"Ni Jin, the canon of Laiwu, and Wu Ruming, the scholar, led a mob to kill the county magistrate and registered a rebellion!"
Zuo Liangyu waved his hand and said: "I understand, let's go down."
Zuo Liangyu regretted surrendering. First, the situation in Shandong was too bad. Second, his family was taken to Beijing by people sent by Dorgon.
Even if he chooses to defect in the future and his family is all in Beijing, he will not be able to escape the end of his family.
Alas, I can only give birth to a son again!
Hong Chengchou said: "Your Majesty, we must kill the enemies in front as soon as possible, otherwise there will be more and more chaos in Shandong."
"Then what do you think we should do to suppress them?" Duduo said angrily.
Where Fei Ruhe was stationing troops at this time, Duduo was disgusted.
It was called Nanyang Town, and the terrain at the end of the Ming Dynasty was different from that of hundreds of years later.
Nanyang Town is bounded by Dushan Lake to the east and Nanyang Lake to the west. There is only narrow land between the two lakes. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the center of the town and intersects with three other rivers to the north of the town.
In other words, Fei Ruhe's camp was guarded by two lakes and four rivers.
If Duduo wants to conquer this place, he must first defeat the Datong Navy.
If Duduo attacks in a detour, he must cross the He River (Wanfu River) to the west, and the Si River, Baima River, Beisha River, Nanliang River, and Nansha River to the east. No matter which side he attacks from, he may be half-crossed.
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Even if he is allowed to cross the river calmly, he can only capture Fengxian and Peixian. Further south is the Yellow River (Huaihe), and he will be unable to advance or retreat. Fei Ruhe will cut off the food road to make dumplings.
Hong Chengchou studied the map carefully and said: "If we cannot defeat the enemy in Nanyang Town, we can only change the direction of the attack. Leave 10,000 soldiers to garrison in Jining, and the army will retreat for the time being. One can walk across the river and reach the Yellow River along the river.
We can cross the river to attack Kaocheng by surprise, but it will be easy to cut off the food route and be easily discovered midway. The second option is to go to Qingzhou and gather heavy troops to kill Zhang Tieniu and Huang Fei."
"Why are you so timid and so troublesome?"
Duduo didn't want to fight like this because Hong Chengchou was too stable, so stable that he was already passive.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty did not fight such passive battles, they always took the initiative!
Duduo stared at the map for a long time, and suddenly made up his mind: "Our army has many soldiers, and the enemy's soldiers are few. We must forcefully cross the He River in sections. If we cannot capture Nanyang Town, we will directly attack Pei County. If the food route is cut off,
, then grab grain in Pei County and Feng County, and in turn cut off the enemy’s food routes! Even though Nanyang Town is now easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the food routes are cut off, it will be a dead place!”
Zuo Liangyu reminded: "Although Yutai County is my territory, the city's defender has surrendered to the enemy. If we want to attack Pei County, we must first conquer Yutai."
The Yutai County town in the Ming Dynasty was different from that of hundreds of years later. It was much farther southwest.
Duduo said: "It is easier to attack Yutai than to attack Nanyang Town. If there is no navy, we will not be able to capture Nanyang Town even if we fight for a hundred years."
Geng Zhongming never spoke. He followed Duduo on the expedition and would not steal Duduo's limelight.
The Eight Banners Army that came to Shandong this time was dominated by Duduo's white-trimmed flag.
After Dorgon became the regent, he felt that his power was weak. It happened that Duduo committed a crime and robbed Fan Wencheng's wife. Therefore, he took the opportunity to confiscate Duduo's 15 cows and changed his white flag with Duduo's white flag.
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As a result, Duduo became the flag owner with a white flag, and Azig became a small flag owner with a white flag.
Now, Duduo led a group of surrendered generals to face Fei Ruhe head-on. Azige led a group of surrendered generals to fight Zhang Tieniu and Huang Fei in Qingzhou Prefecture.
Under Duduo's command were the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the Eight Mongolian Banners, about 9,000 men, less than Fei Ruhe's 10,000 regular troops. But there were also a bunch of surrendered generals and troops, totaling more than 60,000. Tang Tong and others
The surrendered general is also in Duduo's army.
