Chongzhen was stunned. He really didn't know who Kong Youde was and where Wuqiao was.
Gao Qiqian said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, this is the old subordinate of Mao Shuai on Kong Youdenai Island. They were originally miners and served as guerrillas for the Guangning Army." The "Mao Shuai" in his mouth refers to the former General Ping Liao who was killed by Yuan Chonghuan.
Military officer, Mao Wenlong, who was a former general in conquest and opened the town of Dongjiang. After Yuan Chonghuan's death, the court had rehabilitated Mao Wenlong, and Chongzhen also spoke highly of him, so Gao Qiqian did not dare to call him by his name, but called him "
Mao Shuai".
"Since we are Mao Shuai's old subordinates, how can we rebel?"
Chongzhen was a little strange. Dongjiang Town was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Since Kong Youde was Mao Shuai's old subordinate, and you should still be in Dongjiang Town now, why did he go to Wuqiao to rebel? He was getting more and more confused. [
Gao Qiqian didn't know how to answer this question for a moment. Cao Huachun saw that he couldn't answer it, so he knew the opportunity had come and hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, I know a little bit about Kong Youde's rebellion. In fact, there have been signs of Kong Youde's rebellion for a long time.
Chaos was not caused by Wuqiao, but by Pi Dao."
"Not in Wuqiao, but in Pidao?"
Chongzhen was even more puzzled after hearing this. He knew that Pidao was an island located at the mouth of the Yalu River, and it was also a base built by Mao Wenlong to fight against the Donglu. Mao Wenlong recruited refugees from Liaodong on the island, harassed Houjin, and contained many Donglu.
.If Yuan Chonghuan hadn't been good at killing him, I'm afraid the Liao affair would not have collapsed to this extent.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hate Yuan Chonghuan even more. However, he didn't know anything about what Cao Huachun and Gao Qiqian said, so he was even more confused. He didn't know what the relationship between Kong Youde, Pi Dao, and Mao Wenlong was, and what "non-fei" meant.
Born in Wuqiao, Piedao?" So he said to Cao Huachun a little impatiently: "What's going on? Tell me clearly."
"Yes Yes."
Cao Huachun responded twice, glanced at Gao Qiqian with some pride, and thought to himself that there is finally something in this world that you don't know about.
In fact, if he were not in charge of Dongchang and Dongchang had detectives on Pi Island, Cao Huachun would not know anything about Kong Youde. But now that he knew it and the emperor asked again, Cao Huachun was naturally happy to tell him one by one to show his true identity.
The ability is no better than rising high and diving low.
After clearing his throat, he straightened his thoughts and blurted out: "Your Majesty, in fact, before his death, Marshal Mao instigated the rebellion of the Liu Xingzuo brothers who surrendered to the Donglu. Liu Xingzuo joined the Donglu's camp very early and was very popular.
Thanks to the appreciation of Nurhachi, the old slave, the old slave gave all the four states of Jin, Fu, Hai and Gai where the Han people in Liaodong lived under the jurisdiction of Liu Xingzuo. However, when the old slave was still alive, he had always implemented a high-pressure policy towards the Han people in Liaodong, so Han officials such as Li Yongfang and Liu Xingzuo
Inevitably, they were bullied and excluded by the Donglu. Under such circumstances, Brother Liu Xingzuo had the idea of ​​returning to the Ming Dynasty." Having said this, he paused and looked towards Chongzhen.
Chongzhen was listening intently when he saw him stop suddenly and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Go on."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Cao Huachun then continued: "After Mao Shuai knew that brother Liu Xingzuo intended to return to the Ming Dynasty, he personally instigated the two brothers to rebel. In the end, brother Liu Xingzuo successfully evaded the surveillance of the Jurchens and fled back to Pi Island. Since then, he has served under Mao Shuai.
.However, the Liu Xingzuo brothers were always ambitious and wanted to replace Mao Shuai, but because Mao Shuai was too prestigious, they could not take action. As a result, after Yuan Chonghuan faked an imperial edict and killed Mao Shuai, Liu Xingzuo saw an opportunity and helped Yuan Chonghuan suppress Mao Shuai.
The resistance of the old troops was finally appreciated by Yuan. Yuan Chonghuan specially divided the Pidao troops into two alliances, the east and the west, and asked Chen Jisheng and Liu Xingzuo, Mao Shuai's old troops, to each lead one alliance. Later, Liu Xingzuo was transferred to the inland and his younger brother Liu Xingzhi succeeded him.
During the "Ji Si Incident", Yuan Chonghuan collaborated with the enemy and was imprisoned. Liu Xingzuo was attacked and killed in the mainland. Liu Xingzhi, who had lost his backing, was in a precarious position on the island. Mao Shuai's old troops headed by Chen Jisheng were full of suspicion about him. Liu Xingzhi was afraid that his position would be shaken, so he
He bravely took the risk and led his men to launch a mutiny, attacking and killing the ASEAN leader Chen Jisheng in an attempt to monopolize Phi Island. However, after the imperial court received the news of Chen Jisheng's death, it sent the general Huang Long, and now Liu Xingzhi was able to monopolize Phi Island."
