Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 616

Arrive before dark and depart before dawn.

In November of the third year of Shaotian, the banner of the Ming army appeared under the city of Jinan, announcing that the Ming Dynasty's all-out counter-offensive had entered a new stage.

The imperial camps from all walks of life gathered under the city of Jinan, stationed on five sides, and set up five-color square flags.

Jinan City was besieged like an iron barrel. Facing the Ming army, the defenders on the outskirts of Jinan had already retreated into the city in a hurry, and some green battalion soldiers and township regiments surrendered directly on the spot.

In the southwest corner of Jinan City, the Yamen of Shandong Governor's Office.

The governor of Shandong and other localities supervised military affairs, food and payment supervision of camp fields, and Zhang Ruxiu, the right servant of the Ministry of War and the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, turned white all night.

Facing the Ming army besieging the city, he locked himself in the Fuyuan and shut the door.

This second-rank official who came to replace the governor of Shandong at the beginning of the year is a native of Liaodong. Be the governor of Shandong.

His predecessor, Ding Wensheng, was finally recalled to Beijing because of the corrupt situation in Shandong. He was then convicted by the ministry and directly executed and ransacked his home.Later, three governors were sent down in a row, and they all committed suicide in the end. Some hanged in Fuya, some swallowed gold, and some jumped into Daming Lake.

Zhang Ruxiu knew that he had no way out.

He taught editing from Zigong, and later he was promoted to a bachelor's degree. He also accompanied Prince An Yue Le in the crusade against Jiang Yu, a rebel general in Datong. , served as the third governor of Shandong in the Qing Dynasty.

Years of wars, coupled with the diversion of the Yellow River, caused great damage to Shandong, and it was even more difficult to collect taxes. However, before he came, the Ming army had seized Denglai Qingxin in the east, Caozhou in the west and many other places. The land was also seized, the original canal was completely silted up, and the Daqing River was seized by the Yellow River, making it a yellow flood zone of [-] miles.

The Yellow River breach in Tongwaxiang has not been blocked for almost two years, and it has been allowed to divert to the east, and it will become a disaster when it encounters heavy rain.

And the Eight Banners stationed in Shandong, plus the tens of thousands of people in the green battalion, have to provide food and salaries in Shandong, and he will not change.

Usually in Jinan City, he is completely Boluo's punching bag, being scolded every day is like scolding his grandson.

When he came to take office, he also thought about luring exiles, rewarding land reclamation, recruiting refugees to reclaim land, and even planning not to levy taxes for three years, but also planning to lend cattle seeds, but in fact, he did nothing. no.

The garrison of the Eight Banners raced to enclose land everywhere, and more than 3000 hectares were encircled near Jinan alone.

The imperial court only thought about how to squeeze out the last bit of money and food in Shandong to maintain the situation, not to mention reducing or exempting rents and taxes. They even kept chasing and raising taxes, and even collected land Dingyin ten years in advance of Shunzhi.

Yin eat enough food.

The biggest problem is lack of food.

For hundreds of miles along the Daqing River, more than 30 prefectures and counties were frequently flooded due to the diversion of the Yellow River, and there was almost no harvest.Jeju, Yanzhou, Dongchang and other places are also unable to dredge rivers and maintain water conservancy due to wars and other reasons. As a result, there is a serious shortage of water for the few crops planted this year, resulting in a serious reduction in production.

Not only could the imperial court not give them relief, nor could it provide them with food relief, it had to snatch that little food from the people to give priority to the garrison and officials, and even had to hand over some to Beijing.

He tried his best to search for [-] shi of grain from various places, and confiscated many people and transported them to Beijing.

The land of Qilu was almost dead, and those who were still alive were thinking of escaping.

Zhang Ruxiu was busy arresting the fugitives, but no matter how severe the punishment was, they couldn't stop the tide of fleeing, and there was no hope of staying. However, in the Ming army-controlled area, it was a completely different sunny day.

Before Boluo sent troops, he persuaded him to stay behind.

But Boluo simply ignored him as the governor.

"Master Fuyuan."

The master called him outside.

