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Dengzhou City, the north wind Xiaoxiao,. There were only patrolling soldiers on the streets of X, and there were signs of depression.

Dengzhou Governor Yamen, Zeng Hualong, the governor who succeeded Zeng Ying, went away after Li Zicheng conquered Beijing. The civilian officials have run away, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Dengzhou are now all relying on the governor Tongzhi, the chief military officer of the Northeast Naval Division, the seal of the general of the conquest, and the commander of the Guanliao, Tongjin, Huaihaijiang Town, and the naval division of Huaihaijiang Town. Just look at the title of Huang Fei, the first person in the Ming Dynasty and the supreme commander of the north.

Huang Fei is the nephew of Huang Long, the former commander of Dongjiang Town, after Huang Long died in Lushun, Huang Fei inherited his uncle's position and quickly grew into a marshal of the sailors. In February of this year, the situation in the Ming Dynasty deteriorated rapidly, and Huang Fei, seeing that the big thing was not good, took advantage of the last northerly wind season to withdraw from the Ningyuan front line to the old site of Dengzhou. If he had run a little slower, he would have been stuck in the sea and unable to move like the soldiers and civilians fleeing from Tianjin in March. Maybe the generals and the family can run out in a good boat, but the main force can only be thrown to Jianzhou.

Looking at Cao Youyi, an old comrade-in-arms sitting in the hall, Huang Fei sighed. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Tianjin fled to the sea during the battle between Li Zicheng and Jianzhou, but on a southerly day, the vast majority of merchant ships did not have the ability to sail against the wind. Trapped on the ship without food and drink, in the end, Jianzhou sent people to surrender, and they all landed ashore and shaved their hair. Only Cao Youyi grabbed a few warships and fled to Dengzhou with his family. The dignified Tianjin Town General Soldier is now greatly weakened, and in this troubled era where a soldier is a king, he doesn't speak loudly now.

In addition to Cao Youyi of Tianjin Town, the generals sitting in the governor's yamen at the moment also include Ma Denghong, the commander-in-chief of Shicheng Island in the Dongjiang River, Lin Qingye, the commander of the North Korean Naval Division, Xiang Mingshi, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Juehua Island Naval Division in Liaozhen, Huang Hu and Chi Fenggao, the deputy commanders of the Dengzhou Shuiyou and Shuizuo battalions, and Lin Cha, the general of the Fujian Naval Division, in addition to the generals, guerrillas, garrisons, and capital divisions of various departments, a total of more than 20 generals. Weihai Guard Jin Shiying is also among them.

The Ming Dynasty navy throughout northern China gathered here.

"Old Ma, did Changshan Island really descend Jiannu?" Huang Fei asked about the situation in Dongjiang.

Ma Denghong, the chief soldier of Shicheng Island, smiled wryly, "Du Si Xu Biao, garrison Long Luohe, Xu Hongdao, Xu Hongye, Wan Li, and 2,400 officers and soldiers on the island surrendered to Jiannu in Lushun. ”

Lin Qingye was also depressed, "As soon as Changshan Island fell, we waited for the enemy to be attacked on Shicheng Island, and General Ma and I had no choice but to ......."

Seeing Lin Qingye spitting and spitting, Ma Denghong pouted, "Lao Lin, just say it directly, I also surrendered in August." What else could I do at that time, the south wind was blowing on the sea, and I couldn't even run, so I had to surrender and stabilize the serf first. ”

Lin Qingye was silent. This former commander of the Korean Navy was worse than these Ming troops, and he didn't even have a way to surrender. Lin Qingye was the commander of the North Korean Navy Division who reinforced the Jinzhou front line in the Songjin War, and he was in Korea and his heart was towards the Ming Dynasty. The fact that the naval divisions of Dengzhou and Tianjin were able to successfully intercept the North Korean fleet was also related to Lin Qingye's secret communication with the Ming army. Jianzhou was later held accountable, and Lin Qingye was arrested and imprisoned. But he still has some obedient old troops in North Korea, and Lin Qingye secretly communicates with the Ming army is also the meaning of King Xian and a few bigwigs, so it is logical that he escaped from prison and joined forces with Ma Denghong, the general soldier of Shicheng Island.

