Fang Yuan fought continuously in Yanzhou Mansion, annihilated 3 Niu Lu of Zhenghuang Banner in a row, and was about to look for the next target, but found that all the Tartar soldiers who went out to loot had left behind the looted population and food, and quickly fled back to the Zhenghuang Banner camp under Yanzhou City, and could not catch up again.

Both the Zhenghuang Banner and the Zhenglan Banner adopted the strategy of concentrating their forces and no longer dividing their troops, and Fang Yuan, who was weak and weak, could no longer expand the results of the battle, so he could only collect his troops again and return to Erlong Mountain, one of the top mountains of Liangshan in the territory of Yanzhou Prefecture, to rest for a while.

On Erlong Mountain, Fang Yuan and Chigutai counted the armaments and materials, and after several days of fierce fighting, the gunpowder, lead bullets, and military rations of the Xuanjia Army were exhausted.

Military rations, which can be solved by buying compressed biscuits on Taobao.

As for gunpowder and lead bullets, you can't buy ready-made saltpeter and sulfur powder on Taobao, and even if you can buy it, the high-purity black powder you can prepare may not be suitable for the firearms of this era, and there may be a danger of bursting.

Fang Yuan and Chigutai discussed that they must find a place to replenish gunpowder and lead bullet, and if there was no long-range attack with firearms, in the face of the frontal attack of the Manchu iron cavalry, the losses would be doubled.

In the entire territory of Yanzhou Prefecture, there are only two cities that can supply gunpowder and lead bullet, one is Yanzhou City, which is being besieged by Tartar soldiers, and the other is Jining City, where Liu Zeqing's 100,000 troops are located.

Fang Yuan and Liu Zeqing had no friendship at all, and rashly went to Jining City, where Liu Zeqing was located, Liu Zeqing, who was already a warlord, would not necessarily cooperate with Fang Yuan's strategic actions and provide support for gunpowder and lead bullets.

He thought about it, and could only rest on the top of Erlong Mountain for a few days, observe the next move of the Manchu Tartars, and then think of countermeasures.

Fang Yuan rested on Erlong Mountain for half a month, he bought a large amount of disinfected alcohol, bandaged white gauze, powerful anti-inflammatory drugs, external healing medicines, and even painkillers on Taobao, and made every effort to treat the wounded soldiers of the Xuanjia Army, minimize the pain of the wounded soldiers, and the casualty ratio.

The modern medical supplies and medicines he provided were much higher than the treatment conditions in the army during the Ming Dynasty.

Chigutai didn't know where Fang Yuan's magical things came from, and after asking a few times, Fang Yuan only deduced that it was a gift from the shaman god. Chigutai thought about it, but in addition to the explanation of the shaman's manifestation, he couldn't think of any more reasonable explanation, so he believed Fang Yuan's statement, and Fang Yuan admired it even more.

After half a month of recuperation, most of the wounded of the Xuanjia Army were mostly healed, and the fatigue of the fierce battles in the past few days was also swept away.

The spies sent by Erlongshan came to report that the Tartar soldiers under Yanzhou City had withdrawn to the west, and there was no Tartar soldier under Yanzhou City, and there were traces of Tartar soldiers going south in the north of Yanzhou Mansion.

According to the color of the Tartar soldiers' uniforms described by the Erlongshan scouts, Fang Yuan already knew that these Tartar soldiers who went south were inlaid with white flags and blue flags. The Manchu Tartars gathered the forces of the four banners of yellow, blue, white, and blue, and were ready to engage in a big war.

Looking at the movement of the Tartar soldiers, they should be going in the direction of Jining City, and Fang Yuan can almost conclude that the target of the Tartar soldiers to gather heavy troops to capture is Jining City, where Liu Zeqing is located!

The Manchu Tartars wanted to go to dog-eat-dog with Liu Zeqing, a warlord who supported the army and respected himself, Fang Yuan was overjoyed, and immediately led the army down Erlong Mountain, directly opened the city gate, and entered Yanzhou City.

After several days of fierce fighting, the city of Yanzhou was already in ruins, with heavy casualties, and the corpses of starvation and exhaustion could be seen everywhere on the roadside, and the prefect Deng Fanxi sent the miscellaneous servants of the government to carry the corpses in the city and threw them out of the city, so as not to cause a plague in the city.

Fang Yuanjing went to the Lu Wangfu and saw Zhu Yihai and Deng Fanxi.

The two organized the soldiers and civilians of Yanzhou City to work together to repel the onslaught of the Tartar soldiers for nearly 20 days, and the entire Yanzhou City and Lu Wangfu were immersed in the joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

However, the military might of the Manchu Tartars has not yet been lifted, Zhu Yihai and Deng Fanxi did not dare to relax their vigilance, and in the palace, most of the female dependents are still sewing and mending armor and military uniforms, and some are cooking porridge and boiling medicinal soup to provide food for the soldiers defending the city and treat the wounded.

Fang Yuan saw the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had taken the opportunity to slaughter Zhu Yipai, the prince of waste wood, and supported Zhu Yihai, who acted decisively. If it weren't for Zhu Yihai leading the entire army and people of Yanzhou City to resist the enemy wholeheartedly, in history, how could Yanzhou City, which was lost in less than three days, survive for more than 20 days?

