Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 274 The Second Eastern Expedition ([-])
The 30 troops of the security regiment have not yet embarked on the journey, and the south is already full of turmoil.

The same thing happened in Jingnan Prince's Mansion in Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province as in Dingdong Prince's Mansion.Watching his subordinates quarreling endlessly, Geng Jimao felt Jin Li's sorrow.

At this moment, there was a letter on Geng Jimao's desk, which was written by Jin Li himself.Not only did Jin Li want to defect to King Lu himself, but he also wanted Geng Jimao to join him.

Looking at the current situation, Geng Jimao knew that he could not do it alone, so he had to choose a side to go to.Neither he nor Jin Li is a hero, and without the prestige of the court, he can't even be suppressed by his subordinates.Especially in the few years since Geng Jimao took over the army, the older generation of uncles in the army did not listen to Geng Jimao too much.

Regarding Jin Li's letter, Geng Jimao was still a little moved.Especially the bandits are tigers, and the heroes of the south are wolves. To deal with tigers, the wolves have to unite, otherwise they will be devoured by tigers one by one.Geng Jimao agreed with this sentence very much, even the force of the imperial court was forced to cross the river by the bandits, let alone his thin and small body?
Geng Jimao thought so, and so did his generals.It's okay to fight with Zhu Chenggong, but if they fight with bandits, they will be discouraged.Overwhelming fighters, warriors who have followed one after another, as well as densely packed explosives, plus a system of national armed forces.Thinking about it makes people chill, they are all a bunch of lunatics, and they cannot always be theorized.Coupled with the fact that the Bandits of the Way are sitting in a wealthy place in the world, and they are about to take down Zhejiang Province again, this power is getting bigger and bigger, so it's better not to provoke them.But they are not happy to let them defect to the past. Everyone wants to go to get promoted and make a fortune, but surrender to demobilization but still have to be punished. I am afraid that no one is willing to do so, unless the person did not know before.However, the gangsters have also risen for ten years, and their rules have long been understood, so many generals of hostile forces would rather hang half dead than join the gangsters.Unless you are really desperate or simply an idealist.

Of course, Geng Jimao's generals also proposed to enshrine Yongli as Zhengshuo. After all, the power in the south under the banner of Yongli is much greater than that under the banner of King Lu.No matter how you look at it, Yongli has a better prospect than King Lu.

Although Geng Jimao once had this idea, but one thing has become a huge obstacle, that is, Zhu Chenggong, who is entrenched in several prefectures in southern Fujian, also uses the banner of Yongli.Geng Jimao reckoned that if Zhu Chenggong hadn't been in the way, he might annex himself in the name of Yongli in the future.After thinking about it, Geng Jimao still decided to listen to Jin Li's persuasion and play the banner of King Lu.

When Geng Jimao and his subordinates informed their decision, the soldiers all supported it, and there was no such thing as Jin Li's Tian Xiong.Of course, this is because Ma Degong did not return to his post, otherwise Ma Degong, who had done the same thing with Tian Xiong, would desperately oppose it.

Just like that, a huge pie fell on the court of the Lu Dynasty, and the small court, which had been forced to breathe by Jin Li for a while, suddenly had a revival.In one province of Zhejiang and most of Fujian province, the small court of the Lu Dynasty had a new look, with millions of soldiers and civilians under its rule and a territory of thousands of miles.Of course, the premise is that the security group stops the eastward expedition, so that this power can be preserved.

The impact of the situation instigated by the security group was too great, only two days later than Geng Jimao, Shang Kexi also knew about it.

Shang Kexi is a loyal old traitor, but now it's not that loyalty can be exchanged for glory and wealth, but if you continue to be loyal, you can't even save your life.If you are poor, you want to change, and so is this danger.Not long after Shang Kexi received the 30-strong army from the security regiment, he also learned that Jin Li changed his flag and respected King Lu.

This time, Shang Kexi's heart became active.

In the past two years, the Yongli court has become more and more prosperous, and the three young generals Li Yuanyin, Ma Bao, and Ma Weixing under his command have also become more and more powerful, gradually showing signs of being the pillars of the court.The soldiers and horses under the command of the three monks Kexi fought endlessly, some of them were victorious and some were defeated. Finally, the Yongli Dynasty has captured the three prefectures of Lianzhou Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, Gaozhou Prefecture, and Luoding Prefecture in Guangdong Province. The main battles are concentrated in Zhaoqing Prefecture. .It can be said that the war in Zhaoqing Mansion was under the nose of Guangzhou, which made Shang Kexi very worried.The old traitor has just turned 50 and is so worried that his pigtails are gray and white.

But Shang Kexi is a utilitarian. Even though the Tatars killed many of his family members, and even his two wives committed suicide after being captured by the Tartars, Shang Kexi chose to go to the Tartars in desperation son.Therefore, when the current situation is critical, Shang Kexi will still abandon the hatred and change course.

Shang Kexi once had contact with the security regiment. Under Anlu City, when the reinforcements from the First Battalion, Second Battalion, and Fourth Battalion were inseparable from Kong Youde's killing, and the soldiers from the headquarters swarmed out of the city to break Kong Youde's siege, Shang Kexi appeared, and wiped away the dawn of the security team's victory in one fell swoop.The final outcome was that Chen Chen of the first battalion returned to Guangzhou and fled to Yingzhou, Sun Zhi of the second battalion fled back to Xinyang, and withdrew his troops and abandoned Huangzhou. Qiu Tianxing was even forced by Shang Kexi to hide in the deep mountains.The culprit of all this is Shang Kexi.

It is precisely because Shang Kexi clearly remembers everything he has done that he knows that he and the bandits are irreconcilable. If he chooses to surrender to the bandits, he will definitely end up worse than death.If the whole family is denounced by Dou Shishu and reformed as slaves and maidservants, it will be difficult for generations to stand up.

So even if the whole family committed suicide, Shang Kexi didn't want to join the security team.

But Shang Kexi is unwilling to enshrine Yongli as Zhengshuo, after all, he has been beaten to death for many years, and Shang Kexi does not want to fall into the trap of himself.In the end, Shang Kexi, like Jin Li, sent envoys to Zhejiang, under the banner of King Lu.

In this way, the grand prize once again fell on the foreheads of the top and bottom officials in the Lu Dynasty. For some reason, the Lu Dynasty added more than half a province, which added up to more than two provinces. , and the strength of the army has exceeded 20. It seems that they have suddenly become a powerful force in the south after the security regiment and the Great West Army. For a while, the south was shaken again.

But they also knew that these remnants of the Tartar forces who surrendered just wanted to use the banner of the King of Lu. The political power, military power and financial power were still in the hands of these forces, and the King of Lu just got a title.But this is enough for King Lu, he just needs to overwhelm Yongli.Although the Security Corps went east to endanger the King Lu's regime, the danger of Yongli was not inferior to that of the Security Corps.Therefore, for these forces, the Lu Dynasty court did not reject anyone who came, and accepted them all.

Not long after Shang Kexi changed his flag, the army of the security regiment finally moved.

(End of this chapter)