On November 29, the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, at noon, the sun was high and the wind was freezing.
South of Huolucheng, on the banks of the Taiping River, a huge camp was newly erected. Various flags were fluttering in the camp, and teams of sergeants in red armor were busy and nervous.
After Lu Xiangsheng led his generals to drive back Dorgon's tribe of the Qing army, he originally wanted to set up camp at the old site where the Qing army camped. However, when he arrived with his troops, he saw a tragic scene.
Inside the gate of Dorgon's original camp, there were a total of 200 old and weak people among the captive people, all kneeling on the ground, their heads missing.
In front of the corpses of these people were placed more than twenty stones of grain, covered with splattering blood and juice. In front of them was a wooden sign with a crooked inscription: Two hundred two-legged sheep. Twenty stones of grain were sent to Governor Lu of the Ming Dynasty to satisfy his hunger.
Lu Xiangsheng's eyes turned red when he saw it. He stood up and swung the dozens of kilograms of fine iron sword in his hand to chop at the wooden sign. The knife fell and the sign shattered.
Zhang Cheng called Chen An to help Lu Xiangsheng with his own soldiers. He ordered the sergeants to dig a big pit and bury the bones of two hundred people together with the grain soaked with blood, hoping that these people would... In the next life, I can be a peaceful man and have enough to eat all day long.
The generals and soldiers of Xuan Dajun present were extremely angry. The fists clenched in their hands were about to crush their fingers, and their eyes were filled with tears.
Zhang Cheng didn't wipe the tears from his eyes, just let them flow down naturally, secretly hating himself in his heart for why the arrow didn't kill Dorgon.
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Not long after, in the south of Huolucheng, Lu Xiang was at the camp of Xuan's army, and there was a lively scene outside the camp gate.
Liu Shi, the admiral of the Jingjing Military Preparation Road and the wife of Li Jiuhua, the Shanxi Qianshi, Lu Zhiyin, the general magistrate and director of the Zhending Prefecture, Huolu County, Cao Shixi, the commander of the Zhending Guards, and the gentry Wei Tiangui and his son led the villagers to come to work for the army. .
They held on in Huolu for six days and fought hard with the Qing army for six days. Huolu was originally a small town with only a few thousand people, and almost everyone was injured and was waiting for reinforcements.
Last night, Wei Zhice and Zhang Cheng's soldier Lin Fangping sneaked back to capture the deer and told everyone about Lu Xiangsheng's army coming to help. The people in the city cried with joy.
During the day, they stayed on the city for a day without daring to rest for a moment. The Qing army did not come to attack the city, which surprised everyone. They were all worried that Dorgon would play another conspiracy.
It wasn't until Wei Zhice and others entered the city that they learned of the arrival of reinforcements. Dorgon had some concerns and did not send troops to attack the city, and he felt a little more at ease.
Early this morning, everyone climbed to the city and saw from a distance that the Qing army quietly moved their camp away. There was a burst of cheers on the city wall, and many people shed tears involuntarily.
At the beginning of the morning, they stood on the city wall and saw the official road in the south of the city. Teams of red-armored sergeants were marching in formation, like gods, majestic, especially the cavalry galloping in front of them.
The rolling torrent of iron armor seemed to be extremely friendly in their eyes. All the fears they had against the Ming army in the past were gone.
Li Jiuhua's wife Liu and Lu Zhiyin hurriedly gathered some villagers to carry grain, pigs and sheep. They originally wanted to come to labor at noon, but it was Wei Zhice's suggestion later.
They waited for Lu Xiangsheng and others to set up camp outside the city. After a while, they came out of the city to work for the army. They were beating gongs and drums along the way, and it was very lively. When they were approaching Lu Xiangsheng's camp, the villagers set off firecrackers again, and they exploded one after another. , filled with smoke, the scene was so lively.
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Lu Xiangsheng personally led the generals to greet him outside the camp gate. Huolu County sent 800 stones of grain and 30 pigs and sheep. He expressed his great gratitude and praised Huolu officials and people for defending the city together.
