Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 76
Gate Mountain Island.

Zhu Yihai was grilling fish with Shen Chenquan, his new ninth cabinet scholar. The conditions on the island were limited, and Zhu Yihai was not particular about people, so he directly lit a fire and put the fish he caught on the fire with branches. It is grilled on the side. Although this method is too simple, the grilled fish is not evenly heated, some places are black and charcoal, and some places are still a little raw, but it does not prevent the monarchs and ministers from eating fish.

"No reward at night, Li Yuchun is heading for Tongxiang after looting Xiashi Town with his troops."

"Tongxiang?" Zhu Yihai's understanding of Tongxiang is limited to knowing that there is a Wuzhen in the later generations of Tongxiang, a place where Internet bosses talk about cheapness. It is said that the small town in the south of the Yangtze River has beautiful scenery and beautiful women.

"Could it be a feint and a shot?"

Haiyan is in the south and Tongxiang is in the north. The marching route of Li Yuchun and his group of traitors is a bit strange.

Shen Chenquan didn't think it was strange, "Those were not troops at all, but a group of robbers who surrendered captives. They made a big push in Xiashi Town, slandered several local gentry as rebels, ransacked their homes, robbed them, and chopped hundreds of The leader of an innocent commoner took credit and ransacked the entire town. Now he is going to Tongxiang because it is rich."

Tongxiang is famously rich, and Jiaxing is rich in silk production, and seven of the ten silks in Jiaxing come out of Tongxiang.In addition, Tongxiang is also a well-known hometown of Jinshi. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, there were countless Jinshi candidates. A large number of Tongxiang people entered the court and became officials.

In comparison, although Haiyan County is also the residence of Haining Guard, it was named after the rich sea salt in the pre-Qin period, but it is far inferior to Tongxiang, the hometown of Jinshi, in terms of wealth, not to mention that Haiyan is still occupied by Zheng Jiwu and others, so Li Yuchun It's normal to gnaw on this meatless bone when you can't wait.

"Your Highness, should we adjust our deployment? Do we want to save Tongxiang?"

"It's only a hundred miles away from Tongxiang."

Zhu Yihai frowned and said, "Hangzhou is only a hundred miles away from Tongxiang, what's more, Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Chongde are also surrounded by soldiers and horses. We are hiding on the island now, just to catch them by surprise. If we rescue Tongxiang for more than a hundred miles, it will be difficult to keep the secrets, and we will be surrounded on all sides."

"But is it just like this?"

"To save the world alone, Tongxiang must save nature if it can, but judging from the current situation, it is unrealistic for us to rescue Tongxiang. Right now the enemy is strong and we are weak, we cross the sea alone, we can only rely on sports to wipe out the enemy, and to kill the enemy we have to preserve ourselves .Otherwise, if you fight it all at once, there will be no more.”

Shen Chenquan sighed, and couldn't eat the grilled fish in his hand.

It has only been two days since Meishan won a battle, but the reality is still not optimistic.

"Then we'll just wait here?"

Zhu Yihai was silent.

The original plan was to ambush here, send Yebushou to go ashore to collect military information, and after mastering Li Yuchun's route to attack Haining, lead the army ashore to ambush and attack, and eat this army in one fell swoop.

But now it seems that the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

Continue to sit on the sidelines?

Shen Chenquan's words made Zhu Yihai unable to calm down, holding 1 horses in his hand, just let the Tartars and traitors plunder and slaughter the people recklessly?

"Call Chief Zhang to come over."

A few grilled fish were not finished, so Zhang Mingzhen came, along with Yu Dafu, the general envoy, Zhang Mingyang, the deputy general of the Bannerman Battalion, and others.

Zhu Yihai made a long story short and explained the situation, "What Shen Gong said is that you can hold a thousand troops in one hand, and you can't just sit idly by like this."

Zhang Mingzhen hurriedly advised, "Your Highness, although our army has ten thousand people, it is a new army. After the First World War in Meishan, it suffered a lot of losses. Although some new recruits were added, the actual army now has ten thousand soldiers. Only eight thousand, of which only one in four veterans. Going north to reinforce Haining is already very risky, but at least it is close to the sea, and can advance and retreat, but if it is more than a hundred miles to help Tongxiang, it is a dead end."

"I firmly oppose the rescue of Tongxiang!"

Yu Dafu had done Taizhou military preparations before, and he knew some soldiers, and he also voiced his opposition to sending troops to Tongxiang. Such a lone army, or a new army, going deep into the enemy's rear like this, wouldn't it be a dead end?

Zhang Mingyang stood up at this time, "I am willing to lead a team to help Tongxiang."

"Are you going? How many people are you taking? If you take less, you may not be able to beat Li Yuchun's thief. If you bring too many, you will never return." Zhang Mingzhen lectured his brother very rudely.

Zhu Yihai silently looked at the Zhezhi map in front of him. The Hujiahu area in the north of Hangzhou Bay is basically a flat plain, with interlaced water networks and convenient transportation. It is not conducive to the Ming army that is now going north alone.

With such a terrain, it is difficult to turn around.

