Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 218 The Third Encirclement and Suppression (XIV)

When the bandits attacked the camp, Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, woke up.Due to the war during this period, Chen Jin has been sleeping very lightly at night.

Although it is said in the military book that the enemy should be prevented from stealing the camp at night, there are many night blindness patients in this era, and the clouds are so thick tonight that you can hardly see your fingers when you stretch out your hands.If bandits steal the camp at night and light torches, their sentries will be able to see it.If you don't light a torch, I'm afraid you won't even be able to see the road.Thinking of this, Chen Jin felt relieved.But he never expected that the bandits actually stole the camp.

Don't panic when encountering a stolen camp, Chen Jin ordered Pingnan General Jin Li to lead his army to attack, and his own army stood firm in the army.But before Chen Jin received the good news that General Pingnan Jinli had wiped out the bandits, Chen Jin felt his eyes light up, and then he heard a loud noise, and he felt his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't hear anything. gone.Even though there were several smaller explosions behind him, he couldn't hear them.Not only Chen Jin, but also the Tartars within a thousand steps from the entire artillery battalion felt their ears buzzing.Even the Tartars who were close were hit by flying projectiles and stones, and those who were unlucky were killed on the spot.

This loud noise made tens of thousands of Tartars lose their courage.Throughout the second half of the night, Chen Jin could only keep gathering rout troops.After Xue Chao and others left, the loud noise caused the defeated Tartars to fall into the roar of the camp.There are not many Tartars who have been injured by trampling, impacting, or waving weapons.This greatly damaged the morale of the army, so that the siege that was originally scheduled for the second day was also cancelled.

On the second day, Chen Jin, who hadn't slept all night, stared at the statistical report in his hand with red eyes. The thin paper weighed a thousand catties in his hands, so that Chen Jin's trembling hands could hardly hold it.

The night attack of just a small regiment of bandits caused nearly 3000 casualties to his [-] army.Of course, less than [-] of them were directly killed in battle, and no more than [-] were injured.But what made Chen Jin intolerable was that more than [-] people were missing.Except for the dead bodies, most of the people who survived must have escaped, and a large proportion of them went to the bandits who defected.

In addition to the casualties, almost all of Chen Jin's sharp weapons and artillery were lost.Thinking of these cannons, Chen Jin's heart almost twitched.There are nearly a hundred cannons, but there are red cannons among them!That is the weapon of the country!It was lost in vain like this.Without artillery, how to attack the city next?Is it to fight consumption with bandits?

At this moment, Chen Jin was overshadowed by the upcoming battle with the bandits.

Blessings and misfortunes never come singly, just as Chen Jin was writing the memorial with a sad face, another bad news came.There were two messages in total, and because of the wrong dates, they were delivered to his desk at the same time.

At the beginning of the year, the rebel king of Lu sent the puppet Beibo Ruan Jin to contact the rebels in Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Taizhou and other places. The main force landed in Taizhou, so King Lu once again had a stronghold on the main road.Back then, in order to assemble an army to wipe out the bandits, he temporarily let go of the rebel King Lu just now.But he never thought that the rebel King Lu's tribe would grow stronger and stronger.

A few days ago, Huang Zongxi, a native of Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, contacted relatives and old friends, and mobilized tens of thousands of people to revolt.For a while, the situation in Shaoxing, which had been pacified by Meile Zhangjing and Wu Rujie, suddenly became turbulent.

Huang Zongxi's Huang family is very prestigious in Shaoxing. His father, Huang Zunsu, was a Jinshi in Wanli, a middle official Yushi in the Tianqi year, and a member of the Donglin Party. He was demoted and returned to his native place for impeaching Wei Zhongxian. He was imprisoned and died of torture.Huang Zongxi learned from Liu Zongzhou and joined Fushe. His literary talent is well-known, and he and his younger brothers Huang Zongyan and Huang Zonghui are known as the three yellows in eastern Zhejiang.After the fall of the former Ming Dynasty, Huang Zongxi organized a rebel army to actively fight against the Tartars. In the third year of Huaxing, he was appointed as the head of the Ministry of War by the King of Lu, and then sneaked back to his hometown.In the sixth year of Huaxing, he went to the king of Lu again, and was promoted to the censor of the left deputy capital.In the winter of the same year, he went to Japan with Ruan Mei and Feng Jingdi to beg soldiers, crossed the sea to Nagasaki Island and Sasma Island, and returned without success.So he returned home again and lived in seclusion, and no longer served in the Xing Dynasty of the Lu Dynasty.

