Chapter Eighty-Five: Strengthening the Army

Outside Wuqiao County, thick smoke rushed into the sky, countless Liao soldiers walked through the streets and alleys outside the city, carrying large bags and small bags of belongings, many locals who saw the excitement a few days ago had turned into corpses on the ground, and some houses came from the loud screams of women.

On November 21, the Dengzhou army, which had been silent for two days, waited for the quasi-letter sent back by Li Yingyuan, and after Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde analyzed Chen Xin's mentality, they felt that it was reasonable, so they let go of the valve, and the Liao soldiers, who had been aggrieved for nearly ten years since the fall of Liaodong, came out with anger and looted everything that could be found outside Wuqiao City.

Because Sun Yuanhua was more sinister than the original historical situation, and his intention to make meritorious contributions was also greater, so the army he sent to Kong Youde was more than 1,000 people than the original, and Kong's combat power was also stronger, and the outside of Wuqiao City quickly turned into hell, Chapter 85 Strong army and once the army was dismissed, Cheng DΓΉ was not in the control of Kong Youde and others at all.

But this situation is the appetite of Li Jiucheng, who is fierce by nature, at this time he is standing outside Wuqiao City with a big knife, and the screams and cries around him are as beautiful as fairy music. Wuqiao County has no defense, there are only a small number of trembling people on the city, there is no basic tool to defend the city, a few days ago after the Denglai soldiers killed, stayed outside the city and did not move, the county did not expect that they would rebel, so he sent a document to the political secretary and the governor of Shandong, and waited for Kong Youde to beg him to spare his life, but he did not expect it to become a big mess in a blink of an eye.

Li Jiucheng was followed by more than 1,000 soldiers, they rushed to make a large number of ladders to the city, Wuqiao County is located along the canal, the wealth outside the city has opened their eyes, Li Yingyuan was in a gentleman's cellar, he found 30,000 taels of silver, the wealth in the city is naturally only a lot. The Dongjiang soldiers all had red eyes and held swords of different lengths in their hands, and the Denglai soldiers were equipped with nearly 2,000 swords, which were very suitable for using as ladder knives to attack such imstrong cities.

Li Jiucheng waved his hand, "Siege!" Retreat the latter to death! Beat down and divide the money and divide the! ”

The dense Dongjiang soldiers shouted, and then swarmed on the 85th chapter strong army, rows of ladders to the city head, the wooden hook in the front section was firmly hung on the wall, and some fierce soldiers bit the swords in their mouths, and climbed the ladder ants to attach.

The city head dropped the sparse stones, only knocked down a few people and was put on the city by several fierce Dongjiang soldiers, the people on the city wall scattered in a hurry, the city gate was soon opened, thousands of Denglai soldiers poured in from the city gate, shouting and waving knives to kill the people they saw, the soldiers with pockets on their backs broke the shops one by one along the street, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find property, and the city fell into a big chaos.

Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng marched along the street with their families, they caught a green skin outside the city, and had already inquired about the richest people's families, and when they came to the dyeing workshop in Xicheng, it was full of deep mansions, and more than ten families put the intersection into a letter, and the rest of the people were divided into more than ten shares, and broke into the door with a hammer.

At the door of the second household, Qingpi, who volunteered to be a guide, nodded to Kong Youde and said: "My lord, this is the Yang family, his family has jewelry shops, salt shops, silk shops in Dezhou and Tianjin, and there must be a lot of silver in the family." ”

Kong Youde waved his hand, and several family members danced hammers to smash the door, and some people inside resisted it with furniture, and the hammer smashed a few times to break the door panel, and a few panicked faces could be seen inside.

One of the people inside shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, whatever price you want, our master will definitely agree." ”

Li Jiucheng laughed and said: "Lao Tzu wants all the silver and women in your house, but I don't want you to agree, Lao Tzu will take it himself and smash it for me." ”

Several soldiers smashed harder, suddenly stretched out a spear inside, poked one person, the soldier was injured in the shoulder and arm, fell to the ground and scolded, all the family members saw that there was a courtyard resistance, all rushed up, with a spear to the inside of a mess, inside screamed again and again, the red-eyed soldier took the opportunity to push open the door, Li Jiucheng rushed into the courtyard with a big knife and the soldier, he was not in a hurry to grab the silver, but went back and broke in.

