At the Shipu guerrilla camp, Zhu Yihai met Zhang Mingzhen. Zhang Mingzhen was a little doubtful about the sudden arrival of the young His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo, and asked directly, so this conversation took place.
A few simple words gave Zhang Mingzhen a very good impression of Zhu Yihai. His Royal Highness Prince Lu was young and courageous. This was what the Ming Dynasty needed most in today's precarious situation.
Zhu Yihai looked at the meeting gift that Zhang Mingzhen brought to him, which was a northern emissary's head.
Looking at the money rat tail on the back of the head, Lao Zhu said with a smile, "These Tatar envoys who came from Hangzhou were also unlucky. The ten who went to Taizhou were killed by Wang You from the Yongwei Camp, and those who went to Haimen
A few of them met again on the way, and those who came to the general were killed again by your guerrillas."
Zhang Mingzhen had been secretly sizing up His Highness Lu Jianguo, and was even more impressed when he saw that he was still talking and laughing calmly in the face of that ugly head.
The head of a Tatar envoy is enough to prove Zhang Mingzhen's loyalty.
Especially after hearing that he imitated Yue Fei by tattooing his back tattoo, I was even more satisfied.
"Can I let Gu Yi watch?"
Zhang Mingzhen was not polite and took off his clothes directly.
The four characters "Serve the Country with a Heart" are prominently displayed on the back, inches long and deep into the skin.
Lao Zhu gave a thumbs up.
It’s not uncommon to get tattoos, but these four words of “Serve the Country with a Heart” are not something you can get tattooed casually.
"Originally I wanted to get a tattoo to serve the country with loyalty, but then I thought it was not worthy, so I changed it to serve the country with a heart. Then I got a tattoo with the words "Reverse Qing Dynasty and Fu Ming Dynasty" on the soles of my feet.
"The old general is so loyal and brave, I am extremely moved!"
Zhang Mingzhen presented a roster.
"The Ming Dynasty has His Highness as the regent to supervise the country. The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the two capitals are just around the corner. This Ming Dynasty is very lucky for us." Zhang Mingzhen took the initiative to hand over the roster of 3,000 new troops from Shipu Camp, as well as the ones he supervised here.
Warships, a batch of ordnance built, etc.
"Three thousand new troops? How much is the real number?" Lao Zhu asked habitually.
As a result, Zhang Mingzhen showed an unhappy look on his face, "I came here to recruit and train new troops and supervise the construction of warships. I didn't dare to relax in the slightest, let alone falsify my military status and deduct the soldiers' pay. There are three thousand soldiers on the roster, and none of them are fake.
Quite a few.”
"Although I haven't trained for more than half a year, I can already fight!"
Lao Zhu was surprised.
At this time, Wu Kai, who was standing next to him, said with some embarrassment, "General Zhang is a hero who once defeated Denglai Kong Youde's rebellion. In his early years in the Beijing camp, he also went to guard the border outside the pass..." The implication is that Zhang Mingzhen and him
The mixed-race military attachés in this kind of place are different.
There were some soldiers from the Haimen Xie camp under him who had originally gone to Zhang Mingzhen's Shipu camp to apply for food.
Because of this, he came to beat Zhang Mingzhen at the beginning, but Zhang Mingzhen was flexible and had strong connections with his superiors. In the end, Zhang Mingzhen handed some military supplies orders to Wu Kai and gave him some gifts, so this matter
That's all.
Lao Zhu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that Zhang Mingzhen really had 3,000 men and was still a young man who had been training for at least half a year.
Finally there is good news, we finally have a regular army.
There are soldiers, weapons, and warships.
The excited Zhu Yihai directly proposed to review Shipu Camp, and Zhang Mingzhen immediately went to deliver the order, patting his chest.
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"Shipu Camp has really strong soldiers and horses!"
After Lao Zhu inspected the school, he directly held Zhang Mingzhen's arm and held on to it, very affectionately. Although in his heart, this new recruit of the Shipu guerrilla camp was a little disappointed in Lao Zhu's opinion.
