1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 508 Bingfeng ([-])

Jiang Yongrui looked up at the city of Fu'an for a while, and then called a soldier into the city to give a message to the North Koreans. Before sunset, the city gates should not be opened to surrender.

It can be seen from the top of the city that Fu'an County does not have many troops, and if the ants attack the city, they can break it.But his own capital is not much, and the ones he can fight are the five hundred or so soldiers who first followed him to fight in the DPRK, and the rest are soldiers who have not experienced battles, and there are even rout soldiers and bandits who have been taken in along the way.

But even for these soldiers, he was not willing to spend them, and lost his own capital for no reason.The city of Beijing was broken, Chongzhen died, Li Zicheng failed to leave, he became a slave and entered the pass, and King Fu in Nanjing was embraced as the new Emperor of Ming Dynasty.The prince of Ming Dynasty whom he is loyal to, seems to have nothing but a righteous name.But he still expressed his willingness to follow the prince and rebuild Daming without hesitation.

Whether Daming can be rebuilt, he doesn't know.But as the earliest servant of the dragon and the only soldier of the prince, he can be said to be the first person to bet.In the future, if the crown prince really succeeds, Jiang Yongrui will not be crowned king, but there may be a hereditary prince.Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, not to mention the coming moment of this troubled world.

Lead troops to plunder North Korea with the Qi army, raise enough food and materials, and then return to the Denglai area, you can immediately recruit troops and expand the team.

According to various news from the north, after Li Zicheng retreated into Shanxi, he did not stay there. Instead, he appointed several generals to station in various key passes in Shanxi. starting point.But Li Zicheng ran all the way back to Shaanxi, and the places where he had surrendered all raised their flags to rebel. Jiang Yu, the general of Datong, killed the left-behind Dashun general Zhang Tianlin and the Chinese army's black face, raised the "Fuming" banner, and took control of northern Shanxi. .Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief who guarded the Pianguan area and Fugu and Jiazhou in Shaanxi, also rebelled and restored the Ming Dynasty.

Facing the several warlords in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the new army led by Jiang Yongrui was extremely weak.If he can't take advantage of the temporary failure of both Jiannu and Nanjing to pay attention to Shandong and Denglai, he must seize the time to expand his army strength.It would be even better if we can get the support of Qi State and add some firearms.At that time, my own army will expand to tens of thousands or even ten thousand people, and with the firearms in hand and the righteous name of the prince, no matter what, I can find a good future in this troubled world.

It may be that they saw a steady stream of soldiers landing on the docks on the shore, and that the remaining prestige of the Great Ming Dynasty was still there. Fu'an County finally opened the city gate and surrendered to Jiang Yongrui and other new troops.

The new army quickly rushed into the city, confiscated the weapons of the North Korean army in the city, and took control of several city gates.But he didn't rush into the city, but waited for the arrival of Qi's army.You must know that during this looting of North Korea, the Qi State dispatched nearly 400 large and small ships, more than [-] regular troops, more than [-] township soldiers, and nearly a thousand so-called self-rescue troops, whose strength far surpassed that of the new army.

Therefore, Jiang Yongrui and other new army officers and soldiers were very clever and did not rush into the city first to loot.But they believed that after returning to Changshan Island, Qi State would hand over their share to the new army.

On July 7, Niu Hu, the commander-in-chief of the landing, separated a part of the troops and looted Jindi County, more than ten miles away to the northeast.However, in Jindi City, the North Korean defenders did not voluntarily surrender due to the apparent identity of the new army of Ming Dynasty, and repelled the tentative attack of the Marine Corps and the new army.

On July 7, in the afternoon, a few pack horses transported two 15-pound cannons to Jindi City. First, they bombarded the city for several rounds, deterring the North Korean troops on the city wall, and finally approached the city wall. The city gate blasted open.The new army swarmed in, and then occupied Jindi City.

After entering the city, the new Ming army beheaded all the Korean magistrates, judges, and leading generals who advocated resistance to the city.

