Chapter 229: The Great Drought in Shandong is Rich

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, September 12, Penglai County, the capital of Dengzhou, Shandong

The fame of Penglai Pavilion is still very great, even if the name of this county is lost in later generations, but Penglai Pavilion is still full of tourists.

The fleet docked at the dock, Dingwujun got off the ship, and Huang Jianli, the prefect of Dengzhou, and Sun Guozhen, the governor of Denglai, who came to greet him, had been waiting for a long time.

"I heard that Lord Sun was promoted to the governor of Denglai because of his meritorious service with the Dutch in the battle of Penghu, I don't know if according to Lord Sun's knowledge, can this Dingwu army in front of my father be compared with the Dutch's foreign gun team?"

Chen Cao and Sun Guozhen were polite, and then said as they walked: "I heard that my father has a group of Taixi mercenaries under you, all of whom are firearms troops?" ”

Sun Guozhen smiled slightly, neither humble nor arrogant: "Liangguo Gong is well-informed, the lower officials admire, the lower officials are ashamed, although the Penghu Islands have been recovered, but in the middle of the battle with the red hairy fan, I still think that our Ming Dynasty's firearms are much behind, their turtledove foot firearms are powerful, and they are far away, and my firearms are mainly arquebuses or three-eyed guns at most, and the power and distance are not enough." ”

"Then this time Jiannu knocked south, and the soldiers had already arrived in Jinan Mansion, Shandong, how sure did Lord Sun think you would be able to fight with your mercenaries?"

Sun Guozhen shook his head: "It will be defeated..."

"Oh, what's the point?"

"Jiannu came with one person and three horses this time, not only the marching speed is fast, but also in terms of combat power, my southern infantry is vulnerable, the musket team under the subordinate is only 300 people, more than enough to defend the city, if it is a battle with Jiannu in the field, there is no chance of victory, the people have no faith, and they must surrender in case of a vicious battle, this is their purpose...

The subordinate officials observed that the military discipline of the armed army was strict, the march was orderly, and every move obeyed the order, even if there were many people, they could advance in turn, which was a victorious army..."

"Hahaha," Chen Cao raised his head and laughed, and then said: "This time, my lord was ordered to go north to King Qin, but Jiannu has already arrived in Shandong, and there are many vassal kings in Shandong, if you don't stop it, I am afraid that the members of the clan will suffer, but it's a pity..."

Sun Guozhen waited for Chen Cao to finish.

"It's a pity that my duke came this time and promised a huge amount of military expenses, and the five million taels of military expenses that my duke asked for from the imperial court have not yet been answered, and Lord Sun also knows about governing Liaodong, how can I fight without money..."

"There is also a Denglai military salary of one million in the Yamen of the Governor of Xiaguan, which can be allocated to the Duke of Liangguo in advance for the army to be used."

Chen Cao nodded embarrassedly: "I am famous for the high salary and food of the military army, otherwise the court will not return it to me, this million taels of military expenses is really a drop in the bucket." ”

Sun Guozhen was also embarrassed, one million taels was his limit, and it was a loyal state affair of this guy who could give it out, otherwise any governor would not give out the money that could belong to him: "The ability of the lower officials is limited, and now that the capital is besieged, it is impossible for the money of the household department to go out of Beijing." ”

"Well," Chen Cao nodded: "Yes, it is impossible for my father to embarrass your Lord Sun, but now that the army is docked at Denglai, if there is no military salary, they will not obey the order like now, although it will not be plundered, but it is still feasible to retreat and go back." ”

Shandong Dusi has 170,000 guards and 60,000 town soldiers, but the town soldiers are in the hands of Sun Guozhen, the governor of Denglai, and the soldiers and horses of the capital division are scattered in the land of the six prefectures, and if they are concentrated, Jiannu will have already run away, but now Chen Cao not only brought 30,000 Dingwu troops, but also war horses, and each of them has marching horses to ride, whether it is in the pursuit of Jiannu or support, it is much faster than the two-legged Qiu Balai.

"Liang Guogong," Sun Guozhen waved towards Chen Operation: "All the millions of military salaries in the hands of the lower officials will be given to Liang Guogong, and the rest of the money, the lower officials will let the wealthy merchants and everyone contribute funds in the Fucheng, no matter how much they earn, they will be used as military expenses by Liang Guogong, Liang Guogong, now is the time when the dynasty is in trouble, and I hope that the prince of the country will save Shandong Lishu on the teachings of the sage..."

Chen Cao sighed: "Hey, that's the only way, Lord Sun, quickly go to Fucheng to report the situation of Jiannu, and my father should prepare early..."

Dengzhou capital city, inside the governor's yamen

"Jiannu broke through the defense line of the Great Wall of Xifengkou on August 27 and entered Beizhili, and it took three hours to arrive at the Beijing Division, which closed the city gate in the previous step because of the wolf smoke warning, but Jiannu still broke through the Dongbian Gate and entered the outer city, but fortunately was repelled by the British Gong's army, and Jiannu withdrew from the outer city, and then surrounded the Beijing Division;

Then they plundered the army, the surrounding area of Shuntianfu suddenly turned into a sea of fire, casualties and losses are countless, and three days, Jiannu reinforcements arrived, at that time they divided 40,000 troops to go south to Shandong, looted along the way, and obtained tens of thousands, and now the captured people have reached 400,000, all returned to the north. ”

Chen Cao's face was calm after hearing this, he couldn't imagine that Huang Taiji would be so bold after entering the customs, even if Hebei was forgotten, now he has grabbed Shandong: "What is the current situation?" ”

Sun Guozhen handed Chen Cao the military information delivered yesterday: "Jiannu entered Yanzhou Mansion after breaking Dongchang Mansion, and looted in Yanzhou Mansion, and they just arrived in Caozhou with yesterday's news. ”

Chen Cao looked at the map, Caozhou was nearly three days away from Yanzhou's capital city, and Jiannu had to rob along the way, and the opponents ran away after the foot soldiers from all over the country arrived, how could they stop it?

