Chapter 54: The Fall of Dengzhou
"Forget it, you don't have enough experience in this matter, and it's good to be able to get to this point, after all, you haven't been to Shandong, and you don't know the sea situation and the winter sea ice situation there, so you have such a mistake!
Fortunately, it was made up in time, and it would not have much impact, and it happened to be a blessing in disguise, so that the people on the other side of Shidao Bay rushed to Xishan Village first, which saved a lot of time!
In addition, the people on the side of the Fushan Institute must especially handle the local relations, and must not attract the attention of the local government, and even if they do, they must find ways to cover up the past, and they should spend money to dredge up, and do not be stingy.
Taking advantage of the fact that the sea ice has not yet melted, some more ships will be sent over during this time, and some inconspicuous islands can be found nearby to hide first, and as long as the sea ice in the spring begins to melt, ships can pass, and these boats will immediately rush to Xishan Village to pick up the refugees who have been sheltered.
In addition, the defenders of the Dongjiang Army on the islands in the Bohai Sea are estimated to be united with the rebels, and their strength in the naval division there is still very strong, so it is necessary to send a capable and powerful detachment to Yangma Island for defense as soon as possible after the beginning of spring.
lest the rebels or the Dongjiang Army send sailors and warships to attack Yangma Island! If they dare to do it at sea, then let them taste the power of our naval artillery!
By the way, I have to add one more, although Liu Wei has done a good job during this time, but he is obviously a little inexperienced in commanding so many people and dealing with such a big battle, in order to prevent mistakes, he must choose an experienced general to rush over and sit in the town.
The military aspect is in charge of the new past, assisted by Liu Wei, but other things continue to be presided over by Liu Wei, and the two sides must cooperate well! You can't make mistakes because of the struggle for power! You have to explain this matter to the people you send! Yu Xiaotian didn't reprimand Lin Yiyang too much, and instead arranged some things.
Lin Yiyang often breathed a sigh of relief, Yu Xiaotian didn't seem to be the kind of unreasonable person, he knew that he was considerate of the people who did things below, and he was happy to do things with this kind of person!
Under Yu Xiaotian's arrangement, under Lin Yiyang's direct intervention in various matters, Fang An's side immediately began to dispatch manpower, materials and ships, and began to operate, and the council hall also allocated silver taels and food and other materials to cooperate and act together.
Just when the sea wolf's side began to operate, the other line also began to act, and the members of the sea wolf in the Beijing division suddenly received an order from Yu Xiaotian, and after reading this order, the personnel in the Beijing division immediately began to act, through various connections, began to move in the Beijing division, and invited some people to visit some important officials in the Beijing division.
And in the list of these people, the names of important ministers in the DPRK such as Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Xu Guangqi, Bi Ziyan and so on are listed one by one, and Yu Xiaotian's name was once again remembered by these important ministers, but what they don't know is that the person who mentioned this person's name does not seem to have any connection with Yu Xiaotian, and he is not specifically talking about it, just talking about it like casual chat, in short, these people have heard again that there is such a general military officer in Fujian who can fight well, and he has a good and brave army under his command, The next thing is to wait for the situation on the Shandong side to develop.
When Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng led the rebels to defeat Zhang Keda's troops in Dengzhou Mansion and surrendered Zhang Tao's troops, the troops grew again.
The rebels immediately besieged Dengzhou City, besieging the entire Dengzhou City, Sun Yuanhua realized at this time that he seemed to think about things a little too simply, but at this time it was too late to regret it.
At this time, Sun Yuanhua also realized that these old Dongjiang troops were not available, and now even if he had the intention to take down the old generals of the Dongjiang Army in these armies, he was already a mouse-throwing weapon and did not dare to act rashly.
Although there are still 20,000 officers and troops in the city, most of them are the old Dongjiang troops that he has collected in the past six months, and more than half of the army has basically been handed over to those old Dongjiang generals.
These people are like a time bomb in the city, there is a possibility of thieves at any time, now if possible, it is of course best to take them all down and lock them up first, but does Sun Yuanhua dare?
If he shows a trace of distrust of these people now, it is estimated that he will immediately force these Liaodong soldiers in the city to rebel and defect to the enemy, so Sun Yuanhua can only helplessly, on the one hand, he is entangled in his heart to death, on the other hand, he has to pretend to trust these people very much, and he has to try his best to appease them every day, hoping that these old troops of the Dongjiang Army can remember his kindness to them and do not make a move to surrender to the enemy at this time.
However, Sun Yuanhua was disappointed in the end, although the rebels did not launch a fierce offensive after reaching the city of Dengzhou, and the two sides only maintained a small-scale fighting posture, so it can be said that each has losses, but the losses are not large.
This state of confrontation did not last long, and Geng Zhongming, Chen Guangfu and other generals who guarded the east gate in the city, finally remembered the old relationship with Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng and others, and led their troops to open the east gate, and welcomed the rebels into the city.
