When Zhu Yihai arrived outside Ningbo, Ningbo had also surrendered.
After the fall of Hangzhou, Zhu Zhikui, the co-prefect of Ningbo, and the general judge Kong Wenyu immediately plotted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. They arrested the prefects who were unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and sent them to Hangzhou for reward. Boluo made Zhu Zhikui the prefect, and Kong Wenyu became the prefect.
Same knowledge.
After the two returned to Ningbo, they immediately plundered a large amount of grain and shipped it to Hangzhou.
As a result, when passing through Yaojiang River, they were ambushed and intercepted by Sun Xiongjun of the Yuyao uprising army led by Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin of Yuyao. The grain ship was robbed and Kong Wenyu was also killed. Only Zhu Zhikui escaped with his life and escaped back to Yin County, the capital city of Ningbo.
Zhu Zhikui, who had escaped the disaster, did not give up. He promised Bolo in Hangzhou that he would transport money and grain to pay the army. If the task was not completed, the consequences would be serious.
So after coming back, they went everywhere to raise taxes and collections. After barely scraping together a batch of money and food, they no longer dared to take the Yaojiang River to Hangzhou via Shaoxing, and planned to take the sea route into Hangzhou Bay.
In order to ensure safety, Zhu Zhikui personally went to Dinghai to meet with the commander-in-chief Wang Zhiren who had accepted the surrender, and borrowed several warships and hundreds of soldiers to protect him from him.
But as soon as the ship left the port, a fleet of ships came out from the opposite side and blocked the way.
"Is it Huang Binqing from Zhoushan who wants to rob his warship?"
When Zhu Zhikui saw a large number of ships blocking his way, he turned pale with fright.
"Prince?"
Standing on the deck was a young military attache, Wang Mingqian, Wang Zhiren's son. He looked at the fleet and shook his head.
"It's not Huang Binqing's ship."
"That's a pirate? Why are there still pirates here?"
"Don't worry, this is one of our own. The flag is Shipu Zhang's guerrilla navy. He is an old friend of my father." Wang Mingqian said.
Zhu Zhikui breathed a sigh of relief, "Why did Zhang Mingzhen, Shipu, bring so many ships here?"
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maritime.
On the deck of Zhang Mingzhen's flagship, Zhu Yihai held a telescope and observed the fleet coming out of the port. There were not many ships, but according to the news, these ships were sent to Hangzhou by Zhu Zhikui, the prefect of Ningbo who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
Ningbo Dinghai City was special in the Ming Dynasty. Although the capital of Ningbo Prefecture was in Yin County, the political and military center of Ningbo was Dinghai City, Ningbo Port at the mouth of the Yinjiang River.
During the Ming Dynasty, Ningbo was a Japanese tribute trade port stipulated by the imperial court. Japanese tribute merchant ships coming to the Ming Dynasty could only land at Ningbo Dinghai Port.
Coupled with the important military position of Ningbo as a maritime fortress, the Ming Dynasty established the general military officer of the Japanese Suppression General here, who was stationed in the sea during peacetime and was stationed overseas in Zhoushan during the war period.
Later, the imperial court established a governor of Zhejiang. Initially, the governor was stationed in Hangzhou, but later he was also stationed in Dinghai.
This makes Dinghai, a seaside port city, although not a provincial capital, it is the residence of the governor, commander-in-chief, and coastal defense officials. Coupled with its important port location, it was once the most prosperous city in Zhejiang during the Ming Dynasty.
The city even surpassed Hangzhou.
However, after the Japanese state closed the country and closed the country, Dinghai's trade volume shrank and gradually lost its former glory, but its military status was still important, and the governor's office was still permanently stationed in Dinghai.
However, the previous governor Zhang Bingzhen went to Hangzhou to support King Lu to supervise the country, and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Chen Hongfan and others.
After the commander-in-chief Wang Zhiren also announced that he would accept the surrender of the Qing envoy, all the officials in Ningbo Prefecture surrendered one after another, making Ningbo appear to be under the rule of the Qing army.
However, like Shaoxing, although officials in Ningbo surrendered to the Qing Dynasty at this time, the Qing army actually only sent a small team to settle in.
"The ship of the General Military Base Camp."
"It's General Xiao Wang."
