Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Surrender?

In other words, after Chongzhen came to power, he wanted to do things very much.But there are some things that are done in vain, and some things that are better not done. The imperial court is such a court, and the ministers are these ministers, and there is no way to do it. So he was very disappointed and very sad, but even more sad things were yet to come. Because the above things are at most impossible to do, but the following things must be done. In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, reported urgently: besieged. The place where he was besieged was called Daling River.

A year ago, Sun Chengzong succeeded Yuan Chonghuan as governor of Jiliao. Although the old man was already in his seventies, he was really reliable. Not long after he took office, he visited Liaodong again, made a round trip, and returned to report to Chongzhen. The main content of the report is that the Guanjin line of defense is very solid, but Jinzhou is deep in front of the enemy, and the isolated city is difficult to defend. It is recommended to build a city on the Daling River near Jinzhou to expand the territory and stabilize Jinzhou. This report embodies Comrade Sun Chengzong's outstanding strategic thinking.Seven years ago, he stabilized Shanhaiguan, restored Ningyuan, stabilized Ningyuan, and restored Jinzhou. Now, he stabilized Jinzhou, intending to restore Guangning. According to this method, he probably wanted to stabilize Shenyang, restore Hetuala, and restore Huang Tai Chi rushed into the river.

The idea was good, and the job was well done. Those who were sent to build the city were Zu Dashou, the chief soldier, and He Kegang, the deputy chief soldier. Before Yuan Chonghuan's death, he had recommended three people to the imperial court, namely Zhao Liaojiao, Zu Dashou, and He Kegang. When he recommended three people, he once said: "I choose these three people, and I am willing to stay with these three people forever. If there is no result, I am willing to kill these three people, and then automatically ask for death." What Yuan Chonghuan meant was that I chose these people, and if the task could not be completed, I would first kill each other and then commit suicide.

This sentence is more accurate, but it is not accurate. Because Yuan Chonghuan hadn't died yet, Zhao Ledjiao died first.When Yuan Chonghuan died, Zu Dashou also escaped. Now, only Zu Dashou and He Kegang are left. They will not kill themselves, but will fulfill the last part of this promise - killing each other. With more than 10,000 people, Zu Dashou and He Kegang went to build bricks. Halfway through the brickwork, Huang Taiji came. The reason why Huang Taiji came was that he had to come, because when he found out that the Ming army was building a city on the Daling River, he knew that Old Man Sun was playing tricks again.

If the Ming army is allowed to stand firm in the Daling River, Jinzhou will be stable, and according to Sun Chengzong's style, the next step will be to nibble and grind slowly. Today it will take up ten acres of your land. If you stand still, come back tomorrow, it will still be ten acres, and you will be killed. Therefore, he personally led the army and went to Daling River to prepare for demolition. But Zu Dashou worked hard for more than half a year, so naturally he refused to let the demolition be allowed, and he called off work early, and withdrew everyone back, preparing to become a nail household.

However, when Huang Taiji rushed to the foot of Dalinghe City panting, he stopped doing anything. He just camped far away and started digging trenches under the city. Huang Taiji worked very hard. He stayed in the city for more than a month and did not start fighting. He just besieged the city and dug ditches to besiege the city. After unremitting efforts, he even dug a circle along the Daling River City. They found wood and built a fence around the city. So hard, just because of fear. In view of the fact that he had suffered a lot in Ningyuan and Jinzhou before, and trembled when he saw the cannons at the top of the city, he decided not to attack the city, but to besiege the city, and then attack when the siege was almost complete.

For this move, Zu Dashou scoffed and was not afraid. In fact, after learning about the siege, he even sent someone to shout at the top of the city: "Our army has enough food and grass to last for two years. What can you do to me?" Huang Taiji was not angry when he heard it, he thought of a very decisive answer, and sent someone to answer: "Then trap you for three years!" The so-called food support for two years is of course a bragging, and it can be done in a few days. Moreover, Zu Dashou had more than 10,000 troops at the time. Although Huang Taiji had more than 20,000 troops, at his level, he could defend half Month is fine.

More importantly, he still has one hope - reinforcements. After the news of the siege of the Daling River came, Sun Chengzong immediately began to organize reinforcements. First, he sent several groups of small troops, led by Wu Xiang, to the Daling River.It is said that the later famous figure Wu Sangui was also in the army. It's a pity that this army was beaten back as soon as it arrived in Songshan. Huang Taiji had already prepared, because his troops are not good at siege, and they can fight in the field. Anyway, this broken building has been demolished, so come and make a few calls!

