Jining, on the road by the canal, the chariots and horses are whistling, a team of people and horses with the tricolor black eagle flag are speeding north, the cauldron on the side of the road is steaming, the men keep stuffing two nests and scooping a bowl of hot porridge for the soldiers who hurriedly walked by, and the herald soldiers quickly swept over and shouted loudly, "Shandong epidemic, must be careful, those who leave the team on their own or take in outsiders will be whipped thirty and expelled from the army" - the soldiers are pale and bow their heads to hurry, on the way out of Xuzhou, you can see abandoned land, empty villages, and graves of Xinli everywhere, There are also wild dogs eating human flesh on the roadside, and the lake is also empty, and the people of Fengzhou and Shanxi have experienced the epidemic and know very well what is happening here.

Li Yu stood on the high ground, looking at his troops with a cold face, and Mao Yuanyi, the military affairs officer of the praise painting beside him, reported to him the latest military situation: "Drove away a group of Qing army scouts, it seems that we are being targeted, Han Min, Titang Division reported that the Qing army used half of the men in the Manchurian, Han and Mongolian Eight Banners and 24 Gushan to enter the customs this time, the number is around 150,000, our troops are too small, is it a bit of a lonely army to drive directly to Texas?" ”

"Don't listen to their nonsense, that's to scare the Ming army, it's very good that they can dispatch 20,000 Manchurian Eight Banners, plus the Mongolian, Han Eight Banners and Mongolian Foreign Domains, 50,000 armored soldiers break through the sky, and the combat power of other miscellaneous soldiers is probably not as good as our auxiliaries, the key is that our speed is fast, eat a share before they join forces, and the future battle will be easy to fight," Li Yu waved his hand, frowned and looked at the lifeless team, and shouted to Xue Zongzhou, the staff officer, with some dissatisfaction, "The battle is about morale, Xiao Xue, you tell the brothers, We are here to win the battle, and we have to march forward with our chests held high and singing. ”

Xue Zongzhou ran to the side of the team and shouted for a while, and the military song soon sounded: "The red flag is raised under the barbarian mountain, and my soldiers are mighty and strong; The general is gracious to the people, and his comrades are in good spirits; The desert smoke rises from the side wall, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse is in a hurry; The blood is heroic, the country is dead, and the captives have been extinguished. ”

"Oh no, President, someone is going to steal our food!" Xu Hengchen, a wealthy businessman in Shandong, shouted and went to the high ground.

"Which bold thief dares to rob my Datong army of food, let's go to him to settle accounts." Liu Wenzhong, who was roasting the fire, was drowsy, and suddenly came to his senses.

"It's not a thief, it's the governor of Huaiyang, and the scorpion block is reasoning with him." Xu Hengchen pulled the west for a long time to make it clear, he took over 3,000 stone grain from Hu Chunshui, in order to avoid the Qing army, bandits hid in the depths of Weishan Lake, it happened that the governor of Huaiyang also hid in Weishan Lake, saw the grain and persuaded Xu Hengchen to sell it to the government, so as to transport it to the capital to serve the imperial court, Xu Hengchen did not eat this set, found all kinds of excuses to prevaricate, today Tuoyangkun ran to receive food, and met the governor of Huaiyang to buy grain, there are soldiers on both sides, a few words of discord on the saber rattling, Xu Hengchen was afraid, hurriedly ran to report the news, he has not forgotten the black Huaiyang governor, rolled his eyes and said, "What can be more urgent than us, the governor of Huaiyang is clearly a bully, I saw that he brought more than a hundred boats full of grain, enough 10,000 stones, let's just buy his grain." ”

"Yes, what can be more urgent than us, our family will go and buy food from him." Liu Wenzhong rolled up his sleeves and was about to leave.

"The governor of the court comes forward, or I'll go." Li Yu's heart moved, Ma Shiying said that the grain prepared for him was transported to Beijing by the Huaiyang governor, and since it happened, it should be returned.

The canal side was noisy and chaotic, and the Datong auxiliaries in red clothes and blue pants were mixed in the Ming army to push and shove, and the Ming soldiers did not dare to move, and they retreated step by step and shouted and scolded, Tuoyangkun waved a short gun and instructed his subordinates to guard the sluice very domineeringly, blocking hundreds of boats on the lake.

"This official has been the governor of Xi'an Mansion, I know your notoriety, you scorpion block has done a lot of evil, and you are still a thief after taking refuge in the north, if you are not in a hurry to transport grain to the king, you will definitely be killed first, quickly take your people away, otherwise you will be severely punished." A lean, middle-aged official shouted angrily.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to be afraid of you! I'll tell you your surname Shi, spit out all the hundreds of stone grains that you forcibly bought two days ago, otherwise you won't want to enter the canal by boat. Tuoyangkun shouted arrogantly.