Azig, who fought against Zhang Tieniu, plus the surrendered troops and generals, numbered more than 50,000 people.
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Jinxiang.
Yan Yingyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangyin Eighty-One Day, is now the classic history of Jinxiang County.
He was originally a son of a gentry in Tongzhou. When he saw something was wrong, he took his family south to seek refuge before Li Zicheng attacked Beijing. When he traveled to Shandong, he was intercepted by soldiers again, and finally had no choice but to go to Jinxiang to join his friends.
Some time ago, Jinxiang Dianshi died of the plague. Yan Yingyuan was unanimously elected as Dianshi by the neighborhood gentry due to his effective prevention and control of the plague.
How to prevent and control the plague?
It is to follow the method from the south. Anyone who goes out must wear a boiled mask. Before Yan Yingyuan made a history, he went to his place of residence and went with his friends to inspect the nearby streets and beat anyone who didn't wear a mask immediately.
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After making the classics, Yan Yingyuan promoted this method to the whole city.
And because he controlled his subordinates well, the officials did not dare to take the opportunity to blackmail the people. Jinxiang County was managed in an orderly manner, and at least the spread of the plague was quickly contained.
"Brother Yan, when will we take action?" Dong Yongqing asked.
Yan Yingyuan said: "Today!"
Xu Ying spread a large number of fine works in Shandong, with an average of three in each county.
Two of the three farmers in Jinxiang County died of the plague, leaving only Dong Yongqing with a single seedling.
The method of wearing masks to prevent the plague was introduced to Jinxiang by Dong Yongqing.
Dong Yongqing said: "After the Datong Army appeared outside the city, 13 of the gentry and merchants in the city were willing to revolt. Among the gentry in the city, including Tong Sheng, there were 27 people who were willing to revolt."
Yan Yingyuan said: "That's enough, county officials, I have eight confidants."
Their enemy is Lu Guangzu who has more than 3,000 soldiers!
In the afternoon of that day, Yan Yingyuan organized the officials to go to the tower with meals to express condolences to the guard.
Lu Guangzu was from Liaodong, and his hometown was in Haizhou, which was captured by Hu Dinggui. He had a deep hatred for the Tatars, but in history, he surrendered to the Manchus and completely ignored the hatred of his relatives.
At this moment, Lu Guangzu stood on the tower, looking at the Datong cavalry who had just left.
Fei Ruhe's 2,500 cavalry were all sent to Jinxiang, along the river to find out whether the Qing army wanted to cross the river. Even in the river, there were many sentry boats of the Datong Army, at least more than ten miles away from the Grand Canal, the Qing army
The army would never even dream of crossing over from the other side of the river.
Zuo Liangyu's number one confidant lived near Beizhili, and he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty for fear of being beaten.
Lu Guangzu, as his second confidant, was stationed not far from Xuzhou, so he wanted to surrender to the Datong Army.
However, Lu Guangzu had fought many battles with the Qing Dynasty, and he had a deep fear in his heart. He had never fought with the Datong Army, and he was always unsure which side would win. If he surrendered to the Datong Army, he would be captured by the Qing Dynasty.
What about the world?
Moreover, in Shandong at this time, the Manchu and Qing troops were dominant, so he did not want to take risks so early.
Wait, you can wait.
When the Datong Army wins a battle, he will immediately switch sides and surrender!
Many generals under Zuo Liangyu had the same idea. Once the Qing Dynasty suffered a defeat, a large number of them would defect to the Qing Dynasty in an instant.
"General, Yan Dianshi Laojun is here."
Lu Guangzu didn't think much and just said: "Let him come up. Just one person can come up."
It's not that he doubts Yan Yingyuan, but that he's afraid that too many people will catch the plague.
Yan Yingyuan climbed up to the tower alone, and handed over the food he brought to Lu Guangzu's soldiers.
Lu Guangzu looked back and saw Yan Yingyuan holding a bow and a sword on his back. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Did Dianshi come to defend the city?"
Yan Yingyuan also smiled and said: "I am about to help the general defend the city."
Lu Guangzu had a good impression of Yan Yingyuan, mainly because of his prevention and control of the plague. At that time, many gentry wrote letters recommending Yan Yingyuan as a canon historian, and it was Lu Guangzu who agreed to recruit him.
