Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 46 Dark Arrow
In Songpu Town, there were rioting soldiers like bandits, looting everywhere, and the city was full of screams and wailing, but the rioting soldiers who were looting were even more excited.

In front of the mansion of a wealthy family in the city, there was a flag of the Zuodu Dudu, the Prince Taibao, Zhen Dongbo, and the Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, which was guarded by a group of fully armed soldiers with swords and guns on their backs.

In the courtyard, Chen Wu was drinking, and a group of young female relatives robbed by the big family in the town were forced to accompany him.

Dong Zhining rushed in angrily, followed by several Chen Wu's personal soldiers.

"General Chen, what's the matter with the banner outside, and how did you promise me that you would reply to Lu Jianguo after thinking about it, but why did you send troops to rob the people?"

As a student in Ningbo, Dong Zhining worked hard for righteousness and united with his classmates. He was called the Six Crazy Students. The king of Lu recovered Ningbo and gave him a background as a Jinshi and a judge in Dali Temple. This time he took the initiative to invite Ying to meet Chen Wu. I thought Who could have persuaded this fleeing general with three inches of solidity, who would have known that he had been deceived in the end.

Anger welled up in my heart.

Chen Wu has a long back and a strong waist, and is very sturdy. He was once called a dragon and a tiger among the people by the Zhejiang patrol together with his cousin in charge of the army. Chen Wu was nicknamed Fei Huzi. Gram use ah.

"Mr. Dong is here. Sit down. Didn't he tell you to stay in the camp outside the town? Why are you here?" Chen Wu got up and poured a glass of wine for Dong Zhining, then waved his hands to let the guards retreat.

Dong Zhining was furious, "General Chen, please give me an explanation?"

Chen Wu smiled, "Explain? Didn't you see it all?"

He came over to pull Dong Zhining, but was thrown away with an uneasy expression on his face.

"To be honest, I didn't come here to escape from Jiaxing this time. In fact, this town was ordered by King Yiyang of the Supervisory State to go south to recover Ningshaotai, and then encircle Hangzhou with other second-route armies."

Dong Zhining was puzzled.

The matter is actually not complicated. After the Qing army crossed the river, several navy troops on the Yangtze River in Hongguang Dynasty fled eastward one after another. General Wu Zhikui and other people from all walks of life.

They retreated eastward all the way to the Chongming area at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

After Ma Shiying and others supported King Lu in Hangzhou, but surrendered in only five days, Huang Fei and Huang Binqing, the general soldiers, Tian Yang, the governor of Huai'an, Shen Tingyang, the servant of the Ministry of war, Zhang Shiyi, the general soldier of the Huaihe River, Jiang Ruolai, the guerrilla, and Jing Benche, the supervisor, Under the joint planning of the general soldiers Wu Zhikui, Chen Wu, Wang Chaoxian, etc., they decided to jointly support the Yiyang King Zhu Chaogong of the Zhou Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty as the supervisor of the country and continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Wu Zhikui once worshiped Xia Yunyi, a tycoon of several societies, so he specially visited Huating and invited Xia Yunyi to come out of the mountain.

Although Xia only served as a county magistrate in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he became one of the seven best county magistrates in the country named by the Ministry of Officials. Zhang Cai and others founded Fushe together.

Fushe, known as Xiaodonglin, was founded by the United Jishe Yingshe and more than a dozen Jiangnan poetry societies. In the name of retro, it is actually a party with a strong political color. After the establishment of Fushe, Jishe is not just It was cancelled, but it still exists. Compared with Fushe's tolerance and looseness, several societies emphasize passing on from disciple to disciple, and the threshold for joining the society is relatively high.

Xia Yunyi was invited to Chongming Island to meet Queen Yiyang and put forward her own suggestion.

Most of the Qing soldiers came from the north, and their combat effectiveness on the water was weak. In addition, they were still busy fighting on land in the south of the Yangtze River. For the time being, they had no time to take into account the Ming Dynasty's anti-Qing forces on the water. Therefore, we must seize the opportunity at this time. It is more convenient, so Wu Zhikui was invited to settle in Maohu.

