1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 523
On the fifth day of September 1644 (October 10th), the Northern Mission sent by the Nanjing Hongguang Court of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Jining, Shandong.

In the past five months or so, Jining Chengtou, which is an important north-south traffic route and an important city for water transportation, has undergone four flag changes.On April 25th, the Dashun Dynasty sent General Guo Sheng to lead the troops to Shandong. Wang Shiying, who was in charge of Daoist affairs, "took the lead to go to Henan, and made a false statement to persuade the people to follow the thieves, and when the thieves came, they surrendered with the city." Jining City Received by the Dashun regime.

On April 22, Li Zicheng was defeated by Guan Ning and the Allied Forces of the Eight Banners at Shanhaiguan, fled back to Beijing on April 26, and evacuated Beijing the next day.The Qing army followed and pursued. On May [-], the Dashun army was defeated again in Zhending and retreated into Shanxi.At the same time, the officials and gentry in Jining City once again reached an agreement: rebel and return to the Ming Dynasty.

With the surrounding village soldiers as the main force, they launched a riot on May [-].That night, Jining City declared its independence from Dashun's rule, and Dashun officials Zhang Wenxing and Fu Long were killed.The officials and gentry elected Pan Shiliang, Li Yunhe and Yang Pu, the original Ming Dynasty officials, to preside over the Jining affairs, and the flag of Ming Dynasty was planted on the top of the city.Jining City was nominally resubmitted to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the Nanjing Hongguang regime did not actually rule here.

On the fifth day of July, the Qing Dynasty sent Wang Aoyong and Fang Dayou to lead officials south to take over Shandong.On July 22, Fang Dayou arrived in Jining, and representatives of the gentry and peasant soldiers entertained him outside the city, and Jining was later taken over by the Qing Dynasty.

On August 21st (September 9th), Shi Tingzhu and Bahana led the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and supervised the Ming Dynasty to send thousands of troops to attack Laizhou, but they were defeated by the city of Ye County. Nazhi fled back to Jinan in embarrassment with hundreds of Jiaqi, and then retreated to Dezhou.

On August 29 (September 9), Li Yunhe, the leader of the township soldiers in Jining, immediately captured and killed Jiannu and puppet officials. Anyway, he regained his Ming Dynasty and obeyed the order of the Prince of Ming Dynasty.

When the Northern Mission sent by the Nanjing Hongguang regime entered Jining City, they were immediately welcomed by the gentry and the people of the city.

However, when the representatives of the Jining gentry heard about it, the Northern Mission was actually sent to Beijing, intending to join forces to build slaves and fight against rebellion.This surprised Li Yunhe, the leader of the village soldiers who welcomed the mission, and many gentry on the spot, and then looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"A month ago, we were summoned by the prince to join in the grand event and capture and kill Jiannu and false officials in one fell swoop. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty will be restored. Now, the adults are going to collude with Jiannu in order to form an alliance with the captives and suppress the bandits. So, until now What do we care about the hundreds of thousands of people in Jining?" Li Yunhe said with a sad and indignant expression: "The Jiannu soldiers entered the canal from Henan and will attack Jining in a few days. If the Jiannu city is destroyed, the whole city's people may be slaughtered. My lord Why not let Liu Zeqing's soldiers from Huai'an go north to Shandong to protect the people of Ming Dynasty!"

"The crown prince at Denglai, the court has not yet identified the authenticity, why are you waiting for the order to expel the officials and envoys of the Northern Dynasty?" Chen Hongfan, a member of the mission, said sharply: "It is the imperial court's national policy to unite the captives and suppress the bandits. You will raise troops without authorization, kill the officials of the Northern Dynasty, and destroy the foundation of peace between the North and the South, and you will miss the important affairs of the court!"

"Everyone, it's too hasty!" Zuo Maodi, the envoy of the mission, also sighed lightly.

"Arbitrarily self-propelled, disrupting the collegiality, this is chaos. Come, take down all the people here!" Chen Hongfan turned to the soldiers of the escort mission and ordered.

The gentry and common people near the Jining city gate were stunned to see it.The guards of the Nanjing North Mission swarmed up, kicked Li Yunhe and other representatives of the township soldiers and several gentry to the ground, and quickly tied them up with ropes.

Aren't the officers and soldiers coming here my Ming court soldiers?Why is it against the order of the imperial court to arrest the representatives of the gentry and the leaders of the township soldiers who have restored the Ming Dynasty in Jining, kill the false officials who built slaves, and expel the forces who built slaves?
"Don't treat him rudely, first take care of him at the government office, and let me report it to Nanjing, and then please make a decision." Zuo Maodi shouted: "This generation has the heart of the Ming Dynasty, but it is a little hasty, so don't hurt it. kill them!"

"How can this be good? I heard that Jinan in front also chased away the officials and military horses of the Northern Qing Dynasty, playing the banner of our Ming Dynasty." Ma Shaoyu, deputy envoy of the mission, then stepped forward and said to Zuo Maodi: "If I wait until Beijing, the Qing people will Use this to criticize my Ming court for not having any sincerity to negotiate, and instead want to send troops to attack. If this is the case, won’t I miss my great situation!”

"Or, send all those who disrupted the North-South Collaborative Agreement to Beijing, so that the Qing people will understand." Chen Hongfan suggested.

"No!" Zuo Maodi cast a cold glance at Chen Hongfan, "In the past, the imperial court failed to send troops to the north in time, so that officials and people in Shandong and Henan set aside land to guard. There is nothing to rely on, so that the Qing people passed the call to determine the prefectures, counties, and cities. However, today, anyway, when the Ming Dynasty is restored, we will use swords and soldiers to arrest and control it. ?”

