In the Governor's Office of Denglai, Sun Yuanhua and Wang Hui still live. Geng Zhongming's mansion also imprisons Song Guanglan, Denglai general Zhang Tao, Dengzhou magistrate Wu Weicheng, Tongzhou magistrate Jia Mingjie, county magistrate Wang Ming and rural gentry Liang Zhiyuan and other officials and gentry. These places are not suitable for discussion, so the place for discussion was arranged in Kong Youde's mansion.

Soon, a group of major generals such as Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan, Geng Zhongming, Wang Zideng, and Wei Wanghou gathered in the Confucius Mansion.

After seeing everyone taking their seats, Kong Youde said, "Everyone, now we have taken Dengzhou City, it's time to discuss how to go ahead."

Then he said to Qin Zhiyuan, "Staff General Qin, report to all the generals, the winner of Dengzhou this time."

Qin Zhiyuan walked up, took a statistics table, and said with a smile, "In this battle, our army captured a total of 4,000 war horses, 11,000 livestock of all kinds, 147,000 taels of silver, 120,000 stones of food and grass, 928 pieces of armor, 13,000 sets of military uniforms, and 5,000 defeated soldiers.

In terms of weapons, there are fifteen red-clothed cannons, more than 180 various types of cannons, more than 11,000 muskets, eight hundred crossbows, twenty thousand Qi knives and horse sabers, and more than 30,000 spears.

In addition, there are rattan cards, wolves, hooks and guns, saddle guards, fences, wooden trips, grass chops, and horse ropes. The number is too large and too complicated, and it has not been clearly counted.

These are just rough statistics, and there may be some omissions. There will be a detailed report in a few days to present to all generals."

When everyone heard this, they were all happy. So many things, coupled with the weapons workshop in the city, were enough to arm an army of 100,000 people. It was no problem to take down the entire Shandong, and everyone couldn't help but expand.

Jiuzheng said excitedly, "Yongshi, brother, I suggest that we use these seized weapons and money and grain to recruit a large number of soldiers, recruit a hundred thousand soldiers, and then go west to capture Laizhou.

After another campaign, we will conquer the four prefectures of Qingzhou, Jinan, Dongchang and Yanzhou, cut off the grain transportation, and force the court to negotiate with us. We will be like the Mu family, and will continue to grow. When the time is right in the future, we may not be able to replace Zhu Ming."

After hearing this, the other generals looked eager to try. It seemed that they agreed with Li Jiucheng's idea. After all, Shandong's troops were indeed vulnerable in their eyes. It was probably not difficult to defeat the entire Shandong.

Seeing this, Kong Youde also laughed loudly. It was not because of Li Jiucheng's "great" plan, but because Li Jiucheng actually proposed to attack Laizhou, which was exactly what he wanted.

Kong Youde knew about the direction of history. It is very likely that this was the case in history. After everyone took Dengzhou, they expanded. Thinking that even a strong city like Dengzhou could be taken down, Laizhou would definitely be no problem. As a result, most of the resources were invested in the battle to attack Laizhou City. As a result, Laizhou City was not defeated. The Liaodong soldiers with the strongest combat power were mostly lost during the siege of Laizhou and were finally defeated by a wave.

You should know that when attacking Dengzhou, there were not even heavy artillery, and the Flang aircraft hit the city wall was tickling. After taking Dengzhou, it not only had enough money, grain, soldiers, but also a large number of red-clothed cannons. There were also gunpowder and artillery workshops in Dengzhou, which could continuously produce artillery, medicine, and shells. In this way, it was indeed no difficulty in taking Laizhou.

Kong Youde was also very confused about this. In nearly seven months, the red-clothed cannons were bombed for seven months. It is estimated that many cannons were finally blown up by the use of them, but they still failed to take over Laizhou City. Although he didn't understand, he knew that Laizhou City was definitely not so easy to fight. After all, Li Jiucheng and others were not idiots, they were all people who had fought for more than ten years.

Then the court finally made up its mind to mobilize troops and approached 100,000 people to quell the rebellion, and was then beaten back to Dengzhou City. Then he was besieged in Dengzhou City for more than five months, and he was out of ammunition and food, so he could no longer hold on and fled by boat.

On the Bohai Sea and the Huanghai Sea, the Dongjiang Navy led by Huang Long, Shang Kexi, Li Weiluan and others, and the Korean Navy who came to support them, rubbed at the sea for two months. If it weren't for the storm, Shang Kexi and Li Weiluan's fleet would have been dispersed by the storm, they would probably not even have the chance to surrender to Huang Taiji.

In fact, Kong Youde vaguely guessed part of the reason why he was defeated in the end, that is, in history, people were over-inflated. After taking Dengzhou, they directly recruited troops and horses. Without any training, they went directly to Laizhou.

In other words, although the number of troops is large, they are not soldiers with strong combat power. Just like the guards and refugees recruited by Kong Youde along the way, they are more powerful than ordinary guards, but the strength is limited.

However, with the advantages of many artillery and cavalry, and the high morale of the Lian Zhan Lian Sheng Sheng, it is easy to defeat some of the early rebellion army.

However, when the Guanning Army and the border army arrived later, this was not enough. They were soon beaten back to Dengzhou City, and finally the Dengzhou Siege Station was approaching nearly half a year.

So Kong Youde's idea was very simple, that was, to let Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming and others attack Laizhou City in the west, and to resist the Ming army that came to encircle and suppress during this period, stayed in Dengzhou and trained troops, while taking down the rest of Dengzhou Prefecture and growing.

After almost the month, the court made up its mind to quell the rebellion and then mobilized a large army to come. Li Jiucheng and Geng Zhongming's troops were almost weakened, and they would definitely not be able to stop the imperial court's quelling rebellion army. Their strength would be greatly weakened, or even directly destroyed.

At that time, it was the time for me to go on stage. I used my fully trained and extremely elite troops to defeat the imperial court's rebellion army, then annexed the remnants of Li Jiucheng and Geng Zhongming, or directly eliminated them, and then negotiated with the imperial court. The express delivery plate of Denglai was his own.

This plan can be said to be a kill of two birds with one stone. It can not only gain valuable exhibition time, but also weaken the power of Li Jiucheng and Geng Zhongming.

Therefore, Kong Youde agreed with Li Jiucheng's proposal, "Brother Jiucheng, brother, I think this idea is good, but there is still a problem.

There is also Wendeng Camp in the south of Dengzhou, as well as many garrisons such as Weihaiwei, Chengshanwei, Jinghaiwei, Dasongwei, Qishankou, Baiqiyahouhou, Ningjinkou and other garrisons. If they are concentrated, there are probably 20,000 to 30,000 people, which should not be underestimated.

Otherwise, I will stay in Dengzhou to deal with these enemies behind me and the soldiers of Huang Long, the general of Dongjiang who might come from the sea, and 90% of the elder brothers and Zhongming will attack Laizhou and Qingzhou. I will raise food and grass for you in Dengzhou and build armour. What do you think of the two elder brothers?"
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