In the next few days, officers and soldiers of the Qi State Marine Corps drove away the North Korean soldiers and civilians in the two places and transported all the gold, silver, rice, cloth, ironware and other materials accumulated in the treasury to the seaside, and shipped them away.

The entire looting operation lasted for more than ten days. During this period, the Marine Corps and the township soldiers defeated two North Korean soldiers who came to aid in succession, and captured and killed more than [-] North Korean soldiers.After the defeat in the two wars, no reinforcements from nearby counties dared to expel the "sea bandits" who had landed in Nanyang.

On July 7, after completely raiding the two lines of Jindi and Fu'an, the Qi army and the new Ming army boarded a ship and left North Korea contentedly.

The observation envoy of Jeolla Province in North Korea immediately sent a good news to Wang Jinghanzhou, saying that hundreds of bandits had been killed and forced to board a ship to leave the country and recover two occupied counties.

On August 8, the Qi fleet returned to Changshan Island.During this one-month looting activity, they seized Jeju Island, broke through two coastal counties in North Korea, obtained nearly 5 shi (about 15 tons) of grain, more than 9000 heads (only) of horses, cattle, sheep, donkeys, mules and pigs, and gold and silver. More than 3, more than [-] bolts of cloth, silk and satin, and several other materials.Although the amount of gold and silver seized was not much, they obtained the most precious food for countless hungry people in Daming.

Thirteen armed merchant ships and special immigration ships have gathered at the Changshan Island wharf at this time, and they are gradually organizing nearly ten thousand hungry people who were stranded on the island to board and leave.

Chen Dalang, the general manager of Hanxing Island, also came to Changshan Island with the immigrant fleet. At the same time, he also brought the second marine company stationed on Hanxing Island. In this way, seven marine companies and one cavalry squadron were concentrated on the entire Changshan Island. , two artillery squadrons, with a regular combat force of 1000 people.

"I think it's necessary for us to make plans for Prince Daming in Denglai, Shandong and other places." He Yunfeng, a senior staff member of the Qi State Staff Department who followed the immigrant fleet, suggested to Qi Dajiang: "A few days ago, Jiannu still Consolidating the rule of the Gyeonggi area and organizing the pursuit of Li Zicheng, Nanjing did not organize troops to take over the area, so that Shandong and Denglai were completely unmanaged. But now, with Li Zicheng retreating all the way to Shaanxi, The threat has become smaller, and Jiannu has already set his sights on Shandong."

"More than half a month ago, Bahana and Shi Tingzhu, the founding slave faction, sent troops to Shandong from the Gyeonggi area. They surrendered and attacked all the way, conquering Bazhou, Cangzhou, Dezhou, and Linqing, occupying most of Shandong. At the same time, Jiannu He also appointed Wang Aoyong, the former descendant of the Ming Dynasty, as the governor of Henan and Shandong, and Fang Dayou as the supervising army, who acted as a governor and recruited all over Shandong. If the prince of the Ming Dynasty did not come out to conquer Denglai, Shandong and other places, I am afraid that Jiannu would easily occupy this place go."

"How to open eyes for the prince?" Qi Dajiang asked.He could hear that He Yunfeng was vaguely accusing him of failing to take advantage of the time when several forces hadn't paid attention to the Shandong and Denglai areas, and didn't make some arrangements for this area, and he didn't take advantage of the righteous name of Chongzhen Prince to include this area into the Ming Dynasty. The orthodox sphere of influence is left in a state of being ignored.

At this time, he also regretted that he shouldn't have ignored the chaotic situation in Shandong, but took people to North Korea to raise food.When He Yunfeng came to Daming, he must have received Qi Tian's face-to-face instructions, and he also planned and deduced the situation of Daming in the staff department.That being the case, it is better to follow his arrangement completely.

