The person holding the badge of "Suppressing Navy Chief Qian Li" is of course Wang Zhongxiao, whose pseudonym is Li Zhongshan, and the beauty supporting him is Yang Xiaohuan.
Wang Zhongxiao (Li Zhongshan) is currently escorting a boat full of goods with Chen Yonghua, Chang Mingyue, Prince Zhu III, and Prince Zhu III's new concubine Yang Ziyun, who is also from the Yang family (Yang Qilong family) in Tianjin. There is also a considerable amount of ammunition for the straight grooved rifled flintlock muskets and smoothbore flintlock muskets, which are ready to be sent to Xiaolingwei Camp.
The five elite infantry troops led by He Tianran, Yu Haitao, Wang Leiyong, Zhang Eryi, Zheng Desheng and others have been disguised as regiments recruited from the five counties under Jiangning Prefecture. Under the cover of Lu Sanhao and others, they have advanced Sneaked into the Xiaolingwei camp.
Now they just have to wait for Wang Zhongxiao and the others to deliver the guns and ammunition before they can launch an attack in Jiangning City!
However, it is not easy to transport a whole ship of arms to the Xiaolingwei camp. It has to pass through many checkpoints, not to mention taking the canal from Ningbo all the way north to Zhenjiang - there are several customs customs to pass along the way! Fortunately, Chen Yonghua himself was the commander-in-chief of the Suppression of Navy Town. No one at these checkpoints dared to check his goods. Even if they did, what would happen? Is there anything wrong with him, who was lucky enough to be the commander-in-chief, to buy the guns from the foreigners and give them to the governor of Liangjiang to organize regiment training?
But this excuse is not easy to use in Jiangning City. Don't look back and really let Duolong know about it. They all accepted it. Wang Zhongxiao couldn't cry to death?
Among his batch of muskets, there were a hundred hand-rubbed rifles. If they were lost, the loss would be huge!
So in Zhenjiang, Wang Zhongxiao, Chen Yonghua and others moved all the arms onto a painted boat bought from Yangzhou, and then went to Jiangning in the name of sending beautiful women to Duolong.
The matter of sending beautiful women is relatively private. Even if people knew about it, they would not report it to the Duolondo Army.
After all, the image of the Duozhi Army among the people and officials in Liangjiang should be that of a breeze with both sleeves. How could a selfless man accept a beautiful woman who is filial to his subordinates?
Therefore, those petty officials and officials who were guarding the gates were let go with just a hint from Wang Zhongxiao.
When passing through Longjiang Pass (the intersection of Qinhuai River and Yangtze River) before, Wang Zhongxiao only gave a slight hint, and the subordinate officer guarding the pass let him go without saying a word.
The foreign commissioner who was guarding Xishui Pass in Jiangning had a clearer understanding of the general manager. He just glanced at Yang Xiaohuan who was supporting Wang Zhongxiao and knew it in his heart. This woman is really charming to the core. If she If you send it to the queen's house of Duozhijun, you will definitely get a special favor.
So, regardless of whether it’s useful or not, you have to curry favor!
Thinking of this, the foreign affairs committee member cupped the president's fists and said, "Young Liu Shuochuan, the foreign affairs committee member on duty at Xishui Pass is here to pay his respects to the three masters. Are these three masters here to see the multi-pronged army?"
"Well," Wang Zhongxiao glared, "Can you care?"
The foreign affairs committee member named Liu Shuochuan said with a smile on his face: "Master Li doesn't know something. This large army left Jiangning not long ago to go to Wuhu to meet the imperial envoy Mingzhu and Prince Geng of Jingnan. They are not in Jiangning now."
"Not there?" Chen Yonghua interrupted, "Then let's go to Lu Sanhao's place first!"
"Hey!" Wang Zhongxiao agreed.
"This great lord," said General Manager Liu Dabao with a smile, "Prefect Lu also went to Wuhu with us."
Lu Sanhao also went?
Wang Zhong said filially: Is this guy going to trick Duolong or Geng Jingzhong?
"Then go" Chen Yonghua thought for a while, "then go to my Zhuangzi by the Zhonghe Bridge outside Zhengyangmen."
"Outside Zhengyang Gate?" Wang Zhongxiao thought for a moment, then looked at Mr. Liu, "Foreign Commissioner Liu, how do I get to Zhengyang Gate? Is there a waterway?"
Upon hearing this, President Liu Dabao realized that the opportunity had come and he must seize it!
