Jinan City is in a chaotic war, there are few officers and soldiers defending the city, almost all of them are errand soldiers on the city wall, the people are strong, although there are local officials to supervise the war, but the combat power is limited after all, the sound of shouting and killing, gongs and drums is not small, guns, bows and arrows make no order, if it is not for the Jinan city wall is tall and strong, I am afraid that it has already been defeated; It was not the Qing army that attacked the city, it was the Ming army that surrendered, these guys climbed up the ladder in groups, planted one, and the others immediately made up for it, and continued to rush up with red eyes. The common people couldn't beat the soldiers, the resistance in the city became weaker and weaker, and several city walls had been breached, and the morale of the troops was greatly boosted, and they rushed to enter the city.

The overall situation has been decided, it is only a matter of time to conquer Jinan, and the armored soldiers who are watching the battle from a distance talk and laugh leisurely - the Qing army is reluctant to consume its elite, and Zhili and Shandong can easily catch a large number of Ming army routs, and allow them to enter the city to rob and then release them home.

The battle report in front sent to a ruined temple outside the city, the commander of the right-wing army, the general of Yangwu Yue Tuo nodded with satisfaction, but coughed violently, the two Aha carefully helped him sit down, and brought a bowl of soup and medicine, Yue Tuo took a few sips and drank it, and sighed a long sigh It seemed to feel a lot better - since the death of Sakhalian, Yue Tuo's body has been worse day by day, the expedition to Khalkha in the first half of last year, and the second half of the year to the present, the continuous march and conquest have exhausted him.

Yue Tuo's situation is very bad, he and his third brother Sakhalian are recognized by the Eight Banners as the most dazzling twin stars of the third generation of the Aixin Jueluo family, the tree is bound to attract the wind, Sakhalian is dead, and it is also difficult for him to get out of the whole body - the emperor seems to be suspicious of him, and he has to find something to do if he has nothing to do, and demoted his title from Prince Heshuocheng all the way to Gushan Beizi, and only re-promoted to Dorobelle after the expedition to Khalkha last year. The title of the lord of the red flag is just a beyler, which is almost an insult, but the emperor does not stop, knowing that he is ill, he still insists on sending him to lead the army to conquer the Ming country, and it is a long and difficult way to enter the pass. But Yue Tuo is Yue Tuo after all, it is not easy for him to fall, he gritted his teeth and walked over in the mountains, and the tall and strong wall could not stop him, and he sent a dozen or so Kabush soldiers to sneak attack, and he won the dangerous pass in one fell swoop.

In contrast, the commander of the left-wing army, the general Dolgon, was very despised, unwilling to fight a vicious battle, but his mouth was still very hard, and others were afraid of the peace treaty between the Qing State and Fengzhou, and were somewhat hesitant to march into Shandong, but he was unscrupulous, and also warned others that if Erlu sent a person to blackmail, the Qing soldiers would not dare to move forward, and the emperor would definitely blame everyone. However, when the Qing army continuously defeated the Ming army's interception and easily reached Jinan, Dolgon took the left wing army to Linqing to monitor the Guanning army and threw the hard work of attacking the city to Yue Tuo.

The Ming army is not difficult to fight, but Elu is not easy to provoke, my Qing soldiers violated the peace treaty and entered Shandong, he will not give up, the already fragile relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Fengzhou may break down, what are the pros and cons of the Qing Dynasty? Yue Tuo was thinking about it, and Du Du, the deputy commander of the Right Wing Army, suddenly ran in.

"General, tens of thousands of iron horsemen have been killed in the direction of the Qi River, it is the Fengzhou soldiers who beat the Black Eagle Banner and the Flying Tiger Banner, I have ordered the team to line up, and the Elu people are sleepy and tired, and they are just going to meet the attack." Du Du said in a low voice.

Yue Tuo glanced at Du Du contemptuously, ordered someone to spread out the map and look at it for a while, and ordered sharply, "Rush the Ming army to the city, and allow them to plunder for seven days after the city is broken", and then under the support of Aha to climb a nearby mound, carefully observe the surrounding situation - the horn of the Qing army is sounding, the armored soldiers and the accompanying idlers, and the people are in battle under the city, and the soldiers seem to be encouraged, scrambling to climb the city wall, and the fire in the city is not long in the sky, Yue Tuo looks north again, the dust and smoke are rolling, the horse's hooves are clanging, and the Fengzhou iron cavalry is slowly pressing over like a wall, the Qing army on guard in the north is fleeing to the main camp in disarray.