In the original plan, relying on the coast, using sea troop maneuvers, and unexpected landings in coastal areas, it is based on not going deep into the inland, and taking the initiative to attack, and follow this way of thinking.

If it goes deep inland now, it will indeed deviate from the plan.

"Since we can't send troops to help Tongxiang, I think we can only make some noise to lure them back on track." Zhu Yihai frowned and said, "We can't just sit back and ignore them, we have to find a way to lead them by the nose and return to our homeland. Come on plan."

"But Bandit Li has already led his troops northward."

"Then make it louder."

"What can your Highness do?" Zhang Mingzhen asked curiously. "Do you want to reinforce Haining in advance?"

Zhu Yihai shook his head, "Haining won't go, that's the last step. Let's make some other noises first!"

He picked up the map and explained his ideas to everyone in detail. In fact, it was simple. It was still the same as guerrilla warfare, but this time he wanted to mobilize Li Yuchun to turn around and go south.

"The battalions are divided into parts. It is best to play the banner of the rebel army or the township regiment and enter the coastal towns and towns of Haining County, Haiyan County. According to the information collected now, after the Tartars occupied western Zhejiang, the main force was in Hangzhou. Although Huzhou in Jiaxing also has troops stationed there, they are mainly stationed in several prefectural cities. There are not many soldiers in the county towns, and even less in the towns. The place is very chaotic at the moment. It started to levy three salaries, land, Dingyin, etc., and the people were excited, this is a good opportunity."

I thought there would be a good life when the Tartars came, but now the people in western Zhejiang have discovered that the Tartars are not living a good life when they come. Taxes have to be paid, and the three salaries are the same, not to mention many officials who have taken captives. They took advantage of the opportunity to fish for the common people, and many local ruffians and hooligans took the opportunity to recruit troops and buy horses under various banners. In fact, they took advantage of the current Ming and Qing Dynasties when the ruling power was empty at the bottom to grab some land and take the opportunity to collect food and grab money.

The burden on the people has become heavier, and they are being oppressed wantonly by various forces. They don't even have a place to reason, and the anger in their hearts is constantly increasing.

Many people began to miss the Ming Dynasty's rule. Although the Ming court hadn't done anything serious in these years, at least it wouldn't be as chaotic as it is now.

What's more, the Tartars wanted them to shave their hair and make clothes easier.

People think Han.

Zhu Yihai also calmed down, it was indeed too reckless to go to Tongxiang at this time.

So it's better to learn from the great men, let's encircle the cities in the countryside, first clean up the local ruffians, bullies and evil gentry in the areas where the Tartars are weak, attack those traitors who surrendered, and restore the peace of the people.

By the way, it can also raise some military food and grass.

It can also lure Li Yuchun over, and then gather and annihilate him.

The plan is just such a plan. It sounds really simple. It is just that the ten battalions headed by 1 horses are broken up into pieces, and they land on the coast of Haiyan County. , the battalions kept a certain distance and were able to contact reinforcements.

First attack the local ruffians and bullies who took the opportunity to cause chaos in the countryside, and then attack the gentry and landlords who surrendered, and use the names of various volunteer village groups.

"Can this work?"

Zhu Yihai is full of confidence.

"Of course it can be done, absolutely can be done." This was the magic weapon for the great man back then. I think Zhu Yihai loved reading when he was in middle school, but after novels were confiscated by his father because they were regarded as idle books for not doing his job properly, he could only study when he was bored. Flipping through Grandpa's Mao Xuan, although the book seemed boring at the time, but reading it every day before going to bed can be regarded as familiar.

Later, Fan Mao Xuan became his habit before going to bed. As he grew older and experienced more knowledge, he continued to gain new understanding of this set of books that he had read over and over again.

"If we want to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty and restore the world, we must first figure out what the world is. From Gu's point of view, this country, or the world, is not the world of my Zhu Ming family, but the world of all the people in the Central Plains. If you leave these people aside, everything is empty, and everything is just a castle in the air, a castle of sand."

"Even Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said that water can carry a boat and overturn it. Thinking about the 280-year-old Ming Dynasty, and now the collapse of the world, it is just ignoring the people."

"If we want to resist captives and rejuvenate, we cannot do without the people. Although the people are weak, without them, everything we do will be a castle in the air. Therefore, we must mobilize the people and unite the people to truly implement ZTE. great cause."

"Start now, from here, I hope it's not too late."

Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Mingyang's brothers were full of doubts when they heard these words, but Shen Chenquan, a senior scholar, seemed to be enlightened like a slap in the face, and he felt enlightened all at once.

That's right, resisting captives and restoring the Ming Dynasty is not a matter of the Zhu family, nor is it only a matter of those civil servants, military officers, and officials, but also the matter of the whole world. Without them, how can we talk about other things?

"Everyone, we should not only resist captives, but also love the common people. Now the land of Sanwu, the common people are in dire straits. We call ourselves the master of the king, so we should save them from the dire straits."

"Now let's discuss how each battalion should act and what things should be paid attention to after landing on the coast." Zhu Yihai was excited at this moment, feeling as if a ray of fog had finally been pulled out, and he saw a ray of light ahead!
(End of this chapter)