"General, once you pass by Qihe County and cross the Daqing River again, Jinan Prefecture is ahead."

A Han man was familiar with the news and introduced to Junyue Tuo, the general of Yangwu of the Qing army, with a flattering look on his face.

Seeing Yue Tuo's concentration, the Han people continued to say: "General, this Jinan City has become the provincial government of Shandong since the ninth year of Hongwu. Provincial government agencies such as the Shandong Provincial Administration and Commander and Censorate Office have been moved from Qingzhou to Jinan since that year. The entire city of Jinan City covers an extremely wide area, with a circumference of more than 20 miles. It is the largest city in Shandong, with a large population, and is afraid of nearly 150,000 people. Moreover, as the central city of Shandong, Jinan has abundant resources and a large number of shops, and is also a major area for the entire Shandong's money and grain treasury. In addition, there are also the Zhu royal family, De Wang, who has lived in this city for a long time, which is so rich... "

Yue Tuo smiled on his face and his eyes flashed. He patted the Han people on the shoulders of the Han people with approval; "Very good, your information is very helpful to us. But do you know how the current garrison situation in Jinan City is?"

The Han people said urgently: "Report to the general, there are only 3,000 troops from Liu Zeqing in the city of Jinan, and they are stationed there. Therefore, I believe that even if the 20,000 troops from Anping Beile and Rao Yubeile are not transferred back, the 40,000 troops from the current central army will be enough to capture the Jinan city."

Yue Tuo laughed loudly, with a happy look on his face. He thought for a while and asked again: "Will the city guard Liu Zeqing, do you know anything about this person?"

"Reported to the general, I have been in Shandong for many years, and I am very clear about the Shandong general Liu Zeqing." Han people snorted coldly and said, "As the general of Shandong, this man is a harsh and weak person, mediocre and useless person. He has been in charge of Shandong for many years, but he has been a waste of money. His troops are limited, and most of them are weak and useless. Moreover, this man is vicious and cannot tolerate others, so he is also very isolated among the heads of the army and is difficult to support each other. Therefore, he dares to conclude that as long as our army is heavily over the city, Liu Zeqing will be extremely panicked and at a loss. Maybe it is very possible to surrender to our army."

Yue Tuo laughed and said, "Okay! Then we will cross the Daqing River immediately and head straight to Jinan City, so as not to give Liu Zeqing a chance to breathe!"

Yue Tuo had decided to do it, and with a command, 40,000 Qing troops rolled eastward with an overwhelming force, and the troops quickly approached Jinan.

While the Qing army crossed the Qing River, Shandong General Liu Zeqing was in his mansion.

Liu Zeqing was lustful by nature and was addicted to lust throughout his life. In real history, after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, this person even asked Dorgon for a woman to satisfy his lustful heart, which shows his vulgar nature.

At this time, the door that was originally locked was pushed open with a slam.

"General Liu, it's not good. The Qing army has crossed the Daqing River and is heading straight for Jinan!"

The in-person servant who broke into the door shouted loudly with horror.

Seeing this sudden change, the baby under his crotch screamed and quickly stepped back. Four women pulled each other into the bed to cover their shame, and they were so embarrassed for a while.

Seeing that he was in a state of excitement, Liu Ze was furious when he was disturbed by his subordinates.

Damn, won’t you knock on the door before you come in? I’m scared by you and will be so embarrassed!

However, seeing the panicked expression of the follower, Liu Zeqing still suppressed his anger and shouted angrily at the follower: "How did the Qing army come so quickly? Have you ever read it carefully?"

He answered urgently: "Mr. Liu, our army's mail-sentence is clearly visible. There are about 40,000 Qing troops, who are crossing the Qing River with a vast and overwhelming force, and the troops are aiming directly at Jinan City! The situation in Jinan is already extremely critical. Please make a decision quickly!"

Liu Zeqing looked solemn, and he hurriedly got out of bed, and said hatefully as he walked: "Damn, this Qing army was put in Dezhou without fighting, and he went around for hundreds of miles to attack the provincial capital of Jinan. It was so cruel and vicious! You can quickly lead the way and follow our soldiers to check the city head of Jinan."

"yes!"

Soon, Liu Zeqing had finished his clothes and called the military advisor Li Huajing, his general Zheng Longfang and others to climb the west gate tower of Jinan City.

When he saw the endless stream of Qing troops coming out from the horizon in the distance, like a thick black line, like a magic trick, everyone on the city did not feel a breath of cold air.

