More than two hours ago, while the Huai and Qing dynasties were fighting desperately in Jinan City, a Huai cavalry of about 100 people attacked a Qing army ration team transporting grain from Pingyuan County to Yucheng.

The escort of the grain transport team was more than 500 green camp models of Shandong Governor Fang Dayou, and there was also a fifty-manchu cavalry.

Although the Huai Army no longer attacked the Qing army's grain transport team in the past half month, the Qing army never dared to take it lightly. Each grain transport team was guarded by Manchurian cavalry to ensure the safety of the food route.

After the Huai Army attacked, the fifty-man Manchu cavalry immediately launched a counterattack. Although the number was less than half of the opponent, they successfully drove the Huai Army cavalry away and shot more than 20 people.

However, seven or eight Manchu soldiers were also shot by the Huai Army. Except for three who died on the spot, the rest were not critical injuries. After pulling out the arrows and bandaging them, the Manchu cavalry led the Green Camp soldiers to Jinan with their grain trucks.

Two days later, the Manchu soldiers injured by arrows suddenly felt dizzy, and one of them even had a high fever.

This incident did not attract the attention of the Manchu generals and schools because they were facing a greater crisis.

The loss of the No. 10 siege was too great, regardless of armor, the real Manchu and Han army suffered nearly 2,000 people. Together with the previous losses, one-third of the main force of the southern expedition was reduced to Jinan City.

This made the Qing army unable to organize the attack again, and the Huai bandits in the city were unable to go out of the city to fight back.

Both sides were silent at the same time.

The Qing army now either continues to siege, asks Beijing for reinforcements, or retreats from Shandong.

No matter which one you choose, Yu Kong Youde and the others, the Manchu generals and the schoolmen of Yu Zhenglan Banner may not care, but they are destined to be suffering from the commander of Haoge, the army.

The prerequisite for continuing to siege is to have a steady stream of food and grass, but there are already problems with food and grass. No matter how much Hong Chengchou and Shandong Governor Fang Dayou shave three feet of the ground, they can only ensure that the army needs in Jinan City next month.

After one month, the army could not take down Jinan City, so the army could only retreat.

Once the troops retreated, this Prince Su knew what the outcome would be.

In order not to be imprisoned by Dorgon, Haoge could only ask Hong Chengchou and Fang Dayou to send Green Camp troops to Jinan as much as possible. He was unwilling and dared not ask Beijing for help.

On September 17th, something unexpected happened.

The Huai thieves in Jinan City actually sent people out of the city to express their ability to restart negotiations with the Qing army.

Prince, Zhenman, was a magistrate, but he did not shave his hair, and he had tens of millions of taels of silver. The whole province of Shandong and Henan returned to the Huai Army.

The conditions proposed by the Huai Pirates are much more demanding than before

In Yangwu County, northwest of Kaifeng, Henan, the Qing army in the city has been frightened by the Huai thieves besieged in the past few days. Some officers believe that Yang is unaware of the fact that if Zu Kefa, the right governor in the city, insisted on defending the death, he would have escaped long ago.

Zu Kefa was the adopted son of Zu Dashou, a general of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. When Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty established the Eight Banners of the Han Army, Zu Kefa was awarded the title of Meile Ezhen, the chief Huangqi of the Han Army, and was granted the title of First Class Yunqiwei.

In April, Zu Kefa followed the Qing army into the pass and led his troops to defeat the Shun Army twice in the capital. When Hong Chengchou was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Southern Governor-General, he proposed that Zu Kefa be the General of Weihui in Henan and Jin Yuhe be the General of Huaiqing.

With the help of Ye Chen's troops who went to Shanxi to detour in Henan, Zu Kefa and Jin Yuhe plundered many prefectures and counties in Henan, and at the same time surrendered many local bandits and local Ming army remnants. There were about 9,000 green camp soldiers there, and Zu Kefa also had more than 7,000.

Zu Kefa, who was proud of his youth, heard that Kaifeng was very empty, and there were no Shun Army or Ming Army. There were some local gangs. After asking Hong Chengchou, the Grand Secretary of the Punishment, he brought his 5,000 troops across the Yellow River and prepared to take Kaifeng, an important Henan town.

