Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() The Wuqiao mutiny should not have happened, at least it would not have caused very serious consequences.The reason why the last shot was out of control, the biggest responsibility lies with the local government.

When the murder happened, it was obvious that Kong Youde's control over the army was already very weak.Local officials should have taken responsibility immediately, or at least ordered Kong Youde's army to move forward quickly to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.

At the same time, the local officials should also report to the imperial court in time, requesting a reasonable court official to preside over the situation, and contact Kong Youde's superior, Sun Yuanhua, to help Kong Youde stabilize the morale of the army and find out the murderer. Also stabilize the troops.That's the right thing to do.

Anyway, it's too late to say anything now, Kong Youde's army took place in Wuqiao... let's call it a mutiny.Of course, at this time, this army also thought that it was just a mutiny.

The mutiny of the Ming army is not uncommon, but most of the mutinies of other Ming armies were due to unpaid wages or unfair bosses, but this Ming army was forced to mutiny by the local gentry people, so this The reason is also unique in the Ming Dynasty.

But we need to know the characteristics of Kong Youde's Ming army who was born in Dongjiang Town.They have basically fought against the post-Jin army for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is second to none among the Ming army.

The more important characteristic of this Ming army is that they have rich experience in fighting guerrillas behind the Houjin area.In other words, they were professional saboteurs, and if they did, they would be more ferocious than the most ferocious bandits.

And the preparations for the mutiny of this Ming army were also very hasty, or there was no preparations at all.And officers like Li Jiuzheng didn't think about what to do after the mutiny.They just got hotheaded, and now they want to kill all the local gentry and people who bully and laugh at them these days.

So, when Li Jiuzheng and the others rushed out of the camp, they immediately mopped up the people who were watching the fun, and then they rushed to the house of the gentry who had clashed with them, and killed the whole family of the gentry.

It should be said that by this time, Li Jiuzheng and the others should have vented their anger.But the animal nature of this Ming army has already come up.They didn't need much agitation, they did not do anything, and they immediately pointed their troops at Wuqiao County.

The Wuqiao county town was defenseless, and this Ming army broke through the county town without any effort.That night, the entire Wuqiao County immediately became a hell on earth.And those Wuqiao local officials were also completely killed by this mutinous Ming army.Those officials wanted to die in Yangjian for money, they didn't expect that they couldn't even collect paper money in Yinjian!

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No matter how much Kong Youde was an ostrich, he also knew that he would definitely be involved in this mutiny.So in the early morning of the next day, Kong Youde, who wanted to understand, led those who stayed behind in the camp, and all his own soldiers rushed to Wuqiao County.

After arriving at the county government office, Kong Youde asked his soldiers to clean up the corpses of the county government office, and then immediately dispatched his own soldiers to summon the officers scattered all over the county to the county government office.

After a while, these military officers came to the county government happily.They seemed to be still in the carnival of last night. After meeting, they greeted each other and exchanged the harvest of the robbery last night and the experience of courting daughters.

One officer smiled and said to Kong Youde: "Brother Kong, I have left some women for you! Tonight you..."

Kong Youde immediately interrupted the officer, and he shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet! Be quiet! Don't talk about how soft women are, how stupid they are. [-]% you talk about it, last night you put those How is the officer?"

"Kill them all!" Li Jiuzheng replied indifferently, "They have bullied the brothers so badly, why keep them?"

"You...!" Kong Youde was choked to death by Li Jiuzheng's righteous words.The officers under him might not understand, but Kong Youde understood quite well: if his army mutinied, if he just killed a few commoners and gentry, it would not be impossible to undo the matter.But killing the civil servants is not a mutiny, and it is an obvious rebellion.

"Okay! Brothers are happy and happy. Then tell me, what should we do next? How can we [-] brothers make a way out!" Kong Youde also stopped at this time. What is the entanglement, he decided to face the reality!

"This!?" Kong Youde's words calmed down the officers.After this impulse passed, those officers realized that the prospects of themselves and others were quite bad.

Kong Youde and the others were only 200 people, and they were in an unfamiliar inland area. There was no way for them to rush through the heavily guarded cities and return to Dongjiang Town in Liaodong.Only then did they realize that without realizing it, they were still on a dead end.

Seeing that all the officers present were silent, Li Jiuzheng was still thinking quickly, and he said to Kong Youde: "Brother Kong, you don't have to hide and pinch, you take the lead, what should we do in the future? We brothers listen to you of."

"There is no need to take the lead or not. If there is anything, we brothers will discuss it." Kong Youde said politely, "Now that this is the case, there is only one way."

