Nanming Yiming

Chapter 105 King Lu's Attitude
After Zhu Xu went south from Shaoxing, he directly withdrew the Qing army from Zhuji, and Qian Mo took Zhuji County, which borders Jinhua Mansion on the south side of Shaoxing Mansion, without bloodshed.

Good news also came from Hong Fugui: he led his troops to attack and encountered the Qing infantry who came to support him in the east of Shangyu County. As a result, the Ming cavalry defeated the Qing army, and the remaining Qing army saw Tian Xiong's head They surrendered one after another, and finally captured 1000 Qing troops; Hong Fugui led his troops eastward and recovered Shangyu and Yuyao counties in one fell swoop.

At this time, among the 8 counties under the jurisdiction of Shaoxing Prefecture, apart from the two counties of Xinchang and Shengxian in the hands of Yu Guowang, the other 6 counties had already fallen into the hands of Qian Mo.

In the county government office of Shengxian County, three white-headed army leaders Yu Guowang, Jin Tang, and Xiao Ni gathered together, and they were all anxiously waiting for news from Monk Li.

The rebels on Tiantai Mountain cooperated with Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dingxi, and fought bloody battles since they came down the mountain.First besieged Tiantai County, and then conquered Xinchang and Shengxian counties along the way!
Not only sacrificed a leader, but also reduced the number of men from 5000 when they descended the mountain to [-] now.

Originally Qian Moyuan was in Huzhou, and the East Zhejiang Rebels obeyed the orders of Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dingxi. Naturally, the Baitou Army followed Zhang Mingzhen's orders to attack Xinchang and Sheng counties.

But now that Qian Molian defeated Hangzhou and Shaoxing, Yu Guowang and the others naturally had another choice.

Jin Tang first said: "Governor Qian's Ming army is invincible, and even a fortified city like Hangzhou was conquered by him. I think it is much better to serve Governor Qian than Dingxihou."

"I heard that Governor Qian's army is well-equipped and rich in supplies, and there is never a shortage of military pay; now we are under the orders of Marquis Dingxi, and the military pay and food are all self-raised. The brothers are almost unable to survive!"

Yu Guowang said: "I understand what Brother Jintang said, but my rebel army usually relies on the word 'righteousness'. If we abandon Ding Xihou and invest in the governor, we will definitely bear the name of injustice."

Jin Tang thought to himself that this Yu Guowang was bold and a "good big brother", but he was a bit pedantic and couldn't see the situation clearly.

So he said: "Brother Yu's words are wrong. Righteousness can be divided into big righteousness and small righteousness. We followed Governor Qian to fight the Qing Dynasty in order to better display our ambitions and realize the great righteousness of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty."

Seeing the serious differences between the two, Xiao Ni hurriedly persuaded them to make peace, saying: "You two brothers, don't worry about arguing, you might as well see what Monk Li said first, and then we can make plans."

On the official road from Shaoxing Mansion to Sheng County, Monk Li and others galloped on galloping horses, raising waves of dust, causing passers-by to run away.

Liu Yichen said: "It seems that Chief Li is returning home like an arrow. After half a day's journey, he arrived here in just over an hour."

Monk Li replied: "I also want to hurry back to Sheng County so that I can persuade Brother Yu and the others to serve as Governor Qian."

Liu Yichen said: "The identity of the secret guard of our intelligence department must be kept absolutely secret. Chief Li must not reveal his identity when the time comes!"

Monk Li waved his horsewhip, and said, "Don't worry Commander Liu, I, Old Li, know the rules of the intelligence department."

"Look, over this hill is the north gate of Shengxian County!"

After entering the city, Monk Li hurriedly brought Liu Yichen into the county government office of Sheng County.

Everyone was also very happy to see Monk Li. Yu Guowang said: "Monk, you are finally back. I heard that you were attacked by the Qing cavalry in Shaoxing and were defeated. Everyone is worried that something happened to you."

Monk Li said: "I made the elder brothers worry. Monk and I happened to be patrolling outside the camp at the time. I was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe, but Wang Yi was shot by an arrow!"

Hearing that Wang Yi had been hit by an arrow, Yu Guowang hurriedly asked, "Then brother Wang is alright now?"

Monk Li said: "It's okay, Wang Yi is now appointed by Governor Qian as the prefect of Shaoxing and the commander-in-chief of the Kuaiji battalion. Instead, it's a blessing in disguise!"

Hearing that Wang Yi was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Qian Mo, everyone was envious.

Jin Tang said: "It's no wonder that Wang Yi insisted on going north, and he really had the foresight. Isn't this the first to get the moon when you are close to the water?"

Hearing Jin Tangman's jealousy, Monk Li hurriedly introduced: "This is the Deputy Commander of the Intelligence Department under Governor Qian, Mr. Liu Yichen."

Liu Yichen bowed slightly to the crowd and said: "Governor Qian heard that you are interested in joining my Suhu Governor's Mansion, so he sent me here to make contact."

Several people turned their eyes to Yu Guowang at the same time, and Yu Guowang said: "Commander Liu has worked hard all the way, please rest for a while, let me discuss this matter later."

