Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() At this time, Geng Zhongming, the second of the Liao army officers who was also called the "Shandong Three Mine Disciples" along with Kong Youde, was being locked up and quarantined in Dengzhou City, because his younger brother participated in the second Pidao mutiny not long ago. .

Because it was the time of employing people, Sun Yuanhua asked Geng Zhongming to take the blame and make meritorious service.But what Sun Yuanhua didn't expect was that Kong Youde had already ordered the Liao soldiers in Dengzhou to surrender, and followed Zhang Keda's defeated soldiers to sneak back to Dengzhou to instigate Geng Zhongming's rebellion. On the night of the festival, Geng Zhongming and Chen Guangfu, officers of the Liao army, opened the city gate from the inside. The rebels rushed in from the east gate of Dengzhou, and Dengzhou city fell.

There is a saying that a strong fortress is always breached from within, and it is true.After the fall of Dengzhou, the general Zhang Keda committed suicide and died for the country.

But Sun Yuanhua is caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, he is a Confucian student, and Confucian education requires him to sacrifice his life for righteousness;So Sun Yuanhua chose to kill himself but did not die, he was rescued.

In addition, a large number of officials such as the Penglai County Magistrate, the Senate, the Chief Soldier, and the Generals were also captured at the same time.The army in the city also joined the rebels, and the total number of rebels suddenly reached more than 3.

Worth mentioning is the Portuguese Officer Corps.After the rebels entered the city, they fought fiercely.Twelve Portuguese officers, including Chief Instructor Teixeira Correa, were killed in battle, and the rest were all captured.

But unfortunately, most of the firearms troops trained by the Portuguese officer corps surrendered and joined the rebels.This greatly enhanced the firepower of the entire rebel army.

In Dengzhou City, which is the logistics base of the front line in Liaodong, materials are piled up like mountains.Kong Youde's rebels seized a total of 20 horses, more than [-] liang of salary, more than [-] Hongyi cannons, [-] Western cannons, and countless other firearms and armored battles.

In Shuicheng, a large number of warships fell into the hands of the rebels.Especially not long ago, the [-] warships presented to Sun Yuanhua by the King of Korea were also moored in the port at this time, and all of them were laughed at by the rebels.

And the next step is to cleanse the residents of Dengzhou City.All the property of the residents was looted by the rebels.Then, the rebels drove the residents of the city out of the east gate and massacred tens of thousands of people.

Except for some scum in Dengzhou City who joined the rebel army, all the residents in Dengzhou City were wiped out except for a few thousand young women who were used as soldiers and some prisoners with status.

The rebellion went so smoothly, and the ambitions of Kong Youde and other generals in Dongjiang Town immediately swelled to the point where it could not be increased.

Kong Youde and other generals of Dongjiang Town were still grateful for Sun Yuanhua's support at that time.However, it is not known how much water is in this grateful heart.

So Kong Youde first asked Sun Yuanhua to be the leader, leading them to rebel and establish their own regime.This request was of course strictly rejected by Sun Yuanhua.But thinking of Sun Yuanhua's previous grace of shelter and support, the rebels finally released Sun Yuanhua.

At this time, the two most powerful forces in the rebel army were Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming.In order to prevent internal conflicts and unanimously externalize, the rebels immediately began to establish a puppet regime.

At this time, they didn't dare to call themselves kings and emperors, so they established a military government.They elected the eldest first, and Li Jiucheng, who had contributed the most in this rebellion, took the top spot, Kong Youde second, and Geng Zhongming third.And they even used the seized seal of the governor of Denglei to order the states and counties of Denglei.Of course, no local state or county will heed their orders.

This Wuqiao mutiny completely disrupted the military plan of the Ming court to rescue Dalinghe City.All the rescued Ming troops, as well as the Ming troops in the Beijing camp, were mobilized to destroy this rebel army in the heart of the Ming Dynasty.

In Dalinghe City, Zu Dashou's Liao army, who ate human flesh and burned human bones, were eagerly awaiting the arrival of reinforcements, but they were helplessly abandoned by the Ming court.

And all of this started because of a chicken in Wuqiao.These butterfly wings should be called chicken wings.This chaotic scene in the late Ming Dynasty is really crazy!

