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"Not to mention General Ma," Ren Qi stood up and said, "Since the Tartars occupied Puzhou, life has really been difficult. Corrupt officials have changed the law to collect taxes, and Tartar soldiers have also robbed the people everywhere. Even the landlord's house will be robbed of money and food, and many landlords have fled to the south!"

Liang Min also said: "Yes, the Tartars are more ruthless than Daming, and they will not give us a way out. Last winter, I was so hungry that I couldn't help it, so I rebelled with Brother Lu in Fan County. The Tartars are very fierce. I really can't beat them. Tens of thousands of people were beaten down to only two or three thousand, and Brother Lu was also captured and beheaded by the Tartars. Fan County couldn’t stay any longer, so they had to come to Shandong.”

Zhang Qi said: "It's all the same. Ren Qi and I rebelled and killed the Tartars, and there were only 2 left out of the 1000 people. If we knew that Zhao Tianwang would send troops this year, we would have to endure it last year, and it would not be too late to rebel again this year." "

"Hahahaha!"

The leaders laughed out loud, as expected they should bear it and rebel again.

Ma Jinzhong got up and said: "You don't know that the Tartars have done very bad things in Beijing. Many gentry escaped from the north, and they are also very miserable. The city wall of Beijing is divided into several sections, including the Forbidden City, the Imperial City, the Inner City, Outer city. There are not many Tartars, but they occupied the Forbidden City, the Imperial City, and the inner city, and all the Han people were driven to the outer city. The houses, shops, silver, and grain in the inner city were all taken away by the Tartars. Women were also taken as slaves."

Shi Kuiran sneered and said, "The tartars say we are thieves, but we only rob money and food, not houses and shops. The tartars also rob these things, aren't thieves calling for thieves?"

Ma Jinzhong continued: "The land outside Beijing was occupied by the Tartars. The landlords were either killed or driven away. The farmers and tenants became slaves of the Tartars. They didn't have to pay rent or food, because the farmers The food is all from the Tartars, and how much is given depends on whether the Tartars have a conscience."

"The Tartars have a fart conscience!" Wu Kanghua shouted.

Ma Jinzhong also said: "The Tartars don't keep their hair. People in the prefectures and counties around Beijing have all their hair shaved, leaving only a small braid at the back of the head. The braid is very thin, as thick as chopsticks, and resembles a rat's tail." Pretty much the same. If the Tartars take over the world, the Han people will have to shave their hair and keep their braids.”

"Fuck it!" Zhang Cui cursed.

Li Qingshan said angrily: "The hair born by parents is not for the Tartars to shave!"

Zheng Peiran suddenly added a rumor: "If the Han people in Beijing marry a girl, they have to go to the Tazi official to get their seal stamped. The girl will first show it to the Tazi official. The bridal chamber, and then put it back to marry."

"I call him the ancestor of the Tartars!" Cai Naihan yelled.

The rest of the leaders were also furious at these words.

It's fine work, it's crazy to pour dirty water on the enemy, similar rumors are spreading around Shandong and Henan.

After some scolding, Zheng Peiran said: "General Fei will not sit idly by when Zuo Liangyu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. I think he has already dispatched troops from Xuzhou at this moment. Heroes, I am waiting for the gathering in Liangshan today, so I will help General Fei kill Tartars. And there are three chapters in the agreement, first, you must not burn, kill and loot the people; second, you must not rape and humiliate women; third, you must obey the orders of General Ma! Anyone who is willing to revolt, come here and drink blood as an alliance!"

Everyone joined in one after another. Historically, they fought against the Manchus for ten years, and half of the leaders died or died in battle.

The conditions were simple, everyone pinched earth for incense, and vowed to gather righteousness in the Liangshan League.

Ma Jinzhong has the most soldiers under his command, with more than 6000 soldiers.For the rest of the leaders, some had four or five thousand, some had one or two thousand, and the fewest had only a few hundred.

It is declared to the outside world that the Han family army has a total strength of more than 3 troops, and those who drag their families, counting their families, can have [-] to [-] people.

