"I have a question. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Jiang Beiming suddenly asked, "Haven't you considered why Zheng Zhilong bought so many arms?" ”

"Beiming, are you worried that Zheng Zhilong will use our guns to hit us?" Xu Lang replied, "We have thought about this issue, and the committee has concluded that it is impossible to have a face-to-face with Zheng Zhilong in a few years. ”

"Why?"

"The reason is very simple, our Yulin Bay is nothing at all in Zheng Zhilong's eyes, and he will not devote his energy to dealing with us. Zheng Zhilong's current target is Taiwan and the Dutch, so when we said that we wanted to set up a point in Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong didn't take it to heart at all, and he probably felt that we couldn't go to Taiwan at all. ”

"I have to guard against it." Jiang Beiming thought thoughtfully, "I think if he really didn't care, he wouldn't have found so many reasons to oppose us going to Liaodong, although his reasons are all good, and it seems to be thinking about us." ”

Xu Lang didn't speak again, got up and walked to Jiang Beiming's desk, found a pen and paper, spread it in front of Jiang Beiming, and then walked to the door: "First class, I have something to say to you Commander Jiang, no one is allowed to come in." ”

"Yes, Mr. Xu." The sentry closed the door.

"What's the matter, what do you want to say?" Jiang Beiming asked.

"Beiming, I thought about it all the way on the way here, and I want to discuss some ideas with you first." Xu Lang said as he drew a simple map of East Asia on paper, "The current situation is like this, let's not worry about the Japanese for now." We have three points: Yulin Bay, Jinpu, and Puliango; The whole continent is the Ming government; Fujian and northern Taiwan were Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence; To the south of Taiwan are the Dutch; Portuguese in Macau; while the Manchus were in the northeast; North Korea is further to the east. If we follow the original plan and go directly north from Yulin Bay to Liaodong, we will not only pass through Guangdong and Macao, but also through the Taiwan Strait, that is to say, we will have to come into contact with almost all the forces along the way. And if we really want to fight Manchuria, the army going north plus logistics personnel will probably not be less than five or six thousand. With such a huge fleet, it is impossible not to be discovered by anyone, even if we can successfully reach Liaodong, there will be no logistical supplies at all, and once the war is unfavorable, we will not even have a way to retreat. Zheng Zhilong is right, the expedition of laborers is a taboo for soldiers. ”

"What's your opinion, don't you go to Liaodong?"

"No, Liaodong is a must-go. But before going to Liaodong, there is a point that we have to take down, this. Xu Lang pointed to the top of the Shandong Peninsula on the map, "Dengzhou." Take Dengzhou, and we will have a rear base. ”

"Dengzhou?" Jiang Beiming fell into deep thought, "Dengzhou is under the control of the Ming Dynasty, how can we take it?" ”

"Now I have a chance, but I don't know if I can do it."

"Do you mean Kong Youde's Dengzhou mutiny?" Jiang Beiming asked.

"Clever." Xu Lang said with a smile, "If my idea is really operable, then we will not only have to thank the old North Korean hen, but maybe we will also have to thank this Ming Dynasty chicken." ”

"You, you." Jiang Beiming smiled bitterly, "Tell me what you think." ”

"Beiming, do you know the specific situation of the Dengzhou mutiny?"

"It's not very clear, but I heard a few words when Lu Lao talked about the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties."

"Then I'll tell you about the Dengzhou mutiny first." Xu Lang took out a cigarette and lit it, "In August this year, Huang Taiji discovered that the Ming army was building a city on the Daling River near Jinzhou, and adopted a step-by-step offensive strategy, so he quickly surrounded the Daling River. Zu Dashou and more than 10,000 Ming troops were surrounded by it. After that, the imperial court urgently ordered Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, to send troops to the rescue, and Sun Yuanhua ordered the guerrilla general Kong Youde to lead a trained Liaodong soldier with heavy artillery to cross the Bohai Sea by boat and assemble at the Yaozhou Salt Farm on the Liaodong front, that is, Yingkou. However, Kong Youde encountered strong winds and waves soon after going to sea and had to order to return. Sun Yuanhua also ordered Kong Youde and Li Yingyuan, the general manager of Qian, to lead their troops to bypass the Bohai Bay by land and rush to the front line in eastern Liaodong. ”

"I said you should be simple, now is not the time for you to take a history lesson." Jiang Beiming protested against Xu Lang's verbosity.

