Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 179 The Fifth Surrender

Zhu Guofan surrendered for the fourth time in Kaesong. Shen Wenzhong took back the capital city of Huzhou without blood, and then appointed him as an acquaintance. , took away some of the money and food collected for the Qing army before, and then left.

Jin Gongyu and Bai Xiangfu were the left and right vanguards and marched into Changxing.

The Huzhou soldiers who were reorganized by the two commanders took the lead. Zhu Hongyu, the general of the Huzhou battalion, nicknamed Baimao, was originally a carpenter. His wife and children were killed overnight by the Tartars. In Hexi, he led his troops to cut seven hundred troops.The Qing army there was also some Ming troops who surrendered and some bandits who surrendered. Unexpectedly, the Ming army was so brave that they were caught off guard and defeated.

Immediately afterwards, another general from Huzhou, Zhao Liangbi, nicknamed Iron Whip General, held a heavy iron whip weighing 45 catties, and led another battalion to attack the Qing army, beheading another three hundred.

Huzhou general Shen Ziying could lift [-] catties, Ou Liangfu could walk through Yang with a hundred steps, and Zhou Zigai could fight in eight layers of cowhide armor. For a while, they scrambled to be the first, and each led a battalion to defeat the Qing army in a row.

The generals swept Huzhou, and the Qing army retreated to Changxing.

Tan Zhicai, the deputy general of the Qing Dynasty, was originally a bandit in Shandong, but he surrendered to the Qing army and followed him all the way south. He was ordered to guard Changxing as a general.

Unexpectedly, the defeat was so miserable this time. With the support of the Northern Expeditionary Army of Lu Jianguo, they would not accept their help to find out the military situation. , Even the militiamen of the township, after receiving some supplements of armor, bows, arrows, knives and guns, their combat power has greatly increased.

The Qing army was defeated again and again.

Tan Zhicai still wanted to resist the corner and defend the city. Unexpectedly, this time Jin Gongyu was supported by the firepower of the Shenji Battalion. He bombarded the city with cannons during the day and dug a tunnel under the city wall at night, then filled the coffin with gunpowder and lit it The city wall was blasted, and the Changxing city wall was blasted into several gaps, and the Ming army rushed in.

Tan Zhicai was a thief in his early years, and he was quite physically strong. However, when the Ming army entered the city, he wore an iron armor and a cotton armor, but he couldn't stop several fierce generals from besieging him. Zhao Liangbi's heavy iron whip directly broke one of his arms, and Zhu Baimao shot The big knife cut off his mount's head with one blow.

Ou Liangfu fired several arrows in a row, hitting him so hard that he couldn't help it, and finally he had to kneel down and surrender.

After pacifying Huzhou, Shen Wenzhong and other tribes went west to Guangdezhou.

Huzhou.

The inspector came to report, "Hangzhou Deputy General Zhang Jie and Huzhou Deputy General Zhang Shiyuan each led [-] troops to attack. Hurry up and ask Shen Dujian and Jin Zongbing to come back for help."

Dai Zhongdao, the prefect, "Call the people together and prepare to defend the city, waiting for reinforcements."

As a result, fellow acquaintance Zhu Guofan stood up, "My lord, no."

"My lord, please stay away from the left and right."

Dai Zhong's complexion was not good, and after stepping away from the left and right, he asked Zhu Guofan, "Don't you still dare to disagree?"

"My lord, it's not a change of heart, but a change of expediency. Didn't Shen Dujian have said before that our task is to maintain the peace of Huzhou? Right now, Wang Shi is going east. Now there are no soldiers in Huzhou, and tens of thousands of Tartars are coming to attack. , it is impossible for us to hold on. It is better to surrender."

"Surrender?" Dai Zhong's complexion changed drastically, and he pointed at Zhu Guofan tremblingly, "You!"

"My lord, the Dujian has secretly given the opportunity before. As long as we don't work for the tiger, don't harm the loyal and righteous, and can inform the Jianguo, even if we surrender, we will surrender according to the order."

"Even so, how can you surrender without a fight, and if you don't defend yourself, how can you know that you can't do anything? Master Wang is not far away, and he can come back for reinforcements at any time. This is different from before."

"What's the difference? Can Huzhou really be defended? Look at Jianguo's Northern Expedition, even going down to Jiahu, Susong and other places, which city can you defend?"

"But..." Prefect Dai still couldn't accept direct surrender.

"In this way, if Master Futai doesn't want to surrender, you can take someone away, and I will stay and surrender." Zhu Guofan said.

Dai Zhong looked at Zhu Guofan, and couldn't see him clearly for a moment.

"The future is long, my lord."

"Okay," Dai nodded, "but since we are going to surrender, let's surrender together. If I leave at this time, I won't be a deserter."

after one day.

Zhang Jie and Zhang Shiyuan each led thousands of troops to the city of Huzhou. Dai Zhong and Zhu Guofan led the officials to open the city and surrender without any resistance.

Zhang Jie, the deputy general of Xiezhen Hangzhou, smiled and said to Zhang Shiyuan, the deputy general of Xiezhen Huzhou, "Your subordinate Zhu Guofan, the Huzhou co-prefect, can be regarded as a talent. How many times has this been the first time he has surrendered?"

Zhang Shiyuan, like Zhang Jie, was originally a famous general. He was once a general of the four towns in the north of Hongguang River. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he followed the southern expedition.

Fortunately, the Ming army did not move much on the Qiantang River. Up to now, it has only captured Fuyang and other cities in the west of Hangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River, and has not threatened Hangzhou city yet.

Before, there was a Zhu Wu who crossed the river and entered the border of Jiaxing, but he was beaten by Li Yuchun and threw away his armor. angry.

