When Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, he spent a lot of money to buy more than 40 red barbarian cannons from Macau, which was controlled by the Portuguese. Later, he hired Portuguese craftsmen in Dengzhou City to imitate the red barbarian cannons. By the time of Kong Youde's rebellion, Sun Yuanhua had successfully imitated the cannons.
There are twenty-three red barbarian cannons. In addition, there are more than a hundred artillery pieces of various sizes in the city, and countless firearms.
After Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng's rebels occupied Dengzhou, the new firearms army built by Sun Yuanhua and these artillery pieces all fell into the hands of the rebels. Later, when Li Jiucheng led his troops to attack Laizhou, he took away more than 30 bronze cannons and spent another
With the help of nine cattle and two tigers, they also brought fourteen red cannons weighing several thousand to ten thousand kilograms. After several months of siege, these red cannons and copper cannons caused heavy casualties to the Ming army, and several
The nearly collapsed city walls were mostly caused by red cannons. If the rebels hadn't used up all their weapons, I'm afraid Laizhou wouldn't have been able to survive.
Kong Youde heard that Li Jiucheng had been unable to attack Laizhou for a long time. In order to break the encirclement formed by the heavy concentration of Ming troops, Kong Youde personally led the main force to reinforce Laizhou. This left the Dengzhou defenders empty and moved hundreds of miles to Jinzhou, which had been deprived of food and relied on cannibalism to survive.
The army was able to capture Dengzhou in one fell swoop.
When Kong Youde set out from Dengzhou, he also considered taking all the remaining red barbarian cannons in the city to Laizhou. However, because the red barbarian cannons were too heavy and carrying them would seriously affect the marching speed, Kong Youde had no choice but to abandon these red barbarian cannons and switch to Laizhou.
He went there carrying more than twenty bronze cannons and the necessary medicine.
After that, Kong Youde pretended to surrender again, successfully deceiving Xie Lian, the governor of Denglai, and Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, to go out of the city to accept the surrender, hoping to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders to attack and seize the city. Unexpectedly, the defender in the city, Yang Yufan, the commander-in-chief of Tongzhou, had already taken precautions, and when the surprise attack failed, he turned to a strong attack.
After rounds of bombardment, all the medicine was used up, but the Laizhou city wall still stood. Later, news of the fall of Dengzhou came, and the situation took a turn for the worse. It was no longer within the control of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng.[
During the Battle of Zhuqiao, tens of thousands of Zhaoyuan rebels dispersed overnight. Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde fled in embarrassment, not caring about the ordnance in the camp. As a result, all the artillery in the camp fell into the hands of the Jinzhou Army, plus Li Zhongfu
There are more than a dozen red barbarian artillery pieces in the camp. At this moment, in terms of the number of artillery pieces alone, the Jinzhou Army has formed a strong firepower advantage over the Ming army in Xiaoguanzhuang. It can even be said that the artillery owned by the Jinzhou Army is the most powerful in terms of the number of artillery pieces except the ones guarding Beijing.
The strongest family outside the camp. Even Ruzu Dashou, in its heyday, had never owned so many artillery pieces.
More than a dozen red barbarian cannons and more than fifty large and small bronze cannons were placed in a row. The black muzzles pointed directly at the Ming army camp. It looked really scary. However, the Ming army camp did not know that those dozens of cannons were
Apart from looking scary, artillery has no use anymore, because the Jinzhou Army has no ammunition at all, not even one shot.
When Dayong led his troops on the Western Expedition, he only wanted speed. He never thought of taking those heavy artillery with him, so he would not let anyone carry the medicine needed for the artillery. There is no regret in the world. If I had known earlier
With so many artillery being captured, Dayong insisted on bringing a batch of medicine. Now it was too late to send people back to Dengzhou to transport it.
However, Dayong was confident that with the power of his new victory, even cannons without gunpowder could still frighten people. Anyway, Gao Qiqian on the opposite side did not know the details of these cannons. It was Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde who told him that the rebels' gunpowder had long been used up. Gao Qiqian
Gao Qiqian also has to consider whether the Jinzhou Army brought gunpowder from Dengzhou. Isn't there a saying in this world that "don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens". Besides, without these cannons, how dare Gao Qiqian really dare to bite the bullet?
Do you want to have another battle with yourself?
With the military power of annihilating all 3,000 Liaodong cavalry and the threat of dozens of cannons, Dayong believed that Gao Qiqian, a birdless eunuch, would never have the courage to resist again. Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde would definitely meet.
Leave it in your own hands.
In order to enhance the intimidation effect, Dayong ordered more than a dozen Portuguese officers captured by Kong Youde from Dengzhou to be escorted and asked them to pretend to command a group of soldiers to prepare for the artillery bombardment. He also collected hundreds of jars of pickles and placed them there.
The rear of the artillery looks like it contains gunpowder.
Everything was ready, and Dayong sent out important people again. The envoy was still Song Qing, and he was accompanied by four large carts. The carts were obviously pulling a lot of things, and the wheels left deep marks on the ground.
"My generals only need Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde to rebel. If my father-in-law is willing to surrender, my general will naturally withdraw his troops. If my father-in-law refuses to surrender, my general will have to take drastic measures."
In Gao Qiqian's tent, Song Qing was a little more domineering than when he came last time. He didn't even pay attention to the eunuch who was sitting in front of him. Gao Qiqian looked as if he had aged ten years.
Likewise, he had no reaction at all to Song Qing's arrogance.
