Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 71 Traitor
Haining Wei is located in the west of Haiyan County. It was built in the 17th year of Hongwu.However, Daming's guards have long been corrupted and can't be used anymore.

Zhu Yihai personally commanded the Tenth Battalion with 1 troops across the sea to enter Wu, but Zhang Mingzhen, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, was actually in charge of the army.After asking Zhu Yihai for instructions, he was still very cautious and did not land in Haiyan rashly.

Instead, they first sent a vanguard fleet to observe and test in front of Qinwang Mountain in the south of Haiyan, and then sent a small group of nighters to go ashore for reconnaissance. After confirming safety, the vanguard built a temporary reconnaissance camp in Qinwangshan.And sent Yebushou to continue to inland for in-depth reconnaissance.

At the same time, he brought the large troops to several islands in the bay, such as Men Island, Baita Island, and Mayao Island. storage island.

Zhu Yihai did not interfere with this. On the contrary, he admired Zhang Mingzhen's caution. After all, crossing the sea and going north at this time is considered a lonely army deep behind the enemy's rear. If he is not careful, he will be lost forever.

Even if they heard that Haining Guard was still standing in the hands of the Ming army, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhu Yihai would not easily bump into it without knowing it. They came to rescue the Ming army from beating the Tartars, not to die.

Zhu Yihai's boat stopped on the shore of Mendao, and followed him off to the island.

Mendao is not big, only a few hundred feet away from Qinwang Mountain on the opposite bank. The whole Mendao is actually a lonely mountain in the middle of the sea. There is no flat land, it is all hilltop forests, so there are not many people on the island.

"Qin Wangshan is actually [-] miles away from Hainingwei, but here is as flat as a river. If we go there, it will be fast." Zhang Mingzhen proposed his plan. First, he would send Yebushuo ashore, disguise himself as ordinary people or businessmen, and try his best to quietly collect nearby Information.

"If Haiyan City hasn't fallen, our Yebushou will sneak into the city, and I'm afraid there will be fraud in case."

"Well, be careful, that's right, how much do you know about Zheng Jiwu?" Zhu Yihai asked.

"Previously, Governor Wang called the generals of Zhejiang Province to discuss matters when he was the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province. I met Zheng Jiwu once at Governor Wang's place. This person is Haining's garrison."

Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the provincial and town battalion system has gradually replaced the local capital and guard system. The level of defense is not high. It is below the guerrilla and capital and above the sentry.

Generally, they are responsible for the guards of some important castles, so they are called garrison. The garrison is the same as the generals and generals. Depending on the title.Generally, they are drawn from the nearby guards, and they serve every five years.

Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Ming army has formed a situation in which the three major systems of civil servants supervise military affairs, generals command troops to fight, and eunuchs supervise the army check and balance each other. As a low-level military officer who guards a city and a castle, the garrison actually has very little power.

Similar to the garrison masters in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

In the province of Zhejiang, there was one general officer and four generals in Chongzhen. In Hongguang, one deputy general was stationed in Wenzhou, and one general was stationed in each of the four assisted guards. There are several guerrilla generals in the defense battalion, and several new personnel in the capital and garrison.

However, Zhejiang is, after all, the southeastern hinterland, not as important as the Nine Frontiers, so even if it is for defense, there are very few soldiers in command.

In Xuanda and other places, the garrison commander is between [-] and [-], and there are even military positions such as integrity, promotion, defense, and general division. However, in Zhejiang, Haiyan County already has Haining Guard. Hainingwei was once one of the six generals of the coastal preparations in Zhejiang Province. At that time, the generals were of a very high rank, second only to the Provincial Capital Division, and they were at the level of the Xingdu Division.

It’s just that by the time of Chongzhen, the Japanese invasion was no longer serious, so Haining canceled the general headquarters, and Haining Wei was no longer what it used to be. It’s just because this is not only an important salt producing area, but also a military location in the north of Hangzhou Bay. A Haining garrison was set up here, and the Haining battalion under its command only had 300 people.

In terms of rank, Haining's garrison is under the command of the Zhejiang branch's Hangjiahu General, and he has two generals under him.

Zheng Jiwu is somewhat similar to Haimen Counselor Wu Kai. He is also a hereditary military attache of Haining Guard. His family has been here since Hongwu established Haining Guard in 17 years. It has been passed down from generation to generation. He himself also served as a guard for Haining Guard.

