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Dongjiang Town, which is isolated in Liaodong, is not stable at this time: Huanglong is unable to suppress Mao Wenlong's old troops in Dongjiang Town, and the internal strife in Dongjiang Town that began with Chen Jisheng's murder is intensifying. 【Read full text】
Under the combined influence of internal and external factors, it was only a matter of time before the Dongjiang old people started a large-scale riot. The three elders all held this conclusion.
The difficulty is: now that their one-way transparency no longer exists, Kong Youde's next move has become confusing.
The top priority is to guess Kong's next move and prepare accordingly.
Zhu Mingxia leaned over the map, and the colored pencil in his hand kept scratching on the glass plate. Lu Wenyuan and Chen Sigen looked at him nervously. As military commanders, they had the responsibility to predict the enemy's next specific movements.
"I don't think there will be much difference in Kong Youde's movements." Zhu Mingxia said after studying the map for a long time.
He pointed to the large-scale map on the table, cleared his throat and said: "First of all, we all agree: Kong Youde's rebellion was the product of the collision of bad weather and irreconcilable contradictions - this is an inevitable, at most Time and place are different.
"Secondly, we need to know why Kong Youde attacked Dengzhou. This is very important and will directly affect our next actions. Kong knew Sun very well and knew that he was different from other Ming officials. Sun Yuanhua had the most friendly attitude towards the old people of Dongjiang, no matter whether it was Kong Whether it is to paralyze the opponent, quickly expand the results, or really have the hope of being recruited, Sun Yuanhua is the best choice. If he leads the team to Dengzhou, there is a glimmer of hope of being recruited. This is the first point. Chapter 2 Second point, Dengzhou has his colleagues, old troops, and a large number of Liaodong soldiers. These Liaodong soldiers also face the same problems as Kong Youde's troops and have the same dissatisfaction. If he wants to rebel, only in Dengzhou can he find enough reliable and good fighters. Allies. Third point, as a general with long-term combat experience, once he raises the rebel flag, he will definitely need a stronghold with sufficient food and weapons, and easy advancement and retreat. Looking at several surrounding cities, Dengzhou is the most suitable: Dengzhou is the home of Kong Youde and others. It is the main gathering place for the old Dongjiang people, and most of the islands dotted in the Bohai Bay are the old Dongjiang people in the past, and it is easy to echo each other. Although the rebellion was not planned by him, once the mutiny occurs, he must return to his own people as soon as possible and use the original Dongjiang old people to quickly Kong Youde has no choice when it comes to increasing his strength - if he is content with running around, he will be exhausted if he stays in Shandong for too long.
"Finally, his best friend Geng Zhongming and others are in Dengzhou City. As long as the inside and outside are coordinated, Dengzhou is the easiest city to win. It is precisely because of these three points that as long as Kong raises the flag of rebellion, Dengzhou is the best Choice—it is also an inevitable choice.”
"What you said makes sense, so Kong Youde will return to Dengzhou sooner or later."
"As long as Kong Youde's army is not too far away from Shandong, after the mutiny is his best choice." Zhu Mingxia was very confident. "Based on this prediction, our countermeasures are simple."
Zhu Mingxia suggested that all reconnaissance cavalry and local indigenous people be sent on foot to reconnoiter Kong's movements. In addition to the cavalry's long-range tracking and search, the original route to Liaodong to reinforce the Daling River must not be missed to prevent him from actually going there. front.
Kongbu Qingyi's water cavalry has a distinctive appearance, making it difficult to hide its traces for a long time, and it is not afraid of being mistaken by scouts. Regarding the local indigenous people, the Li faction sent people to spread the facts about the massacre of villages near Dengzhou. In a few days, these things would be processed through the mouths of the indigenous people. It spread to the ears of Liaodong soldiers and Master Sun's mansion.
The speed of word-of-mouth transmission is generally relatively slow. Under normal circumstances, it takes a long time for news from Wuqiao, Hebei to reach Dengzhou. Now it is up to them to speed up the spread of news.
"Finally, if Kong Youde really has to go to the Daling River front line or is unable to go to Dengzhou for other reasons. We will have to instigate the Liao soldiers in Dengzhou. This is another topic."
"Haha. Xiao Zhu伱 summed it up well!" Chen Sigen interjected: "You are the one who wrote the report to the Senate!"
"According to organizational principles, everything must be discussed and decided by the three of us. Besides, now is not the time to write a report." Zhu Mingxia said.
Chen Sigen thought about it and said: "What you said makes sense. But I want to remind you: You just said that we should pay attention to this uncertainty. Now we still cannot accurately predict Kong Youde's actions. If we only passively monitor him , it will not work to make some more rumors. We must actively intervene and let him act according to our wishes - only in this way can we have the necessary certainty."
Zhu Mingxia said: "Should we directly incite his subordinates?"
"We don't have the ability to incite now." Chen Sigen chuckled: "I forgot what Lu Wenyuan said before: 'Openly leading troops to cut off the canal is a rebellion.' We are not sure whether he can do it, but I We’re sure, we can do our part for him! Let him walk around without food, and he must do the opposite if he doesn’t!”