Sun Chengzong is also very hard, this city tower has been repaired, even if it is crowded with people, it must be squeezed in! In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), the largest reinforcements set off. The support army was led by general Zhang Chun, with a total of more than 40,000 people, rushed to Daling River, and formed an array to meet the enemy. When a big customer came to the door, Huang Taiji naturally greeted him in person, and when he went to the front of the battle, he was dumbfounded. Commander-in-chief Zhang Chun is not very well-known, but he is somewhat capable. He traveled thousands of miles to Dalinghe, but he put up a defensive posture, reduced his forces, built camps, and then set up cannons, waiting for Huang Taiji to fight.

Because as far as the military strength of both sides is concerned, playing cavalry sparring with Huang Taiji is basically tantamount to suicide.Set up the formation, prepare the artillery, and fight for a few days. This is an extremely wise choice, but unfortunately, it is not enough. At the beginning of the battle, Huang Taiji dispatched elite cavalry to attack the two wings of Zhang Chun's army with tactics of advancing left and right. However, Comrade Zhang Chun was very good, his formation was very good, and his cannons were fired very accurately. After a few rounds, the Houjin army suffered heavy losses.

On the battlefield, it is not enough to be wise. It is strength that determines the outcome of a war. After the attack failed, Huang Taiji showed his strength-cannon. Because he was beaten badly by cannons before, Huang Taiji decided to develop new technologies and build cannons. After studying hard, the Jin army built its own cannons, a total of 30 cannons. Although the quality cannot be guaranteed, at least they can ring. So when the huge roar came from the Houjin army, Zhang Chun had the illusion that his own cannon had exploded, and sent someone to investigate, but the cruel facts told him that the enemy had changed their cannons. But Zhang Chun decided that no matter what, he must stand up, and he personally went to the battle to supervise the battle, hoping to stabilize his position. This wish came true. In order to ensure the victory of this battle, when Zhang Chun came, he also brought a fierce general - Wu Xiang.According to the original thinking, General Wu is a local, and he has fought many battles with Huang Taiji, so he is familiar with the situation. It should be said that this statement is very correct. Wu Xiang understood the situation after all, and ran away immediately when the battle was like this. This kind of practice is extremely disgusting, and directly led to Zhang Chun's defeat. The Ming Dynasty's 40,000 reinforcements were wiped out, and Zu Dashou in the city was basically in despair. But the desperate Zu Dashou did not intend to give up, he decided to break through. The location of the breakout was chosen in Nancheng. According to his observation, the enemy in Nancheng was the weakest. According to Zu Dashou's idea, it's best to stand out, if not, come back, that is, try.But he never expected that this attempt would actually solve a Baylor. A few days later, Zu Dashou launched a breakthrough and fought fiercely with the Hou Jin army. The man who besieged Nancheng was Huang Taiji's elder brother Mang Gurtai. This man had a scarce brain and well-developed limbs, so he was called the No. 1 warrior of the Houjin Dynasty (pronoun for rough people). But this time, he met even more The fierce Zu Dashou. The battle was very fierce, and Zu Dashou was worthy of being a famous general. He led the soldiers in the city (not the Guanning army) to the death, and severely damaged the army in the south of the city. Mang Gurtai felt something was wrong, so he asked Huang Taiji for reinforcements, but to his surprise, the reinforcements were delayed. Mang Gurtai had to personally supervise the formation and use all his troops to block Zu Dashou's attack. The breakout of the encirclement caused extremely heavy losses. Mang Gurtai was ranked third in the Big Four (Huang Taiji was fourth), and he was so annoyed that he was fooled by his younger brother, so he immediately went to Huang Taiji, saying that he had lost too much, and asked to change his defense. But Huang Taiji didn't pay attention to him at all, Mang Guertai was so angry that he drew out his knife and wanted to chop Huang Taiji, but fortunately he was stopped by someone, so nothing happened. What's funny is that after Comrade Mang Gurtai went back, he was actually scared, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he was, and he ran to Huang Taiji overnight to admit his mistake. Huang Taiji simply tied him up and put him in a cell. Soon after, Mang Gurtai died, and the cause of death is unknown. This is not the first time Huang Taiji has cheated. Although he relies on his brother to come to power, he does not trust his brother. According to his thinking, there is no need for the four major Baylors, as long as one is enough. In order to achieve this goal, he deliberately arranged for his brothers to fight every tough battle, the so-called "killing the enemy to eliminate troubles, killing oneself to eliminate internal strife". For example, in the third year of Chongzhen, he heard that Sun Chengzong sent troops to the four cities in Guannei. Knowing that the enemy was fierce, he sent Erbeile Amin to the expedition. He was beaten back in a hurry and took the opportunity to dismiss his brother. This time is similar, so he probably still lacks Zu Dashou's favor. But Zu Dashou's situation did not change, he still couldn't get out, reinforcements still couldn't come, and he still didn't surrender. Huang Taiji wanted to recruit Zu Dashou, and he really wanted to, so he tried his best, first shooting arrows into the city, and carrying letters, but Zu Dashou had a very bad habit and never returned. After calling for a month, I wrote back. This is also a last resort. When they were besieged, it was too sudden. