Section 35 Consolidation (I)
Author's note: There was something to do in the afternoon, and the second one was postponed to the evening-
Many of the gentlemen who came to the meeting looked at the large red flags in the venue with mixed feelings, because this was the color representing the Ming Dynasty, and the style was very close to the battle flag of Deng Ming's army, which was also a rectangular flag.
"Of course, this is not the banner of the Ming army, but to pay tribute to Prince Kang who fought on the front line in the south of the Yangtze River, isn't he a red flag?" Deng Ming flatly denied that he used the red flag to pay tribute to the Yongli Emperor who was in Burma and led the Ming Dynasty War against the Qing Dynasty, and as for whether Jieshu was a red flag, he also said casually, anyway, no one would come out to question: "As for the question of the pennant or the four-cornered flag......" Deng Ming didn't think much about this issue, and blurted out the same two words as Kangxi when he said to the southeast governor: "As far as I know, Prince Kang likes this kind of four-pointed flag very much." β
"Really?" Many gentlemen asked curiously, as rich landowners in the countryside, they were still very curious about the affairs of the emperor's family.
"Hmm." Although it was a confession, there was no need for Deng Ming to take it back, and it was impossible for these people to go to Beijing to see Jieshu's home anyway. Deng Ming went to the original site to see it, and at that time it was renamed Prince Li, and it is said that it was burned down once. Under the curious question, Deng Ming briefly introduced the location, approximate area of the house, and the scattered courtyard, and drew a few sketches for the parliamentarians to show based on his impressions.
Another famous prince is Prince An Yue Le, although this person's palace is long gone in Deng Ming's previous life, but it just so happens that his palace has a full map painted by the ancients, and Deng Ming has seen it. When a group of people asked with adoring eyes, Deng Ming couldn't control his desire to express himself, and spent a group of overhead views of Yue Le's house for the parliamentarians to enjoy - this shouldn't be anything, right? Anything that does not touch military secrets generally does not attract Deng Ming's special attention. For example, after the "Kangxi" case happened last time, Deng Ming was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that his few unintentional words would bring such big consequences, so Deng Ming had to pretend to be profound in front of Ren Tang and refused to further explain his intelligence source on the grounds of "military secrets".
"Alright, alright, we still have a meeting to meet." After Deng Ming painted a batch of paintings to satisfy the thirst for knowledge of the councilors, he asked everyone to hurry back and sit down, and he also announced the start of the Jiaodong Jingentry Conference.
The layout of today's venue is completely different from that of the Imperial Parliament, Deng Ming stands and speaks in front of the members of the Imperial Assembly, but today he prepared the rostrum, as well as the large red flag, which is also to meet Deng Ming's role-play**.
In order to make himself more immersive, Deng Ming even hired a group of heroes to cheer him on, for which he also rehearsed in advance and paid for it - after the last battle of Gaoyou Lake, Deng Ming has been feeling that if the role is played without dubbing cheerleaders, the atmosphere will be much worse, Gaoyou Lake is to fight for his life and can't mess around, but today's will be very safe, Deng Ming decided to fulfill his wish.
"Before the conference begins, I would like to inform you about the great war that has just broken out in the Huaiyang generation in Jiangnan." Why did others think of Jie Shuyi first when they asked Deng Ming just now? It is also because Deng Ming has just received some information sent from Jiangnan, and this information is what Deng Ming intends to share with the gentry and chivalrous guests of Jiaodong before the meeting begins: "At present, some people are spreading rumors that Prince Kang ended the long-term confrontation with the Ming army on the 22nd of last month and took the initiative to send troops to attack the emperor's ** team - well, it is the ...... of the Western Sichuan Army."
Deng Ming read out the movements of the Qing army hour by hour, although according to the standard of the Sichuan army's action records, these were the most sketchy post-war statistics and reports, and deliberately ignored a large number of command and operational details, and the judgment of officers at all levels, emergency orders, and battle determination were not mentioned at all. But it was enough to make the audience listen to it with relish, and it was also the most detailed military report they had ever heard.
According to the recollections of the officers who corroborated each other, the attack organized by Prince Kang, the gentry of Deng Ming, did not make the slightest progress in the morning, and the Ming army patiently adopted a defensive posture until the afternoon when it found that the Qing army showed signs of withdrawing troops before turning to a counteroffensive. Before the war, the Ming army knew the movements of the Qing army well, not only knew that the purpose of the Qing army's battle was to probe it, but also knew the number of troops invested by the Qing army, the purpose of the attack, and the time of the launch. 10,000 Qing troops attacked in armor all morning, and they did not know that the Sichuan army responsible for defending them exceeded 15,000 armored soldiers; The Sichuan army, on the other hand, was well aware of the number of their reserves, and proved the accuracy of their intelligence through actual combat.
The counterattack of the Sichuan army easily crushed the attack column of the Qing army, and the Qing cavalry responsible for covering was defeated by the standing cavalry of Sichuan, and the cavalry of the Qing army from all walks of life suffered heavy losses, only the four or five hundred cavalry of the Sichuan and Shaanxi governors did not suffer any losses because they were always watching from the wall.