It doesn't have the fierce and fierce momentum seen in later movies and TV dramas. It feels a bit earthy and weak. Whether it is the armor, equipment or the height and appearance of the warrior, it feels a bit weak.
Not only is it incomparable to the Qin warriors and Tang cavalry in costume movies and TV dramas, let alone the split square formations in the 1984 or 1999 military parades.
But compared with Wu Kai's battalion of 3,000 men, which actually only had 120 men, it was much stronger.
"General Zhang Mingzhen listens!"
Lao Zhu took Zhang Mingzhen back to the review stage and directly promoted him to an official position.
"I conferred the title of General Zhang Mingzhen as the Commander-in-Chief of Guarding Shipu, with the seal of General Dingyuan, and with the title of Second-rank Commander-in-Chief, Qianshi."
After saying that, he also took off the sword he was wearing and handed it to Zhang Mingzhen's hand, "Old general, I serve my country with my heart, and I will never betray your loyalty. I give you this Shangfang sword and give you the power to take advantage of the army. You can kill first and then report!"
Zhang Mingzhen was originally a son of Jinyi. In his early years, he traveled around the world as a knight in the capital, making friends with powerful people. Later, he became a wealthy businessman, and then abandoned business and joined the army. He served as a military attache in the capital camp, guarded the border in Liaodong, quelled the chaos in Shandong, then was demoted to the southeast, and finally went to guard a town.
, has a rich resume, and at fifty years old, he will not be moved to tears by the young King Lu with just a few words.
But I still feel warm in my heart, not because of those officials, but because King Lu has the courage to fight.
"Even if I give up my old life, I will defend the Ming Dynasty to the death and protect His Highness to the death!"
Lao Zhu was happy and promoted all the three thousand soldiers of Shipu Camp to the first rank, and all the soldiers were rewarded with one tael of silver each.
"Originally, the loyal and loyal warriors who protect the country cannot just reward these people with a mere tael of silver. But now that the situation is critical, I don't have much money with me, so I will give each of you one tael first, and I will make up for it later."
Lao Zhu finally took off a piece of jade from his body and gave it to Zhang Mingzhen.
"A gift to you, gentleman. I have worn this jade with me for many years, and now I will give it to you."
Zhang Mingzhen took the jade and raised his head high to thank him.
Then in front of all the soldiers, he slapped it on the ground and broke it into several pieces.
When everyone was surprised.
Zhang Mingzhen tore off a piece of clothing, then picked up the broken jade and wrapped it up, "I will fight to the death to defend the Ming Dynasty. If the great cause fails, I would rather be broken into pieces than to be destroyed!"
Smashing the jade that King Lu just gave him to pieces originally made everyone feel that it was too reckless and disrespectful, but when he expressed his loyalty that he would rather break the jade than destroy it, everyone felt inspired again.
After returning to the cool room, Zhang Mingzhen respectfully poured tea for King Lu and presented a list of supplies.
"I still have a lot of money and food here. If we go all out to recruit new soldiers now, it will be enough to equip ten thousand people."
He suggested that new troops should be recruited immediately, and he could even force strong men, craftsmen, fishermen, etc. to join the army first.
"I think that since the Tatars invaded the south, they have had a smooth journey, which makes the soldiers arrogant and ambitious. If I lead my troops to the north for a surprise attack, I will have a great chance."
"If His Highness issues another edict to take over the throne and supervise the country, and calls on the military and civilians in Jiangnan to respond and cooperate, then great things can be accomplished."
Lao Zhu is not so optimistic.
Although Boluo in Hangzhou was just a partial force sent by Nanjing Duduo, all the prefectures in Suzhou and Hangzhou surrendered, and the regular Ming army basically surrendered, so now Boluo has at least 100,000 troops on hand.
What's more, Nanjing is not far from Hangzhou, where there are at least 200,000 Qing troops and Ming surrender troops.
To rashly attack Hangzhou is to seek death.
After Lao Zhu landed on the island, he had been observing Shipu and found that the location here was really important, especially since Xiangshan was originally a peninsula, and whether it was Zhang Mingzhen, Wang Zhiren or even Huang Binqing, they all had a navy on their hands, and this is exactly what Qing Dynasty is now.
