A few days later, the city of Jinan.

Lu Xiangsheng was still dressed in plain white linen clothes at this time, standing proudly on the north city tower, looking around, countless flags appeared on the cross-country in the north, and several golden dragon daqi also appeared in the distance, and the army like waves was rushing to the city here.

Shandong Governor Yan Jizu's face was pale, with a hint of fear, and said: "The slaves are inlaid with white flags, positive white flags, inlaid red flags, and red flags, as well as the Mongolian Tatars' positive white flags, inlaid with red flags, and the black flags of the slave and thief Han army!" ”

Yan Jizu grabbed Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Governor, the main force of the slaves and thieves is here, their main target this time is Shandong, it's Shandong!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face did not change, and said: "I don't see that it is not only Shandong, according to the Tang report sent by the Ministry of War, the leading commander of the slave thieves is the commander of the general Dolgon, who is the commander of the slave thieves in the Battle of Julu. I think Dolgon wants to concentrate his forces and fight with me and Liu Yan again, he wants to defeat all the armies of my Ming Dynasty who dare to fight! ”

Yan Jizu was a little incredulous, and then said, "Then what should we do?" Now there are only 6,000 soldiers and horses in the city, I think it is better to abandon the city of Jinan and take King De south to avoid trouble! ”

The last time the Qing army captured the city of Jinan, the king of Germany Zhu Youshu and his family were all killed, and then there was no vassal king in the city of Jinan, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered his cousin Zhu Youli to attack the title of king of De.

Zhu Youli is the grandson of Zhu Yijun, the king of Deding, and the son of Zhu Changshu, the king of Wenyu in Jicheng.

Lu Xiangsheng glared at Yan Jizu fiercely, and shouted: "Abandon Jinan? What about the people of the city! Do you want the people of the city to be slaughtered by the Qing soldiers again? ”

Yan Jizu said that he had lost his words.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Besides, most of the slaves and thieves are cavalry, how far can our army go after leaving the city?" For now, only by holding the city and waiting for reinforcements can the situation be reversed! ”

"But when will the reinforcements arrive?"

"Then it depends on the will of God!"

"Woo~Woo~Woo!"

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng's voice fell, there was a low horn sound in the wilderness north of Jinan City, and then countless flags in the north began to shake violently, and nearly 100,000 Qing soldiers began to shout in unison, and the sound shook the four fields.

The Ming soldiers on guard at the head of the city of Jinan looked at the scene in front of them, and suddenly the momentum was stagnant, many Ming soldiers were afraid, and even two unlucky ghosts made the gods take a few steps back, turned around and were about to escape, and were caught red-handed by Lu Huaiying, the pro-general who inspected the city, and in front of all the soldiers, directly killed the two deserters on the city, and then hung the two bloody heads on the city tower in the north, and the soldiers of the Ming army were all shocked, and the morale was slightly improved.

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately roared angrily: "Beat the drum!" Against! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

More than a dozen war drums on the head of Jinan City rang out, and the majestic war drums resounded through the clouds, suppressing the shouts and horns of the Qing army outside the city, and the morale of the Ming army in the city was greatly boosted, and they raised their arms and cheered.

Outside the city, Prince Rui Dolgon sneered and looked at the city, and said to the three people around him, Prince Yu Duoduo, Keqin County Wang Yuetuo, and Anping Belle Dudu: "You see, Lu Xiangsheng's banner is on the city, we came in time, and Lu Xiangsheng did not withdraw in time. ”

Yue Tuo glanced at Dolgon and said: "Perhaps, Lu Xiangsheng did not plan to withdraw, Prince Rui, please see, the people outside Jinan City have been moved into the city, and even the houses outside the city have been demolished. ”

Dissatisfied with Yueto's words, Duoduo said; "So what? There is only the banner of Lu Xiangsheng on the head of the city, and the banner of Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, on that side, and the rest of the Ming troops did not come, and Liu Yan's department was not there. In my opinion, the Ming army in the city is at most 10,000 people, or even only a few thousand, and our army will definitely capture and kill Lu Xiangsheng in this battle! ”

