I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 295 Steam Locomotive Fire Ox Cart

Chapter 294

Regarding Song Xiance's naming of the rebel army as the Dashun Army, Cheng Shijie guessed that this should be the wheel of history, perhaps the inertia of history.Although Song Xiance did not seek refuge with Li Zicheng, but with Cheng Shijie, he still established Dashun just like in history.

As of the sixth day of June in the eighth year of Chongzhen, that is, No. 20 days after Song Xiance's uprising, the number of troops under his command had swelled to more than 8 people, which was the result of Song Xiance's careful selection of soldiers.If Song Xiance lowered the threshold a little, there would be more than [-] people.

Also on this day, Gui Dewei's right deputy, Qianhu Liu Chao, led more than [-] people under his command to join Song Xiance. Although this Liu Chao was an officer of a hundred households, he was also a general with considerable combat experience.

In the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led an army of tens of thousands to attack Guide Mansion. After the attack failed, he turned to attack Yongcheng, which is the hometown of Song Xiance. It was Liu Chao who led the people of Yongcheng to fight bloody battles for three days and nights, and even lost four passes. Still defend Yongcheng.

It is said that people like Liu Chao should be reused, but it is a pity that Liu Chao is not good at flattering horses, and he has no money to manage up and down.

Liu Lei, the son of Liu Chao, was often bullied by Dong Tuo, the son of Dong Xi. When Liu Lei couldn't bear it anymore, he injured Dong Tuo in a rage. As a result, Dong Xi sent someone to arrest Liu Lei and put him on a tree in the sun. Seeing that Liu Lei was about to die, Liu Chao was furious and led his cronies to snatch his son Liu Lei back from Dong Xi.

However, Dong Xi sued Liu Chao of the Guide Mansion for rebellion. In a rage, Liu Chao killed Dong Xi's family. After hearing that Song Xiance rebelled, he claimed to be the General Shuntian, so Liu Chao led more than [-] people to join Song Xiance.

The more than [-] Yongcheng people are not only Song Xiance's township party, but also Guidewei's guards. Yongcheng is the junction of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui.

Originally, Yanzhou was the place of the Four Wars. This is the gateway to the Central Plains and the junction of the four provinces. Since ancient times, the folk customs have been tough and bandits are everywhere. The local big families will build Wubao in order to protect themselves. Even in later generations, the place names of many villages and towns are either a certain camp, a certain building, or a certain village.

Song Xiance originally had no way to deal with those well-defended and sturdy stockades, but with the joining of Liu Chao, this is different. Liu Chao is a professional with a background in firearms, especially many miners who can play with explosives.Facing the well-defended stockade, Song Xiance's Dashun army arrived in a bridal cart and dug and blasted.

It is also very simple to say that the cave house cart is an ancient siege vehicle. It has four to twelve wheels and has no power. It needs to be pulled by people or oxen and horses.

After adopting this tactic, Song Xiance's Dashun Army's ability to attack fortifications has been greatly improved. Even the strongest Wubao can hardly survive a day under their attack.

The Chen Family Fort in Shancheng Town is second only to Shancheng County. This is the ancestral home of Chen Xu, a Jinshi during the Chenghua period. After more than 100 years of development, the Chen family is the richest gentry in Shan County. This fortress group covering an area of ​​more than 100 mu has just been built. The most troublesome thing is that the Chen family used reinforced concrete.

The Chen family has a large number of people, more than 300 family members alone, plus a thousand small and medium-sized landlords and farmers recruited temporarily, they repelled several attacks by the Dashun Army.

However, Liu Chao asked people to use a bridal cart to bury more than 600 kilograms of explosives at the gate of Chen's old house. Seeing this situation, all the members of the Chen family were scared to pee, and obediently opened the door and surrendered.

Wubao was continuously captured, and they continued to seize large amounts of money and food, and more and more people joined the rebel army. In some places, the people even attacked the landlords who had oppressed them for many years without waiting for the rebel army to come.

With the development of the Dashun Army, Luo Ruwen, the magistrate of Yanzhou, who was located in Yanzhou, couldn't pretend anymore. According to incomplete statistics, in less than a month, Song Xiance captured dozens of hundreds of Wubao in Yanzhou, causing hundreds of gentry families to be destroyed.

Every time Song Xiance captured a town, he led the public trial of the captured gentry. Once the public trial was over, the big family would definitely have their house ransacked, and all the IOUs, IOUs, real estate, and land deeds would be burned. As long as the young and strong joined the Dashun Army, they could get ten or thirty acres of land. As for the people who did not want to join the Dashun Army, they could also get some grain.

