Chapter 073
Sun Yuanhua has more than 6,500 Western-style firearms troops under his command. Even if Chen Guodong is made of iron, he can be beaten into a sieve in front of a fire gun. Sun Yuanhua had the power to mobilize tens of thousands of troops. He could set up a trap at will, or use human sea tactics. No matter how fierce Chen Guodong was, he would not be able to fly out of Dengzhou City.
I have never heard that a governor can run away if he wants to deal with someone. This in itself is the biggest vulnerability.
Don't Song Xiance understand?
He actually understood, but he was pretending to be confused.
Some people really don't understand, such as Chang Yu. He is young and rose to his current position suddenly. He has never experienced a struggle at this level.
If Sun Yuanhua is really dissatisfied with Cheng Shijie, he will beat Cheng Shijie first, kill Cheng Shijie, and then train a new person. The cost will be greater than pulling Cheng Shijie back from the wrong path.
Shen Mingyu might not understand, but Zhou Yandong definitely understands.
If Cheng Shijie hadn't been in the government for many years, he wouldn't have immediately understood the twists and turns involved.
When people make choices, they consider gains and losses. When dealing with a certain matter, the first thing to consider is the price and cost.
Song Xiance knelt down in front of Cheng Shijie.
"There is a crime under the sect."
"You are guilty, guilty..."
However, Song Xiance actually had merit. If the mutiny had not occurred and Cheng Shijie was unprepared this time and accidentally arrived at the end of the Ming Dynasty by touching the wrong door, then he might have had an accident.
Compared with the trouble Song Xiance brought to Cheng Shijie, his life-saving contribution was greater. The world is huge, why is Cheng Shijie's own life more important?
Cheng Shijie did not have Song Xiance, so that he would know what to do and what not to do in the future.
His sharp eyes swept across the crowd. He found that Chen Guodong was not there, and asked doubtfully: "Where is Chen Guodong?"
Song Xiance said: "Reporting to my lord, at that time we found out that it was the Zhang family of Laiyang who did it, but we could not find the lord. In order to prevent the Zhang family of Laiyang from jumping over the wall in a hurry, we sent an army to Laiyang!"
"How many people went?"
"Chen Guodong brought Cheng Shi's former boss, a total of more than a thousand people."
"A thousand people?"
Cheng Shijie felt like he was sitting on the crater of a volcano that was about to erupt. Ning Haijun, including the navy and new soldiers, only has more than 4,800 men at full strength. This small number of troops, placed in Dengzhou City, would not even be able to stand on the city wall.
However, they still dared to divide their troops.
"Your courage...is really..."
Cheng Shijie was almost speechless with anger.
Chen Guodong dared to go to the Zhang family's lair in Laiyang with a thousand recruits. Chen Guodong was really ignorant and fearless. In Cheng Shijie's view, the powerful and gentry in the late Ming Dynasty were all local emperors.
They monopolized the land and tied the people to the land. Farmers during this period were unlike later generations, who could work even if their crops failed.
To be fair, in the future, as long as you have hands and feet, and are not lazy or slippery, if you can't earn ten or twenty thousand, how can you still earn three or four thousand? Even if you serve dishes and clean in a restaurant, you can still earn two to three thousand yuan a month, so it shouldn't be a problem to have enough food and clothing.
However, the people of the Ming Dynasty had no way out and could only accept the exploitation of the landlords and gentry, otherwise they would not be able to survive. Therefore, tenants are slaves of the landlord. They do whatever they are asked to do. Otherwise, if the land is not rented to them, they will starve to death.
Under the threat of death, many people can only compromise.
The Zhang family in Laiyang is fighting locally, and Chen Guodong leads more than a thousand Ning Haijun recruits. I am afraid that the situation is very doomed.
Looking at Cheng Shijie's unkind expression,
Shen Mingyu said cautiously: "We asked Zhou Xieshou to mobilize our military households in Ning Haijun and come to Dengzhou City to reorganize forty hundred households, leaving more than twenty hundred households in Ning Haijun to guard their hometowns. These military households Each household is given five measures of food every day.”
"You're not stupid enough yet!"
