Chapter 069
Dengzhou City, the governor's office, in a utility room on the left side of the courtyard near the stables.
Yesterday, less than an hour ago, Governor Denglai was still aloof, but now he is a prisoner.
Sun Yuanhua was not beaten, but he felt extremely aggrieved.
Up until this point, he still hadn't figured out what was going on.
"Dacheng, what happened today?"
As one of Sun Yuanhua's four most trusted aides, Xu Dacheng naturally couldn't just flatter others. Xu Dacheng's brain also reacted quickly. After a brief moment of contact and the conversation between the soldiers, he turned to Sun Yuanhua and said, "It's Cheng Shijie..."
"Cheng Shijie?"
Sun Yuanhua said doubtfully: "I remember that Cheng Shijie came to the governor's Yamen five days ago..."
"Those soldiers outside are all Ning Haijun!"
"Cheng Shijie, how dare he rebel?"
Sun Yuanhua was dressed in single clothes. When he ate in the Nuan Pavilion, it was as warm as spring and he didn't need to wear many clothes at all, but now he felt the cold.
Sun Yuanhua's eyes fell on Xu Dacheng.
Although Xu Dacheng was trampled on the face by a group of defeated soldiers and his body was covered with shoe marks, which made him look very embarrassed, he was wearing cotton clothes, and they were made of fine pine brocade cotton.
Watching Sun Yuanhua huddled together in the cold, his body was trembling.
Xu Dacheng slowly untied his clothes. If the rebels outside the door did not kill Sun Yuanhua immediately, they would most likely not kill him. As long as he survives this disaster, he can still enjoy the glory and wealth with Sun Yuanhua.
When Xu Dacheng put on his dirt-covered cotton clothes, Sun Yuanhua's brain finally returned to normal thinking: "Dacheng, are those soldiers outside looking for Cheng Shijie?"
"yes!"
Xu Dacheng smiled bitterly and said: "But Cheng Shijie offered medicine to Lord Futai for five days and then left...Cheng Shijie can't have an accident, right?"
Sun Yuanhua frowned: "Are these Cheng Shijie's soldiers?"
"Yes, Ning Haijun!"
Xu Dacheng said: "Half a month ago, the students reviewed Ning Haijun's promotion document. Cheng Shijie promoted Shen Mingyu to the left general manager and Zhang Yu to the right general manager."
Sun Yuanhua was dumbfounded: "Ning Haijun only has three thousand troops, including five hundred naval divisions. They... they captured Dengzhou City?"
"Looking at the situation, I'm afraid that's the case. That formation of gunfire was very dense. I'm afraid the Dengzhou Army suffered heavy casualties!"
On October 25, the fourth year of Chongzhen, Dengzhou City was very dreamy.
As an important military town in the northeastern part of the Shandong Peninsula, a military fortress with nearly 20,000 troops stationed all year round actually had a dream-like mutiny.
This mutiny was different from other military mutinies that occurred in the Ming Dynasty, because this army did not lack military pay. When Ning Haijun launched the mutiny, Ning Haijun still had more than 42,300 taels of silver in his public account. There are still more than 200,000 shi of grain in the granary.
Such mutinies were very rare and strange in the history of the Ming Dynasty. An army mutinied. There was no shortage of food or military pay, just because their garrison leader was detained by the governor Sun Yuanhua.
So the mutiny took place.
Whether it is the three-foot-five-foot-high, two-foot-thick masonry city wall, or the city's navy, guard soldiers, and Denglai's new army, they are all elites who have been trained for many years. However, the Ning Navy is a team that has been established for less than three years. For months, the government has not spent a penny.
Of course, it would not be wrong to say that he did not spend a penny. Eight French artillery pieces, sixty guns, two hundred pieces of armor, twenty thousand kilograms of iron, and a set of mechanical equipment were Sun Yuanhua's greatest support for Ning Haijun.
However, such a new army, with veterans trained for only three months and recruits recruited for just over half a month, actually succeeded in taking over the important military town of Dengzhou City with 20,000 troops stationed there.
More importantly, in this mutiny, Ning Haijun actually captured Dengzhou City with zero casualties.
You have to know, let alone humans, even if there are 20,000 pigs, if four thousand Ning navy soldiers are asked to catch them, each of them will catch at least four pigs on average. When catching four pigs, if you want to avoid zero casualties, it is obvious that It can't be done.
What is incredible is that the Dengzhou Army killed 394 people in the battle. One of them was killed by Chen Guodong at the gate of the city, and the rest were shot by thunderbolts on Gulou Street.
There were no casualties in this battle; they were either killed or captured.
Because the thunderbolt is so powerful, no matter where it hits, it will be a dead end.
Maybe some people ask, will you die if you hit your feet?
