Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 357
Father Robben, Father Bowen, Han Peng and others made Yang Menglong yell inexplicably. He didn't know what he was going crazy again, but Yang Menglong knew that this time the Ming Dynasty was in big trouble.

In the 50 years since the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qing Dynasty, the fourth year of Chongzhen was an important turning point. In this year, two events with extremely far-reaching impacts occurred, which completely ruined the ability of the Ming Dynasty to counterattack strategically.One of them, of course, was the extremely tragic Battle of Daling River. The elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty fought fiercely around this small town for several months. The Ming army in Dalinghe suffered nearly [-] casualties, and they were no longer able to support them. After Zu Dashou ate up all the civilians and squadrons in the city, he led his army to open the city and surrender. The Ming Dynasty lost more than [-] elite soldiers. , the vitality was seriously injured, and they were no longer able to fight back. Gyeonggi, Xuanda and other important places became Houjin's hunting grounds.Another extremely important event was the Denglai Rebellion. The impact of this rebellion far surpassed the Battle of Daling River!
In October of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, the former giants of the Dongjiang Army, were ordered to lead [-] Liao soldiers to western Liaoning to reinforce Dalinghe City.Liao soldiers fought fiercely with Jiannu for many years, and they knew how powerful Jiannu was. In addition, officials along the way despised Liao soldiers and refused to provide supplies, which made Liao soldiers hungry and miserable along the way.After a long journey to Wuqiao, they encountered heavy rain and snow and could not move forward. In addition, their supplies were exhausted, they were hungry and cold, and the Liao soldiers were full of resentment.A Liao soldier couldn't stand the hunger, so he stole a chicken from a rich family surnamed Wang. The Wang family servant came to the door and forced Kong Youde to put the soldier in the camp with arrows, and ordered the general of the Liao army to kneel down to them Acknowledging his mistake, the Liao soldiers finally broke out, beheading those house slaves who did not know how to live or die, raising troops to rebel, attacking cities and looting land all the way, killing and looting was useless.The naive Sun Yuanhua did not give up the idea of ​​appeasement until this time. When the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed the rebels slightly victorious, he stopped the officers and soldiers from continuing to attack and insisted on surrendering. This extremely stupid approach brought him a fatal disaster. In the first month of the year, Kong Youde captured Dengzhou and captured a group of high-ranking Denglai officials, including Sun Yuanhua.Fortunately, Kong Youde still remembered the past and did not embarrass Sun Yuanhua, so he was sent to Tianjin.But Chongzhen didn't miss the old love, and kicked the nerd into the imperial prison in a rage, and soon, he was taken to Caishikou for questioning and beheading.

Sun Yuanhua paid a terrible price for his naivety, but that didn't stop the Ming Dynasty from committing crimes.After the capture of Dengzhou, the Shandong Liao army responded, and even the Dongjiang army in Pidao crossed the sea one after another to join the ranks of the rebels. Surrounded Laizhou.But at this time, the center of the Ming Dynasty, like Sun Yuanhua, advocated appeasement——Sun Yuanhua died unjustly, everyone advocated appeasement, and everyone made the situation so corrupted that I lost my head, and you have nothing to do ?Under the strategizing of Zhou Yanru and other big bosses, the tens of thousands of Ming troops were only forty miles away from Laizhou, but they were firmly held down by them and could not move forward. This formed a very funny situation: the rebels surrounded Laizhou The city was attacked day and night, while the Ming army was stationed on the outskirts of the Laizhou battlefield, motionless as a mountain, not as if they were trying to kill the rebels, but as if they were protecting the flanks of the rebels. The soldiers and civilians of Laizhou almost vomited blood!It was not until the central government of the Ming Dynasty lost patience with the capriciousness of the rebels and mobilized tens of thousands of troops to launch a fierce attack that the siege of Laizhou was finally resolved. After several months of hard work, Dengzhou was finally recovered, but Kong Youde was defeated before the city was broken. Leading more than [-] people to the sea in more than a hundred warships, fled to Liaodong, and finally surrendered to Houjin.This rebellion lasted for two years. Not only did Denglai, the rear of the Liaodong battlefield, be beaten to pieces, the people were massacred, and a large number of soldiers and craftsmen they were most in short supply were sent to Houjin.Huang Taiji accepted this great gift with a smile, and nothing wasted. Kong Youde's troops were incorporated into the banner of the Han army, and those craftsmen were also reused. They were responsible for making guns for Houjin. The Ming army lost the last bit of advantage.When the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Qing army's muskets and artillery had an overwhelming advantage over the Ming army in terms of quality and quantity, and they defeated the peasant army led by Li Zicheng almost effortlessly, and wiped out the surviving Nanming small army. regime, and eventually unified China.

