The troops camped in Shandong fled all the way to Laizhou. Only then did they receive support from the troops led by Sun Yuanhua, who repelled the pursuing rebels.
Although the rebels led by Li Jiucheng were very powerful, the weather was freezing, the wind and snow were thick, and the road was difficult. The infantry could not keep up with the team, and only some cavalry carried out the pursuit. They soon became exhausted and could not move forward. They pursued them to Laizhou.
When those in the territory were blocked by the officers and soldiers led by Zhang Tao, they withdrew their troops and went back.
Although the rebels were able to defeat the entire Shandong Camp Division in this battle, they were unable to seriously injure the officers and soldiers. Although the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses in their supplies, the main elite force was basically intact. After retreating to Laizhou, they reorganized a little and set up camp under Laizhou City.
The city gates of Laizhou had been closed for a long time. Zhu Dadian, Xie Sanbin and others urged the generals and repeatedly appeased the defeated army. Only then did they suppress the clamor of the defeated army to enter the city.
After the emergency meeting of officials and gentry in the city, Magistrate Zhu and County Magistrate Hong immediately summoned Paijia in the city and ordered the rich households to provide grain and the poor households to cook. They made large quantities of multi-grain pancakes and steamed buns, and hung them in baskets down to the city.
The gentry in the city were "happy to donate".
The Jin gentry of Laizhou, who had already suffered heavy losses, once again "donated". The last time, it was the rebels attacking the city. The Jin gentry wanted to save the nation. Although they were heartbroken, they still volunteered. At this time, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers gathered outside the city.
It was a new defeat, with few clothes to wear, and it was freezing outside. If there was no food to send, it would be unreasonable for one of them to wash Laizhou City first, and everyone had to pledge silver food reluctantly.
The people in the city were inevitably forced to do something. For a while, the city was full of people, and the cries were loud. Sun Yuanhua, Zhu Dadian and Xie Sanbin urged the generals of each battalion. After a lot of effort, they finally defeated the people outside the city.
Military bullets suppressed it.
Zhu Dadian and others entered the city and temporarily stayed at Laizhou Prefecture School, the governor's office of Sun Yuanhua. He first met with the leaders of the Shandong camp in batches, warmly comforted them one by one, and asked the generals to restrain their troops and prepare for the battle.
Preparation of the rebels. He also met with Sun Yuanhua's generals and praised them for their "loyalty to national affairs". Finally, he met with Huang Ande.
Huang Ande was not a military attaché of the imperial court, but just a local brave leader. Zhu Dadian's interview this time could be called an "honor". Zhu Dadian was naturally not only to repay him for saving his life, but also to win over the owner of the deer village.
The village warrior of this deer village owner was not only brave, but also acted like an elite soldier, which was definitely not comparable to ordinary warriors. No wonder he could stand up in Huang County with just a village. He could also help Sun Yuanhua defend Laizhou.
It seems that in order to put down the rebels, we need to rely on the powerful power of the local gentry. Zhu Dadian casually said a few words to Huang Ande. Hearing that he was from a hereditary military family in Shandong, he praised him a few words and rewarded him with another fifty taels.
silver.
Everything was prepared. Zhu Dadian sat in the custody room, still feeling shaken. He was by no means a timid person, but such a sudden change of victory and defeat overnight was really unbearable. Thinking that after he took office, he only
In order to urge the army to encircle and suppress the troops from various places, they spent endless efforts, and finally reached the gate of Dengzhou City. In order to maintain the morale and discipline of the army, they worked even harder. They were almost exhausted. Unexpectedly, such a mistake in the back was suddenly defeated.
Then think about the tens of thousands of people outside the city. Although they have settled down for the time being, after the new defeat, food and salary will be difficult to maintain for a while. Over time, it may be difficult to suppress them. Moreover, there are many Liao people in the army, in case they are "seduce" by the rebels.
, Zhu Dadian couldn't sleep or eat well when he thought of this. For a while, he sighed and wandered around the room.
With the collapse of the siege of Dengzhou, a new frenzy of mutual criticism between the DPRK and the Central Government was once again set off. For a time, all factions made a big fuss about the matter and handed in memorials. Chongzhen's desk was full of impeachment memorials.
"It's all nonsense!" He irritably threw aside a memorial to impeach Xie Sanbin and stood up. The eunuchs and maids around him raised their eyelids slightly, seeing that he had no intention of going out, and he didn't look like he was going out.
He asked for tea, so he quickly lowered his eyes and stood breathless.
I originally thought that defeating Dengzhou would only happen within the year, but I didn't expect that Zhu Dadian actually failed. He let the rebels burn the grain platform and broke through the siege in one fell swoop. There were 30,000 troops--including Guan Ning, who the court spent a lot of money to maintain, and was known as the cavalry.
All the battalions were defeated at the foot of Dengzhou City and fled all the way to Laizhou.
At present, tens of thousands of troops are gathered in Laizhou. They have no food, grass, or baggage, and the weather is freezing. If one of them is not handled properly, another mutiny may break out.
Chongzhen sighed heavily: Mutiny, mutiny. Over the years, the officers and soldiers rarely brought him good news when fighting, but they always caused mutiny. In the past, when my father was alive, although he rarely went to court, there was rarely such a thing.
When the eldest brother was in power, everything was controlled by Wei Ni, and mutinies only happened by chance.
