Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 27 Immortal
When Zhu Yihai arrived in Ningbo Overseas, Ningbo had also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

After the fall of Hangzhou, the prefect Zhu Zhikui and Tong Wenyu conspired to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. They arrested the prefects who were unwilling to surrender and sent them to Hangzhou for reward. Boluo rewarded Zhu Zhikui as the prefect, and Kong Wenyu Same knowledge.

After the two returned to Ningbo, they immediately searched for a large sum of money and food, and shipped them to Hangzhou.

As a result, passing through Yaojiang, they were ambushed and intercepted by Yuyao rebel Sun Xiongjun led by Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin of Yuyao. The grain ship was robbed and Kong Wenyu was killed. Only Zhu Zhikui escaped back to Yin County, the prefectural city of Ningbo.

Zhu Zhikui, who had survived the catastrophe, did not stop. He promised Boluo in Hangzhou that he would send money and food to the army to help the army. If the task is not completed, the consequences will be serious.

So after returning, they collected additional taxes and demanded payment everywhere. After barely gathering a batch of money and grain, they dared not go to Hangzhou via Yaojiang via Shaoxing, but planned to enter Hangzhou Bay by sea.

In order to ensure safety, Zhu Zhikui also personally went to Dinghai to meet Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief who had accepted the surrender, and borrowed several military ships and hundreds of soldiers to protect him from him.

But as soon as the ship left the port, a fleet of ships came out from the opposite side to block the way.

"Could it be that Huang Binqing's warship in Zhoushan is going to be robbed?"

Zhu Zhikui turned pale with fright when he saw a large number of boats blocking his way.

"Prince Prince?"

On the deck stood a young military officer, but it was Wang Zhiren's son Wang Mingqian.He looked at the fleet and shook his head.

"It's not Huang Binqing's boat."

"Is that a pirate? Why are there still pirates here?"

"Don't worry, this is one of our own. The banner is Shipu Zhang Guerrilla's sailor. He is an old friend of my father." Wang Mingqian said.

Zhu Zhikui breathed a sigh of relief, "Why did Zhang Mingzhen of Shipu bring so many boats here?"

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maritime.

On the deck of Zhang Mingzhen's flagship, Zhu Yihai held a telescope to observe the fleet coming out of the port. There were not many ships, but according to the news, these ships were sent to Hangzhou by Zhu Zhikui, the prefect of Ningbo who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Ningbo Dinghai City was special in the Ming Dynasty. Although the capital of Ningbo Prefecture was in Yin County, the political and military center of Ningbo was Dinghai City in Ningbo Port at the mouth of Yinjiang River.

During the Ming Dynasty, Ningbo was a Japanese tribute trade port stipulated by the imperial court. Japanese tribute merchant ships came to Ming Dynasty and could only land and enter the port at Ningbo Dinghai Port.

In addition to the important military position of Ningbo's maritime hub, the Ming Dynasty set up the General Suppressing Japanese Commander-in-Chief here.

Later, the imperial court appointed the governor of Zhejiang. At first, the governor was stationed in Hangzhou, but later moved to Dinghai.

This makes Dinghai, a port city near the sea, although it is not the provincial capital, it is the residence of many government offices such as the governor, the general army, and the Haifang Road. City, even surpassed Hangzhou.

It was just that after the Japanese country closed the country and closed the customs, Dinghai's trade volume shrank and gradually declined. However, its military status is still important, and the governor's office is still resident in Dinghai.

However, the governor Zhang Bingzhen went to Hangzhou to support the establishment of King Lu Jianguo before, and then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Chen Hongfan and others.

After Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief, also announced that he had accepted the surrender of the Qing envoy, the officials in the prefectures and counties of Ningbo Prefecture surrendered one after another, making it appear that Ningbo had already been ruled by the Qing army.

However, like Shaoxing, although officials in Ningbo at this time surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, in fact, the Qing army only sent a small team to settle in.

"The ship of the General Battalion."

"It's General Xiao Wang."