Huang Fei didn't care that Ma Denghong had the experience of surrendering, and it was not a big deal to be in a hurry. There are no civilian officials in this yamen now, there are just a group of Qiu Ba, and the destruction of the country and the army is just around the corner, and no one is in the mood to hold them accountable. In Huang Fei's opinion, those who can still sit here now are good brothers.

Cao Youyi, who had been sitting under Huang Fei's hand, spoke, "Huang Shuai, when will I go south?" ”

Huang Fei looked around, trying his best to see the expressions of each general, at least until now, the people in the hall of the governor's yamen were all good men who were unwilling to surrender to the Tartars.

"Go back and pack your bags, take your family with you, and wait for my order, and we will leave when the wind is stable."

Dengzhou is not a place to stay for a long time, in February at the beginning of the year, the main force of Huang Fei's naval division withdrew to Dengzhou, and soon entered the south wind season, tens of thousands of troops were trapped in Dengzhou, and the situation was very embarrassing for a while.

First there was Li Zicheng, and then there was Jianzhou, and the enemy army sent troops to occupy the western part of Shandong and cut off the canal. In July, Beijing sent Fang Dayou as governor of Shandong and Chen Jin as governor of Denglai, taking over the power of Shandong. Jianzhou's shaving order in Shandong provoked widespread revolt among the military and the people, and rebel armies appeared in various places, including the Xiangma of Shandong, the scattered Ming government army, the landlords' armed forces, and the remnants of Li Zicheng's troops in Shandong.

The vanguard of Jianzhou's invasion of Shandong was the surrendered Ming army, now called the Green Flag Soldiers, and these soldiers could not defeat Shandong. So in June, Jianzhou sent the Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Jueluo Bahana and the Han army to set the Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu to conquer Shandong and capture many prefectures and counties. It was Huang Fei's most tense moment, the sailors of Dengzhou in the south wind couldn't run away, if Jianzhou came over, then he had to rely on Jiancheng to fight to the death.

At this tense moment, Li Zicheng came out to save the soldiers and civilians of Dengzhou. From the Battle of Shanhaiguan to the pursuit of Qingdu, the Shun army, which had suffered a great loss of strength, retreated to Xi'an to rest and recover. In July, the Shun army went out of Tongguan to attack Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei, and captured and killed several generals of the Green Banner Army. Dolgon was confused, and he originally thought that Li Zicheng was no longer worth mentioning. As a last resort, Dolgon transferred Bahana and Shi Tingzhu from Shandong and set the red flag to strengthen the mountain Yechen to reinforce Shanxi; changed the marching plan of the army of Prince Duoduo of Yu who invaded the south, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming changed to attack Tongguan to the west; Prince Azig led Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi out of Juyong Pass to Mongolia, and crossed the Great Wall from the northern line to attack northern Shaanxi.

Now Liu Zongmin's army is known as 100,000, and it is a pot of porridge with Jianzhou in the area of the Daimyo's Mansion and Weihui. Along with them, the Eight Banner soldiers such as Meile Zhangjinghe, Li Shutai, and Emengge, who were transferred from Ningyuan to fill the vacancy in Shandong, were also transferred to Hebei for reinforcements. This makes the troops in the hands of Prince Haoge, who is currently sitting in Jinan and facing the Southern Ming Dynasty, very insufficient.

Hauge sent the main force to the countryside to sweep the rebel army in various places, destroying 251 stockades, killing Ding Zhuang, and plundering women and children as slaves. In addition, he focused on recruiting Xu Dingguo, the general soldier of Henan Province who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and Gao Jie, the strongest of the four towns in Jiangbei, and ignored Dengzhou, which lived in one place.

Although the Nanjing regime of the Ming Dynasty sued for peace with Jianzhou, it brought 100,000 taels of silver, 1,000 taels of gold and 10,000 taels of silk as gifts. But from the cabinet to Shi Kefa, the governor of Jiangbei, and then to the first line of Henan Governor Yu Shi Lingjiong, everyone clearly realized that a war with Jianzhou was inevitable. Shi Kefa did his best to make defensive arrangements, in Ling Jiong's words, "It is called the Western Expedition, but it is actually the Eastern Defense." On all public occasions, Shi Kefa declared that he would borrow his division to help suppress Li Zicheng and fight Li Zicheng with the northern soldiers. But in fact, all of Shi Kefa's military deployments were aimed at Beijing's Jiannu, and it is ridiculous that countless literati in later generations did not look at what Shi Gebu did, but only what he said.

