Chapter 131: Bombarding Yan Shenggong! The truth about Yan Shenggongs identity is exposed!
Otherwise, how could a poor man who was so poor that he begged for food on the streets and worked as a monk in a temple know anything about gunpowder, guns, and rockets?
Therefore, Chen Youliang immediately dispatched a large number of spies!
Disguised as traveling students and businessmen, he took a detour to the south of the Yangtze River, on the one hand to find out all the news about mysterious weapons, and on the other hand, to collect various Confucianism books and albums circulating in the market, etc.
Soon, baskets and baskets of Confucian books were secretly transported to the Hanyang Palace in Huguang.
Chen Youliang, Zou Pusheng and several other Han Red Scarf Army generals with literary talent began to learn from it.
It has to be said that this set of new Confucianism compiled by Zhu Han can be said to be comprehensive!
The content related to physics and chemistry in it not only perfectly explains the composition and principles of gunpowder, but also provides some rough explanations on how to improve the application of gunpowder, but some of the experimental principles are not just as simple as those in the book.
, but it’s almost enough.
The land of China has never lacked top talents. After Chen Youliang got these books, he immediately selected a group of talented reading seeds in Huguang and asked them to learn and study these new Confucian studies from Jiangnan.
These top talents in Huguang learned some rough conjectures about the new gunpowder from the Confucian New Learning textbooks. Although the experimental results were very poor, it was still a big improvement.
On the other hand, the spies sent by Chen Youliang also soon learned another news, that is, the artillery gunpowder workshop of the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers in Jiangnan purchased a large amount of sugar from outside every month and transported it to the gunpowder workshop.
This white sugar must be the raw material used to make those powerful gunpowder weapons!
Based on these factors, Chen Youliang immediately guessed the role of sugar in it.
But just thinking about the problem is of no use to Chen Youliang.
Because Huguang does not produce white sugar locally, the places that produce white sugar include Guangdong and Guangxi, and Sichuan.
These places are not under Chen Youliang's control. No matter how much he knows, he simply does not have the raw materials to start manufacturing.
The secrets that the spies finally found out were just wasted.
Therefore, Chen Youliang had no choice but to give up on his research on the secret weapon sugar, and instead aimed at the original target of bronze artillery.
Hubei is supposed to have unique advantages in the manufacturing of bronze artillery!
Because there are many copper mines with rich mineral deposits in the Daye area of Hubei Province. These copper mines have traces of ancient ancestors mining copper mines since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in ancient times. However, after thousands of years of mining, many mineral deposits have now been discovered.
It has been completely excavated, and many of the remaining copper mines are located in mountains that are very difficult to mine.
Even if it is mined, it will be difficult to transport it!
Moreover, the density of mineral deposits is often very low, which is not conducive to large-scale mining.
Chen Youliang's huge demand for artillery also meant a huge demand for copper mines.
So Chen Youliang immediately sent people around to find out where there were convenient copper mines with huge output, and then wanted to seize them in one fell swoop.
Regarding how to find mineral deposits, Chen Youliang still has many capable people under his command!
Following Chen Youliang's instructions, they began to explore the Guizhou area in the southwest. The Guizhou area was an area controlled by barbarian chieftains, so they naturally had to be careful.
While Chen Youliang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty who occupied Huguang, was searching for copper mines all over the world, Zhu Han was already living a good life in Jinling without worrying about copper mines!
Because according to the mineral distribution map provided by Zhu Han, the craftsmen found another open-pit copper mine with huge reserves in Jiangxi!
The burial depth of this copper mine is so shallow that as long as the ground is broken open, it won't take long to dig out rich copper deposits.
On the other hand, there are water and land transportation around, which is very convenient to transport copper mines. Therefore, the discovery of this batch of copper mines means that Zhu Han no longer has to worry about the shortage of copper raw materials for casting cannons.
As for the Japanese silver mines, there is no need to worry.
The output of the Iwami Fan silver mine in Japan can be said to be rising steadily!
The recruitment standards set in the local area attracted all the surrounding Japanese farmers. As laborers, these Japanese farmers could not only get a large amount of rice, but also get corresponding rewards. Their lords also had the trade of materials from the Central Plains.
share.
It can be said that everyone is happy!
The popularity of materials from the Central Plains was very high in Japan!
