"Prince An, Prince Gong, you two just need to relax! Although Dengzhou's outer wall, inner city, water city, Danya Mountain and other places are as strong as copper walls and iron walls, no matter how strong Dengzhou is, they can't stop it. We are the heavenly soldiers who live in the Qing Dynasty. The reason lies in the people! Those who can guard Dengzhou have now been transferred to Liaodong. Those who stay in Dengzhou are either people who are dawdling or people with mixed status. The money is stored in the Penglai Bank. , ready to run away at any time. How can this person coexist with Dengzhou? Once the heavenly troops arrive, they will not have time to run away, how can they be willing to coexist with Dengzhou? As soon as our army arrives at the city, Dengzhou city will be destroyed. It’s too late for those people to escape!”
The person who was talking ill of Dengzhou to Yue Le and Chang Ning was Cao Yin, the son of Emperor Kangxi's wet nurse. He witnessed a large group of Ming troops boarding ships and leaving Dengzhou that day, and then headed straight for Jinan - Prince An Yue Le and Prince Gong Chang Ning had already been there, and they had brought with them 20,000 elite troops.
Although according to Kangxi's instructions, they should mobilize more troops to attack Dengzhou. But firstly, it takes time to assemble an army; secondly, the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops is too big, and it will lose its suddenness.
Therefore, Yue Le, who had been in battle for a long time, asked Chang Ning to bring 10,000 people to Jinan to join together, and at the same time mobilize troops with great fanfare to create the illusion that the Qing army was still on the way.
Of course, the Ming army's meticulous work was not a vegetarian either. . It's just that they can't figure out the situation in Jinan. Huang County, which is located in Dengzhou Prefecture, must be under their strict supervision.
Although Yue Le and Chang Ning had arranged for the Mongolian cavalry recruited from Monan and East Mongolia to arrive in Huang County early in the morning, and then set up defenses along the Yellow River, with no entry or exit allowed. However, Huang County is close to the sea, and the careful work of the Ming army can still find a way to send the news of the Qing army's arrival in Huang County to Dengzhou. At most, it will only delay some time.
Yue Le and Chang Ning, who knew their time was limited, seemed very anxious. When the pontoon bridge project on the Yellow River started, they arrived at the construction site by the river and refused to leave. They even walked around to supervise the work - of course they knew how to climb the bridge. The state is not easy to fight, and they know how powerful the new Ming army is!
However, Cao Yin, who was leading the way for the two of them, seemed very confident. He had been lurking in Dengzhou with his father Cao Xi for some time. He knew very well what was under the bright appearance of Dengzhou City.
Of course there are people in Dengzhou who can fight, otherwise it would not be enough to gain a foothold on the seaside of the Shandong Peninsula under the watchful eye of the Qing army.
But those who can fight are either the water workers who came from Tongzhou or the children of farmers recruited locally in Shandong. Most of them must have followed to Liaodong. Those who are still staying in Dengzhou are probably their masters who are messing around with their status, or they are the slaves of nobles who want to leave a way out in Dengzhou.
How can they be willing to coexist and die with Dengzhou? Most of their money has been deposited in the Penglai Bank, and some of them have also bought Liaodong land bonds... Although they still have real estate in Dengzhou, they are not willing to risk their lives for the house.
Seeing how confident Cao Yin was, Yue Le and Chang Ning seemed to be less anxious than before. The two looked at Cao Yin with a tacit understanding, and then opened the golden mouth one after another.
"Cao Yin, what you said makes sense... Even though the city walls of Dengzhou are strong, it is useless if there are no soldiers willing to die with the city."
"Cao Yin, I and Prince Gong will give you a chance. Later, how about you and Shuo Dai lead a group of Mongolian warriors to Huncheng, disguised as fleeing farmers?"
Cao Yin was now in his prime of life, and of course he wanted to make contributions to the Qing Dynasty. As soon as he heard this, he quickly knelt down in front of Yue Le and Chang Ning, patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, you two princes, even if my slaves are shattered to pieces, they will be killed." Seize a city gate for your masters!"
Yue Le and Chang Ning both nodded happily - there are not many good slaves like Cao Yin left now!
