As the morning sun rose, Li Muchian was practicing Tai Chi with Chen Wangting under the shade of the trees by the Xiaoqing River. Qiao Sanxiu was practicing boxing with her shirt off at the side. Her boxing style was so strong and domineering that Monk Haihong, who was meditating in the morning class not far away, couldn't help but cast a glance at her.
Further on the river bank, Chang Yu, Chen Suole and more than ten bodyguards were cleaning up by the river after running for more than ten miles and sweating like rain. Wu Zhong walked out of a forest with a knife, hung it on his mount and wanted to go into the river.
While washing, Tu Yuan came over and said, "Is this the red tassel sword given by the emperor?" He reached out to take it and said, "Show it to me."
"Go away, how can such a treasure fall into the hands of an ordinary person like you!" Wuzhong pushed it away, and Tu Yuan snorted: "Look at how young you are."
"Old Tu, come on, that imperial sword is as precious to him as his wife, can you touch it?" Jia Waixiong came from the side and smiled, Tu Yuan said hey: "Isn't his wife Song Luoyu..."
Hush... Jia Waixiong glanced at Song Luoshu who was washing by the river and winked. After all, it would be very embarrassing if he heard his sister being talked about.
Huh, Tu Yuan didn't take it seriously, and glanced at Wuzhong with a half-smile: "I haven't passed the marriage yet, but I don't know who's wife is sure." Several people laughed, and Wuzhong curled his lips: "What a virtue! Bah."
After Chang Yu washed up and changed into clean clothes, the soldiers cooked fresh fish porridge for him. He stood by the river with a bowl in hand and watched the smoke rising from the distant cottages on the other bank, and the outline of Jinan City was vaguely visible.
At three o'clock in the morning, Chang Yu led his troops across the river and headed south to Jinan City. Hundreds of cavalry were so murderous that the people along the way stopped to watch from a distance and started talking.
At nearly noon, we arrived outside Jinan North City.
Outside the city, there are cottages and huts stretching for miles, and everywhere they look, they are all dressed in rags. Chang Yu stopped his horse and looked up at the top of the city, and the three vigorous characters of Huibo Gate came into view.
Jinan City was formed in the Song Dynasty. It was originally made of rammed earth, but was changed to a brick city in the Ming Dynasty. It is more than 12 miles in circumference, 10.7 meters high and 16 meters wide. There are urns outside the southeast and west gates, and four towers and arrow towers are built on the city.
The three buildings also have turrets, enemy towers, auxiliary buildings and other defensive measures and more than 3,000 crenellations. The bottom of the city is made of green strips of stone, and the top is covered with green bricks each weighing about ten to fifteen kilograms. It can be said that it is a rare big city that is impregnable.
Three feet of ice did not freeze in a day, and the city of Jinan did not build in one day. It went through five major repairs in the Ming Dynasty to become the towering city it is today.
Unfortunately……
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Qing army entered Shandong and destroyed the city of Jinan. When people were in ruins, the city was seriously damaged and all the battlements were lost...
Before entering the city or ascending the city, Chang Yu could feel the dilapidation of this once glorious city just after scanning the outside of the city.
There were two teams of nearly a hundred officers and soldiers on duty at the city gate. It was obvious that Liu Zeqing did this deliberately, because guarding the city gate did not require so many troops during non-war times, and there would not be more than twenty troops at each gate.
The arrival of Chang Yu and his entourage of hundreds of cavalry made the guards immediately nervous. The leading officials of the hundred households looked solemn and yelled at the people going in and out to get away.
"Who are you waiting for? You are not allowed to enter the city without a warrant from the commander-in-chief!" The hundred households held a knife in their left hand and pointed at Chang Yu and shouted.
"I, the East Factory Guard, want to go into the city and fight!" Tu Yuan sneered!
"It doesn't matter what kind of guard you are, if you don't have one... ah!" The hundred households screamed, but Jia Waixiong slapped him in the face with a whip: "The dog has eaten the courage of the leopard, how dare you stop anyone!
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"He's been beaten, the East Factory Guards have been beaten, brothers are copying these guys." The hundred households were obviously not good at it. After saying hello, nearly a hundred guardsmen rushed over behind them. They all glared at each other without any hint of timidity.
Good guy, I don't know if it's because the reputation of the emperor's personal soldiers has faded away or because these guys are the kind of stupid people who are not afraid of tigers.
