Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 689
In North Korea in November, it was already snowing heavily, and it took a lot of effort to pull out the snow-covered horse's legs, and the freezing cold dripped into ice. However, the Zhejiang battlefield thousands of miles away was still as warm as spring.

The sea breeze blows from Siberia, and the sea has become gentle and rainy here, and the bumpy ships are floating under the sea wind, as soft as if it is no longer a war.

However, even the gentle sea breeze still couldn't suppress the bloody smell of war. When Zheng Sen was fighting in the north, Song Qingshu was also fighting on the main battlefield in the southeast. Amidst the jingling ship bells, the mast Swaying above were more than a dozen corpses floating in the sea breeze, with nooses hanging around their necks, their tongues sticking out long, their eyes shriveled by the sea wind, and a strange expression appeared on their wrinkled faces.

Right under the mast, Song Qingshu looked worriedly into the distance with his binoculars.

Although it was not very smooth, the half-year war still defeated the regime of the King of Lu who supervised the country. It was said that the enemy of the enemy is a friend. Zhu Yihai understood this very quickly. A team, an army of more than 6 people under Man Dahai's command.

This team has indeed given a shot in the arm to the declining Lu Wang Jian Guo regime. In the battle of Hangzhou, Lu Wang Jiang Guo even defeated the vanguard general Li Dingguo who underestimated the enemy. Unfortunately, even so Unable to conceal the general trend, after a month of confrontation in Hangzhou City, Dorgon's army retreated to the north in a hurry, and the huge navy in Song Qingshu's hands was finally able to withdraw from the Yangtze River defense line and play a role.

Shi Lang entered from Hangzhou Bay, went around to the back of the Hangzhou defenders, and bombarded the city with red cannons on three sides. Just like the battle of Pyongyang in the Wanli Korean War, Mandahai couldn't hold on, and he abandoned the city and fled to Shaoxing. Encountered by the cavalry commander Bayintu, the whole army retreated, and Man Dahai was killed in Xiaoshan.

There are also conflicts within Lu Wang Jianguo, and no effective resistance has been organized at all. Shaoxing Mansion, Ningbo Mansion, Hangzhou Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, and Quzhou Mansion have been successively occupied by the army. Now Zhou Yuji is leading thirteen divisions to conquer the Li Tiezhu led sixteen divisions to occupy Wenzhou, and Song Qingshu personally led the main army to march towards the South China Sea. Now it is the last stronghold for the Tuan Tuan attack on Lu Wang Jian Guo, the Zhoushan Islands.

The faint sound of artillery came continuously from the front. It was Shi Lang who ordered the bombardment of Dinghai, but this military victory did not bring Song Qingshu too much excitement. Looking at the battle situation with a telescope, he was still grim.

"Commander, the Dinghai Zhongwei has collapsed. Yingtian 37th Division and 38th Division led by He Jin have also landed at the Dinghai Zhongwei Station. General Liu Zongmin sent a message that he will be able to bring this bastard Zhu Yihai to you, Commander. !"

With excitement, Chief of Staff Gu Yanwu hurriedly took the battle report, excitedly lowered his head and handed it to Song Qingshu with both hands, and glanced at it, but Song Qingshu asked blankly: "How is the civil uprising in Dongyang area handled?" ?”

"Here, Master Liao is leading the [-]th Division to crusade. I believe there will be victory soon."

Listening to this answer, Song Qingshu couldn't help sighing again.

He wanted to enter Zhejiang and Fujian as a liberator and bring democracy and constitutionalism to the entire south, but things did not go as smoothly as he imagined. In the place where the literary style was at its peak, almost all the prefectures and counties resisted, and the county magistrate appointed by Yingtian was driven out of the county. In the countryside, there were constant harassment and sneak attacks, disturbing every supply line of the Ming army. It was as if Song Qingshu was being fought as a slave and as a Dashun army.

At this time, he was no longer the confused intern he used to be. Song Qingshu also learned from Stalin, and finally let go of the suppression. Now all places have to fall into the state of military control. More than 80 reserve divisions have been transferred from Nanzhili to guard the towns and traffic arteries, but this is getting farther and farther away from Song Qingshu's ideal situation.

