Chapter 619 The rainy night broke out and massacred the whole city
It's raining.
The soldiers and generals in Jinan City were all in panic. The early winter rain originally brought moisture to the dry and dry weather, but now it only brought panic.
"The rain is getting heavier and heavier!"
East of the city.
Several Green Camp generals gathered together to drink, watching the rain falling heavier and heavier, with sad looks on their faces.
"The rain is so heavy. If the Ming army breaks the dike, Jinan will really be flooded."
"Beizi still refuses to withdraw?"
Lieutenant General Yang Jie snorted coldly, "Retreat, where is he going to retreat? He is huddled in Jinan City. At least he still has a city and at least some food. If he retreats and the troops are scattered, how far can he run? He can't get out of the city."
If the day comes, the head will have to be lifted back and then sewn onto the body of a pig, dog or horse or donkey. Would he dare?"
"Then he wants to drag us to death together?"
Yang Jie is the deputy general of Lvying in Shandong. His ancestral home is Yangzhou. Later, his ancestors awarded him military merit as the commander of Houtun Guards in Liaodong in the early Ming Dynasty. He was hereditary and settled in Liaodong. Yang Jie was only a general of the Guanning Army in the late Ming Dynasty. He was later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and entered the pass.
, served as the governor of Shanxi Ma Guozhu's Fubiao Central Army, with the title of guerrilla. He followed Ma Guozhu to defeat some Shanxi bandits and worked very hard.
Ma Guozhu was subsequently promoted to governor of Shanxi, and he was also promoted to superintendent of the Chinese Army, with the rank of general. Ma Guozhu moved to Jiangnan, Henan, and Jiangxi as governor, while Yang Jie stayed at Xuanda and was promoted to deputy general.
His old boss Ma Guozhu was defeated and died in the south of the Yangtze River. He managed to escape the disaster. Last year, he was ordered to lead Xuanhua and Datong's 3,000 green battalions south to Shandong and join the Qingzhou general army. After half of Shandong was lost, he was demoted to deputy general soldier.
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At this time, there were three thousand people in the green camp in the city whom he had brought from Datong, Xuanhua.
"Bo Hetuo and the others can stay in Mancheng and enjoy good food and drink. We are guarding the outer city, but the brothers can only eat porridge every day. They say that reinforcements are coming. Reinforcements are coming. When will the reinforcements arrive? I
I can't even see it." It was guerrilla Li Lian who was full of dissatisfaction.
"The Ming army has many soldiers and artillery. If reinforcements come, I guess it will be difficult to break the siege. Maybe they will have to come in instead." General Zhang Tao was also very pessimistic.
Yang Jie looked at a young man who had been silent.
Everyone was a military commander, but this young man was a scholar in robes.
"Brother Yao, what do you think?"
As a deputy general, Yang Jie was very polite to the scholar.
"One night when I was observing the sky, I found that the purple emblem stars in the southeast were in full bloom, the purple energy was gathering in the east, the bull fighting against the sky wolf, and the handle of the fight pointing east. Some people speculated that this was the sign of the purple energy coming from the east, signifying the arrival of the sage.
What do you think this means in light of today’s situation?”
Guerrilla Huang Dalai said, "This must be the Great Emperor of the Southern Dynasty. It seems that the great Ming Dynasty is still alive and will be revitalized and glorious again under the leadership of the Great Emperor.
We can’t go against heaven’s will!”
Yang Jie was born as a hereditary military officer and did not read much, but he believed in this set of destiny and astrology.
Moreover, he also had great trust in the young man in front of him. Although he was young, he was extremely powerful. He could hold a twelve-power bow and shoot through Zhajia from a hundred steps away.
Not only is he good at martial arts, but he is also a scholar. He was selected as a scholar at the age of thirteen in his hometown of Kuaiji, Shaoxing. If it had not been an accident, he might now be like Zheng Zunqian, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Hua Xia and other famous Jiangnan scholars in the Southern Dynasties.
He became a minister of the Southern Dynasty.
When the Qing army moved south, Hongguang abandoned Nanjing and fled. While in Nanjing, he took refuge in Tongzhou for temporary residence. As a result, the local gentry surnamed Sun voluntarily surrendered to the Qing army. They pretended to be powerful and bullied Yao Qisheng, a stranger, and tried to seize his property.
