Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1292

On January 1633, 1 in the Gregorian calendar, December 11 in the Lunar Year of Guisi, the day after the end of the "population-for-food" transaction between the Dengzhou rebels and Qimu Island, the Second Fleet and the Northward Detachment Suddenly launched an amphibious attack on the Miaodao Islands, captured the large and small Changshan Islands in one fell swoop, killed and captured more than 500 rebels under the Changdao defender Wang Bingzhong, and took control of the sea gateway of Dengzhou. Patrols were carried out to completely cut off the communication between Dengzhou and the islands in Bohai Bay.

Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde who were guarding in the city were shocked when they heard the news. Kong Youde came to negotiate in person, and Lu Wenyuan immediately put forward a condition: They should give up Dengzhou immediately and hand it over to Qimu Island.In exchange, the Qimu Island side allowed them to take all the soldiers, weapons and luggage and leave on board.

On the beacon tower on Dazhushan Island, it was cold and windy. Lu Wenyuan was wearing a thick cotton robe and a cotton cap. Kong Youde seemed much more relaxed.

Kong Youde roughly agreed to the request to abandon the city, but repeatedly suggested that it is winter and navigation is difficult, so they should at least stay in Dengzhou until the beginning of spring.But the deer owner just refused to let go, and said that if they rejected this suggestion, they would cooperate with the army to besiege Dengzhou.

"...The general naturally understands that the officers and soldiers staying in Laizhou are due to lack of food, not lack of soldiers. Even if the general can cut off the food supply again, since I can supply General Kong with hundreds of thousands of catties of potatoes, can't I provide them to the officers and soldiers? ?” Lu Wenyuan said slowly, “Zhu Dadian and Sun Yuanhua are both anxious to have the general’s head confessed in front of the emperor.”

"Doesn't the owner want Li Shuai and his subordinates to have their heads sold in front of Zhu and Sun?" Kong Youde said in a deep voice, staring at his bloodshot eyes.

"If I want the general's head, why wait until today?" Lu Wenyuan smiled slightly, pulled out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and waved it to the sky.

The 901mm main guns on the four 130 gunships of the second fleet moored on the sea roared at the same time. The shells flew over the vast sea and shot into the city of Dengzhou. There were four huge explosions in the city, and black smoke billowed. The sound of booming came from afar.

Kong Youde's expression paled -- this was the first time he saw the true power of 901 with his own eyes.

"The general doesn't think my words are false now, does he?" Lu Wenyuan smiled.

Kong Youde was silent for a while, and finally said the sentence he always wanted to ask: "Who are you?! What do you want to do?!"

Li Jiuzheng and others finally succumbed and promised to donate the city immediately.Due to the limited number of ships controlled by the rebels, less than [-] people could board the boats. However, the owner of Lu Zhuang showed mercy and expressed his willingness to lend them several boats to carry the remaining people.As for the shipping destination, it was decided to be Guanglu Island.

Guanglu Island is where Chen Shishi was stationed. After Chen Shishi led his army to join the Dengzhou rebels, the island was still under the control of his subordinates. There are enough potatoes for the winter.Guanglu Island was close to Lushun again. Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde discussed that they would start from Guanglu to attack Lushun when there was food in winter, drive away or kill Huanglong, the general soldier of Dongjiang, reoccupy the old land of Dongjiang, and integrate all the ministries of Dongjiang. Or against the Eastern captives, there are grounds for advancing and retreating.

On December [-], the year of Guisi in the lunar calendar, the rebel fleet sailed from Dengzhou Shuicheng.The northbound detachment then entered Dengzhou City.The gongs and drums were beaten, and Sun Yuanhua's Announcement on Anmin was posted and read aloud. Thousands of civilians and soldiers left in the city who failed to board the ship or refused to hide from the thieves came out of their hiding places and surrendered.Zhu Mingxia ordered them all to be taken in and sent to Zhaoyuan for placement and screening.

The remaining materials in the city were also cleaned up, and all the artillery and ordnance that could not be taken away were collected except gunpowder, not to mention food, grass, gold and silver.

The sea is vast, and more than 100 ships carrying rebels look at each other end to end, stretching for several miles. Major generals such as Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming and so on are divided into ships, and each takes part of the ships.

Going to sea in winter, although there is a danger of falling into ice floes, the wind and waves on the sea are much smaller, and the sailing is very smooth, but the sea wind is abnormally sharp, blowing on the face like a knife.

Kong Youde looked back at Dengzhou city getting farther and farther away, but felt at a loss - since Wuqiao raised troops, more than a year has passed, he has won battles and suffered defeats, and he has lived a life that he has never experienced in his life. The days of being happy and dripping", but this kind of life always makes him feel at a loss-the future is bleak and he is at a loss.

The various strategies originally discussed with Li Jiuzheng and others turned into thousands of miles of scorched earth and hundreds of thousands of corpses in the end.He couldn't see where the road ahead for himself and the nearly [-] people should go.