Moreover, the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty in neighboring Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi all stood on the side of King Lu to supervise the country, and organized troops to prepare to enter Zhejiang and compete with Song Qingshu.

It took Zhu Yuanzhang 11 years to unify the south of the Yangtze River. Looking at the situation now, Song Qingshu could not wipe out the various resistance forces in the south of the Yangtze River in seven or eight years. Moreover, those landlords, gentry and dignitaries who lost their former privileges resisted so fiercely. It is understandable that many lower-level people, even tenants and slaves, also resisted, which made Song Qingshu a little incomprehensible.

How come there are still people who are used to being slaves?Improper and uncomfortable?
The hanged people on the top of their heads are not squires, but fish households under Zhoushan fisherman Dong Shanhai. They were sent to infiltrate to find out the military situation of the Ming army. They were discovered by the guards when they got out, and it is not the time to pay attention to innocence in war. These spies were directly hanged on the mast of the ship as a punishment.

But those guys on top of their heads have nothing to do with this war at all!
He seemed to understand what his commander-in-chief was worried about, stuttered, and Gu Yanwu clasped his fists to persuasion hastily.

"Don't worry, Commander, it's just some hopeless people who are deceiving people's hearts. As long as Zhoushan is broken tonight and King Lu is captured to supervise the country, these mobs with ulterior motives and ulterior motives will soon be scattered. The world must belong to the Commander!"

This is just persuasion, but there is a problem in itself. Song Qingshu is not fighting the world for himself, but even Gu Yanwu, the three great thinkers in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, still thinks that the world belongs to him. This kind of feudal consciousness is temporary Unable to reverse it for a while, Song Qingshu had no choice but to wave his hand helplessly.

"Ben Shuai knows, let's go down!"

"Subordinate to obey!"

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The gap in strength cannot be reversed by some conspiracy and tricks. That afternoon, as Liu Zongmin promised, the Ming army successfully conquered the main island of Zhoushan. Unfortunately, he met someone who went to Loukong to interrogate the captured eunuch. Three days ago, Dong Shanhai, a fisherman in Zhoushan, got mixed up with the fishermen and fled to Fujian.

This disappointed the upper echelon of Yingtian, who was desperately planning to wipe out King Lu Jianguo in one fell swoop.

Constitutional democracy has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. In the freedom of speech given by Song Qingshu, the Conservative Party's Confucianism Newspaper is arguing again. Propaganda about rebellious ministers and thieves is unpopular, especially those ex-Ming fugitives who escaped from Yingtian before the fall of Yingtian, were labeled as fugitives by the new government, have no sense of national responsibility, and use it or not.

However, the benefits of freedom of public opinion are also reflected here. A large group of guys are noisy and lively, but none of them really jumped out to make trouble behind their backs. In addition, the editor-in-chief of Yingtian Daily, Princess Changping Zhu Yuhui, did a human flesh search for the true identities of many favorite trolls who used pseudonyms, and revealed how they escaped and abandoned the country. It is a sharp language to question at the end of the article.

A minister who fled the country, how dare you make noise?
Not all Conservative parties are old-fashioned, such as Chen Zilong, and Fang Yizhi, Song Qingshu’s deadly rival Fushe, who publicly stood up at this time to support Song Qingshu, threatening the disadvantages of a single husband ruling the world, agreeing with the current political situation, and from Huguang Fang Yizhi, who had escaped back, even publicly ran for governor of Hangzhou.

Still some intellectuals at that time began to adapt to the new era and took the initiative to integrate into it.

Although, people like Chen Zilong and Fang Yizhi still dislike Song Qingshu.

But the immediate predicament is still real. After the battle of Zhoushan, King Zhu Yihai of Lu fled to Fuzhou and officially proclaimed himself emperor. His reign name was Jianwu. The third front army and the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty in Fujian also set up checkpoints on the main roads entering Fujian such as Shouning, Tongpanshan, Chenyangguan, and Xianxialing.

