Chapter 324 Spread the word to the world Wang Shizhen
Yanzhou.
When the news came that Shang Kexi's eight thousand troops had been wiped out, and that even Shang Kexi was forced to commit suicide in Jining City, Tan Tai was so angry that he whipped the sentry who came to report the news several times.
Angry, he immediately summoned Kong Youde, the obedient king, Geng Zhongming, the Huaishun king, and others.
"Why did King Huaishun abandon Jining?"
Geng Zhongming was the first to know that Shang Kexi was dead. He even laughed for a long time until tears came out after hearing the news. There was a deep hatred between him and Shang Kexi, and now that it was finally avenged, how could he not be happy.
When he withdrew from Jining, he did it on purpose. After his scouts saw Shang Kexi's defeat, not only did they not go to respond, but they immediately took all the money and food in Jining City, then drove away the people in the city, and retreated with his own troops.
He had long wanted to kill Shang Kexi, but as a minister of the same dynasty, the court would never allow him to do it himself, and the consequences would be unbearable, but killing someone with a borrowed knife is allowed.
Faced with Tan Tai's question, Geng Zhongming's answer was well prepared, "I received news in Jining that the Minglu Supervisor personally brought the troops of the imperial camp to the north. Previously, King Chongshun was careless and suffered heavy losses. Zhishun
The king himself did not learn his lesson, and still underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, resulting in being ambushed and surrounded. When I heard the news, it was said that the entire army had been wiped out, and the Ming army took advantage of the victory and came to kill them. There were 70,000 to 80,000 troops, and our army only had 6,000.
We are stationed in Jining and there is not much food in the city, so how can we defend it?"
"Moreover, there were Ming army spies in Jining City at that time, who also took the opportunity to cause chaos, with the intention of cooperating inside and outside. Many granaries and pastures in Jining City were burned, and some people even set fire to it, and poisoned the water. The situation was very chaotic and critical. The general also saw that the situation was critical. This
Then we ordered the evacuation of Jining."
"I rushed back to join the general because I was afraid of losing Yanzhou."
Tan Tai was not satisfied with this answer, but Geng Zhongming insisted that Shang Kexi underestimated the enemy and led to the annihilation of the entire army. For the sake of safety, he retreated to Yanzhou for joint defense. After all, he was a prince, and Tan Tai, a general, was not good either.
disposal.
"I will report this to the court truthfully." Tan Tai said through gritted teeth.
He Luohui calmed down in the middle and relaxed the atmosphere.
"I didn't expect this Ming thief to be so cunning. Before we even met, he had already become a king. My 30,000-strong army had already lost ten thousand people. Now not only did Xuzhou fail to capture it, but Jining was lost as well. This Lu Jianguo really wanted to fight
Are you coming back to Yanzhou, the hometown of Fengfan?"
Jining and Yanzhou are only a few dozen miles apart.
The Ming army's offensive was so powerful that even Tan Tai and others had never thought of it. How could such a thing happen?
Although they were shocked, Tan Tai and others became serious and immediately gathered all the people who were still collecting food and looting money to Yanzhou City.
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming still had tens of thousands of troops. At this time, they didn't care about the previous matters and let them camp outside the city.
This actually put him on the defensive.
"The most important thing now is to find out how many Ming troops are coming!"
After being hit hard twice in a row, Tan Tai did not dare to be careless at this time. His last southern expedition was on the West Road, and he chased Li Zicheng all the way to Huguang. He also fought against the Ming army. The Ming army collapsed at the first touch, and even
Surrendered without a fight.
But this time, tens of thousands of troops were lost, and the losses were also the elite Liaodong Han troops that Monk Kong Youde was happy to have, so he had to pay attention to them.
Strong opponents are always worthy of respect.
"I suggest that all the Green Camps from Shandong and Henan be transferred to Yanzhou immediately. This Lu Supervisory State is not simple, and we must deal with it carefully." He Luohui suggested.
Tan Tai could only nod with a dark face.
