After the second Ming and Song Dynasty wars, the Hangzhou army has always been divided into three parts. Shen Gai, Zhou Linzhi and Zhang Shi each controlled a part of the army and controlled the lifeline of the Hangzhou court.
The number of troops controlled by Shen Gai was not the largest, but they had the best treatment, the best equipment, and good training. They also directly controlled various defenses in Hangzhou and controlled the route of Hangzhou's center.
It can be said that the control of Hangzhou City has always been in Shen Gai's hands. Although Zhang Shi and Zhou Linzhi each control 20,000 troops, because they are also in Hangzhou City, Shen Gai still has absolute leadership over them.
It is obvious that Shen Gai will not hand over the military power in Hangzhou easily. This is too important to him and is the absolute guarantee of his power. Moreover, Shen Gai has a plan that will destroy Hangzhou completely under extreme circumstances. .
Zhang Shi couldn't let this plan be launched by Shen Gai's order. He wanted to take this plan into his own hands. Even if he couldn't control it, he couldn't let this plan destroy Hangzhou, which basically maintained a prosperous state.
Three hundred large fire points can really plunge a city into a sea of fire, and if you want to put out the fire, you will have to spend ten times the manpower, which is too dangerous.
So while fighting for military power in Hangzhou, he asked Su Changsheng to use his own advantages to find the three hundred fire points.
Zhang Shi was intensively preparing his plan to seize power, while on the other hand, Shen Gai was actually in a state of great uneasiness.
On the one hand, he didn't know whether the Ming army had decided to go south and when. On the other hand, he was ambiguous as to whether to launch an escape plan.
He did not dare to resist the Ming army and did not want to die. At the same time, he did not want to give up his huge power easily.
Moreover, some officials had some differences with him on how to deal with Zhao Dun, the leader of the Jiangnan Kingdom who had been "sick", and could not reach a consensus for a long time.
Some people want Zhao Dun to die, but some people feel that Zhao Dun cannot die in their hands, otherwise their reputation as a traitor will be confirmed, which is very detrimental to them.
Zhou Linzhi strongly suggested that Run should deal with Zhao Dun beforehand and not let Zhao Dun fall into Su Yonglin's hands to prevent Su Yonglin from knowing how they dealt with Zhao Dun.
Zhang Shi opposed Zhou Linzhi and firmly opposed the disposal of Zhao Dun. Instead, he suggested that Zhao Dun should be kept in Hangzhou City. No matter how long the city could be defended, he would light the flames in Zhao Dun's room when the city was broken and burn him alive. , allowing Zhao Dun's death to be easily blamed on the Ming army.
In this way, they have no responsibilities and are at best runaways, not rebels.
Zhou Linzhi always distrusted Zhang Shi.
In other words, he cannot accept that Zhang Shi is on an equal footing with him or even slightly higher than him, and is physically disgusted with him. Now that Zhang Shi is contradicting him, this kind of disgust is even more unstoppable.
"You are defending Hangzhou one by one. Who knows whether you are going to surrender or defend to the end? You traitor, are you planning to trade the city of Hangzhou for your glory and wealth?"
Zhou Linzhi pointed at Zhang Shi and was very rude. He insisted on criticizing Zhang Shi.
Of course Zhang Shi was not polite to him.
"If I want to be prosperous and wealthy, I can just lead my troops and surrender to Zhou Zhi. He will immediately have 50,000 troops to surround Hangzhou and kill all of you! Why wait until now? Zhou Linzhi, you have to spit on people. Makes sense, right?”
Zhou Linzhi was very angry, but he had to admit that what Zhang Shi said made sense.
If Zhang Shi wants to surrender, he can just lead his troops to Zhou Zhi. Zhou Zhi will immediately have 50,000 troops and be able to surround Hangzhou. But they have no way at all. The best outcome is that they will both die together.
Why did he bother to expel the Ming Army instructors and offend the Ming Kingdom?
There are various signs that Zhang Shi may really be the last loyal minister of the Song Dynasty.
But how could Zhou Linzhi admit it?
How could he admit that Zhang Shi was really the last loyal minister of the Song Dynasty? Wouldn't that be equivalent to handing over control of Hangzhou to Zhang Shi?
Although it was impossible for him to stay and guard Hangzhou, he just felt unhappy with Zhang Shi and wanted to make Zhang Shi sad for no reason.
