Chapter 079
"Kong Er!"
Li Jiucheng naturally knew the relationship between Lou Shi and Kong Youde. Kong Youde was a person with clear grudges. He would repay his kindness to anyone who was kind to him. Lou Shitou and Lou Jian helped Kong Youde during his most difficult time.
Kong Youde tried every means to repay his kindness.
"Commander, I know what you are worried about. I'm not angry."
Although Kong Youde launched the Zhaoyuan Rebellion, the leader of this army was not actually him, but Li Jiucheng. Kong Youde, who was born in the 30th year of Wanli, is only twenty-nine years old this year. He is three years younger than Cheng Shijie and is already a third-rank cavalry general.
It can be regarded as a young and promising person.
There was no trace of sadness on Kong Youde's face. He took off his cloak and wrapped Lou Shitou's body. Kong Youde picked up the body without legs and head and said calmly: "Shitou, you are too light..."
Li Jiucheng said: "Ying Yuan!"
"exist!"
"Take the cavalry and find out what this army is like!"
"yes!"
Kong Youde hugged Lou Shi's mutilated body with all his strength, as if he was holding some treasure.
"Commander, although Shitou is not good at words, he has been in battle for a long time and dares to fight hard. He can be regarded as a talented general, right?"
"That's right!"
"With officers and soldiers like Laizhou Guards and Dengzhou, can Shitou suffer a loss?"
"Probably not!"
"This is the key. I'm afraid this army is coming with bad intentions!"
Kong Youde turned around and walked towards the distance. As he walked further and further, his voice was extremely clear: "Shuai Mao often doesn't say that without diamonds or porcelain work, he can annihilate all the officers and soldiers under Shitou's command. I'm afraid the comer is not good. Make preparations early!”
Regardless of whether Li Jiuzheng heard it or not, Kong Youde didn't want to worry about it anymore. The most important thing for him was to bury his good brother.
In fact, Kong Youde's life was very difficult.
He didn't know who his father was, and his mother didn't know either.
He only knew that as long as he could remember, his mother never mentioned his father's name or his deeds. He was brought up by his widowed mother.
Later, when he was six years old, his mother remarried to a man named Li Laoban. However, her mother did not let him have the same surname as Li. Instead, she gave him a surname of Kong and a first name of Li. Virtue.
Old Blind Li is a very cowardly man. His name comes from the fact that he never meddles in other people's business and cares about matters that have nothing to do with him. Even if someone kills people and sets fire in front of Old Blind Li, he always turns a blind eye. .
However, Mr. Li's life was not good. Just a few years later, Mr. Li died of illness. Kong Youde, who was ten years old at the time, shouldered the burden of supporting his family. In order to support his mother and half-father, With his younger brother and younger sister, he went hunting in the mountains, herded sheep for the landlord, and also went down to the river to catch fish.
Finally, when Kong Youde grew older, he finally managed to live a life of food and clothing.
Sun Chengzong served as the governor of Jiliao, and implemented a fortress strategy and a three-sided blockade strategy. These three sides were the Korean side, and the Dongjiang Army was responsible for the blockade. The direction of Guangning was blocked by the Guan Ning Army. The direction of Shandong was divided into the inner and outer parts of the Great Wall, with Datong Town responsible for the inner part, and Lin Dan Khan of Mongolia was responsible for the outer part of the Great Wall.
Since then, Jiannu has been unable to obtain any supplies from the Ming Dynasty. There happened to be a severe drought in Liaodong at that time. To make matters worse, there was a rare snow disaster in winter, and countless cattle and sheep froze to death. Even the grain smuggled into Shenyang has reached a price of eight taels of silver per dou, which is equivalent to eighty taels of silver per stone. The highest record price was more than 160 taels of silver per stone.
It's almost one tael of silver per pound of grain, which is even more serious than the tragic scene recorded in the history books: "The left in Guanzhong is hungry, fighting for rice costs ten thousand yuan, and Yi Zi eats each other." In this case, Old Boarskin ordered a massacre of people without food.
