Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 232 Doduo's Rise of the Seventh Route Army

After Hu Weizong and Yu Taichu came out of the courtyard, they handed the letter just now to Yu Taichu and said: "Zizhang, Mr. Hou said in the letter that there are secret agents of the Qing court inside the Tiandihui. This matter is too serious and concerns more than ten thousand members of the Tiandihui It’s safe, you must check it! Zizhang was born in Jinyiwei and is proficient in espionage, do you have any insights?”

Yu Taichu listened and read, and after a while, he put away the letter and said: "This matter is actually very difficult to deal with, I can only try to improve the organization of the Tiandihui, each branch, and the incense masters are not allowed to communicate with each other, the congregation only The higher level is responsible, so that even if it is exposed, or the Qing government spies get in, it will not cause much loss. In addition, the chief rudder can set up several guardians to be responsible for eradicating the internal traitors."

"Hmm~" Hu Weizong nodded, "Then act according to Zizhang's words first. By the way, I saw the letter of Mr. Hou's letter, and saw that the words in it were a bit vague, as if he hesitated to speak, but I don't know why?"

Yu Taichu also nodded, frowned and said: "The subordinates have just discovered this, and I don't think it is like Mr. Hou's daily words, but now that I think about it, maybe Mr. Hou discovered that the secret agents of the Qing court had infiltrated the Tiandihui, so there is something important. He wants to say it but dare not."

Hu Weizong heard the words: "Young Master Hou has the grace to save the Lord's life, Miss Xiangjun and Mrs. Xu are sisters, and Young Master Hou has now penetrated into the Qing court, lurking beside the traitor Hong Chengchou, and obtained a lot of information for Daming , identity is extremely important, there must be no loss, Zizhang must protect him thoroughly."

"This subordinate knows~" Yu Taichu listened, and clasped his fists slightly, "Then this subordinate will return to Jinling and see what Young Master Hou wants to do!"

"Good~" Hu Weizong saluted with clasped fists, then watched Yu Taichu leave.

On the first day of March, Duoduo, as the Tiandihui intelligence said, led Dorobel Boluo, admiral Cao Cunxing, general Li Chengdong, Li Yingzong, Yu Yongshou, Zhang Yingmeng, He Yinchang, Wang Zhigang and others, gathered horse infantry and horsemen. 20 soldiers, with hundreds of generals, marched along the west bank of Taihu Lake, passed through Huzhou, and headed towards eastern Zhejiang.

Duoduo was in the south of the Yangtze River, so he had a lot of soldiers and enough food. He stationed in Yuhang, he said to all the troops: "In the past, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was just a beggar. My Great Qing Dynasty started from outside the customs, but it is the descendant of the Jin Dynasty, and the people belonged to it. Ming belongs to fire, and Qing belongs to water. This follows the will of God, and our Qing Dynasty should be the country! Today, the king has raised 270 soldiers from the sky, and he is obedient to the people. What do you all think about sweeping away disobedient officials?"

All the Qing generals heard the words, and immediately echoed, "If the sky obeys the people, the Qing Dynasty will prosper!"

Nearly 20 Qing soldiers also shouted in unison: "Should the sky obey the people, the Qing Dynasty should prosper, and wipe out the disobedient ministers."

The Qing army was quite majestic and frightening, and Duoduo divided his troops into seven groups to conquer eastern Zhejiang.

The first route is Duoduo's relatives in the center, the second route is Belle Boluo on the left, the third route is Belle Nikan is on the right, the fourth route is the commander-in-chief Li Chengdong attacking Jinhua, the fifth route is the admiral Cao Cunxing attacking Pujiang, and the sixth route is the commander-in-chief Li Yingzong attacked Quzhou, and the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Route escorted the baggage after staying in Yongshou.

The seven-way army, each leading its subordinates, will set off today.

Duoduo also ordered Su Jianle, the commander-in-chief, to guard Huzhou, and Feng Yong, the commander-in-chief, to guard Yuhang to prevent the Taihu rebels from raiding the rear. He then ordered Zhang Cunren, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to dispatch and supervise the transportation of seven grain and grass routes.