He still came, and it was the most critical time, Jinan could only give up, Yue Tuo decisively ordered: "The whole army will retreat westward in formation." ”

"Yue Tuo, you are so bold, you dare to retreat without a fight, and immediately order the whole army to go north to defeat Elu first." Du Du stepped forward and shook his fist and shouted angrily, Yue Tuo ignored him at all, and helped Aha to walk down the mound, Du Du was a little annoyed, stopped Yue Tuo and yelled, "There are 40,000 people in my right wing army, and there are only more than 10,000 people in Elu, how can you scare him away, you don't dare to fight, I will fight for you!" ”

"Shut up, you've never fought with Erlu, you know something! I am General Yangwu, and the commander of the Right Wing Army is me, and it is not your turn to talk too much, and the whole army immediately goes west to join Prince Rui. Yue Tuo pushed Du Du aside, waved his hand to the generals, and the generals shouted in unison to obey the order, no one cared about Du Du screaming - this person has a bad reputation, he Ama Chuying died in the internal strife of the Jin Kingdom Zhubeile, he and his younger brother Nikan in order to protect themselves, whoever gains power will take refuge in whom, first mixed with the big Beile Daishan, and later became a cronie of the four Beile, it is understandable to be compromised, but he often spies on others, and loves to make small reports, which is annoying, this time is no exception, the emperor put him next to Yue Tuo is actually an eyeliner, However, he doesn't seem to be valued by the emperor, and he is only a title of Doro Anpinbel until now, and with his qualifications as an old white flag master, he should also be crowned the king of Doro County like Azig.

The Qing army sounded the call to withdraw, tens of thousands of people took cover alternately, and quickly retreated westward, while the Fengzhou iron cavalry pressed forward step by step, driving them away from Jinan City as much as possible. Li Yu mobilized the iron cavalry several times to attack the side, trying to confuse the other party, but Yue Tuo has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is extremely experienced in using soldiers, and strictly ordered his subordinates to maintain the formation and not move rashly, and once the enemy cavalry approaches, he will hit with bows and arrows and firearms - Yue Tuo is clear about his family background, less than 20,000 armored soldiers in the 40,000 people of the right wing army, of which there are only seven or eight thousand Manchurian elites, although the opponent is at a disadvantage in numbers, but all the elite in armor, it is definitely himself who is unlucky to fight, and it is the best strategy to get rid of the other party steadily.

After several tentative attacks by the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry to no avail, they did not dare to rush forward easily, and consciously followed the other party slowly - many of the firearms and arrows used by the Qing army were made in Fengzhou, and the Fengzhou army knew best in their hearts whether they were powerful or not, and it was better to be cautious. The two armies pulled and pulled to the west for dozens of miles, when it was dark, the Fengzhou army blew the trumpet to collect the troops, and the Qing army also took the opportunity to speed up the retreat, and the two sides had no losses, throwing off the big stride and parting ways.

When Li Yu led the iron cavalry to retreat to the city of Jinan, the follow-up infantry association and artillery association had arrived, and the soldiers set up camp tents on the snow, and lit piles of bonfires by the way, illuminating the camp around as if it were daytime.

"The Qing army has run away, and the movement in the city is still so big?" Li Yu took a roasted yam egg from Lao Shuai's hand, looked at Jinan City with flickering firelight, and asked.

"It's still fighting, this time it's the government and the army that rushed into the city, we want to help, but he won't let him enter the city." The old man smiled and pointed to a middle-aged civil official next to him.

"According to the law of this dynasty, all guest troops are not allowed to enter the city, not to mention that you have no civil servants, and the governor has entered the city to pacify the army and the people, so you don't have to work hard." The middle-aged official Zhengse said, this guy was covered in mud, and there were still a few blood stains on his official uniform, but his eyes were fixed on the yam eggs that Li Yu ate deliciously, and it seemed that he was also a product who escaped death after a day's battle.

"I don't care, just don't let me into the city, but don't bite people if something happens." Du Wenhuan is still smiling.

Li Yu dug out a few yam eggs from the fire, patted Song Xuezhu's shoulder, picked up two and handed them over, Song Xuezhu was not used to being so light by a military attaché, but his stomach was really hungry, so he took the yam eggs and stuffed them into his mouth.

"Slow down, be careful of burning your mouth." Li Yu reminded him, and chatted with Song Xuezhu without a word.