As a result, more than four million people in Liaodong were killed, and only more than one million were left. These people took advantage of the chaos and fled to Dongjiang Town to follow Mao Wenlong.
At that time, Kong Youde was just twenty years old. All the food in his family was robbed and his whole family was killed. He was the only one who survived. However, he was really unlucky and was caught working as a miner in the mine. In fact, it is the kind of slave where you have no wages and only care about food, and you don't care whether you are full or not. There are only two meals a day.
Four full years passed in total darkness. He narrowly escaped death until Mao Wenlong and Zhang Pan, the then deputy general of Dongjiang Town, led the Dongjiang army to sneak attack Tieshanbao and rescued him.
Mao Wenlong saw his pity and adopted him as his adopted grandson.
The thing Kong Youde regretted the most in his life was that when Mao Wenlong was killed, he listened to the words of Chen Jisheng, the then deputy commander-in-chief, that the Dongjiang Army was not Mao Wenlong's private army, but the Dongjiang Army of the Ming Dynasty. Mao Wenlong was guilty. The sin is unpardonable!
In Mao Wenlong's era, although the Dongjiang Army was poor, it was twisted into a rope and could threaten Jiannu's rear, forcing Jiannu to return in defeat many times. More importantly, the Dongjiang Army has goals, pursuits, ideals, and hopes.
Sadly, all this is gone.
In order to survive with his brothers, he defected to Sun Yuanhua. But Sun Yuanhua only used him and ignored him. He was looked down upon and ignored. He finally couldn't bear it anymore and rebelled.
The original plan was to capture Zhaoyuan City, strengthen the army, and then defect to Cheng Shijie who occupied Dengzhou City. However, as their troops increased in number, Li Jiucheng, the leader, changed his mind and was unwilling to follow Cheng Shijie. Be the younger brother.
Although Li Jiucheng did not tell him, he saw that Lou Shitou's body injuries were caused by firearms. Sun Yuanhua was controlled by Cheng Shijie in Dengzhou. If Cheng Shijie was not a fool, he would definitely incorporate or dismember Sun Yuanhua's Denglai New Army.
This means that the troops in Shandong that are best at using firearms no longer exist, but Lou Shi actually died under the blow of firearms. That can only mean one problem, Cheng Shijie is here.
Whether Cheng Shijie and Sun Yuanhua reached reconciliation terms, or Cheng Shijie was trying to grab territory, it didn't matter. What mattered was that Cheng Shijie was here, at least the elite troops of Ning Haijun under his command were here.
Under such circumstances, Li Jiucheng still wanted to preserve his strength and take the opportunity to seize Laizhou City. This was too naive. If he could not defeat Cheng Shijie and his Ning Haijun and occupy Ye County City in Laizhou, he would be seeking death, let alone occupying it. It is useless to occupy Laizhou and Jinan.
The tragic death of his former companion and brother made Kong Youde wake up in the world.
Kong Youde placed Lou Jian's mutilated body on a pile of firewood, poured oil on it, and lit it.
Looking at his burning brother, Kong Youde drank and recalled the past.
People in Jianghu have too many worries.
Now there is one less person that Kong Youde has to worry about.
Back then, Mao Wenlong, who had shown him kindness and kindness, was killed by Yuan Chonghuan and slandered as a rebel. He endured it. Now, another person who had saved him has died.
Kong Youde decided that he was not willing to endure it any longer.
Just as Lou Jian's body turned into ashes, Kong Youde asked someone to find a small porcelain vase. He picked up the warm ashes with his hands and put them into the porcelain vase.
After putting the ashes in the porcelain bottle, Kong Youde put the cork on the porcelain bottle, then wrapped the porcelain bottle with a piece of brocade and tied it to his chest. Kong Youde murmured to himself: "Stone, my brother once told you that I have a child." I will definitely not starve you. My brother made a mistake and took it as a fart! Brother, I will give you one last promise. If we brothers cannot be rich and powerful together, then we will die together."
Li Shaoan rode a horse and came to Kong Youde. Behind him was Zhao Wencai who came to inquire. Behind Zhao Wencai was Qiao Siniang, a new subordinate who was loyal to Kong Youde.