They did not dare to attack the big cities along the canal. After the uprising, they attacked Yuncheng County first.

The guard of Yuncheng is called Cao Xing, and he is Zhang Yingyuan's general.

Zhang Yingyuan first followed He Renlong and then Yang Sichang.Now he hangs out with Zuo Liangyu, and his main territory is Dongping Prefecture, so he can be regarded as a small Shandong warlord.

All the troops in Yuncheng were transferred away by Zhang Yingyuan, and Cao Xing only had 800 troops in his hands.

At this point, the "Han Army" camped overnight on the same day, held a military meeting, and began to attack the city the next day.

Zheng Peiran was planning to send someone to persuade him to surrender, and Ma Jinzhong also decided to fill in the moat first.

Li Qingshan raised his arms and shouted: "Kill the Tartars!"

Tens of thousands of people rushed out one after another like this, stunned Zheng Peiran and Ma Jinzhong.

Didn't we agree on how to fight last night?

Especially the Cao army under Xue Zhenglu's command jumped into the moat one by one and swam directly to the opposite side to attack the city.

The question is, what about your siege engines?Not even a simple wooden ladder!

Cao Xing, the guard of Yuncheng, was also confused. He was about to send people out of the city to find out.If the opposite side is the Datong army, then directly surrender the city, but the army outside the city will not give the opportunity at all.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

Ma Jinzhong made people beat the gong frantically, and called for gold to withdraw the troops, trying to call those leaders back.

The two sides tossed each other for a long time, and many leaders could not attack, so they had to lead people back to the moat.

Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, and sent people out of the city to inquire, and when he learned that they were volunteer soldiers who had joined the Datong Army, he immediately opened the city gate to greet him.But each leader can only bring 200 people into the city, fearing that there will be a plague if there are too many people.

The plague in Yuncheng County has gradually disappeared, and the prevention method is called "herd immunity".

In just over a year, only 4.5 people died in Yuncheng, a city of 6000 people.

Zheng Peiran entered the city and said: "The general belongs to the Han family, and his integrity is lamentable!"

Cao Xing bowed his hand and returned the gift: "Where is it, I just don't want to shave my hair and keep my braids."

Don't want to shave your hair, just an excuse.

The real reason is that Zuo Liangyu's surrender can benefit, and Zhang Yingyuan's surrender can also benefit.But Cao Xing was just a general of Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, and he was not brought along in the war, and only 800 people were left to garrison Yuncheng. What good could there be?

Anyway, this place is not far from Xuzhou, as long as we stick to it for a while, the Datong Army will definitely come over.

Then just surrender to the Datong Army, Cao Xing is not stupid, he knows what is more cost-effective.

This situation happened in many places in Shandong.

The troops Zuo Liangyu stayed behind to defend the city joined forces with the rebels rising all over Shandong.Most of them were small in number and had no combat effectiveness to speak of, but they made Hong Chengchou, Duoduo, and Zuo Liangyu extremely battered.

They were fighting Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu on the front line, but fires broke out everywhere in the rear.

In some counties, although there was no rebel army, the gentry found Zuo Liangyu's left-behind troops and persuaded the guards to change the flag directly.

In a slightly remote county town, there were only a hundred soldiers left behind, and it was simply a group of talented scholars who led the city residents to drive the defenders away.

Even the county magistrate appointed by Zuo Liangyu led the yamen servants to declare an uprising!

Chapter 407 [Seizing the City Alone]

Jining Prefecture.

"Report!"

"Ni Jin, the historian of Laiwu, and Wu Ruming, a scholar, led the mob to kill the magistrate and rebel!"

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand and said, "Understood, let's go down."

Zuo Liangyu regretted surrendering a little. First, the situation in Shandong was too bad, and second, his whole family was taken to Beijing by Dorgon.

Even if he chooses to defect in the future and his family members are all in Beijing, they will not be able to escape the fate of cutting off their children and grandchildren.

Alas, I can only give birth to a son again!

