"Whether you did it or not, we'll talk about it later." Kong Youde said in a deep voice, "Everyone put on your clothes, order your troops immediately, and don't move without permission. Brothers from each battalion who have gone out, please send someone to take them back immediately!"
"Here!" The generals knew that something was fishy and feared that a big change was imminent, so they did not dare to entangle any more. They responded in unison. Kong Youde stood up, asked his soldiers to put on armor for him, and ordered the generals to gather his soldiers and servants.
,ready to go.
"No talking on the road without raising a flag!"
After the general went out, Kong Youde stopped Li Yingyuan who was about to exit: "You come with me."
Li Yingyuan's face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't know what Kong Youde had planned.
At this time, Kong Youde speculated that there must be something fishy about Li Jiucheng and his son. He was afraid that this was Li Jiucheng's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain and coerce the entire army into mutiny as soon as he left, so he took the lead and detained his son to join the army.
In less than a meal, Kong Youde had already set off with fifty cavalry. When he went there in person, he first had to find out who was doing it - the detective who had been following the large group of people since he arrived in Dongguang.
Riding gave him a premonition of imminent danger.
"What kind of people are causing trouble inside?" Thinking of this, he involuntarily tightened his grip on the reins.
Kong Youde led this group of cavalry to the vicinity of the river gate very quickly. He did not lead the men directly into the fire scene for fear of causing misunderstanding. Instead, he ordered the entire army to stop two miles away from the fire scene. He himself took more than a dozen cavalry and servants.
He rode his horse carefully, and the attacking men and horses seemed to have retreated. There was no cry of killing or the sound of horse hooves. Many of the cannons moored by the river embankment were already on fire. The fire was blazing and the heat was unbearable. The cauldrons on board were scattering.
Running away, some people saw this sentry and thought they were with the attackers, so they all avoided it and ran away.
On the river embankment, many corpses were lying scattered around. Through the firelight, you could see that most of them were Caoding on the water transport boat. Kong Youde took a breath of air. This was a robbery. Don't look at the decay of the canal boat. Caoding
They look like beggars, but they are all "official ships". If "officers and soldiers" attack a canal ship and cause trouble, it will be a serious crime.
A soldier picked up the feather arrow from the corpse with a spear in his hand and presented it to Kong Youde. He took it and looked at it carefully. He could tell at a glance that it was an "official arrow" and that it came from Dengzhou.
.
Kong Youde held the arrow shaft in his palm and felt cold sweat running down his back. Could it be that this group of people came from Dengzhou? How dare they do such nonsense!
The canal boat was in a mess, with all kinds of cargo and grain scattered on the board. Kong Youde saw the eyes of his servants shining, and they were all eager to try and stopped.
The streets were deserted. Every door was closed, every household was locked, and there was a deathly silence. I could see that several large houses near the water gate had their doors open, and various belongings were scattered on the street.
Suddenly there was a rumble under his horse's hooves, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a human head.
Look more carefully. There are seven or eight headless corpses abandoned on the street. They are not gorgeous, but they are dressed like a well-to-do family. A servant next to him was a pond horse not long ago and came here. He whispered that these few corpses were there.
Each household is the residence of the gatekeeper and gatekeeper on the water gate.
Looking at the silk cloth scattered on the ground and the loose money with the money ropes torn off, you can see how rich these households are. Kong Youde not only cursed secretly: "Damn it!"
He pulled the reins of his horse and had no intention of looking again: although the people coming were in a hurry, they were undoubtedly officers and soldiers.
As for which group of people came, he didn't know and didn't want to know - even though he already believed in his heart that it was Li Jiucheng and others who were causing trouble.
"You are forcing me to be like Lu Junyi!" Kong Youde said secretly.
However, the matter has come to this, and it is useless to talk about it. Kong Youde knows very well that no matter whether Li Jiucheng sent someone to do this or not, he will bear the blame - or rather, the former Dongjiang people will bear the blame.
"Okay, you will be benevolent. I won't stand in the way of your good deeds for my own future!" Kong Youde thought bitterly and ordered loudly. "Go back!"
At this moment, he had made up his mind to raise the flag of rebellion, not only because he had no excuse at the moment, but also because he found that his control over his subordinates was so poor: Li Jiucheng pulled most of the generals and soldiers away without showing off.
In the past, I did such a big thing without telling myself!
If he continues to refuse blindly, he will either be killed by the mutinous soldiers, or he will have no choice but to leave his troops and flee. Of course, with Sun Yuanhua's attitude towards him, he may not be blamed, and he will try his best to ensure that he is not in harm's way.
.But since then he has become an ordinary general with only dozens of soldiers and servants.
Without soldiers, military generals in this era of increasingly chaotic world have lost their capital. Whether you want to be an official, make a fortune, or even settle down, you must have soldiers on hand.
If you want to regain control of the people, you have to participate in the rebellion and regain power in the war. This team was brought out by Kong himself. Now he is being deceived by Li Jiucheng and others because of his bleak future. He believes that as long as he adapts
If you use the general trend well and make good use of your skills, you will soon regain control of the people and horses.
