the Dezhou defense line and crossed the canal from Dongchang, Linqing and others. One team detoured by Gaotang, and the other team headed straight to Jining and then met in Jinan.

After the initial shock, the prefect Gou quickly calmed down. After a brief thought, he ordered the guards to invite the officials in the city to come.

These people include the Shandong Inspector Censor Song Xuezhu, Shandong Left Governor Zhang Bingwen, Jinan Prefect Gou Haoshan, and Licheng Prefect Han Chengxuan and other civil servants stationed in the city.

Soon the news reached the De Prince's Mansion, and the palace was even more shocked. These princes who were used to being rich in clothing and food had never experienced such a thing, and they were suddenly panicked.

King Zhu Youshu immediately summoned the members of the royal palace to discuss how to deal with the Qing army's siege.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, vassal kings and royal families were strictly prohibited from participating in military and political affairs. In other words, although the Dewang family "according to the law" to obtain wealth from the fief, they did not have the responsibility to defend the fief.

Therefore, the members of the Dewang family quickly divided into two camps. One of them believed that according to the rules of the court, although the Dewang family was in danger, they could not break the rules of their ancestors and should wait and see, while the members of the other camp believed that once the city was broken, the Dewang family would also face a catastrophe. At this time, there should be no rules to be discussed, but should fight against the enemy and defend the territory first, and should overcome the crisis with the people of Jinan.

Soon, a fierce quarrel broke out, and in the end no one could convince anyone. So several children of the royal family, led by Zhu Changshi, the Fengguo General of the Tai'an Prince, Zhu Changbian, the Fengguo General of the Tai'an Prince, Zhu Changxi, the fourth general of the Fengguo General of the Linqu Prince, and Zhu Changyan, the Fengguo General of the Linqu Prince, went out of the royal family and joined the battle to defend the city.
Chapter completed!