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Kong Yinzhi opened his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"

Kong Xingxie said: "The Qing Dynasty... the Tartars lost! I just received the news that Xu Ensheng, the guard of Sishui County, changed his flag a few days ago. Now... the Heavenly Soldiers of Datong have arrived at the border of Qufu County!"

"Don't panic, don't panic," Kong Yinzhi asked the servant girl to help him stand up, "I have already written the letter for my father. You gather the wise and old men of the clan, and when the heavenly soldiers of Datong come, you will go to meet them together. Also, how many Prepare some drinks and food, Datong Heavenly Soldiers have worked hard all the way, and the Kong family should do their best to extend their condolences to the army as a landlord."

Kong Yinzhi, really don't panic.

In history, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, the emperor was already overwhelmed by the current situation.And what is Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi doing?Ask the court to grant the eldest son a second-rank official uniform.

The Ming court, which was about to collapse, immediately gave official uniforms and sent them to the Kong family amidst the flames of war.

Only two months later, when Kong Yinzhi received the news that Li Zicheng had broken into Beijing, he immediately enshrined the Dragon Throne of Emperor Yongchang of Dashun Kingdom in Yanshenggong Mansion, and offered horses in silver, and knelt down to welcome the seal of Dashun bestowed by Li Zicheng.

Soon, the Qing army entered the pass, and Li Zicheng fled in defeat.

When Kong Yinzhi heard the news, he quickly wrote the "First Entry Form", saying that Emperor Shunzhi "the holy emperor, the mountains and rivers, the sun and the moon, and the country and the universe will last forever".

Within a year, the Kong family was rewarded by three emperors!

The Kong family in this time and space was not much better. Although Zuo Liangyu blocked him, after Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately offered up Li Zicheng's position as a dragon.

Immediately, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and Zhao Han proclaimed himself emperor.

Kong Yinzhi was not sure, so he wrote two petitions at the same time, and removed Li Zicheng from the dragon position.Anyway, whoever calls Qufu first will have his form published. It's nothing more than kneeling a few more times.

Another day later, nearly a hundred members of the head of the Kong family led a team of thousands of people to welcome Zhang Tieniu.

Zhang Tieniu paid no attention to the speed of soldiers, and completely ignored the Kong family kneeling beside the road, and the whole army went straight to set up camp outside Qufu city.

Kong Yinzhi looked at the Datong army going away, feeling a little dazed and panicked.

After Duoduo and Hong Chengchou went south and stationed in Jining, they sent people to the Confucian Mansion as soon as possible, and then they went to the Confucian Mansion to contact each other in person.

Why did the Datong Army ignore him?

Kong Xingxie helped Kong Yinzhi stand up: "Father, do you want to catch up?"

Kong Yinzhi sighed and said: "The general of this army must be a rough warrior. I don't know which saint Confucius is. Even if he goes, I'm afraid he won't get a good face. He must send someone to Nanjing to show his loyalty."

Kong Xingxie asked: "What if these warriors led troops to plunder Confucius' mansion?"

Kong Yinzhi thought carefully and said: "Prepare more wine and food, get some more food, and send it to the barracks today."

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Outside Qufu city.

A few dragoons held their heads on bamboo poles, galloped back and forth around the city and shouted:

"The head of Duoduo, the prince of the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty!"

"The head of Geng Zhongming, the prince of the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty!"

"Pseudo-clear..."

These heads have been tanned and will not rot in a short time.

Guard Gong Mian turned pale with shock, and tremblingly said, "Qing...Tar...Tartars were really defeated. Judging from the situation, I am afraid that the entire army was wiped out, and the Datong army is so brave?"

"General, let's surrender," said one of the generals. "The prince of the tartars has lost his head. How can we beat the Datong army? There seem to be flags of generals Li Guoying and Xu Ensheng outside. It's okay for them to surrender. Let's surrender." It's sure to be fine."

Gong Mian nodded again and again: "Okay, Kaesong surrenders, Kaesong surrenders!"

The gate of Qufu city was opened wide, and Gong Mian surrendered with the whole army.

Several officials accompanying the army immediately brought some soldiers into the city to take over the county government and public security in the city.