Hearing this, Chongzhen finally knew something he knew. He nodded and said: "I know about sending Huang Long to be the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River. What's next?"
Cao Huachun added hurriedly: "Zhang Tao and Shen Shikui, Mao Shuai's old subordinates, were dissatisfied with Liu Xingzhi because of Chen Jisheng's death, so they launched a mutiny and killed Liu Xingzhi and the Jurchen soldiers he led."
Gao Qiqian suddenly interrupted: "Eunuch Cao, what does all this you are talking about have to do with Kong Youde?"
Chongzhen also said: "Just pick up what's important and don't go round and round."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Huachun glanced at Gao Qiqian and said quietly, "According to Dongchang's investigation, in the struggle between Mao Shuai's old troops and Liu Xingzhi's brothers, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming have always stood by Liu Xingzhi.
Therefore, after Liu Xingzhi died, Kong and Geng were squeezed out by Mao Shuai's old troops. Fa Zai established himself on Pidao, so he led his troops to surrender to Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai. Sun Yuanhua appointed Kong Youde as the general of the infantry left camp.
, Geng Zhongming was sent to Dengzhou Fortress."
"Both Kong and Geng were serving in Denglai, why did they want to rebel?" Chongzhen became more and more confused. Denglai was far away from Liaodong and separated by the sea. Kong Youde served in Denglai well, so why did he rebel?
Woolen cloth?
"This slave is hard to guess."[
Cao Huachun didn't know why Kong Youde rebelled. He only knew about the grievances of the generals in Dongjiang Town and didn't know much else.
Chongzhen asked Gao Qiqian again, but Gao Qiqian also didn't know. He only knew that Kong Youde led his troops to Wuqiao and suddenly stopped moving forward. Instead, he raised a flag and rebelled.
In fact, the reason why Kong Youde rebelled in Wuqiao was related to the fact that Zu Dashou was trapped in Daling River City. When the news came that Zu Dashou was trapped, the imperial court urgently ordered Denglai to send troops to support Liaodong. Sun Yuanhua neglected his employment and sent Kong Youde to lead his army. Kong Youde was afraid of slaves.
He was so afraid that he was unwilling to lead his troops out to fight against the Jiannu, but he did not dare to disobey the order, so he adopted a delaying strategy and tried to drag it out until the end of the war. However, Huang Taiji defeated the siege at Daling River
The war lasted for more than three months since the end of June. Kong Youde did not delay the war until it was over, but he actually brought himself down first.
When the troops reached Wuqiao, Hebei Province, the food had been eaten, and the soldiers had eaten and complained. At this time, Kong Youde had reached a crossroads. He could either go to Liaodong to eat and fight with the slaves, or rob on the spot to fill the soldiers' stomachs.
He has no choice but to choose between the two.
Kong Youde was in a dilemma. In the end, under the instigation of his general Li Jiucheng and others, Kong Youde sighed: "The general (Mao Wenlong) has an outstanding reputation. It is inevitable that we will die too late. The current situation is like this, it is still possible!"
After sighing, he raised the flag of rebellion, sent troops to plunder the counties, defected and fought back to the Shandong Peninsula. He captured Linyi, Lingxian, Shanghe and Qingcheng cities, and led his troops straight to Dengzhou. When the news came, Geng Zhongming was delighted.
Actively prepare to covertly respond.
Sun Hua, the governor of Denglai, was so anxious that he ran out of ideas. However, he did not immediately report Kong Youde's rebellion. Instead, he wanted to solve it himself and report it to the court later.
However, when Kong Youde's army marched towards Dengzhou, Sun Yuanhua again misplaced his troops and sent Zhang Tao, an old general from Dongjiang, to lead the Liao troops out of the city to fight. Together with Zhang Ke's troops, they attacked Kong Youde. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tao and Kong Youde's old relationship relapsed, and Zhang Tao's
The soldiers were immediately recruited by Kong Youde, and most of Zhang Ke, who had lost his allies, was defeated and fled.
It was only then that Sun Yuanhua woke up from a dream and knew that he could not suppress Kong Youde's Liaodong soldiers with his own ability, so he quickly sent a fast horse to report to the capital.
Kuai Ma entered the capital almost at the same time as the Liao soldiers reported. The difference was that one went to the Ministry of War and the other went to the General Affairs Department. Therefore, Cao Huachun only knew that the Liao soldiers came to report the soldiers, but did not know that Denglai had arrived to report the emergency.
horse.
Gao Qiqian knew both of them, but he did not take Kong Youde's rebellion too seriously. In his opinion, Kong Youde had only a few thousand Liao soldiers under his command, and there was a sudden rebellion. Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, was too
Yes, this made Kong Youde even capture the county. As long as the imperial court selected a general to supervise the troops, Kong Youde would be wiped out in a matter of days. After weighing the pros and cons, he chose to go to the palace to announce the good news, but when he saw that Cao Huachun had already beaten him to it.
, after the emperor was not too happy about the Liaodong military report, he changed his mind and brought out the matter of Kong Youde's rebellion - he had already thought of a clever plan that would not only make him great achievements, but also make a lot of money.
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As the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger. Today, heaven has sent a great wealth to you. If you don't take it, you will be punished by heaven and earth.