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In anger, Yao Qisheng ran to the Qing army camp and said that he would use his family wealth to help the army and serve the Qing Dynasty. He also said that he was a scholar at the age of thirteen and had been imprisoned in Nanjing. It was because of the hard work of the Qing Dynasty.
At that time, the Qing army had just moved south and sent surrender envoys everywhere to recruit surrenders and rebels. For this handsome young man to take the initiative to join him, he was a well-known talent, so he gladly accepted him.
Of course, the most important thing is that he is willing to donate a large amount of property.
So he agreed to Yao Qisheng's request and appointed him as the magistrate of Tongzhou, and asked him to go back to appease the officials of Tongzhou and collect taxes, money and food for the army.
Yao Qisheng then took the mission of the Qing army and borrowed several Qing troops back to Tongzhou. He directly arrested Sun Haosheng who bullied him, saying that he was conspiring to resist. He executed him and confiscated his property and handed it over to those who followed him.
The Qing soldiers were handed over.
After doing this, Yao Qisheng got his revenge and disappeared in the middle of the night.
It turned out that he didn't really want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but he just hated the powerful man named Sun who had become a traitor and was bullying others, so he went to the Qing army camp and pretended to surrender, and said that he would voluntarily donate his family wealth to the army, and was willing to contact the officials and people of Tongzhou to surrender, etc.
, successfully deceived the greedy Qing army into trusting him, and borrowed Tatar soldiers to go back. With his official authority as the governor of Tongzhou, he killed the traitor, took revenge, and left with his crown.
Yao Qisheng originally planned to go south and return to his hometown after taking revenge.
As a result, they met a group of soldiers on the way to take a girl captive. Yao Qisheng's wife was also a chivalrous woman. She was very good at martial arts and could lift a large stone mortar. When she saw injustice, she drew her sword to save her. Yao Qisheng had no choice but to take action together and killed the two.
A rioter.
Later, it was discovered that these two soldiers were subordinates of General Fang Guoan, and he heard that Fang Guoan and Ma Shiying had arrived in Shaoxing, so Yao Qisheng had no choice but to flee to Suzhou.
After hiding for a while, he found that no one was chasing him, so he started doing business. However, the world was in chaos, and this business was not easy to do. In the end, Yang Jiezheng became a staff member and became a Shaoxing master.
Although he is a personal staff, Yang Jie treats Yao Qisheng very well. The reason why Yao Qisheng was willing to accept Yang Jie's recruitment was actually because he was robbed by soldiers while doing business, and Yang Jie came forward to help him and later invited him to be his staff.
Yao Qisheng agreed.
Yang Jie had three thousand Xuan soldiers, Li Lian, Huang Dalai, Zhang Tao, Chen Hongmi and other confidant generals who were also very loyal to him and followed his lead.
Yang Jie respected Yao Qisheng very much, regarded him as his mastermind, and discussed everything with him.
"I thought that the Ming Dynasty was in ruins and could not be saved. The world was about to change its dynasties, and those of us who served as soldiers had to adapt to the times. But who knew that it would be like this now."
Yang Jie sighed.
"Brother, the world is like this. We are just soldiers, so we naturally follow the trend of the times."
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"Brother Yao?" Yang Jie asked Yao Qisheng.
Yao Qisheng is very young, in his twenties, but he is a bold man. Looking at his skills in Tongzhou, you can tell that he is a bold and careful man.
He looked at these green camp generals.
Know it well.
"Nowadays, there is a crisis, but there is also opportunity amidst the crisis. There is even wealth and honor. The opportunity is rare. It depends on whether everyone can seize it."
"Brother Yao please give me some advice."
"General Yang and others have three thousand Xuan soldiers under his command. Jinan is in danger right now. I believe these three thousand brothers are not willing to stay here and wait to die with Bo Hetuo and the others, right?
And with the power of the general leading the troops, the soldiers have always obeyed. Why not lead these three thousand soldiers to attack Manchu City in one fell swoop, kill the bannermen such as Bo Hetuo, Tong Yangjia, and Zhang Ruxiu, and then use Jinan City to ask Emperor Shaotian for help.