Qiao Siniang was just one step away from meeting Cheng Shijie's troops. When the news of Lou Jian's death came, the rebels she led were in Luoshan Township, fifty miles west of Linglong Town.
In fact, Liu Qingsong's troops did not wipe out all of Lou Jian's troops, but some of the rebel soldiers dispersed. After encountering the defeat of Lou Jian's troops, Qiao Siniang knew that her mission was over. .
Qiao Siniang returned along the same route with her own song and a gift for Cheng Shijie.
"General!"
Kong Youde stood up slowly. He looked at Li Shaoan and Zhao Wencai, took out the porcelain bottle containing the ashes from his arms and said: "The stone is broken, but it's a pity that there is only this little left. This general wants revenge!"
Li Shaoan and Zhao Wencai said in unison: "We must take revenge!"
Although Kong Youde became the leader of Li Jiu and called him the commander-in-chief, the essence of their group of rebels was always in the hands of Kong Youde. Especially the cavalry team of Kong Youde's headquarters. After the expansion of the horses and equipment captured during this period, the number reached more than 1,000 people.
There is no way. Cavalry is more difficult to train than archers. If there is no foundation in riding skills, it will not be possible to train them in a short time. Not even with war horses.
Kong Youde walked up to Qiao Siniang, looked at Qiao Siniang and said, "You don't have to go. You have no friendship with Shitou, and he doesn't need you to take revenge on him!"
When Kong Youde faced Cheng Shijie, he was not sure of winning at all.
Although Cheng Shijie's rise was at the peak of his time, the problem is that Song Xiance used Jianghu's means to promote Cheng Shijie's benevolence, righteousness and good fighting skills.
While he made Cheng Shijie famous, he also made many people fear him.
Kong Youde is one of them. What Kong Youde is afraid of Cheng Shijie is that he can control Dengzhou City without anyone noticing. Dengzhou City is different from Laizhou City. There are only four thousand-household garrison guards in Laizhou City. In Dengzhou City, there were six thousand households plus more than 6,500 elite Denglai New Army. Only in Dengzhou City, Sun Yuanhua's Fubiao pro-army and Geng Zhongming's troops were added.
Until now, not a word of news has been released about Geng Zhongming, which shows that Geng Zhongming has not yet been freed.
It is so difficult to be able to do this.
Cheng Shijie is really difficult to deal with.
This time he went there with the intention of dying together, and naturally he didn't want Qiao Siniang to die as well.
As the saying goes, Qin Hui also had three good friends, and Kong Youde was really kind to his own people. He could confide in him, trust him without reservation, and give his back to the other person.
This is his personal charm.
In history, during Kong Youde's Dengzhou Rebellion, even at the end of his rope, more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians were still willing to follow him and cross the sea to surrender to Huang Taiji. In that case, as long as he has no charisma and can firmly control the army, the rebel soldiers can tie up Kong Youde, or kill him and surrender to the Ming army.
Such examples are not uncommon, such as Gao Yingxiang, the first king of Chuang in the late Ming Dynasty. After he was defeated by Sun Chuanting, he abandoned the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers and fled. The seriously injured Gao Yingxiang hid in a cave. Although he was miserable at the time, he Much better than Li Zicheng when he was at his worst. Gao Yingxiang still had hundreds of confidants. Li Zicheng had only eighteen cavalry around him when he was at his worst.
However, Zhang Luzi, who was beside Gao Yingxiang, betrayed him. When the army was about to withdraw, he found the army and led the army to capture Gao Yingxiang alive and sent him to the capital where he was detained. Zhang Jiao was also betrayed and had to revolt in a hurry...
Qiao Siniang took out a dagger and put it in front of her throat. She didn't say a word, but her attitude was extremely determined.
Kong Youde distributed the captured silver and money to his direct lineage men and horses, then killed the captured cattle and sheep, made grain into dry food, and led more than 1,800 cavalry and more than 1,000 infantry, totaling more than 3,000 men and horses. Ning Haijun rushed towards Cheng Shijie.
