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It was impossible to hide the news of Qufu being besieged, because more than one person came to report the news.

The morale of the army in the city was shaken, and the Shandong generals clamored to see Zuo Liangyu.

With the sound of artillery, Hong Chengchou was disheartened. He wanted to offer the city to surrender, but he was afraid that surrendering would not end well. After all, his official position in the Qing Dynasty was too high, and he was already a well-known traitor.

Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, and Hong Chengchou have already been listed as the three major Han officials of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties!

Hong Chengchou had a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, a sense of powerlessness as a civil servant.

When he was in Ming Dynasty, the generals would not listen to him. During the Qing Dynasty, generals also did not follow his advice.

This Duoduo is too underestimating the enemy!

Duoduo underestimated the enemy from the beginning. Hearing that Huang Fei was attacking Qingzhou Prefecture, he divided his troops and asked Azige to fight Huang Fei. The strategic goal assigned to Azig was to take down the Second Mansion of Denglai, take advantage of the situation to capture Yishui and Yizhou, and then fight all the way to Jiangsu.

Historically, the Manchu Qing Dynasty played a similar style of play.

This is true for chasing and beating Li Zicheng, and it is also the same for going south to attack Remnant Ming. Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, with a group of surrendered soldiers and generals, dared to conquer half of the province, and even took charge of conquering a province. And it was done for them. It was not until Dorgon issued an order to shave his hair that he suddenly encountered fierce resistance everywhere.

In this time and space, chasing Li Zicheng also worked, quickly occupying Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan.

It seems that this style of play can be replicated, and Duoduo still wants to play in Shandong!

When Fei Ruhe who was stationed in Nanyang Town could not be defeated, Hong Chengchou knew that he should make adjustments. He also gave safe suggestions, but Duoduo just didn't listen. Since the occupation of Beijing, he gave the Manchu nobles the illusion that they could take over the world.

The throne of the Forbidden City in Beijing seems to be a curse.

After Li Zicheng sat on it, his mentality changed rapidly. After Man Qing sat on it, his mentality changed rapidly. It seems that with that throne, everyone in the world should be obedient, and all forces should lose their will to resist.

What can Hong Chengchou do?

A civil official without military power is just guarding the city.

"Kill the Tartars!"

The city wall near the Grand Canal has finally surrendered and will turn against it again. That was a surrendered general who didn't get any benefits. He didn't give him a title in the Qing Dynasty, but only gave a bunch of empty promises, and he even had to enclose the rewarded land by himself.

When Hong Chengchou heard the commotion, he immediately got on his horse and fled towards the north gate of the city.

"Kill the Tartars!"

Another section of the wall shouted.

However, the defecting troops just shouted, and did not attack the Eight Banners of the Han Army, nor did they attack the border generals who followed Duoduo southward.

Hong Chengchou, Zu Zeyuan, Bai Guangen and others quickly fled from the north gate with their troops. Those Shandong generals did not stop them after they defected, but went to open the gates of the city, hoping to be the first to obtain the merit of dedicating the city.

How easy it is to open the gate of the city, and you have to work hard to lead troops to stop the Eight Banners of the Han army.

The Shandong warlords have entrenched here for too long, and have never fought a tough battle, and they have long been enjoying themselves. They also knew what was going on with their soldiers. They didn't pay their soldiers, they didn't have enough rations, and they didn't train during the plague. No matter which side they fought, they were looking for death.

Thousands of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the descendants of the Frontier Army fled hurriedly through the North Gate.

If you don't leave, you will be besieged and killed in the city by the Datong Army.

"The Tartars are out of town!"

A few miles to the north of the city, Wang Tingchen rode forward.

He led the cavalry southward with Cao Bianjiao, and was appointed as a general of a hundred men at the beginning. With the expansion of the army, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao are now the lieutenant generals of the cavalry of each division, and the chief general is the old team of the Datong Army who is skilled in riding.

