In the fourth year of Chongzhen, it was evening on October 23rd.
In the Shandong Peninsula, Dengzhou Mansion, and the barracks in the north of Dengzhou City, the noise sounded like a bombing of a camp.
"If you rebel, I will rebel against this stupid court!"
"The imperial court sent us to Liaodong just because they want us to die, but they don't want us to live!"
"Marshal Mao was executed without charge by the officials of the imperial court. We were short of food and pay, and were never taken seriously. We managed to live a stable life for two years. Now they have transferred us to Liaodong, and they insist on killing all of our Dongjiang Army."
I’m willing! If you don’t accept it, I won’t accept it!”
"I'm not convinced, I'm not convinced!"
"Going to Liaodong means death, and rebelling also means death. If you rebel, we will rebel!"
In the general's mansion, the boiling roars of tens of thousands of soldiers filled with endless rage were heard.
Kong Youde's face changed drastically, and he slumped down on the chair, extremely pale, trembling all over, and murmured: "It's bad, it's bad!"
At this time, several generals wearing helmets and shaking armor entered the General's Mansion together with the clatter of armor leaves. They were Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan, Chen Guangfu and others who were also generals of the Dongjiang Army.
With their hands on the hilts of their swords, they walked up to Kong Youde and said one after another:
"Yongshi, none of the soldiers are willing to go to Liaodong to die. They have all rebelled. Listen to what the soldiers have to say. There is no way back for us."
"Brother Kong, you are the Marshal's most valued adopted son. We are all willing to listen to you. Please lead us to rebel. This court has nothing to do with us except giving us chills time and time again, and expecting me to die again and again.
Loyal? It's better to rebel! You become the emperor, and I will assist you to create a bright and clear sky!"
"Yes, the commander-in-chief is loyal to the court and leads us to fight to the death, but what does he get in exchange? It's suspicion, he kills first and then he shows off, and we don't have enough food and clothing to keep warm! Who is willing to work hard for him in such a court? On the contrary,
Come on, now that we have knives, guns and cannons, we can use these things in our hands to fight our way out!"
"We have to rebel now! The imperial court will know about it soon. We must act quickly to capture Dengzhou Prefecture, then capture the entire Shandong, and establish a country that belongs to us! If we hesitate, we will be captured by the imperial court.
A thousand cuts to pieces."
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After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "The imperial court treated my Dongjiang Army poorly and forcibly sent me to die in Liaodong. The soldiers were unwilling and mutinied in the camp. I was forced to rebel. If the imperial court could understand me,
If you make a mistake and appease me, Kong is willing to pay for the crime with his life, and the court will only punish me. If you don't want to appease me, you can only burn the jade and tiles together, just to seek justice!"
Immediately, Kong Youde led Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng and other generals into the barracks and announced that they would rebel against the imperial court and seek justice for Mao Shuai. He won tens of thousands of soldiers to follow him. He immediately ordered a fierce attack on Dengzhou City. Under the cooperation of internal and external cooperation, Dengzhou was captured that night.
In the prefecture city, most of the officials and gentry were killed. General Zhang Ke resisted and was killed. Governor Sun Yuanhua, who was in charge of Denglai, Song Guanglan, the military commander, Wu Weicheng, the prefect, Jia Jie, the tongzhi, Qin Shiying, the county magistrate, and Liang Zhiyuan, the squire, were detained in the governor's Yamen Prison.
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On the second day, the rebels attacked again, surrounded Laizhou City, attacked Huangxian, Qingcheng, Shanghe, Lingxian, Linyi and other cities. They were invincible and almost invincible. They soon ravaged more than half of the Shandong Peninsula, causing
The court was shaken violently.
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November 5th.
Rugao County, Harbor City, Military Staff Office.
Holding a briefing in his hand and reading the latest military information collected from all over Shandong, Xu Yuan was very emotional.
The Denglai Rebellion broke out.
Moreover, it was a relatively normal historical process. The rebellion broke out more than a month in advance and the rebellion was announced in Dengzhou City. It did not happen that Kong Youde led 3,000 soldiers when they passed through Wuqiao Town on November 27 because the soldiers stole a chicken.
There was a conflict with the local gentry Wang Xiangchun's family, which led to a mutiny. Finally, the Wuqiao Mutiny developed into the Denglai Rebellion.
The rebellion of the Dongjiang Army is destined and a historical necessity!
Even if it is not caused by a chicken, it can be caused by a duck, a goose, a pig and other animals, because the Dongjiang Army does not want to go to Liaodong to fight and die.
