Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 131 Bombarding Duke Yan!The truth of Yan Shenggong's identity is exposed!
Otherwise, how could a shabby householder who was so poor begging for food and working as a monk in a temple know about gunpowder, guns and rockets.

Therefore, Chen Youliang immediately dispatched a large number of spies!

Students and businessmen disguised as study tours made a detour into the south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, they went to inquire about all the news about mysterious weapons, and on the other hand, they collected various books and albums of new Confucianism circulating in the market.

Soon, baskets of Confucian books were secretly transported to the Hanyang Palace in Huguang.

Chen Youliang and Zou Pusheng and other generals of the Han Red Scarf Army with literary talents started to study one after another.

It has to be said that this set of new Confucianism compiled by Zhu Han can be described as comprehensive!
The content related to physics and chemistry in it not only perfectly explains the composition and principle of gunpowder, but also has some rough explanations on how to improve the application of gunpowder, but some of the experimental principles are not as simple as those in books , but it is almost enough.

The land of China has never been short of top talents. After Chen Youliang had these books, he immediately selected a group of talented reading seeds in Huguang, and asked them to study and delve into the new Confucianism from Jiangnan.

These top talents in Huguang have grasped some rough conjectures of new gunpowder from the New Confucianism textbooks. Although the experimental results are very poor, it is still a big improvement.

On the other hand, the spies sent by Chen Youliang soon found out another piece of news, that is, the gunpowder workshop of Zhu Yuanzhang brothers in Jiangnan. Every month, a large amount of white sugar is purchased from outside and transported to the gunpowder workshop.

These white sugars must be the raw materials used to make those powerful gunpowder weapons!
Under these factors, Chen Youliang immediately guessed the role of sugar in it.

But just thinking about the problem is of no use to Chen Youliang.

Because Huguang does not produce white sugar locally, the places where white sugar is produced include Guangdong, Guangxi, and Sichuan.

These places are not under the control of Chen Youliang, no matter how much he knows, there is no raw material to start manufacturing.

The secrets that the spies had worked so hard to find out were just wasted.

Therefore, Chen Youliang had no choice but to give up his research on the secret weapon white sugar, and instead aimed at the original target, the bronze cannon.

For the manufacture of bronze artillery, Hubei should have a unique advantage!
Because there are many copper mines with rich mineral deposits in the Daye area of ​​Hubei Province. These copper mines have traces of ancient ancestors mining copper mines since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in ancient times. It has been completely excavated, and many of the remaining copper mines are also located in mountains that are very difficult to mine.

Even if it is mined, it is difficult to transport it out!

Moreover, the mineral density is often very low, which is not conducive to large-scale mining.

Chen Youliang's huge demand for artillery means a huge demand for copper mines.

So Chen Youliang immediately sent people around to find out where there are convenient and huge-yield copper mines around, and then wanted to win the station in one fell swoop.

As for how to find mineral deposits, Chen Youliang still has a lot of capable people!
According to Chen Youliang's order, they began to explore the Guizhou area in the southwest. Guizhou area belongs to the area controlled by the barbarian chieftain, so they should be more careful.

While Chen Youliang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty who occupied Huguang, was looking for copper mines all over the world, Zhu Han was already living a good life in Jinling without worrying about copper mines!
Because according to the mineral distribution map provided by Zhu Han, the artisans found another open-pit copper mine with huge reserves in Jiangxi!

The burial depth of this copper mine is very shallow, and as long as the ground is broken, it will not take long to dig out the copper mine with abundant reserves.

On the other hand, there is water and land transportation around, which is very convenient to transport the copper ore out, so the discovery of this batch of copper ore made Zhu Han no longer have to worry about the lack of copper raw materials for casting cannons.

As for the silver mines in Japan, there is no need to worry.

The output of the Iwami Fan silver mine in the Wa country can be said to be rising steadily!
The recruitment standards set locally have attracted all the surrounding Japanese peasants. These Japanese peasants can not only get a large amount of [-] meters as laborers, but also get corresponding remuneration. Their lords also trade in materials from the Central Plains. share.

It can be said that everyone is happy!
The popularity of materials from the Central Plains is very hot in Japan!
As long as you can own a certain share of Central Plains products, it is equivalent to having a huge source of wealth!
Therefore, for the mining of silver mines, a large number of Japanese feudal lords have already made a lot of profits from the surrounding area.