"This can't be simple, if you don't understand the cause and effect, my plan is not easy to explain, so you just listen carefully."

Jiang Beiming had no choice but to continue to listen to Xu Lang's nagging: "In leap November, Kong Youde's team walked to Wuqiao, on the border between Shandong and Hebei, and during this period, the battle situation has undergone major changes. The Ming army organized 40,000 reinforcements Xiaoxing to gallop to aid the Daling River overnight, and encountered the Houjin army in the Changshan Pass, only fifteen miles outside the city of the Daling River, but the Ming army was defeated, and Sun Chengzong was removed and repatriated to his hometown of Gaoyang, Hebei. And Zu Dashou, the general of the Daling River, did not hesitate to kill the deputy general He Kegang and surrendered, and escaped and returned to Jinzhou alone. But all this was unknown to Kong Youde's reinforcements, and they continued to carry out the march to aid Liao. However, Wuqiao County did not have the financial resources to work for the army, especially the sloppy military discipline and barbaric style of the Liaodong soldiers, and everyone was afraid of it, but they were afraid to hide from it. A soldier of Kong Youde broke into a seemingly ordinary house and forcibly demanded a chicken, the owner of the chicken was violently beaten by the soldiers, but the owner of this chicken was a servant of Wang Xiangchun, a local Shandong wang clan. Kong Youde couldn't afford to provoke these powerful people, so he was forced to follow the method proposed by the Wang family to put the soldiers who caused the incident through the arrows and parade to the camp, but the soldiers felt insulted and made a group of troubles and killed the servant of the Wang family. ”

Jiang Beiming got up and poured 2 glasses of water, and handed Xu Lang a cup: "Xu Dacai, you are tired, speak slowly, there is still some time for dinner." ”

"I'm really thirsty." Xu Lang took the cup of water and took a sip, "At this time, a very important person appeared, Li Jiucheng, the father of Li Yingyuan, the head of Qianzong, came, a few months ago, Sun Yuanhua sent Li Jiucheng to carry the silver taels to the northwest to buy horses, but Li Jiucheng, who was addicted to gambling, lost all the public funds in the gambling game. Li Jiucheng was unable to make a difference, and seeing this kind of scene of the soldiers' excitement, Li Jiucheng actually took a risk and began to instigate and incite his sons Li Yingyuan and Kong Youde to launch a mutiny. Soon, the rebels captured many prefectures and counties in Lingxian, Linyi, and Shanghe in the southwest of Lu, and plundered them in the southwest of Lu, and these soldiers officially became bandits. ”

"This is the chicken you were talking about?"

"Yes, the South American butterfly in the butterfly theory." Xu Lang continued, "The fact that there was a mutiny so close to Gyeonggi, and the mutinous soldiers were carrying the most advanced weapons available, was nothing less than a thunderbolt, and the imperial court ordered the governors of Shandong and Denglai to quickly resolve the matter. Sun Yuanhua made a mistake at this time, because according to his experience, as long as the food and salary were sufficient and no accountability was carried out, the mutiny could be quickly resolved. So he asked Kong Youde to lead his troops back to Dengzhou, and everything was easy to discuss. Moreover, Sun Yuanhua and Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, jointly issued an order that from Wuqiao to Dengzhou and Yizhou County, troops should not be sent to block Kong Youde. Kong Youde also seemed to have obeyed Sun Yuanhua's order and returned in the direction of Dengzhou. The states and counties along the way did not dare to intercept it, and let the passage pass for Kong Youde's department to pass. When Kong Youde walked to Laizhou Mansion, Zhu Wancheng, the prefect of Laizhou, who had a close relationship with Kong Youde before, closed the city gate and let Kong Youde go around the city.

Dengzhou City can be described as impregnable both in terms of urban defense facilities and the quality of soldiers. But Sun Yuanhua then made a second mistake, he still did not give up the idea of appeasing the rebels, did not dare to let go and fight resolutely with the rebels, after a slight victory in Dengzhou, Sun Yuanhua ordered a truce, Kong Youde seized this opportunity to fight back, defeated the Dengzhou general Zhang Keda, and also captured a lot of Liaodong soldiers in Dengzhou City, and Dengzhou Liaodong soldiers began to defect.

