Linqing City is located in the northwest of Shandong Province, at the intersection of the Zhangwei River and the Grand Canal. It is the richest, most prosperous and most important central city in northwest Shandong. It is an important gateway for Shandong to enter from the east and Henan and Shanxi to exit from the east. Its geographical location is very advantageous!
After the Meng Yuan Dynasty retreated outside the Great Wall, Linqing City relied on the canal to rapidly rise and become one of the five major commercial towns in the north of the Yangtze River. It has the reputation of "prosperity overwhelms the two capitals" and "the most prosperous county in Qi"!
During the Wanli period, Linqing's banknote tax revenue ranked first among the eight banknotes on the canal! It was one of the richest money bags of the Zhu Ming royal family!
There are not only salt supervisors, tax supervisors, and river supervisors here, but the coordinating chief eunuch is personally appointed by the emperor, and his administrative level is slightly higher than that of other cities.
In the past, Linqing City was full of brothels, with red sleeves fluttering, singing and dancing, and a scene of prosperity and joy. But now, the place is full of ruins and a mess!
Not far away, countless Han people, spurred and driven by several elite Qing soldiers, marched tremblingly towards the open space in the city. They were all gray-headed, with numb eyes, as if they were wooden men.
It makes people feel less alive!
"Hurry up, hurry up! Give me a fucking break! Prince Yu will come over in person later, who dares to miss my important event! Hum~! I must let you understand!"
The leader of the Han military flag kept waving the whip in his hand, beating these helpless people hard, and even cursed incessantly, as if he had forgotten that the blood of the Han people was also flowing on his body!
The raging fire has not yet burned out, and from time to time there is the smell of burnt human flesh in the air, which is suffocating and nauseating!
In a few days, this abandoned city became a temporary stronghold for the Qing soldiers to gather people and livestock. Not far away, more and more people were still gathering here!
"Bah~~!! You bastard, I will cut off your dog's head sooner or later and use it as a chamber pot!" Among the crowd, there was a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old, clenching his fist tightly and staring at the man fiercely.
The figure of the leader of the Han army's flag yelled from behind!
An old woman next to her hurriedly covered the young man's mouth. She glanced fearfully forward and found that the leader of the Han Army Flag had not noticed. Then she felt relieved and hurriedly twisted the young man's ears.
, sobbed in a low voice: "Dog, you've been like this until now, and you still haven't given your mother a little peace of mind! Your father is just a single child like you. If, if you have three, two, and three, you can call this mother's.
Old Bones, how do you explain it to him?"
"Mom, you~~, you said, we are like this now, they don't regard us as human beings at all! Even if we are alive like this, what's the point! I, I am willing to fight with these dog Tatars like Mr. Deng did
After all, even if you die like this, it will be a joy!" The young man straightened his neck in dissatisfaction and whispered to his mother beside him.
"You, you are still talking nonsense! You are really going to make me mad to death!"
The old woman pulled her son close to her, grabbed his hand with all her strength, and whispered: "It's better to die than to live! Dog, you are still young and don't understand this! My mother has already heard about these Tatars."
, they won’t kill us! They seem to want to take us outside the customs and use us as laborers and servants! Mom has worked as a tailor in the Li family for so many years, so she still has some confidence in this craft! Those Tatars also need to wear clothes, right?
When the time comes, Mom will find a good job over there, earn more money, and marry you a wife as soon as possible! If you two can live a good life, then even if you die for Mom~, you can feel at ease!"
"Marry a wife, marry a wife? Mother, that's all you know? Do you want your child to marry a female Tatar? It's better to kill me!" The young man clenched his fist tightly, with veins on his forehead exposed, and he struggled to break away stubbornly.
He opened his mother's hand and said, "Mom, I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life! I want to be like Mr. Deng, like my father, and I must fight to the end with these dog Tatars!"
After the boy finished speaking, he straightened his chest!
"You, you, are you really going to piss me off to death?" The old woman was furious and reached out to grab her son's arm!
But at this time, the leader of the Han army turned his head sharply and whipped the old woman, "You immortal old thing, hurry up! If you make any more ink marks, I'll cut your crotch."
Drink!"
The old woman was old and frail and had no defense at all. When the whip came down, her body became unstable and she fell to the ground with a scream. There was already a bright red blood mark on her face!
"Why do you hit people! I will fight with you!" Seeing his mother being humiliated, the young man jumped up suddenly, swung his fist, and hit the leader of the Han army flag in the face!
"Shout~~~! You little bastard who doesn't know how to live or die!" The leader of the Han army flag cursed. He didn't take the young man seriously at all. He stepped back suddenly, held the young man's wrist with his backhand, and gave it a strong blow.
Lift it, and it has already knocked this young man to the ground!
"Come here! Tie this little bastard up to me! I have to make you understand today!" The leader of the Han military flag spat into the palm of his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to attack the young man!
But the old woman next to her was unwilling. She rushed to the leader of the Han army, grabbed his arm hard, and begged: "Master, Master, he is still an ignorant child, please let him go."
!Let him go!”
"Mom, what are you asking him to do! Come on, kill or behead him, it's up to you! If I blink my eyebrows, I'm not a good man!" The young man straightened up stubbornly!
