Chapter 478 He Shen, I Am Sorry for You

Chen Ming certainly knew that the Tanggu Qing army had sent a large number of cavalry to strangle their own scouts, but he only thought that this was the beginning of the Qing army's counterattack. Chen Ming really didn't expect that Fuller would lead the main force of the Tanggu Qing army to run westward!

When he combined this news with the news that a large number of Qing cavalry had arrived at the edge of Tianjin before dark, everything became clear.

"Chase?"

Shaking his head, Chen Ming didn't think this was a good idea. Moreover, "It's too late."

"Order the troops of the 1st Division of the Fujian Army to enter Xinhe, and the troops of the 1st Division of the Jiangxi Army to enter Beitang." Just keep an eye on the troops in Junliangcheng and Dagukou. "Other troops follow me to Tianjin!"

With the withdrawal of Fuller's army, the traffic connection between Dabo and Tianjin became much smoother. The Qing army lost the support from the east, and only had one Beicang and an army left, which could not cause any harm.

Time passed quietly after Fuller's escape on both sides. The situation in Beijing and Tianjin returned to calm!

The Qing troops in Junliangcheng and Dagukou were like two abandoned pawns, but they were always playing their roles. Chen Ming calmly watched Fuller flee to Beicang, and then retreated westward with the Qing troops in Beicang under the cover of Agui's 20,000 cavalry.

Chen Ming did not send any troops to pursue, except to retake Yangliuqing.

He stayed in Tianjin, quietly waiting for the follow-up troops to gather little by little, and watched the millions of bannermen flee from Beijing to Jizhou and Zunhua in a difficult and embarrassing way. Even the Qing Dynasty continued to "plunder" a similar number of Han people.

"What are you worried about? Do you really think these Han people and Tartars can be brought back to the Northeast?"

"There are two million people together. How much food is needed for food and drink along the way? These people are just meat shields of the Qing Dynasty." When necessary, the Qing Dynasty will abandon them like a gecko with a broken tail to hinder the pursuit of the Fu Han Army.

As for the million bannermen, Chen Ming has changed his mind. He really hopes to see as many of these people escape to the Northeast as possible. So he sent someone to deliver a letter to Agui, no, a notice.

The Fu Han Army allowed the bannermen to return to the northeast outside the Great Wall without any harassment during the period, but the Qing Dynasty could not intentionally destroy the buildings and urban areas in Beijing and Tianjin, and pointed out the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace. They could not indulge in burning and killing Han people, otherwise if the Fu Han Army captured bannermen and bannermen again, regardless of their status, they would be killed without mercy!

Chen Ming was just following the trend and selling his idea at a good price. The Forbidden City, the Old Summer Palace, the mansions and gardens inside and outside Beijing, and the hearts of the people in the suburbs of Beijing were all included. At the same time, the departure of the bannermen could also weaken the courage of the Qing army to a certain extent. The consequences and troubles of this approach were also not small.

Who made him stimulated by the series of subsequent actions of the newly arrived Korean delegation? Although the latter was fighting fiercely among themselves, no one showed any intention of surrendering in front of Chen Han. Even the Qingfeng Jin family who boarded the Chen Han ship only wanted to be a foreign minister holding the big legs of the superior country, and no one showed an emotional tendency that was not as good as "submitting to the superior country".

Eunyeon Jun Yi Qi and Yeonryeong Jun Yi Zhen, although the latter was adopted, was far less orthodox in etiquette than his brother Eunyeon Jun Yi Qi. But Eunyeon Jun Yi Qi was not a good bird. In his early years, he was exiled to Jeju Island because he borrowed money from merchants and was found out by Yeongjo. He was pardoned and returned to Seoul on the eve of the Qing Dynasty's second attack on Korea. Moreover, his wife's family background was average, not like Yeonryeong Jun Yi Zhen, whose wife was from the Andong Jin family.