On the night of the Spring Festival in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Geng Zhongming and Chen Guangfu, officers of the Liaodong Army, opened the city gate from the inside, Dengzhou fell, the general soldier Zhang Keda committed suicide and martyrdom, and Sun Yuanhua was captured. Kong Youde first asked Sun Yuanhua to be the eldest brother and led them to rebel and establish his own regime, but Sun Yuanhua sternly refused. Kong Youde remembered the grace of Sun Yuanhua's previous reception and release, and released Sun Yuanhua. In this battle, Kong Youde captured 6,000 old soldiers, thousands of reinforcements, 3,000 horses, 100,000 taels of silver, more than 20 Hongyi cannons, 300 Western cannons, and the rest of the firearms and armor battles. Kong Youde's strength has increased greatly since then. ”

"Are you done?" Jiang Beiming asked.

"What are you anxious about, listen to it, you're addicted." Xu Lang rolled up his sleeves and gestured as he spoke, "After Kong Youde took Dengzhou, he promoted Li Jiu to become the marshal of the capital to sit in the top spot, first conquering Huangxian and then attacking Laizhou. On April 16, Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, was killed in battle. At the same time, Kong Youde repelled the advance of Huanglong, the general army of Phi Dao, from the sea. Conquer Zhaoyuan on land and continue to besiege Laizhou.

In the imperial court, the two factions were still arguing, Laizhou people, household servants, and calligraphers Liu Erzhi crashed to death on the pillar of the court, and his death finally made Chongzhen decide to send a strong army to encircle and suppress the rebels.

Among the Ming troops who came to help this time, there were also Liaodong soldiers. And the commanders of them are the general soldiers of Liaodong, Jin Guoqi and Jin Guochen, the Zu family Zu Dabi and Zu Kuan, as well as Wu Sangui and other fierce generals. On 19 August, Kong Youde withdrew from Laizhou City and retreated to Dengzhou. On September 1, the Ming army entered Dengzhou, the last city of Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng went into battle and was killed by Zu Kuan's arrow, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others began to consider giving up Dengzhou to break through.

Dengzhou City was besieged by the Ming army for three months, the battle entered a stalemate, Kong Youde began to implement his large-scale breakthrough plan, Chongzhen six years of February 12, Dengzhou City in addition to leaving more than 1,000 people to cover, the rest of the more than 12,000 rebels and their families, on more than 100 large ships, together with weapons, guns and other objects from the north gate of the water city, from the sea to break through.

Kong Youde's initial idea was to occupy a place along the coast of Liaodong and divide one side by force. However, Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army stationed in Phidao and Lushun, led the navy to intercept and kill them, Li Jiucheng's son Li Yingyuan was beheaded, and Mao Chenglu and Chen Guangfu were captured. Desperate, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming eventually surrendered to the Manchus. Since then, the eighteen-month Kong Youde rebellion has ended.

However, although the Ming Dynasty quelled the rebellion, the two prefectures of Denglai in the Ming Dynasty, the logistics training base of the Liaodong front, were smashed by Kong Youde, and more than 100,000 people died in the entire Shandong region, and 300 miles were destroyed, and several imperial officials and a large number of local officials were killed. This support base was completely destroyed.

This mutiny, neither the Ming Dynasty nor Kong Youde, did not gain any benefits. But there was one biggest winner, the Manchus. Huang Taiji finally got the coveted sophisticated Western artillery and a large number of warships, so in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs again. ”

"I'm tired." Xu Lang picked up the teacup and drank it all.

"Cow." Jiang Beiming gave a thumbs up, "You don't go to tell the story, it's a pity that you have this mouth." ”

"Alright, let's get down to business." Xu Lang put down the teacup, "What do you think of this Dengzhou mutiny." ”

Jiang Beiming pondered for a while: "There are several problems here. First, even if we interfere in the Dengzhou mutiny, it will be a year later at the earliest, at that time Kong Youde has already occupied Dengzhou City, we can only attack the city, will the casualties be very large, and the artillery in Kong Youde's hand is not a burning stick. Second, we now have only three places, and even with the addition of the new Vietnamese army, the total strength is only 3 or 4,000 troops. If we intervene in Dengzhou, we will need at least 3 or 4,000 people, whether there will be time for temporary conscription, and whether there will be at least two months of training for new recruits, and whether there will be any problems in terms of time. Thirdly, it is still a matter of money, thousands of people go to Dengzhou at one time, have you thought about the war budget. Fourth, in what name do we go, even if we go to Dengzhou and defeat Kong Youde before the Ming army, what will be the attitude of the Ming Dynasty government, will we be allowed to stay in Dengzhou? It's all a problem. ”