Jinan City did not quiet down this night, the army was killed by the Fengzhou army outside the city, blocked in the city and could not get out, and knew that the crime was extremely difficult to escape, and simply ignored the appeasement of the government, and intensified the evil, the ruffians on the ground also took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and the rotten soldiers and the local snakes tacitly hooked up together to burn and rob, and the officials and officials in Jinan City had been killed and injured during the day, and no one in Yan Jizu's hands could not control the situation at all, and in the second half of the night sent people to pass the message, the rotten soldiers in the city were stubborn, and the Fengzhou army was asked to enter the city quickly to quell the chaos, Song Xuezhu had no choice but to be cheeky and beg Li Yu for help.

"We are a guest army, and we have no civil servants, and we dare not enter the city gate open, so you should find your own way." Du Wenhuan said coldly.

"At this time and that time, Jinan erosion is imminent, Li Shuai can't help it, besides, King De is still in the city, if there is a mistake, we can't afford to bear it." Song Xuezhu was about to cry, and begged Li Yu again.

Li Yu waved his hand and ordered Sun's law-abiding infantry Zuo Xie to enter the city immediately, and praised Ma Shiying, who was in charge of military discipline.

Sun Shoufa did the Suide garrison, to deal with the rotten soldiers, the mob has a way, first drank the pedestrians to go home and not go out, there are those who dare to act as thieves, and then along the street to kill, frightened the guerrillas to flee in all directions, after cleaning up the market did not stop, the Fengzhou army blocked the various intersections, let the errand soldiers, the village elders lead the way, door to door search, see the unknown source of the person to arrest, armed opponents immediately killed, this night Jinan city ambush thousands of corpses, more than 3,000 people were arrested, rotten soldiers, mobs swept away, the government finally controlled the situation.

After dawn, the moat outside Jinan was crowded with prisoners who had been escorted out of the city, and these guys were obviously afraid of being killed, and they wept and begged the Fengzhou army, which was also a brother of the official army, to let them go. Song Xuezhu was furious when he saw this group of surrendered troops, and went to the prisoner pile with his sword to vent for a while, and then ran to Li Yu to ask for someone - there are no soldiers available under the command of the governor of Shandong, most of these people are from the battalion, and it may come in handy to kill a few more culprits and reorganize them.

Li Yu didn't answer, his eyes continued to look at the thousands of captives, and Du Wenhuan replied coldly on the side: "The most vicious criminals, it is also a disaster to keep them, it is better to kill a hundred." ”

"How can this be reasonable, most of these people are officials and soldiers in Shandong Town, and they should be dealt with by the Shandong Governor's Office, if I want you to hand over people, I have to hand them over." Song Xuezhu's face changed and he shouted.

"How can the captives of my naturalization town be handed over to others casually, I will kill them if I say so," Du Wenhuan did not give in, beckoned to Hou Shijie and Sun Shoufa, "Surround all the captives and prepare to do it!" ”

"You, you, you are a northern captive, tyrannical like a beast, this is more than 3,000 human lives." Song Xuezhu trembled all over and pointed at the generals and roared angrily.

Li Yu became angry all of a sudden, and shouted loudly: "Lao Tzu is the northern captive, what is it to kill thousands of people, kill, shoot all without leaving one!" ”

The captives were surrounded by the Toyosu legion, and when they saw the other party raise their bows and arrows, they immediately realized what was going to happen, and the wailing stopped abruptly, and someone suddenly shouted "The northern captives are going to kill, and the brothers are fighting", the captives waved their fists, picked up stones and threw themselves at the Toyosu army, but it was in vain, the rain of arrows flew in the sky, and the moat suddenly became a slaughterhouse full of corpses and rivers of blood.

Song Xuezhu didn't say a word, and pounced on Li Yu, but before he could get close, he was caught by several guards. Song Xuezhu was pressed to the ground, and he kept scolding in his mouth, and when he looked up and saw Ma Shiying helping Yan Jizu to come, he immediately shouted loudly: "My lord, Beiyu killed my Han'er!" ”

"Don't say anything, Li Shuai killed well," Yan Jizu's face turned pale, raised his trembling hand and shouted angrily, "If they kill King De, we will be in trouble, kill these thieves!" ”

When Song Xuezhu heard the bad news, he was so frightened that he trembled and collapsed to the ground, unable to say a word. Ma Shiying quietly told Li Yu that there was a great chaos in the city last night, and the army was sent to beat the officials of the government, and broke into the palace of King De to rob, and the king of Germany asked for money and did not want his life to intimidate the army, but he and dozens of his family were killed, and the money was looted.

If the relatives were killed, if they were responsible, Song Xuezhu did not defend the city effectively and made the thieves enter and plunder first, Yan Jizu appeased the chaos in the city, and the court could not escape if he surrendered the crime. Who cares about the life or death of the surrendered army now, their own back road is the most important, Yan Jizu pulled up Song Xuezhu, and after the two whispered quietly for a while, they asked to talk to Li Yu in private, but they were afraid that their feet would be weak, so they were helped to sit down in Li Yu's big tent.