"This, the Qing army is so powerful, how can it resist..."

Zheng Longfang, the ginseng general next to Liu Zeqing, had a pale face and his mouth was trembling when he spoke.

The military advisor Li Huajing next to him was also full of terror. He was half open, but he couldn't say anything.

"Military advisor, the Qing army is so powerful, how can our army stop it?" Liu Zeqing's face looked very ugly, and he asked Li Huajing in a verbal manner.

Li Huajing's low voice seemed to be coming out of the ground: "General Liu, according to the students' opinion, our army has only two ways out for the current plan!"

"Oh, which two roads?"

"One road is to immediately give up the Jinan city, and the entire army retreats to Qingzhou in the east to restore the future. The other road is to immediately mobilize the young and strong people in the city to defend the city to wait for reinforcements from other places." Li Huajing sighed lightly and said slowly.

After hearing Li Huajing's words, Liu Zeqing frowned deeply.

Neither of these two paths was what Liu Zeqing wanted.

Since the fourth year of Chongzhen, when he was transferred from Liaodong to Shandong as general, Liu Zeqing has worked hard to manage Jinan for many years. If he wants to give up, it is like cutting his own flesh with a knife!

Even if the young and strong in the city were mobilized to defend the city, would Liu Zeqing have no hope in his heart, and of the three thousand soldiers in the city who were low in morale and lacked training, as well as hundreds of militias in the city, and the young and strong in the temporary organization, really be able to withstand the 40,000 Qing troops outside the city that had been through battle formations for a long time? Of course, Liu Zeqing had no hope.

So what should I do?

Seeing that Liu Zeqing's face was complex and changeable, Li Huajing also had an ominous premonition in his heart.

At this critical moment, General Liu neither refused to withdraw urgently nor quickly organized personnel to defend the army. Could it be that he wanted to...

Before Li Huajing could say something, he suddenly saw several officials coming up along the city wall under the city wall.

"General Liu is the inspector of the censor, Song Xuezhu, governor Zhang Bingwen, deputy inspector Zhou Zhixun, military commander Zheng Qian, and Jinan prefect Gou Haoshan came up." The person next to him reminded in a low voice.

Song Xuezhu and others came up to the city wall. Liu Zeqing was in unanimous respect, so Song Xuezhu stopped him urgently and asked repeatedly: "General Liu, now the Qing army is attacking in a large scale. How to deploy defense in Jinan City? Please ask General Liu to make an idea quickly!"

"Yes, General Liu, now in my Jinan city, the major general is not strong. The Qing army is so powerful. How can we defend this Jinan city? Please make a quick decision."

"General Liu, if you don't quickly set up the city defense, if the Qing army comes to attack, how can our Jinan city stop it!"

"General Liu, you should go to other places in Shandong quickly and contact reinforcements. You must keep Jinan unrest."

Zhou Zhixun, Zheng Qian, Gou Haoshan and others talked about each other and kept making suggestions to Liu Zeqing, which made Liu Zeqing even more irritable.

"Stop talking!"

Liu Zeqing looked angry and interrupted the proposal of the senior officials, and then said coldly: "Everyone, my army has made a decision on how to deploy Jinan City. You must know that the Qing army has come from afar and the siege equipment is not fully equipped. Suddenly, it will be impossible to conquer Jinan. Don't worry too much."

Song Xuezhu frowned and asked again: "How to deploy Jinan City is the sole responsibility of General Liu. However, now the Qing army has arrived at the city. Why doesn't General Liu hurry up and do things like launching youth and strong people? Why is this?"

Seeing Song Xuezhu talking to himself in such a tone of responsibility, Liu Zeqing was also angry. His face changed and he said sternly: "You civil servants are so trembling here?! My soldier said that how to guard Jinan City, my soldier will make a decision. Why do you, the civil servants who are powerless to come here to Luo Dao! You can retreat quickly."

Seeing that Liu Zeqing had a disagreement, he pretended to be a soldier who was ruthless and acted ruthless. The inspector Song Xuezhu was so angry that he trembled all over.

However, when he saw Liu Zeqing's ferocious look and everyone in the army next to him had bad intentions, he did not dare to oppose this person anymore. He had to lead the officials to retreat from the city wall and leave withdrew.

While Liu Zeqing and others were still hesitating about whether to defend or withdraw, the Qing army crossing the Daqing River was like a surging iron stream. They shouted loudly and quickly surrounded the Jinan City Ring, surrounding the entire Jinan City.

