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Chapter 312: My Great Qing Dynasty Finally Pulled

Just as Yang Feng sailed into Taigu, the gentry in Yuci in the north had already begun to flee.

What else can I do if I don’t escape?

And you can't escape to Taiyuan.

After all, Wu Sangui would still eat them up completely.

So they were desperate and could only leave their city with their families, covered with gold, silver and jewels, under the protection of those guards they believed were still loyal, carrying their fear of Yang the demon and hatred of the unruly people. They then began to flee towards the vast Taihang Mountains. Wandering on the land of their ancestors, they would inevitably have to face everything that they would face in troubled times.

For example, Yang Feng's cavalrymen robbed like bandits, the guards suddenly showed ferocious faces, and the unruly people along the way ambushed in groups...

Mountain people!
It's all like this.

They were like those people running through the grass in Jurassic Park, disappearing in the attack of a group of velociraptors that suddenly appeared.

disappeared without a trace.

The gentry in the southern cities at least left some relics to trace.

They simply couldn't track it down.

All we know is that the gentry of Yuci fled eastward with their families and gold, silver and jewelry, but in fact no one escaped from Taihang Mountains. No one knows what happened to them and what became of them in the end. They disappeared completely, just like they melted into the soil of the mountains.

King Yang was not interested in caring about them. After entering the city amid the cheers of the people of Yuci, he just casually counted the list of wanted people, and then issued a wanted order, and ignored the rest. At the same time, Li Guo and Wang Yongqiang, who were marching in the west, quickly captured the cities along the way. Some local gentry resisted, while others fled to the Luliang Mountain area. This one also disappeared in the mountainous area. After all, even if Li Guo's cavalry could not catch up with them, the guards around them would not be polite. Besides, even if they could escape to Datong, wouldn't they still deliver goods to Jiang Ge's door? In such an era, no one would be polite to such a group of fat sheep. Even the gentry in several counties in the mountainous area were also sharpening their knives and waiting for them.

friendship?

Friendship means nothing in this era.

Even relatives are treated the same way, and even one’s own in-laws will not be polite.

The money from your in-laws is not yours, but if you snatch it away, it will be yours.

Yang Feng took a temporary rest in Yuci, mainly because he had to give Ajige time. If the latter really wanted to reinforce Wu Sangui, now was the best time. He was besieging Zezhou and only needed to turn around and head north. Whether attacking Pingyang to cut off Yang Feng's supplies or going through the North and South Gates to attack Yang Feng's back, it could be easily achieved.

Liu Tichun of Zezhou was definitely unable to pursue. Although Liu Fangliang crossed the Yellow River, he was desperately resisted by the gentry of Huaiqing and Weihui...

Our Qing Dynasty did not even station the Eight Banners Army in these two prefectures.

Instead, it was directly handed over to the Green Flag Army.

But unexpectedly, the Green Flag Army burst out with tenacious fighting will when facing Liu Fangliang.

Of course, it's understandable.

After all, the main body of the Green Flag Army was the Northern Zhili plus several local tyrants in Henan, north of the Yellow River, which were also controlled by the Qing Dynasty, and those who withdrew from the south. The former had a deep hatred for Li Zicheng, after all, they were all looted by Li Zicheng. The latter was because of Yang Feng's killing, so they didn't dare to surrender at all. In the end, these Green Flag Army stubbornly resisted Liu Fangliang. He was not very strong in combat and could only maintain the offensive, but the progress was slow. The Shandong armies on the eastern front were also unable to attack. After all, the main forces of the Confucius and Mencius Knights were all in Jiangnan, and the troops left in the north were insufficient and only had defensive capabilities.

Only Yang Feng's side has the ability to attack.

Now is the best opportunity for Ajige to take action. Otherwise, in a few days, Zhang Nai and other troops will arrive, and the military strength on Yang Feng's side alone can expand to more than 100,000.

If we delay a little longer, the reinforcements sent by Zhang Xianzhong will most likely arrive.

He has already sent out troops.

Li Dingguo led 10,000 people to the north.

The Lich King has become somewhat disheartened in recent years, or perhaps, looking at the rapid progress of military forces outside, he has become somewhat aware that he cannot keep up with the times. Now that he can control the Chengdu Plain as the King of Shu, he can be said to be quite satisfied, so the most important thing is to show his loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen.

After all, the world is still divided by warlords, and Her Majesty has only formally unified it, but it is almost impossible to restore the past imperial power. Not to mention whether the Queen wants to do it for the time being, even if she wants to, it will take a long time, and in this process, he will always be the last one in line. So as long as he doesn't take the initiative to make trouble, always maintains his submission to the Queen, and behaves as submissive as possible, then at least before most of the warlords are dealt with, the Queen will always show kindness to him...

