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

Chapter 449

The sad news of the fall of Jingzhou shocked the entire Ming Dynasty——Over the past 200 years, although the Ming Dynasty had lost many battles and lost a lot of land, it was the first time that a major military town like Jingzhou had been captured!In the court, there were loud calls to abandon Lushun and secure Huguang, leaving Chongzhen in a dilemma.

Why the dilemma?

Because those Huguang rebels really don't make people worry.If you rebel, just kill people and set fires. Why are you raising a flag?You want to win the hearts of the people with me, right?Well, I really can’t win over you to win the hearts and minds of the people. I will only collect taxes from the people, but you will allocate fields to the people.From this perspective, the Huguang rebel army is definitely the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty, and they should be wiped out as quickly as possible to prevent future troubles.But this group of rebels did a great thing while making Huguang a mess: they drove out those vassal kings, which invisibly helped the Ming Dynasty a lot.The situation of the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty has been introduced many times. To put it simply, it is a group of people who neither study nor do business. Bad stuff!If Daming is compared to a company, then these vassal kings are those who have no skills at all, and rely on their connections to get into the top management and do nothing all day long with a generous salary. They only care about eating, drinking and having fun. The companies are all sold, and there is not enough to pay them salaries.And at this critical juncture, a group of idiots ran out and kicked out these related accounts one by one from the company, saving the company a lot of money. What do you think Chairman Zhu thinks of these idiots?Is it difficult?
Therefore, when Chairman Zhu faced the angry ministers, his attitude was always to wait, think again, look again, look again, consider again, study again, ponder again, discuss again. ...

Yang Menglong didn't have so much free time. As soon as he came to Denglai, he directly ordered the collection of sea ships, mobilized 24 elite soldiers, and prepared to sail to Lushun. interpretation.If the commander is like this, the Denglai new army is naturally not a coward. In just [-] hours, [-] elite soldiers have assembled outside Dengzhou City.It’s just that the sea ships are a bit troublesome. More than half of the sea ships originally belonging to the Denglai Navy were used by Yang Menglong for transportation, and a large amount of goods were shipped to Southeast Asia. People have a headache.Yang Menglong had already ordered the ships in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to quickly unload their cargo and come over to transport troops, but it was not an easy task to unload so much cargo in a short period of time, and it would take several days.Fortunately, at this critical juncture, a fleet that just returned from Tianjin helped him a lot.

This fleet is the famous Shachuan Gang in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.The so-called Sand Chuan Gang was not a fleet of sand haulers. They were in charge of helping the imperial court transport food from the south to Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou, where they bought ginseng, leather goods and other valuable materials and shipped them back to the south.Since ancient times, the transportation of grain from the south to the north has always been via the canal. However, as the water level of the canal dropped again and again, the silting became more and more serious, and the cost of water transportation became higher and higher. In addition, a large number of officials made profits from it. In the end, it was originally related to the fate of the country. The water transportation in the country has become a heavy burden for the country, and these gangsters want to open up a sea route and turn the water transportation into sea transportation.The navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty was quite developed. It took only four or five days to reach Tianjin from Huai’an, and the round trip took only ten days. It was much faster than water transportation, and the cost savings were even more incalculable.These gangsters just dumped another batch of grain to Tianjin. Hearing that there were not enough ships for the Denglai New Army, they changed the route to enter the port, unloaded a large number of leather goods, and prepared to help the Denglai New Army carry food soldiers to sea.The arrival of these sea-going ships has barely solved the problem of insufficient transport capacity. Now the Denglai new army is ready for everything, and it only owes the east wind.

Huang Taiji chose a very bad time to start the war. At this time, the wind direction was extremely favorable to Denglai's new army. They set off from Yantai and Weihai almost at dawn and dusk. At this time, Denglai's wheat had matured and a good harvest was in sight. The new army is not short of food... wind direction, climate, food, manpower, etc. are all available. How can we wait until we don't beat them now?Of course, Yang Menglong has a good habit. Before every battle, he has to hold a swearing-in ceremony, almost using a loudspeaker to notify his opponents: I am coming to deal with you, so be prepared!He is an honest boy who doesn't like yin people.

