Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 61 Arrogance
afternoon.

Zhang Mingzhen is back, and the old injury has not healed yet a new injury has been added.

"Is Zhang Qing injured again?"

"I'm not hindered, it's just some minor wounds. I led light horses to chase the captives according to the order. I chased them all the way to the shallows in the north. The tartars were eager to get out of trouble. They wanted to ambush me through the grass in the shallows. I was prepared early and did not let the captives succeed. After a cavalry battle, each has its winner or loser. The minister failed to keep the Tartars behind, please forgive me, Your Highness."

"Zhang Qing beheaded the Tartars again. This is an achievement and not a fault."

"Let's run away, anyway, there will still be opportunities in the future, when the time comes, I will come back with the profit."

"I didn't run away either. The Tartars withdrew to a shallow grassland. There was still a Tartar army there. I rushed back to ask Your Highness to allow me to bring the infantry over and wipe them all out."

Zhu Yihai was very energetic when he heard that there was a boat, "How many people are there to support the Tartars, and how many boats are there?"

"About three to four hundred responders, but it seems that they are all fake Tartars. There are about dozens of boats, which should be the boats carrying these Tartars."

"Are they still there?"

"Those Tartars are very arrogant. After retreating there, they didn't retreat in a hurry. I guess they saw that I lacked horses and horses. They were probably not convinced by the defeat. They were unwilling to retreat like this, and they might come back. beat."

Zhu Yihai pondered.

"This is also in line with the behavior of the Tartars. They have always been bold and arrogant, but if they really dare to come again, it will not be a bad thing. I am planning to cross the sea and go to Haining, and I am worried that these Tartars will leak the news."

Zhang Mingyang was surprised, "Why does Your Highness suddenly plan to go to Haining?"

"The interrogation of the captives revealed that Haining is still in the hands of our Daming officers and soldiers. Some loyal soldiers are still defending the territory for the country. The Tartars attacked and returned in defeat. They are preparing to increase their troops to attack again, so I plan to rescue them alone."

"It's too dangerous." Zhang Mingzhen said that even if Haining is still in the hands of the Ming army in Jiangbei, it is easy to go across the Qiantang Bay, but it will be difficult to come back if it is dragged away by the tartars.

"I think it's better to go to Shaoxing first, meet with Yu Gong and others, then unite with volunteers from all walks of life, and then consider the rescue of Haining."

"If this is the case, there will be too little time. The Tartars are already dispatching troops. Let's go to Shaoxing first and then plan rescue. By then, the day lily will be cold. To rescue, we must dispatch troops now, and it is best to cross the sea directly from here , in order to avoid the monitoring of the Qiantang River by the Tartars."

Zhang Mingzhen felt that Lu Jianguo really wanted to leave as soon as possible. He insisted on going to Shaoxing in Ningbo, and then went to Haining halfway.

"Your Highness, Jiangbei is now almost completely occupied by the Tartars. It is too dangerous to cross the river at this time. If Haining has fallen, wouldn't you be caught in a trap? Even if Haining is still there, we are now few soldiers. It might not be of much use.”

"Hou Fu, I have been thinking about a problem for a while. The building is about to collapse, and the situation is decadent. It is too difficult to reverse the situation. Yu Gong is now trying to build a line of defense on the Qiantang River, but I think it can only be temporary. It is absolutely impossible to rely on this to make a comeback.”

"We have to take a different path, so that we can find a chance to break the game. The appearance of Chen Wu before, let Gu know that there are so many people fighting against the Qing Dynasty in Sanwu and King Yiyang, and also know that Sanwu There are still so many righteous gentlemen who are unyielding in the land of Wu."

"So I was thinking, why do we have to paddle across the river? Why can't we jump out of the three-acre land in eastern Zhejiang and turn passive into active?"

"We should open up a new battlefield in the land of the Three Wus occupied by the Tartars, go around behind the Tartars, attack his weak points, and attack his supply transportation lines. Now we have to face up to our own weakness and cannot easily follow the It's unwise for him to confront each other head-on, but we can't sit still, we have to take the initiative to attack, Wuyue and Wuyue, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold."

"We not only need to guard the land of Yue, but also help to recover the land of Wu."