Zhang Ruxiu stayed in the study with three things in front of him.

A sword, a jug of wine, and a white horse.

He was going to commit suicide and die for the country, but he stayed here for a long time, but he still didn't have the courage.

He picked up the sword and put it down again, the sword was too sharp for him to let go.

Want to drink poisonous wine, but hesitate again.

After all, I still don't want to die.

"grown ups."

Zhang Ruxiu looked at the three things in front of her again, sighed, and then responded to the staff, letting them in.

A group of staff members came in, saw the things on the table, and hurried up to persuade him.

Some thought he was already drunk.

"My lord, you mustn't let it go, Jinan city is entirely up to your lord."

"My lord, soldiers from Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Jining, and Dongchang are all coming to Jinan. We have reinforcements. My lord, we are saved."

Some of the staff were recruited by him in Beijing, some were recruited in Shandong, and some were left by the previous governor Ding Wensheng and others.

This group of people followed him, their interests were related to him, and no one wanted him to commit suicide.

"My lord, Boluo and Tulai have all been defeated and killed. More than 1 Manchus were all killed and captured. Now Jinan is full of crying, and every family hangs white lanterns for mourning. The Ming army came to besiege the city. Look at the posture. You can't hold the city at all."

"That's right, there are no soldiers and no food in the city, how can we defend it."

"It's better to drop."

The aides are divided into two factions, one is mainly the aides from Beijing, they are the main battle, hoping to stay in the city and wait for help, and the other is mainly the aides recruited by Shandong, they are local gentry and powerful, and even many people My hometown has been recovered by the Ming army, so I hope to surrender at this time.

The main combat faction, because their family members are in Beijing, or in the Qing control area, they don't want to surrender.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good."

A servant ran in in a panic.

"What's the panic?"

Zhang Ruxiu pretended to be calm and scolded loudly.

"Ming army, the Ming army took the head of King Boluo..."

The Ming army brought the head of Boluo, the assistant prince of Heshuo Duanzhong, to the city to show the public. What was too much was that they got a big wild boar, chopped off the head of the wild boar, and then sewed Boluo's head on. I got a car, put it on it, and pushed it to the city for exhibition.

Beside it was carrying Boro's helmet, armor, and his banner on a spear.

Zhang Ruxiu felt dizzy for a while.

Earlier it was reported that Boluo's entire army was wiped out outside, but he couldn't believe it, thinking that even if Boluo was defeated, he could at least escape.

Unexpectedly, it is gone.

He stood up with a dark face, and went up to the city in a muffled voice.

When we arrived at the top of the city, many people had already gathered here.

Tong Yangjia, the admiral of Shandong and the assistant minister of the military department, was comforting a young man. Zhang Ruxiu recognized that the young man was Qi Kexin, the eldest son of King Boluo.

This young prince's son, facing the dead body of his father sewn on a wild boar outside the city, especially saw that his father had been scalped, without money and rat tails, with a hole in both cheeks, each inserted A boar's tusk rested on his cheek.

"Hurry up and open the city gate, and take my Ama back!"

Tong Yangjia looked at the miserable state of Boluo under the city, and couldn't help but feel sad, but he ignored the request of the son.

The Ming army under the city cheered.

A few more processed defeated players were brought in.

The guard commander Du De, who is sewn on the dog, Baiyindai who is the forward commander, the first-class male, Gushan Erzhen Tulai who is sewn on the donkey, and the forward commander Nushan.

There are also Zhuobutai, the deputy governor who also sewed on pigs, and Han Dai, the general of Zhenguo.

A total of thirteen generals were tied to pigs, dogs, donkeys and mules, and their armor and flags were also standing beside them.

The people in Jinan City were all terrified when they saw the human and animal things that were pushed out one by one.

Coordinator.

After the death of the three Dorgon brothers and the four kings Hauge, the two regent uncles Jierhalang and Daishan are now in charge of the Qing Dynasty, and there are six auxiliary regent kings.

Among them, brothers Boluo and Yue Le were co-regents, and they were also the small banner owners of the inlaid white flag. In terms of power and status, they were second only to the two regent uncles, so everyone called Boluo the third king.