"Is this okay?"
"Ha, there's nothing wrong with it! Our special reconnaissance team is killing a chicken with a knife when doing this kind of thing of killing people and stealing goods. The boys under my command are so idle these days, I'm afraid there won't be chaos. At best, you guys can send more With people's cooperation, everything will be absolutely foolproof," Chen Sigen said.
"Kong Youde's soldiers all have Liaodong accents..." Lu Wenyuan still had some doubts.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. Our Mandarin is quite similar to the Liaodong military dialect. Even if it's not similar, the worst thing is that we won't speak. If we really kill, no one will notice any flaws. Besides, even if there are flaws, except Kong Youde, who takes the blame, Is there any other way?" Chen Sigen said.
"Old Chen is right, but you still have to choose who is going to go. Wenyuan, didn't you get the military uniform number before? Find them all. Let's give him ironclad proof. But what should we do specifically? We still have to do it now. We have to discuss it again.”
"I did get some Ming army horns, but not many." Considering the possible needs during the operation, Lu Wenyuan managed to get some Ming army horns from Dengzhou through Huang Ande's relationship, and they were from any battalion. Yes, some are still old. But Chen Sigen thinks this is better - it looks real.
"When you move, tear off the camp logo on the sill. This will make it more realistic." Lu Wenyuan said, "Get started and put some shabby robes on the outside, and it will look more like it."
Everyone had no objection to Zhu Mingxia's judgment and immediately split up. In addition to sending out all the cavalry on standby, some carefully selected refugees were selected to go to the road to inquire for news.
Lu Wenyuan called Huang Ande and asked him to take several soldiers from Shandong and rush to Dengzhou immediately to spread all kinds of news about Kong Youde to relatives and friends in Dengzhou City.
Also sent at the same time was an intelligence officer under Lu Wenyuan who specialized in contacting the Dongsanfu local church and spread the news through the church's connections.
Kong Youde led his troops out of Wuqiao County and headed north along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, which did not exist in this time and space, and entered Dongguang County. Dongguang is right on the banks of the South Canal. Nourished by the canal, commerce is quite prosperous.
Kong Youde chose to go to Dongguang, with the idea of making a profit here-Dongguang was not the place he had to pass to aid the Daling River from the north. With the rapid movement ability of his men and horses, he came here to make a circle for himself and his subordinates. Getting some benefits is not a problem in terms of time.
Before arriving at Wuqiao, the morale of his men had dropped to the extreme. There were complaints all the way, and an undercurrent was already surging among the soldiers and officers. Kong Youde was a veteran general. If he had not made a decisive decision that night and massacred a village in Wuqiao and obtained a lot of food and property to reassure his subordinates, the best result would have been that the troops were scattered along the road and half the people would be missing when they reached Shanhaiguan; the worst thing would be that this group The brothers who had been through life and death simply started working desperately in Wuqiao County.
Kong Youde was unwilling to rebel and cause chaos: he joined the army as a young man, climbed out of the dead, and finally reached the rank of third-rank general, and he did not want to casually abandon the career he had worked hard to earn. But over the years, whether in Dongjiang or Dengzhou, his future has become increasingly uncertain. Although Sun Yuanhua valued him very much, the entire Ming Dynasty looked like it was terminally ill. There was no hope.
As far as Dongjiang itself is concerned, ever since Marshal Mao was suddenly beheaded, to Vice Admiral Chen being killed in internal strife, and then Huanglong's landing on the island, various ministries rebelled against each other, and Dongjiang was all-out fighting each other, the whole situation was getting worse day by day.
If they had been under Mao Wenlong back then, they would have been able to go out to the Tatars for armed demonstrations on the ground and hit the Tatars by surprise. Now the will to fight is getting lower and lower. As soon as the order to go to Daling River to reinforce Zhang Chun was issued, everyone from officers to soldiers was filled with fear of the enemy.
From top to bottom in Kong Youde's department, there was probably no one who didn't know what Zhang Chun would do in Daling River. He knew that Zhang Chun would definitely die, but there were many other soldiers who were going to die unexpectedly - and he was very likely to be one of them.
When he thought of this, he found it difficult to let go.
After Kong Youde led his troops to Dongguang, they temporarily settled quietly in a village not far from the canal. There are many villages near the Nanyun Canal that "rely on the river to eat", and some of them are rich people who have secretly made a fortune. He released his men to massacre another village and plundered a large amount of money and food. The generals and officers all made a small fortune, the soldiers had enough to eat and drink, they had some money, and their morale was higher than before.
But something even more troublesome came. The officers and soldiers enjoyed the sweetness and were a little happy to miss the disaster. Some people even secretly encouraged the officers to become bandits and make a fortune in this rich land.
Kong Youde sneered at this: Once the army is reduced to bandits, its combat effectiveness will soon be completely dispersed. By then, he will be an ineffective mountain king, and sooner or later he will be destroyed at the hands of officers, soldiers and regiment training.
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