Chapter 185: The Chess Moves Change
Liu Zeqing is very confident, thinking that with his current strength, defeating Kong Youde is easy to capture, when Wang Dalun had more than 10,000 people who could beat Kong Youde all over the ground to find teeth, he didn't believe it, he is now equipped with the same musket as Wang Dalun, and the strength is twice that of Kong Youde, will he be able to deal with Kong Youde?
Aren't you a cow in Xingxian regimental training, I don't need you, you can stay where it's cool, wait for me to defeat Kong Youde, and then slowly clean you up.
Well, their equipment is good, and when Kong Youde is destroyed, I will cry to the court with the power of a great victory, and get all your equipment, anyway, it will be for nothing to give to you, and I can't rely on it at critical moments.
Kong Youde, who made up his mind, was very proud to command his subordinates to give Kong Youde a war letter, in his imagination, Kong Youde should not be scared by himself, right? The best thing is that as soon as my war book arrives, Kong Youde will obediently surrender, so that he can show his prestige!
Liu Zeqing treated Kong Youde as a bird in a cage, and he could catch it whenever he wanted, and he didn't take into account the mood of being a bird at all! And although Kong Youde has been very embarrassed recently, he doesn't want to be a caged bird, the rabbit is in a hurry to bite, not to mention that he still has an army of 10,000.
When Liu Zeqing was thinking about how to arrest him, Kong Youde was also calculating Liu Zeqing, only to see Kong Youde asking a man with a face full of flesh in front of him in a deep voice, and at a glance, he knew that Lu Dao was not a good person: "Huang Erchun, what you said is true?" ”
"Really! Marshal Kong, you have to believe in the strength of our brothers in the Salt Gang, and we dare to admit that we are second in terms of information and terrain familiarity. No one dares to admit the first! It's just news from our brothers that the gang has been stationed elsewhere! The man named Huang Erchun patted his chest and said.
"Really? Are you really in Liu Zeqing's team? Kong Youde said very puzzled.
"Really! Marshal, you also know that our livelihood, this is a head-killing business, in addition to daring to fight and kill, you also have to have hands and eyes to the sky, and you must have friends everywhere, otherwise the more brave you are, the sooner you will die! Huang Erchun explained.
Kong Youde nodded, believing Huang Erchun's words, if Huang Erchun's salt lords didn't have their hands and eyes. It has long been exterminated by the government. The reason why illicit salt has been repeatedly banned is because from the officials, down to the inspection department, the anti-smuggling department, and even the various garrisons. It's basically all infiltrated.
After a while. Someone came in. Whispering in Kong Youde's ear, obviously telling him about the existence of the path that Huang Erchun said, Kong Youde nodded. It seems that this Huang Erchun really didn't lie to himself. He thought for a moment and asked, "Leader Huang, what is the highest position of your people in Liu Zeqing's team?" ”
"The highest position is Baihu, although their official positions are not too high, but they know a lot of news, they won't lie to me!" Huang Erchun hurriedly spoke.
"Can you tell them that if you go to me, I will give them a minimum of 1,000 households, and each of them will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver, and if they are not willing to come, I am also willing to give them 1,000 taels of silver, and you ask them if they are willing?" Kong Youde thought for a moment and asked.
"So? Think about it! Huang Erchun thought for a while, and said to Kong Youde: "If the marshal opens this condition, I am sure that I can pull two people over, and the other people can usually pass on the news, this kind of thing is unreliable!" ”
Kong Youde was even more pleased with Huang Erchun's statement, it is not much expensive to be an internal response, as long as it can play a role, sometimes it is more useful than an army! He nodded to Huang Erchun and said, "Leader Huang, I'll trouble you, if I can pull them over, I'll make you a general soldier!" ”
Huang Erchun's face was overjoyed, and he said excitedly: "Okay, I'll go over and contact you right away and help you pull people over, marshal, just look at it!" I'm up to this commander! ”
Kong Youde nodded, and said in high spirits: "Work hard, when I defeat Liu Zeqing, I will definitely not treat you badly!" ”
When both sides were gearing up, as a third party, Wang Dalun was putting on a show, he almost didn't move a small stool, holding melon seeds in his hand, and watched the two sides fight to the point of bleeding.
However, as a fisherman, if you want to reap the benefits of fishing, you have to spend some brains, according to your own script, this time Liu Zeqing will be defeated, so there is Sun Liu's deliberate face-turning, and the salt lord Huang Erchun's initiative to defect and offer advice!
Wang Dalun is now like a chess player, and Kong Youde and Liu Zeqing are just pawns in his hands, he is calculating, thinking, and making the situation develop as smoothly as he hopes.
"Wushuang, have you made a plan?" Wang Dalun suddenly asked Lang Wushuang on the side.
Lang Wushuang nodded and said, "We have made preparations, if Liu Zeqing has the upper hand, the people we arrange will attack his baggage camp and disturb his military morale by setting fire!" ”
"Is there a problem with the person who arranged it? If it is exposed, it will be a lot of trouble!" Wang Dalun frowned and asked, it's not fun to make a big deal out of this matter, and it is a very serious crime to harm friendly soldiers!