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As the main force of the rebels moved westward, Cheng Shijie successfully regained Zhaoyuan County, which had been captured by the rebels, with almost no effort. Although he launched an attack on wealthy families, many ordinary people were affected.
When General Ning entered the city, the whole county was filled with cries, and the streets were covered with mottled blood stains. After being frozen, they turned into a purple color under the sunlight.
I don’t know how Jia Yong, the magistrate of Zhaoyuan County, survived the pursuit of Kong Youde’s rebels. Moreover, he was not alone. He was followed by dozens of well-dressed, fat-headed gentry who prepared a heavy gift. , greeting Ning Haijun and Cheng Shijie.
Magistrate Jia didn't treat Cheng Shijie with contempt or arrogance just because he was a military attache, because he also knew that Cheng Shijie was originally Zuo Qianhu of Dengzhou Guard more than three months ago, and then Qianhu became Qianhu for less than a month. Zuo Qianhu was promoted to guard the navy garrison, and Ning Haijun garrison was there for just over two months, and he successively wiped out dozens of groups of bandits, which can be said to be a great achievement in battle.
Now, Cheng Shijie has been promoted to deputy general, commander of the Denglai New Army and Dengzhou Navy. This position is Sun Yuanhua's number one general and his most trusted confidant.
Such a military attaché must never be offended. Otherwise, if someone else tries it, even if the rebels have just left and may come back at any time, Jia Yong will not look good on him.
The world is so hot and cold. When Qi Jiguang became Zhang Juzheng's disciple, who dared to block Qi Jiguang's food and grass with Zhang Juzheng in the background? Who dares to give him eye drops?
However, Zhang Juzheng lost power, and Qi Jiguang was impeached. A small sixth-rank official took Qi Jiguang to the south of the Yangtze River to fish. Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the generation, Qi Jiguang and Qi Shaobao, who was a tiger minister in the world, died in depression.
Cheng Shijie didn't know what Jia Yong was thinking. Even if he knew, he wouldn't explain it. Wouldn't this cause trouble for himself?
Jia Yong saluted Cheng Shijie: "Cheng Shuai personally led the troops to relieve the siege of Zhaoyuan and save the people of Zhaoyuan County from fire and water. Such high justice is rarely seen in the world. I will thank Cheng Shuai for his great kindness on behalf of the people of the county!"
Cheng Shijie has not yet received the official canonization decree from the imperial court, nor has he been appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but Sun Yuanhua has announced the order of the governor's Yamen, and promoted Cheng Shijie within the scope of his authority. Cheng Shijie is now the commander, and no longer It's the general.
The gentry in Zhaoyuan saluted one after another: "Thank you very much, Commander Cheng, for personally leading the troops to help. We will never forget the grace of survival!"
Zhang Yu, who was standing half-shoulder away from Cheng Shijie, had a gift list in his hand, which said that he would be rewarded with military pay of 20,000 taels of silver, 5,000 shi of grain, and some cloth.
Cheng Shijie was a little surprised when he saw this scene. How did Kong Youde change his gender?
How could he actually leave so much property to the wealthy gentry in Zhaoyuan?
In fact, it was not that Kong Youde was benevolent, nor was he soft-handed. In ancient times, there were no banks. Money deposited in banks not only did not earn interest, but had to pay handling fees.
Therefore, in this case, many large households have two or even three bank vaults, open and hidden. Eggs are not put in one basket. This is the way of life for Chinese people.
In fact, even though Chen Guodong searched the Laiyang Zhang family to the ground in Laiyang County, he still did not raid the Zhang family completely. The money was only part of the Zhang family. After losing the money, the Zhang family would get another 300,000 taels. It is still possible for money to come out.
Not to mention the servants and their main members don't know about this secret money. Only the successive heads of the family are qualified to know this secret.
Do you know why those ancestors were very prominent during the Republic of China? After all the catastrophes, those big families still rose rapidly in just a few decades, right? On the one hand, their descendants have real abilities. The most important thing is that they have family background and original start-up capital.
