In Beijing, Dolgon received a declaration of war, first nervous, and then breathed a long sigh of relief - let's fight, the stone in my heart finally landed, and the next morning I took the little emperor Fulin to go to the country to worship Confucius, and then convened the princes Baylor, various ministries, and officials of the province to discuss the imperial affairs.

University scholar Feng Quan first read out "Seeking Datong Beiyu": Datong Beiyu started in the wilderness, and accepted lowly people, horse thieves, fugitives, profiteers, and evil Confucians as the same party, and the chaotic party gradually became wings. It does not obey the teaching, abandon loyalty, filial piety, righteousness and shame, the saint no longer has the gift of respect, and the scholar has no step forward, woohoo, three generations, the saints of the past dynasties support the famous religion, the people of Dun Xu, the monarch and the minister, the father and son are respectful and humble, the rank is like a crown can not be reversed, and the Datong Beiyu has escaped from China, so that heresy and heresy are prevalent in the Tao, and the etiquette and righteousness of China for thousands of years have been swept away, and Confucius and Mencius have also wept under the nine springs, how can the literate sit still......

The text is touching, the Hanchen is heartbroken like the ancestral grave was dug up, kneeling down and crying to the sky, swearing not to share the sky with the northern captives, and some people also asked to resign and go home to organize the township soldiers to defend the famous religion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my Qing Dynasty inherited the Huaxia Zhengshuo, and I should defend the famous religion, and the evil of the Northern Captives will not suppress the righteousness, and they will seek their own death," Dolgon was very satisfied with this effect, and said loudly with confidence, "My Qing Dynasty is invincible, how can I show weakness to the ugly kind, and spread the message that the Northern Captive King Ershun will be sent to Beijing to behead and abandon the city." ”

The ministers of Mengman were in a commotion, these guys didn't read, they couldn't read, Confucius and Mencius couldn't figure out what was going on, but Wang Ershun had a hot fight with them, and they still had business dealings in private, and Dolgon obviously used Wang Ershun's head to beat them.

"Uncle, Wang Ershun is the envoy of Datong and a member of the Erlu family, if you kill him casually, I'm afraid it will ......," Abatai cautiously persuaded.

"Shut up, this king wants to kill this minion, so that the captive head Elu understands that I swear to fight to the death in the Qing Dynasty." Dolgon waved his hand to let Hanchen retreat, and then scolded the Manchurians for not seeking progress, being lazy and lazy, and hooking up with the northern captives for the sake of petty profits, and the ancestors were also disturbed by the spirit of the sky, and when it came to the excitement, he slammed the imperial case, so frightened that the little emperor almost got under the table.

Dolgon suddenly pointed at Hauge and shouted, "Hauge, what is your secret guilt in Erlu? ”

Hauge was stunned, glanced at Dai Shan and Zierharang, the two of them didn't dare to raise their heads like ashes, he understood, Dolgon was going to make a black hand, and his heart sneered: "Erlu is the son of the first emperor and the prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, what is my guilt with Erlu?" It's a big mystery for you Dolgon to get together with Hanchen all day long!"

"When death comes, they still quibble, come and read the edict." Dorgon sneered.

The people were frightened, Haoge was the eldest son of the first emperor, and Datong had always been close, there was a possibility that he would reconcile with Datong and Daqing, he could only fight to the end if he was not on both sides, Dolgon was so ruthless, this is the way back to cut off everyone - Dolgon drank his dissatisfaction, waved his hand and asked the dog-legged Ganglin to read out the edict: Haoge protected his subordinates, appointed the brother of the sinner, and fornicated with the enemy of Datong, the princes and princes of the Belle Conference, took away the title of Prince Su, and the edict hanged himself and confiscated his family property.

"It's nonsense, Dolgon, you are afraid that I will live to settle your account, or not, I will go first and see what happens to you." Hauge laughed and walked out.

"Don't kill my brother Hauge!" The little emperor was young, and usually only this brother loved him the most, so he immediately ran to Haoge crying, but was dragged back to the throne by the clan Gong Adai and Xihan brothers.

"Fulin, you take care of yourself in the future." Hauge glanced back at his brother, wiped away tears, and was hanged in prison that night.

The next day, Wang Ershun was escorted to the execution ground, the people of Beijing scolded this traitor, and kept throwing stones at him, Wang Ershun had a hard mouth, was beaten with blood on his face and scolded the people of the Ming Kingdom for not daring to straighten their waists and be a man, and deserved to be a slave for generations, until the executioner's butcher's knife fell, and he scolded endlessly, becoming the first martyr of the Datong Federation after the declaration of war.

