It didn't take long for this reaction to reach Qimu Island. The reports of various spies sent by Lu Wenyuan were always "no situation found." This made Lu Wenyuan, Chen Sigen, Zhu Ming and Xia Qian, who were originally confident and just waiting for the operation to start,
The elders became anxious.
According to the timetable, Kong Youde raised the rebel flag on October 31st, and he led his troops to Dengzhou City on November 22nd. Only 22 days had passed. Now, several days have passed. I was inquiring about the news on the official road of Huangxian County.
The spies should at least get some vague information - such as "someone is revolting". After all, Kong Youde's command has more than a thousand people and is well-equipped. It is not a force that will be ignored.
But among the business travelers coming from Texas, no one brought such news.
Time flies to November 10th, and there is still no news on the road. The group of people can't sit still anymore. After emergency consultations, Zhu Mingxia decided to send a reconnaissance cavalry in disguise, Lu Wenyuan, from Dengzhou through Sun Yuanhua's relationship.
The army bought more than a dozen Mongolian horses as mounts for the scouts. The Fubo Army has always lacked the ability to maneuver quickly in battlefield reconnaissance methods.
The cavalry who serve as scouts are not the scouts of the special reconnaissance team, but are members of the cavalry training squadron of the northbound detachment. Considering that many horses may be captured during Operation Dengzhou, in order to use them on the spot, the cavalry instructors of the Army Training Corps were incorporated into the northbound detachment.
A company and a platoon of the squadron have been transported to Qimu Island.
The Fubo Army's cavalry usage principles are similar to the light cavalry tactics used during the Napoleonic Wars, which are mainly used for reconnaissance, harassment and pursuit, and are generally not used for cavalry battles and breakthroughs. Therefore, the cavalry in the teaching squadrons have received reconnaissance training.
Lu Wenyuan looked at the dozen or so makeup-coated scout cavalry in front of him: They really looked like women: a single businessman pretending to be a caravan to run goods, accompanied by a guy leading a donkey. He couldn't even open his mouth to hear a word.
Understand the Shandong dialect. When Lu Wenyuan asked, he found that not all of them were natives of Shandong - they were all specially trained and could speak fluent dialects.
"They have been training for more than a year, and this time it is considered a real actual combat." Zhu Mingxia said, "I originally planned to send them into battle later, but I didn't expect that they would be used so soon."
Each of the scout cavalrymen has a monocular telescope, a revolver, and two grenades. The cavalrymen look at each other and take care of each other. The difference between the two teams is only a hilltop or a glance away. According to the arrangement: spread out in the direction of Texas, and the seven or eight teams will be divided into three layers.
Advance to the fivefold search.
The scout cavalry searched along the road in the direction of Wuqiao, collecting information along the way. However, there was no useful information. It was not until a group of cavalry arrived in Sangyuan Town, Wuqiao County, that they got useful information from local vendors.
Kong Youde's troops had already passed through this place and headed north ten days ago. The chicken robbery incident did occur, but the matter was settled later - the soldiers who robbed chickens and killed people were beheaded, and the uncle of the Wang family no longer pursued the case. Kong Youde had already led his troops.
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But what happened next made the local people very scared, because a few days later, news came that a large village dozens of miles away had been wiped out. Although the government said it was bandits, everyone said it was mostly Liaodong soldiers.
Several big families in the village that were massacred had wealthy relatives, so the matter could not be suppressed. The local gentry jointly went to the county magistrate. They also sent people to the government to accuse these lawless "soldiers and bandits".
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"Is there any use in approaching the government about this matter?" the scout cavalry deliberately looked ignorant. "In my hometown, if the soldiers killed a few people, the county boss would not care about it, unless he insisted that it was bandits who did it. That's it.
It may not work if you go to the provincial government."
"You are always a businessman who runs away. You have wide eyelids. What haven't you seen? We ordinary people will be chopped off by the military master. However, several big families in the village died, as well as several gentry in the county.
Dear. There is a family that is related to Mr. Wang’s family. Mr. Wang can’t say that he can’t see it—the folks in the village can’t explain it either.”
The scout cavalry did not dare to delay and immediately sent people back to report the news to the elders on Qimu Island.
This aroused the concern of the "three people on Qimu Island": the news brought by the scout cavalry showed that Kong Youde did not raise the rebel flag at Wuqiao as in the old time and space history, but used other means to ease the matter. So
As soon as he comes, he will lead his army to continue northward. In the end, he will either be defeated at the Daling River, die or surrender, or his army will be shaken by going further north and directly surrender to the Manchus.
Once this happens, the plan to use Kong Youde to disrupt Shandong will be completely in vain. Subsequently, many plans will have to be revised. In particular, there is a big doubt as to whether it is necessary to occupy Jeju Island.
"Kong Youde won't rebel, we have to force him to rebel!" Zhu Mingxia slapped the table, "Otherwise we will have to go into battle naked."
Chen Sigen said: "Is it okay to use Sun Yuanhua to force him? He slaughters villages and households, so it will be difficult for Sun Yuanhua to protect him."
