Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 174

Jinan Prefecture, Jinyiwei Yamen.

Thousand households attic.

A huge map was placed on a table, among which Qingzhou Prefecture was written in the most conspicuous place, and the names of Yidu, Linzi, Boxing, Shouguang and other counties were also written in other places. It was obviously a detailed map of Qingzhou Prefecture. map.

In addition, there are hundreds of small colorful flags that divide three arrows on the map, one pointing directly to Qingzhou Prefecture, one pointing to Juzhou, and one pointing to Gaoyuan County.

"Gan Yang, Wu Feng, Peng Guan, the three of you will attack Linzi with [-] soldiers and horses, and bring all the siege equipment. After Linzi is captured, surround Qingzhou Mansion, just surround and not attack, and wait for others."

Su Hao pointed to the map and said, "Tian Ming, Liang Ping, Jiang Shizhong, you three will attack Gaoyuan with [-] soldiers and horses, and after taking down Gaoyuan, Boxing, Le'an and other places, join up with Ganyang and jointly attack city."

"Guo Hong, Liao Qing, you two will attack Juzhou with [-] soldiers and horses, and take down all the counties in Qingzhou Prefecture as much as possible."

The 14 army led by Wang Congyi has almost mobilized all the troops in Shandong. Now there are not many troops left in Shandong provinces. Only Qingzhou Zuowei and Hengwangfu Yiweisi and Hengshan are left in Qingzhou Prefecture. Among the [-] people from the Qun Musuo, the Yiwei Division of Prince Heng's Mansion and the Hengshan Qun Musuo are the guards of Prince Heng's Mansion. The former guards the palace, and the latter raises horses for the palace.

Because of his performance when attacking other counties in Jinan Prefecture, the wealthy families in Qingzhou Prefecture basically did not take the initiative to recruit Xiangyong for the prefectures and counties. After all, he is not the real White Lotus Sect. The people who can't go down, every time they capture a county, they will loot the rich and powerful families immediately. This approach will naturally make all the rich and powerful families fight desperately. After all, they don't want to die, and they don't want their property to be robbed.

Throughout the dynasties, the one who won the world has never won the hearts of the people, but the hearts of the gentry. In terms of winning the hearts of the people, who can compare with Li Zicheng and others, but since ancient times, whoever won the world, even Zhu Yuanzhang did not rely on the common people. world.

"Yes, Chito!"

After hearing Su Hao's order, everyone responded one after another.

Not long after, the three soldiers and horses divided into three groups and headed towards Qingzhou Mansion. For a while, the whole Shandong shook again.

.........

Qingzhou Fucheng, Fuya.

Liu Yingjiu, the prefect, and Gao Ting, the commander of Qingzhou Zuoweiwei, both looked sad. The rebels came to attack. It was only more than 200 miles away from Jinan Fucheng to Qingzhou Fucheng. .

"High Commander, now that the rebels are coming this way, what should we do?"

Liu Yingjiu had a bitter face, why did he encounter such a thing, Wang Congyi is really a waste, with 10,000+ soldiers and horses, he was defeated.

How to do?
Hearing Liu Yingjiu's words, Gao Ting nearly rolled his eyes. Since he became the commander of the Qingzhou left guard, he has only been to the camp a handful of times. Now that he is temporarily driving ducks to the shelves, how does he know what to do?
Since the Tumu Fortress Change, civil servants have not stopped encroaching on military power. In the capital, the Ministry of War swallowed up most of the power of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. The high-level officials of the company are in charge of military training, bandits, farming, food and payment, and they have taken away all the power of the guard commanders.

In all the guards in Shandong, except for the commander of the Yanhe Guards directly under the Governor of Water Transport, who still has some powers because he needs to escort the grain, the guards of the other guards are similar to him, and he hasn't been there for more than ten years camp a few times.

This time, Su Hao took all the officials from Jinan Fucheng who were in charge of the Procuratorate and Procuratorate. If Jinan Mansion was not taken back, the imperial court would have no face to re-appoint officials such as Chief Envoy and Procuratorate. He could only let him take the lead. The guard house, but he hasn't even been to the camp in the past ten years, let alone studied military books, and now he is suddenly in charge, what can he do.

But after thinking about it, Gao Ting still said: "Prefect, there are only two thousand soldiers in the guard now, and it is very difficult to defend the city. The prefect may as well go to Prince Heng's Mansion and borrow the guards from the palace. Please donate more money and food from the rich and powerful families in the city, so that we can recruit some townspeople to help defend the city."