Dolgon seemed to be much more relieved to see the blood, and set his sights on the national battlefield - the war had begun, Shi Tingzhu and Panaha repelled the Datong army Zhou Yujibu at Juyong Pass, and chased and killed Huailai in one breath, Azig killed to the Tiger Prison Pass and fought fiercely with Zhang Dingbu of the Datong army, the two sides won and lost each other, and the Datong army Du Wenhuan entered Chizhou Mansion, but was blocked by Zhang Tianlu and Bu Congshan's green battalion soldiers in Tongling, and Bolo in Zhejiang also repelled the harassment of the Datong army and captured Jinhua Mansion just around the corner.

Juyong Pass, Bauhinia Pass, and Reverse Horse Pass are in hand, the inner Great Wall can be guaranteed without worry, Henan's Azig also has the power of a war, Liaodong He Luo will sit in Shengjing, plus Wu Sangui, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, although the strength is insufficient, but the Datong army is unlikely to trek more than 5,000 miles into the open land, they are more likely to march east along the Yangtze River to cut the Qing army into two sections, but Duoduo, Hong Chengchou is in Nanjing, Boluo, Zhang Cunren is enough to stabilize Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and Shandong Datong Army occupies Qing, Yi and Dengzhou, Some prefectures and counties in Laizhou can not only cut off the grain and salary channels of the canal, but also pose a threat to Beijing and Tianjin, and this hidden danger must be eliminated as soon as possible.

A large number of green battalion soldiers from Zhili and Jiangbei have been transferred to Shandong at the beginning of the year, and the Datong army was attacked from the south, north and west together, but the Datong army in Shandong was less than 20,000, unable to stop the encirclement and suppression of the 100,000 Qing army, and was forced to retreat to the Yimeng Mountains and the coast.

Zhang Ruoqi, the former Ming military department staff Zhang Ruoqi is a native of Jiaozhou, first descended to Li Zicheng as a soldier government secretary, and then descended to the Qing Dynasty to become a Shuntian Mansion Cheng, returned to his hometown to bury his father during the period did not forget to make meritorious contributions and promotions, heard that the Qing court and Datong started a war and gathered fellow gentry and literati to take the opportunity to make trouble, these guys first targeted this chapel, under the pretext of Western Christianity "destroying the Confucian Temple, spreading evil arts" to instigate the mob to kill dozens of missionaries and Western believers, and then played the banner of "Fu Qing to destroy the captives, protect my grandmaster" to occupy the county, crazy slaughter of businessmen who support Datong, Small and medium-sized landlords and yeoman farmers - the Jiaozhou Revolution broke out.

Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, Datong New Deal abolished the gentry preferential tax exemption privileges, public promotion of officials and blocked the road of scholars to become officials, the gentry landlords, literati and celebrities have long held a grudge, have risen up in response to Jiaozhou - Datong Army Right Association Li Qingshan Department was ordered to withdraw from Lechang to Yishan, on the way to report Linqu Shengbian rushed to bomb pressure, but unexpectedly Qingzhou gentry also rebelled, the Qing army took Qingzhou and immediately inserted Linqu, Datong Army was caught off guard and was surrounded in the city, Li Qingshan is a man, not affecting the people in the city, He led 5,000 soldiers out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the 30,000 Qing troops of Bai Yongfu, the general soldier of Shandong, and died in the army three days later, and the whole army was wiped out.

Rizhao, Shandong Commander's Mansion, the news of the defeat kept coming, and several major officials of Datong were worried, frowning and listening to Liu Qian, the assistant governor of Shandong, explain the battle situation.

"Denglai General Ke Yongsheng's 20,000 Qing troops passed through Jiaozhou and Zhucheng, and about 30,000 Jiangbei Green Battalion soldiers led by Tuo and Li led Tai also took Linyi lightly, and the Qing army on the two roads marched north and south to Rizhao, and our army's Left Association was forced to divide its troops to block, I am afraid it will be difficult to last; Shandong governor Ding Wensheng's 20,000 Qing troops continued to sweep Mengshan after occupying Laiwu, and the Shandong general Bai Yongfu also advanced to the hinterland of Yishan after the victory of Linqu, and most of the counties in Yimeng and Mengxi were lost, and the defense army and militia covered the people to retreat into the mountains. ”

After Liu Qian finished telling a bunch of disheartening news, he shook his head and said to Sun Fuhu, the commander of the army: "Our army has invaded the Qing army in front of us, and there are gentry in rebellion after it, and the troops are stretched, and the defeat of Li Qingshan's right association is even worse, Sun Shuai, there are too few defenders in Rizhao, quickly transfer troops and reinforcements, otherwise it will be difficult to preserve." ”

Shandong Datong Army originally had four infantry associations of 5,000 people and a cavalry association of 3,000 people, but Peng Dashun's rear association was split and transferred overseas, a battalion was stationed in Osaka, Japan, and a battalion was stationed in northern Taiwan. insisted on sending Liu Tichun's former Xiehe and Sun Erkui's cavalry association to Mengyin to hide and standby, and transferred a battalion from Hao Shaoqi's left association stationed in Rizhao to enter Yishan, so that Rizhao was only guarded by two battalions of the left association.

