Zhu Mingxia put the baggage team and the old, weak, sick and disabled in the middle. Huang Xiong led the company to the rear, and he led the team to the front. The cavalry squad patrolled back and forth. He also asked people to take out the big flags he had prepared in advance and raise them, dozens of them.
As soon as the flag flutters and the neatly organized troops look from a distance, it looks like thousands of troops are marching. Even if you don’t get closer, it’s quite impressive. This is Zhu Mingxia’s strategy of spreading the beans into an army. He wants to dress up as
A paper tiger scares the Huang County rebels from taking any action. If the rebels really come to attack, the refugees whose movements are restricted will not easily get in the way. They can be driven away as cannon fodder or thrown aside. In short, it will not be because of the refugees.
Blast the camp and cause a rout.
"Pay attention to the stragglers!" Zhu Mingxia issued a new order. The entire team began to slowly squirm on the ice and snow.
The first step of the operation was to return to the relay point before nightfall. Relying on a village for the night, Zhu Mingxia rode on a captured war horse - when he was in Lingao, he would go to the cavalry training team in the Gaoshanling area every week for horseback riding training.
, although he may not be able to swing a sword right away, but he can still command a battle on horseback.
The wind was so strong that it hurt his face. But when he saw the people and horses flowing around him, he felt a little proud. Although most of them were haggard refugees, in a few years they would all become tigers and wolves.
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The crowd moved slowly. Although the speed was very slow, they could still walk three or four kilometers per hour. Zhu Mingxia felt that returning to the relay station before nightfall would not be a big problem.
Along the way, you can still encounter sporadic refugees and rebel rangers - there are many rebel rangers and they are widely distributed. Obviously, Kong Youde attaches great importance to Huang County and sends a large number of reconnaissance cavalry.
Zhu Mingxia knew that Laizhou is to the southwest of Huang County. If the rebels want to expand their scope of activities, they must first attack Laizhou to fully stretch their hands and feet, otherwise they will be trapped and die between the mountains and sea of Dengzhou. From the perspective of history and the reality of this time and space,
The rebels sent troops to attack Huang County in January, which proves that no matter what time and space it is, the enemy's behavior pattern will not change much.
Since the fall of Dengzhou, order has been restored in Dengzhou City after the initial chaos. Rebel troops have gathered and security is tighter than before. The traces of the massacre of the natives have been cleared away, leaving only the streets and walls.
black bloodstains.
Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others inspected the warehouse and after collecting the defeated troops and surrendering, the entire city was tightly guarded. Each city gate was guarded by a Qian general and many soldiers led by soldiers to strictly check access-all with Dongjiang origins.
Liao people. Outside the city, all strategic places, such as Mi Shen Mountain and other places, were filled with horse-mounted troops. Not only were every house occupied by the army, but tents were lined up in the surrounding suburbs, and there were groups of war horses. At night, drums and horns were played at each other.
Horses kept neighing, and no one knew how many rebels there were. Pedestrians going from south to north had to go through layers of questioning.
Because there was too much killing when the city was broken, Li, Kong and others were afraid that the surrendered troops and civilians who were not from Liaodong were resentful and would become internal agents of the officers and soldiers, so they controlled the city of Dengzhou very strictly. The main roads in the city did not allow locals and southerners to
When people are walking, they will be killed wherever they find them.
Recently, the security in the city has been strengthened again. Not only is there a night curfew and sentries are posted everywhere, but no one is allowed to walk without reason during the day. Roads are required for entry and exit. The city walls are even more guarded, and arrows are sent day and night to warn.
Accordingly, all were executed regardless of the reason. The entire Dengzhou city was heavily guarded. A few days ago, the rebels had secretly cast the "Du Yuan Marshal" seal and elected Li Jiu as the "Du Yuanshi", Kong Youde as the "Deputy Du Yuan Marshal" and Geng Zhongming.
Governor.
The "Commander's Mansion" of the rebels, which was also the operational center of the entire army, was located in the original Dengzhou governor's office of Sun Yuanhua.
Most of the generals of the rebel army had long experience in military service. Li Jiucheng also served as the deputy general of the Dongjiang Army. He had his own rules and regulations for running the army and preparing for war, and handled all affairs in an orderly manner.
Kong Youde was currently standing in a hall of the "Shuai's Mansion" with his hands behind his hands and looking at the two big trees in the courtyard - he was not old, only thirty years old. He was born as a miner and had been in the army for a long time, so he had a strong body.
Strong body.
Just looking at his face, he looked very calm, with no trace of nervousness or worry. However, deep down in his heart, he was still thinking about the future of himself and Dongjiang all the time.
Raising troops to cause rebellion was not Kong Youde's original intention, but more Li Jiucheng's intention. But once he actually raised the flag of rebellion, he had already made up his mind to go to the dark side.
Neither Kong Youde nor Li Jiucheng had any intention of becoming emperor. Although the Ming Dynasty had shown signs of being terminally ill, it was still a behemoth. There was only a three-point chance of rebellion, but it was a narrow escape. Although they had
The plan was to recruit Sun Yuanhua to join the group, but this was just to expand the momentum. The top leaders of the rebels did not have a unified understanding of the specific extent of the rebellion.