The Andong Jin family is now in decline, but it is also a famous family in Korea, with many famous ministers. The sixth-generation ancestor of the current leader Kim Hongchang was Kim Sang-heon, the leader of the anti-peace faction during the "Bingzi Rebellion", who enjoyed a high reputation in Korea. The great-grandfather Kim Soo-heung and the grandfather Kim Chang-ji served as prime ministers successively, and both died in party disputes. Later, they were rehabilitated and gained the reputation of loyal ministers. These three famous ministers were respectively entitled to the ancestral temples of Hyojong of Joseon, Hyeonjong of Joseon and Yeongjo of Joseon, which shows the glory of the Kim family. Now the family is slightly declining, but the prestige is still there. The most important thing is that Andong is in Gyeongsang Province, the southernmost part of Joseon. It is the farthest place from the northeast and the place least damaged by the Qing Dynasty. The Andong Kim family has the most time to prepare. They have emptied their property and food when they saw that the situation was not good. They also control a large number of manpower. With their original strength, they are one of the top bosses among the remaining forces in Joseon today.

With the support of the people headed by the Kim family, Yeonryeongjun Yi Zhen is not as lonely as Eunyeonjun Yi Qi, but even more powerful than his fellow brother. Now the two sides are in a fierce battle, and all Koreans are staring at the competition for the throne. This was certainly in Chen Ming's plan, but it also made Chen Ming change his decision to take ruthless action against the bannermen.

He felt that the remaining forces in Korea were too strong, and the environment was too superior. They actually started fighting among themselves, and even said they were "not worried" about the Qing Dynasty in the north!

Chen Ming didn't want to see them get better. Now he was willing to let these bannermen escape back to the Northeast. The Qing Dynasty would certainly increase its exploitation of Korea with the burden of one million bannermen, and would most likely sweep Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province again, consuming the power of the remaining forces in Korea to the maximum extent and undermining their people's hearts. This was helpful to Chen Ming's plan to "annex Korea".

As for how to "clear out" these bannermen in the future, Chen Ming felt that as long as he acted quickly enough, it should not cause a big disaster.

These Beijing banners are just fat pigs kept in captivity. From the fat pigs kept in captivity, they can evolve again into wild boars running rampant in the mountains and forests. It can't be completed in a day or two, right?

The threat of the millions of bannermen coming out of Beijing may not be half as great as the hundreds of thousands of natives in the Northeast. If the latter still retains a bit or two of the wildness of the boar skins back then, the former is a completely different species.

In the empty Forbidden City, Yong Xun and Fu Heng, who stayed behind, all showed relaxed joy on their faces. Prince Yi Hongxiao and Prince Jian Ke, Feng Neheng, who were in Zunhua, rushed to deliver the memorial. As of yesterday afternoon, the last batch of Eight Banners People of all ages have also arrived in Zunhua.

"Chen Ming really keeps his word!" He said he wouldn't do anything to hinder him. Although the Qing army did not dare to do any burning or killing during this period, even the group of Han people who were gathered were mainly driven away, rather than burning down the house and forcing them to follow. Yongxun was still filled with emotion.

"Chen Ni is trustworthy, and I am not an untrustworthy person. If Agui is really defeated, what if the great city of Beijing is left to him?"

When Yongxuan talked about Agui, his voice was a little cold. Agui and Fuller were so courageous that they dared to withdraw their troops without the emperor's will. They hooked up in private and joined forces. Agui's good image in Yongxun's heart suddenly collapsed.

Time has entered March.

Fu Heng looked at Yongxun's eyes that were getting bluer and darker and knew that this long live man had not had a good night's sleep recently. It's March, Chen Ni's soldiers and military supplies are almost finished, and a life-or-death battle is about to come.

After coming out of the palace and on the way back home, Fu Heng had a look of ice on his face. To this day he has nothing to say and has nothing left to say, so he leaves it to fate.

Nowadays, the deserted Beijing city is so quiet at night that not a single human voice can be heard.

"Uh..." A hum with a long 'aria' sounded in a dark corner. The voice was full of comfort, and there was a strong smell floating in the wind.

Leaving behind a pile of fresh mines, a black shadow penetrated the wall like a civet cat, showing a not-so-tall figure under the few stars, and then hid in the thick darkness.

The tunnel entrance is wide open, so there is no need to worry about any danger.

