Chapter 78 Mr. Bai and others seem to have surrendered

Chapter 077

In fact, the worst victims of war are always ordinary people.

Never mind that Kong Youde targeted the gentry and landlords in order to obtain food and money. However, the problem is that in such clearly targeted attacks, it is always the ordinary people who suffer.

The Deng family's compound in Zhaoyuan County was the first landlord's compound to be attacked by Kong Youde. The Deng family's food was completely robbed. Although seventy-four members of the Deng family died, the problem is

, the Deng family in Zhaoyuan was not exterminated. Normally, the Deng family's south mountain house was the weakest and was not showy. It was not even qualified to live in the Deng family's old house.

Deng Chaoxian, the head of Nanshanfang who was sent to Huang County to take charge of family production, learned that Kong Youde was leading his men to attack the Deng family compound. However, he began to liquidate.

Regardless of whether they had received food from Kong Youde at that time, or whether there were missing people in the family, they were all framed as thieves. Especially Zheng Laoshi from the next village. His eldest son Zheng Dagui had fallen ill two years ago and had no money for treatment.

, and ultimately failed to survive. Zheng Dagui, who had died of illness for two years, was still framed as a thief.

Zheng Laoshi's family of five was sentenced to hanging. As a result, the land and property of Zheng Laoshi's family were quickly divided up. Just like dozens of wealthy families and powerful people in Zhaoyuan County whose houses were captured by Kong Youde's army, some of them were not captured.

When genocide is carried out, one naturally uses influence and power, confuses right and wrong, creates something out of nothing, and plunders to pass on the losses of one's family to the people. Deng Chaoxian's approach is not an isolated case, but a basic operation.

This is like a very classic case in later generations. In the field of herbal tea, Jiaduobao, Wanglaoji and Qizheng compete three-thirds of the world. Wonglaoji competes with Jiaduobao, but Jiaduobao is gone.

In fact, this just represents a truth, weakness is the original sin.

In history, whenever the wolf tribe in the north of the Central Plains Dynasty encountered a white disaster or a black disaster on the grasslands, the people in the northern counties would definitely be unlucky in the end. Because the wolf tribe on the grassland suffered natural disaster losses, they would be passed on to the people in the north.

On the body.

Of course, there are exceptions. In the winter of the third year of Zhenguan, the East Turks encountered a rare blizzard. Jieli Khan led a dozen East Turks to go south. Then Li Jing led 3,000 Tang troops to attack Yinshan at night. The East Turks were gone. Jieli Khan gave Li Shimin

Went dancing.

Relatively speaking, the common people are always a vulnerable group. Even if the landlords and powerful people suffer from military disasters, as long as they are not exterminated, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, it will definitely be the common people who suffer in the end.

Refugees are the weather vane of the enemy's attack. Although Kong Youde's strength has skyrocketed, his more than a thousand cavalry have also been dragged down. The refugees can always rush into our own defense line one step ahead of the enemy. These common people must be frightened.

They ran away without their lives, the children couldn't find their parents, the mothers couldn't find their children, the old people were helpless, and they cried loudly all the way.

When a large number of refugees from Zhaoyuan poured into Laizhou Prefecture, Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, panicked. He hurriedly called for help from Sun Yuanhua in Dengzhou Prefecture. Sun Yuanhua was now an empty frame, asking for soldiers but no soldiers, no food, and money.

They have no money, and if they need weapons and equipment, they don’t have weapons and equipment.

Sun Yuanhua's method of handling the matter was to write on the official document asking for help from Zhu Wannian, the magistrate of Laizhou, the following words: "Have read, forward to Cheng Shijie for handling."

Cheng Shijie, who originally planned to hold a swearing-in ceremony for Shen Mingyu, the leading force of the Ning Navy, at the dock of Penglai Water City, had to change his plan temporarily after seeing this official document.

Of course, Cheng Shijie actually has no bottom. Ning Haijun currently has only more than 3,000 soldiers in the camp outside Penglai Water City, including more than 1,000 new troops.

Although Kong Youde's command had more recruits, the number of people was larger. Especially after they captured the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine and Zhaoyuan County, as well as dozens of landlords' compounds, Kong Youde's command changed their guns for guns.

