Qufu.

Several retainers from Yanshenggong's Mansion flew straight into the Qufu Fortress. These retainers were all dressed as swordsmen who traveled around the world. They didn't ride horses. They all came on foot and were covered with dust and dirt. That's why they are called

Retainers instead of retainers, that’s because these people are all named Kong!

And it's not a surname that was changed later, but an ancestral surname of Kong! Two of them are of the same generation as Xing, so they have to call Kong Yinzhi uncle. The other one is the same generation as Kong Yinzhi, so he can call Kong Yinzhi brother.

However, they are not direct descendants, but are distant descendants of Kong Yinzhi.

There are many descendants of Confucius, as many as more than three million in later generations! Although there were not that many in the late Ming Dynasty, the population was prosperous. There were tens of thousands of male descendants alone, and most of them belonged to the northern branch, that is, from the Kong family in Qufu.

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But these days, even the nobles of Zhu Ming are in danger, not to mention the descendants of the Kong family. If they are close relatives of Yan Shenggong, they can take care of them, but those distant descendants cannot. In the peaceful and prosperous times, these

The side branch of the Kong family can still enjoy a little bit of the shadow and live a life of farming and studying to pass down family traditions (that is, collecting rent and studying).

But in this chaotic world, surnames are no longer useful! The descendants of the old Kong family here in Shandong are worthless. Not only are they worthless, but they have also become the targets of the evil Donglu who want to destroy them.

Aren't the Donglu coming to defeat Confucius? The ancestral graves cannot be saved, how can they, the filial sons and grandsons of the Confucius family, have a good end? So of course the bloody ones gathered in Qufu to defend their ancestors.

And this group of descendants of the Kong family who came to Qufu to defend their ancestors were quite popular with Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi at the beginning. After all, they were his own people. They were at least more reliable than Shi Kefa's "legal thief" men, right?

Therefore, Kong Yinzhi tried his best to recruit these disciples of the Confucius family into the Yanshenggong Mansion and the Qufu Regiment for military training, hoping to use them to control some troops to restrain the "Shi Dafa thieves". However, after two or three years, Kong Yinzhi had no idea about these

The relatives were really disappointed. Most of them were bosses who could eat but not fight. They only knew how to ask Kong Yinzhi for money and food and drink. They were also difficult to control and would take out their ancestors at every turn.

Over time, these descendants of the Kong family gradually disappeared from the army training in Qufu. Some of the descendants of the Kong family who still had a few net worth dragged their families to the southeast, while those who were empty-handed were all incorporated into the Yanshenggong Mansion and became the so-called

"Retainer".

However, some of these Kong family retainers were able to adapt to this chaotic world, and they became the most trusted confidants of Duke Yansheng Kong Yinzhi.

Kong Yinzheng, who had just brought his two nephews into the city, was a child of the Kong family who was very adaptable to troubled times. Although he was the same generation as Kong Yinzhi, he was much younger. He was only in his early twenties this year, and he looked very young.

Unlike the man named Kong, who is tall and burly, six feet tall, with a dark face and a steel needle-like beard growing messily on his cheeks. At first glance, he looks like a robber. If he brings two axes, then he can

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Not only does he not look like a descendant of the Confucius family, but he also doesn't like reading very much. He only remembers half of the "Analects of Confucius", but he has a lot of strength. He likes to dance with guns and sticks, draw bows and shoot arrows, and he has good martial arts skills. If

In the peaceful and prosperous times, his name was not worthy of the surname Kong. But now Qufu has turned into a big fortress, and he is beaten by the Tatars every three days. Therefore, Kong Yinzhi looked down on his relatives who knew the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, but promoted Kong Yinzhi justly.

He hired a gun and stick instructor, and sometimes sent him out of the city to perform important tasks.

He left the city this time to carry out a mission specially assigned by Yan Shenggong to observe the battle! Observe the battle between the Ming and Qing armies on the outskirts of Qufu!

This was a battle related to the life and death of the Kong family in Qufu. Kong Yinzhi and several elders and dignitaries of the Kong family all raised their loyalty to their throats.

In the inner hall of Yanshenggong's mansion, several elders of the Kong family and Yanshenggong himself finally received the fatal news today.

"Brother Shenggong!" Kong Yinzheng came without changing his clothes and was covered in dust and dirt. When he saw Kong Yinzhi, he bowed his head and bowed. He also affectionately called Kong Yinzhi "Brother Shenggong". Why does it sound so so?