(As an aside, Lao Cheng’s hometown has an ancestor who was a big landowner. He is still the richest man in the town, with assets worth hundreds of millions. The history of his fortune has always been a mystery.)
Cheng Shijie forced a smile and said: "Master Jia, gentlemen, you don't have to be so polite. As a military attache, Cheng has the responsibility to maintain peace in Denglai. The rebels are raging, besieging the county, and extricating the people from the overthrow of the county. I am duty-bound. In fact, I just followed a trip. The person who really contributed the most was the commander of Ning Haijun’s Right Capital Division, Mr. Zhang Yuzhang. If he hadn’t led the army to march hundreds of miles a day to lead the troops to come to the rescue, I’m afraid the consequences would have been It’s unimaginable!”
However, Jia Yong just handed over to Zhang Yugong with a very arrogant attitude: "Thank you so much, Commander Zhang, for leading the army to come to the rescue. Thank you very much!"
Jia Yong's attitude was so perfunctory that even a blind man felt it was fake.
When Jia Yong looked at Cheng Shijie, a sincere smile appeared on his face: "Shuai Cheng has worked hard on the expedition. I have prepared a small amount of wine in the city to reward Shuai Cheng. Please give Shuai Cheng a face!"
Cheng Shijie actually lost his appetite. He didn't want to agree at first, but suddenly he remembered something very important. He was going to Liaonan. Liaonan was now in a state of desolation. There were not many people left, let alone talents. If we want to develop in southern Liaoning, we definitely need literate people.
Although most of the literate people nowadays are gentry and wealthy, and their character varies from good to bad. However, as a pragmatic cadre, Cheng Shijie has always believed in the development strategy and route of Hansteel Group. He should first solve the problems of having and not having, and then solve the problem of quality. problem, and finally try every means to improve efficiency, and finally catch up with the first-class problem.
First, they deceived a few scholars from Zhaoyuan. When they arrived in Liaonan, they were able to coil up like a dragon and lie down like a tiger. They were able to turn the world upside down in Liaonan.
Cheng Shijie looked at Jia Yong and said: "Well... Mr. Jia, I have something very important, and I need Mr. Jia's help."
Jia Yong asked: "I wonder what Cheng Shuai means..."
"I heard that there are outstanding people in Zhaoyuan. I am still short of a few talented people to accompany the army and serve as military counselors. I wonder if Mr. Jia can recommend one or two?"
Sure enough, after hearing this, the gentry present were intrigued by Cheng Shijie's carrots.
Sun Yuanhua, the current governor of Denglai, did not pass the Jinshi examination, so he served as military counselor with Sun Chengzong, and later with Yuan Chonghuan as military counselor. Due to his military merit, he was promoted to the third rank, deputy envoy of the Shandong Administrative Envoy Department, and then to the second rank, Denglai governor.
This is a shortcut.
You know, this imperial examination is really not easy. There are two capitals and thirteen provinces in Ming Dynasty. Every three years, it would be good if more than a dozen people from the whole province can pass.
In later generations, even in Henan, a major college entrance examination province, Tsinghua University and Peking University still recruited more than 400 people.
Jia Yong's eyes lit up. This Cheng Shuai was not a simple person. He was simply giving him an opportunity to make money without any hesitation. Although this military counselor and military affairs officer was not a formal official position, he could take the opportunity to serve as an official and follow Sun Chengzong with his family background. Mao Yuanyi, who was also born in Juren, became the deputy general of the Funing Navy (now Qinhuangdao) and received a second-grade military rank.
The eyes of the gentlemen present met in the air, and their eyes became eager.
After a sumptuous and extravagant dinner, Cheng Shijie recruited eleven staff from Zhaoyuan County, Dengzhou Prefecture. Four of them were Juren, including Qin Chengbo from the Qin family in Linglong Town, Sun Benju from the Sun family in Shahe, and Huixian. Lu Conglong of the town, and Ma Shilin, the brother-in-law of the county magistrate Jia Yong.
