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Chapter 528 The Qing Army Goes South
Guide is Liu Heizi's painstaking effort for many years, and he doesn't want to give up easily.

Although he was afraid of the Tartars going south, 3 of them stood firm in Guide, next to him was his brother Gao Jie, and behind him were Liu Zeqing, Xu Dingguo, and Huang Degong. There was a supervisor Gao Mingheng as the commander of the town, and nearly 50 officers and troops He still has some confidence in deploying Jiangbei as his backing.

If he ran away, he would feel distressed after years of management. In addition, he was not like Gao Yihuan, who had such a great power that the court could not rule him. Although he had some soldiers, but the court was determined to deal with him, there was nothing he could do.

Out of various considerations, Liu Heizi decided to keep Guide for a while, but he was a little guilty after all, fearing that he would not be able to keep Guided Germany, so he decided to send his family members away.

Hearing that Chen Baoping in Sui County had rebelled and surrendered, Liu Heizi panicked, and hurriedly urged Deng to leave first, and sent 300 guards.

After his family left, Liu Heizi breathed a sigh of relief, but the expressions of the subordinates around him were a little unnatural.

"Chen Baoping, a bastard, actually betrayed me. I will turn off his dog's head sooner or later!" Liu Heizi was angry, and ordered his subordinates to come down to the mansion to do righteous things.

Chen Baoping and Gao Yihuan are also acquaintances, and they had conflicts with Gao Yihuan when they accompanied Li Guo to attack Guide Mansion.

When Zhao Yingyuan was guarding Guide, he, Gao Yihuan, Liu Heizi and other nine men served as Zhao Yingyuan's nine captains, guarding one city each.

Later, Zhao Yingyuan was transferred away by Li Zicheng, Liu Heizi became a mighty general guarding Guide, and Chen Baoping was still a captain.

Originally Liu Heizi wanted to kill him or drive him away, but this guy became very obedient and obeyed Liu Heizi, so Liu Heizi left him behind.

At this time, in Liu Heizi's festival hall, the general who came back to report stood with his hands down, bowed his head and said, "Commander, Chen Baoping invited Zeng Qianhu to a banquet. Qianhu didn't become suspicious, but was killed by Chen Baoping's ambush soldiers. More than 1000 brothers in the city, just Only humble officials escaped!"

Liu Heizi's cheeks twitched. Zeng Jiaoling was his confidant, and he was placed in Sui County to monitor Chen Baoping. He didn't want to be so careless, but was actually killed by Chen Baoping.

Now that Sui County is lost, the gate to the northwest of Shangqiu City is wide open, and the Qing army can directly approach the city without any room for buffering.

Although Liu Heizi had already made some preparations after receiving Gao Yihuan's letter, he still panicked in the face of such a situation.

Liu Heizi couldn't help pacing back and forth in the festival hall, then suddenly stopped and asked, "Has the Tartar entered Sui County?"

"Come in, it's the Tartar soldiers who are doing the killing, otherwise Chen Baoping wouldn't have killed a thousand of our brothers so easily!"

Liu Heizi's heart tightened, he walked back to his chair and sat down, since the Tartars had already entered the city, the idea of ​​taking back Sui County before the Tartars arrived would not work.

Liu Heizi exhaled heavily, "Pass down the order to let the people in the surrounding suburbs retreat into the city, and then send a fast horse to report to Xuzhou!"

"The humble post takes orders!" The general clasped his fists immediately.

"Wait!" Liu Heizi stopped him, and suddenly took out a letter from his sleeve, "Find another reliable person, send this letter to Nanyang, and give it to Brother Gao."

Hearing this, the general lifted his spirits, received the letter, and was instantly full of confidence, "Marshal, Marshal Gao is the nemesis of the Tartars. If he helps, we will definitely be able to repel the Tartars!"

Liu Heizi was taken aback for a moment, feeling a little unhappy, I asked you to send a letter to the second year of high school, and you climaxed?
Liu Heizi impatiently waved his hand to let him go down. After a short while, the generals from the Liu Department came to the commander's mansion to discuss the matter of defense.

While Liu Heizi was deploying his defenses intensively, the two Qing armies had already assembled.

One was led by Azige and assembled in Jinan, and the other was led by Duoduo and assembled in Zhengzhou.

After the Qing army entered the pass, in order to control the vast areas in the north, its troops expanded, and the number of troops that could be mobilized was about 45.Among them, the Eight Banners soldiers were attrition, and they were still not enough after replenishment. There were only 16 soldiers, 10 in foreign domains, and 6 in Wu Sangui.

In order to attack Nanjing, the Qing army mobilized 20 troops this time, which can be said to be quite strong.

The 20 troops are useless. Even the green battalion soldiers used as cannon fodder are mostly former border troops of the Ming Dynasty, or official troops suppressing bandits in the pass.

In contrast, although the Ming army in Jiangbei has more than 50 people, it has a lot of moisture. The real number of soldiers is only about 12. Its strength is actually weaker than that of the Qing army that went south.

In mid-August, after the preparations for the two Qing armies were completed, Azig led 10 horses, set off from Jinan, and marched towards Xuzhou with a lot of noise.

Duoduo left Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming to monitor Gao Yihuan, and then led the Eight Banners, Eight Banners of Mongolia, Outer Fan Mongolia, and Green Battalion, a total of 10 soldiers, through the barren Kaifeng and appeared in the northwest of Guide Mansion.

Among them, the Eight Banners and the foreign vassals came to reap benefits, while the green battalion soldiers came to do coolies.

After the Qing army entered the customs, they had been fighting in the dilapidated north, with little gain. As soon as the army entered the area controlled by the Ming army, they began to burn, kill and loot.

However, the Qing army did not slaughter randomly without brains. Duoduo posted notices along the way, declaring that for any city that can be surrendered to the Qing, the Qing soldiers will not kill people, ransack their homes, smoke people, or take people away. Military funds are all that is needed. For any city that dares to resist the Qing soldiers, if the army enters the city and does not surrender, once the army breaks through the city, it will kill the whole city without leaving any dogs behind.

The notice of the Qing army undoubtedly still has some effect. It can deter the place, and the Qing army can quickly distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. Being able to take the opportunity to plunder, boost the morale of the generals, and at the same time wipe out those who are dissatisfied, is conducive to the Qing army's control of the region.

At the end of August, the Qing army, who had gone south from Shandong, crossed the river from Huitong and came to the north of Xuzhou.

The vanguard of the Qing army spied on Xuzhou from the north bank of the Yellow River, and sentry cavalry galloped along the river. Soon they drew back and reported to Azig who had already arrived in Yanzhou.

At the beginning of September, it was a sunny day, and the weather was already a bit cool. The soldiers of Guide City were busy carrying arrows, raging wood, stones, kerosene, etc. on the two-foot-wide city wall.

On the edge of the wall stack, the Flang machine, the iron sand gun, the tiger gun, and the bowl gun are lined up. The gunners are making the final inspection to ensure that the equipment is in good condition.

When the city was in full swing, the soldiers at the top of the city suddenly exclaimed, and a rush of alarm bells sounded. The soldiers stood up one after another and looked to the north. The black line is slowly getting thicker and moving forward.

On the top of the wall, Liu Heizi leaned on the wall with a serious face, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, "There are so many people here on donkey day, I'm a sophomore in high school!"

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