Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 191

On the turbulent Yangtze River, Zhu Yihai was sitting on a boat, anchored in the middle of the river, it was a Yangtze River sand ship, a merchant ship for transportation.

This is near Zhenjiang, and he was fishing with a rod on the deck.

But Tangtang Jianguo, of course, didn't come to Zhenjiang to fish on a whim, he took the risk to come here, in fact, he wanted to watch the Qing army cross the river up close.

Ruan Jin very boldly proposed a land and water advance in Chongming, and quietly sneaked to Zhenjiang. When the main force of the Qing army in Duoduoboluo crossed the river and returned, he attacked halfway across the river and attacked by land and water.

But Zhu Yihai refused.

This plan is indeed bold, but too whimsical.

After Duoduo and Boluo join forces, this time they will lead more than [-] Eight Banners elites back north, and at the same time there will be no less than [-] surrendered Ming troops and other troops marching together.

Not to mention Zhenjiang, which is close to Jiangning, and Yangzhou, which is in the north of the Yangtze River, still have heavy troops stationed at this time.

To attack such a large army, Zhu Yihai had to gather all the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expedition to be able to fight.But you gathered 6 or [-] horses and rushed to Zhenjiang. Are Duduo and Boluo dead?Is Hong Chengchou dead?

Will they not notice the slightest movement?
And if the land battalion is not mobilized, only the navy is used to start from Chongming Jingjiang, but even if there are only 3 to [-] naval troops, it will dispatch thousands or more ships. With so many ships traveling on the Yangtze River, even You only sail at night, and you can't escape the eyes of both sides.

If you want to go from Chongming to Zhenjiang quietly and then halfway across, that is just a dream.

But if you can't hide it and stick your bow hard, then there is no chance of defeating the Qing army. Even if the Qing army doesn't have a navy, you can think about how the Qing army crossed the Yangtze River south a few months ago, and you know that although the Yangtze River is Natural danger is not a panacea.

It was impossible for Zhu Yihai to do this kind of all-or-nothing gamble.

However, he still came.

But only a few boats were brought, and they were still disguised as merchant ships, keeping a long distance.

As he expected, Dodo is not a fool.

10,000+ people are crossing the river, and they are well prepared.

Those who took the lead, those who guarded and reconnaissed along the coast, and the sailors of the fleet on the upstream and downstream rivers supported them. After a few days of tossing around, the army officially crossed the river.

Numerous large and small boats transported soldiers and horses across the river, and the scene was very spectacular.

Zhu Yihai just watched from a distance.

Historically, the Tartars in Beijing discovered that not only did Ming survive, but that soon after the king of Lu in eastern Zhejiang supervised the country, and the king of Tang in Fujian proclaimed himself emperor, and the momentum was getting bigger and bigger, they immediately transferred Boluo to lead the army south again the following year. Zheng, that time, went all the way to Guangdong, even destroying the two small courts in Zhejiang and Fujian.

After the Qing army withdrew their troops again, Emperor Yongli appeared again.

"Let's go, go back."

Zhu Yihai suddenly lost his mind, and came here on a risky basis, and also made a wish, seeing the strength of the Qing army at this time, and the gap in strength between the two sides was still very large.

Go down the river and return to Chongming.

After returning to Chongming, Zhu Yihai added officials and promoted himself to the rank of prince, the prince Taibao, the minister of the Ministry of war, the censor of Youdu, the governor general of military affairs, the governor of the governor's office of the five armies, the admiral of the Jiangnan, Jiangbei, land and water officers, and the commander of the army, Taixing county king.

Officially declared that Zhu Wu is the ninth younger brother of King Lu, also known as Zhu Yiwu.

Lu Fan successively enshrined 23 county kings. By the end of Ming Dynasty, there were eleven kingdoms including Juye Zouping, Dong'a Changtai and other eight kingdoms without heirs. king.

The last King of Taixing was Zhu Yihai's father, who inherited the title of King Lu from his elder brother, so the King of Taixing will not be passed on.

Now Zhu Yihai is unwilling to give up Zhu Wu's identity, so he officially conferred the title of King of Taixing County on Zhu Wu.

Everyone is used to this.