Set an example!
It's not that the Queen wants to reduce the power of the princes, but that those who are being reduced have done something wrong. Look, the King of Shu has always been favored by Her Majesty the Queen.

As long as you are as loyal as the King of Shu, you will not be punished.

He is still very clever.

This time, I happily joined in the celebration.

If all the armies really gathered in Shanxi, it would be impossible for Ajige to save Wu Sangui.

but……

"Damn, he's getting more and more useless. Where is the brave Ajige?"

King Yang said angrily while holding the urgent report.

Ajige withdrew his troops from Zezhou.

But his retreat was quite thorough. He even gave up Lu'an. Ajige robbed all the gentry in Lu'an and even tried to massacre the city...

Speaking of which, Lu'an is controlled by the Qing Dynasty and has been submissive for many years. It has been the residence of the Governor-General of Shanxi of the Qing Dynasty in these years. After all, Taiyuan belonged to Wu Sangui, and he did not allow the Eight Banners Army to be stationed in Taiyuan. The main battle of the Qing Dynasty in southern Shanxi was against Zezhou, so the Governor-General of Shanxi was stationed in Lu'an.

But now Ajige is actually going to massacre the people in his own territory.

However, the unruly people in the city put up fierce resistance.

Our Qing Dynasty is indeed in decline now, but it can't even suppress the unruly people.

Ajige, who was about to flee, was worried that continuing to fight with the city's stubborn people would delay his retreat. Moreover, after robbing the gentry, these stubborn people no longer had much money to lose, and they could only rob some women. But women can be robbed anywhere these days, so there is no need to entangle with these stubborn people. At this time, Liu Tichun's troops in Zezhou also began to move north, and Dang Shousu had also moved east. The latter realized that he was too late after arriving in Pingyang, and he could not rob anything in the north. Liu Tichun was trapped in Zezhou, and he could not sit idly by, so he moved east from Pingyang before Ajige withdrew his troops, trying to force Ajige to retreat by attacking Lu'an.

Of course, Ajige's withdrawal had nothing to do with his eastward advance. Ajige learned about his eastward advance while he was withdrawing from Zezhou. However, when Shangdang Shousu heard the good news, he could still boast that it was because of his eastward advance that Ajige withdrew in a hurry.

This is a great face gain.

Ajige, who was terrified by the Ming army in those days, was actually frightened into fleeing by Dang Shousu, a second-tier general under Li Zicheng and a former small fry.

This has to be boasted about for ten or eight generations.

In short, Ajige's massacre in Lu'an lasted only one day and ended hastily.

Then he fled to Handan.

Rescue Wu Sangui?
Is he stupid?
Two of his three brothers have already died at the hands of Yang Feng.

He also went to have a decisive battle with Yang Feng?
There are only 30,000 Eight Banner Manchus left in the Qing Dynasty. Is he going to add these? Who cares about others at this point? Who wants to save Wu Sangui? I don't know how many days the Qing Dynasty can last. Let him do whatever he wants!
Therefore, Wu Sangui's fantasy was finally shattered. In fact, this was inevitable.

The premise of his fantasy is that the Qing Dynasty is still reluctant to give up the territory within the Great Wall and still wants to hold on to this controlled area within the Great Wall. Only under this premise, it has to send troops to rescue him, but the problem is that the Qing Dynasty no longer has the same spirit as before. In fact, if Wu Sangui had not taken the initiative to attack and painted a pie for Hauge and the other two, making them think that Wu Sangui really wanted to fight for the Qing Dynasty, they would not even follow the attack. But his rapid escape to the north has made Ajige realize that this bastard wants to drag the Qing Dynasty to be his scapegoat. In this case, Ajige is still being led by him?
This bastard has not forgotten to cheat the Qing Dynasty even after all this!
"Send someone to tell Jiang Ge that if he can stop the Jianlu from escaping to Xuanfu, I can pardon him. If he can't, then he will die with the title of the fake King of Zhenxi."

Yang Feng said to Fu Shan.

The latter nodded.

Ajige's flight without a fight actually meant that they were ready to give up the interior of the Great Wall. There were only two ways to escape to the north: Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan. In theory, Shanhaiguan was the best choice, but the problem was that Ninghai City next to Shanhaiguan was controlled by Yang Feng. Not only Ninghai City, but also Huang Fei had many bastions to the south of Ninghai City. The Qing army would definitely bring their families with them when they retreated outside the Great Wall. The Ming army attacking from these bastions could continue to attack like hunting.

