It is impossible to hide the news of Qufu being besieged, because more than one person came to report the news.
The morale of the army in the city was shaken, and the generals from Shandong clamored to see Zuo Liangyu.
Accompanied by the sound of artillery, Hong Chengchou was disheartened. He wanted to offer the city to surrender, but he was afraid that surrendering would not end well. After all, his official position in the Qing Dynasty was too high, and he was already a well-known traitor.
Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, and Hong Chengchou have been listed as the three major Han officials of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties!
Hong Chengchou had a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, a sense of powerlessness as a civil servant.
When he was in Ming Dynasty, generals would not listen to him. During the Qing Dynasty, generals also did not follow his advice.
This Duoduo is too underestimating the enemy!
Duduo underestimated the enemy from the beginning. Hearing that Huang Fei was attacking Qingzhou Prefecture, he divided his troops and asked Azig to fight Huang Fei. The strategic goal assigned to Azig was to take down the Second Mansion of Denglai, take advantage of the situation to capture Yishui and Yizhou, and then fight all the way to Jiangsu.
Historically, Manchu Qing played a similar style of play.
The same is true for chasing and beating Li Zicheng, and it is also the same for going south to attack Remnant Ming. Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, with a group of surrendered soldiers and generals, dared to conquer half of the province, and even took charge of conquering a province. And it was done for them. It was not until Dorgon issued an order to shave his hair that he suddenly encountered fierce resistance everywhere.
In this time and space, chasing Li Zicheng also worked, quickly occupying Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan.
It seems that this style of play can be replicated, and Duoduo still wants to play in Shandong!
When it was impossible to break through Fei Ruhe who was stationed in Nanyang Town, Hong Chengchou knew that he should make adjustments. He also gave safe suggestions, but Duoduo just didn't listen. Since the occupation of Beijing, he gave the Manchu nobles the illusion that they could take over the world.
The throne of the Forbidden City in Beijing seems to be a curse.
After Li Zicheng sat on it, his mentality changed rapidly. After Man Qing sat on it, his mentality changed rapidly. It seems that with that throne, everyone in the world should be obedient, and all forces should lose their will to resist.
What can Hong Chengchou do?
A civil official without military power is just guarding the city.
"Kill the Tartars!"
The city wall near the Grand Canal will finally surrender again. That was a surrendered general who didn't get any benefits. He didn't give him a title in the Qing Dynasty, but only gave a bunch of empty promises, and even the rewarded land had to be occupied by himself.
When Hong Chengchou heard the commotion, he immediately got on his horse and fled towards the north gate of the city.
"Kill the Tartars!"
Another section of the city wall shouted.
However, the defecting troops just yelled, and did not attack the Eight Banners of the Han Army, nor did they attack the border generals who followed Duoduo southward.
Hong Chengchou, Zu Zeyuan, Bai Guangen and others quickly fled from the north gate with their troops. Those Shandong generals did not stop them after they defected, but went to open the gates of the city, hoping to be the first to obtain the merit of dedicating the city.
How easy it is to open the gate of the city, and you have to work hard to lead troops to stop the Eight Banners of the Han army.
The Shandong warlords have entrenched here for too long, and have never fought a tough battle, and they have long enjoyed themselves. They also knew what was going on with their soldiers. They didn't pay their soldiers, they didn't have enough rations, and they didn't train during the plague. No matter which side they fought, they were looking for death.
Thousands of soldiers from the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the frontier troops fled from the north gate in a hurry.
If you don't leave, you will definitely be besieged and killed in the city by the Datong army.
"The Tartars are out of town!"
A few miles north of the city, Wang Tingchen rode forward.
Together with Cao Bianjiao, he led the cavalry southward, and was first appointed as a general of a hundred men. With the expansion of the army, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao are now the lieutenant generals of the cavalry of each division, and the chief general is the old team of the Datong Army who is skilled in riding.
The cavalry leader of this division is Yan Jiu, who specially asked a scholar to rename him, and he called it "Yan Daoheng" in a polite way.
Many generals have changed their names, and Huang Yao was changed to Huang Changzuo, which means "prosperous Datong Guozuo". Zhang Tieniu was changed to Zhang Mingshan, which means "Mingshan Zhidao".
Liu Zhu changed his name to Liu Dingjue, Huang Shun changed his name to Huang Shunqing, Jiang Liang changed his name to Jiang Daoxing, Jiang Dashan changed his name to Jiang Guoyan
Once the name is changed, he instantly becomes taller.
Yan Jiu is almost fifty years old, and he followed Fei Yinggong as a ranger in his early years.
The fighting is fierce, but the habit of recklessness is too strong. Don't make big mistakes and keep making small mistakes. Otherwise, with his seniority and military exploits, he wouldn't be able to lead 2,500 troops after the expansion. After all, before the incident, this guy had already robbed Zhao Han of money.
"Go up and stop it!"
The dragoons were divided into three groups, spread out and shot at the enemy from a distance, and sent several cavalry to report the situation to Fei Ruhe.
The gate of Jining city has been opened wide,p; He really couldn't surrender, a bunch of people from his ancestral family served as officials and soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, from his official position to the Deputy Commander of the Eight Banners of the Han Army in Xiangbai Banner, he could rank among the top fifteen Han generals in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in terms of rank only.
Surrender is not good, it is better to die heroically, let Dorgon remember him, and earn a share of shade for his son.
Hong Chengchou rode a horse and stood in the center of the battlefield. He looked up at the rising moon, as if he was in a dream. Recalling the experiences of these years, life is really like a dream, how did it come to the current situation?
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Zu Zeyuan, who was charging, fell down after being shot. But he didn't die. He wanted to stand up, but he didn't have the strength, so he could only draw the knife across his neck, cut his throat and committed suicide.
After the three-stage strike of the firecracker, the Wu Zhenchao with the inlaid white flags died, and less than a thousand people remained. Some turned and fled, some knelt down and surrendered, but no one dared to continue to charge.
"Kill the Tartars!"
Zhang Yingxiang led the soldiers and generals, and became brave again. This guy took the lead and mowed the grass all the way with the rout soldiers. There were more than 20 Han soldiers with the white banner beheaded by him.
Hong Chengchou did not escape, he is a civil servant, even if he loses, he has to maintain his demeanor.
He still did not surrender, nor did he commit suicide, but stayed where he was and waited for the Datong Army to capture him.
"Old thief, where are you running to!"
A general rushed over on horseback and pressed Hong Chengchou to the ground.
Hong Chengchou's face was pressed against the ground, his face was covered with dust, and he ate some dirt in his mouth, and finally completely lost his civil servant demeanor.
In the direction of Qufu, Kong's family please surrender.