"Fuck, you are so domineering." Tu Yuan drew his sword and slapped his horse, and was about to move forward, but was pulled back by Chang Yu. He rode forward alone and looked at the hundreds of households with a smile: "Let me ask, the common people can go in and out of this city gate.
Come, why can't we enter?"
"The Commander-in-Chief has an order. In emergencies, civilians are allowed to come in and out, but outside troops are not allowed to enter. We are also following the order." The hundred households looked at Chang Yu, although he was a young man and looked gentle, but he had a majestic aura.
Knowing that he is a very human being, he did not dare to offend Gong Gongshou.
"Jinan Prefecture is far away from the Tatars and has no bandit army, so why is this such an emergency?" Chang Yu continued to ask.
"I don't know that my military position is low, but I just follow orders. But I heard that there will be a large army passing through the border in the near future. If they are allowed to enter the city at will, they will inevitably disturb the people, so..." Before the hundred households finished speaking, Chang Yu
I scolded him in my heart. Liu Zeqing was really cunning. Using this reason to prevent him from entering the city was completely impeccable and irrefutable.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the army was crossing the border, the local civil and military officials had the right to refuse them entry into the city, and most of them refused. After all, there was no difference between the officers and soldiers these days and the bandit army. Entering the city was no different than the Japanese entering the village.
, in this period of history, whether it was Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, or Huama Liu, they all had the experience of being rejected when crossing the border, and then... they instead attacked the city and plundered it.
It is reasonable to prohibit soldiers and horses from entering the city. The original intention of Liu Zeqing, a local snake, was not for the sake of the people in the city but to prevent others from taking advantage of him.
It's just that this trick can be used on others, but on Chang Yu, it is like a piece of window paper that can be broken by blowing a bullet.
Because Chang Yu is thick-skinned.
The most important thing is to have strength.
"I have been ordered to go to the city for inspection, so go in." Chang Yu chuckled, and the officials of the hundred households were startled: "By order? Where is the imperial edict?" Before he could finish his words, he was whipped again, and Jia Waixiong sternly scolded: "It's up to you.
If you are worthy of reading the imperial edict, go and ask Liu Zeqing to come out."
The official of Baihu was furious even after receiving two whips from him. However, he was forced by the momentum of these hundreds of people and did not dare to act recklessly. He just gritted his teeth and glared at Jia Waixiong fiercely: "This is a bridge."
"You are not qualified to say harsh words in front of the governor." Chang Yu snorted coldly: "Now we can enter the city."
Unexpectedly, the official of the Hundred Households gritted his teeth and said: "Since this lord has said that he is here to serve the purpose, and I am not qualified to verify it, I have no choice but to inform General Liu. Please wait a little longer and don't be embarrassed."
We the little ones".
"Fuck, you're still excited!" Tu Yuan shouted angrily. He was prevaricated like this yesterday. The guard said he was going to report, but he hasn't heard a reply yet. Is it because the little guy at the gate is being difficult to deal with or is it someone from the General Military Mansion?
That King of Hell really doesn't care and doesn't know anyone.
Chang Yu was also angry because he was stubborn and cunning, but he still couldn't lead his troops to forcefully enter the city. Otherwise, Liu Zeqing would be given the excuse to fan the flames, but the government and the public would not be able to scold him for being the arrogant and domineering eunuch of Dongchang.
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"Come on, since soldiers and horses are not allowed to enter the city, then the governor will enter the city alone as an ordinary citizen. You can't stop me." Chang Yu snorted coldly, got off his horse, and walked straight towards the city gate.
The hundreds of officials looked astonished and did not dare to stop him.
Later, Chen Wangting, Qiao Sanxiu, Li Muchian, Monk Haihong and Chen Suole also dismounted their horses and followed him into the city on foot. Tu Yuan and Jia Waixiong led their troops at the city gate with a murderous look, raising their swords and pointing at the hundreds of officials to drink.
He scolded: "If my master makes any mistake, I will be the first to chop off your head."
The official of the Hundred Households, who was not a good person, snorted: "Don't be arrogant, Jinan Prefecture is not a place for you to run wild." It seemed that he had not yet figured out Chang Yu's identity.
Tu Yuan laughed angrily: "You just bark a few times at the door of your house."