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Huai'an.
Zhu Yihai, Liu Liangzuo, Wu Yi and other ministers and generals were all surprised when they saw the special express delivered by Zhu Shengli personally.
"Is this Shang Kexi?"
"Go back to your highness, this is the thief."
Huama Liudu looked at the charred corpse with great curiosity, "Judging from the armor, it seems consistent with his identity, but it is also possible that he changed his armor and robes."
Zhu Shengli took out another object, but it was the gratifying golden seal of King Zhishun.
It was made of gold, but fortunately it was contained in a box and was not damaged in the fire.
In addition, there were also Shang Kexi's weapons and swords, his horse's saddle, etc. In addition, all the soldiers in Jining City were dead at that time and no one escaped, so Zhu Shengli believed that this was Shang Kexi himself.
Everyone stared at the charred meat for a long time.
After a long time, Zhu Yihai finally turned around and left.
"I originally thought that the Northern Expedition was over, but I didn't expect you to give me such a big surprise. The young men from Xia Town burned half of Kong Youde's troops, and you were able to annihilate eight thousand Shang Shang in two battles at Luqiao.
Ke Xibing, I never thought you could force him to self-immolate."
Zhu Shengli also smiled and said, "It is indeed an accident."
"Originally, we demolished Xia Town before demolishing Xuzhou, and planned to go south after demolishing it. However, young people from Xia Town came over and said that Kong Youde, who had been bombed, evacuated in embarrassment. We went to check, but saw that they massacred tens of thousands of people in Xia Town.
We used to help contain these dead people, but we were really angry and thought about taking revenge on the Tatars. In the end, this joy came quickly.
"After everyone discussed it, it was better to try an ambush, so we set up an ambush in Luqiao Town. According to the ambush on Fushan Mountain, the four thousand cavalry, which was quite gratifying, were very arrogant and underestimated the enemy..."
Everything can be said to be unintentional.
He became a king with two kicks and wiped out thousands of enemies.
"Your Highness, there are only 20,000 Tatars and Manchus in Yanzhou," Zhu Shengli said.
Zhu Yihai didn't think much about it after hearing this.
"It's getting colder and colder. The morning frost is getting thicker day by day. The river is starting to freeze. It's time for us to go back."
"Why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
"Stop when you see fit. We have destroyed tens of thousands of Liao soldiers from the Tatars. That's enough."
It has not yet entered October, but the cold north of the Huaihe River has become more and more severe. There is a thick layer of frost in the morning, thick rime is hanging on the trees, and a thick layer of ice has formed on the pond.
Soon, the canal will be frozen and no navigation will be possible.
Moreover, during the Northern Expedition, the clothes of the lieutenants and generals were still summer and autumn clothes, and winter clothes had not yet been purchased. Although preparations are being made now, they are not ready so quickly.
The original plan was to occupy Haizhou and Yuzhou Island for the winter after capturing Huai'an, and to leave some ships and soldiers in several large lakes for guerrilla warfare. However, due to the extreme cold, Zhu Yihai had to change his strategy. He would not be able to stay in Jiangbei this winter.
After capturing Xuzhou, the results of the Northern Expedition were already very good, but Jiangbei was basically in ruins.
But now he can unexpectedly annihilate 10,000 Qing troops, which is an extra bonus.
But Zhu Yihai is still very cautious. He is the highest decision-maker of the entire army and must take every step carefully, walking on thin ice.
In the final analysis, he still has too little capital now and dare not put all his money into it. Once he loses, he will lose all his capital and he cannot afford to lose.
"Publish this good news to the world and let everyone know that these Tatars are nothing more than that. They entered the customs not because they are really invincible, but because they just got an advantage and it happened by chance. Now I, Zhu Yihai, will lead the soldiers
,Restore ZTE!”
"I hope that all loyal people in the world can see clearly the nature of the Tatars who are strong on the outside and in the middle. With only 200,000 and eight banners, can they really bully me and have no one in the Central Plains?"
