Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 13
The roc rises with the same wind in one day and soars up to nine thousand miles.

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On June [-]th, the sun was scorching hot, sultry and windless.

At the mouth of the Lingjiang River in Taizhou Bay, in the Haimen Niutoujin Barracks, Wu Kai, the former Taizhou general of the Ming Dynasty, was a little irritable and angry recently, and his mouth was full of aphthous ulcers.

"General, Huangyan County Magistrate Li Changchun has sent another letter."

"Are you here to persuade the Tartars to surrender again?" Wu Kai frowned upon hearing this, opened his mouth, and the ulcers ached, making him even more irritable. "Li Changchun on this shitty day."

"General, the current situation is turbulent. The Ming Dynasty is about to perish. Why don't you follow the trend and join the new dynasty?" Captured, Lu Jian surrendered, the 280-year history of the Ming Dynasty came to an end.

"Li Changchun said that he has won a lot of good conditions for the general, which is very generous. The Northern Court is willing to grant the general Huangyan the general army, add the title of general Dingyuan, and lead the land and water troops of the six cities of Huangyan..."

This condition can be said to be good. Wu Kai was originally an officer in the Zhejiang Guards. After being transferred to the battalion, it was not easy to become a general in Taizhou step by step.If it weren't for the turmoil in recent years, he might not even be able to do a defense, let alone assist the generals all the way.

There is also a deputy commander-in-chief above the general, and then the commander-in-chief.

And if it follows the old system of Ming Dynasty, the general soldiers are also divided into the general soldiers with the seal and the general soldiers without the seal. There are fixed rules for the general soldiers with the seal. In the early years, it was held by Duke Hou Xunchen.

Respected status.

But General Dingyuan, this did not exist before.

"General, we in Haimen only have one battalion of assisted soldiers. The roster is three thousand, but in fact we know how many there are. If we really want to fight, half of them will not be enough, let alone how many we can fight. This Tatar Since entering the customs, the captives have been invincible. The intruders who were originally very sharp were not only beaten out of Beijing, but even lost in Xi'an. Now I heard that they have all been defeated and fled to Changsha. They can't even stand in Hubei. Hold on, it looks like it will be completely annihilated, and there is no one in the Ming court now. The general has to plan for himself earlier."

"How much money did you bastard take from Li Changchun to speak for him?"

Mr. Qian chuckled, "200 taels, but I didn't do it because I took the money to speak for him, but because I was thinking about the future of the general and our brothers. Daming's ship is about to sink, we can't drown along with him Go ahead. Before the ship sinks, jump ship and change ship.”

Wu Kai didn't pursue his subordinate Qian Boss for taking 200 taels of silver from Li Changchun, and he covered his rotten lips.

"I, Wu Kai, also received the state's favor. My ancestors were veteran generals who followed the Taizu to fight the world. The ancestors received the emperor's favor and got a hereditary military position, which was passed down from generation to generation. This favor is not thin."

"The meritorious deeds of the general's family's ancestors are naturally known to the younger ones, but the times are different after all."

"Look at the current Ming Dynasty, it's already rotten from top to bottom, especially their Zhu family doesn't have a decent one, Chongzhen has been tossing around for more than ten years, and he has the most court ministers and bachelors. , the tax collection is the most, and there are also the most governors, bachelors, and general soldiers who can be killed. As a result, everyone in the world has been tossed over and over again, and in the end it was just that the intruders took half of the country and entered the city of Beijing. , and let the Tartars outside the pass also take all the land outside the pass, and finally entered the pass, and finally hanged himself."

"Not to mention Hongguang and Lu Jian. These people are not even as good as Adou. He said that Adou can't support the wall, but he is at the same level. He has persisted in Sichuan for decades. Hongguang didn't persist for a year. Lu Wang What's more, he surrendered after only five days as a supervisor. Tell me, why should we be loyal to such a great Ming?"

"As long as the old Zhu's family produces a decent one, it may be possible to rule the river and save half of the country. Don't we continue to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but now, we can't be loyal if we want to."

"General, I heard that Wang Zongbing in Ningbo has already surrendered, and Zhang Gueran in Shipu has also agreed to surrender. You say that even if we don't surrender, how can we stop the car with our arms?"

The situation has become worse and worse, and it can even be said to have completely collapsed. No one has any hope for Daming anymore.If we say that a year ago, when the news of Beijing's fall and Chongzhen's martyrdom came, everyone was terrified, but they felt that the sky had just collapsed, and the southeast half of the wall could finally hold up.

But now, generals like Wu Kai, who have been favored by the country, have to start thinking about the harsh reality.

Seeing that he was still hesitating, President Qian said, "General, why don't you let Li Changchun bring the Northern Envoy to meet him first, if the Northern Envoy is sincere, wouldn't it be just right."

"My Wu family has received national grace..."

"General, when the two capitals fell, many dukes and uncles who had been favored by the state surrendered and joined, and even a few of the cabinet's grand scholars stood by. What are we?"

"Even the prison country of his Zhu family has been surrendered, what else can we not surrender?"

Wu Kai couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

That's right, even the Zhu family's supervisor has surrendered, so what do the Zhu family's generals have to insist on? It is rumored that when the Qing army attacked Hangzhou City, Fang Guo'an, who had the seal of General Zhennan, led his troops to fight fiercely under the city. The Zhu family tried their best, but Lu Jianguo rewarded the Qing army with wine and meat on the top of the city wall.

Is there such a thing in the world?
"Okay, let's meet first." Wu Kai finally let go.

When the Northern Envoy was brought in, Wu Kai was very surprised. He always felt that the person in front of him looked familiar. With doubts, he tried to maintain a calm appearance, and deliberately sat on the hall without getting up.