But the rebels who captured Dengzhou City did not stop.The rebels have started a new military operation and marched into the states and counties of Denglei.The rebels conquered Huang County by virtue of their powerful attacking capabilities formed by advanced artillery.Then, the rebels assembled their forces and marched towards Laizhou City, the gateway to the Jiaodong Peninsula.

Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, who had received the order from Shandong governor Yu Dacheng, immediately prepared their troops to march out and assembled in Jinan City according to the governor's order.

But a few days ago, not only the officials in Shandong and Denglai were relaxed by Kong Youde's false surrender.The troops of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing were also relieved by the good news.

But if the string is loosened and tightened again, it will definitely not work.In such a haste to march and fight, the troops are likely to mutiny or flee.For this reason, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing discussed to let the troops rest in Ningyang County for five days before setting off.

And Liu Zeqing also issued an order to let other officers under him lead the army to assemble.The troops that Liu Zeqing brought to rescue Qufu County this time were all generals and personal soldiers of his own lineage.

Most of the other generals under Liu Zeqing were assigned by the court to Liu Zeqing's subordinates for the sake of size control.So since there is going to be a war, the troops of those collateral generals are also needed as cannon fodder.

Wu Shigong also entrusted Wu Shiwen, the fifth elder brother, to make proper arrangements to send the domestic slaves and supplies that he had received that were not needed for the war to Jining Prefecture.

Anyway, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, and the branch of Sihai Commercial Bank in Jining Prefecture has also opened.Through the shopkeeper and staff of that branch, it is absolutely possible to transport these personnel and materials back to Runing Mansion.

Wu Shigong only took the more than 800 auxiliary soldiers with him.In this way, Wu Shigong's team also reached more than 2000 people.

Five days later, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's coalition forces began to advance towards the canal.We already know that the north of Ningyang County is Liangshanbo. If there are no ships, the army will not be able to pass.Therefore, the march route of the coalition forces is still along the Grand Canal.

And according to the plan, the coalition forces will take a break after arriving at the Grand Canal. They will wait for the arrival of Liu Zeqing's subordinate army, and then go north to Jinan City together.

Three days later, the coalition forces reached a small town on the edge of the Grand Canal.Coincidentally, Yan Dingshan, a guerrilla of Cao Bing, also led more than 300 Cao soldiers northward.

So the three armies joined forces again.And from the messenger sent by Liu Zeqing, it is known that his officers have also assembled an army of more than 3000 people, and they are now marching behind the coalition army for a distance ranging from seven days to half a month.

But just as the coalition forces were waiting for the arrival of the rear army, Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, sent another urgent report, requesting that the coalition forces immediately turn to Laizhou City to fight against the rebels and relieve the siege of Laizhou City.

After spending a huge price of 50 taels of silver, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing learned from the messenger that in order to keep their official positions, Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, must now try to protect Laizhou City.

However, the army of Shandong General Qiu Lei stationed in Jinan City could not be used to defend Jinan City, and the other Ming troops in Shandong had no combat effectiveness and could not be reused.And now the powerful army that Yu Dacheng can think of and mobilize is the coalition army of Liu Zeqing and Wu Shigong who just showed his face in the historical military novel of Shangzuo and chopped off more than 600 heads of rioters.

Knowing this reason, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing almost vomited blood.It's fucking unlucky, who would have thought that just by showing his face like this, he would push himself to the point of fighting the rebels head-on!

But Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing were not the most unlucky.The guerrilla Yan Dingshan who joined forces for no reason couldn't even vomit blood!

There is no way that the military order is like a mountain, and we don't wait for the rear army to converge.The coalition forces immediately turned to the direction of Laizhou City.But after walking for another two days, a fast horse from Jinan City delivered a letter to Liu Zeqing.That was a spy arranged by Liu Zeqing in Jinan City to inquire about the officialdom in Shandong for Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing was illiterate, so he handed the letter to one of his staff.After the staff member saw it, he couldn't suppress his excitement immediately, and shouted: "General, the governor has been dismissed."

The political system of the Ming Dynasty was the rule of man, that is, the people ruled and the people ruled.So it's not like modern times. After Yu Dacheng, governor of Shandong, was dismissed from office, you can completely ignore the orders he issued.

As a result, the coalition forces immediately stopped moving forward and stationed on the spot, waiting for the arrival of the new governor of Shandong, and waiting for him to issue the next order to the coalition forces.