What the army lacks.
In other words, taking the initiative to attack Hangzhou and Nanjing now would be overestimating one's own capabilities. However, if we first rely on Haimen, Xiangshan, Zhoushan and other places along the coast to establish bases, we can both attack and defend.
"General Wang Zhiren of Ningbo Dinghai is very familiar with him, and I can guarantee that he will never surrender. We will go north along the coast, first to Dinghai to join General Wang, and then to join General Huang who has retreated to Zhoushan. Then we can gather together
With 40,000 to 50,000 troops, we will raise His Highness's banner of supervising the country and send envoys to spread the message to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River. Volunteers from all walks of life will surely respond!"
"Recover Hangzhou first, then attack Jinling. Jiangnan can be secured."
Zhang Mingzhen talked about his strategic plan with some excitement and impassioned.
It's just that although Lao Zhu was smiling, he didn't support this plan at all.
But Zhang Mingzhen is very confident and determined.
The reason is naturally that although the Tatars' offensive this time was fierce and overwhelming, they were able to attack from Beijing to Shandong, and then from Shandong to Henan, and then invaded Shaanxi, and then went to Hubei. In one year, they successively destroyed the Dashun Kingdom's Chuang Army and the
The Hongguang court in the south of the Yangtze River had already reached the end of its strong oar and could not wear the silk.
It's obvious that the offensive peak has been reached.
What's more, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is now hot and the summer heat is in full swing. However, the Tatars originally lived in Liaodong, outside the customs. They are cold-tolerant and afraid of heat and are not suitable for the heat in the south of the Yangtze River.
Then there were the Tatars' series of victories, especially after Hongguang fled and was captured, and the Lujianguo of Hangzhou surrendered as soon as he took the throne, which made them even more arrogant and underestimating the enemy, thinking that there would be no more resistance from the regular army in the south of the Yangtze River.
These are all opportunities.
"Surprise is the key to victory."
Lao Zhu himself is also a history buff. He likes cold weapons and military affairs. He has studied many classic ancient battle cases. Of course, these are just hobbies at best. They are half a bucket of water and not worth mentioning compared to Zhang Mingzhen, a real general.
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But Lao Zhu is still a time traveler, and he clearly knows the direction of history.
Zhang Mingzhen was indeed a very capable general in the history of Nanming. He was almost the same general as Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong and other Nanming generals. He was both brave and capable, and especially very tough.
But in history, Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition, united with Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan's troops of Lu Jianguo, attacked the Yangtze River Estuary and reached the gates of Nanjing. The momentum was huge and they had many advantages for a time, but in the end the Zheng and Lu families were defeated at the gates of Nanjing.
, and countless men and horses were lost.
But that time, Zheng Chenggong was already a famous general who had accomplished hundreds of battles, and it was Nan Ming's strongest counterattack, but he still failed.
Compared with now, people are panicked and the main force of the Qing army's southern expedition is already there. Why should we attack Hangzhou hard at this time?
The little power in his hand was very valuable to Lao Zhu, and he was never willing to push it to the gambling table easily, especially when he knew his trump card and knew he would lose.
However, Lao Zhu did not immediately refute Zhang Mingzhen, not wanting to hurt the general's enthusiasm and loyalty.
He nodded, "How about General Zhang take me to Ningbo Dinghai to meet General Wang and General Huang from Zhoushan?"
Zhang Mingzhen could not refuse this request, although he felt that the Northern Expedition would require a quick attack and might be dangerous, so it was best not to take the young Royal Highness with him.
But when Jianguo proposed it, he couldn't refuse. Moreover, he was afraid that Wang Zhiren and Huang Binqing would not support the northward attack on Hangzhou. If Lu Jianguo went to see them in person and proposed the plan personally, they might not be able to refuse.
After they agree to send troops, Lu Jianguo can be allowed to stay in Ningbo or return to Taizhou.
In a war, warriors like them are still required to go into battle. It would be fine if the supervisor of the country stays behind and the regent Jinghou Jiayin of the supervisor of the country.