Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() The entire coalition army was stationed on the spot.But what Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing never expected was that the coalition army immediately lost contact with the outside world as if they had walked into a dark room in the dark.

Until the arrival of Liu Zeqing's rear army, the number of the entire coalition army reached more than 800 horses. This situation did not change, and it lasted for more than a month.

This situation is simply too weird!In the thinking of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, their own coalition forces just took advantage of the change of Shandong governor to delay the time to go to the battlefield for a few days.

But you must know that the new governor of Shandong will take office, and his army of nearly 9000 people has nowhere to hide.Therefore, the new governor of Shandong will always issue new orders to his coalition forces.

But the current situation made Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing very surprised.Has the new governor of Shandong forgotten his coalition forces?Or did the rebels turn upside down and cut off the communication between the Shandong government?

Therefore, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing immediately sent a large number of spies to the surrounding areas of the coalition army, and also arrested civilians nearby, and stepped up the construction of the coalition army camp to prevent the rebels from stealing the camp.

After repeatedly filtering like a sieve several times, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing finally confirmed that there were no traces of rebel activities around their coalition forces.

Of course, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing would not take the initiative to send messengers to contact the Shandong local government in nearby cities and Jinan City.In case the new governor of Shandong really forgot about his coalition forces.Then this kind of self-inflicted and boring approach to the door, awakening the memory of the new Shandong governor, and reminding him of mobilizing his coalition forces, isn't that a fool?

But no matter what, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing still think that the possibility of the new governor of Shandong forgetting their own coalition forces is the smallest.You know, on the ground in Shandong today, except for the Ming army in Denglai, the total strength of the Shandong Ming army is only more than 3.After deducting the strength of the defensive key cities and the Grand Canal, among the Ming army maneuvering in the wild, my Ming army is the strongest and largest army!

Therefore, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, who couldn't figure out the reason, had no choice but to keep the coalition forces vigilant at all times to prevent any danger from happening.And this nervousness of not being able to see the enemy made the entire coalition army restless.If it wasn't for Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's direct descendants to forcefully suppress it, the camp of the coalition forces might be blown up.

Even so, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing killed more than a dozen soldiers who spread rumors and were driven mad by tension. After showing their heads to the public, the mood of the coalition soldiers finally returned to normal temporarily.

If Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing knew the real reason why such a weird situation happened, they would definitely look up to the sky and scold their mother loudly.Because, the new governor of Shandong really forgot about their coalition forces.

After the fall of Dengzhou City, Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, knew that something was wrong, so he issued a large number of orders to the troops in the four directions of Shandong like a chicken blood shot, in an attempt to restore the chaos and reduce his guilt.But his dying struggle didn't work.

When the news that Kong Youde had feigned surrender and captured Dengzhou City reached the capital, the entire court was in an uproar.But don't say anything, and pursue responsibility first.Emperor Chongzhen immediately dispatched Tiqi to imprison Yu Dacheng, governor of Shandong, and Sun Yuanhua, governor of Denglai who had been released by the rebels.

However, the encirclement and suppression of the rebels in Shandong could not be done without officials. Therefore, the newly appointed Shandong governor Xu Congzhi and Denglai governor Xie Lian rushed to Shandong with Tiqi who had left Beijing, and took office immediately.

At this time, the situation in Laizhou City was already very urgent. The rebels mobilized their troops, and they were getting closer and closer to Laizhou City.

When the news of the fall of Dengzhou came, Zhu Wannian, the magistrate of Laizhou, immediately stepped up his preparations. He transferred all the coastal defense and soldiers outside the city into the city, and transported the food and grass outside the city to the city as much as possible.He also strengthened security constraints in the city, checked every household, cleared the streets and set up guards, mobilized the people to help defend the city, strengthened the city wall, and added defensive facilities...

In particular, it should be pointed out that in Laizhou City, a militia army with combat effectiveness no less than that of the regular Ming army was immediately organized.That is the miners and blacksmiths of Laizhou Iron Mine.

Laizhou is rich in coal and iron, and in modern times, this Laizhou iron mine is also well-known.In the Ming Dynasty, Laizhou Iron Mine was also an important production base for the royal iron monopoly.

Therefore, the mine supervisor sent from the inner court to Laizhou has an army of miners to guarantee the monopoly of iron materials, plus the tens of thousands of miners and blacksmiths in the mining area, so the whole militia army was easily organized like this stand up.

Moreover, it can be seen from Kong Youde's title of "Shandong Three Mine Disciples" that once the miners turn into soldiers, their combat effectiveness is quite powerful.

Because miners are organized workers after all, the quality of soldiers is better than that of farmers.In addition, they have a large number of blacksmiths, so there is no need to worry about making and repairing this weapon. There is also a large amount of iron in Laizhou City.Therefore, this tens of thousands of miners' militia immediately became the main force to guard Laizhou City.

The Governor of Shandong Xu Congzhi and the Governor of Denglai Xie Lian, who had received the news of the crisis in Luanzhou City, immediately stepped on their horses. They led the army of Yang Yufan, the general who came to help from Tongzhou, and entered Laizhou City before the arrival of the rebels.Immediately afterwards, Laizhou City was surrounded by rebels.

But according to the original plan, the two governors had a division of labor.According to the division of labor, Governor Xie Lian of Denglai will command the battle in Laizhou City, while Governor Xu Congzhi of Shandong will be in Qingzhou to take charge of reinforcements and logistics.

It should be said that Xu Congzhi, governor of Shandong Province, took the initiative to enter the besieged Laizhou City, which could indeed boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians defending the city.And Xu Congzhi himself is also courageous and extremely brave.

However, Xu Congzhi forgot that his role was no longer an ordinary local official, he was already the commander-in-chief of the encirclement and suppression of the rebel army.It's not his turn to do it himself.

And Xu Congzhi was just along the way, simply ordering local officials to ask reinforcements from all over to gather in Qingzhou.Afterwards, he was besieged in Laizhou City and completely lost contact with the outside world.

So when the leaderless reinforcements came to Qingzhou one after another, because there was no further order from the governor of Shandong, they stopped moving forward half-heartedly and half-intentionally.

And Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's coalition forces are even more wonderful.They didn't even receive the order from Shandong governor Xu Congzhi to order reinforcements to assemble in Qingzhou.Because official documents from the government always passed through local cities, and Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's coalition forces deliberately avoided the city, which happened to allow them to stay in place for a holiday.

Of course, the Shandong Governor's Yamen still did not forget the coalition forces.However, at this time, the governor's yamen did not know where the coalition forces were stationed, so when the messengers from the governor's yamen arrived at Ningyang County, then turned back to the Grand Canal, and finally found the coalition forces of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing after untold hardships, At that time, it was the end of February in the fifth year of Chongzhen.

This backward communication is really killing people!

But at this moment, a fierce dispute broke out in front of Emperor Chongzhen about whether to suppress or to appease officials from the two factions of the court.And after the news reached the reinforcements assembled in Qingzhou, all the reinforcements were even more hesitant.After the reinforcements watched from the sidelines, Laizhou City ridiculously fell into a lonely situation. They will start an unprecedented and tragic battle with the rebels outside the city.