Zhang Mingzhen also looked at the opposite fleet with a binoculars. He was very familiar with the soldiers and horses in Ningbo, "Ningbo is the largest coastal defense town in the southeast. In addition, there is also a standard camp on Haiphong Road, plus the standard camp on Bingbei Road, as well as the co-op camp and the same-city camp in the same city, Ningbo has a lot of soldiers and horses."

Under the battalion system of the Ming Dynasty, the battalion was the basic unit, and the commander-in-chief had directly-administered pacesetters, while the governor, governor, Bingbei Road, and Haiphong Road generally had a standard battalion directly under them. The assisted battalion is commanded by deputy commanders, generals, or guerrillas.

For example, Fubiao, the governor of Zhejiang, was stationed in Dinghai, also known as Junziying, which was divided into two battalions on the left and right plus the Chinese army, with a number of about [-].

Although Zhejiang had a governor in the early years, it was abolished later, so there is no supervising standard for the time being.

Only one was set up on Haiphong Road and Bingbei Road, and the Road Standard Battalion had 500 people.

Wang Zhiren is the general officer of the Japanese town in Zhejiang Province. His town standard battalion has three battalions under his jurisdiction, with a total of 3000 people.

Below him are the Tongcheng Cooperative Battalion and the Tongcheng Battalion, each led by a general and a guerrilla, with 500 men each.

Calculated in this way, Dinghai actually has a lot of troops. If it is fully staffed, there will be 8000 troops.

Zhang Mingzhen is very clear about the matter in the Ming army, "Zhefu Zhang Bingzhen went to Hangzhou before and took Fubiao with him, so now there is a gentleman's camp in the middle of Dinghai City, and there are no gentlemen's soldiers. Daotai also followed Zhang Bingzhen to Hangzhou. The road sign is also taken."

"However, even if you don't take them with you, there are a total of 2000 people in Fubiao and Daobiao. In fact, there is a serious shortage, and they are all old and weak."

"Wang Zongbing's three battalions of Zhenbiao, Xiebiao, and Youbiao have a total of [-] troops. In fact, they are not even full, probably half of them."

The vacancy of the army is common in Ming Dynasty. For example, Zhang Mingzhen's first battalion is full of [-] personnel, which is rare. He is a newly trained new army. The key is that he has the heart to do things, so he has no shortage.

"Wang Mingqian is the eldest son of Wang Zongbing, he is the guerrilla of the same city battalion."

"Just that young man? Looks like he's only in his 20s."

"Well, he is very young, but he is quite brave. However, he is able to become a guerrilla general at this age. In fact, the main reason is that Wang Zongbing has a soldier in his hand. The Hongguang court promoted Wang Mingqian as a show of kindness. The guerrilla general of Dinghai Tongcheng Battalion."

Wang Zhiren relied on his elder brother Wang Zhixin to gain power in the palace and become a great eunuch, so he became Su Song's chief soldier.When the Hongguang Dynasty was established, Wang Zhiren moved to Dinghai with thousands of solid naval troops in his hands. Of course, Zhu Yousong and others had to appease him.

All the four towns in Jiangbei were made dukes and marquises, and it was really nothing to give Wang Zhiren's son a guerrilla attack.

These days, if you have soldiers in your hands, everyone will win them over.

Just like Zuo Liangyu back then, no matter his background or fighting, he recruited more and more soldiers when he was suppressing bandits in the Central Plains. Be polite to him.

The two fleets are getting closer and closer.

Wang Mingqian took the initiative to take Zhu Zhikui to meet him in a small boat. Although Zhang Mingzhen was only a guerrilla, Zhang Mingzhen was his father's friend after all, and he usually called him uncle.

"My nephew is visiting Uncle Shi. I don't know where Uncle Shi is taking his brothers. Why didn't I hear my father mention it beforehand?"

Zhang Mingzhen stepped forward and patted the young Wang Mingqian, "I was going to Dinghai to meet Brother Wang, but I met you here unexpectedly, where are you going?"

"At the order of my father, lead the troops to escort Zhu Futai to Hangzhou."

"Go to Hangzhou?"

Wang Mingqian pointed to the grain ship in the middle of the warship, "The money and grain raised by Ningbo Mansion."

