Suddenly, the entire eastern Zhejiang land seemed to be ignited by a spark, with the potential to start a prairie fire.
The decadence and dejection that originally caused the officials and gentry from all over Jiangsu and Zhejiang to surrender after Hongguang was captured and Lu Jianguo surrendered were all gone.
King Zhu Yihai of Lu was the first to kill the Northern envoys and surrender to the prefect in Taizhou and raised the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty. He then took the throne to supervise the country, preached to the world, expelled the Tartars, and revived the Ming Dynasty.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Ying, Zheng Zunqian, Liu Dadao and others raised troops in Shaoxing Fucheng, demoted their officials and restored Shaoxing.
Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin raised troops in Yu Shao, killed the puppet officials and restored the Ming banner.
Zhu Yihai even personally traveled to Haimen, Shipu, Dinghai and other places, gathering Haimen Ginseng General Wu Kai, Shipu guerrilla Zhang Mingzhen, Zhejiang General Soldier Wang Zhiren and others under his banner.
In the city of Ningbo, Qian Sule and Lin Shi raised flags to signal justice.
For a time, the entire eastern Zhejiang Province was like a prairie fire, and the situation was excellent.
The flag of the Ming Dynasty once again flew in Taizhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, and the three prefectures. The officials and gentry who surrendered became losers and were despised by everyone.
"The governor of Zhejiang Province reported to the public that in the middle of this month he took a short boy with him to Xiaoshan in a small boat. People were thinking of the Han people, and the virtuous gentry and brave men captured Chen Ying, the fake magistrate. The commander of the prisoner ordered him to cross the river to surrender, and he was defeated by the public.
He ordered his envoys to be killed, while patrolling along the river, guarding the crossings, and at the same time gathering soldiers and pay...
Zhang Huangyan, the newly appointed Hanlin editor of the Jianguo State, was reading a memorial to Zhu Yihai.
The situation is so good that Yu Ying's memorial even seems to be a bit exaggerated. How about taking a small boat to Xiaoshan and then capturing and beheading the thieves? It seems that Xiaoshan on the south bank of the Qiantang River was easily conquered.
The county won it.
In fact, of course it is impossible to be so easy. Although the Eight Banners of the Qing Army did not cross the river, there were still some surrendered Ming Army garrison. The fact is that Yu Ying relied on the title of Zhejiang Inspector and Governor granted to him by Zhu Yihai, and ordered all roads in Shaoxing Prefecture.
The men and horses obeyed his command.
It was under this title that Liu Mu, the former deputy commander-in-chief who had become an official at home, responded and recruited 500 troops. Former staff general Zheng Weihan and Du Si Jinyu recruited 500 troops. Former Chinese Army garrison Xu Yaozu led the left camp officers and soldiers 500 troops.
The commander of the Shaoxing Guard sent Wu Jingguo to recruit 600 volunteers, who successively gathered under Ying's command.
In addition to the Yixing Army Zheng Zunqian and Liu Dadao who were at the beginning of the Shaoxing Incident, as well as Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin's Sun Xiong Army who rushed over from Yuyao, no matter whether they can fight or not at this time, the numbers are considerable, and even temporarily
Full of momentum.
Yu Ying had thousands of troops behind him. He took a small boat and took two book boys into Xiaoshan City. Of course, the gentry in the city knew what to choose. In addition, there were already internal support in the city. At their initiative, everyone kidnapped the puppets.
The county magistrate came to welcome him.
"Yu Gong asked the gentry Xiao Chu, Xu Fanglie, He Zhijie and others to be responsible for raising funds, and divided the rebel armies to defend the Baili River. Liu Mu guarded Tantou Piaofuyang, Zheng Weihan, Jin Yu crossed the river to guard Shenjiabu, and Qiao Si Lianhaining.
Xu Yaozu's joint fleet was in the middle of the river, and Wu Jingguo's camp was on the river bank.
Zhu Shouyi, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, commanded Zhu Zhaoxian, the minister, and led the self-recruited soldiers to suppress the Biezimen.
The former imperial servant Shaoqing came to Fang Wei, and the head of the Fang Department of the Ministry of War came to gather them, and led the self-recruited volunteers to kill Qitiao Sha.
Zhu Boyu, the former capital secretary, and others recruited troops to launch a surprise guerrilla attack."
Zhang Huangyan came from Yu Ying's side, and he couldn't help but get excited at this time, "Yu Gong praised highly that in a short period of time, a line of defense has been built along the Qiantang River."
"Your Highness, Yu Gong and others are looking forward to your Highness day and night to go to Shaoxing as soon as possible."