"Don't worry, it's all the people who destroyed the salt works last time, they were all Kong Youde's people before, although our people are in the lead, but most of them don't know that we are the ones who are in charge, and they think that they are lucky enough to let their remnants run around!" Lang Wushuang replied immediately.
"Well, well done! Closely monitor their movements, and if they are not under our control, we will resolutely eliminate them! Wang Dalun said in a deep voice.
"My subordinates understand!" Lang Wushuang immediately replied solemnly.
"Okay, now that everything is ready, let's wait for the big drama to happen!" Wang Dalun nodded and said in a relaxed tone.
The war broke out as scheduled, the two sides concentrated nearly 30,000 more, broke out in a place called Jingzhi Town in Anqiu County, Liu Zeqing led more than 20,000 people to Jingzhi Town, he was menacing, he was about to annihilate Kong Youde in one fell swoop, he mobilized all the troops he could mobilize.
And Kong Youde also did not show weakness, he occupied the favorable terrain of Jingzhi Town, and fought back against Liu Zeqing, the two sides came and went, without giving in! Liu Zeqing used all the muskets he asked for from Wang Dalun, and the two sides started a tug-of-war on the low walls of the town.
Kong Youde's number is less than Liu Zeqing's, in order not to be driven into the mountains by Liu Zeqing, he is also in a hurry, he took out all the silver on his body to motivate his soldiers, and the soldiers in order not to be driven into the mountains, they had to fight desperately, and repelled the opponent's attacks again and again!
And Liu Zeqing is also red-eyed, in order to be promoted and make a fortune, in order to stabilize Wang Dalun, he also mobilized all the potential of his subordinates, he personally supervised the battle on the front line, and commanded the soldiers to launch attacks again and again!
Under the attack of the official army again and again, the Kong Youde Department on the city wall could only be supported by hard work, and gradually, the Kong Youde Department was suppressed, and there were more and more wounded at the head of the city.
Liu Zeqing is now satisfied, he sent people to start surrendering, and proposed that as long as Kong Youde surrendered, he would be guaranteed not to die, but Kong Youde was very tough at the beginning, and directly shot the shouter with one arrow. But as the attack continued, he couldn't hold it anymore and began to send someone to Liu Zeqing to talk about surrender!
Regarding Kong Youde's shameless behavior, Liu Zeqing simply drove the envoy back, and then ordered his subordinates to storm the city wall for a day! After a day of fierce fighting, under the huge casualties on both sides, Kong Youde completely compromised, and he proposed that as long as Liu Zeqing guaranteed him not to die, he would surrender!
Liu Zeqing was satisfied with Kong Youde's humble attitude, he accepted Kong Youde's surrender, and the two sides agreed that a city dedication ceremony would be held tomorrow. When the news of the victory came, the officers and soldiers thundered with joy, and they celebrated this hard-won victory one after another.
Liu Zeqing is very sober-minded, he has not been changed by Kong Youde's posture, he arranges people to defend the city wall, if Kong Youde dares to play the trick of night attack, he doesn't mind eating the people who come to steal the camp. Liu Zeqing's subordinates still accepted Liu Zeqing's order and deployed heavy troops on the front line, and then they began to celebrate.
Kong Youde stood at the head of the city, looking at Liu Zeqing's arrangement, listening to the bursts of cheers from the military camp below, and couldn't help but sneer: "Cheer!" Let's see who has the most laugh tomorrow!"
At night, the relaxed soldiers except for the troops defending the city wall, the rest of the people slept peacefully, after a few days of intense fighting, they now feel physically and mentally exhausted, as if they had a nightmare, they just want to sleep well now, and wait for tomorrow to get up and welcome a new life!
When they slept until midnight, they heard only the terrible shouts of killing, their camp was breached from behind, the barracks were full of fire, and everywhere there were people who fled with their heads in their hands, and the soldiers were now panicking, and they were stunned by this sudden turn of events.
The soldiers were frightened by the fierce attack of the enemy, and in the dark night, I don't know how many enemies there were, only heard a burst of shouts of killing, and then, the enemy in the city also rushed out! The soldiers of the six gods and no masters shouted one after another: "Flee, our army is defeated!"
In this situation, when there were no soldiers to be found, and the soldiers could not find the generals, the soldiers scattered one after another, and fleeing for their lives became their only thoughts, and they began to flee in groups.
Liu Zeqing, who was commanding people to resist, saw this situation and said with annoyance: "It's a failure!" Where the hell did they get behind us? ”
The pro-soldiers said one after another: "General, don't think about this problem, it's important to escape first, and wait until dawn to contain the troops!"
Liu Zeqing got on the horse unwillingly, and then ran away desperately with his subordinates, and the soldiers under him saw that the main general had fled, and they had no fighting spirit, so they began to follow the main general and escaped from the city. In this big battle, Kong Youde won! (To be continued......)