The actions of the Qing army in Yuhang, I have spies to describe the actions of the Qing army, report Taihu Lake, Chen Zilong and others know that the morale of the Qing army is better than that of eastern Zhejiang, so follow the original plan to raise troops and stay in Wuyi Leading five thousand soldiers and horses to guard the old village in Xishan, he led three generals, Yu Shizhong, Wu Yishan, and Jiang Tianyi, into Suzhou, intending to force Duoduo to return to Suzhou and disrupt the deployment of the Qing army.

Before the Qing soldiers attacked, Xia Wanchun had already disembarked from Suzhou, passed through Hangzhou, crossed the Qiantang River, and went to Shaoxing to meet King Lu.

When Xia Wanchun was crossing the Qiantang River, he found that since the winter and spring in Zhejiang, the precipitation was quite insufficient. The originally vast Qiantang River had turned into a dry trickle, and he was shocked.

Regardless of the fact that the river was still extremely cold in March, he jumped into the river, and when he straightened up, seeing the water was no higher than his waist, his heart was as cold as the river.

The confrontation between the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang and the Qing army was based on the natural danger of Qiantang, but now that the river was dry and the water was no deeper than a horse's belly, the Ming army's advantage was immediately lost.

For a while, Xia Wanchun was so anxious that he crossed the Qiantang River and rushed all the way to Shaoxing.

Like Huang Binqing in Zhoushan, the Taihu Rebel Army was inclined towards the Longwu court, so they were not accepted by the officials in eastern Zhejiang.

Xia Wanchun begged for a meeting several times but was rejected, and he couldn't help being furious: "Your monarch and minister are about to die, so we still have to divide the family!"

At that time, Zhang Huangyan, the royal censor of Youqian capital appointed by the king of Lu, wanted to see the king of Lu. Seeing Xia Wanchun yelling at him outside the palace gate, he was puzzled. The palace man brought Xia Wanchun to the palace to ask King Lu.

After the king of Lu came out, Yu Dabao took his seat, and Xia Wanchun paid homage to him, and then he told all about Duoduo's large-scale raid on eastern Zhejiang.

When the King of Lu heard the words, his face paled immediately, and he hurriedly recruited Fang Guoan, Duke of Xingguo, Wang Zhiren, Duke of Xingguo, Zhang Guowei, Minister of the Ministry of War, Yu Huang, Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Guojun, Uncle Zhang Guojun, and others to discuss countermeasures.

King Lu wore the Usha Wing Shan crown on his head, a red dragon robe with four round collars, a jade belt on his waist, and soap leather boots on his horns. He sat on the throne, and said in a panic: "Mrs. Duoduo raised an army of 20 to attack eastern Zhejiang, do you have any countermeasures against the enemy?"

Except for Zhang Huangyan, who had already learned the news in advance, all the officials in the hall showed panic, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

King Lu was seated in the hall. Seeing that the officials were only discussing and did not answer, he felt anxious, so he leaned forward and asked again: "Do you have any strategies to defend against the enemy?"

The officials heard that you look at me and I look at you, but they have no plan.

Seeing this, Xia Wanchun frowned, waved his sleeves, walked to the center of the hall, bowed to the King of Lu, and said, "Your Highness, the only way out now is to fortify the walls and clear the country, hold on to the city, and then send someone to ask the emperor for help." Also. In this way, His Highness will stick to Shaoxing, and after the Taihu Rebels attack and harass the Qing army, if the imperial court reinforcements enter Zhejiang, Duoduo will retreat if he sees that there is no profit to be made!"

When King Lu heard the words, his heart moved, and he said, "Is the Qing family's strategy really feasible? Can it protect eastern Zhejiang?"

Xia Wanchun wanted to speak, but he saw a red-robed official, waved his sleeves and came out angrily, pointing at Xia Wanchun angrily and cursing: "You Zi'an dare to confuse my king with nonsense!"

That official was Zhang Guojun, the uncle of the country. After scolding Xia Wanchun, he bowed to King Lu and said, "Your Highness, the general rule has not yet been decided. If you ask for help from Fujian, the momentum will be taken advantage of by the people of Fujian. What's more, I have people in the east of Zhejiang." The danger of Qiantang has the advantage of the navy, so why be afraid of the Qing soldiers?"

(End of this chapter)