The cavalry commander of this division is Yan Jiu, who specially asked a scholar to rename him, and he called it "Yan Daoheng" in a polite way.

Many generals have changed their names, Huang Yao changed to Huang Changzuo, which means "prosperous Datong Guozuo". Zhang Tieniu was changed to Zhang Mingshan, which means "Mingshan Zhidao".

Liu Zhu changed his name to Liu Dingjue, Huang Shun changed his name to Huang Shunqing, Jiang Liang changed his name to Jiang Daoxing, Jiang Dashan changed his name to Jiang Guoyan...

As soon as the name was changed, he instantly became taller.

Yan Jiu is almost fifty years old, and he followed Fei Yinggong as a ranger in his early years.

The fighting is fierce, but the habit of recklessness is too heavy. Don't make big mistakes and keep making small mistakes. Otherwise, with his seniority and military exploits, he wouldn't be able to lead 2,500 troops after the expansion. After all, before the incident, this guy had already robbed Zhao Han of money.

"Go up and stop it!"

The dragon cavalry was divided into three groups, spread out and shot at the enemy from a distance, and sent several cavalry to report the situation to Fei Ruhe.

The gate of Jining City was already wide open, but Fei Ruhe did not enter the city, but led his troops around the city to pursue Hong Chengchou, Zu Zeyuan and Bai Guangen who had fled.

Under Zu Zeyuan's command, there are all Han Army Eight Banners heavy infantry and gunfire soldiers, not a single cavalry. Bai Guangen has hundreds of family cavalry, and the remaining infantry are of average combat effectiveness. Hong Chengchou also has 2,000 soldiers under his command, belonging to the governor's personal soldiers, who were selected from Jizhou's young and strong.

They were left in Jining to suppress the generals from Shandong, but now they were driven out of the city by the generals.

Bai Guangen and his son Bai Liangbi led their cavalry to fight.

Yan Jiu personally led 1,500 dragoons, swept to the side and prepared to dismount and shoot.

Wang Tingchen led five hundred dragoons and stopped in front of Bai Guangen and his son.

"Brother Bai, are you still not surrendering?" Wang Tingchen shouted from afar.

Come on, don't say that Bai Guangen can't hear you, even if he heard it, he wouldn't dare to surrender. He had pitted Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen in Jizhou. If he surrendered at this moment, he would not know how he died. If he fell into Wang Tingchen's hands, he would probably be "infected with the plague" for no reason.

"Bang bang bang!"

2,000 dragoons fired their guns from a distance, and Bai Guangen's family cavalry fell down nearly a hundred people in an instant.

The father and son continued to charge, and Wang Tingchen immediately took the dragoons out of the way.

Dragoons don't play melee!

Just as the dragoons opened the distance and got off their horses to load ammunition, Bai Guangen had already led his servants to rush out.

"Chase!"

After loading the ammunition, Wang Tingchen led his troops to chase, while Yan Jiu continued to pester the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Bai Guangen was also cruel and ruthless, and even sent out half of the family's cavalry to go back to the back of the palace to intercept the pursuit of the dragoons. This guy didn't think about desperately at all, but charged to break through, leaving his allies behind and just ignored it.

If it is placed in Daming, the servants and cavalry should be loyal to protect the lord.

But the world is in ruins, and the world is changing, who can be loyal to whom?

After more than 200 small cavalry soldiers were separated, more than 100 people dismounted and asked to surrender on the spot. Dozens of cavalry fled for their lives in the northeast, and only fifty or so cavalry were truly doomed.

After chasing and fleeing, they reached the lakeside of Shushan Mountain. After Bai Guangen kept dividing his troops, only a dozen or so cavalry were left beside him.

"Ah... father save me!"

Bai Liangbi stumbled, fell to the ground, and shouted at Bai Guangen in horror.

Bai Guangen didn't look back, and continued to run away on horseback.

Wang Tingchen drew out his waist knife, brushed past Bai Liangbi, and cut his throat with incomparable precision. A big Ming border general like him has excellent cavalry skills, far better than a big synchronized pawn who turned into cavalry halfway.