Although the powerful landlords had armor, which was a prohibited item, and did not have much equipment, the swords, guns, bows and arrows, firecrackers and artillery equipment they equipped their servants and guards were of higher quality than the Ming Dynasty standard equipment in the guards.

In this case, with more than 3,000 soldiers and only less than 2,000 veterans taking the initiative to attack Kong Youde's army, which had more than 15,000 troops, Cheng Shijie was no longer absolutely sure of victory.

Cheng Shijie's help to Ning Haijun Youdusi was limited, but later generations had extremely strict control over weapons and equipment. If they were in the beautiful country, it would be easy.

Cheng Shijie can buy a few .50s and .30s through scattered transportation. He doesn't even need too many, just a few.

However, the problem is that Cheng Shijie has no way to get these things.

In desperation, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to return to his later life and buy 60 liters of gasoline, which was the most lethal weapon he could get his hands on.

When sixty liters of gasoline were brought over, Cheng Shijie was very weak at this time: "Come here, get me something to eat!"

"yes!"

This saves trouble. The guard has just received the dishes sent by Yang Yuniang. These are two dishes she carefully cooked for Cheng Shijie. One dish is a small rooster stewed with dried mushrooms, and the other is a fish. She first put the fish head

Put it in a pot and fry until brown, then put it in a casserole and simmer over low heat, then concentrate on fighting the fish body.

Under Yang Yunniang's careful cooking, two home-cooked dishes, one chicken and one fish, were cooked. Cheng Shijie opened the lid and took the warm food box with him. He immediately smelled the alluring aroma, which made people salivate.

It is said that if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach. Now Yang Yuniang is working hard in this direction.

Cheng Shijie used his chopsticks like the wind, as if fighting a war. The autumn wind blew away the fallen leaves and swept away the two dishes and the large bowls of rice for two people. After regaining his strength, Cheng Shijie went directly to the camp of Ning Haijun Youdusi.

"Meet the Marshal!"

"No gift!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Blow the trumpet and assemble."

Following Cheng Shijie's order, the buglers began to blow the assembly horn.

"Woooo..."

The sound of the whistle was majestic and agitated, going straight into Yunxiao. Upon hearing the sound of the trumpet, three thousand people immediately gathered around their respective sentry commanders, formed a column, and under the leadership of the sentry commanders, they gathered at Cheng Shijie's general flag as quickly as possible.

They came over and moved quickly and orderly. Among the more than 3,000 people in the camp, not one of them made a sound, which was quite rare. This shows how effective Ning Haijun's training for them has been over the past few months.

After only one stick of incense, more than 3,000 troops from Ning Haijun's Youdu Division were assembled and completed.

With Sun Yuanhua's equipment depot, Ning Haijun is no longer an army composed of grass-roots teams, and at least the armor is 70% complete.

As for why the other 30% don't wear armor, it's not that Cheng Shijie doesn't have armor. The main reason is that these soldiers are thunder gunners or artillerymen. They wear iron armor, and the armor blades are clanging. The armor blades collide with each other and produce sparks. For these soldiers,

For soldiers who play with artillery or thunderbolts, this is simply a joke with their lives.

There are more than three thousand soldiers, with spears like a forest, in strict formation, and their morale is high.

After the mutiny with the navy and the rapid capture of Dengzhou City and Penglai Water City, this army underwent earth-shaking changes. In the eyes of these Ning Navy soldiers, they were number one in the world.

"Do you know why I changed my itinerary and plans and gathered you all?"

"have no idea!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the soldiers and said, "Do you still remember the duties of a soldier?"

"Remember, protect your home and country, and protect the environment and the people!"

"Very good, you have not forgotten your responsibilities!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "Now Kong Youde of the Dongjiang Army has rebelled. Some of you may know this Kong Er. He is very fierce and capable of fighting. Now he is leading tens of thousands of troops to attack Laizhou City. Are you afraid?

?”

"Don't be afraid!"

Ning Haijun said in unison that in the usual battles to suppress bandits, Ning Haijun had more wolves than meat. Some soldiers were unlucky and couldn't even catch their hair. But now Kong Youde's army has tens of thousands of troops, so this is a fat sheep.

