When Sun Yuanhua was governor of Denglai, he purchased more than 40 Hongyi cannons from Macao controlled by the Portuguese with a lot of money, and then hired Portuguese craftsmen to imitate the Hongyi cannons in Dengzhou City, and before Kong Youde's rebellion, Sun Yuanhua had successfully imitated 23 Hongyi cannons. In addition, there are more than 100 large and small artillery pieces in the city, and there are countless firearms.

After the rebels of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng occupied Dengzhou, the firearms newly built by Sun Yuanhua and these artillery pieces all fell into the hands of the rebels. Later, when Li Jiucheng led his troops to attack Laizhou, he took away more than 30 copper cannons, and with great effort, he also brought 14 Hongyi cannons weighing thousands to tens of thousands of catties. After besieging the city for several months, these Hongyi cannons and bronze cannons brought heavy casualties to the Ming army, and several near-collapsed city walls were also caused by Hongyi cannons. If it weren't for the rebels' running out of medicine, I'm afraid Laizhou would really not be able to hold on.

In order to break the encirclement formed by the heavy gathering of the Ming army, Kong Youde personally led the main force to reinforce Laizhou, which caused the emptiness of the defenders of Dengzhou, so that the Jinzhou army, which had been out of food for hundreds of miles and relied on cannibalism to survive, could capture Dengzhou in one fell swoop.

When Kong Youde set out from Dengzhou, he also considered bringing all the remaining Hongyi cannons in the city to Laizhou, but because the Hongyi cannons were too heavy, if the marching force seriously affected the speed of the march, Kong Youde had no choice but to give up these Hongyi cannons and instead carry more than 20 bronze cannons and the necessary medicines.

After that, Kong Youde surrendered again, and successfully deceived Xie Lian, the governor of Denglai, and Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, into going out of the city to surrender, wanting to take advantage of the unprepared surprise attack of the defenders to seize the city. Unexpectedly, Yang Yufan, the general of Tongzhou in the city, had already taken precautions, and the surprise attack failed and turned to a strong attack. After several rounds of shelling, the medicine was gone, but the city wall of Laizhou was still standing, and then the news of the loss of Dengzhou came, and the situation took a turn for the worse, and it was no longer under the control of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng.

In the first battle of Zhuqiao, tens of thousands of rebels scattered overnight, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde fled in embarrassment, where could they still take care of the ordnance in the battalion, as a result, all the artillery in the battalion fell into the hands of the Jinzhou army, plus more than a dozen Hongyi guns in Li Zhong's auxiliary battalion, at this moment, in terms of the number of artillery alone, the Jinzhou army has formed a strong firepower advantage over the Ming army in Xiaoguanzhuang, and it can even be said that the artillery owned by the Jinzhou army is the strongest one except for the Beijing camp guarding Beijing. Even when he was in his heyday, he had never owned so many artillery.

More than a dozen Hongyi cannons and more than 50 large and small bronze cannons were laid out in a row, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed directly to the military camp, which looked really terrifying. However, the battalion of the Ming army did not know that those dozens of artillery pieces were of no use except for looking scary, because the Jinzhou army had no medicine in their hands at all, not even one shot.

When Dayong led his troops to the west, all he wanted was to be fast, and he never thought of taking those bulky artillery pieces with him, so he would not let people carry the medicine needed for artillery. There is no regret in the world about taking medicine, if he had known that Lu Dao could capture so many artillery, Dayong said that he would bring a batch of medicine with him. It's too late to call someone back to Dengzhou now.

However, Dayong is confident that with the power of the new victory, even a cannon without gunpowder can also bluff people. Anyway, Gao Qiqian on the opposite side didn't know the details of these cannons, that is, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde told him that the gunpowder of the rebels had already run out, and Gao Qiqian also had to consider whether the Jinzhou army brought gunpowder from Dengzhou. Isn't there a saying in this world that "if you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if". Besides, without these cannons, would Gao Qiqian really dare to fight with himself again!

With the military might of the 3,000 Liaodong cavalry of the total annihilation of the ancestor Dabi, coupled with the threat of dozens of cannons, Dayong believed that Gao Qiqian, a birdless eunuch temple, could no longer have the courage to resist, and Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde would definitely be handed over to him.

In order to enhance the effect of intimidation, Dayong ordered the more than a dozen Portuguese officers captured by Kong Youde from Dengzhou to be brought in, and asked them to pretend to command a group of soldiers to prepare for artillery bombardment. Hundreds of jars of pickled vegetables were also collected and placed behind the artillery, making it look like they were all filled with gunpowder.

Everything was ready, and Dayong sent the dignitaries again. The envoy was still Song Qing, and he was accompanied by four carts. There was obviously a lot of stuff on the cart, and the marks on the wheels of the car rolling on the ground were very deep

"As long as my generals Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde are opposed, if my father-in-law is willing to hand over people, my generals will naturally retire. If my father-in-law refuses to hand him over, my general will have to take drastic measures. ”

In Gao Qiqian's tent, Song Qing was a little more domineering than when he came last time, and he didn't pay attention to the eunuch of the Qin Missionary Army who was sitting in front of him at all. Gao Qiqian was like ten years old, and he didn't react to Song Qing's arrogance at all.

