Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 136
Songjiang Mansion.

In Huating, the prefectural city, Governor Shen Youlong and Chen Zilong of Su Song greeted the envoys of the supervisory state and respectfully received the imperial edict.

"Really?" Xia Yunyi hesitated.

Chen Zilong, the supervisor of Su Song, gritted his teeth, "The decree of the supervisory state is clear. If the land is lost, the land will be lost. If the land is lost, the land will be saved. Our uprising has quickly recovered the entire territory of Songjiang. The traitors killed the country's thieves to punish the fake officials, and now the main force of the Tartars is passing through the border, so it is right for us to avoid the edge for the time being."

"Is it really impossible to defend? Our situation is very good now. Su Song only has Suzhou City in the hands of the captives, and it will be captured soon."

After all, Shen Youlong has been a governor for several times, and he has a good view of the overall situation.
"Nearly 10 people in Boluo have returned to the north. After all, we are the first rebel army. We are short of soldiers and weapons, so we can't confront them head-on. We temporarily withdraw from the prefecture and county towns and disperse into the countryside. This is also a good opportunity to reorganize our troops. What His Highness said is that the soldiers are good but not many, and when we go to the countryside, we can still control the place, everyone should hurry up to train soldiers, build armaments, and obey the will of the supervisor."

"Before the withdrawal, everything that should be done has been done."

What Shen Youlong said should be done is to eliminate the fake officials appointed by the Qing Dynasty, the evil gentry and traitors who took the initiative to surrender, especially those local fake and inferior gentry who led the way. These people must be suppressed.

Otherwise, when the Tartars came, they would inevitably lead a team to retaliate frantically.Suppress them, eliminate future troubles, and raise some military expenses.

"Jianguo hopes that we will withdraw from the prefectures and counties, and go to the village to rectify the troops. On the Songjiang side, the governor will mark 3000 people, the army road and the military road will each have 1000 people, and there will be another guarding general, and the town will mark three. Thousands, one lieutenant-general, two generals, four guerrillas, 5000 each, [-] in total, and the rest of the volunteer township soldiers will be organized into the township militia.”

"Soldiers are given food and salaries, dedicated to fighting and guarding, and the township brave militias are not out of production, training during slack farming, and logistical support during wartime. If they are recruited, they will be given food subsidies."

"Rewards are given for meritorious service, and pensions are given for those who die in battle and are disabled."

This uprising in Songjiang Mansion regained the entire territory, and there were rebels everywhere in Wuyangyang. There might not be less than [-] people in total. It is really too chaotic with so many people.

Zhu Yihai hoped that Shen Youlong and the others would take the opportunity to rectify and form a real soldier.

"The various departments are scattered in the countryside, and camps and strongholds are established in the dangerous lakes, seas and mountains. The rural households are married with Baojia, and the news is smooth."

"Also, this time when the Boluo army crossed the border, try to avoid and hide as much as possible, don't provoke them and attack them. Let's bear with it for a while and wait until they leave."

No one said a word, although they felt a little aggrieved by this decree, after all, we were only a small 3 volunteers, but when they thought about the [-] people in Jiaxing before, they would be crushed by others, so they didn't have much confidence.

The strategic deployment of the prison country is very clear, that is, before the main force of the Tartars passes by, Su Song will be plowed once, what should be beaten, what should be copied, and then the towns and cities will be temporarily abandoned, retreating to the countryside, and in the mountains, lakes, islands, etc. Build a base on it.

After the tartars left, everyone was a hero again, and when the time was right, that is, when the soldiers and horses were really trained, then they would come to the real confrontation with the tartars.

"Has Jian Guo led the army to Suzhou?"

"Well, Jian Guo plans to capture Suzhou this time, and then rescue Chongming. Jian Guo hopes to persuade King Yiyang to abdicate and return to the vassal. The two of us will become one family and fight against the captives together." The envoy Huang Zongyan said.

"Well, Jian Guo can come to the rescue at this time, it's a wise king's move."

"We in Songjiang can still gather some people. Please let the old man lead a team to reinforce His Highness Jian Guo." Shen Youlong suggested.

Huang Zongyan said, "Jianguo has long had a decree to let you stay here. In addition, there will be a few troops coming from Jiaxing soon, such as Zheng Jiwu, deputy general of Haiyan, Wang Youqian and other green camps in Jiashan. It is time to cooperate with a play, let them defeat us, and then seize Zhucheng."

The hall was full of high-level civil and military personnel from Songjiang, and there were no outsiders. Huang Zongyan then dictated the secret decree of supervising the country. Zheng Jiwu, Wang Youqian, etc. were actually his own people. Haoqiang? Can you arrange to surrender?"

Shen Youlong was really stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Jian Guo to play so much, and only then did he know that there were all kinds of miscellaneous information from Jiaxing, which always said that Qinglu was ferocious and powerful, so it turned out to be the truth.

"The governor has Shen Pan and Xie Mingyu Ru eighteen and other righteous generals under his command."