"Haha~! You~..."
The leader of the Han Army Flag smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly saw a burst of bright red liquid splashing onto his face. When he looked up, he saw that the old woman's head had fallen to the ground!
A majestic white-armored soldier next to him took back the steel knife in his hand in displeasure, "Wang Hai, you bastard! Prince Yu will be here soon! If you keep grinding and chirping, I will cut off your balls!"
"Yes, yes!" The leader of the Han army nodded hurriedly and bowed, but a cold sweat broke out on his neck! These Qing soldiers are more difficult to serve than the last!
The young man was completely stunned. He really couldn't imagine that his mother, who was planning his future just now, would just~~~ fall in front of him!
"You all deserve to die~~~~!!!!" The young man yelled, like crazy, he broke free from the restraints around him and wanted to fight these Qing soldiers desperately!
The white-armored soldier frowned fiercely, and just as he was about to draw out his steel knife, he saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and hundreds of horses heading straight for him!
He hurriedly inserted the steel knife back into his waist and rushed forward quickly!
At this time, a thin middle-aged man beside him hurriedly helped the young man up, helped him pack up his mother's body, and quickly blended into the crowd!
Not far away, Duduo, accompanied by dozens of Manchu and Mongolian generals in bright armor, slowly walked towards the canal!
"Slave, wait and see Prince Yu!" A crowd of generals and white-armored men knelt on the ground!
"Everyone, get up!" Duduo snorted from his nose, glanced at the group of people, and said condescendingly: "Is there any movement from the Ming army these days?"
Duduo held a string of Buddhist beads in his hand and rubbed them gently. This was a relic left by his mother to him. Ever since the defeat in Jinan City, Duduo always felt that he was unlucky. Suddenly, he began to become a little superstitious!
This time, he followed Dorgon's army and had already withdrawn to the Gyeonggi area, but suddenly he heard that Luo Luohong, who was in charge of breaking up the rear, had used a trick to surround Ni Chong, the commander-in-chief of Shandong. Duduo suddenly changed his mind and led a thousand soldiers
The elite soldiers of your confidants rush to Linqing City as quickly as possible!
Because Duduo could never swallow that bad breath!
"Back to Prince Rui, everything is under control!" Luo Luohong on the side hurriedly stepped forward and responded with his hands. He quietly approached Duduo, lowered his voice and said: "Prince Rui, my sons under Xianghongqi,
Everyone is willing to serve Prince Rui!"
Duduo was slightly startled, and a smile instantly appeared on his cold and gloomy face. What he was waiting for was Luo Luohong's words! He quickly got off his horse, took Luo Luohong's hand affectionately, and the two walked forward.
After a few steps, Duduo patted Luo Luohong's shoulder gently, "Xiao Hong'er, you are good, you are very good!"
Luo Luohong's face was filled with joy. How could he not understand what Duduo meant? He hurriedly said respectfully: "It is the duty of a servant to serve Prince Rui! From now on, I have to ask Prince Rui for more support!"
Different from his violent elder brother and brave and arrogant father, Luo Luohong is delicate and thoughtful. His father, Yue Tuo, was originally named the prince, but because of harboring Mang Gurtai, he alienated Jierhalang and the eldest son of the king, Hao.
Brother, he was demoted from Prince to Baylor, and from Baylor to Beizi!
He is of the same Nurhachi bloodline, but because of his father's arrogance, Luo Luohong only became a Beizi at the bottom of his status. How could he accept this?
But this time, Luo Luohong accidentally heard about the injustice Duduo suffered in Jinan City, and he took advantage of it. He used his opportunity to set up a mystery to lure Shandong Commander-in-Chief Ni Chong into a trap, and spent so much money.
The big price is just to attract Duduo's attention!
Although Luo Luohong and Duoduo are almost the same age, their identities are in the same heaven and the other in the earth! In terms of seniority, Yue Tuo is the son of Dai Shan, Luo Luohong is the son of Yue Tuo, and Duo Duo is the son of Dai Shan.
Brother, in this way, Luo Luohong would even call Dodo Fifteenth Grandpa!
With Dorgon and the Duduo brothers becoming more and more powerful, there were many people within the Qing Dynasty who fawned over and followed the two of them, and Luo Luohong was just one of them!
Looking at it now, his purpose has succeeded!
The two talked closely by the river for a while. At this time, several fast horses galloped over. The leader dismounted quickly, knelt on one knee and said: "Prince Yu, Mr. Bei Zi, Mingren, Mingren's reinforcements have moved!"
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Luo Luohong was overjoyed and quickly asked: "Which side is it? Dezhou City? Or Jinan City?"
The spy hurriedly said: "There are both sides! In Dezhou City, Chen Guowei, the deputy general of Shandong Province, commanded two thousand troops. However, when he reached seventy miles northeast, he stopped moving! In Jinan City, Nancheng guerrilla Liu Ruyi commanded him.
There are more than two thousand troops, and they are rushing towards Linqing City!"
Luo Luohong quickly glanced at Duduo next to him, "Prince Rui, this, this is really God's help for me!"
Duduo couldn't help but sneered, "Liu Ruyi? Liu Ruyi! This time, let me see where you can escape!"