Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 170 Begins Zhejiang Bing Lu King Attacks Yuhang
In the southeast, Tang and Lu stand side by side, so that there are two days in the sky and two masters in the country. However, Longwu ascended the throne and the King of Lu supervised the country. Unified, but Emperor Longwu's lineage is too distant, and Zhu Yihai is unwilling to step down with his yellow robe, not to mention the ministers who support him are unwilling to give up the merit of "determining policies", fearing that they will not be reused after entering the Longwu Dynasty , followed by making Tang and Lu gradually confront each other.

Since ancient times, China has never allowed the state to have two masters. In the regime of King Lu in eastern Zhejiang, the ministers were immediately divided into two factions.

University scholar Zhu Dadian, supervisor Qian Sule, general Fang Guoan and others belonged to a faction. They all believed, "If the enemy is facing the enemy, if the same surname is the first to fight, how can it be a rejuvenation? Moreover, holy children and grandchildren always belong to the ancestral territory. Since Longwu is upright and unified, it is difficult to change, and if I am in charge of the country, I can still lower my heart and follow each other."

They believe that, judging from the current situation, Emperor Longwu has already ascended the throne, so it is naturally impossible to abdicate, and the Longwu court has been recognized by the vast majority of Southern Ming forces in the south, while Lu Jianguo only relies on a corner of eastern Zhejiang to fight against it. It was an extremely unwise move, so they agreed with the alliance of Fujian and Zhejiang, accepted the orthodox status of the Longwu court, and persuaded King Lu to accept the title of nephew of the emperor and go to the position of supervising the country, so as to prevent the eastern part of Zhejiang from being isolated and helpless.

However, the other faction of Uncle Zhang Guojun, General Wang Zhiren and others resolutely opposed it. They all believed, "The Lord Shangyuan has no intention of benefiting the world, and Tang Fan has no reason to be a great treasure."

They advocated that "the one who restores Jinling first is the king", and some people even said that "there are hundreds of thousands of people on the river, why is it difficult to return to each other", and they did not hesitate to use force to fight for the throne.

The dispute between Tang and Lu caused Fujian and Zhejiang to confront each other, but the consequences caused by this also caused the Lu Wang regime, which was originally not strong, to split internally.

The two regimes of Tang and Lu both aimed to fight against the Qing and restore the Ming Dynasty, but at this time, because of the competition for the orthodox position, their strength to fight against the Qing army was seriously weakened.

In mid-September, Zhu Yihai, king of Lu, saw that his courtiers were divided, and many of them advocated honoring Emperor Longwu. He was very unhappy, so he announced his resignation and returned to Taizhou.

At the end of September, the ministers who advocated the recognition of the Longwu court as orthodox, read the imperial edict, but under the opposition of the uncle Zhang Guojun, the supervisor Xiong Rulin and others, they finally rejected the imperial edict of the Longwu regime and welcomed Zhu Yihai back.

Not long after, during the dispute between Tang and Lu, after Lu Qingyuan, the capital censor of the Longwu Dynasty, was killed by the generals of the King of Lu, Emperor Longwu also beheaded Chen Qian, the envoy of Lu Jianguo, which completely deteriorated the relationship between Fujian and Eastern Zhejiang.

The struggle between Tang and Lu made the two important regimes of Nanming go into confrontation, and the dispute between Tang and Lu has intensified since then.

King Lu and his ministers loyal to him knew very well that they could not compete with Longwu for the throne only based on the land in eastern Zhejiang. Xiaoling Mausoleum has established a prestige far beyond the Longwu court, and with the achievements of restoring the southern capital, he came to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

In the first ten days of October, outside Jianguo of Lu and Shaoxing City, they went up to the altar to worship the sky. The Jin made Fang Guoan the Duke of Yue, Wang Zhiren the Duke of Xingguo, and worshiped Fang Guoan as a general to control the army.

Not long after, Zhu Yihai, the governor of Lu, went to the bank of the Qiantang River in person to reward the army with two coins of silver for each soldier of the Ming Dynasty.

In mid-October, Fang Guoan, Ma Shiying, and Wang Zhiren mobilized all the soldiers and horses in eastern Zhejiang, and a hundred thousand people crossed the river from Zhuqiao, Fancun, and Liuhe Pagoda at Wugu, and approached Zhangjiashan, Wuyunshan, and Bapan. Ridge and other places are approaching Hangzhou.