Zhang Guochen, who was standing next to him, was furious when he heard this, but he did not dare to get angry. He only asked coldly: "I wonder what decisive measures your envoy said?"
Song Qing didn't even look at him and opened his mouth and said: "I'll shoot you!"
As soon as these words came out, Gao Qiqian felt as if he had been poked by a needle, his whole body trembled, and even the two young eunuchs serving behind him were frightened.
Lin Qing, Jin Guochen and others also had tense faces. Deng Si and Wang Hong looked at each other. There was no fear in their eyes, but joy. Zhang Guochen was so angry that he couldn't speak and looked at Song Qing angrily.
, wishing he could go out and kill this arrogant thief, but Gao Qiqian remained silent, so he did not dare to give the order.
Everyone looked at Gao Qiqian and pointed at what instructions the eunuch could give, but Gao Qiqian was stunned and did not express his position. He just looked at the envoy silently. Seeing this, Zhang Guochen sighed.
Knowing that Eunuch Gao had been frightened out of his wits by the Jinzhou Army, I was afraid that he would never be able to be tough again, and he might not really be able to deal with Kong Youde and Li Jiu.
Wang Hong and Deng Si glanced at each other. The former looked at the generals, stood up and asked Song Qingdao: "May I ask your envoy, are General Zu Er and Wu Sangui in your camp?"
"Second General Zu?" Song Qing was a little confused, which one was the Second General Zu? But he immediately knew who the other party was talking about, "Oh, the two generals Zu and Wu led their troops to suppress the rebellion. Unfortunately, they were surrounded by the rebels. Waiting for my general
When I arrived with my troops, the two generals had already sacrificed their lives for the country. My general fought hard to defeat the rebels and snatched away the bodies of the two generals."
Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui are dead?
All the generals in the tent were silent. Gao Qiqian turned green and green, and his face was extremely ugly. What he was thinking about was not regretting the death of Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui, but the pain of regret. If it weren't for Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui,
Wu Sangui was bent on going to war, bragging about the Liaodong cavalry enemy, and he was deceived by the so-called madman Zu Er's bravery. He would not rashly send troops to fight the Jinzhou Army. But now, three thousand cavalry were ruined in one fell swoop, and he did not even have the confidence to negotiate with Shi Dayong.
Already.
There are so many lies! When you lead your troops to counter a rebellion, when you both sacrifice your life for your country, and when you fight to the death, these are all lies told by the thief! [
Zhang Guochen gritted his teeth and cursed Shi Dayong secretly, but he had to accept the fact that Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui were definitely in danger.
"I don't know what my father-in-law is thinking. My general is impatient to wait. If the general doesn't go back, I'm afraid my general will really fire a cannon to attack." Song Qing said aggressively.
"Our family" Gao Qiqian said no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
"Your Majesty, can you please go down and rest for a while? I will give you your reply after we have discussed it."
Zhang Guochen stepped forward to rescue Gao Qiqian. He knew that this frightened eunuch must have no opinion at all. Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui died, and the three thousand Liaodong cavalry were wiped out. They were still defeated by Shi Dayong.
In the hands of the Jinzhou Army, it is really a headache to tell the court about this matter. But no matter what, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng cannot be handed over. With Kong and Li Erni in their hands, the great achievement of suppressing the rebellion will not fall into the hands of Shi Dayong. Even if the emperor afterwards
The investigation into the deaths of Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui was also due to their great efforts in counterinsurgency, so the accountability would not be too deep. But without this great effort in counterinsurgency, not only would they be unable to rise and fall, but they might also have to move their heads.
"That's fine."
Song Qing knew that his intimidation had taken effect and Gao Qiqian was obviously shaken. It was better to save some face for the other party and not push him too hard. He was going to turn around and leave, but out of courtesy, he still rushed to Gao Qiqian and cupped his fists.
After performing military salutes, he stopped at the tent door and said apologetically: "Father-in-law, my general is coming either to ask for someone, or to present to my father-in-law a batch of weapons seized from the rebels."
The spoils of war are here. The general was so anxious just now that he almost forgot about it."
Trophies?
Gaoqiqian was stunned, what kind of trophy?
Song Qing said casually: "Thirteen thousand taels of gold, and another two hundred and forty thousand taels of silver. In addition, there are many antiques, calligraphy and paintings looted by thieves from various places. Their value is difficult to estimate. My general
He said he is a rough man, and he doesn’t know how much these things are worth, so it is better to send them all to my father-in-law, who will estimate and dispose of them. If they are left in the hands of my general, they will be a waste."
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After hearing these numbers, everyone present took a breath of surprise, and Gao Qiqian was even more shocked.
"Thirteen thousand taels of gold, two hundred and forty thousand taels of silver." Gao Qiqian's mouth was a little knotted, and he didn't know where to put his hands.
Lin Qing and Jin Guochen also had bright eyes and fought thousands of miles away. In addition to quelling rebellions for the country, the seizures from quelling rebellions were also a major source of wealth for military generals. Now that Shi Dayong has sent them to them at once, they dare not even think about it.
How could they not be shocked by the wealth. You must know that since the soldiers from Jingying and Jizhen went south, they had looted and looted, but the gains were far from comparable to the wealth donated by Shi Dayong.
It is said that being an official for thousands of miles is only for wealth. Even though Zhang Guochen hated Shi Dayong and the Jinzhou Army deeply, his heart was pounding at this moment. He already understood the purpose of Shi Dayong sending this batch of gold and silver.