Dominate the Country

[Today is still three chapters, two chapters will be posted at 5 and 7 pm]

Qingjiang, a tall Xingyue Church. The bright silver stars and moons on the green dome lost their brilliance under the gunfire.

Inside the church, Mu Congqing closed his eyes in pain.

"Please invite Bai Ziwang and Ma Chengdong, I have something to discuss with them."

At the end of his rope, Mu Congqing knew it was time to make up his mind. Otherwise, what awaited them tomorrow was irresistible suffering.

He didn't want to die yet, let alone his son and grandson. He didn't want his Mu family to be extinct, and the huge industry would be cheapened by the Fu Han Army bandits. If thousands of believers just died like this, it would be too tragic!

Since the great migration of the H tribe in the early Ming Dynasty, well, the widespread spread of the Xingyue Church in the Ming Dynasty was related to the Ming Dynasty's capital being Nanjing, and a considerable number of H troops stationed in Nanjing, and then followed the troops to all parts of the country. Most of those hu soldiers were descendants of the Semites. In order to show their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, they all took Nanjing as their hometown and regarded coming from the "Dragon Land" as an honor. Then the Xingyue Sect and its believers evolved from "Huh all over the world in the Yuan Dynasty" to "Huh all over the world in Jinling".

When a large number of hu people moved to the Grand Canal, they multiplied and multiplied, and the population increased exponentially, so that many hu people villages appeared. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Xingyue Sect showed a very obvious Sinicization feature in the canal area - that is, a group of "hu Confucian scholars" appeared. They were all hu people who had received a good Confucian cultural education. Qizhi clearly proposed that the teachings of the Xingyue Sect must be organically combined with the traditional Chinese Confucian culture. This is their only way out. And this group of people did so. So Chen Ming really did not regard the Xingyue Sect and its believers along the Grand Canal and the Xingyue Sect and its believers in the northwest as people of the same country.

These Han people have taken root here for hundreds of years. A group of them have made fortunes through business. The Mu family is the best among the Han people and wealthy businessmen in Qinghe. Regardless of the race and country of the rich, when death comes, they are always the most vulnerable.

Therefore, Mu Congqing wants to cooperate with the bandits. He wants to make a deal with the Fu Han Army outside.

Qingjiang will only die if it continues. It is better to surrender the whole army when the city is broken than to "cooperate with the bandits" now? As long as it is done secretly and not known by outsiders, they can continue to make a living here after the Fu Han Army leaves and is defeated.

Besides, the contradictions between Han people along the Grand Canal are far less acute than those in the northwest. Although Mu Congqing has the concept that his family will be discriminated against by the Fu Han Army, he does not put it first. If the Grand Imam did not dare to refuse the request of the Qingjiang government and send the only force of the religious group to defend the city, Mu Congqing could stay at home and watch the storm and the rise and fall.

The Fu Han Army broke through many big cities. As long as they didn't do stupid things, no matter how rich a family was, they would not be directly looted and bloodbathed by the Fu Han Army.

But the deal with the Fu Han Army was not decided by Mu Congqing alone. Bai Ziwang and Ma Chengdong were the direct controllers of the power of the cult. To make a good deal of selling the city, Mu Congqing had to convince them first.

That afternoon, the sound of artillery outside Qingjiang City suddenly stopped. The Qing army militia in the city got a precious breathing opportunity, and immediately organized people to quickly put out the fires that were spreading in various parts of the city, and repaired the city walls.

Then the whole Qingjiang fell into silence again.

Until night, there was a fierce noise in Qingjiang, because the Fu Han Army attacked at night, and unfortunately, two famous Confucian scholars in the cult were killed by bombs, and then the cult was leaderless and ran away in a swarm. This night attack lasted for a short time, but the Qing army was finished. Soon, several bright fireworks rose in the castle, illuminating the entire Qingjiang River in white.

The Fu Han army outside the city, who had been prepared for a long time, smiled. This battle was complete. Although they only had three infantry battalions and artillery teams, less than two thousand men, they captured the city defended by three thousand people.

