At this time, in addition to leaving nearly a thousand troops to guard the south gate and south wall of Dengzhou City, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's troops were all driven out of Dengzhou City. So many people were squeezed into such a small city.

The Ming army couldn't use it when attacking Shuicheng!

Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing are relaxed. For them, the battle to encircle and suppress the Denglai rebels can be said to be over. Kong Youde's rebels have no chance of comeback. So these two are like modern football

On the field, like the stars replaced by the team that was leading by a big score, they sat on the sidelines with relaxed expressions and gave guidance and enjoyed the next battle.

By the time the Ming army in Dengzhou City had settled everything down, it was almost dusk. We also know that in the Ming Dynasty, it was almost impossible to fight at night, so the Ming army was preparing to attack tomorrow.

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But the Ming army was not idle. Due to the carelessness of the rebels, the houses in Dengzhou City close to the Shuicheng city wall were not demolished, which could provide cover for the Ming army's actions. Therefore, guerrilla Liu Liangzuo personally led the troops and secretly sneaked into the house near the Shuicheng city wall.

Yongfu Temple (now an attraction in Penglai Pavilion Scenic Area), dug a tunnel from it to the bottom of the city, and prepared to fill the tunnel with gunpowder tomorrow to blow up the city wall of Shuicheng.

The rebels in Dengzhou City were not idle either. They stepped up their efforts to load personnel and supplies onto the ships, and also used the twenty six-pound and twelve-pound cannons that Sun Yuanhua had purchased and erected in the water city to defend against enemy warships on the surface.

Western artillery and a large number of small cannons, eagle guns and fire guns were loaded on the ship.

Although it was dangerous to go to sea at night, the rebels couldn't care less. They loaded up one ship and set sail one by one. Fortunately, the number of ships was enough. There was originally the main fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy in Dengzhou Port, and they were deceived by the fake surrender.

The warships brought by the beheaded Sun Yinglong were enough to enable this huge team to escape.

Dark night is the best cover for the rebels' escape. When the sea level of the Eastern Sea rises and a sunrise appears, more than sixty rebel ships have sailed out of Dengzhou Port.

At this time, Wu Shigong was resting. When he heard the Runing Army spies who were observing the water reported to him, Wu Shigong ordered without hesitation: "Have the Shenzhou cannons on the top of the mountain been set up? Tell them to fire immediately."

In normal times, Wu Shigong has a bad habit of not getting up early without benefit, but if it's just a little help, Wu Shigong doesn't mind giving some help to the friendly forces.

This time, the firing of red-hot shells directed by the Portuguese officer caused great panic among the rebels. The Runing Army now only has four two-pound Shenzhou cannons, and there are even fewer shells that hit the ship. But as long as the shells hit the ship,

When the ship was hit, the planks near the shells would burn. And it was not easy to get water on the deck. The fires on two rebel ships got out of control and burned ragingly.

The people on the burning ship were eager to change ships. The ships in the harbor were eager to leave the harbor, and the entire rebel army was in chaos.

Kong Youde ordered loudly: "Tell the young master to come here quickly. All the boats will weigh anchor. As soon as the young master and others get on the boat, they will sail immediately."

The "young master" that Kong Youde called was Mao Wenlong's son Mao Chenglu. He is now also a military attache of the rebel army. And because of his status, Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong always arranged Mao Chenglu more appropriately.

But last night, when the rebels garrisoning the walls of Shuicheng and the last batch of retreating rebels were determined, the rebel military attachés drew lots again. This time, no one dared to cheat. Mao Chenglu was unlucky. He got this hard job.

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But at this moment, there was a loud noise, and a nearly ten-foot section of the water city wall collapsed. Kong Youde couldn't care anymore, and he immediately ordered: "Sail the ship! Sail the ship! Leave five empty ships for the young master. The others

All ships have left port."

A ship squeezed out of Dengzhou Port from the narrow port entrance. The collision of the ships also caused damage to some ships. Finally, Kong Youde's ship got out of Dengzhou Port and watched the Ming army from a distance through the gap in the water city wall.

There was a steady stream of people pouring in, and Kong Youde seemed to be talking to himself: "We can only leave it to fate."

I don’t know if Kong Youde’s words were referring to Mao Chenglu, who had not yet boarded the ship, or to himself. Although most of the other rebel military attachés wanted to find an island and become carefree island owners, Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong were already preparing to join the army.

Jin. But the people of Dongjiang Town and the Hou Jin Army had been fighting for so long, and both sides had a bloody feud. At this time, Kong Youde really didn't know what his fate would be after surrendering.

The Ming army that invaded Shuicheng moved quickly. Mao Chenglu was captured alive. Most of the more than a thousand rebels guarding the walls of Shuicheng were captured and killed. However, some rebels still retreated to Danya Mountain on the seaside of Dengzhou City, preparing to become trapped animals.

(Danya Mountain has Penglai Pavilion, Su Gong Temple and other places of interest built in the Song Dynasty).

Zhu Dadian did not kill the last rebel team. He sent Song General and other rebel military attachés to persuade them to surrender. Most of the rebels went down the mountain to surrender, and some of them threw themselves into the sea and committed suicide. Dengzhou City finally

Recovered.

At this time, the navy led by Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Army stationed in Pidao, also arrived. The navy intercepted and killed the rebel ships, and the rebel military attaché Chen Guangfu was captured. The rebel ships were lost again.

