Chapter 410: Good news

Compared with the so-called "You are also iron-blooded" in the Jinan Prefecture area, I am also iron-blooded. In Qingzhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture, except for the gold mines in Zhaoyuan, the rest are quite peaceful.

Because most of the local gentry and gentry made money from private salt and trade routes, Li Meng's wealth and benefits were there. If Li Meng was not there, their income would disappear. The young children of the high-ranking clans of these three prefectures served as officers and non-commissioned officers in the Jiaozhou camp army, and in Lingshan Commercial Bank, the Tuntianzhuang and even the Shandong Salt Gang. There are many people working in private ports.

These local wealthy families are already related to the interests of the Jiaozhou camp system, and are related to the prosperity and loss of the whole family. There is a slight disturbance in the local area, and the armed salt gentry has not moved yet. These large families first sent out the strong family members and the strong people.

In the prefectures, prefectures, and counties, the children of these wealthy families are watching there. If there is any abnormality, they will immediately notify the local armed salt dicks. The entire ground is like an iron barrel.

As for where the gold mine is located, it is an exception among the exceptions and cannot be done accurately. Everyone is jealous of gold, silver and wealth.

The Qingzhou Army and Dengzhou Army left the local troops in the Lingshan Private Port, and 40% of the armed salt dings in Laizhou Prefecture gathered near Jiaozhou.

Compared with usual, the power stationed in the Lingshan private port is even much greater than usual. The Xinyang Water Camp stationed in Dengzhou, the ships travel back and forth between Lingshan Guard and Dengzhou Port, and there are fast horses crossing overland on land, communicating with each other. If there is any wrongness, the Xinyang Water Camp will go south to support it.

This strict defense made the merchants who came and went to these ports, especially those of the Zheng family, very confused. I thought that your port was already a fortress, with so many dark cannons facing the sea and so many people garrisoning. Who should I guard against?

Of course, the Zheng family, which colluded with the Tartars, was not understood by the foreign tribes of some merchant ships of the Zheng family, because they did not know who the Jiaozhou camp was pointing to.

However, when several Zheng family merchant ships were walking outside the Lingshanwei Port, they had their own ships to North Korea and Liaodong. They asked them to take a few people. These people were all very close tribe members to the Zheng family and Longtou. They were considered backbones of the tribe. I don’t know why they did this.

These people followed the normal procedures to go to Lingshan Private Port. They spent a day in Fengmeng Town like ordinary merchants, and then strolled around. Then at night they took the boat they wanted to leave the port, returned to the sea and boarded the big ships, and quietly left the south.

Apart from these ships and these people, no one knew that the ship was full of armed pirates and was the direct force of the Zheng family. However, after these leaders came ashore to observe, they did not see any possibility that they could rush in. If the fortress artillery in the port roared, most of the ships in the port would be sunk, and the Zheng family's armed pirate naval battle jumping gang is OK.

The combat power of the land battlefield has always been poor, and it is very different from the armed salt ding of the Jiaozhou Camp. Not to mention that there are regular troops stationed here in Jiaozhou Camp.

Zheng Zhilong is also a rare hero in the end of the world. In addition to his brains being a little confused when distinguishing the general trend of the world, Zheng Zhilong is dominant in Fujian and runs Taiwan, and also has the strongest fleet on the East Asian maritimes. He regards himself as a force. Although he does not have the ability to compete, he is also qualified to bet.

All over the world, Zheng Zhilong felt that the Qing Dynasty was the most qualified force to laugh for the last time. He decided to place more bets on this. Since the Tartars army was heading south, the news from Liao Town was that the Qing Dynasty's troops would try to move to the south as much as possible, and Shandong was in danger.

Since Shandong will become a chaotic situation, this private port is better than being occupied and controlled by the Zheng family. This is a goose that lays golden eggs. Controls this private port. The situation and wealth of the Zheng family will probably expand further.

Seeing that the Jiaozhou Camp was in a tight alert in Lingshan private port, several leaders led by the Zheng family would not be foolish to come into contact. Someone used the trade routes of the Eight Min Commercial Bank to spread the news to Jiningzhou and Nanzhili, but the landlords there were not in a hurry after receiving the news. They thought that the Tartars army would go south, and all the Ming troops in front of them would be crushed to pieces. Sooner or later, all this seemed to be orderly in Shandong would be chaotic.