"Haining is a very good opportunity this time. Boluo, the captain of Hangzhou, thinks that Haining is just an isolated city, so after the failure of the last attack, the increase in troops this time will not be very powerful. This time it’s the same, take the initiative to attack, let’s wait and see.”

Zhu Yihai's bold idea greatly stimulated Zhang Mingzhen.

I think it's really reasonable, but I think it's too dangerous.

"Your Highness, I am willing to lead troops to rescue Haining, please go directly to Shaoxing, so that we can get the best of both worlds without any delay."

Zhu Yihai shook his head.

"This idea was proposed by Gu, so Gu is going to go in person. We only have this number of troops now. If we divide our troops, we will be even weaker."

Of course, these facts are not reasons, the reason is that Zhu Yihai is not willing to sit in the rear and wait for the news of the country, he wants to end himself, recruit soldiers, train soldiers, and even command the army.

"Hou Fu, the location of Haining is very important. Look carefully at the map. It is located in the east of West Zhejiang, north of Qiantang Bay, west of Hangzhou, south of Ningshao, north of Jiaxing, east of Songjiang Mansion, and the communication canal. It is connected to the sea and adjacent to Hangzhou Bay. We now use Ningshaotai as the anti-captive base camp. If we can control Haining, we can not only hold a sharp knife on the waist of Hangzhou, but also connect with Yiyang King of the Three Wu Kingdoms, etc. Soldiers and horses are brave."

"Wu and Yue join forces to fight against the captives together, so that we can be close to each other. Otherwise, we will defend ourselves across the river.

"Your Highness wants to attack Hangzhou?" Zhang Mingzhen asked.

But Zhu Yihai shook his head, "Hangzhou will have to fight sooner or later, but it is impossible to fight Hangzhou now. We must not imagine a decisive battle with the Tartars and then turn the tables against the sky. This is impossible. The only thing we can do Yes, it is a little bit of accumulating opportunities, with the Tartars to fight him piecemeal, looking for opportunities to defeat them one by one, instead of completing all their achievements in one battle."

This is a dialogue at the strategic level.

Ordinary people don't even understand it.

But although Zhang Mingzhen was just a guerrilla before, he was a veteran after all, and he could understand and understand these things. He admired Jian Guo's calmness and wisdom, but he was still worried that he was too bold.

"Your Highness, fighting and attacking, these are the affairs of the general, and it is good for His Highness to coordinate the overall situation at the rear."

"The loneliness is gone, you don't need to persuade me any more."

"Your Majesty, go to rest first. We'll talk about how to eliminate the group of Tartars in the northern shoal in a while, and then cross to the north."

Zhang Mingzhen had no choice but to back down.

Sitting alone in the room, Zhu Yihai looked at the map.

He became more and more determined to Beihai Ning, not because he thought he was so powerful, but because in this troubled world, he always believed that he had to take a different path to have a chance.

But to truly control an army, or even influence the transformation of a new army, this matter cannot be replaced by others. This is the only capital, and Zhu Yihai cannot use the hands of others.

Zhang Mingzhen is very loyal, and there are many such loyal ministers, such as Zhang Huangyan, Huang Zongxi, Wang Zhiren, etc., but they all have their historical limitations. For example, Wang Zhiren belongs to a very old Ming warlord, and the poor discipline of his soldiers and horses is a small problem. Grabbing land and food with friendly forces, oppressing rebels, oppressing common people, forcing donations and persuading salaries, etc., in short, it is what an old Ming warlord does, and he actually does the same thing.

Loyalty is true, but don't expect much from his army's combat effectiveness.

Not to mention how loyal his soldiers are to Daming.

Just like Bi Huang Degong and Gao Jie were once called loyal, but many of their generals are traitors and national thieves, which shows the problem of the whole system.

As for the volunteer soldiers of Sun Jiaji, Xiong Rulin, Zheng Zunqian, Qian Sule, Liu Dadao, Huang Zongxi, etc., they also have more situational characteristics. They are essentially landlords' armed forces, and they are in the nature of security groups. You can't count on them too much.

Zhu Yihai, the prison country, wants to become a military leader and hold a real pro-army, instead of a group of warlords supporting him as the prison country.

