Chapter 267 If you want to make trouble, you will make a big trouble
The Wuqiao Mutiny should not have happened, at least it would not have had very serious consequences. The biggest responsibility for why it got out of control until the last moment lies with the local government.
After the killings occurred, it was obvious that Kong Youde's control over the army was very weak. Local officials should have taken responsibility immediately at that time, or at least ordered Kong Youde's army to move forward faster to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.
At the same time, local officials should also report to the court in a timely manner, requesting sensible court officials to take charge of the situation, and contact Kong Youde's superior, Sun Yuanhua, to help Kong Youde stabilize the morale of the army, and to find the murderer. On the one hand, military law is enforced, and on the other hand,
We must also stabilize the troops. This is the right approach.
Anyway, it's too late to say anything now. Kong Youde's army broke out in Wuqiao... let's call it a mutiny. Of course, at this time, this army also thought that it was just a mutiny.
Mutinies in the Ming Dynasty army were not uncommon, but most of the mutinies in other Ming armies were due to lack of pay or unfair superiors. However, this Ming army was forced to mutiny by the local gentry and people, so this
The reason is also unique in the Ming Dynasty.
But we must know the characteristics of Kong Youde's Ming army who came from Dongjiang Town. They basically fought against the Jin army for a long time, and their combat effectiveness was second to none among the Ming army.
The more important characteristic of this Ming army is that they have rich experience in fighting guerrillas in the rear areas of Houjin. In other words, they are professional saboteurs. If they wreak havoc, they will be more powerful than the most ferocious bandits.
Be brutal.
The preparations for the mutiny of this Ming army were also very hasty, or there was no preparation at all. And officers like Li Jiucheng did not think about how to act after the mutiny. They just got hot-headed, and now they are thinking about these things.
They killed all the local gentry and people who bullied and laughed at them.
So, when Li Jiucheng and others broke out of the camp, they immediately mopped up the people watching the excitement around them. Then, they rushed to the house of the gentry who had a conflict with them and killed the gentry's entire family.
It should be said that by this time, Li Jiucheng and the others should have vented their evil spirits. However, the bestiality of this Ming army has already emerged. No need for much instigation, and without rest, they immediately directed their troops towards Wuqiao County.
Wuqiao County was defenseless, and the Ming army broke through the county without any effort. That night, the entire Wuqiao County immediately became a hell on earth. And the local officials of Wuqiao were also killed by the mutinous Ming army.
Everything is clean and tidy. Those officials just wanted to get money in the earthly world. They never thought that they would not be able to collect paper money in the underworld!
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No matter how much Kong Youde acted like an ostrich, he knew that he would definitely be involved in this mutiny. So in the early morning of the next day, Kong Youde, who had figured it out, led those who stayed in the camp, and all his own soldiers rushed to Wuqiao
county seat.
After arriving at the county government office, Kong Youde asked his soldiers to clean up the corpses of the county government office, and then immediately sent his soldiers to summon the officers scattered throughout the county to the county government office.
After a while, these officers came to the county government office happily. They seemed to be still in the carnival last night. After meeting, they greeted each other and exchanged with each other the harvest of last night's robbery and the experience of being a queen.
An officer even smiled and said to Kong Youde: "Brother Kong, I have left a few women for you! Tonight you..."
Kong Youde immediately interrupted the officer, and shouted loudly: "Quiet, everyone! Quiet! Stop talking about how soft and fair women are. Tell me about 90% of what you did last night.
How are the officials?"
"Kill them all!" Li Jiucheng replied nonchalantly, "They have bullied the brothers so miserably, why are they left alive?"
"You...!" Kong Youde was choked to death by Li Jiuzheng's confident words. The officers under his command may not understand, but Kong Youde understood quite well that his own army mutinied, and if he only killed a few common people and gentry, it would not be impossible.
It may be possible to save the situation. But if you kill the civil servants, that is not a mutiny, and it is a clear rebellion.
"Okay! Brothers, you are happy now. Let's talk about what to do next. How should we, 1,200 brothers, find a way out!" Kong Youde didn't even think about it at this time.
No matter what he was struggling with, he decided to face reality!
"This!?" Kong Youde's words immediately calmed down the officers. After the impulse passed, the officers realized that the prospects for them were quite grim.
Kong Youde and the others only had 1,200 people, and they were in an unfamiliar interior. There was no way they could rush through the heavily garrisoned city and return to Dongjiang Town, Liaodong. Only then did they realize that, unknowingly, they were still walking
On a dead end.
Seeing that all the officers present were silent, but Li Jiucheng's mind was still running fast, he said to Kong Youde: "Brother Kong, you don't have to hide it anymore. You can take the lead. What should we do in the future? We brothers all listen to you.
of."
"There is no need to take the lead. If anything happens, our brothers will discuss it and handle it." Kong Youde said politely, "Now that this is the case, there is only one way."
