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  Chapter 417 415 [Successful Hong Chengchou]

   It is impossible to hide the news of Qufu being besieged, because more than one person came to report the news.

  The morale of the army in the city was shaken, and the generals from Shandong clamored to see Zuo Liangyu.

  Accompanied by the sound of artillery, Hong Chengchou was disheartened. He wanted to offer the city to surrender, but he was afraid that surrendering would not end well. After all, his official position in the Qing Dynasty was too high, and he was already a well-known traitor.

  Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, and Hong Chengchou have been listed as the three major Han officials of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties!

  Hong Chengchou had a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, a sense of powerlessness as a civil servant.

  When he was in Ming Dynasty, generals would not listen to him. During the Qing Dynasty, generals also did not follow his advice.

  This Duoduo is too underestimating the enemy!

  Duoduo underestimated the enemy from the beginning. Hearing that Huang Fei was attacking Qingzhou Prefecture, he divided his troops and asked Azig to fight Huang Fei. The strategic goal assigned to Azig was to take down the Second Mansion of Denglai, take advantage of the situation to capture Yishui and Yizhou, and then fight all the way to Jiangsu.

  Historically, the Manchus played in a similar way.

   This is true for chasing and beating Li Zicheng, and it is also the same for going south to attack Remnant Ming. Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, with a group of surrendered soldiers and generals, dared to conquer half of the province, and even took charge of conquering a province. And it was done for them. It was not until Dorgon issued an order to shave his hair that he suddenly encountered fierce resistance everywhere.

  In this time and space, chasing Li Zicheng also worked, quickly occupying Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan.

   It seems that this style of play can be replicated, and Duoduo still wants to play in Shandong!

  When Fei Ruhe who was stationed in Nanyang Town could not be defeated, Hong Chengchou knew that he should make adjustments. He also gave safe suggestions, but Duoduo just didn't listen. Since the occupation of Beijing, he gave the Manchu nobles the illusion that they could take over the world.

  The throne of the Forbidden City in Beijing seems to be a curse.

  After Li Zicheng sat on it, his mentality changed rapidly. After Man Qing sat on it, his mentality changed rapidly. It seems that with that throne, everyone in the world should be obedient, and all forces should lose their will to resist.

  What can Hong Chengchou do?

  A civil official without military power, just guarding the city.

   "Kill the Tartars!"

  The city wall near the Grand Canal will finally surrender again. That was a surrendered general who didn't get any benefits. He didn't give him a title in the Qing Dynasty, but only gave a bunch of empty promises, and he even had to enclose the rewarded land by himself.

  When Hong Chengchou heard the commotion, he immediately got on his horse and fled towards the north gate of the city.

   "Kill the Tartars!"

   Another section of the city wall shouted.

  However, the defecting troops just shouted, and did not attack the Eight Banners of the Han Army, nor did they attack the border generals who followed Duoduo southward.

  Hong Chengchou, Zu Zeyuan, Bai Guangen and others led the troops and fled quickly from the north gate. Those Shandong generals did not stop them after they defected, but went to open the gates of the city, hoping to be the first to obtain the merit of dedicating the city.

  How easy it is to open the gate of the city, but it takes a desperate effort to lead troops to stop the Eight Banners of the Han army.

  Shandong warlords have occupied this place for too long, and have never fought a tough battle, and they have long enjoyed themselves. They also knew what was going on with their soldiers. They didn't pay their soldiers, they didn't have enough rations, and they didn't train during the plague. No matter which side they fought, they were looking for death.

  Thousands of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the descendants of the Frontier Army fled in a hurry through the north gate.

   If you don't leave, you will be besieged and killed in the city by the Datong army.

   "The Tartars are out of town!"

  A few miles north of the city, Wang Tingchen rode forward.

  He led the cavalry southward with Cao Bianjiao, and was first appointed as a general of a hundred men. With the expansion of the army, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao are now the lieutenant generals of the cavalry of each division, and the chief general is the old team of the Datong Army who is skilled in riding.