However, who are familiar with Zhu Yihai's behavior and even Shen Chenquan and others who understand the operation of the Northern Expedition Army, they know that Zhu Wu's identity is not only a cover-up, but also very convenient for the supervisor to directly control the Northern Expedition Army, that is, the imperial camp pro-army .

The titles he added now further facilitated Zhu Wu's direct command of the imperial camp.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Commander’s Mansion of the Five Armies originally commanded the troops, while the Ministry of War was in charge, and the admirals and commander-in-chief were in charge of combat. Now Zhu Yihai gave his own vest the addition of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the Governor’s Military Affairs Leader, the Great Governor of the Duty of the Five Armies, and the Admiral. The Jiangnan, Jiangbei, water and land officials, righteous soldiers and horse commanders are equal to the unity of military command, military deployment, and command power.

Ma Zongbing, the Jiangnan water and land officer, has further delineated the scope of command. The entire Yangtze River and both banks are under his jurisdiction.

When he does things here, he can completely skip the imperial cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Mansion in terms of procedures, which is more convenient and easy to use than the name of Jian Guo.

"When will Your Highness leave for the south?" Xu Shiqi urged again. Now he was very worried that the governor general of military affairs would suddenly have other arrangements, such as going to Jiangbei, or taking the navy up the river to Anqing, Huizhou, or even Jiangnan and Huguang.

If Zhu Yihai does not set off for a day, he is not at ease.

"The war in Huguang should start, right? I don't know if Zhu Dadian has successfully grasped the local military and political power in Huguang. Among the three governors of Huguang, only Du Yinxi, the governor of Huguang, has been trusted alone. Governor Pianyuan and Governor Yunyang, the lonely governor I don't even know, can they cooperate with Zhu Dadian?"

"The former Zuo Liangyu's subordinates Ma Jinzhong and Wang Jincai are in Yuezhou. They were recruited by He Tengjiao before. Can they listen to Zhu Dadian's orders now?"

"Can all the ministries of the Zhongzhen Camp be united to attack Jingzhou with all their strength, and will the Changsha Yuezhou official army and Ma Jinzhong and other ministries be able to attack Wuchang as planned?"

The more Xu Shiqi heard it, the more he felt uncomfortable, so he interrupted Zhu Yihai quickly, "Your Highness, Huguang is thousands of miles away, Your Highness has already drawn up a strategy, and also sent Zhu Dadian to supervise the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Chu and Henan, and arranged for Zhang Ge to go to Jiangxi Superintendent, go to the governor of Huizhou with Huang Daozhou, everything that needs to be arranged has been arranged, and the next step is to employ people without any doubt, and wait for good news."

Superintendents and governors were also sent, and admirals and general soldiers were also sent. They even dispatched elite soldiers and generals from the Northern Expedition Army, raised food and salaries, sent envoys to pass edicts to reward local officials, appease and reward local volunteers, and so on.

"Your Highness can't stay on the front line for a long time, and the court also needs His Highness to preside over it. The reform of the vassal system, the abolition of the military household system of the guards, and even the change of the tax system are all urgent matters, and they cannot be separated from His Highness's presidency." .”

Zhu Yihai nodded.

"That's right. When the battle of Wuchang in Jingzhou starts, we still need to make more noise. Let's fight Hangzhou. The civil and military princes on the Qiantang River are also very uncomfortable, and they are about to lose control of themselves."

Standing up, Zhu Yihai looked in the direction of Nanjing again.

Although Nanjing is not far away, it is not yet the time.

Turning his head and looking at Jingjiang, Huang Binqing is now leading the Zhezhi Navy to garrison Jingjiang. Zhu Chenggong, Ruan Mei, and Liu Shixun are sent to serve as the capital supervisor, counselor and deputy admiral.

From Huang Binqing who had already accepted the adaptation, he couldn't help thinking of Fang Guoan in Yanzhou.

This guy is still full of warlord up to now, secretly got a king of Yiyang in Longyou and other places to claim to be the supervisor of the country, after several warnings, this guy is always making excuses, but he just refuses to be honest.

When I go back this time, I have to settle Fang Guoan first.

There is also Zheng Zhilong from Fujian, who monopolizes maritime trade, and secretly supports Hong Chengchou's old mother. He wrote letters in private, and asked Fujian several times to send food and troops. And expand armed soldiers and horses at will.