He has only been on the throne for more than five years, but mutinies, floods, droughts, and famines have continued. Is it because he is not moral enough? Or is it something more terrifying: The Ming Dynasty is about to run out of energy?
When he thought of this, he couldn't help being frightened, and secretly cursed himself for thinking so wildly.
Most of the grain transferred to Qingzhou has been lost, and it must be reorganized - this alone makes him heartbroken. Although the grain is tight, there is still a lot of inventory in the official warehouses in Tongzhou and Jiangnan, but the high transshipment costs are
It always shocked him.
It occurred to me that not long ago, Zhu Dadian reported the floods in Shandong Province. From the inland to the seaside, all states and counties were hit by floods. Zhangqiu, Xincheng, Qixia, Jinxiang and other places suffered repeated floods, and asked him to exempt them from taxes and provide relief.
.The troops who are rescuing the camp in Shandong not only cannot rely on the food from Shandong Province, but also have to allocate extra food to help the people...
Thinking of how the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance looked like he was complaining all over the place, he felt even more irritated and uneasy.
Lack of money, lack of soldiers, lack of food, and lack of capable personnel - although there are many officials, few can do things. Chongzhen originally planned to dismiss Sun Yuanhua from his post and reduce his status once he regained Dengzhou, but now the situation is like this
If we really drive Sun Yuanhua away, I am afraid that the situation in Denglai will become increasingly difficult to deal with. Gao Qiqian's Secret Notes mentioned that the defeat of Dengzhou was entirely dependent on Sun Yuanhua's response to lead the army to prevent the entire army from being annihilated. Lian Zhu
Dadian was also rescued by Sun Yuanhua's men.
The memorials of Zhu Dadian and Xie Sanbin also mentioned Sun Yuanhua's support. It seems that Sun Yuanhua is a person who can handle things honestly.
"However, this old man is really hateful!" Chongzhen thought, if he hadn't mishandled it at the beginning, why would Dengzhou be so corrupt!
When I think of this, I can't help but hate Zhu Dadian even more for "letting me down". If it weren't for his incompetence, how could he be so tolerant of Sun Yuanhua!
In the imperial court, there were several memorials to impeach Zhu Dadian for "corruption" and Sun Yuanhua for "colluding with the Liao people", and all of them were very convincing. They wanted to follow his wishes and wanted to issue a decree to have them dismissed from their posts and brought to the capital for strict punishment.
Trial, but the current situation is really not suitable for changing the coach on the spot.
The current plan was to transport food and wages to Laizhou as soon as possible to support the army in case something changes. Thinking of this, he steeled himself and returned to the imperial court.
Although the rebels won a great victory and captured countless baggage. However, after the excitement after the victory passed, Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others found that their strategic situation had not changed much - although the siege by the army was broken for a while,
The main force of the government and army still exists, and our side is just hanging on.
Several people were thinking that now they could either take advantage of the remaining power of the victory, high morale of their own side, new defeat of the officers and soldiers and lack of food, and gather the whole army to attack. If the officers and soldiers could be severely damaged, the attitude of the imperial court might be softened; or they could sail out to sea and escape.
Dongjiang.
Although the former is somewhat certain, this place is hundreds of miles away from Laizhou. It is freezing and snowy outside. We are short of food and don't have many winter clothes. If we trek all the way to Laizhou City to fight, we will suffer from cold, hunger and fatigue along the way. We will lose a lot of troops, even if we barely reach the city.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight with the officers and soldiers.
The latter is fleeing for their lives, and they are very sure - they have hundreds of ships from the original Denglai Navy and the Tianjin Navy that were captured earlier, as well as a group of ships from Dongjiang Town that have defected. Although they cannot take away all the troops, they can
It is still possible to transport away the main generals and most of the direct lineage.
As long as you can leave Dengzhou smoothly, there are many islands in the Bohai Bay. It is not difficult to find a place to stay. It can also echo the old Dongjiang people scattered on the islands in the Bohai Sea. It is rare that once you go to sea and drift on the sea, you have to raise money
Without food and salary, there will be no way out. Without food and salary, this lone army will sooner or later collapse without a fight.
At that time, there will be no way to survive except to surrender to the Tartars.
But this choice was difficult for them to accept. Most of them defected to Dongjiang because they could not bear the oppression of the Manchus and had strong feelings against the Tatars. They must not take this road until they are in dire straits.
"No, if it doesn't work out, let's go to North Korea!" Li Jiucheng said, "The Li Dynasty is weak and its armaments are not strong. Let's go to North Korea to occupy a piece of land and gather together in Dongjiang Paoze. Maybe we can create a new situation!"
"That's all." Although Kong Youde agreed, he disagreed with Li Jiucheng's idea - although the Li Dynasty was weak, it was still a country.
They also deployed heavy troops. After their own side went to sea, they could no longer coerce the troops. Although most of the troops on the Dongjiang Islands had a rift with Huang Long, the current commander-in-chief, they had also fought each other more than once. The conflicts were sharp and complicated. Not necessarily all of them would do it.
Listen to your own orders.
We can only rely on the direct troops in our hands to fight head-on, one less person will die, and the imperial court will definitely join forces with North Korea to suppress...
However, a large area of the Bohai Sea is frozen in winter. If you are not careful after going out to sea, the fleet will get stuck in the ice, so they can only continue to hold on in Dengzhou, at least until early spring, when the ice clears up. (Unfinished)