Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 277 The Fall of Huai'an Mansion

In November, the cold wind was bitter, and Huai'an Prefecture ruled Shanyang City, and at this time, it was immersed in panic.

The people who had already heard the news fled into the countryside overnight, and the rest of the people could only nail the doors of their houses and dig cellars to hide their wives and daughters.

Even the watchman was gone, and Nuoda's Shanyang City was plunged into darkness.

The Dongping Bo Mansion, which cost tens of thousands of people and 100,000 taels of silver to build, is trembling at this moment. Whether it is a servant or a concubine, they are fighting against each other, waiting for the arrangement of fate.

Uncle Dongping of Ming Dynasty and Liu Zeqing were restless in the study, their faces were flushed, as if they were drunk, they paced back and forth.

It was already late at night, and the whole city was full of silence. The huge mansion seemed to be deserted at this moment, and it was eerily quiet.

"Alas..." With a deep sigh, Liu Zeqing's plump belly shuddered, feeling extremely regretful in his heart.

Liu Zeqing is from Shandong, from the famous Cao County. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, he has been promoted and made a fortune.

After Beijing was conquered and the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he quickly left Shandong and settled down in the neighboring Huai'an Mansion, thinking that it would be closer to Cao County to ease his homesickness.

But at this moment, in his study, he wished he could stay in Shandong and return to surrender early, so that he could become a county king just like Wu Sangui.

Since last year, the situation in Daming has been stable, especially the killing of famous kings in the Yuwang formation, which greatly encouraged the entire four towns in Jiangbei.

Even the king of Yu, who has not even grown hair, has made such a feat, how can we lose his prestige?

So, in the first two days, he led an army of [-] troops northward with longing, and waited for the arrival of the Qing army in Pizhou on the border of Shandong.

In addition, he also specially contacted Gao Jie, who is based in Xuzhou, with a total of nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses, preparing to come and wait for work, and defend instead of attack.

From the canal down, Xuzhou is a must-have place, so it is expected that Gao Jie will cooperate.

He thought well.

Pizhou is an important place on the canal, the city is small and strong, if you just sit here for ten days and then evacuate, you can be considered as doing your best.

At that time, there will be an explanation to the court, and at the same time, a good price can be negotiated with the Man Qing.

Unexpectedly, Man Qing directly pulled out dozens of red-clothed cannons and bombarded Pizhou City, making a Zhang-long gap in half a day.

As a result, the army was defeated and fled, with countless casualties.

When he returned to Pizhou, there were only three to 40,000 people, barely guarding Shanyang City.

"Pizhou can't stop it, let alone Shanyang."

Recalling the tragic situation in Pizhou City in his mind, his face turned pale in an instant, his fat body trembled, and he felt indescribable fear.

Even Nanjing City, I'm afraid it won't be able to resist it!

In an instant, he trembled all over, his crotch was completely wet, and the golden liquid dripped down, but he didn't realize it.

After a long time, at this moment of waiting for pondering people, I finally heard the sound of footsteps.

Li Huajing, who was covered in cotton robes and was in a state of distress, but with sweat on his forehead, ran over excitedly.

"What? How's it going?"

Liu Zeqing asked impatiently, pressing his arms firmly on his shoulders, his face full of eagerness.

"The Prince of England agrees."

Li Huajing took a breath and said happily: "Uncle, Prince Ying said that as long as you surrender the city, you will forget the past and you will not be stingy with the reward of the title."

Hearing this, Liu Zeqing breathed a sigh of relief, and felt his crotch was wet. He took off his pants without hesitation, and sat on the chair:

"Don't be stingy with conferring titles, what kind of titles is that?"

The stone in his heart was put down, and at this moment, Liu Zeqing's greed burst out again, and he had to look forward to Shu, but it was nothing more than that.

Li Huajing also understood the relationship between loss and loss, and prosperity and prosperity, so he hurriedly said: "In short, it is no less than the earl on you."

"what?"

Liu Zeqing was stunned for a moment, his voice changed suddenly, and he said angrily: "Wu Sangui, what kind of virtue is he, now he is the king of Pingxi County, I have [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, and there are several houses in Huai'an. If the prince can't do it, how can the duke not allow it?"

Li Huajing was speechless, at this point, do you still dare to speak?
Reluctantly, he persuaded: "Wu Sangui was just an earl before, and he was promoted to the county king in less than a year, and the uncle will definitely be the same when the time comes—"

In this way, Liu Zeqing was persuaded, and his flesh trembled: "Then, let them do it!"

In the same night, Liu Zeqing summoned all the generals, and expressed his plan to return to the Manchus, and shed a few tears:

"Now the enemy is outnumbered, Gao Jie has abandoned the city and fled, and we are alone and helpless. We have fallen into a desperate situation, and I intend to obey the destiny and return to the Qing Dynasty..."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to mourn and said, "I'm sorry for your humble position, Your Majesty..."

Liu Zeqing is a fastidious person, he knows the truth of what is right and proper, no matter how he says it, he needs a reason to ease his emotions.

For example, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, trespassers approached Gyeonggi, and the emperor asked the troops from all over the country to serve the king. Liu Zeqing, as the general soldier of Shandong, naturally dared not refuse on the surface, but he gave a reason for breaking his leg as a prevarication.

No one can say no.

All the generals looked at each other, they were all Liu Zeqing's confidantes, so they naturally obeyed.

So, one by one made enough gestures and took turns persuading them, with various reasons, but in the final analysis, they had no choice but to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

In the first year of Hongguang and the second year of Shunzhi, on November 25th, Liu Zeqing led [-] soldiers and horses, opened Shanyang City, donated Huai'an Mansion, and a small half of Yangzhou Mansion, and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

He Shuoying, Prince Azig, dug ice and stretched fibers along the way, and finally went south from the canal to Shanyang, Huai'an.

After accepting the city, Azig was a rough and simple person, and he planned to send Liu Zeqing's family back to Beijing for support.

Liu Zeqing was stunned, Wu Sangui was effective regardless of previous suspicions, why was I imprisoned?

"General Liu, you have a lot of criminal records and bad deeds. This king is really worried."

Azige's eyes were bright, and his short stature was full of fierceness. He stared at Liu Zeqing's fat body, and said directly:
"Your Majesty will be granted the title of earl. The regent is very generous. Just don't overstep the rules."

As he said that, without waiting for his reaction, Azig waved his hand, and Liu Zeqing's family was forced to go north to Beijing.

Sitting in the magnificent and magnificent area, no less than the boundary of the palace, Azige was very happy, touched and looked to the left, and couldn't help saying:
"Come here, move all the items here to my palace in Beijing. It's just an earl. There are no rules for such a transgression."

"As for the silver taels, keep half, and share the rest with you."

"Thank you, my lord."

Generals including Wu Sangui, Beilenikan, Beizitunji, and Beileboluo responded with a smile.

He glanced at Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, the four generals of the Han Dynasty, especially the latter three. They are veterans for many years and are trustworthy.

"As for Liu Zeqing's tens of thousands of people, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, you two lost a lot last year, so let's make up for it!"

"Thank you, my lord."

Kong and Geng were overjoyed. They knew they were buying people's hearts, but they had to accept it.

(End of this chapter)