Zhang Jie and Zhang Shiyuan took pleasure in other's misfortune. Before this Li Yuchun was in the limelight, he pushed them both to the ground and rubbed them.

Now that Li Yuchun had an accident, they were of course happy, but they were not happy for a few days, and suddenly many bandit troops came out to make trouble in Huzhou.

Governor Zhang Cunren, Governor Xiao Qiyuan and Admiral Tian Xiong quickly ordered them to gather troops to encircle and suppress them, and set a time for them.

Fortunately, this time the troops marched smoothly. They gathered all kinds of troops and fought all the way, and all the cities in Huzhou were recovered one after another.

Now Fucheng also directly surrendered.

Zhang Shiyuan stroked his beard, "This Zhu Guofan is really talented. This is the third time he has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and he has repeatedly surrendered the false Ming Dynasty twice."

"This kind of person probably has soft knees."

"Hahaha."

"Kill?"

"It's a pity to kill such a boneless guy, let's keep it." Zhang Shiyuan said.

"That's right, it's really hard to find such a genius."

After regaining Huzhou, Zhang Shiyuan and Zhang Jie jointly won the victory, and asked for instructions on how to deal with Zhu Guofan and other surrendered officials.

Hangzhou received the report a few days later, and Governor Xiao Qiyuan negotiated with Governor Zhang Cunren.

Hangzhou is an important city, with governors and governors in the same city. Both of them were officials of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Cunren was originally the deputy general of Ningyuan Wu Sangui, but it was not that simple for the Qing Dynasty to arrange these two partners.

The governor has the power to control the governor, but he does not directly command the governor. On the surface, the governor and the governor are at the same level and have their own duties. The deputy capital censor and the minister of the Ministry of War have the title of minister, so he also manages the military and has his own bid.

The two are stationed in the same city, and there are many overlapping functions. This is a balancing strategy intentionally created by the Tartars in order to control these demoted officials and strengthen their control over the local area.

Originally, in Zhejiang Province, there was no need to have both a governor and a governor, but the Tatars set it up like this. The governor already had the title of admiral, and another admiral, so the governor, admiral, and the generals stationed in the Eight Banners, etc. , a bunch of heads.

Fortunately, Xiao Qiyuan and Zhang Cunren get along well. After all, only three mansions in Zhejiang have been taken down now, and the five mansions in eastern Zhejiang are under the control of the Ming army. It is not easy to fight among themselves at this time.

"This Zhu Guofan, I think it should be rewarded." Xiao Qiyuan said, "Buying horse bones with thousands of dollars will help us regain eastern Zhejiang."

After Bo Luo left Hangzhou with his army, Zhang Cunren and Xiao Qiyuan were under a lot of pressure. The three prefectures in western Zhejiang were still unstable, let alone the five prefectures in eastern Zhejiang. , Their pressure is also increasing, and rebellions are happening all over the place. At this time, a Huzhou Tongzhi who can be cleared three times is indeed worthy of being a typical award.

"Then promote him to the prefect of Huzhou?"

"Zhu Guofan is just a tribute student, not a Jinshi."

"I don't care what to do at this time. It's rare for Zhu Guofan to be so knowledgeable about current affairs. He still needs to be rewarded. I think he can be made a magistrate. Wasn't the magistrate just a pusher? Someone switch jobs."

Xiao Qiyuan said, "I think this Zhu Guofan is so knowledgeable about current affairs, he is a bit wronged to be the magistrate of Huzhou, why don't he be transferred to Hangzhou?"

When Boluo first arrived in Hangzhou, the local officials were lacking, so he appointed Gu Mingbiao, a student who actively attached himself to Hangzhou, as the prefect of Hangzhou. As a result, this guy was bold and greedy. Pawn shop, take good people to extort money.

Bo Luo angrily beheaded the two of them.

Later, the magistrate was replaced by strict rules, and Lei Yongzuo replaced the official, but the two were incapable and equally greedy. Originally, Hangzhou was the same city as the governor and governor, and there were three divisions and county officials in the same city. This official is the most difficult. You can see any mistakes.

"Call this Zhu Guofan to Hangzhou to have a look. If he really has some skills, let him make up the prefect of Hangzhou."

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Kunshan.

Li Chengdong cursed and worked hard for a long time, seeing the duck in his beak flying away, how could he not be angry.

After working hard and tiring, the prefectures and counties of Su and Song were gradually pacified, but it had nothing to do with him. The comforter of Zhejiang, Mr. Yan Wo, led a group of green battalions from western Zhejiang to the territory of Song and Su, and recruited and accepted rebels everywhere. The Ming army was either defeated or retreated in hopelessness.

On the contrary, he, the general soldier of Songjiang, didn't get any credit for it.

However, Suzhou was still lost, and the governor Tu Guobao took a copy of them. The admiral Wu Shengzhao, the servant Li Sutai, and the general Li Chengdong did not escape.

Bo Luo also sent someone to recruit him, scolded him bloody, and demoted him to one level, and changed him to the deputy commander-in-chief of Jiading, Xiezhen, and the title of commander-in-chief of Songjiang, who was awarded the title of the big limelight this time. Li Yuchun, the former deputy general of Jiaxing.

"Gao Jinzhong from Chongming has asked me to surrender, and Zhang Guozhu from Taicang has also successfully recruited Zhang Shiyi. This is all due to me. How can you say that there is no meritorious crime?"

"I don't agree!"

The generals could only persuade them to appease their anger first, and appeal after seeing Boluo Belle, because they didn't believe that he could single-handedly seize the earth.

(End of this chapter)