But now the Third Taiwang died miserably.

First-class Gong Tulai used to be a fierce general who could not lose to Oboi, but now his head is sewn on the donkey.

Outside the city, the Ming army lined up, and the drums sounded like thunder.

There were bursts of cheers and morale was high.

The young Qi Kexin shouted to open the city gate, to go out of the city to get back his father's head, and to avenge his father.

But Tong Yangjia was unmoved.

Although he is the admiral of Shandong, he is also a bannerman, and he is in command of the green battalion in Jinan City, but at this time, it is Gushan Beizi Bo Hetuo who is in charge of military affairs in the city. , is also a clan titan.

Bo Luo led the Manchus to attack, and specially asked his second brother Bo and Tuo to stay in Jinan and take charge of military affairs.

The Eight Banners Mongolian Army and the Eight Banners Han Army were all led by him personally, and Tong Yangjia's green battalion and regiment training also had to follow his command.

Bo and Tuo kept looking gloomy, even trembling slightly.

Facing the provocations of the Ming army, he has been restraining himself.

Qi Kexin kept crying to open the door.

"Snapped!"

Bo and Tuo slapped his nephew hard on the face, "Go back." He called the eldest son Fu Guogong Weng Gu, and his uncle, Li Yongfang's third son Mei Lezhang Jinggang Atai together Come, let them send Qi Kexin back to Mancheng.

Governor Zhang Ruxiu and Admiral Tong Yangjia, two bannermen of the Han army, were watching Bei Zibo and Tuo.

Bohetuo's official position is the deputy capital commander of the Eight Banners Garrison in Dezhou, with two thousand Manzhou infantry armor and five hundred vests.

And Bo Luo is the general who conquers the South, and he is ordered to conquer the South. The Eight Banners and the Green Camp in Henan and Shandong provinces are under his control. Because the Ming army attacked aggressively, Bo Luo quickly transferred his brother Bo Hetuo and his Eight Banners stationed in Dezhou to Jinan to assist in the defense.

The admiral Tong Yangjia commanded the Shandong Green Camp, which was rated at more than [-] soldiers, plus [-] He pacesetters.

Originally, the Eight Banners were still stationed in Qingzhou and Yanzhou in Shandong, and they were stationed in one of the Eight Banners. However, Qingzhou was lost, so they were moved to Jinan.

Boluo's attack was to garrison Dezhou, Jinan Eight Banners, and his Southern Expedition Battalion full of soldiers, plus Yu Ding, Bao Yi, etc., and the whole army was wiped out.

Now the Dezhou garrison Eight Banners brought by Bohetuo are gone, and the rest are thousands of men from the Mongolian and Han Eight Banners under Boluo's command.

As the admiral of Shandong, Tong Yangjia, although he has more than [-] soldiers under his command, in fact, there are not so many soldiers in Jinan, and some soldiers are stationed in Dezhou, Yanzhou, Dongchang, Jining and other places.

In the city, the Mongolian and Han army flags add up to about five thousand, and the green battalion soldiers plus regiment training also have five or six thousand, which adds up to more than ten thousand.

However, looking at the morale in the city, one can tell that the tragic behavior of Bo Luo and other generals under the city at this time has brought them a huge blow.

Soldiers have no fighting spirit.

There was another drumbeat under the city.

Under the city, the Ming army escorted out a large group of Qing army prisoners.

In the past, all the generals were killed, but now the officers of the vanguard school, guard school, and leader reminders below the commander and deputy capital commander are taken to the city.

The drums thundered.

One by one, Tartar officers were beheaded in public.

On the top of Jinan City, Bo Hetuo and Tong Yangjia stood still with livid faces, while Governor Zhang Ruxiu was dizzy and unable to stand still.

After killing one team, another team came up. The Ming army killed hundreds of officers and men in one go in front of the Tartars in Jinan City.

After the chopping, the blood is soaring.

A Ming general rode his horse to the city and loudly persuaded him to surrender.

"Dare to resist stubbornly, after the city is broken, kill without mercy!"

(End of this chapter)