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Chapter 136 Marching into Linqing
In the 11th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, on the first day of December, Zhending Fucheng.

Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian, who were stationed here, received a troop call from the Ministry of War, and ordered Gao Qiqian to lead the Guanning army on a starry night, drive into Linqing, sit in the warehouse, wait for work, and block the cavalry going south. There is no loss of water transportation.

At the same time, he ordered Lu Xiangsheng to lead his troops to Xuanda's army horses, to chase down the captives going south with their tails in their tails, wait for the opportunity to attack them, and attack them with Gao Qi's latent troops. Jifu, disaster and water transportation.

In the call to arms of the Ministry of War, it is also mentioned that Emperor Chongzhen has ordered Liu Yuliang to lead the Beijing camp to the south of Jizhou, and to assist Gao Qiqian and Lu Xiangsheng.

The more important news is that Sun Chuanting has led a part of the Shaanxi army to help through Daomaguan, and is now taking a short rest near Baoding, and then he will go south to support Lu Xiangsheng, Gao Qiqian and others.

Moreover, Hong Chengchou has also led most of the Shaanxi soldiers from Juyongguan into Gyeonggi, but Huang Taiji, the chieftain of the Eastern captive slaves, gathered a group of captives and is attacking our border towns on the Guanning line. Therefore, where Hong Chengchou's troops are headed remains to be determined, and they are temporarily in the capital. Rest nearby.

After receiving the call from the Ministry of War, Gao Qiqian and Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to delay. After they sent the angel away, they returned to the camp one after another, preparing to break out of the camp and enter the army.

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In the 11th year of Chongzhen, on the second day of December, early in the morning, there was a commotion in the Xuanda army camp of Lu Xiangsheng's department.

After breakfast in each camp, they are nervously and orderly dismantling the walls, tents and other things. Of course, what can be taken away will not be left behind. These will be useful when camping in the future.

Before setting off, Zhang Qiping, the governor of Zhending, sent someone to bring over [-] shi of grain. He ordered someone to tell him that time was running out and he only had to collect the grain. Come back victorious and celebrate for the soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng hated it deeply, but he had no choice but to accept the grain first. After all, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it is still meat, and it is better than nothing.

Now Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda army has only [-] shi sent by the Lulao army, plus the [-] shi sent by Zhending today.

If he hung his life and only ate one meal a day, he could persist for more than half a month, but then he would not be able to march and fight. Lu Xiangsheng was angry in his heart. Since King Qin, he has fought for two months and won successive victories, but this is the result.

The army marched slowly, divided into the front army, the middle army, and the rear army. With Yang Guozhu's department as the front army and Hu Dawei's department as the rear army, they rushed all the way to Jinzhou and Shulu, preparing to go south from Shulu. Enter Linqing.

In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in Ming Dynasty, it was already a severe winter, and the north wind howled, and it was icy cold. As soon as people went outside, they were shivering from the cold, and the heads and faces of all the soldiers were tightly wrapped.

Everyone's exposed skin, those with conditions, are coated with a thick layer of oil to prevent it from being cracked by the wind.

Zhending in the winter also looks bleak, but there is a desolate beauty, riding on the horse, looking at the endless plains, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others all wish them a smooth trip.

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Since Hauge was repelled in the first battle of Gaoyang, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to fight in Dingzhou, Zhending, and Huolu. The Qing army they encountered all retreated without fighting. Although they traveled thousands of miles, they did not gain anything.

Originally, although Emperor Chongzhen had many misunderstandings about Lu Xiangsheng, he was full of expectations. He had been counting on Lu Xiangsheng to achieve a few more victories like Gao Yang's.

Boosting the morale of the army is still second. If it can make the Donglu fearful, or even retreat, it is the final hope of Emperor Chongzhen.

But Dorgon was cunning after all. After he got Hauge's military report on the first battle in Gaoyang, he strictly ordered all Qing troops to try to defeat other Ming soldiers in the wild, so as not to be hindered by the army.

If Lu Xiangsheng of the Ming Dynasty encounters the Xuanda army, he must try his best to avoid it, wait for the army to gather in secret, and then look for opportunities to encircle and wipe them out.

Therefore, after Gaoyang, Lu Xiangsheng's troops had no more military achievements, but the important areas in the south of the Ming Dynasty were full of wars, and the cities were raided and looted by the Qing army one after another, and some places were even directly enslaved.

This made Emperor Chongzhen very disappointed, and issued decrees to punish Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian one after another. Even after Sun Chuanting arrived in Baoding, he wanted to replace Governor Lu Xiangsheng with Sun Chuanting.

Fortunately, after Yang Sichang learned of this, he hurriedly went to the shuffle to stop the change of generals, but he still ordered Lu Xiangsheng to "still fight against Gao Qiqian".

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On the afternoon of the second day of December, Longping County in Zhaozhou.

Around the city, densely packed with Qing army tents, all kinds of flags fluttered in the wind, and even in Longping City, the flags of the Qing army's Zhengbai flag were flying.

Since the end of November, the Qing army has further divided its forces to plunder southward, successively capturing Zaoqiang, Julu, Jize, Neiqiu, Lincheng and other cities. , Quang Binh and other places.

The homes of countless Ming people were destroyed, and their children and wealth were looted.

The original Longping County Government Office of the Ming Dynasty now had several huge banners with woven golden dragon banners, and the vast lobby of the County Government Office was full of generals of the Qing army in gilded armor.

Everyone took off their helmets and put them on a small table beside them. The entire room was covered with iron-green shiny forehead scalps, shining brightly, and a slender pigtail that looked like a money rat's tail was dangling from the back of each head.

The Zhengbai Banner Baya soldiers in mercury armor were outside the lobby, constantly patrolling back and forth.

In the lobby, there were bursts of loud discussions, those words, if they were the people of the Ming Dynasty, they would naturally not be able to understand them, because they all spoke the Tazi language.

This is an Altaic language family, which originated from the Mongols and passed on from the West. No matter the language or writing, it is completely different from the Han people in the Central Plains, and it is also different from the Chinese square characters of the Jurchens in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Among the generals of the Qing Dynasty, the owner of the Zhengbai Banner, Prince He Shuorui, was ordered by the General Dorgon to be the respected one.

On the left side of the lower head, Prince Heshuosu Hauge, Doro Raoyu Beile Abate, Gushan Ezhen Tantai, Engetu, Baya Latiao Zhangjing Holborn and others sat proudly.

On the right side of the lower head, there are the generals of the Mongolian Eight Banners such as De Kelei of the Chahar Department, He Chenggong, the King of the Han Army, and others.

"Our warriors of the Qing Dynasty are invincible. In the two months since they entered the customs, they have penetrated thousands of miles into the interior of the Ming Dynasty, captured dozens of prefectures and counties, killed the defenses of the Ming Kingdom, and the officials above a thousand generals will count hundreds of people, and captured hundreds of thousands of people and money. With such a great victory, after the first year of Chongde, our warriors of the Qing Dynasty can come back full of plunder."

The person who spoke was Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty, and his words immediately caused all the generals present to howl and cheer.

Sitting at the bottom, Doro Rao Yubeile Abatay considered himself to be senior than others, so naturally he couldn't be as happy as the little boys present, he just stroked his pitiful whiskers and nodded slowly.

"I, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, should take advantage of this great victory, muster up the remaining courage, continue to go south, and then attack Jinan and plunder the rich land of Shandong in the Ming Kingdom!"

Dorgon's words once again made everyone in the hall passionate, and they cheered happily.

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