Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1031 Returning to the track
"Whether you can do it or not, we'll talk about it later." Kong Youde said in a deep voice, "Everyone put on your clothes, gather your troops and horses immediately, and don't move without authorization. Brothers who have already left from each battalion, send someone to take them back immediately!"

"Here!" All the generals knew that something was wrong, they feared that a big change was imminent, they didn't dare to entangle any more, they responded in unison
Kong Youde stood up, told the soldiers to put on armor for him, and ordered the generals to gather his soldiers and servants and prepare to go.

"No banner, no talking on the road!"

As he was about to leave, Kong Youde stopped Li Yingyuan who was about to leave:

"You come with me."

Li Yingyuan's face turned pale immediately, not knowing what Kong Youde was up to.

At this time, Kong Youde speculated that there must be something wrong with Li Jiuzheng and his son. He was afraid that this was Li Jiuzheng's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. When he left, he would coerce the whole army into mutiny, so he took the first step and detained his son to follow the army.

In less than a meal, Kong Youde had already set off with fifty cavalry.When he went there in person, he first had to figure out who was doing it—since he arrived in Dongguang, the detective cavalry who had been following the brigade with ghosts gave him a premonition of imminent danger.

"Which group of people is messing up the situation inside!" Thinking of this, he involuntarily tightened his grip on the reins.

Kong Youde led the team of cavalry to the vicinity of the river gate very quickly. He did not lead people directly into the fire, for fear of causing misunderstanding, but ordered the whole army to stop two miles away from the fire. He himself led a dozen cavalry Carefully ride your horse over,

The men and horses who came to attack seemed to have retreated, and there were no shouts of killing or the sound of horseshoes.Many tank boats berthing by the river embankment had caught fire, the flames were blazing and scorching hot, and the tank boats on board were running away in all directions. Some people saw this sentry and thought they were with the attackers, so they all avoided Ran away.

On the embankment, a lot of corpses had been dumped here and there, and by the light of the fire, most of them were Cao Ding on the water transport boat—Kong Youde gasped, this is a robbery ship.Regardless of the decay of the water boats, the water boats look like beggars, but they are all "official ships" and "official soldiers".

A soldier picked up the spear in his hand, picked up the feather arrow from the corpse and presented it to Kong Youde.He took it and looked at it carefully, and at a glance he saw that it was an "official arrow" and it came from Dengzhou.

Kong Youde held the shaft of the arrow in his palm, he felt cold sweat running down his back, could this group of people come from Dengzhou?How dare you do such nonsense!

The tank boat was in a mess, with all kinds of goods and grain scattered on the board.Kong Youde saw the eyes of the servants under his hands gleaming, each of them was eager to try and quickly stopped.

There was no one on the street, every house was closed, every house was locked, and there was a dead silence.I saw that the doors of several big houses near the sluice had been opened, and all kinds of property were scattered on the street.

Suddenly there was a rumble under his horse's hooves, but upon closer inspection it turned out to be a human head.

If you look carefully, there are seven or eight headless corpses discarded on the street. They are not gorgeously dressed, but they are well-to-do people.A servant next to him had been a pond horse not long ago and had been here, and whispered that these houses were all the residences of the gatekeeper on the sluice gate.

Looking at the silk cloth scattered on the ground, and the loose money with the money rope torn off, you can know how rich these households are.Kong Youde not only secretly cursed: "Damn it!"

He pulled the rein of the horse and looked again carelessly: Although the visitor was in a hurry, there was no doubt that they were officers and soldiers.

As for which group of people came, he didn't know and didn't want to know-even though he already believed in his heart that it was Li Jiuzheng and others who were behind the scenes.

"You are forcing me to be Lu Junyi!" Kong Youde said secretly.

But this is the end of the matter, and it is useless to say these things.Kong Youde knew very well that no matter whether Li Jiuzheng sent someone to do it or not, he would be the one to take the blame—or rather, the original Dongjiang people should take the blame.

"Okay, if you seek benevolence and benevolence, I will not stand in the way of your good deeds for my own future!" Kong Youde thought bitterly, and ordered loudly, "Go back!"

At this time, he has made up his mind to raise the rebellion flag, not only because he is now irrefutable, but also because he finds that his control over his subordinates is so weak: Li Jiuzheng pulls most of the generals and soldiers away In the past, he did such a big thing without telling himself!
If he insisted on refusing, he would either be killed by the mutiny soldiers, or he could only leave the troops and flee.Of course, with Sun Yuanhua's attitude towards him, maybe he wouldn't be blamed, and he would try his best to keep him safe.But since then he has become a bare-handed general with only a few dozen personal soldiers.

Without soldiers, generals in this era of increasingly chaotic world will lose their capital.Whether it is to become an official, to make a fortune, or even to settle down, you must have soldiers on hand.

