Wu Yi, Sun Zhaokui, and Zhou Yao introduced the five generals of the White Waist Army, Chen Ji, Zhou Rui, Zhang Bin, Zhu Gui, and Xu Chong to pay homage to Zhu Yihai.
"You are all loyal and righteous people, please get up quickly."
Zhu Yihai helped everyone up and looked at them one by one. All eight of them were wearing iron armor plus cotton armor and burqas. They were both heroic and elegant. After asking carefully, it turned out that Wu Yi was a Jinshi, Sun Zhaokui and Zhou Yao were both Juren, and the rest were
The five burly generals were all scholars. The eight of them were all natives of Wujiang. They were all good men in both civil and military affairs, and were proficient in riding and fighting on the water.
During the previous attack on Wujiang City, Zhang Mingyang's vanguard showed up with a green flag. Barefoot Zhang San, a former water bandit, and the Skin-Picking King immediately greased their soles and fled, but they were the only ones who persisted and refused to retreat.
Wu Yi and others did not expect that Jiangnan Admiral was actually Lu Jianguo himself. Looking at this Jianguo who was slightly younger than them, wearing a silver mountain armor and a red chilong cloak, they all admired him greatly, let alone those outside the city.
That vigorous Northern Expeditionary Army.
"The Tartars invaded the south and the country was overturned. You were originally scholars, but you abandoned your writing and joined the army to form a righteous army to fight against the invaders. This loyalty can be demonstrated in the sky. Wu Qing, I now grant you the title of Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Yingtian.
, Taiping, Fangde, Ningguo Sifu, Chu, Erzhou and other places.
The white-waisted rebel army led by Qing and others was reorganized into Caobiao, with jurisdiction over the left, middle and right battalions, as well as the navy and other five battalions, with a total of 2,500 regular soldiers and 900 auxiliary soldiers."
"The Yamen of the General Administrative Department is temporarily located on Xishan Island in Taihu Lake."
"Sun Zhaokui, I will appoint you as Jiangning grain storage officer."
"Zhou Yao is the censor of the canal patrol and supervises the army."
General Chen and other five generals of the White Yao Army were each awarded the rank of guerrilla general and each led a battalion in Caobiao.
When this series of appointments came out, Wu Yi and others were shocked. Although the governor of water transport had an informal position in the Ming Dynasty, it had been basically fixed. Generally, his full title was governor of water transport and admiral of military affairs.
Along the 3,000-mile canal in the province, it is also in charge of local administration in Fengyang and other places. It has great power. It also has its own tendering force, with a full strength of 3,500.
Based in Huai'an.
During the Chongzhen period, the governor-general of Fengyang was also briefly appointed to control Henan. A member of the Huguang military affairs department was also appointed by this governor.
Wu Yi was only a Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen. The second year after passing the Jinshi examination, Beijing fell. During the Hongguang Dynasty, he only served as a small director of the Ministry of War's Staff Department, supervising the army in Yangzhou, and then went to Jiangnan to raise food and pay, and also returned
Before the task could be completed, Yangzhou was destroyed, and then Nanjing was destroyed.
So he had no choice but to guerrilla in the Taihu Lake area. They used Changbaidang as their base. Changbaidang was surrounded by reeds and was very hidden. The lakes and lakes were connected to Hejiayang in the south, Shitoutan in the north, Nancandang in the east, and Beijing and Hangzhou in the west.
The Grand Canal is the Taihu Lake, and the rivers and harbors extend in all directions. They chose Meijiazha on the edge of Changbaidian to build a camp, build warships, recruit soldiers and pay, and raise flags to fight against the invaders.
He also joined forces with the two brothers Shen Zibing and Shen Ziliu to fight against the rebels, who were fighting against each other.
Although the White Waist Party's main warship is a long and narrow "arrow boat" that can only seat six or seven people, it is light and fast. Most of them are local fishermen and are familiar with the waterways, so the two groups have thousands of people.
The fishing boats, through the smooth intelligence network, repeatedly attacked the puppet troops, and the Tatars often succeeded by surprise. Although these were only small victories, they also caused great trouble to the Tatars.
Wu Yi and others even successfully ambushed a hundred-man cavalry team from Boluo. The Wu and Shen families jointly set up an ambush and finally annihilated all the one hundred Tatar cavalry.
But in the final analysis, even King Yiyang and Huang Fei who were not far away from Chongming didn't pay much attention to them, thinking that they were just a group of water bandits or armed squires.
But Lu Jianguo paid so much attention to them and granted them the title of Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Jiangning as soon as they arrived. How could they not be surprised?