As long as you can own a certain share of Central Plains commodities, it is equivalent to having a huge source of wealth!
Therefore, with regard to the mining of silver mines, a large number of Japanese feudal lords have already made continuous profits from the surrounding areas.
Of course, if it weren't for the Imperial Alliance Army and some of the elite Red Scarf Army led by Lan Yu, these Japanese feudal lords would have been dissatisfied with the profits from trade and labor, and would have sent out troops to jointly rob the silver mines.
Understand.
Midsummer season.
Jinling is worthy of being the three big furnaces along the Yangtze River!
In Jinling in midsummer, it can be said to be so hot that your internal organs will boil!
Zhu Han was sitting in his hall, with three basins full of ice cubes placed around him. Several maids holding round fans were behind the ice cubes, fanning the ice cubes vigorously.
The cool air finally made Zhu Han feel comfortable. In front of Zhu Han, Lan Yu, who had just returned from Japan, was holding a document in his hand and was reporting to Zhu Han the situation in Japan.
"After the Japanese king of the Southern Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the Northern Dynasty immediately launched an attack. The two sides fought more than ten times in the Yoshino area. In the end, both sides lost thousands of people and then retreated."
The Japanese Kingdom is now in a situation of confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Japanese shogunate in the Northern Dynasties worships a distant clan as the Emperor of Japan. With the support of Zhu Han, the Japanese Emperor in the Southern Dynasties also has relatively strong military strength, enough to compete with the Northern Dynasties.
"Iwami-han's Imperial Alliance Army showed very high combat effectiveness in this North-South War. Relying only on their own strength, they repelled several times the number of Northern Dynasty shogunate troops and saved the Southern Dynasty Japanese Empire from about to collapse!" Lan Yu
continued.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After this battle, the Queen Mother Fujiwara, the regent of the Japanese Kingdom in the Southern Dynasties, immediately sent people to Jinling to pray for more military assistance.
After all, as long as the Japanese emperor's position is occupied by his own son, then Zhu Han is equivalent to the Japanese emperor's "godfather", so Princess Fujiwara still hopes that Zhu Han can win over her emperor's godson.
However, Zhu Han adheres to the principle of one code and one code, and it is impossible to solve a thousand worries in one sleep.
Zhu Han didn't show any kindness to the envoys sent by the Japanese Southern Dynasty. He gave them many rejections and did not even meet them.
This time Lan Yu came back from the Japanese country. Zhu Han said to Lan Yu: "You have full authority to handle all matters in the Japanese country. For the people of the Japanese country, there must be no kindness at all. They must be ruthless and extremely cruel."
Only ruthlessness will do! Only whips and swords can make them obedient and know who is the real master! You must always remember that Yi and Di are afraid of power and are not immoral."
After hearing this, Lan Yu immediately said:
"Please rest assured, Deputy Commander, the general will obey your orders carefully in Japan and will never let these little Japanese devils take any chances!"
After a long period of contact with the Japanese country, Lan Yu is already very familiar with the habits of the Japanese people. What Zhu Han said is completely in line with the nature of the Japanese people. They are all afraid of the powerful and will not be grateful!
Only by keeping one's strength strong can these Japanese people be kept obedient.
After arranging the affairs of the Japanese state, Zhu Han ordered the reinforcement of 2,000 people to the Japanese garrison. These 2,000 people were all new troops who had been trained in Jinling. Their combat effectiveness was very guaranteed. In this way, Lan Yu had more than 1,000 troops under his command.
More than 3,000 elite Red Turban Army members.
Zhu Han then told Lan Yu: "The Southern Dynasty of the Japanese Kingdom belongs to us, and the Southern Dynasty is our lackey. They can be allowed to occupy more territory, but don't let the Southern Dynasty of the Japanese Kingdom conquer the Northern Dynasty. Only one country will be divided and fall into chaos.
The Japanese country is the most beneficial to us now!"
The Japanese people on the island are just a bunch of ignorant white-eyed wolves.
Only when they fall into civil strife can they be better controlled.
When the world is settled in the future, Zhu Han will not even give them the chance of chaos. At that time, it will be time for Zhu Han to send out troops to devour the Japanese country in one fell swoop.
As for now, let Lan Yu maintain a strong garrison to maintain the chaotic situation on the Japanese islands so that the Red Army can profit from it.
