Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 22
"Your Highness is willing to take a big risk, why?"

"The great cause of ZTE!"

"Can you?"

"It's up to people!"

Zhu Yihai and Zhang Mingzhen met at the Shipu guerrilla barracks. Zhang Mingzhen was still somewhat suspicious of the sudden arrival of the young His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo, so he asked directly, so there was this dialogue.

With a few simple words, Zhang Mingzhen had a very good impression of Zhu Yihai. His Royal Highness King Lu is young and courageous, which is what the precarious Ming Dynasty needs most.

Zhu Yihai looked at Zhang Mingzhen's face-to-face gift, which was the head of a North Envoy.

Looking at the money rat tail on the back of the leader's head, Zhu Yihai smiled and said, "The Tartar envoys from Hangzhou are considered unlucky, the ten who went to Taizhou were killed by Wang You from the Yongwei Camp, and the ones who went to Haimen A few people who met Gu on the way and came to the general were killed by your guerrilla again."

Zhang Mingzhen had been sizing up His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo all the time, seeing that he was still talking and laughing freely when facing the ugly head, he was more admirable.

The head of a Tartar envoy is enough to prove Zhang Mingzhen's loyalty.

Especially after hearing that he imitated Yue Fei's practice of tattooing the back tattoo, he was even more satisfied.

"Can I let Gu Yi watch?"

Zhang Mingzhen was also polite and took off his clothes directly.

The four big characters Chixinbaoguo are impressively exposed on the back, inches in diameter and deep into the skin.

Zhu Yihai gave a thumbs up directly.

It's not uncommon to have tattoos, but the words "serve the country with a heart" can't be tattooed casually.

"I originally wanted to serve the country with loyalty and loyalty, but later I thought it was not worthy, so I changed it to serve the country with a heart, and then I tattooed the four characters "Anti-Qing and Fuming" on the soles of both feet."

"The old general is loyal and brave, and he is extremely moved by his loneliness!"

Zhang Mingzhen presented a roster.

"Daming has His Royal Highness in charge of the state, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and the restoration of the two capitals are just around the corner. I am very fortunate for the Ming Dynasty." Zhang Mingzhen took the initiative to hand over the roster of the three thousand new troops of the Shipu Battalion, as well as the roster he supervised here. Warships, a batch of ordnance built, etc.

"Three thousand new troops? What's the real number?" Zhu Yihai asked habitually.

As a result, Zhang Mingzhen showed an unhappy look on his face, "I come here to recruit new troops and supervise the construction of warships. I dare not relax in the slightest, and I dare not falsify my military status and deduct my salary. There are three thousand soldiers on the roster, one is true, and one is fake. Quite a few."

"Although the training has only been for more than half a year, it is already ready for a battle!"

Zhu Yihai was surprised.

At this time, Wu Kai next to him said a little embarrassedly, "General Zhang is a hero who once defeated Denglei Kong Youde's rebellion. The mixed-race military officer in this place is different.

He has some soldiers from the Haimen Association Battalion, who went to Zhang Mingzhen's Shipu Battalion to apply for food.

So he came to fight Zhang Mingzhen at the beginning, but Zhang Mingzhen was flexible in his wrists and had a strong relationship with him. In the end, Zhang Mingzhen handed over some military supplies orders to Wu Kai and gave him some gifts. That's all.

When Zhu Yihai heard that Zhang Mingzhen really had 3000 men, and he was still a young man who had practiced for at least half a year, he couldn't help being overjoyed.

Finally there is good news, finally there is an organized regular army.

There are soldiers, weapons and warships.

Excited, Zhu Yihai directly proposed to inspect the Shipu Camp, and Zhang Mingzhen immediately passed the order with his chest patted.

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"The Shipu Battalion has real soldiers and strong horses!"

After Zhu Yihai inspected the school, he immediately held Zhang Mingzhen's arm and was very affectionate. Although he said in his heart, in Zhu Yihai's opinion, the recruits of the Shipu guerrilla battalion were a little disappointed.

