Chapter 227: Marching in Shandong

Haozhou, Mafu Warehouse.

Ma Degong handed a letter to Tian Xiong and said in a heavy tone: "Brother Tian, ​​look at this."

Tian Xiong took the letter and read it in a hurry, then his face changed drastically: "What, Wang Pu asked us to go to Mengcheng to see him?"

"Yes." Ma Degong sighed in annoyance and frowned, "I was wondering, did we accidentally leak the news?"

"General Ma." Tian Xiong's eyes turned cold and he said in a deep voice, "Do you suspect that I secretly reported to Wang Pu, right?"

"Hey, where do you want to go?" Ma Degong quickly explained, "You and I are already grasshoppers on the rope now. If you can't leave, you can't run away. How could you tell Wang Pu? I doubt your four-gouzi, the general, secretly tell Wang Pu?"

"Absolutely impossible." Tian Xiong said decisively, "Sigouzi has followed me for many years and has always been loyal!"

"That's strange." Ma Degong frowned, "If the matter was not revealed, why didn't Wang Pu come to Haozhou? Why did you and I go to Mengcheng to see him?"

Tian Xiong thought for a while and said, "Brother Ma, are we thinking too much?"

Ma Degong said: "How do you say this?"

Tian Xiong said: "It may be that Wang Pu is making a fuss. He deliberately asked us to run far away to Mengcheng to see him, so that he showed his high position and power."

"It makes sense." Ma Degong nodded and said, "Then should we go or not?"

"Let me think about it." Tian Xiong scratched his head and muttered, "Wang Pu came to Fengyang this time for the 60,000 troops under you and me, but according to his behavior in Gaoyou, although he had disintegrated more than 100,000 troops from the six towns in Jiangbei, Li Benshen, Li Chengdong and the others were unscathed..."

Ma Degong browed and whispered: "You mean... can Mengcheng go?"

"At least Wang Pu will not kill you and me." Tian Xiong said, "But if we disobey our orders, he may send troops to fight. If this is the case, the situation would be worse. Wang Pu is not dead, and Zuo Liangyu may not dare to send troops. If Zuo Liangyu does not send troops, you and I will not be able to fight against Wang Pu for 40,000 Central Army no matter what."

"Yes." Ma Degong nodded, "It seems that this Mengcheng really has to go."

Tian Xiong said: "This may not be a bad thing. You can go to Mengcheng to explore Wang Pu's background."

Mengcheng Inn, backyard room.

Just after lunch, Neng's mother was busy cleaning up the dishes. Wang Pu suddenly waved to her and said, "Neng's mother, come here, I have something to ask you."

"Master." The young lady looked back and glanced at Wang Pu charmingly, and said, "I will come after I finish packing it."

"Stop cleaning up, let the inn's hall come to clean up later."

As Wang Pu said that, he stepped forward and hugged Neng's slim waist. His right hand was honest and unceremonious and passed through Neng's legs and picked up her fragrant and soft body. Neng's sneered instinctively opened her jade arms and wrapped them around Wang Pu's neck, and said timidly: "Master, it's broad daylight now."

"What's wrong with the daytime?" Wang Pu raised his head and said loudly on purpose, "Mrs. Marquis and I are intimate with each other, who are you hindering?"

"Master."

The young lady glanced at Wang Pu angrily, and quickly stretched out her little hand to cover Wang Pu's mouth.

Wang Pu sniffed hard, and felt a faint fragrance penetrate into his nose. When he looked down, he saw that the young lady was widening her beautiful big eyes and staring at him affectionately. Her delicate, charming, pretty and sweet expression made Wang Pu feel itchy.

Wang Pu hugged the young lady into the inner room and kicked the door with his heel.

"Master." The young lady couldn't help but hugged Wang Pu's neck tightly and asked in a nickname, "Do you really want it?"

"What do you think?"

The young lady suddenly hugged her delicate body tightly again and panted, "Hu, last night, Hu, what fragrance did the room lit in the smell?"

"He, Hehuan fragrance."

The young mother was so happy that her heart was almost slimming, and her delicate body twisted like a snake.

"Hehuan Xiang?" "Where did you get this thing?"

"Sister Yan gave it to you."

The young lady was so happy that she burst into tears. Her moist lips kept kissing Wang Pu's face and said panting, "Sister Yan also said that Hehuan Xiang will not hurt her body."

"It's indeed that witch." Wang Pu gasped, "I knew it must be her, and others could not have such things."

"Master, are you angry?"

"Angry? Of course I'm angry! Until now, there is still the fragrance of Hehuan in my body."

"Ah? You sniffed the fragrance of Hehuan? Oh my God, how did you survive last night? Sister Yan said that after sniffed the fragrance of Hehuan, it would be very uncomfortable if you don't like a woman..."

"Uh, this..."