"Come here, first take Commander Liu down for dinner."

Jin Tang took the lead and said, "Since Commander Liu has already spoken, why doesn't brother Yu just follow his words? Could it be that brother Yu still doesn't want to serve Governor Qian?"

Yu Guowang said: "We once promised Zhang Huangyan to obey the orders of the Marquis of Dingxi, but now we have turned to Governor Qian, which is really breaking our promise!"

Seeing that Yu Guowang was unwilling to let go, Jin Tang said directly: "I agree to defect to Governor Qian, Brother Yu disagrees, Xiao Ni thinks it's okay, what does Monk think?"

Monk Li is now a member of the Intelligence Department, so he naturally wanted to facilitate this matter, so he said: "Dingxi Hou was defeated by Tian Xiong's cavalry outside Ningbo City. The formation wiped out all Tian Xiong's cavalry, Dingxihou and Governor Qian have an opinion!"

Jin Tang said: "Brother Yu, look, monks don't always follow hearsay, and Governor Qian's elite soldiers are by no means comparable to Marquis Dingxi."

"Besides, we only obeyed the orders of Marquis Dingxi, and we did not become his subordinates. We are all Ming soldiers, so we are not betrayed."

Monk Li hurriedly said: "Who doesn't know that Wang Yi and Zhang Huangyan have the best relationship. We promised him, and he must have agreed. Now that Wang Yi has joined Governor Qian, Brother Yu has no hesitation."

"The Lumi blunderbuss of the Shenji Camp can penetrate armor at a distance of a hundred steps. We will also equip them when the time comes, so we won't be able to beat the Qing army."

Hearing the firearm, Xiao Ni, who didn't care about it before, became excited and said, "Just for this firearm, I think we should go to Governor Qian."

Seeing that the three of them wanted to join Qian Mo, Yu Guowang didn't insist anymore, so he expressed to Liu Yichen that he was willing to join Qian Mo.

Liu Yichen said: "Since your department is called the White-headed Army, let's build a White-headed Battalion based on this, with Brother Yu as the chief soldier, and the other three as deputy chief soldiers!"

So far, all eight counties under Shaoxing Prefecture belonged to Qian Mo.
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After receiving the task of reporting victory to King Lu Jianguo, Gu Yanwu rushed to Chongming Island with gifts.

The tall warship cut through the waves all the way, splashing white waves, accompanied by a few free-flying seagulls.

Gu Yanwu stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the looming island in the distance, thoughtful.

In fact, he is no stranger to this route and has traveled back and forth many times.It's just that in order to avoid the patrol boats of the Qing army, Gu Yanwu could only smuggle in at night in a small boat. This is the first time that he can sail freely and freely in broad daylight like this.

Looking at the rough sea, Gu Yanwu knew that the burden on his shoulders was not light.As the Suhu Governor's Mansion continues to attack the city and land, it will inevitably arouse the fear of King Lu and other ministers, and his victory this time is just the beginning of the game between the two sides.

Chongming is the place where he started to make a fortune with Qian Mo, and the journey along the way was not easy.Gu Yanwu knew that Qian Mo had always been cautious, and didn't want to give King Lu the impression of domineering.

It's just that some of the Suhu Governor's Mansion now dominates, and it is inevitable that they will be suppressed by King Lu. I hope King Lu will not act too hastily, otherwise it will backfire.

The ship arrived in Chongming very quickly, and saw that the pier was extremely busy, with many large ships docked, and rows of soldiers were rushing to board the ship.

Gu Yanwu hastily called the clerk in charge of reception at the pier and asked, "So many soldiers boarded the pier, is Chongming's army going to march?"

This kind of question involving military secrets was originally inconvenient to disclose, but the little official saw that it was Gu Yanwu and let go of his guard.After all, he was short of manpower, so every time Gu Yanwu went to Chongming to transport supplies, he would prepare some gifts like food, rice and cloth for these petty officials.

Chongming now has a small area and a large population, and many living materials have been strictly rationed. Even if you have money, you can't easily buy these things.For petty officials like them, getting these supplies is more joyful than receiving money.

The little official said respectfully: "Eastern Zhejiang is in a hurry, General Yang Wenqi has surrendered to the Qing army again, Marquis of Dingxi Xingye asked for help, His Highness Jian Guo is going to send [-] troops to eastern Zhejiang."

Gu Yanwu did not receive this information when he left Hangzhou. Originally, he was worried that King Lu would continue to ask Qian Mo to send troops to attack Su Song. Now that Chongming has dispatched [-] troops to the east of Zhejiang, there should be no extra troops to attack Songjiang. .

So Gu Yanwu rewarded the little official with a piece of silver, and rushed to the Jian Guo Mansion in Chongming County.

Lu Wang Zhu Yihai was also excited for a long time after he heard the news that Qian Mo had conquered Hangzhou.He has been in the army for three years, and Hangzhou is the first provincial capital he conquered, and it is also the city with the greatest influence.