Wu Yidu was so shocked that he refused repeatedly, "I am just the head of the district. How dare you accept this position? Please take back your order."
When Beijing fell, Wu Yi didn't even have a formal official position. After Hongguang was established, he surrendered to the history and was judged by the law, so he was appointed as the head of the Zifang Division. He was only the seventh rank. After supervising the army in Yangzhou, he was still only the seventh rank censor.
Although the governor-general of the Ming Dynasty held an informal position, he was usually at least a third- or fourth-rank official such as the deputy capital censor, the censor of Qianshi, or a third-rank minister such as the Minister of War.
Wu Yi's official position was originally only higher than that of the county magistrate. This was due to the special nature of Hongguang's initial establishment. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Wu Yi, who was a marquis in Beijing, to stay in the capital if he did not have a strong background. Those who are in charge of the six ministries and wait for these Beijing positions are most likely to go to local places to serve as county magistrates and magistrates.
If a county magistrate does a good job, he will usually be promoted to the head of the capital, or to the local magistrate, or to the magistrate of a large county. The promotion is step-by-step. Normally, it takes a long time to be promoted to a local official such as the prefect. On the way, he became the prefect, then promoted to Taoist priest, then to the deputy positions of the three departments of the province, such as deputy envoy to the inspection, participating in politics, etc., and then promoted to the six ministries and nine temples in the capital, or the chief of the three departments in the local province, and then again To be promoted to the rank of Minister of the Sixth Ministry, every step must be done just right, and you even need help and support. And then it is even more difficult to become a governor or governor.
Now reach the sky in one step.
Even though the four prefectures and two states under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiangning are still in the hands of the Qing army for the time being, only the official title and rank are there.
"Wu Qing, please don't refuse. In times of national calamity, loyalty is the first choice for an employer. Let's talk about other things. Wu Qing came to the south of the Yangtze River to raise food and wages under the order of the Ministry of History and Ge, and Yangzhou fell to Nanjing. However, he did not give up his mission and still had the courage to take on the responsibility. With the troops raising food, we raised the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and persisted to this day. This loyalty and courage are worthy of being used alone."
"Wu Qing, you will take this job. Jiangning has not been recovered yet, so we will use Taihu Lake as a base to patrol the canal, not only to attack the water transportation of the Tartars, but also to assist our army in transporting money, food and equipment. This is a job Can you take on this difficult task?"
Wu Yi gritted his teeth and said, "I will do my best and will never let down His Highness's high expectations."
"Very good, I will recruit you some experienced officers and elite soldiers from the Northern Expeditionary Army, as well as some warships, cannons, armors, swords and guns, etc., so that you can practice your markings well. Firmly control the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal line."
"I will grant you the hereditary title of Uncle Zhongyi to commend you for your loyalty and passion, and give Wu Qing the honor of sharing the prosperity of the country for generations to come!"
Wu Yi's white-waisted soldiers are not many, but Wu Yi and the white-waisted soldiers have a great influence around Taihu Lake. The Wu family is also a famous family in Jiangnan. Wu Yi destroyed his family to save people from trouble, and never gave up even in the most difficult times. After resisting the Japanese, he has been engaged in guerrilla fighting, which Zhu Yihai admired very much. He was much better than Huang Binqing, Fang Guoan, Huang Fei, Wu Zhikui, etc.
The purpose of giving a loyal and righteous uncle was to let the gentry of Sanwu see Lu Jianguo's generosity towards the righteous men of Sanwu. Of course, Zhu Yihai did not directly incorporate the Baiyao Army into the Northern Expedition Army because the eight towns of the Northern Expedition have now been formed, and he did not want to
We plan to expand further, but we don't have the ability to absorb more troops.
In turn, he also transferred some troops from the Northern Expedition to the White waist army, mixed them into the White waist army, and sent generals to co-lead the White waist army with Wu Yi to strengthen his control over this army.
"Wu Qing, you are now preparing to transfer Wujiang's money and food to Xishan Island in Taihu Lake, and go to Suzhou from Gubei. You will stay in Wujiang with the cao bid, but you will also be prepared to retreat to Xishan at any time when ordered."
"Withdraw? Aren't you going to defend Wujiang?" Wu Yi was shocked again.
"Well, Wujiang will not be defended for the time being, and even after Suzhou is captured, it will not be defended."
At this time, the eight members of the White Waist Army opened their mouths in disbelief.
"Wu Qing, don't worry. I'll let Chen Qing explain it to you in detail later."