He has no feelings for Daming at all. Although his official title and status was given by Daming, it was earned by him and his father and brother from the same village. , that was an enemy who once had deep-seated hatred.

However, his efforts, including Li Jiuzheng and other Dongjiang soldiers, to obtain a piece of land for themselves have completely failed. Now, they have drawn a circle and returned to the original point - the coastal islands of Liaodong where Mao Shuai took them to escape.

These islands are very barren, and there is no way to replenish food and salaries. What should we do in the future, should we ask Daming for help, or should we secretly negotiate with Donglu?
He was thinking, when suddenly someone came to report:

"Deputy commander! There are a large number of ships on the sea! They are approaching us!"

Kong Youde got out of the cabin and saw four streaks of black smoke rising straight into the sky.He couldn't help being taken aback: This is the boat of the owner of the deer village!
Looking at the approaching ships on the sea, he understood everything in an instant——the owner of the deer villa deceived them!
No, it's not accurate to say that they are cheating. To be precise, every step of Master Lu's every step has set them up for such a situation. Perhaps, they have no choice from the very beginning!

Kong Youde's hands gripped the guardrail tightly, almost like pinching his fingertips into the wood.

The Second Fleet had been lying in ambush near the Changshan Islands. As soon as it saw the rebels going out to sea and the wind was in the right direction, the Second Fleet immediately mobilized all its personnel and started hunting operations from both wings at the same time.

Chen's troops, who had received the news in advance on Guanglu Island, never waited for the rebel fleet to arrive in Dengzhou. The rebel fleet was hijacked by the Second Fleet. Under the "escort" of the Second Fleet, they headed for Jeju Island.

On the Chaotianpu Wharf, the garrison who received the news that the captives are coming has all been mobilized - after all, these are [-] soldiers, and they are all armed. The number of regular troops on Jeju Island is limited, and the [-] people must be effectively disarmed. Still quite challenging.

Most of the armed forces on Jeju Island have been concentrated near the pier specially built for the landing of prisoners: two infantry companies of the Jeju Island Detachment of the Army's Northward Detachment, two companies of the Security Army's sword-drawing team; two companies of the Security Army's White Horse Team .There are also 3000 militiamen selected from Shandong immigrants-all of whom have blood feuds with the rebels.The Navy sent several companies of sailors and "typewriter" machine gun squads in support.

Barbed wire has been used to form a fence on the pier and a channel that only allows one person to pass through.There are bayonets and spears around the passage, the muzzles of the cannons are shining, and there are shooters with sniper rifles standing on the watchtowers around... Everything is quiet, just waiting for the first batch of rebel transport ships to enter the port .

Feng Zongze took his own team to Chaotianpu to take command. He brought not only infantry and security forces, but also artillery and teaching cavalry.The cannons of the former are filled with double shots-if the situation becomes uncontrollable by the infantry, he is ready to follow Napoleon's old trick, directly bombarding the rioters with cannons, and then let the cavalry teaching team cover and kill them.Of course, this possibility is extremely small. I am afraid that he cannot wait for his cannon to "speech". The typewriter is enough to suppress these people.

"Chief, the fleet is here." Park Changfan said respectfully.

"I saw it." Feng Zongze raised his binoculars and squinted for a while, "Order: Everyone is on alert!"

At this time, the rebel fleet appeared on the horizon, one after another, approaching the coast under the "escort" of the second fleet.The gunners on the patrol boats and the gunners looked at these dilapidated ships vigilantly—they were crowded with soldiers wearing dirty and tattered cotton armor and rough iron armor, each of them had hesitant eyes and dim faces.

The first batch of boats landed on the trestle, and the tweeters installed on the pier began to broadcast—the broadcaster was a former Dongjiang soldier:

"...Dongjiang and Shandong soldiers! You have arrived at Dasong's Jeju Mansion. As long as you obey the command and act according to our command, Dasong guarantees your personal safety. You disembark one by one and march forward in a line. Put down the weapons and take off the armor at the designated place, there must be no mistakes..."

After hesitating for a moment, the soldiers on the ship started to disembark. One by one, they walked towards the road surrounded by barbed wire fences. Along the way, under the command of the tweeter, they put down their weapons and armor, and entered the purification camp to wait for purification.Those who looked like officers were taken away by the locals.

The entire disarmament operation was quiet and swift.Here and there there would be some uproar, followed by a gunshot and silence—any such action would end directly with a bullet from the watchtower.

Those who were killed were dragged by hooks into the open space under the barbed wire as a silent warning.After disarming, each was given a vegetable hash brown and a cup of hot tea made with soothing herbs.Potato cakes are steamed cabbage mixed with mashed potatoes.For soldiers who are hungry and rarely eat seriously, it is nothing less than a delicacy.As for the herbal teas that calm the nerves, they are nothing more than to let them down.

(End of this chapter)