Hong Chengchou said: "My lord, the enemy in front must be killed as soon as possible, otherwise there will be more and more troubles in Shandong."

"Then tell me, how should we suppress it?" Duoduo said angrily.

The place where Fei Ruhe was stationed at this time disgusted Duo Duo.

It is called Nanyang Town, and the terrain in the late Ming Dynasty is different from that hundreds of years later.

To the east of Nanyang Town is Dushan Lake, and to the west is Nanyang Lake.There is only a narrow land between the two lakes. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the center of the town and meets three other rivers to the north of the town.

In other words, Fei Ruhe's camp was surrounded by two lakes and four rivers.

If Duoduo wants to break through this place, he must first defeat the Datong Navy.

If Duoduo attacked by detour, he had to cross Heshui (Wanfu River) to the west, and Surabaya, Baima River, Beisha River, Nanliangshui, and Nansha River to the east.No matter which side you march from, you may be hit halfway.

Even if he was allowed to cross the river calmly, he could only capture Feng and Pei counties.Further south is the Yellow River (Huaihe River), which will be impossible to advance or retreat, and Fei Ruhe cut off the food road to make dumplings.

Hong Chengchou carefully studied the map and said: "If the enemy army in Nanyang Town can't be defeated, then we can only change the direction of attack. On the Jining side, leave [-] soldiers to garrison, and the army will retreat for the time being. One can walk along the river and go straight to the Yellow River. On the other side, cross the river to surprise Kaocheng, but it is easy to be cut off from the food road, and it is also easy to be discovered halfway. The second option is to go to Qingzhou and gather heavy troops to kill Zhang Tieniu and Huang Fei."

"Did you cringe, why is it so troublesome?"

Duoduo didn't want to fight like this, because Hong Chengchou was too stable, so stable that he was already passive.

The Manchus did not fight so passively, they always took the initiative!

Duoduo stared at the map for a long while, and suddenly made up his mind: "Our army has many soldiers, and the enemy has few troops. We will forcefully cross Heshui in sections. If we can't hit Nanyang Town, we will go directly to Peixian County. If we are cut off from the food road , then grab food in Pei County and Feng County, and cut off the enemy’s food road in turn! Don’t look at Nanyang Town, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, after the food road is cut off, it will be a place of death!”

Zuo Liangyu reminded: "Although Yutai County is my territory, the city guard has surrendered to the enemy. If we want to attack Pei County, we must first conquer Yutai."

The Yutai County in the Ming Dynasty was much more southwest than it was hundreds of years later.

Duoduo said: "Attacking Yutai is easier than attacking Nanyang Town. If there is no navy, it will not be possible to take down Nanyang Town in 100 years."

Geng Zhongming has not spoken all the time. He followed Duoduo to the battle, and he will not steal Duduo's limelight.

The Eight Banners Army that came to Shandong this time is dominated by Duoduo's inlaid white flag.

After Dorgon became the regent, he felt that his power was weak, and it happened that Duoduo committed a crime and robbed Fan Wencheng's wife.Therefore, he took the opportunity to confiscate Duduo's 15 Niulu, and exchanged the number of his Xiangbai Banner with Duoduo's Zhengbai Banner.

As a result, Duoduo became the owner of the inlaid white flag, and Azig became the owner of the small inlaid white flag.

Now, Duoduo led a group of generals to face Fei Ruhe head-on.Azige led a group of surrendered generals to fight against Zhang Tieniu and Huang Fei in Qingzhou Prefecture.

Doduo has about 9000 people under the Eight Banners of Manchuria, Eight Banners of the Han Army, and Eight Banners of Mongolia, which is less than Fei Ruhe's 6 regular army.But there are still a bunch of surrendered generals and troops, adding up to more than [-]. Tang Tong and these surrendered generals are also in the Duoduo army.

Azig who fought against Zhang Tieniu, plus the surrendered soldiers and generals, also had more than 5 people.

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Golden Township.

Yan Yingyuan, the commander-in-chief of Jiangyin on the 81st, is now the official history of Jinxiang County.

