After the Qingzhou Incident, Fang Dayou, the governor of Shandong in Jinan, was panicked, he only had a battalion of men and horses on hand, and it was not enough to defend the provincial capital, so he naturally could not send troops to destroy Zhao Yingyuan.

At this time, the various parts of Shandong that had just been annexed also became unstable because Wang Aoyong was killed.

For a while, Fang Dayou didn't even dare to come out of Jinan, let alone pacify the lands and recruit the rebels. Seeing that the situation in Shandong was about to collapse, he, an old dog of the Qing court, had no choice but to wag his tail and beg for help from his master, begging the Qing court to quickly send real Manchurian officers and soldiers, and the starry night was late.

When Dolgon heard his report and knew that the situation was serious, he decided to send troops to support him immediately, even though the Qing army was fighting fiercely with the Shun army in Shanxi.

In Beijing, Melle Zhangjing and Tuo, Meler Ezhen Li led Taihuo to lead an army of 10,000 to Shandong and pacify Zhao Yingyuan in Qingzhou.

By the time the news reached Qingzhou, it was September 10, and the Qing soldiers had already arrived in Jinan on the sixth day of September.

The Qing court reacted so quickly that Zhao Yingyuan and others were taken aback, and while ordering Wang Yan to recruit and train men and horses as soon as possible, he ordered the cavalry to go out of the city to investigate the enemy's situation, gather the people outside the city, and fortify the wall to clear the field to resist the Qing soldiers.

All this made Wang Yan very worried, if he was given some more time, he would definitely be able to train a capable army, but now the Qing court came too quickly, and he had only recruited 3,000 men and horses to this day.

Since the slave leader Nurhachi raised the army, the Ming Dynasty is more defeated than victorious, Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Li Wyaojiao, and even Hong Chengchou are either dead or defeated or surrendered to the hands of the Manchu Qing, compared with these court officials, battle-hardened generals, Wang Yan is just a person who has not been in the Jinshi, he really has no confidence, in the face of the upcoming nearly 10,000 Manchurian army.

In fact, the news Wang Yan got was not accurate, the Qing soldiers who killed Shandong were far more than 10,000 people, in addition to the real Manchuria, Dolgon also recruited 10,000 green battalion soldiers from Northern Zhili, Shandong, and northern Henan to help in the battle, intending to level Shandong in one fell swoop.

After Hetuo and Li Shutai arrived in Jinan on the sixth day of September, under the recommendation of Fang Dayou, they took Li Shiyuan, the former commander of Qingzhou in the Ming Dynasty, who was familiar with the situation in Qingzhou, and had already marched to Qingzhou on the ninth day of September.

Now, on September 11, the Qing army is approaching, but the Zhao army is not ready for war.

Wang Yan had to cheer up, try his best to do a good job in his hands, and improve the city defense, so that the Zhao army could have the strength to fight.

At this time he had a long sword hanging from his waist and was patrolling the city.

The people who were requisitioned on the city wall and the soldiers carried the rolling logs and boulders up the city wall together, and the damaged walls were also reinforced by craftsmen, and a large vat and cauldron were erected, and the whole city was in full swing as if a construction site, which reduced the melancholy in Wang Yan's heart a lot, and the support of the people and soldiers made him see a glimmer of hope to keep Qingzhou.

When I came to the city tower, below was a group of people pushing carts and bringing their families into the city.

Wang Aoyong died in Qingzhou, people were afraid of the Qing army's retaliation, and Zhao Yingyuan sent cavalry to drive away, and the people outside the city fled south with their families in order to avoid the upcoming Qing army, and some chose to hide in Qingzhou.

Wang Yan held the sword at his waist, looked at the scene under the city, and thought of another blessed picture in his heart, "Will it fail?" I must not let Qingzhou fall into the hands of the Qing army! ”

He retracted his thoughts, but saw two knights coming from the official road in the distance, and a few miles behind them, a large cloud of dust was raised, and Wang Yan was suddenly shocked.

"Go down with me, quickly dredge the door, and welcome them into the city!" At this time, he had already seen that the two knights were the cavalry that Zhao Yingyuan sent outside the city to investigate the Qing army and drive away the people.

Wang Yan led the guards to hurriedly go down to the city, but the city gate had been blocked by several large cars, but there were people who wanted to escape from this place of right and wrong despite Zhao Yingyuan's order.

"What's going on? Push the car away! Wang Yan was furious when he saw this.

The guards behind him saw this, so they immediately stepped forward to push back the vehicle blocking the city gate, but the family member of the cart did not do it, and a white-faced and bearded man suddenly shouted: "Do you know whose thing this is, we want to see who dares to push the vehicle?" I don't want to live anymore, do I? Dare to stop our family from leaving the city! ”

Looking at the dust raised, the Qing army was only a few miles away from Qingzhou, and the cavalry could kill it within a quarter of an hour, but such an ignorant thing appeared at the city gate.

Looking at his appearance, hearing his words and deeds, Wang Yan had already guessed his identity, and he was even more angry at the moment, he pulled out the long sword at his waist and said angrily: "Castration!" If you dare to obstruct big things, do you want to die? ”

"What are you going to do~" The eunuch saw Wang Yan angrily draw his sword, and his face couldn't help but change, but he had been arrogant and domineering for a long time, and when he heard Wang Yan scold him, he suddenly lost face, so he relied on his identity as the master. "Our family is a close minister of King Heng, and if you get the most of our family, you will offend the palace, do you want to commit the following crimes?"