As soon as he rushed into the second entrance, he bumped into a domestic servant head-on, Li Jiucheng raised his hand and cut off the man's head with a knife, there was a scream in the courtyard, Li Jiucheng wiped the blood on his face, ignored the headless fly-like maid servants, and walked into the third entrance, the green skin led him to the outside of the West Wing, Li Jiucheng casually found a room and kicked it open, a burst of fat powder fragrance came, Li Jiucheng's blood surged, and he walked into the boudoir.

There was a young lady-like person hiding in the corner of the bed, and a maid trembled and said, "You, you are so bold, do you know that this is ......?"

Li Jiucheng slapped the girl and slapped the maid to the ground, "Lao Tzu doesn't care who you are, even the princess Lao Tzu also slept today, lying on the ground obediently, if you dare to move, I will cut off your head, and when Lao Tzu has played enough with your young lady, I will come to play with you again." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned to the young lady who was already frightened, and showed a cruel expression on his face, "Lao Tzu has played a lot, and I have never played Miss, you are not high on weekdays, and you don't look at Lao Tzu with your eyes, today I will let you taste the taste of our Qiu Ba." ”

He turned to the green skin again, "Wait a minute, you can come on." After Li Jiucheng finished speaking, he pounced on the young lady with a cruel smile......

In the city of Wu County, the crying shook the sky......

On November 24, the Jinan Governor's Office, Yu Dacheng, the elegant governor of Shandong, held an urgent letter, which was sent by Wang Daochun, the Shandong governor.

Pingyuan County is only dozens of miles away from Wuqiao, more than 20 miles away from Lingxian County, the information obtained is very detailed, his letter told about the 21st of the Confucius Department to conquer Wuqiao, at the same time it is estimated that Kong Youde will continue to attack the nearby Lingxian, Linyi and Pingyuan, Dezhou is also in danger, need to take precautions as soon as possible, Yu Dacheng saw the words at the end of the letter "send troops to suppress", his hand trembled slightly, although he often bragged to others on weekdays how he had won in the battle of his own Si, but in fact he did not go out of the city at all, and he was very timid.

He himself knew the military strength of Shandong, and there had been no war for many years, and there were only a few thousand battalions in the province, and some of them were Caoyun troops, which were not enough to fight at all. If once the battle fails, their official position will be difficult to protect, it is best for these Denglai soldiers to retreat after looting like the Shanxi rout, Dezhou is on the edge of Shandong, maybe these rebellious soldiers will go directly to Beizhili, and they can shirk their responsibilities on the grounds that they are too late to transfer troops, and instead impeach Sun Yuanhua.

So he thought about it, the soldiers couldn't be adjusted for the time being, he called the master to grab the pen and write, and after thinking about it, he said: "First send a letter to Lord Sun, the governor of Denglai, to explain that the Denglai soldiers are making trouble in Wuqiao, and then give the army a script." ”

The master knew Wang Daochun's letter, turned his head and asked, "My lord, I am very anxious according to what my lord said, do you want to reply first?" ”

"If you don't go back, just say to the outside that I'm seriously ill and can't take ......care of things for the time being," Yu Dacheng thought about it for a while, felt that it was better to be prepared, and said to the master: "Let Shen Tingyu and Tao Tingyan Wude soldiers of the standard camp prepare their outfits." ”……

On the same day, Song Wenxian received a secret letter from the Intelligence Bureau at the same time in the outer street of Chongwenmen, he had been staying in Jingshi this year, maintaining relations in various yamen, and after learning that Chen Xin was going to reinforce Dalinghe, he was both worried and nervous, and was planning to go to Shanhaiguan to wait for the army of Wendeng.

He suddenly learned the news of the rebellion of Confucius from the mouth of the messenger, and after a little thought, he showed joy, at least Da Linghe did not need to go, and the shape of Denglai would be more favorable, and he had even thought that Zhou Yanru's phase was unstable.

