Chapter two hundred and eighty-two dragons without a leader
The entire coalition army was stationed on the spot. But what Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing never expected was that the coalition army immediately seemed to have walked into a dark room in the dark, as if it was immediately lost.
Contact with the outside world.
Until Liu Zeqing's rear army arrived, and the number of the entire coalition army reached more than 8,800 men, this situation did not change, and it lasted for more than a month.
This situation is simply too weird! In the minds of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, their coalition forces were taking advantage of the change of governor of Shandong to delay going to the battlefield for a few days.
But you must know that the new Shandong governor will always take office, and his army of nearly 9,000 people will have no place to hide. Therefore, the new Shandong governor will always issue new orders to his coalition forces.
But the current situation has made Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing suspicious. Has the new governor of Shandong forgotten his coalition? Or has the rebels made a huge commotion and blocked the communication between Shandong officials?
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Therefore, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing immediately sent a large number of spies around the coalition forces. They also arrested civilians nearby and stepped up the construction of the coalition camp to prevent the rebels from stealing the camp.
After filtering through a sieve several times, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing finally determined that there were no traces of rebel activities around their coalition forces.
Of course, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing would not take the initiative to send messengers to contact the Shandong local officials in nearby cities and Jinan City. In case the new Shandong governor really forgets about his coalition forces, then this kind of trouble is asking for trouble.
Wouldn't it be stupid to come to the door of the new Shandong governor and remind him of his move to mobilize the coalition forces?
No matter how you put it, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing still think that the possibility of the new Shandong governor forgetting their coalition forces is the smallest. You know, on the current ground in Shandong, except for the Ming army in Denglai, the Ming army in Shandong
The total strength of the military commander is only over 30,000 people. After deducting the strength of the defense key cities and the Grand Canal, among the Ming armies maneuvering in the wild, this Ming army is the strongest and largest unit!
Therefore, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, who could not figure out the reason, had to keep the coalition forces vigilant at all times to prevent any danger. And this tension of not seeing the enemy made the entire coalition army restless. It is not the direct descendants of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing who are powerful
Suppress it, and the coalition camp may be blown up.
But even so, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing beheaded a dozen soldiers who spread rumors and were driven crazy by nervousness. After showing their heads to the public, the mood of the coalition soldiers finally returned to normal temporarily.
If Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing knew the real reason why such a strange situation happened, they would definitely curse their mothers loudly. Because the new governor of Shandong had indeed forgotten their coalition.
After the fall of Dengzhou City, Shandong Governor Yu Dacheng knew that something was wrong, so he issued a large number of orders to the troops in all directions of Shandong, just like a chicken blood shot, in an attempt to restore the chaotic situation and reduce his own guilt. However,
His desperate struggle didn't work.
When the news that Kong Youde pretended to surrender and captured Dengzhou City reached the capital, the whole court immediately went into an uproar. But don't say anything, let's pursue responsibility first. Emperor Chongzhen immediately sent Tiqi to bring down Shandong Governor Yu Dacheng and
Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai who was released by the rebels, was imprisoned and sentenced.
However, the local encirclement and suppression of the rebels in Shandong could not be carried out without officials. Therefore, the newly appointed governor of Shandong, Xu Congzhi, and the governor of Denglai, Xie Lian, rushed to Shandong with Tiqi who left Beijing and took office immediately.
At this time, the situation in Laizhou City was already very urgent. The rebels mobilized their troops and were getting closer and closer to Laizhou City.
When the news of the fall of Dengzhou came, Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, immediately stepped up preparations for war. He transferred all the troops from the coastal defense and outside the city into the city, and transported as much grain and grass as possible from outside the city to the city. He also strengthened the troops in the city.
Public security control, house-to-house inspections, clearing streets and setting up sentries, mobilizing people's cooperation to defend the city, strengthening city walls, and adding defensive facilities...
It should be particularly pointed out that in Laizhou City, a civilian army was immediately organized whose combat effectiveness was no less than that of the regular Ming army. Those were the miners and blacksmiths of the Laizhou Iron Mine.
Laizhou is rich in coal and iron. In modern times, Laizhou Iron Mine is also famous. In the Ming Dynasty, Laizhou Iron Mine was also an important production base for the imperial court's iron material monopoly.
Therefore, the mine supervisor sent from the inner court to Laizhou had an army of miners to ensure the monopoly of iron materials. Coupled with the tens of thousands of miners and blacksmiths in the mining area, the entire civilian army was easily organized.
stand up.
Moreover, it can be seen from the titles of Kong Youde and others as the "Three Miners of Shandong" that once the miners become soldiers, their combat effectiveness is quite strong.
Because the miners are organized workers after all, the quality of the soldiers must be better than that of the farmers. In addition, they have a large number of blacksmiths, so there is no need to worry about making and repairing weapons. Laizhou City also has a large amount of iron materials.
.So, this tens of thousands of miners' militia immediately became the main force guarding Laizhou City.
After receiving news of the critical situation in Luanzhou City, Shandong Governor Xu Congzhi and Denglai Governor Xie Lian immediately stepped up their game. They led the army of General Yang Yufan who came from Tongzhou to enter Laizhou City before the rebels arrived. Immediately, Laizhou
The city was surrounded by rebels and was completely impenetrable.
However, according to the original plan, the two governors had a division of labor. According to the division of labor, Denglai Governor Xie Lian would direct the battle in Laizhou City, while Shandong Governor Xu Congzhi would be in Qingzhou to be responsible for reinforcements and logistics.
It should be said that Shandong Governor Xu Congzhi's initiative to enter the besieged Laizhou City could indeed boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Laizhou City defending the city. Xu Congzhi was also personally courageous and extremely brave.
However, Xu Congzhi forgot that his role was no longer an ordinary local official. He was already the commander-in-chief of the encirclement and suppression of the rebels. It was not his turn to do the charge personally.
Xu Congzhi simply gave orders to local officials along the way, asking reinforcements from various places to gather in Qingzhou. Next, he was besieged in Laizhou City and completely lost contact with the outside world.
So when the leaderless reinforcements arrived in Qingzhou one after another, without further orders from the governor of Shandong, they stopped moving forward half helplessly and half deliberately, and just watched helplessly as they were beaten to death inside and outside Laizhou City.
The coalition forces of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing were even more bizarre. They did not even receive the order from Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, to assemble reinforcements in Qingzhou. This was because official documents from the government always had to pass through local cities, and the coalition forces of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing deliberately avoided this.
The move to open the city just allowed them to stay in place for the holiday.
Of course, the Shandong governor's office has not forgotten the coalition forces. However, at this time, the governor's office did not know where the coalition forces were currently stationed, so when the governor's office's messenger rushed to Ningyang County, he transferred back to the Grand Canal, and finally Qian Xin
When Wan Ku found the coalition forces of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, it was already the end of February in the fifth year of Chongzhen.
This poor communication is really killing people!
At this moment, the two groups of officials in the imperial court had a fierce dispute in front of Emperor Chongzhen about whether to suppress or to suppress. After the news was passed to the reinforcements assembled in Qingzhou, all the reinforcements were even more undecided. After the reinforcements
After watching from the sidelines, Laizhou City was ridiculously left alone. They were about to start an unprecedentedly brutal battle with the rebels outside the city.