Qufu.

Several retainers of the Yansheng Mansion also flew straight into the Qufu fortress. These retainers were all dressed as swordsmen who walked the rivers and lakes, did not ride horses, they all came on foot, covered with dust and dirt. The reason why they are called retainers instead of family members is because these people are all surnamed Kong!

And it's not the surname that was changed later, but the ancestral surname Kong! There are two of them who are Xingzi, and they have to call Kong Yinzhi uncle. There is also a peer with Kong Yinzhi, and you can call Kong Yinzhi brother.

However, none of them are descendants, but side branches that are far away from Kong Yinzhi's blood.

There are many descendants of Confucius, as many as more than 3 million in later generations! Although there were not so many in the late Ming Dynasty, there were tens of thousands of Ding Nan alone, most of which belonged to the North Branch, that is, they were bred by the Qufu Kong clan.

However, even Zhu Ming's nobles are precarious these years, let alone the descendants of the Kong family? If it is the close relatives of Yan Shenggong who can still take care of one or two, those distant clansmen can't control it. In the peaceful and prosperous era, these side branches of the Kong family can still have a little shade and live a life of farming and reading heirlooms (that is, collecting rent and reading).

But in the current chaotic world, the surname is not good! The descendants of the side branch of the old Kong family in Shandong are even more worthless. Not only is it worthless, but it has also become the object of the evil Dongyu to be eliminated - isn't the Dongyu going to fight against Confucius? The ancestral grave can't be saved, can they, the filial sons and grandsons of the Kong family, have a good end? So of course, a little bloody gathered in Qufu to defend the ancestors.

And this group of descendants of the Kong family who came to Qufu to defend their ancestors were quite popular with Kong Yinzhi, the Holy Father of Yan, at the beginning - after all, they are their own people, at least more reliable than Shi Kefa's "law thief"'s subordinates, right?

Therefore, Kong Yinzhi recruited these Confucian family disciples into the Yansheng Mansion and Qufu Regiment to train the army as much as possible, hoping to control some troops through them to restrain the "Shi Dafa thieves". But after two or three years, Kong Yinzhi is really disappointed in these relatives, most of them are masters who can eat and not fight, so they know that they are looking for Kong Yinzhi to ask for silver to eat and drink, and it is difficult to control, and they will carry their ancestors out at every turn.

Over time, these Confucian Miao descendants gradually disappeared from the Qufu training army. Some of the descendants of the Kong family, who were also a few wealthy families, dragged their families to the southeast, and those who were empty-handed were all included in the Yansheng Mansion and became the so-called "retainers".

However, a few of these Kong retainers were able to adapt to this chaotic world, and they became the most relied on henchmen of Kong Yinzhi, the Holy Prince.

Kong Yinzheng, who just brought two nephews of his own family into the city, is a child of the Confucian family who is very able to adapt to the troubled times. Although he is the same generation as Kong Yinzhi, he is much younger, only in his early twenties this year, and he doesn't look like the surname Kong, tall and burly, six feet tall, with a dark face, and a steel needle-like beard growing messily on his cheeks, at first glance he is a robber. If you bring two axes, it will be about the same as Li Kui......

Not only does he not look like the descendants of the Confucian family, but he also doesn't like to read, he only remembers half of the Analects, but he has a lot of strength, and he loves to dance with guns and sticks, draw bows and shoot arrows, and practice good martial arts. If it was in a peaceful and prosperous era, he would not be worthy of the surname Kong. But now Qufu has become a big bunker, and two heads were beaten by Tartars in three days. Therefore, Kong Yinzhi looked down on those relatives who memorized the Four Books and Five Classics backwards, but promoted Kong Yinzhi to be the head of the gun and stick teaching, and sometimes sent him out of the city to perform important tasks.

He went out of the city this time to carry out a special task assigned by the Holy Father of Yan - to watch the battle! Observe the great battle between the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties on the outskirts of Qufu!

This is a battle related to the life and death of the Kong family in Qufu, Kong Yinzhi and several elders of the Kong family, all of whom raised a loyalty to their throats.

In the inner hall of the Yansheng Mansion, several Confucian family members in Taoist robes and Confucian crowns and Yan Shenggong himself finally waited for the news of their death today.

"Brother Shenggong!" Kong Yinzheng didn't change his clothes, and he came covered with dust and dirt, and he bowed when he saw Kong Yinzhi. also affectionately called Kong Yinzhi "Brother Shenggong" - why does it sound so much like the White Lotus Sect?

