When Fang Yuan led the army to Jining Prefecture, Jining City had already ignited the flames of war!

The Manchu Tartar soldiers attacked the city on three sides, not giving the Ming army in the city a chance to breathe at all, although Liu Zeqing had 100,000 soldiers and horses, but it was very difficult to resist.

The Manchu Four Banners no longer divided their troops, how to relieve the siege of Jining City, Fang Yuan was racking his brains.

If you want to assault the three flags of yellow, blue, and blue, you must clear the white flags on the periphery of the surveillance.

The only way Fang Yuan could think of was to continue to circle around the Shandong territory with the inlaid white flag, and then kill the horse pistol and surprise the Tartar soldiers who were attacking the city.

This time, if you want to bypass Jining City with a white flag, a small bend is definitely not enough, you must take the inlaid white flag out of Jining Prefecture and go around Dongchang Mansion, Jinan Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion.

Fang Yuan ordered the Xuanjia Army to be fully equipped and full of compressed biscuits that were enough for fifteen days, and only then did he order a team of 100 people to lure the enemy.

The white flag received an alarm of an enemy situation, and the deputy coach Turg did not rush to pursue, but found the coach Abatai to discuss countermeasures.

Abatai, Darhan and Fang Yuan had fought a few times, and knew that Fang Yuan's Xuanjia Army was equipped with two war horses per capita, and its mobility was very strong.

In order to pursue the Xuanjia Army, it is necessary to have the mobility of the Xuanjia Army, and Abatai immediately gathered 20,000 war horses to be rationed with white flags, and also reached the configuration of more than two war horses per capita.

He ordered the white flag to attack with all his might, bite the Xuanjia army to the death, and wipe it out even if he caught up for thousands of miles, and any city that dared to take in Fang Yuan must be destroyed and slaughtered, and the Xuanjia army must not be allowed to slip away again.

Turg led 25 Niulu and a total of 7,500 Tartar cavalry, and began to set off in full gear to pursue Fang Yuan's Xuanjia army.

The 1,500 Xuanjia Army and the 7,500 Manchu Iron Cavalry, one after the other, fled and chased, and began to rush to the north of Jining Prefecture.

Three days later, Fang Yuan left the territory of Jining Mansion with the Xuanjia Army and directly entered the territory of Dongchang Mansion. When he arrived at Liaocheng, the administrative office of Dongchang Mansion, Fang Yuan turned east and headed towards Jinan Mansion.

Three days later, the Xuanjia army arrived in Jinan Mansion;

Five days later, the Xuanjia army crossed Jinan Mansion and entered the territory of Qingzhou Prefecture.

Fang Yuan's Xuanjia army kept moving around the boundary of Shandong, and Turge led the iron cavalry with white flags to chase after the Xuanjia army for less than a day.

The mobility of the two sides is similar, inlaid with white flags all the way to kill horses for food, to Jinan Mansion, the Zhenghong Banner guarding Jinan Mansion sent 10 Niu Lu to join the pursuit team, and the iron determination to catch up with this Xuanjia army to annihilate all.

Fang Yuan's Xuanjia army was bitten to death by 10,000 Manchu iron cavalry, except for the rest time along the way, did not dare to have the slightest stop, fortunately, the military rations along the way can be replaced by compressed biscuits, which greatly reduced the logistical pressure, otherwise, it would have been caught up by the Tatar cavalry with white flags.

But after more than ten days of chasing and running, the knights of the Xuanjia Army were already exhausted.

"There's no way to escape like this!"

Fang Yuan hesitated to find a dangerous terrain and ambush the pursuing Tartar soldiers. But along the way, almost all of them were flat, and no terrain suitable for ambushing the Tartar cavalry was found.

He thought about asking the Liangshan brothers who were familiar with the topography of Qingzhou Mansion for help, maybe there would be a way, so he spread out the map of Liangshan's mountain and found that in the territory of Qingzhou Mansion, there was Qingfeng Mountain for temporary rest.

