Nanming Yiming

Chapter 152
Jinhua's chief soldier, Ma Degong, was originally the chief soldier under Jingnan Bo Huang Degong's command.In the first year of Hongguang (1645), Ma Degong and Tian Xiong captured Zhu Yousong, the emperor of Hongguang, and dedicated him to Duoduo's tent.

Hou Ma Degong learned of the plan of Zhu Yile, the king of Ruichang of Ming Dynasty, to raid Nanjing, and immediately led his army to capture Zhu Yilei and behead him.

Soon after, he was promoted by Hong Chengchou to be the general soldier of Zhenjiang because of his meritorious service.

Then he followed the army to march south to Zhejiang and became the general soldier of Jinhua.

Like Zhang Tianlu, Ma Degong also rose all the way by suppressing Nanming, and successfully joined the ruling class of "bannermen".

However, compared to people like Tian Xiong and Zhang Tianlu, Ma Degong doesn't seem to be favored by his superiors very much, and he has been serving as the Jinhua General Soldier for several years.

After that, he also lost much interest in being promoted, and instead focused on making money.

In the past two years in Jinhua, Ma Degong has been extorting money and doing everything.In order to annex other people's property, he created many unjust, false and wrong cases. He embezzled 20 mu of good farmland in Jinhua Mansion, and even took 13 concubines in a row.

In Jinhua, he can be described as an out-and-out emperor.

What Ma Degong did in Jinhua aroused even more anger and resentment, and the local gentry reported him many times.But money can make ghosts turn the clock, and Ma Degong quickly settled these impeachments with bribes.

Then the gentry will face his crazier exploitation, and the two leading clans will be wiped out by "thieves" for no reason.In the end, these gentry families and business gangs in Jinhua had to succumb to Ma Degong's despotic power and provide him with continuous wealth.

Therefore, doing meritorious service, killing enemies, and rewarding him are not very attractive to him. He just wants to be his "Emperor of Earth" in Jinhua safely.

Ma Degong understood even more that the reason why he was able to thrive so well was because the Ming and Qing were fighting.If one day, the Qing government wiped out Nanming completely, then the good days of these little warlords would come to an end.

Therefore, his attitude towards the Ming army has also undergone a major change, and he has always adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the Tiantai Mountain rebels in Jinhua.

The Ming army made a huge disturbance in Zhejiang, and he was even more secretly happy. As long as the two sides kept seeing each other, he could live a more stable life.

He also responded positively to the olive branch thrown by the Ming army. Whether it was Qian Qianyi's secret instigation or Qian Mo's explicit win-win, he always responded positively, and then he used excuses to delay, and there was no further action.

The same is true for the Qing army's request for it to cross the border.He readily accepted the order, and then refused to send troops on the pretext that the Ming army was rampant in the territory, at most it was just a show of Chen Bing's border.

This time Hong Chengchou personally ordered Ma Degong to send troops to cooperate, so he had to lead 5000 troops northward.Previously, the Ming army under Qian Mo's command had successively conquered many prefectures in Zhejiang. He didn't want to be cannon fodder to go head-to-head with the Ming army, so he proposed to let the main force of the Qing army in Taizhou capture Xinchang first, and then send troops to cooperate to capture Shengxian and Zhuji. .

Although the Ming Dynasty has a good momentum now, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places have all been included under the banner of the Ming Dynasty; but as long as the main force of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is not wiped out by the Ming army, everyone will retain some fear of the Qing Dynasty.

Ma Degong didn't dare to put all his treasures to Daming, and after Hong Chengchou promised to bring Shaoxing under his rule, he agreed to send troops.

After all, with the example of Huang Binqing conferring the Duke of Yue and Shi Zhen Zhoushan, Ma Degong inevitably came up with some ideas that he didn't dare to have.In troubled times, the soldiers and territory in hand are the most important, everything is possible.

Soon a Qing army envoy came to Ma Degong's camp.

The envoy said: "The humble position is under the command of Xu Qingshan, the deputy general of Wenzhou. Now my general Xu has led an army to conquer Xinchang. Please also ask Ma Zongbing to send troops to attack Sheng County together with us as agreed."

It was beyond Ma Degong's expectation that the Qing army succeeded so quickly.He asked, "How is the situation in Xinchang?"

The envoy said: "Lord Hong has already planned to instigate Xiao Ni, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Baitou Battalion; Xinchang has a total of 2000 Ming troops, and Xiao Ni led 1000 people to suddenly counterattack, plus Xu Zongbing's 3000 elites, Xinchang City It was captured within an hour."

"Now Yu Guowang's soldiers and horses in Sheng County and Zhuji are only 2000 in total. I also ask Mr. Ma to send troops quickly. After a long time, if the Ming army in Shaoxing City gets news, they will definitely go south to support them. It won't be easy."

Now that the Ming army's troops in the south of Shaoxing are empty, it is a good time to advance. Ma Degong will naturally not let this kind of cheap thing go.

