Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 514 Head caught by the door?

There is a proverb in the West, what is a politician?Politicians are monsters who are bitches, sluts, thieves, robbers, murderers, profiteers, etc.!Now Song Qingshu has fully understood it.

The carriage was galloping back together. Sitting opposite the table in the carriage, Sun Chuanting, an upright gentleman, still shook his head in disbelief: "Zhou Yanru actually wanted to get rid of Zhang Pu! Just now, Zhang Pu opened up his contacts for him in the emperor's house." Opening his eyes in front of him gave him the chance to return to the political arena and even ascend to the sky, Zhou Yanru is so cold-blooded?"

"So Mr. Sun should hang out with me. If you go to the court, Mr. Sun... tsk tsk."

Song Qingshu didn't say the rest, but looking at him shaking his head, Sun Chuanting could figure it out, and I'm really glad to think about it, if he hadn't mixed up with Song Qingshu, according to his honesty, he would have met a hypocrite like Zhou Yanru in the court , There are no bones and scum left that have not yet been gnawed.

This is the case in history. Sun Chuanting's uprightness and toughness have offended too many people. At the peak of his career, he wrote a letter and was impeached. He was imprisoned for three full years. A life-saving straw was thrown out, but he was forced to fight a decisive battle with a million-strong army with a weak brigade twice in the slander of the court, and finally ended up dying on the battlefield with no bones left.

Song Qingshu tried so hard to recruit Sun Chuanting because he was infected by the tragic last words when he left the customs.

I am not dead today, I am not a hero!

Loyalty is increased little by little. Song Qingshu's joke made Sun Chuanting appreciate Song Qingshu a little bit. Of course, it is impossible for a man to be as emotional to a man as a woman is to a man. Sun Chuanting just pretended to be silent Next, he thought about what happened today again.

"Marshal, there is still something wrong. Although Wu Changshi did not determine when to get rid of Zhang Pu, the timing is not right. After all, Zhou Yanru was promoted by the Fushe. Now he has not yet been appointed in the capital, even if he is in the capital. In the beginning, the support of Fushe was urgently needed, but now it is too early to get rid of Zhang Pu."

"Is there any accident in this?"

These words also made Song Qingshu wake up, pinching his chin and meditating. In history, Zhang Pu, the most famous opposition party, was indeed eliminated by Zhou Yanru. It is also to blame that he is too arrogant and thinks too highly of himself. It is said that Zhang Pu I once gave Zhou Yanru a list, which recorded who was promoted and who was dismissed. In the end, Zhou Yanru did not dare to refuse Zhang Pu's request, so he did. A prime minister can be forced into such a situation by a commoner in the field. The hatred is also understandable. , But now, things haven't happened yet.

Zhou Yanru's murderous intent could be aroused, it must be the most direct conflict between the two in a short period of time, thinking about it, Song Qingshu suddenly had an inspiration and slapped his forehead.

"I remembered! Mr. Sun, immediately send someone to Zhou Yanru's hometown, Yixing, to find out if there is a rich widow named Zhang who married herself, and was sued by the Zhang family, and the case was brought to the county!"

The other end was talking about Zhou Yanru, and Song Qingshu suddenly brought up the topic of the widow again. Sun Chuanting really didn't keep up with his jump of thought, and was stunned for more than ten seconds before he nodded in a daze.

"Honestly obey orders."

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After such a incident, the speed of Song Qingshu's going south to fight the Dutch East India Company was delayed again. Although Zhou Yanru was not afraid of Zhou Yanru even if he came to power and had a stalemate with the begging army, he could maintain a relatively peaceful relationship with the court after all. , it is undoubtedly better for the begging army, Song Qingshu had to stay in Songjiang again, remotely commanding and cooperating with Zhou Yanru's entry into Beijing and other major events.

Song Qingshu is not around, and the large fleet cannot move. After all, the two armies of the sea and the land are coordinated. Leading his old buddy Ma Shouying's Ge Zuo [-]st Division to go south first, although the land and water conflicts were quite serious, the two old buddies rebelled together with their heads in their belts after all, so there shouldn't be any troubles in cooperating.

However, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. This Song Qingshu thought that the Dutch mercenaries and Bayintu and Li Dingguo Qihuo's two divisions were confronting each other at Zhuoshui Creek, but he didn't know that the battlefield had undergone tremendous changes at this time.

"What? The Dutch are heading east?"

War will never be that simple. In history, Zheng Chenggong won Taiwan, but his descendants did not withstand the joint attack of the Dutch and the Qing court. They lost the battle of Penghu due to domestic and foreign difficulties and had to surrender. Taiwan seems to be quite relaxed and freehand, but to gain a firm foothold here, you must also withstand the counterattacks of the East India Company and other Western colonists. At least let them feel that the cost of retaking Taiwan has exceeded the benefits, and even this is just the beginning. In this plate of cheese in Southeast Asia, all Western colonists will eventually be out!

It was the first time to take on such an important task. Zhang Huangyan was obviously immature. In the tent of the military camp opposite the Zhuoshui River, in front of all the generals, there was a roar of astonishment. He lowered his head and stared at the map. Shaking his head in disbelief.

