nanming man

Chapter 964
The Grand Canal runs across the north and south, and is the way to transport food and troops.

Although water transportation has basically been cut off since the Jiashen period, the Grand Canal still bears the responsibility of connecting the north and the south.

Teng County, Shandong, the base camp of the Ming Army, Ma Shiying's army is stationed here, and has been fighting against the Wei Army Li Guo's troops for many days.

The Ming Dynasty declared to the outside world that the court had forced the Manchus to return Shandong and Beizhi through negotiations, and achieved a huge diplomatic victory. Acts of rebellion are truly treasonous.

The army of the Ming army went north, and in order to receive the proceeds from the negotiations, they fought a fierce battle with the Wei army in Jining Prefecture, but could not win, so they retreated to Teng County.

The battle of Jining and the battle of Qingzhou started almost at the same time. The [-] Ming army attacked and the [-] Wei army defended. The important location cut off the canal, making it impossible for the Ming army to break through the blocking of the Wei army.

Ma Shiying notified Dorgon of the Ming army's movements and approximate strength, and claimed that the Ming army had gone north to outflank the Wei army's rear, hoping to help Dorgon stabilize the morale of the army.

The Ming army judged that the main force of the Wei army had gone to intercept the Qing army, but it was only used for blocking. They thought they could easily occupy Jinan and control Shandong, but they didn't want 10 people, but they couldn't defeat the [-] Wei army.

Although the young faction in the Ming army still insisted on continuing to attack, Ma Shiying was a little scared.

Speaking of which, Ma Shiying and Gao Yihuan are old acquaintances, and they used to have some friendship with each other.

As early as when Abatai invaded Shandong and grazed horses in the land of Qilu, Gao Yihuan attacked the Qing army and beheaded nearly a thousand Qing troops, which left a deep impression on him.

Afterwards, Gao Yihuan attacked Bozhou and Shouzhou and killed his subordinate Liu Liangzuo's family. Ma Shiying didn't make a sound, but he was afraid of offending this fierce god.

Now, when Ma Shiying saw that he could not break through the Wei army's partial division, he immediately felt timid, and retreated to Teng County with his troops, and instead sent someone to send gifts to the Wei army, expressing his willingness to reconcile.

At this time, the camps of the Ming army were all over the field, and densely packed soldiers came in and out. Suddenly, on the east side of the camp, a group of cavalry came galloping, rolling up a cloud of yellow dust.

The cavalry galloped to the front of the camp, flew off their horses, held their helmets in one hand, and pressed their sabers in the other, and hurried towards the commander's tent.

A moment later, the horn sounded to break out of the camp. Ma Shiying, who was wearing a scarlet official robe, was surrounded by cavalry and left the camp.

On the canal, the warships of the Ming army unanimously raised anchor and sailed, sailing south along the current.

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Xuzhou has been besieged by the Ming army for dozens of days.

Earlier, the Ming army was bombarded by cannons and soldiers attacked, and once captured the Dongmen Wengcheng. Fortunately, Liu Heizi led his own soldiers to fight to the death before driving the Ming army from the top of the city.

After that, the Ming army stopped attacking, leaving only a group of troops to monitor the city, and the army marched northward.

Seeing this, Liu Heizi did not go out of the city to attack. Instead, he guarded the city and continued to wait for the reinforcements from the Great Wei.

Xuzhou is an important town between the north and the south. Although its status is not as high as that of Xiangyang, it is also a place that the Wei army must control when they march into the Huaihe River. He knows very well that as long as he defends Xuzhou, he will do a great job.

In the early morning, most of the soldiers who guarded the city overnight held their weapons and rested with their backs against the wall.

The east was getting whiter, and the soldiers got up one after another, exercising their muscles and bones, waiting for the soldiers to send Shandong pancakes.

On the top of the city, a few soldiers were leaning against the wall, gnawing pancakes, and muttering in a low voice, "You son of a bitch, what are the grandchildren outside the city doing around us if they don't go to beat up the Tartars? Why do I eat pancakes every day? There is no place to use it!"