In the Chinese army's tent, Lu Zhiyin, general magistrate of Zhending Mansion and secretary of Huolu County, was full of gratitude to Lu Xiangsheng for leading his army to come to the rescue. He expressed his intention to report to the imperial court.
Zhang Qiping, the prefect of Zhending who was impeached, sat back and watched the slave bandits invade and capture the deer, but did not save the soldiers. Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to come, and the danger of capturing the deer could be relieved. Otherwise, life would have been ruined. The Jingxing gate was opened, and Shanxi was in danger.
Then, he invited Lu Xiangsheng and other generals to the city for a banquet to express their gratitude to the officials and people in the city for Lu Xiangsheng's kindness, but Lu Xiangsheng declined.
However, Li Jiuhua's wife, Mrs. Liu of Jingjing Bingdao, begged again. Lu Xiangsheng also admired Liu's demeanor as a woman who took on the important task of guarding and harvesting deer, so he no longer refused and happily agreed.
That night, Lu Xiangsheng led the Xuanda generals to hunt for deer. In the back hall of the county government office, candlelight shone brightly. Li Jiuhua's wife Liu, Lu Zhiyin, Cao Shixi, the gentry Wei Tiangui and their three sons were all accompanying them in the hall. will be together.
In the courtyard outside the hall, Zhen Dingwei Qianzong Liu Bangzuo, Wang Zhenji, Lu Han and others accompanied the generals' soldiers. There were many torches, both host and guest were happy, and the atmosphere was very lively.
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The next day, Chen hour.
Lu Xiangsheng received a letter from Gao Qiqian, first blaming him for leaving Zhending without authorization and causing slave thieves to wreak havoc in the city, and then invited him to go to Zhending Mansion tomorrow to discuss military affairs.
It turned out that the commander-in-chief Gao Qiqian also arrived at Zhending Mansion yesterday, but he met the Qing army of Dorgon's tribe who was passing by Huolu. He was so frightened that he quickly led the Liaodong Army to retreat thirty miles north of Zhending City.
In the process of retreating, they were harassed by the Qing cavalry of Dorgon's tribe and almost collapsed. Later, they were instigated by Zhang Qiping, the prefect of Zhending, and blamed Lu Xiangsheng for deliberately leading the army to capture deer, which gave the slave thieves the opportunity to harass Zhending and almost killed him. The Liaodong Army collapsed.
In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to gather all the generals and rush to Zhendingfu City to meet Gao Qiqian to discuss military affairs.
Lu Xiangsheng led his general Chen An, Xuanfu Town general Yang Guozhu, staff general Zhang Yan, guerrilla Zhang Cheng, Shanxi town general soldier Hu Dawei, staff general Jiang Mingwu and other generals, as well as their personal guards. Arriving in a mighty manner outside the west gate of Zhendingfu City.
On both sides of the official road a few hundred steps away in front of the city gate, soldiers and civilians had already gathered to watch. When Lu Xiangsheng was stationed at Hutuo River, most of the Qing army was looting wantonly in Zhending Mansion. Zhending Fucheng is also closed with four gates, isolating the inside and outside.
Now, all the Qing soldiers in Zhending followed Dorgon's departure and looted all the way to the south. In addition, the strong armies of Xuanda and Guan Ning gathered under Zhending's city, so they dared to open the city gate and welcome them. Lu Xiangsheng and others entered the city.
Since entering the Wei Dynasty, Zhang Cheng has won consecutive battles, and the Holy Emperor personally proclaimed him to be unparalleled in loyalty and bravery, ranking first among the three armies. Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Gaoyang for a great victory, killing more than a thousand captives and cavalry. These events have spread throughout Jinan from Dichao.
First came the officials in each city, and then the gentry and village elders. At the time when the Donglu invaders were in danger, such news that greatly boosted the morale of the people naturally spread very quickly, and teahouses and restaurants in every city were talking about it.
Gao Qiqian also led Guan Ning's generals and met him at the city gate together with Zhang Qiping, the governor of Zhending.
