Ming Zuo

Chapter 369 Absurd things in absurd times

Wuqiao County is close at hand, and only Baojia and Qingzhuang are defending the city. Why didn't Kong Youde and others attack the city nearby?
the reason is simple.

Wuqiao is too close to Dezhou, and Dezhou has heavy troops. Once reinforcements are sent, they will arrive in the morning.

Moreover, Wuqiao is not far from the capital and Tianjin. At this time, reinforcements from all over the country are rushing to Liaodong. All of them have to pass through Gyeonggi, and they can change their direction at any time to encircle and suppress them.

Wu Qiao looks weak, but in fact he is dead.

Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng are old in battle, how could they make such a mistake?

After deciding to rebel, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng immediately marched south.In the early morning of the next day, when Lingxian opened the door, he broke into the door.

The Dongjiang soldiers like wolves like tigers slaughtered in the city, looted money and grain, raped women, and committed all kinds of evil.

In just half a day of effort, Lingxian became a hell on earth.

And Dongjiang Town, which was replenished with supplies, kept going eastward for a while.That night, the defenseless Linyi was attacked again.

These two county towns had already been breached once when the White Lotus Sect was in chaos.The local people have not yet recovered from the trauma of the past and have fallen back into hell.

Plain County.

Wang Dao Chun is like sitting on pins and needles, his eyes are not focused on the north.

He was waiting, and he finally did.

The servants rushed in, "Master, Dongjiang Town mutinied at Wuqiao yesterday and returned to Shandong. Lingxian and Linyi have been destroyed, and the people in the city have been massacred."

Wang Daochun jumped up.

"That's too good... how can it be so? Dongjiang Town has received the favor of the emperor many times, and instead of serving the country, he started rebelling against the enemy. This is the way to kill. Quickly bring this letter to Jinan, and ask Yu Zhongcheng to send troops to quell the rebellion."

Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, has just made a taste of it recently.

His predecessor Shen Xun died of illness because of the disadvantage of destroying the White Lotus Sect.

After he took over, facing the overwhelming chaos of the White Lotus Sect, he was also full of lawsuits.

Thought he was originally the head of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but he didn't know how to fight thieves?

Fortunately, Zuo Menggeng was able to fight repeatedly, trapping the remnants of the White Lotus Sect in the Yimeng Mountains.Seeing that the land of Qilu returned to calm, Yu Dacheng put a heart in his stomach.

He thought that once the White Lotus Sect was completely wiped out, he would not be able to escape from his political achievements as governor at that time.At that time, when you are promoted, you will be able to enter the Sixth Division, not to mention entering the cabinet.

It is not easy to live in the capital. If you want to go further, you need to do more activities.

Yu Dacheng was already thinking about how to get more benefits and take care of the nobles after returning to the capital.

At this moment, Wang Daochun's warning came to him.

After reading it, Yu Dacheng sneered.

"Yushi Wang is eager to make meritorious deeds, and he is justifiable, but he doesn't need to be so nonsense. Dongjiang Town is also a soldier in Shandong, how could he kill and plunder the local elders?"

The one who delivered the letter was just a servant, and there was no other way, so he had to rush back and report to Wang Daochun.

When Wang Daochun learned about Yu Dacheng's reaction, everyone was dumbfounded.

what is this?
God assists?
But in any case, since he has intervened, he must leave himself alone.

Wang Daochun pretended to be helpless and sent a letter to Yu Dacheng again for help.

This time, Yu Dacheng was even more insane. He actually called the disease directly, and turned a blind eye on the grounds that he could not be a director.

Everything, everything, can not be covered on the sixth day of December.

Because on this day, Dongjiang Town, where Cyclonus rushed forward, captured Qingcheng.

Qingcheng is located in the northeast of Jinan, adjacent to Qingzhou Prefecture.Along the way, there are many military situations in Shanghe, Wudingzhou, and Jiyang. It is impossible for everyone to cheat, right?

Yu Dacheng was dumbfounded, and hurriedly called Shandong Wenwu to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, Wang Daochun also rushed back to Jinan, and fought against Yu Dacheng tit for tat.

"The Dongjiang soldiers burned, killed, and looted all the way, and their rebellion has become a reality. Unless they send troops to quell the rebellion, it is not enough to quell it. Please don't hesitate, Master Zhongcheng, and cause the people of Qilu to be in dire straits."

Yu Dacheng was confused.

Suppressing rebellion is easy to say.

Where is the soldier?
However, he also knew that for the sake of this matter, it would be impossible not to suppress the rebellion.

It's not a question of whether or not to fight, it's a question of attitude.

Even if he felt that the Dongjiang township was very difficult to control, he had to fight it and let everyone see it, and then the appeasement could be implemented.

He didn't want the guilt to fall on his own head in a battle that was bound to be lost.

Eyeballs roamed around in the midst of civil and military affairs, not to mention, Yu Dacheng really found someone who could bear the big (back) and the (pot) (the man).

"Shen Zhongjun, General Tao, the military situation is like fire, the merits of suppressing the rebellion and saving the people still need the concerted efforts of the two."

The people he named were Shen Tingyu of the Jinan Fuzhong Army and Tao Tingyu, the general of Wude.

I think these two should be the senior brothers of the Ting family, otherwise, how could they have been selected by Yu Dacheng together?
In fact, Yu Dacheng really didn't catch the strong man casually.

Shen Tingyu and Tao Tingyu, one in the central army and one general, are precisely the few officials in charge of the military in Jinan today.

