At the cliff, Li Jiwen, who had survived the disaster, was sitting on a stone, panting heavily, and the commander next to him was the same as Hu Zongming, the bean-sized beads of sweat kept dripping down the foreheads of the two, as if they had been fished out of the water just now.

"Haha, Liu Yan, you are very good, I Lingshanwei has a fierce general like you, it is really a great blessing!"

Li Jiwen liked Liu Yan from the bottom of his heart at this time, and immediately promised that after he went back, he would definitely fight for Liu Yan.

Hu Zongming on the side also echoed and said: "Liu Baihu has a bright future in the future, with Master Li and me, Liu Baihu will definitely be smooth sailing in Lingshanwei in the future, if anyone dares to embarrass Liu Baihu, I want him to look good!" ”

Liu Yan listened to the assurances of the two, and did not really take it seriously, and the promises in the officialdom have always been uncountable.

However, since Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming gave a promise, Liu Yan was also happy to climb the pole, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates have thanked the two adults, but in this battle, my Qianhu defender Zhang Hailin fell in battle, and my Qianhu soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the soldiers led by the two adults also suffered many losses, and it is probably very difficult to replenish them after the war, and my subordinates are also worried about this." ”

Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming glanced at each other, and then Li Jiwen said: "Liu Baihu don't have to worry about this matter, after I go back, I will mobilize military households and military equipment, money and food for Liu Baihu, and when the time comes, Liu Baihu will send me an official document and write down the amount of military households, military equipment and money and food needed, and Master Hu and I will definitely make it up for Liu Baihu!" ”

"Yes, yes, in this matter, Liu Baihu will put a hundred hearts."

Liu Yan smiled at this time, hugged his fists and thanked the two.

At this time, Miao Shao, the chief flag officer, strode over, hugged his fist at Liu Yan and said: "Lord Qiyu, my subordinates have completed the inventory of all the Qing soldiers, including our army's capture in Yaoshan Mountain Road, a total of 134 levels have been beheaded, including 18 Qing soldiers and vests, one leading soldier, and the rest are Qing army's auxiliaries and coats. ”

Liu Yan nodded, and asked Miao Shao to put away all the heads and prepare to take them back together, and after the order, he saw that Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming had already stood up, and their eyes were full of expectation, obviously staring at the heads of the one hundred and thirty-four Qing soldiers.

The casualties of the various divisions of the Battle Spirit Mountain Guard cannot be counted at all, because there was originally a problem of empty salaries in various departments, and many soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape, so the actual number of people lost cannot be counted until now.

However, Liu Yan estimated that the casualties of the various departments of Lingshanwei in this battle were at least about 1,000, and this was only the casualties caused by more than 30 Qing cavalry. Even the thousand-strong army led by Liu Yan himself couldn't run away, after all, there were so many pig teammates here, even if the Qi family army was reborn, it could only be helpless!

With such a large casualty among the various departments, Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming naturally wanted to obtain a piece of war merit in order to keep their official positions or even go further, so they cast their expectant eyes on Liu Yan.

Even if Liu Yan was a subordinate of the two, but at this time, Liu Yan held a strong elite army in his hands, and Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming did not dare to use force, so they could only discuss with Liu Yan with a smile.

Li Jiwen walked to Liu Yan's side, pulled Liu Yan and whispered: "Hehe, Liu Baihu, there are many victories in this battle, according to the reward issued by the imperial court, if you win the first level of Qing soldiers, you can actually be promoted to the first level, and the one hundred and thirty-four Qing soldiers in this battle are ......, hehe, you see?" ”

Liu Yan looked around and said, "My lord, the subordinates think that the important thing at this time is to gather the soldiers of the various departments, and then retreat to Qingzhou City as soon as possible." Although his subordinates have annihilated the Qing army, no one dares to guarantee that there will be a large group of Qing troops to kill them later. What do adults think? ”

Liu Yan naturally won't divide the credit here, at least he will find the thousands of households and hundreds of households in the front of Xiahe Village.

At this time, these one hundred and thirty-four heads are the chips in Liu Yan's hands, after this battle, Liu Yan will most likely be promoted from Wangjiazhuang to Xiahezhai Qianqianhu, these heads can just be used to win people's hearts, how can Liu Yan only give Li Jiwen and others?

As soon as Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming heard the word Qing Bing, their faces immediately turned pale, and they all nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, Liu Yan and Li Jiwen marched south together, withdrew directly to the city of Qingzhou, and before nightfall that day, they reported the battle of the Yaoshan Mountain Road into the city.

In the first battle, one hundred and thirty-four Qing soldiers were killed, and such a great victory immediately alarmed many officials in the city, and they sent people to the military camp of Liu Yan's department that night to test the authenticity of those heads.

Early the next morning, a team of Pegasus did not collect Pegasus at night and headed north, and sent this war report to the Beijing division to report the victory.

In the war report, Liu Yan naturally led his troops to fight to the death, but Li Jiwen, Hu Zongming, Ji Xianhai, Tang Jingming, as well as Zhang Hailin, the defense officer of the Qianhu Institute in Xiahezhai, and Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu, Song Gongming and others, all have different and large contributions, and those Shangguan in Qingzhou City are even more happy to share the profits to "pre-war deployment" and "anticipating the enemy's first opportunity".

Then Liu Yan led his troops to rest under the city of Qingzhou, and the officials in the city were also considerate of their subordinates, and sent supplies of wine and meat every few days, and even Zhu Changshu, the king of Heng in the city, also sent people to send supplies twice.

During this time, many defeated soldiers fled back to Qingzhou City, and Wang Weizhen, deputy Qianhu of Qianhu in Xiahezhai, Jia Hongyu, deputy Baihu, Song Gongming, and Tang Jingming, the guard of Jiaozhou, and Ji Xianhai, the defender of Zhongqianhu, also escaped safely.