Of course, if it weren't for the Imperial Association Army and some of the elite Red Scarf Army led by Lan Yu, these Japanese feudal lords would have been dissatisfied with the profits from trade and labor, and would have sent troops to jointly rob the silver mines. Understand.

Midsummer.

Jinling is worthy of being one of the three furnaces along the Yangtze River!

Jinling in the midsummer season can be said to be hot, and people's internal organs will boil!

Zhu Han was sitting in the middle of his own hall, surrounded by three basins full of ice cubes, and several maids holding round fans were fanning the cool wind vigorously behind the ice cubes.

The cold air finally made Zhu Han feel comfortable. In front of Zhu Han, Lan Yu, who had just returned from the Wa country, was holding a document in his hand and was reporting the situation of the Wa country to Zhu Han.

"After the Japanese king of the Southern Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the Northern Dynasty immediately launched an attack. The two sides fought more than a dozen times in the Yoshino area. In the end, both sides killed and injured thousands of people, and then retreated."

The Wa Kingdom is now in a confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Wa Kingdom shogun in the Northern Dynasty enshrined a distant clan as the Emperor of Japan. With the support of Zhu Han, the Wa Kingdom Emperor in the Southern Dynasty also possessed relatively strong military strength, which was enough to counter the Northern Dynasty.

"Ishimi Fan's Imperial Association Army showed a very high combat effectiveness in this North-South War. Relying on its own strength alone, it repelled the Northern Shogunate army several times, and saved the front of the Southern Dynasty Wa Kingdom that was about to collapse!" Sapphire continued.

After this battle, the regent Fujiwara of the Southern Dynasty immediately sent people to Jinling to pray for more military assistance.

After all, as long as his son takes the place of the Emperor of Japan, then Zhu Han is equivalent to the "godfather" of the Emperor of Japan, so Concubine Fujiwara still counts on Zhu Han to pull her godson.

However, Zhu Han adheres to the principle that one size fits all, and it is impossible to relieve all worries in one sleep.

Zhu Han didn't show any kindness to the envoys sent by the Southern Dynasty of the Wa Kingdom, and made them shut up a few times, and didn't meet them at all.

This time when Sapphire came back from Wa Kingdom, Zhu Han said to Sapphire: "You have full power to deal with all the affairs of Wa Kingdom. For the people of Wa Kingdom, you can't have the slightest kindness. You must be ruthless to them, and you must be very cruel. Only by being ruthless! Only the whip and the sword can make them obedient and know who is the real master! You must always remember that the barbarians are afraid of power and not virtuous."

Upon hearing this, Sapphire immediately said:
"Please don't worry, the deputy commander, the final general will obey the orders in the country of Japan, and will never let these little devils of the country of Japan have any luck!"

After a long period of contact in the Japanese country, Sapphire is already very familiar with the habits of the Japanese people. What Zhu Han said is completely in line with the nature of the Japanese people. They are all afraid of being powerful and will not be grateful!
Only by keeping one's strength strong can these Japanese people be obedient.

After arranging the affairs of the Wa Kingdom, Zhu Han ordered 2000 reinforcements for the Wa Kingdom's garrison. These 2000 people are all new troops who have completed training in Jinling, and their combat effectiveness is very guaranteed. In this way, Lan Yu's subordinates have more than More than 3000 elite Red Scarf Army.

Zhu Han told Lan Yu again: "The Southern Dynasty of the Kingdom of Wa belongs to us, and the Southern Dynasty is our eagle dog and running dog. We can let them occupy more territory, but don't let the Southern Dynasty of the Kingdom of Wa conquer the Northern Dynasty. There is only one division that falls into chaos. Wa country is the most beneficial to us now!"

The Japanese people on the island are just a group of white-eyed wolves who are not familiar with them.

Only when they fall into civil strife can they be better controlled.

When the world is settled in the future, Zhu Han won't even give them the opportunity to be chaotic, and then it will be the time for Zhu Han to send troops to swallow the Wa country in one fell swoop.

As for now, let Sapphire maintain a strong garrison and maintain the chaotic situation on Waguo Island, so that the Red Army can benefit from it.