Zhang Mingzhen also held up a telescope to look at the fleet on the opposite side. He was very familiar with Ningbo's soldiers and horses, "Ningbo is the largest coastal defense town in the southeast. It not only has the general military standard battalion of the general officer who suppressed Japan, but also the governor of Zhejiang."
In addition, there are Biao camps on Haiphong Road, plus Biao camps on Bingbei Road, as well as co-camps and co-camps in the same city, and there are many soldiers and horses in Ningbo."
Under the military system of the Ming Dynasty, the battalion is the basic unit. The general army has a direct battalion. The governor, governor, military preparation road, and coastal defense road generally have a direct battalion. If it is an important strategic location, there will often be a direct battalion in the same city.
Some of the battalions that assist the defense are led by deputy generals, some are led by participating generals, or they are led by guerrillas.
For example, Fu Biao, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was stationed in Dinghai, also known as Junzi Camp. It was divided into two battalions, the left and right battalions plus the middle army, numbering about 1,500.
Although Zhejiang had a governor in the early years, it was later abolished, so there is currently no governor.
Only one was set up on Haiphong Road and Bingbei Road, and the road marking camp had 500 people.
Wang Zhiren was the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Anti-Japanese War. His Zhenbiao Battalion had three battalions with a total of 3,000 people.
Below him are the Tongcheng Xie Ying and Tongcheng Ying, led by a general and a guerrilla respectively, with 1,500 people each.
After such a calculation, Dinghai actually has a lot of troops. If they were fully deployed, there would be 8,000 men.
Zhang Mingzhen was very clear about what happened in the Ming army, "Zhejiang Governor Zhang Bingzhen went to Hangzhou before and took all Fu Biao with him, so now there is a Junzi Camp in the middle of Dinghai City, but there are no Junzi soldiers. Daotai also followed Zhang Bingzhen to Hangzhou,
I also brought the road signs."
"But even if I didn't bring them with me, there are nominally two thousand people in Fu Biao and Dao Biao. In fact, there is a serious shortage, and they are all old and weak."
"General Wang's Zhenbiao, Xiebiao, and the three battalions of Vernier have a total of 6,000 troops. In fact, they are not even full. It can be about half."
Shortages in the army were common in the Ming Dynasty. For example, Zhang Mingzhen's battalion had a full strength of 3,000 people, but it was rare. His was a newly trained army. The key was that he was determined to do things, so he had no shortage and had to pay empty wages.
"Wang Mingqian is the eldest son of General Wang, and he is a guerrilla from the same city camp."
"That young man? He looks like he's only in his twenties."
"Well, he is very young, but he is quite brave. However, the reason why he can become a guerrilla general at this age is actually mainly because Wang Zongbing has a troop of troops. The Hongguang court wanted to show its favor by promoting Wang Mingqian as a special favor.
Dinghai Tongcheng camp guerrilla general."
Wang Zhiren relied on his brother Wang Zhixin to gain power in the palace and became the eunuch, so he became Su Song's commander-in-chief. When the Hongguang Dynasty was established, Wang Zhiren held thousands of solid naval troops and horses and moved to Dinghai. Of course Zhu Yousong and others had to do so.
Give him a lot of comfort.
The four towns in the north of the Yangtze River were granted public and marquis status, and it was nothing to give Wang Zhiren's son a guerrilla role.
These days, if you have soldiers in your hands, everyone must win over them.
Just like Zuo Liangyu back then, he was originally an average person regardless of his background or fighting skills. However, when he was suppressing bandits in the Central Plains, he recruited more and more soldiers. During the Hongguang Dynasty, he was stationed in Xiangyang and claimed to have 800,000 troops. Therefore, the emperor and ministers of the Hongguang Dynasty all
You have to be polite to him.
The two fleets are getting closer and closer.
Wang Mingqian took the initiative to bring Zhu Zhikui over in a small boat to meet him. Although Zhang Mingzhen only had a guerrilla title, Zhang Mingzhen was his father's good friend after all, and he usually called him uncle.
"My nephew is visiting Uncle Shi. I wonder where Uncle Shi is taking the brothers. Why didn't I hear my father mention it beforehand?"
Zhang Mingzhen stepped forward and patted the young Wang Mingqian, "I was going to Dinghai to meet Brother Wang, but I met you here. Where are you going?"
"According to my father's order, I led troops to escort Zhufutai to Hangzhou."
