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Chapter 178 A Generation of "Famous General" Kong Youde ([-]-character chapter)

"Old thief Hong! The dog barbarian is really stubborn. He even broke the city and let his subordinates fight to the death! These thousands of lives will be counted on your head!"

An hour later, when Azig and Abate finally calmed down the situation in Songshan City and successfully bound Hong Chengchou in front of the Songshan County Yamen,

Facing the casualties of this bloody battle, Azig was of course not angry, and directly whipped Hong Chengchou with a whip, and insulted him while whipping.

Because of the butterfly effect brought about by Shen Shuren and Zheng Chenggong, although the battle of Songshan had the same ending as in history, the process had many twists and turns.

Historically, the Qing army originally made plans before moving, and made all-out preparations, and did not urge Xia Chengde to act, so Xia Chengde could slowly look for opportunities,
In the end, it was an excuse to invite Hong Chengchou, Qiu Minyang and others to discuss the breakout military plan, and then directly detained Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang, and then opened the door to offer the city.

In the city, the Ming army could not find a supervisor or governor, and no one organized resistance, so the street fighting was not very fierce. The Qing army took control of the whole city after only a few hundred people died, and then disarmed the Ming army, burned, killed, looted More than 2 people.

But in this life, because the Qing army was afraid of having long nights and dreams, they forced Xia Chengde to strike ahead of time. Xia Chengde didn't have the opportunity to arrest Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang first, but only controlled a city gate.

The duration and intensity of the street fighting after the Qing army entered the city has also risen to a higher level. At least one or two thousand more Qing soldiers and traitor soldiers of the Han army flag were killed or injured than in the same period in history.

Of course, Azig's anger was much more intense, and he deeply hated Hong Chengchou's ignorance of current affairs, so he fought fierce street fighting for so long.

And Abate, who was next to him, didn't stop Azig from beating wildly, but just watched the show with a sneer.At this juncture, the top officials of the Qing court have not yet given birth to the heart of soliciting Hong Chengchou, and they will not be punished if they are beaten casually.

After all, Huang Taiji is still not sure when Songshan City will be secured, even if it is a few days later.There is no shadow of things, how can I think so far to think about the aftermath.Even if Hong Chengchou was slashed in a chaotic battle, at most, the soldiers who killed him would be credited directly.

And Hong Chengchou, who had just been captured, seemed to be somewhat bloody, perhaps because he felt that he was bound to die, and wanted to have a good time before he died, so he yelled at Azig:
"Dog Tartar, kill him if you want! An dare to bark! Bah, I can't make a plan, this is heaven! The treacherous and sycophant in the court restrained me so that I can't stand up. If Chongzhen Zhuzi obeyed my words, what would happen today! Dog Tartar I really thought that you won the governor by your ability!"

Azige was furious, and he drew out his knife directly to wipe Hong Chengchou with one knife.It wasn't until this moment that the mature and prudent Abatai made a move and grabbed Azig's arm:

"Okay, that's all. After all, Hong Chengchou is the old supervisor of the Nanchao Pavilion. Since he was captured alive, we should take him back and hand him over to His Majesty himself. Our credit will be greater. If you and I dispose of it at will, it is inevitable that we will give others reasons."

Azig didn't dare to disobey his elder brother too much. While putting down the knife, he muttered bitterly in a low voice:
"I knew this guy was so stubborn and so smelly, so he shouldn't have been captured alive just now, and he was chopped up by the rebellious army. It's also a credit! It's impossible for this kind of person to be sent back.

None of the Nanman officials who had surrendered before had been frustrated with Chongzhen.This guy has already become the old supervisor of the pavilion, and he is not a lieutenant general who was bullied by others, how could he submit to him?Can His Majesty give him a higher official position?It's nothing more than an unnecessary move. "

Abatai didn't explain much in front of the people, but ordered Hong Chengchou to be tied up, and then dragged Azig into the treasury of Songshan City. When he counted the war profits, he added:
"Although we don't know the art of war and strategy, it should be true to hear Hong Chengchou's insults just now in a hurry. When a person wants to ask for death, he will not tell lies. He even scolded Chongzhen, saying that the court is a traitor and a sycophant. It's just someone holding back.