After knowing Zhu Han's intentions, Lan Yu said with a smile: "Please rest assured, the deputy commander, the general will definitely remember it in Japan!"

Under Zhu Han's order, Sapphire replenished a large amount of military equipment, and then led the new army back to the Wa Kingdom Islands in a mighty battleship.

Not long after Lan Yu left, Zhu Han received a military report from Shandong.

"Report to the king of Wu and the deputy commander, the good news from Shandong Qixiang!" said a guard of the palace.

Older brother Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han looked at each other and smiled.

"So, did Qi Xiang capture Qufu?" Zhu Han said.

The task he arranged for Qi Xiang was to lead the rebel army to attack Qufu to the west, to meet the local recovery army in Qufu, and to drive away Kong Kejian, the loyal servant of Meng Yuan.

Sure enough, the old brother Zhu Yuanzhang laughed immediately when he saw the good news, "Qiwu, you guessed right, it is indeed the good news from Qufu."

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang said that he handed the news to Zhu Han.

Zhu Han opened the newsletter and took a look!
Sure enough, Qi Xiang, the right commander of the Musketeers, led the local rebel army and conquered Qufu. Kong Kejian, the Duke of Yan Sheng, who was conferred by the Yuan Dynasty, fled and led his family and relatives to abandon the city.

The entire southeastern half of Shandong fell under the control of the rebels. As a result, although Xuzhou in the southwest of Jining was still under the control of the Yuan army, it was already about to be captured by the surrounding rebels at any time.

"This is really great. The Shandong Rebel Army has lived up to expectations! It has lived up to expectations!" Zhu Han said with a smile.

"Qi Xiang didn't have much credit before, but this time he did a very good job in Shandong." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said.

Zhu Han said with a smile, "Qi Xiang has made such great contributions, so naturally he must be rewarded. How about appointing Qi Xiang as the governor of Shandong to command all the rebels in Shandong? What do you think, brother?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement, and said: "Yes, but also ask Qi Xiang to guard Qufu to prevent Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian from joining forces with the Mongol Yuan Tartars to counterattack!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were not aimless. In this operation to capture Qufu, the main method was a sneak attack. The local rebels in Qufu entered Qufu City in disguise, and then deceived the city gate, attracting rebels from outside to rush into the city. , Captured the city of Qufu.

The army under Yan Shenggong did not suffer too much loss, so they dispersed.

In this way, they do have the strength to counterattack, and according to the information from Qi Xiang, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian fled to Jinan.

Jinan has a large number of Mongolian and Yuan soldiers, and it will definitely counterattack Qufu.

Zhu Han nodded and said, "My brother is right, we not only need Qi Xiang to defend Qufu, but also prevent Wang Baobao, Chahan and others from attacking Qufu from Henan."

Zhu Han's words are not unreasonable. The Kaifeng area in Henan is not far from Qufu. As long as they cross the Yellow River, the Mongolian cavalry can go straight to the city of Qufu after walking for a few days. If they attack Qufu, Qi Xiang and the rebels will have a tough battle to fight, so they must plan early.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang immediately made a decision and asked the weapons workshop in Jinling and Suzhou to immediately allocate a large number of gunpowder weapons and armor, and transport them to Jining Prefecture by sea and canal to support Qi Xiang.

This large amount of military supplies is enough to turn the tens of thousands of peasant rebels under Qi Xiang's command into elite soldiers in armor.

In less than a month, this batch of very important materials was immediately transported to Qufu City.

The Shandong Rebel Army led by Qi Xiang immediately changed their guns, and all of them wore shiny armors!
Show off on the head of Qufu city!

Sure enough, not long after, tens of thousands of Mongolian Yuan troops came from the north!

This Mongolian and Yuan army was mainly led by the regiment trained by Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian, and the Zuo Prime Minister Ha Ma of Jinan Prefecture. The two sides combined more than 4 troops.

According to the total of Kong Kejian and Ha Ma, there are a total of 2 Shandong rebels in Qufu, and most of them are mud-legged people who lack weapons and armor. Except for the thousands of people who came from Yizhou, the rest They're all useless.

Therefore, after their [-] troops reached Qufu City, they would definitely be able to chop melons and vegetables all the way, and then take back Qufu City.

However, when Ha Ma and Kong Kejian led an army of [-] Mongolian and Yuan troops to the city of Qufu, they were immediately shocked by the situation in front of them.

