After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, several waves of rebels against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty arose in Shandong.

The earliest group was the group that followed King Ji against the Qing Dynasty, but was soon appeased by the Qing court, Wang Yan belonged to the second group, mainly the Zhao army in Qingzhou and several other people, and the third group was Xie Qian and Yuyuan army.

Shijie in Qian Yifeng's mouth, his name is Huo Yuanfang, the word Shijie, is a student in Qingzhou, and the two were classmates.

Back then, he and Qian Yifeng took refuge in Zhao Yingyuan and participated in the Qingzhou resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and later both of them broke through with Wang Yan, but later the Qing army encircled and suppressed the fiercely, and the righteous army suffered several surprise attacks, and the righteous army was killed by the Qing army many times, and Huo Yuanfang had no news.

"Is it the old knowledge of the prison army?" Seeing this, Man Dazhuang turned his head and asked.

Qian Yifeng nodded, "It is a righteous man who followed His Royal Highness the King of Chu to fight against the Qing Dynasty in Qingzhou." ”

The oldest of the five loyal soldiers is the person who participated in the Qingzhou Incident, I heard that he was a participant in the Qingzhou Incident that year, and it was also Wang Yan's old acquaintance, Man Dazhuang immediately smiled and said, "That's my own person, come on, let's talk inside." Last night's incident, the governor has to thank you, otherwise if he is blackened by the Qing army, the governor really has no face to explain to His Royal Highness. ”

At the moment when a few people entered the cabin, Huo Yuanfang and the others were only righteous soldiers after all, and they were still a little restrained when they saw that there were many soldiers on the warship, majestic and solemn.

Qian Yifeng introduced first: "This is the military governor of the East China Sea, the governor of Mandu!" ”

"I'll see Mandu Governor later!" Several people hurriedly saluted.

Man Dazhuang waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down, and after Qian Yifeng was seated, he asked: "I thought that Shijie was not in the chaos of the army, and I didn't want to see him today, which is really fortunate." I don't know how Shijie has spent the past ten years, why didn't he go south to vote for His Highness? ”

The first batch of rebels in Shandong existed for only a few months, and then Huo Yuanfang participated in the uprising against the Qing Dynasty, which is simply a living fossil of Shandong's anti-Qing history.

He listened to Qian Yifeng's question, and glanced at several volunteer generals, all of whom showed sad looks.

Huo Yuanfang hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qian, after I was separated from the main force, I have been hiding in Yimeng Mountain to recuperate, and when the injury is healed, when I go out of the mountain, the Qing army has already occupied the southern capital." Because the Qing army controlled the main road and the news was not available, I pulled up a group of men and horses and stayed in the Yimeng Mountains to operate. Later, the Yuyuan Army got into trouble, and I voted for Li Huajing to resist the Qing Dynasty in the Caozhou area. ”

Huo Yuanfang said, his eyes were already red, "The righteous army was originally huge, echoing Gao Yuanhou, who would have thought that the Qing army would actually dig the Yellow River, flood Caozhou, kill millions, Yuyuan army suffered heavy losses, Caozhou was broken by the Qing army, Li Dashuai and others were killed, only I rushed out with a few subordinates, and then moved into the area of Yimeng Mountain." ”

Since ancient times, the Yuyuan army was once known as a million, but most of them were drowned when they were washed by the water of the Yellow River, and the rest were starved all over the field because of the lack of food.

That kind of scene of being all over the country and mourning all over the country, everyone still feels very heartbroken and hateful when they think about it.

It is precisely this hatred that tends to make them persist in resisting the Qing Dynasty under extremely difficult conditions.

There was silence in the warehouse for a while, Huo Yuanfang paused for a while, his tone changed, and then said: "Not long ago, someone from the Heaven and Earth Society contacted the lowly position, saying that the Ming Dynasty was going to go on a northern expedition, let us cooperate, and attack everywhere to make trouble for the Qing army. ”

In order to cooperate with the Northern Expedition, the Heaven and Earth Society worked in the north, and also began to contact the righteous army active in Shandong, ordering the righteous army from all walks of life to take the Ming army north, or capture the prefecture and county to contain the Qing army.

After the defeat of the Yuyuan Army, Huo Yuanfang has been waving the banner of "Wang", claiming to be the old department of the King of Chu in the Ming Dynasty, and has a great momentum in the Yimeng Mountains, and is one of the most troublesome anti-Qing forces of Shandong Governor Fang Dayou and General Soldier Wang Zhongqing.

In the past few years, the Qing army's encirclement and suppression of him has been very fierce, he has been in the Yimeng Mountains, and his subordinates have fought from more than 10,000 to only more than 2,000 people, but he has always insisted.