The two knights ran all the way back to the city, but they were blocked by the crowd outside the city, unable to enter the city, and their faces were full of anxiety. Seeing this, Wang Yan knew that the military situation was urgent, and he couldn't wait any longer, and then looked at the castration's fierce appearance, and his face suddenly became extremely gloomy.

The eunuch saw that his face changed, but he thought that he had a plan, thinking that Wang Yan was frightened by his status as a prince, and he couldn't get off the stage for a while, and said with contempt on his face: "Hmph~ What's the matter, don't open the way for our family, what if??"

Before the eunuch finished speaking, Wang Yan suddenly stabbed over with a sword, and the old eunuch's originally self-satisfied face instantly turned pale.

"Ah~" Although Wang Yan is a scholar, since he presided over the recruitment of soldiers, he often practiced with the sergeants, how could the eunuch be his opponent, and before he could let out a scream, he was pierced by a sword.

Everyone couldn't help but gasp as they watched Wang Yan pull out the sword from the corpse, and the obstructors couldn't help but shudder one by one, while the sergeants became solemn.

"If you dare to disobey orders again, this is the end!" Wang Yan drew his sword, kicked the corpse down, looked around at everyone, and ordered loudly. "Quickly clear the city gates!"

The lesson of the previous car was in front of him, and under Wang Yan's gaze on the sword, the cart blocking the city gate was quickly pushed away, and the city gate that was originally blocked was also unblocked in a moment.

The two knights also followed the people into the city quickly, and they came to Wang Yan and said with a crying voice: "Son, all the brothers who went out of the city are finished!" ”

Wang Yan has no military position in the army, nor does he have the official position of the Ming Dynasty, he can only be regarded as Zhao Yingyuan's staff, and everyone in the army sees his youth and calls him a son.

These two knights Wang Yan both knew, one was named Zheng Youcai, and the other was Wang Wei, who shot an arrow through his thigh.

At this time, he saw that the two of them were wounded all over their bodies, and there were feathered arrows stuck in their armor, and he already understood the seriousness of the situation, and then saw that the dust raised in the distance was getting closer and closer to the city, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers around him to help the people enter the city, and then quickly closed the city gate.

"Zheng Youcai, you should go back to the state and report the situation to General Zhao." At the city gate, the soldiers quickly moved into action, and Wang Yan said to the two of them while turning to go up to the city. "Wang Wei, you go to the city with me and tell me about the situation of the Qing soldiers."

As he walked, he ordered the guards to inform the guards of each gate, and asked the soldiers in the city to quickly go to the city to defend, and the entire Qingzhou immediately moved.

"Do you know how many Qing soldiers you have encountered?" Coming to the city tower, Wang Yan stood by the wall, looked at the black line that was about to appear in the distance and asked.

"More than 100 of our brothers collided with the Qing soldiers who were heading south at Lijiabao, forty miles away, and they came all over the mountains, at least more than 2,000 people." Wang Wei recalled with a painful face. "When we found out about the enemy, we immediately turned our horses and retreated, but we were still discovered by the Qing soldiers, they were fast, and the brothers were hit by arrows one after another, and they were about to be finished.

The first confrontation between the Zhao army and the Qing army almost wiped out Zhao Yingyuan's most elite cavalry battalion, which was a huge blow to Wang Yan and the entire Qingzhou.

Moreover, there are 2,000 forward cavalry of the Qing army, and with the rear army of the Chinese army, the Qing army going south must far exceed the 10,000 people mentioned in the intelligence, which makes Wang Yan's heart sink.

He asked the injured Wang Wei to go down to deal with the injury first, and he thought about the countermeasures to defend the city, and after a while, Zhao Yingyuan, who had a gloomy face, also came to the city surrounded by a group of Zhao army generals.

At this time, the Qing soldiers in the distance finally appeared outside the city, more than 2,000 war horses galloped over, the dust covered the sky, the earth and the city trembled with the rhythm of the horses' hooves, where did the new soldiers in the city see such a momentum, and they were all frightened and turned pale.

These blue-armored Qing soldiers were extremely arrogant, galloping back and forth under the city, and from time to time someone bent their bows and arrows and shot sharp arrows into the city, although they did not cause casualties, but they made the Zhao army panic.

The Qing army didn't take Zhao Jun in their eyes at all, and the laughter, scolding and insults were endless, and a group of cavalry who came last even rushed to the bottom of the moat, and each of them actually carried a human head in their hands, and they were extremely arrogant and piled up a small dirt bag by the moat.

Zhao Yingyuan and many Zhao generals in the city were so ugly and ugly, Zhao Si, who had a hot temperament, was so angry that he scolded, knelt on the city and asked for his life to fight to avenge the brothers in the cavalry camp, but was stopped by Zhao Yingyuan.

With the strength of the Zhao army, he did not have the capital to fight with the Qing army, he had 500 old soldiers, only today he lost 100, and the cavalry was all lost.

The Qing army under the city are all cavalry, although arrogant but not stupid, thinking that the cavalry can capture the strong city, they tossed and laughed under the city, and then retreated to a safe place outside the city to set up camp, and did not send men and horses to monitor the Zhao army in the city, arrogant to the extreme.

Zhao Yingyuan and Wang Yan watched them set up camp outside the city, there was no way, the cavalry of the Zhao army was lost, and before the infantry army rushed to the front of the camp, they had already picked up their knives and waited for you to come, and they couldn't fight at all.

(The Qingzhou Rebellion historically took place in September, but the author brings it forward to August, and the number of Qing troops entering Shandong has also increased.) ）