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Chapter 197 Yang Feng and Dayuer's Reunion

After having a good meal and a drink outside Jizhou City, Yang Zhuguo and the Knights of Confucius and Mencius set off on their journey with satisfaction.

The gentry in the city breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, the memorial they had prepared long ago was sent to the capital.

As for the content, of course, it was that the Ming invaders sneaked through Jizhou at night, and when they discovered them, they had already gone far away, so they were mobilizing troops to pursue them. However, the Ming invaders were all cavalry, so they could not guarantee that they could catch up. Please ask the Holy Mother Empress Dowager to look into it. At this time, Dorgon had already gone south, and it was Sister Dayuer who was in charge in the capital.

Yang Feng also knew that he was not without spies in the capital. In fact, there were plenty of them. However, he only knew that Dorgon was heading south, but he was not sure where he was going.

It is hard to say whether he is preparing to attack Shandong Thunder or continue to move south as Ajige's backup.

Especially the information west of the Yellow River flood area, it is not easy even for Yang Feng to obtain it in time.

It is even possible to attack Luoyang.

After all, Liu Fangliang is now the main flank threat to the Qing army, and Luoyang is in the hands of Li Zicheng, who can attack from Luoyang at any time. If Luoyang can be captured, Li Zicheng's exit for attack can be blocked.

In short, we only know that Dorgon went south and crossed the Yellow River, but we cannot be sure in which direction he will attack, and he brought at least 40,000 Qing troops with him. This is also the main reason why Yang Feng was confident in attacking the capital. He knew very well that in the current capital, except for the Green Banner Army, the remaining Eight Banners would not exceed 10,000.

And they are only capable of fighting.

In fact, the standard for being able to fight is very broad.

however……

This memorial is actually completely unnecessary.

Marco Polo Bridge.

"Where is that demon?"

Sister Dayuer, dressed in military uniform, rode her horse heroically, just like she did last time on the Shenyang city wall, looking at the capital city in the distance. Beside her were the old, the weak, women and children passing by in an endless stream, all with gloomy expressions. They rode horses, donkeys and mules, and sat in carts in the cold wind, forming an endless long dragon stretching southward.

The carts and horses were all loaded with food, gold, silver and treasures, and even the cattle and sheep were being driven. Sister Dayuer seemed to have returned to her childhood, to her Khorchin grassland.

She ran away.

Of course, Nan Xing.

The old Buddha has left the palace!

"Reporting to the old Buddha, we are almost at Jizhou. I guess the Jizhou garrison dare not stop us. These dogs deserve to die. Not a single one of them is willing to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty."

Jirgalang said quickly.

"Old Buddha, in fact, the demons only have a few thousand soldiers in total. It's not that we can't defend the capital."

Fan Wencheng said cautiously.

"Shou?"

Sister Dayuer sneered.

Then she pointed to the officials and gentry who were seeing them off on the north bank of the bridge.

"What were these people doing when you got here?"

She said.

"Reply to the old Buddha, they all kneeled outside the city gate to welcome our Great Qing army, offering food and drink, and shouting "Long live the emperor!"

Fan Wencheng said quickly.

"What about when Li Zicheng came?"

Sister Dayuer asked.

"This one, I'll kneel down to welcome you as well."

Fan Wencheng said.

"Then why do you think they won't kneel and greet the monster when it comes? These dogs have changed three masters in one year, and they are used to betraying their old masters. Why do you think they will live and die with us? There are less than 10,000 old and weak soldiers in our city, and the rest are all women and children, but there are hundreds of thousands of people who may open the gates and surrender at any time. If we really hold on, they will all be captured by the monster in less than a day.

They just happened to use it to curry favor with him, so as to avoid having their house confiscated by that evil man."

Sister Dayuer sneered.

As soon as she finished speaking, the ferocious face of the demon appeared in her mind, and then she began to ache in several places on her body.

"The old Buddha is wise."

Jirgalang said quickly.

He had already resigned as the regent, but because Dorgon's main opponent was Hauge, and the several banners headed by him were watching, in order to win them over, Dorgon still respected him very much, and handed over all the military and political affairs of the capital to him during Dorgon's trip to the south. Of course, in fact, Sister Dayuer had the final say. Since her return, the Holy Mother Empress Dowager has been benevolent to all quarters and has won unanimous support. Even the masters said that the Holy Mother Empress Dowager was the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva. Besides, there is a Mongolian vassal group behind her. At present, due to several failures, the losses are huge. The support of the Mongolian vassal groups is already crucial to our Qing Dynasty.

As for the rest, it really doesn’t matter and they don’t care much anyway.

"Walk!

My Great Qing is about to conquer the world, why should we be trapped in the city?
As long as the population of the Eight Banners is preserved, there will be as many Ahanikans as you want. They are just worthless slaves, let them figure it out for themselves. If they dare to surrender to that evil man, when the Regent's army returns victorious, their homes will be confiscated and their families will be exterminated.