Fang Yuan marched to the foot of Qingfeng Mountain with the Xuanjia army, and the Liangshan brothers who responded had been waiting for a long time, and Zhang Da, the leader of Qingfeng Mountain, also came to greet him in person.

Fang Yuan was chased by the iron cavalry with white flags and red flags, and he didn't dare to stay at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain, so he stopped Zhang Da, who was familiar with the terrain of Qingzhou Mansion, and asked, "Leader Zhang, is there any terrain near Qingfeng Mountain that can be ambushed?" ”

Zhang Da said truthfully, "Lord Fang, within a radius of 100 miles, there is only such a dangerous place as Qingfeng Mountain. ”

Fang Yuan was secretly disappointed, and asked, "What is the situation now?" ”

Zhang Da also said, "It was just broken by the Tartar soldiers a month ago, and it was completely dead and wounded, and it was in tatters. ”

With neither a place to ambush nor a place to defend, how could it be possible to deal with the pursuers with white and red flags?

Fang Yuan hesitated whether to continue to go north and enter the Gyeonggi area to take refuge for the time being. But as soon as this goes, Jining City will undoubtedly be broken, and once Jining City is broken, Yanzhou City will inevitably be unprotected.

He worked hard in Shandong for nearly two months, and all his efforts came to naught.

Chigutai persuaded, "Shaman, we have annihilated 15 Niulu's Tartar soldiers since the beginning of the war, and we have done our best, so let's accept it when we see it!" The 200,000 troops of the imperial court did not dare to leave the city, and Liu Zeqing's 100,000 troops would rather sit and wait for death than help us. With such a big Shandong political secretary and millions of men, none of them dared to come to support us, could it be that the fight against the Manchu Tartars was just a matter of our 2,000 Xuanjia Army? ”

Even Chigutai, who is brave and good at fighting, has no confidence to fight alone, and is full of complaints about isolation, and the situation in front of him is like a mountain and water.

Fang Yuan looked at the direction of Yanzhou City, where there were still 100,000 soldiers and civilians waiting for him to come to the rescue, he was neither willing nor bearable, "As long as we can throw off the chasing soldiers with white flags and red flags, we will still have a chance to relieve the siege of Jining City and Yanzhou City." ”

Zhang Da, who was on the side, suddenly said, "Lord Fang, follow me to Qingfeng Mountain!" ”

If you go to Qingfeng Mountain, you will be completely trapped on the mountain by the Manchu Iron Cavalry, and there will be no survivors, Fang Yuan said with a wry smile, "I understand the kindness of Leader Zhang, let's continue to hurry!" ”

Zhang Da said loudly, "In addition to the main road up and down the mountain, Qingfeng Mountain also has a small road, which can go directly out of the territory of Yidu County, and the Tartar soldiers definitely don't know about this path." Lord Fang rests for a day in Qingfeng Mountain, and I will arrange for Lord Fang to withdraw from the path. ”

Fang Yuan looked at him in amazement and said, "If I go up the mountain, the Tartar soldiers will definitely attack the mountain, and Qingfeng Mountain will be in danger!" ”

Zhang Da said with tears in his eyes, "Lord Fang is just a foreigner, and in order to save the people of Shandong, he is still fighting bloody battles with the Tartar soldiers. I have millions of hot-blooded men in Shandong, but none of them dare to challenge the Tartar soldiers, Lao Tzu is really aggrieved! Brothers! Our eight hundred boys in Qingfeng Mountain are afraid of death! ”

Qingfeng Mountain Liukou, who followed Zhang Da down the mountain, shouted and said, "Don't be afraid! Fight with the Tartars! ”

In the excitement of the crowd, Zhang Da affectionately held Fang Yuan's arm and said, "Lord Fang, let's go up the mountain, this time Qingfeng Mountain wants to correct the name of the Shandong boy, and he will fight to the death with the Tartar soldiers!" ”

As soon as the battle began, the eight hundred rogues on Qingfeng Mountain were certain to die, Fang Yuan nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "Liangshan is a good man, his reputation is well deserved, Fang can only admire!" ”

Fang Yuan and Chigutai led 1,500 Xuanjia sergeants to Qingfeng Mountain first, and Zhang Da followed.

