Ming Zuo

Chapter 398 Weapons
"The commander Rong Qi, the small people are serving Maitreya Buddha."

As soon as these remarks came out, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others showed their dissatisfaction.

Although they are now on the road of rebellion, there is a gap between rebellion and rebellion.

A group of crooked and crooked people, as long as they are serious people, they will not like it.

Fortunately, Laizhou City was finally captured, and Kong Youde also knew that since Bu Shiren and others belonged to the White Lotus Sect, they would definitely not be spies of the imperial court.

Bu Shiren waited for a while and saw that Kong Youde had no seizures, and his confidence increased greatly.

"My late father Bu Chuncai was ordered by Xu Hongru and Xu Tianwang to sneak into the Dengzhou firearms workshop under Yuan Zhongcheng's command to secretly manufacture firearms and gunpowder in preparation for the uprising. It is impossible to think that Xu Tianwang was defeated too quickly. All the hard-prepared things were useless. Seeing that nothing could be done, my late father sealed all these firearms and gunpowder in the city of Laizhou. A few years ago, my holy religion revolted again. It was planned to be used to arm the rebels. I can't imagine that Li Mengming and the altar master Dong Dacheng have been defeated one after another. After the commander raised the flag of righteousness and followed the way of heaven, the small people and others were trapped in the city of Laizhou. Now I see that the commander is wise and martial, and the officers and troops who fight are in vain. They are the masters of destiny. After a few discussions, they decided to serve the master of Ming, and they will go through fire and water."

Bu Shiren talked about the cause and effect, which made Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others sigh.

Originally, they thought that after they held Xie Lian, Zhu Wannian and others hostage, they would be able to capture Laizhou City.Unexpectedly, the will of resistance in the city was so strong that it almost made them fall short.

If it weren't for the use of explosives at critical moments such as Bu Shiren to blow up the city wall, Laizhou would still be invincible.

Chen Guangfu asked carefully: "I have been sieging the city for several months, and I have also dug tunnels. The city has long been on guard. How did you do it?"

This question made all the rebel generals wake up.

In order to break through Laizhou City, the rebels tried their best.Digging tunnels and burying explosives was almost a success.

And in order to obstruct, the city must have made complete preparations.

Chen Guangfu is very strange, how did these people do it?
Bu Shiren pointed to the people beside him and said, "What the general doesn't know, my brother used to be in the secret door business. When someone needs to enter or leave the city, it is inconvenient to walk through the city gate, so my brother will take care of them. He hasn't missed a single shot in the past year. The tunnel he dug can't be found even by the most powerful hunter."

Knowing that there is such a thaumaturgy, Kong Youde and the others were amazed, and they believed it a little bit.

Bu Shiren said at the right time: "The big commander and the younger one should join his subordinates, and they know that they need to be filial. The firearms and gunpowder prepared by the late father still have surplus. The younger wants to give them all to the big commander to help the heavenly soldiers. Sweep the world."

Hearing that there were actually a batch of firearms and gunpowder in the city, Kong Youde and others were greatly excited.

"Get it quickly."

When the firearms and gunpowder kept by Bu Shiren were presented in front of Kong Youde and others, it was because these people were veterans of the battlefield, and they were also quite frightened.

There were fifteen general cannons, fifty tiger squat cannons, more than eight hundred projectiles of various kinds, and fifteen thousand kilograms of gunpowder.

Knowing that Guan Ning's army had arrived, Kong Youde and others were worried about how to fight.Especially after fighting hard for several months, the weapons and ammunition in their hands are almost exhausted.

Unexpectedly, it was supplemented this time.

Kong Youde was overjoyed and could not help but look at Bu Shiren differently.

"Although you have gone astray, but you have made such a great contribution this time, this commander can't go without a reward. From now on, you will be promoted to the chief and in charge of firearms. There must be no mistake."

Hearing the promotion, Bu Shiren was very grateful, and knelt down on the spot, becoming more attentive.

"Commander, these firearms left by my late father have other wonderful uses."

"Oh? What's the difference?"

After Bu Shiren explained it in detail, Kong Youde and others realized that these firearms really had something special.

In particular, the batch of projectiles were not all solid shells.

More than [-] of them are blooming bullets. After the shells land and explode, they will not produce many fragments and hurt people.However, a specially configured poison is placed inside the cannonball. When the cannonball explodes and the poison is ignited, it will fill the wind and cover it for several miles.

Whether it is a human being or a livestock, once they smell the poisonous smoke, they will immediately feel weak and tearful.The eyes are also red and swollen and hot, and I can't see anything.

Kong Youde and others immediately tried it out, and when they saw the effect, they were all ecstatic.

Such venomous weapons are really sharp weapons for victory.

For the upcoming Guan Ning Army, the rebels finally gained a little more confidence.

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Ren Dong and Zhai Sheng took the Laizhou military and civilians who had broken through and ran westward all the way. Although the rebels did not pursue them, many people still fell dead.

