Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 916 Alliance ([-])

A group of ships led by the "Cadiz Rock" sailed into the Ding Harbor one by one, and then anchored.

They had just returned from Yantai Port and brought [-] soldiers from the Fourth Battalion of the Standing Force to the southern theater. At the same time, they also sent the Fifth Battalion (adapted from German mercenaries) back to Shandong——Shao ​​Shude’s response to this team was almost entirely composed of Germans. The brigade is very worried, so he plans to break up this brigade and reorganize the three brigades of the First Wing in Shandong. If you lose some combat power temporarily, you will lose a little. .

Arriving at Dinghai together with the Fourth Brigade of the Standing Team, there were 4000 members of Niu Chenghu's Department of the Ninth Division of the New Army, and Ding Weiyue's Tenth Division of the New Army was swapped with them.Ding Weiyue of the [-]th Division was defeated by the Qing army in Guanhaiwei a while ago, and lost hundreds of soldiers. This time Shao Shude planned to transfer them back to Huang County, Shandong Province for training, and make up for the troops by the way; Some of the green camps of the Qing army in Shandong were closely related (they were all descended from the Shun army). Shao Shude had doubts, so he transferred their organizational system to Ningbo and stationed in Cixi County, directly reaching the front line to meet the Qing army.

Recently, the Qing army's offensive on Ningbo Mansion has become more and more fierce, and Qing troops have continued to invade Fenghua and Yinxian through mountain paths.Fortunately, the fourth and sixth divisions guarding the area responded quickly and suppressed them effectively, so the Qing army did not gain a firm foothold.The local gentry who are extremely hostile to the east bank saw that "My Great Qing" has successively lost 8000 people in Fenghua County and Yin County, and immediately tightened their tails and behaved honestly. Otherwise, Li Da, who was exterminated in Xikou Town The fate of good people is a lesson for others.

In the process, the adaptability, marching ability, and combat skills of the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division and the Sixth Division have also been greatly improved, and now they have the appearance that a mature army should have.It may not be called an elite group, but after so many years of training, this group of bandits, bandits, surrendered soldiers, and mud-legged troops has significantly stronger combat effectiveness than the Qing army's southern green battalion. Lvying, they can also hide the signs.

At this time, Zhang Mingzhen saw such a scene on the pier. Although he had gone through a long-distance voyage, the appearance of the [-] officers and soldiers of the Fourth Brigade of the Volunteer Squad and the Ninth Division of the New Army who boarded the ship from Dengzhou Port and Jiaozhou Port to the south But it was still relatively neat. Zhang Mingzhen looked at their neat formation on the pier, and their proficiency in changing formation amidst the officers' passwords and copper whistles, and he knew that this army had spent a lot of money to cultivate, and halfway It can be said that it is a very good army without suffering large-scale casualties so that the army's inheritance is broken. At least it is much better than those beggar-like troops under him who don't even have uniforms.

"It is in vain that the Eastern Dynasty claimed to be a Miao descendant of the Song Dynasty, but looking at it now, they are wearing Hu-like clothes, and their beard and hair are also damaged at will. It must be that the Chinese Xia Taoism in their country has been extinct, and they are no different from barbarians." Behind Zhang Mingzhen, a man in a green robe The scribe sighed in pity, looking at his expression, as if he had seen some terrible human tragedy.

"Huh, more than that!" Another scribe heard the words and said angrily: "Mr. Salamander (Zhang Kentang) has heard that the Eastern Dynasty has lived overseas for many years, and the clothing, language, and laws are not like China, and the orthodoxy has been cut off. Undoubtedly! My dear brother has also read the documents of the Eastern Dynasty. The words are straightforward and unreasonable. Things like beasts! What can I say to such a wolf-hearted person?"

This angry scribe was originally from Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture. Because he didn't want to shave his hair and cared about the old Ming Dynasty, he fled to Zhoushan to serve under the command of Lu Wang.Although his family had long since sold their ancestral property to flee to Zhoushan, and did not suffer any loss in the tide of land distribution, he, who came from a gentry class, still couldn't understand the behavior of the people on the east bank. The feeling of hurting others, so at this moment, they sharply criticized the policies of the people on the east coast.

His criticism attracted the echo of more people behind him, and these so-called reading seeds began to comment on everything on the pier. ", "How different from animals", "wolves, tigers and leopards" and other negative words.

Zhang Mingzhen, who was walking directly in front of him, saw that nothing was wrong, so he coughed heavily to calm down the chaotic discussion.Hu Bo Ruanjin, who was walking with him, secretly smiled and said nothing.He is a rough man of pirate origin. Although he is appreciated by Zhang Mingzhen, he is always teased by these sour guys. Seeing how the people of the Eastern Dynasty were, he sneered secretly in his heart: The soldiers and horses of the Eastern Dynasty were extremely sharp, with Marshal Mo in the front and Marshal Shao in the rear, and they beat the Tartar court to the point of being overwhelmed.Such great feats, are you helpless sours who can put their beaks on it?It's ridiculous!