"We know each other from my humble position, and my humble position can lead the way." Liu Shuochuan said with a smile, "Outside Zhengyang Gate is now outside Jiangning City. If you want to go there by water, you have to first enter the city through Xishui Pass, and then take Dongshui Pass out of the city. In the past few days The inspection is strict, and it is not convenient to leave the city from Dongshui Pass. But with a humble leader, it will naturally be smooth."
This boss surnamed Liu is quite knowledgeable. Such a knowledgeable person will definitely not miss the opportunity to be a hero of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty!
Thinking of this, Wang Zhongxiao asked again: "Boss Liu, are you a native of Jiangning, right? Are you familiar with Jiangning City?"
"I am from Shangyuan County," said Mr. Liu Ba, "
Smiling and nodding: "Okay, then it's time to work!"
Next to him, Yang Xiaohuan also said to Mr. Liu Dabao in a sweet voice: "Mr. Liu, please call me."
"Shuochuan," Liu Shuochuan said with a smile, "that's what Dachuan means."
"Liu Shuochuan, I understand." Yang Xiaohuan smiled and nodded.
Liu Shuochuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he cupped his hands and said: "Senior gentlemen, please go and lead the way. We can reach Zhengyang Gate in at most an hour."
As he spoke, he cupped his hands to Yang Xiaohuan again, and then turned around and left happily.
On the afternoon of the third day after Wang Zhongxiao and the others arrived in Jiangning, Lu Sanhao, who had accompanied Duolong and Mang Yitu to Wuhu to plot against Geng Jingzhong, finally escaped from death and led the Jiangning regiment of three to four thousand people to lose their armor. The ground ran back.
Not to mention, these Jiangning regiments are not very good at fighting, but their ability to run away is not weak, and they are also highly vigilant. Of course, Geng Jingzhong's 9,000-strong army was still quite far away, and was discovered by Tuan Yong, who was sent out by Lu No. 3 to look out.
After discovering that Geng Jingzhong's army was about to attack, Lu Sanhao reacted very quickly. Without any hesitation, he led his 4,000 regiments to rush north, leaving the nearby 3,000 and several hundred liangjiang governor's supervisors behind. Geng Jingzhong.
Because they ran in time, Lu Sanhao's army did not fight against Geng Jingzhong's men. Only a few hundred were scattered on the road, so the whole army could not return.
However, General Echu of Jiangning cannot know about fleeing without a fight and even cheating the governor of Liangjiang! Otherwise, the old guy might act impulsively and have Lu Sanhao arrested, which would be bad.
So when Lu Sanhao appeared in front of Echu, it was not good at all! The head was wrapped with gauze, the arms were wrapped with bandages, and there were two gang members holding him up on the left and right - his legs and feet seemed to be broken, and he appeared in front of Echu crying.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, General, the man named Geng was attacked by a surprise attack! It's too miserable for me, Ouch."
Seeing Lu Sanhao's miserable state, Echu, who originally wanted to blame him, couldn't bear to embarrass this loyal junior minister anymore. After all, he is just a civil servant. He has done enough and well for the Qing Dynasty in these years. In the entire Liangjiang, among the magistrates and Taoists of the same level as him, who can compare with him?
Because Li Zicheng is about to invade Liangjiang, all the prefectures in Liangjiang are now organizing group training. But it is too much for other prefectures to have one or two thousand regiments. Even a wealthy government like Suzhou has the blessing of the governor of Jiangsu. So, there were only 2,500 group trainings held.
And Jiang Ning, with Lu Sanhao's efforts, actually organized a five thousand group training!
Moreover, others organize regiment training to defend the city, but this Lu Sanhao is willing to take the regiment training and leave the mansion to help the governor of Liangjiang in the war. Even if he is defeated, he is still a good minister of the Qing Dynasty!
"Sanhao," Echu frowned and asked with concern, "Are you seriously injured? Have you seen a doctor?"
"The injuries suffered by the subordinates are all superficial wounds, and they have been bandaged by the doctors in the army." Fatty Lu pondered for a while, and then said with a look of shame, "General, over there at the Multi-control Army. The subordinates were injured by Geng Jingzhong that day. After the men and horses were defeated in a sneak attack, they found that the Geng family's brigade did not chase the men of Bei Shi, but only sent a small team to chase them for dozens of miles. Bei Shi was worried that Geng Jingzhong would use the brigade to attack the multi-system army in Wuhu. "
"You guessed it! The multiple armies were attacked by Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong outside Wuhu City. Now they have been defeated and trapped inside Wuhu City!"
Echu paused, then shook his head and said, "A multi-unit army cannot use troops. He shouldn't divide his troops! He has a total of 12,000 people. If they are concentrated in one place, they may not be able to defeat half of Geng Jingzhong's troops." , and then split into two, it would be too easy for people to defeat each one."