Fang Yuan went to Qingfeng Mountain only to find that there were not only 800 Liukou on Qingfeng Mountain, but also villagers from villages near and far who had taken refuge, at least more than 5,000.

The villagers, both men and women, were placed in makeshift wooden huts behind the mountain.

The opportunity to rest was very rare, and Fang Yuan was busy arranging for the sergeant of the Xuanjia Army to eat and drink enough, so he had a good night's sleep first.

In less than half a day, the spies at the foot of the mountain hurriedly came to report, "The Tartar soldiers have arrived, order us to hand over Fang Yuan, and then go down the mountain to surrender to avoid death, otherwise we will kill the mountain, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

Zhang Da patted the table and said, "Call back to the Tartar soldiers, let us think about it for two days, and then give them an answer." ”

He was also brave and resourceful, wanting to buy Fang Yuan's Xuanjia army a day or two of rest.

After a while, the spies under the mountain brought Turg's ultimatum again, "Tomorrow at noon, if you don't hand over someone, attack the mountain immediately!" ”

Zhang Da smiled nonchalantly when he heard it, "It's noon, it's noon, it's good to live one more day." ”

There was desolation in his laughter, but also fearlessness in the face of death.

In the early morning of the next day, the sergeant of the Xuanjia Army, who had rested on Qingfeng Mountain for most of the day, finally recovered eighty or ninety percent of his energy, and Zhang Da personally took Fang Yuan and his party, as well as the five thousand villagers who had taken refuge on the mountain, to descend the mountain from the path behind the mountain.

Fang Yuan's 1,500 Xuanjia cavalry led the horses and walked on the mountain path for two hours, and finally reached the foot of the mountain.

In the distance, the trumpets of the Tartars attacked, and the Tartars began to attack the mountain!

Zhang Da pointed to the trail at the foot of the mountain that only allowed two horses to walk in parallel and said, "Master Fang, go left from this trail, and in two days, you will be able to see the official road leading to Jinan Mansion." After I had evacuated the villagers, I burned the path so that the Tartars could not catch up. ”

Fang Yuan squeezed his hand and said, "Leader Zhang, if you go back to the mountain, you will definitely die, come with me!" ”

Zhang Da smiled bitterly and said, "The hundreds of brothers I have made a blood alliance are still on the mountain, and they want to die together, and I live alone, so it's too painful to live!" ”

Brotherhood!

Fang Yuan's eyes rolled with tears of emotion, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Leader Zhang, do you have anything else to explain?" ”

According to Fang Yuan's estimate, Qingfeng Mountain will be guarded for three or five days at most, and if Zhang Da leaves at this time, it will be the last words of the eight hundred brothers of Qingfeng Mountain.

Zhang Da thought for a while and said, "There is really nothing to explain, Lord Fang remembers to tell the emperor Lao'er in the Jinluan Palace for me, our Liangshan brothers have no way to serve the country, not a rogue!" ”

Fang Yuan's nose was sour, tears couldn't help but cross his cheeks, and he was no longer his mother-in-law, wiped his tears, and said to Zhang Dayi, "Leader Zhang, farewell!" ”

Zhang Damo nodded silently, turned around and walked towards the mountain.

Fang Yuan Zema looked at his back as he died generously, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, wanting to repay the great kindness of the Liangshan brothers, not the sensationalism of parting here with life and death, but to completely drive the Tartar soldiers out of Shandong, and then ask Chongzhen to completely rehabilitate the Liangshan brothers.

He sighed deeply, wiped away the tears from his eyes again, and spurred his horse away.

The next goal is to relieve the siege of Jining City!