We also know that His Majesty's meticulous work in Beijing last year has paid off. Before the decisive battle in Songshan, Hong Chengchou was forced to fight by the group of officials in the Ministry of War.

This kind of person, with resentment in his heart, might have hope.If I can really surrender to the Qing Dynasty, it may not be just like those military generals who seek glory and wealth, maybe they just want to avenge their grievances and revenge. "

Azig calmed down, thought about the reasoning, and had to admit that his brother's knowledge and experience were much richer than his own.Although Abatai didn't know much about the art of war through reading, after all, he had more than 50 years of life experience, so he still had a bit of insight in judging people.

"Since that's the case, let's send it back to the rear first, and let His Majesty deal with it!"

Azige angrily ordered Hong Chengchou to be tied up, and then he could send troops to escort him away.

As soon as the matter of capturing the officials was settled, Azig started killing in the city.

In addition to Xia Chengde's 5000 soldiers who can be retained, and other soldiers who can be recruited and surrendered, there is a way out for the time being.

In addition, all the injured soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, as well as all the people in the city, were massacred, and finally 5000 people were killed (4000 people were directly massacred in history, but now it is much less, because more people died in street fighting. have escaped)
It is impossible not to massacre. After all, the Qing army has been besieging the city for more than five and a half months. The exhausted and accumulated resentment of the army is very deep. The previous tentative sieges also caused some casualties. Wealth is distributed by subordinates.

This kind of massacre cannot be completely ended within two or three days, and Azig had just killed for half a day. At noon on the fifth day of March, when the troops rested for lunch, a team of scouts from the south suddenly came to report and ran away. Very anxious, it seems that it is not good news.

The scout stumbled and went straight to Azig less than twenty paces before rolling off his horse and rushing to him: "Master! Urgent report! Bijiashan, Xingshan urgent report, Kong...Kong Youde Kong Something happened to the general!"

Kong Youde already had the title of king, but the title given to the Han people was worthless, so inside the Qing army, when reporting military information to the Manchu masters, as long as they were reporting to people above Baylor, they would not use the title of king of the Han generals, and directly Just call it official.

When Azige heard this, he was stunned: "Didn't Kong Youde find an opportunity to sneak attack and intercept the barbarian troop carrier? At least he has a force close to that of a Han army flag. Why can't he even do such a small thing? What is the specific situation of the battle! Tell me quickly." Come, come, give him a bag of water!"

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It has to be said that Azig's surprise was justified, because judging from the paper strength detected by the Qing army, Kong Youde's enemies were indeed not strong.

The story is divided into two parts, and the timeline goes back half a day, back to the same moment when Azig, under the leadership of Xia Chengde, entered Songshan City in a sneak attack, which is the early morning of the fifth day of March.

After one afternoon and one evening of preparations the previous day, Kong Youde's department set sail southward in the middle of the night. After sailing in the middle of the night, the short sea route of more than 50 miles was easily completed.

Located in the west of Jingzhou City, near the mouth of the Xiaoling River and the Xiaolinghe River, the Qing army's naval garrison was already very close to the Bijiashan battlefield in a straight line, only more than 40 miles away.

But considering that Bijia Mountain is a peninsula protruding into the sea, and Kong Youde's department prepared a lot of disposable small boats specially used for arson, they dared not take a straight route, and had to sail close to the coastline to prevent the small sampan from being sunk by wind and waves.It took a little detour to increase the mileage to more than 50 miles.

And until the attack, Kong Youde also kept inquiring about the enemy's situation, so he learned about the combat power of the Ming army's navy until nightfall.

Because the information was wrong at the beginning, it was believed that the Ming army had only two hundred ships, so the Qing army believed that Zheng Chenggong brought only two to three thousand sailors, plus two to three thousand soldiers, which was nearly half the actual figure.

Although the number of people Cao Bianjiao and Li Fuming broke through was underestimated, the proportion was not that high.In fact, 6000 people escaped. According to the Qing army's estimate, there were at least [-] people.

Therefore, in their view, when the Bijiashan Ming army was in its heyday, there should be 5000 people at full strength.