After knowing Zhu Han's intention, Lan Yu said with a smile: "Please rest assured, deputy commander, I will definitely keep this in mind when I am in Japan!"
Under Zhu Han's order, Lan Yu replenished a large amount of military equipment, and then led the new army back to the Japanese Islands in a mighty battleship.
Not long after Lan Yu left, Zhu Han received a military report from Shandong.
"This is the good news from Qi Xiang, Shandong Province, to the King of Wu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief!" said a guard of the palace.
Brother Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han looked at each other and smiled.
"So, did Qi Xiang capture Qufu?" Zhu Han said.
The task he assigned to Qi Xiang was to lead the rebel army to attack Qufu westward, connect with the local Liberation Army in Qufu, and drive away the Mongolian loyal minister Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian.
Sure enough, when my brother Zhu Yuanzhang saw the good news, he immediately laughed, "Qiwu, you guessed it right, it is indeed the good news from Qufu."
Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said that he handed the good news to Zhu Han.
Zhu Han opened the good news and took a look!
Sure enough, Qi Xiang, the right commander of the musketeers, led the local rebel army and captured Qufu. Kong Kejian, the Duke of Yansheng enthroned by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, fled and abandoned the city with his family members and others.
The entire southern half of Shandong fell under the control of the rebels. As a result, Xuzhou, southwest of Jining, was still under the control of the Yuan army, but it was already about to be captured by the surrounding rebels at any time.
"This is really great. The Shandong Rebel Army lived up to expectations! It lived up to expectations!" Zhu Han said with a smile.
"Qi Xiang didn't have much credit before, but he did really well in Shandong this time." Brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said.
Zhu Han said with a smile, "Qi Xiang has made such a great contribution, so naturally he will receive a commendation. How about appointing Qi Xiang as the governor of Shandong and commanding all the rebels in Shandong. What do you think?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, but also ask Qi Xiang to guard Qufu to prevent Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian from joining forces with the Mongolian Tatars to counterattack!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's words were not without purpose. In this operation to capture Qufu, sneak attacks were mainly used. The local rebels in Qufu disguised themselves and entered Qufu City, and then deceived the city gates, causing the rebels outside to rush into the city.
, captured the city of Qufu.
The troops under Duke Yansheng dispersed without suffering much losses.
In this way, they indeed have the strength to counterattack, and according to the intelligence sent by Qi Xiang, Yanshenggong Kong Kejian fled to Jinan.
Jinan has a large number of Mongolian and Yuan troops, and they will definitely launch a counterattack against Qufu.
Zhu Han nodded and said, "Brother is right, we not only want Qi Xiang to defend Qufu, but also guard against Wang Baobao, Chahan and others attacking Qufu from Henan."
Zhu Han's words are not unreasonable. The Kaifeng area in Henan is not far from Qufu. As long as they cross the Yellow River, the Mongolian cavalry can approach the city of Qufu in a few days. At that time, the Mongolian and Yuan forces in Jinan, Henan will join forces.
If they attack Qufu, Qi Xiang and the other rebels will really have to fight a tough battle, so they must make plans in advance.
His elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang immediately made a decision and asked the weapons workshops in Jinling and Suzhou to immediately allocate a large number of gunpowder weapons and armor and transport them by sea and canal to Jining Prefecture to support Qi Xiang.
This large amount of military supplies was enough to turn tens of thousands of peasant rebels under Qi Xiang into armored elite warriors.
In less than a month, this batch of very important supplies was immediately transported to Qufu City.
The Shandong Rebels led by Qi Xiang immediately replaced their guns with cannons, and everyone wore shiny armor!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Show off your power on the top of Qufu City!
Sure enough, not long after, tens of thousands of Mongolian troops came from the north!
This Mongolian and Yuan army was mainly led by regiments trained by Kong Kejian, the Duke of Yansheng, and Hama, the Mongolian and Yuan Zuo Prime Minister of Jinan Prefecture. The two sides had more than 40,000 troops.
According to the total of Kong Kejian and Hama, the Shandong Rebels in Qufu total more than 10,000 to 20,000, and most of them are mud-legged people who lack weapons and armor. Except for the thousands of people who ran from Yizhou, the rest
They all have no fighting ability.