Kong Yinzhi didn't care about this vulgarity anymore, but just asked repeatedly: "How is it?" Who won? ”

Kong Yin said: "It's Dongyu who won!" The emperor was defeated, and the cannon was paid a lot...... Brother Shenggong, hurry up and arrange to defend the city! ”

"Emperor, the emperor is defeated?" Kong Yinzhi asked nervously, "Is there any, is there a ......?"

"Brother Shenggong is asking if the emperor has been beaten to death by Dongyu?"

Kong Yinzhi's eyes widened and he nodded.

"I don't know!" Kong Yinzheng just shook his head, "I watched the battle in Daiyang, on the north bank of the Dawen River, on the north bank of the Dawen River, and I was more than ten miles away from the battlefield, even if I had a clairvoyant mirror, I couldn't find the emperor." ”

"Then how do you know that the emperor is on the battlefield?" An old man who is taller than Kong Yinzhi and Kong Yinzheng asked.

"There are twelve flags of the Son of Heaven and the reincarnation flag of Emperor Taizu Gao...... I know these flags! ”

Didn't Zhu Cihong let Shi Kefa blask and lend his banner before? Dolgon was not actually fooled - he didn't find a model division, and he didn't see the ironclad cavalry regiment, but he saw a group of coolies "pulling carts", and of course he knew that Zhu Cihong was not on the front line.

But Kong Yinzheng didn't know, he thought it was Zhu Cihong himself who was defeated by Dongyu.

"It's over, it's over......" Kong Yinzhi shook his head again and again, bursting into tears, "Qufu can't hold it, and the place where the ancestors buried their bones can't be kept......"

"This, there's no way around it?"

"Dongyu won't really dig up Kong Lin, right?"

"Not really, right? That's the enemy of all the people who read in the world......"

A few elders of the Kong family still didn't believe that Dolgon would come to dig up Konglin...... In fact, Kong Yinzhi doesn't believe it, this matter is simply framed!

But he still didn't dare to stay in Qufu and wait for the Qing Emperor Ama, because wasn't that the one who came forward to frame and smear him was the Holy Duke of Yan?

At that time, he was caught by Zhu Cihong with the handle to kill his head, and he listened to Zhu Cihong for everything in order to survive.

Well, now the Tartar Emperor Ama is coming...... Kong Lin won't dig it, but he will dig a pit and bury Kong Yinzhi, the Holy Father.

"No, Qufu City can't stay, we have to leave immediately......" Kong Yinzhi gritted his teeth, "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood!" ”

"What?"

"I can't go!"

"Qufu City is our ......"

"As soon as we leave, Qufu won't be able to hold it!"

"Brother Shenggong!"

Kong Yinzheng and several old-timers were stunned by Kong Yinzhi's words.

Qufu Daleng Fort is the fundamental place that the Confucian family and Shi Kefa have been operating for many years! The city is impregnable, and no matter what Hongyi cannon or Hongyi cannon Dolgon uses, it can't break the Qufu city wall.

Moreover, there are also a lot of Hongyi cannons on the Qufu city wall, and they are not afraid of artillery battles at all!

In addition, although the main force of the Qufu training army went out of the city, there were still many strong men in the city, and the artillery defending the city was still there.

If Dolgon really wants to storm Qufu, even if he can defeat it, one or two thousand casualties and a few months will be indispensable in any way.

And if Yan Shenggong, the backbone of Qufu City, runs away, the hearts of the people in Qufu City will be scattered, and a good castle will be returned to Dongyu!

Kong Lin might be dug up!

"Don't talk about it!" Kong Yinzhi roared, and his eyes swept around the inner hall coldly, "The bloodline of the saint can't be broken here with me, so Benjue must leave Qufu, this is to preserve the bloodline for the ancestors, and it is the duty of the Holy Duke of Yan!" ”

Several Kong family members in the inner hall were stunned by Kong Yinzhi's shamelessness!

The most important thing that Confucius lacks is the bloodline Miao descendants! And...... You Kong Yinzhi has a son! If you want to keep your blood, your son Kong Xingxie should stay, you are an old man, can you still do it?

"Gong Yong," Kong Yinzhi stopped talking nonsense with a few old men, and directly gave orders to his black brothers, "This lord will make you the head of the Kong family!" You go and gather the strong men at once...... Let's leave tonight and go to Yidu to seek refuge with His Royal Highness King Lu! ”