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, when the military troops were on missions, they only carried three days of dry food with them. Now it has been thirty days. What do they eat? eat human. In Dalinghe City, in addition to more than 10,000 troops, there are more than 20,000 migrant workers and thousands of horses. Fortunately, there is no food, and horses can survive. After dozens of days, the horses are gone. No choice but to eat people. The soldiers began to eat migrant workers, and they were very organized. They killed as many as they could eat today. They picked good people, organized them to kill them, and shared the food. Except for the meat, the people who were killed didn't even have bones left. They were collected as firewood and burned, and human bones were used to roast human flesh. That's it, no surrender either. But Zu Dashou had reached his limit. If he continued like this, he was not beaten to death by the Hou Jin army, but also eaten by the soldiers in the city.So he started to contact Huang Taiji. The topic of contact is very simple, two words - surrender. Huang Taiji knew that the city was very difficult and there was a shortage of food, but he didn't know that Zu Dashou was very tenacious. Zu Dashou didn't want to surrender at all, he was just delaying time, waiting for reinforcements, but the time was getting longer and longer, and the reinforcements were getting less and less, so after careful thinking, Zu Dashou made a choice, a choice to get out of the sea of ​​suffering. He held talks with Huang Taiji's emissary and expressed his willingness to surrender. In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), Zu Dashou called all the generals, announced the decision, and surrendered. All the people are in favor, only one person is against - He Kegang. Yuan Chonghuan was right. He Kegang was a reliable person. He sternly rejected Zu Dashou's proposal. Even if he starved to death, he would never surrender! Yuan Chonghuan was right, his spell finally came true. Everyone surrenders, if you don't surrender, you will be killed. With actions, Zu Dashou fulfilled the last part of Yuan Chonghuan's promise: cannibalism. He ordered He Kegang, who refused to surrender, to be pushed out of the city and beheaded for public display. Before He Kegang died, he was neither panic nor angry, only contempt for the traitor Zu Dashou.Perhaps in his view, this is the final relief, and he has lived up to Yuan Chonghuan's expectations after all. But he didn't know that he was not the only one who persevered to the end. There were other ways to persevere besides death, which was more painful than death. After killing He Kegang, Zu Dashou went out of the city and surrendered. For Comrade Zu Dashou, Huang Taiji showed the highest degree of respect, he was more polite than his brothers, and took all the senior officials out of the camp to greet him, even skipping kneeling and worshiping. Finished and send souvenirs, arrange to rest. Zu Dashou was very moved, and immediately proposed that he hoped to make contributions to the later Jin Dynasty, and drew up a plan: The defenders of Jinzhou are all his subordinates. Although the governor Qiu Hejia is currently in charge, as long as he can sneak into the city and gather his subordinates, he can kill Qiu Hejia and capture Jinzhou. Huang Taiji agreed to his plan, gathered hundreds of people for Zu Dashou, pretended to be Daling River deserters, escorted him into Jinzhou, and sent Dorgon to lead the army to hide near Jinzhou, waiting for Zu Dashou's signal. The signal is the sound of cannons. According to the agreement, if Zu Dashou enters the city smoothly, he should fire the cannons on November 2, and kill Qiu Hejia the next day. Jinzhou. Two days later, under the watchful eye of Huang Taiji, Zu Dashou led his entourage and set off for Jinzhou. Things went very smoothly. On November 1st, under the covert escort of the Hou Jin army, Zu Dashou entered the city smoothly. From a certain point of view, Huang Taiji is a businessman. In fact, he didn't believe in Zu Dashou, so he persuaded him to surrender and then let him go. He also politely treated guests and gave gifts, just hoping to get a bigger return. On November 2, when he heard the sound of cannons in Jinzhou City, he finally felt relieved. Zu Dashou sent out the signal to enter the city, and the business would not lose money this time. But the next day, he didn't hear the sound of the cannon. It was obvious that Zu Dashou hadn't done anything