Jiang Maoran, who was rotten into a pot of meat, was not eaten like beef and mutton in the end, but even the pot and meat were buried. This is because the Jinzhou Army has not really reached the end of its rope, just like guarding the Daling River on the birthday of its ancestors. If it really continues to count.
There was no food for the day, so the soldiers, who were going crazy with hunger, had already divided the pot of human flesh among themselves and were reluctant to throw away even a single bone (it was also used to light the fire).
But the situation is not optimistic. After searching the whole city, the food obtained was only dozens of dan. After interrogating the prisoners, it was found that there was no food at all in the capital city. When the defenders fled, they burned the only food and grass.
As a result, they had no food after entering the city.
Six days after occupying Pingdu, the rebels began to run out of food. In the following days, except for some food sent from Dengzhou, they made a living by looting the countryside.
The rebels are also human beings. They do not engage in production and do not have a stable logistics base. They rely on robbery for a living and fight to support the war. Previously, they could invade Shandong to grab some food and grass, but since the end of the year, the commander-in-chief has not allowed them to do so again.
When I went to Shandong, it was said that the imperial court was coming to recruit troops. Except for Laizhou, all the other troops had to withdraw. Firstly, it was to prevent the imperial army from advancing, and secondly, it was to ensure that Denglai was not lost.
As long as you have Denglai in your hands, whether you are appeasing or resisting, you will always have capital. If Denglai fails, there will be nothing to talk about. From Li Jiucheng to Kong Youde to the pawns who participated in the rebellion, I am afraid they will all die.
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This made the rebels in Pingdu City have to make a living by robbing food from surrounding villages and towns, and did not dare to go out to invade Shandong. This relieved the pressure on Shandong to a certain extent and gave Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian a chance to breathe.
Some troops were transferred from the various prefectures in the south. If the rebels did not stop and attacked all the prefectures and counties in Shandong, Zhu Dadian would be afraid that he would be trapped in Jinan. How could he still have the courage to discuss with Gao Qiqian to advance north and south together.
However, most of the food shipped from Dengzhou was sent to Laizhou City to feed Li Jiuzheng's siege army. The thousands of troops in Pingdu could only get a very small part, and as time went by, the food sent by Dengzhou
The food coming is getting less and less.
Compared with the official army, the rebels are in a more difficult situation. After all, they do not have any external support and supplies, and they can only rely on what they can get. It is probably the most appropriate way to describe the rebels as sitting on their hands and having nothing to eat. When all the food they have snatched is gone,
After eating all the food, Laizhou has not yet been captured, or the recruitment has not been successful, I am afraid that Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng will have to consider how to escape from Denglai.
Now the rebels are all focused on Laizhou. Unlike the city of Dengzhou, which is full of ordnance, the city of Laizhou is full of grain and grass that should be sent to Jinzhou for the Liao army outside the customs. The amount is terrifying, hundreds of thousands.
The stones were collected by the imperial court from Jiangnan and other places with great efforts, but now they are all piled up in Laizhou City due to the cutoff of sea routes.
If the two generals Kong and Li accept the imperial court's offer, then some of the food and grass in Laizhou City can naturally be allocated to supply them; if the offer fails, the rebels will believe that it will be sooner or later due to the cowardice of the officers and soldiers.
It's just more casualties.
There is no indestructible city in this world. Dengzhou is also said to be impregnable, but it was not captured overnight. What is there that cannot be captured in Laizhou City?
Therefore, regardless of whether the recruitment is successful or not, the rebels are confident from top to bottom. It is not their own strong combat effectiveness that gives them confidence, but their familiarity with the officers and soldiers that gives them strong self-confidence.
In their eyes, whether it is the soldiers and horses of Beizhili or the imperial guards who came all the way from the capital, they are just a mob.
This view changed slightly after the Battle of Xiaoguanzhuang broke out. However, the rebels under Laizhou City were already as powerful as tigers and could not move down at all. They could only hold on to Laizhou City. Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng were not stupid. The court
If you are willing to talk to them about appeasement, what you are afraid of is not that Laizhou will suffer!