Zhang Guochen on the side was furious when he heard this, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he only asked coldly: "I don't know what the decisive measures in your envoy's mouth are?" ”

Song Qing didn't even look at him and opened his mouth and said, "Hit you!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Qiqian seemed to have been poked with a needle, and his whole body was agitated, and even the little eunuchs with the two imperial horse eunuchs who were waiting behind him were also frightened.

Lin Qing, Jin Guochen and others were also tight, Deng Ci and Wang Hong glanced at each other, there was no fear in their eyes, but joy. Zhang Guochen was so angry that he couldn't speak, looked at Song Qing angrily, and wanted to push this arrogant thief out of the box to cut him down, but Gao Qiqian didn't speak, he didn't dare to give an order.

Everyone looked at Gao Qiqian, pointing to what instructions the eunuch could have, but Gao Qiqian was stunned and didn't say anything, just silently watching the envoy. Seeing this, Zhang Guochen sighed in his heart, knowing that this Gao Gonggong had been frightened by the Jinzhou Army, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get up again, and he would really make a deal between Kong Youde and Li Jiu.

Wang Hong and Deng Ci glanced at each other, the former looked at the generals, got up and asked Song Qingdao: "Dare to ask your envoy, can General Zu Er and Wu Sangui be in your military camp?" ”

"Second General Zu?" Song Qing was a little puzzled, which one was General Zu Er? But then I knew who the other party was talking about, "Oh, the two generals of Zu Wu led their troops to quell the rebellion, unfortunately surrounded by the rebels, and when my general led his troops to arrive, the two generals had both sacrificed their lives for the country, and my general fought to the death to defeat the rebels and snatched out the bodies of the two generals." ”

Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui are dead?

The generals in the tent were collectively silent, and Gao Qiqian was even more green and green, and his face was extremely ugly. What he thought in his heart was not to regret the death of Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui, but to regret the straight bitterness, if it weren't for Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui to fight wholeheartedly, boasting that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was invincible, and he was confused by the so-called Zu Er's madman bravery, where would he rashly send troops to fight with the Jinzhou army. Now it's a good thing, the three thousand cavalry were buried in one day, and he didn't even have the confidence to negotiate with Shi Dayong.

Nonsense! When to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, what both sacrificed their lives for the country, and what fought to the death, all of them are the nonsense of thieves!

Zhang Guochen gritted his teeth and secretly scolded Shi Dayong, but he had to accept the fact that Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui must be more than lucky.

"I don't know what my father-in-law thinks, my general is impatient, if the last general doesn't go back, I'm afraid that my general will really fire a cannon to fight." Song Qing was aggressive.

"Our family" squeaked and squeaked, neither said to hand over anyone, nor did it say no to hand.

"Can your envoy go down and rest for a while, and then give your envoy an answer after we have discussed."

Zhang Guochen came forward to relieve Gao Qiqian, and he knew that this frightened eunuch would definitely have no opinions. Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui died, the three thousand Liaodong cavalry were annihilated, and they were still defeated at the hands of Shi Dayong's Jinzhou army. But no matter what, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng can't hand over the rebellion, with Kong and Li Erwei in hand, this great contribution to counterinsurgency will not fall into the hands of Shi Dayong, even if the emperor investigates the death of Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui afterwards, there is also a great contribution to counterinsurgency, and I don't think it will be too deeply accountable. But if you don't have this great achievement in counterinsurgency, not only will you not be able to rise and fall well, but you may also have to move your head.

"It's fine."

Song Qingzhi said that his own intimidation had already taken effect, and Gao Qiqian was obviously shaken, so now it is better to save some face for the other party, don't force him too much. Originally, he was going to turn around and leave, but out of courtesy, he still rushed up and hugged his fists and saluted, and when he reached the tent door, he stopped, and said a little apologetically: "Father-in-law, my general wants the general to come firstly to dignitaries, and secondly, to present a batch of booty seized from the rebels to my father-in-law." The last general was so anxious that he almost forgot about it. ”

Booty?

Gao Qi was stunned, what loot?

Song Qing said casually: "There are 13,000 taels of gold and 240,000 taels of silver, and in addition, there are still many antique calligraphy and paintings looted by the thief army from all over the country, and their value is difficult to estimate." My general said that he was a rough man, and I don't know how much these things are worth, or if they are all sent to my father-in-law, and my father-in-law will estimate and dispose of them. Staying in the hands of my general, it is also a tyrannical thing. ”

Whew!

Hearing these figures, everyone present breathed in shock, and Gao Qiqian was even more stunned.

"Thirteen thousand taels of yellow gold, twenty-four thousand taels of white silver" Gao Qiqian's mouth was a little knotted, and he didn't know where to put his two hands.

Lin Qing and Jin Guochen are also bright-eyed, thousands of miles to fight, in addition to countering the rebellion for the country, the capture of the counterinsurgency is also a great source of wealth for military generals. Now that Shi Dayong has sent goods that they can't even think of, how can they not be shocked. You must know that since the soldiers of Jingying and Jizhen went all the way south, although they have also looted and plundered, the gains are far from being comparable to the goods offered by Shi Dayongjin.

The so-called thousands of miles of being an official is only for money, Rao is Zhang Guochen's hatred for Shi Dayong and the Jinzhou army, this will also be heartbeat, he already understands what Shi Dayong's purpose is in sending this batch of gold and silver.