So he said: "This General Soldier and Governor Hong have already made an agreement. Now that Xinchang has been won, I will send troops to capture Sheng County immediately. I also ask General Xu to send troops to cooperate."

The envoy said: "The southeast and southeast sides of Shengxian County are facing the river, so it is impossible to attack the city, only the two gates in the northwest can attack; please also ask Ma Zongbing to march to the west of Shengxian County and attack Shengxian County with us."

After sending off the envoy, Wu Sandao, the deputy general, said: "My lord, there are two ways for us to go to Shengzhou. We can go directly to the city of Shengzhou along the Changle River by water. However, we have a large number of troops, so it may take a lot of time to recruit ships. Time; if you go by land, you have to cross the Kuaiji Mountains, especially the Taibai Mountains, and you can’t bring artillery.”

At this time, Ma Degong complained: "Since I knew I was going to Shengzhou, why didn't I confiscate the ships in advance?"

Wu Sandao thought to himself: You said that you don't want to confront the Ming army head-on. At most, Chen Bing borders the frontier and pretends. Who knows that you really sent troops this time?
But he didn't dare to reply like that, so he could only say aggrievedly: "It's all because the general didn't think carefully and delayed the army's itinerary, so I ask Zongbing Ma to punish him."

Ma Degong said: "Forget it, now Sheng County is empty of troops, we must seize the time to advance troops, let's go to Taibai Mountain."

Taibai Mountain is a mountain system in the southwest of Kuaiji Mountain. The mountain roads are winding. Among them, Xibai Mountain with an altitude of 1096 meters is the highest peak in Shaoxing.

After Ma Degong entered Taibai Mountain, he frowned when he saw the large and small hills rising continuously in front of him.

On the mountain road, soldiers of the Qing army fell down from time to time because of the stones or potholes under their feet. Sometimes they had to cross the mountain stream, jump over the cliff, and climb along the cliff, bumping endlessly.

Along the way, all the soldiers of the Qing army were sweating profusely and exhausted, and even the war horses were breathing heavily.

Fortunately, there was no danger along the way, and there was no ambush by the Ming army.They set off early in the morning, walked for a whole day, and finally crossed Taibai Mountain.

At this time, it was already a short distance away from Shengxian County, but the army was exhausted and unable to attack the city at all.

Ma Degong had to let the army rest in place, and sent sentry cavalry to investigate the situation in Sheng County!

Not long after, the sentry cavalry came back to report, and the man said happily, "My lord, our army has captured Sheng County."

This time he got off the horse and was completely stunned. He led the people to drive hard for a day, but he, the protagonist, hadn't even appeared on the stage yet, and he let a supporting role in charge of assists directly finish the trick?

His face suddenly became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Are you sure that Sheng County has been captured by our army?"

The sentinel said: "It's true, the flags of our Qing Dynasty are all over the city. The little ones are afraid that the Ming army will deceive them, so they even arrested a nearby commoner to confirm."

"Then the younger one went into the city in person, and informed Deputy Commander Xu that our army had arrived outside the city. Deputy Commander Xu said he had been waiting for us for a long time, and asked me to inform Mr. Ma to enter the city quickly, and they handed over the city. After giving it to our army, we will return to Fenghua!"

What's the situation?If the pie falls from the sky, if you don't fight blood, you will pick up a Shengxian county for nothing!
Ma Degong, who was gloomy just now, suddenly became happy and said happily: "You have worked hard, go down and receive the reward!"

Not long after, the soldiers came to report: "Xu Qingyun, deputy general of Wenzhou, personally brought someone here."

Seeing Xu Qingyun, Ma Degong immediately said enthusiastically: "Vice Chief Xu is really brave. I led the army across Taibai Mountain non-stop, and I still let you take the lead!"

Xu Qingyun said: "The Ming army's combat power is strong. Although the city of Shengxian County is small, it is extremely strong. It is difficult for my younger brother to attack with thousands of troops."

"Xu just used some tricks to lure Yu Guowang out of Shengxian County, and then ambushed him halfway. Only then did he take Shengxian County by chance."

Of course Ma Degong knew the strength of Sheng County. In the 34th year of Jiajing, Wu Sanwei, the county magistrate, asked to build the county. Fill in the middle.After the city was built, it immediately became an important town in eastern Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese. It was much stronger than the ordinary rammed earth and brick walls.

Presumably Xu Qingyun must have lied about Xinchang being besieged and used Xiao Ni to lure Yu Guowang out of Sheng County.

But this is also good, after all, he led the army across mountains and mountains without carrying artillery.If Sheng County wants to attack by force, there will definitely be a lot of casualties.

So Ma Degong continued to boast: "Go up to the army to attack and plan. Qian Mo, the pseudo-Ming governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, used these tricks to seize our state capital. Brother Xu is repaying him in his own way!"

