"What about the gentry and people of the two provinces?"

Huang Degong has no way to keep up with Chongzhen's thinking.

Dongchang and Yanzhou are both Ming land, and if you give up, give up? Not afraid of the impeachment of the imperial history?

Holy Lord, you weren't like that before.

Chongzhen did not give Huang Degong an explanation, because the explanation was not clear.

Jin Xuan and Wang Jiayan have a vision to understand his intentions.

"As the saying goes, if you lose your land, you will lose your land, and if you lose your land, then you will save your land, so you can give up the land, but the gentry and people of the two governments can't give it up."

"Immediately send flying horses to various prefectures and counties in Dongchang Mansion and Yanzhou Prefecture."

"All the officials and gentry of Dongchang Mansion withdrew to Jinan Mansion, and all the officials and gentry of Yanzhou Mansion withdrew south to Xuzhou."

"Send an urgent delivery to Wang Jiayan and Hu Xinshui, Jinan Mansion can abide by the rules, but can't retreat to Qingzhou, and the bottom line I give them is that they must hold Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou."

"Commandment." Huang Degong could only send out flying horses.

Well, in fact, it is to send dozens of mule cavalry.

What Daming lacks most now is high-quality war horses.

As soon as the flying horse was dispatched, Huang Shi'an came over with joy.

Huang Shi'an is Huang Degong's nephew and one of the commanders of the 28 towns.

This time, Huang Degong went north, bringing Huang Shi'an's elite soldiers to this town.

"Holy Lord, uncle." Huang Shi'an smiled so hard that his mouth reached the root of his ears.

"It seems that this time the harvest is not small." Chongzhen smiled and asked, "How many beheadings?" ”

"Back to the saint, there are more than 300 true slaves killed this time, including 11 white armor, more than 400 in the Eight Banners Han Army and the Descending Army, a total of more than 1,100 beheaded."

"Well done!"

"Mr. Huang, you tell the warriors that the beheading of the real slave will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, and the beheading of the Eight Banners Han Army and those who surrender will be rewarded with ten taels of silver for each head! After returning to Summer Town, it will be distributed along with this month's battle pay! ”

"Really? This is really good, on behalf of the soldiers of the town, thank you Shengshang Longen! ”

"Hey, this is what you deserve, and I should thank you."

"Uh, this, the minister doesn't know what to say, the saint, the minister doesn't know how to speak, anyway, the minister's life and the lives of the soldiers in this town under the minister's command have been sold to Daming."

Chongzhen nodded happily, this is what he wants.

It's nonsense to talk to these big-headed soldiers about the feelings of the family and the country, and the silver can work, otherwise, who the wants to give so much reward?

But then again, this time it shouldn't be a loss, and the captured weapons and equipment should be worth a lot of money.

"By the way, there should be a lot of captured vans, Franc cannons and bird guns, right?"

"This is still being counted, but there are about fifty side vans, 15 No. 1 Franc cannons, at least five or six hundred bird guns, and spears, armor, and gunpowder."

"All the seizures will be returned to the public and handed over to Jing Nanbo for unified distribution, do you have no opinion?"

In order to completely change the status quo of the Ming army and avoid becoming a private soldier of a military general, the right to collect food and salary is only the first step, and the second step is to return the battlefield to the public.

This step is crucial.

Otherwise, the army will inevitably become militarized.

Huang Shi'an's face changed when he heard this.

Originally, according to unwritten practice, these battlefield captures should be at their disposal, and it was up to him to sell or use them to expand the army.

"Holy Lord, what about the belongings found on Jiannu's body?"

"You don't have to hand over your property, but you have to hand over all your ordnance baggage!"

The rice must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be taken step by step, and all of a sudden I want to transform the Ming army into a people's army for future generations, which is purely a fool's dream, and it is easy to pull the egg if the steps are too big.

"Commandment." Huang Shi'an breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

……

The next day, Jinan Fucheng, Licheng.

Wang Jiayan and Hu Xinshui were standing on the tower of the West Gate with a worried face.

Outside the city gate, Jiannu was digging a trench, and it looked like it was going to be besieged for a long time.

"Wang Butang, the last general has gone to the other city gates to see, there are Jiannu digging trenches outside the four gates, it seems that Jiannu really plans to besiege Licheng for a long time, and wants to trap us in the city."

"Hu Junmen, why don't you try to launch a counterattack? There don't seem to be many Jiannu outside the city. ”

"Lord Ministry, this is really not the last general who is afraid of the enemy, it is really these villagers in the city who are brave enough to fight, let them defend the city and barely do it, let them go out of the city to fight with Jiannu, it is to find death."

Hearing Hu Xinshui say this, Wang Jiayan's brows became more and more frowned.

Hu Xinshui thought for a while and said: "Lord Ministry, while Jiannu has not yet completed the siege, hurry up and send Feiqi to Xuzhou for help, no matter how late it is, you won't be able to get out." ”

Wang Jiayan was also a little hesitant when he heard this.

At this moment, the sound of horns suddenly sounded outside the city.

"Hey, this trumpet sounds...... Jiannu shouldn't be withdrawing troops, right? No, I'm sure I heard it wrong. ”

Before Hu Xinshui finished speaking, he began to shake his head, although the Jiannu army was not much, and all the four directions added up to four or five thousand people, but it was more than enough to besiege Licheng.

Therefore, it is absolutely not necessary to withdraw troops because of insufficient troops.

Other factors make it even more unlikely that Jiannu would withdraw its troops.

Now there is no army in Shandong that can threaten Jiannu.

