In the faint moonlight, the sound of water murmured.

Zilharan stood at the bow of the boat, and he couldn't sleep.

Not being able to sleep for several nights in a row is a painful ordeal.

After Dolgon retreated to Xuzhou with his army, he was busy arranging defenses and preparing for a field battle with the Ming army outside Xuzhou, and he became an idle man.

"Let me go back to Shandong to preside over the overall situation, what can Shandong do?" He held on to the smooth railing. The moonlight shimmered in the river, like a rolling pearl.

"The Ming army will climb 6 from Shandong, and that's because you gave up Huai'an."

Although he was full of complaints, he did not dare to delay along the way. Arrive in Jinan as soon as possible, and arrange the coastal defenses, so as not to let Dolgon find fault except for omissions.

Although Dolgon didn't say anything, every slap in the face after he arrived in Huai'an was a series of actions. The sergeant was excited, and the cavalry attacked, since the regent of the Qing Dynasty was so powerful, why did he let him suffer this, he was not this material.

"What if you are amazing, in the end, you haven't given up on Huai'an and retreated all the way, it's better to get out of the jam early"

The wooden boats moving in front and behind were quiet, only the main ship was still brightly lit, and most of the soldiers had already fallen asleep. After losing the battle, the soldiers lost the mind to roll the dice. The person who was still calling him a brother a few days ago is suddenly gone. Among the Eight Banners warriors, some are brothers, and some are clansmen, and I only feel that there are fewer and fewer people around me who know each other.

The evening breeze hung on Zilharang's bare head, and the cool bow was much more comfortable than in the sweltering cabin.

He saw a light in the distance, it was supposed to be a market town, and the canal's waterways had fed countless market towns, but it had become desolate over the years.

The sailor warship traveled all the way north, and the fire was getting closer and closer.

"That's not right," Zilharang looked strange, "it's not a market town, it's a marching army of soldiers and horses"

"Who is it?" There was a hint of alarm in his heart, and he turned to give an order to the family servant who was dozing behind him: "Order the former water master to go and see, who is here?" ”

The light of the fire seen in the middle of the night, although it felt very close, was actually very far away.

The calmly moving warships stirred up the waves of the canal, and the water was torn apart like broken pearls. The sailor did not sound the siren, but many of the soldiers were still awakened from their sleep.

Zilharang returned to the cabin, ordered the maid to make herself a cup of Biluochun, and sat quietly at the table. Looking at the dense Cheng dù of the firelight, the queue was not less than a thousand people. Dare to gather people to run on the bank of the canal in the middle of the night, either anti-thieves or ...... Soldiers.

He would rather be a thief, those ragged and lacking armor are easy to deal with, if it is an officer and soldier, it is different. If the officers and men are so anxious, either a major incident has occurred in Shandong or a major incident in the city of Beijing.

Neither of them is good news for him.

The sailor soldiers didn't let him dwell on it for long, and more than half an hour later, the sound of iron hooves came from the shore.

The guards at the bow of the ship came to say: "Lord Qiyu, Lu Fengchun, the governor of Shandong, and the servant of Jiala'e Zhengu, who guards Jinan, have come to ask for a meeting."

Zilharang's hand holding the teacup shook, and half a cup of hot tea landed on the plank of the cabin.

"What?"

"Something happened in Jinan"

The governor of Shandong and the Jiala, who guarded Jinan, really appeared here, and it was not strange that something happened to Jinan

He walked out quickly, and saw a panicked knight galloping a few miles away with torches.

Lu Fengchun's official uniform was gone, and the solid servant was not wearing armor.

The sailor warship slowly stopped, the sailors lowered the two small wooden boats from the main boat, and Lu Fengchun and the solid servants dismounted and walked to the water's edge to board the boat.

The bow of the ship was lit up, and Zilharang's body was shaking.

When Lu Fengchun and Gu Servant boarded the ship, Zilharang had already returned to the cabin and sat down.

The guards held a knife in one hand and a fire in the other, staring at the two of them, and Lu Fengchun was so frightened that his soul flew away.

The two of them walked to the door of the cabin, and the servant dared to push the door in.

Lu Fengchun, who followed behind, suddenly screamed, knelt on his knees, walked into the cabin with his knees like a child walking, did not look up at Zilharang, knocked his head on the ground, and screamed: "Lord, the slave is a capital crime." Five days ago, 100,000 thieves landed in Dengzhou, broke through Dengzhou and Laizhou all the way, and arrived in Jinan yesterday afternoon. The city of Jinan is empty, and we are about to go to the regent to report the news."

The solid servant was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, walked to Lu Fengchun's side and knelt down, kowtowing. While kowtowing, he scolded in his heart, the Han people are really shameless, he finished his words, and he couldn't find a superfluous word.

As for the number of Ming troops who landed on the shore, he didn't know, and he didn't want to expose Lu Fengchun's tricks. The greater the number of Ming troops, the smaller the charges they beared.

"Nonsense," Jierharang slapped the table, "Where did the Ming army come from with an army of 100,000, can Zhai Zhe scatter beans into a soldier?" ”

Lu Fengchun glanced at the solid servant, and said goodbye to me alone, you are a man, and your words have weight.

The solid servant gritted his teeth and said: "The Ming army is known as 100,000, Shandong is accompanied, Jinan is empty, and the last general is humiliating to the mission, and he escaped with his life just to send the news of the Shandong chaos to the regent."

"You two, okay, the huge city of Jinan, you dare to lose it like this" Jilharang wanted to cry without tears. He doesn't mind Dolgon's wisdom and martial arts now, he just hopes that this qiē is all fake, and there is nothing happening in Shandong now.

"How many Ming troops have landed on the shore?"

Without figuring out the strength of the Ming army, he couldn't make a decision, in the end, he attacked and recaptured Jinan overnight? Or wait for Dolgon's army to withdraw and attack Jinan again? Jinan is between Shandong and Gyeonggi, and it must not be lost.

Xuzhou is not far from Jinan, and the cavalry can gallop in two or three days, and the foot soldiers can only take four or five days by water. However, Xuzhou is under attack from the Ming army, and Zilharang's head is about to crack.

Gu Servant and Lu Fengchun glanced at each other, and finally Gu Servant spoke: "The Ming army that came to Jinan is about twenty or thirty thousand people."

He didn't dare to exaggerate too much, the Ming army of 100,000 landed from Dengzhou and sent 30,000 people to attack Jinan, this lie is not too outrageous.

"How many remnants of your army are left?"

Lu Fengchun said: "There are only 1,000 defenders in Jinan, and there are 2,000 soldiers and horses in Linqing, and the servants have already ordered them to go south along the canal."

"Three thousand" Zilharang silently calculated in his heart, and he accompanied a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, mainly armored soldiers with yellow flags. 13,000 men attacked the city of Jinan, which was defended by 20,000 or 30,000 Ming troops, and there was no chance of victory.

Zilharang made a decision: "Don't go south any further, this king will order someone to report to the regent, you gather the soldiers and horses of all the prefectures of Shandong on the spot, and let the prefectures and counties do a good job of defense, and you must not let the thieves spread." ”

"This king will lead the army to the outside of Jinan City to block the offensive of the Ming thieves" He thought for a while, and then ordered loudly outside the door: "Erondo, order someone to send a letter to Beijing City, it means that the thieves have invaded Shandong, and Gyeonggi is under martial law."

A thick voice came from outside the door: "

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