After resting, there were more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the various departments of Lingshanwei, of course, this was the number of people including Liu Yan's department, but it was enough to make Li Jiwen and other generals happy. At the cost of losing more than 1,000 dun troops, and winning the first rank of more than 100 Qing soldiers, this battle was very cost-effective, and everyone's attitude made Liu Yan shake his head and sigh, secretly saying that everyone did not grow.

Time flies, and from mid-July to the end of August, there is no trace of the Qing army in the direction of Qingzhou.

During this period, Liu Yan sent various outposts to investigate the situation in the north and west, together with the soldiers of the cavalry posts, but within a radius of 100 miles, there was no trace of the Qing army.

But immediately after, Li Jiwen received a battle report from the imperial court: the Qing soldiers and horses that had gone deep into Shandong had all gathered under the city of Jinan, and it seemed that the Qing soldiers were preparing to besiege Jinan!

There is Zhu Youshu, the king of virtue, in the city of Jinan, and a number of Shandong officials, no matter what, there can be no mistakes, so on the second day after Li Jiwen received the imperial court war report, he received an urgent order from the military department forwarded by the Shandong Metropolitan Division, ordering everyone to immediately rush to Jinan Mansion to help.

On the same day, Li Jiwen convened the generals of the Lingshan Wei Department to discuss the matter.

"Everything is clear, what should we do?"

Hu Zongming was the first to stand up and say: "My lord, our army has just gone through a bloody battle, and all departments have suffered heavy losses, so it is really not appropriate to continue to march into the army. ”

Ji Xianhai and Tang Jingming then agreed, but they did not agree to continue to march into the army. And Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu, and Song Gongming of the Qianqian Household Office in Xiahe Village looked at Liu Yan, Zhang Hailin was dead at this time, although Liu Yan was only a hundred household officials, but he had become the backbone of the eyes of the three of them, and they were all waiting for Liu Yan to make an idea.

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said: "My lord, my subordinates thought that Jinan Mansion had reinforcements from all over the country, and it was not inferior to ours, so I went or not, and the result was no different." However, there is King Heng in Qingzhou City, and there are no heavy troops here, in case the Qing soldiers come back and forth, the responsibility for the loss of the vassal king is not something we can bear! ”

Joke!

Liu Yan knew very well that according to historical records, because Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, misjudged that Dezhou was the only place for the Qing army to go south, and ordered Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, to lead troops to defend it, so it caused Jinan to be empty, and now there are only 1,200 township soldiers and Laizhou reinforcements in Jinan to defend the city.

However, more than 10,000 Qing troops bypassed Dezhou under the leadership of Dolgon, passed through Linqing, crossed the Huitong River, and penetrated directly into the city of Jinan. The Qing army besieged the city for 60 days, and the Ming army refused to fight to the death, but no support army arrived. Only a few days later, the city of Jinan was broken, and countless people died in street fighting. King Zhu Youshu and General Zhu Ensheng were captured. Subsequently, the Qing army "slaughtered the city of Jinan, and the corpses accumulated more than 130,000. ”

Dolgon then led his army north after being plundered, and before leaving, he set fire to the city of Jinan, and the whole of Jinan was burned and plundered.

In such a situation, no matter how confident Liu Yan is, he doesn't think that the 1,000 people in his hands can hold Jinan City, and now to resist the more than 10,000 Qing troops is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Although Liu Yan is also very sympathetic to the people in Jinan City, there is no way, this is the cruelty of history, Liu Yan is also powerless, so he can only apologize in his heart, promising to kill more Qing soldiers in the future to avenge these dead people.

At this time, Liu Yan carried out King Heng in Qingzhou City, which immediately made Li Jiwen and others happy, so he immediately set a strategy to continue to stay in Qingzhou City to recuperate.

Early the next morning, Li Jiwen entered the city to meet King Heng, and got a letter from King Heng requesting to suspend the transfer of Lingshan guards and horses. Then Li Jiwen ordered people to send this handwritten letter to the Jimo camp that governed Lingshanwei.

At the same time, news from all sides kept coming.

Although the Ming troops in all parts of Shandong received orders to rush to the aid of Jinan City, they were afraid of the Qing army's front, and they were all perfunctory, and did not dare to go to the rescue at all. More than ten days passed, but no support army rushed to Jinan City to help.

Hearing the news, Liu Yan could only mourn quietly at night, after all, his strength was still not enough at this time.

During the period when Liu Yan led his troops to be stationed under the city of Qingzhou, he did not encounter a small group of Qing troops, and his life was very peaceful.

During this period, Liu Yan kept in touch with Wangjiazhuang, and the guards kept going back and forth between Wangjiazhuang and Qingzhou City at night.

Through contact, Liu Yan learned that the salt drying factory, wine factory, and soap workshop were operating very well during this period of time, and the income was stable. Nothing was wrong in every way.

In addition, the output of the Firearms Supervision Department and the Armor Supervision Department has also been steadily increasing, and with the supply of the Iron Yard in Tiepushan Iron Yard, Wangjiazhuang's armament production has begun to continue to grow.

With these news, Liu Yan also had confidence in his heart, but at night, Liu Yan sat alone in the camp, still looking up at the starry sky, and said silently in his heart: "The current strength is still not enough, hurry up, it seems that time is running out now!" ”

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, and it was Miao Shao walking briskly with a gloomy face: "My lord, Master Li, the integrity officer, asked my lord to go to the Chinese army to discuss matters." ”

"Do you know what's going on?"

"Jinan has fallen!"

Some people died, but not completely......