Now that the entire city of Beijing has become an empty city, if the Qing army at this time can still find the tunnel entrance in an ordinary residence in the west of the city, the people who secretly camped at Beijing Station will be convinced of this wave of deaths.

"Old cat, you are finally back. Did I think you fell into a latrine?"

"Go out and get some air. If you stay in this tunnel every day, there's no fresh air outside."

"Then why didn't you go with Commissioner Short? That was to go to the Old Summer Palace. The air inside is much fresher than in Beijing. Maybe there are some girls who haven't had time to leave..."

There was a burst of laughter in the tunnel. After an initial period of tension, as the population of Beijing became smaller and smaller, the pressure on their shoulders became lighter and lighter. It can be said that there is no danger at all now.

During the day, they went out to get some fresh air and ran a little further. Even if they were bumped into by the Qing soldiers patrolling the city, relying on their familiarity with the roads, they would definitely not be in danger.

These people's lives are boring as hell. Every day I just play mahjong and poker to pass the time, and my mind becomes more and more envious of the members of the special team led by Xiao Changchun.

The latter's target was the Old Summer Palace. Although the curios and antiques inside have been wiped out by the Qing army, what is more important is the safety of the building complex. What if any eunuch can't think about it and doesn't obey Yongxun's order? Or maybe Yongxuan had no intention of playing a gentleman's agreement with Chen Ming, and set fire to the Old Summer Palace at the last moment... Chen Ming would have been at a big loss.

This group led by Xiao Changchun is extremely dangerous. Only a few of the secret camp personnel at Beijing Station participated in it, and the rest were scattered and hiding.

Gao Jingcheng, um, the former boss Yu Zecheng, regretted releasing all the carrier pigeons. If he still had two pigeons in his hands at this time, he wouldn't be as idle as he is now.

How many people are left in Beijing?

Do the full number of flag soldiers guarding the city count as 10,000? In the huge city of Beijing, why do so few people sprinkle pepper noodles? For the dark camp, the current Beijing city is an undefended city. It is not impossible for them to sneak into the Forbidden City quietly.

Huang Jie led the troops heading north with the main force of the Third Division to capture Baoding. The Zhili Governor Yinglian who stayed there and his troops had low fighting spirit, and their resistance was as weak as a piece of tofu, so they retreated to Yizhou without a trace.

"Mafa..." Feng Wenwen brought a bowl of lotus seed soup to Ying Lian.

Ying Lian, who is nearly seventy years old, sat silently with his eyes closed. There was a Zhili map spread on the table in front of him, and there were a few wet tears on the yellow paper.

He is almost seventy years old, with old skin, weather-beaten face, wrinkles, deeply sunken eyes, high cheekbones on his face, his whole body is skinny, and his hands are already skin and bones. Only a pair of eyes were still bright. When he saw his precious granddaughter walking in, Ying Lian's body trembled slightly. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

This is the only blood relative I have.

"Wenwen, go and call Zhizhai (Heshen)."

Yinglian looked at his granddaughter with extremely loving eyes. Feng Wenwen nodded and did not forget to close the door when she went out. She did not see that her grandfather's eyes suddenly changed when she went out. There was no trace of love in his black eyes, but only a fierce murderous aura.

Heshen rushed over quickly, and then he was caught off guard by Yinglian's two close followers. The two of them blocked Heshen's mouth with a towel. Heshen was tied up and only had a pair of eyes to move. He was full of shock and disbelief as he looked at Yinglian who suddenly burst into tears.

"Zhizhai, I'm sorry for you. If there is really an afterlife, I will be your slave in the next life and pay you back this debt. But in this life, I can't let Wenwen die." Yinglian said, and two crocodile tears fell from his eyes. And Heshen also understood at this time that the old man was going to rebel. He struggled hard, his eyes wide open and glared at Yinglian, stupid, stupid old man. Do you think that you can let the Fu Han Army bypass you by killing the grandson-in-law of the Eight Banners? Stupid, stupid!

Yinglian turned a blind eye to Heshen's glare, "The old man only has her as a blood relative, I can't watch her go to the end. She can't be a Manchu's daughter-in-law, she has to be a Han." Yinglian has a Han surname, and his name should be Feng Yinglian, so Heshen can only die!