Hearing Gao Ting's method, Liu Yingjiu's face became even more bitter. If this method was useful, he would have used it long ago, but it is not at all. The guards of the palace cannot be mobilized by him, and those wealthy families in the city ignore him. what can he do
The first two months were the critical time for tax collection, but Su Hao sent people to various counties to interfere with tax collection at every turn. As a result, the prefecture did not collect much tax at all, there were no donations from wealthy families, and the government did not have money to recruit townships. Yong, besides, Su Hao recruited recruits and gave such a high salary, it is impossible for him to give such a high salary.

But he has nothing to do with these wealthy families. These people have their own backers in the officialdom. Even if they don't donate, he can't do anything.

"Fu Zun, King Heng is preparing to leave Fucheng with the palace guards!"

At this time, a yamen servant hurried in.

"What did you say?"

Hearing the servant's words, Liu Yingjiu's expression changed drastically. If even King Heng ran away, then a large number of wealthy families and common people would follow suit, and the entire Qingzhou Mansion would be finished.

"Go and stop it."

After recovering, Liu Yingjiu said hastily.

...

On the other side, Jiang Shizhong and others divided their troops into three groups and approached Qingzhou Mansion. There were only a few townships in each county defending the city bravely, and they could not stop the army led by Jiang Shizhong and others. The price was to win the county seat.

.........

Jinan Prefecture, Jinyiwei Yamen.

"Master, according to reports from Jiang Baihu and the others, they have captured the cities of Linzi, Gaoyuan, and Boxing, and are heading towards Qingzhou Prefecture. Do we need to send people to support them?"

Ding Zimo cupped his hands and said.

"unnecessary."

Su Hao waved his hand while flipping through the official documents: "It's just a good time to train them."

Except for the provincial capitals of Jinan and Kaifeng, there are not many masters in other prefectures. For example, Qingzhou prefecture usually has about seven or eight first-class fighters. Although Jiang Shizhong and the others now have fewer masters, But with a superior force, in general, they still have an absolute advantage.

Tang Xiangjin had made enough contributions in Dongchang Mansion before, and now Tang Xiangjin, Yang Bao, Hao Yi, He Liu, and Luo Yi were left by him to garrison in Dongchang Mansion. Now Jiang Shizhong and the others should have some Performance is the only way to do it, otherwise, after he wins the Qingzhou Mansion and Denglai Second Mansion, when he is ready to build a country and proclaim himself emperor, and rewards for meritorious deeds, it is very likely that Tang Xiangjin will win the championship alone.

In this way, it will violate the balance he has always intentionally maintained. It is not that he is suspicious, but Wei Yu is planning. It is better to take precautions in advance than to turn your face in the future.

What's more, Tang Xiangjin can't rely entirely on Tang Xiangjin in the army. As he occupies more and more territory, more and more places need to be defended. Tang Xiangjin doesn't have the ability to clone, so Jiang Shizhong and the others have to grow up as soon as possible. .

"Zi Mo, you can arrange for people to go to those counties to recruit new soldiers."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao opened his mouth and said, last time he captured more than 8 guard soldiers, he only took over 2 local guard soldiers from Shandong, and he arranged for the others to farm. Not here, once the court comes to attack again, these people will be unstable factors.

Therefore, his conscription standard has always been local, preferably under his rule, because in this way, he can guarantee the loyalty of these soldiers to the greatest extent.

"Yes, Master."

Ding Zimo nodded.

At this time, Su Hao put down the official document in his hand, and said with a serious expression: "Zi Mo, how is the formation of the pro-military guards I asked you to form now?"

When Luo Yi and the others were asked to set up the Four Seas Gang, he had been cultivating his own soldiers, but at that time, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not train many soldiers. Now that he has rebelled, he naturally has his own soldiers directly under him. The current strength is strong enough, but it is impossible for him to do everything by himself. Besides, the tiger can't stand up to the wolves. Without his own soldiers, if someone has a different heart, he may be surrounded and killed.

Ding Zimo replied: "Master, there are already thousands of candidates for the backup guards, and there are 120 official guards."

"This is not in a hurry, take your time."

Su Hao nodded and said: "The requirements can't be relaxed. To join the Guards, at least one must have first-class strength, and the training of bows and arrows must not be left behind."