As Liu Rushi expected, Ma Degong and Tian Xiong came to Mengcheng Inn on the afternoon of the third day. Although the two were a little nervous, they were not worried about their lives. After all, Wang Pu did not treat the generals of the Seven Towns of Jiangbei, and there was no reason to go to Haozhou but wanted to kill them.

But this time, Ma Degong and Yuki Kazuo thought it wrong.

In the front hall of the inn, Ma Degong and Tianxiong waited for not long. Wang Pu walked in with Scarface, Li Benshen, Li Chengdong and other generals of the seven towns. Ma Degong and Tianxiong quickly stood up and bowed to Wang Pu and said, "I am not good at Ma Degong (Tianxiong) to see the Marquis."

Wang Pu Leng glanced at the two of them and shouted suddenly: "Come here!"

Four personal soldiers responded and responded sharply: "Here!"

Wang Pu reached out and pointed at Ma Degong and Tian Xiong, shouting: "Tie these two thieves!"

"yes."

The four personal soldiers responded to the promise and rushed forward to push Ma Degong and Tian Xiong to the ground. Ma Degong and Tian’s ambition were both broken, but they did not dare to struggle. They had to shout anxiously: "Marty, you are unfair to your position."

The generals of the seven towns next to him, including Li Benshen, also changed their colors slightly. Wang Pu's actions would inevitably be suspected of killing the chicken and terrifying the monkey.

"Unforgivable!" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "You secretly went to the town of Haozhou City to accumulate food, grass and supplies, and transferred several nearby acropolis troops into Haozhou City. You thought I didn't know? You dug an official road in the northern valley of Yimen Town, buried tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder to blow me to death, but thought I didn't know? You secretly colluded with Zuo Liangyu and instigated Zuo Liangyu to clear the emperor's side, thinking I didn't know?"

Li Benshen, Li Chengdong and others changed their faces when they heard this. If what Wang Pu said was true, then Ma Degong and Tian Xiong would be more than dead.

Ma Degong looked tragic and could not speak in annoyance.

Tian Xiong argued loudly: "Mr. Marquis, it is true that he has accumulated food, grass and supplies in the city of Haozhou. He gathered heavy troops, but this is just to prevent Jiannu from going south. What is the crime? As for burying gunpowder in the north canyon in Yimen Town, where did he start? Secretly colluding with Zuo Liangyu is even more a matter of Zi Wuxu!"

"Yes." Ma Degong replied anxiously, "This is nothing."

Tian Xiong said again: "Mr. Marquis, you are the Marquis of Jingnan and the Governor of the Five Provinces. Holding the Shangfang sword, you will be killed first and then reported, and you will be able to kill life and death. If you want to kill Beizhi and General Ma, Beizhi can only kill him. However, what Beizhi wants to say is that killing people is only the first to the ground, and you have to let Beizhi die to understand!"

"Hmph." Wang Pu sneered, "What a sharp mouth. I will give the court and all the generals who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the world. As for you, there is no need for this. Come and drag these two traitors out to carry shackles and show them to the Caishikou and cut them!"

"yes."

The four personal soldiers agreed and took Ma Degong and Yukio to go.

Ma Degong was depressed and looked depressed, but Tian Xiong jumped and shouted loudly, "Wang Pu, there is no reason to be a crime. Wang Pu, you thief, I can't spare you even if I become a ghost. Wang Pu, I will go to the King of Hell to sue you even if I go to the underworld..."

The personal soldiers dragged Ma Degong and Tian Xiong away, and the male hero's angry scolding gradually disappeared.

Wang Pu turned to the general of the seven towns standing next to him and said calmly: "Do you think this marquis is taking human life? Go to the street and see how much the people of Mengcheng hate these two traitors, and you will know that this marquis did not kill the wrong person! You must also remember that the army is used to protect the people, not to harm the people!"

"Yes." Li Chengdong first reacted, raised his chest and shouted, "Private the people of Ming Dynasty to kill, kill, kill! Those who raped the women of Ming Dynasty should kill!"

Wang Pu's intention was already very obvious. He killed Ma Degong and Tian Xiong in front of the generals of the Seven Towns of Jiangbei to give them a warning with the fact that Wang Pu could not blame the things they had done before, but if he dared to do something that harmed the people of the Ming Dynasty, he would be killed without mercy!

The other six generals also came to their senses and yelled.

"Very good." Wang Pu nodded and said to Scarface, "Send the order and the whole army will set off... to Haozhou!"

"yes!"

Scarface responded with a loud promise and took the order and left.

After all the generals left, Wang Pu took Lu Liuhe and more than a dozen personal soldiers to leave the inn and headed straight to Yuelai Inn.

In the lobby of Yuelai Inn, Wang Pu met the dusty monk Zhang. Monk Zhang came from Luzhou day and night, and two horses ran to death on the way. When Wang Pu walked into the inn, this guy was holding a large pot of Shanxi knife and eating it deliciously. The sound of swallowing made more than a dozen diners nearby shocked.

