Zhangqiu City.

"Quick, open the door!"

He was stationed outside the gate of the horse city, and shouted towards the city wall with a gloomy face.

He was defeated.

His 5,000 men besieged 1,000 men, not only did not open the opponent's defensive circle, but caused heavy losses on his own, and because the main cavalry foolishly entered the opponent's firepower, most of them were lost, and then the cavalry reinforced by others rushed into a rout on the whole line.

It's good that he runs fast.

But the remnants of his 3,000-odd horses were herding sheep in the back!

But he hasn't lost yet, he still has the rebuilt fortified city in front of him, Zhangqiu leans on Baiyun Lake in the west, Xiujiang River in the east, and there are wide moats on all sides. Then it will not take a day for the reinforcements from Jinan to arrive, and at that time it will be just right to encircle this Ming army and completely wash away the shame of this fiasco......

"Dog, why isn't there anyone yet?"

Only then did he realize that no one on the city wall had come forward to answer him.

He and the wrapper looked at each other.

They didn't notice that several of the gun ports in the battlements on the wall were slowly adjusting.

"Master, be careful of changes!"

The wrapper said warily.

"Has there been a change? What can change? What's the deal with those dogs who can still rebel? ”

And said disdainfully.

As soon as he finished saying this, four flames suddenly erupted from the opposite city wall, and before he could react, hundreds of shotguns smashed over like a raging storm, and the bag screamed, and was instantly smashed on the head by a shotgun, although it was not smashed into a rotten watermelon, but it was also splashed with flesh and blood all of a sudden, and half of his face was gone. As luck would have it, only the horse's head and his right leg were hit, and the buckshot went into his knee with a ferocious shot, and then flew out again with the minced flesh and bones.

He fell from his horse with a scream.

The next few Bao Yi who fled back together were also beaten into mourning.

"Uh, is this infighting?"

Dou Mingwang, who came from a distance with cavalry pursuit, watched this scene in amazement.

The cavalry of more than 100 Manchurians with more than 100 banners in front of him also watched this scene, and then turned west as fast as possible, and the Qing infantry routed by his cavalry also gave up fleeing to Zhangqiu and fled in all directions to the east and west.

Behind these Qing infantry, more Ming cavalry surged.

In fact, a cavalry battalion has 800 cavalry, and the military even has a separate cavalry brigade. As for the south, it is much more miserable, the general brigade is two hundred, and the military cavalry brigade is only one thousand, after all, at this time, Yang Qing still has a shortage of war horses.

"Commander, chasing the enemy?"

The cavalry battalion commander beside him asked.

"No, just run, enter Zhangqiu, our purpose is to rescue Xie Qian!"

Dou Mingwang said.

Then he urged his horse to speed forward.

At this time, the cannon at the head of Zhangqiu City was still spewing flames, and even the militia soldiers who stayed behind came out with bird guns, and there were even a large number of Eight Banners Korean soldiers mixed in it. In their artillery fire, the few Qing troops who originally wanted to go over to save the peace also gave up this idea, looked at the Ming cavalry that was approaching behind, and turned their heads in horror and fled in the direction of Jinan.

Poor and Poor dragged a broken leg, crawling on the ground, just crawling while watching Dou Mingming approach.

Soon he stopped.

Because the artillery fire behind him stopped, with the sound of the door opening, the gate of Zhangqiu slowly opened.

"The surname is Jiao, you dog, the Qing Dynasty treats you well, you dare to be ungrateful!"

The back of the hand rebuked angrily.

The scribe who was still watching the battle not long ago was also wearing a cotton armor at this moment, holding a sword in his hand, and walked up to him in the escort of those militia soldiers, hugged his fist to the south, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner: "My father, Emperor Shenzong, is a Jinshi, Emperor Xizong, and the deputy capital of the Imperial History, and the Jiao family is favored by the Ming Emperor, how can he be with you and other Jiannu?" I endured humiliation and waited for today! ”

After saying that, he stepped directly over the head of the peace.

At the same time, the cavalry of the Ming army led by Dou Mingwang arrived.

"Zhangqiu Shengren Jiao Yurui has seen the general, the king of the north of the Central Plains, the people of Zhangqiu to build the slave Zheng red flag Manchuria Melle Zhangjing and the offering, today to see the style of the king teacher, the first test in the spirit of the sky can finally rest in peace."

The scribe saluted.

"What is the first test?"

Dou Mingwang said politely.

"First of all, I will give the Ministry of Industry a book during the Chongzhen period."

Jiao Yurui said.

"After the famous minister, the loyal family!"

Dou Mingwang said with emotion.

"After the loyalty of the bullshit, if it weren't for the regent ordering the gentry to be on an errand and pay for food, how would this dog thing be welcomed, ah!"

The peacemaker on the ground screamed and looked with grief at a squire whose foot was stepping on a wound in his knee......

Of course, these little things are not worth mentioning.

Dou Mingming also stepped over his head, and under the warm welcome of the gentry of Zhangqiu, he led Wang Shi into the city, and blood stains could still be seen on the streets of the city, and there were even a small number of dead bodies of the Eight Banners Divine Army that had not had time to clean up. Here, he left a Niu Lu of the Eight Banners of Korea and the Shen Army, and there were also regimental exercises organized by the local gentry, mainly Jiao, Li, and Hu. This small city produced many high-ranking officials in the late Ming Dynasty, such as Ningxia Jiao Xin, the deputy governor of the Tianqi Dynasty, and Hu Dongji, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and both of them were students of fellow townsman Li Guoxiang. After Jiao Yurui inspected the battlefield and assessed the victors, he immediately returned, and then there was only one sentence left, the Eight Banners Korean Army was bribed by them with silver, and together with the militia to besiege the Divine Army, quickly clean up the city, and then greet and make peace with cannons on the city wall.