However, the continuous investigation by the Qing army showed that the Ming army's security was lax and the number of people staying at the dock was rapidly decreasing.That morning, at least 1000 rout soldiers were transported away, and there were at least [-] sailors supporting them——

Because Zheng Chenggong did ask Cao Bianjiao and Li Fuming to take all the sick and wounded back to Shanhaiguan before noon that day.The route to Shanhaiguan was swaggering and sailing close to the shore. The scouts deployed by the Qing army in Gaoqiao and other places on the south side of the Liaoxi Corridor would definitely find out the whereabouts of this fleet.

In the afternoon of the following day, Zheng Chenggong actually withdrew another group of defeated soldiers, about 5000 people, but this group did not withdraw to Shanhaiguan, but directly to Denglai, and let them linger in the port at the tip of the Shandong Peninsula for supplies and wait. After all the rear troops have retreated, they will go to Jiangnan together.

Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong also had to consider the issue of food and grass on Bijia Mountain. After all, they didn't intend to stick to it.
Now it is found that the enemy is not strong, and it is possible to delay and wait for a while, to get an extra vote, and it is also conducive to cheating some of Cao Bianjiao's troops into sinking by making false accounts.And every half a day stationed in Bijia Mountain, so much more food must be prepared.

After calculation, Zheng Chenggong found that to defend the land line of defense of Bijia Shanshui Village, in fact, only 6000 people are needed at most-they can leave the Musketeers with 3000 people among the descendants of the Shen family, and then leave another 6000 people. , Li's elite soldiers in good condition are responsible for carrying the line in close combat. There are nearly [-] people at one end and one at a distance, which can definitely prevent the enemy from breaking through the water village and last for a long time.

Of course, if the enemy army also used the Hongyi cannons to completely smash the front lines and simple fortifications, then the Ming army had to leave quickly.

After some calculations, Zhang and Zheng left only 6000 marine soldiers on Bijia Mountain, the sailors of the ships needed to transport the [-] people, and the gunners on the dozen or so gunboats.The actual total number is about [-] people.

Looking at the strength of the Qing Army Navy Division, Kong Youde actually has less than one Han Army Banner under his command, and he is not qualified to be the banner owner.And each banner is full of 500 people, and Kong Youde's direct lineage is actually only 6000 people.

However, the navy led by Kong Youde this time was not only his own soldiers, but also a part of his buddy Geng Jimao's troops. After adding these, the total number of Qing navy sailors in this battle was approaching. Ten thousand.

Among the Sanshun kings who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Kong Youde and Geng Jimao had a very close relationship. They both surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after the five years of Chongzhen and the Wuqiao Mutiny. During the Wuqiao Mutiny, Geng Jimao joined forces to kill the of the Governor of Dunley.

Fortunately, the last of the Sanshun kings was the general who represented the Ming army in chasing down the two traitors, and had a grudge against Kong and Geng.It's a pity that Shang Kexi failed to pursue the two thieves. After returning to Dongjiang Town, he was suspected and excluded by the newly appointed Dongjiang General Soldier by the imperial court. The process was also difficult to discern.Two years later, in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Shang Kexi gritted his teeth and voted for Qing.

But in comparison, even after serving as generals in the Qing Dynasty together, the relationship between Shang Kexi and Kong and Geng was still not harmonious, at least it was absolutely impossible to borrow troops from each other.

Before this battle, Kong Youde felt that he had nearly 1 troops, which was still not enough, and he was not sure that he could completely crush Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong, so before going to the battle, he found Master Jierhalang and asked for some more reinforcements.

Of course, Jierhalang felt very strange about this kind of request: the cavalry of the Eight Banners is not good at water warfare at all, how could it be possible to borrow the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners to help Kong Youde go on an adventure at sea?

Facing Ji Erhalang's resolute refusal and insults, Kong Youde also humbly explained: "My lord, don't worry, how dare the last general expect to be full of Eight Banners warriors to help in the battle? The last general is not worthy of commanding them.

It's just that, among the troops besieging the city of Jinzhou, aren't there still fifteen hundred musketeers sent by the king of Korea to help in the battle?When fighting at sea, guns and cannons are the first. Only sharp firearms can increase the chances of winning. I implore the prince to temporarily lend these North Korean guns to the last general. "

When Ji Erhalang heard that this kid was not so arrogant that he felt that the Han people could command the Manchurians, he was not so angry. After the other party gave him a heavy bribe and accompanied him to say a lot of good things, he finally took the [-] Korean birds. The gunslinger was temporarily handed over to Kong Youde.