Therefore, after their 40,000-strong army reaches Qufu City, they will definitely be able to chop melons and vegetables along the way and then recapture Qufu City.
However, when Hama and Kong Kejian led the 40,000 Mongolian and Yuan troops to Qufu City, they were immediately shocked by the situation in front of them.
Under the shining of the sun, the garrison at the top of the city exuded a cold light. It was a shiny armor. Under the shining of the sun, it seemed to tell the tens of thousands of Yuan troops under the city that they were a well-equipped army.
A strong army is definitely not a weakling who can chop melons and vegetables!
"This, this, what is going on?" Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian looked at the situation in front of him and kept panicking in his heart.
When Prime Minister Zuo Hama saw this, he was also shocked: "What kind of mud-legged people are there? The rebels are clearly an elite team wearing strong armor!"
Hama already felt timid in her heart.
I saw a big "Qi" written on the red flags fluttering in the wind on the top of Qufu City!
After Qi Xiang was appointed as the governor of Shandong Province, he felt extremely proud!
Regarding the task of guarding Qufu, he even issued a military order to coexist with Qufu City!
Before the arrival of the Yuan army, he ordered the walls to be fortified and the country to be cleared, and all the people outside Qufu moved into the city, leaving the Yuan army unable to find any civilian power to use.
As for those people who did not enter Qufu City, they were also ordered to move and hide in the surrounding mountains and forests to prevent the Yuan army from finding them.
As the Yuan army led by Hama and Kong Kejian arrived at the foot of the city, Qi Xiang did not wait for the enemy to attack, but took the initiative to order the city's artillery to counterattack!
Qi Xiang pointed his finger at the Yuan army in front and shouted loudly.
"Shoot me, shoot me!"
With the roar of artillery, the artillery of the Qufu garrison began a preemptive strike.
Amidst the roar of artillery, the Yuan army was suddenly in chaos. The horses of Kong Kejian and Kong Kejian were also frightened and jumped around. Finally, they finally calmed down. Hama covered his helmet that almost fell off in the chaos with his hands.
, shouted loudly, "The thieves in Qufu City are so arrogant that they don't even listen to persuasion to surrender!"
Kong Keshi shouted loudly, "Prime Minister Zuo, quickly order an attack and use our artillery to counterattack!"
According to the requirements of the Yuan Dynasty court, Jinan also built a batch of artillery, many of which were very large-caliber heavy artillery, specially used to bombard enemy city walls.
This time, I brought him to Qufu and it came in handy.
Since he wanted to exterminate the thieves, Kong Kejian didn't care about the bottles and jars in Qufu City. He just bombed them and it was over!
Since these mud-legged people in Qufu followed the rebellion and surrendered to the thieves, even if they were killed, Duke Yansheng would not show any mercy.
After the first round of artillery roar, the defenders at the top of Qufu City suddenly shouted loudly in unison!
Kong Kejian, Hama and others listened, and their expressions immediately changed!
Because the slogan shouted by the defenders at the top of the city was——
"Bastard Kong Kejian!"
"The thief pretended to be named Kong!"
"Tatar bastard Kong Kejian!"
These shouts are directed at the terrible things happening to the Kong family of Duke Yansheng!
Because it has long been rumored among the people that the previous descendants of the Kong family Yan Shengzhengzong were exchanged by the Mongols, and Kong Kejian belonged to the unidentified descendants of the Kong sage, so no one dared to mention these rumors questioning his identity in Qufu City. Now Kong Kejian
He was beaten away, and all kinds of rumors were brought to light!
Qi Xiang directly ordered the defenders to shout and carry out mind-attack tactics against the Yuan army!
As the "truth" that Kong Kejian was a Mongolian bastard was revealed one after another, the Yuan army outside the city suddenly burst into an uproar!
When Qi Xiang, the general of the Qufu garrison, saw this, he shouted happily.
"Louder, boys, louder!"
On the one hand, Qi Xiang ordered the soldiers to shout hard to disrupt the morale of the Yuan army. On the other hand, he stepped up the artillery fire, aimed at the central army of the Yuan army, and started artillery bombardment.
As the artillery roared again, the central position of the Yuan army was suddenly filled with casualties!
Several guards were knocked down by flying cannonballs, and blood and broken limbs were scattered on the ground!
Kong Kejian's face changed drastically, and Prime Minister Zuo Hama was also frightened out of his mind.
