At the beginning of September, Dolgon led more than 10,000 Qing troops from the north to the south, directly besieged the city of Jinan, after several days of fierce fighting, the Qing army invaded the city of Jinan, killed the whole family of King De, and almost all the officials in the city were killed.

Dolgon resented the resistance of the military and civilians in Jinan, so he set up troops to massacre civilians in the city of Jinan, and the people in the city suddenly fell into hell on earth, looting, massacre, rape ~ adultery can be seen everywhere, the Qing army uses all means, if Liu Yan sees this scene, I am afraid that the Japanese army in later generations is nothing more than this.

In just four days, more than 300,000 people were killed in the city, springs and rivers were blocked by corpses, and streams of blood flowed all over the city, dyeing almost all the streets of the city red.

The city of Jinan has become a ghost town!

Then Dolgon looked at the Qing soldiers who died because of the siege, the anger in his heart did not dissipate, and it was not enough to see that the city of Jinan had been slaughtered, so he set fire to the city of Jinan, and then led the army to the north with the looted money, food and materials, and entered Beizhili again, and continued to loot all the way.

It was not until a few days later that the nearby Ming army entered the city of Jinan, which had been reduced to ruins.

At this time, Jinan City was full of ruins and broken walls, and charred corpses could be seen everywhere, so that these Ming soldiers couldn't help but vomit, and the hatred and fear in their hearts were intertwined, and many people couldn't cry. In the scorching summer, the whole city is gloomy and cold, making people shudder, and from time to time there are vultures flying in the sky, hovering above the ruins of Jinan City, and swooping down from time to time to find the corpses that have been ruined by the Qing soldiers.

Under the city of Qingzhou, the news entered the camp of Lingshanwei, and the integrity officer Li Jiwen immediately informed Liu Yan and other generals of the news, and when they heard the tragic situation in Jinan City, everyone fell silent. Even if Wang Weizhen, Hu Zongming and other generals are the kind of people who are greedy for money immediately, but when they hear what the Qing army has done, they can't help but feel sad.

Liu Yan was even more sad when he knew the history of later generations, and he knew more about the atrocities of the Qing army. Not to mention the various actions of the Qing army at this time, even if the Qing army entered the customs and was about to enter the Central Plains, it was still extremely brutal, completely treating Huaxia as a "colonization ~ civilian land" of the Manchurians, arbitrarily demanding and destroying, and treating the people with foolishness as the key, and Huaxia has since fallen into three hundred years of decline!

After a long time, Liu Yan came out of his contemplation, and then took the lead in speaking: "My lord, my subordinates think that after the Qing army goes north, the first thing the imperial court will do is to liquidate the merits and demerits of the various departments of the Shandong Metropolitan Division, so my lord should be cautious." ”

At this time, Liu Yan listened to the tragic situation of Jinan City, and his heart was naturally very heavy, but Jinan City was a mortal situation, and now Liu Yan's troops were insufficient, so he couldn't rescue at all, and it was too late in time, Jinan City fell in just four days, and in these four days, Liu Yan's troops couldn't catch up with Jinan City at all.

So after mourning for a while, Liu Yan put his energy into practice and mentioned the post-war incidents, as for the people who died in Jinan City, Liu Yan also secretly swore in his heart that he would avenge them.

Li Jiwen nodded and said: "This time, the Shangguan not only told us that the Qing army was finally gone, but also ordered us to return to the garrison and wait for the imperial court to investigate the merits, I am also uneasy in my heart, what do you think?" ”

Still no one spoke, Liu Yan looked at everyone, and then stood up and said: "My lord, this time my subordinates have seen that the soldiers and horses of Shandong have mediocre records, and all parts of the country have either lost troops or lost cities, and the imperial court will definitely blame Shandong officialdom." In the opinion of his subordinates, those officials of the Shandong Metropolitan Division will definitely look for usable bright spots for their official positions, that is, merit, and the battle that our army fought in the Yaoshan Mountain Road is what those officials need. ”

"In the opinion of my subordinates, adults may wish to move around more with those Shangguan during this time, maybe adults will have unexpected gains."

Li Jiwen nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Liu Baihu is not only brave and good at fighting, but also knows the affairs of officialdom, and his future achievements must be limitless." ”

"Your Excellency praises it!"

Then everyone talked for a while, Li Jiwen ordered the army to return to Lingshanwei in three days, and early tomorrow morning, the generals of the various departments entered the city with them and resigned to King Heng and the officials of Qingzhou.

The next day, Liu Yan followed Li Jiwen into Qingzhou City, first ate and drank under the hospitality of the Qingzhou prefect and other officials, and then came to the Hengwang Mansion, Hengwang Zhu Changshu met everyone in the flower hall for the first time, Li Jiwen and other generals were immediately grateful, this is a great honor.

Although Liu Yan is the same as everyone else on the surface, he is a little disappreciative in his heart.

If it shows that the vassal kings at the beginning were all brave and good at fighting or ruthless people who were talented and learned, then in the late Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings supported by the Ming Dynasty were no different from raising pigs.

The vassal kings of various places were not allowed to enter the capital unless they were edicted, and they could not even leave the city at will, so they could only wander around the city of the fiefdom. The vassal kings were not allowed to interfere in politics, they were not allowed to make friends with local generals, they could only eat, drink, and do business, and in the long run, these vassal kings only had silver in their eyes, and they had no concept of the situation in the world and military and political affairs, and they could even be said to be very naïve.

At this time, Liu Yan and a group of generals sat down one after another, Liu Yan looked at Zhu Changshu, the king of Heng, in fact, this prince is not too bad, at least he knows that when the army goes out to fight, it is still normal thinking to send people to reward the army.

"Hehe, the generals fought bloodily and finally annihilated the Dongnu Tartars, and this king will write to His Majesty to ask for credit for you."

