Not only did Sun Yuanhua not treat Kong Youde and others harshly, but he also had high hopes for them, giving priority to replenishing their food, wages and weapons, and providing them with the best equipment. Therefore, while stationed in Dengzhou and receiving firearms tactics training, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming always behaved very honestly.
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Kong Youde's rebellion occurred on the way to reinforce Liaodong and had already reached Wuqiao in Zhili. In fact, it had nothing to do with Sun Yuanhua. It was purely an intensification of the conflict between Kong Youde and the local officials and gentry in Zhili.
The Wuqiao mutiny was certainly related to the Ming Dynasty officials and gentry oppressing the guest troops. However, the Wuqiao local government refused to receive them, which is inseparable from the corruption of military discipline in Kong Youde's army. Kong's troops were good at disturbing the people, raping and plundering them.
As things continued, it was human nature for the local officials to refuse to let them into the city. But even if they did not let the Liao soldiers into the city, they should still raise a batch of grain and let the money go out of the city. It was definitely wrong to refuse supplies completely.
There is nothing you can do about cheating when there is no food to eat.
Even the Dashun Army cannot guarantee that all soldiers will still maintain the "killing a person is like killing my father, and raping a person is like raping my mother" even when they are hungry - they can only follow Li Zicheng and rest in the mountains of Shangluo Mountain.
The group of Yuan Cong who had a rough road could achieve this.
It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to demand Kong Youde according to the discipline of Chuangying Yuancong.
However, after the chicken stealing incident, the soldiers who committed the crime were sent to the camp with arrows. Although the Wang family was domineering, it was also Kong Youde himself who was afraid of the power of the gentry, which intensified the conflict between the army and the gentry.
Lack of food and pay was the reason why the soldiers followed Kong Youde in rebellion, but it was by no means the reason why Kong Youde betrayed the Ming Dynasty and defected to the Qing army. For Kong Youde himself, his rebellion was entirely due to not wanting to go to the front line, fear of crime, and for himself.
It's just fame and fortune.
Even if in later history, Kong Youde set himself on fire in Guilin, it was not because he was very loyal to the Qing Dynasty and wanted to die for the Qing Dynasty like Monk Kexi. The essence was just because Kong Youde himself did not know the time to surrender.
When Li Dingguo surrounded Guilin, Kong Youde had already sent Wang Yuncheng to contact Ma Jinzhong about surrender. According to Wang Yuncheng later, Kong Youde actually had an intention to surrender, but he missed the opportunity because he was kidnapped by his generals.
Kong Youde's ambition and loyalty were nothing more than this.
He, Monk Kexi, was a completely different type of character, so when Kong Youde heard that Dorgon had taken away all the Qing army's reserve forces, the anxiety and excitement in his heart could almost be said to have manifested on the surface.
Are you rebelling now that the Qing army is in an unfavorable situation? Or are you escaping back to Beijing?
Kong Youde controlled the hill with the best view among the Qing army's positions, and Dorgon also handed over most of the Hongyi artillery to him. This was the capital of the Qing army's final attack. Dorgon also handed over the troops to defend the Xuzhou defenders from breaking through.
The task was also given to Kong Youde.
After Wu Zhen Hachao entered the Pass, he was used by the Qing army as an ordinary general and troops most of the time. To this day, when Dorgon faces the oppressive attack of the Dashun Army, the Manchus can no longer rely solely on themselves.
When he used his strength to win, Kong Youde's shackles were completely released and he got the opportunity to stand alone.
"The Red Yi Cannon is ready to fire."
The choice of fate returned to Kong Youde's own hands, but he did not take any reckless actions. He just lowered his head and continued to order and organize the soldiers of Wuzhen Hachao to ignite gunpowder.
The dark muzzles of dozens of heavy red barbarian cannons shone with the luster of death under the scorching sun. Among them, there were more than a dozen cannons "made in Suizhou" captured by Cizhou and Daiming.
The Qing army and the Dashun army fought many times. Firearms experts like Kong Youde, who had been carefully taught and trained by Sun Yuanhua, certainly knew that the artillery "made in Suizhou" was more powerful and sharper than the artillery of the Qing army.
