Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1101
Since Duke Qi, Zhejiang soldiers have been one of the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

They not only took on the task of preventing Japanese in the southeast coast, but also garrisoned troops from the south to the north, and went to the north to fight against the Mongols. In the 25th year of Wanli after Qi Jiguang's death, when Wang Shixing wrote "Guangzhi Yi", it was already "Nine Frontiers, Five Ridges". , Zhe soldiers all over the place".

In the first battle of Wanli to aid Korea, the old Qi's army, which was originally dominated by Zhejiang soldiers, and the Jiliao army trained by Qi Gong became the main force of the Ming army in this war. They conquered Mudanfeng and regained Pyongyang, all of which were Zhejiang soldiers.

When attacking Pyongyang, Wu Weizhong, a veteran of the Qi family army who was over sixty years old, was shot in the left rib, and his blood-soaked armor was still standing at the forefront to command. The gates of the city were closed and they dared not go to war. The praises of Zhejiang soldiers can be seen everywhere in the history books of North Korea.

However, after glory, there is always decline. Such a strong army cannot avoid the fate of defeat. With the decay of the dynasty, he went to the end together, and finally disappeared in the long river of history after the bloody battle in Hunhe.

After this battle, the soldiers and horses of Zhejiang were silent for decades, and it was not until Jiangnan resisted the Qing Dynasty that a new Zhejiang army was slowly launched.

This Zhejiang soldier was under King Lu's command. Although it was not as elite as the Qi's army in history, it was still elite enough.

Time flies, after decades of the decline of the Zhejiang army, the new Zhejiang army under King Lu finally stepped onto the big stage of history again, setting off a catastrophe of internal strife.

Compared with their predecessors, this is obviously not so glorious.

The king of Lu mobilized troops from Zhejiang and rushed towards Nanjing. When he reached Luyang, he found that something was wrong. Nanzhi, which should have been in chaos long ago, did not show any signs of turmoil.

This made King Lu realize that there might be a problem. King Tang urged him to raise troops again and again, saying that he had already started, but he deliberately delayed coming. Nanzhi should have been in chaos, but in fact there was no movement.

King Lu immediately realized that he was tricked by King Tang. King Tang deliberately told him the time in advance, let him rise up first, tricked him into Nanjing, made him a traitor, and put pressure on the Nanjing court. Wang Zehao sought power in Nanjing from it.

This was really a painful realization for King Lu. He worshiped the heavens in Zhejiang and issued a proclamation, completely like a fool.

"Straight mother thief! Disrespectful of morals! Goofy crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, tricking the lonely king into fighting, and backing names, it's really not a thing..."

King Lu came under the banner of quelling the civil strife in Tang and Chu, but his banner has been upheld, but Tang and Chu haven't fought yet, so it's fucking embarrassing.

For a while, King Lu felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

But at this time, as his men marched into Nanzhi, the news that Zhejiang soldiers and horses crossed the border was quickly spread to Nanjing, and the envoys questioned by the imperial court bumped into King Lu in a blink of an eye.

The cabinet, as the central government, questioned the King of Lu for leading Zhejiang soldiers into the country, and asked him to lead his troops back to Zhejiang immediately and go to Beijing for questioning.

Together with the cabinet envoy, there was also a letter written by the king of Tang to him. At the beginning, he rebuked him for rebellion, rebuked him for disregarding the overall situation, and putting the people in trouble for self-interest.

This is almost the words that King Lu questioned Tang and Chu in his essay. Now King Tang directly used it to accuse him. King Lu had never seen such shameless people. His lungs were about to explode, and he cursed King Tang for being shameless.

At this time, his army had already left Zhejiang, and there was no turning back arrow, so there was no reason to turn back.

Although King Lu knew that he had been calculated and was in a disadvantageous position, he had no way out at this time, so he could only continue to approach Nanjing.

