I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 73 Meeting (Part [-])

In May of the third year of Shunzhi (the second year of Longwu, 1646), Beile Boluo, the general of the Manchu Qing Conquest to the South, broke through the Qiantang River. Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Yiwu, Jinhua and other cities fell one after another. King Jinping died in Jinhua.

King Lu sailed from Taizhou to Zhoushan under the guard of Shipu guard Zhang Mingzhen. Zhang Huangyan then rushed back to his hometown in Yin County, bid farewell to his father, stepmother, wife and children, and followed King Lu and his party to Zhoushan.

However, Huang Binqing, the chief soldier of Zhoushan and Emperor Longwu, refused to accept him, so King Lu had to flee to Changyuan, Fujian.Soon, King Lu went to Xiamen, and Zhang Mingzhen stayed in Zhoushan to wait.Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen returned to eastern Zhejiang and Zhoushan to organize and recruit troops after the situation settled down.And Zhang Huangyan was awarded the post of Yushi of Youqian Capital by King Lu.

In the fourth year of Shunzhi (the first year of Yongli, 1647), Wu Shengzhao, the admiral of Su Song in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, wanted to stay in Suzhou anyway, and contacted Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dingxi, to support him before the incident.Zhang Huangyan persuaded Zhang Mingzhen to help Wu Shengzhao, Zhang Mingzhen ordered Zhang Huangyan to be the supervisor of the army, and Xu Fuyuan was his deputy.

Departed from Cenjiang on April [-].Unexpectedly, on April [-]th, a storm hit Chongming Island and was defeated.More than a dozen generals, including Shen Tingyang, the left servant of the household department of the Governor Zhezhi Navy, and Cai Cong, the general, were captured by the Manchu Qing Tartars after they landed, and died on July [-].

And Zhang Huangyan also capsized the ship due to the hurricane, and fell into the hands of the Qing army for seven days. Later, he found a chance to escape to the sea.When passing through Huangyan, he was surrounded by the chasing Qing army and shot it with arrows. Zhang Huangyan led several cavalry to stand out and surround him. Since then, he has worked harder to practice riding and archery.

He also recruited and assembled troops in eastern Zhejiang to defend Pinggangzhai, Shangyu County.Many cottages in the area often plunder the people, but Zhang Huangyan and Wang Yi won the support of the people by telling their subordinates not to disturb the people.

In August of the tenth year of Shunzhi (the seventh year of Yongli), Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, the minister of the military department of the supervising army, led five or six hundred warships to the north and came to the sandbanks near Chongming at the mouth of the Yangtze River.The Qing army in Chongming City was limited in strength and did not dare to fight, and was besieged for eight months.

In the 12th year of Shunzhi (the [-]th year of Yongli), Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River three times and arrived at Yanziji. They returned with no success due to weak forces. So they recovered Zhoushan together with Zheng Chenggong, Gan Hui and Chen Liuyu.

In the 15th year of Shunzhi (the 12th year of Yongli), Emperor Yongli appointed Zheng Chenggong as the king of Yanping County, and Zhang Huangyan as the left servant of the Ministry of War.In the same year, the Qing army marched to Yunnan and Guizhou. Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan marched into Zhejiang and conquered Yueqing, Ninghai and other places. They encountered a typhoon in Yangshan, damaged more than [-] warships and more than [-] soldiers, and were forced to retreat to Xiamen.

In the 16th year of Shunzhi (13th year of Yongli), Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong once again led the army into the Yangtze River to fight.Occupy Chongming first.Later, in June, Guazhou was captured in one fell swoop.After conquering Guazhou, Zhang Huangyan led an army of [-] and a boat of [-] ships to conquer Yizhen westward, and marched into Liuhe, where they were warmly welcomed by the people along the river.

Zhang Huangyan led his army to Wuhu on July 24th, and the rear troops divided into four groups to attack the city and seize the territory, and "moved to various counties and counties" along the way, posting proclamations.Many old officials from the Ming Dynasty who came to the Qing Dynasty turned their backs one after another when they saw the proclamation, "So Taiping, Ningguo, Chizhou, Huizhou, Guangde and all the counties under their jurisdiction all asked to surrender", so that the rebels quickly recovered the four prefectures, three prefectures, There are [-] counties and nearly [-] cities.

"Stop coming. This is an important military camp." The sudden shout brought back Zhu Cixuan's scattered thoughts. He looked up and found that he had come to a large-scale military camp unknowingly.