When the Ming army chased the rout and rushed into the camp of the Qing army, Prince Kang's reserve troops rushed into battle, and until this time the Qing army had no understanding of the scale of the Ming army's counterattack. As a result, without the Kuidong Army and the Chongming Army participating in the battle, the Green Battalion collapsed.
ββ¦β¦ Prince Kang and Kupilon fled in the confusion, and all the Eight Banners they had brought with them escaped unscathed, except for seventeen who were captured because they were lost, dismounted, or sick, and then ransomed by Lin Qilong, the governor of Caoyun, at the price of one thousand taels of silver eachββ, and the food expenses during the captivity were calculated separately; There were also 22 Han Eight Banners and more than 1,600 Meng Eight Banners captured in this battle, and each of them Lin Qilong paid a ransom of 100 taels of silver, among which many of the Meng Eight Banners were severely injured, so they also needed to pay medical expenses, and after being temporarily unable to move, they also needed to pay monthly recuperation fees until they could get out of bed and leave. Deng Ming paused for a moment and turned another page, this is the last page of the report: "In addition to the baggage and Eight Banners soldiers in Prince Kang's camp, the Sichuan Army, the Kuidong Army and the Chongming Army captured a total of more than 40,000 prisoners, of which 12,000 were armor, which were redeemed by Lin Qilong of Caodu at a price of fifty taels of silver per person after confiscating the armor, and most of the Eight Banners were seriously injured...... "When he saw this, Deng Ming knew that Lin Qilong must have earned a lot of intermediary fees this time:" The unarmored soldiers were also released after Lin Qilong paid for their food. Jie Shuben, who had just fled back to Xuzhou, seemed to have the intention of continuing to flee north, but it may be that Lin Qilong sent an envoy, so he did not take any further action but gathered scattered troops in Xuzhou, and after accepting the 40,000 prisoners sent by Lin Qilong, he restored his strength to about 90,000, and the loss was estimated at around 20,000. β
"The above is a rumor." Deng Ming used this sentence as the end of the long report, and then took out some Tang newspapers from the Qing army, which theoretically was the Fuqing Parliament, and the members present were supporters of the Qing court: "Prince Kang reported to the imperial court that because he did not expect to fall into a winter battle in advance, the cotton clothes were not well prepared, and this year's winter in Jiangnan was particularly cold, and a large number of soldiers fell ill because they did not have a cold uniform. Despite this, Prince Kang, Kubilong, Li Guoying and others still defeated 200,000 Deng Ming's henchmen in Huaiyang, killed the Sichuan general Zhao Tianba, and Li Laiheng and Zhang Huangyan were seriously injured and their lives and deaths were unknown. Through the interrogation of the captives, it was discovered that Deng Ming led the most elite troops, as well as his henchmen Zhou Kaihuang, Mu Tan, and Ren Tang, had quietly infiltrated Shandong and prepared to attack Beijing. Now Prince Kang has left 20,000 soldiers suffering from typhoid fever and 1,000 wounded to Lin Qilong's care, led an army of 90,000 to return to Xuzhou, and only waited for the imperial court to give an order to enter Shandong to suppress bandits. By the way, the auxiliary minister Kubilong specially reported to the imperial court the situation of the Eight Banners, saying that the nearly 3,000 Mongolian Eight Banners that came out were particularly unsuitable for the climate in the south of the Yangtze River, and almost half of them were killed by the plague because of the heat, and this time because of the sudden drop in temperature, almost the rest became sick numbers; However, he hoped that Beijing would send more Mongols to fill the gap, and he promised that this time he would pay attention to the warmth of the Mongols; As for the Manchu and Han Eight Banners, Kubilong said that there was no need for more supplements for the time being, and he felt that the strength of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners in the army was too strong, and putting so many elite troops in Jiangnan would weaken the security of the Beijing Division, so Jian Yiyi considered transferring five to seventy percent of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners in his hands back to Zhili Gongwei Gyeonggi. Deng Ming put down these newspapers, raised his head and said to the gentlemen present: "The above is the real situation. β
"The court will win."
"King Kang Shenwu!"
The gentlemen cheered one after another, and in terms of pretending to be confused, these people were all familiar with it. However, the gentlemen are also sincerely happy, after Prince Kang suffered such a fiasco, he will not be able to try to solve Jiaodong by force in the short term, and he also needs to replenish his troops to prevent the Ming army from going north, it seems that the recruitment of Jiaodong is already a sure thing.
"Okay, now I announce that the Fuqing Conference called is officially convened." Deng Ming waved his hand calmly and forcefully.
"Ulla!" The cheerleaders who trained saw Deng Ming make a gesture, and immediately cheered according to the requirements of the rehearsal, originally this kind of slogan would be more imposing if shouted by the guards, but Deng Ming thought about it, and still spent money to hire some extras instead of letting his own guards make cameos.
"It's going to be a winning convention!"
"Ulla!"
"It's going to be a battle meeting!"
"Ulla, Ulla!"
"It's going to be a gathering of unity!"
"Ula, Ula, Ula!"
The atmosphere was very warm, Deng Ming was very satisfied, although the gentry didn't know why Deng Ming was so excited, but it certainly didn't hurt to protect the country's open heart, and some people also shouted a voice or two in amusement.
"It's just a pipe, well, better have a globe, it would be perfect." Deng Ming made an expression of thinking about the future of the world revolution, and thought with a little regret.