Chen Wu's soldiers were still looting all over the city. They had no military discipline and were more ferocious than the bandits. They were crying and robbing everywhere. When these soldiers faced the Tartars marching south to Sanwu, they fled one by one, running faster than rabbits, but
When facing innocent people, he is as ferocious and ferocious as a tiger.
In the front hall of the largest mansion in the city, Chen Wu was drinking with several of his generals.
"Uncle, although Songpu Town is small, it is really fat." An officer with a scar on his face said with a smile. There were many large and small boxes in the hall, filled with gold, silver, copper coins, and many gold coins.
The silver jewelry, many of which still had blood stains on them, had just been stolen.
People from all walks of life let go of looting. According to the old rules, half of the loot had to be turned over, and half of the surrendered money was sent to Chen Wu.
At that time, Chen Wu would take 25%, and then officers at all levels would take another 25%, and the remaining 50% would be used as military expenses.
Anyway, these days they can't count on money from the court, so they have to rely on themselves for everything. They have long been accustomed to this method, especially since Hongguang was captured, these military leaders have no restraints at all, and they can all rely on their own abilities.
King Chongming of Yiyang was supervising the country, and all he could give them was an empty title, and they had to provide support such as money and food.
"Mete out 10,000 taels of silver ingots and send a boat to Chongming to pay tribute to King Yiyang."
"Isn't it too much?" an officer said reluctantly.
Chen Wu waved his hand, "Money is nothing, it's everywhere here, just grab it."
"That's right, I heard that King Lu raided Xie Sanbin's house in Ningbo this time, but he confiscated a lot of gold and silver. It is said that thirty thousand taels of gold were confiscated."
"Hahaha, when Wang Chao comes first, we will kill them, and then they will be ours."
"If you ask me, there is no need to wait for the dynasty to come first. We can do it ourselves, and it will all be ours."
Chen Wu stroked his beard and said, "Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen are relatively capable of fighting, so be careful and bite them back." He knew his men very well, and the only ones who could really fight were the servants raised by officers at all levels. These servants would not be willing to fight easily.
Damage, this is everyone’s capital to keep the bottom of the box.
"Let all the sentries be careful and send more out to keep an eye on them at night. Be careful that Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen come over."
"Don't worry, uncle, haven't we all found out clearly? King Na Lu has several battalions and only two to three thousand soldiers. I'm afraid they are still waiting for us to come over and pay our respects."
Another person laughed and said, "This King of Lu doesn't even have an army at first glance. Others are just scrapping people to serve as soldiers, for fear of having few people, but he is the one who actually tried his best to reduce the number of troops. Wang Zhiren's Zhejiang headquarters has 25,000 people.
, he only left two battalions of people for others, this kind of people come out to join in the fun and become a prisoner of the country."
"Hahaha!"
The crowd roared with laughter.
Among these people, who serve as King Yiyang's supervising country, who dares to claim the title of "Ten Thousand People" without having only one battalion of soldiers?
Huang Fei has 20,000 people, and he dares to call himself one hundred thousand elites.
Didn't Chen Wu also recruit strong men from everywhere and cobbled together more than 10,000 troops? In troubled times, the more soldiers, the greater the capital. Who would think that the capital is too much?
King Nalu acted like a nerd at first glance. What could such a person accomplish?
Not to mention that he was reluctant to give it to an earl. Even if he was willing to give it, Chen Wu would not be willing to accept such a person as his master.
"Come, have a drink, and when the emperor arrives first, we will go over and get the hairless King Lu."
"Uncle, by that time, with this contribution to quelling the puppet dynasty, my uncle will definitely be promoted to a marquis."
"Hahaha." Chen Wu said proudly, "This town will be granted the title of Marquis, and we will also find a general and general for you all."
"Dry!"
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Outside Songpu Town.
Zhu Yihai led more than a thousand people under the banner of Chen Jun and swaggered over in their clothes.
Zhang Mingzhen and the battalion lieutenant general came up quickly to pay their respects.
"Why did your highness come to this battlefield?" He glared at his brother Zhang Mingyang angrily, "bastard, how did you do your job?"
Zhu Yihai patted Zhang Mingzhen. His armor was covered in blood stains. It was clear that this journey was not easy.
"It's Gu who wants to come. Can you tell me what's going on now?"
"Chen Wu is in front of Songpu Town, and Director Dong is also inside."
"I caught a few tongues. Then Chen Wuzheng sent people to ask the emperor to bring troops to join him first. He was so bold that he wanted to go to Cixi to attack His Highness."
Zhu Yihai smiled disapprovingly, "I'm just asking you, what are you waiting for?"
Zhang Mingzhen came all the way last night and attacked several waves of rebels along the way. He showed off his general style and did not let any of the rebels escape. After capturing them, he tied them all up and fought all the way here without disturbing the proud Chen Wu and others.
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"Your Highness, then Chen Wu and Chao Chao preceded him..." Zhang Mingzhen didn't know what to say for a moment.
"They were entrusted by King Yiyang to supervise the country in Chongming, right? This orphan already knows about it."
"Your Highness, shall we still fight?"
"I asked someone to come over to see you last night, but you didn't see anyone?"
"I saw it. I just wanted to ask if you should think about it again."
Zhu Yihai looked at Zhang Mingzhen, "What are you considering?"
"At present, should the Tartars unite with the outside world first?"
Zhu Yihai took Zhang Mingzhen's arm and said seriously, "Last night in Minghechang Town, Chenquan, Mingyang and I made it very clear that King Yiyang was waiting in Chongming to raise the flag to fight against the invaders.
I am very pleased that our Huang Ming Zhu family are not all weaklings after all."
