Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 343
In the first year of Longwu, the Qing soldiers crossed the Qiantang River and went down to wipe out the power of Lu Jianguo in eastern Zhejiang. Some of the troops retreated to Jiangning, and some followed Boluo to Fujian. The Qing troops stationed in Zhejiang were, in fact, Very flimsy.

At this time, in a large mansion in Ningbo City, bursts of pipa sounds accompanied by beautiful, delicate and beautiful Wu Nong's soft words came from the courtyard.

A few young women holding pipas, playing and singing by themselves, sang softly: "Above is heaven, below is Suzhou and Hangzhou, there are gardens in the city, and water villages outside the city. Oh, the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, the fragrance of flowers in spring, the fragrance of spring and spring. Shikang. Ancient rhyme and modern style, the world is famous and famous, can't sing endlessly, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful~"

Pingtan is a major feature of Jiangnan. Pingtan will be played when the big gentry families have meals. Right now, in the mansion, there are eight scholars sitting around a big table. They listen to the woman playing and singing, but one A desk crying.

The song was obviously cheerful, but it entered the ears of the scholars, but it seemed to hear the saddest voice in the world.

Seeing this, the man sitting in the first place waved his hand to let the women playing and singing back down, then drank a cup and said sadly: "Jiangnan is good, I don't have it for me~"

At this time, a scholar in his 30s suddenly stood up and said with a heartbroken voice: "The middle land is full of filth. I thought that Fujian could be kept clean and would not be touched by the Manyi. I didn't want Zheng Zhilong to betray his country and surrender to Qing Dynasty." , so that my land in the south of the Yangtze River will be restored in no time, I really hate it~"

Another person stood up and said, "A few days ago, brother Mingzhang wrote "Nanshan Collection", and his whole family was killed. Brother Fang Yan wrote "Jiashen Daji" and was also imprisoned by the Qing court, and sentenced to be executed after autumn. Brother Wen Zhan only wrote in the collection of poems. I wrote down the year name of Longwu, and I was also arrested by the stick, Manyi is trying to cut me off~"

The rest of the people heard the words, and their faces were also full of anger.

At this time, another scholar entered the mansion. He stood outside the door and listened to the words of several people, but suddenly strode in and said, "All mouths make gold, can the Manchu Qing stop everyone's mouths?"

The person who came was Huaxia from Zhenhai, Zhusheng of the Ming Dynasty, whose name was Jipu. After the fall of Nanjing, he once rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in the Ningbo Mansion and served as the Secretary of the Ministry of War in the Lu Jianguo regime. Most of the scholars in the house were Served as the official position of Lu Jian Guo regime, and was revered as Liu Kuangsheng.

At this time, when they saw Huaxia coming, they all stood up to pay respects. The owner of the house, Wang Jiaqin, said, "Brother Jifu laughed. Speak, come to me today, you are all unscrupulous~" Huaxia nodded and said: "Fujian has undergone great changes, Fujian has fallen into the hands of the Qing army, I also know the worries and anger in your hearts, but today I have another news , I want to tell everyone!"

"Oh?" Wang Jiaqin was a little surprised when he heard the words, "Could it be some good news?"

Hua Xia nodded and said: "People from the Tiandihui knew that I still had contact with His Royal Highness King Lu of Zhoushan, so they found me last night and asked me to convey to His Royal Highness King Lu that Zhoushan officers and soldiers should cooperate with Taihu Rebels to attack Suzhou and Hangzhou!"

Everyone heard the words and couldn't help being shocked: "In such a situation, why did Tiandi plan such an action? Could it be a trap at the sticky pole?"

Since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, they have often contacted the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River and the officials of the old Ming Dynasty in the name of anti-Qing, causing a large number of righteous people to be deceived. Many officials and gentry who supported the Ming Dynasty should be exposed and arrested.

The anti-Qing forces suffered heavy losses as a result, but after several painful lessons, the activities of the Tiandihui and Jiangnan Anti-Qing forces became more and more secretive.

Huaxia heard the words and said with a smile: "There will be no mistakes this time. The person who came to see me is Chen Shilang's disciple Xia Wanchun, and here is Chen Shilang's personal letter!"