"Are these red-haired ghosts crazy?"

Now the Qihuo army has not controlled the whole island, and its power has only surpassed that of Ming and Zheng in history, and it has reclaimed around Yunlin County in later generations. Because there is a strange stone forest here, it is also named Yunlin, but because there are not enough in hand. Warship, Zhang Huangyan is still a little guilty. The location of Yunlin is not close to the sea like Tainan, Jiayi and other prefectures and counties. Instead, it goes deep into the Taitung Plain, next to the inland of the Central Mountain Range, and the Zhuoshui River is close to the water flow around the estuary. It was quite fast, and it was not easy for thousands of Dutch mercenaries to attack, so they marched eastward, and their target must be the newly built Yunlin County.

But this is a good thing for the beggar army. The Dutch are not their mercenaries, but their sixteen battleships. Now Zhang Huangyan only has two warships, and five are armed merchant ships captured by the Dutch. , the 500-man battalion of the Songjiang Fifth Division Navy, and the dozen or so Cangshan ships guarding Penghu in Zheng Sen's hands. The firepower of this scale cannot beat the Dutch fleet. If he goes south in one fell swoop and blocks the port of Tainan, Either Zhang Huangyan would be very uncomfortable if he destroyed the trade, or attacked Penghu, and took down the transfer station with Daming.

The most fearless thing is that the Dutch go deep into the inland to fight siege warfare!

But even if the Dutch red-haired ghosts were inflated in self-confidence and clamored that one Dutch soldier could be worth 25 Ming troops, wouldn't they be so stupid as to abandon their advantages?Even though he received the news of Bayintu cavalry's detection in the morning, Zhang Huangyan still felt a little unbelievable.

"I said, Lord Chief of Staff, it is impossible for Master Bayintu to lie about the military situation, right? Now the soldiers and horses of Hongmaofan on the opposite side of the Zhuoshui River have disappeared, and the cannons have been dragged away. There are only a dozen large ships left on the sea. You can't fake it, right? The red-haired ghost's head was caught by the door, just hit him, anyway, they don't have cavalry, they can't outrun us, this Taiwan Sea is such a big place, if you keep hesitating, they will kill you Let's go to the Yunlin Reclamation Area!"

This Zhang Huangyan was still frowning and unable to make up his mind, but Li Dingguo, the commander of the Seventh Begging Division next to him, became impatient. The little guy has talent, but compared with the precarious life of following Zhang Xianzhong in history, During the days in the Jiangnan Military Academy, it was obviously too comfortable, which also filled Li Dingguo with the desire for war. After waiting for a while, he simply shouted impatiently.

"Mr. Bayintu, what do you think?"

Reluctantly glanced at this young nephew who was about the same age as him, Zhang Huangyan turned his head to the side again. Compared to Li Dingguo's roughness, Bayintu was obviously more focused. He stared at the map for a while before nodding with his fists clasped.

"Chief of Staff, Erlang under Bayintu has checked the traces. The footsteps can only be left by at least 4000 Tibetan ghosts. They stretch for more than ten miles. No one in this plain can escape the eyes of the Mongols. They can't hide somewhere, and after the commander-in-chief's warriors follow them to the east, they will forcefully cross the Zhuoshui River and attack our Chiayi County."

"But how to fight, the general will still listen to the chief of staff!"

With Li Dingguo's personality, Bayintu is the type who listens to orders. He will fight whatever you say, and let him make up his mind, but it is difficult for him. Seeing the two generals under his command, one is eager to try, and the other is another The way you made up your mind made Zhang Huangyan really embarrassed, and after a long time, he nodded solemnly.

"So, Li Yi's Sixth Cavalry Battalion is still watching here. After all, there are still red-haired ghost warships. If they want to go ashore to do things, kill them! Master Li, your Seventh Division will follow the mansion to the east. Hurry up to intercept the large group of red-haired ghosts in front of Yunlin County, Commander Bayintu, take the army of red-haired ghosts hanging behind the cavalry of the Eighth Division, and wait for them to go deep into the inland and approach the central mountain range. Come to encircle him and beat him to the ground!"

"The last will obey!"

When there was a battle, the two division commanders immediately clasped their fists in high spirits, but at this time, Song Yongzhong, the leader of the forward selection army, bowed his head a little hesitantly, but before he could speak, Zhang Huangyan was already fighting against him. The generals waved their hands.

"Everyone, go down and prepare immediately, and set off immediately in half an hour! Our prestige in the first battle of the opening of the mansion is all in the past few days, so there must be no mistake! By the way, General Song, after the army is dispatched, we will have three counties in the rear of the mansion. , I’ll leave it to you, don’t worry, after this battle, our government will definitely ask for credit for you in front of the commander in chief!”

Seeing that Zhang Huangyan had started to pack his things, Song Yongzhong had to hold back what he finally wanted to say.

The wind hissed and the horses blew. On the other side of the imperial court, there was going to be a political storm surrounding the new chief assistant. In the Taiwan Strait far away in the sky, a wave of turmoil was also rising...

(End of this chapter)