Finally in Changle, they met a scout sent by Zhu Dadian and told the bad news of Laizhou's fall.

When Zhu Dadian learned that Laizhou had been breached and his body was cold, he quickly reported the news to the imperial court and urged Guan Ningjun to speed up his journey.

Two days later, the military information of the fall of Laizhou was sent to the court, which immediately caused the earth to shake and the mountains to shake.

Chongzhen finally lost the last trace of patience and issued the imperial decree.

Liu Yulie, the governor of Shandong, was dismissed for questioning, and Sun Yuanhua and other officials in Denglai were immediately sent to prison for torture after they arrived in the capital.At the same time, Zhu Dadian was appointed as the new governor of Shandong, Xie Sanbin succeeded Wang Daochun as the governor of Shandong, and the prime minister suppressed the rebellion.

The main battle faction completely has the upper hand.

On August [-]th, Zhu Dadian and Xie Sanbin finally waited for Guan Ning's army in Weixian.So far, under his command, there were more than [-] people in the Guanning Army, more than [-] people in the Deng Yu's army, and more than [-] reinforcements in various directions.

This time, a total of more than [-] troops were involved in the counter-insurgency.

After discussing with Gao Qiqian, Xie Sanbin, Jin Guoqi and others, Zhu Dadian decided to divide the army into three directions.

In the middle, the commander-in-chief Jin Guoqi and other Guan Ning troops were the forwards, followed by Deng Wei, with a total of [-] people, who were the main force in suppressing the rebellion.

On the south road, the commander-in-chief of Changping, Chen Hongfan, and the commander-in-chief of Miyun Town, Fang Dengyun and [-] infantrymen, set out from Pingdu and headed east.

On the northern route, [-] people led by the commanders Wang Zhifu, Wang Wuwei, etc., went eastward from the Haimiao next to the seaside, covering the flanks of the army.

The actions of the officers have been informed by the rebels.

Kong Youde joined Geng Zhongming, Chen Guangfu, Chen Shishi, Mao Chenglu and other generals, totaling [-] troops, marching toward each other, and collided head-on with the officers along the Shahe River.

different from the original history.

In the original history, because Laizhou was always in the hands of the imperial court, it contained a large number of rebels.So that when Kong Youde faced the reinforcements, he could only lead [-] cavalry, but he was defeated by Zu Kuan and Le Guochen's vanguard.

The rebels were afraid that the inside and outside of the city should cooperate with each other, so they had to give up the siege of Laizhou and returned to Dengzhou all the way.

But now that Laizhou has been broken, the rebels have no worries, so all the troops have been pressed to the front line of Shahe.

In the same place, a few months ago, Liu Yulie was played around here by the rebels, and he was finally defeated and lost.

Compared with Liu Yulie, Zhu Dadian is much tougher and more cautious.

Seeing that the rebels camped continuously and rigorously on the other side of the Shahe River, he did not rush to attack, but stabilized his position on the west bank of the river.

Climbing to a high place, watching the rebels' momentum, Zhu Dadian was furious.

"Liu Yulie, Sun Yuanhua, and Yu Da have become selfish. This is a bad thing. The rebels are strong, and this battle will be difficult."

Gao Qiqian was beside him, feeling the same.

"There are more rebels than us, and the Shahe is blocking it. This battle must be protracted."

Zhu Dadian's temperament became stronger.

"No matter how difficult or long it is, we have to fight."

Gao Qi glanced at the capital without a trace, and then lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid that the emperor can't wait, and under urging, I will be confused."

Zhu Dadian understood and sincerely asked, "Father-in-law is involved in this matter."

Gao Qiqian didn't say yes, let alone no, he just sighed: "If we had more troops, why would we worry about rebellion?"

He thought of something and asked, "It is said that Zuo Menggeng, the number one general in the world, is in Shandong, why didn't he come to help?"

For this, Zhu Dadian still knows.

"Then Zuo Menggeng, in conjunction with the Linqing Association, is now annihilating the White Lotus Sect in the Yimeng Mountains. This is another serious trouble for the country, and the evil should be eliminated."

Gao Qiqian saw the momentum of the rebels, and felt a little unsure in his heart, so he had to warn Zhu Dadian more.

"It's not going well in Shanxi now. Bandits and bandits are attacking everywhere, and the officials and troops are overwhelmed. We have no backup, and we can't afford to lose this battle."

Zhu Dadian didn't know it.

Their troops and horses along the way are already the only troops that the court can raise at present.

If they also lost to the rebels, not only would Shandong be completely corrupted, but even the capital would be under the rebels' front.

At that time, it will not be a question of suppressing the rebellion or recruiting.

Whether the Ming Dynasty can continue or not depends on the face of the rebels.

For a time, whether Zhu Dadian or diving high, they all felt suffocated by the weight of ten thousand pounds.

(End of this chapter)