"If it's just us, it won't end well. At least our subordinates can surrender to the court, but those of us here will definitely not be able to keep their heads."

"If you want to survive, you have to make trouble, make trouble in big places. To expand our strength, lay down a few more cities, it is best to knock down one or two of the imperial court's army. This will let the imperial court see our strength, and we will continue to rely on it." Master Sun expresses his determination to be appeased to the court, then our brothers may still survive."

After hearing Kong Youde's words, those officers really felt reasonable.Therefore, they immediately made up their minds to make a fuss in Dali first.

You must know that Kong Youde was a cavalry general, and he only led cavalry and light infantry.In addition to sending Kong Youde's army, Sun Yuanhua also sent a heavy artillery unit. At that time, this heavy artillery unit was stationed in Xincheng dozens of miles behind Kong Youde's army.

Of course, the officers and soldiers of the heavy artillery unit were also the Dongjiang Zhenming Army in Liaodong. Kong Youde immediately sent someone to contact this heavy artillery unit. Not surprisingly, that heavy artillery unit also joined the mutiny.

And what is the origin of Kong Youde, the officers of Dongjiang Town?They used to be Mao Wenlong's subordinates.Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang town has grown from a few hundred people to tens of thousands of people within a few years. This method of expanding the army must be handy.

So Kong Youde opened the prison in Wuqiao County, and recruited some local desperadoes and rogues. In addition, Kong Youde distributed food, and Shandong suffered from severe drought year after year.Kong Youde's power immediately inflated like a balloon.

Next, Kong Youde turned around and entered the southwestern region of Shandong.They successively captured many counties in Ling County, Linyi, and Shanghe, and plundered wantonly in the southwestern area of ​​Shandong. These soldiers also officially became bandits.And Kong Youde's army also expanded to more than 5000 people.

The southwestern region of Shandong is already very close to Jinan City, the capital of Shandong.In addition, the area where Kong Youde was active was near the South Canal, so the imperial court and the Shandong government certainly could not remain indifferent to Kong Youde's army.

In a hurry, Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, gathered more than 2000 people from the Ming army and the water transport army near Jinan to destroy Kong Youde's army.At this time, Yu Dacheng thought that Kong Youde only had nearly [-] people. He didn't know the real strength of Kong Youde's army at all.

And Kong Youde's army is quite powerful.Not to mention that his core of 2000 people are all veterans who have experienced battles, just look at the equipment given to them by firearms expert Sun Yuanhua!

There are more than 100 Western cannons and medium cannons, more than 1000 eagle guns, and more than [-] bird guns. The gunners are also equipped with hand guns, so that the firearms are almost one for each person.Even more suitable for close combat, each soldier is also equipped with a sharp Japanese knife.

In terms of the firepower of this army, it may be a little worse than Wu Shigong's army.But in terms of the number of firearms they owned, they were also far ahead of the armies all over the world at that time.

therefore.The outcome of this battle is beyond doubt.Without any effort at all, Kong Youde defeated the Ming army.

Then there is a chain reaction.Although Kong Youde's army is still active near Jinan Prefecture, but the rout, refugees, bandits, and the instigation of the White Lotus Sect, which will never be peaceful in Shandong, immediately spread the turmoil along the canal to the whole of Shandong. Come.

And because of the defeat of the Ming army, Jinan City immediately closed the city gates to guard against death. Apart from sending messengers to the capital to report the news of Kong Youde's mutiny to the imperial court, they didn't care about other areas in Shandong at all.

The local governments in other parts of Shandong saw the turmoil outside the city and various rumors spread, and there was no order from the higher-level government. Therefore, the entire Shandong government was immediately in a semi-paralyzed state.

After the court received the news of Kong Youde's army's mutiny, they thought it was not a big deal, because in the face of the army's mutiny, all the ministers in the Ming court had become skilled workers.

In addition, Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant, knew that Kong Youde was a member of Sun Yuanhua. In order to keep his confidant, he proposed to Emperor Chongzhen that he should try his best to appease Kong Youde's army.

Therefore, the imperial court ordered the two governors of Shandong and Denglai to resolve the matter quickly. According to the experience of the imperial court, as long as the food and salaries are paid and the responsibility is not pursued, the mutiny should be resolved quickly.

But this order made the Shandong Ming army who assembled again to destroy Kong Youde at a loss as to what to do. They had to stay where they were hesitantly, watching the turmoil in Shandong worsen step by step.

But our protagonist Wu Shigong didn't know this situation at all at this time.He was still racking his brains on how to escape from Liaodong, and he had no idea that when he went north, he would encounter this war inexplicably.