, this is also land, and it is also money.

Although it is said that after Cheng Shijie issued an order to all the Ning Navy officers to move to southern Liaoning, these soldiers from the Dongjiang Army suddenly became excited.

You know, it has been more than ten years since they were forced to leave their homeland, and now they finally have the opportunity to go home. Don't look at the fact that soldiers from the Dongjiang Army are considered recruits in the Ninghai Navy.

However, the problem is that these so-called recruits are actually fake recruits. Many of them have been fighting against the slaves for several years or more than ten years. When they were in the Dongjiang Army, they were too poor and had not enough to eat.

, and there was no one who could take advantage of him, so it was very frustrating not being able to defeat Jian Nu.

Now, their equipment has been greatly improved. Each soldier has a long gun, a crossbow and a dog-leg knife. With these sophisticated equipment in hand, they are confident that they can compete with the most elite white-armored soldiers of Jiannu.

Cheng Shijie said anxiously: "To be honest with you, I originally planned to lead you and others to Liaonan by boat, but it's a pity that Kong Youde, a bastard, started to cause trouble. He disrupted my plan and delayed it a lot.

The soldiers are on their way home. I now order the right commander of Ning Haijun to send the entire army directly to Laizhou Prefecture to annihilate the rebels. Set out."

The Ning navy soldiers, fully armed to the teeth, lined up in neat lines and began to walk towards Laiyang.

Lifting their legs neatly and settling down neatly, Ning Haijun's soldiers walked towards the battlefield with Ning Haijun's unique temperament.

Laizhou Prefecture, Linguo Town.

Linguo, as the name suggests, is roughly similar to the name later Chengxiang Township or Chengguan Town. This Chengguo Town borders Zhaoyuan County to the east and Ye County to the west.

As a town close to the capital and major transportation routes, Linguo Town had a population of more than 6,000, and was considered a prosperous town even in later generations.

But it is a pity that this is a town. The so-called town means that it has no city walls. Because commerce is developed, it is convenient for expansion and transportation at any time. This advantage is simply the worst result in troubled times.

At this time, in this bustling town, black smoke pillars rose into the sky, and the sound of horse hooves trampling on the stone streets of Linguo Town was extremely clear.

The entire town was in flames, with burning, looting, and cries for mercy everywhere. The corpses of hacked people were littered in the streets.

Kong Youde wore cotton armor studded with copper and iron nails and inlaid with iron plates. His sharp eyes stared fiercely at the town that was burning everywhere. Although he had gathered more than 1,300 cavalrymen under his command, he was able to get rid of the large army.

, the sneak attack on Linguo Town in Ye County was successful, but the problem was that the town was too big, and it was impossible for more than 1,300 people to surround the town.

There were many wealthy families in the town. After hearing about Kong Youde's reputation, these wealthy families resisted and broke through. In the end, three to four hundred people fled to the county seat of Ye County, which was Laizhou Prefecture, thirty miles away.

Without the suddenness of attacking Ye County, Kong Youde knew that it would be difficult to capture the county seat of Ye County.

Kong Youde was very angry when he thought that he had been made trouble by Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou. The prefect Zhu Wannian was a fourth-rank civil servant, and he was a general of the third rank. However, Zhu Wannian did not have a prefect in charge of the army, but he could choke Kong Youde's neck everywhere, because

Unable to take revenge immediately, Kong Youde vented his anger on Linguo Town.

Originally, the military discipline of Kong Youde's department was poor, especially when the military discipline increased from more than 1,000 people to more than 15,000 people. This was actually the result of the deliberate control of Kong Youde's department. He only needed to be young and strong, that is, over 16 years old and 40 years old.

Under the age of 10, otherwise his troops might really exceed 20,000 to 30,000 men, or even 40,000 men.

From this point of view, the people of Shandong have suffered from the gentry and powerful people of Shandong for too long.

As Kong Youde ordered not to seal the sword, the people of Linguo Town were in trouble. Unlike the rich and powerful people who had horses in their hands, they couldn't outrun Kong Youde's cavalry, and they were no match for Kong Youde's cavalry if they wanted to fight. After a while,

The whole town of Linguo fell into the miserable scene of Shura Hell.
To be continued...