Maohu, also known as Maohe or Sanmao, is located between Taihu Lake and the mouth of the Yangtze River, and its geography is very important.

Then he asked Huang Fei, who had more than 2 troops under his command, to lead his troops to Taihu Lake, so that Tian Yang, Jing Benche, Shen Tingyang, etc. would still serve Chongming as King of Yiyang, and at the same time let Huang Binqing lead his troops back to Zhoushan, where he once guarded. In the area, use the familiarity with the Ningshao area to contact the old ministry, call on the gentry, and recruit soldiers and horses.

Under his suggestion, King Yiyang followed his advice, conferred titles on officials, and dispatched troops. At this time, King Yiyang claimed to have an army of 20, but in fact there were 2 to 1 people, such as Huang Fei. There are more than [-] soldiers, Huang Binqing also has more than [-] horses, Wu Zhikui, Chen Wu, Wang Chaoxian and others each have seven or eight thousand soldiers.

When Huang Binqing went south and stationed in Zhoushan, the situation was not smooth. Wang Zhiren, who was stationed in Dinghai, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and his strength was not weak.

Only then did Chen Wu and the dynasty lead their headquarters to the south.

Chen Wu added the titles of Dong Bo of Zhenzhen and the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, while Wang Binqing added the titles of Su Jingbo and Shuilu Guanyi to recruit the general army officer. The dynasty first added the titles of Jing'an Bo and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Zheng Zhilong, the general town of Fujian and Nan'an Bo, was also granted the title of Marquis of Nan'an and the governor of Fujian, and Zheng Hongkui, the general of Zhenhai, was named Dingrubo and the general soldier of Fujian.

Under the leadership of Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong, the masters of Jiangnan literature, as well as the giants of Fushe and several societies, the gentry from all over Su Changsong's prefectures responded one after another, and countless volunteer groups obeyed the order of King Yiyang.

And their strength is indeed very strong. For example, Huang Fei is also a powerful general. His uncle Huang Long was the general soldier of Dongjiang after Mao Wenlong was killed. Xian, Chen Wu, Tian Yang, Jing Benche, Shen Tingyang and others all have many men and horses under them, and they are basically officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. In particular, there are many ships, thousands of ships of various types.

If you want money, you have money, if you want people, you need food.

All Yiyang kings claim to be 20, and all kinds of officers and soldiers are brave and brave, which is actually true.

It's just that, in essence, these troops are all deserters from Hongguang Dynasty's retreat from Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Huai'an, and Yangzhou, and many of them basically fled eastward without firing an arrow.

No fighting spirit.

As for Yiyang King Zhu Chaogong, he is the seventh grandson of Taizu's fifth son Zhu Yi, the concubine son of Yiyang King Zhu Qinying, and the sixth Yiyang King of Zhou Fan, with a very high seniority.

Chongzhen and Emperor Hongguang belonged to cousins ​​and were the eleventh grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, while King Yiyang was the eighth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Di’s family is Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou, Hou Zai Yi Changyou, Zhou Wang Zhu Ju’s family is peaceful, diligent and courteous in Sugong, and Lu Wang Zhu Tan’s family is Zhaotaiyang Dangjian, Guanyi Shou Yihong.

This seniority is quite easy to recognize, and it is clear at a glance.

In terms of Yiyang King Zhu Chaoyu (shan), he was the great-uncle of Chongzhen and Hongguang, two generations older than Lu Wang Zhu Yihai, the tenth grandson of Taizu, and Tang Wang Zhu Yujian, the ninth grandson.

Of course, high seniority is actually not a good thing. The higher the seniority, the farther away from the succession to the throne.

After all, Zhu Yihai is still the emperor's uncle, and Zhu Yujian is the emperor's uncle. Do you, the emperor's great-uncle Zhu Chao, still want to inherit the throne?
Besides, Zhu Yihai is a prince after all, and Zhu Chaoqiang is just a county king, and they are also not from Chengzu's lineage.

After Dong Zhining sorted out this relationship, he felt that Daming had such an anti-Ming army in the Susong area, and he was secretly worried about the sudden emergence of such a Jian Guo Yiyang King.