Although Kong Youde was completely unclear about the "artillery module" of the Hongyi cannon, this did not prevent him from giving full play to the power of the "made in Suizhou" Hongyi cannon and using these captured trophies as a rare weapon in his hand.
The black artillery array has been aimed at the intruders, and Wu Zhenhachao occupies the high ground with the best view on the entire battlefield. Kong Youde is condescending, overlooking the heroes, Li Laiheng, Dorgon...these unruly world heroes have all been targeted.
Within the range of the Uzhenha super artillery team!
"Fire!"
“Fire—”
"Fire!"
While Kong Youde gave the order, the palace guards beside him raised the huge conch high, and a choked whine sounded in Xuzhou. The gunpowder behind the red cannon burned rapidly, and the heavy solid shells were fired by chemical energy.
Pushed by force, the final acceleration is completed in the barrel, and the molten iron splashes.
boom--!
boom--!
The artillery of the Qing army fired rapidly and with full firepower, the artillery shells quickly fell into the line of the soldiers and horses of the army. The three walls of the left army were the first to bear the brunt. The people and horses could not bear the force of the missile. If it touched the war horses, they would disembowel them.
The limbs of the human body were flying and broken, and blood was everywhere, filling the space between the swords, swords, halberds and armor.
However, there were more cavalry, infantry, gunners, and gunners. Under the guidance of Jin Wang Li Laiheng's imperial decree, they had launched an assault from the center of the entire battlefield. The soldiers came in huge numbers and pressed deeply towards the Qing army. Even if there were
With the fire support of Wu Zhenhachao, even though Dorgon's white-armored soldiers had already entered the battlefield, before the Bagaras reached the front line, the larger number of green soldiers could no longer hold up, leading to a total collapse.
Hundreds of military flags were abandoned on the ground, and no one picked them up. Liu Fangliang's war horses trampled them, and their iron hooves trampled over the green camp flags. Weapons ten times the size of the flags, and iron armor were left on the trenches and earthen walls.
Behind, the Green Camp soldiers fled in panic, leaving in the eyes of the Three Walls Knight:
All that's left is the ugly braids!
"It's Donglu's white-armored soldiers!"
Ma Shiyao, Liu Fangliang's deputy general and the commanding general of the Dianzuo Army, personally held the Yellow Dragon Banner given to him by the King of Jin for Liu Guogong and waved it in front of the army. Most of the Qing army's eyes were attracted by the banner, and the attack firepower was concentrated on it.
Ma Shiyao's martial arts skills, which he had conquered for more than ten years and fought hundreds of battles for the rest of his life against the late Emperor, would have been difficult to escape from such an urgent and violent attack.
The cavalry of the Dianzuo Army have charged into battle more than ten times. Although they have achieved great results in completely defeating the Qing army's green battalions, the cavalry has suffered a head-on attack on the infantry line that oppressed the Donglu, resulting in so many casualties that it has already hurt their muscles.
To the point of breaking your bones.
Ma Shiyao himself had more than 30 minor and severe wounds on his body. He wrapped the wounds with a long cloak. After the original blue cloak was soaked with blood, it now turned a terrifying black-purple color.
"My lord, the green army has been completely defeated. That elite army... that elite army must be Dorgon's white armor!"
In the crowd of Qing army's green battalions that fled backward, a large group of elite cavalry with mercury-colored cloth masks surged up against the trend. Anyone could see that this must be the last elite reserve force in Dorgon's hands.
The rotten silver armor Liu Fangliang wore was brilliant and eye-catching. At first glance, it looked very similar to the white armor of the Qing army. As a powerful commander of a large army, he had led the troops to such an extent. After just over ten years of fighting,
After the whole team charged, he suffered more injuries than Ma Shiyao.
Blood flowed everywhere, and even the iron mask on his face was shattered by stray bullets. Qingjun's beautiful face was scratched with dozens of wounds by iron fragments. His face was ferocious, but his fearless spirit was still there, and he did not change the Manchu white armor at all.
Keep the counterattack in mind.
Liu Fangliang's laughter was full of courage and confidence. He held the horse under his arm, charged forward, and roared:
"Jiannu will come for the banner of the King of Jin, Ma Shiyao! If we wrap around Dorgon's white armor, the King of Jin will be safe and sound on the right wing!"