"If we just rely on people like us, there will be no good end. At least our sons can surrender to the court, but the heads of those of us here will definitely not be saved."
"The only way to survive is to make trouble and make trouble in a big way. To expand our strength and capture a few more cities, it is best to defeat one or two of the imperial army. This will let the imperial court see our strength, and we will support it again.
Master Sun expresses his determination to be recruited to the court, then our brothers may still survive."
After listening to Kong Youde's words, the officers felt that they were justified. Therefore, they immediately made up their mind to start the mutiny in a big way.
You must know that Kong Youde was a cavalry general, and he only led cavalry and light infantry. In addition to Kong Youde's army, Sun Yuanhua also sent a heavy artillery unit. At that time, this heavy artillery unit was stationed dozens of miles behind Kong Youde's army.
New Town.
Of course, the officers and soldiers of the heavy artillery unit were also from the Ming Army in Dongjiang Town, Liaodong Province. Kong Youde immediately sent people to contact the heavy artillery unit. Not surprisingly, the heavy artillery unit also joined the mutiny.
And what is the origin of Kong Youde and the officers of Dongjiang Town? They were all Mao Wenlong's subordinates in the past. Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town grew from a few hundred people to tens of thousands in a few years. This method of expanding the army must be very skillful.
of.
So Kong Youde opened the prison in Wuqiao County and recruited some local desperadoes and rogues. In addition, Kong Youde distributed food, and Shandong suffered from drought for years. A large number of refugees took refuge among the people. Kong Youde's power immediately expanded like a balloon.
stand up.
Next, Kong Youde turned and entered the southwestern region of Shandong. They successively captured many prefectures and counties in Lingxian, Linyi, and Shanghe, and plundered the southwestern region of Shandong. These soldiers officially became bandits. And Kong Youde's army also expanded to five
More than a thousand people.
The southwestern region of Shandong was already very close to Jinan City, the capital of Shandong. In addition, the area where Kong Youde was active was near the South Canal. Therefore, it was impossible for the imperial court and Shandong officials to remain indifferent to Kong Youde's army.
In a hurry, Shandong Governor Yu Dacheng gathered more than 8,000 Ming and water transport troops near Jinan to wipe out Kong Youde's army. At this time, Yu Dacheng thought that Kong Youde only had nearly 2,000 men. He had no idea about the strength of Kong Youde's army.
True strength.
And Kong Youde's army is quite powerful in combat. Not to mention that his core 2,000 people are all battle-hardened veterans, just look at the equipment provided to them by firearms expert Sun Yuanhua!
There are more than ninety Western cannons and Chinese artillery, more than a hundred eagle muskets, and more than a thousand bird muskets. The gunners are also equipped with hand muskets, so that the number of firearms is almost one for each person. In order to be more suitable for close combat, each soldier also has
Equip yourself with a sharp Japanese sword.
In terms of the firearms firepower of this army, it may be a little worse than Wu Shigong's army. But in terms of the possession of firearms, they were also far ahead of the world's armies at that time.
Therefore, there is no doubt about the outcome of this battle. Without any effort at all, Kong Youde defeated the Ming army.
What follows is a chain reaction. Although Kong Youde's army is still active near Jinan Prefecture, the defeated troops, refugees, bandits, and the instigation of the White Lotus Sect, which will never be peaceful in Shandong, immediately caused the turmoil along the canal.
, spreading throughout Shandong.
And because the Ming army was defeated, Jinan City immediately closed the city gates to defend it. Apart from sending messengers to the capital to report the news of Kong Youde's mutiny to the court, they did not care about other areas in Shandong at all.
The local officials in other areas of Shandong saw the turmoil outside the city and spread various rumors. There were no instructions from the superior officials. Therefore, the entire Shandong government was immediately in a state of semi-paralysis.
After the imperial court received the news of the mutiny of Kong Youde's army, it thought it was not a big deal, because in the face of the mutiny of the army, all the ministers in the Ming Dynasty court had become skilled workers.
In addition, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant, knew that Kong Youde was Sun Yuanhua's man. In order to keep his confidant, he proposed to Emperor Chongzhen that he should actively recruit Kong Youde's army.
Therefore, the imperial court ordered the two governors of Shandong and Denglai to resolve the matter quickly. According to the imperial court's experience, as long as the food and salary are sufficient and no accountability is pursued, the mutiny should be resolved quickly.
But this order left the Shandong Ming Army, which had gathered again to annihilate Kong Youde, at a loss as to what to do. They had no choice but to stay where they were, watching the unrest in Shandong worsen step by step.
But our protagonist Wu Shigong didn't know this situation at all at this time. He was still racking his brains to think about how to escape from Liaodong, and he had no idea that when he went north, he would inexplicably