"Betrayal, shameless betrayal, we should be like Henan to eradicate the restorationists mercilessly, and we can't hesitate any longer to arrest these big landlords and so-called celebrities." Thinking of the blood debt of the slaughter of Western missionaries and parishioners, he stood up and slapped the table and roared.

"No, the gentry and scholars are people who want to be seen in the countryside, if we hunt and kill indiscriminately, the whole of Shandong will regard us as enemies." Ma Shiying hurriedly shook his head, this guy was forcibly sent to Rizhao by Fang Guoan's subordinates at the end of last year, and the political envoy Xu Hengchen was tortured by government affairs, and immediately recommended him to act as the political envoy of Shandong.

"It's okay, we used to be too soft-handed, the loss of Jiaozhou, Qingzhou, Linyi, Zhucheng, Laiwu and other places is related to the restorationists, they dare to rebel, I dare to kill, Lao Ba, can you find out the collaborator through the Eight Banners and rebel?" Wang Fang, the commander of Shandong, waved his hand and turned his face to ask Bayanha, director of the Shandong Manchuria Bureau.

"No, when we used to make money together, the people in the Eight Banners chased after us and ran behind our buttocks, and now when the wind direction changes, we will turn our faces immediately, I sent someone to Dengzhou to find Duolong, this guy won't even see him, hey, Lao Zhushen is also sophisticated!" Bayanha replied frustratedly.

"Commander Wang, the Titang Institute will investigate closely and make a list of suspected collaborators." Xu Hengchen proudly held up an official document to show his merits, he is indeed better at being a spy than doing government affairs.

"Arrest and interrogate, and if it is found to be true, they will all be executed," Wang Fang said, glancing at the list.

Ma Shiying still wanted to argue, but an old man next to him waved his hand at him: "Yaocao, we are not butchers, but changing the dynasty has always had to pay a price, not to mention the establishment of a free country, some people are accustomed to enslaving others, once they lose their privileges, they will try their best to resist, and even sell themselves to the enemy, they must go to the grave, otherwise it will be even more ferocious." ”

"Mr. Saigo is right, those gentry and scholars hated the New Deal, and killed those who believed in God when they saw them, even the merchants, craftsmen, and farmers with short hair were not spared, and their hands were stained with the blood of innocents, and they all deserved to go to hell!" Newkhoff said angrily.

Saigo Yue, one of the leaders of the Japanese Restoration, and one of the earliest scholars to study "Lanxue", was overwhelmed by Li Huai's book "Federal Policy", especially for the book "The Federation is a free alliance of free men", and after carefully studying the "Datong Constitutional Law", he first put forward the idea of establishing a federal republic of East Asia Minor, and worked tirelessly to publicize this idea, and in February this year he crossed the ocean to Rizhao, and planned to leave from here to the Datong lobbying house, but he did not expect that the war was coming. The trade routes that had been opened by the Qing court became very dangerous, so they had to stay in Rizhao for the time being. This person is not only proficient in Western studies, but also has a very deep foundation in Sinology, which is completely different from the merchants and pirates who served Datong in the past.

Wang Fang got up and saluted the old gentleman, and then waved his hand to Sun Fuhu, who had been half-closing his eyes to recuperate, and then slowly got up and walked to the map.

"Rizhao City must be abandoned," Sun Fuhu opened his mouth to surprise everyone, someone immediately stood up to object, he waved his hand and continued, "The disparity between the strength of our army and the Qing army is too great, and it is impossible to hold on to any place, so I plan to withdraw the whole city to Rizhao Port, and all the cities in the two mountains of Yimeng are also abandoned. ”

"Sun Shuai, can Haizhou Port be defended? 200,000 lives are at stake! Ma Shiying asked, shaking her head.

Sun Fuhu confidently replied: "Rizhao Port has more than a dozen armed merchant ships of us and our allies, and hundreds of other civilian ships, and you can advance and retreat freely by using the sea as the road, I will tell you a good news, Peng Dashun's new army reorganized in the Ryukyus is coming to Rizhao with the combined fleet, and we are likely to win a big battle in Rizhao, I'm sorry, I'll stay in Rizhao and take this military achievement." ”

"No, Sun Shuai will go to Mengyin, let me this military merit." Liu Qian shook his head vigorously.