Cheng Shijie thought to himself, this is simply the mercenary model.
In fact, this is exactly what happened. A few cobblers from Ning Haijun not only mobilized military households, but also used the captured money and grain to hire Dongjiang Army infantry and navy. Finally, Sun Yuanhua's direct descendants, more than 6,500 Denglai The New Army watched closely. In three days, these more than 6,500 soldiers of the Denglai New Army did not dare to cause trouble.
Shen Mingyu continued: "Even if Lord Guard cannot be the governor, then we will occupy Dengzhou City and rebel against his mother's court!"
"Now we have occupied Dengzhou City and stabilized the situation, but..."
Cheng Shijie looked at the generals with sharp eyes and said, "We can't do this!"
"Why?"
Cheng Shijie raised his hands to the generals and said: "Cheng now knows that the brothers risked all their lives for Cheng. After more than three days of hard work and bloody fighting, they rescued Cheng. Cheng is very grateful." Brothers, thank you for your high righteousness, and for looking up to me, Cheng Shijie, for being willing to risk everything in the world for Cheng. I also know the truest thoughts of my brothers, and you are counting on me to stand up."
"yes!"
"I can indeed take over the governor's territory and army, and control the military and political affairs of the three states of Denglai and Qing Dynasty. If you follow me, Cheng, you can all be promoted and make a fortune... But it's still not possible now."
Shen Mingyu said: "I don't understand the humble position!"
"First of all, grace!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Cheng, like everyone else, does not have a prominent background, and his parents are ordinary people. When he came to Dengzhou City, he followed the path of Governor Sun and bought an official position in Zuo Qianhu Office, thanks to the blessing of his brothers. , we successfully defeated the tough bandit Qin Wu Qin Wu, Cheng Mou was able to get into the eyes of Master Futai, and he asked the court to set up Ning Haijun, and Cheng was able to become a guard of Ning Haijun. With the help of acquaintance, he helped If Cheng takes over Dengzhou and seizes Master Futai's territory and army, then who is Cheng? He is a wolf-hearted person who repays kindness with revenge... Is I, Cheng, such a person?"
"no!"
No one wants to follow a ruthless boss. It is said that this change, whether it is Chang Yu or Shen Mingyu, including Liu Qingsong, Zhou Ning, and Zhou Yandong who screamed the most, who has no selfish motives?
week hat.
This shows that he did not stick to his reasons and positions, and he also did not take responsibility.
Zhou Ning, Liu Qingsong and other young people want to take advantage of the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune. Changyu is their role model. Why can Changyu be the boss, but they can only be the 100th boss?
"The second point is the most critical point. We don't yet have the strength to separate ourselves and dominate one side!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the officers and said: "We are just taking advantage of the tiger's nap to hit the tiger with a stick and knock it unconscious. The disappearance has not spread. Once the disappearance spreads, we will be in big trouble!"
"It's just their group of soft-footed shrimps and cowards... we, Ning Haijun, are not afraid of them!"
Liu Qingsong said with some pride: "The humble officer led fifty people and rushed into the camp. More than a thousand of them surrendered. You are a coward who has no idea..."
"If you really think this way, you are really not far from death!"
Cheng Shijie said: "You may think that the imperial court is far away and has no time to deal with us. However, everyone must not forget that the imperial court occupies the name of righteousness. As long as there is an imperial edict and a military order, the world's soldiers and horses will be at least two of us in Shandong." An army of more than 100,000 people will rush towards us. Among other things, the Dongjiang Army in Dengzhou is very capable of fighting. The Dongjiang Army followed the Jiannu slaves for more than ten years without food and pay. How many people are there in Dengzhou now? Dongjiang Army? Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan...their two thousand cavalry are charging towards us, can we stop them?"
The generals suddenly fell silent.
Cheng Shijie continued: "The third and most important point is that Mr. Futai has not sorry for me, Mr. Cheng, nor for all of us. We can't do this. What's more important is that the imperial court is now at war with the Jiannu in Liaodong. , If we are rebelling now, we have become accomplices of the slave establishment. This matter will be stabbed in the spine. Even if we come down below in the future, we will be ashamed of our ancestors."