Qingjiang is very close to Huai'an. After the city was captured, the Xingyue Sect wisely piled up the muskets and gunpowder in front of the church.

"General, the 14 stubborn members of his sect, along with more than 100 of his followers, have all been captured."

"In addition, the people of Qingjiang offered 50,000 taels of silver and 500 taels of gold, two boxes of jewelry, 600 pieces of silk, 100 dan of tea, 2,000 kilograms of medicinal materials, 1,000 dan of grain, and 100 mules and horses."

Chen Ming was surprised that the people of Qingjiang, a small place, could come up with so many goods. "These people are really rich."

"General, that's Qingjiang." The Grand Canal intersects with the Yellow River there, so you can imagine how advantageous the location is.

"Let the people of Qingjiang guard the Yellow River strictly. If anyone dares to dig the dike, kill them without mercy." When the Fu Han Army captured Qingjiang, the obligation to defend the Yellow River also overwhelmed the Fu Han Army.

In attacking northern Jiangsu, Chen Ming's biggest worry was the Yellow River and Gaoyou Lake, which were two huge weapons. Therefore, Chen Ming only used a small army to attack Qingjiang. If the Qing army really had the guts to dig up the Yellow River, the two thousand people would suffer. Chen Ming would accept it if more than a dozen cannons were lost.

The Qing army was thirty or forty miles away from Huai'an. The Yellow River water in August and September could not flood his three armies!

On the morning of the second day, the Fu Han army launched a fierce attack on Huai'an City for the fifth time. The artillery shells were bombarded, and the swords and guns were used for hand-to-hand combat. The corpses were in a mess under the city, and the blood flowed like a river in the city. Li Shiyao made a lot of arrangements in Huai'an City. Street fighting is always the most cruel. But since the gate of Huai'an was opened, Li Shiyao could no longer close it.

At that time, the morning star was still hanging in the sky. The East Gate of Huai'an was wide open, and the Fu Han Army poured out of the city. The sound of gunfire, explosions, and shouts of killing were louder than when they attacked the city. The Fu Han Army had already opened the South Gate, but there were so many Qing soldiers in Huai'an City, and Li Shiyao, who did not take human lives seriously, was there, and he directly used human lives to withstand the attack of the Fu Han Army. One day before the East Gate was broken, the two armies fought continuously. The Fu Han Army launched three major attacks and more than ten small-scale assaults. The Qing Army was almost bleeding dry and their courage was almost exhausted. When the East Gate was opened, the Huai'an Qing Army faced the more fierce attack of the Fu Han Army. After resisting for less than an hour, they finally collapsed.

…

Upper reaches of the Yellow River, Suqian, in the territory of Xuzhou Prefecture.

On the bank of the Yellow River, an army was marching listlessly. This is the rescue team composed of the Shandong Green Camp and some of the Beijing Patrol Camp who were ordered to advance to Huai'an from the Shandong battlefield. Huai'an is an important place. The attack of the Fu Han Army on Huai'an directly touched the heart of Emperor Qianlong, who ordered the Shandong troops who strangled the Hunyuan Sect to quickly dispatch an army to the south. Now this listless team is the troops heading south to Huai'an.

There are a total of five or six thousand people, led by You Qing, the general of Yanzhou Town in Shandong.

Shandong soldiers cannot be compared with the Green Camp in the northwest, but they are not much worse. Shandong men, they sound tough!

However, this reinforcement army with Yanzhou Town as the main force is really not tough, and the Fu Han Army attacking Huai'an is not the target of their anger.

Under the fluttering camp flag, a green sedan chair swayed forward. Four sedan bearers were sweating and their clothes were wet. They adjusted their pace according to the frequency of the sedan chair shaking up and down to save energy. Behind them were four other sedan bearers.