With the efforts of Shi Kefa, starting from Suizhou, the southeastern Ming army tried its best to arrange a continuous defensive line along the Yellow River. Seeing that both wings of the Ming army were friendly troops, their morale was slightly boosted. Gao Jie, who was guarding Xuzhou, received Haoge's letter of persuasion and was very vigilant, he immediately strengthened the fortifications along the Yellow River, and sent Li Chengdong to attack north, and defeated Luo Xiujin, the governor of Jianzhou, Haoge was also surprised by this.

For the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty in Dengzhou, they are now facing a situation of being trapped behind enemy lines and cut off from foreign aid. Jianzhou occupied almost the entire territory of Shandong, and confronted the Ming army across the Yellow River and the Huai River. After Haoge sent the Green Banner soldier Xia Chengde and other troops to capture Suqian and Haizhou, the closest friendly army to Dengzhou was already far away in Miaowan, Huaihe Estuary, one of the four towns in Jiangbei, and the former Shandong general Liu Zeqing's department.

The soldiers and civilians of Dengzhou were worried for several months, watching several forces take turns in the Central Plains, and waited for the north wind period with trepidation. It wasn't until the flag at the head of Dengzhou City began to pull to the south that Huang Fei and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and when the north wind came, the Dengzhou Sailor regained his freedom of action.

After the military discussion, Jin Shiying hurriedly left the governor's yamen, entered Dengzhou Shuicheng through the south gate, and took his own boat.

The anchorage of Liugong Island in Weihai is now full of ships. Among them, there are more than a dozen sand boats and Penglai boats that Jin Shiying has worked hard to collect for most of the past six months, and more are a sand boat brigade. Among them, the most striking are the three ships flying the flag of the Alliance, which are the light cruisers Melville and Keelung, and the notification ship Zhenjiang.

After Shou Xiang went north, he first got in touch with Shen Tingyang in Miaowan Town. Now that Beijing has been lost, the northern maritime trade of the Shen family's fleet is completely over, and 50 large sand ships were hired from Shen Tingyang in order to go north to Weihaiwei.

In Weihaiwei, Shou Xiang waited for the Taipei Detachment Keelung, which was carrying out trade tasks according to the shuttle navigation plan, and four junk ships.

Acting captain of the Keelung, first mate Ryan was the former whaling captain of the USS Melville. He boarded the former mothership and was surprised to see the smiling order.

From Ryan, Shou Xiang learned about the departure of the Taipei Squadron, and Allem sailed to Jeju Island with four warships, the Raphael, Keelung, Tamsui, and Storm, and 53 junk ships looted from everywhere, including the sand boats bought from the Shen family before.

Jeju Island, which originally had more than 1,000 defenders, was defeated by Filhoff last year, and North Korea has been unable to restore the island's armed forces. The landing operation in Allemand this time was simply familiar, and in front of the wolf-like Taipei Army and pirates, the remnants of the fresh army scattered in a hurry.

This time, Allemand captured 6,000 young men and 500 horses in Jeju, most of them mares of childbearing age. Maiden was doing experiments in Taipei, and he imported some Jinjiang horses from Fujian. The Jinjiang horse is a well-known southern Chinese horse breed that, although relatively short, is adapted to the climate of hot and humid regions. Maiden's attempt to breed Jinjiang horses with Mongolian horses from Jeju Island in the hope of breeding horses that can adapt to Taiwan's climate has just begun.

After completing the raid, Allem led the main fleet to return to Keelung. Ryan arrived in Weihai as planned with bows and arrows and other booty looted in Jeju and, as he had done last year, tried to do some business with the Ming army in Shandong. The Taipei Squadron's trade plan this time is doomed to fail, and with the current situation of the Ming army in Dengzhou, I am afraid that it will not be able to exchange anything. The Keelung detachment was temporarily incorporated into his small fleet.