By then, our Zheng family will take advantage of the chaos to make real profits. It is not too late. Let’s wait and see!

Jiaozhou City, Fengmeng Town, Lingshan Private Port, these three places are almost the commercial and salt industry centers of Shandong. There is a small team of horse-riding armed salt dingers coming from Jinan City specifically towards Lingshan Private Port, and even the rankings of Laizhou Fucheng and Dengzhou Fucheng are behind these three places.

When the news came, Jiaozhou magistrate cried in joy in the hall, and the city was full of carnival. Of course, there were also maritime merchants who came from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, as well as merchants who came to buy goods from other places to celebrate the goods. They were all ecstatic. The news was delivered on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. At this time, most of the merchants from other places had already returned to their hometowns for the New Year, and the business was quite light, but on this day, the sales of wine and meat suddenly surged.

I heard that I was defeated by the Tartars and somewhere I was defeated by the Tartars all day long. Today I finally had such a refreshing and joyful victory. It didn’t matter whether I had any personal interests or practical relationships. I had to drink and celebrate it.

As for Jiaozhou City and Fengmeng Town, everyone was filled with joy and pride on their faces, and everyone was extremely proud, thinking that the victory of the Grand Marshal was also his glory.

Boss Zhang from Fengmeng Town Casino even set up a flowing table in the big restaurant in Fengmeng Town to celebrate the honors of the coach, making it very lively.

However, some people's reactions were different. After the news of Jiaozhou Yingcai reached Lingshan Private Port, several ships that had been planned to leave five days later. They sailed and drove away on the same day and hurriedly left Lingshan Private Port.

With such a great victory, if Zheng Zhilong still had to think about the idea of ​​Dalingshan Private Port, it would be his brain burned out. He was the shopkeeper of the Shandong branch of the Bamin Business Company who had left Jinan and came to Jiaozhou. He was holding the Tartars and entered Shandong. I would have sex on the boat. As for what the leader was going to do, it had nothing to do with me.

When the news of Jiaozhou Yingcai came, he didn't care about going home for the New Year, so he chose some precious gifts from the warehouse of the Bamin Commercial Bank. He hurried to Jinan and went to Jinan to congratulate the victory.

Before the news reached, there was indeed undercurrents in Lingshan Private Port. After the news arrived, everything was completely calm and calm.

Compared with Jinan Prefecture, the center of Shandong, the three prefectures of the Dakou, Lai and Qing Prefectures. Dongchang Prefecture, which is regarded as the marginal area, the situation of the largest Yanzhou Prefecture is much more complicated.

What makes people laugh and cry is that as soon as the news spreads, the first reaction of the wealthy families in Yanzhou is not to panic or support the army, but to start smuggling salt. The Jiaozhou Camp's response to their reaction was very simple. There was no need to make an emergency plan.

Armed salt deans are familiar with this job. Anyone who participates in selling private salt will not have to ask for their origins or names, but will just knock them to the ground and behead them. They will be quick and easy.

After killing a group of people, the trend of selling private salt was settled, and then there were even more lively things. The armed salt dicks here caught the people who sold private salt dicks. Someone on the other side sued the Yanzhou Prefect's Office. Even the Shandong Salt Administration Office stationed in Jining received a complaint, saying that the salt dicks were rampant and were ruthlessly killing the good and innocent people in the local area, and requesting the men to punish them.

The prefect and the salt transport envoy who received this letter were both smiling bitterly, thinking that there are still tens of thousands of troops in Nanzhili and more than nine thousand soldiers in Yanzhou Prefecture. Why should we punish them? Isn’t this seeking death?

But if there was no such thing as the Tartars attacking, the paper would not have been handed over, even if it was delivered to the prefect and the salt transport envoy, they would have been sent back directly or torn to pieces in person, so as not to have anything to do with it.

I don’t know what the Yanzhou prefect was thinking. After thinking about it, he actually sent someone to ask the person in charge of the armed Yanding in Yanzhou Prefecture, saying that he was asking why this matter was.

When he saw him sending people from the local people. Captain Yanding, who was stationed in Yuyang City, also sneered. However, he did not tear his face in person, but sent someone to send a letter to Zhang Jiang, a guerrilla army in the Yanzhou County area of ​​Caozhou. Zhang Jiang responded quickly. Two thousand troops of the Yanzhou army drove into Jiningzhou and Yanzhou Prefecture City in the name of maintaining public order.