"Let the prince go to Penglai County to recruit officials from all over Denglai to show his allegiance. At the same time, arm and expand the self-rescue army and the new army of Ming Dynasty, organize the hungry people to consolidate and strengthen the defense of Penglai city. With the prestige of killing Jiannu, we will establish the prestige of Daqi, and by the way, we will completely control the Denglai area for the prince's forces, and buy time." He Yunfeng said.

"Do you know how many people Jian Nu has come?"

"No more than 5000 people at most." He Yunfeng said: "In the eyes of Jiannu, Li Zicheng and the Ming court in Nanjing are their two most important goals. As for Shandong and Denglai, because there are no large armed vassals, it is estimated that they have not released them. In my heart, the number of troops sent must be limited."

"If there are thousands of Jiannu, with the protection of the city wall, they can fight against Jiannu. Moreover, Laizhou is close to the coast, so it is more convenient to come and go for supplies. It is a good preset battlefield." Hearing this, Niuhu next to him nodded his approval of He Yunfeng s arrangement.

Fighting according to the city, relying on the firepower output of seven marine companies, coupled with artillery support, even if they can't defeat Jiannu, their own safety should be safe.

Although, the Qi State Marine Corps and the township soldiers had already fought against Jiannu, and they defeated Jiannu head-on with a relatively low casualty ratio.However, the scale of those battles was very small, and the number of Jiannu encountered was less than a thousand, and the opponent's cavalry was also less than a hundred cavalry.Now they can only use this as a simple reference. If they are facing thousands of Jiannu, Niuhu and others will have no idea, so they are somewhat conservative and prepare to fight against the city.

In mid-August, both prefectures and counties of Shandong and Denglai received a shocking and somewhat unexpected news. The crown prince Zhu Cihong, who had been thought to have died with Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, suddenly appeared in Penglai, where the government was located in Denglai. The crown prince honored him, and summoned officials from all over the country, and showed them the seal of the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, the edict of Emperor Chongzhen, and jade seals to show his identity.

In the next few days, the prince led 1 troops to Ye County, the governor of Laizhou Prefecture. Dozens of officials from 6 state and 2 Zhili counties under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture, and 1 states and 8 county under the jurisdiction of Laizhou Prefecture all came to visit.In the next few days, except for the officials from Juzhou, Linqu, Boxing, Gaoyuan and other counties that are far away from Qingzhou Prefecture, officials from the other [-] counties or gentry in charge of local affairs came to Ye County one after another to pay homage to the prince.

In late August, news of the appearance of the crown prince of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty in Denglai gradually spread to the Hongguang court in Nanjing and the Qing army in Jinan.

When the Hongguang court in Nanjing heard that the prince was still alive, they were first stunned, then in an uproar, and then started a heated debate.Although more than a month ago, the Hongguang court in Nanjing received rumors that the prince was still alive, but at that time Nanjing was engaged in a fierce personnel game over the appointment of the cabinet and officials of various ministries, and they thought it was just a few words of the people and did not take it seriously.

But now there is news that the crown prince blatantly appeared in Denglai, and summoned the local prefectural and county officials to show the imperial edict of Emperor Chongzhen and the seal of the crown prince.Some people say that the prince is a fake, but a swindler.But some people also said that the prince may have escaped from Beijing, otherwise, officials from dozens of prefectures and counties in Denglai and Shandong would not be able to tell the truth from the fake.

Ma Shiying and other supporters insisted that the prince who appeared in the Denglai area was a fake madman, a trick to confuse the public by building slaves or rebels, and the Nanjing court should ignore it.The Donglin party members who once wanted to support King Lu said that no matter whether the prince is true or false, Nanjing should send important officials to identify and identify, so as to set the record straight.The subtext is, if the crown prince is real, then how can you, a prince of Fufan, have any reason to occupy the throne again.

Compared with the Hongguang court in Nanjing, which was full of disputes over the appearance of the prince, according to Jinan's Qing army commanders Bahana and Shi Tingzhu, they simply led the army out of Jinan and went to Laizhou to kill them.

(End of this chapter)