"Have you ever practiced bow and arrow?" Lu Guangzu asked.
Yan Yingyuan said: "If you can draw a stone bow, will the general take a test?"
Lu Guangzu smiled and said: "Let's shoot outside the city and see how far you can shoot. If you can shoot from a long distance, I will promote you to be a general."
“It’s a deal!”
Yan Yingyuan originally planned to kill him when he got closer, but at this time he could kill him with a bow and arrow.
He pretended to be struggling, gritted his teeth and stretched the bowstring as hard as he could. After the bow was fully drawn to seven points, he suddenly turned around and found the target position without having to aim at all. He only relied on memory to find the target position.
Whoosh!
An arrow shot out and hit Lu Guangzu's throat.
Lu Guangzu's eyes widened with a look of reluctance. He was ready to defect to the Datong Army at any time, so how could he be killed inexplicably?
There were four soldiers beside Lu Guangzu. Two were stunned on the spot, one retreated in horror, and the other advanced with his sword drawn.
Yan Yingyuan threw away his bow and arrows, drew his sword and slashed the soldier to death.
Then he slashed to death with another knife, killing the still dazed soldier. The third soldier was so frightened that he turned around and tried to run away, but Yan Yingyuan caught up and hacked him to death.
"Spare your life, hero, spare your life!"
The fourth soldier knelt on the ground and kowtowed, trembling all over.
Yan Yingyuan said: "The Datong Army is not far outside the city. Do you want to be a slave to the Tatars? If you are still a man, then join me in killing the Tatars!"
The soldier said: "I wish... I wish, I also escaped from Liaodong."
"Stand up!" Yan Yingyuan shouted.
The soldiers stood up after hearing the sound, but did not dare to stand next to Yan Yingyuan because the nearby soldiers had already noticed the situation and came around.
Yan Yingyuan stood there alone, smiled and said to hundreds of soldiers: "Zuo Liangyu has taken refuge with the Tatars to become a king and enjoy wealth. What is the reason for you to take refuge with the Tatars? In order for your children to get married in the future, are you sending them to the Tatar official bridal chamber?"
?Still, you think those little braids are pretty, and you will wear braids as a girl from now on?"
Although these soldiers surrounded Yan Yingyuan, no one took action because Yan Yingyuan spoke to their hearts.
Xizuo had already posted a big-character poster in the city, and the content was half true and half false. After reading it, the scholars believed it all, so the news spread more and more widely, so that the whole city knew that before a girl gets married, she must spend the night with the Tatar official.
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The soldiers also heard about it and were very resistant to it.
Yan Yingyuan said: "The cavalry of the Datong Army arrived in Jinxiang three days ago. The infantry of the Datong Army will also come in two days. King Zhao Tianwang is sweeping through the southern provinces. Can you really stop King Zhao's heavenly soldiers and generals? Can you?
If you have eggs, just follow me and seize the city!"
The soldiers looked at each other, they were really afraid that the Datong Army would come to kill them.
Yan Yingyuan stopped talking and moved forward with his sword in hand. The soldiers moved out of the way.
Arriving at the city wall, Yan Yingyuan waved towards the city.
Not long after, Dong Yongqing came with scholars, merchants and gentry, as well as their domestic slaves, carrying sticks to take over the city wall.
Soldiers from other city walls also came one after another. Yan Yingyuan cut off Lu Guangzu's head, held it high in his hand and shouted: "Lu Guangzu is dead. The Datong heavenly soldiers will arrive tomorrow. If you don't want to die, come with me to seize the city!"
"Kill the Tatars!" a soldier from Liaodong shouted.
Lu Guangzu was from Liaodong. He liked to recruit people from his hometown. When he saw people fleeing from Liaodong, he accepted them as soldiers.
These Liaodong soldiers were the first to respond to Yan Yingyuan. They really did not want to defect to the Manchus. After all, they all had blood feuds.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people followed.
Someone even warned: "Lu Guangzu's clan brother is guarding Beicheng, so he must be killed!"
Yan Yingyuan held the knife and shouted: "Follow me and kill him!"