A month ago, a large number of Ming Dynasty fine work into Shandong, contact the righteous army, he got the news of the Ming army's northern expedition was very excited, came out of the mountains, wanted to plot Qingzhou, but just a subordinate got the news, said that the Qing army in Qingzhou to collect boats, oil and sulfur and other things, it attracted his attention.

Huo Yuanfang's statement is relatively concise, and the events of the past ten years can be explained in a few sentences, but his words reveal a lot of sadness, which can be summed up almost as, "After the failure of the anti-Qing Dynasty, drill the mountain, go out of the mountain to resist the Qing, and then fail and drill the mountain again." ”

"It's not easy!" Qian Yifeng couldn't help but sigh. He knew how difficult the conditions of the righteous army were, cold and unclothed, hungry and without food, and always facing the pursuit and killing of the Qing army, it was really not easy to hold on to it until now.

"Fortunately, now that we have finally waited for Wang Shi to come to the north, the mission we are waiting for is also completed!" Huo Yuanfang said with a smile.

This may also be the mood of the rebels, who have finally come out.

"General Huo wants to rest, I'm afraid it still won't work!" When Man Dazhuang heard this, he interjected with a smile: "You have been in Shandong for a long time, and you know the reality of Shandong, I am afraid that you are still needed to be the vanguard of the army!" ”

At the end of the hard days, the generals of the righteous army will naturally not rest at this time, they also have to think about their fame, and they are busy hugging their fists happily, "Mandu Governor looks down on us, and we are willing to take the lead and make a modest contribution to the recovery of Shandong." ”

Man Dazhuang nodded, and then asked: "Let me ask you first, as far as I know, the Qing army in Shandong is concentrated in Xuzhou, and the Qing army's strength in northern Lu should be very empty. ”

This incident made Man Dazhuang's face ugly, but fortunately, the Qing army did not succeed, otherwise he would really not be able to see people.

"Hui Yu Dudu, it is the person of Wang Zhongqing, the general soldier of Shandong, he rushed from Jinan a few days ago to set up an ambush at the mouth of the river, and he rushed to stop him because he got the news!" Huo Yuanfang said.

"Oh, Wang Zhongqing?" Man Dazhuang raised his spirit, and as far as he knew, this character was not easy to deal with.

This guy was originally a Ming general, and then he was demoted, and then he surrendered, and he had no integrity, but he was able to do it once in all three families, so he knew that he had some skills.

The characters who have experienced the three eras of the Ming, Shun, and Qing dynasties have been rolling in this troubled era for at least more than ten years, and they cannot be taken lightly in terms of using troops to fight. was careless, and almost capsized in the gutter.

At this time, he couldn't help but become serious, "How many soldiers and horses are there in that guy, and they dare to come to fight the ambush in this town?" ”

"Wang Zhongqing turned out to be just a guard in Dengzhou, and there were only more than 4,000 people in his hands, but he was good to his subordinates, and these 4,000 people obeyed him!" Huo Yuanfang continued: "However, although this guy has been promoted to the general army of Shandong, the governor Ma Guanghui has seized the power of the army, so his strength has not increased. ”

"With only 4,000 people, he dares to attack Bendu!" Man Dazhuang couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard this, "This time this governor will definitely capture this thief!" ”

Immediately, Man Dazhuang ordered the army to go ashore, first go to Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Wuding, and then go straight to Jinan.

The Qing army's troops in northern Lu were very empty, and Jiang Xiang in Shanxi was anti-Qing, which greatly shook the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so as soon as the Ming army came ashore, all parts of the country fell to the wind.

The Ming army almost didn't take much effort, and got a large number of prefectures and counties to take refuge, Man Dazhuang did not dare to delay time, leaving Xu Junsheng to lead 5,000 people to guard the warship, and then led 27,000 people to Jinan.

After the failure of the sneak attack at the mouth of the river, Wang Zhongqing retreated to Jinan in a hurry, and almost at the same time, officials and Qing troops in Qingzhou, Wuding and other directions fled back one after another.

Wang Zhongqing knew that this was the Ming army landing from the sea and killing from the east.

Now that the main force of the Qing army is either supported by the Ming army, or surrounded and attacked, Wang Zhongqing looks around, and there are no more people who can help him.

If the Ming army surrounded Jinan, Ma Guanghui in Xuzhou would not be able to protect himself, and the last 30,000 people of the Qing army in Beijing would not dare to move, and he would not get any support, so the situation he faced was very grim, and it could be said that he had fallen into a desperate situation.

In the General Soldier's Mansion, Wang Zhongqing was so anxious that he paced back and forth, he only had 4,000 elite soldiers, how could he resist the menacing Ming army?

Just when he was thinking hard, someone suddenly came to report, "Military Gate, the Ming army has arrived outside Jinan." ”

Wang Zhongqing's face was cold, and then there was another twist, he suddenly stopped his steps, and said in a deep voice: "Go and inform the guards, and go with the town to the governor's yamen!" ”

(End of chapter)