Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 181 Jiangyin
Jiangyin.

Zhu Yihai arrived in Jiangyin under the escort of Habayashi.

The people of Jiangyin welcomed Master Wang and rushed to meet Admiral Zhu. Looking at the bustling Jiangyin City, Zhu Yihai was also very moved. In the history of Jiangyin on the 81st, its tragedy was passed down in history, and the loyalty and bravery of hundreds of thousands of Jiangyin people will shine through the future. .

None of this has happened yet.

He also didn't want it to happen again, this time he came to Jiangyin personally, in fact, he just came to personally persuade Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Xu Guanhai, Cheng Bi, Ji Shimei and other Jiangyin loyalists, persuade them to surrender temporarily, and even persuade them to leave.

Hope to avoid the tragedy of being massacred.

"Shave your hair down?"

In Jiangyin Academy, when Zhu Yihai said these words, they were shocked.

"Isn't the admiral here to support us?" Yan Yingyuan was a little excited.

"Everyone, what is the purpose of our war? It is to resist the captives, to drive out the captives, to revive the Ming Dynasty, to restore our Han family, to preserve our Chinese civilization, so in the long run, we can't fight for a moment, we can't fight for a city. Chi, we have a longer-term goal, so we have to consider a protracted war,"

"My lords, it's easy to die for the country on the death festival. You can just wipe your neck and jump over the city wall and throw it into the water. Can you just die? But how can we say death so easily? This useful body must be alive. No matter how difficult it is, we must fight against the war."

"For the important task of recovery, we should bear the humiliation and bear the burden, and we should hide our strength and bide our time. The king of Yue, Goujian, has the courage to pay his salary. Only then will there be three thousand Yuejia swallowing Yue, and achieving the hegemony of the Spring and Autumn Period. Can't we?"

"Look at us, crossing the sea from eastern Zhejiang to the north, how many cities we have recovered along the way, Haining, Jiaxing, Songjiang, Suzhou, but we didn't defend a single city, because we know that we can't hold it now, if we hold on at this time, in the end We can only fight to the death, but this is not the result we want, if this is the case, it is just a cheap tartar, they can't wait for it."

"Gentlemen, for recovery!"

There was silence in the academy, and the Jiangyin scholars who were full of expectations did not expect to welcome Master Wang, but it turned out to be this result.

"If you don't want to shave the thieves, you can move with me first. In the future, you can first prepare for the counterattack in Chongming or Zhoushan, or go to eastern Zhejiang."

Chen Mingyu sighed, "Is it really impossible to defend? Jiangyin has [-] people and [-] soldiers, and everyone is willing to fight to the death."

"I believe in the loyalty of the citizens of Jiangyin, but it's still the same sentence. Everyone is willing to die. I don't want you to die. Daming doesn't want you to die. Such a death is too unworthy. If everyone dies, the world will be cheap. child?"

"In the future, we will not only recover Jiangyin, but also Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and Beijing. We will recover the world, and we will also recover Liaodong outside the customs."

"How can you say death so easily?"

"We don't defend now, it's not that we want to give up, it's not that we don't want to stop fighting, we just change the way of fighting and retract our fists in order to accumulate more strength and make more powerful fists."

The crowd was silent.

In fact, everyone understands the truth, but the hurdle in my heart is not so easy to pass.If it was really easy to pass, everyone wouldn't have worked so hard to fight against the Qing, and directly surrendered the captives, wouldn't it be easier?
The meeting dispersed, and Zhu Yihai deliberately left Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Shao Kanggong, Xu Guanhai, Xu Yong, Ji Shimei and other leaders of the Jiangyin city guard.

"Gu is the King of Lu, Jian Guo." Zhu Yihai announced his identity.

Everyone looked at him in amazement, and the academicians Xu Shiqi, Shen Chenquan and others confirmed it.

"In the Northern Expedition all the way, we have fought against the Tartars for so long. Although we have won some victories, we still clearly see the huge gap between the enemy and ourselves. At this stage, we have no way to fight against the Tartars. We can only adopt more flexible methods. In the war of resistance, we need time to accumulate strength and gather people's hearts."