What about the White Lotus Sect?

Kong Yinzhi stopped arguing with this vulgar person and just kept asking: "How was it? Who won?"

Kong Yinzheng said: "It was the Donglu who won! The emperor was defeated, and the cannons were surrendered by many holy brothers. Hurry up and deploy the defense of the city!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been defeated?" Kong Yinzhi asked nervously, "Is it, is it?"

"Brother Shenggong asked if the emperor was beaten to death by Donglu?"

Kong Yinzhi's eyes widened and he nodded.

"I don't know!" Kong Yinzheng just shook his head, "I watched the battle in Daiyang on Beili Mountain on the north bank of the Dawen River. I was more than ten miles away from the battlefield. Even with a telescope, I couldn't find the emperor."

"Then how do you know that the emperor is on the battlefield?" asked an old man who was senior to Kong Yinzhi and Kong Yinzheng.

"There are twelve banners of the Emperor and the reincarnation banner of Emperor Taizu Gao. I recognize all these flags!"

Didn't Zhu Cixi lend out his banner to make Shi Kefa's bluff? Dorgon was not fooled. He didn't find the model division or the armored cavalry regiment. He just saw a group of coolies "pulling carts". Of course,

I know Zhu Cixiang is not on the front line.

But Kong Yinzheng didn't know, he thought it was Zhu Cixiang himself who was defeated by the Donglu.

"It's over, it's over." Kong Yinzhi shook his head repeatedly, with tears streaming down his face, "Qufu can't be defended anymore, and the burial place of our ancestors can't be defended anymore."

"This, there is nothing we can do?"

"Donglu won't really dig up Kong Lin, right?"

"Isn't that true? That would be an enemy of all the scholars in the world."

Several elders of the Kong family still don't believe that Dorgon will come to dig up Kong Lin. In fact, Kong Yinzhi doesn't believe it either. This matter is simply a frame-up!

But he still didn't dare to stay in Qufu and wait for Emperor Ama of the Qing Dynasty, because wasn't it him, Duke Yan, who came forward to frame and slander him?

At that time, he was caught by Zhu Cixiang and could be beheaded. In order to survive, he would do anything Zhu Cixiong said.

Well now, the Tatar Emperor Ama is about to attack. Kong Lin will not dig, but he will dig a hole to bury Kong Yinzhi, the Duke of Yansheng.

"No, we can't stay in Qufu City. We have to leave right away." Kong Yinzhi gritted his teeth, "Keep the green hills here and don't worry about running out of firewood!"

"What?"

"We can't leave!"

"Qufu City is our home"

"Once we leave, Qufu won't be able to hold on!"

"Brother Shenggong!"

Kong Yinzheng and several seniors were shocked by Kong Yinzhi's words.

The Great Bastion of Qufu is the fundamental place that the Kong family and Shi Kefa have been running for many years! The city is impregnable. No matter what kind of red Yi cannon or small red Yi cannon Dorgon uses, he cannot break down the Qufu city wall.

Moreover, there are many Hongyi cannons placed on the walls of Qufu, so they are not afraid of artillery battles at all!

In addition, although the main force of Qufu's army training has left the city, there are still many strong men in the city, and the artillery guarding the city is still there.

Dorgon really wanted to attack Qufu. Even if he could defeat it, the casualties of 10,000 to 20,000 people and a few months would be inevitable no matter what.

And if Yan Shenggong, the backbone of Qufu City, runs away, the hearts of the people in Qufu City will definitely be dispersed, and the good castle will belong to Donglu!

Kong Lin might be dug up!

"Stop talking!" Kong Yinzhi roared and glanced around the inner hall coldly, "The blood of the saint cannot be cut off here, so I must leave Qufu for the sake of my ancestors.

Preserving the bloodline is the duty of Duke Yansheng!"

Several Kong family members in the inner hall were shocked by Kong Yinzhi's shamelessness!

The last thing Confucius lacked was blood descendants! And you, Kong Yinzhi, have a son! If you want to preserve the bloodline, it’s your son Kong Xingxie’s turn. You are an old man, can you still do it?

"Gongyong," Kong Yinzhi stopped talking nonsense with a few old men and directly gave an order to his black brother, "I will appoint you as the minister of the Kong family! You go and gather the strong men immediately and leave tonight to seek refuge in Yidu.
Chapter completed!