Jieyang County, the lobby of the Supervisory Office.
King Zhu Tian, who has been supervising the country for several months, has finally gained some experience during this period.
Because his bad boy who is the prime minister of military and state affairs is not at home, and the Zuo Fu Zhengjun Zhuge Sanhe, who is so good at pinching and calculating that he almost turns into a goblin, is not here, and even the Fengguo wife Da Boling who doesn't know whether to call her sister-in-law or daughter-in-law is not there. Not in Jieyang.
So if there are no tigers in the city, the monkey can be the king!
When Shang Kexi's entire army marched towards Jieyang County with great momentum, King Zhu Tian, dressed in cloth and Confucian clothes, led a group of ministers to receive Chen Yonghua, a monk, a Taoist priest, and a Confucian scholar who had come from afar in the lobby of his home.
Chen Yonghua came from Xiamen Island, and Zheng Jing secretly landed on the island at the end of February. Before and after Zheng Jing landed on the island, three distinguished guests came to Xiamen Island.
This is the monk, the Taoist, and the Confucian!
A monk named Jin Zhong, with a lay name of Qu, a given name of Dajun, and a courtesy name of Yi Ling. He is in his early forties, a bit thin, with high cheekbones and bright eyes. This man was a famous scholar in Lingnan and one of the three great families in Lingnan. Because he was determined to resist the Qing Dynasty, he became a monk so that he could travel around the world. Before Zhu San and his son founded the Ming Dynasty, he was hiding in Tonglu, Zhejiang because he was wanted by the Qing court, but he still maintained contact with the Yanping Palace.
And that one is even more powerful! He is the founder of Qingyunpu Taoist Temple in Nanchang. He is about forty years old. He looks very thin and inconspicuous, but he has a very awesome Taoist nickname - Bada Shanren!
His common surname is Zhu, his given name is Dae, and his genealogical name is Tongquan (Shanglinxiajin). He is the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, King Ningxian of the Ming Dynasty.
Although he had become a Taoist monk, he still did not forget to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. He secretly maintained contact with the Yanping Palace and also had contacts with Qu Dajun.
And that Confucian is the oldest person in this hall today. His beard and hair are all white, and he looks to be seventy years old. His surname is also Zhu, but he is not from the Zhu Ming clan. His name is Zhu Zhiyu, nicknamed Shunshui. In his early years, he was also the number one figure in the fight against the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty was over, he fled to Japan and became the second generation lord of the Mito Domain in Japan. Tokugawa Mitsuaki's Confucianism teacher. However, he kept in touch with Zheng Chenggong's younger brother Tagawa Nanaemon, and he also exchanged letters with Zheng Jing.
Qu Dajun, Bada Shanren and Zhu Shunshui were all former Confucian scholars recommended by Zheng Jing. Zheng Jing was much more serious about selecting former Confucian scholars than Zhu Heji, and did not select a few in his own team. The bearded tough guy takes care of things.
He only recommended Qiu Rong, the "scarred Confucian". The other five were all Confucians who were really proficient in Confucian principles, including a great Confucian like Zhu Shunshui.
At this moment, Zhu Shunshui and the others were looking at the three former Confucian scholars at Prince Zhu's side carefully!
There are a total of five former Confucian scholars on the third prince Zhu's side, one is the third prince Zhu, one is the grandson of the third prince Zhu, one is Zhuge Military Advisor, one is brave Su Suyong, and one is Mr. Yu. Zhu Heji and Zhuge Military Advisor were not here at this time. So only King Zhu Tian, Yongmeng Su, and Mr. Yu are left. The three of them looked a bit "Confucian" like the old man, and the other two looked like they were about to kill people, and they also had swords and pistols slung around their waists, as well as two weapons that were said to be able to blow up a large area. Grenade hammer - is this thing safe? Wouldn't it explode on its own?
In addition, what does such a primitive Confucian teach when teaching? Are you teaching people to draw swords and kill people? Or teach people to shoot people with guns? Or teach people to blow people up with grenade hammers?
Zhu Shunshui was the most learned among the people in the room, and he was also the one most familiar with the styles of the three original Confucians in front of him - his disciples in Japan all went out with two swords in their hands. If they disagreed, they would first chop people and then reason with them!
So he wanted to find out, did Yuan Ru here do the same thing?
Just as he was thinking about how to ask a question, he saw a "little scholar" rushing in from outside the lobby.
King Zhu Tian frowned when he saw this "little Confucian" with dark skin, short and fat body, not much hair on his mouth, wearing cloth clothes, scarf and sword.
This "little scholar" is Zhuge Zhengyang, the son of Zhuge's military advisor and the governor of Nanchang. In addition to managing the daily affairs of the South Factory, this guy also works part-time at the Military Advisor's Office, so why he came here in such a hurry must be because the military situation has changed.