At this time, Song Xiance was like a snowball. The stronger the fight, the more people fought. It was impossible for each household to keep their ancestral house.

Luo Ruwen had no choice. Now that Song Xiance was getting more and more violent, and his influence was getting bigger and bigger, he was worried that the governor had heard the news. If he didn't deal with it, the governor would not be able to get around him. Luo Ruwen had to use the pretext of suppressing bandits to hold a meeting of Yanzhou gentry.

This time, the gentry in Yanzhou did not act as iron cocks, but a rare one, the rich contributed money, and the powerful contributed. After some discussions, you were 3000 taels, and I was 5000 taels. The entire Yanzhou gentry actually raised nearly 40 taels of silver. An army of [-] directly attacked Huanggang, Shan County.

Luo Ruwen was not too evil, he raised more than 37 taels of silver, and he kept 35 taels, but let more than [-] taels of silver be handed over to the commander of Yanzhou Guard.

Luo Ruwen withheld 35 taels of silver, but the commander of the Yanzhou Guards directly withheld 4000 taels of silver, and rewarded the remaining [-] taels of silver to the soldiers of the guards.

Fortunately, these guard soldiers were often hungry. Although they didn't get any money, there was no shortage of food to reward the army. Although it would not be good if they didn't eat, they had a few full meals, and the morale of the guard soldiers in Yanzhou Guard was good.

Although the morale of the soldiers of Yanzhou Guard is good, just good, there are more than 20 troops in the entire Shandong Province, but in fact, this is only a large army on paper. The Ming Dynasty has more than 300 million troops on the books, and the imperial court can't even draw out 30 troops at one time.

As for Shandong, the effect is slightly better than that of the entire imperial court, because Shandong was also a major economic province in the Ming Dynasty, located in the core throat area of ​​the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and with maritime trade, it was relatively wealthy.What's more, the development of Liaodong has attracted a large number of refugees from Shandong, which has greatly reduced the burden on Shandong. The rate of soldiers registered in Shandong Guards is higher than that of Gyeonggi.

For example, if Dengzhou Wei had money and food, it would not be a problem to pull out more than 1 people. Yanzhou Wei also had the same problem. Luo Ruwen got Yanzhou Wei Changfu more than 6000 shi of grain, and Changfu really pulled out [-] people. Of course, these people are poorly equipped and only slightly stronger than the bandits.

As an army of 6000 people, there are only 83 cavalry. Among them, there are more than a dozen horses as the mounts of the commander of Yanzhou Weidu.

There are only more than 100 guns in the army, and the total number of bows and crossbows is less than [-]. Chang Sheng knows whether such equipment can fight. The most important thing is that Song Xiance, the slogan of the Dashun Army: "Fight the local tyrants and divide the land!"

This slogan has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Since the rebels only attack the local tyrants and do not harm the civilians, and they also distribute the land to the common people, why should we attack them?We have no fields either!
Naturally, Chang Fu would not be ignorant of the thoughts of these mud-legged people, but he had no choice but to let the servants try their best to suppress them, killing several people in a row to stand up.

However, what made Luo Ruwen want to vomit blood was that his troops to suppress the Dashun Army hadn't set off yet. Fifteen or six thousand soldiers actually ran overnight after receiving their equipment and food, and not two or three, but a total of more than 1000 people. The battle hadn't been fought, the arrow hadn't been fired, and they hadn't even seen the enemy. They didn't even leave Yanzhou City, and they lost nearly one-tenth of their troops. How can this battle be fought?
But the problem is that Luo Ruwen has no better way, so he forced himself to smile, pretending that nothing happened, and vowed to go out, but the troops didn't want to move, so he directly sent Chang Fu's Ding Bing to come forward. Driven by the vicious Ding, this large army left Yanzhou City slowly.

However, this army moved too slowly, and it took a whole day to walk twenty or thirty miles.

Jinxiang County is bordered by Shan County. In later generations, it was the hometown of garlic in Shandong and also the hinterland of Luxi Plain. The land here is fertile and the rain is abundant. In later generations, it can be regarded as a land of fish and rice.

However, at the end of Ming Dynasty, it was a very poor place. Although Song Xiance's Dashun Army hadn't reached Jinxiang County, the poor people in Jinxiang County had long been looking forward to Song Xiance's Dashun Army.