Surrender?
At that time, not only will it be innocent, but it will also be a great achievement.
Now that the Southern Ming Dynasty is gaining momentum, it won't be long before it will definitely be able to return to the old capital of Beijing. At that time, not only will the Ming Dynasty be revitalized, but it will even be possible to invade Jianzhou and clear out the holes again. Therefore, the sooner we surrender, the better.
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"And be quick. The city of Jinan is like a volcano about to erupt. The city is full of Mongolian and Han soldiers, and there are probably many who want to surrender. Don't let anyone get there first."
Yao Qisheng's words gave Yang Jie a decision in his heart.
Li Lian's guerrillas, generals and other trusted generals also quickly persuaded Yang Jie to take action.
"Time is of the essence, please make a decision as soon as possible!"
Yang Jie handed over to Yao Qisheng, "Please ask Brother Yao to make a plan for us so that we can act accordingly. Please."
The rain is getting heavier.
The time for the Ming army's ultimatum is getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere in the entire Jinan city is becoming more and more tense.
If you don’t perish in silence, you will explode in silence.
It was the night before the deadline for the Ming army to flood the city.
At midnight, chaos suddenly broke out in the city.
Soon the whole city of Jinan was in chaos.
Lieutenant General Yang Jie led his men from the Xuan Da Green Battalion to raid the inner city, while Yao Qisheng led a group of people pretending to be other Green Battalions to attack the North Gate guarding all the soldiers, and sent people to shout loudly throughout the city that the flood was coming.
For a moment, the already extremely nervous soldiers and civilians in Jinan City panicked. Everyone ran around, trying to escape from Jinan.
Everyone knew that there were no soldiers surrounding the north gate, so everyone came to the north gate.
After Yao Qisheng took the lead in attacking the Qing troops guarding the North Gate, other Green Camp, Xiang Yong, and common people who came to escape saw what was happening and also attacked the defenders in the rainy night.
Like a flood that has been accumulating for a long time, the water level is already extremely high.
At this time, a huge wave came from the flood peak, and finally the dam could no longer block it.
The brave Bagala could not resist the fierce siege, and fell down one after another.
The north gate was finally opened, and countless people fled out of the city.
However, Yang Jie led the Xuan soldiers to storm the city. These Xuan soldiers were originally the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops, and their combat effectiveness was still good. They had been sent south to Shandong before, and they were all elite.
At this time, under the encouragement of Yang Jie and others, everyone fought desperately to survive and seek wealth!
While making a surprise attack, they shouted loudly that the flood had entered the city and the north gate was broken.
The rain was heavy.
The dark night added to the confusion.
Mancheng was actually expanded based on the former Prince De's Mansion. Many Manchu family members lived in it, but it was mainly guarded by the Mongolians of the Eight Banners.
In the chaos, some Eight Banners Mongolian soldiers were obviously shaken.
More and more Mongolian soldiers began to abandon their defenses and run away. They had wanted to leave for a long time, but Bo and Tuo wouldn't allow it. Now that the chaos broke out, they no longer hesitated.
Yang Jie, armed with a big sword, finally rushed into the inner city.
"If you kill a Tatar, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. If you capture Bo Hetuo, Tong Yangjia, and Zhang Ruxiu, you will be promoted to the third level, and you will be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver!"
"Kill!"
Outside the city, the Ming army discovered that there was chaos in the city, but they were only on alert and did not approach Jinan City. Even the North City, which was open on one side, still had the gap open.
It rained all night.
Jinan also had a chaotic night.
At dawn, the rain stopped, and Jinan City finally became quiet.
Yao Qisheng, dressed in white robes, and holding a white flag on his own horse, left the city and came to the Ming camp to ask for surrender.
That white flag is a bit special. There are three heads tied to it, namely Heshuo Beizi, deputy commander of the eight-banner garrison in Dezhou, Bo Hetuo, admiral of Shandong, minister of the Ministry of War Tong Yangjia, and governor of Shandong, left minister of the Ministry of War and right minister of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Zhang Ruxiu, the censor of the capital.
The money-tailed rat behind the heads of the three people is tied to the white flagpole, their eyes are wide open, and they will never close their eyes.