Although Kong Youde was unwilling to rebel, once he made up his mind, everything would go all the way to the dark side. He suddenly reined in his horse and ordered his men: "Immediately send an order to all battalions to come forward!"
Now that it has been started, no matter who is responsible for this, this matter has already been counted on his head.
In this case, if you want to do it, do it thoroughly!
The market here is prosperous, and there are many ships berthed. Although the fattest sheep have been slaughtered, the remaining wealth is still considerable. It is easy to obtain a large amount of food, grass, property and livestock. Compared with before, I secretly robbed houses and killed several people.
The harvest in the village will be much greater.
With this large amount of money in hand, you can stabilize the morale of the army. If you have food and pay, the soldiers will work hard for you. With soldiers, you don't have to be afraid no matter what you do next.
Even the imperial court, as long as you have the strength, will count on you to sacrifice your life with a sword and a gun. It will never count how many people you killed or how much property you robbed.
Thinking of this, he turned his horse's head and pointed the whip in the direction of the market: "Enter the town!"
Chen Sigen stood on a small hill on the edge of the woods a few miles away, observing the town with an infrared telescope. When he saw groups of cavalry beginning to pour into the market and start burning, killing and looting on the river embankments and streets, he
My heart still sank. Although their goal of forcing Kong Youde to rebel had been achieved, the innocent people in this market became the victims of the Senate's "strategic goal" in vain.
Whoever created the figurines has no descendants?
When he thought of these words, he couldn't help feeling sincerely uneasy.
"Squad leader." The sergeant major of the special reconnaissance team called him softly.
"Well, what's the matter?" Chen Sigen turned around.
"The officers and soldiers' pond horses are starting to come over."
Chen Sigen secretly praised Kong Youde for being a veteran general who did not forget to keep an eye on his surroundings when he sent troops to plunder. It seems that he could get the position of the Sanshun King among the demoted generals in the late Ming Dynasty. In addition to his outstanding ability in the early morning,
It is also a crucial factor.
"We retreat!" he ordered, "the entire army returns to the base camp."
Since Kong Youde has started to rob the market with his troops, it means that he has made up his mind to rebel. The next thing is to leave it to the scout cavalry to bite him tightly and pay attention to his movements at all times.
Taking the surprise attack of the special reconnaissance team as a trigger, an army that had long been dissatisfied finally raised the flag of rebellion. The anger and resentment that had been suppressed in the hearts of the Dongjiang Army for a long time suddenly turned into a very destructive torrent.
After Kong Youde raised his troops, he immediately returned to Wuqiao and attacked Wuqiao unexpectedly. The local magistrate had been on guard for a long time - he had also heard about the activities of a "horse bandit" in neighboring Dongguang County, and closed the city gate in time.
Finally, no county seat was saved. Kong Youde saw that he could not win for a while, so he stopped entangled in the city. After burning, killing and looting the local area, he immediately sent his troops back to Shandong. They obtained a large amount of livestock, grain, grass and property in Dongguang and Wuqiao. They transferred their property
Loading the plundered horses, mules and donkeys with grain and fodder, they drove them with the large army towards the territory of Shandong. The smoke and dust billowing from the people and horses could be seen more than ten miles away.
"There's chaos!"
Terrible news spread on the road, and urgent documents from Dongguang and Wuqiao counties had begun to be delivered at the inns. However, in the entire Shandong land, except for the elders in Longkou who were gearing up and waiting, no one expected that the situation would develop to this point.
To what extent. While the people of Shandong were sleeping, Kong Youde's Liaodong cavalry were already rolling in.
The three people on Qimu Island watched Kong Youde's movements nervously: they had successfully brought Kong back to the historical trajectory needed by the Senate. Now, it depends on whether his next step is consistent with the old time and space.
The news from the reconnaissance cavalry reassured them: after Kong Youde swept across Wuqiao, he quickly approached the southeast along the current route of National Highway 104. The local government was caught off guard and had no troops available. Those who responded quickly were able to close the city gate in an emergency
, escaped disaster. Those who reacted slowly fell one after another. The rebels successively captured Lingxian and Linyi, and after seizing a large amount of grain, grass, property and livestock, they captured Shanghe along the route of Provincial Highway 316, and then headed east from Shanghe
, crossed the Tuhai River and the Yellow River in turn, and captured Qidong (now called Gaoqing). Then they attacked southeast and captured Xincheng (should be Huantai today).
Since almost all of his men were cavalry, and a large number of plundered livestock were used to carry supplies, and he did not stop at any place or city on the way, but replenished his team with plundered supplies and livestock as he went, so he marched very fast, in less than a month,
On November 22, 1631, the army arrived at Dengzhou City.
The Huang County rebels just passed by, and Kong Youde did not try to attack the county - he was most concerned about returning to Dengzhou as soon as possible and getting the response and strength of the old Dongjiang troops.
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