Ma Bao led Chen Kui and Ma Xin to surround Laiyang City.
Huang Pei, Yu Jiu, Hao Jin and other rebel armies gathered one after another. As soon as they met, Yu Jiu, Hao Jin knelt down and said: "Uncle Pucheng, you want to avenge the Dengzhou rebels!"
What a tragedy! All the generals changed their expressions when they heard that they were so bold as to massacre all the prisoners. Since ancient times, it has been a bad omen to kill prisoners, and few people dare to do this "risking the disdain of the world".
Ma Bao immediately comforted the two of them with good words and stated that he would fight boldly to comfort the Dengzhou rebels.
It's easier said than done. Zhang Dan was originally a Ming general. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in his early years and followed Duoduo on his southern expedition. He actually fought many battles and had rich battle experience. Although his Sanfu Green Camp had little combat strength,
It is inferior to the Ming army, but it can still be defeated, and there is a city to rely on, so it cannot be defeated for a while.
The big fish couldn't be caught for the time being, so they hunted for shrimps. Ma Bao decided to attack the counties around Laiyang first. Soon, eight of the nine counties in Dengzhou were captured, and even Fuzhi Penglai was captured. In fact, it was not so much captured.
It is better to say that they surrendered voluntarily. The elites of the three government green camps are all in Laiyang. How can the remaining crooked melons and jujubes dare to resist? Along the way, there was a wave of demotions. Even some who refused to surrender, they just ran away.
, no one wants to be like an egg hitting a stone.
The small shrimps are almost beaten, and there is only one big shrimp left: Qingzhou General Gao Guanghui, who is entrenched in Zhiye County, Laizhou Prefecture. Gao Guanghui has 1,500 Qingzhou Green Camps in his hands, and nearly 2,000 Laizhou garrison troops.
Soldiers refused to surrender.
Ma Bao ordered Ma Xin to take 4,000 headquarters troops and 6,000 rebels to capture Ye County. Since Laiyang was surrounded, more and more rebels defected to Ma Bao, reaching 15,000. Although these rebels were not strong in combat power
, but it is still okay to act as an auxiliary and build momentum.
It was very effective. Gao Guanghui was intimidated by the number of people in Ma Xin's tribe. There were tens of thousands of people and horses, and they were boundless. He did not dare to fight in the field and huddled in Ye County.
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Ye County is under the jurisdiction of Laizhou Prefecture. It has a prosperous literary style and many officials. There is a saying among the people that "Laizhou Half Chao Official in the Ming Dynasty" has produced 105 Jinshi.
If there are more officials, there will naturally be more aristocratic families.
The locals joked: There are four corners of the county. The northwest corner (near the Yamen) is home to government officials; the northeast corner (the business district) is home to businessmen; the southeast and southwest corners are filled with ministers. There are a lot of Zhao, Lu, Zhang, and Tang families. Among these aristocratic families, the Zhao family is the most famous, with three ministers in the family; the Zhang family is the most powerful, mainly because Zhang Xinzai, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the Great Tomorrow Qi Dynasty, is sixty-seven years old. He is highly respected in Ye County and responds to every call.
On this day, the Zhang Mansion was decorated with lanterns and decorations to celebrate Mr. Zhang’s birthday, and all the heads of the aristocratic families came.
Zhang Xin called the heads of the Zhao, Lu, Zhang and Tang families to the study.
"Congratulations to Mr. Zhang on his birthday", everyone congratulated in unison.
"To be honest, today is not my birthday," Zhang Xin sighed.
Everyone was shocked: "Mr. Zhang, why is this?"
Zhang Xin did not speak, but chanted in his mouth: "The fallen trees in Huainan are high in the shadow of wild geese, and the lonely city is covered with sagebrush. In the sky, old people are worried about listening to the flute, and the children in the market laugh with their knives. When the world is really going to be reversed, how can I continue to divorce? In the past
A person still thinks of repaying a meal, but he feels deeply grateful for twenty years of kindness."
Everyone's expression changed when they heard this poem. The name of this poem is "Reflections on Passing Huaiyin", which was written by the great talent Wu Weiye. The poem is full of nostalgia for the Ming Dynasty. Especially the last sentence: People in the past were treated well by others.
I still think about the reward for my kindness, let alone someone like me who has been deeply grateful to the Ming Dynasty for twenty years! How can I not be emotional? I have two hairs on my temples!
"Mr. Zhang, what do you want?" the head of the Zhao family, who was over sixty years old, asked tremblingly.
"Yes, we have been deeply favored by the Ming Dynasty for generations. Now that the king's army is marching north to Ye County, how can we not contribute to the country? I want to gather the slaves from each family to help the king's army seize the city. How dare you?"
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"Uncle, you must not do this. There are still thousands of Qing soldiers in the city. If things are leaked, it may harm the whole clan." The first person to object turned out to be Zhang Xin's clan relative Zhang Wanheng.
He objected mainly because he was an official in the Qing Dynasty: the head of the household department. This official was not taken by the imperial examination, but was appointed after his father's death. His father, Zhang Duan, was a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty and a famous bibliophile. After he was demoted to the Qing Dynasty, he became an official
Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, a bachelor of the Academy of National History, died last year, and was given the posthumous title of "Wen'an" as the crown prince's Taibao. Emperor Shunzhi treated his father well, and after his death, he gave Zhang Wanheng the official position of head of the household department. Because of this level
relationship, so he was unwilling to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Xin said calmly: "Do you know who recommended your father's prison officer?"
