At this time, in addition to leaving nearly 1,000 troops to guard the south gate and south city wall of Dengzhou City, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's troops were all driven out of Dengzhou City. Such a small city, crowded into so many Ming troops, can't be used when attacking Shuicheng!

Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing are relaxed. For the two of them, this operation to encircle and suppress the rebels in Denglai can be said to be over. Kong Youde's rebels have no chance of turning the tables at all. So these two people are like the stars replaced by the team with a big lead on the modern football field, sitting on the sidelines with relaxed faces and pointing and watching the next battle.

And by the time the Ming army in Dengzhou City had settled everything, it was almost dusk. We also know that in the Ming Dynasty, it was almost impossible for the story of the night battle to happen, so the Ming army was preparing for tomorrow's siege.

But the Ming army was not idle, because of the carelessness of the rebels, the houses near the walls of Shuicheng in Dengzhou City were not demolished, which could provide cover for the actions of the Ming army. Therefore, the guerrilla Liu Liangzuo personally led the troops, secretly led people to sneak into the Yongfu Temple (now a scenic spot in the Penglai Pavilion Scenic Area) near the city wall of the water city, dug a tunnel from it to the city, and prepared to fill the tunnel tomorrow to blow up the wall of the water city.

The rebels in Dengzhou City were not idle, they stepped up their efforts to load personnel and supplies onto the ships, and loaded onto the ships twenty six-pounder and twelve-pounder Western guns that had been purchased by Sun Yuanhua and erected in Shuicheng to defend against enemy warships on the water, as well as a large number of small cannons, eagle guns, and fire guns.

Although it is dangerous to go to sea at night, the rebels cannot take care of it. They loaded one and sailed another. Fortunately, the number of ships is sufficient. The original main fleet of the Ming Dynasty sailors in Dengzhou Port, plus the warships brought by Sun Yinglong, who was deceived and beheaded by deception, were enough to make this huge team escape.

The night was the best cover for the rebels to flee, when the sea level of the eastern sea rose a round of sunrise. More than 60 rebel ships have sailed out of Dengzhou Port.

At this time, Wu Shigong was resting, and when he heard the spies of the Runing Army observing the water surface tell him, Wu Shigong did not hesitate to order: "Is the Shenzhou artillery mount on the mountain ready?" Tell them to open fire immediately. ”

In normal times, Wu Shigong has a bad habit of not being profitable and not being able to afford to be early, but if it is just a gesture, Wu Shigong does not mind giving some help to friendly troops.

And this time, the firing of red-hot shells, which had been directed by Portuguese officers, caused great panic among the rebels. The Runing Army now only has four two-pounder Shenzhou guns, and even fewer shells hit the ship. But as soon as the shell hits the ship, the planks near the shell will burn. It was not easy to get water from the deck, and the fire of two rebel ships got out of control and burned fiercely.

The people on the burning ships were in a hurry to change ships. The ships in the harbor were in a hurry to leave the port, and the entire rebel army was in chaos.

Kong Youde ordered loudly: "Tell the young man to come over quickly." All ships are anchored. As soon as the young boy and they got on the boat, they immediately set sail. ”

The so-called "young son" in Kong Youde's mouth is Mao Chenglu, the son of Mao Wenlong. He is now also a military attache in the rebels. And because of his identity, Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong always arranged Mao Chenglu more properly.

But last night it was time to determine the garrison of the walls of the water city and a group of retreating rebels from Zuihou. The rebel military attachés conducted another draw. And no one dared to cheat in this draw, and Mao Chenglu was unlucky. Drew this drudgery after the break.

But at this moment. With a loud bang, a section of the city wall of nearly ten zhang collapsed. Kong Youde couldn't care about it, he immediately ordered: "Open the boat!" Sail! Leave five empty ships for the young man. All other ships left the port. ”

Ships squeezed out of Dengju from the narrow port entrance. The collision of the ships also caused some damage to the boats. Finally, Kong Youde's ship left Dengzhou Port, and watching the Ming army continue to pour in from the gap in the city wall of Shuicheng from a distance, Kong Youde seemed to say to himself: "I can only resign myself to fate." ”

I don't know if Kong Youde's sentence is about Mao Chenglu, who has not yet been on the boat, or himself. Although most of the military attaches of the other rebels wanted to find an island. Be a carefree island owner, but Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong are ready to take refuge in Houjin. But they, the people of Dongjiang Town, and the Houjin Army have been torn apart for so long, and both sides have a deep blood feud, and Kong Youde at this time really doesn't know what his fate will be after surrendering.

The Ming army that attacked the water city moved quickly. Mao Chenglu was captured alive. Most of the remaining more than 1,000 rebels guarding the walls of the city were captured and killed. However, there are still some rebels who retreat to Danya Mountain by the sea of Dengzhou City, ready to do the battle of trapped beasts, (there are Penglai Pavilion built in the Song Dynasty, Su Gong Temple and other places of interest on Danya Mountain).

Zhu Dadian did not kill the rebel army of Zuihou, he sent the Song generals and these rebel military attaches to persuade them to surrender, most of the rebels surrendered down the mountain, and some of them committed suicide by throwing themselves into the sea. The city of Dengzhou was finally recovered.