Before that, his greatest achievement was that last year in Fujian, together with Zheng Cai, Zhou Rui, Zhou Yazhi, and Ruan Jin, he recovered 27 counties of three prefectures and one prefecture in Fujian.It's a pity that Zheng Cai tried to hijack herself later and coerce the emperor to order the princes, so King Lu had to leave Chongming.

Since then, the situation in Fujian has also taken a turn for the worse. The news just came that Zheng Cai has now been driven out of Fuzhou by Zhenjin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and retreated to Funing Prefecture.

So regarding Qian Mo, Zhu Yihai also had to have doubts in his heart. Although Qian Mo has been very submissive so far, who knows if he will become the second Zheng Cai?
This is also the sorrow of the Ming clan. Although many clans of the Ming Dynasty rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, since the Qing army entered the pass, there have been as many as dozens of vassal kings and county kings who died just because of the resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

But the vassals of the Ming Dynasty could not raise soldiers. Most of them were just idle rich princes, and they didn't have many soldiers of their own.Whether it is Hongguang, Longwu, Yongli or Lu Jianguo, they all have to rely on the warlords who support them.

In many cases, their fate can only depend on the warlord they are attached to. If the warlord sincerely supports them, these people have a little right, such as Zhang Mingzhen now, and Li Dingguo in the future; but more people just want to coerce the emperor to make the princes, At this time, the emperors and supervisors of the Nanming Dynasty could only make a beautiful decoration.

It is obvious that Zhu Yihai is not reconciled to just being a decoration, he understands the importance of checking and balancing his subordinates, which is the so-called "emperor's mind".Although Zhang Mingzhen is still loyal to him and is much better than Zheng Cai, but many things have to be done according to Zhang Mingzhen's face.

This was one of the reasons why King Lu strongly supported Qian Mo. He needed a newly rising force to check and balance Zhang Mingzhen, so he gave Qian Mo, a leader of the rebel army, a high official and generous salary.Facts have proved that Qian Mo did not disappoint him, and greatly exceeded his expectations.

On the contrary, Zhang Mingzhen's progress in eastern Zhejiang was slow, and Taizhou actually gained and lost.

At this time, Gu Yanwu had already entered the hall, and said: "My minister congratulates His Highness Jian Guo. On March 3, the second year of Yongli, Qian Mo, the governor of Suhu, led an army to conquer Hangzhou. Xiao Qiyuan, the governor of Zhejiang Province in the puppet Qing Dynasty, committed suicide. The entire territory of Hangzhou Mansion, the three northern Zhejiang mansions have all belonged to my Daming."

Although the victory was reported today, Zhu Yihai already knew the news yesterday, but hearing Gu Yanwu mention it again made him very excited. After all, the recovery of Hangzhou was all due to the northern Zhejiang province, and he was the king of Lu.The king of Lu said: "The envoy Gu Yong has worked hard all the way. Governor Qian's soldiers are brave and have recovered northern Zhejiang for our Daming. This king is very comforted. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang. It has always been rich in people and rich in resources, and the treasury is full. Governor Qian must have harvested a lot. Small."

Gu Yanwu thought that the king of Lu didn't talk about rewards, but mentioned the treasury of Hangzhou, obviously implying the payment of tribute.

Although I have been prepared for a long time, it seems that there will be a period of bargaining, so I still have to cry poorly first!

So Gu Yanwu said: "Xiao Qiyuan did everything in order to defend Hangzhou to the death. He had already used the silver from the Hangzhou treasury to reward his subordinates to boost morale; the Qing army in Hangzhou resisted desperately, and my Ming soldiers also suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty Thanks to the blessings of the ancestors of the past dynasties, the soldiers of the three armies worked hard to capture Hangzhou."

"It's just that the city of Hangzhou is already devastated, full of people in need of care. The governor can't bear the suffering of the people, so in the name of His Highness Jian Guo, he helps the people of Hangzhou and comforts the dead soldiers."

"Although our army has harvested some supplies in Hangzhou, they have already been exhausted. Governor Qian is also worrying about rewarding meritorious soldiers."

King Lu thought to himself: Well, Qian Mo, you took Hangzhou City easily in 2 days, and you are still acting for me here.The three prefectures in northern Zhejiang are all heavily taxed, and they actually said that the supplies were exhausted to prevaricate the king! "

Although it is normal to ask for credit and rewards, Qian Mo has always voluntarily donated money and food in exchange for King Lu's canonization.Except for a bunch of false names and official positions, King Lu really never rewarded Qian Mo with anything in kind.

Thinking of this, King Lu is still a little bit sorry, but after all, he is used to "free food", and this kind of regret is fleeting.

He understood Qian Mo's style, and he must have brought a large amount of money and food this time. His attitude just now was that he was afraid that he would speak too loudly.Well, let's make a statement first!

The King of Lu said: "There must be rewards for meritorious service. The Governor's Mansion of Suhu has made such great achievements, and the imperial court should award meritorious officers and men. However, Chongming is currently short of supplies, and the rewards can only be awarded by Governor Qian on behalf of the country."

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