I saw that under the sunlight, the guards at the top of the city gave off a gloomy cold light. It was shiny armor. Under the sunlight, it seemed to tell the tens of thousands of troops below the city that they were a well-equipped army. Qiangjun, definitely not some mud legs that can make them chop melons and vegetables!

"This, this, what's going on here?" Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian looked at the situation in front of him, and kept panicking in his heart.

When Prime Minister Zuo Ha Ma saw this, he was also shocked: "What kind of muddy legs are these, the rebels are clearly elites wearing tough clothes!"

There was already timidity in Ha Ma's heart.

I saw a big "Qi" written on the red flags waving in the wind above the head of Qufu City!

After Qi Xiang was appointed as the governor of Shandong Province, his heart was full of pride!
For the task of letting him guard Qufu, he even issued a military order to live and die with Qufu City!
Before the arrival of the Yuan army, he ordered to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and moved all the people outside Qufu city to the city, so that the Yuan army could not find a trace of people's power to use.

As for those people who did not enter Qufu City, they were also ordered to migrate and hide in the surrounding mountains and forests to prevent the Yuan army from finding them.

As the Yuan army led by Ha Ma and Kong Kejian arrived at the city, Qi Xiang did not wait for the enemy to attack, but took the initiative to order the artillery from Chengtou to fight back!
Qi Xiang pointed at the Yuan army in front of him and shouted loudly.

"Fire me, fire me!"

With a bang, the artillery of the Qufu defenders started a pre-emptive strike.

Amidst the bangs of cannons, the Yuan army was in chaos. The mounts of Kong Kejian and the two of them were also frightened and jumped around. Finally, they finally settled down. Hama covered the helmet that almost fell in the commotion. , shouted loudly, "The thieves in Qufu City are so arrogant that they don't listen to persuasion!"

Kong Kejian shouted loudly, "Prime Minister Zuo, quickly order an attack, and use our artillery to fight back!"

According to the requirements of the Yuan Dynasty court, Jinan also made a batch of artillery, many of which were very large-caliber heavy artillery, specially used to bombard the enemy's city walls.

This time, pulling it to Qufu came in handy.

Since he wanted to exterminate the thieves, Kong Kejian didn't care about the bottles and jars in Qufu City, and the fuck is over!

Since these mud-legged people in Qufu rebelled and surrendered to the thieves, even if they were killed, Yan Shenggong would not show any mercy.

After the first round of artillery roared, the defenders at the top of the city of Qufu suddenly shouted loudly on the top of the city!
When Kong Kejian, Ha Ma and others listened, their faces immediately changed drastically!

Because the slogan shouted by the defenders at the top of the city was——

"Bild Kong Kejian!"

"The thieves pretend to be Kong!"

"Kong Kejian, the Tartar bastard!"

These shouts pointed directly at the bad things of Yan Shenggong Kong's family!

Because the folks have already heard that the descendants of Kong Jiayan Shenggongzong were replaced by the Mongols, and Kong Kejian belonged to the unidentified descendants of Kong Kejian. Therefore, no one in Qufu City dared to mention these rumors that questioned his identity. Now Kong Kejian After being beaten away, all kinds of rumors and so on were brought to the light again!

Qi Xiang directly ordered the defenders to shout and attack the Yuan army!

As the "truth" that Kong Kejian was a Mongolian wild species was revealed one after another, the Yuan army outside the city suddenly went into an uproar!
Seeing this, Qi Xiang, the general of the Qufu garrison, shouted happily.

"Speak up, boys, be louder!"

On the one hand, Qi Xiang ordered the soldiers to shout hard to disturb the morale of the Yuan army, on the other hand, he stepped up the artillery to fire, aimed at the Yuan army's central army, and started the artillery bombardment.

With the roar of the artillery again, the Yuan army's central army was killed and injured immediately!
Several guards were swept down by the flying shells, and blood, stumps and broken arms were scattered all over the ground!
Kong Kejian's face changed drastically, and Prime Minister Zuo Ha Ma was also scared out of his wits.

And we never imagined that the artillery of the defenders at the top of the city could hit such a long distance!

"Hurry up and let the cannon go up, and give me a ruthless bombardment of Qufu City!" Zuo Prime Minister Ha Ma sternly shouted.