"No, you heard it right, Jiannu really withdrew his troops." Wang Jiayan said.

In fact, there is no need for Wang Jiayan to say, Hu Xinshui himself has seen it.

Jiannu really retreated, leaving behind the trench that had not yet been dug and was retreating south.

Just when Wang Jiayan and Hu Xinshui wondered if this would be Jiannu's plan to lure the enemy, and whether they needed to send a team to go out at night to inquire about the situation, a mule cavalry secretly appeared outside the city.

The mule cavalry had actually arrived outside the city an hour earlier.

"Who's in the city? 200 miles expedited, there is a rush delivery! ”

"Rush?" Wang Jiayan frowned and asked, "Where did it come from?" ”

"Ansan Township." The mule cavalry said as he untied the yellow silk cloth bag from his back.

"Put the express delivery in the hanging basket." Wang Jiayan motioned to put down the hanging basket in person.

After a while, the hanging basket was retracted, and he took the yellow silk cloth bag and handed it to Wang Jiayan.

Wang Jiayan opened the package and took out the letter and hurriedly read it, and was overjoyed for a moment: "Hu Junmen, Shengshang and Jing Nanbo fought a victory in Ansan Town, beheading more than a thousand people!" ”

"Really?" Hu Xinshui said suddenly, "No wonder Jiannu suddenly withdrew his troops from Licheng. ”

However, Wang Jiayan's expression soon became solemn again: "The Holy Lord also ordered us to abandon the two prefectures of Dongchang and Yanzhou, and the Jinan Mansion can abide by it, and if it can't be kept, it can also be abandoned, and make every effort to surrender the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou." ”

"The Holy One sees a thousand miles." Hu Xinshui looked at Xuzhou from afar, and said, "The Grand Canal passes through the two prefectures of Dongchang and Yanzhou, and Jiannu can mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources along the canal, so these two mansions are categorically unable to hold, and even Jinan Mansion is difficult to hold, and it is the best policy to surrender the three prefectures east of Qingzhou." ”

Wang Jiayan: "The reason why the Holy Lord ordered us to abandon the two mansions of Dongchang and Yanzhou is probably more than that. ”

"Oh?" Hu Xinshui was stunned for a moment and asked, "There is another intention for this move of the Holy Lord?" ”

"Of course." Wang Jiayan, "Hu Junmen, you only focus on defending, but the saint is thinking about counterattacking, when the battlefield of Xuzhou falls into a stalemate, you and I, a group of soldiers and horses, can cut off the retreat of Jiannu when they go west to Dongchang and Yanzhou!" ”

Hu Xinshui just pursed his lips when he heard this, and said that he still wanted to fight back? It's good to hold Qingzhou Mansion.

Wang Jiayan didn't say anything more, but sent post guards to various prefectures and counties in Dongchang and Yanzhou, and ordered the officials and gentry of the two prefectures to retreat to Jinan Mansion and Xuzhou respectively.

……

That night, the Baiyintu heading south from Licheng met with the northbound Aobai.

Looking at the gray-faced Aobai, Baiyintu couldn't help but be angry.

"Strip me of all the armor of Aobai!" Bai Yintu was so angry that his beard was shaking.

The two white-armored soldiers couldn't help but push Ao Bai to the ground and peel him off his armor.

Bai Yintu picked up the whip and pumped, and after a few strokes, Ao Bai's back was whipped into a blur of flesh and blood, and Ao Bai endured the pain and didn't have the face to say a word.

If you do something wrong, you should be punished if you lose the battle.

It wasn't until he was tired of pumping that Bai Yintu threw the horsewhip to the coat next to him and asked how many people Aobai had lost?

Ao Bai didn't dare to respond positively, and said to him: "Gaodi's surrender army lost more than 400 people, and the Zhenghuangqi Han army lost almost one and a half Niu Lu, in addition to 50 side vans, 15 No. 1 Franc machine guns, more than 500 bird guns, and a certain amount of gunpowder, lead and grain. ”

"Don't shy away from the important." But Bai Yintu refused to let go.

"I'm asking about the yellow flag, how many of our yellow flag warriors have died?"

"We have a total of one dead ...... this time," Ao Bai muttered.

"Is a warrior dead?" Bai Yintu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it was nothing.

However, Ao Bai then said the word Niu Lu, which made Bai Yintu stunned.

It took a long time for Bai Yintu to react to the yellow flag, and this time there was a cow record!

At that moment, Bai Yintu was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and snatched the horsewhip from Bao Yi's hand and whipped to Aobai.

And this time it was not just a slap on Aobai's back, but a slap on his head and face, and in just a moment, there were more than a dozen eye-catching red marks on Aobai's face and neck.

Ao Bai still didn't say a word.

The other Jiannu were silent.

It wasn't until he finished venting his anger that Bai Yintu ordered to pursue the Ming army south.

This fiasco is not just as simple as making the Yellow Banner lose a Niu Lu, if you can't catch up with this Ming army and kill them all, it will not be enough to wash away the shame.

Worse still, Dorgon would make a big deal out of it.

When the time comes, not only will the Ao visit be unlucky, but the yellow flag will also be unlucky.

It is likely that Dorgon used this as an excuse to deprive the Yellow Flag of the Ox.

After all, Dorgon had long been eyeing the yellow flag.

Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate this Ming army that brought them the shame of the yellow flag.

As for the risk of doing this, Bai Yintu never thought that the reason why Ao Bai suffered a fiasco was caused by the light enemy, and he Bai Yin Tu had the experience of Ao Bai, and he would not be careless about the enemy.