In Songpu Town, the rebels were like bandits and were looting everywhere. There were screams and wailing in the city, but the rebels who were robbing only became more excited.
In front of a wealthy man's house in the city, a flag of the Ming Dynasty's Left Governor, Prince Taibao, Zhendong Bo, and Zhejiang and Fujian Commander-in-Chief was erected, guarded by a group of fully armed soldiers with swords and muskets on their backs.
In the courtyard, Chen Wu was drinking, and a group of young female relatives who had been snatched away from wealthy families in the town were forced to accompany him.
Dong Zhining rushed in angrily, followed by several soldiers of Chen Wu.
"General Chen, what's going on with the flags outside, and how did you promise me that you would reply to Lu Jianguo after thinking about it, but why did you send troops to rob the people?"
As a student in Ningbo, Dong Zhining worked hard to unite his classmates for justice, and was known as the Six Kuangsheng. King Lu regained Ningbo and specially granted him the same background as a Jinshi, and was appointed as a judge in Dali Temple. This time he took the initiative to invite Miao to see Chen Wu.
You can convince this deserted general by relying on your confidence, but who knows that you will find out that you have been deceived in the end.
Anger arises in my heart.
Chen Wuchang had a strong back and strong waist. He and his cousin, the general soldier, were called the Dragon and Tiger among the people by the Zhejiang Inspector. Chen Wu was nicknamed Feihuzi. Historically, the man named Feihuzi was Li Li in the late Tang Dynasty.
Use it.
"Mr. Dong is here, sit down. Didn't I ask you to stay in the camp outside the town? Why are you here?" Chen Wu stood up and poured Dong Zhining a glass of wine, then waved his soldiers to leave.
Dong Zhining was furious, "Can you please give me an explanation, General Chen?"
Chen Wu smiled and said, "Explain? Didn't you see everything?"
He came over to pull Dong Zhining, but he was thrown away with a somewhat unsightly look on his face.
"To be honest, I did not come here to escape from Jiaxing this time. In fact, this town was ordered by King Yiyang of the prison country to go south to recover Ningshaotai, and then together with other second-line armies to encircle Hangzhou."
Dong Zhining was puzzled.
In fact, the matter was not complicated. After the Qing army crossed the river, several naval forces on the Yangtze River in Hongguang Dynasty fled eastward. Among them were Zhenjiang Commander Zheng Hongkui, Guangxi Commander Huang Binqing, and Navy Commanders Huang Fei and Wu Song.
Commander-in-Chief Wu Zhikui and other people from all walks of life.
They retreated all the way eastward to the Chongming area at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
After Ma Shiying and others supported King Lu in Hangzhou but surrendered in just five days, the generals Huang Fei and Huang Binqing, the governor of Huai'an Tian Yang, the Minister of War Shen Tingyang, the Huaihe general Zhang Shiyi, the guerrilla Jiang Ruolai, and the supervisor Jing Benche,
Commander-in-Chief Wu Zhikui, Chen Wu, Chao Chaoxian and others planned together, and they decided to jointly support Zhu Chaoyang, King of Yiyang of the Zhou Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, as the supervisor of the country and continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
Wu Zhikui once worshiped Xia Yunyi, a tycoon from several social societies, so he went to Huating to invite Xia Yunyi to come out.
Although Xia only served as county magistrate once during the Chongzhen Dynasty, he became one of the seven best county magistrates in the country named by the Ministry of Officials, with outstanding political achievements. Moreover, Xia Yunyi was one of the seven sons who founded several societies, and also joined forces with Zhang Pu of Taicang together with Chen Zilong and others.
Zhang Cai and others founded Fushe together.
Fushe, known as Xiaodonglin, was founded in conjunction with more than a dozen Jiangnan poetry societies such as Jishe Yingshe. In the name of retro, it was actually a party with strong political overtones. After the establishment of Fushe, Jishe did not just
Although it has been cancelled, it still exists. Compared with the tolerance and looseness of the restored society, several societies emphasize the transmission of disciples from disciple to disciple, and the threshold for entry into the society is relatively high.
Xia Yunyi was invited to Chongming Island to meet Queen Yiyang and put forward his own suggestions.
Most of the Qing soldiers came from the north, and their water combat effectiveness was weak. In addition, they were busy with the land campaign in the south of the Yangtze River. They had no time to take care of the Ming Dynasty's anti-Qing forces on the water for the time being, so they had to seize the opportunity at this time. He also pointed out that operations in Mao Lake are more effective than sea operations at this stage.
