The news that the Qing army was approaching the city quickly spread throughout Jinan City!
It was like thunder exploding from the ground. Although these people lived in poverty on weekdays, they could still barely make ends meet. They prayed to God and Buddha all day long, just begging God to give them a little stable life, but no one could have imagined that things would go against their wishes.
God still played a big joke on them!
At this time, Jinan City was already in chaos!
Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, went to guard Dezhou, and Shandong's commander-in-chief Ni Chong and deputy commander-in-chief Chen Guowei also brought all their elite troops to Dezhou City. In the huge Jinan City, there is no one in charge!
Within the Shandong governor's office, petty officials were constantly coming and going, reporting the latest enemy situation in a timely manner, including the patrol censor Song Xuezhu, the Shandong water transport envoy Cao Xiong, the Jinan guard commander Jiang Jin, the Jinan prefect Gou Haoshan, etc., dozens of
Senior officials gathered together to discuss countermeasures!
"My lords, the Qing army is coming with a fierce force, and Jinan City has no troops to fight at the moment. Should we, should we, take a step back first?" Cao Xiong, the water transport envoy, was already in disarray, trembling.
The words are a bit awkward to say.
Ever since Mr. Fang was dragged into the Tian family's "trap" by Liu Ruyi, Cao Xiong has restrained himself for a while. During these days, he has been relying on connections and looking for connections, hoping to be transferred to the very wealthy Jiangnan, but when he spent
With great effort, he spent almost half of his family property, and finally found a way out, but he encountered these blind Qing soldiers causing trouble. This~, how could he feel so embarrassed?
"Master Cao, what do you mean by this? Eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries! Do you want to be a deserter?" Song Xuezhu, the censor of the patrol, stood up immediately and shouted loudly!
Song Xue Zhuben was a censor, and he had an upright character. He was famous throughout Shandong. His voice scared Cao Xiong to the ground!
"Yu Shi of the Song Dynasty, I have no intention of doing this! It's just that the Qing army is so powerful right now, we, we are afraid that it will be unsustainable! I just want to find a way out for my colleagues.
! "After all, Cao Xiong was born as a Jinshi and had been an official for many years. With just a few words, he pulled everyone down!
Jiang Jin, the commander of the Jinan Guard on the side, also stepped forward to plead for mercy: "Master Yushi, what Master Cao said is completely true. The Qing army is powerful. If we resist forcefully, it will be like throwing an egg against a stone and seeking death! I follow.
Officially, we, we should stick to the city gate and seek reinforcements from the court as soon as possible!"
Normally, with Jiang Jin's status, he would not be qualified to stand here, but now that the situation is urgent and Jiang Jin is a martial artist, he now has this opportunity!
Cao Xiong glanced at Jiang Jin gratefully, but Jiang Jin quickly winked at him and signaled him to stop talking, so as not to offend Song Xuezhu's temper!
Gou Haoshan, the magistrate of Jinan on the side, also stepped forward and said: "Sir, this is the situation now. We still value peace and concentrate on dealing with foreign enemies!"
Song Xuezhu's eyes swept over everyone in the venue one by one, but his heart couldn't help but feel a little sad!
Reinforcements? At this time, where else can we look for reinforcements? All the elites of the Ming Dynasty have gathered near the capital. As long as they are not crazy, will they abandon the capital and come to rescue this small city of Jinan?
Right now, the only one we can count on is Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong who is in Dezhou!
Thinking of this, Song Xuezhu took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, soothed his expression, and said as calmly as possible: "Everyone, we have been deeply favored by the Holy One. In the current crisis, we should stand up and stand up.
Come out, for the sake of the Holy One, and to share the worries of the imperial court! Although the Dongnu are powerful, they are not good at attacking the city. As long as we work together, have money and strength, we will try our best to protect the city. When the imperial army arrives, we will surely
Wipe these Dong slaves to ashes!"
"Your Majesty the Censor is right! We are willing to obey your Majesty the Censor's orders!" Everyone agreed.
The sky is falling, and someone tall is holding it up! Since someone is willing to stand out in front of others, why wouldn't everyone do it? What's more, Song Xuezhu's rank is considered to be the tallest among this group of people, plus he usually
It is quite prestigious here, and it can shake up the scene for a while!
After finally calming down and reaching a consensus, Song Xuezhu hurriedly called everyone and prepared to assign tasks and go to defend the city!
But at this time, a small official hurried in and said, "My lords, there seems to be a conflict at the North Gate. Nancheng guerrilla Liu Ruyi, he, he led his troops there. There are enough, there are enough
There are more than a thousand people!”
"What? Say it again?" Song Xue Zhu Daxi grabbed the clerk's lapel and asked loudly. He didn't hear anything else clearly, but he listened carefully to the more than a thousand soldiers.
!
Right now, there is nothing lacking in the city of Jinan. The only thing lacking is soldiers who can fight!
The clerk quickly repeated it again, and this time, everyone could hear it clearly!
Jinan Guard Commander Jiang Jin couldn't help but cursed: "This bastard, what on earth does he want to do?"
Cao Xiong was even more frightened. He had developed an instinctive fear towards Liu Ruyi, and said tremblingly: "Then, then Liu Ruyi, he, he doesn't want to rebel, right?"
When Song Xue Zhu heard this, his expression changed, his brows furrowed, and he waved his hand and said, "Let's go and take a look first!"