Yang Menglong, who is not very familiar with history, didn't take the Denglai Rebellion seriously at the beginning. The Jiaodong Peninsula is too far away from the Central Plains, isn't it?In his opinion, although the Ming army is scumbag, it is not difficult to deal with thousands of rebels.But the development of the situation was beyond his expectation. The Ming army failed to defeat the rebels for a long time. Instead, they were repeatedly defeated by the rebels and lost their cities and territories. The rebels grew from 3000 to tens of thousands!He had to admire the Ming Dynasty's ability to kill. How did you do it? It's really not an easy task for the center of an empire to reach this level!What he is most worried about is that the craftsmen and machine tools in Dengzhou City will be acquired by Hou Jin. On the Dalinghe battlefield, he has fully experienced the ferocity of Hou Jin warriors and knows how terrifying such an army is. Advanced muskets and artillery have transformed into a modern army, and this battle cannot be fought!Because of this, after learning that nearly a hundred European craftsmen and military technical instructors were in the hands of the rebels, he became furious!
Father Bowen said in a low voice, "Yang, we told you before."

Yang Menglong pointed to his nose: "Told me?"

Father Bowen nodded vigorously: "Yes, I have been with you before, but you didn't take it to heart!"

Yang Menglong yelled: "I bought a watch last year!" He didn't even drink, left the group of foreigners who were extremely embarrassed, went out angrily, rode Heifeng, and went straight to Nanyang City.

Later, the group of foreigners raised a serious protest against his rudeness and disrespect.

Wu Yong is drinking with Fang Yizhi.

The wine was imported from Europe, and the wine glass was a goblet made by Wuyang. When the glass was swirled slightly, the amber liquid was gently rippling in the transparent, flawless wine glass, with small ripples. Bubbles, no need to drink, just looking at it is a great enjoyment.Wu Yong was filled with emotion, it is still comfortable to stay in Nanyang, all kinds of novel things emerge one after another, and the dividends he can get from various factories every year can make him wake up with a smile in his dreams, it is so comfortable.Now the lovely Eunuch Wu no longer bothers to extort bribes from local officials, our family despises such a small amount of money!He took a shallow sip of the wine, tasted the unique mellowness and richness of red wine with the taste buds on the tip of his tongue, and was fascinated: "Good wine, good wine! It seems that this Taixier still has something to offer, at least the wine is made very well. good."

Fang Yizhi said: "Isn't that right? I drink too much wine, but this is the first time I have tasted such a mellow good wine. Grape wine luminous cup..."

After the poem had just uttered a sentence, it was interrupted by a loud knock on the door.He turned his head sullenly, only to see Yang Menglong walking in with a dark face, his face was covered with dust, obviously he came here on a fast horse.Fang Yizhi had nothing to do with this bastard, and asked with a wry smile, "Who provoked you again?"

Yang Menglong threw the riding crop to the servant, walked over and sat down, opened the bottle, took out an ice cube and threw it into the wine glass, then poured more than half of the glass of wine into the glass and drank it all in one breath.He didn't seem to be drinking, but seemed to be drinking water. Wu Yongdu felt a little distressed when he saw it, and shouted: "General Yang, drink slowly, our family bought this wine at a high price, just this bottle. Once you finish drinking it, it will be gone!”

Yang Menglong let out a breath of alcohol and said, "I'll give you a few bottles later... By the way, is there any news about Denglai's side recently?"

Fang Yiyi was stunned: "Denglai? Why are you so crazy that you suddenly care about Denglai?" If he remembered correctly, this guy has been busy training soldiers, farming and doing business, and he has really kept his ears to the ground. It must be weird to hear about things outside the window and only focus on making a small amount of money, but suddenly become concerned about the situation in Denglai.

Yang Menglong's face looked very ugly: "Don't ask, just tell me, what's going on over there in Denglai?"