The battalion of [-] city guards under his command was actually basically all the military households of the former Haining Guard Sixth Office.

"Zheng Jiwu is in his early thirties. He is very young and very brave, but he is a bit straightforward. When he came to pay a visit to Governor Wang, he offended General Xiao Wang with his rude words."

"Zhu Gang is one of Zheng Jiwu's two generals. He originally belonged to a thousand households in Zhapu. He is related to Zheng Jiwu, but his brother-in-law."

It is said that there are 28 big families in Haining, 25 of which are the families of military officers in the Weisuo, headed by the two families of Peng and Ma, and then three are local aborigines, headed by the two gentry families of Li and Xu.

"The Zheng family and the Zhu family are actually not top-notch among the big families in Haining."

But Zhang Mingzhen knows so much. He is not from Zhejiang after all, but Zhu Yihai can almost outline a picture through his words. Zheng Jiwu and Zhu Dagang are both natives of Haining Guard and Haiyan City, and they are also officers of the guard. , Then he did the garrison, the general, and the soldiers under him were all locals.

When the Qing army went south, Lu Jianguo in Hangzhou, the governor of Zhejiang, and the Zhejiang General Soldier in Dinghai surrendered one after another. His superior, General Hangjiahu, also surrendered, so Zheng Jiwu and others followed suit at first.

But the Tartars quickly ordered the shaving of their hair in the occupied places, and even began to urge the payment of food, and even the three salaries levied by the old Zhu's family began to be levied.

The three salaries of the Zhu family are the Liao salary, the suppressing salary and the training salary. This first Liao salary was originally levied for fighting the Liaodong Tartars. Don't you careless?

The suppression payment is for the peasant army to suppress the thieves, and the training salary is also collected to train troops to fight against the Tartars outside the customs and the peasant army in the Central Plains. Now every Tartar will be collected.

On the one hand, it is to shave hair and make clothes easier, and on the other hand, it is to recover taxes.

At this juncture, those pseudo-officials who took the opportunity to lower their superior positions even more, took the opportunity to increase the faction, and the tax increase in the name of consumption and envy completely exceeded the regular tax, and then these pseudo-officials asked for bribes everywhere, Zheng Jiwu, Zhu Gang The military officer couldn't escape either. Their family is a local rich family and they demanded more.

Each of the 28 large families in Haining was extorted tens of thousands of taels of money, not counting the regular tax that should be paid, the additional three rates, and consumption entitlements. Anyway, every family is facing the dilemma of losing their skin.

In addition, the puppet officials urged to shave their hair again, which will inevitably lead to turmoil.

After all, Zheng Jiwu and Zhu Dagang have soldiers in their hands. Although there are few soldiers, there are always soldiers. Moreover, although the military households in the Haining Guard Station are no longer available, they have always been obedient to these military attache families.

He stood up and raised his arms and shouted, naturally there were many people responding.

They beheaded Dengxuan, the new garrison king sent by the Tartars, drove away his looting and extorting soldiers, and announced that they would recover anyway.

Even the monk Gu Yinshi of Haining responded with a group of monks.

It's just that Zhu Yihai was thinking that when Zheng Jiwu and others announced the resumption of reinstatement, it was more likely that it was the reinstatement of King Yiyang.Yiyang Wang Jianguo didn't come to rescue him, but Lu Jianguo did, and he didn't know whether he was welcome or not.

The location of Haiyan is very important, and the Tartars in Hangzhou must send troops to recover it.Taking Zheng Jiwu's battalion of guards, it will not last long. Even if he recruits troops and mobilizes the guards, it is estimated that he will not have much combat effectiveness.

But Zhu Yihai also values ​​this point. The Tatars must also know that Haining's soldiers have no fighting power, so even if they send troops to fight, they should probably send a surrendered general to fight with the surrendered Ming army. It is very likely that it is Li Chengdong. , Li Yuchun and other scumbags.

And this is also an opportunity.

On the other side of the Qiantang River, there is no chance to go directly to Boluo, Hangzhou. You can only open up a new place, just like what the great man taught, you have to jump out of the original thinking, you have to exercise, and you have to act as a guerrilla.

When the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy is stationed, we harass, when the enemy is tired, we attack, and when the enemy retreats, we pursue. We must take the initiative and not passively respond to the battle. Instead, we must mobilize the enemy to find opportunities for combat.