Seeing this murderous army coming, all the wealthy Jining families who were still leaping on the road were silent, and no one dared to talk nonsense anymore.

The horse-riding salt deer sent by Jinan Prefecture brought the news of his victory to Yanzhou Prefecture on the 11th of the twelfth lunar month. The reaction in Yanzhou Prefecture was different from that of several other prefectures. It seemed that there was a curse. When the city and manors heard the news, they became quiet.

The families who were trafficking in private salt and writing paper all tied up some of the children in their families and sent them to Jiaozhou Camp. They said that these children were blinded by the little bitch of private salt, and were crazy to fight against the army and destroy themselves. We are willing to destroy our relatives for the sake of justice and send these sinners over and ask the adults to punish them severely and severely. We have absolutely no objection.

This method of losing a car to protect the coach is purely wishful thinking. Among the armed salt senators, there were some who were born into bandits and local servants in the yamen back then. These people were particularly proficient in torture and interrogation.

Without a day of effort, we can find out who the master behind it is. In Yanzhou Prefecture, there are two families who can have such influence, one is the Kong family in Qufu, and the other is the Lu Prince's Mansion in Yuyang City.

These two families have been operating in the Yanzhou Prefecture for hundreds of years and have many wealthy families who depend on and outside the country. It is difficult for them to avoid causing trouble with their high salt prices and strict defense alone.

Zhang Jiang of the Yanzhou Army also handled this matter very simply. On the one hand, he wrote a document to give Desheng a decision to the commander who returned to the army. As for the current method of handling it, he was to deal with it with higher salt prices and stricter defenses. For example, the wealthy families who came forward to make trouble have already been considered as surrendering and ate affordable private salt.

After this incident, the salt price suddenly rose to a higher price than the highest point. The armed salt dick stared at them tightly. It was like cutting the flesh with a blunt knife, and it hurts slowly first!

For the Confucius Mansion and the Lu Prince Mansion, these two families are still not able to move, so they cannot move. The two battalions of the Yanzhou Army and the local armed salt deer have imposed a complete blockade on these two families in the name of protection, and people are not allowed to enter and exit at will. All food and supplies need to be strictly entered according to the quota.

And he ignored the sage's face and the royal family's moral integrity. The armed salt dick conducted a net-style search in the yards of their two families, and did not allow any swords, guns, bows and arrows. This behavior was equivalent to a house search. Yan Shenggong was gentle and elegant, so that the people below could cooperate politely and politely, and could not resist at all. He was locked in the house and drank tea and read books. He was beaten with a head-on look.

But the Zhu Yisai, the King of Lu, was young and energetic, and could withstand such a formation. He was holding a sword in his hand, but was held tightly by his younger brother Zhu Yihai and the housekeeper of the royal palace. In front of them, there were more than a dozen big men holding wooden sticks looking at them with a stern expression.

If the King of Lu Zhu Yisai really rushed forward and fought hard, he would probably be beaten hard by these big sticks. He probably wouldn't dare to beat him to death, but he would be very likely to be beaten halfway and die.

It was late to get the news in Henan, but the abnormal movements there were much bigger than those in Shandong. Guide had four battalions of Guide, which were assigned to the Yanzhou army, and two battalions trained by the local tyrant landlords, and one battalion where Yuan Shizhong collected his remaining troops.

The forces were mixed with dragons and snakes. The four battalions of the Guide Army and the local area were all within the Jiaozhou Camp system, and they were entrusted with 100% of the military pay. The remaining three battalions, except for one battalion in Yuanshizhong District, were supplied by Guide Tuntianzhuang, the remaining two were raised by themselves.

From the differences in military pay, we can also see the differences in the relatives and distances between each force and Shandong. In addition to the Henan area where Guide Mansion is located, except for the small city of Kaifeng and the small prefectures in the Yellow River, there are no Ming officials everywhere, and they are completely refugee troops and local tyrants.

These forces are intertwined with each other. The refugee army has an absolute advantage here, but the situation is chaotic. Even in Guide Mansion, relying on the efforts of the Qianzong General of the Guide Army, Jia Dashan, and the efforts of the regular army of the Tuntiantianzhuang and Jiaozhouying, to stabilize. However, many of the forces in Guide Mansion were unstable in the Ming Dynasty and the King of Chuang. I don’t know which side to go to.

