Subsequently, the Qing army in Linqu, Yidu and other places north of Yizhou were like frightened birds, and when the Ming army was still fifty or sixty miles away from the city, the defenders fled one after another.

In just half a month, the Ming army has already arrived at the city of Jinan.

It's just that even half of the captives can't be beaten along the way, but the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army and the broken camp are quite bored, and it was not until Jinan that the seven thousand thieves who defended the city did not abandon the city and ran away.

Suddenly, there was a creaking sound at the city gate, and a team of people seemed to pour out of it.

Huang Qishou, who was in charge of commanding the infantry line, saw this, and his hand holding the hilt of the sword was so excited that he was sweating, "Damn, it's not easy to meet a fat person!" The bones are almost rusty for a while, and now I can count myself as having a good fight! Herald ......"

He was about to give the order to beat the drum to face the enemy, but he vaguely saw that the oncoming thief seemed to be nodding and bowing, and he also held a white flag in his hand.

He couldn't help but tremble in his heart, oh no, this posture seemed to be begging......

Twelve miles southeast of Jinan, the Ming army camp.

Zhu Linmiao glanced at the middle-aged man who was bowing to the ground for a long time, and said indifferently: "Say, what are you doing?" ”

Although the man was wearing a Hanfu, his hair was shaved into rattail braids, which looked nondescript. He paused and said: "The criminal minister Zhang Yutian was forced by the captivity, so he had no choice but to serve as the chief soldier of Shandong. ”

He said as he held a brocade, "Governor Fang Dayou Fang is grateful for Tianwei, and his heart is bright, and he doesn't dare to forget." This time the army approached the city, Lord Fang was very frightened, and the envoy offered 5,000 gold, in order to ask the saint to spare the generals in the city from death. ”

He also signaled to the outside of the tent, "The gold truck is outside, and please take a look at it." As long as the Holy God forgives us for my life, I will immediately open the city to welcome us. ”

Zhu Linmiao looked at Shi Lin and said, "Have you tested it?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I have inspected them one by one, a total of ten boxes, all of which are gold ingots."

Zhu Linmiao frowned, always feeling that something was not right, and suddenly remembered that Fang Caizhang's eyes kept drifting to the right when he spoke.

He had watched an American drama before, and mentioned that this was an important feature of lying, so he got up and pretended to be going to see the golden car, and whispered when he passed by Shi Lin's side: "Take it all." ”

Anyway, it doesn't matter if you guess wrong, at most you let it go.

Shi Lin only had one look, and the surrounding imperial soldiers immediately knocked Zhang Yutian and his entourage down.

"Huh? What is this for? Holy mercy, we are here with all our hearts! ”

Zhu Linmiao ignored him, and instructed Shi Lin, "Check the box carefully...... Slowly, move to an open area first, so that people can carefully break through from the side. Be on the lookout! ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Yutian and the others, who were pressed to the ground, immediately turned pale when they heard this, and they closed their mouths and stopped struggling.

After a while, Shi Lin returned and said, "As Your Majesty expected, the bottom of the five chests was filled with gunpowder, and the flintlock machine was tied to the gold ingots with strings. If you hastily pick up the gold ingot, it will definitely detonate. ”

Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but be stunned, and then said, isn't this what she left over from what she played back then? He had killed many White Lotus Sect members outside Ningyuan City, but now there was a Jianyu who played on his head again.

Deng Shan was in charge of leading people to dismantle the gold box, and at this time he understood the reason for the matter, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Damn traitor, this is an attempt to kill Your Majesty!" At the end of the day, he will break through Jinan and capture the thieves in the city for His Majesty! ”

"Wait," Zhu Linmiao suddenly raised his hand to stop him, "Fang Dayou wants to up, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack the camp, then we might as well give him this opportunity!" Herald ......"

Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering loud bang from the camp of the Ming army, and countless pieces of gold were blown away with the firelight.

After a while, panic began to appear in the camp of the Ming army, and this situation quickly spread to the Ming army besieging the city like a plague.