Fatty Lu sighed: "General, what should we do now? What will happen to Jiangning City if we have multiple armies?"
Echu said: "Sanhao, don't worry too much. Wuhu's terrain is dangerous and it is backed by the Yangtze River. Although the multi-system army was defeated, there are still no less than 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers on hand, so they can still hold on for a while. Moreover, My officer has given an order to Shi Junmen of Guazhou, asking him to immediately send a ship to Wuhu to transport the soldiers and horses of the Duozhi Army back to Jiangning. As long as the 5,000 people of the Duozhi Army can come back, we will always have more than 10,000 people on hand. . We can still defend Jiangning City for a while! Jiangning is a fortified city. Back then, Zheng Chenggong led so many troops on land and water to attack, but he failed in the end? What’s more, those with the surname Geng and Shang only had more than 10,000 lone troops? "
"What General Er said is absolutely true!" Lu Sanhao hurriedly sent a compliment.
Seeing that Echu had no intention of blaming him, he calmed down a bit and was about to say goodbye. Suddenly, Geshiha from Echu came to report: "General, Wang Shen from the Xiaolingwei camp will send someone here." Report."
"What?" Echu was stunned, "General Wang? Wang Huaxing? Didn't he just come back with Magistrate Lu? Why did he report to me?"
This Wang Huaxing was from Duolong. He was a martial arts scholar in the ninth year of Kangxi. He was attracted by Duolong, who was exiled to Liangjiang at that time, and was appointed as the supervising general. A while ago, Lu Sanhao was organizing team training and needed a few people who knew military affairs, so Duolong gave Wang Huaxing to Lu Sanhao.
In addition, Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu, also recommended Zuo Yuanyang. The same Zuo Yuanyang who had made meritorious service in capturing "Prince Zhu III" in Suzhou last time, became the deputy general of the regiment training camp.
It was Wang Huaxing who assisted Lu Sanhao in the expedition this time, while Zuo Yuanyang led two thousand "new soldiers" to stay at the Xiaolingwei camp.
Now Lu Sanhao and Wang Huaxing have just returned to Jiangning. Wang Huaxing has reported to General Jiangning. Is it because he wants to make a small report on Lu Sanhao? This is a bit of a bad rule!
Lu Sanhao was also very knowledgeable, and immediately said to Echu: "General, there must be a lot of official work accumulated in the humble Yamen, so I'll take my leave now."
"No, no need." Echu waved his hand, and then said to Geshiha, "Bring me the notice."
"嗻."
That Gesheha immediately picked up his robe and trotted all the way to Echu, made a thousand salutes, and then handed over the invitation. Echu picked up the notice, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while. Suddenly his face changed drastically and he exclaimed: "Is there such a thing?"
This sudden surprise frightened Lu Sanhao. He thought he had been exposed for betraying the Qing Dynasty, but he still pretended to be calm and just looked at Echu.
Echu also happened to look at Lu Sanhao and looked at each other, almost sparking a spark. This was when Echu said to Lu Sanhao in a somewhat dumbfounded tone: "Sanhao, Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit appeared in the Xiaolingwei camp. Rumors!"
"Who? Who showed up?" Lu Sanhao was also surprised.
"Zhu Yuanzhang is the Ming Taizu!"
"He, why did he show up?" Lu Sanhao asked.
"Well, how do I know this?" Echu replied smoothly, but suddenly realized something was wrong, "No, it's not Zhu Yuanzhang who appears. It's someone who is deceiving the public with his lies!"
"The evil words are confusing the crowd." Lu Sanhao was shocked, "Are you training in the camp of Xiaoling Guards?" He also became nervous, and immediately punched Echu, "General, I have to go take a look, but you can't let the evil words Demagoguery!"
After saying that, without waiting for Echu to answer, he limped around and left.
"Wait a minute," E Chu stopped him: "I'm going too! Here's someone coming. Immediately mobilize five hundred flag soldiers and pull up two red-coated cannons and six sub-cannons. I'm going to Xiaoling Guards!" "
"嗻!"
A group of Goshihadu below responded loudly.
This matter of Ming Taizu's apparition is not only strange, but also a bit too big!
This clearly shows that someone wants to rebel!
After all, this Ming Taizu appeared in the Qing Dynasty. Apart from calling on everyone to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, what else could he do? If we want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Yuan Dynasty, it is time for Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan to appear!
Moreover, the current situation in Nanjing is indeed extremely dangerous. There is Li Zicheng over in Wuchang who is watching with eager eyes!
There is also Wu Guogui from Wu Sangui's line in Hunan!
There is also a "Xiong Zhenzhong Plains" Wu Yingxiong on the other side of Xiangyang!
