Daming wolf ride

When Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, he bought more than 40 Hongyi cannons from Macau controlled by the Portuguese with a lot of money, and then hired Portuguese craftsmen in Dengzhou City to imitate the red cannons. Before Kong Youde's rebellion, Sun Yuanhua had successfully imitated the red cannons. There are 23 cannons.In addition, there are more than a hundred large and small artillery pieces in the city, and there are countless firearms.

After the Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng rebels occupied Dengzhou, the new army of firearms built by Sun Yuanhua and these artillery fell into the hands of the rebels.Later, when Li Jiucheng led his troops to attack Laizhou, he took away more than 30 bronze cannons, and spent a lot of effort to bring away [-] red cannons weighing thousands to tens of thousands of catties.After besieging the city for several months, these red cannons and copper cannons caused heavy casualties to the Ming army, and several city walls that nearly collapsed were mostly caused by red cannons.If it hadn't been for the rebel army's drugs, I am afraid that Laizhou would really not be able to survive.

Kong Youde heard that Li Jiuzheng had been attacking Laizhou for a long time. In order to break the encirclement formed by the heavy troops of the Ming army, Kong Youde personally led the main force to reinforce Laizhou. The army was able to capture Dengzhou in one fell swoop.

When Kong Youde set off from Dengzhou, he also considered taking all the remaining red barbarian guns in the city to Laizhou, but because the red barbarian guns were too heavy, if the marching speed would be seriously affected if he carried them, Kong Youde had no choice but to give up these red barbarian guns and go to Laizhou. And carried more than 20 bronze cannons and the required medicines to go.

Afterwards, Kong Youde feigned surrender again, successfully tricking Xie Lian, governor of Denglai, and Zhu Wannian, prefect of Laizhou, out of the city to surrender, hoping to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders to attack and seize the city.Unexpectedly, Yang Yufan, the general guard of Tongzhou in the city, had already taken precautions. If the surprise attack failed, he turned to a strong attack.After several rounds of bombardment, the medicines were all gone, but the city wall of Laizhou was still standing. Then the news of Dengzhou's fall came, and the situation took a turn for the worse. It was no longer under the control of Kong Youde and Li Jiuzheng. [

In the battle of Zhuqiao, tens of thousands of rebels from Zhaoyuan dispersed overnight. Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde fled in embarrassment. How could they care about the ordnance in the camp? As a result, all the artillery in the camp fell into the hands of the Jinzhou army. There are more than a dozen red cannons in the battalion. At this moment, in terms of the number of artillery pieces alone, the Jinzhou Army has formed a strong firepower advantage over the Ming Army in Xiaoguanzhuang. The strongest family outside the camp.Even in the heyday of his ancestors, he never owned so many cannons.

More than a dozen red cannons and more than 50 large and small bronze cannons were laid out one word at a time. The black muzzles pointed directly at the army camp, which looked really frightening.However, the Ming army camp did not know that the dozens of cannons were of no use other than looking scary, because the Jinzhou army had no medicine in their hands, even if they only fired one shot.

When Dayong led his troops to the west, he only wanted to be quick, and he never thought of taking those cumbersome artillery with him, so he would not let people carry the ammunition needed for the artillery.There is no regret medicine in the world. If he had known that so many cannons could be seized, Dayong would have brought a batch of medicine with him no matter what.It is too late to call people back to Dengzhou for transport.

However, Dayong is confident that with the prestige of new victory, even a cannon without gunpowder can also bluff people.Anyway, Gao Qiqian on the opposite side didn't know the details of these cannons. Even if Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde told him that the gunpowder of the rebels had already been used up, Gao Qiqian had to consider whether the Jinzhou Army brought gunpowder from Dengzhou.Isn't there a saying in this world that "don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case".Besides, without these cannons, would Gao Qiqian really dare to bite the bullet and fight himself again!

With the power of annihilating Zu Dabi's [-] Liaodong cavalry and the threat of dozens of cannons, Dayong believes that Gao Qiqian, a birdless eunuch, will no longer have the courage to resist. Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde will surely into their own hands.

In order to increase the effect of intimidation, Dayong ordered to escort more than a dozen Portuguese officers captured by Kong Youde from Dengzhou, and asked them to pretend to command a group of soldiers to prepare for shelling there.Hundreds of jars of pickled vegetables were also collected and placed behind the artillery, which made people think that they were all filled with gunpowder.

Everything was ready, and Dayong sent an envoy to the important person again.Song Qing was still on the mission, and he was accompanied by four carts.A lot of things were obviously pulled on the big car, and the marks on the ground were very deep when the wheels rolled

"My general only needs Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde to rebel. If the father-in-law is willing to surrender, my general will naturally withdraw. If the father-in-law refuses to surrender, my general will have to take decisive measures."

In Gao Qiqian's tent, Song Qing looked a little more domineering than when he came last time, he didn't pay attention to the eunuch who was sitting in front of him.Gao Qiqian acted as if he was ten years older, he didn't react at all to Song Qing's arrogance.

Zhang Guochen at the side was furious, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he asked coldly, "I don't know what is the decisive measure that your envoy is talking about?"