It doesn't have the haughty aura of a tiger in later generations of film and television dramas, and it feels a bit weak, whether it's armor and equipment or the height and appearance of soldiers, etc., it feels a bit weak.

Not only can it not compare with those great Qin warriors and Tang cavalry in ancient costume film and television dramas, let alone compare with the phalanx in the military parade in [-] or [-].

But compared with Wu Kai's first battalion of 3000 people, which actually only had 120 people, it was much stronger.

"General Zhang Mingzhen listens to the orders!"

Zhu Yihai dragged Zhang Mingzhen back to the reviewing stand, and directly granted him an official position.

"General Zhang Mingzhen was given the title of general guarding Shipu, and he was given the seal of General Dingyuan, and he was added as the second-rank governor."

After finishing speaking, he took off the sword he was wearing and handed it to Zhang Mingzhen, "The old general serves the country with all his heart, and I will never betray your loyalty. I give you this Shangfang sword and give you the right to be cheap in the army. You can cut it first and then play it!"

Zhang Mingzhen was originally a son of Jinyi. In his early years, he wandered around the world as a chivalrous man in the capital, made friends with powerful people, and later became rich in business, then abandoned his business and joined the army. , with a rich resume, and at the age of 50, he will not be moved to tears by the young King Lu's few words.

But I still feel warm in my heart, not because of those officials, but because King Lu has the courage to fight.

"Even if I give up this old life, I will swear to defend Daming and Your Highness to the death!"

Zhu Yihai was happy, and for the three thousand soldiers of the Shipu Battalion, all the officers were promoted to one rank, and all the soldiers were rewarded with one tael of silver each.

"Originally, the loyal and loyal defenders of the country couldn't just reward this mere one tael of silver, but now the situation is critical, and I don't have too much money, so I will give each of them a tael first, and I will make up for it later."

Finally, Zhu Yihai took off a piece of jade from his body and gave it to Zhang Mingzhen.

"Gift to the gentleman, this jade solitary has been worn with me for many years, and now I will give it to Qing."

Zhang Mingzhen took the jade and raised his head high to thank him.

Then, in front of all the soldiers, he slapped the ground directly and broke into several pieces.

When everyone was surprised.

Zhang Mingzhen tore off a piece of clothing material, and then picked up the pieces of jade and wrapped them up, "I swear to defend Daming to the death, if the great cause fails, I would rather pay for pieces of jade than for tiles!"

Breaking the jade given by King Lu just made everyone think it was too reckless and disrespectful, but when he expressed his loyalty rather than smashing the jade, it made everyone feel excited.

After returning to the cool room, Zhang Mingzhen poured tea for King Lu respectfully, and also presented the list of supplies.

"I still have a lot of money and food here. If we try our best to recruit recruits now, it will be enough to equip ten thousand people."

He suggested recruiting new troops immediately, and even forcibly recruiting strong men, craftsmen, fishermen, etc. into the army first.

"I thought that since the Tartars invaded south, the road has been smooth and smooth, and the soldiers are inevitably arrogant. If I lead the troops to the north to make a surprise attack, there is a great chance."

"If His Highness issues an imperial edict to oversee the country and calls on the soldiers and civilians in the south of the Yangtze River to respond and cooperate, great things will be accomplished."

Zhu Yihai was not so optimistic.

Although Boluo in Hangzhou was only a partial division sent by Duoduo in Nanjing, all the prefectures in Suzhou and Hangzhou surrendered, and the regular Ming army basically surrendered, so now Boluo has at least 10 horses on hand.

What's more, Nanjing is not far from Hangzhou, where there are at least 20 Qing troops and Ming troops.

Rushing to fight Hangzhou is courting death.

Zhu Yi has been observing Shipu since he was on the island, and found that the location of this place is really important, especially since Xiangshan is originally a peninsula, and whether it is Zhang Mingzhen, Wang Zhiren or even Huang Binqing, they all have a navy in their hands, and this is the current Qing Dynasty. The army lacked.

