Chapter 337 Blitz

Fengqiu Ling remained unmoved and shouted: "Don't try to impress me with your kind words. You thief, since I have been defeated, I will kill or scrape you, but it's up to you."

Ying Yi nodded, ignored Fengqiu's order, and said to Zheng Wuda: "Please take this county magistrate into custody. Don't hesitate. It's time to hand it over to the Prefectural Mu Yamen District."

Zheng Wu cupped his fists: "Here."

"Take it down."

After the tough guy went down, Ying Yi smiled and said to the people around him: "This person is really tough, not just pretending. There are fewer and fewer people like him. Regardless of his political ability, this character alone is worthy of praise."

Ying Yi couldn't hate such a person. Just like Cao Mengde tolerated Guan Yunchang in every possible way in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ying Yi also had the same tolerance.

This kind of character deserves recognition and protection. Even if he cannot be used by Ying Yi, Ying Yi will not attack such people easily.

"Send the order to clean up Fengqiu quickly and let the whole army rest for a day." Ying Yi ordered: "In terms of logistics supplies, order the auxiliary barracks to follow up and not be out of touch."

Then he said: "Ask again, when will Yan Ermei arrive."

Yan Ermei arrived that afternoon.

He entered Fengqiu and saw the collapsed city walls, the captive prisoners, and the blood that had not been cleaned on the streets, with a smile on his face.

Even Yan Ermei, who was by Ying Yi's side and knew the details of Ying Yi's troops, never imagined that in just one day and night, she would sweep through and annihilate Hou Xun's seven towns in Baoding.

Now, all seven towns in Baoding are dead, and there are few obstacles in Hebei's way. Further north, there is a flat river, Hebei is wiped out, and Zhu Ming is wiped out within a day or night.

How could this not excite Yan Ermei?

Accompanying Yan Ermei, there are also a large number of officials from the Prefecture Mu Yamen and the Imperial Law Department. These officials all want to follow the army, actually occupy the prefecture capital, and complete their rule.

Seeing Dao Yingyi, Yan Ermei immediately suggested: "My lord has defeated Hou Xun, and there are no obstacles in Hebei anymore. We can issue a proclamation to rectify the power of heaven!"

Ying Yi nodded: "I have the same idea, and I am waiting for you to come. Now that Hou Xun is destroyed, Emperor Chongzhen will have no more troops to use unless he mobilizes troops from Guanning. Send a message to all directions, and wherever the army goes, there will be Watching the wind and descending can greatly shorten the time of extinguishing the light."

Yan Ermei bowed and said, "My lord is wise."

Then he said: "It's a pity that there are not enough candidate officials in the Prefecture Mu Yamen, so we can only manage the prefecture first, and the counties and cities cannot take care of it at the same time."

Ying Yi smiled and said: "I have only been established for a year, and my background is still a bit lacking. But don't rush, take your time. Seize the state capital first, and the county seat is also a matter of course."

Immediately, Yan Ermei was ordered to draft a proclamation overnight, and officially launched a war to destroy Ming on the grounds that Zhu Ming had lost his way and could no longer lead the Xia.

"The Sui people passed down the fire, and the Xia Dynasty began... The Ming Dynasty Hongwu expelled the Tartars and wiped out the world. It has been more than 200 years. It has been no longer able to appease the people internally, and it is no longer possible to resist the Tartars externally. The Zhu family has lost its way, and China has fallen. ...Now there is a descendant of the Ying family, who started from a young age and wiped out the thieves... He will be the descendant of the Yanhuang people in the Xia Dynasty, dare to be the first in the world, lead the clan leaders of the Xia Dynasty, and have the potential to calm down the troubled times and rebuild the world. Ancestor Yin Ling , the emperor, the emperor, the queen, we have learned from each other!"

This message spread in all directions, and Ying Yi led his troops to Shandong.

For Ying Yi, neither the war against the bandits nor the war against the Ming court was as important as the war against the Tatars.

Not only because the Tatars are more violent than the two, but also because the Tatars are Tatars.