Yue Tuo saw that the morale of the Ming army in the city was greatly boosted, and he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was by no means a mediocre talent, but it was not easy to refute Duoduo directly, so he had to say: "I hope so." ”

Dolgon also knew that Lu Xiangsheng was not an idle person, so he said: "Let's not underestimate the enemy, attack for a few days first, consume some of the strength of the Ming army in the city, and then besiege and send reinforcements." It is best to attract Liu Yan's department, and our army will concentrate superior forces to gather and annihilate it in the area of Jinan Mansion! ”

Du Du and Yue Tuo glanced at each other, both of them were apprehensive, Liu Yan's methods of fighting were too old and spicy, how vicious and vicious, and the warriors of each banner in this battle did not know how many casualties there were.

Dolgon then ordered a siege of the city, blockading the north with Dudu's Manchurian red flag and Buyandai's Mongol red flag, the west with Duoduo's Manchurian white flag, and Yuetuo's Manchurian red flag on the east. Dolgon led the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner of Yibai, the Shang Kexi 10,000 Han troops, and more than 2,000 Ming soldiers captured and plundered from the way, all of which were stationed in the south.

In the south of Jinan City, Dolgon set up a large camp, and then summoned a group of banner owners to the big tent of the Chinese army, and ordered all departments to start building ladders and rushing cars in a hurry, and began to attack the city early tomorrow morning, with the south and north sides as the main attack direction, and the east and west sides feint.

At the same time, Dolgon ordered Shang Kexi to prepare for war at any time, and once Liu Yan's troops appeared, he would meet Shang Kexi's 10,000 Han troops.

On the same day, the Qing army troops camped on all sides, surrounded the city of Jinan, and it took only half a day for the Qing army to cut down the trees around the city of Jinan, and then began to build large-scale ladders and storming vehicles, shields, shield vehicles and other siege equipment.

At the same time, the banner owners also sent a large number of scouts to search for the movements of the Ming army in all directions, and Dolgon specially sent scouts to the south to investigate, and the search range reached hundreds of miles, so as to prevent Liu Yan from leading his troops to suddenly kill.

At night, the surrounding Qing troops lit bonfires, including the captives and captured people, the camp of more than 100,000 people stretched for more than ten miles, surrounding the huge Jinan Mansion City in the middle, like the Milky Way composed of stars in the sky, turning the Jinan Mansion City into an isolated island.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng stood at the head of the city, looking south, and with the help of the fire in the Qing army camp, he could faintly see a golden dragon fluttering in the night wind.

"The thief is preparing to encircle the point and send reinforcements."

Lu Xiangsheng said worriedly, and Lu Huaiying, the pro-general on the side, secretly screamed in his heart that he was lucky, but fortunately, before the Qing army arrived, he sent several of Lu Xiangsheng's brothers away, and asked them to bring Lu Xiangsheng's handwritten letter to Jingshi for help.

At this time, Lu Huaiying said worriedly: "Governor, now the soldiers and horses that can fight in Shandong are the new army commanded by Liu, and the rest of the battalions of the Jimo battalion, Wendeng battalion, and Dengzhou battalion are only superficial, and if they really want to fight, they can't be counted on." But now there are 100,000 Qing soldiers under the city of Jinan, and Liu Commander has only more than 9,000 newly recruited new troops, how can this battle be fought? ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head slightly, he didn't know how to fight, it can be said that this battle is far more dangerous than the battle of Julu, the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the Qing soldiers, and the situation is precarious.

"I hope the imperial court can send rescue troops as soon as possible."

Now the Qinwang army from all over the country should have arrived around the Beijing division one after another, the soldiers and horses of Shanxi Town, Shaanxi Town, and Xuanfu Town in the northwest are all daring to fight, and the soldiers and horses in the hands of Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou are also considered elite, if the imperial court can make up its mind, leave some soldiers and horses to cut off the back road of the Qing army, and fight under the city of Jinan with the main army, it is not possible to fight another giant deer victory!

But Lu Xiangsheng immediately thought of Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and his heart, which had just become hot, fell into the ice cellar in an instant.

"Alas!"

A long sigh.