Think back to when Nurhaji and Huang Taiji fought against the Ming army, didn't they just rely on moving, concentrating their strength, and defeating each one to survive, and then counterattacked into Guanzhong step by step?
Boluo in Hangzhou certainly did not expect that he, the supervisor of Lu, would quietly cross the sea and go north with 1 people, so he is now the biggest accident and variable.

The puppet army that came to fight Haining was Zhu Yihai's prey.

Use Haining as bait to catch big fish from the puppet army.

So Zhu Yihai was not in a hurry to go to Haining at all. He rushed into Haining at this time. In fact, he was passive strategically. It was a dead move. He had to hide outside Haining and wait for the enemy to enter the urn.

"Send more nights to reconnaissance, we have to get as much information as possible, so that we can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, otherwise we may become the prey of thieves!"

Zhang Mingzhen admired Zhu Yihai's strategic arrangement very much. It's not that he didn't expect it, but most people's thinking must be to advance to Haining to gather reinforcements and rely on the city to defend. Who would think of such a sinister person immediately.Without the experience of a hundred battles, most people must not be so dark.

Walking into the woods at the foot of the mountain, it was immediately shady. He found an open space and sat down. Zhu Yihai diverged his thinking, thinking that there must be a future in this way. He needs victories, one victory after another. Destroy the Tartars more.

On the [-]th day of Jiangyin, the Jiading Three Massacres all proved that the people in the Sanwu area had a strong will to resist the captives, but they lacked support, and fought each other, and were finally defeated and slaughtered by the Tartars and puppet troops.

If Zhu Yihai can swim in the Sanwu area, and even drive more rebels to establish bases and guerrilla attacks, then the backyard of the Tartars will be unstable. This will not only reduce the pressure on eastern Zhejiang, but also help the Western Zhejiang Tartars. the power of.

Half a day later, Zhu Yihai was sleeping in the tent under the shade of the tree, Zhang Mingyang woke him up.

"Ye Bu Sui has discovered the situation of the Tartars' invasion of Haining's soldiers."

Zhu Yihai sat up, "Who is leading the troops, and how many troops?"

"It was Li Yuchun, the deputy commander-in-chief of Jiaxing Xiezhen newly appointed by the Tartars," Zhang Mingyang reported to Zhu Yihai with the information he had collected, "Li Yuchun was originally the commander-in-chief of the Yongwei Battalion Jingguo Duke Huang Degong, and later served as the general of the Sizhou Xiewei. When crossing the Huai River, he voluntarily surrendered to the Tartars."

"The Tartars have just worshiped the traitor Zhang Cunren as the governor of Zhejiang, and appointed Tian Xiong, the commander-in-chief of the original Huang Degong, as the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang. Deputy Chief of Xie Town."

"This time Zhang Cunren and Tian Xiong sent Li Yuchun with five thousand troops to attack Haining."

"Your Highness, there is a ship coming from the south," Yang Boxing also came to report, "The patrolling ship said that it was Zhang Guowei, Liu Zongzhou, Qi Biaojia, Chen Meng, Fang Fengnian, Chen Hanhui, Song Zhipu, Ke Xiaqing and other elders and ministers who were newly worshiped by His Highness." us."

"Is Li Yuchun also from the Yongwei Battalion?" Zhu Yihai asked Zhang Mingyang.

"This man was originally a general of the Huang Degong Department of the Yongwei Battalion. He later served as a general in Sizhou. The Qing army went south and surrendered without a fight. Later, he went to the city of Yangzhou to persuade the Shige Department to surrender. He was shot by an arrow. The vanguard of Yangzhou, after breaking the city, participated in the bloody massacre of Yangzhou, but now he has been promoted to the deputy commander of Jiaxing, this time, I will take the life of this dog thief and avenge the blood hatred of 80 people in Yangzhou."

When Zhu Yihai heard about this despicable act, he was also very angry, "You dog thief, tell the whole army that you must not let this man go when you meet him on the battlefield! If you live alone, you want to see the man, if you die, you want to see the corpse, and if you live alone, you want to see the corpse. It will be used as a wine vessel, and will come to Yangzhou to worship the people who died in the massacre."

"Sacrifice his heart and liver to the flag, and feed his flesh and blood to the dogs!"

(End of this chapter)