Destroying the Ming is a serious matter, but it is all under control. But we must not let the Tatars enter the border at this time. It was not that he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the Tatars, but that he was afraid that the Tatars would enter the customs and harm Hebei. In Ying Yi's view, this was a dereliction of duty as the leader of the Zhuxia clan.

This is totally unacceptable.

The Ming Dynasty lost Liaodong early, and the Guanning line of defense against the Tatars was now headed by Wu Sangui. But Ying Yi couldn't trust Wu Sangui's character.

Therefore, you cannot control the Tartars by others.

The most convenient way to penetrate outside Shanhaiguan to stop the Tatars is to take the sea route. To take the sea route, several conditions need to be determined.

The first is the ship.

Therefore, Ying Yi's primary goal when he invaded Shandong was Denglai!

Dengzhou, Laizhou.

Because there is a naval force from the Ming court in this place. Denglai Navy.

Secondly, there are people.

Those who control the naval battleships, that is, the entire Denglai Navy, are Ying Yi's targets.

Ying Yi's soldiers and horses are strong, but they are all army troops. There is no way to play with a boat. There must be a waterman.

Of course, due to the rebellion of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, the strength of the Denglai Navy was greatly reduced, and its organization was even reduced to the extreme, but for Ying Yi, it was still indispensable.

"Have a blitzkrieg."

This is what Ying Yi thinks.

The message has been circulated in all directions, but Ying Yi must capture the crippled Denglai navy before the message reaches Denglai.

This is the specific tactic, and Ying Yi has already made preparations for this tactic. Ying Yi is well aware of the current situation of Denglai Navy and the situation of Denglai.

The current governor of Denglai is Zeng Ying, a scholar through and through, not good at military strategy. After Zeng Ying became the governor of Denglai, she did not rebuild the navy. Of course, not enough money and food was also an important reason.

Therefore, this crippled navy is controlled by Zeng Ying's family general. It has not gone to sea this year at least and has been stationed at Dongliang Haikou.

The Ming Dynasty Navy is an army organization, and there is no naval organization that is different from the army. The Denglai Navy was crippled during the rebellion of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming and was never rebuilt. Whatever it is, it has always been like that. It is not difficult to take down this remnant army, as long as one is quick and one is surprising, it is enough.

Ying Yi led two troops - one with 3,000 troops as personal guards, and the other with 3,000 troops as the most elite troops under Zheng Wu.

A total of six thousand people worked hard all the way. It took fifteen days to cross thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, cross Yanzhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture, and enter Laizhou territory.

Along the way, Ying Yi paid no attention to the state capitals he passed, and believed that his marching speed exceeded the speed of sending messages to various state capitals.

Whenever he arrived near the county or state capital, he would cause a panic, but it would quickly disappear again. The Ming court officials along the way were confused.

By the time these officials gathered the news from various places and guessed the direction of Ying Yi's military front, it was already too late.

After arriving in Laizhou, Ying Yi quickly rushed to the front of Wangxuzhai at the junction of northeast Laizhou and Dengzhou. Dongliang Haikou is located on the east coast in front of Wangxuzhai!

"Is that the former location of Wangxuzhai?"

Where Ying Yi's riding whip pointed, a cowering commoner beside him nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, that is Wangxuzhai, the former place."

These people were the guides who had just been captured along the way - there was nothing they could do about it. In this Shandong territory, officials may know about Ying Yi, but the common people definitely don't.

Kind words can't bring you a guide, you can only use force.

Ying Yi laughed and waved to Wang Yisheng: "Send this fellow back home. Remember to pay him."

Wang Yisheng responded and said to the guide: "Please."

The people were already trembling with fear: "Sir, spare your life, spare your life!"

When Ying Yi saw this, he laughed and said to Wang Yisheng, "Am I so scary?"

Wang Yisheng laughed heartily and said to the guide: "Don't worry, fellow villagers, we are the righteous teachers under the Lord's command and will never disturb the people."

He even dragged the guide away, went to a distance, fumbled for a few new coins from his arms, and handed them to the guide: "Take all the rewards and go back, we are going to fight."

Then, leaving the confused guide behind, he turned around and strode back to the army.