When the news came that the security regiment had captured Nanjing, Huang Zongxi was immediately excited. He felt that the opportunity had come, so he quietly contacted relatives and friends in private to prepare to support King Lu.Although it seems that the situation of the security group is much better than that of King Lu, both Huang Zongxi and his son are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally they will not join the security group.After the security regiment took Nanjing, it didn't put up the banner of obeying Ming Dynasty, and then changed it to Jinling City.People of insight all over the world know that the security team also has the heart to fight for hegemony.Follow Daming's nature and scold him, but those who are optimistic about the security team also defected one after another.As a result, in the eyes of the people of the world, there was another force called the security group.

Later, when Dangbei Bo Ruan Jin contacted the righteous men from all sides, Huang Zongxi did not take advantage of the situation because he was not prepared, so he was lucky to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the army of Wu Rujie, who was later sent by Meilezhangjing.When Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, assembled a large army and stationed in Changzhou, Jiangnan Province, Huang Zongxi knew that the opportunity had come, so he contacted many righteous men, gathered all the family members, servants, farmers and others, and raised troops in Shaoxing.For a while, the counties of Shaoxing Prefecture were in a turbulent mood, which seemed to be getting worse.

At the same time, in Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangnan Province, Gu Yanwu also gathered his fellow villagers Guizhuang to form an army with Chen Chen, Wu Yan, Pan Tanzhang, Wang Xichan and others.

The Gu family that Gu Yanwu was born in was a prominent family in the east of the Yangtze River, and because his cousin had no children, Gu Yanwu was adopted by him.Gu Yanwu was also a member of the Fushe, but although he has a good literary talent, he failed repeatedly.

After the Tartars went south, Gu Yanwu was recommended by Yang Yongyan, the county magistrate of Kunshan County, and joined the Hongguang court as the Secretary of the Ministry of War.After the Tartars attacked the Hongguang regime, Gu Yanwu and Yang Yongyan, Guizhuang and others defended Kunshan to resist the enemy. Only a few days later, Kunshan fell, and as many as [-] people died.

Later, Gu Yanwu, Chen Zilong, Cheng'an government official Gu Xianzheng, military director Yang Yanshu and others secretly instigated Su Song's admiral Wu Shengzhao to raise troops to fight against the Tartars.

Originally, Gu Yanwu planned to go to Fujian to take up the position of the head of the military department of the Longwu regime, but before leaving, he received a letter from Lu Zhenfei, a senior scholar, and followed Lu Zhenfei's request to go north to contact Huai Xuhaojie.In the past few years, the Longwu regime collapsed, and the war in the south of the Yangtze River did not go smoothly, which made Gu Yanwu's road to resist the Tartars very bumpy.Although he had also heard of the security group, he was blocked by mountains and rivers and did not move forward.Later, Gu Yanwu could only return to his hometown
After returning to his hometown, Gu Yanwu fought with his uncle because he sold his ancestral property to Ye Fangheng, a local wealthy family, and was coerced by his uncle and Ye Fangheng.

Fortunately, when the security regiment captured Nanjing, Jiangnan Province became turbulent.Tartar soldiers settled in Changzhou, Suzhou one after another, and Ye Fangheng and Gu Yanwu Tangshu also survived a little.At this time, Gu Yanwu, Guizhuang, Chen Chen, Wu Yan, Pan Tuozhang, Wang Xichan and others joined Jingyin Poetry Club.

Because of the restoration of Nanjing, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was turbulent, and the anti-Tartar forces were counterattacking. Everyone felt that the time had come to raise troops, so they conspired to revolt.However, the Tazi government led troops to arrest the members of Jingyin Poetry Club. The founders of the Poetry Club, Wu Zhenyuan, Wu Zongqian, and Ye Hengzuo were killed one after another. Afterwards, Gu Yanwu took over as the leader of the Poetry Club.

After several months of contact, Gu Yanwu finally set up an army in Kunshan, respecting King Lu from a distance, and Suzhou was shocked for a while.

Looking at the two pieces of information in his hands, Chen Jin was very worried.I was fighting the bandits on the front line, but there were many rebels in the rear.In the end, he was about to face the enemy.

In desperation, Chen Jin could only mobilize [-] troops to encircle Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, and then wipe out the rebel King Lu who was entrenched in Taizhou.

Therefore, after lacking the advantages of artillery and troops, the Danyang offensive of the Tartars came to a stalemate.

(End of this chapter)