Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1290 Whereabouts
The men and horses in the Shandong camp fled all the way to Laizhou, and then they were supported by the men and horses led by Sun Yuanhua, who repelled the pursuing rebels.

Although the rebel army led by Li Jiuzheng was as powerful as a rainbow, after all, it was cold and snowy, and the road was difficult.The infantry couldn't keep up with the team, and only some of the cavalry carried out the pursuit, and soon they were exhausted and unable to move an inch.Those who chased to Laizhou were blocked by officers and soldiers led by Zhang Tao, so they withdrew their troops and went back.

Although the rebels were able to defeat the entire division of the Shandong camp in this battle, they failed to severely damage the official army.Although the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses in supplies, the elite main force was basically intact.After retreating to Laizhou, after a little rectification, they set up camp under the city of Laizhou.

The city gates of Laizhou had already been closed tightly. Zhu Dadian, Xie Sanbin and others urged the generals to appease the defeated army again and again, and only then suppressed the clamor of the defeated army to enter the city.

After the emergency meeting of officials and gentry in the city, the magistrate Zhu and the county magistrate Hong immediately summoned Pai Jia in the city, ordering the rich households to deliver grain and the poor households to cook, to make a large number of miscellaneous grain pancakes and steamed buns, and to hang them into the city in baskets. The gentry in the city are "happy to donate".

The Laizhou gentry, who had already suffered heavy losses, once again "donated happily".The last time, it was when the rebel army attacked the city, and the gentry wanted to save the country and survive, although they were heartbroken, they still voluntarily.At this time, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers gathered outside the city. It was the time of the new defeat, lack of clothes and wear, and it was freezing outside. If there was no food to send, it would not be obvious if one of them was wrong and washed Laizhou City first, and each of them was full of reluctance He also had to pledge money.

The common people in the city must also be coerced.For a while, chickens and dogs jumped around in Laizhou City, crying loudly.Sun Yuanhua, Zhu Dadian, Xie Sanbin and others supervised the generals of the battalions, and after a lot of thought, they finally suppressed the rout of the army outside the city.

Zhu Dadian and others entered the city and temporarily stayed in Sun Yuanhua's governor's office - Laizhou Fuxue. He first met the leaders of the Shandong camp in batches, comforted them one by one, and asked the generals to restrain the troops and prepare for the battle Preparations for the rebels.He also met with Sun Yuanhua's generals and praised them for their "loyalty to state affairs".Finally met Huang Ande.

Huang Ande is not a military officer of the imperial court, but a leader of a brave village. Zhu Dadian's interview with him this time can be called a "great honor".Naturally, Zhu Dadian is not only to repay him for saving his life, but also to win over the deer owner.

The bravery of the owner of the deer villa is not only brave, but also has the posture of an elite soldier in every gesture, which is by no means comparable to ordinary bravery.No wonder he can stand upright in Huang County with a mere stockade, and he can also help Sun Yuanhua guard Laizhou.

It seems that if you want to suppress the rebels, you must rely on the strength of the local gentry.Zhu Dadian talked to Huang Ande casually, and heard that he was from a hereditary military family in Shandong, so he praised him a few words and rewarded him with 50 taels of silver.

After everything was taken care of, Zhu Dianku sat in the signing room, still feeling terrified—he was by no means a cowardly person, but such a sudden change of victory and defeat was really unbearable.Thinking that after he took office, he had spent endless efforts just to urge the encirclement and suppression of the army from all over the country. After finally reaching the city of Dengzhou, in order to maintain morale and military discipline, he worked even harder, almost to the point of being overwhelmed.I didn't expect such a mistake in the back road, and I was defeated immediately.

Thinking about the tens of thousands of people outside the city, although they have settled down for the time being, after the new defeat, they will not be able to continue their food and pay for a while. After a long time, it may be difficult to suppress them. Moreover, there are many Liao people in the army. If they are "seduced" by the rebels Thinking of this, Zhu Dadian could hardly sleep or eat.For a while, he sighed and wandered around the room.

With the collapse of Dengzhou, the court and the central government once again set off a new frenzy of attacking each other. For a while, all factions made a big fuss about this matter and handed in their bullets.Chongzhen's desk was full of impeachment memorials.

"It's all nonsense!" He threw aside a memorial to impeach Xie Sanbin irritably, and stood up.The eunuchs and maids around raised their eyelids slightly, seeing that he had no intention of going out, nor did he seem to be asking for tea, so they quickly lowered their eyelids again and stood breathlessly.

Originally thought that the victory over Dengzhou would only be a matter of the year, but Zhu Dadian was on the verge of failure, and the rebel army burned the grain platform and broke the siege in one fell swoop.The [-]-strong army—including the Guanning Battalion, which the imperial court spent a lot of money to maintain and was known as the iron cavalry—was defeated under Dengzhou City and fled to Laizhou.

Right now, tens of thousands of troops are gathering in Laizhou, and there is no food, grass, or supplies, and the weather is freezing. If one of them is not handled properly, there may be another mutiny.

Chongzhen sighed heavily: mutiny, mutiny, over the years, the officers and soldiers fighting rarely brought him good news, but there were always mutinies.In the past, when my father was alive, although he seldom went to court, such things rarely happened; when the elder brother was in power, everything was controlled by Wei Ni, and mutiny only happened by chance.