Don’t look at Kaifeng being destroyed because it was flooded by floods, but its geographical location is very important.

After taking Kaifeng, you can plunder Guide Prefecture. In this way, you can collect Caozhou, Shandong and Xuzhou in southern Zhili to the east. You can rush to the south to Huaixi, and you can capture Runan and Nanyang prefectures.

However, Zu Kefa never expected that he would lose Jingzhou outside Kaifeng City and be beaten by a local thief to abandon his armor.

This local thief was ordered to enter the fifth town of the Huai Army that was ordered to enter Kaifeng.

After the horse explorer learned that a Qing army had crossed the Yellow River and came towards Kaifeng, the town general Zhang Guozhu knew that the Qing army must have wanted to seize Kaifeng, so he mobilized the troops of the fifth town to prepare to annihilate the Qing army.

Zhang Guozhu deserves to be a general who was valued and highly anticipated by the Huai Army Governor Lu Si. He first sent Huang Zhongse, who surrendered to Huai, to lead 1,000 troops from the headquarters and 3,000 Turkish bandits recruited from the surrender to fight the Qing army. After a moment of battle, Huang Zhongse pretended to be defeated and led the troops from the headquarters to retreat. The Turkish bandits immediately fled everywhere when they saw it, as if they were really defeated.

Zu Kefa did not know that this was a plan, so he led his army to chase him. As a result, he was ambushed in advance by Yu Shaoxun's brigade, Xie Jinsheng's brigade, Zhang Shiyi, Gao Jinzhong and other troops who were fully covered and killed.

Except for 400 of the green camp soldiers under Zu Kefa, he brought them from the Han army's Zhenghuang Banner, the others were all mobs recruited and recruited. They could not withstand the full attack of the fifth town. After only a moment of perseverance, they collapsed on the whole line.

In the end, Zu Kefa only brought more than 300 personal soldiers to escape in a panic, and the remaining Green Camp soldiers were either killed or surrendered, or scattered.

Zu Kefa, who was like a frightened bird, was so scared that he didn't dare to stay on the south bank of the Yellow River. He fled to the north bank overnight, and then fled into Yangwu County in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, the fifth town of the Huai Army, who defeated Zu Kefa, sent troops to collect ferries across the Yellow River and surrounded Yangwu County.

Zu Kefa, who had less than a thousand defenders in the city, dared not break through, so he had to send dead soldiers to break out of the Huai Army's encirclement to seek help from Hong Chengchou, the Grand Secretary of the Governor of the South and General Huaiqing Jin Yuhe.

Hong Chengchou was overwhelmed by Haoge's failure to conquer the city in Jinan, and he had no troops to support Zu Kefa.

Jin Yuhe was righteous. After receiving Zu Kefa's request for help, he immediately discussed with Henan Governor Luo Xiujin and sent deputy general Su Yangyuan to lead 3,000 troops to rescue Zu Kefa.

It was mid-September.

However, Su Yangyuan's troops received Jin Yu and military orders while they were still halfway, and immediately returned to Huaiqing. The reason was that the Qing army discovered a large number of main forces of the Shun Army in the direction of Nanyang. According to the investigation, the Shun Army was led by Bai Wang, the general of the Shun Army, who came from Jingxiang, and there were about 20,000 to 30,000.

On a river beach in Shanghe County, more than 160 miles northeast of Jinan, Lu Si, wearing a straw raincoat, sat by the river, with a fishing rod in his hand. There was a bamboo basket under his feet and a few grass carp in the basket.

"Governor, Haoge's strength has been greatly damaged. What else can he talk to? Just fight him directly. The last general is willing to be the pioneer, and he can't return to Beijing by protecting him!"

Zhao Zhongyi, who was beaten up by Kong Youde's general Wei Guoan in Tiangezhuang, wanted to take revenge, so he heard that the governor had asked someone to contact the Qing army to continue negotiations. He was really angry and anxious.

"No hurry, wait a little longer."

Lu Si gathered his mind to watch Yu Piao.

"What are you waiting for?" Zhao Zhongyi was puzzled.

"Wait for the rain."
Chapter completed!