yet. On the third day, there was no cannon fire either. At the moment when he was extremely suspicious, he received a secret letter from Zu Dashou. This letter was sent by Zu Dashou from the city. The general content is that due to the hasty departure, there are many troops in Jinzhou, and there are few people around, it is temporarily impossible to do anything, and we will talk about it in two days. In that case, just wait two more days. Two days, I don't believe it. Another two days, still no letter. In the third two days, there was finally a letter. Huang Taiji received a letter from Zu Dashou again, and he wrote it very politely. He first thanked Comrade Huang Taiji for his patience, and then complained, saying that Jinzhou City was heavily guarded and it was difficult to do anything. He hoped that Huang Taiji would continue to wait. It's done. Was teased. In fact, from the very beginning, Zu Dashou had no intention of surrendering. How could the dignified commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty surrender? But he couldn't get out without surrendering, so he decided to surrender first and go out first. But He Kegang objected. At this time, Zu Dashou had two choices. First, tell He Kegang in front of everyone that we are not surrendering, but fooling Huang Taiji. After we get out, we will find a chance to run away, go home and take a nap. But if you do this, it's hard to guarantee that you won't be reported, so it's best not to talk about it for the sake of confidentiality.And He Kegang is a two-shot, if you want to die, you will die, if you surrender, you will surrender, what kind of false surrender? Second; kill him. it's the only way. So He Kegang died and Zu Dashou survived for the same goal. In fact, after Zu Dashou returned to Jinzhou, he didn't do anything, he just said that he ran back, continued to guard Jinzhou wholeheartedly, and resolutely attacked Huang Taiji. But just after he finished the job, he refused to admit it. It was really wicked, so on November 2, he still fired a few shots as agreed, as a memorial to Comrade Huang Taiji, saying goodbye. As for sending a letter to explain the situation, it was not polite to say that he could not do anything for the time being. There was really no way, because many of his subordinates and relatives were still on Huang Taiji's side, and they ran away by themselves.So the meaning of these letters is also very clear, that is to say, although I lied to you, you should calm down and don't do anything wrong, maybe we can cooperate in the future. Of course, regarding this matter, there are also disputes that Comrade Zu Dashou did not pretend to surrender, but really surrendered, but after returning to Jinzhou, there were not enough manpower to start, so he didn't do it. This kind of statement is not very reliable, because soon, he accepted the defense of Jinzhou, guarding Jinzhou, and did not do as many people as he needed. After all, Yuan Chonghuan did not misread the wrong person. But the most peculiar thing about this matter is that neither Zu Dashou was fooled, nor Huang Taiji was fooled, but Chongzhen. Jinzhou guard and governor Qiu Hejia is an extremely cautious person. Although Zu Dashou did not tell the truth, he has checked in many ways and confirmed Zu Dashou's surrender, and wrote a report and reported it to Chongzhen. The strange thing is that after the report was sent up, Chongzhen also read it, but there was no reaction, and he ignored the matter at all, and still appointed Zu Dashou to guard Jinzhou. It's not easy for everyone in this world, just turn a blind eye and close your eyes. The most unlucky one is Sun Chengzong.When he started to build the wall, many people were not convinced. Now that the wall was not finished, they were demolished, and the construction team was cleaned up, so there was another flood of saliva. Sun Chengzong was more sensible, and he resigned after a month. people. After three dynasties, Sun Chengzong, the architect of the Guanning defense line, the promoter of Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, the loyal patriot, and the great strategist who turned the tide, is over. But this is not his end. Seven years later, he will perform the most glorious moment of his life on another stage in the most heroic way. The Daling River fell, Huang Taiji left, and Sun Chengzong also left. This is the result of the four-year battle of the Daling River in Chongzhen. But there is another result that many people do not know or expect. The appearance of this result has a great relationship with Comrade Yuan Chonghuan. After Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, the situation in Pidao was very stable. After a year, troubles began. The root cause of the trouble was Mao Wenlong, because this brother was so talented that when he was on the island, he recruited a lot of troops, not only Han Chinese, but also full of people. After all, no matter the Han people or the Manchurians, they all recognize money, and the Manchus are brave and more useful in battle. In addition, Mao Wenlong can fool, and recruit more and more people. But after Mao Wenlong's death, the successor's ability was poor and he couldn't control the situation, so he mutinied. First, the soldiers attacked each