Chapter 213 Sun Yuanhua's Achievements and Bitter Fruit
This chapter is adapted from historical materials. Readers may not order it, but I would like to explain it here to avoid being suspected of cheating. (Any chapter that can be made or not, Bones will explain it before the chapter)
The gunpowder barrel lit by the gambler shook the capital, the capital, and the Ming Dynasty!
A mutiny broke out so close to the capital, and the mutiny was caused by the Dongjiang Liao soldiers who were able to resist the Donglu. Everyone in the government and the public was shocked when they heard about it. After receiving the report, Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Shandong and Denglai to solve the problem quickly.
this matter.
Most of the Liao troops in Dongjiang were desperadoes, and most of them had families. Since they rebelled, they naturally risked their lives to fight for wealth. Under the command of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, the rebels swept through southwestern Shandong, capturing Lingxian, Linyi, and Shanghe along the way.
Waiting for prefectures and counties, and defeating the troops from the capital camp coming from the direction of the capital, the troops then pointed directly at their hometown - Denglai![
Sun Yuanhua, who had just used food and salary to solve the Pidao mutiny, did not panic after receiving the news of Kong Youde's rebellion in Wuqiao. In his opinion, the Liao troops were causing trouble just because they had no food and salary, so he did this stupid thing in a fit of enthusiasm.
As long as Xiao is powerful, provides sufficient food and salary, and does not hold the leader accountable, this mutiny will be resolved quickly.
However, Yu Dacheng, who was the governor of Shandong at the time, did not agree with Sun Yuanhua's opinion. He believed that most of the Liao troops were desperadoes. If they rebelled today, they should be eliminated immediately, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. For this reason, he prepared to personally lead a thousand elite Lu troops.
Two thousand elite Zhejiang troops were transferred from Henan to suppress the rebellion, intending to nip the rebellion in its bud.
Yu Dacheng's idea was supported by Zhang Keda, the commander-in-chief of Denglai. Zhang Keda knew the Liao army very well and knew that they could be soldiers or bandits.
The ground will rot. If not done well, the entire capital may be harmed. Therefore, we immediately reorganize our troops and prepare to attack Kong Youde's rebels with Yu Dacheng's troops to eliminate them in the Qingzhou area and prevent them from fleeing to Denglai.
area to prevent Dongjiuliao Town from echoing it and getting out of hand.
However, Sun Yuanhua, who was full of bookishness, insisted that Kong Youde's troops were all powerful troops in Liao Town, and they were indispensable in fighting the Eastern invaders. If they were to be wiped out, the country's power would be lost. Moreover, Kong Youde and others returned to Denglai, so they became subordinate to them.
The commander was also the only soldier and horse under his command that he could use. If this was eliminated, his subordinates would be able to mobilize soldiers and horses again. For this reason, Sun Yuanhua ignored the objections of Yu Dacheng and Zhang Keda and strongly advocated recruiting Kong Youde's troops.
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For this reason, he dissuaded Yu Dacheng and asked his Lu army not to advance eastward. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Keda not to pursue Kong Youde's rebels. He even sent a message to the Zhejiang troops who were reinforced from Henan, asking them to stay where they were.
, there is no need to go to Denglai to suppress the bandits.
Sun Yuanhua's stupid behavior gave Kong Youde a chance to breathe, allowing him to easily occupy Hebei prefectures and counties, abducting tens of thousands of Hebei civilians along the way, and numbering hundreds of thousands of people. His arrogance was even more arrogant than when the rebellion first started.
All signs showed that the fledgling Kong Youde could no longer be appeased by the court. However, Sun Yuanhua still did not give up the illusion of appeasement. He went behind Yu Dacheng's back and issued an order to the Hebei garrison without permission, telling the garrison from Wuqiao to Dengzhou not to send troops.
Block Kong Youde and allow him to return eastward.
Kong Youde seemed to have accepted Kong Yuanhua's kindness. Although looting continued all the way, he still returned to Dengzhou. Because the prefectures and counties along the way had received orders and the garrison was weak, they did not dare to intercept them, so they had to give up the passage honestly.
Let Kong Youde pass.
Among them, Kong Youde's troops once entered the ambush circle of the local garrison. Since there was no attack order, the garrison did not dare to move lightly, causing Kong's troops to escape safely. As a result, the best opportunity to annihilate the rebels after the rebellion started was missed.