Zhang Wanheng bowed his hand and said, "It was recommended by Fang Gong, the governor of Shandong."
Zhang Xin sneered: "Do you know where Fang Dayou, the governor of Shandong, is now?"
"Isn't Fang Gong stationed in the Liaocheng area of Dongchang Prefecture?"
"Hmph," Zhang Xin snorted, "That's the old almanac, Fang Dayou has already brought Liaocheng to the Ming Dynasty."
"What? Even Mr. Fang came to the rescue?"
Everyone was moved when they heard this. Zhang Wanheng was stunned and speechless.
Zhang Xin slowed down his tone and said to Zhang Wanheng: "My grandnephew, do you know that your father is listed in the "Biography of Erchen" compiled by Sun Cifu of the Ming Dynasty. Now Henan is inspecting the properties of the captive officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Both your father and son have been punished.
Fake job. If you don’t atone for your sins, I’m afraid that when the city is destroyed, your family will be destroyed and your family will be destroyed.”
After listening to Zhang Xin's words, Zhang Wanheng made up his mind: "I am willing to listen to my uncle's orders."
"Okay! This looks like a descendant of the Zhang family in Ye County!"
Zhang Xin gathered the slaves of each government and more than 800 people. Taking advantage of the fierce battle between the two armies, he seized the south gate and let the Ming army enter the city.
Gao Guanghui was commanding the defense of the city at the east gate, when he suddenly reported that the south gate had been lost. He was so frightened that he fled out of the city. The cavalry who could not escape Ma Xin was beheaded under his horse.
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After Ma Xin captured Ye County, he returned and joined forces with Ma Bao to attack Laiyang.
The Ming army's company of soldiers and rebels numbered 30,000. They launched a violent attack on the 13,000 Qing troops in the city. They boldly defended the city for more than ten days, but the city remained motionless.<
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This is just an appearance. The Ming army is digging tunnels and intends to use the "bangbeng method" to break the city.
Zhang Dan was a veteran general, and he had already been prepared for this move. He dug deep pits in the city and set up large jars to listen. However, it was impossible to prevent it. There were many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and they dug twenty tunnels in one breath.
The Qing army dug in the opposite direction, smoked hookah, and broke through seventeen tunnels, but in the end three were not found.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom", three loud noises, three large holes appeared in Laiyang City.
Ma Bao, Ma Xin, and Chen Kui each led their troops and rushed forward, followed closely by the rebels of Yu Jiu, Hao Jin, and Huang Pei. These rebels deeply hated boldness, killed heavily, and took no prisoners.
Qing general Fang Xianke fled into an alley, and several Ming soldiers chased him.
"Master Jun, over there", Xiaolang pursed his lips towards a house.
"Bang bang", the leader of the team kicked open the door.
"Yeah", Fang Xianke roared and charged out with a knife.
"Puff, puff, puff??", all the knives came down and chopped into bloody people.
"Commander, Zhang Dan's body was found in the east of the city." Report to Ma Bao from left to right.
"Lift it to my eyes".
The subordinates carried Zhang Dang's body. He had suffered more than ten wounds and had died in battle!
"Commander, please hand over the body of Thief Zhang to the last general for revenge." Yu Jiu, Hao Jin knelt down and begged.
"Yes," Ma Bao agreed, "but I have to cut off the head and present it to His Majesty."
On the ninth day, Hao Jin retrieved Zhang Dan's body, chopped it into meat paste, distributed it among his subordinates to eat, and smashed the bones, crushing the bones and throwing away the ashes.
Seeing Zhang Dan end up like this, Ma Bao was very emotional and wrote a poem to satirize him. Since ancient times, Emperor Guangwu liked to write crooked poems everywhere, and all the civil and military ministers under his command, whether they were proficient in writing or not, were all good at this. When Ma Bao was a child
He came from a poor family and didn't read much, but under the influence of his ears and eyes, a limerick came out of his mouth.
"Sigh of Boldness"
Originally a martial arts star of the Ming Dynasty,
Who would have thought that it would drop to the Qing Dynasty.
Shameless and willing to be a dog,
Breaking bones and raising ashes makes it difficult to become a spirit.
After finishing writing, he asked the generals: "How did my poem go?"
"The commander's poem is well written, really good! The general will understand it at a glance." All the generals said in unison.
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The entire territory of Shandong, except for Jinan, fell into the hands of the Ming army.
Ma Bao and Wang Guoxi each led their troops to Jinan to join Zhu Hengjia. After capturing Dongchang, Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou, their men not only did not decrease, but increased by 30,000, mainly because they recruited a large number of surrenders.
The rebels and surrendered troops.
The Ming army had been stationed at Jinan City for two months. During this period, they tried to attack the city several times, but to no avail.
Zhu Hengjia felt that he could not waste too much time in Jinan, so he ordered Li Mingzhong to lead 30,000 soldiers, plus 30,000 rebels and surrender troops, to besiege Jinan, and then led 90,000 troops to Beijing. He also ordered Fan Youxian and Li Dingguo to go north from Sichuan to capture Shaanxi
Gan and Sun Gui, the navy of the Lincha Department, moved to Penglai Port in Dengzhou Prefecture for rest and recuperation.
Just as the army was about to start, another good news came: the prefect of Daming Prefecture in Beizhili offered the land of Daming Prefecture to surrender.