It is more convenient, so Wu Zhikui is invited to station in Maohu.
Mao Lake, also known as Mao River and Sanmao, is located between Taihu Lake and the Yangtze River Estuary, and its geography is very important.
Then he asked Huang Fei, who still had more than 20,000 troops, to lead his troops to Taihu Lake. He asked Tian Yang, Jing Benche, Shen Tingyang and others to still serve Chongming under the guidance of King Yiyang. At the same time, he asked Huang Binqing to lead troops back to where he had guarded. In the Zhoushan area, he used his familiarity with the Ningshao area to contact the old ministry, call on the gentry, and recruit soldiers and horses.
Under his advice, King Yiyang followed his advice, granted officials and titles, and dispatched troops and generals. At this time, King Yiyang claimed to have an army of 200,000, but in fact there were 50,000 or 60,000. For example, Huang Fei There are more than 20,000 soldiers, Huang Binqing also has more than 10,000 troops, Wu Zhikui, Chen Wu, Chao Xian and others each have seven or eight thousand troops.
When Huang Binqing went south to station in Zhoushan, the situation was not smooth. Wang Zhiren, who was stationed in Dinghai, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and his strength was not weak. Wang Binqing sent people to various places in Ningbo to collect grain, but was besieged by Wang Zhiren's troops. The situation could not be solved for a while, so he asked Chongming for help.
Then Chen Wu and Chao Chaoxian each led their headquarters southward.
Chen Wu was granted the title of Dong Bo of Zhen, Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, while Wang Binqing was granted the title of Su Jing Bo, the Chief Military Officer of the Water and Land Officials, and the dynasty first granted the title of Jing'an Bo, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
He also granted the titles of Nan'an Bo Zheng Zhilong as the Marquis of Nan'an and the Governor of Fujian, and also granted Zhenhai General Zheng Hongkui the title of Dinglubo and the Chief Soldier of Fujian.
Under the leadership of Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong, the masters of Jiangnan literature, and the giants of several Fushe societies, the gentry from all over Su Changsong's prefectures responded one after another, and countless volunteer rural groups obeyed the order of King Yiyang.
And their strength is indeed very strong. For example, Huang Fei is also a strong general. His uncle Huang Long was the Jiangdong commander after Mao Wenlong was killed. At this time, he still had more than 20,000 troops, Huang Binqing had more than 10,000 troops, Wu Zhikui, Dynasty First of all, Chen Wu, Tian Yang, Jing Benche, Shen Tingyang and others had many men and horses, and they were basically Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. In particular, they had many ships, thousands of ships of all kinds.
If you need money, you will have money, if you need people and people, if you need food, you will have food.
The King of Yiyang is said to have two hundred thousand, and the volunteers and bravery of various officers and soldiers plus one more are actually true.
However, in essence, these troops were deserters from the Hongguang Dynasty who had retreated from Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Huai'an, and Yangzhou. Many of them simply fled eastward without firing an arrow.
No fighting spirit.
As for Yiyang King Zhu Chaoyun, he is the seventh-generation grandson of Zhu Zhu, the fifth son of Taizu, and the concubine of Yiyang King Zhu Qinxu. He is the sixth generation Yiyang King of Zhou Dynasty, and he has a very high seniority.
Chongzhen and Emperor Hongguang were cousins and were the eleventh generation grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, while King Yiyang was the eighth generation grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang.
The descendants of Zhu Di's family are Gao Zhan, Qi Jianyou, and Hou Zaiyi Changyou. The descendants of Zhou Wang Zhu's family are in harmony with each other, and they are diligent in court. Hong.
This generation is quite easy to recognize and is clear at a glance.
Speaking of Yiyang King Zhu Chaoyun (shan), he was the great-uncle of Chongzhen and Hongguang. He was two generations higher than the tenth generation grandson of Taizu, King Zhu Yihai of Lu, and one generation higher than the ninth generation grandson of Tang Wang Zhu Yujian.
Of course, in fact, being senior is not a good thing. The higher the seniority, the farther away you are from the right to inherit the throne.
After all, Zhu Yihai is still the emperor's uncle, and Zhu Yujian is the emperor's uncle. Do you, the great-uncle of Emperor Zhu Chaoyang, still want to inherit the throne?
Besides, Zhu Yihai is a prince after all, and Zhu Chaoyin is just a county prince, and they are also not from the Chengzu lineage.