As the sky gradually brightened, the pontoon bridge finally reached the east bank of the Huangshui River. Brigades of Qing infantry were already in formation, ready to cross the pontoon bridge and reach the foot of Dengzhou City to seize this selfish city full of selfishness and selfish desires.
These Qing infantry were the same as the troops brought to Korea by Kangxi. They were "semi-modern infantry" equipped with a large number of flintlock rifles and adopted the tactics of lining up and shooting. Moreover, they also carried powerful weapons capable of destroying the Dengzhou city wall. General cannons and sugar powder firearms!
Yue Le and Chang Ning were riding on horseback, both standing at the front of the team, watching Cao Yin and Shuo Dai, dressed as farmers, leading thousands of relatively simple Mongolian Han people as the first batch to cross the pontoon bridge and head east. .
The mount under Yue Le's crotch seemed to feel its owner's restlessness, and kept neighing in a low voice. Chang Ning looked much calmer. He glanced at Yue Le, who looked a little gloomy, and said with a smile: "Uncle Emperor, don't you have any acquaintances in Dengzhou City? Do you want to tell the people below?"
Yue Le was a prince with "excellent health". He gave birth to twenty sons and twenty-three daughters in history... Although the survival rate is not high, most of them died in infancy, but where is this base? Woolen cloth!
In addition, these more than 40 are still in the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As far as Chang Ning knows, this imperial uncle is quite a beauty and has seven or eight foreign residences in the outer city of Beijing. Therefore, how many unaccounted for children there are and where they are now is a mystery! valley
When Yue Le heard what Chang Ning said, he also snorted and replied: "Prince Gong, I have many acquaintances, and you have many acquaintances, right? There are also many acquaintances from Yangzhou and North Korea, right? They are Shi Lang, Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong introduced you to him, right?"
Chang Ning laughed, "Uncle Emperor, look at this..."
Yue Le snorted: "We are Aixinjueluo after all, and we must do things worthy of our ancestors!
Besides, what Zhu Cijiong earns is the money that keeps people safe..."
Chang Ning nodded: "My nephew understands what the emperor's uncle said!"
After saying this, he turned his head sharply, looked at the neatly arranged soldiers behind him, suddenly raised his whip and pointed in the direction of Dengzhou City, and shouted: "Send troops, target... Dengzhou City !”
Then he gave the horse a hard whip and rushed out first. Yue Le followed closely behind him with a sullen face. Following the orders issued by the Qing army's military commanders, soldiers carrying flintlocks, matchlocks and spears swarmed up the bridge, crossed the Yellow River, and faced the winter morning light, heading straight for the outer wall of Dengzhou City. !
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When it finally dawned, Princess Kunxing of the Ming Dynasty was already handling government affairs in her princess palace in the inner city of Dengzhou.
During this time King Zhu Tian was in Nanjing, so the real boss in Dengzhou was actually the one-armed princess of Emperor Chongzhen.
And there are really a lot of government affairs that need her to handle!
These days, Dengzhou City has become the rear area of the 60,000-strong army conquering the Liao Dynasty. Countless supplies have to be pulled out from the warehouses in the inner city and water city of Dengzhou, and then shipped to the ice and snow of Liaodong.
In addition, Liaodong still needs a large number of civilians... That piece of land has been abandoned for too long, so now there is endless big work!
In addition to transporting things and people to Liaodong, Dengzhou City itself also has a lot of things to deal with.
One is the continuous influx of refugees into Dengzhou!
During this time, the four prefectures and counties that belonged to Dengzhou were spreading news that the Qing army was about to invade... They were also dressed in very scary clothes. They said that 200,000 Qing soldiers were coming to Dengzhou to kill people and set fires. They were so scared. The farmers outside Dengzhou City all dragged their families to Dengzhou City - after all, the walls of Dengzhou City looked very reliable!
And these people have to find ways to help them. Now the people value scarcity! It's best to keep them under control, as they are all valuable labor force.
Second, rumors are spreading in Dengzhou City, and people's hearts are unstable.
When the Ming army did not set off from Dengzhou, everyone was worried that Ping Liao's debt would be reduced to useless paper. At that time, the gossip was surrounding Ping Liao.
But after the army went out, some people were worried about a sneak attack by the Qing army! There are also rumors that there are noses and eyes, saying that there is a spy from the Qing army in Dengzhou City, who wants to cover the city gates from the inside out. It is true...
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