"Bold, the eastern captives plundered the country, the Beijing division fought hundreds of dollars, the people and the officers and soldiers of King Qin were hungry, you as a subject of the Ming Dynasty did not want to serve the country, but blocked the official ship, and wanted to be a shameless rebel? Tell your superiors to come out and answer. The official angrily scolded.

Tuoyangkun was annoyed and ashamed, and the short gun directly pressed against the official's head, and the soldiers on both sides immediately raised their weapons and pointed at each other, at this time, Li Yu shouted "stop" and walked, Liu Wenzhong ran faster, rushed to the official and shouted at a sharp voice: "Our family is monitoring the military affairs of Xuanda towns Liu Wenzhong, the people around the saint, you dog official is so bold, you dare to rob the military rations of my Datong army, report your name!" ”

The official ignored Liu Wenzhong, but stared at the big tall man behind him, waiting for the other party to sign up for the salute, but the other party only glanced at him, and looked at the boat on the lake with interest.

"Are you Li Yu, the chief soldier of Datong?" Seeing that Li Yu nodded, the official said coldly with his hands behind his back, "This official is the right to the imperial history, Huaiyang Governor Shi Kefa, Li Shuai's imperial majesty is not strict, his subordinates dare to block the official ship, no matter what, this official will not care if you don't know etiquette and righteousness, and tell your people to withdraw immediately." ”

"Does Master Shi want to bring food into Beijing? Ben Shuai thought it was impossible, the eastern captives and bandits could appear at any time along the way, you only have 2,000 people, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep the food, but you will be the enemy, it's better to leave it to me," Li Yu handed an edict to Shi Kefa, and continued with a smile on his face, "The emperor summoned me to King Qin, and specially ordered the state capital along the way to give priority to the supply of food and wages, so you can take this edict to restore your life." ”

"The food of this official is the blood and sweat of the people of Huaiyang, and it can only be given to the Ming court, how can it be given to the soldiers, you go to the emperor to ask for food." Shi Kefa was furious in his heart, Datong's Beiyu and Liaodong's Dongyu were the same as the country's great troubles, but one was hypocritical and the other was extremely vicious, and he was afraid that the grain would fall into the hands of the Beiyu if he transported the grain from Xuzhou to the north, so how could he return it to them.

"Shi Kefa, you are bold enough to cover the sky, and you dare to disobey the emperor's holy decree, do you want to rebel?" Liu Wenzhong pointed at Shi Kefa's nose and shouted.

"This edict is not sealed by the cabinet, it is not in line with the national system, and I will not obey my orders," Shi Kefa sneered and threw the edict to Li Yu, flicked his sleeves and shouted to the officials and soldiers, "Open the sluice, let's go!" ”

The Flying Tiger Battalion immediately raised its bow and arrows, Li Yu strode to the lake, raised his short gun and fired it twice in a row, and shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers: "This commander is the naturalized uncle, the prince Taibao, the general of the expedition to the east, the prime minister Xuanda military affairs of the towns, and the general soldier of Datong, Li Yu, who went north to the king of Qin at the behest of the saint, and you can go home when you send military rations. ”

The Ming army hesitated for a moment, threw down the boat and scattered, Shi Kefa was furious when he saw this, but he was soon picked up by a group of staff and personal soldiers and fled to the south. Li Yu scolded "a group of waste", waved his hand to move grain, Tuoyangkun shouted excitedly, and led the auxiliary soldiers to jump on the boat.

In Yizhou, the Qing army camp was tied up in a hill, the camp was divided into sections, and the pungent smell of lime could be smelled everywhere, and the soldiers were restricted from moving around without authorization, sitting in groups of three or five by the camp tent, looking at the corpses transported out of the camp on the cart, and the whole camp seemed to be dead. The scout shouted "urgent report" in his mouth and galloped by, the soldiers just glanced numbly, and continued to bow their heads to think about their own thoughts - the Great Qing Kingdom suffered another disaster last year, and the food grown in the field was far from enough to eat, and the emperor declared that the Ming court did not pay attention to faith and destroyed the peace negotiation, so this account should be calculated on the head of the Ming Kingdom, and after the autumn harvest, more than 100,000 people were sent to break into the pass to grab food, and everyone did not complain about it. If you die outside, you can only blame your fate.