Anyway, it is clear that he wants to take advantage of the chaos to become the king of Fujian.

Also in Yunnan, Wuding chieftain Wu Bikui took the opportunity to rebel and captured Dingyuan, Meitan, Wuding, Lufeng, Yao'an and other places. Zhu Yihai knew that Wu Bikui would be encircled and wiped out soon after the chieftain Wang Yangzu of Tiancheng'e, the chieftain of Mengzi Sha Dingzhou, the chieftain of Ningzhou Lu Yongming, and the chieftain of Jingdong Diao Xun.

However, Sha Dingzhou, who participated in the encirclement and suppression, would take the opportunity to launch a mutiny in Kunming City afterwards. Mu Tianbo lost Kunming and fled, and Yunnan began the three-year Sha Dingzhou Rebellion.

As for the land of abundance in Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong also controlled most of the area at this time, and he had already proclaimed himself emperor in central Shu and established the Great Western Dynasty.

The situation in the rear is not stable, but Zhu Yihai is beyond his reach now.

Before going south, Zhu Yihai summoned Su Song governor Shen Youlong, governor Wang Yongzuo, inspector Gu Yanwu, military supervisor Chen Zilong, governor of water transport and governor of Yingtian Wu Yi, governor of Huaiyang Shen Tingyang, and naval commander Ruan Jin in Chongming. everyone.

"Four armies of the naval division, foreign naval divisions went south, the rest of the inland river and Yangtze River divisions were located in the Yangtze River and Huaiyang, and the Zhezhi Navy division was located in Susong and Zhejiang West. The imperial army stayed behind in Shizhong Town, and Zhang Mingyang led the garrison in the east and west mountains of Taihu Lake. .”

"Yongwei Town enters the Tianmu Mountains in the west of Taihu Lake between Huzhou and Guangde, and is responsible for the Huzhou, Guangde, and Ningguo areas. It has a foothold and develops steadily."

Of the eight imperial camp towns, Zhu Yihai left two of the four army towns, and the two towns of Banner Bearer and Shenji went south.

Fubo Town, the Neihe Navy of the imperial navy remained, and the newly reorganized Yangtze River Navy and Zhezhi Navy, together with the provincial and town battalions reorganized by the Susong and Yingtian rebels, divided the defenses.

Zhu Yihai left three towns on two lands and one water, with a total of [-] combat troops, more than [-] auxiliary troops, and more than [-] people in the two new naval towns.

He took away Yulin, Jinwu, and the five towns of Banner Bearer, Shenji, and Sailor Fubo by himself, more than 2 people. Among the more than [-] people, he will also transfer people to Zhang Mingzhen to take [-] people to Jiangxi, and Yuan Zongdi to take them to Jiangxi. Going to Huguang for five thousand is actually equivalent to transferring half of each of the four towns except the navy.

Nearly [-] people left in Zhu Yihai's five imperial camp towns went south.

When the troops were divided from Ningbo to the north, there were three thousand soldiers and horses. After a circle, the number of soldiers and horses increased by twenty times, and in the end there were five times more.

"Your Highness, the main force of the Tartars has crossed the river and returned north. Now Jiangnan is empty. Why don't we directly launch a big counterattack in Jiangnan. This is also to support the Huguang battlefield." Shen Youlong, Wu Yi and others couldn't help persuading Zhu Yihai.

"The Tartars haven't gone far yet. If we make a big move right away, they will definitely lure them south again. Besides, I plan to go back to rectify the rear first, and then attack Hangzhou. I can also support the Huguang battlefield."

"Furthermore, Su Song, we have just plowed once. Now even if we fight again, we won't get any more harvest, and we can't keep it for a while, so why beat him?" He smiled, "The mood of the princes I can understand, but please bear with me a little longer. Let the Tatars occupy the prefectures and counties for a while, and the princes will stay in the countryside for a while, and work hard to train soldiers and horses, rectify the countryside, build Baojia, and practice together Get up, when the time is right, it will be a matter of course to attack the city and lower the county."

"When will the provincial and town battalion soldiers and the township valor regiment of the princes have been trained, when will we be able to really launch a counterattack!"

"I'll be back soon, for sure!"

(End of this chapter)