The thunderbolt bullet hit the sole of the foot, and also smashed the sole of the foot and the ankle. With the level of medical skills in this era, there was no way to treat him, and he would bleed to death.
As for, there are many prisoners.
None of the Dengzhou Guards including Commander Jin Yousheng and the commander Huang Zuxin escaped, were all captured. A total of 6,871 Dengzhou Guards were captured. This is all the soldiers of the Dengzhou Guards in Dengzhou City. The cost of zero casualties was all blocked in the barracks.
The five camps of the Dengzhou Guards surrendered with a thunderbolt.
More than 6,500 members of Denglai's new army were blocked in the barracks, but they did not surrender directly. Shen Mingyu transferred thirty-six Thunderbolts and eight French artillery pieces. Sun Yuanhua hired 27 foreign mercenaries, 19 military chaplains, and 63 Western craftsmen with high salaries. After negotiation, they handed over weapons.
However, Ning Haijun must not harm them and must ensure their safety.
Ning Haijun sent a sentry commander and signed a surrender contract with the other party. The matter is settled.
Eight hundred and twenty-seven men under Geng Zhongming's command joined the Fu army and surrendered to Ning Haijun.
Because Song Xiance had a friendship with Geng Zhongming, under Song Xiance's persuasion, Geng Zhongming proposed to surrender to Ning Haijun on the condition that "Master Futai shall not be harmed."
Until dawn, Ning Haijun's Zhang Yu, Shen Mingyu, Chen Guodong, Liu Qingsong and others received intelligence from Li Zhixiang. After a low-intensity battle, he beheaded 32 people, captured 5,904 people, and captured The Dengzhou Navy has 327 large and small warships.
However, because their number was too small, Shen Shikui, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, and his nephew Shen Zhixiang led seven warships to escape from Penglai Water City.
At this moment, the naval officers of Zhongning still seemed to be dreaming.
"We actually captured Dengzhou City!"
Zhang Yu actually doesn't care whether he rebels or not, he just wants to live. If it weren't for Cheng Shijie, he would still be carrying bags on the dock and working as a coolie. It was Cheng Shijie who recruited him to join the army, and then became an officer of Ning Haijun. He started from a small flag and was promoted to the current right commander of Ning Haijun.
Liu Qingsong smiled and said: "I have said before that Dengzhou City is a bunch of cowards. They can't even deal with Qin Wu, and Qin Wu is nothing in front of us?"
Liu Qingsong's logic is simple and crude.
In fact, that's not the case at all.
When Qin Wu attacked Zuo Qianhu Station, first he underestimated the enemy, and secondly Cheng Shijie cheated.
Using later generations of drones to spray gasoline, this scene was so shocking that it scared the bandits under Qin Wu to the point of peeing. If they really fight, the two Zuo Qianhu Divisions are no match for Qin Wu Division.
After all, Qin Wu's more than 1,500 cadres are all elite, and their equipment is much better than that of Zuo Qianhu.
"If we take down Dengzhou City, we will be in big trouble!"
Zhou Yandong sighed.
"Zhou Xieshou, say something offensive!"
Song Xiance said: "Even if you do nothing, your name is still on Ning Haijun's roster. You are below the garrison master. Do you think you can escape?"
Zhou Yandong stared at Song Xiance and said: "Do you know the consequences? There are obviously many ways to solve this matter. We can petition the governor and threaten him, no matter what, but now everything is irreversible, will you Those who killed the big guy are rebelling, and rebelling is going to be beheading, and the heads will be rolling, and the blood will flow like rivers!"
Shen Mingyu waved his hand and said: "Zhou Xieshou, I don't understand whether to rebel or not, but I know that people cannot be without conscience. Don't say you don't know what the guard does to the big guy. Mr. Song is right, we We just want to beat the officers and soldiers to pain and fear, but they can’t get on the stage just because of those stinky fish and shrimps from the Dengzhou Guards!”
"you……"
Zhou Yandong looked at Song Xiance and said, "It's too late to say anything now. We can only bite the bullet and go on. What's the next step?"
Song Xiance said: "Of course it will be decided by the garrison master!"
"Have you found Lord Guard?"
"No!"
An Ning Haijun officer said angrily: "We have searched the entire governor's office, dungeons, and dark rooms, but we have found no news about the guard!"
Shen Mingyu asked: "Chen Guodong?"
"Watching what I did, I saw with my own eyes that the guard entered the governor's office and dozens of people rushed out of the governor's office to kill me!"
Chen Guodong said: "Arrest all the people in the governor's office and interrogate them separately. I don't believe it. How can a living person disappear out of thin air!"
If Zhang Shigang heard this sentence, he would definitely answer: "Yes, really!"
