When he heard that he was about to arrive in Linqingzhou, many Shandong recruits burst into tears.

With the blessing of this Grand Canal, Linqing was originally the most prosperous city in Shandong. It is known as one million merchants and civilians, and its prosperity is even greater than that of the provincial capital Jinan. It can almost compete with the capital. The famous "Jin Ping Mei" happened here.

However, during the invasion of the Qing army in the 15th year of Chongzhen, Linqing suffered the most severely, and there were no ten merchants in the city. A draft of the Ministry of War at the end of Chongzhen said: "There are thirty-eight living people, Xi Mingyuan, Tang Yin, and Wang Youqian, and about ten people in the Linjin people recommended it, and some were less than one cent. All the government offices and houses were burned, and the embers have not been destroyed until now. The two rivers and streets are combined, and the corpses are like mountains and mountains, how can they be lost? All battlements are demolished."

Liu Youlan, the general of Shandong Dongchang Prefecture, also said in the Tang newspaper, "I saw that Linqing was originally the throat of the grain transport. The rebels rushed from Ji and wanted to get it quickly. They entrenched for 16 days, killing and abducting people, leaving me without anyone to guard; pushing the battlements all over the city, so that I could not rely on them, and intercepting more than 10,000 rice in the warehouse, thinking that it was used to raise horses to the north."

But now Linqing is still "as for the town of Linqing, the number of people is the throat, and the current pedestrians are cut off, the market is wild and the rubble is blocked, the store in the thoroughfare becomes a damn toilet, selling his wife and son, cutting off flesh and treating sores. The tragic situation, the stone man fell into tears."

When they thought of the tragedy that happened in Linqing, all of these Shandong recruits were in tears, but they didn't know where to vent the infinite injustice in their hearts. Liu Yongxi empathized with them: "The morale of the army is available. Don't go too fast, let the soldiers take this opportunity to complain and let them know why they are fighting!"

Fu Ding next to him already understood: "Brother, I understand. I will let Lord Tong Yili do it right away!"

In the past, the tricks of painting cakes and filling soup were all handed over to Tong Yili, the juren, the husband, but Liu Yongxi shook his head and said, "You can entrust other things to Tong, and I have to take responsibility for this matter myself!"

Queen Zhang soon found that the fleet's speed of progress suddenly slowed down, and for some reason, there were bursts of crying from time to time on the shore, and not only cried during the day and at night, but also dozens or even hundreds of people were crying at the same time: "Shi Fengyu, what's going on with Xiao Chengyi Bo?"

Shi Chaoli immediately replied, "I have asked, it was Xiao Chengyi Bo listening to the brothers below who complained, but as he listened, Xiao Chengyi Bo himself started crying, and the brothers' tears could not be stopped!"

Although Empress Zhang was born in poverty, this is only relative. Zhang Guoji, the Marquis of Taikang, was a student with land and houses, so naturally he was not much "poverty". After entering the palace, he was even far away from the sufferings of the people. Although he had heard some rumors about the invasion of the Jianli, he did not have much intuitive understanding.

Therefore, it was completely difficult for her to understand that Liu Yongxi and the officers and soldiers would cry so tragically: "It seems that Xiao Chengyi Bo was eating the meat of these dead horses during this period, so she cried so loudly. Forget it, next time I call the right person, I will ask Xiao Chengyi Bo to have a meal together."

Shi Chaoli quickly replied, "Empress, let me leave the imperial meal matter to Weichen!"

Queen Zhang didn't expect that the crying sounds on the shore had nothing to do with horse meat. In this hell where people were eating each other, horse meat was already the most luxurious delicacy. Everyone did not expect to eat horse meat every day. As long as they occasionally ate a bowl of horse meat vermicelli, they felt that they had reached the fairyland on earth.

Linqingzhou is really too tragic now. Liu Yongxi always felt that his heart was as hard as iron. He heard the complaints from Shandong recruits just trying to play the show, but as he listened, his eyes couldn't help but wet. Then the whole army started crying, and hated Jianlu to his bones.

Not only were the new soldiers in Shandong crying, but the soldiers in Cangzhou were also crying, and the soldiers in Beijing were crying, and the soldiers in Liaodong and Shaanxi were crying even harder. Even the old people in Zhejiang and Nanjing in Chengyi Bo Mansion also empathized with each other and cried directly into tears.

This is the real troubled times!

The scenes that made everyone feel desperate were almost breathless. Everyone couldn't help but think of their dead relatives and friends' love and their hometown that had been completely destroyed by the war.

Finally, Liu Yongxi drew his sword and sweared loudly at the river: "No matter what kind of tragic past, all the soldiers have, from now on, you will follow me to fight for a way out. I don't guarantee that there will be a prosperous and prosperous princes for generations, but at least you can lead you to a peaceful and prosperous era so that the people of the world can have food and clothing!"

It is enough to have Liu Yongxi's words. Although there were more than a hundred Cangzhou and Shandong soldiers in the team all at once, they were already invincible and sad soldiers amid the cries. The cohesion of the troops was far better than that when Cangzhou moved south. Especially those Shandong soldiers who had just joined the army were now waiting to attack and were ready to start a massacre at any time.

The small number of officials, guards and powerful men on both sides of the canal did not dare to provoke these evil spirits. After all, although Liu Yongxi's force did not carry red-clothed cannons, it was not particularly difficult to break one or two counties that could not be defended with this current posture. These official troops, guards and powerful men couldn't even solve the local bandits on both sides of the canal, so they would not have the courage to compete with Liu Yongxi.

Therefore, although the speed of the fleet moving south slowed down a lot due to frequent complaints and crying, it did not encounter many obstacles. Instead, there were constant refugees, local bandits and even some powerful men who brought their families to join.

Liu Yongxi even found several scholars and storytellers among the refugees who could speak, write and experience the killing, forming a slaughter team, and asked them to organize officers and soldiers to accuse the Qing army of crimes without having to stand up with these Jinshi masters and Juren masters.

Liu Yongxi originally thought that if nothing unexpected happened, he would go straight to Huai'an, but not far from Linqingzhou, the scouts in the front rushed back to report the latest situation they discovered. Liu Yongxi couldn't help but be surprised: "What? There are a large thiefs in the town in front? And it was under the banner of Emperor Yongchang Li Zicheng? How is this possible!"

But these scouts reported very clearly: "My uncle, this is what we have seen with our own eyes. The thieves are indeed under the banner of Emperor Yongchang Li Zicheng. The total force is no less than four or five hundred people, and they are definitely the elite among the thieves. There are nearly a hundred cavalry in the cavalry alone!"

When Liu Yongxi heard that there were nearly a hundred horse riding teams on the opposite side, he looked serious. Although he wiped out a 50-horse team in Cangzhou the last time, he was just a lucky victory in that battle. He was forced to divide the troops and win the entire battle. If Chang Jingyi refused to divide the troops, Liu Yongxi felt that he would only lose both sides with the bandits.

But now, according to the scout report, there are actually four or five hundred thieves under the banner of Li Zicheng in the town ahead, including nearly a hundred horse riding teams. Liu Yongxi feels that this battle cannot be fought at all.
Chapter completed!