readx; At noon on the same day, Li Dingguo set up an ambush to burn Xifengkou, and the news that the Qing army abandoned its baggage and withdrew from the border in panic was transmitted to the Beijing division through the flying pigeon. www.biquge.info At this point, the vigorous defense of the Beijing Division, which lasted for more than a month, finally came to an end, and the Beijing Division immediately lifted martial law and reopened the twelve gates of the outer city.

The end of the war was, of course, great news for ordinary people. During the siege of the Qing army, except for flying pigeons, all communication between inside and outside the city was cut off, and many people lost their livelihoods. In the past, even if the Qing army could not break through the city, many people would have to starve to death.

Fortunately, Jingshi implemented strict military control, and in addition to accepting refugees from nearby prefectures and counties, it also provided necessary help to the local poor people. In particular, in addition to using strategic reserves and opening up porridge factories widely, Zhu Youzhen also used the most severe means to crack down on the behavior of making it difficult for the country to make money and raise the price of rice.

Originally, according to the "Da Ming Law", the government had no right to interfere with the price of goods sold by merchants, and the price of rice often skyrocketed in the past. This time, Zhu Youzhen didn't bother to revise the "Da Ming Law", but he adopted a workaround. Which rice shop raised the price, Jinyiwei immediately went in plainclothes, and while the shop guy was not paying attention, he mixed some sand and stones into the rice bag. Then he immediately attacked, took people on the spot on the charge of "shoddy", and confiscated all the rice in the store.

Although the trick is a bit shameless, the effect is surprisingly good. The businessmen are not stupid, and after several rice shops were raided, who would dare to commit a crime against the wind. In this way, the price of rice in Jingshi was able to remain stable, and not a single refugee or poor person starved to death.

Nevertheless, of course, the people still hoped that the officials and soldiers would drive the Tartars away as soon as possible, so that they could return to their homes and regain their livelihoods. As soon as the martial law was lifted, a large number of people poured into the twelve city gates like a tide, and the caravans of the various merchant gangs lined up in a long convoy, anxious to leave the city.

But for the officers and soldiers, the war is not over. First of all, although Huang Taiji led the army out of the customs, the Qing army's Eastern Route Army, that is, the white flag led by Amin, still occupied Yongping, Qian'an, and Luanzhou, and after a few days of dissipation, it is now storming Funing near Shanhaiguan.

Unlike the prefectures and counties near Jingshi, Amin's Eastern Route Army moved unusually quickly, first cutting off the connection between this area and Jingshi and Shanhaiguan before attacking the cities one by one, resulting in the people of Yongping and the three cities having no way to escape, and as a result, they were captured by the Qing army in large numbers. Funing is also located in the encirclement of the white flag, but this projectile city has a very powerful county order, that is, Shi Kefa, one of the "Six Gentlemen of Donglin", Zuo Guangdou's high apprentice.

Shi Kefa originally served as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, but he was just a leisurely little Beijing official. After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he sent a large number of Beijing officials and new science and technology scholars to the local area for training, and Shi Kefa was assigned to Funing as a county magistrate. Not long after he arrived, Funing fell into the encirclement of the Qing army, which was like an isolated island in a surging flood.

There is only one thousand households in Funing City, with a quota of 1,120 people, but the shortage is serious, and the actual strength is not even 600, and the combat effectiveness is also very poor. Shi Kefa immediately recruited men throughout the city, and in just two days, a force of more than 5,000 people was formed, and more than 1,000 people were defending each wall. Although there are no Hongyi cannons in Funing, there are also a few old-fashioned Franc cannons and some bird guns, plus so many people standing at the head of the city, the Qing army did not know the bottom of the matter, and did not dare to attack the city easily at the beginning.

Soon Yongping, Qian'an, Luanzhou and other places fell one after another, and Funing became the last nail in the encirclement of the white flag. Because Funing was already very close to Shanhaiguan, Amin was eager to take the opportunity to attack Funing, and lured the defenders of Shanhaiguan out for a field battle, so he waited for another three days.

However, Gao Di, the governor of Liaodong who sat in Shanhaiguan, strictly abided by Zhu Youzhen's holy decree and forbade a single soldier to leave Shanhaiguan. Amin waited for a few days without seeing any movement of the Ming army, and finally lost patience and began to attack Funing.

Most of the defenders of Funing are new recruits, and of course they do not have the terrifying combat effectiveness of the defenders of the Beijing Division. All Shi Kefa could do was to risk the arrows and stones, command the defense of the city on the front line, and personally open the bow and arrow when it was critical. Under his inspiration, the defenders of Funing repelled three Qing attacks in a row. Of course, this is mainly because Amin does not have many Han army flags, that is, there are not so many cannon fodder to use, so he is naturally unwilling to lose too much in the battle, and he is always ready to fight a big battle with the Ming army in Shanhaiguan.

Rao is like this, the defenders of Funing still suffered more than half of the casualties, and they are about to be unable to hold on. As soon as the cabinet received Li Dingguo's good news, it began to urgently discuss how to recover the three cities, of course, the most important thing is to save Funing, otherwise with the fierceness of Funing's resistance, after the city is broken, the Qing army will inevitably slaughter the city.

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanfu and the commander of the Tianxiong Army, who has been stationed outside the city of Beijing for the past few days, has also been waiting anxiously. As soon as the Qing army withdrew from the siege and retreated, he led the 5,000 Tianxiong army to the east outside the Taiping Gate, and immediately pursued the Qing army after waiting for the imperial court to order.

However, even after waiting for a few days, the imperial court did not have any edicts, but only sent people to work every day. The Tianxiong army fought in the northwest of Beijing for more than ten days in a row, and was tired of people and horses, but now they have received sufficient food and wages, and there is meat to eat at every meal, and their morale has been greatly boosted.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't eat it at all, he only had one thing in his heart, that is, to pursue the Qing army, and he couldn't let this group of devils kill people and set fires and do all the bad things, and then retreat to the lair so gracefully. For this reason, he wrote several notes every day, and asked the officials of the labor army to bring them back to the city and present them to the imperial court, but all of them were lost in the sea. There was no edict from the imperial court, so of course Lu Xiangsheng couldn't act rashly, so he had to wait outside the city for many years.

Today, martial law in Beijing was lifted, and the people flocked out, so Lu Xiangsheng ordered the Tianxiong army to move the camp slightly and get out of the way. As soon as the camp was re-encamped, Yang Lukai, a Chinese officer, came to report: Another official has come to work in the army.

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly rushed out, he didn't care about what reward the court gave to the Tianxiong army, he only hoped that the court could issue an order for him to raise troops as soon as possible.

When he arrived outside the tent, he saw that a short military official had already saluted him and said, "Subordinate Li Sihong, see Lord Governor!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng only felt that this voice was a little familiar, and it was high and thin, like a female voice. He was a little surprised, didn't the Emperor abolish the eunuch system, how could there be a eunuch serving as an official of the court?

When this person raised his head, Lu Xiangsheng found that where was the eunuch, it was clearly a handsome woman!

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, but the woman smiled at him and said, "Lord Governor is really a noble person who forgets things, don't you remember the little girl?" ”

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