After he caught Cheng Shijie, because he wanted to find out the whereabouts of Zhang Huairen, he did not kill Cheng Shijie immediately. Instead, he followed what Cheng Shijie said that someone in Tiechang Town knew the whereabouts of Zhang Huairen.
So, while he sent people to Tiechang Town, he imprisoned Cheng Shijie.
The place where Cheng Shijie was imprisoned was the vault in this house. There was no gold or silver in it, but this room was made of bluestone. There was not even a window the size of a palm. Not to mention people, even rats could get in. stay home.
This is a strong prison. There are three groups of guards outside the door, patrolling day and night. However, the problem is that when they deliver food to Cheng Shijie again, Cheng Shijie has disappeared.
Cheng Shijie travels through time and space, and no one can watch him. He can return from any place in the late Ming Dynasty to the second floor of the family courtyard of Hansteel Group in later generations.
When no one was looking at Cheng Shijie, he was brewing his emotions, closed his eyes, and returned to the next life.
But this time, Cheng Shijie was forced to go back, and he didn't bring anything with him from the late Ming Dynasty.
Although Cheng Shijie returned to the future, Zhang Shigang felt that the problem was serious.
At this time, Zhang Shigang did not think that Cheng Shijie could cause any trouble to the Zhang family in Laiyang. However, without Cheng Shijie, where would he go to find Zhang Huairen? This was his biggest headache.
It was not until four days later that the man who went to Tiechang Town to inquire about the information came back. The spy found Zhang Huairen's subordinate in Zhangjiazhuang. He learned from this subordinate that Cheng Shijie did not kill Zhang Huairen at that time, but used Zhang Huairen to force them to surrender.
However, they don't know where Zhang Huairen is now, but Cheng Shijie will definitely know.
This made Zhang Shigang a little panicked. While asking for help from the Zhang family in Laiyang, he also wrote to Zhang's home, asking him to send someone to negotiate directly with Cheng Shijie. He hoped that he could use negotiation to redeem Zhang Huairen first, even if he used money to redeem him. It's not too late to deal with Cheng Shijie.
But the problem is, on the night of October 25th, the originally peaceful Dengzhou City heard the sound of firecrackers like exploding beans. Troops in black clothes and black trousers rushed into Dengzhou City and quickly occupied Dengzhou City. Zhoucheng.
Zhang Shigang saw these soldiers under the banner of Ning Haijun. After taking control of Dengzhou City, he immediately sent troops to patrol the streets. The local ruffians who originally wanted to take advantage of the situation suddenly suffered.
Ning Haijun killed more than 300 local gangsters in one go, and now the entire Dengzhou City fell silent.
"Pa bang..."
In the governor's yamen, loud sounds of whips were heard everywhere, and the guards, servants, and staff were all within the range of torture.
A black and strong junior colonel was pinned to the ground by two Ning Navy soldiers: "Hit!"
"Stop, whatever you want to ask, just ask!"
The principal is Peng Jianhong. He said in fear: "If you have something to say, you have something to say!"
"Let me ask you, Lord Ning Haijun Guard Cheng came to Dengzhou City Governor's Yamen five days ago. Do you know his whereabouts?"
Peng Jianhong said: "I know, I know..."
"Say it!"
"That day I saw Sun Fu taking Mr. Cheng to the right courtyard. I was guarding the front yard at the time and couldn't leave without permission. I don't know where Mr. Cheng went in the end!"
"Who is Sun Fu!"
After tracing the clues about Cheng Shijie, Shen Mingyu, Chang Yu, Chen Guodong and others were immediately surprised. ,
"Have you found Sun Fu?"
"Don't worry, we didn't kill anyone in the governor's office. As long as he is in the governor's office, we can definitely find him!"
It took about half an hour for Sun Fu to finally be found. When Ning Haijun soldiers rushed into the governor's office, Sun Fu saw the opportunity and stole the gold and silver. He took the 10,000 taels of silver he received from the Zhang family. The silver was exchanged by him into Xinglong's money order, and the silver could be withdrawn at any time from Xinglong's bank.
Compared with the silver of later generations, the Qianzhuang of the Ming Dynasty was called black. When you deposit money into a bank, not only will there be no interest, but you will also be charged five cents of silver in fire expenses and two cents of silver in deposits.
In other words, a hundred taels of silver placed in the Xinglong Bank will only amount to ninety-three taels, of which seven taels are the bank's handling fees.
As for borrowing money from a bank, the basic operation is to go out nine times and come back thirteen times.
When Sun Fu left the governor's office, he took the handsome Huang with him. From the look of Huang's dress, it was obvious that she was a daughter of a wealthy family. As for Sun Fu, he was wearing a blue gown, the typical attire of a domestic servant.
