Chapter 317: Trapped Beasts, Bandits

In fact, when the Ming Dynasty was founded, it was quite embarrassing to set the capital somewhere, Zhu Yuanzhang intended to set the capital of Xi'an, but the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan was not the anointed land of the Han and Tang dynasties, the soldiers were in chaos and dilapidated, the northern Xinjiang was not pacified at that time, and Yanjing was not a good choice.

The only choice is to set the capital of Nanjing, and after the martyrdom of Chengzu Zhu Di, Zhu Di is very heroic, determined to pacify the border troubles in the north during his reign, and has a rather bold idea, that is, "to guard the border fortress with the Son of Heaven as the hostage", the emperor is close to the border pass of the Beijing division, naturally the soldiers and military towns gathered here.

This policy cannot be said to be a success, but from the current point of view, there is no failure, at least the cavalry of the Mongol Tartars has never entered the Central Plains as before.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages, the existence of the Jingshi allowed Beizhili to gather one-third of the country's soldiers and horses, and a large number of people were also gathered here, and the land in the north could not support so many people under the agricultural level at that time, in fact, this situation began a long time ago.

Of course, the solution has existed a long time ago, the existence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the role of Cao Yun is to transport the rice grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the north to adjust whether there is or not, in the Yuan Dynasty, there is a large-scale sea grain transportation exists, it is not an exaggeration to call the transportation of this canal the main artery of the Ming Dynasty, if the grain is cut off, the Beijing division can still be supported, but the surrounding guards and towns can be famine.

Although it is important, but the defense on both sides of the canal can not be said to be strict, although both sides are dotted with guards and barracks, but the purpose is only to facilitate the transportation of the canal to obtain supplies, because the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal itself is in the inner hinterland of the Ming Kingdom, it is impossible to lose at all, in other words, if even the canal is controlled, then the Ming Dynasty has long been fallen.

Zou Cheng's garrison surname is Kong, but he has nothing to do with the sage family in Qufu, of course, it is impossible to stand in the name of a patriarch disciple in Zou Cheng's sub-sheng inheritance, Kong garrison was transferred in Dongchang Mansion, originally to fill the defense vacuum here, because the soldiers and horses that can fight are all deployed around Linyi, and the troops garrisoned by Kong can be second-line troops at best.

However, he is not worried, because there is still a Rongyang City in front of him, and even if the rebels want to make a move, they must attack the defeated Rongyang City, and if the Rongyang City is attacked, he can make timely preparations here. No one thought that there was no news from the side of Rongyang City, and thousands of rebels actually appeared under their city.

Looking at the rebel array under the city, Kong Shoubei couldn't help but feel a little desperate in his heart, although the city is known as the rebel army, but the lineup is very neat, there are more than 1,000 horse teams, and the current officers and soldiers all know that the rebels have two core forces, a horse team of more than 2,000 horses, coming and going like the wind, and the knights are fierce. There is also Liu Shisan's ironclad soldiers, who are also about 2,500 people, known as invincible.

These two teams did not suffer any losses in the battle with the officers and soldiers, and they took a lot of advantage, and the officers and soldiers who encircled and suppressed them were afraid of encountering these two teams, who would have thought that there would be one under the city now.

The adjutant general on the side also looked wrong, and when the troops drove over, they gasped, and the soldiers at the head of the city strengthened the city defense under the loud shouts of the officers at all levels of the small flag and the general flag, and carried the rolling wood and stones to the position, and the adjutant general lightly touched the hole garrison there, and then said in a low voice:

"My lord, it seems that the thief army below is going to besiege the city, and there are two hundred mules and horses in the city, now let's take our own soldiers and leave from the west gate!"

After saying this, Kong Shoubei still looked ahead, and after a while, he turned around, the expression on his face was already dead, but it startled the deputy general, Kong Shoubei said calmly:

"Behind us is Jining, do you know how much of a sin it is to lose Caoyun?"

Although the officers of the Ming Dynasty are all to deduct military salaries and drive their soldiers as serfs, but they still have a very clear judgment on the situation on the battlefield, at this time the Ming Dynasty army has not yet reached the face of the Manchu Dynasty, and even dare not fight, immediately rout and flee to the extent of straw bales, so the adjutant general heard the words of Kong Garrison, and immediately understood, if the rebels passed Zou City so simply, if there was any mistake in Caoyun and Jining, even if they wanted to find a reason, they couldn't get away, and they could almost predict the result, and they must have been beheaded by the whole family. and even exterminate the Nine Clans.

Kong Garrison and his lieutenant were in the city for a while, Kong Garrison suddenly raised his hand and gave his lieutenant a hard slap, the officers and soldiers who were busy around were all peeking here, and the adjutant was even more stunned there, Kong Garrison's eyes were already fierce, and he shouted loudly:

"What are you still doing here, fucking Lao Tzu to see the city defense!"

