Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 300 The First Anti-Bandit Alliance (25

After getting a reply letter from Zhu Chenggong agreeing to send troops, Jiang Gechang almost wept with joy.But this is not the time for him to cheer. He still has another important task to do, which is to rush to Wenzhou Mansion with Zhu Chenggong's reply letter to meet His Royal Highness King Lu.

Because Jiang Gechang came all the way to guard and suffered heavy losses, the supervisor Zhu Shugui made up for Jiang Gechang's guards, and supplied a large amount of dry food and goods, so Jiang Gechang hurried north.

All the way through Longyan, Yanping, through Jianning, Funing, and then came to Wenzhou Prefecture.The road was long and difficult, and it took Jiang Gechang more than half a month to rush to Wenzhou Prefecture.The journey of more than 1000 miles has been difficult and dangerous, and the feeling of it is not enough for outsiders to understand.In fact, Jiang Gechang could go north by boat. Not only Zhu Shugui but also Zhu Chenggong were willing to provide boats for Jiang Gechang, but Jiang Gechang was not good at water, and it was too risky to cross the sea by boat in this era, so Jiang Gechang still chose relatively safe land.Fortunately, Geng Jimao and Zhu Chenggong ruled Fujian together, and the bandits, big and small, were repeatedly attacked by both sides, which made Fujian more stable.It also made Jiang Gechang's journey to the north relatively smooth.

When Jiang Gechang, who was physically exhausted but extremely determined, stepped into the capital of Wenzhou, an anti-bandit alliance was finally successfully established.

When King Lu and others learned that Zhu Chenggong decided to lead the navy to the north, they were all rejoiced.The strength of the Zheng family's navy is well known throughout the world. Even though the gangsters have recently started to build a navy, they are still like babies in front of the Zheng family.The group bandit's move to build a navy also offended the Zheng family, which was also a factor in Zhu Chenggong's determination to resist the bandits.

The various forces in the south also have envoys between each other, even if there are no envoys, there are still subtle operations.Therefore, Zhu Chenggong's decision to go north is also well known to the various forces in the south who are close to Fujian, and the news is still on the way for those who are far away from Fujian.Geng Jimao, Shang Kexi and others already knew about this matter, but Jiang Gechang's report attendant sent back to the court was still on his way.When Jiang Gechang brought the news to the court of the Lu Dynasty, the neighbor Jin Li also learned of the information.All of a sudden, the forces in southern Zhejiang, Fujian, and northern Guangdong all boiled over.Zhu Chenggong's move finally broke the anti-bandit alliance in the south, which was declining day by day.

Although King Lu gave up most of his territory, most of the generals and soldiers were preserved, and gentry from various provinces in Zhejiang who supported King Lu gathered in Wenzhou Prefecture.At this time, the strength of King Lu not only did not decrease but increased a lot.Now all the troops of the King of Lu add up to 6.However, the output of the land could not keep up with the increase in troops, and it was difficult for a mere government to support the more than [-] soldiers.Fortunately, most of the gentry who fled south brought their goods. Relying on these floating wealth and the strong support of the gentry, King Lu's army persisted.This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Chengwu failed to conquer Wenzhou.However, the generals of the Lu Dynasty court also knew that if the confrontation with the bandits continued like this, the financial pressure alone would overwhelm the court, so war would be inevitable.

Compared with King Lu, Mingyi Gong Jinli was under more pressure anyway.King Lu still has righteous support in Zhejiang, and there is also the signboard of Daming that can be used, but Jin Li does not have it, and instead has a bad reputation.After fleeing Hangzhou with his elite soldiers, Jin Li gathered troops from various cities along the way, but a large number of soldiers fled on the way to the south.After a ruthless search of the Chuzhou government, Jin Li restored his army strength to [-], but he lacked all weapons and armor.

Although Jin Li actively defended during this time, he drank his sorrows with alcohol when no one was around, because he could not see where the hope lies.I'm afraid the best end for him is to die in battle.

However, when Xi Zuo sent the Wenzhou government information, Jin Li cheered up again.Although the King of Lu ordered him to send troops to the north a few months ago, it was obviously a matter of death. Who would want to go?At that time, although the forces of all parties wanted to unite to fight against the gangsters, everyone had selfishness in their hearts, and no one wanted to be a stepping stone for others, and when the time came, they would send others to their deaths to eat their meat. Who would be willing to do that?
Fortunately, someone finally came forward. Zhu Chenggong, king of Yanping County, took the initiative to lead his army northward.I have also heard about the powerful Jinli of the Zheng family army. Now the bandits occupy the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but although the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is rich, it is located on the coast, so it is not easy to defend.Using the navy to break through Taicang Prefecture and enter the Yangtze River, the regiment's bandits will be restrained in large numbers, and this is my chance.So Jin Li became energetic again, he threw away the wine glass and jug, and started to practice soldiers and horses again.

The anomalies that occurred in Fujian and southern Zhejiang were also detected by the Fujian Division and the Zhejiang Division of the Military Intelligence Department, so this information was also forwarded to the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Department, and then transferred to Qiu Tianxing from the Military Intelligence Department.

In mid-September, the long-awaited Mu Tianbo finally received a letter written by Jiang Gechang.Although Mu Tianbo did not see Zhu Chenggong's personal reply, because Jiang Gechang brought Zhu Chenggong's personal reply to King Lu in Wenzhou Prefecture, but Mu Tianbo trusted Jiang Gechang very much, so Mu Tianbo also sent Jiang Gechang's reply letter to Jiangxi. Wu Sangui of Jiujiang Mansion dispatched a Baihu and Baihu's subordinates for this.

Now the Yongli regime is in a corner, and it is really a local force, so the Yongli regime does not have a mature post system to contact the provinces.This makes expediting 2000 miles and 100 miles a luxury.Therefore, the personnel sent by Mu Tianbo could only honestly gallop north with one person and two horses as far as possible. They only relied on these two horses along the way, and changing people without changing horses was just an extravagant hope.Nanning is more than [-] miles away from Jiujiang, and there are countless cases of climbing mountains and wading across mountains and mountains.The average daily travel of more than [-] miles has already made the group of Jinyiwei exhausted and exhausted.In this way, when they arrived in Jiujiang, it was already twenty days later.

After receiving the letter from Jin Yiwei, Wang Fuzhi hurriedly asked to see King Zhou, and he was allowed.

After reading the letter, coupled with the fact that his spies had obtained the same information from Zhangzhou, Fujian, Wu Sangui finally decided to send troops.Although Wu Sangui's power now borders the security regiment in many ways, and it is possible to send troops from Jiujiang, Raozhou, and Guangxin, but in the end Wu Sangui decided to send troops to Anqing and go down the river to take Nanjing.

As the saying goes, one hair affects the whole body, and the actions of Zhu Chenggong, Lu Wang, Jin Li, Wu Sangui and others affected Geng Jimao, Li Laiheng, Shang Kexi, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and others.At this moment, Nanfang Haoxiong finally joined together, just because of the speed of traffic that can kill people in this era, most of the time in the past six months was spent on the messenger's road back and forth.When many forces finally reached an agreement to send troops to the security regiment, it was already October.At this time, the weather was cold again, and it was about to snow.

(End of this chapter)