As for Zhang Tieniu, he recruited Gong Mian: "Choose a thousand elites and follow the army to continue fighting. Pick a thousand young men and stay in Qufu to defend the city. The rest of the soldiers will all be dismissed as civilians. Did you hear that?"

Gong Mian knelt down and kowtowed, "I will understand!"

Since the victory over Dodo, all surrenders have been handled in this way.One thousand will follow the army, one thousand will defend the city, and the rest will be disbanded.

As for how to deal with surrendered generals, we can wait until the battle is over, and Zhang Tieniu doesn't have the right to deal with it.

"General, the Kong family asks to see you."

"Bring ten people in, and the rest are not allowed to enter the barracks!"

With the support of his son, Kong Yinzhi came to the barracks tremblingly.The dignified Lord Yan Sheng bowed down when he saw Wu Fu: "The old man Kong Yinzhi, with the Kong family of Qufu, pays homage to General Datong Sheng Chaotian!"

Zhang Tieniu said, "Are you a descendant of Confucius?"

Although Kong Yinzhi was still kneeling, he straightened his back: "Exactly!"

Zhang Tieniu asked confusedly, "Aren't the descendants of Confucius in Zhejiang?"

Kong Yinzhi explained: "Qufu is the northern sect, and the one in Zhejiang is the southern sect."

"Oh, so it is like this," Zhang Tieniu said, "Before His Majesty raised his troops, he also taught me to read and write, and asked me to practice calligraphy and memorize memorization every day. Over the years, I only learned two or three hundred characters. This word is Confucius Made it? Confucius is really amazing.”

Kong Yinzhi became more and more contemptuous, and explained with an apologetic smile: "Return to the general, the writing was created by Cangjie."

Zhang Tieniu was very surprised: "Didn't Confucius make this character? Did Confucius make the writing brush?"

Kong Yinzhi said: "Sage Kong is the most holy teacher of Dacheng, and all scholars in the world are disciples and grandchildren of Confucius."

Zhang Tieniu praised: "It's good to be a teacher, Your Majesty told us all to respect teachers."

Kong Yinzhi was overjoyed, and said: "I have already written a form, but it is a pity that there was a war, otherwise I would have sent it to Nanjing long ago. Here is the form, please pass it on to His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven!"

Zhang Tieniu got the congratulatory form, but he couldn't understand it anyway, but he still pretended to say: "The handwriting is very good, I will definitely pass it on, you all go home."

"Thank you, General," Kong Yinzhi was overjoyed. "The General has worked so hard to kill the Tartars. The Kong family prepared a little wine and food to express their condolences to the soldiers of Datong. There is also food and a hundred stones. Please accept it."

Zhang Tieniu said: "It happened that I was short of food, so I accepted the food. Wait a minute, I will sign a note, and you will hand it over to the missionary officer, military judge, and quartermaster. The military food is considered to be borrowed, and there must be borrowing and repayment." , I will give credit to you in the future. As for food and drink, the Datong Army has a rule that it is not allowed to accept people's goods, so you can take it home and eat it yourself."

Contrasted with the Manchu and Qing forces forcing the Confucian family to hand over food, Kong Yinzhi praised sincerely: "It's no wonder Master Wang is invincible, and he has not disturbed the people all the way. He is really a righteous teacher!"

Zhang Tieniu waved his hand and said, "Go, go, I still have military affairs here."

Seeing that Zhang Tieniu did not seem to be a fake, Kong Yinzhi left quickly.

After leaving the barracks, Kong Yinzhi said to his son: "The Datong army has strict military discipline, and Emperor Zhao in Nanjing will surely win the world. If the Tartars come again, the Kong family will go south to avoid disaster."

"Father's opinion." Kong Xingxie quickly responded.

The more Kong Yinzhi thought about it, the happier he became. With his thinking logic, Zhang Tieniu took his grain and helped him pass on Kong's congratulatory form to the emperor, which was tantamount to agreeing with Yan Shenggong's identity.

In fact, this is all a misunderstanding.

The food was considered to be borrowed, and it was an emergency measure during wartime, and it had to be signed by the commander, mission officer, military judge, and quartermaster.When the war is over, the food will be returned, and credit will be given to those who borrowed it.

And how to deal with the Kong family, or how to deal with the people, the army cannot intervene.