"I am willing to join forces with King Yiyang to fight against the captives and restore the Ming Dynasty together. Even if the Tatar captives are present, don't ask who comes first and who is orthodox. He is in Wu Gu and Yue, and Wu and Yue will join forces to fight against the captives. In the future, he will enter the pass first.
The winner will be the king. Whoever recovers the two capitals first will be crowned king."
Zhang Mingzhen was stunned by these words.
Originally, he had arrived here before dawn, and he could have launched a surprise attack against this unprepared army. But he stopped because he knew that they were not deserters, but governors of Zhejiang and Fujian appointed by King Yiyang.
Chen Wu's troops and horses.
He hesitated.
At this time, it seems not good for one's own people to beat one's own people.
"Marquis Fu, Gu and King Yiyang are both descendants of Taizu, and there is no distinction between the order of the fight against the Tartars. However, Chen Wu is a thief that Gu cannot tolerate. He led a group of deserters, General Lu, to rob homes and houses along the way. This is not at all
The Anti-Japanese Volunteers, these are a group of bandits. Now that I am the governor of the country, how can I sit back and watch the people being robbed and remain indifferent? Let alone the governor of the country now, even if I am just the governor or governor of Zhejiang, even if I am just a Ningbo
Magistrate, I will kill Chen Wu with the sword today!"
"Your Highness, why don't I go to Songpu Town to see Chen Wu, explain to him, and give him a warning?"
"It's no use. There are too many people like Chen Wu in troubled times, but Gu is never willing to tolerate it. As I said again, fight against the captives and drive the Tartars, no matter how many people there are, Gu are willing to join forces, but for people like Chen Wu
Beating the Tartars and rubbing their feet with grease, those guys who are as ferocious as tigers and wolves in killing their own people, not sparing even a single one."
"If you hesitate, Hou Fu, you can stay here to rest, and I can go and get his head in person!"
Zhu Yihai had such a clear attitude, and Zhang Mingzhen also knew that his hesitation made the supervisor unhappy.
He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "I deserve to die. Please let me atone for my sins and lead my troops to capture the traitor."
"Since I'm already here, there's no point in sitting around and watching a show. Let's come together."
The three battalions gathered together, with more than a thousand people, but there was no reduction in personnel. Although Chen Wu had seen Lu Jianguo's envoy, he had not paid much attention to Lu Jianguo, thinking that he was the same as King Yiyang.
I thought it was him who took the initiative.
He also fantasized about playing a delaying tactic with Zhu Yihai, waiting for Chao Chao to come over first and kill Zhu Yihai in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Mingzhen, Zhu Yihai and the others acted so quickly and even reached his door long ago. However, he sent all the people out to rob him without even a normal warning. It was like a bad net that was pierced and he didn't know it.
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I always thought that once I arrived in Yue territory, far away from the Qing army, I was already safe and could do whatever I wanted without any worries.
Zhang Mingzhen regretted yesterday's hesitation. Now he was eager to make a contribution, so he personally took his servants and ran to Songpu Town under the banner of Chen Wu's men captured last night.
Zhu Yihai held a telescope in his hand and looked at Zhang Mingzhen and his party from a distance.
It was easier than expected. Chen Wu's subordinates in Matsuura didn't even come over to check after seeing the flags of their own horses, and just let them pass by without hesitation.
Even in the early morning, the city gate of Songpu Town was just open.
Zhu Yihai's heart was calm.
At this time, what he was thinking about was the sudden appearance of King Yiyang. There are not many records in historical materials. It seems that during the difficult battle in Jiangyin, King Yiyang once sent people to rescue Jiangyin, but there was little effort.
Shortly after the death of Jiangyin, the wave of resistance against the Qing Dynasty in Wu was gradually quelled by the Qing army.
It seems that King Yiyang later went south to join King Lu, and later went to join the Zheng family in Fujian.
Those under him, including Huang Fei, Wu Zhikui, Huang Binqing, Shen Tingyang, Jing Benche, etc., all died or went south.
Compared to King Lu who resisted the Qing Dynasty for eighteen years, this group of people is like a bubble that will burst as soon as the sun shines.
Historically, the real success stories in the early Southern Ming Dynasty were the Lu Jianguo in eastern Zhejiang and the Longwu Emperor in Fujian. The two families had great potential when they joined forces, but in the end, they turned against each other and started fighting internally. You kill my envoys, I will kill your ministers, and let the Tatars
It makes people sad to be obsessed with profit.
Before, he immediately raised the prison flag to seize the opportunity and avoid another internal fight between Tang and Lu. But he didn't expect that now King Yiyang would come.
Judging from the attitudes of Zhang Mingzhen, Shen Chenquan and others, in fact, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still did not want internal fighting.
This should be a good thing.
But Zhu Yihai also couldn't tolerate people like Chen Wu.
Of course, this was not only a blow against rebels and deserters, but also a clear statement on the supervision of King Sanwu Yiyang.
He did not say that he would not recognize King Yiyang's supervision of the country, but he could not give up the supervision of the country himself.
So now he can only say that Wu and Yue will join forces and fight side by side. As for the future, whoever enters Guanzhong first will be king.
This is considered a concession, as I don't want to start a fight over orthodoxy with my own people.
But he also knew that this matter would not be easy to solve.
If he attacks Chen Wu, even if he uses Chen Wu as an excuse for plundering, it will probably be difficult to get over. King Yiyang will probably regard him as the first to start the war.
Trapped at both ends.
Zhu Yihai could only take one step at a time.
"Your Highness, Mr. Zhang has entered the city."
Zhu Yihai returned to the guard and raised his telescope. Sure enough, Zhang Minzhen had entered the city and was controlling the city gate. His soldiers were waving flags in this direction.
Zhu Yihai put away his thoughts and said, "Follow me!"
