Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

What Wu Shigong received this time was a letter from his family.It was sent to Wu Shigong by his father-in-law Xue Lian.

And in the letter, following the usual style of his father-in-law Xue Lian, he scolded Wu Shigong like a bloody sprinkler.Xue Lian wrote more than a dozen pieces of letter paper eloquently. The anger value was so high that Wu Shigong was rushed into the air like a flood and floated around.

But Wu Shigong realized after reading the letter that he had already caused so many disasters, and his father-in-law Xue Lian had also cleaned up so many messes for him, and put so much effort into it.So although Yue Fei and Xue Lian spoke harshly, Wu Shigong still had warmth in his heart.

But Wu Shigong didn't expect that those subordinates he stayed behind were so bold, they dared to seize Nanyang Iron Mine.That's an official mine!That is the emperor's small treasury!That's the eunuch's small treasury!Those daring subordinates dared to do something that Wu Shigong himself didn't even dare to think about.

But when Wu Shigong realized that he was about to go to the imperial prison, he couldn't help but sweat from the back.This indiscriminate disaster is too inexplicable.I didn't do anything wrong, but because of other people's actions, I was almost punished together. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is a little too dangerous.

So Wu Shigong immediately called Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng over, and when he told them the content of "almost going to prison", the two parties involved, Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, broke out in cold sweat immediately.Needless to say, it is better to leave Zhaoyuan County quickly.At this stage, I am still a man with my tail clamped.

And when Wu Shigong led the Henan army out of Zhaoyuan County, he remembered the two small letters mixed with his family letters.One was written by his wife Xue Yufei.Of course, the children also said a lot.But the point is that after Wu Shigong quelled the rebellion, she will bring her son Xue Chenglin and Wu Shigong back to Runing together to reunite the whole family.

The other letter did not write a few words.But it was written by his son Xue Chenglin himself.In the letter from his wife Xue Yufei, Wu Shigong already knew that his father-in-law Xue Lian had hired a teacher for his son Xue Chenglin.Beginning of enlightenment literacy.

However, Wu Shigong thought that Xue Chenglin's actual age was only five years old, and his false age was only six years old, so he could only lament that the education level of the Ming Dynasty was already comparable to the perverted preschool education in modern times.

However, Wu Shigong had some doubts. He had already been on the expedition for eight or nine months, so why hasn't there been a letter from Runing's family?Those pregnant concubines don't know if they gave birth?

What Wu Shigong didn't know was that Deng Qifan had already sent more than a dozen batches of messengers to Wu Shigong, but because of the turmoil of the army, coupled with the arrest and obstruction of the local government, and because Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion was always at the forefront of the enemy, so Those messengers had no way to deliver the letter to Wu Shigong.

And this time the letter from my father-in-law Xue Lian.If it weren't for the fact that he has the name of Marquis Yangwu to give the green light to the local governments, it would still be difficult for this letter to be delivered to Wu Shigong.

After fleeing for two days, the Henan army regained their spirits.Needless to say, it's good to be young, and the recovery ability is really fast.

And at this time.The Henan army led by Wu Shigong encountered a Shandong local army.It was a team of more than 700 military households led by Qianhu named Kou Fenghai.They also went to Dengzhou City to help fight together after receiving Zhu Dadian's governor's order.

It was after Kong Youde's rebellion.He didn't bother to clean up the guards along the coast of Denglai.Anyway, those guards didn't have much combat effectiveness, and they didn't pose any threat to Kong Youde's rebels.

Besides, unlike modern times, most of the coastal places in the Ming Dynasty were poor, and the rebels were not interested in robbing these places.Therefore, the guards where Kou Fenghai was located survived the Denglai Rebellion.

certainly.Those guards didn't have the courage to take the initiative to attack the powerful rebels.But now, when the Ming army has won successive victories, those guards don't mind going to Dengzhou City to beat up the dogs in the water.

Wu Shigong showed Zhu Dadian's warrant without hesitation, and incorporated this local guard army into his own troops.To know.Although there are many large carts in the Henan army, there are always some shortages of mules and horses, so even now, there are still some two-wheeled carts pushed and pulled by the auxiliary soldiers of the Runing Battalion.

And with these guard soldiers, those auxiliary soldiers can be liberated.To be honest, those guard soldiers were used by Wu Shigong as cattle and horses.One must know that those auxiliary soldiers in the Runing Camp were blacksmiths and miners that Wu Shigong spent a transfer fee to find, and Wu Shigong felt a little distressed for using them so cheaply.

But Wu Shigong didn't treat those guards badly.It is certain that they are full and full, and Wu Shigong also promised Kou Fenghai: in the future battles to siege Dengzhou City, those guard soldiers will not be used as cannon fodder, but let them do some auxiliary work in the rear.

So soon, Kou Fenghai became acquainted with Wu Shigong.Wu Shigong also kindly asked Kou Fenghai about the local situation, and Kou Fenghai also answered his questions without hiding anything.