Sun Fu's behavior, in the eyes of Ning Haijun, he was a typical local ruffian, taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.
So, Ning Haijun's iron fist struck out and knocked Sun Fu unconscious with one punch.
Sun Fu was beaten up, and if it weren't for the fact that Sun Fu was still strong, Sun Fu would be executed on the spot, so Sun Fu left Ning Haijun's prisoner camp.
After careful screening, Sun Fu was brought to the governor's Yamen.
Sun Fu watched Ning Haijun occupy the governor's office and search for Cheng Shijie. He even dared not say that he had joined forces with the Laiyang Zhang family to capture Cheng Shijie alive.
"I really don't know where Master Cheng is!"
"What a stinky thing to say, Mother Xie, grandpa saw you taking Mr. Cheng to Dongkua Yard!"
"No, I didn't meet Master Cheng five days ago!"
"You're talking about panic!"
A Ning Navy soldier pulled out a dog-leg knife. The sharp dog-leg knife made a slash on Sun Fu's calf, cutting off a thin piece of flesh.
"Ouch..."
Sun Fu almost jumped up in pain.
"Hey, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, salt is a good thing, it can reduce swelling and relieve pain!"
The Ning navy soldier sprinkled salt on Sun Fu's cut-off calf.
Sun Fu was so painful that he passed out.
"Someone, splash him to wake him up!"
"Wow..."
A bucket of absolutely subzero water was poured on Sun Fu's head, and Sun Fu immediately became sober.
"You can't kill me, I am Lord Futai's personal attendant!"
When General Ning heard this, he became even more angry: "I knew that this old dog named Sun had no good intentions!"
The Ning navy soldier found a nail and inserted it directly into Sun Fu's finger.
"ah……"
Sun Fu finally couldn't bear it anymore: "I said, I said... Mr. Cheng was captured by the Zhang family!"
"Zhang family, which Zhang family?"
"Laiyang Zhang family!"
"Do you know where it is?"
"Know!"
"Lead the way!"
With the clue, Shen Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Xiance asked: "Where is Sun Yuanhua?"
"The utility room is closed!"
"He is weak, don't let him die!"
"Easy to say!"
Song Xiance asked: "Has the treasury in Dengzhou City been moved?"
"Mr. Song, what are you talking about? Who dares to touch Ning Haijun's trophies!"
Shen Mingyu smiled and said: "We occupy the governor's office, and I will send people to seal up the grain warehouse and the bank warehouse!"
Song Xiance let out a long sigh of relief: "If you ask about the whereabouts of Lord Guard, remember to tell me!"
On October 26, the fourth year of Chongzhen, when the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on Dengzhou City, the people of Dengzhou City suddenly discovered that the flag on the city head had actually been changed to Ning Haijun.
Ning Haijun has a small number of men and horses, so it is naturally impossible to do one post every three steps or one sentry every five steps. However, they adopt a mobile defense policy, that is, a team of soldiers with one sentry patrol along the street, and they can be seen almost at any time within sight. To the figure of Ning navy soldiers.
The people were even more surprised because these Ning Haijun officers and soldiers neither robbed the people nor bullied others. They gave money to buy things and also gave money to eat. They were all harmonious.
Song Xiance had just laid down in a room in the governor's Yamen. Before he could fall asleep, there was the sound of rapid footsteps.
"Mr. Song, something bad is going on!"
"what happened?"
"We followed Sun Fu to the house where Mr. Cheng was originally imprisoned. The place was already empty."
"So, you didn't find the guard master?"
Song Xiance was also a little anxious, because he couldn't feel Cheng Shijie's aura despite his overwhelming energy.
"no!"
Song Xiance walked straight outside the house: "Where is Sun Yuanhua?"
"The utility room in front!"
"Take Song over there. Song wants to talk to Sun Yuanhua!"
Speaking of which, Sun Yuanhua was really unlucky. I fell into the sea a while ago, drank a lot of sea water, and even walked around the gate of hell.
My body hasn't recovered yet, and this happened again.
At dawn, Sun Yuanhua had a high fever again. His whole body was as hot as a stove, but Xu Dacheng felt Sun Yuanhua's warmth.
In fact, Sun Yuanhua was even more unlucky at that time and space in history.
He was the only official who thought about doing practical things, and during the Battle of Daling River, he was focused on restoring the decadent situation. But some people didn't want him to get his wish, so they forced Kong Youde to rebel.
"water……"
Sun Yuanhua was burned to a point of confusion.
He watched as a "kid" walked towards him.
"Governor Sun, can you tell me where Mr. Cheng is?"
Song Xiance forced a smile: "Tell me where Mr. Cheng is, hello, me, hello everyone..."
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