It turns out that North Korea has been invaded twice by the Qing Dynasty since Chongzhen.

The first time was the "Dingmao chaos" when Chongzhen had just ascended the throne (Chongzhen had just ascended the throne at that time, but he still used the reign name of the seventh year of Tianqi, and his brother Ming Xizong had just died and had not changed the reign name),
That time, North Korea had to give up its affiliation with Daming and could no longer support Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town with military rations. In the second year, Mao Wenlong couldn't survive, and was killed by Yuan Chonghuan with an excuse.

The second time the Manchu Qing invaded the court was the "Bingzi Rebellion" that occurred ten years later in Chongzhen. After this time, North Korea was directly beaten to surrender to the Manchu Qing. Sent to Manchu as a hostage.Finally, in the 13th year of Chongzhen and the eve of the Songjin War, North Korea was ordered to send [-] bird gunners to assist in the battle.

It turns out that the Qing army has always been very contemptuous of North Korea's military power, but they are only very impressed with North Korea's bird gunners. There is one thing to say, even in modern times, Koreans have always been proud of bow and arrow archery, and often in the Olympics. Participate in various shooting and archery projects.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea already had a very mature habit of Orion gunners. Although the combat effectiveness of other troops was rubbish, the accuracy of the gunners was really remarkable.

In "Bing Zi Huan", Yang Guli, the most senior general who died in battle before the Qing army entered the pass, and who enjoyed Baylor's treatment, was shot dead by the North Korean bird musketeer. (Yanguli is the uncle of Azig’s lieutenant Ild mentioned above. He is the son-in-law of Nuerhachi. He cannot be named Baylor, but he enjoys the treatment of Baylor)

Historically, in the final stage of the Songjin War, the [-] North Korean bird gun soldiers were arranged by Jierhalang outside Jinzhou City to participate in the siege of Zu Dashou.Now Kong Youde needs more long-range firepower to fight naval battles, so he borrowed this force.

With an additional [-] elite bird gunners, he suddenly felt a lot stronger, and it was no problem to kill the Nanmanzi.

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At about the beginning of Yin Shi, Kong Youde's troops finally managed to reach outside Bijia Shanshui Village, only a few miles away.

A total of more than 1000 troops boarded fifty Ming army-style warships, carrying the main force of more than 7000 people.Plus more than 200 arson boats and sampans, each with only a few arsonists.Finally, there were [-] medium-sized fast-response ships, loaded with [-] North Korean bird gunners, to meet the dead soldiers who retreated after the arsonist ship set fire.

In fact, quite a few of Kong Youde's big ships were snatched from Denglaiming's army during the Wuqiao mutiny, and many of them were large ships of [-] materials.

Back then, they crossed the sea directly on these warships and threw themselves into the Qing Dynasty.There are also a few that have been imitated by the Qing people in recent years to imitate the warships of the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as practice skills.

Now it is not ironic to fight against the Ming Dynasty on a ship obtained from the Ming Dynasty a few years ago.

As for those medium-sized fast boats, they were imitated from the North Koreans, and they are very suitable for sea-to-air warfare. Gun advantage, do not like close combat with the enemy.

That's why North Korea's large warships developed turtle ships. The roof of the cabin is full of spikes, just to prevent the enemy from jumping on the gang, and they will be stabbed to death if they jump on it.

The medium-sized fast boat in front of me is an improvement from the board house boat decades ago. The square bow of the board house boat has been cancelled, and the speed is increased with a more streamlined shape.

No one can go on the deck, and all soldiers have to fight in the cabin, open the portholes and shoot outside.The bulkheads are thick hardwood boards, some of which are covered with iron sheets, which can prevent the penetration of crossbows and firearms, and can also prevent the shotguns of Hongyi cannons.These ships can only be destroyed unless they are directly hit by the slug of the Hongyi Cannon.

Of course, the North Korean ship focuses on gun shooting and speed, and naturally has a disadvantage, that is, this kind of ship is very weak in melee combat.The height of the ship is very low, the enemy will be condescending in melee combat, and it is very easy to jump to the gang. Once it enters the side of the traditional large warship and hacks, it is basically over.