There are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country.

Now Ningshaotai area enshrines the king of Lu as the state supervisor, but this Su Song enshrines the king of Yiyang, what should we do now?
Could it be that the enemy is in front of him and he fights first?
"Mr. Dong, you see that the giants of Fushe and Jishe are now entrusting the king of Yiyang to supervise the country. Why don't Mr. Dong also go to the Chongming Dynasty to meet the king of Yiyang?"

Dong Zhining came back to his senses and looked directly at Chen Wu.

"Since you are playing the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty, why do you want to rob the people? Is this the behavior of the king's teacher? Why did the general attack Songpu Town, rob and rape the people?"

Chen Wu didn't take it seriously, "These gentry in Songpu have already taken refuge with the Tartars. When the town came to collect food, they not only closed their doors and refused to accept it, they even spoke ill of each other. The guy, what is there to be polite, he should be killed."

Dong Zhining trembled with anger.

"Lu Jianguo was in Ningbo, facing Xie Sanbin and other bogus officials and evil gentry who surrendered captives, he once said that as long as they didn't voluntarily surrender and turn around the disabled people, they were only refugees forced by the situation for a while. Lu Jianguo was in Ningbo. Only Xie Sanbin was killed, no harm was done to the innocent, the gentry and common people in Ningbo are full of support, Ningbo is also peaceful, the general came to the south, but he started killing and looting everywhere, how is it different from bandits?"

Chen Wu said impatiently, "What is Lu Jianguo? I supported Yiyang King Jianguo a long time ago. Now that King Yiyang has 20 troops, if King Lu understands the truth, he should take the initiative to abdicate and return to the vassal to pay homage to Jian Guoyi." King Yang, you should also regard King Yiyang as orthodox."

Dong Zhining said, "King Yiyang and King Lu are both descendants of the Taizu. Now that the national crisis is at stake, they hold the flag of righteousness together to make it easier for the outside world. How can we separate the relatives and aliens from the inside and outside? Please, the general, leave Zhejiang first and return to Songjiang. Our two families will join forces first. Repel the Tartars, recover Nanjing together, and worship the Xiaoling Mausoleum together!"

Chen Wu smiled and said, "This is not possible. Everything comes first and then. There is only one prison country in this world. How can there be two prison countries? What is the system? This town is now Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, you should follow my orders, and it is not up to you, a scholar, to teach you how to do things."

"Come here, please Mr. Dong to rest."

Regardless of Dong Zhining's objection, several relatives dragged him back.

Sitting there, Chen Wu lost his interest in drinking, and muttered to himself, "Unexpectedly, the king of Lu has some skills to buy so many people's hearts so quickly, and he has already controlled Ning Shaotai in a blink of an eye." Sanfu, this is a little troublesome."

He also thought of the will of the King of Lu brought by Dong Zhining before, asking him to go to Cixi to have an audience immediately.

Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen are also in Cixi now, he has heard of these two names, they are quite fierce in war, if he is not afraid of them, he would have directly led his troops to 'appear' with King Lu.

But now, there is a dilemma.

After thinking for a while, I finally made up my mind and called in my own soldiers.

"Immediately go and send an order to the general Zhang Guozhu behind, telling him that Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen are here, and now that Dinghai is definitely empty, let him quickly lead his troops to raid Wang Zhiren's lair."

"Remember to remind him to be wary of Huang Binqing. Ningshaotai is the site of this town. Don't let Huang Binqing steal our site. Tell Zhang Guozhu that as long as he successfully takes Dinghai, the town will let him garrison Dinghai. Please seal the deputy Commander-in-Chief, designate the two prefectures of Ningbo and Shaoxing as his defense area, and give him all the money and food in the two places."

The soldiers led out.

"Cixi, King Lu, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen, what should this town do with you?"

After pondering for a while, he called in a servant again.

"Go and send a letter to the general of the dynasty behind, saying that there is a Lu Jianguo here who is good at establishing a false dynasty, and let him quickly lead his troops to join me and take them down together."

"Well, after the matter is completed, half of the family will be captured with soldiers and horses and supplies!"

(End of this chapter)