Shen Pan was originally the son of a declining official, originally from Wucheng, met Huzhou boxer Xie Mingyu in Songjiang, and later met Ru Shiba, the three of them married Jinlan, the Tartars went south, Su Song officials surrendered one after another, and the three called together more than a hundred companions , Anti-Tartar and anti-counterfeit, soon got the response of many fishermen and boatmen, there were more than 70 people and more than [-] boats.

Later, Shen Youlong sent a handwritten letter to appease him, and he responded with a sense of righteousness, so he worshiped Shen Pan as a guerrilla, and Xie Mingyu and Ru Shiba were both capitals.

"Is the loyalty of these three people trustworthy?" Huang Zongyan asked.

"A loyal and strong man." Shen Youlong replied.

"Well, please come and meet the strong men. If they are willing to shave their heads and pretend to surrender, then they can be a pawn in the dark."

Shen Youlong asked three people to come in and met the envoy of the supervisor.

Huang Zongyan explained the situation.

The three of Shen and Pan were hesitant. At the beginning, they were unwilling to shave their hair and submit to the captives, so they gathered a crowd to revolt, gathered in Taihu Lake, and went out in all directions. Tartar messenger cavalry.

At this time, the three of them are all wearing red scarves, all of them are tall and strong, and they are all bold men.

"I think Guan Yunchang also temporarily surrendered to Cao Ying back then, but he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han. Now, in order to restore Zhongxing, temporarily shaving his hair and changing clothes is a temporary expedient measure."

Ru Shiba and Xie Mingyu were still hesitant, but Shen Pan, who had read the book, handed it over, "For the sake of the country, I would like to shave my hair."

"Can you just shave all your hair and leave no braids? Tartar's braids are too ugly." Ru Shiba yelled.

Shen Pan said, "Shave it off if you want. We keep our braids. It doesn't matter if we lose one person."

Huang Zongyan then took out a few blank confessions, filled in his name and position in public, awarded Shen Pan Songjiang Zhen Xie Shou Lieutenant, awarded Ru Shiba and Xie Mingyu the rank of guerrilla general, and gave each of the three a hundred households that could be inherited by their descendants. World duty edict.

"What the three generals have to do is actually simple, that is, to shave their heads and submit to the Qing Dynasty. Of course, it is a false surrender. After the surrender, you will still be assigned to guard Songjiang and other places, and may even guard Songjiang Fucheng. It is possible."

"Although we were born recklessly, we have always known loyalty. Even if we shave our hair and change clothes, we are absolutely loyal to Daming and loyal to the supervisor of the country."

On behalf of Jian Guo, Huang Zongyan finally talked with Shen Youlong, Chen Zilong and other leaders of the Songjiang Rebel Army. The main thing was to withdraw from the prefectures and counties.

First, according to the requirements of the prison country, the fifteen thousand soldiers should be assembled and trained, and then the village should be organized to establish order, the lijin bureau should be established, the lijin that should be collected should be collected, the people should resume agriculture, craftsmen and merchants We also want to resume business, we can't let everyone's life be turbulent, life has to go on.

In other words, for the next period of time, Shen Youlong's main task is to appease the local area, train soldiers and horses, and hand over the war to the Northern Expedition led by Jian Guo.

"Jianguo hopes that you can take on the task of building ordnance and supplying food and grass. Don't worry, the Supervisory Council will send you silver or even iron materials. What you need is to recruit craftsmen and organize civilians to build them in time to support the army. "

Shen Youlong was still a little surprised by Zhu Yihai's arrangement. They really don't need them in this Suzhou war. Isn't it better to have more soldiers?
"Jianguo really doesn't need our support from Songjiang?"

"Don't worry, there are only a thousand captives in Suzhou now, and the imperial camp is enough."

After Huang Zongyan left, Shen Youlong also immediately began to arrange for the retreat.

"My son, you are responsible for leading people to eliminate these false officials and traitors in Fucheng first."

Chen Zilong nodded. This Fushe boss is also the number one poet in the Ming Dynasty with the name of Wanyue Ci and the leader of the Yunjian Ci School. At this time, the scholar is very resolute with a sword.

In the previous struggles, he has seen many former teachers, students, friends and even relatives, and now they are fighting fiercely for their own masters. For the faith and loyalty in his heart, he also yearns to become a great patriotic poet like Xin Qiji.

"Kill what should be killed, don't be soft-hearted, but kill the traitors, and their families don't have to be too involved. It's good to take their family wealth and use it to pay for the army, and finally leave some food for them."

"I understand." Chen Zilong understands the cruelty of these words, and with an order to suppress traitors, the entire Songjiang prefecture and counties will be liquidated at that time.

Even if they were forced to surrender, they would definitely have to be persuaded to pay.

Fortunately, this time Zhu Yihai specially asked Huang Zongyan to remind everyone that those who are forced to surrender can only be regarded as refugees, so there is no need to embarrass them too much, especially the people who are forced to shave their hair, let alone treat them as The traitors were liquidated and killed.

