When Mao Wenlong, who founded Dongjiang Town, was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, Dongjiang Town immediately fell into a leaderless situation. Generals at all levels have pulled up their shili one after another. And the ups and downs of these shili are not the focus of this book, but we just need to understand that the main shili in Dongjiang Town is now.

The nominal leader of the current Dongjiang Town is the general soldier Huang Long. However, because he often deducted military salaries, and even caused a mutiny in Dongjiang Town because of the deduction of military salaries, except for Huanglong's own lineage, other generals in Dongjiang Town were inseparable from Huanglong.

Under the Yellow Dragon, the most powerful are Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, who are the "three miners of Shandong". Of course, there are also some smaller shili, such as Li Jiucheng, who instigated Kong Youde's rebellion this time, he was mastered by his son Qianzong Li Yingyuan, and forced Kong Youde to the palace in Wuqiao.

So after the Wuqiao Mutiny, two opinions appeared among Kong Youde's rebels. One is headed by Kong Youde. Their advice is to take it when they see it. Now that he has been full, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, came to appease him again, so he just took advantage of the situation to accept Zhao'an and whitewash himself from black to white.

The other is headed by Li Jiucheng and Li Yingyuan, father and son. They considered the imperial court's recruitment to be an expedient measure. When the situation is stabilized, the imperial court will definitely settle accounts with its rebellious Dongjiang town army in the future.

Li Jiucheng and Li Yingyuan's concerns are also reasonable. Because of this mutiny, too many civil officials, gentry and civilians were killed, and too many cities were laid, which caused such huge consequences, someone had to bear the black cauldron!

Therefore, although among the rebels, Kong Youde's shili had the upper hand, it was Li Jiucheng and Li Yingyuan's opinions that occupied the main market.

Then it happened, the defeat of the encirclement army of Shandong and the rapid increase of the rebel army from more than 2,000 to more than 5,000 people, so that the confidence of the rebels immediately swelled greatly, and their thinking was immediately unified.

But if you think about it, you still have to have an action. After deliberation, the rebels decided to return and occupy Dengzhou. Through the sea passage between Dengzhou and Dongjiang Town, all the strengths of Dongjiang Town will be integrated.

In this way, you can use Dengzhou as a base to attack the surrounding state capitals; Guard, you can also use the warship to retreat to Dongjiang Town when the army is pressing the border and the situation is unfavorable, and the Emperor Shangao is far away.

So, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng immediately decided to surrender. Then they started performing. They wept bitterly in front of the envoys sent by Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, expressing their determination to change their past mistakes, and giving them heavy gifts.

Then, this rebellious army seemed to honestly follow the route arranged by Sun Yuanhua and headed towards Dengzhou City. The performance was so successful that almost all the officials were kept in the dark, and they all happily waited for the rebel army to arrive in Dengju to be reorganized.

But there was still one official who kept a clear head. When Kong Youde passed through Laizhou Mansion, Zhu Wancheng, the prefect of Laizhou, who had a close relationship with Kong Youde before, closed the city gate and let Kong Youde go around the city, and he had already seen through Kong Youde's tricks.

This move is quite important, because in the Jihua of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, it is also necessary to occupy Laizhou City. Because Laizhou City controls the exit of the Jiaodong Peninsula. Once the city of Laizhou is occupied, then the rebels will be able to attack Shandong at will, and then they will occupy an absolutely active position in strategy.

Seeing that Laizhou City was well defended, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng could only walk around the city, because at this time, it was not yet time for them to show their true colors.

It wasn't until they arrived at the foot of Dengzhou City that Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng showed their fangs, and they immediately began to attack Dengzhou City.

Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, inherited the position of commander of Dengzhou Guard. Therefore, the only thing that Qi Jiguang's ancestors have done for generations is to build and strengthen Dengzhou City.

Later, because it was necessary to prevent the invasion of the Japanese invaders, and then because it was necessary to support the Liaodong Ming army and the Houjin army in the battle, the entire Dengzhou city was once again reinforced. At that time, Dengzhou City had become one of the top military ports in the Ming Dynasty.

But that's not the end of it. When Sun Yuanhua, a firearms expert, took office as governor of Dengzhou, he once again presided over the reinforcement of Dengzhou City. The walls of the entire city of Dengzhou were reinforced and thickened to the extent that they could resist the twelve-pound general cannon and the sixteen-pound general cannon.

Moreover, the location of Dengzhou City is also quite good. The castle was surrounded on three sides by a land wall built on a cliff by the sea, making it difficult for the enemy to deploy the siege of the city.

At the head of the city are lined up with all kinds of the most advanced Western artillery built by Sun Yuanhua at that time, and on one side is the water city, which has an inner harbor and a small sea, and can moor warships in it. The entire Dengzhou City can be said to be impregnable in the era of cold weapons.

(Weishenme should add the era of cold weapons, which will be described in detail later in the article.) ）

In Dengzhou City, there are also three main defenders: one is the Zhejiang soldiers led by Zhang Keda, the general soldier of Dengzhou. Zhang Keda was a rare military theorist among the generals of the Ming army. It can be described as both civil and military. His conducting skills are absolutely remarkable.

The Zhejiang soldiers are an army with the tradition of the Qi family's army, although the Zhejiang soldiers at this time are not as brave and good at fighting as in the Qi Jiguang era, but its overall strength is still second to none in the Ming army at that time. It should be said that just looking at foot combat, the combat effectiveness of the Zhejiang soldiers is higher than that of the Liao soldiers, which have the strongest overall combat effectiveness;

The second was the Portuguese officer corps, which taught the Ming army to operate Western firearms. This Portuguese officer corps trained Sun Yuanhua with the most effective firearms unit in the Far East at that time. Coupled with the artillery guns built by Sun Yuanhua, the firearms combat effectiveness of this army was definitely proud of the Far East at that time;

The third is the Liaodong soldiers who were from the same background as Kong Youde's rebels.

There are solid cities and strong soldiers, so Sun Yuanhua should be worry-free. Let's take a look at what Sun Yuanhua did.

By this time, Kong Youde's rebel army had swelled to more than 7,000 people. However, his core troops were still the more than 2,000 Liao soldiers at the time of the Wuqiao Mutiny. Therefore, the officials and generals of Dengzhou City, who knew Kong Youde's true strength, still decided that Zhang Keda, the general soldier of Dengzhou, would lead the army out of the city to fight Kong Youde's rebels first.

But even if things came to this point, Sun Yuanhua had not given up the idea of appeasing the rebels, which also restrained his own hands and feet, and he did not dare to let go and fight the rebels resolutely.

After Zhang Keda's Zhejiang army tasted a slight victory, Sun Yuanhua immediately ordered a truce. Sun Yuanhua still wanted to fight and soothe. In his opinion, the Kong Youde rebels, who suffered defeat, should honestly accept the appeasement.

But this move is completely a return to the mountain. Kong Youde's rebels seized this opportunity and immediately sent a zaitan to Zhang Ke's army to persuade the Liao soldiers to rebel. So in the next battle, Zhang Ke's army, which was counterattacked, suffered a big defeat. At the same time, the rebel and captured Liao soldiers joined the rebels one after another, and Kong Youde's rebel army suddenly expanded to more than 10,000 people.

Zhang Keda, who fled alone, fled back to Dengzhou City with only the remaining Zhejiang soldiers. And in Dengzhou City, the army of Zhejiang soldiers was basically exhausted.

But Sun Yuanhua has not yet come out of the panic, and there has been chaos in Dengzhou City.