When Chang Fu's army arrived in Jinxiang County, countless people in Jinxiang County rushed to report to Song Xiance, including more than a thousand Yanzhou Guard soldiers who fled. They reported to Song Xiance the news that Chang Fu led the army to attack Shan County.

In the bitter wind and rain, more than [-] ragged troops, carrying all kinds of weapons, were driven by Changfu's soldiers along the potholed official road. Those who walked a little slower would be whipped immediately.

Whether these soldiers are young or old, their lives are cheaper than ants, and they don't care about their life and fortune at all. Even if they are all dead, they can easily recruit a group. These days, it is hard to find three-legged toads, but there are many people with two legs.

When they were in Yanzhou, they still had some morale, but now their morale has been worn out. Although Chang Fu is the hereditary Yanzhou Guard Commander, he also has combat experience. He followed the Shandong Commander Zhang Keda to participate in the battle against the bandits and performed well.

Looking at the "soldiers" who looked like walking corpses around him, he didn't have any hope of defeating the Dashun Army, but the problem was that, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, he had to put down the rebellion.Because he also knew that although he was not a gentry, once Song Xiance called him, Song Xiance would not let him go.

Chang Fu was very displeased and said to the commander under his command: "Li Qian, tell them to speed up a little bit, so dawdling, when will they arrive in Shan County?"

Li Qian looked at Chang Fu in confusion, is it necessary to go to Shan County so soon?Hurry up to reincarnate?

In fact, Li Qianshi never understood the thoughts of Chang Fu, the commander. He knew that he could not win, but the problem was that he had to send troops.

It can be said that Chang Fu had no choice. If he didn't fight the rebellion, he would surely die, and even implicate his family. When he arrived in Shan County, he would die at most. If he couldn't beat him, he could still surrender.

With this mentality, Chang Fu was very dissatisfied with the slow speed of the soldiers under his command.

After Li Qianshi received the order, he led the soldiers of the Chinese army to whip them over with whips and sticks. The horrifying sound of the skin falling on the flesh and the screams of the soldiers echoed among the officials, making people feel creepy.

A man who had been whipped until his whole body was bloody and bloody lost consciousness and fell to the ground. A small flag brandished a whip and lashed at him violently. When the whip came down, a piece of flesh rolled up, and he cursed, "I told you to play dead, I told you to play dead!"

After whipping a few whips, seeing that the soldier was motionless, he tested his breath and found that he had stopped breathing. Xiao Ban cursed, drew his knife and stabbed the dead soldier twice in the heart to prevent him from pretending to be dead.

Under the whipping of the whip, Yanzhouwei's rebel army finally sped up a little bit. Of course, it was only a little bit faster. In fact, let alone this army with low morale, even if Ning Haijun came, it would not be fast in Jinxiang County.

Although Shandong in the north of Jinxiang County belongs to the north, the environment of this place is a bit like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with abundant fresh water resources. The water resources on the surface alone are almost 20 West Lakes.

However, there are no large-scale lakes in Jinxiang County. The water is stored in densely packed rivers or small lakes, which means that if you walk less than ten miles, you will encounter criss-cross ditches or rivers, and you can't get around it at all.

The army hadn't gone far before they encountered a small river. The river was not too wide, only about sixty or seventy paces. However, the water was three to four meters deep, and there was no way to swim across it, so they had to build a pontoon bridge.

By the time the pontoon bridge was built, it was already dark.

"Commander, the pontoon bridge is ready!"

"Quick, let everyone pass quickly and camp on the other side of the river!"

"Yes!"

Just after crossing the river, Chang Fu found that the number of soldiers under his command had decreased by several hundred.

Looking at Chang Fu with a livid face, a member of the family said: "Master Commander, I'm humbled to lead my troops and bring back the deserters!"

"Even good!"

The hundred households who received the order led more than 100 people to chase into the distance.

Chang Fu waited in the middle of the night, but the deserters were not caught, and Li Baihu and his soldiers disappeared.

At this time, the generals of the Yanzhou command envoys have no strength to complain, and they don't know what to do.

Chang Fu slept until midnight when he was suddenly awakened by a loud noise. When he got up, he saw thousands of torches densely packed outside the temporary camp. The torches were like stars, covering the entire night sky.

"It's over!"

Chang Fu didn't resist either, and surrendered directly. He looked at Song Xiance, who was surrounded by all the Dashun troops, and said, "My lord, I surrender!"