When Jiaozhou camp was in great force, they naturally would not be reactionary, but the territory of Guide Prefecture is also adjacent to Beizhili. The Tatar army invaded, and they even knew in advance more than Yanzhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture.

It was not a solid piece of iron. The couple were birds in the same forest. They flew each other when the disaster came. This was the most appropriate thing to put here. Among the people who were using swords and guns to eat, many of them were border soldiers from all over the country, and many of them served in the Northern Zhili to eat food. They knew the interests of the Tartar soldiers.

If such a powerful soldier arrives in Shandong, everything will be wiped out. Everyone should separate their luggage and run away as soon as possible!

First, the forces were arguing with each other. Yuan Shizhong didn't know how to express his opinion in Xiao Yuan's camp. Jia Dashan was completely integrated into this system at this time and was with several direct local camps, and the Guide Mansion was not allowed to infiltrate by other forces, nor were the troops within the Guide Army organization left.

At first it was just a debate, and everyone wanted to see the scenery. When Li Meng led the army to march north from Nanzhili, the debate suddenly became fierce.

In the eyes of everyone, Li Meng's approach to marching and attacking the Tartar soldiers who were waiting for their hard work was no different from dying. The Ming army and the Qing army fought against each other because of this kind of light army and was calmly defeated by the brave Tartar soldiers. It seems that the situation in Shandong is also fun.

Guide Mansion is so rich now that everyone has to share something before leaving. Jia Dashan, the thousand-ranking general of the Guide Military Camp, was originally a wealthy family in Guide Mansion. His family and family business have gained greater benefits after entering Jiaozhou Camp. Moreover, Guide Mansion is so peaceful that Jia Dashan, who has always protected his hometown, is also quite rewarded. Whether for private purposes or public purposes, he insists on standing in Jiaozhou.

But the other two battalions composed of local tyrants did not think so. They were originally a guest army and thought that it would be best if they could get a ticket here. If possible, it would be better to go to Shandong to plunder, as the cheaper there was even greater.

The problem now is that the statement of the Guardian Yuan Shizhong of Guide is very important. If he stands on the side of the Zapai Camp, the Zapai Camp plus the Yuan Shizhong battalion plus some foreign troops can at least compete with the regular army in terms of number of people. If Yuan Shizhong insists on his position, the regular army of Jiaozhou Camp will have an absolute advantage.

Yuan Shizhong, the leader of the Little Yuan camp who was scolded by the refugee army as capricious, made a decision unexpectedly and quickly. He wanted to fulfill the responsibility of the Jiaozhou camp to the garrison of the German army and would never leave.

In the history without Li Meng, the army led by Abatai really ran thousands of miles in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and its military front reached the Haizhou area of ​​Nanzhili. The Ming army fled one after another, and finally gathered people to block the Tartars' troops. It was Yuan Shizhong who gathered a group of peasant troops to fight. This was why the Tartars' military front ended in Nanzhili and did not continue to move forward.

Yuan Shizhong is a rare refugee army leader who has a nation and a national situation. Li Meng led his troops to march to the north to meet the enemy. In his eyes, this action may not be wise, but it is a move that does not count private gains and losses for the country. Li Meng is an ambitious man, and Yuan Shizhong also knows it. However, the best way for the Tatar army to move south is to avoid war. It is the correct way to preserve his strength and take advantage of the situation to receive a larger territory.

But Li Meng chose the stupidest to face the enemy, which shows that Li Meng is a kind person. Others have a province, but even a hundred thousand troops can do this. His own strength is meager, so why can't he!

After Yuan Shizhong determined his position, the situation in Guide Mansion, Henan stabilized, but King Chuang and Cao Cao both sent people here to gather the two miscellaneous camps.

Although this miscellaneous battalion has the weakest combat power among the Guide Army, if it joins the Chuangbat and Cao Cao Army, it can be considered a capable army. It can also bring many unique training systems and methods of Jiaozhou Camp, with many benefits, so both sides have promised quite generous conditions to recruit.

The two battalions, who believed that Shandong was in a desperate situation, kept dissuading them and decided to leave Guide Mansion and go to the southwest of Kaifeng Mansion. There were also soldiers from the camp who broke into the camp to support them, and the future was even more promising.

Yuan Shizhong and Jia Dashan all agreed to the opinions. Jiaozhou Camp is a regular army, so you can say that you can leave and refuse to let go. This kind of dispute will definitely not have any result, and in the end, there will definitely be wars.