With these eleven new staff members in green robes and elegant demeanor, Cheng Shijie also received gifts from the families of these eleven staff members. They must have discussed it. Those who have the reputation of being a scholar will give 3,000 taels of silver, and those who have the reputation of being a scholar will receive 5,000 taels of silver.
A total of forty-one thousand taels of silver was collected, which was an unexpected windfall.
Cheng Shijie chuckled to himself, this is the tragedy of a small place. If they, the gentry, could follow Sun Yuanhua's path, spend less than this, and become greater officials than Cheng Shijie could give them.
Arriving at the temporary base of Ning Haijun Barracks, Cheng Shijie quickly assigned tasks to them. The eldest Sun Benju, now forty-five years old, had failed the exam five times in a row and had given up on taking the Jinshi exam.
Cheng Shijie arranged for Sun Benju to take three scholars to manage the army's food and grass. Cheng Shijie was not afraid of him working together, because Ning Haijun's distribution of supplies and military pay were transparent. He did not know how to operate in secret. How much money did each soldier get? The soldiers knew it, and so did everyone else.
There are certain limits on how much grain they can eat every day and how many side dishes (i.e. dishes) they can eat. They didn’t have it at the beginning, but now they have figured it out.
As for Qin Chengbo, he led three scholars to be responsible for the statistics and entry of military achievements.
Lu Conglong was responsible for the management of ordnance and gave face to Magistrate Jia. His brother-in-law Ma Shilin and two scholars followed Cheng Shijie and were responsible for recording official documents and orders.
Every order Cheng Shijie issues will be recorded in order to facilitate inquiries when problems arise.
You have no joke, and the army has no joke.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, no trace of the rebels has been found within fifty miles around Zhaoyuan County!"
"These rebels may have heard of the commander's reputation and were so frightened that they retreated..."
Cheng Shijie's new military counselor, Ma Shilin, immediately offered a plan to flatter him.
"That's not the case! This just means that the rebels are gathering their troops and preparing for a decisive battle with our army!"
"decisive battle?"
"Yes, we are ready for a decisive battle!"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "Kong Youde's army has 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and they have won consecutive battles. Their morale is high. There is absolutely no reason to be afraid of the more than 3,000 Ning navy under my command!"
At this point, Cheng Shijie said: "Orders, Liu Qingsong's department is the right wing, Zhou Ning's department is the right wing, Zhang Yu, you guard the back, and we go to meet Kong Youde."
"Commander..." Ma Shilin said urgently: "Are we leaving Zhaoyuan County?"
"certainly!"
"But, leaving the city..."
"Are we in great danger without the protection of the city?"
Cheng Shijie smiled disapprovingly and said: "Kong Youde is not a fool. If he sees me refusing to defend the city, he will definitely continue to raid the surrounding wealthy families and powerful people. By then, I don't know how many gentry will have their families broken up!"
Although Cheng Shijie was not worried about the life and death of these gentry, the problem was that he did not want to waste time in Shandong. He had to get to Golden State as quickly as possible. Build a new base.
As the weather gets colder, it will be more difficult to get there any later.
Ning Haijun left Zhaoyuan County. Although Ning Haijun only had more than 3,000 soldiers, he had more than 3,000 rebel prisoners. These rebel prisoners were very worried and frightened when they were captured. When they confess their crimes to Ning Haijun, the prisoners who did not kill will all become Ning Haijun's military households. When they are in the fields, Ning Haijun provides seeds, farming tools, and fields. They only need to be responsible for farming. , fifty percent of the annual income is handed over.
Cheng Shijie thought that this was enough to show his evil heart, but the prisoners immediately became excited. Isn't this kind of punishment just being a tenant to the landlord?
Being a tenant to a landlord means that although the rent is 50%, the 50% rent is fixed and is determined according to good harvest years. In the event of natural or man-made disasters, the tenant may go bankrupt.
The land rent for military households in Ninghaijun's land is adjusted annually according to the total income, which is much more flexible than that of landlords, and the risks are shared by both parties.
Is this punishment?
No, this is to give them a way to survive.