On June [-], outside the city of Dengzhou.

Six thousand new troops gathered here. The soldiers of this army are very complicated. There are veterans from Sichuan Army and Zhejiang Army, soldiers from Denglai Rebel Army, immigrants from Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan and Hebei, and Han people from Liaodong. An army of thousands of people actually covers half of the country's soldiers, which is really complicated enough.They have all received at least half a year of training. For example, the Zhejiang Army has even trained for eight or nine months. The long-term high-intensity training has polished an unusually strong body, and they rely on the sea to eat fish and shrimp every day. The result is that each one is muscular, as if you can strangle a cow with your bare hands.More than half a year of training has made them suffer. Carrying 120 catties of sandbags on their backs, they marched 200 miles a day and night. It is also trivial to carry out long-term field training in the severe cold. As for passing through the [-]-meter-long cesspool against the roar of officers and the sound of rumbling guns, crawling quickly under the barbed wire full of sewage and dead animals, and climbing cliffs with bare hands No surprise to them.The most common sentence that many veterans say when they face adversity after retiring is: "I didn't suffer any hardships in the military camp back then. I will be afraid of you!?" Yes, they can't survive such a long and arduous training. Who do you need to be afraid of if you are out of yourself!

Of course, the military officer is an exception...

Now, these thousands of soldiers are wearing their helmets, their heads held high, and they are lined up in thirty rows. Their black helmet tassels are blown by the sea breeze, dancing wantonly in the wind like clouds of black ink.On the general stage, the black tiger flag was flying. The tiger bared its teeth and claws, as if it wanted to break the flag and tear the people in front of it into pieces.The thousands of troops and horses are silent, like a silent mountain peak. Standing in front of them, it is difficult for you not to make the hairs on your body stand up one by one!Shandong Wenchen who was invited to participate in the swearing-in meeting looked at this silent army in horror and kept silent. They have dealt with the army a lot, but they have never seen an army with such a strong sense of oppression!

The morale of the Denglai new army was extremely high, and each of them received three taels of silver as a starting reward. The generous rewards and the strong sense of honor and mission from this group made their blood boil, almost yearning for war... Two years In the previous battle of Dalinghe, many heroes of the Heluo New Army stood out and became famous all over the world. Now it is their turn to write such a bloody and magnificent history.They were silent, but their expressions were fanatical, watching their commander-the champion who was never reliable, but always rushed to the forefront on the battlefield, it was the first time he let the mighty Hou Jin fight in the field Tasted the taste of failure.

Yang Menglong looked serious, looking at the sea without saying a word.Next to him is Qi Hu, whose hair and beard are all white. The sea breeze blows his white hair, like an ancient pine, which has experienced wind and frost, becoming more vigorous and straight.On the right of Yang Menglong is Wu Sheng, the Jinhua general who has now become the Denglai general, wearing an ancestral Shanwen armor with a silver light, and a long sword on his waist, Yingwei is tall and straight.On the general stage, the sacrifices are ready and waiting for the auspicious time.

Bells rang from the Dengzhou City Cathedral, one after another, resounding throughout the city. It was twelve o'clock at noon, the auspicious hour.The three armies shouted in unison: "Auspicious time! Auspicious time! Auspicious time!" The high-pitched roar suppressed the waves, as if a rolling thunder exploded on the ground, and many Shandong civil servants were so shocked that their legs went limp and they almost fell down.Then, the war drums sounded, as if the earth was shaking. Hundreds of buglers blew their horns at the same time. The gloomy and desolate sound of the horns resounded through the sky, bringing everyone to the bloody battlefield in the setting sun.The three armies shouted together, Yang Menglong and Wu Sheng boarded the general platform, and the soldiers brought over the black sheep that had eaten the medicine for invigorating blood. Yang Menglong pulled out the dog's leg knife and cut it off. The neck of the sheep was cut off with a stream of blood The arrow shot out two meters away, dyeing the battle flag red.The soldiers lined up the sheep's head in front of the commander's platform, and brought another ram. Yang Menglong cut the sheep's head again, and the sheep's head fell to the ground.He cut off the necks of three sheep in a row, and the blood of the sheep splashed all over the platform.In the end, someone brought a strong young bull and handed him a horizontal knife. Yang Menglong waved his hand to indicate no need, his anger sank to his dantian, and the dog-leg knife covered in sheep's blood was cut off again. The little bull fell down before he could utter a scream.Thousands of soldiers shouted loudly: "Champion Hou Weiwu! Champion Hou Weiwu!" But Shandong Wenchen's reaction was a bit strange. They kept touching their necks...