This grandson-in-law that Yinglian personally selected four years ago, he is a talent that he is a hundred times optimistic about. If the Qing Dynasty is still the original Qing Dynasty, he will do his best to send Heshen to the last journey, but everything has changed. Yinglian, who pushed Heshen to the position of deputy general of the Central Army of the Du Biao, is now going to take his life with his own hands. It is very likely that this move will make his granddaughter hate him to death, but Yinglian can only do so.

He is old, but his brain is not broken.

The situation has reached this point, and Daqingguo is finished. Even if the new emperor can escape to the northeast, it will be a lingering death. Whether the Fu Han Army will go to the northeast immediately, or first solve the northwest and Shanxi, and then turn around to deal with the outside of the pass, the Qing Dynasty will be vulnerable.

"There is no possibility of a comeback." Yinglian seemed to understand the "anger" in Heshen's eyes. "The Qing Dynasty is about to end. Even if Agui wins this battle, it will only delay the time of its demise. The Qing Dynasty will eventually fall."

"The old man can't wait until the decisive battle of Beijing and Tianjin ends. It will be too late to join the battle by then. It will be useless. By then, the little capital I have in my hands may have been destroyed by the Fu Han Army in the south.

Zhizhai, don't blame Wenwen, she knows nothing. All your anger and resentment should be directed at me.

And God, this great sin should be attributed to me alone. Wenwen knows nothing, she knows nothing..." Feng Yinglian waved his hand, and two highly skilled followers broke Heshen's neck like a chicken.

"Chen Shun, Yunhe, you two take this letter to Baoding and teach it to Huang Jie."

If Heshen is still alive, he must be even more angry at this moment. Yinglian, this bastard, has not even contacted Chen Hanjun yet, and he wants his life. Is there any justice in this world?

Isn't Yinglian afraid that the Fu Hanjun will take ruthless action against him? From the beginning of the army to now, when has the Fu Hanjun ever been soft on the bannermen? Even those new bannermen were severely punished or killed. Yinglian's ancestors were old traitors who entered the pass from the Qing Dynasty.

But this time and space is not a fantasy world, there is no such thing as fooling around, and Heshen's life disappeared from this world quietly. Feng Yinglian told his granddaughter that he had sent a secret mission to Heshen, and the latter went to do the work. And the lives of several bannermen military officers in the army have officially entered the countdown.

It took a whole day for the message to be transmitted from Yizhou to Baoding, a hundred miles away, and less than half a day from Baoding to Tianjin, three hundred miles away, because there were carrier pigeons.

"Feng Yinglian surrendered unconditionally, and in order to show his sincerity, he killed his grandson-in-law Heshen???!!!"

No matter how many exclamation marks there are, it is not enough to express Chen Ming's inner 'sigh' at this moment. Heshen, such a person died so quietly. Chen Ming felt a complex emotion that was difficult to describe in his heart, and he really felt sorry for Heshen's death.

In his previous life, he first came into contact with Mr. He in the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", and then that good impression never faded. Although this 'Mr. He' is a corrupt official unparalleled in ancient and modern times, and a bannerman, the image of the chubby and smiling 'Mr. He' created by Teacher Wang is too cute.

How old is Heshen now? Twenty-three or twenty-four?

"Your Highness, Your Highness?" Xiong Bingzhang called out. "You say." Chen Ming came back to his senses and answered calmly.

"Should we immediately incorporate Yinglian's troops?"

"No. No need." After coming back to his senses, Chen Ming's mind returned to normal and he immediately rejected it: "Let Yinglian clean up the bannermen in his army. Let the Third Division send a group of troops to join them and strictly prevent the news from leaking."

"Both sides will fake it and let Yinglian's troops continue to retreat to Beijing."

"Tell Yinglian that it is a great contribution for them to keep the buildings inside and outside Beijing intact. If Yongsheng can be captured, I will ask for credit for them."

"Whether it is Yinglian himself or the new bannermen under his command, they don't have to worry about the aftermath."

"Let them all put their hearts back in their stomachs. This governor will not treat the meritorious officials unfairly."