  The cavalry commander of this division is Yan Jiu, who specially asked a scholar to rename him, what is the polite name "Yan Daoheng".

  Many generals have changed their names, and Huang Yao was changed to Huang Changzuo, which means "prosperous Datong Guozuo". Zhang Tieniu was changed to Zhang Mingshan, which means "Mingshan Zhidao".

  Liu Zhu changed his name to Liu Dingjue, Huang Shun changed his name to Huang Shunqing, Jiang Liang changed his name to Jiang Daoxing, Jiang Dashan changed his name to Jiang Guoyan...

   Once the name was changed, she instantly became taller.

  Yan Jiu is almost fifty years old, and he followed Fei Yinggong as a ranger in his early years.

   Fighting is fierce, but the habit of recklessness is too heavy. Don't make big mistakes and keep making small mistakes. Otherwise, with his seniority and military exploits, he wouldn't be able to lead 2,500 troops after the expansion. After all, before the incident, this guy had already robbed Zhao Han of money.

   "Go up and stop it!"

  The dragoons were divided into three groups, spread out and shot at the enemy from a distance, and sent several cavalry to report the situation to Fei Ruhe.

  The city gate of Jining was already wide open, but Fei Ruhe did not enter the city. Instead, he led his troops around the city to pursue Hong Chengchou, Zu Zeyuan and Bai Guangen who had fled.

  Zu Zeyuan's subordinates are all Han Army Eight Banners heavy infantry and gunfire soldiers, not a single cavalry. Bai Guangen has hundreds of family cavalry, and the remaining infantry are of average combat effectiveness. Hong Chengchou also has 2,000 soldiers under his command, belonging to the governor's personal soldiers, who were selected from Jizhou's young and strong.

  They were left in Jining to suppress the generals from Shandong, but now they are driven out of the city by the generals.

  Bai Guangen and his son Bai Liangbi led their cavalry to fight.

  Yan Jiu personally led 1,500 dragoons, and swept to the side to prepare to dismount and shoot.

  Wang Tingchen led five hundred dragoons and stopped in front of Bai Guangen and his son.

   "Brother Bai, why don't you surrender?" Wang Tingchen shouted from afar.

   What a fart, don't say that Bai Guangen can't hear, even if he heard it, he wouldn't dare to surrender. He had pitted Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen in Jizhou, if he surrendered at this moment, he would die without knowing how, but if he fell into Wang Tingchen's hands, he would probably be "infected with the plague" for no apparent reason.

   "Bang bang bang!"

  2000 dragoons fired their guns from a distance, and Bai Guangen's family cavalry fell down nearly a hundred people in an instant.

  Father and son continued to charge, and Wang Tingchen immediately took the dragoons out of the way.

   Dragoons don't play melee combat!

  Bai Guangen had already led his servants to rush out when the dragoons opened the distance and got off their horses to reload their ammunition.

"Chase!"

   After loading the ammunition, Wang Tingchen led his troops to chase, while Yan Jiu continued to pester the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

  Bai Guangen was also ruthless, and even sent out half of the family cavalry to go back to the back of the palace to intercept the pursuit of the dragoons. This guy didn't think about desperately at all, but charged to break through, leaving his allies behind and just ignored it.

  If it is placed in Daming, the servant cavalry should be loyal to protect the lord.

  But the world is in ruins, and the world is changing, who can be loyal to whom?

  After more than 200 ding cavalry were separated, more than 100 people dismounted on the spot and asked to surrender. Dozens of cavalry fled for their lives in the northeast, and only fifty or so cavalry were truly doomed.

   After chasing and fleeing, they reached the Shushan Lake, Bai Guangen kept dividing his troops, and there were only a dozen or so cavalry left beside him.

   "Ah... father save me!"

  Bai Liangbi stumbled, fell headfirst to the ground, and yelled at Bai Guangen in horror.

  Bai Guangen continued to run away without looking back.

  Wang Tingchen drew out his waist knife, brushed past Bai Liangbi, and cut his throat with incomparable precision. A big Ming border general like him has excellent cavalry skills, far better than a big synchronized **** who turned into cavalry halfway.

