Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

"Your Highness, the front has arrived in Cangzhou. A

soldier rushed forward to report it.

The army of more than 15,000 people galloped all night, and at this moment it was noon on the second day, the sun was shining, and Zhu Cihong was already sweating profusely, and he was also physically and mentally exhausted.

He turned his head to look, and also found that Lu Xiangsheng Zukuan and the two of them were also tired on their faces, Yang Zaixing, Zhang Huaibin and others were fine, and Zhu Cihong also had to sigh that their physical strength was too good.

"The whole army rested outside the city of Cangzhou. Zhu

Cihong gave the order to go down, not planning to enter the city, just rest in the small woods outside, and there is a small river not far from the city, so that the war horses can drink water.

Zhu Cihong sat under a big tree, took out the kettle and wanted to drink water, but found that he had already drunk it, so he asked Zhang Huaibin to go to the city to fetch water.

"The minister of Cangzhou, the commander of Cangzhou, the commander of Cangzhou, the Tongzhi of Cangzhou led a group of officials in Cangzhou, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" Not

long after Zhu Cihong sat down, the closed city gate of Cangzhou immediately opened, and a group of people ran out of it.

"Okay, don't be polite, go and supply the army with water, dry food and the like.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, and then leaned against the tree and closed his eyes.

......Knowing

that he kept screaming in the trees, it was very summery, but he was upset at the moment, and he didn't know what the movement of the Qing army was.

An hour later, a scout came galloping with a military report.

"Report to Your Highness, after the Qing army ransacked Yantou Town, it has already marched towards Licheng!" Zhu

Cihong opened his eyes and beckoned to Lu Xiangsheng.

"Your Highness.

Lu Xiangsheng came over with a kettle, Zhu Cihong pointed to the military newspaper, Lu Xiangsheng took the military newspaper and looked at it, and his face changed.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up, and I'm afraid Jinan won't be able to save it.

Lu Xiangsheng's face was ugly, pondered for a while, and then said: "From here to Jinan, even if you rush day and night, it will take two days to reach Jinan."

"We can only find a way to inflict heavy losses on the Qing army after the Qing army sacked Jinan, and then find a way to encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop."

Zhu Cihong glanced at Lu Xiangsheng, he naturally knew this, but this was also something that could not be helped.

"Do you think Jinan has less than 5,000 people, how long can you defend the city?" Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was slightly stunned, pondered for a while, and said: "Back to Your Highness, the city wall of Jinan Mansion is towering and very strong, although the defenders are less than 5,000 people

, but if you stick to it desperately, you can still do it for a few hours." "

In fact, it has been a long time since the Qing army attacked the city for a few hours, and many cities can be said to be broken in the face of the Qing army, and those defenders have no combat effectiveness at all, and they are even more frightened by the Qing army.

Zhu Cihong sighed, it seems that Jinan will still inevitably be slaughtered by the Qing army?

There should still be a chance!

......

Linqing.

In Liu Zeqing's mansion, at this moment, he was listening to the servants singing the Huangmei tune: Eighteen Phases, while eating chilled watermelon, and the two maids on both sides were fanning the wind with fans, so unhappy.

"Your Highness's will, my lord.

After a while, the guard walked in, holding a booklet, and said: "Your Highness agreed to our request, but Your Highness means that when your majesty sends troops to support Jinan, and after you meet with Your Highness's army, you will naturally give your lord two taels of silver and grain and grass." "

Look......"

Seeing that Liu Zeqing didn't speak, the guard asked tentatively, but was interrupted by Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing was eating the watermelon in his hand, and at the same time looked at the singer who was singing casually, looking indifferent, which made the guards next to him unpredictable.

"Go down first.

It wasn't until the watermelon in his hand was eaten that Liu Zeqing let the maid go down, wiped his hands, and said with a smile: "Do you think that after I make peace with His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness will trouble me?"

"This ......

" When the guard heard this, he was speechless, he really didn't know how to answer, but when he thought of his own money and future, he had to rely on each other, so he replied stubbornly: " It should not be put down, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of the prison country, and he will not joke about his words, he will regret it in public, and he will punish the adult, which will damage the majesty and prestige of His Royal Highness. "

Huh.