The curtain of the sedan chair was rolled up, revealing a delicate face with a well-groomed beard. This man was You Qing, the general of Yanzhou Town in Shandong. You Qing looked around and asked lazily, "Where are we going?" Captain Goshha came over and said respectfully, "Taiwan, the team is almost at Zhongxing Town." The road from Suqian to Huai'an is almost halfway. You Qing still had some ability. He knew how far Zhongxing Town was from the Yellow River. He yawned lazily and said, "Tell the brothers in the patrol camp in front that everyone should take a rest when they arrive at Zhongxing Town. It won't be too late to continue the journey tomorrow." You Qing lowered the curtain. Goshaha Youzhi outside could hear him muttering in the sedan chair, "Why are we walking so fast? We are going to show our support, not to fight with the Chen rebels who deserve to be killed. We are not afraid of losing our lives if we walk too fast..."

There is no shortage of Qing army officers who are shrewd and calculating. Whether in Shandong or Jiangnan, when danger comes, these people can always come up with some incredible methods.

You Qing was dizzy after being bumped in the sedan chair all day. He leaned against the inner wall of the official sedan chair and closed his eyes to rest. When Goshaha outside reported that they were about to enter Zhongxing Town, he just said "hmm".

After walking a little further, they could hear some cries and shouts from outside. You Qing frowned, opened the curtains and heard clearer cries from outside, feeling impatient.

Needless to say, these must be some bastards who can't control their own things, and they just wanted to rob the woman when they were about to camp.

You Qing was furious and called Captain Goshaha over and scolded: "Are you all courting death? You dare to make such a big fuss by robbing a woman. Don't you know there are still people from the patrol camp in the team?

Go and tell them to stop messing around and save some energy for the fight tomorrow."

Captain Goshaha nodded and said: "Yu Canrong sent someone here just now, but I was afraid that he would disturb the town governor's rest, so I sent him back. He said that Yu Canrong found a few virgin girls and would send them to the town governor as a tribute when they arrived."

You Qing's face was still angry, and he scolded: "You dog, did I say everything I said just now in vain? Tell Yu Jinzhong that I can recognize his surname Yu, but the people from the patrol camp in front can't recognize him. If the news is reported, Yang Zhitai will chop off his head, and I can't save his life." The Yang Zhitai that You Qing was talking about was Yang Yanzhang, the governor of Zhili. He was a member of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Han Army and a hereditary assistant commander.

Captain Goshaha shrank his head and tried to report the news. You Qing kept looking in that direction through the curtains. As a result, the crying did not get any smaller, but got louder and louder. You Qing was so angry. Did Yu Zhongping really want to die? At this moment, he regretted that he had been too indulgent to these soldiers before. But soon You Qing felt something was wrong. There was a buzzing sound in front of him, and soon it turned into earth-shaking shouting and crying.

No! This is definitely not the noise that Yu Zhongping could make by robbing a few women!

You Qing had a bad premonition in his heart. He stepped out of the fallen official sedan and was about to send someone to inquire. Captain Goshaha had already stumbled back.

"What happened? Tell me quickly." Such a panic, isn't this disturbing the morale of the army?

"Chen Ni is here, Chen Ming is here, Zhentai, run."

"What?" You Qing was stunned. It was like a bolt from the blue, and he was completely unprepared. How did the Fu Han army come to the north of the Yellow River?

You Qing was lifted up by the Goshaha and pushed onto the horse. When You Qing regained consciousness, he saw groups of Zhenbiao Battalion soldiers and a large number of Green Battalion soldiers running to the north in a turbulent manner, and some cavalry could be vaguely seen behind them.

On a bare hill beside the road in Zhongxing Town. Chen Kaishan was standing on his horse, with his followers beside him.

Looking at the Shandong Green Camp soldiers and the Beijing Patrol Camp troops trampling on each other in the collapse, Chen Kaishan laughed and said, "These chickens and dogs dare to come to rescue Huai'an, they are not worth a single blow."

"The Grand Commander is really smart. He knew that the morale of the Qing army was low, so he let us cross the Qing River directly to attack. It turned out to be a soft persimmon..."