Jinyi Night Walk

In the direction from Jinan to Dezhou, a group of officers and soldiers wearing mandarin ducks and jackets were escorting hundreds of vehicles, and the gradually increasing number of panic-stricken people on the side of the road attracted an officer on horseback. staff's attention.

This official was in his early thirties, tall, with a dark complexion, deep-set eye sockets, a high and straight nose, a slightly curvy beard under his jaw, and a pair of slightly brown pupils, which did not seem to be of Central Plains origin. .

He reined in the horse, bowed his head to a man who was helping an old man on his way in a hurry, and asked, "What happened in front, I see that you are waiting in a panic, could something serious happen?"

Seeing that it was a question from a driving officer, the man didn't dare not answer, so he stopped quickly and said, "It's not good, the Yan army has gone to Dezhou, and Dezhou has not been defended. Cao Guogong led the army to fight and retreat, and they are heading here. If you are retreating, run away quickly, or you will be caught by the Yan army if you are too late."

When the officer heard this, he couldn't help being shocked, and he casually called a few passers-by, and after a question, his words were roughly the same as what the man said just now, his face did not change drastically, and he immediately ordered: "Turn around immediately." Ma Tou, all the rations are sent to Jinan Mansion under escort."

The subordinates heard this and said: "Master Tie, we have not received the military order from Cao Guogong. If we just go back like this, we will not be offended. Why not continue to move forward? It's not too late to go back."

Master Tie's face darkened, and he said sharply: "It's nonsense. By then, people will be able to leave. How will these hundreds of carts of military rations get away? Isn't it all for Yan Ni's rebels? Dezhou has not yet reached the time when it can't be solved. Immediately turn the car around and return to Jinan, if there is anything wrong, I will take responsibility!", The subordinates had no choice but to turn the car around, and followed the fleeing crowd to the east.

This Lord Tie is the officer Ruo Ruo of the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion who went to the East China Sea with Xia Shi and Li Jinglong to stop the pirates. He is Li Jinglong's deputy envoy. In [-], Zhu Yunfen promoted him and sent him to Shandong government to participate in politics.It has been almost a year since Tiesuo took up his post here, and this time he was ordered to escort the grain and grass raised from Shandong to Dezhou. When he heard the big defeat ahead, he made a decisive decision and turned back to Jinan.

The iron waiter ordered the grain transport convoy to rush to Jinan, and ordered several small schools to ride horses to continue to find out the correct news. After a while, the small school reported that they ran head-on into the army that had retreated from the imperial court. Cao Guogong's 60 troops were indeed Lost, and now Dezhou may have fallen, because the army is retreating towards Jinan.When Tie Qian heard this, he immediately left the brigade and flew back to Jinan to report the news.

Tie Feng rushed to Jinan Mansion, but did not go back to the office of the chief envoy. Wei Qi said: "Dingshi, didn't you escort the food and grass to Dezhou, why did you come back so soon?"

Tie Dai panted and said: "Brother Shankui, something is wrong. Duke Cao was defeated, Dezhou fell, and the defeated army is rushing towards Jinan. The Yan army is chasing after us. I will quickly organize the troops and deploy the city defense."

Gao Wei couldn't help being shocked when he heard that, he hastily pulled him back and said, "Hurry up, you and I will go to see Dudu Sheng together, if you want to mobilize troops and horses to guard the city, you need Dudu Sheng's order."

At this time, the highest military leader in Jinan City was Governor Sheng Yong. After hearing the news reported by Tiesuo, Sheng Yong couldn't help being shocked, and immediately issued a general order to deploy Jinan City.

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The city of Jinan was extremely crowded, with soldiers and civilians mixed together, winding into a long dragon tens of miles long, scrambling to enter the city.All kinds of vehicles, livestock, and pedestrians crowded the road and even all the places on both sides of the road where people could stand.

The cart that Peng Zhangbei and Xie Yukai were riding in was also crowded in the middle of the journey, moving forward inch by inch.

"Sister Zhaqi, that, look at that..."

Peng Zhangqi followed Xie Yuli's gaze, and saw a carriage squeezed on the side of the road. There should be a family sitting in the carriage, dressed richly. The carriage was open, but there were not many large and small parcels in the carriage.Peng Zhangqi asked, "See what they are doing?"

Xie Yu said: "Look at the shoes and hats of that member, and then look at the clothes of the lady and the young master."

"Well……"

Peng Waiqi glanced at it, and felt that something was not pleasing to the eye, but he still didn't see what was wrong.

Xie Yuzhen said: "Their clothes are the clothes at home, especially the fat lady, who is obviously wearing the usual clothes of Yanju, not what they should wear when going out. Also, look at the material of their clothes, look at the The embellished jade on the cap of the officer and the lady's earrings are all expensive things, but they actually only rode in an open carriage, and there was no package in the carriage, which shows that they escaped in a hurry and did not have time to bring anything thing."

Peng Zhangzhi suddenly said: "That's right, it makes sense."

Xie Yuban smiled slightly and said: "Then, what they are most worried about now is that after entering the city, their belongings are not enough to make a living. Besides, they have nothing to carry on the carriage, and now they have arrived at the city of Jinan. His role is already dispensable to them, tell me, if we pay for his carriage, will he sell it or not?"