Good news comes one after another. Now the whole eastern Zhejiang is in commotion. Previously, the Tatar army was at its peak, especially when Hongguang suddenly abandoned the capital and fled and was captured. King Lu surrendered in five days, which can be said to have destroyed the influence of countless Jiangnan gentry. Fighting spirit, they all followed suit.
There are only a small number of people left who refuse to surrender, who are deadlocked, or who are too disheartened to care about world affairs. Only a very small number of people are still busy making plans.
Now when the fire is ignited, more people are willing to stand up.
Shen Chenquan, the former censor of Shanxi Province, Feng Yuanyang, the former official of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Zhengchen, the former prime minister of Dali Temple, also recruited local heroes to respond.
Even in Sheng County, the abbot of a temple and a dozen monks came out to respond.
Zhang Huangyan opened the copy of Yu Ying's memorial again, and his expression changed slightly.
"Your Highness, Yu Gong's deputy reported that the Northern soldiers who were exploring the river dragged more than a hundred river boats to the mouth of the river and built dozens of wooden rafts to fill up the soil, hoping to get a glimpse of the crossing. Yu Gong planned to recruit dead soldiers and cross the river at night to cut down the rafts and sink the boats. His heart is to cross southward."
Not really bad news.
On the south bank of the Qiantang River, the various prefectures in Zhejiang that had basically been resigned to the wind are now suddenly in turmoil. Bolo in Hangzhou must also be aware of this.
Collecting ships and even building rafts is obviously preparation for sending troops to cross south. As for whether they are really going to fight, or just sending a team of troops to explore the situation, it is hard to say.
Lao Zhu remembered that in history, the Qing army stopped its military offensive after capturing Hongguang and forcing Queen Lu to surrender.
Azig, the British prince on the west road, chased Li Zicheng to Huguang and Jiangxi. Li Zicheng was beaten to death by a landlord, and the rest of his army collapsed. Azig led his troops back north without waiting for the imperial court's order.
The Western Route Army of Prince Duduo of Yu in Nanjing and Beilebolo of Hangzhou quickly returned north, leaving only Luck Dehun and others with some troops to take over the defense.
Therefore, around the Qiantang River in history, the Lu Jianguo regime struggled here for a long time. First, it built a river defense, and then tried to cross the river to regain Hangzhou. After fighting for more than a year, it lost its vigor and turned to defense again, waiting for the Qing army. After the main force moved south again, it was finally defeated in one blow.
This should be considered a strategic failure. The goal was wrong from the beginning.
The Northern Army does not want to go south for the time being, and there is no need to defend the Qiantang River. An important city like Hangzhou cannot be defeated even if it wants to.
So there is no need to waste precious time around the Qiantang River and Hangzhou City.
Yu Ying and others planned to gather all the rebels, join forces to fight across the Qiantang River, recapture the city of Hangzhou, and then respectfully invite Zhu Yihai to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor in Hangzhou.
The idea is good, but difficult to implement.
Now only half of the Ming Dynasty is left, and there are a lot of fatal problems that can't be sorted out. At this time, you want to fight the Qing army. Isn't this a joke?
Zhu Yihai would never be so naive.
But I have to go to Shaoxing.
"Zhang Qing went to invite some generals to discuss matters."
Zhu Yihai was the only one left in the study room in the backyard of the Ningbo government office. He was pacing with his hands behind his hands. Things were developing far better than he expected.
A gunshot was fired in Linhai, Taizhou, kicking off the all-out resistance to the Qing Dynasty.
Maybe after he succeeds in the future, future generations will call that day Nanming, or the starting point of the founding of the Later Ming Dynasty?
I have been working non-stop these past few days, not daring to stop for a moment, and racing against time to get a lot of things done.
Nowadays, at least in Taizhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang, the brand of Lu Jianguo has been officially erected, although there are hundreds of thousands of northern troops in the north of Qiantang River, who may go south at any time.
But the benefits of erecting the sign of supervising the country are huge.
Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen and other generals, as well as Qian Sule, Shen Chenquan, Lin Shipeng and other civil servants came after hearing the summons.
"I plan to go to Shaoxing immediately."
Shen Chenquan immediately objected. He believed that now that the situation was improving, Zhu Yihai, as the supervisor, had to pay more attention to his own safety. He should return to Taizhou and leave the frontline matters to the soldiers.
This Shen Chenquan was a child prodigy. He took the boy examination and became a scholar at the age of nine. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, he passed the Jinshi examination and became a Xingrensi Xingren at the age of twenty-five. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, he also became a fellow examiner of the Fujian Provincial Examination. Beijing After the fall, King Fu was established in Nanjing, and Shen Chenquan was appointed as the supervisory censor of Shanxi Province. He impeached the chief ministers Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng for committing adultery and harming the country, and they were almost killed.