The old pawn next to him spat, "They are so virtuous, and if the Tartars can't beat us, they will bully us. I heard from the people above that the King of Wei wants to beat the Tartars first, and then he will deal with them later. Just watch, Then he will cry."

While talking, suddenly a team of scouts galloped back from the city.

After the main force of the Ming army went north, the remaining Ming army could not encircle Xuzhou, so they set up camp far away from the city to monitor Xuzhou's every move. Liu Heizi also sent scouts to monitor the Ming army outside the city, and scouts went out of the city every day to spy.

"The Ming army has withdrawn! The Ming army has withdrawn!" The scouts raised yellow dust in the gallop, cheering and shouting from afar.

Hearing the sound, the defenders on the city stood up one after another, and there was a commotion, and countless figures rushed to the city wall.

As usual, Liu Heizi visited the top of the city early in the morning before reaching the steps. He was about to go up to the city when he heard shouts and couldn't help looking at Yuan Zongdi with joy in his eyes.

"Who is that, come here!" The city gate creaked open, and the scout was about to rush towards the commander's mansion. He had just rushed into the entrance hole and entered the street when he heard someone shouting behind him.

The scout looked back and saw that it was Marshal Liu standing on the steps, so he quickly tightened the reins, got off the horse, trotted over, and clasped his fists and said, "See you for the humble post, Marshal, General Yuan!"

Liu Heizi asked anxiously, "What did you just say?"

"Marshal, the Ming army has withdrawn outside the city. I was ordered to go out of the city to investigate, and saw that the Ming army camp was empty, and the boats parked in the river were gone. Seeing this, I hurriedly walked south for more than ten miles, and saw many Ming soldiers. The army retreated wildly, and was about to get closer to observe, but was spotted by the opponent's ranger, and the humble officer rushed back." The scout excitedly said.

Liu Heizi's dark face showed joy, and Yuan Zongdi, who was beside him, also showed a pleasant smile, and said happily: "It seems that the north has been resolved!"

The core of this scuffle is to compete for Shandong and Beizhili. Now that the Ming army is withdrawing to the south, Yuan Zongdi can easily make a judgment.

Liu Heizi stroked his beard under his chin, and said with a complicated expression: "So, brother Gao, is he going to be the emperor?"

Yuan Zongdi hurriedly said: "Marshal, I will not dare to call you brothers and sisters with the king in the future."

Liu Heizi said: "Old Yuan, you know a lot and have experience, teach me later."

At this time, the soldiers at the top of the city had figured out what was going on, and a burst of cheers followed.

Liu Heizi and Yuan Zongdi walked up to the top of the city, looked out of the city, and then shouted orders, "Scouts continue to investigate, make sure to confirm that the Ming army has withdrawn. The soldiers of each battalion are ready, and after they have fully figured it out, follow the commander's order to act!" "

Liu Heizi used tricks to capture Xuzhou, but he was still very cautious. When the city gate opened, his horse ran out immediately.

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Mount Tai is located in Shandong. Among the five mountains, Mount Tai is not the most tall and towering, nor is it the most majestic and precipitous, but it has become the place where emperors of all dynasties worshiped Zen.

When talking about enshrining Zen, one thinks of Mount Tai, and the reason for this is mainly because Qin Shihuang, who swept away Liuhe, and after him, several emperors with great achievements enshrined Zen here.

At this time, at the foot of Mount Tai, military tents spread, and more than [-] Wei troops set up camp. Gao Yihuan came to the foot of Mount Tai, ready to enshrine Zen.

Generally speaking, the feudal society has three harsh conditions for the Fengchan of Mount Tai: first, the emperor of Fengchan must truly create a great unification; Auspicious appearance.

If the conditions are not met, people will definitely be abused, like Song Zhenzong who was scolded very badly and lost face, but Gao Dawang has a thick skin, and he is not afraid of some unscrupulous grandsons making trouble for him.

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