When Liu Zeqing heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "The prince has killed so many high-ranking officials in the capital, and his highness can supervise the country with full power at the age of ten, and he also personally leads the army to fight with his personality, which is completely opposite to the emperor, this is obvious, we are looking for an excuse to ask for money and food, but His Royal Highness promised so happily, and he will give it after the meeting, there must be fraud in this."

"Your Excellency is really wise, what are you going to do?" the

guard next to him slapped his ass.

"You go, you go to Jinan with an army of 10,000, and after meeting with His Highness, see if he gives money and food.

Liu Zeqing's eyes flashed with a wise look, squinted his eyes, and said: "If Your Highness asks, why didn't I personally lead the army forward, you can say that I am seriously ill and can't get out of bed." "

Your Excellency. Hearing

this, the guards pondered carefully for a while, then gave a thumbs up and said: "In this way, His Royal Highness will be difficult to ride a tiger, and the words of giving money and food have already been said, and our army has indeed gone to Jinan, but the Lord of the General Soldier is sick in bed, even if His Royal Highness wants to find trouble with you, there is no way, Gao!"

Liu

Zeqing enjoyed that he was so wise, fighting a field battle with the Qing army, that wasn't looking for death, he didn't want to look for death, as long as the Qing army didn't rush to Linqing, other places, it was his business.

Before the prince's military order was sent, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, had also sent orders many times for him to lead troops to support Gaotang and Yucheng, but Liu Zeqing directly did not bird the other party.

It was only because it was the military order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that he used his brain to maneuver.

"Come, keep playing, keep singing!"

......

"Report

!" "Dongchang Mansion Pingshan Wei led 5,000 troops out of the city and rushed to Jinan!" "Report!"

"Wuding Prefecture, Binzhou, Qingcheng Sanwei has led 12,000 troops and rushed to Jinan

.

"Report

!" "Shandong Governor Yan Jizu led 3,000 troops, standing by in Zhangqiu, waiting for His Highness's instructions

!" "Report

!" "Liu Zeqing replied to the Ministry and sent 10,000 troops to support Jinan!" "

One military newspaper after another, dozens of scouts changed back and forth one after another, ensuring that the military situation could continue for twelve hours.

"A governor of Shandong, with only 3,000 soldiers, can't move the soldiers and horses of the guards around him, either the number of guards is not the right number, and the salary is serious, or it is an empty shelf, just someone is there, but there is no combat power.

Zhu Cihong stood up, looked at the sky, it was already afternoon at the moment, and put on his heart armor and helmet.

"And Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong who can fight, Yan Jizu can't move.

Lu Xiangsheng added a sentence next to him, and said: "The roster is reported to the Ministry of War, there are 80,000 people, but now only 10,000 troops are dispatched, I'm afraid, Liu Zeqing's actual soldiers and horses are only 30,000 or 40,000."

"Half of the empty salary, and this Yan Jizu is also a mediocre talent, leading the troops to the vicinity of Jinan, but he didn't dare to enter Jinan City, he knew that the Qing army was going to fight Jinan after fighting Licheng, he was afraid!"

Zhu Cihong got on the horse and sneered: "Let's solve Dolgon first, and then talk about the matter of the national guard and the general soldiers of all walks of life eating empty salaries, and when the war is over, the palace will naturally deal with

it!" "Send an order to Yan Jizu, 800 miles to expeditious, let him lead the troops into Jinan City, 8,000 people, defend the city for four days, all kinds of reinforcements are marching to Jinan, so that he must defend the city for four days, if he can't hold it, he will die in Jinan City, otherwise the city is broken, but he is still alive, and he will be beheaded all over the door!!"

"The herald gets the order!" As

soon as the herald got the order, he quickly disappeared in front of everyone.

"The whole army is rushing to Shandong!"

"Driving...... Soon

, tens of thousands of cavalry moved up and galloped in the direction of Shandong.

If Yan Jizu can defend the city for four days, Jinan will still be saved, and the hundreds of thousands of people who were slaughtered by the Qing army will still be saved!