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Although the loss was not huge, this interception and killing completely shattered the rebels' dream of occupying an island or a place with no control over the coast of Liaodong and forming an armed separatist party. In desperation, Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong

Determined, they led the remaining ships and personnel to surrender to the Ming Dynasty's enemy, Houjin.

So Kong Youde immediately sent someone to contact Houjin, and then they landed at the location designated by Houjin. Huang Taiji sent the generals of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to repel the Ming army's pursuit and to assist Kong Youde's rebels to enter the territory of Houjin.

At first, Huang Taiji couldn't believe the surrender of Kong Youde and other Dongjiang Town rebels. After all, the hatred between Dongjiang Town and Hou Jin Dynasty was too deep. Huang Taiji initially thought it was a bitter trick made by the Ming Dynasty.

However, when Huang Taiji learned that Kong Youde had brought all his family members with him to surrender, and it was confirmed that this was a true surrender, Huang Taiji was overjoyed. He personally went to Shengjing (now Shenyang) to

Welcome Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming outside.

Kong Youde surrendered more than 10,300 rebels and their families (including 3,100 combat troops). After Kong Youde surrendered, his troops were reorganized into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, but their designation was not "Nikanchao"

"Ha" (Han soldiers) instead of "Wuzhen Chaoha" (firearms soldiers), which is enough to show that Huang Taiji looked at this army differently.

But what pleased Hou Jin the most was that Kong Youde brought at least twenty original Western cannons from the Portuguese Macau Artillery Bureau and a large number of small cannons, eagle guns and fire guns made by the Ming Dynasty, as well as a large number of Portuguese military advisers

Military technical talents who are directly taught ammunition manufacturing technology as well as aiming knowledge and instrument operation.

What is different from what most modern people know is that before the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Post-Jin Army attached great importance to firearms. As a war nation, how could they turn a blind eye to firearms, a military weapon? The reason why there were no military weapons in the Post-Jin Army

The widespread use of firearms is nothing more than a lack of talent and technology in firearms.

However, under the supervision and attention of Huang Taiji, in the Battle of Dalinghe City, in order to block the rescuing Ming army, Western cannons imitated by Tong Yangxing, a Han military attache who surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty early, were put into the battlefield for the first time. The Later Jin army

A brand-new tactic of the Communist Party of China - joint artillery and cavalry attack, began to take shape.

However, the imitation artillery was too weak, and there were too few soldiers in the Later Jin Army who knew how to use artillery. But this time, with the reinforcement of Kong Youde's rebels, the combat effectiveness of the Later Jin Army in field battles, especially siege warfare, increased by more than one level.

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Not only that, naval warfare was the area where Hou Jin was most deficient, but Kong Youde brought a large number of warships, allowing Hou Jin to establish its own navy. They could use ships to transport artillery, allowing them to bypass Shanhaiguan and attack anywhere along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Log in at one place.

Therefore, it can be said that the surrender of Kong Youde's rebels enabled the Hou Jin Army to make up for its last shortcoming.

Three months after the surrender, Kong Youde couldn't wait to serve as a pawn in the Jin army's attack on Pidao and Lushun. Under the leadership of the traitor party, Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Lushun's fall, committed suicide. Kong Youde finally avenged his death at sea.

The revenge of the pursuit can be regarded as handing in his own declaration of joining the gang.

At the same time, in this battle, he also instigated the rebellion of the third member of the Shandong Three Mining Disciples, Shang Kexi. In this way, the Shandong Three Mining Disciples - Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi all surrendered to Houjin. At this point, Huang Taiji accepted the rebels through continuous recruitment and surrender.

His Han troops already had a considerable size. It can be said that at this time, it was not only the Manchus (Jurchens) who were fighting against the Ming Dynasty, but the warrior groups of various ethnic groups headed by the Manchus in the entire Northeast region.

Moreover, Huang Taiji's generous treatment to Kong Youde and others played the role of buying horses with a lot of gold, so that in the future battles with the Hou Jin army, the Ming army had a new way out for surrendering to the Hou Jin army. From this, it can be seen that from

As for the character himself, Huang Taiji's vision and personal demeanor can be regarded as a great talent and strategy.

Since then, Kong Youde's rebellion, which lasted for eighteen months, ended. Although the Ming Dynasty quelled the rebellion and held a grand prisoner sacrifice ceremony at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and executed the two bandit chiefs Li Yingyuan and Mao Chenglu Lingchi, it was considered a defeat for the empire that had suffered consecutive defeats.

A shot in the arm.

However, the two prefectures of Denglai in the Ming Dynasty, the logistics training base for the Liaodong front line, were smashed to pieces by the rebels, which also brought the disastrous consequences of killing more than 100,000 people and destroying 300 miles of damage to the Shandong area near Gyeonggi. Especially in Denglai.

Only more than 500 young women who worked as military prostitutes were left in the city, which turned into a ghost town. Several officials from the imperial court and a large number of local officials were killed. At the same time, the two chief criminals of the rebellion were not arrested.

However, fortunately, Wu Shigong's butterfly wings finally flapped slightly. In the original history, Kong Youde defected to Houjin and there were more than 12,000 rebels and their families, including 3,600 combat troops. Although
Chapter completed!