Only 30 miles out of Xuzhou, you will enter the waters of Weishan Lake, which already belongs to the boundary of Yanzhou, Shandong. The canal north of Xuzhou is not in Weishan Lake, but close to the west side of Weishan Lake.

After Xuzhou beat Gao Jie, the army led by Zhou Huchen never encountered any harassment from the hostile shili. The road was very calm, on July 20 of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the weather began to become a little refreshing, and Zhou Huchen's army also saw the shadow of Jining, Shandong.

Jining is known as the capital of the canal, the hub of the canal is very important, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through Jining, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the highest yamen to manage the canal is located in Jining, therefore, Jining is known as the "capital of canals" deservedly. As the national transportation artery, the canal has promoted the prosperity of Jining's commodity economy and nurtured Jining's splendid canal culture. Li Bai, Du Fu and other Ming scholars roamed here hand in hand, drinking and writing poems, leaving a lot of famous articles that gathered the population.

The smooth flow of the canal also provides Jining with a north-south channel for open exchanges, so that Jining "connects to Jianghuai in the south, reaches Youyan in the north", "leads Wuchu, Fujian and Guangdong in the south, and strengthens the throat in the north", presenting a prosperous scene of "department stores, businessmen and visitors, north-south thoroughfare, day and night", and pushed Jining's commercial civilization to its heyday.

Without the canal, Jining will not prosper, and without the Jining canal, this is the importance of the canal, and it is also the importance of Jining.

The army was already very close to Jining, the fleet slowed down, and the scout Baihu Liu Yushan was a few miles ahead, and he stood on a high slope and began to look.

There was an army ahead, and Liu Yushan found out about this situation, and those people were still wearing Ming army uniforms.

In order to prevent being discovered by the other party, Liu Yushan did not continue to move forward, and he hurriedly sent someone back to report the news.

In the mouths of the people nearby, Zhou Huchen finally knew the situation in Jining City.

Liu Qihadaxiao, who has been by Zhou Huchen's side: "Look at me!" ”

Inside the city of Jining.

Shandong's deputy general Li Yunhe has been frightened for several months, first Li Zicheng led the army to take the Beijing Division, and then Li Zicheng was defeated by Jiannu. But what made Li Yunhe feel incredible was that except for Li Zicheng's people who sent people to Jining to persuade him to surrender before his defeat, they never paid attention to him again. Now, the situation outside is extremely chaotic, the Dashun army, the gentry from all over the country, with the addition of Jiannu, this monstrous chaos and war has involved Jining.

All the civil officials ran away, and Li Yunhe's army was left in Jining City, and he was already the actual controller of Jining City. Li Yunhe had more than 7,000 soldiers under his command, and with the militia gathered near Jining, there were now a total of 15,000 people. Fortunately, Jining is rich and there is no shortage of food, and Li Yunhe has been maintaining it in this way.

It was impossible to surrender Jiannu, many of Li Yunhe's soldiers and Jiannu had combat experience, and many soldiers' families had been poisoned by Jiannu, and this hatred was unforgettable. Now the situation has become more and more critical, according to the news obtained, Jiannu has been defeated and retreated by Li Zicheng, what to do when Jiannu comes to Jining, this Jining is actually in danger.

He had already sent a message to the new dynasty in Jiangnan to ask for support, and Li Yunhe was ready, once there were no reinforcements, he would not surrender even if he dispersed these troops. Of course, Li Yunhe knew that he didn't have the ability to compete with Jiannu, which was a helpless move. Li Yunhe also thought about going south, but unfortunately, he couldn't make up his mind. Almost all of Lee Yoon-ho's subordinates are locals, and when the soldiers leave their homeland, what will happen to their families? If you don't bring your family, who will go with you? I'm afraid that with this order, my own army will still end up in disintegration.

The defense of Jining City can be said to be very strict, and when Liu Qi led a few people to gallop on the official road, the defenders of Jining discovered them.

A wooden fence stopped in front of them, and Liu Qi and the others began to slow down.

"Tell your family General Li, just say that the old man Liu Qi is visiting!" Stopping his mount, Liu Qi shouted.

There were dozens of soldiers behind the wooden fence, and these people looked at Liu Qi and the others, and they didn't know this clothes. Since they were named and reported by name, and they came from the south, so these few people should not be enemies, but old people.

After getting the news, Li Yunhe came out quickly, and he wondered a little, how did Liu Qi get to the south, wasn't he in Shanxi with Zhou Yuji? As the distance narrowed, Li Yunhe finally saw clearly, it was Liu Qi, he was too familiar with this Zhou Yuji's subordinate.

Without waiting for Li Yunhe to say hello, Liu Qi began to shout: "Lao Li, hurry up and line up to welcome!" The Jingzhong Tiger came, and he brought 20,000 people with him. ”

Of course, Li Yunhe, the tiger in Beijing, knows who it is, this guy is too famous, and the loud is not only known to everyone in Beijing, but also people in many places have heard of it.

Stretching out his hand and throwing aside the wooden fence in front of him, Li Yunhe was a little excited: "Xiaohu is Xiaohu leading the army north?" What about Zhou Shuai? Where is Zhou Shuai now? ”

Li Yunhe has a great friendship with Zhou Yuji, so naturally he doesn't have to guard against Liu Qi.

"Yangzhou, 70,000 troops are stationed in Yangzhou, and now the army is led by the young marshal to the north." Liu Qi understood Li Yunhe's excitement, and when he was alone in such a place, he would be replaced by him, knowing that reinforcements would be like this.

"How did you get to Jiangnan, isn't Zhou Shuai in Shanxi?" Lee Yoon-ho continued to ask as he stepped forward:

"The Beijing division has fallen, where can Shanxi defend it? Only to Jiangnan to figure out the great cause! ”

Li Yunhe understood what had happened and breathed a sigh of relief, this time he finally had something to rely on. Li Yunhe decided, this Jining is not a place to defend, or his soldiers do not go with him, he will also take his family to the south of the Yangtze River, and he will also fight with Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Huchen's army did not enter the city, he garrisoned outside the city, not to reassure Li Yunhe, but to take further action.

As for Lee Yoon-ho's army, he gave Lee Yoon-ho a piece of advice; Those who are willing to follow with all their hearts can take their families away, but they can go to Jiangnan to make plans again, and as for those who are hesitant, it is better to simply give some money to be dismissed.

This is a prophetic understanding, Shandong cannot belong to the Southern Ming Dynasty at all, it is too close to Beijing, and the military forces do not allow Zhou Huchen to entrench in Jining. Rather than let these own people die in battle, or fight for Jiannu and themselves in the future, it is better to let them go home, and if they encounter them after surrendering to the enemy in the future, it is not too late to be the enemy again.

What Zhou Huchen wants is speed, an elite assault, and although Li Yunhe's hand is also a boost, it is still too weak, and it is impossible for them to keep up with their speed.

Under the coordination of Zhou Huchen and Li Yunhe, Li Yunhe made a decision, and he began to disband his army with great heartache, which can be said to be heartbreaking. Zuihou, Li Yunhe had less than 3,000 soldiers left in his hands, and these soldiers would go directly south to Yangzhou with their families.

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