But when Kou Fenghai said: My thousand households are located by the sea, and most of the military fields are saline-alkali land, and the production is not high, so many military households need to cook salt to supplement their household expenses.Wu Shigong immediately felt excited all over.

Don't you just need salt?Isn't this right by the sea?It is true that my small salt field in Yangzhou does not produce much salt, and there are Yangzhou salt transport envoys and big salt merchants Qijia behind the scenes, so it is always a little uneasy.Is it right to open a saltworks here?

But there is no need to express your thoughts to this Qianhu Kou Fenghai immediately, and there is no need to exchange shallow words.But it is necessary to find some experts to consult.So Wu Shigong immediately asked Yang Rusong to arrange a messenger to send a letter to the Lu family and the Guo family in Yangzhou, asking them to immediately arrange people to go to Denglai to discuss with Wu Shigong the possibility of opening a salt farm.

Wu Shigong just made a fuss for money, but now he wants to open a salt farm to challenge the court's salt and iron monopoly.Is this the true expression of forgetting the pain when the scar is healed?But no matter what, Wu Shigong's scar healed too quickly.

Zhu Dadian's warrant is really easy to use, and it is very convenient to requisition local grain and grass.However, the areas that Wu Shigong passed through were indeed too poor, so after the Henan army ate and used up the food and grass confiscated, there was not much left.

I didn't meet any other guards, and it is estimated that those guards had already arrived at the foot of Dengzhou city because of the short distance.After a leisurely march all the way, the Henan Army finally arrived in the south of Dengzhou City on September 21.

What makes Wu Shigong a little strange is that until this time, the Ming army has not captured Dengzhou City.When Wu Shigong went to the Ming army camp to return to his command, he happened to meet the Ming army's military meeting, and Wu Shigong happened to attend together.During the military discussion, both Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian were full of sadness. After arranging for the Ming army to recruit civilians from all over the country and build fortifications to besiege Dengzhou City for a long time, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian ended the military campaign hastily. discuss.

After leaving the tent of the Chinese army, Wu Shigong immediately asked Liu Zeqing about the combat situation of the Ming army.But Liu Zeqing frowned tightly, and did not introduce the situation to Wu Shigong here.He just invited Wu Shigong to drink in his camp.On the way to Liu Zeqing's camp, Wu Shigong heard Liu Zeqing sighing constantly.Wu Shigong's heart sank, it seemed that the battle was not good!

As expected, after Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing drank a glass of wine, Liu Zeqing told Wu Shigong the bad news: "Brother Changjing, Yuan Heng and Yuan Shoubei are dead. He was hit on the head by an iron bullet, and only he It was only through his clothes that he recognized his body. Oh——! Miserable!"

When Wu Shigong heard this, he was so surprised that he almost let go of the wine glass and dropped it to the ground.Anyway, we are in the same boat through thick and thin along the way, and there is always some affection between the military attaches of the coalition forces.But all the storms and waves have passed, and Yuan Heng lost his life in the final battle.This made Wu Shigong feel extremely sad.

After stabilizing his emotions for a while, Wu Shigong began to inquire about the detailed situation.

Liu Zeqing didn't hide anything. He told Wu Shigong: On September [-]st, the main force of the Ming army approached Dengzhou City.However, the rebels did not hide in the city, but fought three battles between the city and the Ming army.

And in those three battles, the intensity was even more intense than the Huangxian battle.The firecrackers of both sides are not only used on a large scale, but even the artillery is also used on a large scale.In the second battle, Yuan Heng defended and died unfortunately.

In the first two battles, the desperate rebels broke out with amazing fighting power.Judging from the results of the battle, the Ming army should be at a disadvantage.However, under the tenacious resistance of the Ming army and the blocking of the Liaodong army everywhere, relying on the superiority in numbers, the Ming army successfully pushed the rebels back into the city, and the rebels completely lost the ability to fight the Ming army.

In the third battle, the Ming army began to try to attack Dengzhou City.The battle at the beginning was also quite smooth. The instigator of the Denglai rebellion, Marshal Li Jiuzheng of the puppet capital, went into battle and was shot to death by Zu Kuan of the Liaodong Army.

So the morale boosted Ming army took advantage of the situation to attack the city.But at this time, in Dengzhou City, the Western artillery built and purchased by Sun Yuanhua showed its power.As a result, the number of dead bodies of the Ming army was several miles.

And when the artillery of the Ming army fired, it was designed by Sun Yuanhua, and Dengzhou City, which was completely reinforced to resist Western artillery as the standard, remained unmoved.And this siege battle also completely destroyed the Ming army's ability to storm Dengzhou City.

In desperation, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian could only formulate a long-term siege method in the military discussion just now, hoping to completely wipe out this rebel army by cutting off food.

However, according to the inquired news, in Dengzhou City, except for the young women who were left as military prostitutes, all the people were killed by the rebels.After the rebellion, most of the grain and grass collected by the rebels were transported to and stored in Dengzhou City.Coupled with the large amount of food and grass in Dengzhou City itself, the days of the siege will last until the Year of the Monkey. (To be continued..)

ps: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all my friends!