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At this time, Liu Ruyi led 300 veteran troops and 800 new troops, and had completely controlled the situation at the North City Gate!
In fact, as early as a few months ago, Liu Ruyi had placed manpower in the other three gates of Jinan City. As long as there was the slightest movement, the news would reach Liu Ruyi's ears immediately!
For this time, Liu Ruyi had been preparing for two years, risking all his wealth and life. How could he allow this to go wrong?
Under the city, Duduo's vanguard army only had 3,000 people. They rushed in overnight and had no effective siege weapons. They just killed all the unlucky people under the city and set up camp on the spot. Anyway, according to the Ming Army's instructions
How could they dare to fight against their Eight Banners elites despite their lack of strength?
"Liu Ruyi, are you crazy? Quick, let me go! Let me go! If you want to rebel, you will be implicated in the nine tribes!" At the city gate, Liu Jianwu was tied up like a rice dumpling. He could not move and had to pull.
He raised his voice and yelled at Liu Ruyi!
Liu Ruyi didn't even look at him, and whispered to his soldiers to quickly occupy the key points on both sides of the north gate wall and secure the main defensive position!
Among the four gates of Jinan, the south gate is backed by a mountain and has rugged terrain. The east gate is close to the river and is not suitable for the Qing army. Only the north gate and west gate with open terrain are the top priority in defense!
"Liu Ruyi, you lunatic! You want to die, but I don't want to die yet? Let me go! Let me go!" Liu Jianwu struggled desperately and shouted loudly, no longer as calm as usual!
Liu Ruyi walked up to Liu Jianwu, stretched out her hand to help him up, pointed at the dense Qing army not far from the city and said: "Brother, do you think you can defend this city with your own ability?"
Liu Jianwu was startled and became furious instantly, "Arrogant, arrogant~~~! Liu Ruyi, you lunatic! I will kill you with my own hands! I can't let you lead my Liu family into a place of eternal destruction!"
Also kidnapped at the same time were two of Liu Jianwu's close aides, Baihu. Seeing this, they also yelled at Liu Ruyi: "Hurry up and let Master Liu go! Little kid, do you know how to fight? Hurry up!
Make room for the elders!"
"Haha~!" Liu Ruyi couldn't help laughing, but she felt a little desolate in her heart. If these people knew how to fight? Then under the city gate, would these innocent people die miserably here? The soldiers under these people would even kill themselves.
Can’t the soldiers under my command withstand a single blow?
Expecting these people to defend the city? How is that any different from committing suicide?
Liu Ruyi didn't drink Sanlu, so naturally she wouldn't be so stupid!
"Do you really want to defend the city?" Liu Ruyi walked up to the two hundred households and asked with a smile.
"You, you, what do you want to do?" The two hundred households clearly felt the chill in Liu Ruyi's tone, and hurriedly broke away and retreated!
"Haha, since you want it, then I will make it happen! Someone, throw these two fat thieves into the city!" Liu Ruyi said sternly.
Xiao Liuer had long been unhappy with these people, so he picked up one of them, lifted him up in the air like a chicken, and threw him fiercely towards the city gate!
"Ah~~~!" With a scream and a 'plop', there was no more movement from those hundreds of households!
Seeing Xiao Liuer's majestic body walking towards him again, another hundred households were so frightened that they peed their pants and begged loudly to Liu Jianwu on the side: "Master Liu, help me, help me!"
But how could Xiao Liuer pay attention to him? He picked up his body and threw him under the city wall with a "swish"!
"Liu Ruyi, you lunatic! What on earth do you want to do?" Seeing Liu Ruyi being so disrespectful to himself, Liu Jianwu completely went berserk and shouted like crazy!
"Young master, it seems that the eldest master also wants to go down and fight the Qing army!" Xiao Liu'er walked up to Liu Jianwu and said with a smile.
Liu Ruyi shook her head gently. No matter what happened to Liu Jianwu, he was still his brother. The matter of 'brother killing' has not reached this level yet!
"Press him down and take good care of him!" Liu Ruyi waved his hand to the soldiers around him!
"Yes!" The two soldiers quickly helped Liu Jianwu up and walked towards the city!
"Wait a minute!" Liu Ruyi turned around and shouted, "Don't abuse him, don't eat or drink too much!"
Seeing a few people walking away, Xiao Liuer hurriedly asked: "Young Master, have you forgotten the past? Why do you do this to him?"
Liu Ruyi took a long breath of relief and said slowly: "Liu'er, if you lose some people in this world, even if you succeed, it will become very boring! Do you know?"
"Uh..." Xiao Liu'er scratched his big head, but his face was a little confused!
At this time, under the city gate, a dozen Qing cavalry were carrying the bodies of the civilians who died in the battle, shouting loudly at the officers and soldiers on the city wall, showing off their power!
"Haha! Liu'er, I haven't moved my hands and feet for a long time! Do you dare to follow my brother and practice your hands and feet with these bird feathers!" Liu Ruyi pointed to the city and smiled.
Xiao Liu'er was immediately overjoyed, "Young master, why don't you dare to do this? I've been waiting for it for a long time!"
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Thanks to Mudi Langyan, Baiyun Guoxiang, GZG1972 and other brothers for their support,
It's been a bit dark these past few days. Hey, I'm just too busy.