On November 5, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the Manchu regent Dolgon took advantage of the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and Zuo Liangyu in Anqing, mobilized an army of 100,000 composed of Manchu, Menghan and Han, with Shuoying Prince Azig as the commander, and marched out of Dezhou to attack Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, intending to take the whole of Shandong, and prepare for the complete destruction of the Ming Dynasty in the south of Jianghuai and Jiangnan in the future.

"The Qing soldiers are coming, quickly move all the stones up the city wall." A general manager is stepping up his efforts to urge the soldiers to carry the things used to defend the city to the city wall.

Because Dezhou, the gateway to Shandong, was controlled by the Manchus early on, Shi Kefa was always vigilant against the movements of the Manchus, especially at the critical moment when Zhu Cihong summoned the army to fight the traitor Zuo Liangyu, Shi Kefa did not dare to relax, and sent countless scouts to monitor day and night, and finally learned the news that 100,000 Qing soldiers were ordered to attack Shandong two days in advance.

Shi Kefa responded calmly, the original men and horses of Jinan City plus Li Huaxi's 40,000 Xuzhou army were enough to defend the city, and the Qing army was only 20,000 more than the defenders of Jinan City. Shi Kefa sneered in his heart.

Li Huaxi's army is stationed, and Li Huaxi is conspiring with his henchman Li Zhetang.

"Big brother has already thought about it?" Li Zhetang asked at Li Huaxi.

"Yes, the regent is a man of great talent, and he will rule the world in the future, for the future of our Li family, I have decided to join the regent, help the regent take Shandong, and clear the way to the south." Li Huaxi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a sneer.

Dolgon's conditions were too tempting, and it turned out to be a hereditary prince, and Li Huaxi couldn't resist the temptation at all. Now Zuo Liangyu has raised millions of troops to rebel, Jiangnan beacons are everywhere, the weak nature of the Ming Dynasty is exposed, even if the Ming Dynasty can still hold this time, it will inevitably be greatly injured under Zuo Liangyu's attack, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty destroys Li Zicheng, it must go south, what will the Ming Dynasty resist!

You know, the strength of the Manchu Qing is too strong, it is simply desperate, the emperor has fought the imperial court repeatedly defeated, and five times into the customs, three of which even swaggered from outside Beijing, but did not see the Ming army has a single dare to chase. Now even the Ming capital forced the emperor to die, and Li Zicheng, who was in the middle of the day, was also cornered by the Manchu Qing, which shows the strength of the Manchu Qing.

Although the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the current emperor since he ascended the throne, a measure is quite a bit of a holy monarch, but the first emperor killed Wei Zhongxian, diligent government and love the people, day by day and morning dynasty does not fall, there is not the same as the image of the holy monarch, but the result is the same is the thief forced to die in the coal mountain, this is also the reason why Li Huaxi has no confidence in the Ming Dynasty, Li Huaxi believes that the Ming Dynasty has been established for nearly 300 years, the national fortune has long been exhausted, the past 20 years, the Great Ming Dynasty has been plagued by disasters, military disasters everywhere, and repeated defeats, Isn't it a sign that the world is about to change the dynasty? Li Zicheng's death is almost a foregone conclusion, Zhang Xianzhong is a murderous demon king, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is strong, who else can the world not be Manchu in the future.

The results of the decisive battle between the imperial court and Zuo Liangyu Anqing have not yet come out, and it is not surprising that Li Huaxi has such an idea, in fact, not only Li Huaxi, but also many officials in Shandong and even Jianghuai have been infiltrated by the Manchus.

"It is expected that the army led by Prince Shuoying will arrive in Jinan City this afternoon, and the people of the family have secretly moved to the north." Li Huaxi asked at Li Zhetang.

"Eldest brother, rest assured, the family members have left Shandong this morning, and they will arrive in Beijing City in a few days." Li Zhetang replied.

"Well, that's good!" Li Huaxi nodded.

Li Huaxi secretly took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty as early as a month ago, and in order to prevent the family from being implicated in the future when the incident occurred, Li Huaxi had already arranged for some important personnel such as family descendants to secretly go north, and as for those inconsequential collateral lines, Li Huaxi couldn't care so much.

More than ten miles away from Jinan City, the dust and smoke are flying, the war horses are neighing, 100,000 Qing troops, 30,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry are riding in the front, and 70,000 Han Banner infantry are following closely in the dust and smoke of the cavalry in front, and they are rushing straight to Jinan City.