When he saw Wang Pu, Monk Zhang quickly put down the basin and was about to come forward to greet him.

Wang Pu waved his hand and smiled at Monk Zhang, "Monk, you eat first, I'll wait for you in the backyard."

After saying that, Wang Pu took Lu Liu straight into the backyard.

Monk Zhang responded, and killed the remaining noodles in a few seconds. He picked up the basin and dried most of the basin of noodles. Then he wiped his mouth with unsatisfactory feelings, turned around and headed straight for the backyard.

In the backyard, Wang Pu was already waiting for Monk Zhang in Hong Niangzi's wing room.

In November of the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), Liu Rushi offered a plan to lure and kill Ma Degong, Tian Xiong, and the soldiers of the two towns of Haozhou were broken. More than 40,000 elderly, weak, sick and disabled were sent back to their hometowns, and more than 10,000 strong were forced to be sent to the Yanziji camp in Nanjing for training.

After solving the troops in the two towns of Haozhou, Wang Pu no longer had any worries and headed north.

In early December, the Central Army successfully passed through Guide Prefecture, Henan and marched into Caozhou. The Forward Battalion led by the savage general Scarface had approached Puzhou, less than two hundred miles from Liaocheng, the capital of Dongchang.

The Jiannu who were stationed in Liaocheng had only 500 Han troops in the Yellow Banners and 2,000 surrendered former Ming officials. The chief general was named Tong Tulai, the third son of the hard-core traitor Tong Yangzheng and the nephew of Tong Yangxing. When he heard that the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty arrived, Tong Tulai did not dare to neglect him and quickly condemned the Kuma and quickly reported to Beijing's uncle, Regent Dorgon.

At this time, Jiannu's foundation in Shandong was far from stable.

In September of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the thief entered the capital. Shortly after Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself and died, Shandong General Liu Zeqing ran away with his army. At this time, officials from various Shandong prefectures still regarded themselves as officials of the Ming Dynasty. Just a few days later, these former Ming local officials transformed into local officials of the Dashun Dynasty.

Li Zicheng once sent an army of 50,000 to station in Shandong, but with his 100,000 elite troops defeated in a stone, the 50,000 troops were quickly transferred back to Beijing, and Shandong once again became an unguarded province.

Shortly after that, the Dashun Army evacuated Beijing and Jiannu became the new master of Beijing City.

The vast majority of officials in Beijing became officials of Jiannu and became "old officials of the three dynasties" in the true sense. Soon after that, most local officials in Shanxi, Beizhi and Shandong provinces surrendered one after another, and the huge Shandong Province became the territory of the Qing Dynasty without a war.

However, at this time, the main force of Jiannu was busy pursuing the bandits. Dorgon only sent only two thousand Jiannu and five thousand surrendered troops to Shandong. These two thousand Jiannu and five thousand surrendered troops were stationed in Liaocheng and Jinan respectively, one crossing the Grand Canal of the Beijing-Hangzhou and the other crossing the Shandong capital. The symbolic significance of the garrison is far greater than the practical significance.

Forbidden City, Wenhua Hall.

After Jiannu occupied Beijing, Wenhua Palace became Dorgon's bedroom.

At this time, Dorgon was lying on the dragon throne that Emperor Chongzhen once sat on, frowned and pondered. An increasingly serious problem was plaguing him and making him helpless. Two months ago, Li Zicheng, who was the brief master of the Forbidden City, also encountered the same problem. This problem was the shortage of food and salary!

The five northern provinces have been wars for years, and the economic production in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong has been greatly damaged. Only the northern Zhili is relatively better because it is under the feet of the emperor. In addition, the rain is abundant this year, and the people of northern Zhili still have some food in their hands after the autumn harvest.

Emperor Chongzhen hoped to obtain this food to support the Beijing army to defend the capital. Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen did not raise enough money. He could not afford the food. He could not make up his mind to steal the food from his people. Emperor Chongzhen was helpless and could only watch the thieves breaking Beijing and finally hang himself on the coal mountain.

Li Zicheng also wanted to get these foods, but he also did not have enough money. However, Li Zicheng was crueler than Emperor Chongzhen. If he didn't directly rob the people of Northern Zhili, he would rob the officials and honors of Beijing. This robbed him and grabbed tens of millions of taels of silver. Unfortunately, before Li Zicheng could use these money to buy food, his army collapsed.

Now, it is the same problem that it is the turn of the slave chief Dorgon. Although North Korea under Hong Chengchou sent a lot of food to Jiannu, these foods are still a drop in the bucket for the huge Jiannu army. Jiannu's foundation is already weak, and what they are best at is killing and destruction, farming, and producing food is very difficult for them. In previous years, people often starved to death when there was a famine outside the pass.
Chapter completed!