The artillery of the Yuan army began a fierce bombardment on the city wall of Qufu!
boom! !

boom! !

A large piece of the rammed earth on the city wall of Qufu suddenly fell, and the city bricks bombarded by the artillery shattered one after another!

"Run! The enemy is firing, run for your life!"

"My dear!"

"Run away!"

"Damn it! Tartar's artillery is too powerful, run away!"

In the panic, some of the strong men guarding the city suddenly panicked, and there were screams and screams. Some people started to run around, and more people rushed towards the city of Qufu. They wanted to enter the city to avoid the enemy's artillery bombardment. .

Boom!

Boom! !

When the huge artillery shell fell, the earth and rocks on the city wall of Qufu immediately splashed, and pieces of rammed earth flew up.

Qi Xiang, the guard of Qufu, was furious when he saw those strong men fleeing in all directions!

He pulled out his saber and shouted sharply: "Archers are ready, anyone who dares to escape, kill!"

The archers were ready immediately, and the panicked men were too frightened to run around.

Qi Xiang stood at the head of the city, not afraid of the Yuan army's artillery, and shouted loudly:

"Gunner, let the Tartars taste our power!"

boom! !

Boom! !
As soon as Qi Xiang finished speaking, shells exploded one after another, causing earth and rocks to fly in the Yuan army outside the city, creating chaos.

However, the Yuan army also had a lot of artillery, and the offensive and defensive sides entered the artillery battle.

The artillery of the Yuan army continued to roar.

boom! !

Boom! !

boom! ! !
The artillery fire continued to roar, and after rounds of bombardment, the city of Qufu was devastated, and there was almost no complete wall.

The ground is covered with gravel, potholes, and many wall stacks have collapsed and become ruins.

In this way, the battle continued until the evening, and the two sides stopped the artillery battle until it became dark.

The chief general of the Yuan army, Ha Ma, ordered the entire army to set up camp and prepare to fight again tomorrow, but the Qufu Rebel Army did not intend to make things easier for the Yuan army!

Qi Xiang selected two hundred elites, took advantage of the night to open the city gate of Qufu, and lurked outside the camp of the Yuan army.

In the middle of the night, there was an earth-shattering strange noise from the city of Qufu!

Whoosh! !

With a burst of terrifying screams, more than 100 white sugar rockets flew towards the Yuan army camp!

boom! ! !
The sugar rocket slammed into the tent of the Yuan army, and then exploded, overturning the tent of the Yuan army in an instant.

"What?!" After hearing the voice, Ha Ma, the general of the Yuan army, suddenly changed his expression.

"It's an enemy attack rocket!"

"What! Enemy attack?"

"No! It should be gunpowder!"

After a while, the guards of the Yuan army used shields to protect Hama.

boom! !

Boom! !

boom! !

A burst of violent explosions came from the surrounding camps, and the thick smoke under the night made it impossible for the Yuan army to see anything.

At this moment, Qi Xiang, who was ambushing outside the Yuan army camp, led two hundred elites to jump on their horses and launch a feint attack on the Yuan army camp. The defenders in Qufu City immediately beat drums and drums, shouting like a mountain roar and a tsunami!

"Kill!"

"Kill the Tartars!"

Qi Xiang led two hundred cavalry, brandishing spears and spears, and charged towards the Yuan army camp!

Although the soldiers of the Yuan army heard the shouts of killing outside the city of Qufu, they were already dizzy from the rocket bombardment just now, and they didn't know where the enemy was at all.

Qi Xiang noticed all this, his eyes lit up!
Immediately turned the horse's head, and turned from a feint attack to a real attack towards the elite team he led.

"Kill!!"

"Rush into the enemy camp and burn their food and grass!"

Qi Xiang roared, and more than 200 cavalry quickly rushed into the Yuan army camp.

The gate of the Yuan army's barracks was also unguarded, and the soldiers were already so shocked that they had no combat effectiveness. Qi Xiang led the army to easily break in!Their goal is very clear, which is to find food and grass in the camp of the Yuan army. As long as they can burn all the food, the Yuan army will not be able to attack the city for a long time.