Cheng Shijie's words were very serious, and now everyone understands that their biggest mistake this time was making a big mistake, which not only destroyed the relationship between Cheng Shijie and Sun Yuanhua, but also forced Ning Haijun into a dilemma.
Shen Mingyu bowed and said: "Lord Guard, I was wrong. It was me who made a mistake, Lord Guard, and I also made a mistake with my brothers. This matter was started by Beizi. Beizi was willing to apologize to Master Futai. Lord Guard beheaded Beizi. , even if you die in a humble position, you will have no regrets..."
"What's the crime?"
Cheng Shijie glared at Shen Mingyu and said: "Get up, this guard is not dead yet, it is not your turn to take responsibility. Brothers killed the enemy with blood and made contributions, and Cheng got the glory. Now that brothers are in trouble, how can Cheng Stay out of it!”
Zhang Yu pretended to kneel down.
Cheng Shijie's voice raised an octave: "We haven't understood what I mean yet. You are concerned about the safety of this defense. Although you are a little reckless, you are not guilty. But there is one thing you did wrong!"
"wrong?"
"wrong!"
"This defense wants to help you get promoted and make a fortune, and live a good life. Just relying on some small means and tricks is not enough. Forging iron requires you to be hard-working. If our strength is truly strong, we can live a better life. Good times.”
Cheng Shijie said: "If you believe me, I will take you down. Of course, this is an extremely dangerous road, and it is also an extremely difficult road. On this road, murderous intentions are everywhere and thorns are everywhere. If you want to go there, you can't go there." It's impossible to do it easily without bleeding or sweating... Those brothers who want to gain wealth easily cannot take this road, and they can't go through it. Only those who have given up all their delusions of glory and wealth. It is possible to pass this way, and as veterans, you should know that it is right to treat yourself as a dead person when you go to the battlefield. The less afraid of death, the less likely you will die."
"I am willing to be loyal to Lord Guard!"
"I will be loyal to the Lord Guard!"
"You all go back now and take care of your respective units. Whoever has a problem will be dealt with by this guard!"
Cheng Shijie said: "It's almost time now. Master Futai should calm down. I'll go talk to him!"
Cheng Shijie walked outside the lobby. He felt a cold feeling on his face. He raised his head: "It's raining, it's actually raining!"
The climate of the Jiaodong Peninsula is very stable and mild, with no severe heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. The frost-free period is between 165 and 250 days throughout the year. In addition, the terrain is flat and the land is fertile, so crops can be grown all year round. Two years old, it's like heaven.
But this year's climate is abnormal. In September, we encountered a heavy snow unexpectedly, and then snow followed one after another. Now it actually rained when it was supposed to snow.
It doesn't rain when it should rain, and it rains when it shouldn't. This is simply another way to torture the suffering people.
Of course, this rain tortured not only the common people, but also Kong Youde's troops in the Dongjiang Army.
Four days ago, that is, the day before Ning Haijun's mutiny, on October 25, the fourth year of Chongzhen, Sun Yuanhua recovered from his serious illness and issued an order, ordering Kong Youde of the Dongjiang Army stationed in Laizhou Fucheng to march towards Dengzhou City. Rally.
Kong Youde received the order on the evening of October 26th, and he was ready to lead his troops to Dengzhou. However, it was a coincidence that when Sun Yuanhua's order was sent to Laizhou, the prefect of Laizhou, Zhu Wannian, happened to be too busy.
Zhu Wannian is also a strange person. He is from Liping Prefecture, Guizhou Province. He and his first wife, Chang, got married when they were still young. This Mrs. Chang was not a pretty girl from a wealthy family. She was from an ordinary background and was tall. After marrying Zhu Wannian, Mrs. Chang was responsible for farming while Zhu Wannian studied.
Later, Zhu Wannian rose to the position of prefect of Laizhou, Shandong Province, but he was very harmonious with his wife. However, this Zhu Wannian is also a two-faced person. In front of his first wife Chang, he is a generous husband. In the officialdom, he is also a generous and generous official, and his official reputation is not bad.