After Dong Zhining clarified this relationship, he felt that the Ming Dynasty had such an anti-Ming army in the Susong area, and he was also secretly worried about the sudden emergence of such a supervising King Yiyang.
There are no two days in the sky, and no two masters in the country.
Now in the Ningshaotai area, King Lu is the governor, but Su Song is the king of Yiyang. What should we do now?
Should we fight against the enemy first?
"Mr. Dong, look at Fushe. Several of the giants from several societies are now serving King Yiyang to supervise the country. How about Mr. Dong also go to Chongming Dynasty to meet King Yiyang?"
Dong Zhining came back to his senses and looked directly at Chen Wu.
"Since you are raising the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty, why do you want to rob the people? Is this the behavior of the king? Why did the general attack Songpu Town, rob and rape the people?"
Chen Wu didn't take it seriously, "These gentry in Songpu have already defected to the Tatars. When our town came to collect grain, they not only refused to accept it, but even made nasty remarks to them. This is asking for death. Treating these thieves from inside and outside
If there is anything to be said about these guys, they all deserve to be killed."
Dong Zhining was so angry that his whole body trembled.
"When Lu Jianguo was in Ningbo, when faced with Xie Sanbin and other puppet officials and evil gentry who surrendered, he once said that as long as they did not surrender voluntarily and turn around and disabled the people, they were only refugees forced by the temporary situation. Lu Jianguo was in Ningbo, too.
I only killed Xie Sanbin, and no innocent people were harmed. The gentry and people in Ningbo wholeheartedly support me, and there is peace in Ningbo. The general came south, but he went on a killing spree and looted everywhere. How is he different from thieves?"
Chen Wu said impatiently, "What about Lu Jianguo? We have long supported King Yiyang to supervise the country. Now King Yiyang has an army of 200,000. If King Lu understands the truth, he should take the initiative to abdicate and return to the vassal state and pay homage to the Jianguo."
King Yiyang, you should also regard King Yiyang as your orthodoxy."
Dong Zhining said, "Both King Yiyang and King Lu are descendants of Taizu. Now that the country is facing a national crisis, we both raise the flag of righteousness and treat the outside world as one. How can we still be separated from each other at home and abroad? I also ask the general to withdraw from Zhejiang and return to Songjiang. Our two families will join forces first.
Defeat the Tartars, regain Nanjing together, and worship the Xiaoling Mausoleum together!"
Chen Wu said with a smile, "That's not possible. Everything has to come first. There is no day in the sky. There can only be one prison country in the world. How can there be two prison countries? What's the point? This town is now
Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, you all should obey my orders. It is not your turn as a scholar to teach you how to do things."
"Come here, please ask Mr. Dong to rest."
Regardless of Dong Zhining's objections, several close relatives dragged him and retreated.
Chen Wu sat there, no longer interested in drinking, and murmured to himself, "I didn't expect that King Lu was still capable. He could win so many people's hearts so quickly, and in the blink of an eye he had already controlled Ning Shaotai.
Sanfu, we are in some trouble now."
He then thought of the decree from King Lu that Dong Zhining had brought before, asking him to go to Cixi immediately to pay homage.
Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen are also in Cixi now. He has heard of the names of these two people. The fighting was quite fierce. If he hadn't been afraid of them, he would have led his troops to 'meet' King Lu directly.
But now, I'm in a bit of a dilemma.
After thinking for a while, he finally made up his mind and called in his own soldiers.
"Immediately go and send an order to Zhang Guozhu, the general at the back, and tell him that Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen are here. Dinghai must be empty now. Let him quickly lead his troops to raid Wang Zhiren's lair."
"Remember to remind him to be wary of Huang Binqing. Ningshaotai is the territory of this town. Don't let Huang Binqing steal our territory. Tell Zhang Guozhu that as long as he successfully captures Dinghai, the town will let him garrison Dinghai. Please make him deputy
The commander-in-chief designated Ningbo and Shaoxing as the jurisdiction of his defense zone, and gave him all the money and grain from both places."
The soldiers took the order and came out.
"Cixi, King Lu, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen, what will this town do to you?"
After pondering for a long time, he called a servant in again.
"Go and send a message to the first general of the Dynasty behind you, telling him that there is a Lu Jianguo here who has established a puppet dynasty without authorization, and ask him to quickly lead his troops to join me and take them down together."
"Well, after the matter is completed, half of the captured soldiers, horses and supplies will be shared by the family!"