Now his strength is enough to protect himself, and he seldom leaves Fucheng, so his need for personal soldiers is not that urgent, so for personal soldiers, his requirements are very high, at least he must have the strength of the first class, after all, with his current The strength that can threaten him is at least the innate master, and ordinary soldiers can't help him at all.

As for the training of bow and arrow, for the Xiantian Grandmaster, it is very difficult for even an influent martial artist to get close to him. Only long-range weapons can affect the Xiantian Grandmaster. Under the action of internal force, the power of the bow and arrow is much greater than that of ordinary firecrackers.

Although it was impossible to kill the Xiantian Grandmaster, even the Xiantian Grandmaster would not dare to use his body to forcefully carry the bows and arrows shot by the warriors. After all, he would still be injured to some extent.

"Master, don't worry."

Ding Zimo nodded.

.........

As time passed, the [-] troops led by Jiang Shizhong, Gan Yang and others gathered outside the city of Qingzhou Prefecture. For a while, countless people in the city were panicked.

In the commander's tent, Gan Yang, Wu Feng, Peng Guan, Tian Ming, Liang Ping, and Jiang Shizhong were looking at the city map of Qingzhou Prefecture. As Jinan Prefecture is the capital of Shandong Province, there are naturally detailed maps of each prefecture.

"Old Tian, ​​what do you think should be done in Qingzhou Prefecture?"

Looking at the map, Jiang Shizhong only felt a little overwhelmed. Although he has been studying military books recently, he didn't have the foundation in this area before, and he can't even count as half a bucket of water for the time being. Even higher, the only advantage is that the terrain is not too steep,

"Let's attack."

After looking at the map, Tian Ming said in a deep voice: "We have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength and enough siege equipment. We will lead the team to attack from the north to attract the attention of the defenders in the city. You and Liang Ping will take thousands of people to The south wall attracts the opponent's attention and disperses their forces. If there is a chance, attack the city;

"it is good."

Jiang Shizhong nodded. They have absolute strength and can completely exhaust the opponent.

After a while, Jiang Shizhong and Liang Ping each led 5000 people around the south and east walls.

On the city wall, Liu Yingjiu looked at the seven or eight tall arrow towers outside the city, and couldn't help feeling chills in his heart. Each of these arrow towers was four feet high, while the city wall of Qingzhou Prefecture was only three feet seven. Not many, but seven or eight arrow towers can fully carry six or seven hundred archers, and the advantage of the city wall of Qingzhou Prefecture has been offset by a lot.

"High Commander, do you think we can hold it?"

Liu Yingjiu whispered.

hold on?

Glancing at the siege equipment of the army outside the city, Gao Ting looked helpless. Arrow towers, Hongyi cannons, tiger squatting cannons, rush cars, and siege hammer vehicles were almost all heavy siege equipment.

Now there are tens of thousands of defenders in the city. Liu Yingjiu and King Heng teamed up to arrest all the young and strong men in the city, and forced them to defend the city. But morale, it can only be said that under the supervision of the supervising team, no one escaped for the time being.

And it's not just those strong men, even the guards under him have no fighting spirit. The recruiting treatment of the rebels has spread throughout Shandong, giving money, giving land, exempting rent, and exempting corvee. It can be said that if it is not for their subordinates Under the supervision of the personal soldiers, those guard soldiers directly offered the city. With such morale, they still wanted to defend Qingzhou Fucheng. He could only say, Liu Yingjiu really dared to think!

At this time, the army outside the city began to gather, and a large number of soldiers lined up. A wooden chariot, a chariot, and a chariot lined up in front, followed by thousands of soldiers carrying sacks, obviously filled with sand. Stone, ready to fill the moat, in addition, there are a large number of shield soldiers holding shields to cover these soldiers.

At this time, the eight Hongyi cannons were pushed onto the temporary fort.

Reload!

ignition!

boom!boom!boom!
Under the action of gunpowder, six solid iron balls weighing twenty kilograms turned into a small black spot with terrifying kinetic energy and flew across the sky, then blasted towards the city wall!

boom! boom! boom!
For a moment, as if the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking, smoke and dust covered a small section of the city wall. Some stomped their mouths and were crushed. Several soldiers were killed and injured by the broken stones. Others smashed directly into the city.

At this time, the army also began to advance slowly, and the soldiers carrying sacks approached the moat under the cover of siege equipment.

"Archery!"

"fire!"

Seeing the rebels approaching, Liu Yingjiu shouted hastily.

Hearing Liu Yingjiu's words, the drummer hurriedly beat the drum and issued an order.

(End of this chapter)