  Blood gushed from Bai Liangbi's throat, but he didn't die immediately. Instead, his whole body twitched, his hands were covering his neck, and his eyes were full of despair.

  Although Bai Liangbi was killed, Bai Guangen managed to escape.

  Because it was already dark, and the front was Wenshang County, which belonged to the enemy's territory, Wang Tingchen did not dare to enter with hundreds of people.

  North of Jining city.

  Because Yan Jiu continued to harass with cavalry, the main force of the Qing army could not escape quickly.

   Not long after, Fei Ruhe led the infantry to kill, Zhang Yingxiang and others defected and surrendered, and also led troops out of the city to encircle them. These surrendered generals did not dare to stop the Eight Banners soldiers in the city, but they had the courage to fight the enemy together with the Datong Army, and their morale was instantly high, and everyone from soldiers to generals became brave.

   "Boys, follow me to kill the Tartars and avenge the fathers and folks in Shandong!"

  Zhang Yingxiang has already cut off his braids, and personally led the troops to charge, as if Lu Bu was reborn and Zhang Fei was reborn.

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

  Wu Zhenchao and Haying were not vegetarians, they defeated Zhang Yingxiang's former army with three consecutive strikes.

  Fei Ruhe was not impatient, and organized the infantry to advance slowly.

   After stopping the enemy, they didn't even attack, but let the ships bring artillery from the south of the city.

  The trapped enemy army is a living target. It’s so cool to bombard it with artillery. Why do you have to fight with real swords and guns?

   When the artillery arrived, it was getting dark, and the Manchu troops were completely panicked.

  The infantry abandoned by Bai Guangen were the first to throw away their weapons, and swarmed to the side of the canal and knelt down and begged for mercy. There is no Datong army here, so you are not afraid of being mistakenly killed as a charge, but you can kowtow to the Datong navy in the river.

   Hong Chengchou's two thousand soldiers were also trembling, and only Zu Zeyuan's Eight Banners of the Han Army could still line up.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   There was a burst of artillery fire, and Hong Chengchou's soldiers collapsed in response, and followed suit, throwing away their weapons and fleeing to the canal to kneel down.

"kill!"

   Facing the artillery bombardment, Zu Zeyuan chose to countercharge.

  He really couldn't surrender, and a bunch of people from his ancestral family served as officials and soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. What's more, from his official position to the Deputy Commander of the Han Army Banner of the Xiangbai Banner, he can be ranked among the top fifteen Han generals in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in terms of rank only.

   Surrender is not good, it is better to die heroically, let Dorgon remember him, and earn a shadow for his son.

  Hong Chengchou stood in the center of the battlefield on horseback. He looked up at the rising moon, as if he was in a dream. Recalling the experiences of these years, life is really like a dream, how did it come to the current situation?

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

  Zu Zeyuan, who was charging, fell down after being shot. But he didn't die. He wanted to stand up, but he didn't have the strength, so he could only draw the knife across his neck, cut his throat and committed suicide.

  After the three-stage strike of the firecrackers, those inlaid white flags Wu Zhenchao, less than a thousand people died. Some turned and fled, some knelt down and surrendered, but no one dared to continue to charge.

   "Kill the Tartars!"

  Zhang Yingxiang led the surrendered soldiers and generals, and became brave again. This guy took the lead and mowed the grass all the way with the rout soldiers. There were more than 20 Han soldiers with the white banner beheaded by him.

  Hong Chengchou did not escape, he is a civil servant, even if he loses, he has to maintain his demeanor.

  He still did not surrender, nor did he commit suicide, but stayed where he was and waited for the Datong Army to capture him.

   "Old thief, where are you running to!"

  A descendant rushed over on horseback and pushed Hong Chengchou to the ground.

  Hong Chengchou's face was pressed against the ground, his face was covered with dust, and he ate some dirt in his mouth. Finally, he completely lost his civil servant demeanor.

  In the direction of Qufu, the Kong family please surrender.

  (end of this chapter)