Qi Xiang led more than [-] cavalrymen and rushed to the camp of the Yuan army. Along the way, where they passed, rows of tents collapsed, rows of tents were burned, and some soldiers Screaming, struggling constantly in the burning of the fire.

Some Yuan soldiers were surrounded by flames, howling in the fire. Everyone was afraid of bombing the camp, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

Soon, the cavalry led by Qi Xiang reached the gate of the granary in the Yuan army camp.

"burn!"

With a loud roar, Qi Xiang threw out the torch in his hand, and threw it towards the gate of Yuan Army's granary!
Suddenly, a raging fire ignited, covering the entire granary in it.

boom! !

With a loud bang, the gate of the granary collapsed!

A raging flame rises, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger!
"No, the food is on fire!"

"Quickly put out the fire!"

All of a sudden, the Yuan army soldiers panicked and started rushing into the barracks!
"Kill me!"

Seeing this scene, Qi Xiang immediately issued a hunting order!
He led two hundred cavalry, quickly chased them into the Yuan army, and began to slaughter wildly!

Boom boom boom! ! !
A series of violent explosions continued to resound in the Yuan army camp.

"Quick, put out the fire quickly, quick!"

"Hurry up and put out the fire!"

The soldiers of the Yuan army put out the fire while crying for their parents and mothers, and at the same time desperately put out the fire.

But at this moment, Qi Xiang led two hundred elite cavalrymen to fight around in the Yuan army camp. Wherever they went, the heads of Yuan army soldiers were beheaded one by one!
Wherever Qi Xiang went, the Yuan army panicked and fled blindly regardless of everything.

With the sound of horns, the elite Yuan army began to suppress the order. Seeing this, Qi Xiang knew that it was time to retreat.

"withdraw!"

Qi Xiang yelled, and immediately led his elite troops to rush to the north!

But at this moment, the Yuan army was already panicked and did not dare to pursue Qi Xiang any more.

Qi Xiang quickly left the Yuan army camp with two hundred elites, and then galloped towards Qufu. Outside the city of Qufu, they had already left a group of troops to support them in case of emergency.

Qufu County.

Qi Xiang came back with [-] cavalry, and when they returned to Qufu City, they were immediately cheered wildly by the defenders!
"General Qi is mighty!"

"General Qi wins!"

Qi Xiang counted the number of people, and found that there was no loss, and all 200 people returned safely.

Qi Xiang was also overjoyed, "The Tartar granary was burned, we have won!"

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers cheered again!

At the same time, in the chaos of the Yuan army camp, the Yuan army coach Ha Ma and several generals were all pale!
"How is it possible?! Why didn't the group of rebels be intercepted by us?!" Ha Ma said angrily, his face was extremely ugly, and he didn't even think about it.

"General, the thieves have sharp rockets, and I have nothing to do!" Several Yuan army generals said one after another.

"Incompetence!" Ha Ma suppressed the anger in his heart. In the battle tonight, the Yuan army not only lost hundreds of people, but also lost a granary. It can be said to be a heavy loss!

Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian was insulted by the rebels during the day, and was hit by a rocket in the camp at night, and was almost killed. Now in front of Hama, he heard that the granary was burned, and he immediately didn't want to fight any more. He pointed at Hama said:

"Prime Minister Zuo, I think we should withdraw, this battle cannot be fought!"

Hearing Kong Kejian's words, Ha Ma suddenly became furious, and shouted loudly: "Brother Kong! You said to withdraw our troops?! Do you know that we have dispatched [-] elite soldiers this time, but we have not won the first battle and lost our granary. If we just retreat like this, Don’t you lose the face of Dayuan! Do you know that once we retreat, the court will definitely blame us, do you know the seriousness of this?!”

As Ha Ma spoke, his old face flushed red.

"Prime Minister Zuo, I don't want to either! But our granary was burned, and more than half of our food was lost. If we don't retreat, we may not last long, and we will starve to death here!" Kong Kejian said.

When Ha Ma heard Kong Kejian's words, he immediately calmed down. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "General Ben's order, the whole army will retreat five miles to set up camp tomorrow morning!"

Hearing Hama's order, everyone was very surprised.

"General, we don't have much food and grass left, so it's better to make a quick decision and attack Qufu City tomorrow morning." A Yuan army general said.

"No, we can't underestimate the enemy. We must retreat and set up camp, waiting for reinforcements from Henan!" Ha Ma said.