Or welcome Wang Shi Beiding Central Plains.

This situation is very simple, if Dolgon does not play the gentry as an errand to pay food, then these gentry will help the Qing army resist, but if you collect taxes, it is completely unnecessary. We bear the notoriety of traitors and endure disgust to submit to the Qing Dynasty, isn't it because the Ming Dynasty in the south collects taxes from the gentry?

Otherwise, do we like to be scolded traitors?

Now that you are unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust.

If you don't collect taxes, you are the Holy Lord Mingjun, and if you collect taxes, you are a slave, this matter is as simple as that, the Holy Lord Mingjun, let's work together to build a gentry paradise in the north. If you collect taxes, then quickly pull it down! With Yang Qing, at least the latter is stronger and the economy is better, and we can make up for the loss of paying taxes, but we can't even make up for it with our Daqing.

Anyway, this account is easy to calculate.

Soon the Ming army continued to arrive and enter Zhangqiu, and the Qing army that was encircling and suppressing Xie Qian retreated on all fronts, and Baduli did not dare to counterattack Zhangqiu, which would make him fall into the Ming army and Xie Qian's righteous army, and the Qing army led by him retreated to Zichuan. And the task of counterattacking Zhangqiu was given to General Jinan, who was actually the supreme commander of the Qing army in Shandong, and Dolgon's cronies were the Red Banner Manchurian Gushan Shuncheng County King Luck Dehun, this is Dai Shan's grandson, and Dai Shan has been retired in Beijing because he is too old.

Luckedhun's reaction was also quick.

The next day, the Qing cavalry from Jinan arrived in Zhangqiu, but by this time the follow-up armies of the Second Brigade had all entered Zhangqiu, and the hasty attack of the Qing army was quickly repulsed, and the Qing army had to suspend the attack and wait for the Hongyi artillery. At the same time, another Qing army went south from Jinan to feint to attack Tai'an, in order to force Dou Mingwang to return to defense, but he ran into a bloody encounter under the city of Tai'an, and then was attacked by the cavalry brigade of the Ninth Army, and had to be defeated back to Jinan. Immediately, the Ninth Army mounted one brigade on each to attack Changqing in retaliation, and another infantry brigade went north to reinforce Dou Mingming.

At the same time, the Zouping gentry welcomed Xie Qian's troops into Zouping, and the Xie Qian's rebel army and Zou civilian regiments, which had replenished food, immediately attacked Zichuan.

Batuli continued to hold on to Zichuan.

The flames of war in Shandong are raging.

At this time, Yang Qing also got a report from Cao Youyi, the commander of Xuzhou Xingying.

"Poor Dolgon!"

The Marquis gloated and made an evaluation.

I have to say that Dolgon's life is also very aggrieved, if he does not collect taxes from the gentry, he will not be able to support his army, and if he collects taxes from the gentry, people will immediately welcome Wang Shi Beiding Central Plains. Anyway, as long as he collects taxes, he is not attractive, and the gentry know who is strong and who is weak, and in order to keep their privileges, they can indeed work together with Dolgon, but when Dolgon does not give them privileges, they will abandon them.

Anyway, you have to pay taxes if you invest in Daming.

But Ming's future is clearly much brighter than Dorgon's.

At least they don't have to face a peasant army like Xie Qian who raised troops because of famine, Yang Qing will not let the price of rice in Shandong be as high as five taels, he will definitely transport grain to Shandong to relieve the hungry people, and then Shandong will immediately restore stability, and those gentry will not have to worry about being wiped out by the hungry people one day. Compared with these, paying taxes is worth the money, but even if Dolgon pays taxes, he can't live a stable life, and he has to worry about the Ming army coming to settle them one day.

They are all smart people.

The benefits are clearly calculated!

"Master Hou, according to the reports of various armies in Shandong, there are many similar situations! Qixia's Yu brothers have already sent people to Dengzhou to contact, as long as our army passes, they will immediately defect. ”

Stilwell said.

"Brother Yu? Are Qi Wuyi's two great-grandsons? ”

Yang Qing said.

Qixia Yu's brothers are Yu Qi Yu six, their grandmother is the daughter of Qi Jiguang, originally Qi Xia was anti-Qing in history, but they were against the Qing Dynasty a long time later, at this time, as a large landlord and gold mine owner in Qixia, they also organized militia groups to mix with the Qing Dynasty because of the Ming Dynasty's taxation of the gentry. However, because of Qi Jiguang's relationship, they are actually the main smugglers between Dengzhou and the Qing army-controlled area, and it is said that Qi Jiguang is a hereditary earl of Chongzhen before his death, and a descendant has inherited the title.

"This is a ripe melon, and if you don't take it, I'll be sorry for the elders of Shandong."

Yang Qing said with emotion.

"Give orders to Xuzhou and Dengzhou, take Shandong, advance to Jishui in one fell swoop, and tell Yang Yong that Jinyiwei should close the net, and the smuggling line from Haizhou to Jiaozhou no longer needs to be kept."

He went on to say.