This time they followed Dingxi Hou to Ningbo, mainly because they were invited by Liu Zongbing (Liu Haiyang) of the Eastern Dynasty to discuss major issues.As for what kind of major event is being discussed, Ruan Jin, as the core general of the King of Lu, knows one thing: it is actually very simple to put it bluntly. When the brigade was assembled in Shaoxing Prefecture, it used the main force to attack Zhenjiang and Nanjing along the Yangtze River, so as to contain and mobilize the Qing army, and then searched for opportunities to make a breakthrough, wipe out a part of the Qing army, and achieve the goal of the stage.

At the same time, they will also find ways to contact the remnants of the Chuangjun who are fighting fiercely with the main force of the Qing army in Huguang. I heard that those people have more than [-] soldiers, which is very impressive. Now they are fighting endlessly with more than [-] people from the Tartar court. .Although losing several games in a row, the foundation is not damaged. The spirit of repeated defeats and battles is commendable, and there is still a lot to do.If they can be contacted, when the main force on the Zhejiang side, Shuojiang, they will also launch a counterattack at the same time, and the Qing army will have a lot of fun.And if the people of the Eastern Dynasty had more energy and persuaded Guoxingye, Li Chengdong and other local powerful factions to cooperate with each other to launch a counterattack, then the situation might have changed even more.

Although Ruan Jin was born as a penniless pirate, after so many years of fighting and fighting, he is not without a little foresight.He has always felt that if the country is so corrupt, there are certainly factors that the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners are unstoppable, but the factors that the anti-Qing forces of all parties do not trust each other and even compete to add insult to injury must not be ignored.

To be disrespectful, when the intruders were chased and beaten by the main force of the Tartars, the civil and military forces of the Hongguang Dynasty did not seize the opportunity to collect Shandong and Henan, which were too weak to defend without a single soldier, and then threatened the Tartar court. Safety, this is already an embarrassing thing; but when the intruders were defeated and another main force of the Tartars had cleaned up Henan and Shandong and went straight to Jiangbei, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were still arguing endlessly. dizzy.Who would believe that these people were not ministers of subjugation?If it wasn't for him not wanting to shave his hair and make clothes easy to be a tartar obedient citizen, he would have stopped fooling around with this group of people who have done nothing but failed!

Now General Liu of the Eastern Dynasty held high the flag of righteousness and contacted heroes from all sides to attack the Tartars. In Ruan Jin's view, it was a great thing.Without him, it is to concentrate forces, unify command, and then use the advantages of boats to form local advantages, use the strong to attack the weak, and use the many to attack the few!Liu Zongbing's idea is the righteous way of war, and even his benefactor Dingxihou praised him, saying that he would send troops to form an alliance to attack the Tartars.Under such a general situation, these sour literati still shyly commented on the people of the Eastern Dynasty. It is really ridiculous that they don't know their face.

Of course, apart from being able to fight against the Manchus, the alliance with the Eastern Dynasty has another advantage, that is, it can take the opportunity to steal supplies from the Eastern Dynasty people.Even, some damaged swords, guns, swords and halberds, when the Eastern Dynasty people are in a good mood, they will help you repair or even replace them.Who wouldn't want to experience such a good thing?

Ruan Jin vaguely remembered that the last time he was invited by Zongbing Liu, he fought in Ningbo, Taizhou, Songjiang, and Hangzhou, and all the ministries made a small fortune.In particular, the two ministries of Dingxihou and Pingxibo (chaoxian) who went ashore to fight, not only seized countless supplies, but also moved tens of thousands of gentry people who did not want to be slaves to the Tartars to live in Zhoushan.And Su Lu Bo Huang Binqing, who was originally stationed in Zhoushan and had always spoken sarcastically to Lu Jianguo, also sent some pigs and sheep to the army of Lu Jianguo. This is a humble attitude that is rare in recent years. endlessly.

Now, the great situation established by Marquis Dingxi in Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture is, strictly speaking, relying on the prestige of the Yellow Clothes Army in the Eastern Dynasty.If they hadn't been actively operating in Ningbo Prefecture and continued to threaten the wealthy Hangzhou Prefecture, Shaoxing Prefecture, Jiaxing Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Huzhou Prefecture and other places, Zhang Cunren, Jierhalang and others would mobilize [-] green camps, Nearly [-] Manchurian and Han Eight Banners besieged Ningbo?With this time, wouldn't it be early to go south to level Wentai and establish Fujian and Guangdong?After all, everyone is pointing to the Yellow Army of the Eastern Dynasty to be alive, and now they have come to form an alliance with them, which is what they should mean.

"Cough...cough..." Right away, Enzhang Mingzhen's thick voice suddenly rang in Ruan Jin's ear: "General Liu of the Eastern Dynasty came to greet him in person, well, there is also the envoy of Yanping County King, it seems It is Lu Muzhou. You should be solemn, and you must not fall into the prestige of Lu Jian, be careful!"

Hearing this, Ruan Jin immediately raised his head and chest, looking forward, looking very dignified.And the group of sour Confucians who were chattering behind them all straightened their clothes and walked forward with smiles, looking a bit sanctimonious.

(End of this chapter)