other, then the generals attacked each other. But when this happened, many people didn't want to stay on the island anymore.Among them were two people, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. But where to go is still a problem. These two brothers are both from Shandong. They were miners in the past. Of course, it is impossible to go back to dig mines. Since it is a soldier, it is still worthwhile to be a soldier. After looking around, I heard that Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua was short of people, so I went. Sun Yuanhua, a great scientist in the Ming Dynasty and a student of Xu Guangqi, specialized in explosives and ballistics. In short, he was engaged in cannon. It is said that this person is not only proficient in physics and chemistry, but also understands Portuguese. He also attended a Portuguese artillery training class back then, and is an expert in artillery shooting. At that time, he was doing scientific experiments with the Portuguese (making cannons), and there was a shortage of people under his command. Kong Youde brought people over, was very happy, and immediately recruited them. In fact, although Mr. Sun is committed to scientific research, he has also fought in wars. Before that, he was the deputy envoy of Ningyuan, worked for Yuan Chonghuan, and has seen the world. Unfortunately, intellectuals are intellectuals. He didn't know that the so-called Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming belonged to the type who has milk and is a mother. They are typical soldiers who start work when they are paid, and beat the boss if they are not paid. It is unlucky to recruit such two employees. In fact, at the beginning, the two miner brothers were very obedient and obedient, and they probably wanted to work hard for two days after changing the boss. However, an accident happened. Zu Dashou built a city on the Daling River and was besieged. The imperial court dispatched reinforcements everywhere, and Sun Yuanhua was put under the control of Sun Chengzong. Kong Youde was very obedient and set off immediately to save Zu Dashou. Halfway there, an unexpected accident happened. Because it was already October (lunar calendar) and it started to snow, Kong Youde probably left in a hurry. He didn’t know if he didn’t bring enough food, or the soldiers wanted to start a small business. Anyway, a few people went to the common people’s house to hunt without permission. He ate the chicken from someone else's house. After eating, it was discovered. Just eat it, it's not a big deal, the big deal is to lose a few. But the problem is that the local people are relatively tough, and they didn't say that they should pay for chickens. After they were caught, they repaired them first and beat them badly. When the news spread, Kong Youde was furious immediately, and it was okay. I was never afraid of the later Jinjun, afraid of the common people?Without further ado, I'll just grab your mother. The question is, what to do after the robbery is over. After all, Daming is a society ruled by law, and if you break the law, you will be beheaded, so Kong Youde smashed the cans and turned the other way. Comrade Kong Youde was originally a miner, and he had no political goals, and he didn't intend to do justice for the sky. He led the troops and began to rob along the road. At this time, Sun Yuanhua, who got the news, was in a hurry, so he hurriedly called Yu Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, to discuss countermeasures. After talking about it, they finally reached a result—recruitment. The reason they came up with such a trick was that they believed that Kong Youde's rebellion was due to a misunderstanding, and as long as they pulled him back, comforted him, and maybe gave him a few more chickens, the problem would be solved. More importantly, if this matter is pursued, the scapegoat will be blamed. Taking advantage of the fact that the matter is still not serious, if you conceal the situation and pull people back, you can still keep your official position, so you can't use force, you can only recruit security. Facts have proved that concealing the report is doomed to cheat. Sun Yuanhua sent envoys to find Kong Youde and told him to return to the army and surrender, otherwise he would do nothing. Kong Youde was very scared, and immediately expressed his willingness to surrender and went to Dengzhou to accept reorganization. Sun Yuanhua was very satisfied, and sat in the city waiting for Kong Youde. A few days later, Kong Youde arrived in Dengzhou smoothly, and the first thing he did was to attack the city. Comrade Sun Yuanhua is an intellectual after all, he doesn't know that a soldier like Kong Youde has no moral values ​​and is considered a rogue, and only a more rogue rogue, such as Mao Wenlong, can hold him down. And Expert Sun is at best a technician. To Kong Youde, not bullying is useless. Fortunately, the defenders reacted quickly and immediately went out of the city to meet the enemy. But in terms of combat effectiveness, the gap between the two sides is really too big. The troops in Dengzhou City usually fight bandits at most. Compared with Kong Youde who came from Phi Island, they can only be regarded as guards of honor. So it didn't take long for