His two major hobbies in life are drinking and lust. Later, he found it troublesome to raise a widow who had been widowed for many years as his wife. Chang actually knew about the widow, but pretended not to know.
As soon as his shift ended that day, he couldn't wait to go to the outer room. It didn't take long for Zhu Wannian, who had eaten and drank enough, to fall asleep soundly. He didn't receive Sun Yuanhua's order.
The system of the Ming Dynasty was very flawed, especially for military attachés and the army. Just like the mobilization of an army, the government will indeed prepare food for them along the way. But the problem is, there is no food available that day.
Only available the next day. And the supplies were not much, barely enough for two meals. This is to prevent the troops from causing trouble when they are full...
It must be said that the brain circuit of Ming officials was very strange.
Zhu Wannian opened the order on the next day, October 27th, and asked people to prepare food. Not long after Kong Youde received the food, he set off.
It was just that when he reached Zhaoyuan County, Dengzhou Prefecture, it was already raining.
In fact, if Zhu Wannian hadn't wasted a day, with the marching speed of Kong Youde's troops, he could have arrived at Dengzhou City before Ning Haijun's officers found Cheng Shijie.
However, because of the delay, when they arrived at Zhaoyuan County, Zhaoyuan County did not provide them with food and grass. The reason was that they should have arrived yesterday and were one day late, so they deserved to starve.
Kong Youde was angry, but he couldn't let it out. As long as he dared to say that it was Zhu Wannian who made things difficult for him, he would not be able to get a grain of food from other counties and cities.
There is no choice but to bite the bullet and hurry up.
Traveling on snowy days does not have a great impact on the cavalry, but on rainy days, the impact is greater. Many war horses fell to the ground because of the slippery mud roads. Many Kong Youde cavalry were rolled into mud monkeys. Many more How embarrassing it is.
But the problem was that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had very strict requirements for military generals. He had already been delayed for more than a day. If he delayed any longer, he would not be able to arrive at Dengzhou City on time.
In desperation, Kong Youde's servants galloped back and forth on fast horses, waving their whips to urge everyone to march, which resulted in waves of curses. This unit has not eaten for a day, its morale is low, and it cannot get up quickly even if it wants to.
Some people simply jumped off their horses, sat down on the roadside, and shouted: "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, even if you kill me, I won't leave!"
He looks like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. The emperor still has hungry soldiers. They haven't eaten for a day. How can we expect them to be obedient?
Seeing someone taking the lead, in the hearts of all the troops, the whole army immediately started to herd the sheep.
"Yes, if you hit grandpa, he won't leave. If you continue, he will be gone!"
"That's right, if you can, please bring me some food!"
"Then damn..."
Seeing this scene, Kong Youde felt secretly bitter in his heart. He said loudly: "Brothers, if you work harder, we will reach Qixia soon! When we reach Qixia, we will have food to eat!"
Kong Youde wrote too many bad checks, and the soldiers no longer believed him. They thought he was just a talker who didn't keep his words. He had too many lies and the effect was gone.
The soldiers lay in the mud, showing no moral integrity at all.
At this time, Kong Youde was also very helpless.
As a man from a poor background, he worked as a miner and suffered from hunger. If Mao Wenlong hadn't saved him, his grave, no, there wouldn't be a grave. Maybe his bones would have turned into ashes.
He was born in a poor family, but he was quite good at his troops. At least he only drank 20% of the soldiers' blood, so he was much more benevolent and righteous than other generals. He also wanted his troops to be well fed and to march in high spirits. But firstly, they were short of money, and secondly, Shandong merchants were very unfriendly to soldiers and generals from the Dongjiang Army. Even if they had money, they could not buy food.
At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves approaching from far away.
This is a knight, coming towards you. He was wearing a strange kind of clothing that looked like a cloak, but it covered his whole body. There was also a thick layer of waterproof mulberry oil paper sewn on the outside, making it an absolutely practical raincoat.
"Kong Er!"
Kong Er is Kong Youde’s nickname.