Zhu Yihai stood there and looked at Wang Mingqian and that Zhu Zhikui, "Sending money and food to the Tartars, are you helping the enemy?"

Wang Mingqian looked over, "Uncle Zhang, who is this?"

Because Zhu Yihai was on the boat, he didn't wear the Yishan crown or the red Chilong robe, but just a red robe.

"Zhu Yihai!" Zhu Yihai announced his family name.

Hearing this name, both Wang Mingqian and Zhu Zhikui were a little surprised.

"Is King Lu going to Hangzhou too?" Zhu Zhikui looked at him suspiciously and asked.

Zhu Yihai smiled, "Don't you have to go to Hangzhou alone?"

Zhang Mingzhen pulled Wang Mingqian, "His Royal Highness King Lu has ascended the throne to supervise the country, and now he is the emperor of Ming Dynasty. His Royal Highness is about to go to see your lord Wang Zongbing. Nephew Ming Qian will lead the way."

Zhu Zhikui's face changed drastically.

"Wang Gueran, hurry up and take down these stubborn guys and send them to Hangzhou, it will be a fortune."

Zhu Yihai just stared at Wang Mingqian with a smile on his face, full of confidence in this young man.

This confidence comes not only from his prophet of history, but also from his trust in Zhang Mingzhen.

Wang Mingqian silently looked at Zhu Yihai for a while, then knelt down on one knee.

"The last general of Dinghai City, the guerrilla general Wang Mingqian, pays his respects to His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo."

Zhu Yihai stretched out his hand to support Wang Mingqian, "Gu knew Zongbing Wang was loyal to Daming a long time ago, and today I saw General Xiao Wang first, and he is indeed a good-looking talent. Gu's trip this time is not wrong."

Zhu Zhikui yelled in horror.

Wang Mingqian turned around and drew his sword and stabbed, Zhu Zhikui stared wide-eyed. What the hell are the Wang family doing? Why did they already surrender to the Qing Dynasty? Now, when they saw Zhang Mingzhen and King Lu, they immediately knelt down to worship King Lu and stabbed them again. own?
Are the father and son so duplicitous?
"Your Highness, please forgive me for disturbing you. This guy is really too noisy."

Zhu Yihai stretched out his hand to wipe off the blood splattered on his face, and said calmly, "That's true, please General Xiao Wang, please throw this traitor into the sea and feed it to the sharks."

Wang Mingqian bent down and picked up Zhu Zhikui's uncooled body, and threw it into the sea.

The fleet turned around and returned to Dinghai.

At this time, in Dinghai City.

Qian Sule, a former member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, was on a hunger strike, preparing to die for his country. He hadn't had any water or rice for seven days, and his brothers, nephews, and nephews were all preparing for his funeral.

The news that Zhu Zhikui was intercepted by Yu Shao, Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin in Yaojiang to transport grain to Hangzhou caused a sensation in Ningbo.

Qian Sule, who was already preparing to die for his country, could not help but lift up his spirits when he heard the news.

Shout three times, "Here comes the porridge!"

After drinking three big bowls of porridge, Qian Sule was in high spirits, "I'm not going to die!"

When he heard that Hongguang was covered in dust and Lu Jian surrendered, he was distraught, vomited blood and cried bitterly.

But now that they heard that Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin from Yuyao had raised their flags to rebel against the Qing, they suddenly felt that their previous thoughts were too cowardly.

"How can we fall behind others?"

"Hurry up and ask Lin Shidui to come. He is Sun Jiaji's protégé. He used to be an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Sun Jiaji's rebellion led to righteousness. Lin Shidui must have known about it and participated in it."

"But Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief, has already surrendered, and he has thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, so what?"

Qian Sule, who was very weak after starving for seven days, gritted his teeth, "I'll go to see Wang Zongbing in person and persuade him to go anyway!"

"Father can't, if Wang Zhiren is determined to surrender, wouldn't father fall into a trap!"

"If that's the case, then I will die in a worthy place, and I will be loyal to the country!" Qian Sule said resolutely.

(End of this chapter)