Author's note: This weekend, I invited a respectable lady to dinner, and the normal update is not updated-

On the first day of December, the end of the year is in sight, and now the most important thing for Deng Ming is to urge the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Ming army to attack the capital city of Dengzhou. At this time, the heroes of Asan finally figured out that it was not the Qing army that surrounded them who planned to withdraw to Dengzhou for the New Year, but the Ming army that drove from Laizhou planned to invade Dengzhou to celebrate the New Year. And the commander of this army that helped the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Ming Dynasty was nominally Gao Yunxuan Shaoxia, who was born in Ashan, and the actual commander was the famous Ming Baoguo Duke Deng Ming. It took a long time for the Yashan Qunhao to sort out the chaotic relationship, but until they sent out the army, there were still many heroes who still hadn't figured out why the Ming Baoguo Guild led the Qing army to carry out the great cause of "extinguishing the Ming" on the territory of the Qing army.

After the celebration of the crown, Yu Qi, Zhang Dingnan and other heroes ordered their subordinates to continue to carry food to the cottage in Ashan, and at the same time persuaded those people to leave the cottage, so that if the great cause of destroying the Ming Dynasty of the Qing army failed and Zu Zepu made a comeback, the Asan base area could hold on for a while longer. However, the people refused to leave, because their houses outside had been burned by Jieshu's central army, and they had no food to survive the winter. And because of this battle for the defense of Asan, Qunhao also lost confidence in the seven leaders, even if he drove these people out of the mountains and waited for the Qing army to come back, he would still be driven in, and when Yu Qi was more likely to watch his villagers starve to death.

Therefore, Qunhao finally had a showdown with Yu Qi, and if he wanted everyone to follow him and continue to do it, it was okay. However, first of all, we must strive to get the Fuqing and Ming Army from Deng Ming's hands and reorganize it into the "Lianming and Qing Dynasty" army. This is a strong army that can capture Fucheng, and with such a strong army in hand, the chance of getting Zhao'an is much greater. However, most of the sober-minded leaders don't have any hope for this matter, because in troubled times, there are soldiers who are the king of grass, and it is not easy for Baoguo Gong to give the army to him for nothing. If this can't be done, forget it, but everyone asked Yu Qi to send the villagers who defected to him to Baoguo Gong, these tens of thousands of people dragged their families with their families, except for eating, and they were unwilling to leave.

In front of Yu Qi, it was not impossible to force his villagers to leave with a knife, but this would tear his face, so everyone asked Yu Qi to take all these people to Deng Ming, which was counted as friendly troops sent by Asan to support. In this way, not only did they throw away the big burden, but they could also use military rations and someone to take care of the food to tempt them to leave willingly, and with Deng Ming to take care of them, Yu Qi could not worry that they would not survive this winter.

After learning that tens of thousands of Asan reinforcements were coming, and that their commander Yu Qi personally led the army, Deng Ming ordered that this ally be prepared with the highest standard of treatment. Deng Ming really planned to hand over the Ming army to Yu Qi to command, he himself could not stay in Jiaodong forever, there were still many heroes in the army, and Yu Qi was also his own person to the Shandong gentry - the only problem was that Yu Qi's reputation was not high enough, so if Deng Ming wanted the gentry to buy it, he had to help Yu Qi establish his prestige - for example, to solve the problem of military leadership, Deng Ming was not willing to go on his own feet, and the rebels here in Shandong would be beaten into a pot of porridge on the back foot, which would only cheapen the Qing court.

Before the arrival of the Seventh Division, Deng Ming sent a condolence group in advance, including not only Xing Zhisheng and Wu Yue'er, but also Xia Jie Xia Juren and many other gentlemen - although Xia Jie is not the highest-ranking gentleman in the Ming Army of the Qing Dynasty, he has followed Deng Ming for an early time, so he has excellent qualifications, and he seems to be a figure.

At the same time as sending the envoy group, Deng Ming also began to blow the wind in the army, saying that he thought that the military leader of Jiaodong was none other than Qi.

However, Deng Ming only blew the wind for a day, and Xia Jie, who was sent to greet Yu Qi, slipped back, and after these gentlemen got together and discussed for a while, they came together to ask to see Deng Ming. After seeing Deng Ming, the gentry said in unison that they could not obey the leadership of the Seventh, and they must not hand over the Fuqing Ming Army to this person.