Zhang Tieniu does not have the right to handle civil affairs, this is completely two systems.Unless there is an emergency, the army can temporarily take over the place. For example, Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu helped the people in Yizhou and other places last year.

The trial of the Kong family in Qufu will have to wait for the local officials and judicial officials to come.

Chapter 417 [Henan Battlefield]

Henan battlefield.

Due to the fierce offensive of the divisions of the Datong Army after the beginning of spring, Dorgon did not dare to underestimate the enemy like Duoduo.

He adopted the usual tactics of the Qing Dynasty: let you come a few ways, and I will go all the way!

Dorgon took the initiative to shrink the line of defense and let the soldiers and generals guard the important cities.He personally led more than 6 Eight Banners Army and more than 3 surrendered soldiers and generals, intending to defeat the Datong Army one by one.

Nurhachi likes to fight like this, and Huang Taiji likes to fight like this.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty often sent 20 to [-] troops, while the Manchu Qing had a total of tens of thousands of troops.Therefore, the Manchu Qing gathered heavy troops and rushed to intersperse them quickly, taking advantage of the loopholes in the difficulty of coordination and cooperation among the various ministries of the Ming Dynasty, and took advantage of the loopholes to annihilate one of them with superior forces.

Generally speaking, as long as the Ming army is wiped out, the rest of the army will fall into panic, or some generals will lead troops to flee.

If annihilating one route still doesn't work, then annihilate two or three routes!

But this time when the Datong army attacked Henan, they were divided into six groups. How could Dorgon not use the old routine?

Zhao Han handed over the command of Shandong to Fei Ruhe, and his own imperial driver moved to Bozhou to establish the general headquarters.

At this moment, Li Zheng's third division had broken through Yucheng, and Xiao Zongxian's fourth division had broken through Luyi.Zhao Han's territory, Bozhou and Suzhou, was prepared for "emptiness" and deliberately attracted the enemy troops from Guide Mansion to attack. Once they came, the third and fourth divisions could return to the army to make dumplings.

It's a pity that the Qing army in Guide Mansion was so cowardly that they even sat back and watched Yucheng and Luyi fall, and just nestled in the city of Guide Mansion and defended it to the death.

This is earnestly implementing Dorgon's strategic plan. Don't go out to fight if you drop troops or generals, and you don't need to leave the secondary counties, just keep the strategic cities well.Hold on all the time, waiting for Dorgon to defeat each other in other places.

Where is Dorgon's main force?

Zhao Han didn't know for the time being, but he was definitely not on Guide Mansion's side anyway.

If the plan to lure the enemy fails, then take the initiative to attack!

The remaining peasant soldiers garrisoned Yucheng and Luyi, the third division attacked Xiayi in the south, and the fourth division attacked Zhecheng in the north.It was also won in one fell swoop. The Qing army seemed to really not want these county towns, but to defend Guidefu City wholeheartedly.Even in Yongcheng County, Zhao Han sent more than a thousand farmers and soldiers to take it down.

The city of Guidefu is Shangqiu.

Zhao Han's headquarters, the third division, and the fourth division joined forces outside Shangqiu City, planning to attack the city by force.Shangqiu is a nail. If it is not pulled out, the Eastern Army in the Henan battlefield will be pinned down here and unable to move.

The accompanying female officer reported: "Your Majesty, Hou Fangyu and his uncle are asking to see him."

"Bring them in."

Zhao Han is researching the whereabouts of Dorgon's main force. Although scouts are spread widely and the Datong Army is hidden in Henan, there is too much messy information, and it is difficult to find Dorgon in a while.

As the commander-in-chief of the Henan battlefield, Zhao Han could only issue a military order: Jiang Liang's fifth division should abandon the captured Shenqiu and Xiangcheng, and withdraw to Yingzhou to guard against the possible appearance of Dorgon.Jiang Dashan's Sixth Division is stationed in Yancheng. Don't rush in, and continue to detect Dorgon's movements.

Since Dorgon wanted to gather an army to break through all the way, then Zhao Han would safely defend the city, and the lord returned to the direction of the German Mansion.

The big deal is to make steady progress. Dorgon can be dragged to death just by consuming food and grass!

Hou Fangyu came in with his fifth uncle, Hou Li, and bowed to him.

Zhao Han asked, "How are the villages in Guide Mansion?"