Just listening to Mu Zhongliang in front of him, he said: "Hurry up and pass the pass, His Royal Highness wants to see King Yanping."

"Ah! His Royal Highness is here." The first general-looking person was startled, and hurriedly trotted to Zhu Cixuan's horse, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted, "King Yanping's general, Zheng Fu, is presenting to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Cixuan dismounted from his horse, stepped forward to help him, and said: "General Manager Zheng, please get up, I'm here to pay a visit to His Royal Highness King Yanping, and please inform me."

"Yes, His Royal Highness, please wait a moment, the villain will pass the message." Zheng Fu saluted again, turned around and ran quickly into the barracks.

For about a quarter of an hour, Zhu Cixuan saw several generals of the Ming army walking out of the camp. The leader had a thin face, thin eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a short beard. He was wearing a blue robe embroidered with a five-clawed dragon pattern. He was about 35 years old. A middle-aged man around [-] years old, he asked as he walked, "Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Zhu Cixuan cupped his fists, "Is this King Yanping?"

"It's the king, you are...the crown prince?" Zheng Chenggong said, looking at the heroic Zhu Cixuan in front of him.

"Zhu Cixuan has met His Highness King Yanping." Zhu Cixuan clasped his fists and said.

"Oh! I have heard for a long time that His Royal Highness, the crown prince, is very heroic. He killed the rebellious minister Jin Yiwei commander Ma Jixiang from Tengyue, and led the troops to support the king of Jin. He killed the traitor Wu Sangui, the Tartar general Zhao Butai and others in the battle of Mopan Mountain. Dozens of Tartar generals wiped out the elite of the [-] Banners, which greatly shocked our Ming army.

Later, he led his troops to recover Kunming, Guangxi and Guangdong.Now I have led troops thousands of miles away to help, and regained Jiangning in the First World War. It is my great Ming's blessing to have Your Highness.

Your Highness doesn't know something. When I heard that His Highness led the troops to kill the traitor Wu Sangui on Mopan Mountain, and wiped out [-] Tartars and Eight Banners elites. I rarely drink alcohol on weekdays. I was happy that night and got drunk. Such a heroic prince, why worry that the Tartars will not be destroyed, and the mountains and rivers will never be restored. "

Fuck, although Zheng Chenggong is arrogant and generally looks down on people, this completely subverts Zheng Chenggong's image in Zhu Cixuan's mind. Isn't this EQ quite high?This flattery made Zhu Cixuan's face turn red.

Zhu Cixuan waved his hands again and again and said: "King Yanping praises it, praises it.

"His Royal Highness, I don't mean to praise you at all. I, Zheng, are just telling the truth. Uncle Chongming, Zhang Ying, Chen Kui, and Chen Peng, why are you standing there stupidly? Come and see me, Daming. My young hero, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Chongmingbo Ganhui, Zhang Ying of the Fifth Army, Chen Kui and Chen Peng, who were called out by Zheng Chenggong, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee one by one, clasping their fists in salute.

"The last generals Gan Hui, Zhang Ying, Chen Kui, and Chen Peng are meeting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Oh! You are all the ministers of my Daming, please get up quickly." Zhu Cixuan affectionately helped them up one by one.Then Cai Jiuyi and Mu Zhongliang were introduced to Zheng Chenggong's generals.

"Hahaha! Your Highness, please follow me into the camp." Zheng Chenggong laughed and took Zhu Cixuan's little hand, and walked towards the barracks with big strides.

In the main meeting hall of the barracks, Zhu Cixuan, Zheng Chenggong and others gathered together and had a cordial and friendly conversation.

Zhu Cixuan said that he was still young, so he asked Zheng Chenggong to preside over Jiangning affairs and stabilize the order in the city.He also praised Zheng Chenggong for sending troops to patrol the city, posting notices to stabilize people's hearts, building porridge sheds, and helping the hungry.

Zheng Chenggong readily agreed to Zhu Cixuan's request to ensure the stability of the order in the city, to crack down on those who took the opportunity to cause chaos, and to set up porridge sheds so that no common people would starve to death.

Everyone chatted cordially for more than an hour before Zhu Cixuan got up to say goodbye. Zheng Chenggong led all the generals in the battalion to send Zhu Cixuan to the gate of the barracks before saying goodbye one by one.

(End of this chapter)