"If this is not the case, the Qing people will be angry, and they will definitely not agree to my collegiality, so what?" Chen Hongfan said in a deep voice.

"When we arrive in Beijing, we must discuss this with the Qing people. The lands of Shandong and Henan belong to our Ming Dynasty. Even if the Qing people are expelled and returned to the rule of Nanjing, there is nothing wrong with it!" Zuo Maodi said: "If the Qing Dynasty People agree to discuss together, and the princes of the court want to cede Shandong to the Qing people, then it will be another matter."

"Detain the person who is in charge here anyway. What if we leave with the guards and there is another repetition here?" Ma Shaoyu saw that the two envoys of the mission were about to argue, so he quickly changed the topic.

"I'll stay here for a while, and I'll select a person of high moral character to act as an agent in Jining." Zuo Maodi thought for a while, and then said: "The most urgent thing is, I need to rush to Jinan quickly, and then arrange the corresponding arrangements. Ask people to go to Denglai to confirm the authenticity of the prince."

"This crown prince must be a fake!" Chen Hongfan said disapprovingly: "Otherwise, the city of Beijing was destroyed and the first emperor died. Why did he suddenly appear in Denglai several months later? It stands to reason that since the crown prince survived, he shouldn't be directly Heading to Nanjing?"

"It's better to confirm it." Zuo Maodi only felt that his heart was in a mess.He not only hopes that the prince is real, but also hopes that he is a fake cheater.

Daming is already in a mess!
On October 10, Hauge led his troops to Caozhou, Shanxian, Chengwu, Caoxian, Dingtao, and Juye, approaching Jining.

On October 10, less than four days after the Northern Mission of the Hongguang Imperial Court left Jining, the Qing army approached the city. The Jining gentry opened the city gate again and asked the Qing army to surrender.But after the Qing army entered the city, they massacred and looted the city frantically, killing half of the people in the city, and the fire has not been extinguished for five days.

On October 10th, Hauge led troops into Yanzhou Prefecture to rule Ziyang County, plundered for two days, and then marched directly to Tai'an Prefecture, and tried to join forces with Luo Luohun, Li Sutai, Geng Zhongming and other ministries who came south from Beijing in Jinan.

"Damn it, all the prefectures and counties in Shandong are really scumbags. Whichever side is stronger will overthrow whichever side, so that Jiannu can kill Jinan so quickly." In a military camp in Ye County, Li Fade saw the All kinds of information from all over Shandong could not help scolding: "There are dozens of prefectures and counties in the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Dongchang, and Jinan, but there is not a single city that dares to resist in front of Jiannu."

"It's not just the three prefectures on the east and west sides of the mountain. It is estimated that when Jiannu kills Qingzhou, they may also surrender without a fight and let Jiannu advance all the way to Laizhou." Xu Chuanxing also shook his head and said, "I'm afraid everyone will be killed by Jiannu." I'm scared to death!"

"A month ago, didn't we severely injure Jianu, which proved that Jianu is not invincible. Don't these people know how to fight hard?"

"People are thinking about taking advantage of the captives to fight against the bandits, and they are going to negotiate with Jiannu. In addition, the Jianghuai Ming army is holding back and dare not enter Shandong half a step. How do you let officials and gentry people from all over Shandong have the heart to actively resist? Naturally, the army of founding slaves has come, and they just opened the door to surrender!" He Yunfeng said with a sneer, "Now it seems that Daming is really hopeless."

"At least the Ming prince in Ye County is relatively sober." Niu Hu said with a smile: "Although a few days ago, I was also a little tempted by the absurd strategy of borrowing captives to fight the invaders, but let's talk about the Jinmeng of the two Song dynasties in detail. After the incident, I also put out this thought."

"So, they are now planning to use the feudal clan to suppress the thieves." He Yunfeng said: "It's a pity that our feudal state is a little weaker. Let alone helping him suppress slave thieves and thieves, even if we want to help him get the land in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still powerless. .”

"Jiannu's army is attacking this time, we really can't fight them again in Ye County?" Niu Hu asked: "With more than a dozen cannons and thousands of defenders, how can we make Jiannu bleed more?" It's a pity to give up Laizhou like this."

"If you lose your land, you will lose all your land; if you lose your land, all your land will survive." He Yunfeng said: "This time, the slaves sent out tens of thousands of troops, only the main force of the Eight Banners, estimated to be no less than [-], just to fight the rabbit with a lion With the momentum, we can quickly wipe out the resistance forces in all parts of Shandong, and deter the Jianghuai Ming army, so that they can free up their hands to attack Li Zicheng's Dashun army in Shanxi and Shaanxi. With our strength, we may be able to defend Ye County and rebuild slaves here. But other prefectures and counties in Denglei may be attacked by Jiannu, especially Penglai County, which we value the most."

"The evacuation of so many materials and personnel to the coast of Denglai is costless. During the period, the people must be gnashing their teeth at the army of Denglai Town (the expansion of the former Daming New Army)."

"If you don't empty out the warehouses in Denglei prefectures and counties, and wait for Jiannu to come, wouldn't it be cheaper for them!"

"Those gentry people who are determined not to move, let them be thrown to Jiannu?"

"Maybe it's still a fluke mentality."

"Shandong has been massacred by Jiannu several times, so they don't have a long memory?"

"Jiannu has entered the customs several times, but it seems that he has never been to Denglai." He Yunfeng said: "They may think that no matter who comes, they still need people to farm and pay for food."

"But when Jiannu came, he would only drive the common people to death." Xu Chuanxing said, "Not only should we harvest the grain in the field, but we must also harvest the lives of countless common people."

(End of this chapter)