The defenders at the top of Jinan city were so powerful that they changed their faces when they saw the Qing army so powerful. There were more soldiers, even their legs were shaking slightly.

Seeing that the Qing army was so fierce and fast, Liu Zeqing and others were also very frightened.

Then, he thought in frustration that the Qing army was so fast that it surrounded the entire Jinan city in a short period of time. It was impossible for him to withdraw from Jinan now.

Moreover, even if you have to send envoys to other places to get rescue soldiers, you can't do it.

what to do?!

Liu Zeqing felt a mess, but he was still trying to calm down on the surface.

At this moment, a few cavalry ran quickly from the Qing army formation in the distance, surrounded by a Han people who looked like a familiar man, and rushed to the place with an arrow outside the west gate of Jinan City.

"General Liu, it seems that the Qing army sent lobbyists to come." Li Huajing whispered.

"Mr. Liu, why don't I immediately ask the archers to shoot them away?" Zheng Longfang, the gangster general next to him, shouted loudly at Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing's face was gloomy, but he slowly shook his head: "Let's wait, listen to what they want to say first."

Soon, in the Qing cavalry team opposite, the Han man was in the news, with a smile on his face, and he took a few steps forward, then shouted to the city: "Everyone, I am an envoy of the Qing army. But I have important words to tell General Liu in the city, and ask General Liu to go to the city to answer."

Hearing the Han people shouting like this, Liu Zeqing frowned and replied, "This soldier is Liu Zeqing. What do you mean, but just say it."

The Han people smiled slightly on their faces and said loudly: "General Liu, I'm sorry to say bluntly that Jinan City is surrounded by our Qing Dynasty officials. It is like an iron barrel. Your army has no chance of escape. And our Qing Dynasty is extremely powerful and has a large number of troops. You are a small army in Jinan City and have a low morale. So how can you be my Qing Dynasty? If you insist on forcibly confronting me, the Qing Dynasty, after the city is broken, it will be difficult for all living beings in the city to stay alive! And General Liu, you have worked hard. The mansion and beautiful concubines, power and wealth in the camp will also be gone. If it reaches this point, wouldn’t it be regrettable! It is said that those who know the current affairs are heroes, and General Liu is a hero among people. How can they not see the situation clearly? Therefore, I would like to advise General Liu to recognize the situation as soon as possible and surrender to the best result. And I am a great person to surrender, and General Liu will not lose his high position after surrendering. What I said below is heartfelt, please think twice!”

Although the Han people's common words were slow, every word was like a steel needle, which made Liu Zeqing's heart bleed.

It is not an exaggeration to say that every word is to kill the heart.

At this time, next to Liu Zeqing, military advisor Li Huajing, gang general Zheng Longfang and others also had complicated expressions and pondered without saying a word.

"How is General Liu, have you thought about it? The life and death are only in one thought. Such an opportunity is gone, so you must seize it well." Seeing that Liu Zeqing was speechless, the Han people quickly struck while the iron was hot.

After asking about the Han people three times, Liu Zeqing was silent, but the expression on his face was very strange and complicated.

Seeing his shape, a sneer passed across the face of the Han people's knowledgeable people.

He didn't say much, but instead whispered to a cavalry next to him for a while. The cavalry nodded, took out a light arrow tied with a white cloth, looked at the head of the city, and shot it with a whistle.

After the arrow was shot, the Han people smiled slightly, then pulled their horses to their heads, shouted, and led the Qing army team back to the Qing army's main formation.

Liu Zeqing and others were shocked when they saw the arrow roaring and shot, and subconsciously avoided it. The arrow flashed lightly across the pheasant and shot on the female wall behind. It snatched a light sound and fell on the city wall.

"General Liu, there is a letter of the Qing army shooting from it!"

Zheng Longfang picked up the arrow, pulled off the white cloth attached to it, and handed it to Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing opened the white cloth and saw a sentence written on it.

"General Liu, our army will give you some more time. If our army has not received a reply from your army's decision to surrender tonight, our army will immediately start attacking the city after dawn tomorrow. At the boundary, General Liu should not regret it!"

After reading this letter, Liu Zeqing's face flashed with anger. He slapped the small piece of white cloth to the ground and stepped on it several times with his feet angrily.

Li Huajing, Zheng Longfang and others next to them also looked extremely ugly.

The Qing army's ultimatum made everyone in Liu Zeqing understand that there was not much time left for them.
Chapter completed!