"If Guogong doesn't personally serve as the governor of Deng and Lai, the villain will go home with the villagers." An anxious Dengzhou gentleman said that he had just joined the Fuqing Ming Army and the Fuqing House for a few days, and if he took the burden now, it was estimated that the possibility of being investigated by the Qing court afterwards was relatively small.

In the past, if there were such remarks, without Deng Ming's speech, the other gentry would label the spokesman with the crime of "communicating with Deng", and if the persuasion and education did not work, they would pull this stubborn guy out and kill him. But today, the other gentlemen did not react, and faintly expressed their agreement.

"Why is that?" Deng Ming was taken aback.

Although these people are grass on the wall and have also been on the thief ship, no one wants to be the first bird, and the rule since ancient times is to shoot the first bird. Although the law does not blame the people, it may force the Qing court to pardon the rebellious gentry, but the leader will probably not be able to run - the emperor's thinking is very clear, if the leader can be settled, then there will be more people who will cause trouble in the future. Therefore, even if it is an unjust case, the person who takes the lead in shouting injustice will inevitably die; And the thinking of the masses is also very simple, the trouble is generally because it is really unbearable, everyone's wish is to get reasonable compensation, so that the government can be properly restrained, since the goal has been achieved, the leading brother is unlucky, there is no way, can only give him a glass of wine during the New Year's holidays in the future.

Deng Ming knew that the purpose of these gentry was to recruit an to survive, so it was obviously contrary to their ambition to serve as the military leader of Jiaodong, so Deng Ming's proposal for the selection of Yu Qi was unanimously approved by the gentry. Anyway, the gentry has a good ability to control his children, and he is still a provider of food, grass and military salaries, so he is not worried that Yu Qi does not pay attention to the opinions of the parliament, and he is a famous thief, so he just let him go to the top tank.

"Yu Qi is not a hero." A gentleman whispered, and after seeing Deng Ming's gaze sweeping over, the gentleman pointed at Xia Jie: "Guogong will know if you ask Mr. Xia." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Deng Ming asked pleasantly, his purpose was to promote the Jiaodong Army to achieve long-term internal stability as much as possible, and it was useless to force everyone to agree with his opinion.

"Yu Qi's main force is still in Ashan, and he has brought tens of thousands of refugees here." Xia Jie didn't even have an honorific title, and immediately told what he had seen and heard, and just now he had already retold it to the other gentlemen.

The rebel army obviously has no sense of secrecy, and the tens of thousands of rabble brought by Yu Qi also have no ability to keep secrets, so as soon as Xia Jie and the others arrived in Yu Qijun, they understood his situation in the past six months.

After hearing that Yu Qi had taken in all the people who had been driven by the Qing army, Deng Ming shook his head slightly: "Yu Qi is so soft-hearted, he is indeed not a first-class person. ”

"Guogong is right." The other gentlemen also echoed the words, if it was just such a thing, the problem was that Yu Qi's military ability and the ability to control his subordinates were all lackluster, which made the gentry completely disappointed.

After Xia Jie finished speaking, Deng Ming did not give more comments, but pondered: "These tens of thousands of people Yu Qi actually want to throw them to me, and there are still many suspects in the rebellion, I am afraid that I can't afford to raise them and find food." Besides, these people all have a broken enmity with the Qing army, and no matter how good a soldier is, it is much better than his friends in the rivers and lakes. ”

However, after hearing that Yu Qi wanted to feed these people, Deng Ming was also a little angry: "Yu Qi is his training center?" Throw me the unwanted burdens and take away the needed troops. No wonder the gentlemen looked down on him...... But, wait, what are these gentlemen going to do? ”

"Aren't you going to recruit An?" Deng Ming opened his mouth and asked, he knew that what these gentlemen really needed was a tall man who could carry it when the sky fell, and Yu Qi's reputation fully met the requirements: "Whether Yu Qi can fight or not, what does it have to do with you?" ”

"That can't let him spoil the army, if he loses all his family, why does the court recruit us?" The people who have been by Deng Ming's side for a long time all have symptoms of schizophrenia, and compared with Dong Weiguo, these gentlemen are all countrymen who have never traveled far away, so the onset is faster and the symptoms appear earlier: "If the Fuqing army is gone, we will not be able to recruit the imperial court, but will be killed by the Tartars!" ”

In addition to this worry, the recent success of the Fuqing army in the peripheral battle of Dengzhou has also made the gentry have some other intentions, some people can't help but think that if they don't help this Qing and change it to Fuming, then in the future, Baoguo Gong will sit in the Dragon Court, won't they be able to follow Feihuang Tengda? There are also many young scholars who have also been inspired by successive victories, and they did not dare to resist the imperial court before because they knew that the Tartars were cruel, but now the Qing army is not an opponent, so why do they have to shave their heads?