Li Jiwen stood up excitedly, clenched his fists and said, "The prince is sympathetic to us, it is really a blessing for us." It is the duty of our warriors to go to war and defend the country, but if we can have the prince's invitation, we can also inform the soldiers of the whole army, and the soldiers of all departments should praise the kindness of the prince, think about it every day, and never forget! ”

"Haha."

Zhu Changshu only talked to those subordinates in the palace on weekdays, at most he talked to the military attachés in the palace such as the sword-bearers and the Han generals, where did he see so many new faces at the same time, and he came to the spirit for a while, so he said with a smile: "This king also cares about this war, I don't know which general is the one who blocked Dongnu on the Yaoshan Mountain Road?" Stand up and let the king see. ”

Li Jiwen greeted Liu Yan and said: "Lord Qiyu, this is this person, this person is the manager of the 100 households in Wangjiazhuang in front of my Lingshan Weixia River Village, and now he is the official of 100 households, named Liu Yan. ”

I saw Liu Yan stand up, clasp his fists and say: "The last general is in armor, he can't pay a full salute, and I ask the prince to forgive me!" ”

"Liu Yan? Good man! ”

Zhu Changshu said with a smile: "Liu Baihu is really dignified, and he really looks great, come here, reward!" ”

I saw a richly dressed maid approaching with small steps, holding in both hands a tray made of mahogany, on which were a hundred taels of gold.

"Liu Baihu, this king remembers that you have made meritorious contributions to resisting the enemy, and if you take this gold back, it should be regarded as a reward from this king."

Now Liu Yan has a soap workshop, a wine workshop, and a salt drying field to earn a lot of silver every month, and this 100 taels of gold is equivalent to about 1,000 taels of silver, and Liu Yan is not short of these golds. It's just that these gold were rewarded by Zhu Changshu, the king of Heng, and the meaning is different, so Liu Yan happily accepted it, and said again: "The last general thanked the prince!" ”

At this time, Li Jiwen, Hu Zongming, Ji Xianhai, Tang Jingming, Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu, Song Gongming and others next to him were already seeing their eyes red, and they couldn't wait to rush up and snatch a few ingots of gold.

It's not that everyone is greedy for money, but because this is a reward from the king, and it can be passed on after you go back!

"Haha, good!"

Hengwang Zhu Changshu said with a smile: "Today the king is happy, in the side hall to prepare a banquet, let's sit down, the generals want to talk to me about the battlefield things, this king has not seen the battlefield, on weekdays just call some storytellers to talk, it is really boring." ”

Li Jiwen said with a smile: "The last general dares to disobey his orders." It's just that the things on the battlefield are better for Liu Baihu to talk about, Liu Baihu is not only brave and good at fighting, but also good at words, and is a rare talent. ”

Zhu Changshu, the king of Heng, looked at Liu Yan and asked, "Liu Baihu, are you willing?" ”

Liu Yan naturally would not let go of this opportunity to get closer to Zhu Changshu, the king of Heng, and said with a smile: "The last general will obey his fate." ”

"Well, that's the best!"

Three days later, Liu Yan led his troops to return to Lingshanwei with the army, and after resting for a day in the Lingshan Acropolis, Liu Yan said goodbye to Li Jiwen, Hu Zongming, Tang Jingming, Ji Xianhai, as well as Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu, and Song Gongming, and led his troops and horses to return directly to Wangjiazhuang.

"Hehe, wait for the news after Liu Baihu goes back, these one hundred and thirty-four heads will be placed here for me, and I will definitely entertain the officials sent by the Ministry of War to check the military merits, and Liu Baihu's merits will definitely be fine."

Li Jiwen said so, Liu Yan is not worried that Li Jiwen will be greedy for his own merits, after all, at this time, he has more than a thousand elite ironclad troops, and his combat power has surpassed that of the entire Lingshan Guard, as long as Li Jiwen is not an idiot, he will definitely win himself over instead of snatching his own credit.

"Liu Baihu is easy to go, with this battle, Liu Baihu will definitely enter the Qianhu Institute in front of Xiahe Village, and Jia Deputy Baihu and I are waiting for the master in the Qianhu City!"

This is Wang Weizhen's words, at this time, Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu, and Song Gongming were respectful, and they treated Liu Yan as if they were Shangguan, and the mentality of the three of them adjusted quickly, which made Liu Yan a little uncomfortable.

After greeting everyone, Liu Yan led his troops on the return journey and arrived at Wangjiazhuang two days later.

At this time, the chief flag officer Chen Xun, the Guan Tun official Zhang Lei, the chief flag officer Yue Ming, the commander Zhao Min, as well as Tan Xiaoda, Xu Le, Qian Soap, Chu Yunfei, Gao Yunshan, Chen Jiangshi, and Bao Xuezhen, all of whom were waiting outside the gate, and everyone surrounded Wang Yunhe to welcome the triumphant return of the army.

Hundreds of military households and civilians also spontaneously came to greet them, and in the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd, Liu Yan led his troops into Wangjiazhuang.

On the same day, Liu Yan ordered all soldiers who went out to fight to be given a reward of five taels of silver each, a pension of 20 taels for the fallen soldiers, and 10 taels for the wounded.

Chen Xun also worked hard to stay everywhere, and each person was also given two taels of silver, which was considered to be a masction.

That night, Liu Yan took Wang Yunhe to visit the families of the casualties from door to door, and personally sent them pensions.

After a busy circle, the two of them didn't eat until late at night. But Wang Yunhe retched directly when he saw the sumptuous meal, Liu Yan was stunned at first, and then there was a burst of ecstasy.

"Look at you like that!"

"Haha, I'm going to be a dad!"

"What a dad, it's a dad."

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Haha, it's the same, it's all the same." ”

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