Second also means stunned. When he was under Mao Wenlong's command, Kong Youde was a fierce general. He would be the first to attack in every battle. He was not afraid of death. People familiar with him called him Kong Er. Firstly, he was really ranked second. Secondly, It’s that he is Shinji.
"How did you come"
Kong Youde saw the person coming clearly, and he was also an acquaintance of his, Li Jiucheng from the Dongjiang Army.
Li Jiucheng is a gambler and a pervert. At that time, when Ning Haijun attacked Dengzhou City, he was gambling with a group of gamblers. However, Ning Haijun killed the local gangsters in Dengzhou. Li Jiucheng, who was dressed in casual clothes, was treated as a gangster and severely punished.
Although these hooligans don't have much ability, they are very tenacious. These community rats used a secret passage to escape outside Dengzhou City.
Li Jiucheng snatched a horse from a landlord's farm outside the city and prepared to report the news to Kong Youde.
"Kong Er's great opportunity!"
"What?"
"Ning Haijun and Cheng Shijie rebelled, and Ning Haijun has now entered Dengzhou City!"
"How is it possible? There are only a few people in the Ning Navy?"
"Oh, Cheng Shijie is extremely ambitious. Ning Haijun only has 2,500 soldiers, but he has eight or nine thousand people under his command. Dengzhou City is now Cheng Shijie's territory!"
Li Jiucheng looked at the soldiers around Kong Youde.
Kong Youde understood and immediately ordered: "No one is allowed to approach within thirty steps!"
Kong Youde's personal guards immediately spread out in all directions, forming a human wall outside.
Li Jiucheng lowered his voice and said: "Kong Er, Cheng Shijie rebelled, let's rebel too!"
"Are you crazy?"
Li Jiucheng said sinisterly: "One of the bosses under Lao Geng's name is Chen Guodong. Do you know him?"
"know!"
"Chen Guodong followed Cheng Shijie and is now Cheng Shijie's confidant. He was promoted so quickly!"
Li Jiucheng said excitedly: "And our Li Zhixiang, who came from the Dongjiang Army, is faster!"
"how?"
"He grew up as a small boss, and now he's become the boss!"
"General Commander!"
Li Jiucheng said: "I don't know much in detail. He now has a town, a dock, and a salt factory with more than 600 salt workers. You should know how much oil and water there is, right?"
In fact, the more the news spreads, the more distorted it becomes, and the more it spreads, the more outrageous it becomes.
Li Zhixiang used more than 500 soldiers to guard 4,000 to 5,000 naval prisoners, plus tens of thousands of troops from the entire Shandong Beiwa Dusi Yamen. He certainly can't see it. In order to win over old acquaintances of the Dongjiang Army, Li Zhixiang proclaimed himself the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. He is now stationed in Hot Spring Town, which is said to be a town, but is actually a city.
The area of the city is larger than Penglai Water City, and there is a salt factory there with more than 600 salt workers. However, word spread that everything here belongs to Li Zhixiang himself.
Li Zhixiang, the junior general, was only a junior within the Dongjiang Army. Kong Youde was much older than Li Zhixiang. Before the Dongjiang Army was established, he was already a soldier under Mao Wenlong. At that time, Li Zhixiang was still playing with urine and mud.
In an instant, Kong Youde was tempted.
Ning Haijun has good welfare, good food, warm clothes, and good equipment. This is all information they can find out.
"Are we going to join Mr. Cheng Shijie?"
"You're just going empty-handed?"
"I mean……"
"Let's turn around and go back and capture Zhaoyuan County!"
"Just because of them..."
Kong Youde looked at the tired soldiers under his command and felt powerless.
"No, Kong Er, you are also a miner. What kind of life do these miners live??"
Li Jiucheng smiled and said: "You go to the mine first and raise your arms. Aren't those young men like a cloud of followers? With your soldiers and thousands of miners, are you afraid that you won't be able to capture Zhaoyuan County?"
Kong Youde smiled and said: "It makes sense. If I bring these more than a thousand tired soldiers to defect to Mr. Cheng, he will make me a deputy commander at most. If our old Kong also has thousands of troops under his command..."
"There is also Zhaoyuan City, which is the west gate of Dengzhou Prefecture!"
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