the troops to be defeated by Kong Youde's army and retreat to the city. Although it failed, it is generally not bad, because Dengzhou City has cannons, and it should be no problem to defend the city. It is a pity that Comrade Sun Yuanhua neglected an extremely important point-he forgot one person: Geng Zhongming. Geng Zhongming is still in the city, as Kong Youde's hardcore, fellow countryman, comrade-in-arms and colleague, it would be unreal if he didn't help his brother. Geng Zhongming is very authentic, so he opened the city gate overnight, let Kong Youde enter the city, and Dengzhou fell. Sun Yuanhua had a bit of backbone, and when he heard that the rebels had entered the city, he was about to commit suicide, but he was too slow, which resulted in his attempted suicide and was captured. After all, Kong Youde was a member of society, he talked about morality, he did not kill Sun Yuanhua, but took him hostage. At the same time, he sent a letter to Yu Dacheng, governor of Shandong, requesting peace talks. Fortunately, Yu Dacheng was still quite sober. Knowing that the matter was serious, he immediately reported it to the court, and Dengzhou fell. Chongzhen was furious, he did such a big thing, and he only came to report now, what to eat! He immediately ordered to remove Sun Yuanhua and Yu Dacheng from their positions, and appointed Xie Lian as the new governor of Denglai to succeed Sun Yuanhua and put down the rebellion. Soon, Kong Youde also learned the news, and he understood that there was only one way to go to the dark. But he seemed to have a lot of affection for Sun Yuanhua, so far, he let him go without even touching him. But he never dreamed that he could kill Expert Sun even if he did something good. Because the responsibility of expert Sun was too great from the beginning to the end of this matter, Sun Yuanhua was arrested by the court after he went to the court for thousands of miles, and was sent to the capital. Kong Youde is very troublesome now. Although he occupies Dengzhou, it is only a county seat, and it is still in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. But very rare, Comrade Kong Youde was very optimistic. Instead of leaving, he started a big business. He recruited his colleagues Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming, and Chen Youshi, and Mao Wenlong’s son Mao Chenglu. He also recruited criminals from all over the country and expanded the army. . What's even more funny is that they also organized the government and began to seal off officials. Halfway through the seal, they found that there were no official seals, and they even arrested a few seal engravers to help them engrave them, which is a bit of a way of life. Of course, in the midst of their busy schedule, they did not forget their main business - robbing. At first they only robbed a few counties. The people are in dire straits. Chongzhen decided to solve this problem. But when the new governor Xie Lian took office, he discovered that before Kong Youde could be encircled and suppressed, he had to break out of the siege first. Comrade Kong Youde's group of soldiers could only make do with the Jin army after defeating them, but they were more than enough to defeat the people in the pass. After Xie Lian arrived in Laizhou, he was besieged. But Kong Youde's level of siege was obviously not good enough, and the two sides fell into a stalemate. You can't get in, and I can't get out. The imperial court was really anxious. Hearing that the newly arrived governor was surrounded again, he immediately increased his troops, more than 20,000 people, and went straight to Laizhou. When Kong Youde heard that the imperial reinforcements had arrived, he was not ambiguous. He worked overtime to attack the city, speculated and sold it now, pulled out the cannons in Dengzhou City, and bombarded the city, even killing the newly appointed governor of Shandong (Xie Lian). Governor of Dunley). Although Xie Lian said that the battle was out of the question, he was still relatively tough, holding on until reinforcements came. What he was waiting for was not reinforcements, but news that he could never have dreamed of. Kong Youde, who was besieging the city, sent an envoy to give him a letter, expressing the hope that Mr. Xie would be merciful and willing to surrender. I understand, it's not to thank you for surrendering, but to thank you for accepting your surrender. This is a rather funny thing. The people surrounded by the siege have not yet surrendered, but the besieged people are about to surrender. The devil would believe it. Xie Lian believed it, because the situation was in front of him, the court reinforcements would arrive immediately, Kong Youde was a smart man, and surrender was his only option. He decided to go out of the city himself and accept the surrender. Mr. Xie was still an intellectual after all, he didn't know that although Comrade Kong Youde was a smart guy, he was a smart bad guy, and from the day he rebelled, he had no intention of turning back. When the time came, Kong Youde greeted him personally at the city gate with lanterns and streamers, gongs and drums blaring.Governor Xie was very moved and went out of the city with a few entourages to accept the surrender. To show his solemnity, he