Xu Qingyun changed the subject and said: "It's a pity that the battle in Fenghua is very tight. Admiral Yang ordered me to lead my troops back to the army immediately, and asked Ma Zongbing to send troops to Shengxian County and Xinchang City as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Ma Degong was overjoyed. It seemed that the day's mountain journey was really worthwhile.At first, I thought it was just picking up Shengxian County for nothing, but I didn't expect that even Xinchang would also eat it by the way. This time I sent troops to really make a lot of money.

So he asked with concern: "Isn't Admiral Yang leading an army to besiege Fenghua, could something be wrong?"

Xu Qingyun sighed and said: "The Ming army in Shaoxing has already reinforced Ningbo. You also know that the Ming army under Qian Mo's is not comparable to the Ming army under Zhang Mingzhen. Admiral Yang ordered me to hand over the city to Zongbing Ma and return to the division immediately."

"Now that Yu Guowang only led a few hundred people to retreat, presumably there are not many troops in Zhuji, and the Ming army in Shaoxing City supported Ningbo. This is a good opportunity for Ma Zongbing to make contributions."

Hearing what Xu Qingyun said, Ma Degong was already dreaming, and even began to think about his prosperous Shaoxing City.

Ma Degong said: "This time it is all thanks to Brother Xu's help. Ma is very grateful, and specially prepared three thousand mu of fertile land in Jinhua for Brother Xu. Please accept it with a smile."

Hearing what Ma Degong said, Xu Qingyun naturally smiled and said: "Mr. Ma is so polite, so Xu will be disrespectful. With the military order in hand, I also ask Mr. Ma to enter the city quickly, so that Mr. Xu can go back and report to you." .”

With such a huge temptation in the land of two counties, Ma Degong naturally couldn't care less about the tiredness of his subordinates.

Immediately said: "Wu Sandao, I order you to lead 1000 troops to take over Xinchang. The other brothers will follow me to Sheng County, and we will spend the night in the city!"

Despite some reluctance, Wu Sandao led 1000 people and set off towards Xinchang in the southeast.

And Ma Degong rushed to Sheng County with 4000 people in a hurry.

Although the city of Sheng County is not large in scale, it is built close to mountains and rivers, and the city wall is built directly on the hillside in the northwest corner.

Looking at the towering city wall, Ma Degong felt very fortunate. If such a fortified city really wanted to attack by force, he might have left at least half of his troops here.

Xu Qingyun and Ma Degong rode in front, and soon they entered the Wengcheng at the west gate of Sheng County.Suddenly Xu Qingyun swung his whip, and it landed heavily on the horse that made the horse. The horse was frightened and ran forward desperately.

Ma Degong was at a loss by this sudden scene, and desperately pulled the rein, but unfortunately the frightened horse ran directly into the city.

After the two of them entered the city, the city gate was closed, and many Ming soldiers suddenly appeared on the city. The Ming army held up the torches, and pointed firecrackers, bows and arrows at the city.

The Ming army on the city shouted: "Listen to the Qing army below the city, Qian Mo, the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang of the Ming Dynasty, invited Ma Zongbing to negotiate. Don't act rashly, or don't blame us for being rude!"

At this time, some of Ma Degong's personal soldiers wanted to rush out of the city.

"Bang, bang, bang", the Lumi guns of the Ming army shot through their bodies in an instant, and they fell to the ground crying in pain, and the air was still filled with bursts of blood.

Seeing the scene in front of them, the remaining Qing army no longer dared to act rashly.

In Shengxian County, Ma Degong quickly realized that there must be something wrong with Xu Qingyun, and he was fooled by the Ming army.

But now he can't run away, so he can only obediently catch him.

Qian Mo stood on the city wall and said, "Mr. Ma, haven't you reached a tacit agreement with our army not to invade each other? Why are you showing up in Shaoxing now?"

"I didn't intend to capture Jinhua, I intended to let you have a good life for a few days, but you took the initiative to attack, and this is no fault of Qian!"

Ma Degong dismounted quickly at this time, and said with tears: "Uncle Zhongyong, it was because of my fascination for a while that I was deceived by the old man Hong Chengchou. I am willing to return to the Ming Dynasty and offer Jinhua a mansion. I also ask Uncle Zhongyong to forgive me." .”

Qian Mo sneered and said, "In the current situation, whether Zongbing Ma donates or not, this Jinhua Mansion is in the pocket of our Ming army. This can't be regarded as your return to the Ming Dynasty anyway?"

Ma Degong knew that he had betrayed Emperor Hongguang. Although King Lu promised that he would not pursue the matter, this was based on his initiative.Now that he took the initiative to attack the Ming army, he was captured. How could Qian Mo bypass him.

So he gritted his teeth and said: "Ma has 20 mu of fertile land in Jinhua Mansion, and the value of various industries and cash is no less than 50 taels. Ma is willing to donate all these to Uncle Zhongyong's Northern Expedition, and I hope that Ma can be spared." Bitch!"

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