"I can be stable in people's hearts, Liu Qian, you are an old military officer, you know how to fight the war, you and Lao Ba will go to Mengyin immediately, and the main target is the canal."

After everyone discussed for a while, Wang Fang got up and said solemnly: "Just do what Sun Shuai wants, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city will immediately take action to turn Rizhao Port into an impregnable wall, so that the Qing army will be bleeding." ”

The sun is boiling, the men consciously carry weapons to the garrison to report, the women stay up all night to make dry food, the factories and shops put firearms, knives and spears, and grain on the street to take at will, and the children are the most excited, blowing small trumpets and running all over the street. The port was also busy, tens of thousands of people dug trenches and built forts day and night, the original fortresses were also heightened and thickened, new factory artillery was erected on the platform, and all the ships on the sea raised the tricolor flying fish flag of the combined fleet, as a sign of their willingness to live and die with the people of Rizhao.

Five days later, Zuo Xie returned to Rizhao, and before entering the city, he was warmly welcomed, the old people cheered them up with soju, the women brought pancakes and eggs, and the merchants stuffed shredded tobacco and sugar cubes into their hands—good folks, for them, they were desperate to win this battle, and the dejected and tired battalion soldiers puffed up their chests again.

Hao Shaoqi, the commander of the Left Association, limped to Sun Fuhu, lowered his head and reported: "Dashuai, I didn't fight a good battle, the two battalions of brothers lost more than 800 people, and the 1,000 defense army was almost gone, the Qing army followed behind our buttocks, and we will be able to reach Rizhao tomorrow." ”

"Kuroko, are you hurt?" Sun Fuhu asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just an arrow wound, Dashuai, how should I fight next?"

"Give you two thousand militia to fight another battle, remember, kill and wound the Qing army as much as possible, frustrate its spirit, and retreat to the port immediately when you achieve your goal, and you must not fall in love with war!"

Hao Shaoqi nodded, and beckoned his men to deploy along the city wall—there were ready-made trenches, breastplates, and fortresses, and artillery on the city, enough to fight a battle.

The Qing army was slow to move, arriving two days later, and after a good night's sleep, it launched an attack on Rizhao City at dawn, but after a few shots, they retreated in a hurry.

There was a cheer behind the breastwork, and a veteran soldier smoked a cigarette and said that the green battalion soldiers were not good, the weapons were poor and the armor was less, and they did not dare to fight hand-to-hand, and the three of them could not defeat a Datong army, which made everyone laugh.

A large group of women came over with a chatter, and the veteran patted a stout man beside him: "Da Lang, Jin Lian is here!" ”

The man looked back and jumped up immediately, but Zhang Wensheng, the county teacher, arrived one step ahead and was begging his wife: "Chuncao, there is going to be a war, go to the port quickly!" ”

"I asked Jin Lian and some sisters to send you some soup and pancakes, I'm very afraid, it's not that I haven't seen a war." A handsome young woman replied with a raised head.

"Husband, you have worked hard!" Jin Lian bowed deeply to her husband and said softly.

"It's not hard, Ryoko, you go quickly!" Da Lang didn't appreciate it, and the brothers burst into laughter - this guy's real name is Takeda Taro, it is said that his ancestors are still samurai, but by his generation he has been poor, and he immigrated to Rizhao with his family for mixed food, everyone saw that he was short and stout, and he had a beautiful wife, and gave him a nickname "Wu Dalang", and his wife Liangzi naturally became Jin Lian, and he began to think that the name was good, and everyone was already called Shunkou when he woke up.

"Chuncao, what a place is this, go home and take the children!" Hao Shaoqi came over and scolded, his sister Chuncao's life was hard, more than ten years ago, her lover Bagen died in battle, she kept the festival for three years before marrying Zhang Wensheng from the neighboring village, this Zhang Wensheng is also from Yansui, and has studied for a few years, but he is timid and cowardly, Hao Shaoqi went back to Fengzhou to visit relatives and simply brought his sister's family to Shandong and personally trained this brother-in-law.

"The children have sisters-in-law, and I am not afraid of war." Chuncao shook her head, her husband went back to the battlefield, and she really didn't know what would happen if she didn't have the courage.

A hurried whistle came, Hao Shaoqi's face changed, and he waved his hand and shouted to the women: "The Qing soldiers are coming, you will enter the city immediately." ”