The adjutant general also came to his senses, turned around and yelled viciously at the officers and soldiers around him:

"If Zou Cheng falls, the big guys will be beheaded by the imperial court, if they run, we can't outrun the horse team below, sons, now we can only fight with them!"

Kong Shoubei also shouted in the back:

"My wife and children are still waiting for us to go back in Dongchang Mansion, we can't just throw our lives outside, Xiao Wu, go and bring up the salary!"

After a while, Kong Garrison's personal soldiers carefully lifted up more than a dozen silver boxes, and Kong Garrison stood on top of the boxes and waved his hand and shouted:

"This is six months' salary for the brothers, as long as it passes this threshold, I will send these silver down at one time, and the court will have another reward!"

Silver is the most exciting thing, the city fell into silence, the soldiers' breathing was heavy, the lieutenant over there cut open the silver box with his sword, and the silver leaked out, and suddenly, I don't know who started it, and a huge shout broke out on the city:

"Fight! War! War! ”

Not long after, the head of the Meng family in the city also came to visit Kong Garrison, the Meng family has a hereditary official position, but there are a large number of fields and manors outside the city, but the chaos army naturally can not survive anything, and after the city is broken, the situation of such a large family as the Meng family can be imagined, so the patriarch of the Meng family is also with the silver two labor army, and at the same time, he also gathered a large number of strong men to help the war. The magistrate of Zou Cheng also followed.

It is rare for Zou Cheng to have a situation where the army and civilians are in trouble, not the embarrassing scene when Kong Garrison first arrived here with his four thousand soldiers and horses, and was scolded by the people of Zou Cheng as a predatory place.

Wen Dao also arranged for his subordinates to rest and tidy up under the city, and this time he brought out 6,000 soldiers and horses, only with three days' provisions, preparing to attack Jining. They bypassed Rongyang on the road, prepared to take Zou Cheng, and then rested in Zou Cheng for a while, and then attacked Jining. During this period of fighting, Wen Dao and Liu Shisan especially looked down on the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers, and both of them had the experience of winning more with less.

When the two cousins discussed, they often felt that now that there is such a strong army and abundant logistics, it is a good time to win the world. Even those people in King Jing's Mansion, who had always remained silent, King Jing Shizi already had some intention of getting close to them.

Thinking of the letter that Liu Twelve sent them, Wen Dao felt that his cousin, who was known as a scheming cousin, was a little too careful, and staying with Jiang Feng had forgotten the glory of the Liu family back then, and just wanted to follow Jiang Feng's unambitious military attache wholeheartedly.

The shouting at the head of the city did not shake the new site of Wendao, and no matter how high the morale of the officers and soldiers was, in his eyes, they felt that they would retreat after the attack began. Won Jining, obtained a large number of grain and reserves in Jining, the transit hub of Caoyun, along the canal, you can quickly go north to Beijing, you can also go south to Nanjing, then the strategic initiative is in their own hands, this strategy is what Liu Twelve told them at the beginning, although now the communication is close to being interrupted, but the plan is still implemented according to the original.

Wen Dao rode up to a cart of his army, dismounted and jumped on the cart, shouting at the resting soldiers:

"Defeat Zou Cheng, and then break Jining, when the time comes, the brothers will follow me to enjoy glory and wealth, a lot of silver, and countless women!"

Now Wen Dao came to order his army to be after the city was broken, indulged in plundering to stimulate morale, more than a dozen prefectures and counties around Linyi, if it wasn't for Liu Shisan's persuasion of him to manage it well and leave himself a usable territory, I'm afraid it would have been destroyed long ago, but this is also the difference between the two sides, Wen Dao has always been reckless, acting in a crooked manner, and Liu Shisan has been in the military camp for a few years, which is already the habitual idea of some officials and soldiers.

Hearing this tempting agitation, he immediately shouted loudly, and for a while the atmosphere brought the climax, but the voice was quite chaotic, and more than 6,000 people shouted indiscriminately:

"Open Zou Cheng, open Jining!"

The following kind of chaotic shouting made the head of the city and the soldiers and civilians in the city hate the same enemy, if the city was opened by these people, wouldn't it be a situation where the jade and stones were burned, the patriarch of the Meng family and the magistrate of Zou City immediately added weight to the things of the labor army, and also made some promises, such as the benefits after holding the city.

At the same time, the fast horse messenger sent by the county and the garrison to report the news had already gone out of the west city gate and galloped in the direction of Jining, and suddenly someone in the city was anxious to shout 'the thieves are attacking the city', and the hearts of the people and officials under the city were hanging, and at this time they heard a neat shout outside the city:

"Grab the money! Grab the food! Snatch! ”