But no one thought that the Ming Kingdom was so *** a few years ago, hundreds of thousands of Gyeonggi Ming troops were as vulnerable as chickens and dogs, and a large number of Ming deserters and bandits came to the door to ask for a partnership to attack the city and loot, and even the people of the Ming Kingdom were more obedient, and they were willing to follow if they were given a bowl of rice. How to fight the Qing soldiers, it was simply unstoppable, two months to penetrate Zhili, Shandong, rushed to the Yellow River in one breath, along the way to break through the Hejian, Yanzhou capital city, capture and kill the king of Minglu and Leling, Yangxin, Dongyuan, Anqiu, Ziyang five county kings, some people also crossed the Yellow River and sacked Haizhou. This time the entry into the customs was too smooth, the captivity of people, livestock, money hundreds of thousands, everyone made a fortune, but the retribution also came, no matter how horizontal the Qing soldiers were, they could not provoke the plague, there were not a few people killed in the war, but more than 30,000 people died from the epidemic before and after, Abatabelle had no choice but to take the risk of dividing the troops, and also locked up the gang of guys who went to Haizhou, saying that they were afraid that they would bring the plague again - people died every day in the camp, this epidemic did not know when it was a head, the Qing soldiers looked at the accomplices who were dragged on the cart and felt sad, these guys were really pitiful, the money was still alive but goneDon't let this doom fall on your head.

The big tent of the Chinese army, Abatai listened to the scout's report, and was stunned for a long time before coming back to his senses, and then lit the top ginseng cigarette and continued to drink his old wine in Xinghua Village - his old man is just like this, these good things are honored by his daughter Erniu, and Bayanha made a special trip from Luquan to bring it to him.

According to the practice of the Great Qing Dynasty, the prince and the county king should have led the troops to the battle, and Abatai himself did not want to be the head of this beggar gang, but the emperor's health has become worse and worse since the death of Concubine Chen, and he cannot drive the expedition in person. Abatai had no choice but to take the errand.

According to Abatai's original intention, the Qing soldiers entered the customs to grab a pass, and then gave their son-in-law some benefits, and returned to Liaodong for a few months, but the Ming army was too nesty, and the minions of each banner grabbed the red eye, took his words as a deaf ear, rampaged to the south, and boldly crossed the Yellow River to rob Haizhou Port, this time it was troublesome, he tried his best to please Datong, but he was afraid that Datong would send troops, and the consequences of moving his son-in-law's industry were very serious!

Abatai is a veteran of the battlefield, and he still has the vision to fight, and he sent Turg to take 30,000 people to move at the junction of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan provinces very early, if Datong can at least resist it and give him time to concentrate his troops, but why did his son-in-law suddenly come out of Xuzhou? It seems that he still wants to cut off his retreat.

"Master, let the slave go and talk to my uncle, we are a family, why fight and kill, the slave said that if he was stabbed, we should not fight with Datong in the Qing Dynasty." Bayanha, who was drinking with him, said that this guy has been getting worse and worse since he stepped down as ambassador to Toyosu, and he has been demoted from the second-class Mel Zhangjing to the second-class Niu Lu Zhangjing, but Abatai trusts him, and he handles all the unsightly business.

"You slave doesn't understand the master's mind, my Qing soldiers have gone too far this time, and Elu can't end without a fight." Abatai took a sip of his wine and flipped out the map to take a closer look.

"Let's get out!" Bayanha drank the guards and said to Abatai in a low voice, "Master, Er Niu Gege said that you have a share of the shares of the Black Eagle Trading Company in her name, and the silver and debt business of the Naturalized Silver Banknote Bank in Liaodong will also be handed over to you. ”

"It's too late!" Abatai held his head and pondered for a while, then called the guards loudly and ordered: "Immediately notify Turg to seize Texas, and the other departments will assemble in Texas at the same time, this order is urgent, there must be no mistake!" ”

Shunde Mansion, Minister of the Interior Turge earlier knew the news of Datong's troops, his family's old sixteen curb Bilong was driven back, passing by Luquan found that Baoding General Soldier Jiang Pavilions were closing the field to expel the Qing merchants, and immediately ran to report the news - Datong and Qing merchants did business in Luquan for two months, Jiang Pavilions also sent troops to protect, by the way according to one of the thirty to collect the city tax, when the Ming and Qing dynasties became one, Baoding, Zhending but there was a partial peace, Jiang Pavilions both made money, and won the popularity, and now suddenly closed the field, Apparently his black backstage is about to make a move.