In fact, the South Factory produces ordnance, the inner factory produces gunpowder, several artillery leaders of Jinyiwei, the Military Advisor's Mansion managed by Zhuge Sanhe, and the "big class" of the Children's Hall of Tianwang Palace (older teenagers go to the big class) , in fact, they are all "passed". In addition to a small number of "old masters" in the South Factory and the Inner Factory, there are also Confucian teachers from the senior class of the Youth Hall, and a few dozen veteran artillerymen, one for each, and the other apprentices, young artillerymen, senior students, and military advisors. For internships and so on, a group of teenagers work there in shifts.
As for those at the upper level, such as Zhu Heji, Zhuge Sanhe, Pang Siming, Zhuge Zhengyang, and the four artillery chiefs, they all hold several posts, and they are still in the Nanchang and Neichang. At the same time, he served as a sergeant in several yamen, such as the Jinyiwei Artillery, the Youth Hall, and the Military Advisor's Office.
It’s so busy!
But there is only one amount of money, and there is no overtime pay... They are all original Confucians with high moral standards. They are all dedicated to saving the country and the people, and they will not be so fussy.
And Zhuge Zhengyang is also a good Confucian who does not care about gains and losses and is devoted to the country. Although he only has a salary of fifteen taels a month, he is doing important work that is related to the survival of the country. At the same time, he has to study and study new and old military techniques. Apart from eating, drinking, sleeping, and sleeping, he is busy working and studying... ...With this kind of energy, if the Ming Dynasty is restored to the world in the future, he and his father's family will have to be crowned kings!
"Little Zhuge, come here quickly, what happened?" King Zhu Tian, a former Confucian, did not care about red tape. Without waiting for Zhuge Zhengyang to salute, he called him by his nickname and called him forward to ask questions.
"Your Majesty..." Little Zhuge hesitated to speak and looked towards Chen Yonghua, Qu Dajun, Bada Shanren and Zhu Shunshui.
King Zhu Tian smiled and said: "Say it, say it, we are all our own!"
Xiao Zhuge nodded, and immediately handed a folded letter to King Zhu Tian with both hands, and reported at the same time: "Your Majesty, I just received a report from the spies from the front. It is gratifying that tens of thousands of troops have left Mianhu yesterday morning. Village, the whole army is divided into three teams, the front, middle and rear, each team is no more than five miles apart. The three teams of soldiers are marching eastward along the official road on the north bank of Beixi... The front team will arrive as soon as tomorrow Arrive west of Jieyang County in the morning."
"What? Arrive tomorrow? So fast!" King Zhu Tian was a little panicked when he heard this. The bad boy and the Taoist Jianghu were not at home! Moreover, they also took away the main force of twenty lords from Jinyi's army, and borrowed Qiu Hui's three thousand elite soldiers at high interest rates.
Thinking of this, he quickly asked the two generals Su Yong and Zhao Zhongyi sitting in the hall, "Yongmeng Su and Zhongyi Zhao, how many generals do we have on hand?"
"Boss," said Zhao Zhongyi, the admiral of Jieyang's fourth sect, "I have six elite soldiers, a total of 360 heroes!"
Su Yong said: "Your Majesty, most of the Jinyi troops led by me have followed the prince to attack Macau. There are only three recruits and one artillery leader left, totaling only 240 people."
Two hundred and forty plus three hundred and sixty equals six hundred, and it's good to have an army of forty or fifty thousand, almost one against eighty!
It seems I can’t beat him!
Seeing that Tian Wang Zhu's red face turned a little pale, Xiao Zhuge hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty. There are still thirty-three rural capitals under the imperial court, and there are no less than six thousand rural soldiers registered. Only half of them need to be summoned, and Jieyang City will be full of soldiers." There can be an army of 3,600!"
Thirty-six hundred versus forty-five thousand...it seems like we still can't beat him. King Zhu Tian is so impatient!
Just when King Zhu Tian was at a loss, Xiao Zhuge took out a magic bag again like a magician and said with a smile: "My lord, don't be anxious, I still have a clever bag of tricks left by my father!"
There is a way!
King Zhu Tian quickly took the kit and looked at it. There were words tattooed on it - open when the enemy soldiers are out in force!
The time is now.
King Zhu Tian quickly opened the brocade bag and took out the letter paper folded into a tofu-like shape. Then he opened it and saw six words on it: Xiushui Creek, Broken Bridge Strategy!
King Zhu Tian was confused. Oh, it’s not that he didn’t understand at all. He knew where Xiushui Creek was, but what did the Broken Bridge Strategy mean? This Zhuge military advisor is really coming up with a clever plan. Can't he write it in more detail? Can't you just write a few more words?
Thinking of this, he looked up at the people in the hall and asked stupidly: "The military advisor said that they would use some kind of bridge-breaking strategy at Xiushui Creek, twenty miles west of Jieyang County. Who among you knows what this bridge-breaking strategy is about?"