Sent to fight, Shen Tingyu almost wet his pants on the spot.

"Zhong... Lord Zhongcheng..."

He had the heart to refuse, but when the words came to his mouth, when he met Yu Dacheng's dangerous eyes, he knew that he had no choice.

If you go to quell the rebellion, you still have a chance to live; if you don't go, Yu Dacheng will cut down the sacrificial flag now.

Since there is no choice, then I have to think about how to survive in danger.

On the eighth day of December, Shen Tingyu and Tao Tingyu, who had high hopes, led their army to Ruancheng, just in time to meet the rebels.

Just by the small river outside Ruancheng, the two armies fought a battle.

As the main general, Shen Tingyu shouted and fought fiercely, but the soldiers under his command did not listen at all.

Your family leader will sit in a sedan chair and hide for miles away to supervise the battle.

Shen Tingyu and Tao Tingyu are a civil and military pair, one rides on a sedan chair and the other rides a donkey, and no soldier is allowed to stand behind them.

So just after the confrontation, the Jinan soldiers led by Shen Tingyu fled across the board.

Originally, when the rebels faced the official army, they were still a little frightened.At this time, seeing the official army fleeing without a fight, he was immediately victorious, and he joined forces to attack Tao Tingyu's Wude soldiers.

The Wude soldiers encountered the rebels who did not speak Wude, and did not hold on for too long, and immediately ran wild.

A weak chicken is always a weak chicken, even if it runs away.

How can the old, weak, sick and disabled Jinan soldiers and Wude soldiers outrun the strong rebels?
The battle officers and troops were completely lost, and only Shen Tingyu and Tao Tingyu, who were hiding far behind, escaped.

After the war, the situation in Shandong immediately took a turn for the worse, and everyone had a premonition that catastrophe was imminent.

When Yu Dacheng sent troops to suppress the rebellion, he had already sent urgent reports to the capital and Denglai, asking for help.

The capital is too far, and there is no reply yet.On the other hand, Sun Yuanhua of Dengzhou got the military information first, and immediately began to gather troops and start to suppress the rebellion.

Unfortunately, this process was not smooth.

Except for Zhang Keda, the other soldiers and horses were dawdling, but they were not in place.

Sun Yuanhua was in a hurry and called the general over.

"Geng Zhongjun, Chen Dusi, why haven't you come?"

Geng Zhongming and Chen Guangfu looked at each other, and suddenly rushed to Sun Yuanhua's feet, kneeling and crying.

"Lord Zhongcheng, why am I Dongjiang soldiers and horses!"

Sun Yuanhua was caught off guard and asked anxiously, "How do you say this?"

Geng Zhongming's cry made a listener sad and a listener weeping. It's a pity that he didn't go to Deyun Club.

"My lord, I miss my Dongjiang Jianer, follow Mao Shuai to bathe Liaodong in blood, and forget to die. Why did you come here? It's just to protect the family and the country. I can only be trapped on the isolated island up and down the Dongjiang River. Even if I was made difficult by all means, even though I was humiliated, I still did not change my original intention. Even if Mao Shuai was unjustly killed, did I ever feel resentment in my heart? You will be inscribed with five senses, and it is difficult to repay the kindness of adults with a hundred deaths."

Chen Guangfu also spoke on the side.

"Yeah. Those people in western Liaoning regard me as an enemy of the Dongjiang River, and they wish I could get rid of it and then hurry up. Even so, my generals in the East will still die without regrets."

Geng Zhongming picks up again.

"Under the command of Lord Zigui, our brothers are all dedicated to their duties. However, the people of Ludi have long been prejudiced against me in the Dongjiang River. , I will not sell one meter or one cloth. Dare to ask your lord, why am I, Dongjiang, with the ambition to serve the country, but I am faltering like an enemy?"

Repeated remarks made Sun Yuanhua change his mind.

Geng Zhongming and Chen Guangfu are not lying. After Dongjiang Town came to Denglai, the relationship with the local people was indeed very tense.

Thinking that Kong Youde and others braved the wind and snow to support Liaodong, but they were treated as haters along the way, plus Dongjiang was respectful to him, and Sun Yuanhua softened.

"Frozen three feet is not a day's cold. If you want to change people's hearts, you should start today. If the order goes on, all the troops and horses will be scattered. If you spread it to other places, you are not allowed to add a single arrow to my Dongjiang children."

Just like that, Sun Yuanhua firmed up his position of appeasement.Not only did they not call in troops to suppress and guard against the rebels, but instead disbanded all the ministries and prevented other troops from attacking.

For a time, after Ruan Cheng, the originally turbulent chaos seemed to subside.

Kong Youde was overjoyed when he saw the message quietly sent by Geng Zhongming.

"Big things are to be expected."

In order to confuse Shandong Wenwu, after Ruancheng, the Dongjiang rebels just headed eastward, and they never attacked the prefectures and counties along the way, and they seem to have repented.

Sun Yuanhua, a political novice, was inspired by the situation and even wrote a letter to Yu Dacheng.

[The Fu Bureau has decided that our soldiers will not be allowed to take a step east to cause bad things. 】

Yu Dachengba did not want to do more than one less thing, and immediately disbanded the Ming armies from all walks of life.

On December [-], Kong Youde's troops arrived at the foot of Dengzhou City.

And the only thing they need to face is the officers in Dengzhou City.

Sun Yuanhua has not yet discovered that the balance of strength has been tilted.

(End of this chapter)