As for those who killed someone, they would be given punishment standards ranging from three years, five years, ten years to fifteen years, which was called reform through labor, depending on the circumstances and circumstances. During the period of reform through labor, they had no wages or income. They could only work, but they had enough to eat.
When they were divided into thirty households, they began to line up to eat, rice and pickles. The rice is brown rice, and the pickles are aged pickles. If you are lucky, you can get a salted fish. If you are not lucky, you only have pickles or salted cabbage. Compared with the food of Ning Haijun soldiers, this kind of food is simple.
But for these ordinary rebel soldiers, it was simply a luxury. They devoured it one by one and wanted to stuff the bowl into their stomachs! Some people were still not full after eating one bowl, so they boldly went over and asked if they could have another half bowl. Without saying a word, Huotoujun filled them with another half bowl. Now everyone was eager to try. After finishing the meal, these prisoners were already honest.
Life was not easy in the late Ming Dynasty, and it would be nice to have a way to survive. They were willing to follow Kong Youde in rebellion just to survive in death. As for those who were prepared to fish in troubled waters or were ambitious, they had been reported and would never have the chance to fish in troubled waters again.
Three thousand Ning navy soldiers, more than 3,000 prisoners, and a total of more than 1,600 carts loaded with food and finances, marched westward in a mighty manner.
Magistrate Jia and all the gentry in Zhaoyuan County felt like they had lost their heirs.
On November 5, the fourth year of Chongzhen, that is, 12 days after Ning Haijun launched the mutiny and the ninth day after Kong Youde's rebellion, Ning Haijun's officers and soldiers marched to the Jiehe River in the northwest of Zhaoyuan County.
The boundary river is the junction of Qucheng and Jinxian counties in the lower reaches of the river. It has been called the boundary river since the Han Dynasty.
Just when Cheng Shijie was about to fall asleep, there was movement on the walkie-talkie placed in front of him.
"Report from Scout Team C!"
"speak!"
"A large rebel force was discovered in the direction of Luoshan. There are more than 2,000 people, all of whom are cavalry!"
Cheng Shijie said: "We will investigate again and report again!"
Then, Cheng Shijie picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered to Officer Ning Haijun: "Set up formations along the border of Hexi. The rebels are coming, prepare to meet the enemy!"
Although the boundary river was not wide at this time, the ice was not too severe and it was still impossible to cross the river on horseback. The most important thing was that the slope of the boundary river was very steep, so it was not easy to attack from behind in a roundabout way.
The soldiers of Ning Navy quickly formed an array. They quickly stuck their spears on the ground as they were trained, and pointed them diagonally in the direction of the enemy's attack. Then between the spears, the crossbow shooters and the thunder gunners were making nervous preparations before launching.
Cheng Shijie left the carriage and RV and came to the front of the battle.
Ma Shilin is indeed a person who is good at observing people's emotions. The two scholars and four soldiers in his charge were struggling to carry a long case unloaded from the cart, while he himself was carrying a Taishi chair.
No need to ask, these things were also sent by the gentry of Zhaoyuan County.
Cheng Shijie really wanted to move this desk to future generations. This long desk, which is about one foot or two feet long and four feet wide, is actually made of rosewood with exquisite patterns carved on it. It's just that the desk is too heavy and it would be a pity to disassemble it, and Cheng Shijie cannot lift the entire tabletop by himself.
The long table is placed in front of the formation, covered with a tablecloth, and then using the tablecloth as a barrier, a small stove is placed on the left and right sides of the table. The Taishi chair is also made of rosewood, with a cushion made of tiger skin sitting on it.
Without Cheng Shijie's instructions, a pot of tea was brewed and placed in front of Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie was sitting on the Taishi chair, with two stoves in front of his legs, which were warm and very comfortable.
Now he finally understands why leaders like flatterers, because flatterers are so good at getting things done. He has been a guard of Ning Haijun for more than two months, and among the more than 4,800 people in Ning Haijun, no one has thought of doing this. Do.
However, on the first day when Ma Shilin arrived, he served Cheng Shijie properly and comfortably without Cheng Shijie saying a word.