But they never expected that the artillery of the city defenders could actually hit such a long distance!
"Hurry up and let the artillery go up and blast Qufu City hard!" Prime Minister Zuo Hama shouted sharply.
The artillery of the Yuan army began to violently bombard the city wall of Qufu!
boom!!
boom!!
A large piece of rammed earth suddenly fell off the Qufu city wall, and the bricks hit by the artillery shattered one after another!
"Run! The enemy is firing. Run for your life!"
"My dear mother!"
"Run away!"
"Damn it! The Tatar artillery is too powerful, run away!"
In the panic, some of the strong men guarding the city suddenly became panicked, and screams kept coming. Some people began to run away, and more people rushed towards Qufu City. They wanted to enter the city to avoid the enemy's artillery bombardment.
.
Boom!
Boom!!
When the huge cannonball hit, the earth and rocks on the walls of Qufu suddenly flew away, and pieces of rammed earth flew up.
Qufu guard Qi Xiang was furious when he saw those strong men fleeing in all directions!
He pulled out his saber and shouted sternly: "Archers, prepare, anyone who dares to escape again will be killed!"
The archers were immediately ready, and the panicked young men were so frightened that they did not dare to run around anymore.
Qi Xiang stood at the top of the city, not afraid of the Yuan army's artillery, and shouted loudly:
"Artilleryman, let the Tatars have a taste of our power!"
boom!!
Boom!!
As soon as Qi Xiang finished speaking, cannonballs exploded one after another, causing the Yuan army outside the city to scatter earth and rocks, creating chaos.
However, the Yuan army also had numerous artillery pieces, and both the offensive and defensive sides entered into an artillery battle.
The artillery of the Yuan army continued to roar.
boom!!
Boom!!
boom!!!
...
The continuous roar of artillery fire, and after round after round of bombardment, the city of Qufu was completely devastated, with almost no complete walls left.
The ground was covered with rubble and pits, and many of the walls collapsed and turned into ruins.
The battle continued like this until evening, until it turned dark and the two sides stopped the artillery battle.
The leader of the Yuan army, Hama, ordered the entire army to camp and prepare to fight again tomorrow, but the Qufu rebels did not intend to make it easy for the Yuan army!
Qi Xiang selected two hundred elites, took advantage of the night to open the gate of Qufu, and lurked outside the Yuan army camp.
Waiting until midnight, a strange and earth-shattering sound suddenly came from the top of Qufu City!
Whoosh!!
With a burst of terrifying screams, more than a hundred sugar rockets flew towards the Yuan army camp!
boom!!!
The sugar rocket hit the Yuan army's tent hard and then exploded, overturning the Yuan army's tent instantly.
"What?!" Hama, the general of the Yuan army, suddenly changed his expression after hearing the sound.
"It's an enemy rocket!"
"What! Enemy attack?"
"No! It should be gunpowder!"
After a while, the guards of the Yuan army began to protect Hama with shields.
boom!!
Boom!!
boom!!
Violent explosions came one after another in the surrounding camps, and the thick smoke made it impossible for the Yuan army to see anything under the darkness of night.
At this moment, Qi Xiang, who was ambushing outside the Yuan army camp, led two hundred elites to get on their horses and launch a feint attack towards the Yuan army camp. The defenders on Qufu City also immediately beat gongs and drums and shouted like a mountain roar and a tsunami!
"Kill!"
"Kill the Tartars!"
...
Qi Xiang led two hundred cavalry, brandishing spears and spears, and charged towards the Yuan army camp!
Although the soldiers of the Yuan Army heard the shouts of killing outside Qufu City, they were already dizzy from the rocket bombardment and had no idea where the enemy was.
Qi Xiang noticed all this and his eyes lit up!
He immediately turned his horse's head and turned from a feint attack to a real attack on the elite group he led.
"Kill!!"
"Surge into the enemy camp and burn all their food and grass!"
Qi Xiang roared, and more than two hundred cavalry quickly rushed into the Yuan army camp.
The gate of the Yuan army camp was also unguarded, and the soldiers had long been shaken to the point of losing their fighting ability. Qi Xiang led his army to easily attack! Their goal was very clear, which was to find the food and grass in the Yuan army camp. As long as they could burn all the food, the Yuan army would
There is no way to attack the city for a long time.