As long as they don't lead the way, don't do evil, and don't attack the Ming army, then these people are just poor refugees and need to be considered.

Only those who actively go to the Tartars, lead them the way, and take the lead in attacking the loyal ministers and righteous men of Ming Dynasty are traitors and lackeys. In addition, those rogue, ruffian and bullies who take advantage of the fire will also be eliminated.

Shen Youlong sent Chen Zilong away, and began to find some craftsmen to inquire about the cost of making ordnance.

The craftsmen said truthfully, "Iron-covered wooden sticks cost six cents and five cents each."

"A javelin with a wooden handle costs one cent and eight cents each, but if you replace it with a bamboo javelin, it only costs six cents."

"A hook and sickle gun is nine cents of silver, and a waist knife is one cent and seven cents each."

None of the old craftsmen dared to make random quotations.

Shen Ruru was not very interested in these bamboo spears and sticks, "Can guns and armor be made?"

"Ability is ability, but there is a lack of craftsmen and manpower, and there is no output."

"What about the cost?"

"The big copper Frang machine is 14 taels of silver per seat, the small copper Frang machine is six taels and one cents of silver each, the copper gun is four cents and five cents each, and the iron bowl mouth gun is three cents and nine cents of silver each.
Bird guns are nine coins of silver each, and hundreds of guns are one or two or three coins each. "

"If you replace copper cannons with iron ones, it will be much cheaper. The iron Flanger is two twenty-eight cents and nine cents each, the sub-gun is three cents and three cents each, and the wooden frame is two cents and two cents.

Paishan Pao Liangun is five, two, six, two cents and four cents per seat, large lead is three cents and three cents per dendrobium silver, medium lead is three cents and small lead is three cents and six cents. "

"Isn't there a better gun?"

"The Lumi guns cost one tael, one cent and eight cents each, the No. [-] Weiyuan cannon series cost five twenty-five cents and three cents and three cents each, and the No. [-] Weiyuan cannon battalions each five twenty-five cents and seven cents. ·····
"Nitrate is three cents two cents and five cents per catty, sulfur is five cents per catty, gunpowder is 11 cents and eight cents per catty of nitrate, yellow is two and one cents, charcoal ash is two and one cents, and even tools are artificially converted into silver for one cent and four cents. "..."

Shen Youlong asked for a long time, these are the ordnance craftsmen of the former Jinshanwei and other battalions, many things can indeed be made, but when they inquired about the output carefully, they couldn't help shaking their heads, and although the prices they quoted varied, but It's still not low, especially for the armor. They cost at least nine taels of silver to make a pair of cotton armor. The problem is, it's far from being as good as the Tartars' eight taels, and it's not so comprehensive.

The most important thing is that the number of craftsmen is too small and the output is too low.

Shen Youlong tapped on the table, "We will withdraw from the town soon, and all your craftsmen will follow suit. Don't worry, I will not treat you badly. I will give you five taels of silver for each of you, and return it to your family when you arrive. There are rations, and there are commissions and rewards for making ordnance. In short, there will be a lot of money. You all go back and pack it up. If you have apprentices, or relatives and friends, you should also bring it. In this troubled world, making ordnance here is also a good idea. Family errands."

The task of supervising the country is very obvious. After the Northern Expedition, they will have to provide armament support. Shen Youlong once served as governor in Fujian and governor in Guangdong and Guangxi. He is very aware of the advantages of Westerners at this time. After thinking about it, he felt that he still had to send people to Lingnan, Fujian, and recruit more craftsmen from there, and even directly hired some red-haired and other barbarian craftsmen with high salaries to come over to make guns and armors.

The best iron for making blunderbusses is Fujian iron, and you have to buy them from there. Of course, if you can buy ready-made blunderbusses from there, it is naturally better. Japanese swords are not bad, and you can also buy them from Fujian.

He even planned the base for building ordnance. He chose Dianshan Lake in the west of Songjiang, connected to Taihu Lake, and connected to Huangpu. It is very convenient and easy to defend.

On the other hand, Chen Zilong and Fushe's Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi also started to plan to eliminate the list.

"I always feel that there is no need for us to retreat to the countryside. We are not bandits. If we don't guard the big city, how will we restore the world?" Xu Fuyuan said.

Chen Zilong figured it out, "Step by step, we will definitely not be able to hit the rocks now, but take two steps back first, accumulate strength and come back, and we will have a chance to break through each one."

"I'm afraid that if I retreat, people's hearts will be scattered."

"No, if we are defeated, people's hearts will disperse, but we withdraw on our own initiative, and the troops are still there, how can this people's hearts disperse?"

"I believe in Jian Guo. In just a short period of time, Jian Guo has already sent troops to attack Suzhou. Isn't that enough to convince us?"

Xu Fuyuan had nothing to say.

"I just feel a little bit reluctant, such a good situation, but now I have to take the initiative to give up."

"These are only temporary!"

(End of this chapter)