Song Qing didn't even look at him and opened his mouth and said, "Shoot you!"

As soon as this remark came out, Gao Qiqian seemed to be poked with a needle, his whole body trembled, and even the two little eunuchs who were serving behind him were also very frightened.

Lin Qing, Jin Guochen and others also tensed up, Deng Si and Wang Hong looked at each other, there was no fear in their eyes, but joy.Zhang Guochen was so angry that he couldn't speak, he glared at Song Qing, wishing he could kill this arrogant thief, but Gao Qiqian didn't speak, he didn't dare to give orders.

Everyone looked at Gao Qiqian, pointing to what instructions the military supervising eunuch could give, but Gao Qiqian didn't express his opinion, just looked at the messenger silently.Seeing this, Zhang Guochen sighed in his heart, knowing that this Eunuch Gao had been frightened by the Jinzhou Army, and he might not be able to get tough again, and he might really deal with Kong Youde and Li Jiu.

Wang Hong and Deng Si took a look, the former looked at the generals, stood up and asked Song Qing, "Dare to ask your envoy, are the Second General Zu and Wu Sangui in your camp?"

"Second General Zu?" Song Qing was a little confused, who is the Second General Zu?But soon I knew who the other party was talking about, "Oh, the two generals of Zu and Wu led their troops to suppress the rebellion. Unfortunately, they were surrounded by the rebels. When my general and his troops arrived, the two generals had already died for the country. My general Only after fighting to the death did they defeat the rebels and snatch the corpses of the two generals."

Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui are dead?

All the generals in the tent were collectively silent, Gao Qiqian turned blue and green, his face was extremely ugly.What he thought in his heart was not regretting the death of Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui, but the pain of regret. If Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui hadn't fought wholeheartedly, bragging about the Liaodong cavalry enemy, and he was confused by the bravery of the so-called Zuer lunatic, where would he be? He will rashly send troops to fight the Jinzhou army.It's good now, once the three thousand cavalry were buried, he didn't even have the confidence to negotiate with Shi Dayong.

Nonsense!When did he lead his troops to put down the rebellion, when both of them sacrificed their lives for the country, and when they fought to the death, all of them were the lies of the thief! [

Zhang Guochen gritted his teeth and scolded Shi Dayong secretly, but he had to accept the fact that Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui must be in danger.

"I don't know what my father-in-law thinks, but my general is getting impatient. If the last general doesn't go back, I'm afraid my general will really launch a cannon." Song Qing was aggressive.

"Our family" Gao Qiqian whispered, neither said to hand over, nor said no to hand over.

"Your envoy, can you go down and rest for a while, and I will give you an answer after we discuss it."

Zhang Guochen came forward to rescue Gao Qiqian, he knew that this frightened eunuch would definitely have no idea.Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui died, and the [-] Liaodong cavalry were wiped out, and they were still defeated by Shi Dayong's Jinzhou army. How to tell the court about this is really a headache.But no matter what, Kong Youde and Li Jiuzheng could not be handed over. With Kong and Li Erni in his hands, this great contribution to suppressing the rebellion would not fall into the hands of Shi Dayong. , I don’t want to be held accountable too deeply.But without this great achievement in suppressing the rebellion, not only would he not be able to rise high and dive low, but he might also have to move his head.

"Alright."

Song Qing knew that his family's intimidation had already had an effect, Gao Qiqian was obviously shaken, now it's better to save face for the other party, don't push him too much.He was about to turn around and leave, but out of etiquette, he rushed up and clasped his fists in a military salute. When he reached the tent door, he stopped and said apologetically, "Eunuch, my general will come for a while." One is to ask people, and the other is to present a batch of spoils seized from the rebels to the father-in-law. The last general just wanted people in a hurry, and almost forgot about it."

Booty?

Gao Qiqian was stunned, what loot?

Song Qing said casually: "3000 taels of gold and 24 taels of silver. In addition, there are many antique calligraphy and paintings looted by thieves from various places. It is difficult to estimate the value. My general said he was Rude, I don’t know how much these things are worth, or I should send them all to my father-in-law, who will estimate and dispose of them. Keeping them in the hands of my general is also a violent funeral.”

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After hearing these figures, everyone present took a breath in shock, and Gao Qiqian was stunned for a moment.

"3000 taels of gold and 24 taels of silver." Gao Qiqian's mouth was a little knotted, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

Lin Qing, Jin Guochen, and the others also had bright eyes and traveled thousands of miles. In addition to fighting the rebellion for the country, the capture of the rebellion was also a great source of fortune for the generals.Now that Shi Dayong sent goods that they didn't even dare to think about, how could they not be shocked.One must know that since the Jingying and Jizhen soldiers went all the way south, although they also plundered and plundered, their gains are far from comparable to the batch of goods that Shi Dayong brought in.

The so-called being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. Rao Zhang Guochen hated Shi Dayong and the Jinzhou Army deeply, and this meeting was also heart-wrenching. He already understood what Shi Dayong's purpose for sending this batch of gold and silver was.