Chapter Seventy-Six: The Qing Army Moves South

Abatai didn't expect that Turg would not be able to take Yanzhou, without Yanzhou, without this wealth and Prince Zhu Ming, how could he suppress Dorgon?

Zhu Ming's several vassal kings in Qilu, King De of Jinan can rank first, whether it is political significance or economic strength, he deserves to be the head of the kings of Qilu.

And King Lu, who is located in Ziyang, the capital city of Yanzhou, and has been passed down to the tenth son of Zhu Hongwu, is ranked second.

Yanzhou is the north-south traffic artery of eastern Ludong, and the Grand Canal passes through the border, which is much better than the king of Hengzhou in Qingzhou in the inland of Qilu.

Abatai is bent on capturing the King of De's lineage, not to call Dolgon to specialize in the front, even if he led the army to break Jinan last time, the person who captured the King of De alive was himself, and the first person to lead the army into Jinan was his son. But the credit for this is always due to someone Dolgon, isn't it?

Now that he is also the commander of the army, he does not go out in person, but he never expected that Turg would make such a bad game in Yanzhou.

"Then why not raid Qufu? Turg doesn't understand the truth that the enemy will be saved? Abatai's eyes widened as he glared at the minions in front of him.

Huang Taiji is not allowed to really attack Qufu, but is it difficult to coerce? As long as you put on a show, with the battle of Zou County as the foundation, who would think that the Qing army was shaking people? Are they that bold?

"Lord Baylor, it's not that Ang Bang Zhangjing doesn't know the truth that the enemy must be saved, it's that Zheng Zhilong is too cunning."

But Naturg still doesn't know why the attitudes of the Kong family and the Meng family are so fickle. When the news of the Qing army's attack on Zou County reached Qufu, Kong Yinzhi made a decision at the moment, and made people quietly go to the Qing army camp to ask Turge for mercy. The abacus is the same as Meng Hongyu - wealth goes to people's happiness, and money is spent to buy peace.

First of all, he brought two thousand taels of gold, full of sincerity.

But then, and then there was no then.

Turge didn't know that there was a pair of eyes staring at Kong Yinzhi secretly, Zheng Zhiguan let go of Kong Yinzhi's messenger first, and when Kong Yinzhi let his nephew quietly send a batch of gold, silver and grain to the Qing army camp for the second time, Zheng Zhilong made Zheng Zhiguan take it right. I found a letter written by Kong Yinzhi himself.

In this way, the human and material evidence are all there, can Kong Yinzhi still deny it?

Zheng Zhilong will not be stupid enough to expose all this at this juncture, in addition to making the already turbulent people's hearts more fragmented, it can only make Zheng and the scholars secretly have filth. Although the latter is the class that Zheng Zhilong is determined to repair, but now he still has to be humble and wronged, isn't it?

Kong Yinzhi is a soft bone, he first complimented "I am a Qing Dynasty" in the letter, and then vigorously denied that the article was written by himself, and he did such an ugly thing, once it was exposed, it would be stinking for 10,000 years. It was a heavy blow to the Confucian family's "thousand-year-old name".

As I said before, the current situation is that the Manchu army has only entered the fortress rather than the customs, and the Tartars have not yet sat in the Jinluan Hall of the Forbidden City, and it is impossible for the Confucian family to turn around and bow to him.

As a result, as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, Grandpa Yansheng Gong Kong could only go all out to actively prepare for the war. mobilized its own tenants and households, contributed money and food, and called on the entire Qufu to mobilize to defend the famous religion.

Zheng Zhilong only asked Zheng Zhiguan to lead the five hundred unarmored soldiers outside Qufu City into Qufu. (The one who was sent by Zheng Zhilong to escort the refugees before)

Their task is not to defend the city, to defend Qufu, it still depends on the Kong family.

Zheng Zhiguan's task was to actively mobilize Qufu's manpower and material resources with the cooperation of the Kong family to prepare for the next war. To be precise, it is to impart the experience of war. There are other people who really come to fill Qufu.

As Abatai said, why not raid Qufu, the enemy will be saved, Zheng Zhilong received the information, it is inevitable to send troops to rescue Qufu. When they were shrinking in the camp, it was difficult for the Qing army to eat, but if they were on the road, would it be difficult to eat the Zheng army?