Later, Su Song was dispatched to prepare for the war, Nanjing fell, Hangzhou surrendered, and other places in the south of the Yangtze River surrendered. Shen Chenquan returned to his hometown to make contacts. Zhu Yihai thanked three guests in Ningbo. After hearing the news, he immediately came with his fellow village party disciples.
Zhu Yihai had a very good impression of him. Firstly, they were about the same age, and secondly, Shen Chenquan was very elegant, but not the kind of person who could just talk. Moreover, throughout history, this man had always supported Zhu Yihai and never abandoned him no matter how difficult the situation was. , he became the first assistant bachelor of Lu Jianguo. Finally, when he accompanied Zhu Yihai to eat sweet potatoes in Kinmen, he asked to borrow troops from Japan. Unfortunately, the ship sank in a storm at sea.
Later, when the Qing Dynasty compiled the history of the Ming Dynasty, many people believed that loyal ministers such as Zhang Huangyan and Shen Chenquan could not be regarded as traitors. Kang Mazi also agreed very much and personally issued an order to list them in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Later, Qianlong even gave them posthumous titles. He is loyal.
Shen Chenquan is knowledgeable about military affairs. He does not agree with Ying and others' optimism, and is even more opposed to Zhu Yihai's personal visit to the front line. Although various rebel armies are rising now, there may not be many fighting. What if the Tatars send an elite force? When the cavalry attacks, doesn't it mean that they can directly capture the flag and kill the commander?
It took a lot of effort to open up a little situation, but then all the previous efforts were wasted, and even the Ming Dynasty could no longer afford such losses.
Therefore, he was firmly opposed to Zhu Yihai's move northward. Even if Zhu Yihai personally proposed the Sixth Division to move northward at this time, which would have a huge and inspiring impact, he would still oppose it.
"Chen Gu also understood what Duke Shen had told him before. Because of this, Gu Geng should go north."
Shen Chenquan, who was specially appointed as the censor of Youjian Capital by the Prison State, was very grateful to Lu Prison State for his appreciation, and admired Lu Prison State for his courage and courage. However, he also cherished the Prison State who could stand up in troubled times and did not want him to be confused. It was given away.
Wang Zhiren also objected to Zhu Yihai going to Shaoxing, thinking that he should stay in Ningbo. He even didn't want to go to Shaoxing because there was an enemy Huang Binqing in Zhoushan.
Zhang Mingzhen was willing to lead his troops northward. As the new commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, he was willing to die serving the king.
But Wu Kai, Wang Xiang and other civil servants and generals were almost all opposed to him going to Shaoxing.
However, Zhu Yihai's attitude is very resolute. Just like when he first established himself as a supervisor of the country and then immediately abandoned everything and ran to Haimen, Shipu, and Ningbo, he is also determined to go to Shaoxing now.
The real reason is also simple. What he values is not the land in Shaoxing, but the rebels, righteous soldiers and loyal ministers gathered there now.
In troubled times, turf wars are worthless, but loyal people are the rarest thing.
What's more, Zhu Yihai is eager to recruit these people as soon as possible and even integrate their troops. These are the capital of his great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, how can he ignore them?
If Yunying and the others were to preside over Shaoxing, they would lead this small court into a strategic gutter.
“This trip to Shaoxing is a must.”
Wang Zhiren reminded Zhu Yihai that there is another Huang Binqing in Zhoushan who has not responded to any news so far. If they all go to Shaoxing, there will be trouble if there is a fire in the backyard.
"Governor Wang will lead the third battalion of the Beijing Camp to follow me north. General Wang will stay here in Dinghai to lead the Dinghai Battalion. I will leave Wu Kai in Shipu. In addition, Qian Gong's recovery camp in Yincheng will also stay here for training and garrison.
There is one battalion of men and horses at Shanghai Gate. With these four battalions of men and horses, we should be safe."
There are two battalions of Yongwei, one battalion of flag bearers, three battalions of Beijing battalions, and then one battalion of Zhang Mingzhen's Zhejiang general standard battalion, for a total of seven battalions.
The full force is seven thousand, with five thousand six soldiers and one thousand four senior officers.
Of course, each battalion is now newly reorganized, with only a small backbone of veterans, and almost two-thirds are newly recruited soldiers.
Zhu Yihai didn't care whether he was in Taizhou or not. Anyway, wherever his supervisory state was, the center of the Ming Dynasty was there and the court was there.
"Huang Binqing ignores him for the time being, as long as he doesn't cause trouble. If he surrenders or invades, your soldiers will block the water and flood the soil and repel him."
Nowadays, there is chaos everywhere, and Zhu Yihai has no energy to play riddles with a warlord like Huang Binqing. It is good that he is willing to surrender. If he wants to play the trick of supporting troops and self-respect, he has found the wrong person.
