Beigou.

Beigou is only a few miles away from the Bohai Sea in the north. The land nearby is flat. It was originally a granary for Dengzhou Prefecture. In addition, there is a good port nearby and the fish catch is extremely rich. Before Kong Youde brought disaster to Shandong, this place was extremely rich.

Because it is located to the west of Dengzhou, it has become a prosperous town second only to Dengzhou.

However, after the Kong Youde Incident, not to mention Beigou, several counties under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou were completely blank. It took several years for this place to gain some popularity.

However, all this came to nothing after the arrival of Liu Zeqing's army.

When Liu Zeqing's army arrived near Huang County, he asked the county magistrate to open the city gate and let him and his close servants live in. However, the county magistrate, who knew Liu Zeqing's details, refused on the spot, which angered Liu Zeqing.

Who is Liu Zeqing? When he was in Jinan, he was a local bully. Because he bribed Zhou Yanru with 20,000 taels of gold, he was also the largest military leader in Shandong. In the towns in Shandong where the Grand Canal flows,

He killed whoever he wanted and robbed whoever he wanted. In those years, people ranging from high-ranking officials to ordinary people died in vain at his hands, ranging from hundreds to thousands.

Not to mention, he used Linqing and other prosperous cities along the Grand Canal as his money bag. When he needed money, he would ask his soldiers to dress up as "Yuyuan Bandits" and plunder them, etc.

After he succeeded, he appeared as an officer and army to suppress thieves, and plundered these places again.

People like him, when local officials and people in Shandong are mentioned, all gnash their teeth. Even Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, was often bullied by him. Not to mention Yan Jizu, even Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to go north to King Qin.

He lied that he was injured while riding a horse, but later he and his servant showed up to hunt in the mountains between Jinan and Tai'an Prefecture.

Therefore, in a rage, he raided Huang County at night. After entering Huang County, he "cut into pieces" the county magistrate and looted the entire county seat of Huang County.

When Li Zicheng's army swept across the world, he was completely frightened. Without even saying hello to Yan Jizu, he led his 20,000 troops southward. Naturally, there was another bloody storm along the way.

The reason why he obediently obeyed the orders of the Nanjing court was not just for the sake of his title.

In this time and space, because Zhu Cixiang successfully arrived in Nanjing to supervise the country, the upright and pragmatic Li Banghua was the de facto "chief assistant". As soon as Zhu Cihong ascended the throne of the supervising country, he followed Li Banghua's arrangements, won the title of Huang, and Mou Wenshou,

Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo were marquises, but Liu Zeqing, who was one of the four towns in history, was only granted the title of earl.

Liu Zeqing was quite dissatisfied at this time. Originally, he wanted to attack Gao Jie and capture Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, as soon as Gao Jie's thousands of servants came out, they beat him to pieces. In the end, he had to retreat to Yixian County, and he was at a loss.

, it happened that the Han navy attacked Dengzhou.

Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War, personally went north to bring him the edict of supervising the country. If he could assist Yan Jizu in repelling the invading Han navy, he would continue to appoint him as the commander-in-chief of Shandong and be promoted to marquis. Liu Zeqing did not want to stay in Jinan.

Finally, after several days of bargaining with Shi Kefa, he finally got a position as the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou, while Gao Jie, who currently occupied Xuzhou, was transferred to the vicinity of Nanjing.

Of course Liu Zeqing was not a fool. He had found out that most of the invading Han navy were in Gyeonggi and Shaanxi chasing the intruders. Only 10,000 people invaded Dengzhou, and there were 10,000 people from Jiashan and Zheng Sen. In the end, he agreed

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Liu Zeqing was not completely lacking in combat prowess. When Huang Taiji first entered the customs, Liu Zeqing was still just a captain, and he was able to lead his men to compete with the Manchu Eight Banners cavalry. From then on, he rose all the way up, but then

As his officialdom grew bigger and bigger, the combat effectiveness of his troops became worse and worse. The reason for this is hard to explain to outsiders.

Now, after Liu Zeqing came to Beigou, he slaughtered all the farmers and merchants near Beigou, and took the young women into the camp for their sexual pleasure, while the young men went into the camp to do odd jobs. Yang Wenyue worked hard for five years before he recovered slightly.

The situation was ruined by him in one fell swoop.

At present, in his big tent, Liu Zeqing, who seemed to be handsome and talented, was drinking and having fun with his generals Li Huajing, Zheng Longfang, Yao Wenchang and Liu Zhiqian.

Li Huajing, as mentioned before, is his confidant and is now in charge of the 5,000 cavalry. Liu Zhiqian is his nephew, in charge of his 3,000 fine cavalry, and is also the general of the Zhongying. Zheng Longfang and Yao Wenchang are both deputy generals.

, in charge of the remaining infantry.

In the big tent, the woman from Beigou Town who was kidnapped by Liu Zeqing was pouring wine for them fearfully.

After Liu Zeqing came to Beigou, he had no intention of fighting Han Haijun head-on. His wishful thinking was to wait until Zheng Sen, who never knew how to turn around, and Han Haijun were fighting to the death before he would step forward and decide the country in one battle.

He was successfully granted the title of Marquis. With this title, he could capture all the troops and horses in Shandong, sit in Xuzhou and control all the ministries in Shandong.

As for the Han Navy, he had also heard about it. He had a relationship with Nikan when he attacked Kong Youde's rebels. However, although the Han Navy was amazing at that time, it was not significantly higher than the Ming Army. What's more, in the next

During the Battle of Tianjin, Nikan's reinforcements were completely wiped out, which further deepened Liu Zeqing's impression.