He was originally a son of a gentry in Tongzhou. Seeing that the situation was not right, he took his whole family south to seek refuge before Li Zicheng attacked Beijing.Traveling to Shandong, he was intercepted by soldiers again, and finally had to go to Jinxiang to join his friends.

Some time ago, the classic history of Jinxiang passed away from the plague, and Yan Yingyuan was unanimously elected as the classic history by the gentry in the neighborhood because of his effective prevention and control of the plague.

How did you prevent the plague?

It is to imitate the method from the south that anyone must wear a boiled mask when going out.Yan Yingyuan hadn't done the canon history yet, so he was in the place where he lived, and he and his friends scoured the nearby streets, and beat anyone who didn't wear a mask immediately.

After making the canon history, Yan Yingyuan promoted this method to the whole city.

And because of his good command, officials did not dare to take the opportunity to blackmail the people. Jinxiang county was governed by him in an orderly manner, at least the spread of the plague was quickly contained.

"Brother Yan, when will you do it?" Dong Yongqing asked.

Yan Yingyuan said: "Just today!"

Xu Ying sprinkled a lot of meticulous work in Shandong, with an average of three in each county.

Of the three small crops in Jinxiang County, two died of the plague, and only one seedling of Dong Yongqing was left.

The method of wearing a mask to prevent the plague was passed down to Jinxiang by Dong Yongqing.

Dong Yongqing said: "After the Datong army appeared outside the city, 27 of the gentry and merchants in the city were willing to rebel. Among the scholars in the city, including Tongsheng, there were [-] people who were willing to rebel."

Yan Yingyuan said: "That's enough, county government official, I have eight confidantes."

Their enemy is Lu Guangzu with more than 3000 soldiers!

In the afternoon of the same day, Yan Yingyuan organized officials to go to the city tower with food to condolence to the guard.

Lu Guangzu is from Liaodong, and his hometown is in Haizhou, which was captured by Hu Dinggui.He had a deep hatred with the Tartars, but in history, the Manchus were surrendered, and the hatred of their relatives was completely ignored.

At this moment, Lu Guangzu stood on the city tower, looking at the Datong cavalry who had just left.

Fei Ruhe's 2500 cavalry were all sent to Jinxiang to explore along the river to see if the Qing army wanted to cross the river.Even in the river, there are many sentry ships of the Datong Army. At least ten miles away from the Grand Canal, the Qing army would never even think of coming from the other side of the river.

Zuo Liangyu's number one confidant was next to Beizhili, and he was afraid of being beaten, so he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

As the second confidant, Lu Guangzu was stationed not far from Xuzhou, so he wanted to surrender to the Datong Army.

However, Lu Guangzu had fought many battles with the Manchus, and he had a deep fear in his heart.He had never fought against the Datong Army, so he was always uncertain which side would win. What if he surrendered to the Datong Army, but the Man Qing took over the world?

Moreover, in Shandong at this time, the Manchu and Qing troops were dominant, so he didn't want to take risks so early.

Wait a little longer, you can wait a little longer.

When the Datong Army wins a battle, he will immediately defect and surrender!

Many generals under Zuo Liangyu's command had the same idea.Once the Manchus were defeated, they would turn over in an instant.

"General, Yan Dianshi Laojun is here."

Lu Guangzu didn't think much, just said: "Let him come up, just come up alone."

It's not that he doubts Yan Yingyuan, but that he is afraid that more people will be infected with the plague.

Yan Yingyuan went up to the tower alone, and the food he brought was handed over to Lu Guangzu's personal soldiers.

Lu Guangzu looked back and saw Yan Yingyuan with a bow and a knife on his back. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Dian Shi came to defend the city?"

Yan Yingyuan also smiled and said, "I am going to help the general defend the city."

Lu Guangzu had a good impression of Yan Yingyuan, mainly because of the prevention and control of the plague.At that time, many gentry wrote letters, recommending Yan Yingyuan as a canonist, and Lu Guangzu agreed to recruit him.

"Have you practiced bow and arrow?" Lu Guangzu asked.