"Well, tomorrow the army will set off for Yanzhou Mansion, and my father feels that they will definitely go to Ziyang County to rob, and the Mansion City must be the key."

...

The news of Jiannu's entry into Yanzhou Mansion soon spread to the capital city, and there were three princes in Yanzhou, and more than ten county kings, and the crime of losing the members of the clan was very great, at least the whole family was cut off...

Guo Yan, the prefect of Yanzhou, was about to retire, and he came to the door to come to such a bad thing, and at this moment he waited in King Lu's Mansion for nearly an hour before he saw Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu who came out in a hurry.

"What?"

Zhu Shouhong was shocked: "Jiannu is here?" The fall of the North? What about Kyoshi? What about Your Majesty, is the court okay? Hurry up, tell Ren Chengwei to go to the city to guard. ”

Guo Yan despised Zhu Shouhong very much in his heart, this Jiannu panicked like this before he came, if he was already outside the city, what would he do?

"Don't panic the prince..."Guo Yan comforted: "There is nothing to do in the north, Jiannu is wandering and looting, it is reported that Jiannu is still in Caozhou, but it is a matter of time before Caozhou is broken, and the city is the key, I believe that Jiannu will definitely come, and the lower officials specially came to inform the prince, and asked the prince to lead the vassal kings in the city to contribute together and recruit young people to guard the city." ”

Although the vassal king also has the rules of losing land and withdrawing the domain, but let them pay to help the court, it is definitely more annoying than fatal.

"Most of the king's money is antique calligraphy and painting, how to fund it? Besides, you, Guo Yan, are the prefect of Yanzhou, and you have the responsibility to defend the land and protect the domain, do you know how big the crime of losing land is? ”

Guo Yan ate the closed door, and the idea of asking for money was gone, but he still went to Jiang Wanchun, the commander of the city guard.

"King Lu disagrees?"

"It's strange to agree..."Guo Yan shook his head: "Commander Jiang, now I can only rely on you and me." ”

Jiang Wanchun's heart was like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, although he was under the command of the city guard because he had the responsibility of guarding the vassal king, he did not dare to eat empty salary, although the whole guard was full, but he did not dare to guarantee this combat effectiveness: "Lord Guo, this official does his best, but this is guarding the city..."

Guo Yan: "Don't worry, this official has already sent a letter to the governor of Shandong, Yamen, and there are still chasing soldiers from the imperial court behind Jiannu, I believe that reinforcements will arrive soon..."

Believe you, a ghost...

Jinan also has a line of King De, even if you are the oldest King Lu, even if you are finally investigated, Jinan will push it over with a sentence of 'defending the land and protecting the domain', who can manage your Yanzhou affairs.

Qufu County

Zhixian Kong Yinren is the direct second-generation family of the contemporary Yan Shenggong, Qufu has no guard, because the jurisdiction is large, but there are four inspection divisions, and the patrol soldiers are full of 800 people.

However, the Confucian family has bred Qufu for generations, and the entire Qufu belongs to the Confucian family, so it is not a big problem to gather young people.

It's a pity that most of the young people in this land of saints are scholars, and it is absolutely forbidden to let them become ninth-rate people like Qiu Ba, and for scholars, doing so will only fall into the name of a saint.

"How's that, how many people have been gathered?"

In the face of Kong Yinzhi's inquiry, Kong Xianling also felt a cold sweat at this moment: "Big brother, there are no less than 40,000 young and strong, but most of them are scholars, and the young and strong who can fight are only 3,000. ”

Kong Yinzhi also felt that he would definitely suffer if he continued like this: "What about the Inspection Division? ”

"Hey, those inspectors are used to being comfortable in our Qufu, and it's still unknown whether they can fight Jiannu."

Kong Yinren looked at his eldest brother as he spoke: "Big brother, there is only one way, to transfer the families of each family in the clan out, and to form a thousand households, these people are all from the military, and they can still succeed." ”

Although there are a lot of family members in each family, but these people may not be reluctant, once Jiannu enters the city, each family needs these soldiers with experience in battle formations to cover and escape, and secondly, once some family members go to the city, they can hold on and wait for reinforcements, but they can't hold it, and after the city is broken, it will be the disaster of slaughtering the city.

"Gaoyang City, guarded by Inspector Sun, is an example..."

Kong Yinzhi shook his head embarrassedly: "Forget it, our Qufu is the descendant of Yan Shenggong, no matter who it is, we have to respect our Qufu for three points, and I believe that Jiannu will not mess around." ”

"Big brother, aren't you?"

Kong Yinzhi naturally prepared something, which was something to welcome Jiannu, and he believed that Qufu was naturally unwilling to mix in these things of fighting and killing in order to protect himself, no matter which emperor was in power, he would respect 'Yan Shenggong'.

"Newspaper... Sir, it's not a good thing..."

The Kong's housekeeper staggered into the lobby, without the slightest loss of the temperament of a scholar: "The master is not good, the cavalry, the cavalry of the brigade..."

Kong Yinren raised his eyebrows, glanced at Kong Yinzhi, and then threw off his steps and ran out.