The line array, which had been cut like a knife, immediately became distorted, and soon shrank back, and before it could retreat half a mile, it was already in chaos.

A cannon was immediately heard in the city of Jinan, and the city gate was opened.

Fang Dayou took the lead, and the real Zhang Yutian followed, leading the people in the city to rush out. It turned out that the one who went to the Ming military camp to die was a dead soldier from Jianzhou.

Both of them waved their knives and shouted: "Emperor Nanming is dead!" Kill the Southern Army with me! ”

The Ming army seemed to have no struggle at all, and they scrambled to withdraw one after another, and weapons and flags were thrown all over the ground. Thousands of captives in the city were overjoyed, howling and chasing after them, full of anticipation that they could cut down a few southerners for war exploits.

When the Qing army chased out five miles away, they suddenly saw that the Ming army, which was still fleeing just now, suddenly separated on both sides, revealing a neat row of infantry lines.

Fang Dayou was shocked in his heart, and before he could react to what was going on, he heard the thunderous roar of artillery on both sides, and nearly a hundred Franc machine guns pierced through more than four hundred captives in an instant.

Zhang Yutian hurriedly turned around and shouted: "There is an ambush, withdraw quickly...... Woo. ”

Not far away, someone in the huntsman camp aimed him in the back of the head and fired a bullet into the back of his neck, and the body fell off his horse.

Waiting for Fang Dayou to desperately flee back to the city of Jinan under the cover of the guards, he saw from a distance that the city gate was closed, and the soldiers standing at the head of the city were wearing dark green military uniforms and aiming at the city with firearms in their hands.

By the time it was time for dinner, the battle was over. The soldiers of the Ming army gathered in the camp in twos and threes, holding rice bowls and chatting while eating, as if the ambush during the day was just a routine training.

"Your Majesty, there were only three hundred thieves left in the city at that time, and they were killed by General Ma in a moment. The houses and treasury of the city are all in good condition. Zhang Jiayu held a pamphlet and said, "There are a total of 6,800 captives outside the city, all of whom have been captured, and none of them have escaped." captured the puppet generals Fang Dayou, Zhou Lianggong and the following 16 people, and killed Zhang Yutian, Li Taijian and others......"

Zhu Linmiao suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "Wait, since you have caught Fang Dayou, have you ever found his official documents, seals, and other things?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, General Ma's subordinates have taken control of the city government in a moment, and it shouldn't be difficult to find these things." He seemed to think of something when he said this, "Your Majesty wants to give an 'order' to the governors of Shandong?" ”

"Haha, Yuanzi is really talented, I have this intention."

"Yes, I'll arrange it at the end."

Because the city of Jinan was broken too quickly, before the news could get out, the Qing troops in Tai'an, Laizhou, Dengzhou and other prefectures in Shandong received a military order from Fang Dayou, asking them to "transfer all their troops to Jinan for reinforcements".

These orders were all written by Fang Dayou himself, and all kinds of seals and letters were readily available, and all the captives did not suspect him, and immediately led their troops out of the city according to the order.

Jinan Bu political envoy Yamen.

Zhu Linmiao looked at the newspaper in his hand, and couldn't help nodding slightly, in less than ten days, Tai'an and Laizhou had been recovered, and yesterday Dengzhou defended the city and the captives also surrendered - there were only a few hundred weak soldiers left in the cities in these places, and the dragoon battalions were bloodless along the way, and they were almost recovered by running horses.

He handed the newspaper to Zhang Jiayu on the side and said, "Order the army to repair in Jinan for a period of time." Now the road to the north of Zhili has been flattened, and the next battle to capture Zhigu, Beijing is in front of you. ”

It's not that he didn't want to go north immediately, Shandong, Beizhili and other places were ruled by Jianguo for a longer time, and they had deep infiltration into the people, and it would take some effort to clear the Tartars and completely stabilize the place.

In addition, Dolgon had previously looted all the grain and grass in the north, and the Ming army had to travel thousands of miles to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River.