So conspiracy theories were thrown out one after another, getting more and more outrageous. They almost said that Zhang Shi was Su Yonglin's half-brother, which made Zhang Shi very angry.
Half-brother?
Are you scolding my father or my mother? !
Just when he was about to get angry, Shen Gai finally couldn't stand listening anymore, slammed the table and shouted angrily, glaring at Zhou Linzhi.
"Okay! Shut up! What are you talking about? The deceased is the greatest. Jingfu's father died because of national affairs. I admire him very much and feel sorry for him! Now you are insulting him in front of his son. Parents, what kind of behavior is this? Where did you learn the etiquette of Confucius and Mencius?"
After being scolded by Shen Gai, Zhou Linzhi knew that he had already spoken, so he could only lower his head and remain silent, acknowledging his mistake.
But Shen Gai's anger was not over yet.
"One or two people who know how to question what they want to do and dare to do things will not let others do things they dare not do. They are afraid that others will take credit for doing well. It will be more uncomfortable for others to make contributions than for themselves to be punished. If this continues How can we manage state affairs well?
What is this behavior? This is shameless and shameless behavior! Maozhen, you have been a veteran for so many years! After so many years in the DPRK, I have become accustomed to the bad atmosphere in the DPRK. I thought you could make some changes, but I didn't expect you to be one of them! "
Shen Gai scolded Zhou Linzhi until he was scolded, but Zhou Linzhi was scolded so hard that he couldn't even lift his head.
After scolding for a while, Shen Gai stepped forward and held Zhang Shi's hand.
"Honorable husband, Maozhen did something wrong and said the wrong thing. I apologize to you on his behalf. Don't take it personally. Don't worry that someone will stab you in the back. The Song Dynasty has reached its last moment. I can't allow it." There are still people fighting among themselves at this time!”
"Ms. sir..."
Zhang Shi was moved to tears and was very excited about Shen Gai's trust.
Shen Gai also gave up all doubts about Zhang Shi and officially made his decision.
After this quarrel, a personnel change occurred in the Hangzhou court.
Shen Gai issued an edict in the name of Zhao Dun, the leader of the Jiangnan Kingdom.
Pingzhangjun State Affairs Shen Gai retired in old age, and Zhang Shi, the privy envoy, was young and powerful, serving the country and the people, so he took over the post of Pingzhangjun State Affairs.
Zhao Dun's summons praised Zhang Shi as a truly loyal man, so he was asked to take over the post of Ping Zhangjun's state affairs. From then on, Zhang Shi could take charge of all military and government affairs at home and abroad in Jiangnan.
Looking at the city of Hangzhou, all the troops and officials will obey his orders. From then on, he will be the uncrowned king of Jiangnan Kingdom and the second dictator after Shen Gai.
On May 24, the eighth year of Hongwu's reign, Shen Gai officially handed over the military power in Hangzhou to Zhang Shi, except for his carefully selected and absolutely loyal and elite soldiers, and asked Zhang Shi to start the task of arming Hangzhou in advance.
Then he came forward to ask Zhou Linzhi to transfer military power to Zhang Shi.
Zhou Linzhi was unwilling and felt it was unsafe.
Shen should be furious.
"When a disaster is imminent and the country's survival is at stake, do you still care about this? Do you want to stay and defend the city? Or do you want to bring 20,000 troops? How big are the ships you have prepared? How many ships are there?
Can these ships take away all the people here? If possible, I would also like to take away all the troops, but is it possible? Confused! The longer you live, the more confused you become! Hopelessly confused! "
Zhou Linzhi was so scolded by Shen Gai that he had no temper at all and was speechless. He glared at Zhang Shi and reluctantly agreed to Shen Gai's request.
Of course, he couldn't stay to defend Hangzhou, nor could he take away all the troops under his command. He didn't care about those big soldiers, so it was natural for him to leave them behind.
He only left behind a team of escort soldiers that he absolutely trusted and could take away with him. The rest of the army was packed up and handed over to Zhang Shi, who asked Zhang Shi to use them to defend Hangzhou and fight the war. In his opinion, it was a fight to the death with no chance of winning.
Then he severely cursed Zhang Shi to lead his troops to defend Hangzhou. After the city was broken, they were all killed by the Ming Dynasty, and the entire Zhang family was exterminated.
Since Zhang Shi decided to be the biggest idiot in the world, he must die in a way worthy of his status as an idiot.
Zhou Linzhi believed that Ming Dynasty would definitely give him this opportunity.