As Yanzhou Guards surrendered collectively under the leadership of Chang Fu, Song Xiance asked the soldiers of the Dashun Army to change into the uniforms of Yanzhou Guards, pretending to be a rout and taking the opportunity to seize the city.With almost no effort, Song Xiance occupied Yanzhou City.

As the Dashun Army occupied Yanzhou, the Dashun Army took advantage of the trend to attack Jining Prefecture and Jinxiang, causing a huge earthquake in Shandong.

Looking at the map of Shandong, it is not difficult to find that Shandong is a very unique province, surrounded by the sea on three sides, guarding Gyeonggi, connecting Jianghuai in the south, and controlling the Central Plains in the west. Strategically speaking, it is a place of four wars.

Although Shandong can't achieve anything, it can drag the footsteps of the entire dynasty. In history, the Kong Youde Rebellion corrupted Shandong and dealt a fatal blow to Ming Dynasty.

Now with the Dashun Army's uprising in Yanzhou, more than half of the thirty counties in Yanzhou have fallen in just one month. For Shandong, this is a huge earthquake.

Tiaoning's navy entered Shandong to counter the rebellion, but this proposal was rejected by Shandong ministers on the spot.

Let Cheng Shijie fight Zheng Zhizhou, Cheng Shijie occupied Chongming, Wusongkou, Dayuan, Penghu, and even set up strongholds in Quanzhou and Xiamen respectively, let Cheng Shijie put down Zhang Xianzhong, he went to Huangzhou Prefecture and established Chibi City.

Let Cheng Shijie put down the rebellion again, whose Shandong will belong to Shandong in the future?
Who doesn’t know where Ning Haijun has fought and occupied, and what’s more, Ning Haijun’s collection of taxes is different from other people’s.

When the ass replaces the head, no matter how absurd things seem absurd.

The news of Yanzhou's rebellion reached Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen was furious.At the beginning of the year, Zhang Xianzhong invaded Fengyang, and the rogues were very powerful. Cheng Shijie was finally mobilized to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong. Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang also returned to Shaanxi, and the thirteen families of rogues also suffered heavy losses.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy. After the money obtained by Gao Qiqian and Cheng Shijie, and after half a year of recuperation, everything in Ming Dynasty was showing signs of improvement.

At the critical moment, Shandong was in chaos.Although Shandong is not the foundation of Ming Dynasty, it guards the Grand Canal. Without Shandong, the connection between the north and the south will be interrupted, and the rule of Ming Dynasty will also be shaken!
Emperor Chongzhen was furious and ordered the governor of Shandong to destroy the rebels within one month, and at the same time proposed to transfer the Ning Navy to enter Shandong to counter the rebellion.For Ning Haijun, Emperor Chongzhen was still very relieved.

He trusted Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang very much. During their stay in Liaodong, these two queens spoke well of Cheng Shijie and praised Cheng Shijie for his ability to handle affairs. Now Liaodong has completely recovered from the massacre, with a prosperous population and rich products.

More importantly, the Ning Navy's troops are not only powerful in combat, but also have strict discipline. They have committed no crimes to the common people, which is much stronger than the Guan Ning Army.

However, this proposal was opposed by many cabinet ministers. They all agreed that the Ming Dynasty was in crisis, especially since Jiannu had recovered from the defeat in Haizhou. The elite Ning Navy should be kept in Liaodong to block the way for Jiannu to attack the Guanning line of defense. They should not invest such precious power in Shandong for a small rebellion.

Some ministers even suggested that Huang Taiji had already conquered all the Mongolian ministries, and Xuanfu and the important town of Datong might be attacked. Should a part of the Ning navy be sent to Datong to strengthen the border forces, just in case?

Emperor Chongzhen was quite embarrassed.The defenses of Xuanfu and Datong are useless. Although it is difficult for Jiannu to gnaw at the Guanning line of defense, if they break through from there, it will be a matter of minutes. But the Ning Navy has so many troops, and he still counts on this elite team to be involved in the war to suppress the rogues, and help him sweep the rogues like the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves!

If some of the troops are transferred away, the strength will not be enough. What if bandits ravage the Central Plains?
Difficult, really difficult.

Cheng Shijie didn't know that someone was thinking about him and his army, and he was admiring a steel beast with great interest.

Compared with the steam locomotives seen before, this steam locomotive is more in line with the appearance of the steam engine in Cheng Shijie's memory. Of course, it is different from the steam engine of later generations. It can be said that this is a platform transplanted from a four-wheeled carriage, which is a bit like a large tractor in later generations.