The door to appeasement has not been closed. Whether it is Li, Kong or Geng, they all know that the imperial court is currently in a state of distress. As long as any rebellion or civil unrest reaches a certain scale, appeasement is almost the one thing the imperial court is most willing to do. Not to mention.
, even the several mutinies at the end of the Apocalypse and the beginning of Chongzhen, almost all of them ended in "pacification". Huang Long was tortured by rioting soldiers on Pi Island and even had his legs broken, but he was finally "pacified".
So in general, they still planned to rebel to get the best "appeasement" conditions. Therefore, from the beginning, they continued to use all means to express their willingness to accept conciliation. At the beginning, this was a delaying tactic to delay the suppression by the officers and soldiers.
With the arrival of the enemy, try to expand your territory and increase your strength.
As long as you have strong strength, you can put forward sufficient conditions to the court. And this condition is what many generals from Dongjiang have always wanted.
Then turn Dongjiang Town into a third force that is nominally affiliated with the Ming Dynasty and can actually move between the Ming Dynasty and the Hou Jin Dynasty.
Such signs had already vaguely appeared in Guanning Town at that time - the general family that commanded the army was transforming into warlords. Not only did they receive large sums of military pay, but the court also began to gradually lose control.
Compared with Guanning Town, Dongjiang Town is located on the Liaohai Sea. It can contain Hou Jin who tries to enter the pass, and can threaten the capital and Shandong of the Ming Dynasty when retreating. In order to deal with Hou Jin and ensure the safety of the flanks, the imperial court can only use a constant stream of troops.
Transporting military pay and food, allowing them to form a de facto military group separatist on one side. This was the trick of "bringing supplies with fresh goods" that the Dongjiang soldiers had always hoped for, and establishing a third force in the gap between the two powers of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Liu Xingzuo brothers, who once dominated Dongjiang Town after Mao Wenlong's death, had such a plan. However, the Liu brothers were not Dongjiang old people who followed Mao Wenlong in raising an army, and their appeal was limited, so they could not succeed in the end.
In contrast, people like Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde were almost all the old troops who followed Mao Wenlong and founded the Dongjiang army. Li Jiucheng also served as the deputy general of Dongjiang soldiers and had high prestige among the old Dongjiang people.
As long as the imperial court is willing to recruit Li Jiucheng as the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang, the old Dongjiang troops will be able to get rid of Huang Long as an "outsider" and be free to act freely.
Although the abacus was a good one, Kong Youde knew that things would not be that simple - especially a few days ago, Sun Yuanhua mysteriously disappeared from the Supervisory Army Yamen where he was under house arrest, and disappeared without a trace!
The guards guarding him were either dead or knew nothing about it. Although the guards stationed at the Yamen of Jianjun Road were all Liao people, the guards were still tortured after the incident, but nothing was found. They were either asleep
, or hear or see nothing.
Losing Sun Yuanhua also lost the biggest weight in their hands. Compared with several other officials who were captured together, Sun Yuanhua had the highest official position and the widest connections in the court. He was also the highest official in the Denglai region. His
Every word and deed can have a great impact. Originally, Li Jiucheng and others planned to use him to contact the court about recruiting matters.
Sun Yuanhua's mysterious disappearance also brought about a more terrifying potential threat, that is, who could take him away without anyone noticing in the heavily guarded Dengzhou City?
Although all the soldiers guarding the platform were found killed on a watchtower the next day, it was very likely that the enemy had crossed the city and entered, but they didn't dare to think it was Li or Kong. Almost everyone did not believe that anyone had such ability - even if there were people in the world.
For such a strange person as Hongxian, what she stole was just a box, while Sun Yuanhua was a big living person.
Not only Sun Yuanhua was missing, but also two boy servants and a servant who served Sun Yuanhua. No one dared to say that they believed that these four living people could be led out of Dengzhou City from the city wall in a dark night.
On that day, an order was issued not to spread any information to the outside world. As long as the other guards in the Supervisory Army Road Yamen were alive that day, they were all killed from top to bottom. However, this incident aroused suspicion among the top rebels-many people
I believe that this was done by a high-ranking general in the city. He probably hid Sun Yuanhua and used it as capital for his future "anyway".
And Kong Youde was the person who was most under suspicion - almost everyone thought that if anyone could do this, then Kong Youde was the most likely person.
First of all, he received great kindness from Sun Yuanhua - and it doesn't end there. The relationship between Sun Yuanhua and Kong Youde is not as simple as kindness. Many people have heard that Sun Yuanhua's ability to become the governor of Denglai is related to Kong Youde secretly bribing the big shots in the DPRK.
There are rumors. And after Sun Yuanhua became the governor of Dengzhou, he did treat Kong Youde very well.
Secondly, Kong Youde's authority and appeal among the top rebels is second only to Li Jiucheng. If anything is to be said, he is in the most advantageous position - as long as he kills Li Jiucheng, the "chief culprit", he will not only be innocent, but he may also be able to gain merit.
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The combination of these factors makes Kong Youde's situation very unfavorable. (To be continued!~!
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