also went to the general soldier of Laizhou and asked him to go out of the city together. The soldiers will not go. Not only did he not go, but he also advised Governor Xie that it was best not to go. Unlike Xie Lian, this chief soldier started from the grassroots level, and he understood the characteristics of soldiers better. To keep Laizhou, all in one fell swoop. The following process was very dramatic. After Xie Lian left the city, he was warmly received by Kong Youde. His subordinates stepped forward one after another, surrounded Governor Xie intimately, and dragged him directly to the camp. As soon as you enter, your face changes. Kong Youde's plan was to first tie Governor Xie up as a hostage, and then drag one of the prefects accompanying him to the city to force him to send a message to make the people inside surrender. The magistrate expressed his cooperation. He went to the city and asked to shout, and he really shouted: "After I die, you must guard the city well (you wait for it)!" According to the routine, what happened at this time should be that the bandit soldiers were extremely angry and brutally killed the prefect. But this is not the case, because the magistrate is certainly kind, but even more so is the general soldier who refuses to leave the city. He heard that the governor had been robbed, and the magistrate shouted from below. Without saying a word, he asked someone to load the cannonballs, aimed at the densely populated areas of the enemy, and fired. The enemy's densely populated area, which is where the Lord Zhifu is located, was hit by several shells, and the rebels suffered heavy casualties, and the Lord Zhifu was among them, who died heroically. Although the governor is stupid enough, but fortunately the magistrate is strong enough and the soldiers are ruthless enough, Laizhou finally defended. But Kong Youde still slipped away, before the arrival of reinforcements. If the trouble continued like this, there would be no end. Chongzhen immediately ordered to make a ruthless move and mobilize troops. Judging from the current situation, if we want to deal with this group of people, it is useless to find someone casually. So, he called in two fierce men. The first one is Zhu Dadian, the new governor of Shandong Province. He was born in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, and was born as a civil servant. But the fiercer one is the second one. At this time in the Shandong Peninsula, Kong Youde was basically in charge, and he basically did the work of the governor. He came here however he wanted. And at this time, his subordinates already numbered forty to fifty thousand, and they had a lot of combat experience, which was more than enough to deal with ordinary troops. So the ones sent to beat him were special forces. In July of the fifth year of Chongzhen (1632), the vanguard of the Ming army arrived in the suburbs of Laizhou, met Kong Youde's army, and was defeated. Kong Youde was very unconvinced, and decided to go out in person and set up an army near Shahe to face the Ming army. What he faced was the vanguard of the Ming army.The vanguard of the Ming army was Guan Ning's iron cavalry, and Wu Sangui was in command of Guan Ning's iron cavalry. Wu Sangui also won the fierce victory over Zhu Dadian. Although according to his age, Wu Sangui is not yet twenty at this time, but he is already very fierce. As long as the battle starts, he will rush forward, even his father can't control him. It is more suitable to deal with Kong Youde and others. The progress of the battle can be described in one word - killing a chicken with a bull's knife. The combat effectiveness of Guan Ning's iron cavalry has already been mentioned. Over the years, this army has been able to fight Huang Taiji a few times. As for Kong Youde's army, even though they were wandering around Liaodong, they were basically guerrillas. They came out to fight against Mao Wenlong during the holidays, which was really incomparable. Reflected in combat effectiveness, the effect is very obvious. Kong Youde's army collapsed at the first touch, was driven away by Wu Sangui for dozens of miles, and nearly 10,000 people died before they escaped successfully. Originally, Kong Youde's tactic was to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements, surround Laizhou, and the reinforcements would come and fight one by one. But this group of reinforcements is too ruthless, let alone reinforcements, don't besiege the city, and withdraw immediately. Laizhou was successfully rescued, but Wu Sangui's mission was not over. His next goal was Dengzhou. Kong Youde, who was completely frightened, returned to Dengzhou, where he gathered all the troops of Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng, and Mao Chenglu, a total of more than 30,000 people to defend the city. He firmly believed that he would be able to hold it. In fact, Zhu Dadian thought the same way, not because Kong Youde had too many 30,000 people, but because Dengzhou City was too thick. Dengzhou was an important military base in the Ming Dynasty. Most of the grain deliveries to Ningyuan and Jinzhou set sail from here, so the defense was extremely strong. What's more terrible is that when Sun Yuanhua came later, this brother was engaged in