As for why Han Haijun was able to defeat the tyrannical Qing army in just a few months, Liu Zeqing believed that "they must have taken advantage of the internal chaos in Manchuria."

In addition, when Liu Zeqing was in Liaodong, he had a close fight with the Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry. He was in a daze for a while, thinking that there was nothing cool about the Han navy, but that it was just a matter of people.

Since arriving in Beigou Town, he believed that he had 20,000 "army" and 5,000 "fine cavalry". Even if he could not defeat Han Haijun, it was more than enough to protect himself, so the camp's defenses were completely relaxed.

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Everyone was drinking enthusiastically, and from time to time they teased and harassed the woman serving the wine, causing the woman to scream, which aroused their interest. For a moment, the big tent was full of spring, as if this was not a battlefield.

, but in a brothel somewhere.

"Report!"

A report outside the account interrupted everyone's drinking pleasure. Liu Zeqing frowned and didn't want to pay attention to him. In the end, he remembered that this was a battlefield and let the man in with some frustration.

"Uncle, the enemy cavalry has arrived!"

"oh?"

Liu Zeqing was at least half sober now.

"How many have come?"

"No less than two thousand, all cavalry!"

"Two thousand riders?"

At this time, Liu Zeqing was completely sober. He waved his hand to let the women out and then said: "Everyone, the total of the Han navy is less than 10,000 horses. At the same time, beware of Dengzhou, Zheng Sen, Yan Jizu and Benbo."

Passers-by, his two thousand horses must have come here to check the truth. It is really unreasonable. Is it that I, Uncle Dongping, am so easy to bully?"

He immediately decided to dispatch all the cavalry in his camp to "encircle and annihilate" the enemy's cavalry.

He asked Li Huajing to lead the team, assisted by his nephew Liu Zhiqian, and sent out five thousand cavalry.

"If you can't wipe out these two thousand cavalry, don't come back."

Before Li Huajing left, Liu Zeqing said this.

The fact that he was able to dispatch five thousand cavalry instead of two or three thousand showed that he still had self-awareness, but in turn it also showed that he believed that there was no reason for failure with more than twice his own force.

Li Huajing thought so too.

Among the military leaders in the late Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu was apparently the strongest, but in fact Zuo Liangyu could not completely control all the military leaders under his command. Wu Sangui was naturally the strongest in real strength and had the most financial resources.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong, who was actually more merchants than officials, is another matter.

The next most powerful person is the public and the public. Some say it is from Gao Jie, and some say it is from Huang Degong. However, there is one group that cannot get their turn. The one who is second only to Wu Sangui in terms of financial resources can only

It's Liu Zeqing.

He had been the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province for a long time and guarded the Grand Canal. He had plundered an unknown amount of money, otherwise he would not have bribed Zhou Yanru with twenty thousand taels of gold.

Speaking of gold, this is another reason why Liu Zeqing is willing to come to Dengzhou. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qixia and Zhaoyuan counties under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture were both rich in gold, and there were many rich people. These rich people often had quite powerful

The combat power of private servants was no weaker than that of the regular Ming army, which was also an important reason why they still stood firm during Kong Youde's rebellion.

But in Liu Zeqing's view, they are just meat and fish on the chopping board. If Han Haijun is driven away this time, the first people Liu Zeqing will use to operate are these rich people. The biggest one is Yu Qi, the grandson of Qi Jiguang.

, I heard that his net worth is at least several million taels, and he has thousands of young men under his command, both covertly and covertly.

"Thousands of young people?" Liu Zeqing couldn't help but snorted coldly after learning about it at that time, "That means you didn't meet me, sir. Now that I'm here this time, is there still a way for you to survive?"

Without further ado, when the two thousand navy cavalry saw a group of Ming cavalry coming out to fight, they ran away. When Li Huajing saw it, he secretly thought: "The Lord of the town expected it well. These barbarians are indeed successful because of people."

, now that we see the strength of our army, we don’t want to fight, but now that we have met Grandpa, how can we let you and others escape easily?"

What's more, Han Haijun's eye-catching armor also aroused Li Huajing's covetousness. Following his order, five thousand cavalry rushed to chase the enemy cavalry.

From Beigou to Dengzhou City, there is a large forest, especially elm trees. The official road passes through the elm forest. To the south of the elm forest is Yushan, and there is Yan Jizu's army near Yushan. In an instant,

, Li Huajing actually forgot that there might be an ambush in the woods, and he chased after him carelessly.

Not long after, the two armies all entered the elm forest. At this time, the Han Haijun who was "fleeing" in front suddenly turned around and came back to fight!

Li Huajing was a little surprised at first, but when he thought that there were five thousand riders beside him, he finally became bolder.

"Fight or fight!"

Although he was a little "disappointed", as a close confidant of Liu Zeqing, Li Huajing still had his hands full.

However, he soon became truly disappointed. The moment his "Fine Cavalry" came into contact with the enemy's cavalry, they could not stop them at all, and they all retreated. Now Li Huajing was a little frightened, and no matter how much he scolded him, he would not be able to stop them.

It didn't help, and in the end even he was dragged back.

But what made him even more disappointed was yet to come. Before they could escape from the elm forest, there was a sudden sound of trumpets, and another group of cavalry rushed in from the south and west of the elm forest!

At present, Li Huajing can only run north through the sparse elm forest, that is, towards the Bohai Sea.

Not long after, Li Huajing's remaining three thousand riders were compressed on a beach.

At this time, Akedun appeared. He took out a small piece of paper from his arms and looked at it. Then he looked at the general flag behind Li Huajing, with a look of disdain on his face.
Chapter completed!