It doesn't rain when it should rain, and it rains when it shouldn't. This is simply another way to torture the suffering people.

Of course, this rain tortured not only the common people, but also Kong Youde's troops in the Dongjiang Army.

Four days ago, that is, the day before Ning Haijun's mutiny, on October 25, the fourth year of Chongzhen, Sun Yuanhua recovered from his serious illness and issued an order, ordering Kong Youde's troops of the Dongjiang Army stationed in Laizhou Fucheng to march towards Dengzhou City.

Assemble.

Kong Youde received the order on the evening of October 26th, and he was ready to lead his troops to Dengzhou. However, it was very unfortunate that when Sun Yuanhua's order was sent to Laizhou, Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, happened to be too busy.

Speaking of Zhu Wannian, he is also a strange person. He is from Liping Prefecture in Guizhou, and he married his first wife Chang when they were still young. This Chang is not a charming girl from a rich family. She is from an ordinary background and has a tall figure. After marrying Zhu Wannian,

Zhu Wannian studied while Chang was responsible for farming.

Later, Zhu Wannian rose to the position of prefect of Laizhou, Shandong, but he was very harmonious with his first wife. However, this Zhu Wannian was also a two-faced person. In front of his first wife, Chang, he was a generous husband. In the officialdom, he was also a forthright and generous official.

The sound is pretty good.

His two major hobbies in life were drinking and lustful. Later, because of the trouble, he raised a widow who had been widowed for many years as his wife. Chang actually knew about this widow, but pretended not to know.

As soon as his shift ended that day, he hurriedly went to the outer room. Not long after he had eaten and drank enough, Zhu Wannian fell into a deep sleep, and he did not receive Sun Yuanhua's order.

The system of the Ming Dynasty was very tricky, especially for military attachés and the army. Just like the mobilization of large armies, the government would indeed prepare food for them along the way. But the problem was that there was no food available that day.

It was only available on the second day. And the supplies were not much, barely enough for two meals. This was to prevent the army from being full and having the strength to cause trouble...

It has to be said that the brain circuits of officials in the Ming Dynasty were very strange.

It was the next day, October 27th, that Zhu Wannian opened the order and asked people to prepare food. Shortly after Kong Youde received the food, he set off.

It was just that when he reached Zhaoyuan County, Dengzhou Prefecture, it was already raining.

In fact, if Zhu Wannian hadn't wasted a day, with the marching speed of Kong Youde's troops, he could have arrived at Dengzhou City before the Ning navy officers found Cheng Shijie.

However, because of the delay, when they arrived at Zhaoyuan County, Zhaoyuan County did not provide them with food and grass. The reason was that they should have arrived yesterday and were one day late, so they deserved to starve.

Kong Youde was angry, but he couldn't express it. As long as he dared to say that it was Zhu Wannian who made things difficult for him, he would not be able to get a grain of food from other counties and cities.

There is no other choice but to bite the bullet and hurry up.

Traveling on snowy days does not have a great impact on the cavalry, but on rainy days, the impact is greater. Many war horses fell to the ground because of the slippery dirt road. Many Kongyoude cavalry were rolled into mud monkeys. Many more

How embarrassing it is.

But the problem was that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had extremely strict requirements for military generals. He had already been delayed for more than a day. If he delayed any longer, he would not be able to arrive at Dengzhou City on time.

In desperation, Kong Youde's soldiers galloped back and forth on fast horses, waving their whips to urge everyone to march, which resulted in curses. The troops had not eaten for a day, their morale was low, and they could not get up quickly even if they wanted to.

.

Some people simply jumped off their horses, sat down on the roadside, and shouted: "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, even if you kill me, I won't leave!"

He looks like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. They haven't eaten for a day, how can we expect them to be obedient?

Seeing someone taking the lead, the whole army immediately started to herd the sheep in their hearts.

"Yes, if you hit grandpa, he won't leave. If you try again, he will be gone!"

"That's it, if you can, please bring me some food!"

"Then damn..."

Seeing this scene, Kong Youde felt secretly bitter in his heart, and he said loudly: "Brothers, if you work harder, we will reach Qixia soon! When we reach Qixia, we will have food to eat!"

Kong Youde wrote too many bad checks, and the soldiers no longer believed him. They thought he was just a talker who kept his words. He had too many lies and the effect was gone.

The soldiers were lying in the mud, showing no signs of morality at all.

At this time, Kong Youde was also very helpless.

As a man from a poor background, he had worked as a miner and suffered from hunger. If Mao Wenlong hadn't saved him, his grave, no, there wouldn't be a grave. Maybe his bones would have been turned into ashes.

He was born in a poor family, but he was quite good at his troops. At least he only drank 20% of the soldiers' blood, which was much more benevolent and righteous than other generals. He also wanted his troops to be well fed and drink well, and march in high spirits.