Peng Ziqi was overjoyed, and said to Xie Yuzhen, "Wait a minute, I'll go and discuss with that member." As he spoke, he jumped, straddled a donkey cart, a mule cart, and put one foot on the back of an ox!At one point, like a big bird, it landed lightly on the outermost side.

Xia Qing, Xu Jiang and others reined in their horses and stood on the side of the fleeing crowd, watching the very impressive crowd.They were probing horses. The main force of King Yan could pass through Dezhou without entering, and left it to the follow-up troops to take over. The main force of the forward chased Li Jinglong down all the time, because King Yan now understands that the gains and losses of a city and a place, It was of no use to him at all. He wanted to take advantage of this victory to severely injure the Ming army and severely weaken the Ming army. From then on, he would never be able to organize such a large-scale offensive.

Therefore, Xia Jiang and others, who were dressed in casual clothes and were familiar with the terrain of Shandong, temporarily changed from spies to acting as scouts for the army. The only people chased by King Yan were cavalry. What, but the Ming army escaped too fast, they chased all the way down, and could only send one person back every once in a while to report the situation ahead, and now they chased Jinan city, only Xia Qing and Xu Jiang were left Two people.

"Hehe, such a scene is really spectacular. Xu Jiang, go and report back to the vanguard of our army and attack with all your strength. In this scene, the Ming army in the city cannot go out of the city to respond, and the Ming army outside the city cannot enter the city calmly. This place is empty and flat again. It is suitable for our cavalry to charge and wipe out the main force of the enemy."

"Yes!" Without saying a word, Xu Jiang ran towards the road as soon as he raised the horse's head.

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Li Jinglong led the defeated soldiers and fled to the foot of Jinan City. There were huge crowds of people, horses neighing and cows roaring, and all kinds of vehicles and pedestrians crowded the city gate. If you look down from the sky, the city gate looks like a gourd mouth. The refugees and troops continued to swell and expand, just like the ink poured out of the gourd mouth, rendering a piece of land.

In fact, the "ink" is flowing in instead of flowing out. It's just because of the increasing number of people outside that people don't feel like entering. Instead, there is a feeling of being driven out. Seeing this scene, Li Jinglong was stunned, and shouted angrily: "How could this happen, how could this happen? Drive them away, the Lord of the country is going to enter the city to preside over the military affairs!" I couldn't bear it anymore, and cursed and scolded one after another: "You fucking take the court salary, enjoy the people and the people and the people and the anointing, and you can't protect the family and the country, but you want to drive away the people and run for your own life?"

Those soldiers have no face to carry out such an order, and if you want to drive away, how can you drive away?Unless all the people are killed, they are soldiers not thieves after all, so how can such a thing be done.

Seeing that he couldn't enter the city, Li Jinglong was so anxious that he ran around in a hurry. At this time, Tan Ma Fei rode to report: "Report, Lord, the Yan army is catching up."

Hearing this, Li Jinglong was so frightened that he was out of his wits. He was about to order to leave Jinan and flee south, when his heart suddenly moved and he asked: "How many soldiers are chasing?"

The horse explorer said: "The pursuers are the vanguard of the Yan army, no more than [-] cavalry at most. They threw off my soldiers and horses that were moving eastward one after another. They just stalked behind the duke and caught up immediately."

When Li Jinglong heard this, his face turned red like an angry rooster. There were at least 4000 troops following him, and the Yan army only had [-] people. How dare they chase after him?Too much deception!Too much deception!

Li Jinglong ordered sharply: "Set up a few formations and fight! Annihilate the invading enemy!" The tens of thousands of troops immediately moved into action. The common people in the city already knew that the Yan army was catching up, and saw the Ming army posing like this. The big battle was about to kill a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. I couldn't help being horrified. For a while, those who cried for their fathers cried for their fathers, and those who cried for their mothers shouted for their mothers. They swarmed forward and rushed to the city gate desperately.

If, as Xie Yukai judged, that Fushen escaped in a panic and didn't even bring enough money with him. Peng Suijing discussed with the member, and the other party readily agreed, gave up the carriage, and accepted the money. Peng Zhangqi’s money, at this moment, the entire fleeing team came together, screaming frantically and rushed forward. Peng Zhangqi was pushed away by the sudden surge of people, and the carriage was also rushed forward by the crowd. go.

"Damn it, fuck it!" Peng Cuizhi yelled in panic, but Xie Yukai's figure could still be found there.Xie Yukai was also in a hurry, got out of the cart, grabbed the shed and shouted into the distance: "Sister Zhangzhi, sister Zhangqi..." After she couldn't keep shouting, the cart was hit by the swarming crowd, and she couldn't stand still. , and crashed into the cart.

It's just such a moment, being caught in the eyes of Fushu.Seeing that the battle was about to start, Xia Qing was about to lead his horse away, when a familiar figure jumped into his eyes inadvertently, Xia Shi was startled, and cried out: "Thank you?"

In just this startled effort, Xie Yukai fell back into the car.

"Is it her? How could she be here? Could it be that I misread it? Impossible, how could I misread it!" Unable to confirm her identity, Xia Shi finally refused to leave in such a relieved manner, but hesitated for a moment. Then he rode his horse and chased after the carriage that was driven towards the city gate by the crowd...! ~!