How can you become a warlord if you don't even dare to fight, and how can you form a new army that truly belongs to you?
The door was knocked.

Yang Boxing's voice sounded, "Your Highness, Mr. Shen is here."

Zhu Yihai said to this confidant who had just been promoted to be the captain of his standard-bearer battalion, "Mr. Shen, please come in."

Shen Wenzhong has also just been promoted, and now he is also a sixth-rank student at the Imperial Academy, an absolute confidant.

This scholar who once abandoned his life towel to go to sea to do business, lost all his pants in the end, and became a beggar, is now absolutely loyal to Zhu Yihai, and his ability to handle affairs is not bad.

"Your Highness, this is the account book for today's rewards and pension expenses."

Zhu Yihai took it but didn't look at it, "Let Shen Gong see these." He is currently on patrol, and the appointed scholar Song Zhipu stays in Taizhou.

There is not a stable team of accompanying ministers around him, Shen Chenquan is already considered a high-ranking minister, and Zhu Yihai doesn't have the energy to take care of general affairs, so he leaves it to him.

"Duke Shen said to send a copy to His Highness to watch first."

"Leave a backup for me in the future. I'll take a look when I have time. If not, Shen Gong will take care of it." This is almost equivalent to the privilege of the cabinet ministers and even the chief assistant, but Zhu Yihai doesn't care about it on special occasions. this.

What he mainly thinks about now is how to fight the Tartars, how to win more victories little by little.

Shen Wenzhong stood there, "Your Highness, the Huang family in Meishan Village has a very nice granddaughter."

Zhu Yihai smiled, "Why, the old village master Huang has taken a fancy to you? That's good, you are still young, and now it's time to remarry and start a family again. Why don't you come alone to be the big matchmaker for you?" ?”

Shen Wenzhong blushed and explained.

It turned out that he was the matchmaker. Zhu Yihai now lives in the home of the owner of the Huang village, or the head of the Huang family in Meishan village here. He is also a member of Huang Zongxi's clan. , These are all tax-free lands, and usually you only need to check them out for the county government.

It can be regarded as a relatively powerful rural landlord, and he is still a farming and studying heirloom.

Patriarch Huang fell in love with Zhu Yihai today, especially when he saw that there was no one around him. He heard that the eldest son and third son of the supervisor were taken away when Yanzhou was attacked by the Tartars, and his whereabouts are unknown.The second son went south with him, and stayed in Nandu after being named the son of King Lu. As a result, the Tartars went south and died in the war.

Now, although Lu Jianguo has a third concubine in Taizhou, but he has no heirs yet, the patriarch Huang thought that he has a granddaughter who is also suitable for marriage, and she is pretty good looking, who knows the book and the ceremony, so He just wanted to ask Shen Wenzhong to help propose marriage to Jian Guo.

Hearing this, Zhu Yihai was speechless for a while.

"How can Gu have the time to think about these things at this time?"

"Your Highness, I think His Highness is a bit ill-considered. His Highness has won the popularity of the people since his righteousness, but although His Highness is young, he has no heirs, which is worrying. If His Highness can have an heir, everyone can feel more at ease. Your Highness You are young, even if you worry about state affairs, sometimes you have to take care of the affairs of the backyard. Although there is a concubine in Taizhou, she is not around after all. Please ask Your Highness for the sake of the country, and donate a few more beauties. If you can give birth to a prince as soon as possible, It can also inspire the people of the country and reassure the hearts of the world..."

Shen Wenzhong made a long speech, and Zhu Yihai didn't have a chance to refute what he said.

"Resignation." Shen Wenzhong said and left.

Zhu Yihai was a little puzzled.

He picked up the account book and just flipped through a few pages, when Yang Boxing's voice sounded again outside the door, and then the door opened, and a beautiful woman from Jiangnan water town came in.

Slim, gentle and elegant.

The girl came in, a little shy.

"Slave Huang Wanrou pays homage to His Royal Highness Jian Guo."

Yang Boxing on the side smiled and said to Zhu Yihai, "Your Highness, this is the granddaughter of Mr. Huang Laozhai. She admires His Highness's heroism, and I am here to pay my respects. I will leave first!"

Instead, Zhu Yihai was caught off guard.

(End of this chapter)