Zhu Yihai personally received Fang Yuan in the palace and arranged a banquet for reception, because of the shortage of materials in the city, the banquet was also very shabby.

During the war, Fang Yuan did not have too high requirements for food and drink, and after a simple polite conversation with Zhu Yihai, he went straight to the point, "His Royal Highness King Lu, after days of fierce fighting, our army has been exhausted of gunpowder and lead bullet, and I came to Yanzhou City this time to borrow some gunpowder and lead bullet from His Royal Highness." ”

Yanzhou City was able to hold on for 20 days, all relying on a few cannons on the city wall, as well as the firearms troops defending the city.

Zhu Yihai was embarrassed and said, "Governor Fang, we Ming people don't talk darkly, gunpowder, lead bullet, Yanzhou City's treasury does still have some, but this bit of gunpowder and lead bullet is the lifeblood of Yanzhou City." If it is given to you, the Tartar soldiers go and return, what else will Yanzhou City use to resist the enemy? ”

Deng Fanxi also asked, "Governor Fang, the siege of Yanzhou has been lifted, what are you doing with gunpowder and lead bullet?" ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Go and relieve the siege of Jining City." ”

When Zhu Yihai heard that he was going to consume the armaments and materials of Yanzhou City to relieve Ningcheng, his face sank, and he said unhappily, "Governor Fang, before the siege of Yanzhou City, I sent dozens of distress letters to Liu Zeqing. This miscellaneous army was self-respecting, arrogant, and did not send a single soldier to rescue. Now that the war has burned to Jining City, he deserves it, what can he save? Let him and the Tartars fight to defeat both, that's the best! ”

Zhu Yihai's anger at Liu Zeqing's death and not saving him, Fang Yuan was deeply aware of it, but Zhu Yihai's preparation for Liu Zeqing's tooth for tooth was a typical rat's eye, "His Royal Highness King Lu, you only see one of them, not the other!" ”

Zhu Yihai was scolded by him, and he held back his anger and said, "Please also ask Governor Fang for advice." ”

Fang Yuan asked rhetorically, "His Royal Highness King Yilu's opinion, the Manchu Tartars have gathered the power of the Four Banners and gone to attack Jining City, can Liu Zeqing hold Jining City?" ”

Zhu Yihai thought about the bravery of the Tartar soldiers when they attacked Yanzhou City, this is only a banner of the Yellow Flag, Yanzhou City has been almost lost, Jining City is facing the Tartar soldiers of the Four Banners, where will there be luck? said, "With Liu Zeqing's urine, he must not be able to keep it!" ”

Fang Yuan asked in a deep voice, "If Liu Zeqing is cornered by the Manchu Tartars, knowing that Jining Prefecture cannot be defended, will he continue to fight to the end, or will he surrender to the Manchu Tartars?" ”

Zhu Yihai was startled, then he came back to his senses, and said hesitantly, "This, this, he, I'm afraid he wants to surrender!" ”

"Yes!"

Fang Yuan shouted and said, "Liu Zeqing will definitely lead Jining City to surrender, the Manchu Tartars have 100,000 surrendered Ming troops, as well as the grain of Jining City, and then return to the division to attack Yanzhou City, can the little gunpowder and lead bullet retained by His Highness be able to withstand it?" ”

Cold sweat was oozing from Zhu Yihai's forehead, and he said again and again, "Governor Fang's words are reasonable, and he must not be able to bear it." ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "That's right! I went to relieve the siege of Jining City, not to save Liu Zeqing, but to save Yanzhou City and save the whole of Shandong. Otherwise, once Liu Zeqing surrenders, the situation on the Shandong battlefield will be irreparable. ”

Zhu Yihai and Deng Fanxi glanced at each other, only then did they understand the seriousness of the problem, and now they were fighting with Liu Zeqing, and they could only be in a desperate situation. Liu Zeqing was no matter how miscellaneous he was, in order to appease him so that he would not surrender to the Tartars, he couldn't help but save him. To deal with him, he could only wait for the Manchu Tartars to withdraw their troops.

Zhu Yihai hurriedly said, "Okay! How much gunpowder and lead bullet Governor Fang needed for this trip, the Lone King supplied them all. ”

Fang Yuan was relieved to see that he agreed to provide gunpowder and lead bullet support, and immediately ordered Chigutai to lead his army to the treasury to collect gunpowder and lead bullet that could hold the weight of at least two major battles.

The Xuanjia army stayed in Yanzhou City for five days, and the spies who went to Jining Prefecture reported that the Manchu Tartars had completed the siege of Jining City.

The yellow flag is stationed at the north gate of Jining City, the blue flag is stationed at the west gate of Jining City, the blue flag is stationed at the east gate, and the white flag is on guard at the periphery to prevent sneak attacks from the periphery. Only one south gate was left empty, which was regarded as the determination to break the death battle of Jining City.

Fang Yuan was secretly amused, it seemed that the Manchu Tartars attached great importance to the defense of their Xuanjia army, and even sent a banner of Tartar soldiers to guard the perimeter.

He immediately ordered Zhu Yihai to send an envoy to Liu Zeqing to send a message, and within half a month, he would lead troops to Jining City to relieve the siege and strengthen Liu Zeqing's determination to defend Jining City.

Fang Yuan led a fully replenished 1,500 Xuanjia army, went out of the west gate of Yanzhou City, and went to Jining City.