It is not enough to just think about following the Qing Dynasty for wealth and glory. You have to work hard for the Qing Dynasty.

The time has come for them to serve the Qing Dynasty!"

Sister Dayuer urged the horse and said.

Then she headed straight for the south bank.

I have to say she was very wise, because by this time Yang Feng had already arrived in Sanhe...

"What, ran away?"

Yang Feng looked at the local gentry kneeling in front of his horse to greet him.

The latter, with their heads covered in rat tails, were lying on the ground trembling with fear. They were also gambling. After all, Yang Feng was famous for his mood swings. If he said he would kill your whole family, he would definitely kill your whole family, and he might come up with a reason to kill your whole family. So if they wanted to get special treatment, they had to show something that could make him angry. Just surrendering was not enough, they had to sell out the Jianlu. "Reply to the pillar country, the criminal nephew was working in the palace. Yesterday he suddenly escaped back and said that the fake queen mother of the Jianlu was ready to abandon the capital and go south. Everyone in the palace was packing up gold and silver. He took the opportunity to steal a bag of gold and silver and found a chance to slip out. He said that this matter was kept secret from the outside world. There were only tens of thousands of old and weak people left by the Jianlu in the capital, and the rest were all women and children. She was worried about the old people in the city. Once the people in the city turned against the enemy, they would not be able to escape at that time, so it was better to abandon the capital and go south to Baoding. The responsibility of defending the city was handed over to the Han officials. If the latter dared to turn against the enemy, they would wait for Dorgon to come back and kill the whole family. If they did not want to turn against the enemy, they would defend to the death. Anyway, they could just run to Baoding and watch.

According to what my nephew has inquired, the Jianlu should have left the capital and headed south by now."

An old fellow from the village lay there with his head down and said in fear and trepidation.

Of course, there is no such thing as a nephew eunuch.
His son was seeing me off at Lugou Bridge, the Holy Mother Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. Before Dayuer and her party left the capital, his son sent a servant to deliver a letter, so he knew for sure that they had left. Otherwise, he would not dare to come out to welcome the surrender, at most he would close the door and wait and see, but since the Jianlu had fled, he would be a fool not to welcome the surrender.

Not only him, but also the officials and gentry who stayed in the capital were ready to surrender.

I changed three masters in one year!

With this frequency, how could there be such a thing as holding on to it?

"Damn it, Brother Yeyuan, I leave this to you. If the capital city welcomes the surrender, then enter the city. Don't kill those officials and gentry for now, but don't promise them anything either. The crimes of these people will be determined by your majesty. If they don't surrender, then take Tongzhou and wait. I'll go after Dayu'er."

Yang Feng turned around and shouted without hesitation.

Then he urged the camel on.

Li Zhifang and Du Li wanted to ask him something, but he had already rushed out, followed by his own two thousand followers who urged their horses. Li Zhifang and Du Li looked at each other and finally shook their heads helplessly.

Of course, Yang Feng had no time to care about them. He drove the camels, the camels carrying equipment and two thousand followers, and headed straight for Tongzhou in the frozen wilderness in winter. It must be said that Sister Dayuer caught him off guard. This woman is indeed not a good person, but she is from a nomadic family and has no burden in such matters. If it doesn't work, just leave. Anyway, the most important thing for the Qing Dynasty is not the capital, nor the territory, but the increasingly valuable population of the Eight Banners, or the increasingly valuable population of the Eight Banners Manchuria. The result of her staying in the capital can only be that she will be sold by the gentry in the capital, who will offer her as a gift in exchange for not being liquidated by Yang Feng.

It would be difficult to hold Yang Feng accountable in that case, after all, his contribution was not small.

Sister Dayuer saw through this...

Anyone who is not stupid can see through it.

The gentry in the capital changed three masters in one year. After kneeling to Li Zicheng, they knelt to Dorgon. Each time they knelt very decisively. No one would believe that they would not kneel to Yang Feng.

(Chongzhen was in a state of impotence and rage.)
"Why did she go to Baoding? Is there anyone in Baoding who could be in league with them?"

Yang Feng suddenly asked the attendant who was following him. The latter was Li Fuming's old subordinate. His attendants were currently organized into battalions, a total of one brigade, and then the three thousand attendants were divided into six battalions. The officers were all veterans. For example, the original servants of Li Fuming and Bai Guangen, these people crawled out of the dead, and the cavalry of several hundred people had rich combat experience. In fact, Yang Feng was basically only responsible for charging in the war, and these officers were responsible for formulating tactics and commanding soldiers on the battlefield, and the rest just needed to follow him to charge.

This is the flaw of the Ming army.

Although large military units lack field combat capabilities, they are actually quite capable of small-scale cavalry combat.