At that moment, Huaxia showed the letter to several people. After reading it, Wang Jiaqin exclaimed: "The Duke of Chu defeated the Eight Banners. Not only did he take back Wuchang, he regained the whole of Chu, and now he has sent troops to Jiangxi to capture northern Jiangxi. It is necessary to unite with the governor of Jiangxi to attack Luck Dehun and Jin Shengheng, and to fight against the whole of Jiangxi! Hong Chengchou wants to send troops into Jiangxi to rescue Jiangxi. Tiandi will spy on the news and hope that the anti-Qing forces in Jiangnan will threaten Yuhang or Jiangning. If you attack them, you must save them, and prevent Hong Chengchou from aiding Jiangxi~"

Everyone was a little excited, and Dong Zhining said: "I have also heard about the reputation of the Duke of Chu. Back then, he defended the isolated city of Yangzhou alone, and the city of Hangzhou retreated from the enemy. It was only Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng who fled to Tiannan. Back then, Ruoguo If you are here, I may not have the disaster of Wuzi and Bingshu in the south of the Yangtze River."

"That's right. Since years ago, there have been news coming from Huguang. Although the Qing government tried its best to block it, there are still news that the Duke of Chu defeated the Eight Banners and beheaded Geng Zhongming and Shen Zhixiang. It is always a joyous move. "

"At the moment when Fujian is undergoing great changes and people's hearts are slackening, the Duke of Chu's victory in Jiangxi will undoubtedly make people happy again."

"Brother Jifu, did you come to me today just to tell us the good news?"

Huaxia heard the words and smiled with a few people, "Of course not. I totally agree with the Tiandihui's actions this time. The great changes in central Fujian must be a heavy blow to the morale of the anti-Qing Dynasty. The Duke of Chu launched the campaign to enter Jiangxi." The war can certainly boost morale, but it is too far away from the south of the Yangtze River, I think it is not enough, we should also plan a big war in the south of the Yangtze River to boost the morale of the anti-Qing."

Wang Jiaqin and others became interested, so they immediately asked, "Brother Jifu, do you have any ideas?"

"That's right!" Huaxia said excitedly, "This time, Tiandihui will contact His Royal Highness King Lu to fight. We should also participate, and the goal is not just to contain Hong Chengchou, but to recapture Zhejiang Province."

"Recapturing Zhejiang Province?" Wang Jiaqin said confidently after hearing the words, "I'm afraid this is too difficult!"

Huaxia said: "Into the present, the main force of the Qing army, one will gather in the Jiangning area, and the other will follow Boluo into Fujian, and the Zhejiang garrison is very weak. At that time, the Tiandihui and the Taihu Rebels will threaten Yuhang and Jiangning to contain the Jiangning area. I can take this opportunity to contact His Highness the King of Lu, and I want Wang Yi and Li Changxiang's rebel army in Siming Mountain. In addition, Qing general Sun Zhixiu, who attacked Chen Tianchong and Zhongmo under his command, was a general under Shige's tent. , and I have a lot of contacts, it can be said anyway. At that time, even if we can’t recover the whole Zhejiang, we can still gain a foothold in the east of Zhejiang. With our back to the sea and the west of Jiangxi, we should make a big difference.”

Wang Jiaqin and the others were very moved when they heard the words, "I think this is feasible. If brother Jifu is going to make a big deal, I will take 5 taels of money as military salary."

Wu Shengzhao is a native of Liaodong. He once served as a commander in the Ming Army.

The Susong area is the main area where the rebels are active. During the battle with the rebels, he recruited many leaders of the rebels, and his strength increased greatly. Unruly.

Hong Chengchou immediately ordered him to move from the wealthy Suzhou to the small town of Songjiang, which made Wu Shengzhao very dissatisfied.

Wu Shengzhao was squeezed out by Tu Guobao in the Qing court, and his staff officers Dai Zhijun, Wu Zhu and others were all leaders of the Anti-Qing Rebel Army. After the defeat, they voted under Wu Shengzhao's command. Immediately persuade him to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

The members of the Tiandihui also have many connections with the leader of the rebel army hidden in Wu Shengzhao's army. Dai Zhijun is a member of the Tiandihui.

As early as the beginning of the year, he began to persuade Wu Shengzhao, but Wu Shengzhao was still hesitant. After all, Jiangnan was already the hinterland of the Qing army. Wu Shengzhao could not joke about his life. If he was not sure, he would not be able to participate in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty. .

This time he was ordered by the chief rudder to persuade Wu Shengzhao to oppose the Qing Dynasty, so he personally ran between Taihu Lake and Songjiang to resolve Wu Shengzhao's doubts.

(Thanks to the descendant of Ziye Saburo for the gift)
(End of this chapter)