Since the strategy fails, then use force directly. With Zhu Cihuan in hand, it is not impossible for him to take down Nanjing by force.

Seeing that it was invalid to dissuade King Lu from returning to Zhejiang, the Nanjing cabinet immediately passed the anti-insurgency bill and informed the Quartet that King Lu had conspired against him and ordered troops from all over the country to serve the king.

At this time, the King of Lu was riding a tiger, and he immediately fought against each other. He re-published Jing Nan’s article, which changed from quelling the civil strife in Tang and Chu to the side of the Qing emperor. Advance to Nanjing.

The army posted bulletins along the way, criticizing the Nanjing imperial court for its crimes of emphasizing business and despising scholars, and persecuting the clan.Those who can dedicate land and surrender will be promoted according to the situation according to the different official ranks, and rewards such as real estate, fields, gold and silver will be given.

As soon as this article came out, Lu Fan clearly aimed at the current national policy of the Nanjing court, and raised the banner of Zhu Cihuan, which immediately shook the south of the Yangtze River.

I have long been disgusted with a group of businessmen who climbed on my head. In Wang Yan's reform, they did not participate because they were conservative. The conservative gentry who gradually lost power finally found an opportunity and responded to King Lu one after another. He even organized the clansmen to support the King of Lu in order to overthrow the current national policy of the Ming Dynasty.

On July 22, the Zhejiang army went up along the Qinhuai River to the southern suburbs of Jinling, entered Waiguo City through the upper gate, occupied the altar of sacrifice and the school field, and temporarily stationed the army.

King Lu stayed in Nanjing for four years and knew the situation in Nanjing like the back of his hand. He knew that the walls of Jinling City were high and thick, the moat was the most wide in the world, and the various facilities on the city wall were complex and complete. .

These are the advantages of Nanjing, but Nanjing also has shortcomings, that is, the city wall is too long, and there are too many places for the defenders to guard against.

Although the central army gave up the terrifying outer city and retreated into the inner city, the inner city, which is tens of miles long, is still too long, and the defenders are simply not satisfied. This is King Lu's chance and his only one. Chance.

He has completely torn his face now, just one word "do it!", only before the reinforcements from the central government arrive in Nanjing, or before the king of Tang's troops come to kill Nanjing, and control the head of Ming Dynasty, can he win the victory , otherwise there is only failure.

Forty thousand Zhejiang soldiers set up camp on the front line of Dajiaochang. Surrounded by many generals, Zhu Yihai, King of Lu, went around the city to inspect it. Just as he was about to take a closer look, a cavalry army rushed out from the city, only one or two hundred horsemen, and greeted them. come to him.

King Lu looked at him from a long distance, and when he saw the leader, he immediately became furious, and he caught his horse and swung his whip to meet him.The two horse armies were about the same number, and they galloped towards each other. When they saw that they were about to collide, the two sides stopped their horses one after another.

"Shameless man, how dare you lie to me!" King Lu pulled the rein of the horse, yelling curses, and the horse circled violently.

Surrounded by the Ming army, King Tang kept a smile on his face in the face of King Lu's anger.Judging from the current situation, he seems to have become the biggest winner, and King Tang is somewhat complacent.

"It's unreasonable for King Lu to speak, didn't you also save a hand?" Tang Wang held the horse rope with both hands, sat upright on the horse's back, and said with a sneer: "Then what happened to Zhu Cihuan, you are really lonely. do you know?"

King Lu was at a loss for words when he heard the words, and held back his words. He also plotted against King Tang, but he failed. There is indeed no one who is more noble between the two, who stands on the moral high ground.

"Okay! You're good this time, but don't be complacent!" King Lu gritted his teeth, raised his hand and pointed at King Tang with his horsewhip, and said, "It's not yet known who will die when the lone army approaches the city. ability!"

After finishing speaking, as soon as King Lu pulled out the reins, he led the horse army and galloped back to the camp!
(End of this chapter)