Cheng Shijie picked up the teacup. The water temperature was just right, neither hot nor cold.
Just as Cheng Shijie put down the teacup, the tea in the teacup rippled layer by layer. As time went by, the water ripples became bigger and bigger.
Without even looking, he knew that the rebel cavalry had arrived.
Cheng Shijie picked up the telescope and looked into the distance. He saw densely packed cavalry appearing in the fields in the distance. These cavalry were fully armored and almost all of them had a saber. The more than a thousand cavalry at the front showed a fierce look in their eyes. pressing.
The leader, a big man with a beard, did not immediately order the cavalry to attack.
Cheng Shijie wanted him to attack. Under the current weather conditions, even if Ning Haijun soldiers put on gloves, they would not be able to last long in the field.
The cavalrymen on the opposite side dismounted one after another. After dismounting, they began to feed the horses with the beans stored under their necks.
At this moment, Cheng Shijie had an inexplicable feeling like a light on his back. Cheng Shijie had experienced this feeling before. At that time, he was at the critical moment when he was promoted from associate to full department. A colleague with whom he had a fairly good relationship invited him to go. drink wine.
Originally, Cheng Shijie was ready to leave, but Cheng Jiayue suddenly had difficulty breathing and his face turned red from holding back. He hurriedly sent Cheng Jiayue to the hospital. After arriving at the hospital, it was discovered that Cheng Jiayue accidentally found Xiang Hui's diarrhea medicine from the bedside table. Cheng Jiayue couldn't help but. If you understand, just take this medicine coated in syrup.
Fortunately, I was lucky enough to find it in time and no major problems occurred. What’s even more bizarre is that the wine party he was going to attend was a meat game, and the wife of the person who was being treated during the banquet reported it. The four men and five women who were participating in the wine party at that time were all arrested. If Cheng Shijie participated, he wouldn't be able to escape at all, and his promotion to a major would definitely be ruined.
As time went by, Cheng Shijie's uneasy feeling became stronger and stronger, and his brow bone jumped sharply.
Finally, Cheng Shijie thought of the key to the problem. Kong Youde was a cavalry officer of the Dongjiang Army. Naturally, he knew very well that, let alone these cavalry, even the elite cavalry of Jiannu would not dare to attack Ning Haijun's tight array. The only possibility was that he Use other methods to disrupt their formation first, and then rush into the formation to make the final decision.
Opening up his way of thinking, Cheng Shijie thought of the key to the problem.
The way that Jiannu usually disrupted the Ming army's formation was through cavalry shooting. They used the cavalry to surround the Ming army's formation, rush and fire, and shoot a continuous stream of arrows into the Ming army's formation. Once the Ming army could not bear the casualties, the formation would be destroyed. Let go, this is the time for Jiannu to officially attack.
The Dongjiang Army's cavalry cavalry and archery skills are not as good as those of Jiannu. What's more, Ning Haijun is equipped with too many crossbows. It is not impossible to use cavalry and archery to disrupt Ning Haijun's formation, but Kong Youde will definitely not be able to bear the price.
What is Kong Youde's confidence?
Artillery, definitely artillery.
Although Kong Youde has not occupied Dengzhou now, nor has he snatched the artillery of the Denglai New Army from Sun Yuanhua, he definitely has artillery in his hands.
Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie quickly ordered: "Order all fire support posts to abandon their existing firing positions. The Thunder Guns will be moved to the Biyuan position immediately. The Thunder Guns must be camouflaged!"
"Order all artillery to move their gun positions immediately, enter hidden gun positions, and make disguises!"
PS: I originally planned to write this plot in one chapter and end the story of Shandong. However, in the morning, one of Lao Cheng’s colleagues resigned and sent him off. This matter was delayed. Lao Cheng didn't drink at noon and continued writing in the afternoon. As today was his last day off from work, he wanted to see if he could add another chapter. Lao Cheng will report the data to everyone again. Currently, the high order is 479, and the average order is 371. There are still 129 average orders to reach 500. In other words, Lao Cheng can get the perfect attendance award. He worked hard for perfect attendance.
(End of chapter)