"Going to Hangzhou?"
Wang Mingqian pointed to the grain ship in the middle of the warships, "The money and grain collected by Ningbo Prefecture."
Zhu Yihai stood there and looked at Wang Mingqian and Zhu Zhikui, "Are you helping the enemy by giving money and food to the Tatars?"
Wang Mingqian looked over and said, "Uncle Zhang, who is this?"
Because Zhu Yihai was on the boat, he did not wear a Yishan crown or a red chilong robe, but only wore a red robe.
"Zhu Yihai!" Old Zhu announced his family name.
When they heard this name, both Wang Mingqian and Zhu Zhikui were a little surprised.
"Is King Lu also going to Hangzhou?" Zhu Zhikui looked at him suspiciously and asked.
Zhu Yihai smiled and said, "Does Gufei have to go to Hangzhou?"
Zhang Mingzhen pulled Wang Mingqian and said, "His Royal Highness King Lu has ascended the throne to supervise the country and is now the king of the Ming Dynasty. His Highness is about to go to see your father-in-law, General Wang Mingqian. My nephew Mingqian will lead the way."
Zhu Zhikui's face changed drastically.
"Wang Guoqi, hurry up and capture these stubborn guys and send them to Hangzhou. It will be a huge fortune."
But Lao Zhu just stared at Wang Mingqian with a smile on his face, with a fascination-like confidence in this young man.
This confidence comes not only from his prophetic knowledge of history, but also from his trust in Zhang Mingzhen.
Wang Mingqian silently looked at Zhu Yihai for a while, then knelt down on one knee.
"The final general, Dinghaicheng guerrilla general Wang Mingqian, pays homage to His Highness Lu Jianguo."
Lao Zhu stretched out his hand to help Wang Mingqian up, "I already know that General Wang is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Today I met General Xiao Wang first. He is indeed a talented person. I came here right."
Zhu Zhikui screamed in horror.
Wang Mingqian turned around and drew his sword and stabbed him. Zhu Zhikui's eyes widened and he refused to close his eyes. What on earth were the Wang family and his son doing? Why had they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty long ago? Why did they kneel down and worship King Lu immediately when they saw Zhang Mingzhen and King Lu, and then stabbed him again?
Kill yourself?
Are these father and son so duplicitous?
"Your Highness, please forgive me for disturbing you. This guy is really too noisy."
Lao Zhu stretched out his hand to wipe off some blood spatter on his face, and said calmly, "That's true. General Wang, please throw this traitor into the sea to feed the sharks."
Wang Mingqian bent down and picked up Zhu Zhikui's body, which was still cold, and threw it directly into the sea.
The fleet turned around and returned to Dinghai.
At this time, in Dinghai City.
Qian Sule, a former member of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, was on a hunger strike and was preparing to die for his country. He had not had any food or water for seven days. His brothers, nephews, and nephews were also preparing for his funeral.
The news that Zhu Zhikui was intercepted by Yu Shao, Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin at Yaojiang while transporting grain to Hangzhou caused a sensation in Ningbo Prefecture.
Qian Sule, who was already preparing to die for his country, couldn't help but feel refreshed when he heard the news.
Shout three times, "Here comes the porridge!"
After drinking three large bowls of porridge, Qian Sule was in high spirits and said, "I won't die!"
When he heard that Hongguang Mengchen and Lujian had surrendered, he was devastated, vomited blood and cried bitterly. He felt deeply that the situation was difficult to save, and planned to die for his country.
But now that I heard that Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin of Yuyao had raised their flags and revolted against the Qing Dynasty, they suddenly felt that their previous ideas were too cowardly.
"How can we lag behind others?"
"Hurry up and invite Lin Shidui to come. He is Sun Jiaji's disciple. He once served as an official, and Sun Jiaji launched an army to promote righteousness. Lin Shidui must have known about it and participated in it."
"But the commander-in-chief, Wang Zhiren, has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. He has thousands of soldiers and horses, so what can he do?"
Qian Sule, who was very weak after seven days of hunger, gritted his teeth and said, "I will personally go see Mr. Wang and persuade him to change his mind anyway!"
"Father, no, if Wang Zhiren is determined to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, my father will fall into a trap!"
"If this is true, then I will die in a proper place, and I will be considered loyal to the country!" Qian Sule said firmly.