Qi Xiang led more than 200 cavalrymen and quickly rushed towards the Yuan army's camp. Along the way, where they passed, rows of tents collapsed, rows of tents were burned, and some soldiers were
Screaming and struggling in the fire.
Some soldiers of the Yuan army were surrounded by flames and howled in the fire. Everyone was afraid of blowing up the camp and no one dared to act rashly.
Soon, the cavalry led by Qi Xiang arrived at the gate of the granary of the Yuan army camp.
"burn!"
Qi Xiang yelled violently, threw out the torch in his hand, and threw it towards the gate of the Yuan Army's granary!
Suddenly a raging fire burst into flames, covering the entire granary.
boom!!
There was a loud noise and the granary door collapsed!
A raging flame rose, and the fire became stronger and stronger!
"No, the food is on fire!"
"Quickly put out the fire!"
...
Suddenly, the soldiers of the Yuan army panicked and began to rush into the barracks!
"Kill me!"
When Qi Xiang saw this scene, he immediately issued a pursuit order!
He led two hundred cavalry, quickly pursued and entered the Yuan army, and began to slaughter them crazily!
Boom boom boom!!!
A series of violent explosions resounded throughout the Yuan army camp.
"Quickly, put out the fire quickly, quickly!"
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
...
The soldiers of the Yuan army put out the fire while crying for their fathers and mothers, and fought desperately to put out the fire.
At this moment, Qi Xiang was leading two hundred elite cavalry, killing each other in the Yuan Army camp. Wherever they went, Yuan Army soldiers were beheaded one by one!
Wherever Qi Xiang went, the Yuan troops were panicked and fled blindly and desperately.
As a trumpet sounded, the elite Yuan army began to move out to suppress order. Seeing this, Qi Xiang knew it was time to retreat.
"withdraw!"
Qi Xiang shouted and immediately led his elite men to rush north!
At this moment, the Yuan army was already panicking and did not dare to pursue Qi Xiang anymore.
Qi Xiang quickly left the Yuan army camp with two hundred elites, and then rushed towards Qufu. Outside Qufu city, they had already left a group of troops to support them in case of any eventuality.
Qufu County.
Qi Xiang came back with two hundred cavalry. They returned to Qufu City and were immediately cheered wildly by the defenders!
"General Qi is mighty!"
"General Qi is victorious!"
Qi Xiang counted the number of people and found that no one was lost, and all 200 people returned safely.
Qi Xiang was also overjoyed, "The Tatar granary was burned, we will definitely win!"
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers cheered again!
At the same time, in the chaos of the Yuan army camp, the Yuan army commander Hama and several generals were all pale in face!
"How is it possible?! Why weren't those rebels intercepted by us?!" Hama said angrily, his face was extremely ugly, and he couldn't figure it out even if he thought hard.
"General, the thieves have sharp rockets. There is nothing we can do!" Several Yuan army generals said one after another.
"Incompetent!" Hama suppressed the anger in his heart. In tonight's battle, the Yuan army not only killed hundreds of people, but also lost a granary. It can be said that it was a heavy loss!
Yanshenggong Kong Kejian was insulted by the rebels during the day, and was hit by a rocket in the camp at night. He was almost killed. Now in front of Hama, when he heard that the granary was burned, he immediately didn't want to fight anymore. He faced Hama
said:
"Prime Minister Zuo, I think we should withdraw. This battle is unwinnable!"
Hearing Kong Kejian's words, Hama suddenly became furious and shouted loudly: "Brother Kong! You said to withdraw the troops?! Do you know that we dispatched 40,000 elite soldiers this time, failed to win a single battle, and lost the granary? If we withdraw like this,
Wouldn’t it be a disgrace to Dayuan! Do you know that once we retreat, the court will definitely blame us, do you know the seriousness of doing so?!"
As Hama spoke, his old face turned red.
"Prime Minister Zuo, I don't want to either! But our granaries have been burned and we have lost most of our food. If we don't retreat, we may not be able to hold on for long and we will starve to death here!" Kong Kejian said.
When Hama heard Kong Kejian's words, he immediately calmed down. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "Pass this general's order, and the entire army will retreat five miles to camp tomorrow morning!"
Everyone was very surprised when they heard Hama's order.