Hou Li replied: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the war this year, the Puppet Qing Dynasty plundered the villages in Guide Mansion. Regardless of the gentry and the common people, every household must provide grain and husbands. If they fail to hand over the food, they will kill people. The Puppet Qing forced the peasants to recruit The grain was transported to Shangqiu, and after the grain was transported to the city, the peasants and gentry were expelled. Only the army remained in the city, and even many people in the prefecture city were expelled. The money and grain of my Hou family have been robbed by those tartars, and there is not much left! "

Mao Yuanyi said: "Your Majesty, what the Puppet Qing did is because they are determined to store food and defend the city."

Zhao Han was disgusted by the Qing Dynasty. The entire Guide Mansion was full of people who had been robbed of their food.Before the arrival of the Datong Army, countless local people had starved to death, and a large number of hungry people were waiting for Zhao Han to allocate food for relief.

There is no need to worry about the lack of husbands, and recruiting hungry people to transport supplies is also a way of relief.

The moat outside the city of Shangqiu is also filled by the hungry people, and a few pancakes are distributed every day.Zhao Han couldn't get more food, and he still had to stockpile military rations to consume with Man Qing.

Everyone was discussing the military situation, and someone came to report: "Your Majesty, tens of thousands of rebels have come from outside the camp, and they say they want to kill the Tartars with the Datong army!"

Zhao Han was relieved at the same time and felt a headache at the same time.

The gratification is because the hearts of the people are available, and the headache is because of the consumption of military rations.These rebels can actually be regarded as hungry people. They have no fighting power in war, but they all have a good appetite for food.

If everything in Henan was like this, the rebels and hungry people would be able to overwhelm Zhao Han.

But he had to save him, at least he had to give him some food to hang himself.

Zhao Han said to Hou Fangyu's uncle and nephew: "The Hou family belongs to the Guide family. These rebels will be coordinated and led by you for the time being. Choose [-] young and strong as auxiliary soldiers, and turn all the rest into civilian husbands. Those who are really weak... just Let them lie down and receive the porridge."

Zhao Han also said to the Li Cao, Hu Cao, and Cai Cao officials accompanying the army: "Let the officials, missionaries, and farmers' associations hurry up and take charge of the land distribution in Yongcheng County. One-third of the hungry people here will also be transferred to Yongcheng County." For cities and counties, let’s talk about subdividing the land and settling down. Also, hurry up and bring more grain!”

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The Manchu and Qing coach of Guide Mansion has both literature and military skills.

The text is Tong Yangjia, the cousin of Tong Yangxing.

The Tong family was originally a Jurchen, and her surname was "Tong Jia".In the early Ming Dynasty, he settled down in Daming territory to do business. When Tong Yangxing arrived, he became a double agent of Daming and Jurchen.Finally, the whole family took refuge in Nurhachi.

Tong Yangxing was solely responsible for casting artillery during the Qing Dynasty.

As for Tong Yangjia, he was the first governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Wu is Sun Dingliao, who served as the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty during the battle of Dalinghe.Jiang Qing, who has been appointed as the deputy capital commander of the Han Army Banner, this time brought two thousand Han Army Banners to suppress the descendants of Shangqiu and defend the city together.

Among the generals defending the city, Zhao Zhilong is the most powerful.

This person is the hereditary Xin Chengbo of the Ming Dynasty, the tenth generation of nobles.Historically, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty together with Qian Qianyi and others in Nanjing.

But in this time and space, when the Datong army attacked Fengyang, Zhao Zhilong led his troops and fled to Henan, becoming one of the many forces in Henan.Later, he surrendered to Li Zicheng, and then to the Qing Dynasty. Under his command, there were generals such as Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu.

In addition, there are Sun Xigui and other generals who were originally from Liaodong in the city.

Except for Sun Dingliao's Eight Banners of the Han Army, the rest are a group of mobs.However, the army has [-] troops, the army food is sufficient, and it is more than enough to defend the city.

Dorgon thought that he could defend for half a year, and the surrender of soldiers and generals here was much more reliable than those in Shandong.

Take the most powerful Zhao Zhilong as an example, this guy has caused a lot of anger in Fengyang, and he has long been on the blacklist of the Datong court.After he fled with his troops, his family property was confiscated, the land was divided, and those who did not escape were also sent to mine.