artillery, so when he repaired the city wall, he calculated it according to the destructive power of the artillery shells. In other words, ordinary city walls can also resist chisels, but Dengzhou city walls can carry cannons and are very resistant to blows. What's more troublesome is that Governor Sun is engaged in science, and he is more serious. Not to mention the thick wall, he also made full use of the terrain, expanded Dengzhou City to the sea, and opened a special gate, even if there is no support in the city. Be careful, as long as you open this door, you can take a boat and slip away immediately, safe and sound. So Zhu Dadian is very worried. With the current strength of the troops, if he wants to attack hard, he may not be able to fight for a year or so. According to Zhu Dadian's thinking, this is a protracted battle, so he raised food for three months and prepared to celebrate the New Year in Dengzhou City. When I arrived in Dengzhou, I regretted it. It didn't take three months, but three days. After all, Kong Youde is still low-educated, completely ignorant of the technical content of Dengzhou City.Hearing the arrival of the Ming army, he discussed with Geng Zhongming, thinking that if he retreated into the city, it would be too timid, so he simply went out of the city to fight, to show his determination to resist to the end. This determination only lasted for one day. The one who led the army out of the city to fight was Li Jiuzheng, who rebelled with Kong Youde. He marched out of the city in a majestic formation, set up his position, and was killed immediately. The Ming army still fought with the Guanning iron cavalry, who came and went like the wind, regardless of your formation or not, I was afraid that if you didn't come out, it would be easy to deal with it. Standing at the front of the team (the most prestigious), so you will be killed the fastest, and all those who do not escape will be wiped out. At this time, there were tens of thousands of rebels in the city, but Kong Youde obviously lacked confidence in his opponents, so he talked to Geng Zhongming and Mao Chenglu at night, and after a short discussion, he decided to run away. As soon as they said they would run, the three of them took part of their subordinates and family members, robbed the fruits along the road, took a boat overnight, and ran away from the seaside. According to Kong Youde's thinking, running away from him is a surprise, and the group of fools here don't know it, but they can do it and buy themselves time to run away. However, an accident happened. He overestimated the moral standards of his subordinates. After all, no one is stupid. The news spread as soon as Kong Youde ran away. As for underworld gangs like Kong Youde, as long as the leader is killed, the rest of them will die. Can be removed with a broom. So before the Ming army outside the city took action, the city was in chaos. The gate of Dengzhou city was opened, those who fled fled, those who surrendered surrendered, and those who jumped into the sea jumped into the sea. Zhu Dadian immediately led his army into the city and recovered Dengzhou. The matter was settled, but Kong Youde and his gang had been messing around in Shandong for half a year, and it would be shameful not to catch him and fix it, so the generals proposed one after another that they should lead their troops to pursue Kong Youde. But Zhu Dadian did not agree. The reason for not agreeing to send troops is because there is no need to send troops. Kong Youde, who fled to the sea, was very proud. Although Dengzhou was lost, he had not lost his things in the past six months. Halfway through the journey, I met someone and stopped. The man he met was named Huang Long. Kong Youde and Huang Long are old acquaintances, because Huang Long once served as the general soldier of Pidao, and even took care of Kong Youde. There are relatively few people that Kong Youde is afraid of, and Huanglong is one of the minority factions. The reason why Kong Youde voted for Sun Yuanhua is because Huanglong is too powerful and difficult to be under his command. Kong Youde was very sad when he met the person he least wanted to see in the place and when he least wanted to see people. When the old leader Huang Long saw his old subordinate Kong Youde, he was not polite. He went up and beat him. Mr. Kong was immediately beaten, and more than half of his subordinates were injured. . But the most unfortunate is not him, but Mao Chenglu. 这位仁兄先是老爹（毛文龙）被杀，朝廷给了个官，也不好好干，被孔有德拉下水搞叛乱，落到这般地步，而关键时刻，孔有德不负众望，毅然抛弃了这位老上级的公子，把他丢给了黄龙。 而孔有德和耿仲明不愧干过海盗，虽说打海战差点，但逃命还凑合，拼死杀出血路，保住了性命。 毛承禄就不行了，被抓住后送到了京城，被人千刀万剐。 黄龙的战役基本上彻底摧毁了叛军，孔有德和耿仲明逃上岸的时候，已经是光杆司令了。山东叛乱就此结束。 这次叛乱历时半年，破坏很大，而最关键的是，叛乱造成了两个极为重要的结果——足以影响历史的结果。 第一个是坏结果：鉴于生意赔得太大，既没钱，也没人了，回本都回不了。孔有德、耿仲明经过短时间思想斗争，决定去当汉奸，投靠皇太极。 其实这两个人投降，倒也没什么，关键在于他们曾在孙元化手下混过，对火炮技术比较了解，且由于一贯打劫，却在海上被人给劫了，很是气愤，不顾知识产权，无私地把技术转让给了皇太极。从此火炮部队成为了后金的固定组成部分，虽说孔有德、耿仲明文化不高，学得不地道，造出来的大炮准头也差点，但好歹是弄出来了。 更重要的是，由于他们辛苦折腾半年，弄回来的本钱，连同家属，都被明军赶进海里喂鱼，亏了老本，所以全心全意给后金打工，向明朝复仇。 一年后，他们找到了复仇的机会。 除锦州、宁远外，明朝在关外的重要据点，大都是海岛，这些海岛有重兵驻守，时不时出来打个游击，是后金的心腹大患，其中实力最强的守岛人，叫做尚可喜。 之前我说过，孔有德、耿仲明、尚可喜是山东老乡，且全都是挖矿的，现在孔有德决定改行挖人，劝降尚可喜。 一边是国家利益，民族大义，一边是老乡、老同事，尚可喜毫不为难地做出了抉择——当汉奸。 当英雄很累，当汉奸很轻松。 第二个是好结果，经过这件事，崇祯清楚地认识到，关内的军队，是很废的，关外的军队，是很强的，所以有什么麻烦事，可以找关外军队解决（比如打农民军）。