To regain control of the troops, one has to participate in the rebellion and regain power during the war.This team was brought out by Kong himself, and now he is bewitched by Li Jiuzheng and others because of the bleak future. He believes that as long as he follows the general trend and uses his skills well, he will soon regain control of the team.

Although Kong Youde was unwilling to rebel, once he made a decision in everything, he would go all the way to the dark.He suddenly reined in his horse and ordered his men:
"Immediately order the battalions to pull out their teams and come forward!"

Now that the work has been started, no matter who gets the vote, this matter has already been counted on his head.

That being the case, if you want to do it, do it thoroughly!

The market here is prosperous, and many ships are moored. Although the fattest sheep has been slaughtered, the remaining wealth is still considerable.Being able to easily obtain a large amount of food, grass, property and livestock is much more rewarding than stealing houses and houses and destroying several villages before.

With the capital of this big ticket in hand, the morale of the army can be stabilized.If you have food and pay in hand, a soldier is willing to work for you. With soldiers, no matter what you do next, you don’t have to be afraid.

Even the imperial court, as long as you have the strength, will count on you to sacrifice your life with a single shot.Never count how many people you killed and how much property you robbed.

Thinking of this, he turned the horse's head around and swung the whip towards the market: "Enter the town!"

Chen Sigen stood on a small hill at the edge of the forest a few miles away, observing the town with an infrared telescope.When he saw groups of cavalrymen pouring into the market, burning, killing and looting on the embankment and the streets, his heart sank. Although their goal of forcing Kong Youde to rebel had been achieved, the innocent people in this market But in vain became a victim of the Senate's "strategic goal".

The initiator, there is no future?

Thinking of this sentence, he couldn't help but feel a kind of heartfelt uneasiness.

"Squad leader." The sergeant major of the special investigation team called him softly.

"Well, what's the matter?" Chen Sigen turned around.

"The Tang horses of the officers and soldiers began to come over."

Chen Sigen secretly praised Kong Youde as worthy of being a veteran general, he did not forget to guard his surroundings when he was looting.It seems that in addition to voting Qingzao, outstanding ability is also a crucial factor to be able to get into the position of King Sanshun among the many demoted officials and generals in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Let's retreat!" he ordered, "The whole army returns to the base camp."

Since Kong Youde has already started to rob the market, it shows that he has made up his mind to rebel.Let the scout cavalry bite him tightly and pay attention to his movements all the time.

Using the surprise attack of the special investigation team as an introduction, an army that had long been disaffected finally raised the flag of rebellion.The anger and resentment that had been suppressed in the hearts of the Dongjiang army for a long time suddenly turned into a very destructive torrent.

After Kong Youde's troops raised their troops, they immediately returned to Wuqiao and attacked Wuqiao by surprise. The local county magistrate had been on guard for a long time - he also heard about a "horse bandit" in neighboring Dongguang County, and closed the city gate in time. .Finally, there is no county seat.Kong Youde saw that he could not succeed for a while, so he stopped entangled in the city, and immediately returned to Shandong after burning, killing and looting the local area.
They obtained a large amount of livestock, grain and property in Dongguang and Wuqiao.They loaded their belongings and provisions on the looted horses, mules and donkeys, and drove them to Shandong with the large army.People and horses were billowing in smoke and dust, which could be seen from more than ten miles away.

"There's a mess!"

Terrible news spread on the main road, and emergency documents from Dongguang and Wuqiao counties had already begun to be passed on at the posts. to what extent.In the deep sleep of the Shandong people, Kong Youde's Liaodong iron cavalry has already rolled in.

The three people on Qimu Island watched Kong Youde's movements nervously: they had successfully brought Kong back to the historical track needed by the Senate.Now, it depends on whether his next step is consistent with the old time and space.

The news from the scouting cavalry reassured them: After Kong Youde swept through Wuqiao, he quickly approached southeast along the current route of National Highway 104.The local government was caught off guard, and there was no army at their disposal. If they responded quickly, they could close the city gate in an emergency and escape disaster.Those who react slowly fall into the trap one after another.The rebels captured Ling County and Linyi successively. After seizing a large amount of food, grass, property and livestock, they followed the route of Provincial Highway 316 and captured Shanghe. (now called Gao Qing).Then attack southeast and capture Xincheng (should be Huantai now).

Since almost all of his subordinates were cavalry, and he had plundered a large number of livestock to carry supplies, the road was not entangled with one place or one city.
In less than a month, on November 1631, 11, the soldiers had arrived at the city of Dengzhou.

The Huangxian rebels just passed by, and Kong Youde did not try to attack the county - he was most concerned about returning to Dengzhou as soon as possible, and gaining the response and strength of the old Dongjiang department.

(End of this chapter)