Kong Youde was in charge of the navy for several years in the Qing Dynasty, and his basic skills are still very solid. He also has a deep understanding of how to use these Korean ships.

He knew that these North Korean ships were fast and weak in melee combat, so they were specially used to meet the soldiers on the arsonist ship who jumped into the sea to escape, so that they could retreat quickly after setting the fire and lure the enemy.

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Because of strict control, there were no torches on Kong You's German ships.So it was dark and was not discovered by the patrol boat of the Shen family army——

After all, the first quarter moon at the beginning of the month is not bright, and it is difficult to see ships in the distance without fire on the sea.A few days ago, when Zheng Chenggong led the Shen family army to sneak attack, Yong Gui, the guard of the Tartars, failed to find Zheng Chenggong. Now that the offense and defense have changed positions, Zheng Chenggong will naturally have to bear the disadvantage of detection that is not good for the defender.

Of course, Zheng Chenggong's vigilance must be much stronger than that of Yonggui's outsider, after all, he is a veteran who has lived on the sea for several generations.

At least Zheng Chenggong sent a patrol boat to patrol all night, but Yonggui didn't arrange a patrol boat at all.

It's a pity that in order to improve the field of view, the patrol boat must raise fire itself.This created an unfavorable situation where Kong Youde's troops were in the dark and Shen's army was in the open. Kong Youde's troops could see the trajectory of the patrol boat clearly, and they could find the gaps to find the inside.

The existence of the patrol boats just blocked the space and time for Kong Youde's troops to move, making them unable to approach the water village as they wished.

It took about a quarter of an hour to infiltrate, and more than 1 people from Kong Youde's department finally infiltrated the small-targeted arson boats into the patrol circle of the water village, and some of the supporting medium-sized Korean bird gun boats also followed in.

Only the fifty large main warships remained outside the patrol circle, somewhat out of touch with the front army, but it was not a big problem, as long as the arson was successful and the Shen family's navy was slightly weakened, there was still time for the big ships to make a fuss and charge.

However, just when Kong Youde was proud, an accident still happened.

It turned out that it seemed that several North Korean ships that were in charge of picking up the dead soldiers on the fire boat moved a little slower when they passed the patrol circle of the Shen family army, as if they were discovered by the Shen family army.

Originally, Shen's army was still not sure about the identity of the other party. They only saw a few shadows of ships in the darkness. They didn't dare to confirm the enemy and us immediately. They were worried that their own troop carrier was scattered here by the waves, so they just shouted at the fire and asked the other party to stop the ship.

But the North Korean ship immediately made a big fuss, firing wildly for a while, and immediately alarmed the sailors of the Shen family army several miles away.

Including those ships that were still resting at the pier, the sailors jumped up immediately when they heard the gunshots, and hurriedly set sail to sea.

"Li Yue is such a waste! You can't do this well! This can be exposed! The North Koreans are indeed pigs!" Kong Youde, who was sitting in the rear, knew that the sneak attack could not be completely successful when he heard the gunshots, and couldn't help but feel pain. Blame the North Koreans for their incompetence.

Things have come to this point, and the various divisions of the Qing army's navy can only adapt to the situation and fight on their own.

Those arsonist boats didn't care about leaving the enemy's line for the last one or two miles, and they all sailed to adjust the angle, fixed the rudder surface, and ignited in advance to let the fireboat continue to rush forward relying on inertia and wind.

Because the sails were fixed, the sailing speed of these fireships could still be maintained, but they could no longer turn when no one was controlling them, just like a torpedo out of control.Once Shen's army's warships dodged in a roundabout way, the fire boats couldn't turn to follow and stare at Zhuang.

The dead soldiers on the fire boat jumped onto the small sampans tied to the stern and rowed hard to the corresponding North Korean bird gun boat.

At the end, the Qing army's large ships were also under the command of Kong Youde, beating drums to cheer, and formally attacked.

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PS: It was too intense a few days ago. In order to quickly pass the plot without the main character, although there are two updates every day, it actually adds up to more than 1 words, and the saved manuscript of a word is gone.

During the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, I did not accompany relatives and guests for the first two days.I really went out for a social event yesterday, so I just updated it, but there are still [-] words.

The map is about to be changed, the outline is a bit stuck and needs to be reorganized.So today is also [-] words in one watch.

Back to normal starting tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)