The two miscellaneous camps in the Guide army knew their strength and knew that if they were in a field battle, they might be defeated in one battle. They ran to the junction of Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion first. They knew that if they escaped, they would definitely be caught up by the soldiers behind them, so they simply used the time to escape first to fight for the time. They built fortifications at the border and prepared to rely on fortifications to defend.

There has been contacted with the refugee army of the King of Chuang there. As long as it is supported by the border for a period of time, an army will be sent to support it.

The Guide Army and other troops in the Jiaozhou Camp were different. They had extremely lack of heavy firearms and siege equipment, which was also the reason why the two miscellaneous battalions chose to stick to each other.

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, there are still fifteen days before the New Year's Eve. Guide Mansion had a rare good year for the past two years. Everyone thought that their wife was just a mediocre person and had a happy New Year. Who would have thought that the fight would start? Then again, in Henan, I don't know how many people have not had a good New Year.

But this matter was also unexpected. Just when the two sides were about to set off at the border to start the war, the messenger who reported the victory from Jiningzhou took a fast horse to the middle of the battlefield.

Originally, the documents to report the good news were sent to Guide Mansion City first, but I heard the news there. The shopkeeper of the Lingshan Businessman in Guide Mansion City boldly came up with an idea in the branch of the Fucheng City, saying that since the good news was quiet everywhere, it would be better to bring the news directly to the battlefield, which might be effective.

This document to report the victory was a message transmission within the Jiaozhou camp and had nothing to do with local officials. According to the rules, it should have been passed on to the nominal military chief of Guide Mansion Yuan Shizhong.

Several salted horse riding masters who claimed the victory were not a word, but changed their horses and came to the battlefield...

The news of the victory was known by Yuan Shizhong and Jia Dashan. It started to be quiet, followed by cheers, and then the cheers and shouts of all the troops in front of the formation. The salted horses who reported the victory were arranged by Yuan Shizhong to read out the news of victory loudly.

The two miscellaneous camps opposite were silent...

After almost a stick of incense, the fortifications of these two miscellaneous camps became extremely noisy. Yuan Shizhong and Jia Dashan thought they couldn't help but go out to fight, so they issued orders to prepare for the battle.

Then, the soldiers of the Miscellaneous Battalion were making noise, tied up more than a dozen leaders in the battalion, threw them into the formation, and then knelt down and admitted their mistakes and asked to surrender...

From this point of view, Guide Mansion should be able to have a good year. Of course, when the victory was announced on the battlefield, the areas on Guide Mansion City and the north bank of the Yellow River had already begun to celebrate.

Compared to Shandong where Li Meng could completely control, there was also the relatively weak Guide Prefecture in Henan Province. The various places in Nanzhili were very noisy, but this trouble was not disturbed on the military level. The Huai Yang Army led by Chen Liu, the Gezuo Fifth Battalion of the refugee army, the Nanzhili officers and soldiers led by Lu Jiude, the Nanjing garrison eunuch Lu, and the Qingzhou Army led by Ma Gang, intertwined and threatened each other.

This relatively balanced power comparison makes it difficult for the situation here to change. Under the backward conditions of this era, some news still spread very quickly, such as the Tatar army had already arrived in northern Zhili, and Li Meng led his army to march northward and returned north to fight.

All kinds of news were unfavorable to Shandong's troops. After these two news spread, the movements and actions of the Fifth Battalion of the G Zuo had obviously changed. They originally wanted to attack the troops in Nanzhili, but after Li Meng retreated, they maintained the principle of not having a big war. However, small-scale harassment must be carried out.

But no matter how one side urged him, the Fifth Battalion of the Lezu was completely stopped, as if it was a turtle, and he had all his troops back into the camp.

However, he sent an envoy to the camp of the Yang Army in Huai, Jiaozhou, begging for him. He said that the army found that the epidemic was not allowed to fight, so he asked for a few days to recover and then make plans. However, Chen Liu learned from the secret spies of the Shandong Salt Gang that Ma Shouying, the old Hui Hui from the Fifth Camp of the Left, sent a close friend to ask for a visit to the eunuch Lu Jiude, the eunuch in the Nanjing garrison, and it was self-evident that he went to discuss anything.

The general led his army to the north to fight the Tartars, and the trusted generals like Ma Gang and Chen Liu were not too worried. But this was a variable after all, so he had to stand by as planned.
To be continued...