This was the inevitable result of more than two hundred years of entanglement with the Mongolian tribes. On the contrary, Wild Boar Skin, in a sense, inherited the early Ming army's large-scale field combat capabilities, and then used it to defeat the Ming army that had become a security war and the fragmented Mongolia.

I have to say it's very sad.

Yang Feng has not completed the reconstruction yet, and his army is still fragmented, so he has not dared to fight a real decisive battle with the Qing army until now, including the battle with Duoduo, which was not a decisive battle. Duoduo did not lose to him. If Duoduo had enough food to last for three more months, his mob would surely be defeated. He just relied on his thick blood bar. As long as my blood bar is thick, I can wear you out to death even if I just keep on eating.

"Easy to escape, right?
In fact, no matter how they run, as long as we catch up with them, we will not be able to stop Zhuguo.

At most, she can flee westwards into the mountains from Baoding. Shanxi is in the hands of Wu Sangui. If she flees to Baoding, we can chase her. At most, she can flee westwards to Lingqiu and order Wu Sangui and others to come to the rescue. At that time, we can hide in Lingqiu and watch Wu Sangui and his troops encircle us. "

The attendant said.

Yang Feng frowned...

"Let's go to Yizhou!"

He said.

Since Sister Dayuer was so clear-headed, she would definitely not go to Baoding again. It would be useless if she went there. She would have to prepare to run away again. Besides, the gentry in the capital might sell them out, but would the gentry in Baoding not? The smartest thing to do at this time was to go directly into the mountains and then go to Lingqiu. However, he could not catch up to Lingqiu, after all, his cavalry could not sustain a long-term battle.

Lingqiu was a small place with a small population, and the Qing army she brought was enough to control it, so she didn't have to worry about being betrayed by the local gentry.

The latter does not have this ability.

There were some in the capital and Baoding, because the young and strong men that these big cities could gather far exceeded the Eight Banners she led, but there were not so many young and strong men in a small county like Lingqiu, so she could stay there with peace of mind and order Wu Sangui, Jiang Ge, and Haoge to come to the defense of the king. Yang Feng's lack of sustained attacking ability meant that once these people's armies surrounded him, he would have to withdraw from this area, so Sister Dayuer should go to Yizhou and then go to Lingqiu via Zijing Pass.

Directly into Yizhou.

"Pass the order down, you must arrive in Yizhou tomorrow morning."

Yang Feng said.

Just over two hundred miles.

The cavalry need not necessarily take the main roads at this season.

He had already begun to look forward to the joy of having Sister Dayuer fall into his hands again, and then sending her to Chenghai Tower to receive customers again.

It’s only been a few months since he returned Sister Dayuer to Gungun!
And then catch it back?
If that happened, my Qing Dynasty's face would be beaten so badly that it would be hard to recognize its shape.

That evening, he arrived at the banks of the Lugou River.

At this time, Li Zhifang and Du Li had already led the remaining Confucius and Mencius knights to Tongzhou. They were not as arrogant as Yang Feng, and they directly sent people to the capital to demand the surrender of the Green Flag Army arranged by Sister Dayuer to stay in the capital. However, the latter put forward a condition that Yang Feng must pardon the civil and military officials in the city, but Li Zhifang and the others could not agree to this. First, Yang Feng was not there, and they could not agree on his behalf. Second, these people were indeed not something they could decide.

We have to find Chongzhen.

Most of these people in the capital participated in the assassination of Chongzhen, and also killed Queen Zhou and a prince.

Not to mention that Chongzhen would not pardon them, even the princess would not pardon them.

That's her biological mother.

If Li Zhifang and Du Li agreed to their request on their own initiative, they would inevitably bear the blame in the future. They did not have to capture the capital. In fact, if they could capture the capital, the Northern Expedition would be a glorious victory. There was no need to take risks for this. So they immediately attacked Tongzhou, and after getting the guarantee that they would not purge the gentry in Tongzhou, they all chose to surrender honestly. In the evening of the same day, the Knights of Confucius and Mencius entered the city as the officials and people of Tongzhou welcomed the royal army.

However, Hauge, who followed them, also led 10,000 Qing troops to Jizhou, and joined forces with the Qing troops in Jizhou, and then temporarily stationed in Jizhou.

At the same time, the Qing army attacked Tianjin.

Yes, it's an attack.

Because the young and strong people in Tianjin who had been distributed food and had weapons were afraid that the Qing army would return to confiscate their food again, in order to survive, they had to arm themselves and defend Tianjin, and ask for help from the Ming army in Gegu New City.

The commander of the Qing army on the southern front was Daishan's son, Man Dahai, who had just inherited the title. He led 30,000 Qing troops to garrison a series of fortresses along the Water Great Wall. After Yang Feng left Tianjin, he withdrew troops to counterattack Tianjin. He originally wanted to just take it over, but he didn't expect the unruly people to dare to resist, so he had to launch a violent attack.

(End of this chapter)