Fujian is famous for its eight mountains, one water and one field. The entire terrain is occupied by the Wuyi Mountains. There are many mountains in the territory. Even if the Jianwu Army is decayed and weak, it is still difficult to break through these natural dangers, especially Zheng Zhilong, a giant in Fujian. He also openly stood on the side of King Lu's supervision of the country. With his financial support, it is really difficult to go to Fujian for a while.

Moreover, Jiangxi is also adjacent to Huguang. Now the entire territory of Huguang is completely occupied by the Qing army. Wu Sangui has always been eyeing Jiangnan. If Jiangxi's bureaucrats fall to Wu Sangui, Song Qingshu will have another big enemy on the flank of the long and narrow territory. Come on, just like Chen Youliang was to Zhu Yuanzhang back then.

One hundred and five divisions withdrew from Zhoushan and went all the way south, arriving in Chuzhou in December. However, here, even Song Qingshu couldn't help hesitating. Should he attack Jiangxi first or Fujian first?

The two plans don't seem to be very good. Fighting Fujian is still a good fight. After all, compared with the Qing army in history, Taiwan is now in the hands of Song Qingshu. Taiwan Governor Zhang Huangyan has prepared [-] more Taiwan divisions, one A fleet of about seventy Yingtian warships attacked from behind Fujian and drove straight in from the coastal plain, and the Jianwu regime could not resist it.

But the problem is that during this period of time Jiangxi's Ming Dynasty bureaucrats can take the opportunity to harass Zhejiang West as much as they want, and Song Qingshu has seen the shamelessness of these bastards. In order to keep their privileges, it is not impossible for them to seek refuge with Wu Sangui in Huguang. At that time, they will lead the Qing army Entering Jiangxi, Song Qingshu had to gamble whether he was Chen Youliang or Zhu Yuanzhang in the Poyang Lake War.

If we attack Jiangxi first, not to mention that the Jinggangshan area is really complex and easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if it is defeated, it will immediately be regarded as a formal confrontation with the Qing army in Huguang. The rebellion dragged on for too long, and it is really a question of whether they can have the strength to take Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

At the joint staff meeting, the situation was out of control. All the staff members expressed their opinions in the big tent, and the debate was in a mess. The meeting lasted all afternoon, but still did not come up with a feasible plan, which made Song Qingshu couldn't help getting more irritable, and simply Leaving aside the staff members to discuss on their own, one person got out of the tent to get some air.

At this time, it was almost five o'clock in the evening. Although there was no snow falling, the temperature in southern Zhejiang had dropped to a few degrees. In the humid and cold environment, the soldiers patrolling the barracks rubbed their hands from time to time, and some even stuffed a stick into their mouths. Pepper, this is also the best way to drive the tide in the army nowadays, but passing by Song Qingshu, these soldiers still bowed respectfully.

"Big guy!"

Among the sergeants from Nanzhili, Song Qingshu's prestige is still incomparable. After all, he was the one who, in the darkness and fear brought about by the slavery, re-brilliantly shined in everyone's eyes, and he was also his real leader. Freedom was given to South Zhili.

Seeing these sergeants under his command, Song Qingshu couldn't help but feel a bit more cheerful. He remembered learning an article in his previous life text, who is the cutest person?To Song Qingshu now, only these soldiers are the cutest, they endure hunger and hard work, and they don't hesitate to fight thousands of miles for his dream.

For the saluting soldiers, Song Qingshu would always politely smile and nod in response, and he really has a star effect in later generations. Often after passing by, Song Qingshu could hear the quiet and excited discussions of the soldiers.

Dashuai is so easy-going!
The handsome man actually smiled at me!

This exclamation made Song Qingshu dumbfounded.

After patrolling around, Song Qingshu, who was finally relaxed, planned to go back to the tent to see if the staff had come up with a specific bill. Unfortunately, before entering the Chinese army, Liu Zongmin's loud voice came out again. , You don’t need to go in to know that these guys are still quarreling, and they stopped helplessly at the door of the tent, holding their arms and having a headache twice. It caught Song Qingshu's attention.

On a whim, Song Qingshu suddenly patted the shoulder of the nervous trembling soldier.

"Young man, what's your name? Where are you from?"

(End of this chapter)