After the death of Chongzhen, Daming originally still had half of the country and had a chance to fight the Tartars, but the Hongguang Dynasty was busy with internal fighting, and the military leaders of the four towns in Jiangbei and Zuo Liangyu in the upper reaches were even more corrupt. They missed the last The opportunity wiped out all the money that Daming had to turn around.

When Zhu Yihai revolted in eastern Zhejiang, it can be said that the country had no hope, and it was the last will of the loyal people to resist.

But if the historical trajectory is followed, their blood can't last long. They fight on their own, and even at this time they are still busy fighting among themselves.

After the Tartars occupied the two capitals, Ming could still live harshly for decades, not because they were so powerful, but on the contrary, they were so rotten, but the Tartars exhausted their strength and swallowed more than half of the Central Plains in one gulp. Just lose the rest of Daming.

Zhu Yihai is equivalent to a half-prophet. He knows that according to the fighting style of the various small courts in Nanming in history, no one path is feasible. Kong has ambition and determination, but they can't change history, and they can't even control their own courtiers.

If you can't even integrate the interior, how can you talk about the restoration of the resistance.

From the fight between Tang and Lu to the escape of Yongli, their path is doomed to failure. It is impossible for Zhu Yihai to know the failure and continue to follow the old path. He can only take a different path.

Just like how he supervised the country, but insisted on fighting on the front line, in order to get rid of the shackles of history and take a different path.

Knowing that Jiangyin cannot defend the city, but insisting on defending it is meaningless.

Guarding Jiangyin is better than guarding Chongming.

Guarding Jingzhou and guarding Ganzhou has some meaning.

At this stage, fighting hard is not as good as guerrilla warfare. Now is not the time for a full-scale counterattack. What is needed now is to stop this trend of defeat and to regain control and stabilize people's hearts.

"Everyone, please, please leave more hope for Daming, save some vitality, and prepare for the future rejuvenation of Daming and the counterattack and liquidation of the Tartars."

"Please, gentlemen, bear the burden of humiliation."

As he spoke, Zhu Yihai bowed to the crowd to salute.

The dignified supervisor of the country begged everyone to abandon the city and not defend it.

Yan Yingyuan, a strong man who used to scare off the pirate Gu Mazi with three arrows, couldn't help crying, and Chen Mingyu also lowered his head and began to think.

Xu Guanhai thought this was cowardice at first, but when he thought about how dignified the supervisor of the country had been fighting alone, he had been fighting on the front line, and he was able to personally lead three thousand soldiers to the Northern Expedition. All the way from Taizhou to Changzhou, he almost hit the city of Nanjing. Can you say he is cowardly?

If he is cowardly, then what are Chongzhen, Hongguang, and King Lu?
At this time, Deng Wang Zhu Yujian, who was the emperor's order, stood up and said, "Everyone, what your highness said is very reasonable. It's not that we don't want to fight, it's just that the time is not up now, and we know that we can't do it. It's not worth it. You can withdraw to Chongming can also resist captives."

"I also know that such a decision is difficult to make, but sometimes, isn't it because of the difficulty that it shows more perseverance and determination?"

Wang Zhengzhong stood up and spoke first, "I am the Deputy Envoy of Su Song and Chang Zhen Bing Bei Dao. I follow His Highness Jian Guo's will, but I will not go to Chongming. I will stay in Changzhou and go to Taihu Lake to Maoshan to fight. Guerrilla, I will stick to Changzhen and wait for the time to gather troops to drive out the Tartars and regain Changzhen!"

Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and others also stood up one after another, "We won't leave, we will stay outside Jiangyin City to fight against the Tartars!"

Ji Shimei even said, "I will drag the assault battalion into Taihu Lake and deal with the Tartars to the end!"

Seeing everyone's suffocating energy, Zhu Yihai was moved to bow again, "Please accept my bow again, I promise, the day of counterattack will not be too far away, and we will counterattack and liquidate soon, and regain Jiangnan. When the two capitals are recovered, I will drink and celebrate with you all!"