You know, if Laizhou falls, the Ming army outside the customs will have food to eat! The imperial court will not be able to recruit enough grain to be transported outside the customs in a short period of time!
In last year's Battle of Xiaolinghe, all the grain reserves in the capital and outside the customs were used for the war. Now, grains are also available outside the customs.
In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, drought was not limited to the northwest. The Central Plains and the Ming Dynasty outside Shanhaiguan were also suffering from severe drought.
After Shi Dayong led his troops south, Li Jizhong, the prefect of Ningyuan, and Chen Ang, the prefect of Jinzhou, expressed their urgency to the court: food, food!
In the important area of Dengzhou, the governor Sun Yuanhua was in charge, but he failed. As a result, all the new firearms and Western cannons that the imperial court spent a lot of money to build fell into the hands of the rebels.
The important area of Laizhou was defended by the Shandong Chief Envoy, but it was saved. However, outside the city were rebels who had been besieging the city for several months. The outcome is not known yet.
Dayong didn't know whether Liu Yulie had arrived in Shahe or how far the recruitment process was going, and neither did the prisoners.
Dozens of stones of food and grass are only a few thousand kilograms, but there are nearly 4,000 people in the Jinzhou Army. How long can they eat? One day? Two days or three days?
There are only a dozen stones of food and grass left, and most of them are beans fed to the horses. The rice and flour have long been gone, so how can I hold on.
The nearly a thousand prisoners gave Dayong a headache. He had never killed prisoners before, and Liushahe was still crying.[
It is not difficult to kill them all. What is difficult is that Dayong wants to raise them and then turn them into mobile rations until he captures Dengzhou.
It was April, so the body couldn't be preserved at all, and there wasn't that much salt available for pickling.
Besides, isn’t living grain that can move on its own better than dead grain that requires manpower to haul and transport?
There are still more than two hundred people in the city. These people cannot be said to be innocent. They may even have blood on their hands. It is not an exaggeration to kill them. If this is not possible, they can be transferred to the government for detailed punishment. But there are no government offices in Pingdu City. Jinzhou
The army is not the local civil affairs yamen. His duty is only to fight. And he is also afraid that there are innocent people among them. He has already captured Pingdu. If he does more, he will say that killing is unnecessary. So in the end, Dayong ordered these people to be driven out of the city, but he did not
They were asked to carry a grain of grain with them, and they were not allowed to take away a copper plate. They were only allowed to leave with empty hands, and they were left to their own devices after leaving the city.
They were told to let them go, but Wolf Cavalry deliberately drove them to Laizhou in the northeast. The purpose was to let Li Jiucheng know that Pingdu was lost and that Shandong's troops would attack Laizhou City from the direction of Pingdu at any time, and
The capital camp in Shahe formed the shape of a horn.
Da Yong is determined to rescue Laizhou. He has decided to march to Dengzhou tomorrow with all his troops. Anyone who likes Pingdu wants this empty city, but he doesn't want it anyway. He passed the news to Li Jiucheng, just to let him know, and then he wanted to be safe and sound.
It is no longer possible for him to stay under Laizhou City. If he withdraws his troops, Laizhou can be saved.
Dayong is not afraid that the rebels in Laizhou will rush back to Dengzhou before him. Marching with thousands of people and marching with tens of thousands are not the same concept. He, Li Jiuzheng, has more things to consider than himself. The Jinzhou Army only needs to boldly rush to Dengzhou.
However, Li Jiucheng had to stay alert to the officers and soldiers behind him. If he ran fast, he might be defeated. If he ran slowly, he would be bitten by the officers and soldiers at any time.
Perhaps, Li Jiucheng would not run away because Governor Liu had come to appease him personally. As long as the court was still fantasizing about appeasing the thief-minded Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde would not give up any possibility of defrauding Laizhou.
Rebels are rebels. Expecting them to change their minds and put down their butcher's knives and become Buddhas immediately is just the fantasy of those high officials in the court.
It's a pity that when things have reached this point, the princes of Donglin still haven't woken up. It's a pity that it's a pity.
Let them continue to immerse themselves in their fantasy, Dengzhou, all I want is Dengzhou!