Just like Shaanxi Province had the Shaanxi Governor and the Trilateral Governor, Shandong Province at that time in the Ming Dynasty also had the Shandong Governor and the Denglai Governor. The jurisdictions of these two governors were unrelated to each other.
When Kong Youde's army left the Denglai area, he immediately encountered the problem of insufficient food and grass supply during Wu Shigong's last visit to the king.
But at the beginning, because when they went on the expedition, Kong Youde's army carried relatively sufficient food and grass. In addition, Denglai and Jinan Prefecture were still in Shandong Province after all, so Kong Youde's army had a sufficient supply of food and grass.
But as soon as they left Dezhou and reached the border of Beizhili, the local government was no longer willing to supply food and grass to Kong Youde's army. In fact, after gritting his teeth and starving for several meals, Kong Youde's army was still able to go to Tongzhou to replenish food and grass by relying on food storage.
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But Kong Youde thought so. His soldiers were not willing to starve, so after arriving at Wuqiao, several soldiers set up camp and went to a local gentry's farm to touch some chickens and open their teeth for sacrifice.
After that, it was simply that the gentry's domestic slaves found out and they came to make trouble. In order to calm things down, Kong Youde was willing to compensate the gentry for these things.
However, the gentry united with the local officials and refused to give up. They blocked the advance of Kong Youde's army and insisted that Kong Youde punish the soldiers who stole the chicken with military law.
I won’t comment on whether this behavior is crazy or not. I won’t discuss whether they did it to extort more money from Kong Youde. However, it can be seen from this behavior that the civil servants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty were so powerful at that time.
, they are not afraid of the army with knives and guns at all, nor are they afraid that such interception of the army may delay the military plane.
At this time, Kong Youde still put down his body and complied with the situation. He caught the soldiers who stole the chickens and walked around the camp to give the gentry an explanation.
But Kong Youde's behavior immediately caused the soldiers in his army to explode. After holding their breath for a long time, the soldiers' anger had reached the critical point of a volcanic eruption.
Immediately, some soldiers came out of the camp at night and killed the slaves in the gentry's house. At this time, the conflict between the two sides immediately intensified.
The gentleman immediately asked Kong Youde to hand over the murderer, and Kong Youde couldn't back down at this time. Now because of his humiliation, Kong Youde's control over his soldiers is already very weak. If he doesn't protect his calf, Kong Youde will also come.
It’s to the point where everyone is betrayed and separated from their relatives.
But seeing that Kong Youde refused to hand over the murderer, the gentry mobilized nearby people and blocked the path of Kong Youde's army. This stalemate lasted for more than a month.
But now, Kong Youde's army was in dire straits. They ate all their own grain reserves and bought them from the local people. What they bought were high-priced and substandard grains that they couldn't even buy even if they had enough money.
In desperation, Kong Youde had no choice but to use the money Li Jiucheng used to buy horses to bribe local officials, hoping to leave this land of disputes as soon as possible. However, the local officials accepted the money and refused to do anything, so they wanted to kill Kong Youde and the others.
These are the ones who have been taken advantage of, until they are completely squeezed out.
Unknowingly, Li Jiucheng had spent all the money he had spent on buying horses. At this time, Kong Youde's army was in desperate situation in his own country.
Kong Youde has been hiding in his tent for a few days. He knows that these days, the soldiers and soldiers under his command have lost all discipline, and they are communicating with each other. But Kong Youde is still like an ostrich, indifferent to all this.
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But when he heard the footsteps of a group of people approaching his tent, and heard his own soldiers shouting to stop those people from approaching his tent, Kong Youde was forced to come out.
As soon as he came out of the tent, Kong Youde saw Li Jiucheng leading his main officers, holding swords in hand, confronting his own soldiers.
Kong Youde seemed to turn a blind eye to the weapons in the hands of Li Jiucheng and others. He cursed angrily at his own soldiers: "Put away your knives. Do you want to use a knife on your brothers?"
Under Kong Youde's angry gaze, Kong Youde's soldiers reluctantly put away their weapons, and Li Jiucheng and others also put down their swords.
After a moment of silence, Li Jiucheng said to Kong Youde: "The unscrupulous people outside are bullying people too much. Brother Kong, just say a word and you can lead us brothers and give them some looks."
"What do you think? Rebellion?" Kong Youde immediately became furious, "Killing those unruly people outside will relieve your anger. What should we do after that?"
"There is no future. If we continue like this, we will starve to death now." Li Jiucheng was not intimidated by Kong Youde at all. "Brother Kong, I, Lao Li, can't speak. Our brothers from Dongjiang Town have had enough of this anger."
.How was the life of our brothers when Marshal Mao was here? What was the life of our brothers like after Marshal Mao left?"
"This time we have been dragged here for more than a month for some inexplicable reasons. If there is another way to solve the problem, I, Lao Li, will definitely not be vague and will never go down this dead end. You know, I
I have spent all the money I had to buy horses, so this crime is a death sentence. But for the sake of my brothers, did I, Lao Li, ever be vague when I took out the money? I am really desperate! Brother Kong! I am desperate!"
"No matter how desperate we are, we can't take the road of rebellion! Even if we don't do it for others, we must think about Master Sun. We feel happy once we rebel, but what will happen to Master Sun? We are worthy of him.
Is it a blessing?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Sun. But the current situation is that the father is dead and the mother is getting married, so let's take care of ourselves!" Li Jiucheng's answer was that he showed no weakness.
Kong Youde and Li Jiuzheng looked at each other for a long time, and in the end, he softened up. Kong Youde bowed his hands to generals like Li Jiuzheng and begged: "Brothers, please disperse! You all should run away! Don't suffer like this."
The time has come. I, Lao Kong, beg you, don’t take this step. At most, Lao Kong’s head will be handed over to the imperial court. I, Lao Kong, can be considered worthy of the imperial court, worthy of Mr. Sun, and worthy of all brothers.”
"I know Brother Kong is loyal. But after Marshal Mao left, our brothers in Dongjiang Town died and fled. How many of us are left who can have a bowl of porridge together? We ourselves can't even hope for it.
Tuan, then what future is there? What other way of survival is there?"
As he spoke, Li Jiucheng, a five-foot-tall man, shed tears. The generals around him and even some of Kong Youde's soldiers booed. Kong Youde also had a sore nose and couldn't hold back his tears.
He let out a long sigh and said, "Forget it! Forget it! I'm going back to sleep. I don't know anything about what you are going to do, and I can't see anything!" After saying that, Kong Youde turned to
Go to the big tent.
Seeing Kong Youde's acquiescence, Li Jiucheng immediately said with a ferocious face: "Brothers, let's do it!"
The local people surrounding the camp of Kong Youde's army seemed to be in a carnival these days. They insulted the Ming troops in the camp and constantly laughed at all their actions. In their view, this was a pleasing entertainment activity.
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But what I didn't expect was that there was a commotion in the Ming army camp today. Then, a large number of soldiers roared out of the camp. They held weapons and fiercely attacked the people around the camp...