"General, we don't have much food and grass left. It's better to fight quickly and start a violent attack on Qufu City tomorrow morning." A Yuan Army general said.
"No, we can't underestimate the enemy. We must retreat and set up camp to wait for reinforcements from Henan!" Hama said.
When they attacked Qufu this time, they did underestimate the enemy at the beginning. Now the rebels in Qufu are very difficult to deal with, and they must send someone to invite Wang Baobao from Henan and others.
Wang Baobao and others are a group of fierce people!
Killing Han Lin'er, the leader of the Red Scarf Army, to deal with a group of rebels in Qufu was no small feat.
The army under Hama is very precious. It is the foundation for Hama to settle down in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. There is no need to sacrifice too many troops and horses for the sake of a small Qufu.
Next to him, Duke Yansheng Kong Kejian and others also expressed their agreement.
Now that the Yuan Dynasty court has handed over seventy-eight percent of the taxes to Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others, now that they have encountered a hard nut to crack, they will naturally have to deal with it.
Whoever spends more money must put in more effort.
However, the Yuan army wanted to retreat and set up camp safely, how could Qi Xiang agree?
That night, Qi Xiang organized another sneak attack. Dozens of sugar gunpowder rockets took off again and exploded in the Yuan army camp, killing more than a dozen Yuan soldiers.
Not daring to sleep in the camp, everyone squatted outside, looking up at the sky. As long as a bright light flashed, everyone would immediately become nervous, fearing that the rockets of the Red Turban Army were coming again.
In order to thank Hama and Kong Kejian, two high-ranking officials of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, for coming all the way, Qi Xiang sent more than a hundred rockets to the Mongolian and Yuan troops in one night, which disturbed the Yuan army soldiers and kept them awake all night.
The Yuan army wanted to come out to drive them away, but they encountered the Red Turban Army's musketry cavalry. Dozens of muskets fired at them, sending a dozen warriors of the Yuan army who were good at riding and shooting to the bliss of the West on the spot.
After several battles, the Yuan army was completely demoralized by the Red Scarf Army.
The two sides engaged in distant artillery bombardment during the day, and the Red Turban Army unilaterally harassed them at night. Within a few days, the Yuan army soldiers were on the verge of mental collapse.
"The deputy commander said that if the military's morale is gone, then there will be no morale!"
Through repeated investigations, Qi Xiang has basically determined that the Yuan army has no morale and will easily defeat them once a surprise attack is launched.
This night was another dark and windy time of the month.
Qi Xiang led the Red Scarf Army to sneak out from Qufu City, with thousands of elite troops!
First, they bombed a Yuan army camp with sugar rockets, and then launched a surprise attack from the rear of the Mongolian and Yuan army.
"Kill!"
"Kill the Tartars!"
The shouts of killing, like thunder, came from behind the Meng Yuan camp, immediately panicking the Yuan army.
"Where did the enemy come from?"
"It seems to be from behind!"
"It's broken, the thieves are here and reinforcements are coming!"
"Are we surrounded?"
Suddenly, the entire Yuan army camp fell out of control.
The leader of the Yuan army, Hama, desperately tried to suppress order, but under the surprise attack of the Red Scarf Army, everything was in vain.
As the shouts of killing get closer and closer!
The entire Yuan army camp was completely blown away. Tens of thousands of people poured out of the camp gate and fled in all directions.
In the dark night, no one knew where to run. The Yuan army was defeated and they only knew to run to a place where there were no shouts of killing from the Red Scarf Army.
After chasing and chasing for most of the night, tens of thousands of Yuan troops were almost wiped out by the elite Red Scarf Army's surprise attack.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
When the sky brightened, the entire army and civilians in Qufu City suddenly burst into cheers.
The Yuan army retreated this time, leaving behind a large amount of military supplies, including arrows and other weapons, which made up for the consumption in Qufu City.
After this battle, the Qufu Red Scarf Army not only suffered no losses, but its strength increased dramatically. The nearby people saw through Meng Yuan's weakness and joined the army enthusiastically one by one!
After all, the Red Scarf Army has already released the news that all those who join the Red Scarf Army will be given thirty acres of fertile land!
These thirty acres of fertile land are all ration fields for soldiers!
Not only is it paid immediately, but it also has the privilege of being exempted from taxes for five years.