The army of Chen Zilong and Wu Yi on Taihu Lake, after failing to rescue Jiangyin, retreated to Taihu Lake, and learned that the King of Lu raised troops to return to Hangzhou, followed another major uprising, approached Huzhou, and planned to go straight to Si'an Town, cutting off the way for the Qing army in Nanjing to rescue Hangzhou.

In the land of the south of the Yangtze River, after the righteous divisions of various roads were pacified by the Qing army one after another, it was once again in a state of turmoil.

Zhang Cunren, the governor of the Qing court in the city of Hangzhou, hastily asked Merezhangjing Zhu Mala, Ji Xiha, He Tuo, Tian Xiong, Zhang Jie and others to raise [-] soldiers and divide them into three groups to meet the army of the King of Lu. Ma Baozhi felt that Duoduo in Zuo Town, Nanjing, and Boluo outside Tiaoxianxia Pass, led troops to help.

On October [-]th, Chen Zilong used his disciple Xia Wanchun's trick to order Wu Yishan to defraud Huzhou City, and the army rushed into Huzhou in one fell swoop, killed the prefect of the Qing court, and stationed [-] troops to support the army of King Lu.

When Duoduo heard this, he was furious and ordered Kong Youde, the king of obedience, to lead [-] troops to attack. Chen Zilong saw the army of King Lu and fought against the Qing soldiers on the north bank of Qiantang. Fearing that Kong Youde would support Hangzhou, he ordered the rebel army to stick to Huzhou and sent his disciple Xia Wanchun to Hangzhou. , Contact Lu Wang's army to discuss the matter of coordinating operations.

When Xia Wanchun came to Hangzhou, King Lu's army had already fought the Qing army for six days, but they lost more than they won.

The army of King Lu, who was planning to encircle Hangzhou with three armies, was blocked by the Qing army near Zhangjiashan, Wuyunshan and Bapanling before they approached Hangzhou city.

Xia Wanchun first came to Fangguo's camp in Bapanling, and saw Fangbu's officers and troops camping near the mountain, and not far from the mountain was the camp of Qing general Mei Lezhangjing and Tuohe general Tianxiong.

Fang Guoan received Xia Wanchun, and Wanchun asked, "The king of Lu wanted to take Hangzhou, why did the general guard the mountain?"

"The Qing soldiers were very skilled. After six days of attack, they could not be defeated, but they were defeated. Therefore, they took advantage of the situation to defend." Fang Guoan sighed.

Xia Wanchun said: "Since you can't go down to Hangzhou, why don't you leave early and save your troops. When the future comes, the general will garrison here. I'm afraid that we will lose our ground if we advance or retreat!"

King Lu's regime was trapped in a corner of eastern Zhejiang. In order to win over his supporters, he did not hesitate to buy people's hearts with high-ranking officials. Grade three and below cannot be counted.

Some idlers in the rivers and lakes also picked up the opportunity, with one or two hundred old and weak, claiming to support thousands of volunteers, and begging for rewards from the King Lu's regime, so that although King Lu's army is said to be one hundred thousand, the fact is that it is mostly nonsense. generation.

At that time, the Ministry of Rites issued by the King of Lu sent a letter to Wu Zhongluan, please check it carefully, "those who recruit soldiers and rebels should ask about their names in their registers, and former officials should identify their edicts and answer them." However, the situation at that time, It couldn't be checked at all, so it was not implemented in the end.

When Xia Wanchun heard that the king of Lu raised troops to restore Hangzhou, he had doubts. He felt that it was impossible to restore Hangzhou with the strength of Lu Jianguo. Therefore, after Chen Zilong captured Huzhou, he advised him not to enter the army easily. In Anzhen, fearing that the king of Lu would be defeated and the rebel army would follow in the middle of Zhejiang, he asked the army to stop in Huzhou, which is very close to Taihu Lake, to respond at any time.

Now when he came to Hangzhou Mansion, he saw that the government army that was supposed to recover Hangzhou was completely on the defensive, so he knew that there was no hope of recovery, so he advised Fang Guoan to retreat as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)