Blood gushed from Bai Liangbi's throat, but he didn't die immediately. Instead, his whole body twitched, his hands were covering his neck, and his eyes were full of despair.

Although Bai Liangbi was killed, Bai Guangen managed to escape.

Because it was already dark, and the front was Wenshang County, which belonged to the enemy's territory, Wang Tingchen did not dare to rush in with hundreds of people.

North of Jining city.

Because Yan Jiu continued to harass with cavalry, the main force of the Qing army could not escape quickly.

Not long after, Fei Ruhe led the infantry to kill, Zhang Yingxiang and others defected and surrendered, and also led troops out of the city to encircle them. These surrendered generals did not dare to stop the Eight Banners soldiers in the city, but they had the courage to fight the enemy with the Datong Army, and their morale was instantly high, and everyone from soldiers to generals became brave.

"Boys, follow me to kill the Tartars and avenge the fathers and fellow villagers of Shandong!"

Zhang Yingxiang had already cut off his braids, and personally led the troops to charge, as if Lu Bu was reborn and Zhang Fei was reborn.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Wu Zhenchao and Haying were really not vegetarians, they defeated Zhang Yingxiang's former army with three consecutive strikes.

Fei Ruhe was not impatient, and organized the infantry to advance slowly.

After stopping the enemy, they didn't even attack, but let ships bring artillery from the south of the city.

The trapped enemy army is a living target. How cool it is to bombard it with artillery, why do you have to fight with real swords and guns?

When the artillery arrived, it was getting dark, and the Manchu troops were completely panicked.

The infantry abandoned by Bai Guangen were the first to throw away their weapons, and swarmed to the side of the canal to kneel down and beg for mercy. There is no Datong army here, so you are not afraid of being mistakenly killed as a charge, but you can kowtow to the Datong navy in the river.

Hong Chengchou's two thousand soldiers were also trembling, and only Zu Zeyuan's Eight Banners of the Han Army could still line up.

"Boom boom boom!"

After a burst of cannon fire, Hong Chengchou's soldiers collapsed in response, and followed suit, throwing away their weapons and fleeing to the canal to kneel down.

"kill!"

Facing the artillery bombardment, Zu Zeyuan chose to countercharge.

He really couldn't surrender, and a bunch of people from his ancestral family served as officials and soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. What's more, from his official position to the Deputy Commander of the Han Army Banner of the Xiangbai Banner, he can be ranked among the top fifteen Han generals in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in terms of rank only.

Surrendering is not good, so it is better to die heroically, let Dorgon remember him, and earn a share of shade for his son.

Hong Chengchou stood in the center of the battlefield on horseback. He looked up at the rising moon, as if he was in a dream. Recalling the experiences of these years, life is really like a dream, how did it come to the current situation?

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Zu Zeyuan, who was charging, fell down after being shot. But he didn't die. He wanted to stand up, but he didn't have the strength, so he could only draw the knife across his neck, cut his throat and committed suicide.

After the three-stage strike of the firecrackers, those Wu Zhenchao with white flags were killed, and less than a thousand people remained. Some turned and fled, some knelt down and surrendered, but no one dared to continue to charge.

"Kill the Tartars!"

Zhang Yingxiang led the surrendered troops and generals, and became brave again. This guy took the lead and mowed the grass all the way with the rout soldiers. There were more than 20 Han soldiers with the white banner beheaded by him.

Hong Chengchou did not escape, he is a civil servant, even if he loses, he has to maintain his demeanor.

He still did not surrender, nor did he commit suicide, but stayed where he was and waited for the Datong army to catch him.

"Old thief, where are you running to!"

A general rushed over on horseback and pushed Hong Chengchou to the ground.

Hong Chengchou pressed his face to the ground, rubbed his face with dust, and ate some dirt in his mouth, and finally completely lost his civil servant demeanor.

In the direction of Qufu, Kong's family asked to surrender.