I have only been on the throne for more than five years, but mutinies, floods, droughts and famines have continued. Is it because I am not virtuous enough?Or is it even more frightening: Daming's life is about to run out?

When he thought of this, he couldn't help being startled, and secretly cursed himself for thinking wildly.

Most of the grain transshipped to Qingzhou has been lost, and it is bound to be reorganized-this alone makes him heartbroken. Although the grain is tight, there are still a lot of stocks in the official warehouses in Tongzhou and Jiangnan, but the high transshipment costs are not enough. It always shocks him.

Thinking of Zhu Dadian not long ago, he also reported the floods in Shandong province. From the inland to the seashore, all prefectures and counties were hit by floods.Zhangqiu, Xincheng, Qixia, Jinxiang and other places were repeatedly hit by floods, and asked him to exempt them from taxes and provide relief.The people who rescued the camp in Shandong not only couldn't count on the food in Shandong Province, but also had to allocate extra food to help the people...

Thinking of Hubu Shangshu's miserable face, he felt more and more restless.

Lack of money, lack of soldiers, lack of food, and lack of capable personnel-although there are many officials, few are capable of doing things.Chongzhen originally planned to dismiss Sun Yuanhua once he regained Dengzhou, but the current situation really drives Sun Yuanhua away, and I am afraid that the situation in Denglai will become more and more difficult to deal with. The defeat of Dengzhou all depended on Sun Yuanhua leading the army to respond to prevent the entire army from being wiped out.Even Zhu Dadian was rescued by Sun Yuanhua's subordinates.

Sun Yuanhua's support was also mentioned in the memorials of Zhu Dadian and Xie Sanbin.It seems that this Sun Yuanhua is still a person who can do things with sincerity.

"However, this old man is really hateful!" Chongzhen thought, if it wasn't for his mishandling at the beginning, how could Dengzhou be so corrupt!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help hating Zhu Dadian even more for "failure to my kindness". If it wasn't for his incompetence, how could he be so tolerant of Sun Yuanhua!

In the imperial case, there were several memorials on the impeachment of Zhu Dadian for being "greedy of ink" and Sun Yuanhua's "collusion with the Liao people". However, the current situation is really not suitable for changing coaches.

The current plan is to transfer food and salaries to Laizhou to support the army as soon as possible, in case there is any change.Thinking of this, he pulled himself together and returned to the front of the case.

Although the rebels won a big victory, they captured countless supplies.However, after the excitement after the victory passed, Li Jiuzheng, Kong Youde and others found that their strategic situation had not changed much-although the siege of the government and army was broken for a while, the main force of the government and army still remained, and their own side was just lingering .

A few people are thinking about it, now either take advantage of the great victory, the morale of their own side is high, the officers and soldiers are newly defeated and they are short of food, and gather the whole army to attack. If the officers and soldiers can be severely injured, the court's attitude may be softened; or they can set sail and flee. east river.

Although the former is somewhat certain, it is hundreds of miles away from Laizhou, the outside is icy and snowy, our own food is also short, and there are not many winter clothes. If we trek all the way to fight under the city of Laizhou, we will lose a lot of people due to cold, hunger and fatigue along the way, even if we barely reach the city. I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight with officers and soldiers.

The latter is to flee for their lives, and they have great confidence-they have hundreds of ships from the original Denglai Navy and the Tianjin Navy that were captured at the beginning, and there are also a batch of ships that have defected from Dongjiang Town.Although it is impossible to take away all the troops, it is still possible to take away the main generals and most of the descendants.

As long as you can leave Dengzhou smoothly, there are many islands in Bohai Bay.Finding a place to stay is not difficult.It can also echo the old part of the Dongjiang River scattered on the islands of the Bohai Sea.The rare thing is that once they go out to sea and drift on the sea, there is no way to raise food and payment. Without food and payment, this lone army will be chaotic sooner or later without a fight.

At that time, there will be no way out except to vote for Tartars.

But this choice was difficult for them to accept. Most of them defected to Dongjiang because they could not bear the oppression of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they had strong resistance to the Tartars.You must not take this road until the mountains and rivers are exhausted.

"No, it's really not possible, let's go to North Korea!" Li Jiuzheng said, "The Li Dynasty is weak, and the military equipment is not strong. Let's go to North Korea to occupy a piece of land and gather Dongjiang Paoze. Maybe there will be a new situation!"

"That's the only way." Although Kong Youde agreed, he didn't take Li Jiuzheng's idea seriously. Although the Li Dynasty was weak, it was a country after all. Over the years, Dongjiang Town, which was occupied by magpies and doves, was located in the area of ​​the Yalu River. He also deployed heavy troops, and after his own side went to sea, there was no way to coerce them.Although most of the troops on the islands in the Dongjiang River had gaps with Huang Long, the current commander-in-chief, they had fought each other more than once, and the conflicts were sharp and complicated.Not necessarily all listen to their own orders.

You can only rely on the direct descendants in your hands to fight head-to-head, one dies and one less, and the imperial court is bound to suppress North Korea...

However, in winter, a large area of ​​the Bohai Sea is frozen. If there is a little carelessness after going out to sea, the fleet will fall into the ice floes, so they can only continue to stick to Dengzhou, at least until early spring, when the ice will melt.

(End of this chapter)