Yang Menglong handed the knife to the guards to wash it, wiped off the dirty blood on his hands, looked around the three armies with piercing eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Everyone must know where we are going, right?"

The three armies shouted together: "Kill Jianu! Kill Jianu!"

Yang Menglong said: "That's right, kill Jiannu! The bones of those dogs are itching again. They forgot the lesson of Dalinghe and sent [-] troops to attack Lushun! There is nothing to say. The Han bandits vowed to be incompatible. They came from the sea , we will fight at sea, they attack Jinzhou, we will fight in Jinzhou, they attack Lushun, we will beat them hard in Lushun! Wherever they attack, we will kill them without leaving a single piece! No Compromise, no negotiation, only a bloody battle to the end, until one side is completely defeated, the war will be over—I assure you, the one who is beaten to the ground will definitely not be us!"

The breathing of the soldiers of the three armies became a little heavy, and they clenched the weapons in their hands.

Yang Menglong changed the topic: "You all got a lot of rewards, right?"

The soldiers of the three armies were silent.

Yang Menglong said sharply: "Throw away these odds and ends for me! My soldiers, as soon as they leave the camp, they have to treat themselves as dead. Do you keep so much money as trophies for Jiannu? If you can return victorious , I will reward you five times, ten times. If you die in battle, your parents will be supported by the army, and your children will be raised by the army! You don’t have to think about anything, just hold your arms and go to the battlefield. The enemy, then defeat them, annihilate them, kill them all! Many of you are destined to be unable to return to Denglai alive, but in the end, the corpses are all over the battlefield, and the blood stained the ground will always be Jiannu, and it can only be Jiannu Throw away all unnecessary things, follow me, and fight Jiannu to the end!"

After being silent for a while, the soldiers of the three armies suddenly let out a howl that almost shook the sky: "Fight to the end!" On the ground, the ground jingled, and there was a burst of silver rain. In a blink of an eye, the ground was covered with silver and copper coins, but no one took a look at the 10,000+ people who came to watch the ceremony, and everyone was stunned. Looking at this army that was as sharp as a blade, and feeling the murderous aura, it was almost breathless.

When the silver rain fell, Yang Menglong waved his hand and said, "Leave the teacher!"

Thousands of soldiers turned back in unison, kicking forward and striding towards the port. The money on the ground was kicked all over the ground by them, and even trampled into the mud. No one saw it from the beginning to the end. Take a look.

Yang Menglong jumped off the general platform, bowed his hands to Zhu Dadian, and said, "Master Governor, the last general is leaving, please take care of Denglai's side!"

Zhu Dadian's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he said: "Champion Hou just go, with the old man here, Denglai can't mess up!"

Yang Menglong said: "Then I would like to thank Governor Zhu. When I return triumphantly, I will arrange a big banquet at the end and invite my lord to drink!" After speaking, he turned and mounted his horse, and strode towards the pier with the group of soldiers.

The people of Denglai shouted loudly: "Young Champion, kill all those hateful slaves! Don't keep any of them!"

A civil official from Shandong wiped off his cold sweat, looked at the Denglai new army who had rushed to the battlefield without hesitation, and then looked at the silver coins that had been thrown on the ground as garbage, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and murmured: "The disaster of the feudal town is not far away." ..."

(End of this chapter)