"Li Shuai, this official is a generation older than you, just call you Hanmin, it is a serious crime for the relatives to be killed in our court, and the crime should be beheaded and abandoned in the city, it doesn't matter if the official is old, but he can't bear to involve the Hanmin in it, you are young and promising, and the official cherishes talents for the Ming Dynasty, and he must also plan well for you." Yan Jizu said with red eyes.

"Han Min, you have seen it with your own eyes, we have died for the defense of Jinan, we should have contributed to the imperial court, King De's death was really an accident, the culprit is the chaos of the army, the mob, how can you implicate the meritorious people, Han Min, you have to listen to our words, for the Ming Dynasty to save a useful body." Song Xuezhu suddenly looked at Li Yu and persuaded him earnestly.

King De's life or death is my business, it is your turn to be good people - Li Yu's face changed and he was about to have a seizure, Ma Shiying stepped on his foot fiercely, and said to Yan Jizu and Song Xuezhu with a smile on his face: "Hanmin is young and doesn't understand government affairs, so please give me more advice." ”

"The last general respectfully asks the two adults for advice." Li Yu also reacted and said.

Yan Jizu and Song Xuezhu exchanged glances with each other, and handed an official document to Li Yu: "Hanmin, this is the music of the imperial court, you must understand it carefully, and Gonggong Liu must also say hello there, don't make mistakes, we are all for your good!" ”

It is written: On the second day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the eastern army came to Jinan, the officials and the people in Jinan City defended the city to the death, the guns and cannons were all down, and the captives could not win, and they were sent to the Shandong general soldier Ni Chong, Liu Zeqing and the two troops of more than 10,000 people to attack the city, the enemy was outnumbered, and the thieves broke through the city several places and entered, the men and women of Jinan all rose up to fight, and the thieves must fight for an inch of land, His Royal Highness King De called to kill the thief, and also brought his family to kill the enemy with a knife, and thousands of officials and people such as the political envoy of Shandong and the prefect of Jinan were killed, and the Shandong patrol according to Song Xue Zhu was full of blood, and did not retreat according to the city wall, Although the captives entered the city but were trapped, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Li Yuxue, the general soldier of naturalization, ran hundreds of miles at night, attacked inside and outside, and the eastern soldiers were defeated and fled, and my Ming army won a great victory in Jinan, killing more than 5,000 soldiers, and countless eastern captives, and won the seventy-six levels of Jianzhou Zhenfan's first level - really talented, a chaotic war was blown to the sky, singing and crying, everyone became a meritorious man, even the wealth fan of King De became a hero, and at the same time named Ni Pet and Liu Zeqing, laying the groundwork for the future to clean up the two fugitives.

"Will the Imperial Court believe this letter?" Li Yu hesitated.

"Holding Jinan is a great victory, the imperial court needs a victory too much, even if you know that there is a falsehood, you are willing to believe it, not to mention that Lord Yan still has dozens of Dongyu heads in his hands." Ma Shiying replied very confidently, Yan Jizu immediately nodded in agreement, when the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry swept under the city of Jinan, he killed more than 100 Qing army rangers, he followed behind to carefully collect the intact heads, and it was really used at a critical time - in fact, this letter was conspired by the two of them, and the benefits and disadvantages had already been analyzed, as long as everyone said it, the emperor was definitely willing to believe it.

"In that case, then the last general will obey the orders of the two adults, but the imperial court has never paid food to the Naturalization Town, and the last general is poor in food, and the two adults ......," Li Yu said with a twist.

"Hermes-Epitek rest assured, this official will immediately allocate 3,000 taels of silver and 3,000 stone rice beans to you from the treasury of Jinan, and he will never treat you badly in the future." Yan Jizu understood the rules and immediately promised hush money.

"Hanmin just have to rest assured to fight, Shandong's food and salary will be given priority to the naturalized army, and Ni Chong and Liu Zeqing will wait for impeachment." Song Xuezhu was furious when he thought of those two guys, but he felt that the naturalized army was much cuter.

Li Yu stood up and patted his chest and assured loudly: "Thank you two adults, in the future, the military merits of the last general will be indispensable for the two adults." ”

The Fengzhou army stayed under the city of Jinan for two days, and then moved north to the Qihe River to join the auxiliaries of Wang Fang, Zhang Mengcun, and Tuoyangkun, at which time Xu Hengchen, the Fengzhou ambassador to Shandong and the head of the Jinan Titang Office, finally appeared.