Jin Shiying returned to Weihai in more than a day and immediately called a meeting of subordinate officers. Stationed in Weihai with him were the three generals of the Ming army who had gone on the last expedition to Korea with Shou Xu, Wang Zongyun, Liang Hexiang and Chen Zhijun. The situation deteriorated, and the Ming army in Dengzhou successively abandoned the Changshan Islands in the open sea. The three naval divisions stationed on the island were all withdrawn to Weihai. Wang Bao, a soldier from Dongjiang Town who was a guide to the order at that time, is now also serving in Jin Shiying's army. In the battle for more than a year, several Ming troops were damaged, and now there are more than 800 soldiers, including nearly 2,000 family members.

The ships that Jin Shiying originally collected were originally only enough to transport soldiers and their families, and he couldn't take more people with him, but now, with more than 50 ships that he hired for Order.

The Jianzhou soldiers and the heroes of all walks of life fought in a melee in the western part of Shandong. The Jianzhou soldiers took the Han people as slaves everywhere, and as long as they buckled a rebellious hat, they could open the village and plunder as much as they wanted. The suffering people of Shandong have once again experienced a catastrophe, and as before, many people have fled to the relatively stable Jiaodong. When Shou Xuan passed by Miaowan, he bought 5,000 stone of rice from the Shen family and opened a porridge field in Weihai Acropolis, attracting tens of thousands of refugees.

This time there was no time to organize in detail, Jin Shiying told the orderly retreat that the retreat was imminent, and the two departments acted immediately, and the Ming army surrounded the refugee camp, with a maximum of 250 people per sand boat, and plundered a total of 12,000 refugees. It took several days to force the refugees to board the ship.

There are also many people in Dengzhouwei and Chengshanwei who want to leave, and there are nearly 1,000 people in total, and they are better treated on the ship. The whole plan for the refugees to board the ship was done by Leng Ying, and his Shandong accent made the refugees' psychology a lot more stable.

At the same time, the city of Dengzhou.

Cao Youyi helped Zeng Ying to climb the ship. Zeng Ying currently has no official position, so she has not participated in several military meetings in Dengzhou City, and has been living on Cao Youyi's boat.

The soldiers and civilians of Dengzhou were arranged according to the battalions and took the ships of each department. Huang Fei stood at the head of Dengzhou, and he and some of the most elite Dengzhou soldiers were in charge of the palace, which greatly stabilized the morale of the army. The soldiers helped the old and the young, carrying only the necessary belongings, and boarded the ships in the water city. Each full fleet of ships sails to anchor in the open sea. The entire retreat was well organized and orderly.

Cao Youyi's ship order was relatively low, only before Huang Fei. Until the boat carrying most of the military and civilians sailed out of the water city, not a single major accident occurred.

Zeng Ying exclaimed: "Huang Wenlu is conceited in his daily life, and he claims to be a master of war. Looking at it today, there is not a trace of falsehood. With this good general, it is a blessing for the country. ”

Cao Youyi was also very emotional, "There are 40,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, and thousands of large and small ships, all of which have been safely sailed across the sea, and the last general will not have this ability." ”

"Youyi doesn't need to be arrogant, Huang Wenlu is proficient in water warfare, but he is not as good as you in horse warfare." Zeng Ying said, "We should go too." ”

Cao Youyi motioned to the family to untie the cable and raise the sails, and the winch slowly rotated, making a screeching sound. Heavy hard sails were raised to the mast, and stone anchors at the bow and stern were pulled up to deck.

Zeng Ying looked at the winch on the ship, "Youyi, do you remember Jincheng Yi, the logo of those Yi people army is this winch." What did their lord say? Symbol of Strength......"

"I remember, sir." Cao Youyi nodded and said, "I heard that there is a fleet of Jinchengyi's ships parked in Weihaiwei now, and their lord wants to transport some immigrants away. ”

"It's better to emigrate abroad than to fall into the hands of the Tartars." Zeng Ying said.

Cao Youyi's family picked up a few rows to assist the boat starting, and the boat slowly sailed out of the water gate.

Zeng Ying looked back, the yellow flag had been raised on the commander's ship, and Huang Fei was leaving.

Looking back at Dengzhou, the same question was on the minds of all the Ming troops, would they still have a chance to come back? Some people looked down at their military uniforms, "In the identity of the Ming Army." ”r

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