When Kong Youde led his troops back east to Laizhou Prefecture, Zhu Wancheng, the prefect of Laizhou who had a close relationship with Kong Youde in the past, closed the city gate tightly and did not allow Kong Youde to enter the city. He only allowed Kong's troops to go around the city and go to Dengzhou to be recruited.
Based on Zhu Wancheng's understanding of Kong Youde and the Liao army, he firmly believed that Kong Youde would not be truly appeased. He must have come to Denglai to pretend to surrender. If he opened the city gate rashly, Laizhou would fall immediately.
His worries were exactly what Kong Youde thought. However, Laizhou City was a new city that was rebuilt in the 26th year of Wanli Dynasty. The city wall was nine miles in circumference, three feet and five feet high, and the base was two feet and four feet thick. It also followed the Western city building method and built forts.
It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. And as the logistics base of Liaodong, Laizhou City has sufficient food, grass and weapons. Although there are few artillery and there are not many soldiers who know how to operate the artillery, under Zhu Wannian's strict deployment, Laizhou City's defense is still
It's very orderly and well-guarded.
The soldiers and civilians in the city relied on the fortified city to defend the city. For Kong Youde, who lacked siege equipment, if he forced the city to attack, it would only be a nightmare.
Kong Youde was self-aware. Although his troops were said to number one hundred thousand, most of them were civilians who were brought in and were of no use at all. The core of the main force was only the eight hundred Liao soldiers. Once a force was attacked, heavy casualties would inevitably be suffered. In this way,
The morale of the army will be lost and nothing can be done anymore. Therefore, after discussing with Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan and his son, Kong Youde made an order to march into Dengzhou.
Dengzhou City is not easy to fight. Compared with Laizhou City, Dengzhou Shou seems to be more difficult to fight. This is because Dengzhou City was built since the Tianshun period. It was built on three sides by the seaside mountain cliffs. It was originally an important naval force.
During the Wanli period, the port was turned into a military port in order to protect Japan from neighboring Japan in the east. There were Ming Dynasty navy warships moored in the port.
Just last month, the King of Korea presented 40 warships to the Ming Dynasty. Sun Yuanhua received these warships as the governor of Denglai and parked them in a military port outside the city. This means that once Kong Youde attacks Dengzhou,
They will be subject to counterattacks from both land and water.
Moreover, the defenders in Dengcheng at this time were much stronger than Kong Youde's rabble. There were three defenders in the city. One was 1,800 Zhejiang soldiers led by Zhang Keda, the general of Dengzhou; the other was invited from Macau by Sun Yuanhua with a large sum of money.
The Portuguese officer corps who taught the Ming army how to use Western firearms; the third is the Dongjiang Liao soldiers who came from the same background as Kong Youde's rebels. Therefore, in terms of city defense facilities and the quality of the soldiers, Dengzhou can be said to be impregnable.[
But even though Kong Youde's rebels fought all the way to Dengzhou, everyone thought that Kong Youde came for Dengzhou City, not to be cared for. As the governor, Sun Yuanhua still didn't wake up. He still didn't give up the cartel.
Kong Youde’s thoughts.
Sun Yuanhua's stupid behavior undoubtedly tied his own hands and feet, making him dare not let go and fight Kong Youde's rebels resolutely. After Zhang Keda's Zhejiang troops went out to fight in the city and tasted victory, Sun Yuanhua ordered a truce and prepared to fight again.
To appease Kong Youde.
However, Kong Youde did not appreciate it. He seized the opportunity to counterattack and defeated Zhang Keda's Zhejiang soldiers. He also captured many Liao soldiers in Dengzhou City and used these Liao soldiers to send a message to the Liao soldiers in the city, asking them to respond to the uprising.
, As a result, the Liao army in the city suddenly began to show signs of instability.
What people never expected was that Sun Yuanhua's way to deal with the instability of the Liao army was to release General Geng Zhongming, who was imprisoned for his brother's participation in the Pidao rebellion. Sun Yuanhua wanted this man, who was also known as the "Shandong Third Mine Disciple" with Kong Youde, to
"The powerful generals of the Liao army suppressed the Liao army in the city, and together with the Zhejiang soldiers and the Portuguese officer corps, they fought against their former colleague Kong Youde outside the city.