At that moment, he and Zhang Dahui found the corresponding book, converted the numbers in the secret letter into words, and after writing it, Song Wenxian picked it up and read it in a low voice, "It is expected that the Confucius Department will become chaotic, and there are three tasks in the Jingshi Station, first, let the military department order the Wendeng battalion to turn around and quell the chaos; second, to spread the news of the strong combat power of the Confucian Division, so that the imperial court was inclined to appease; Third, I wrote a secret letter to Liang Tingdong in the name of my official, which roughly means that there was an abnormal movement in the Lushun Dongjiang Army, which seems to have been premeditated by Confucius, and this turmoil may be related to the Phi Dao Rebellion......"

After reading it, Song Wenxian took out the fire fold and lit the fire, and watched the secret letter turn into ashes-

Kong Youde rebelled against Wuqiao, and the situation in the entire northern Ming Dynasty was affected, and the Shizhu soldiers stationed at Shanhaiguan were ordered to be ready to deploy the Beijing division at any time, and the Wendeng battalion, which was about to go to Tianjin, was also urgently ordered to turn around and go to Dezhou to standby.

Shandong's most powerful governor's standard battalion did not move, but the Denglai soldiers did not move like a mountain when they came, and became as fast as wind and fire. Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng have been in battle for a long time, and they have a good set of commanding the army, knowing that they do not have a stable position, and they must get out of the unfamiliar area before the imperial court reacts, speed is the most important link, and now Wuqiao is a fight, and the rebellion has been completed, and they must run if they have enough.

Unlike when they came, the Denglai soldiers moved as fast as beacon fire, they tasted the sweetness of attacking the city, no longer wasting time along the way, but rushed straight to the next city, November 21 broke Wu County, looted two days after a fire, and then retreated to the east, arrived at Lingxian on the 24th, Lingxian was also slackened in combat readiness, was broken by the Kong army on the 25th, Denglai soldiers looted, and opened the prison, all the prisoners inside became the fresh blood of the chaotic army, when they left Lingxian, the marching army column was already twice the original, There were many more stolen oxen and wagons to carry the plunder, and their harvest was increasing, and their scarce cotton cloth was no longer available, and was constantly thrown on the road, and was filled with silk and silver.

The army only looted for one day in Lingxian County, Confucius continued to set off, broke Linyi on the 27th, broke the Shanghe River on the 29th, broke Deping at the beginning of December, and broke Qingcheng after joining forces again on the fifth day of the first month, these Dongjiang soldiers who had been baptized by the war in Liaodong were invincible all the way, because their military strength was stronger than the original history, they conquered the two cities of Wuqiao and Deping, and the looting was more abundant.

Along the way, the small county town has not experienced war for a long time, there is no war preparation at all, and there is no strong garrison in the city, and the Confucius Department came quickly, basically all of them went to the city with a drum, the northern part of Jinan Mansion was ruined, and the county towns everywhere were rumored, especially the prefectures and counties on the route of the Confucian Ministry's eastward return, they all estimated that the Confucius would return to Dengzhou, maybe they beat themselves on the way, and the documents for help from all over the country were sent to the Shandong Governor's Office like snowflakes, Yu Dacheng's wish was disappointed, and he saw that the Confucius Department had captured more and more cities, if he didn't do something, It is also a matter of time before he loses his position, so he can't be afraid anymore at the moment, and immediately orders the standard battalion and Wu Debing to go to the front line of Zouping Changshan.

At this time, the imperial court received the news that Linyi was broken again, Chongzhen was angry, the siege of the Daling River outside the Guanxi was not solved, and the Shanxi Liukou was rampant, and now there was an additional rebel army near Gyeonggi, and it was also Denglai Town, which cost 900,000 silver a year. The emperor was furious, Liang Tingdong had to hurry up to find a way, but the army was pinned down everywhere, and the military department was too late to mobilize troops for a while, in addition to urging the Wendeng battalion to catch up quickly, he just ordered the governor of Shandong and the governor of Denglai to join forces to eliminate the chaos as soon as possible. Wen Tiren's faction is ready to exert force, and a new round of impeachment of Sun Yuanhua is about to begin.

On the 8th day of the first month of December, Kong Youde's troops continued to march highly, and this time they arrived at Xincheng, the base camp of Wang Xiangchun's family. !!