"I'm afraid not. Sun Yuanhua's ability to manage the army is limited, and he is not very capable of restraining his subordinates, and he regards Dongjiang's old people as his capital." Lu Wenyuan shook his head repeatedly. "Besides, this kind of thing was not uncommon in the late Ming Dynasty, so Sun Yuanhua would not do it.
This is why we should embarrass a capable general like Kong Youde who has a strong army."
"I think we can only rely on the local Jin gentry in Wuqiao, such as the Wang family." Lu Wenyuan is an expatriate who has received a lot of professional training in history. He also followed Zhao Yingong in Shandong for several months and is relatively familiar with the social conditions and people's livelihood of the Ming Dynasty.
After consideration, a new plan was proposed.
Lu Wenyuan continued: "The Wang family is a well-known gentry in Wuqiao and very powerful. The head of this family, Wang Xiangchun, is a key member of the Donglin Party. He was in the "Donglin Point General Record" at that time, and was known as "the white stripes in the stars are lost in the sky"
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"What a good guy, you're still a prostitute! The eunuch is quite talented." Chen Sigen laughed.
"And Wang Xiangchun also has a cousin named Wang Xiangjin, who is the chief envoy of Zhejiang Province - his official position is not low. Not to mention these two brothers, Wang Xiangchun alone can make Kong Youde miserable."
The question is whether the Wang family is willing to take the lead. Lu Wenyuan believes that there is a high possibility that the Wang family will take the lead.
Since the eldest son of the Wang family was willing to support a chicken owned by his servant, a local village in his hometown was massacred, and distant relatives were also involved. Regardless of whether it was for public or private reasons, their family had to speak out.
"The problem is that it will be several months before they come out to speak, and we can't catch up."
Lu Wenyuan scratched his head - since he had a bun, he couldn't wash his hair often and often felt his scalp was itchy: "That's true."
"The top priority is to find Kong Youde's department and find out his next move before we can deal with it," Zhu Mingxia said. Originally, their mastery of historical data gave them a sense of "one-way transparency" about the battlefield situation, but now Kong Youde's abnormal actions have made "
The "fog of war" is filling the air again.
"Where are they now?"
According to the report of the scout cavalry, after Kong Youde led his troops to leave Wuqiao County, they walked north for about twenty miles and massacred a large village, and then lost news.
"...There are still several groups of people searching all the way, and the latest news has not yet arrived."
Zhu Mingxia opened the map and marked Kong Youde's last trace on the map. From the map, if he wanted to continue going north to Shanhaiguan to carry out the task of reinforcing the Daling River, he should go east instead of suddenly going north. To the north, Dongguang
County and Nanpi County, and the route north to Shanhaiguan is very different.
"Why did he go to Dongguang and Nanpi?" Chen Sigen was a little confused. "Could it be..." He noticed that the two counties on the map were on the banks of the canal. "He didn't want to rob the ships on the canal, right?"
The Grand Canal is an important transportation route between the north and the south. Hundreds of ships sail on the river every day, making it obviously a very lucrative target.
"No, he doesn't dare." Lu Wenyuan shook his head, "Openly leading troops to intercept canal ships is a rebellion..."
"Didn't he rebel in the first place?"
"That's true."
Zhu Mingxia said: "I estimate that when Kong Youde went north to Dongguang Nanpi, he either planned to make a big move along the canal, or it was just a false shot."
He thinks the latter is more likely.
If Kong Youde wanted to rebel, he could have started in Wuqiao. There was no need to rush to Nanpi or Dongguang. A Wuqiao County town was enough for him to rob. He avoided Wuqiao County and headed north. He obviously had the intention of estrangement. Once the imperial court
If they were to be held accountable, he could refuse to pay - his route was not heading north in the first place.
"...Kong Youde's men are cavalry and can move very quickly. He can go all the way north, slaughter several villages along the way, make a huge profit, and then suddenly turn east, return to the original route and continue to Shanhaiguan.
If there is sufficient food and fodder, the cavalry troops can travel 40 kilometers a day without any problem."
"But in this case, wouldn't he stop rebelling in Shandong?"
"There is indeed such a possibility." Lu Wenyuan said, "However, historically, Kong Youde had no intention of rebellion at the beginning. He was forced to participate in the Wuqiao Mutiny. Those who decided to launch the mutiny were mainly the lower-level people.
Officers and soldiers."
This shows that the mood of rebellion has always existed in the old Dongjiang tribe in Shandong. Kong Youde mutinied in Wuqiao, and once he arrived in Dengzhou, he received a response from the former Dongjiang people such as Geng Zhongming. Throughout the Dengzhou Rebellion, the rebels continued to gain support from the former Dongjiang people.
The old department responded and supported, and it grew rapidly.
"In a deeper sense, the mutiny of the former Dongjiang tribe is inevitable. Just look at the situation in Shandong to know."
Lu Wenyuan stayed in Shandong for several months and had many interactions with the church, government, army and people. In his opinion, the rebellion of the Liaodong Army was inevitable. The guest and main armies in Shandong clashed constantly, and the locals
The people are poor and the gentry are powerful and powerful. The Liaodong Army, which has been marginalized and discriminated against for a long time, has accumulated enough resentment, but it just lacks a fuse. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to recommend it at Qidian.
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