When they attacked Qufu this time, they really underestimated the enemy at the beginning. Now the rebels in Qufu are very difficult to deal with, so they have to send someone to invite Wang Baobao from Henan and others.

Wang Baobao and the others are a bunch of fierce people!

It is no small matter to directly beat Han Liner, the leader of the Red Turban Army, to deal with a group of rebels in Qufu.

The army under Hama is very precious, and it is the foundation for Hama to settle down in the Mongolian and Yuan courts. It is not worth paying too many soldiers and horses for a small Qufu.

Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian and others beside him also expressed their agreement.

Now the Dayuan court handed over seventy-eight out of ten taxes to Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others. Now that they encountered a hard nut to crack, they naturally had to let them deal with it.

Whoever spends more must work harder.

However, the Yuan army wanted to settle down and retreat to set up camp, how could Qi Xiang agree.

That night, Qi Xiang organized another sneak attack. Dozens of sugar gunpowder were lifted into the air again, and exploded in the Yuan army camp, killing more than a dozen Yuan army soldiers, making the Yuan army soldiers no longer Not daring to sleep in the camp, they squatted outside one by one, looking up at the sky, as long as there was a flash of light, everyone would immediately become nervous, lest it was the rockets of the Red Scarf Army coming again.

In order to thank Hama and Kong Kejian, the two Mongolian and Yuan feudal officials who came from afar, Qi Xiang sent more than 100 rockets to the Mongolian Yuan army in one night, and disturbed the soldiers of the Yuan army without sleep all night.

The Yuan army wanted to come out to drive them away, but they encountered the musket cavalry of the Red Turban Army. Dozens of muskets bombarded them, and sent a dozen warriors of the Yuan army who were good at riding and shooting to the bliss of the west on the spot.

After several battles, the Yuan army was demoralized by the Red Scarf Army.

During the day, the two sides engaged in artillery bombardment from a distance, and at night, the Red Scarf Army unilaterally harassed them. The soldiers of the Yuan Army were on the verge of mental breakdown within a few days.

"The deputy commander said that if there is no morale in the army, there will be no morale!"

Through repeated investigations, Qi Xiang has basically determined that the Yuan army has no morale, and once they launch a surprise attack, they will easily be defeated.

This night, it was another month of dark and windy days.

Qi Xiang led the Red Scarf Army to sneak out of Qufu City, thousands of elites!
First, they bombarded the Yuan army camp with sugar rockets, and then launched a surprise attack from the rear of the Mongolian Yuan army.

"Kill!"

"Kill the Tartars!"

The shouts of killing like thunder came from behind the Mengyuan camp, which immediately caused the Yuan army to panic.

"Where did the enemy come from?"

"It seems to be behind!"

"It's broken, the thieves are here for reinforcements!"

"Are we surrounded?"

All of a sudden, the entire Yuan army camp was out of control.

The general of the Yuan army, Ha Ma, desperately tried to suppress order, but under the raid of the Red Turban Army, everything was in vain.

With the sound of shouting and killing getting closer!
The entire camp of the Yuan army was completely blown up, and tens of thousands of people rushed out of the gate of the camp, fleeing in all directions desperately.

Under the pitch-black night, no one knew where to run. The rout of the Yuan army only knew to run to a place where there were no shouts of the Red Scarf Army.

After driving and chasing in the middle of the night, the tens of thousands of troops were almost wiped out under the surprise attack of the elite Red Scarf Army.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

When the sky brightened, all the soldiers and civilians in Qufu City suddenly fell into cheers.

The Yuan army retreated this time, leaving behind a large number of military supplies, including arrows and other weapons, which made up for the consumption in Qufu City.

After this battle, not only did the Qufu Red Scarf Army not suffer much losses, but their strength increased dramatically. The people nearby saw through Meng Yuan's weakness, and joined the army enthusiastically!
After all, the Red Scarf Army has already released the news that all those who join the Red Scarf Army will be given [-] acres of fertile land!

These thirty acres of fertile land are all ration fields for soldiers!

Not only is it paid immediately, but there is also the privilege of exempting from taxes for five years.

The people in Qufu have already been oppressed by the Kong family!
Now not only has the vampire Yan Shenggong been beaten away, but also the fertile land of Yan Shenggong's family has been allocated, everyone is of course elated.