After figuring out the reason for the gentry's opposition, Deng Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the gentry didn't want to break up, if they broke up, everyone would be served in a pot, they just came to blackmail Deng Ming, maybe there was a hint of loyalty.

"I can't stay in Shandong for too long, and the Fuqing army always needs a commander," Deng Ming said with some embarrassment: "If you don't look for Yu Qi, which of you is going to do it?" ”

Naturally, no one present dared to pick this big beam, although he didn't look down on Yu Qi, but I am afraid that no one had his ability, at least he could incite more than 100,000 people to revolt, and the appeal of these gentry was limited to their clans and tenants.

"I understand all your concerns, before I leave, I will seriously talk to Yu Qi, if he really can't be entrusted with the important task, then I will choose another virtuous person." Seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Deng Ming knew that he had to give them a little sweetness: "Okay, since you all look up to me, then I can't go against the wishes of the people, before I leave Shandong, I will also be the commander of the Qing Dynasty." ”

All the gentry cheered with satisfaction, although the current plan is still to ask for Zhao'an, but Baoguo Gong is so young, with a few hundred people to Shandong can defeat Zu Zepu's entire army, casually guide everyone a few hands, can block the soldiers and horses in Dengzhou can not be out of the house, this world is really unknown. If Deng Ming enters the Forbidden City in the future, the name of the gentry's army will be a little ugly, although it can be said that this is to obey the instructions of the Baoguo Gong, but it is difficult to say whether others will accept it at that time. And now that Baoguo Gong is the commander of the Fuqing and Ming Army, then this hidden danger is completely eliminated, and the Fuqing and Ming Army will become Miao Honggenzheng, a force created by Baoguo Gong.

"Before, I said that you need to promote this admiral to the Qing court, since the purpose is to recruit peace, then it must be a formality." Deng Ming looked around at the people present: "Which of you is willing to get up and promote me to the Qing court as the commander of the Qing army in Jiaodong?" ”

The scene fell into an embarrassing silence again, and still no one was willing to come forward to be the big brother who took the lead. It doesn't take too much political wisdom to see that this bail is tantamount to a slap in the face of the Qing court, and the person who takes the lead is estimated to be hated to the bone by the Qing court.

"In that case, then I'll start with this." Deng Ming smiled bitterly, these people are still grass on the wall, and they can't be counted on for the time being.

So Deng Ming immediately wrote a letter of seal, in which he promoted himself to the Qing court as the commander of the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Ming army, led the people loyal to the imperial court in Jiaodong, eliminated those with bad intentions in Tongdeng, and spared no thief to worry about the Holy Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager, and the signature was naturally the name of the Han general.

The day after this seal was sent away, Yu Qi rushed to Deng Ming's military camp, and after hearing that Deng Ming actually wanted him to accept the Fuqing to destroy the Ming army, Yu Qi was taken aback, and couldn't believe that there was such a good thing.

"But I'm actually appointed, it's not up to me to say anything about the military." Deng Ming patiently explained to Yu Qi, coupled with some help from Gao Yunxuan and others, Yu Qi quickly understood that half of the actual control of this army was in the hands of the gentry, and as time went by, I am afraid that the proportion of the gentry's power in it would become larger and larger.

"What these gentlemen want is probably to let General Yu carry the black cauldron, so that they can be more sure to escape the Qing court's accountability." For the psychology of the gentry, Deng Ming felt that there was no need to hide it, Yu Qi would be able to see it sooner or later, if he didn't explain it now, he would only be more angry when he found out in the future, so it was better to make it clear now: "And at that time, I will definitely have to resign, I am the protector of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to accept the recruitment of the Qing court, so when the time comes, the position of admiral can only be held by General Yu - although the gentry have their calculations, but in my opinion, with such an army in hand, General Yu has a greater chance of getting Zhao'an, isn't it?" ”

After careful consideration, Yu Qi also agreed with Deng Ming's statement, if he hadn't helped the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Ming army, then he and all the heroes of Asan would now be a dead fish. After this experience, Yu Qi also understood that he did not have the strength to make the Qing court merciful at all. Therefore, whether it is used by the gentry or not, Yu Qi needs to fight for more bargaining chips for himself, and this position of the admiral who supports the Qing Dynasty and destroys the Ming Dynasty is obviously very valuable.