At this time, the naval division led by Huang Long, the general soldier of the Ming army stationed in Phi Dao and Lushun, also arrived. The naval division intercepted the rebel ships, and the rebel military attache Chen Guangfu was captured. The rebel ships lost seven more.

Although the losses were not large, this interception completely shattered the rebels' dream of occupying an island or a place off the coast of Liaodong and arming one side of the armed separatists. In desperation, Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong were determined, and they led the remaining ships and personnel to surrender to the enemy state of the Ming Dynasty - Houjin.

So Kong Youde immediately sent someone to contact Houjin, and then they landed at the place designated by Houjin. Huang Taiji sent the generals of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to repel the pursuit of the Ming army and receive the rebels of Kong Youde into the territory of Houjin.

Regarding the surrender of Kong Youde, the rebels of Dongjiang Town, Huang Taiji was also a little incredulous at first, in the end, the hatred between Dongjiang Town and Houjin was too deep. At first, Huang Taiji thought it was a bitter plan made by the Ming Dynasty.

However, when Huang Taiji learned that Kong Youde had brought all their families with him to surrender this time, and also confirmed that this was a real surrender, Huang Taiji was overjoyed, and he personally greeted Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming outside Shengjing (now Shenyang).

Kong Youde surrendered more than 10,300 rebels and their families (including 3,100 combat troops), after Kong Youde surrendered, his troops were reorganized into the Han Eight Banners, but the number was not "Nikan Chaoha" (Han soldiers) but "Wuzhen Chaoha" (firearms soldiers), which is enough to see that Huang Taiji has a different view of this army.

But what made Houjin most happy was that Kong Youde brought at least 20 original Western cannons from the Portuguese and Macao Artillery Bureau, a large number of small cannons, eagle guns and fire guns made by the Ming Dynasty, as well as a large number of military jishu talents who were directly taught by Portuguese military advisers in ammunition manufacturing, aiming knowledge and instrument operation.

What is different from what is generally understood by modern people is that before the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Later Jin Army attached great importance to firearms. As a warring nation, how can they turn a blind eye to such a militaristic weapon as firearms? The reason why firearms were not widely used in the Later Jin Army was simply that they were too lacking in firearms talents and jishu.

However, under the supervision and attention of Huang Taiji, in the Battle of Dalinghe City, in order to block the rescue of the Ming army, the Western cannon imitated by Tong Yangxing, the Han military attache who surrendered to the Later Jin in the early stage, was put into the battlefield for the first time.

However, the imitation artillery is too powerful, and there are too few soldiers in the Houjin army who can use artillery. But this time it was strengthened by Kong Youde's rebels, and the combat effectiveness of the Houjin army's field battles, especially siege warfare, was increased by more than one level.

Not only that, naval warfare was the most lacking place for the Later Jin, and Kong Youde brought a large number of warships, so that the Later Jin also built their own navy, and they could use the ships to transport artillery so that they could bypass the Shanhaiguan Pass and land anywhere along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, it can be said that the surrender of Kong Youde's rebels made up for the shortcomings of the Houjin army.

Three months after the surrender, Kong Youde couldn't wait to be a pawn in the Later Jin Army's attack on Phi Dao and Lushun. Under the leadership of the traitor party, Lushun fell and the general soldier Huang Long committed suicide, Kong Youde can be regarded as avenging the revenge of being chased and killed by the sea, and he can be regarded as handing in his own name for joining the gang.

At the same time, in this campaign, he also rebelled against Shang Kexi, the third person of the three miners in Shandong. In this way, the three miners in Shandong -- Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi -- all surrendered to Houjin. At this point, Huang Taiji through the continuous surrender of rebellion, his Han army has a considerable size, so to speak, at this time with the Ming Dynasty is not only the Manchu (Jurchen), but the entire northeast region led by the Manchus led by the warrior group.

Moreover, because Huang Taiji treated Kong Youde and their generous treatment, it played a role in buying horses, so that in the future battle with the Houjin army, the Ming army had a new way out for the surrendered army. It can be seen from this that from the perspective of the characters themselves, Huang Taiji's vision and personal bearing can be called eloquent.

Since then, the eighteen-month Kong Youde rebellion has ended. Although the Ming Dynasty quelled the rebellion and held a grand ceremony to sacrifice prisoners in Taimiao, the two bandit chieftains Li Yingyuan and Mao Chenglu were executed Ling Chi, which was regarded as a shot in the arm for the empire that had been defeated in successive battles.

However, the two prefectures of Denglai in the Ming Dynasty, the logistics training base of the Liaodong front, were smashed to pieces by the rebels, and they also brought more than 100,000 people to the Shandong region near Gyeonggi and 300 miles of destruction. In particular, Dengzhou City has only left more than 500 young women who are military prostitutes, and it has completely become a ghost town. Moreover, several imperial officials and a large number of local officials were killed. At the same time, neither of the two first perpetrators of the rebellion was caught.

However, fortunately, Wu Shigong's butterfly wings finally flapped slightly. In the original history, Kong Youde took refuge in Houjinke with more than 12,000 rebels and their families, including 3,600 combat troops. Although these changes seem to be a little insignificant, at least Houjin's strength has been somewhat depleted. (To be continued......)