"Haha, in this way, even if Kong Kejian invades again, he will offend all the people in Qufu who have been allocated land!"

After Qi Xiang finished allocating the fields, he immediately reported the success to Zhu Han.

For this victory in Qufu, Zhu Han was not as excited as Qi Xiang.

After all, Ha Ma, the Zuo Prime Minister of Meng Yuan, had already been defeated by the veteran Red Turban Army, and Ha Ma was too busy protecting himself now, so he didn't dare to fight hard at all.

Zhu Han doesn't have any extra troops to support Qi Xiang now, so he can only send people to send more military supplies, and then tell Qi Xiang to be careful when the Yuan army from Henan enters Qufu.

After all, the situation in Henan is not very good now, Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others are very likely to enter Shandong or go south to Huainan.

As for the reason, it was because Henan was once again hit by a severe drought, and the taxation and food of the whole Henan today was destined to be another deficit year.

Jiangnan, Jinling City.

In Wu Wang's mansion.

Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Han, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Shi Naian and others are discussing matters in the hall of the palace.

"King Wu, now there is a catastrophe in Henan, and hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from famine again! Wang Baobao, Chahan Timur and others use the grain in their hands to recruit soldiers and horses. It is said that the expansion has reached more than 30 people. They suddenly went south to attack." Li Shanchang said worriedly.

The severe drought in Henan this time can be described as very serious.

In Henan, due to successive years of wars, large tracts of land have been abandoned.

Finally, the food was planted in peacetime, but there was a drought for more than half a year, and it was almost a fruitless ending.

Hundreds of thousands of people fled everywhere in order not to starve to death.

Many young men were absorbed by the Yuan army in this way.

After all, when you are hungry, whoever stutters you will be a lifesaver, and who cares whether you are a tartar or not.

"The drought in Yingzhou is also very severe. I heard that a bucket of rice in Yingzhou is now sold for 20 taels of silver, and a bucket of wheat costs ten taels of silver!" Second brother-in-law Li Zhen said with a frown.

Now the second brother-in-law, Li Zhen, has four or five commercial firms. Apart from the main business, they also collect intelligence and public opinion.

"The price of grain in Yingzhou is so expensive, I'm afraid it's impossible to stick to the city!" Zhu Han said with a frown. A bucket of grain is more than ten taels of silver, and the price of grain has skyrocketed by a hundred times, and people's livelihood has completely collapsed.

"It's not expensive. I heard that it is outrageous in Haozhou City. A bucket of grain has been sold for 30 taels of silver. With such a high price, there is no place to buy it!" Second brother-in-law Li Zhen said again continued.

Since Guo Zixing was pushed out of Haozhou, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers didn't pay much attention to Haozhou. Now that they are strong and strong, they don't need Haozhou as an outpost.

"With such an outrageous food price, there is basically no way for ordinary people to survive." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"So, Sun Deya and others in Haozhou, I heard that they are planning to abandon Haozhou City, and plan to take the army to find other ways to survive." Second brother-in-law Li Zhen said.

It is very miserable that the majestic Marquis and Earls of the Red Scarf Army have to escape from the city where they are stationed and wander around like beggars.

"Chahan, Wang Baobao and the others have so much food and recruited so many refugees?" Zhu Han couldn't help asking.

Liu Bowen shook his head slightly beside him, and said: "The deputy commander, Chahan Wang Baobao and others depended on the food and grass that Meng Yuan searched from the areas of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and these places also suffered a lot of famine. There is not much food and grass to feed them, even if these provinces are forced to rebel, they will not be able to produce so much food, so Wang Baobao and others recruit refugees, but they want to send them to death."

Liu Bowen was a former official of the Mongolian and Yuan courts.

He has a very good understanding of the agricultural output of the various northern provinces.

After many years of brutal exploitation by the Mongolian Yuan, all industries in the north have already withered, and now they are suffering from a catastrophe. There is no surplus food and grass that can be used to support the Mongolian Yuan army in Henan.

Zhu Han also understood that Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and the others were using the survival instincts of the victims to coerce them into a suicide march. As long as they could rush to Huainan and break the city, they would be able to obtain food and survive. Otherwise, they can only wait to die in Henan.

(End of this chapter)