Since Yu Qi agreed, the next thing is to help Yu Qi establish his prestige.

In the past, when Gao Yunxuan hung the title of chief soldier, Deng Ming always gave orders directly to the officers in front of him. Now that Yu Qi is here, Deng Ming appointed him as his deputy to serve as the commander of the Ming Army of Fuqing, and often appeared at the military meeting together after discussing it privately with Yu Qi, and asked Yu Qi to read some orders and lines that Deng Ming taught him in advance.

The top priority must still be to besiege Dengzhou, and now the Fuqing army is firmly advancing towards Fucheng. After seeing the peculiar lineup of the Fuqing Army, the Green Battalion troops who retreated to Dengzhou wanted to defeat them first and weaken Deng Ming - until now, there are still many Green Battalions who believe that Deng Ming's main force has tens of thousands. It's just that these Fuqing troops, who are regarded as soft persimmons by the green camp, are much more powerful than they imagined, and the tenants are hard-working, hard-working, and unconditionally obey all kinds of orders of the owner, and they don't know how to cheat and cheat.

There is no need for tactical literacy to tie up through the wooden fence, and the comparison is whose soldiers are more obedient, more diligent and not lazy like old scalpers. After several battles, the Green Battalion was invincible, and although the casualties were not large, the morale fell to the bottom. Now the Fuqing army is digging trenches around Dengzhou City, building camps, with the support of the local gentry, soon digging trenches everywhere around Dengzhou - Deng Ming felt that he could have dug under the city wall and blasted, but the gentry refused, they preferred that the green camp would go out of the city to attack their camp, if the green camp did not come out, they would surround Dengzhou and then blow up the wall, in case they could not enter the city, they would not give the other party a chance to counterattack and turn the tables.

However, Deng Ming's slogan also has a good temptation, which is "let the children go home on Chinese New Year's Eve". It is a very unusual thing to call a soldier a "child", but Deng Ming has not been in Shandong for a long time, and he has done more strange things than these allies have seen combined, so such a thing is not too much.

Indeed, there are many people who look forward to returning to their hometowns for the New Year, but when the war is not over, the soldiers are probably not willing to kill people during the first month, at least before the fifteenth day of the first month, and they will be unlucky for a year - during this time, even the government will not execute prisoners.

The biggest trouble was the tens of thousands of refugees brought by Yu Qi, these people could not be raised or transported away, and the gentry were unwilling to take care of them, because they were obviously not as reliable as their own tenants. And if they could not expand their land, there was no need for the gentry to recruit a large number of people.

Deng Ming felt that this was a problem that had to be solved, so he asked Yu Qi to continue to command the siege of Dengzhou, and he returned to Laizhou to discuss the resettlement of refugees with the Jiaodong Gentry House temporarily set up there. Now that Dengzhou is basically the overall situation, the replenishment and mobilization ability of the gentry alliance is not at all something that the Dengzhou government can contend with, and now that it has been brought into the stage of a war of attrition, it is only a matter of time before Dengzhou City falls, Deng Ming simply gave up this opportunity to gain prestige to Yu Qi.

On December 10, when Deng Ming returned to Laizhou, he unexpectedly encountered a second wave of envoys sent by Beijing; Before leaving Laizhou, Deng Ming had already met the first wave of Beijing's secret envoys to negotiate peace, and at that time, Deng Ming said in front of the gentry that he had no objection to the peace talks, and also regarded ensuring the safety of the people in Jiaodong Fuqing as one of the terms.

However, Beijing sent messengers rather than diplomats, and they did not have any commitment or negotiation power, so they could only bring Deng Ming's request back to Beijing.

After seeing Deng Ming this time, the envoy seemed very angry, Deng Ming's series of complicated actions dazzled Beijing, and now he finally got a little taste, that is, Deng Ming wanted to overthrow the liuguan system and restore the typical wealthy election system in the Jiaodong and Han dynasties.

"Baoguo Gong is not only the prince of the Shengchao (honorific title for the Ming Dynasty), but also a dignified clan, how could he have the intention of changing the official to a local official?"

"Who said I was the clan of the Great Ming?" Deng Ming asked with a smile, and in the land of Shandong, several second princes of Zhu who pretended to be his brother appeared: "Which king am I?" ”

"It doesn't matter which king of the Victory Dynasty is the Guogong, but I, the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, have already issued an edict to the world and recognized the Guogong as the genuine Ming clan." The messenger replied confidently.

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