The entire people of Qufu have been oppressed by the Kong family for a long time!
Now, not only had the vampire Yan Shenggong been beaten away, but they were also given fertile farmland from Yan Shenggong's family. Of course, everyone was very happy.
"Haha, in this way, even if Kong Kejian invades again, he will offend all the people in Qufu who have been allocated land!"
After Qi Xiang completed allocating the fields, he immediately happily reported the good news to Zhu Han.
Zhu Han was not as excited as Qi Xiang about Qufu's victory.
After all, Hama, the left prime minister of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, had already been defeated by the veterans of the Red Scarf Army, and Hama was busy protecting himself now and did not dare to fight hard at all.
Zhu Han now had no extra troops to support Qi Xiang, so he could only send people to send more military supplies, and then told Qi Xiang to be careful of the Yuan army from Henan entering Qufu.
After all, the situation in Henan is not very good now. Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others are very likely to enter Shandong or go south to Huainan.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for the reason, it is because Henan has once again suffered from a severe drought. Today, the entire Henan Province is destined to have another year of deficit in tax revenue and grain.
Jiangnan, Jinling City.
Inside the Prince Wu's Mansion.
Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Han, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Shi Naian and others were discussing matters in the palace hall.
"King Wu, now there is a great disaster in Henan, and hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from famine again! Wang Baobao, Chahan Timur and others used the grain in their hands to recruit troops. I heard that the number has expanded to more than 300,000, so we must
Just in case they suddenly go south and invade." Li Shanchang said worriedly.
This drought in Henan is very serious.
Henan has recently been suffering from years of war, resulting in large areas of land being abandoned.
It took a lot of time to plant food in a peaceful season, but there was a drought for most of the year, and there was almost no harvest.
Hundreds of thousands of people fled in various directions in order not to starve to death.
Many young men were absorbed into the Yuan army.
After all, when you are hungry, whoever gives you food is your lifesaver. Who cares whether you are a Tatar or not?
"The drought in Yingzhou is also severe. I heard that a bushel of rice in Yingzhou is now sold for twenty taels of silver, and a bushel of wheat costs ten taels of silver!" Li Zhen, the second brother-in-law, said with a frown.
Now the second brother-in-law Li Zhen has four or five trading companies. In addition to the main business, he also collects intelligence and public opinion.
"With such high grain prices in Yingzhou, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on to the city!" Zhu Han frowned and said. A bucket of grain cost more than ten taels of silver. The price of grain has soared a hundred times, and people's livelihood has completely collapsed.
"This is not expensive at all. I heard that it is ridiculous in Haozhou City. A bucket of grain has been sold for thirty taels of silver. At such a high price, there is no place to buy it!" Li Zhen, the second brother-in-law, added.
He continued.
Since Guo Zixing was pushed out of Haozhou, brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han have not paid much attention to Haozhou. Now that they have strong troops and horses, they no longer need Haozhou to act as an outpost.
"With such outrageous food prices, there is basically no way for ordinary people to survive." Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said.
"So, I heard that Sun Deya and others in Haozhou are planning to abandon Haozhou City and take the army to find a way to survive elsewhere." Second brother-in-law Li Zhen said.
The majestic marshals of the Red Scarf Army, the Marquis and Counts, actually wanted to escape from the city where they were stationed and wander around like beggars. It was very miserable.
"Chahan, Wang Baobao and the others have so much food and have recruited so many refugees?" Zhu Han couldn't help but ask.
Liu Bowen shook his head slightly at the side and said: "The food and grass that the deputy commander, Chahan, Wang Baobao and others relied on were all plundered by the Meng Yuan from Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi. These places also suffered a lot of famine. Most of the Meng Yuan must have
There is not much food and grass to feed them, and even if these provinces are forced to rebel, they will not be able to get that much food, so Wang Baobao and others recruit refugees, just to use them to fight to the death."
Liu Bowen was a former official of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.
He has a very good understanding of the agricultural output of various northern provinces.
After years of brutal exploitation by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, all industries in the north were already in ruins, and now they are suffering from a major disaster. There is no excess food and grass that can be used to support the Mongolian Yuan army in Henan.
Zhu Han has also understood that Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others are taking advantage of the survival instinct of the victims and are preparing to coerce them into a suicide march. As long as they can rush to Huainan and break the city, they can get food to survive.