The fact is that when the war in Zou County ended, Zheng Zhilong contacted Yuan Shizhong, who asked Yuan Dahong to lead 3,000 troops to Qufu in a hurry.

As soon as this box comes, will Qufu be stable?

With Zheng Zhiguan's previous work, with Kong Yinzhi's active cooperation in desperation, and the 3,000 people sent by Yuan Shizhong, Qufu's guard strength has increased significantly. Even if it encounters a surprise attack by the Qing army, it is impossible to be in danger of falling immediately.

Turge sent people to attack Qufu, but it didn't work at all, because E Shuo didn't really fight at all, not only did he not threaten, but he asked Kong Yinzhi to prepare for the war more carefully.

Although Kong Yinzhi longs for wealth and happiness, this hope has been shattered, how can he, who is afraid of death in his bones, dare to hand over his life to Tartar to be the master? There is only one mind to prepare for war.

The three cities of Ziyang, Zou County, and Qufu in Yanzhou Mansion are now like a huge momentum in front of the Turg army, and E Shuo has been the main one, and he really fought against Qufu, and he didn't believe that the Kong family in the city was not like Ziyang and Zheng Zhilong asking for help, and they would just call for help on the road when the time came. How dare Turg disobey Huang Taiji's orders?

E Shuo said again, the troops gathered to attack Zou County, and after succeeding, he took advantage of the military power to besiege Qufu and make a fierce attack, not believing that Nikan would not come.

But Turg was unwilling to pay too many casualties in the siege and had already asked Abatai for guidance.

What can Abatai do now but scold?

If he can't defeat Yanzhou Fucheng, it means that he can't catch King Lu's lineage. Competing with Dorgon at this point is at most his personal gain or loss. But the money and grain population in Yanzhou City is not fake. If we can't get this piece, our eastward and southward advances will all be blocked, which is contrary to the fundamental needs of the army to enter the fortress.

But in the current situation, no matter how angry Abatai is, he can't tell Turg to lead his army to leave these three cities, return to the front line of the Grand Canal, and continue to kill south along the frozen Grand Canal. Further south is the land of the Ming Dynasty, which is not suitable for the Manchu iron cavalry.

The climate will also be warmer than in the north, and although there will be ice, it will be very different from the north. The water surface of the Yangtze River is also frozen, who dares to cross the river on horseback and ice? Looking for death.

Shi Kefa, the governor of Caoyun in the Ming Dynasty, was also gathering people in Huai'an.

Then there's the question of time. It's almost the middle of December, and it's almost the end of the month.

At this time, the army will go south, and at most a month, the soldiers will return to the north. Otherwise, it will be even more troublesome to be blocked by the Ming army in the land of the water network.

"Incompetent, incompetent!" Abatai was furious, but angry and anxious. The current situation is completely different from what he imagined.

Although the appearance of Hong Chengchou did not make the main force of the Ming army in Beizhili instantly reborn from a group of soldiers, it also changed the style and behavior of these people in the past.

The previous Ming army, after the defeat in Hejian, turned into a spectator. is like the ballad made by Zhang Xianzhong: there was Governor Shao in the past, and he often came to the troupe to dance; Later, Liao joined the army, and he followed me without a fight; It's a good Yang Pavilion Department, three days away from me.

The Qing army then entered a no-man's land.

However, starting from Hong Chengchou, although the Ming armies were still unbearable, they were like kraft candy, and they couldn't be pulled off if they were sticky.

So, in order to make it easier for the army to attack the city and plunder the land, Abatai personally led the army to confront Hong Chengchou in Dongchang Mansion. It was expected that Turg could lead the division to take Yanzhou and sweep Qilu Huaishang.

But what I didn't want was such an annoying answer.

But anger is anger, as the commander of the army, Abatai also needs to focus on 'solving problems'!

Tangyi County, more than 20 miles northwest of Liaocheng, is the residence of Hong Chengchou.

"Report-" An urgent report startled Hong Chengchou. "Governor, the Tartars are marching south."

Went south? Abatai going south? Hong Chengchou immediately thought of the battle situation in Yanzhou, the Qing army attacked Zou County, attacked Qufu and did not conquer, and attacked Ziyang or not......

"Someone's coming, beat the drum and raise the tent." He will gather the people together.