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, as if he wanted to shake out all these troubles, and then asked, "Where did Yan Futai go?" ”

Lu Huaiying said: "In the afternoon, the Lord discussed with Yan Futai to recruit young people in the city to help defend the city, but now the treasury in the city is insufficient, so Yan Futai went to King De's mansion, saying that he wanted to borrow grain and silver from King De. ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, although the German king Zhu Youli has no talent, and he has done a lot of things to bully men and women on weekdays, but his reputation among the vassal kings is still middle and upper-class, at least in terms of major rights and wrongs, he has not been confused.

"I hope Yan Futai can borrow money and food."

De Wang's Mansion.

"What? Do you want to borrow money or grain? ”

Yan Jizu looked at Dewang Zhu Youli with an expectant face, only to see Zhu Youli frowning, and pondering for a long time before he spoke: "This king has not been in the domain for a long time, and the court has not had too many rewards, and even the harvest of the feudal province has not been gathered yet, and this king is also shy now." ”

"Your Highness!"

Yan Jizu was in a hurry, and he didn't care about etiquette, and said loudly: "Now that the army of 100,000 slaves and thieves is outside the city, and the imperial court reinforcements don't know when they will arrive. Do you want the soldiers to go hungry and fight the thieves? Let the soldiers who died in battle not even have a pension money! ”

"Your Highness, think about the family of the former King De, if the slave thief is really broken, the lower officials and others will naturally have to repay the country with death, but it is difficult for His Highness to be celibate!"

Zhu Youli frowned, stood up suddenly, and was about to have a seizure, but saw that Yan Jizu did not back down, staring at him and trembling in his heart, so he slowly sat down.

"Alas!"

"Yan Futai is really embarrassed by this king, since the words are all here, then Yan Futai will talk about it, how much food do you need?"

"Your Highness is wise, based on the current strength of troops in the city, as well as the rations needed by the people in the city, and with a period of one month, the lower officials need at least 50,000 taels of military salaries and 80,000 deniers of food. If the war can't end within a month, then Your Highness still needs to support one or two. ”

"What!"

Zhu Youli stood up again, his eyes widened, and he said loudly: "So much money and food? Could it be that your governor's yamen and Lu Xiangsheng's governor's yamen are both beggars? You don't have a penny or a grain of grain? ”

Yan Jizu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness Mingjian, how long has it been since Jinan Mansion was destroyed by slaves?" Xiaguan and Lu Duchen spent money and food to rebuild the city, if we hadn't spent almost all the money and grain in the treasury to build the city wall and city gate in advance, now the army of slaves and thieves has set foot in the city of Jinan, Xiaguan and others really have no money and food available! ”

Zhu Youli was angry when he heard this, and shouted: "It is the imperial court to fight against slaves and thieves, you feudal officials do not produce silver or food, but you are eyeing the purse of an idle prince, what is the reason!" ”

After speaking, Zhu Youli was ready to go away with his sleeves, Yan Jizu was also ruthless at this time, rushed up with an arrow step, grabbed Zhu Youli's sleeve, and said loudly: "The money and food have not come out yet, where is Your Highness going!" ”

"You!"

Zhu Youli was so angry that he pointed at Yan Jizu's nose and shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

"If you don't have money and food, you can't hold the city of Jinan, everyone has to die, and the lower officials will not talk about etiquette today, and Your Royal Highness can play the court to impeach the lower officials after the war. But today, His Highness can't leave without money and food! ”

Zhu Youli was "roared" by Yan Jizu for a while, and finally lost his temper, so he had to pay for food, but he forced Yan Jizu to write down the note, after repelling the Qing army, the governor's palace and the governor's yamen must return the principal to the Dewang Mansion with interest, and the interest must also be calculated according to the civil market.

Yan Jizu was so angry that he smoked, gritted his teeth and wrote down the note, and then threw it to the German king Zhu Youli.

"Hehe, Yan Futai will follow the people with knives in this palace, and the money and grain will be delivered tonight."

Yan Jizu hugged his fists and left, but when he arrived at the gate of the main hall, he stopped and said: "By the way, when the war starts, it will be necessary for His Royal Highness King De to move to the head of the city to boost the morale of the defenders!" ”

King Zhu Youli was dumbfounded.

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