Under the leadership of Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde, the rebels swarmed in and had some fierce battles with some Shandong soldiers in the city, but the old Dongjiang troops in the city immediately defected after seeing the rebels enter the city, and began to massacre the Shandong soldiers in the city, as well as the gentry and ordinary people who had been angry with them in the city, and even the small people in the city became the targets of their revenge.
For a time, the cry of Dengzhou City rose to the sky, the rebels' military discipline was corrupted to the extreme, robbery, murder, adultery of women, arson abounded, the streets were almost covered with ambushed corpses, and even some children were not spared, and were also slaughtered by the rebels.
The officers and troops in the city who refused to surrender only resisted for a short time, and then declared defeat, saying that it was the old Dongjiang and Liaodong people, even many local Shandong soldiers and locals, in order to survive, they had to lower their posture and join the rebels.
The chief soldier Zhang Ke saw that the city was lost, and immediately killed his wife and concubine, and then hanged himself at home in the city, which was considered to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
But Sun Yuanhua eventually fell into the hands of Kong Youde and the rebels, and the reason was exactly what Yu Xiaotian expected, he was trapped by the teachings of Catholicism, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while, whether to commit suicide to show loyalty or not to commit suicide according to the doctrine.
That is, in a moment of hesitation, the rebels had already invaded his governor's yamen, quickly killed and arrested his family members and servants, and arrested Sun Yuanhua, and also captured many local officials.
On the one hand, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng can be regarded as thinking about Sun Yuanhua's good face for them in the past, and on the other hand, because they don't want to make things too stiff, after all, Sun Yuanhua is a governor, and killing Sun Yuanhua is equivalent to completely making things to the point where they can't end it, and it also cuts off their way back from being recruited in the future.
If they kill Sun Yuanhua, even if they accept the court's recruitment in the future, they still can't afford the crime of killing the court's important ministers, and the court can exempt them from responsibility, but they will never let them go.
Therefore, although they captured Sun Yuanhua, they did not kill Sun Yuanhua, but treated Sun Yuanhua and other officials kindly, and tried to persuade Sun Yuanhua to vote for them, they were willing to help Sun Yuanhua become king, and use Sun Yuanhua's prestige to set up a country in Dengzhou as the capital for negotiations with the imperial court.
But Sun Yuanhua is quite backbone in the end, although Li Jiucheng coerced and lured him, but he did not agree to Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde's mention, insisted on not granting, and angrily reprimanded Li Jiucheng, wanting Li Jiucheng to kill him.
However, although Li Jiucheng was very angry, he didn't dare to kill Sun Yuanhua just like that, so he could only lock Sun Yuanhua in the city first and treat him well.
And this time the rebels captured Dengzhou City, in addition to the collection of more than 10,000 officers and troops in Dengzhou City, but also obtained more than 20 Hongyi cannons, including those Furlong machine gun skills training was also captured, in addition to a variety of light artillery old artillery more than 200 pieces, the city was originally used as a military salary of more than 100,000 taels of silver, plus the confiscated assets in the city, there are hundreds of thousands of taels, more than 3,000 horses, tens of thousands of stone of soldiers' food, all of a sudden completely shaken, and have a strong city, can be used as their stronghold and base.
In addition, they also occupied Dengzhou Water City, because the sea was frozen, more than 100 warships of the Dengzhou Navy Division were trapped on the shore, and more than 3,000 sailors also fled, and those who surrendered to the enemy also became the rebels' bag.
Of course, these warships of the Dengzhou Navy Division are naturally not comparable to the warships of the Southern Navy Division, and the warships here are mostly small ships, even if they are the largest warships, at best, they are only about two hundred materials, and they are still the kind of sand ships with shallow drafts, even so, there are few such big ships, and most of them are small warships that can only carry dozens of people.
But even so, such a naval force in the Bohai Bay should not be underestimated, Jiannu Tartar has almost no warships to speak of, and there are many warships in Dongjiang Town, but after Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng rebelled, they immediately contacted the old troops under Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town.
Chen Shishi, deputy general of Lushun in Jiangzhen in the middle of the country, Mao Chenglu, the general soldier of Guangludao, and others responded one after another, wanting to echo the rebels of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng in the north and south, establish themselves as a country, and support the army and respect themselves.
For a time, the entire Dongjiang Town was also in chaos, and the number of rebels in Dongjiang Town also grew to as many as seven or eight thousand, almost more than half of Dongjiang Town, and the two sides agreed that as long as the sea ice on the sea melted in the spring, they would be ready to join forces and do a great job together.
So for a while, Kong Youde's rebel forces reached their peak, sitting in Dengzhou City, calling themselves the marshals of the capital, and wantonly giving his generals titles, and the chief military officers alone promoted more than a dozen.