After ignoring the objections of the commander-in-chief Zhang Keda and the Portuguese officers and releasing Geng Cuming to lead the Liao army, Sun Yuanhua once again climbed to the top of the city and sighed sadly as he looked at Kong Youde, who had set up camps for several miles outside the city.
However, when he saw dozens of artillery pieces mounted on two-wheeled vehicles suddenly appearing in the rebel camp, he immediately complained, because those gunners were the new firearms army that he had personally trained and prepared to turn the tide when the Liao Dynasty was critical!
Sun Yuanhua was the initiator of the strategy of "defending Liao soil with Liao people". He valued the native people of Liaodong very much, so that Mao Wenlong's subordinates who were killed by Yuan Chonghuan turned to him one after another when they were desperate. After recruiting tens of thousands of elite and brave Liao soldiers
Later, Sun Yuanhua hired Portuguese officers and artillery experts from Macau to train them in the use of Western weapons.
The Liao army actually recruited soldiers. The freezing cold climate created a brave and rough folk custom. In the Ming Dynasty, constant wars in Liaodong made all Liao people brave and good at fighting. After Manchuria invaded and occupied most of Liaodong, they implemented a barbaric policy of national oppression.
, almost all Han people became slaves and serfs, so the Han people in Liaodong had a deep hatred for Manchuria!
Bravery and hatred can create the best warriors, and the land in Liaodong is fertile and suitable for farming. It can provide part of the army's supplies on its own. This is what Sun Yuanhua first advocated, Yuan Chonghuan relied on, and Sun Chengzong advocated.
The reason for the "people" strategy.
The Liao people were recruited to fight, and the troops were stationed in the Liao area to support the war. This turned the war that originally required nationwide mobilization into a local mobilization war. Even if the stalemate persisted, the impact on the country would be greatly reduced.
The idea of Sun Yuanhua and his teacher Xu Guangqi was to train a new army like Qi Jiguang did. Although the number may not be large, it would be well-equipped and well-trained, so that it could turn the tide for the empire at critical moments.
When the teachers and students were worried about the lack of soldiers for this wonderful idea, Yuan Chonghuan sent them a large number of Dongjiang Liao soldiers. Under the command of Mao Wenlong, the Dongjiang Liao soldiers fought against Manchuria in hundreds of battles. They were a powerful force in hundreds of battles.
There is a deep blood feud in Manchuria, which is undoubtedly the best source of soldiers to realize the ambitions of teachers and students.
Overjoyed, Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi immediately took in these Liao soldiers who had escaped from Dongjiang and incorporated them into the Denglai Army. The army's organizational structure was also changed from a guard system to a camp system, with each battalion having 4,000 people, including 2,000 combat troops.
There are 2,000 logistics personnel (also combat troops when the battle is fierce), equipped with 120 two-wheeled vehicles, 120 artillery vehicles, and 60 grain trucks, a total of 300 vehicles.
Each battalion is also equipped with 16 Western cannons, 80 medium cannons, 100 eagle muskets, and 1,200 bird muskets. The gunners are also equipped with hand muskets, so that almost everyone has a firearm. It can be said that Sun Yuanhua has been at the forefront of this era.
The Liao army he equipped is already the most powerful firearms army in this era in terms of equipment alone!
Xu Guangqi even proudly believed that such troops did not need to be many. If four or five battalions were established, there would be no need to worry about the safety inside the pass; if ten battalions were built, there would be no need to fear forces outside the pass; if fifteen battalions were built, there would be no need to worry about regaining lost territory.
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However, after all, Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi were both literati, and they knew very little about being a soldier, and they knew very little about the Dongjiang Liao Army who had taken refuge with them.
They didn't know that many of the Liao troops under Mao Wenlong were pirates and prisoners. Although they were all desperadoes when fighting, they had low morals and were full of gangsterism. Although they fought bravely, they were still soldiers at heart.
The army of bandits.
Everyone who is conceited is a scholar!
Today, Sun Yuanhua will finally suffer the consequences of his stupidity!
The firearms battalion, which he personally supported and spent a lot of money to build, slowly advanced step by step towards the Dengzhou city wall under the command of the rebel general Kong Youde.