Cheng Bi got up and returned the salute, "I am a humble merchant, and I can't lead soldiers and fight, so I stay in Jiangyin City, shave my hair and surrender."

"I have wronged Cheng Gong." Zhu Yihai held Cheng Bi's hand, who donated 14 taels of silver to him, and also donated 10,000+ taels to Yiyang King Huang Fei and others. All the family wealth was given out.

Cheng Bi smiled, "My whole family was slaughtered by the Tartars in Yangzhou City. They slaughtered all living people in Yangzhou for ten days. I have a bloody feud with the Tartars." If we don't live together, this life is left, as long as we don't die, we will fight them to the end."

"As long as I can get revenge, let alone shaving my hair, I am willing to accept the Tartar as my father temporarily."

Everyone who said these words was moved.

three days later.

The Boluo army arrived outside Jiangyin City.

Cheng Bi had already shaved his hair and left his tail of money, and brought eight thousand Jiangyin people out of the city to kneel and beg for surrender.

There used to be more than [-] people in Jiangyin City, but now there are only [-] people left, and the rest are unwilling to leave the city and go to the countryside, and some of them left with the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Cheng Bi knelt down and begged to surrender.

Present the Jiangyin City Household Register, etc.

Boluo was slightly surprised when he saw the scene in front of him.

Didn't it mean that the unruly people in Jiangyin gathered a crowd to cause chaos, and the momentum was huge?
Why did you voluntarily surrender before attacking?
"Who are you?" Boluo asked condescendingly on the horse.

"The young Cheng Bi was originally from Huizhou. Later, he ran the salt industry in Yangzhou and settled in Jiangyin. He had little property. Before, he was ignorant of current affairs and committed rebellion. Now he has come to his senses and is willing to reform his mistakes. Now he has persuaded the officials in the city to join him. Qing. And donate thousands of taels of silver and thousands of stones to Baylor to help pay for the army!"

Zong Hao, the prefect of Changzhou, approached Boloma, "I want to report to Lord Belle, the thief Cheng was originally a wealthy businessman in Huizhou, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in wealth. As a councilor and grain storage Taoist, you deserve to be killed."

Zong Hao had lost Changzhou before, and fled all the way to Nanjing. When he heard that Boluo had arrived, the rebels had fled, so he hurried back to regain Changzhou, and came to the Boluo army to plead guilty.Boluo disdained this incompetent guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, but he was interested in Cheng Biting.

"Knowing mistakes can be corrected. There is nothing good about being good. Those who know current affairs are heroes."

"Get up!"

"Is this the only people left in Jiangyin City?"

"Back to Baylor, many unscrupulous people did not want to shave their heads. When they heard that the army was coming, they were afraid of being implicated, so they all fled to the countryside to hide. Those who remained were obedient citizens who had already shaved their heads."

"Hahaha, obedient people, very good, Ben Baylor likes you and other witty obedient citizens."

"Ben Baylor now grants you the prefect of Changzhou. Work hard. Although you are a merchant, but at this time, as long as you are loyal and willing to work, I, Qing Dynasty, will not care about your origins. I will still use you."

Zong Hao was in a hurry, "Master Belle, this slave is the prefect of Changzhou."

As a result, Yan Wogong, who was next to Boluo, directly raised the whip and whipped it, yelling, "You are not a bannerman, and you dare to call yourself a slave, so you are worthy?"

Bo Luo also scolded Zong Hao angrily, "Ben Baylor hasn't charged you with the crime of abandoning the city and running away, but you still dare to call yourself a slave, come here, drag this idiot down and cut him down. If you run away without a fight, you still have face." return!"

No matter how Ren Zonghao yelled and begged for mercy, Bo Luo ignored him.

Soon the shouting ceased, and the heads were brought up, and Bo Luo sent someone to show the head to the public, "Anyone who abandons the city and loses land will end like this."

(End of this chapter)