Moreover, Yang Feng could easily transport a large number of soldiers to these bastions by sea to enhance hunting capabilities.

Even Juehua Island is in Huang Fei's hands.

If necessary, his navy could transport tens of thousands of troops across the Liaoxi Corridor at any time.

It can be said that this road is very dangerous.

In comparison, the route from Juyongguan to Xuanda and then detour to western Liaoning is far, but it is the safest. Although the journey is indeed much longer, it is actually more convenient...

Because there is water transportation.

As long as they go to the upper reaches of the Xilamulun River and find a place to put rafts, the old, weak, women and children can directly board the rafts and then drift all the way downstream under the protection of the cavalry, even all the way to Shenyang. Compared with the pure land walking route of Shanhaiguan, the actual distance required is even shorter, and more importantly, this route is beyond the reach of the Ming army. But the premise is that Jiang Ge and the generals of Xuanfu will not block their retreat. Of course not, but if they can exchange this for pardon, it will be different, and they will have something worth fighting for.

"Tell them clearly that I want them to stop them. As long as the Jianlu pass through Xuanfu, the Jiang family and other generals in Xuanda will all be traitors who betrayed the Ming Dynasty.

I will also erect wooden stakes for them in Datong and Xuanfu."

Yang Feng said.

We have to put some pressure on them.

"I wonder what Wu Sangui feels at this moment."

Fu Shan said with a bit of gloating.

Taiyuan.

Pingxi Palace.

"These bastards, these bastards, have all of Ajige's bones been broken by Yang Feng?"

I, Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi of the Qing Dynasty, roared like I was about to collapse.

The group of generals in front of him lowered their heads and remained silent.

What else is there to say? Ajige fled without fighting, which means they were ready to abandon the territory inside the Great Wall at any time. In this case, it is impossible to rescue them. They can either escape or be trapped in Taiyuan.

As for the result, needless to say.

"Your Majesty, let's go to Yang Feng and test him. If he agrees to spare us, we can lead the charge to the capital."

Wu Guogui said.

"What's the point of testing? Look at what Yang Feng did outside. Even if he promised to let us go, would we still trust him? Not to mention that we go to beg him now, even if he sends someone to say so, we can't believe it. What's more, people are panicking now. They just haven't revealed the truth yet and are still hoping for reinforcements. If we send someone to beg for surrender and Yang Feng uses him and takes him out of the city, the army will know about it and know that there are no reinforcements, and the morale of the army will collapse immediately.

After all, we all know that Yang Feng wants to kill us, not soldiers. By then, our morale will be low, and we will mutiny on our own without him coming to fight us."

Hu Xinshui said.

They are actually quite sober...

These guys are not useless civil servants, they are all truly capable.

They do seem to have 50,000 soldiers, but in fact, the core is these generals and servants, who are willing to live and die with Wu Sangui, including the families of these generals and servants. As for the 300,000 common people, they are all Liaodong military households that have moved inland, but they just follow Wu Sangui. After all, under the circumstances at that time, there is no other choice. But if they really surrender to Jianlu, it would be nonsense. These are people who have fought with Jianlu for decades outside the Great Wall. If there is any other choice, how could they surrender to Jianlu? It can be said that at least 40,000 or even more of the 50,000 troops may surrender to Yang Feng at any time.

The fundamental reason why there has been no civil unrest until now is that they still have illusions about the reinforcements boasted by their generals.

After all, the soldiers in the city don’t know what’s happening outside.

But if we send someone to ask Yang Feng for surrender, all we have to do is arrest the person we sent and bring him here.

By then everyone understood that it was impossible for them to get reinforcements, otherwise how could they surrender.

Then comes the inevitable civil unrest.

At that time, some people wanted to use their heads to exchange for wealth and honor with Yang Feng, and even some generals. After all, they were originally Ming troops, and surrendering to the Jianlu was only forced. In this situation, as long as there was a chance to return to the Ming Dynasty, they would certainly not miss it.

Otherwise, would he really be buried with Wu Sangui in Taiyuan city?

"You can't just sit there and wait for death, right?"

Gao Dejie said angrily.

The group of people were speechless.

then……

"What did you say?"

Wu Sangui suddenly looked at Wu Guogui.

The latter was confused for a moment.

"If Yang Feng agrees to let us go, we can serve as his vanguard and march towards the capital."

He said.

"There's no need to wait for his consent, let's head to the capital right now."

Wu Sangui sneered.