Therefore, in the timeline of this time and space, after Kong Youde led the maritime fleet to rescue Daling River City and returned due to a hurricane in Sancha River (Liaohe Estuary), and faced the request of the Ministry of War to march overland to rescue, it was used again and again.
Delay tactics, sometimes lack of food, sometimes lack of pay, just unwilling to set off.
Helplessly, in order to mobilize this well-trained and combat-effective army to go outside the pass, Chongzhen Zhu Youjian had to agree to send 50,000 silver dollars and 10,000 stone grains from the inner treasure, and promised to send eunuchs to the Dongjiang army in full.
In exchange for sending troops to Liaodong, the ongoing Battle of Daling River will increase our side's chips for victory.
But as soon as the silver coins and grain were delivered, and as soon as the eunuch who announced the decree left, under the instigation of some thoughtful people, the Dongjiang army mutinied and declared a rebellion. Kong Youde trembled with fear, and Emperor Chongzhen lost a lot of money and food.
Only Xu Yuan, as a time-traveler, knew that no matter how much the imperial court gave him, the Dongjiang Army would definitely rebel, it was just a matter of time.
One of the reasons is that after Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan with Shang Fang's sword, the Dongjiang Army, which had lost its soul, was no longer of the same mind as the imperial court. The hearts of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town had long been cold, and the seeds of betrayal had been sown.
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Secondly, the Dongjiang Army, which had been fighting guerrilla warfare against the Manchu slaves for many years, was well aware of the powerful strength of the slaves and had been beaten to death. They became a group of rats who were afraid of death and sent them to fight bloody battles with the slaves outside the customs.
, how is this possible? A battle that is bound to be lost and a fatal outcome is not as good as rebelling.
In other words, such a group of troops who have no courage to fight are okay for stealing and harassing the people, but it is too difficult for them to go to build slaves. The court should not have placed hope on them in the first place.
But just such a weak army set off an eighteen-month-long rebellion that eroded most of Shandong. Later, when Kong Youde led more than 10,000 remaining soldiers to defeat the generals and defected to Hou Jin Jianu, not only did he greatly improve his
They also brought many Western instructors and cannon-making craftsmen, which greatly improved the level of gun-making among the Jiannu. Since then, the Jiannu with a large number of artillery can no longer be protected by the Ming Dynasty Fort.
It has the technical conditions to conquer the entire Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town who originally had a bloody feud with Jiannu later turned into a concentration camp for traitors. Among the four Han kings entrusted by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, three came from the Dongjiang Army system (the remaining one was Wu Sangui), and they produced countless shameless scum.
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Although the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town have suffered a lot, suffered a lot of grievances, and have some things worthy of sympathy and grievances, it would be too much to become traitors. They also greatly improved the level of Manchu firearms and significantly accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty. This
It's totally unforgivable.
Therefore, Xu Yuan plans to intervene in this matter and is not ready to just sit back and watch.
So he stood in front of the big sand table and said to the officers and staff present:
"This time our Xujiazhuang intervened in the Denglai Rebellion for two main purposes:"
"First, we must do everything possible to prevent the soldiers and civilians of the Dongjiang Army from crossing the sea and escaping northward, and bringing firearms craftsmen to Jiannu. This is something that must be prevented. Even if Jiannu's artillery is not very good, it can still hit our village guards.
People will die, and this is something that must be stopped no matter what the cost. Even if we ruthlessly slaughter all the soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang, we cannot take advantage of the slaves in the north!"
"Secondly, the Shandong Peninsula is in chaos and caught in the flames of war, but it is a good thing for us. Shandong is rich in minerals, with a large amount of coal mines, iron mines and gold mines. These are what we urgently need, and purchasing from merchants cannot satisfy our needs.
To meet the demand, we need to directly control a large amount of minerals. Now taking advantage of this chaos, I have sent a lot of commercial representatives to prepare to spend money to buy a large number of mines. If you agree to sell, I will sell. If you don't agree, there may be rebels.
The army invaded, and we quickly agreed. In short, we must take advantage of this opportunity to seize a large number of mines under our control."
"Our next operations in Shandong will mainly focus on these two purposes. The Dongjiang rebels must prevent them from crossing the sea and escaping north, and the mines must be captured as much as possible. There is no limit to the means. More than five hundred people
Elite troops have been sent there, and they can be remotely commanded by radio. How you can complete these two tasks perfectly depends on your ingenuity."
Xu Yuan assigned homework and wanted to test their ability level through this actual battle. Of course, it also meant training and training.