nanming man

Chapter 107

Seeing the scene in front of him, Wang Yan realized that he had been tricked. The reason why Shuangshuang asked him to rush for the exam was also because he ran out of money.

Wang Yan didn't expect things to be like this, and he couldn't accept it, but he was relieved after thinking about it calmly.After all, this is his profession, and he survives by selling feelings. He only blames himself for his ignorance and inexperience. Besides, he was given a farewell party with wine in the end, and let him sleep all night without taking any money. This is already very righteous.

If this scene is not smashed, this may be a good dream of Wang Yan, but if he bumps into it and understands it, it will be so.

Wang Yan is a gentleman, so it is impossible to go in and make a scene. Besides, this matter is very embarrassing, so he didn't intend to mention it to others, so he turned around suddenly when he walked to the shore, making Ah Chen confused.

Along the way, Wang Yan didn't say a word, he found a pawn shop, pawned a box of his sage books, exchanged some money, and embarked on the road to the north.

Unlike going east along the river and admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River all the way, crossing the river from Nanjing and going north after passing through Yangzhou is miserable.

Although Wang Yan took a merchant ship to the capital, but after the ship arrived in Huai'an, he heard that the north was not peaceful, so the owner of the ship directly sold the goods in Huai'an, and turned back to Yangzhou.Wang Yan could only go by land, trekking all the way north with difficulty.

Along the way, the ground was cracked and the villages were deserted, which surprised Wang Yan.

He lived in the relatively affluent Huguang area, and the people's lives were decent, so he thought that the lives of the people in other parts of the world were not much worse.

Although he heard about the corrupt situation in the north from the mansion newspaper and other sources, these literal things made him feel that there was some exaggeration, but he didn't want to see it with his own eyes, only to find out that the situation was far worse than what was described in the mansion newspaper Much more serious.

In late November, Wang Yan and A Chenfeng entered the border of Beizhi after eating and sleeping in the open. A large number of fleeing crowds and carriages began to appear on the official road, and the cries of women and children could be heard from time to time.

At this time Wang Yan was sitting on the side of the road, Ah Chen ran over and said in a panic: "My lord, I have found out everything. The fleeing people said that the Tartars invaded and they are about to call. What should we do? Should we continue walking?"

After Wang Yan passed Linqing Mansion, Yu Ah Chen was sitting on the ground to rest, when suddenly there was a crowd of people on the road, Yu was desperately fleeing to the south in the severe cold, so Wang Yan asked Ah Chen to inquire.

Hearing that it was the Tartars who invaded, Wang Yan couldn't help trembling. He looked up again and saw the fleeing people helping the old and the young, running forward in terror, throwing everything they couldn't take away on the ground, and sometimes people died of exhaustion on the road , The whole person's face was a little panicked.

It was not just once or twice that the Tartars entered the pass, this was already the sixth time, and every time it brought great disasters to Ming Dynasty, almost every time they plundered hundreds of thousands of people and massacred countless people.

Hearing that the Tartars had entered the pass again, a feeling that he had never had before in the south, or that was not so strong, suddenly came from the bottom of his heart, and Wang Yan's heart began to heavy.

He was silent for a while, then stood up, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go back to Linqing first, take a look at the situation, and then decide what to do."

Since the Tartars entered the customs, the capital must be under martial law and all roads will be cut off. Wang Yan can only choose to retreat to Linqing temporarily and make further plans.

At this time, all the prefectures and counties in Shandong were rumored that the Tartars were going to attack Shandong, which made people panic everywhere. However, the Shandong government seemed to have been prepared for this, and all the people in the counties fled. Go to Fucheng to hide.

When Wang Yan retreated to Linqing, the city was already under martial law, and an army of officers who didn't know where they came from was passing through the city gate. After a while, there were several green-robed officials on horseback, each with hundreds of soldiers. Young and strong, he also quickly passed through the city gate.

Looking at their official uniforms, Wang Yan guessed that they were magistrates from various counties, and they brought the people from the counties to guard the city.

At this time, several officers and soldiers in front of the city gate raised a large flag, and then set up a square table. A scribe sat behind the table and began to raise the flag to recruit troops.

They recruited young and strong men who came to Fucheng to escape from the Tartars to join the army. Many men left the refugee team after seeing them, and went to join the army.

At this time, a scarlet-robed official at the top of the city suddenly walked down the top of the city excitedly, led more than ten officials to the gate of the city, went straight to meet a carriage, and bowed in salute.

Wang Yan couldn't help being a little puzzled when he saw it. In a prefectural city of Linqing, the appearance of a scarlet robe is already a bit surprising. The scarlet robe official even saluted the people in a very ordinary carriage, which made him a little curious, who came Qing?

"Gaofutai, the Gaofutai guarding Bianzhou is here." The officers and soldiers at the city gate suddenly cheered excitedly.

Wang Yan heard the sound and looked around, and saw a middle-aged man getting off the carriage, and was soon surrounded by officials in the scarlet robe and leading many officials into the city.

The officers and soldiers at the gate of the city had just revealed the identity of the person who came. It was Gao Mingheng, the former governor of Henan who was guarding Kaifeng three times and made Li Zicheng lose his temper.

When Wang Yan heard that it was this person, he couldn't help feeling a little relieved, so he lined up to enter Linqing City.

Gao Erge's pair of cattail-leaf fans with small wings gradually influenced this era after all.

More than half a year ago, he asked Gao Yizhen to send a letter to the government. After Yang Wenyue got the news, although he did not report the news of the Tartar invasion to the court, he wrote letters to several colleagues in Shandong and Beizhi.It was these letters that made preparations for some prefectures in Shandong and Beizhi.

At the beginning of the Qing army's breakthrough, after the sixteen cities were conquered, Shandong and the state capitals in the south of Beizhi gradually reacted.

However, although the government has made preparations and strengthened the defense of the city wall, the Ming army has no field strength.

In November alone, in the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Hui died in battle in Bazhou, and Zhao Ting, the counselor, Yan Yunshao, the magistrate, and Chen Sanzhan, the magistrate, died in Hejian.

Linqing City, located in the northwest of Shanxi Province, at the confluence of Zhangwei River and Grand Canal, across the river from Beizhi, is an important gateway for Shanxi to go east and Shanxi and Hebei to go east.

After the Ming Dynasty established Beijing as its capital, Linqing quickly prospered and rose to become one of the most important cities in the Ming Dynasty by virtue of the advantages of water transportation along the Grand Canal.

The original story of the Ming Dynasty novel "Golden Boss" probably took place in Linqing.

After Abatai led the army to enter the pass, if he wanted to enter the hinterland of Shandong, he would not let Linqing City go. Not long after Wang Yan entered the city, the Qing army approached the city, surrounded Linqing tightly, and began to attack the city. Wealthy city.

Historically, Linqing City was broken by the Qing army, but now there are some changes. Gao Mingheng, who was supposed to return to his hometown, came to Linqing, and the Shandong government has also made some preparations. He collected some money and food in advance to recruit people to defend the city~
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