In other words, if we take the initiative to attack Hangzhou and Nanjing now, we will be overreaching our capabilities, but if we first rely on coastal Haimen, Xiangshan, Zhoushan and other places to establish bases, we can attack and defend.

"The general Wang Zhiren in Dinghai, Ningbo, is very familiar with him. I can guarantee that he will never surrender. We will go north along the coast, first go to Dinghai to meet Wang Zongbing, and then join Huang Zongbing who retreated to Zhoushan, and we will be able to gather together." With 5 or [-] horses, when the time comes, His Highness will raise the banner of the State Supervisor, and send envoys to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, and volunteers from all walks of life will surely respond!"

"Recover Hangzhou first, and then attack Jinling. Jiangnan can be settled."

Zhang Mingzhen talked about his strategic plan with some excitement, impassioned.

It's just that although Zhu Yihai was smiling, he didn't support this plan at all in his heart.

But Zhang Mingzhen is very confident.

The reason is, of course, that although the Tartars are attacking fiercely and powerfully this time, they can attack from Beijing to Shandong, from Shandong to Henan, then to Shaanxi, and then to Hubei. The Hongguang court in the south of the Yangtze River was already at the end of its strength and could not wear onyx.

Clearly the apex has been reached.

What's more, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is hot now, and the summer heat is in full swing, and the Tartars originally lived in Liaodong outside the Guan, and they are resistant to cold and heat, so they are not suitable for the heat in the south of the Yangtze River.

Then there are the series of victories of the Tartars, especially after Hongguang escaped and was captured, and Hangzhou Lujian surrendered as soon as he took the throne, which made them even more arrogant and underestimated the enemy, thinking that Jiangnan would no longer have regular army resistance.

These are opportunities.

"Surprise surprise, surprise victory."

Zhu Yihai himself is also a history buff. He likes cold weapons and military affairs. He has studied many classic ancient battle examples.

But Zhu Yihai is still a time traveler, he knows the direction of history very clearly.

In the history of Nanming, Zhang Mingzhen was indeed a very capable general. He was almost on par with Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong. He was brave and capable of fighting, especially tough.

But in history, Zheng Chenggong’s Northern Expedition, combined with Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan’s troops from Lu Jianguo, attacked the Yangtze River Estuary all the way and hit the city of Nanjing. The momentum was huge and they once had many advantages, but in the end the Zheng and Lu families were defeated by the city of Nanjing. , Lost countless troops.

And that time, Zheng Chenggong at that time was already a famous general with hundreds of battles, and it was also Nanming's strongest counterattack, but he still lost.

Compared with now, people are in panic, and the main force of the Qing army's southern expedition is all there. Why should they go to Hangzhou at this time?
With this little power in his hand, Zhu Yihai is very precious, and he is never willing to push it to the gambling table to stud easily, especially when he still knows the cards and knows that he will lose.

However, Zhu Yihai did not immediately refute Zhang Mingzhen, unwilling to hurt the enthusiasm and loyalty of this general.

He nodded, "Why don't General Zhang take me to Ningbo Dinghai to meet Wang Zongbing and Zhoushan's Huang Zongbing?"

Zhang Mingzhen couldn't refuse this request, although he felt that the Northern Expedition would require a quick surprise attack, and it might be more dangerous, so it was best not to bring this young His Royal Highness Jian Guo along.

But Jian Guo proposed, and he couldn't refuse, not to mention he was also afraid that Wang Zhiren and Huang Binqing would not support the northern attack on Hangzhou. If Lu Jian Guo went to meet them in person and proposed the plan himself, they might not be able to refuse it.

After they agree to send troops, then let Lu Jianguo stay in Ningbo, or return to Taizhou.

In the war, they have to go to battle like warriors, and it is good for Jian Guo to stay in the rear and Jian Guo's regent to be quiet and good news.

(End of this chapter)