Wu Yong thought about it and said: "There are relatively few sources of information about the situation in Denglai. Our family read from the Tang newspaper that the rebels are still besieging Laizhou, and the chief assistants are urging them to surrender. The army has not launched an attack on the rebels for a long time... By the way, General Sun Yinglong of Tianjin Wei fell into Geng Zhongming's trick and led the fleet to recruit Geng Bandit, but he was killed by Geng Bandit as soon as he landed, and dozens of warships were all captured by the rebels..."

Yang Menglong scolded angrily: "Idiots, they are all idiots! There are only a few thousand rebels in the area, let them wreak havoc for a year, let them grow like a snowball, they are so stupid that there is no cure!"

Fang Yizhi sighed: "The imperial court also has difficulties... The battle of the Daling River damaged the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, and the Liao soldiers who rebelled were very fierce. If we insist on suppressing them, there may be many casualties, but if we can appease them successfully, Not only can it save a lot of swords and catastrophes, but it can also retain a capable army for the court..."

Yang Menglong sneered: "The problem is that people never thought about accepting appeasement, and they used the court as a monkey! Every time they pretended to accept appeasement, and then suddenly attacked, captured the hidden city, and captured high-ranking officials. With this little trick, the court still I've been fooled again and again, and I'm so ashamed!" He punched the table and called, "Master Fang, Eunuch Wu, let's jointly sign a letter to the imperial court to fight for the Heluo New Army! I want to take those despicable traitors The army sacrifices the flag to the Heluo new army!"

Fang Yizhi and Wu Yong were shocked: "Are you going to Denglai?"

Yang Menglong said: "Yes, I want to go to Denglai! I have had enough of those idiots' poor performances. If this continues, I will have to suffocate myself to death!"

Fang Yizhi said with a sullen face: "In the battle of Dalinghe, half of the Wuyang guards were killed and injured, and they have not yet recovered their vitality. Your most important task now is to train soldiers! As for the battle in Denglai, the imperial court will naturally be able to settle it. You are blind." What are you worrying about!"

Yang Menglong shouted: "Soldiers are made by fighting, not training! My new army has been training for several months, it's time to take them out and see the blood!"

Fang Yizhi said: "A few months is not enough! The rebel army is so fierce, if you bring a group of recruits who have only been trained for a few months, isn't that sending sheep to the tiger's mouth? No, absolutely not, I..."

Wu Yong interrupted Fang Yizhi, looked at Yang Menglong, and asked seriously: "General Yang, do you really want to challenge the court and lead the troops to put down the Denglai rebellion?"

Yang Menglong said proudly: "Nonsense, I don't want to lead the army to quell the chaos, why should I come to you!?"

Wu Yong clapped his hands together and said loudly, "Okay, General Yang is brave and loyal. He is really a loyal minister and good general of our Ming Dynasty! Our family will write to the imperial court to challenge the new army of Heluo!"

Fang Yizhi was in a hurry: "Eunuch Wu, please don't, Heluo New Army..."

Wu Yong never gave Fang Yizhi a chance to speak: "Master Fang, the Denglai rebellion has lasted for several months. The Holy Majesty is very worried and his hair is graying. Shouldn't we ministers help the Holy Majesty solve problems? General Yang is loyal , not afraid of powerful enemies, we help him to make achievements!"

Fang Yizhi smiled wryly and was speechless.In fact, to be honest, he is unwilling to transfer the Heluo New Army to fight in the bottom of his heart. He has no objection to fighting bandits. It is his duty as the governor of Nanyang to protect the environment and the people, but Denglai and Nanyang are separated by thousands of mountains. Wan Shui, what is it to send soldiers trained with Nanyang's money and grain to Denglai to fight?Furthermore, it is too far from Nanyang to Denglai. The army has traveled thousands of miles, and the consumption of various materials is an astronomical figure. Why don't you empty out the wealth that you have accumulated so hard in Nanyang?No, absolutely not!His attitude is that unless the imperial court orders the Heluo New Army to be transferred to Shandong, the Heluo New Army will just stay in Nanyang and Luoyang honestly!
But, just like last time, Yang Menglong just couldn't listen to what he said.That night, Wu Yong wrote a memorial, which was rushed to the capital for [-] miles, and the Heluo new army entered Shandong to suppress the rebellion. It was almost a foregone conclusion...

(End of this chapter)