But firstly, they were short of money, and secondly, Shandong merchants were very unfriendly to soldiers and generals from the Dongjiang Army. Even if they had money, they could not buy food.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from far and near.

This was a knight coming towards me. He was wearing a strange kind of clothing that looked like a cloak, but it covered his whole body. There was also a thick layer of waterproof mulberry oil paper sewn on the outside to make it.

Absolutely practical raincoat.

"Kong Er!"

Kong Er is Kong Youde’s nickname.

Second also means stunned. When he was under Mao Wenlong, Kong Youde was a fierce general. He would be the first to attack in every battle. He was not afraid of death. People who are familiar with him called him Kong Er. Firstly, he was really ranked second. Secondly

That is, he is Shinji.

"How did you come"

Kong Youde saw the person coming clearly, and he was also an acquaintance of his, Li Jiucheng from the Dongjiang Army.

Li Jiucheng was a gambler and a pervert. When Ning Haijun attacked Dengzhou City, he was gambling with a group of gamblers. However, Ning Haijun killed the local ruffians in Dengzhou. Li Jiucheng, who was dressed in casual clothes, was treated as a gangster.

Cleaned up severely.

Although these hooligans don't have much ability, they are very tenacious. These social rats used a secret passage to escape outside Dengzhou City.

Li Jiucheng snatched a horse from a landlord's farm outside the city and prepared to report the news to Kong Youde.

"What a great opportunity for Kong Er!"

"What?"

"Ning Haijun and Cheng Shijie rebelled, and Ning Haijun has now entered Dengzhou City!"

"How is it possible? There are only a few people in Ning Haijun?"

"Hey, this guy Cheng Shijie is extremely ambitious. Ning Haijun only has 2,500 troops, but he has eight or nine thousand people under his command. Dengzhou City is now Cheng Shijie's territory!"

Li Jiucheng looked at the soldiers surrounding Kong Youde.

Kong Youde understood and immediately ordered: "No one is allowed to approach within thirty steps!"

Kong Youde's personal guards immediately spread out in all directions, forming a human wall outside.

Li Jiucheng lowered his voice and said: "Kong Er, Cheng Shijie rebelled, let's rebel too!"

"Are you crazy?"

Li Jiucheng said sinisterly: "A boss under Lao Geng's name is Chen Guodong, do you know him?"

"know!"

"Chen Guodong followed Cheng Shijie and is now Cheng Shijie's confidant. He was promoted so quickly!"

Li Jiucheng said excitedly: "And Li Zhixiang, who came from the Dongjiang Army, is even faster!"

"how?"

"He grew up as a small boss and now he is the boss!"

"General Commander!"

Li Jiucheng said: "I don't know much about it. He now has a town, a dock, and a salt factory with more than 600 salt workers. You should know how much oil and water there is in it, right?"

In fact, the more the news spreads, the more distorted it becomes, and the more it spreads, the more outrageous it becomes.

Li Zhixiang used more than 500 soldiers to watch 4,000 to 5,000 navy prisoners, plus tens of thousands of troops from the entire Shandong Beiwa Dusi Yamen. He certainly couldn't stand it. In order to bribe and win over old acquaintances of the Dongjiang Army, Li Zhixiang proclaimed himself the navy

The general is currently stationed in Hot Spring Town. It is said to be a town, but in fact it is a city.

The area of ​​the city is larger than Penglai Water City. There is also a salt factory there with more than 600 salt workers. However, word spread that everything here belongs to Li Zhixiang himself.

Li Zhixiang, the little general, was just a junior within the Dongjiang Army. Kong Youde was much older than Li Zhixiang. Before the Dongjiang Army was established, he was already a soldier under Mao Wenlong. At that time, Li Zhixiang was still playing with urine and mud.

In an instant, Kong Youde was moved.

Ning Haijun has good welfare, good food, warm clothes, and good equipment. This is all information they can inquire about.

"Are we going to join Mr. Cheng Shijie?"

"You're just going empty-handed?"

"I mean……"

"Let's turn around and go back and capture Zhaoyuan County!"

"Just because of them..."

Kong Youde looked at the tired soldiers under his command and felt powerless.

"No, Kong Er, you are also a miner. What kind of life do these miners live??"

Li Jiucheng smiled and said: "You go to the mine first and raise your arms. Aren't those young men like a cloud of followers? With your soldiers and thousands of miners, are you afraid that you won't be able to capture Zhaoyuan County?"

Kong Youde smiled and said: "It makes sense. If I bring these more than a thousand tired soldiers to defect to Mr. Cheng, he will at most make me a deputy commander. If our old Kong also has thousands of troops under his command..."

"There is also Zhaoyuan City, which is the west gate of Dengzhou Prefecture!"

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