A Manchurian scout Paomalai reported to the commander Azigeyu: "Report, lord, fifteen miles ahead is Jinan City!" ”

"Okay, send an order to the army, speed up the pace, and you must arrive at the city of Jinan within half an hour." Azig glanced at the Han Banner Army not far behind him, if it weren't for the slow running of these Han foot soldiers, they should have arrived at Jinan City a day ago.

"Hurry, hurry, you're about to arrive in Jinan City, you dog minions run faster, hurry up and keep up, the prince has an order, if anyone delays the pace, he will not be forgiven!" A Manchu Niu Lu rode a war horse to the rear, scolding the Han Banner Army along the way.

Shang Kexi commanded the Han Banner Army, although he also rode on a horse, but because he wanted to lead the Han Banner Army, he could only follow behind the 30,000 Manchurian cavalry, and he ate enough dust and smoke all the way.

The Manchurian Niu Lu rode past Shang Kexi on a war horse, bringing up some more dust and smoke, and he didn't look at Shang Kexi, and scolded him all the way.

"Phew!" Shang Kexi spat fiercely, his face was very ugly, and he scolded in his heart: Damn, are all Lao Tzu all slaves? It's too tossy to let you run on the ground, can you run faster for Lao Tzu?

Shang Kexi is extremely unhappy, although he is also a Manchu canonized prince, on the surface his status is noble, but in fact, his status is very different from that of the Manchu prince, not to mention the Manchu prince, even a small thousand people Niu Lu of the Manchu people does not put Shang Kexi, the Han prince, in his eyes.

"Pick up the pace!" Shang Kexi was dissatisfied, and he still didn't dare to disobey the order, so he immediately urged the Han Banner Army under his command to run quickly.

The order was issued, and the Manchurian supervision, the soldiers of the Han Banner Army did not dare to slack off, although they were extremely tired, but they still gritted their teeth and forcibly accelerated the pace of the march, after all, the Manchurian knife will never be soft, and those who fall behind are likely to fall to the ground immediately.

To say why the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Han Banner Army is slightly stronger than that of the Ming Army, in fact, it is forced out by the Manchus in this way, every time they follow the Manchu army is a double test of the endurance and physical strength of the Han Banner Army, and those who do not meet the standard have long been killed by the Manchus when they fall behind.

"Newspaper"

"Inspector Qi, the Qing army has arrived at the city of Jinan and is camping!" A personal soldier came to the governor's palace to report it.

"Take this Inspector Dao City Tower to check!" Shi Kefa stood up and immediately went to the castle tower.

Shi Kefa climbed the stone steps to the tower, followed by several generals. Looking at the Qing army camping in the distance outside the city, Shi Kefa had a cold face and didn't have much expression, he already had information about the establishment of the Qing army, and he was not worried about the safety of Jinan City.

"Inspector, the Qing army doesn't seem to be ready to attack the city, why is that?" A staff officer said.

Before Shi Kefa could speak, another general spoke: "I don't see any cannon in the camp of the Qing army, maybe it is left behind, the Qing army is waiting for the arrival of the red-coated cannon, the siege weapon, what does the supervisor think?" ”

"The scouts didn't find out that the Qing army was carrying cannons to follow, maybe because the cannons were too heavy and fell too far, or maybe the Qing army didn't bring them at all." Shi Kefa shook his head and continued: "We have 80,000 troops to defend the city, and we don't need to be afraid of the Qing captives at all, but, no matter what, defending Jinan City is our first priority, in order to prevent the Qing captives from cheating, we must let all the troops guard the city gate day and night to prevent the Qing captives from sneaking attack." ”

"Obey the orders of the Inspector!" A group of generals responded.

Only Li Huaxi, the chief soldier of Xuzhou, followed behind Shi Kefa, and did not say a word, but quietly observed the camp of the Qing army in the distance, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Although Li Huaxi is the chief soldier, he is controlled by Shi Kefa in Shandong, Shi Kefa has the right to mobilize the army under Li Huaxi, Shi Kefa does not know that the crisis in Jinan City is not actually outside the city, and inside Jinan City, the army under Li Huaxi is the same as the Shandong army directly led by Shi Kefa, which is 40,000 people, Li Huaxi is a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows, and when the time comes, it will give Shi Kefa and Jinan City a fatal blow!

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