The war was imminent, and Turg ordered the whole army to enter Zhending quickly, however, the Qing army was struggling and not moving, and the reason was still very good - the army on the Western Road claimed to be 30,000, but there were only 5,000 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, 3,000 Mongolian and Han Eight Banner soldiers and 2,000 Mongolian cavalry from other domains, and the others were just a group of ordinary people. Turg knows the real reason, these guys have money in their pockets, of course they don't want to fight hard, but the Manchurian Eight Banners are unruly, in addition to the emperor and their own masters, probably only the prince and the county king level can scare these guys, he is just a hereditary third-class Angbang Zhangjing, he can't hold the scene, he can only persuade and persuade patiently, after a few days, Abatai's military order arrived, Turge breathed a sigh of relief and said, you don't want to fight a tough battle, according to Rao Yu Baylor's military order, immediately retreat to Texas, this is all right!

No-the leaders of the banners still don't do it, claiming that they have been staring at the city of Shunde for a long time, and have contacted the internal response in the city, and they have also brought a large group of deserters and bandits to take the lead, and the meat sent to the mouth cannot be eaten, and the city of Shunde must be beaten, and it can be taken in one day, the old and young masters of the Eight Banners made a fuss, and Turg had to promise to let them get another vote before leaving.

Almost all of the Ming troops in Shunde Mansion were transferred to King Qin, there were only a few old and weak soldiers in the city, the prefect Ji Kongjia had to put the errand in the city, the people were strong and caught up with the city wall to guard, this force was obviously vulnerable, deserters, bandits rushed in front of the cloud ladder to climb the city, the Qing army hid behind and released arrows to cover, the chaotic people in the city took the opportunity to set fire to rob, Shunde Mansion lost its foothold inside and outside the city, and it was lost in less than a day, Ji Kongjia and his family were martyred - Shunde Mansion City opened the city gate, the Qing army rushed in, and the rotten soldiers, bandits, and chaotic people plundered, It has always been the rule to seal the knife for three days, and the emperor has to let them here, Turg stood on the city tower and was anxious, but he was helpless.

"Starling, the scouts report that there are Datong Army scouts in Neiqiu and Nangong, and they must be withdrawn to Texas immediately." Suppilon hurried to report.

Turge pointed to the chaotic city of Shunde Mansion, and then said with a wry smile: "Old Sixteen, the starling brother only depends on you now, give you 5,000 men and horses to seize Xia Jin, and I will then lead a large team of men and horses to arrive." ”

"Starling, don't worry, I'm waiting for you in Xiajin." He replied with a wave of his fist that he had sixteen sons, and that he and Turg had the deepest affection for Turg, and that he had the most to listen to Turg.

The relationship between the Eyidu family is more chaotic, the old Khan's Sigege first married Urabel Buzhantai, and after Buzhantai died and the clan was wiped out, he remarried Eyidu and gave birth to the old sixteen Suppilon, and then remarried Turg after his death, so Turg is both the brother of Suppilon and the stepfather of Suppilon, Sigege is both Suppilon's sister-in-law and Suppilon's mother, there is this relationship, the two brothers are very close, and later they caused a disaster - Turg and Sigege gave birth to a daughter, that is, Suppilon's sister and niece, married to Nikan of Chu Ying's family, After many years of marriage without children, Sigege instructed the two brothers to take the son of the maid and say that he was born to his daughter, and it is a big crime to pretend to be a family member with a foreign surname, after the East Window incident, Sigege was removed from the title of Princess Heshuo, forced to divorce Turge, and the brothers were also dismissed, although the official was reinstated in the future, but it became the laughing stock of the Eight Banners.

The rapid march of the city arrived at Xiajin for a day and a night, and after a little rest, he ordered the siege of the city - Xiajin is a small city, there is no Ming army stationed, the defenders of the city are only some errand soldiers, the people are strong, the people can not deal with the Qing army, the curb is easy to fight, personally climb the ladder to climb the city wall, Xia Jin is about to be lost.

"Oh no, Hutu Ketu Batulu is calling, run for your life!" The Mongolian cavalry of the outer domain guarding under the city suddenly shouted, turned the horse's head and fled, at this time, the three-color black eagle flag appeared in the distance, and countless iron horsemen shouted to kill, and the Qing army was powerless to resist and fled in all directions.

Oops, there are thousands of Datong Iron Cavalry, and I only have 500 banner soldiers, and this battle is lost--Knowing that the general trend is gone, Kupilon jumped down from the city, limped and took prisoners without running a few steps, and then he was beaten badly.

"Brother Erlu, I'm Curb Pilon, help!" He couldn't stop but screamed.