Very simple four wheels, the front two are responsible for steering, the boiler of the steam engine is located at the front, and even from the two rows of seats in the driver's seat, it can be seen that this is the shadow of a four-wheeled carriage.

Although it was transplanted from a four-wheeled carriage, the frame is made of steel and uses a lot of rubber materials.

In all fairness, the thermal efficiency of the steam engine invented by Wang Zheng is not high, and the air leakage is serious. However, after the improvement of Mohua, that is, Guo Xin, not only the wheels are made of rubber, but also rubber is used in the seals of each pipe, which greatly increases the air tightness and thus improves the thermal efficiency.

Even the rear compartment, Guo Xin had someone wrap it with cowhide. Although this increased some costs, it had a better visual effect. Now it looks more technological and practical.

The only thing that made Cheng Shijie feel a little disobedient was that this steam engine car, in addition to the cab, was designed with three rows of seats in the back of the car, with four people in each row, a total of 12 people.

Guo Xin looked at Cheng Shijie's doubts, and explained: "Commander, this design is because each team of Ning Haijun has a total of 12 people. When using a horse-drawn carriage to march, a carriage can pull [-] people. Now it can also pull [-] people. We did a test a while ago. Such a fire ox cart, from Lushun to Jinzhou, only takes more than half an hour, and it takes two quarters of an hour to go back and forth!"

Cheng Shijie calculated silently in his mind, the distance from Lushun to Jinzhou is 120 miles, and the round trip is 120 kilometers, which is equivalent to 48 kilometers per hour. Although the speed is not fast, it is already very ideal.

Unlike ordinary carriages, this kind of steam locomotive can work non-stop and has very good endurance. If there is no failure, the cavalry can't catch up with the speed of the steam engine.

Cheng Shijie originally wanted to guide Liaodong to get the steam engine out, but what he didn't expect was that Liaodong had already produced steam engine engines, and they were quickly used in various industries, some were used to pump water, some were used to build roads, some were used as mixers, and some were used as crushers.

In the case that Cheng Shijie didn't overwhelm the seedlings, even the steam engine car was built, in this case, Cheng Shijie decided to let them develop on their own, he only provided a boost
Cheng Shijie looked at Guo Daoxin: "I am going to establish Ninghai Institute of Technology in Liaodong, and I will hire you as a professor. I will provide you with 50 taels of research and development expenses, and help you set up a Huoxing car factory. The first order is [-] vehicles!"

Rao Guo Xin, a giant of the Mohist family, had a strong mental capacity to bear it, and at this moment he was so excited that he tore off a few beards.The first agricultural college in Eastern Liaodong was established in Zhenhai City, and now it has become a sacred place for farmers.

Then the second one is Xinghai Medical College, Xinghai City is also a sacred place for doctors, and now it is Ninghai Institute of Technology, which will also be a sacred place for Mohists.

"Great!"

Mo Hua's fourth apprentice, Wu Mingming, shouted excitedly.

Although 50 taels of silver is a lot, what Wu Mingming is happy about is not the money, but his status. Ever since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty overthrew Confucianism and overthrew hundreds of schools, the Mohists have become street rats. They have had a miserable life for more than 1000 years.

Finally, Cheng Shijie gave them the same treatment as farmers, doctors, and Confucians.

Wu Zhiming choked up excitedly.

Cheng Shijie was so excited that he thought he was Guo Xin's apprentice who was rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and he reminded him: "Don't be proud. Although the fire ox cart has entered the stage of mass production, this is just the beginning. Next, you will continue to study a bigger steam engine. The goal is to make the steam engine bigger, stronger, or smaller, stronger, and more reliable. You also need to find ways to increase productivity, ensure production quality, and reduce production costs. In short, you still have a lot of work to do."

"Don't worry, handsome!"

Mo Huaqiang said calmly: "We will not slack off, and we will never let down the trust of the commander in chief!"

Cheng Shijie is in a good mood. The term steam engine will no longer exist, because both Wang Zheng, Guo Xin, and Liaodong all call steam engines Fire Bulls. Even the Venetians, Dutch, and Spaniards in Liaodong follow Liaodong’s sayings and call steam engines Fire Bulls.

This is a very vivid appellation, driven by fire and as powerful as a cow.

Of course, Liaodong invented the steam engine-style car, which is considered a real car. In the future, the marching speed of Ning Haijun will increase on a large scale, and more importantly, the mobility of the big guy with a weight of several tons, the god of war, can also be greatly improved.

(End of this chapter)