Over in Wuhu, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin are besieging Duolong, the governor of Liangjiang, and they may have been killed by now!
No matter how you look at it, the Qing Dynasty is in danger, and it goes without saying that the people in Jiangning must be very unstable!
When the world was at peace, no one would believe such ridiculous things as Ming Taizu's apparition, but now haha, it's hard to say!
So E Chu decided to lead five hundred troops to the Ming Xiaoling camp to scare Xiao Xiao!
Well, there are only this few people now. Jiangning Banner Camp has a total of 5,000 people. Four thousand of them were taken away by Duolong. There are still 1,000 people left, plus more than 1,000 people temporarily mobilized. Mancheng in Jiangning was the original imperial city of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty.
Although there are two thousand flag soldiers on the books, only one thousand can actually fight. Echu has to keep half of them in the city, otherwise what will happen if someone makes trouble in the city?
However, although Echu has a small number of people, his firepower is still enough. Echu has cannons!
"The barbarians will perish, the Ming Dynasty will be restored, and our Chinese people will be overthrown. Heaven will order our Chinese people to pacify them. How can the barbarians and Di rule them? I am afraid that the land in China will be polluted and smelly for a long time, and the people will be disturbed, so I ordered three Prince Ding, King Cijiong, led the heroes to fight hard to clear out the enemy, aiming to drive out the barbarians, eliminate the riots, bring all the people to their homes, avenge China's shame, and restore the Ming Dynasty. You should follow the dragon and hope to achieve the merits of a hundred generations!"
In Xiaolingwei Camp, in the school grounds, thousands of people are crowding there. He Tianran, who has a big beard and a louder voice, is reading a copy of "The Ming Prince Asks for a Pursuit" that suddenly appeared on the notice board!
As soon as he finished reciting, someone there took the initiative to say something: "Mr. He Qian, what are you reciting? What do you mean?"
He Tianran stroked his beard and said loudly: "Ming Taizu told us that the Hulu are about to end again, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely come back this time. This is destiny! Prince Zhu San will come to lead how to fight against the Qing Dynasty, restore the Ming Dynasty, and restore China again. We just need to If you follow suit, you will all be heroes. From now on, your descendants will have a good life and can enjoy it for a hundred generations! Brothers, do you want to do it?"
"Dry!"
"Damn it, kill Qing Yao!"
"Yes, kill them."
"They get all the benefits in the world, and we have nothing to gain from suffering!"
"If you throw away your mother, you're going to do something wrong!"
Look, all the curses in Nanjing dialect are here!
For a moment, the crowd was really angry. Most of the group members were incited, and some were brandishing swords and flintlock guns they didn't know where they came from.
However, some people don’t really believe in Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!
Just when most people wanted to take a chance, two crisp sounds of "papa" suddenly sounded in the Xiaolingwei camp. The guys turned around and saw that it was Wang Huaxing, the commander of the Xiaolingwei camp, who was walking quickly with a few soldiers and two pistols in his hands. As he walked, he shouted: "Who dares to rebel? All the ghosts of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty are like this." You are deceiving the public with your lies! If there really is a Ming Taizu, you ask him to come out and have a look. I want to see what Zhu Yuanzhang looks like."
Although this General Wang is only a general, he looks like that. He has a white face and a long beard, with angry eyes and a straight nose. He is both powerful and elegant. He also has a very high prestige in the camp. The training of the military governor is very strict. No one from top to bottom was dissatisfied.
So when he threatened them, the members of the Jiangning group who were originally agitated suddenly became a little scared.
At this moment, He Tianran suddenly laughed and said: "I would like to invite the third prince of Ming Dynasty Dingwang!"
Then thousands of people shouted together: "Please invite the third prince of Ming Dynasty Dingwang!"
This time, Wang Huaxing was frightened. Hundreds or even thousands of people were shouting together, and he could still pronounce his words so accurately. He must have practiced.
This is not a training program for the Jiangning team.
Just when he was startled, a dignified-looking Prince Zhu, wearing a dragon robe, a crown of good wings on his head, a three-foot sword hanging on his waist, and protected by several big men on the left and right, had already walked out from near the notice board. Walked out of a room.
"Come and pay homage to Prince Zhu San of the Ming Dynasty!"
The guards who came out with Prince Zhu shouted.
Then I don't know how many people shouted together: "Greetings to the third prince Dingwang of the Ming Dynasty! We are willing to follow the third prince to drive away the barbarians and make achievements!"
As soon as these people finished shouting, Wang Huaxing suddenly shouted: "No, he is not the third prince Zhu, he is fake!"
(End of chapter)