Even his gaze was like a knife, and he looked up and down the Beishi fiercely.

Seeing this, Mr. Qian, his confidant, yelled angrily in a very tacit understanding, "You thief, how dare you be rude when you see Wu Junmen?"

"You haven't reported your name yet!"

hall.

After the 'Northern Envoy' Zhu Yihai came in, he kept sizing him up and down, especially Wu Kai, the general from Haimen, who carefully observed his micro-expressions.

Zhu Yihai ignored the burly and bear-like officer's questioning, and just gave Wu Kai a little bow, "May I ask, which general is General Wu now? Should I call him Master General of Haimen, Zhejiang, or Huangyan, Zhejiang of Qing Dynasty?" Commander General Dingyuan?"

Wu Kai also looked at the Northern envoy, and the ulcer started to hurt again, "Don't know the envoy's name yet?"

"Zhu Wu!"

Wu Kai felt that this envoy was really rude, and he was not angry, but he tried his best to suppress his temper, "Why didn't you see Li Changchun and Li Zhixian?"

"The sun was too harsh when we came here, and Lizhi County suffered from heatstroke, so we had to stop halfway to rest. I was anxious to see General Wu, so I came first."

Wu Kai frowned again, his gaze shifted from Zhu Yihai to the northern soldiers behind him, each of them was tall and strong, wearing mercury cotton armor, with a bow and a knife on their back, and they didn't relax at all in such a hot day, but none of these soldiers shave.

"Isn't General Zhu from Jianzhou?"

"To be honest, I used to be similar to General Wu. I was also a hereditary military officer who was favored by the Ming Dynasty. My ancestral home was in Shandong, but my official rank was far inferior to General Wu. I was only a capital officer. These are all loyal and brave members of my family."

Seeing that the Northern envoy said that he was also a military officer of the Ming Dynasty and a capital officer, Wu Kai felt a little warmer all of a sudden.

Sighing, "I see, Brother Zhu, please sit down."

Zhu Yihai went straight to the point, "I heard from Li Changchun that General Wu has been hesitant and has been hesitant to join me in the Qing Dynasty. I don't know why General Wu is hesitating. Are you willing to join me now?"

Wu Kai was stared at by Zhu Yihai, and he put away his smiling face.

a long time.

Wu Kai said slowly, "Wu is just a mere general. He knows that his strength is weak, and he can't match the elite of the Eight Banners. However, my Wu family has received the grace of the country after all, and I, Wu Kai, cannot be that unfaithful and unfilial person."

"Then General Wu has decided not to surrender?"

Mr. Qian gave Wu Kai a wink from the side.

Wu Kai ignored it, and went on to say, "I also know how much I am, so I don't dare to be arrogant, and I also know that both sides fell, and I don't know how many people surrendered. , and even the clan and even the supervisor of the country. It’s just, hey.”

"Let me just say it, although Lujian Kingdom in Hangzhou has surrendered, but in Zhejiang, Ningbo still has General Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief, and here in Taizhou, there is also Zongfan Lu Wang guarding, and there is also Taizhou military preparations." Yu Dafu is my boss, if they all surrender, then I will naturally follow them."

Zhu Yihai was very surprised by these remarks.

He set off from Taizhou this time and moved very quickly.

After killing the North Envoy in Taizhou, he directly took advantage of the situation to become the supervisor of the country, and then went down the river to Haimen without stopping for a moment. Before Wu Kai got what happened in Linhai City, Taizhou, Zhu Yihai came.

Originally, he wanted to bring hundreds of soldiers and horses, plus the heads of those Tartars and Dai Guangda, to meet Wu Kai.

Unexpectedly, on the way, I accidentally met Li Changchun, the county magistrate from Huangyan County, and several envoys from the Tartars to surrender. Those northern envoys were actually sent by Niha to Huangyan County to surrender when he went to Taizhou.

Like Dai Guangda, Li Changchun surrendered without hesitation. In order to make meritorious service, he also actively contacted Wu Kai, the Haimen general, in order to persuade Wu Kai to surrender to the Qing Dynasty together and make a contribution.

Zhu Yihai met them, and after learning about this, he unceremoniously took them down.

After asking about the details, Zhu Yihai changed his mind and disguised himself as a Northern envoy, and asked Yu Dafu and Ma Jixiang to lead the troops to hide outside the city and wait for orders.

He took Wang Peng and several brave veterans with him, and pretended to be a northern envoy and went straight into the Haimen barracks.

"Wang Zhiren descended to the Qing Dynasty, so you surrendered?"

"The boss has demoted, and our subordinates will naturally follow suit." Wu Kai nodded.

"If King Zhiren of Ningbo is willing to surrender, but King Lu in Taizhou City refuses to surrender, what should you do?"

Wu Kai hesitated for a while, and then said, "It's better to be in charge now than to be an official. If Wang Zongbing is willing to surrender, but His Royal Highness King Lu here in Taizhou refuses to surrender, then I...then I will listen to King Lu."

"Why?"

"The ancestors of my family followed Taizu Emperor Gao to conquer the world. Later, they were rewarded for their merits and became hereditary military officers. It has been passed down from generation to generation. My Wu family has also received the state's favor. Therefore, as long as His Royal Highness King Lu refuses to surrender, I should obey Guard. If the King of Lu goes south, I will send him away; if the King of Lu wants to resist the Qing Dynasty, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman!"

"Really?" Zhu Yihai stared at Wu Kai, even wondering if this guy recognized him.

Otherwise, this is really a loyal and righteous man!
　I've had a cold for a week, and it got worse after cooling down for the past two days, I feel like my brain is blocked, the update is late, sorry everyone!

　　
　
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