Chapter 218: Conquering Huzhou and Arriving in Yuhang (Second Update!) Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass! )
Zheng Chenggong's army went straight to Hangzhou after leaving Nanjing.
He left Zhang Huangyan to guard Nanjing, and Zheng Jing and Gan Hui guarded Zhenjiang, which can be said to have made a complete arrangement.
Zheng Chenggong is no stranger to Hangzhou.
In fact, when he was a prisoner in Nanjing Guozijian, he had nothing to do, and his favorite place to go was Hangzhou.
In the last years of Chongzhen, the north was already in flames, and the war was continuous.
But Jiangnan is still singing and dancing, and talented and beautiful women are suave.
Hangzhou is one of the leaders.
Because of the existence of West Lake, the world prefers Hangzhou.
If you don't go to Hangzhou, it seems that you will go in vain.
The legend of Leifeng Tower, the Zen of Lingyin Temple, and the story of the broken bridge are mixed together to make people feel full of charm.
But everything was shattered with the moment when the Son of Heaven hanged himself in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen.
is like the moon in the mirror, although it looks beautiful, it is illusory after all.
At this moment, the talented people in Hangzhou realized that the world was really in chaos.
They instinctively thought of the clothes in the south, thought of the Zhao Song Dynasty's partial Jiangnan, and thought of the warm breeze that made the tourists drunk, and made Hangzhou a poem in Bianzhou.
They are afraid that they will become such a people who have lost their country.
The iron cavalry of the Qing army quickly controlled the entire north with a crushing posture, and even Li Zicheng could not resist the Manchu army.
Everything seemed to confirm their fears, and the nightmare seemed to be tending to become reality.
The most terrible thing is that they can't find a spiritual sustenance, or an object to support their effectiveness.
Emperor Chongzhen's three sons were separated from Li Zicheng and their whereabouts are unknown.
The question of who will inherit the unification is a very headache.
The officials of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing broke their heads for the sake of support. Some supported King Zhu Yousong, and some supported King Lu, but even Shi Kefa was unable to make a decision.
Standing up for this kind of thing is no joke.
If the person you support becomes the emperor, it means that you will rise to the top for the rest of your life.
But the Gong of the Dragon is not so contentious, and in case of failure, the consequences are not just as simple as dismissal, and it is likely to lose the lives of oneself and even relatives and friends.
And for Shi Kefa, these Donglin Party members, there is one issue that needs to be considered, that is, the identity of Zhu Yousong's Fu Domain.
At the beginning, Emperor Wanli fought for the crown prince and the courtiers in order to establish the blessing of the king, so he did not hesitate to threaten not to go to the court.
The courtiers led by the Donglin Party had no intention of showing weakness at all, and fought to the end with Emperor Wanli.
It is a struggle for the country.
The Demon Book Case, the Attack Case, and the Red Pill Case, which were derived from the dispute over the country, made the Ming Dynasty chicken feathers from top to bottom.
In the end, it was the Wanli Emperor who succumbed, and he asked King Fu to go to Henan to establish a vassal, and set up the later Emperor Guangzong as the crown prince.
The civilian class, led by the Donglin Party, won the victory.
And Zhu Yousong is the son of King Lao Fu.
Once he is put on the throne, no one can say whether the Donglin Party will be liquidated.
In case the emperor intended to retaliate, wouldn't the Donglin Party lift a stone to shoot itself in the foot?
Shi Kefa's teacher was Zuo Guangdou, the leader of the Donglin Party, and he was also elected as the leader of the Donglin Party at that time.
He must be responsible for the entire Donglin Party. It was because he was more inclined to Lilu at that time. The so-called Lixian was put forward by Shi Kefa.
But in fact, King Lu is not necessarily virtuous, it is just an excuse for the Donglin Party to attack King Fu.
But who would have thought that at that time, Zhu Yousong took the initiative to contact the four towns of Jiangbei through the eunuchs and obtained their support.
Under these circumstances, the four towns of Jiangbei coerced the civil officials of Nanjing into submission by force.
Xiucai couldn't explain why he met Bing.
Shi Kefa saw that the general trend had been decided, so he had no choice but to admit Zhu Yousong.
It was Zhu Yousong's proud soldiers in the four towns of Jiangbei who escorted him to Nanjing to take the throne, which was for Emperor Hongguang.
Emperor Hongguang naturally didn't like Shi Kefa, and the four towns became more and more arrogant because of their support. The entire small court consumed a lot of money in the infighting, and Emperor Hongguang was bent on having fun and ignoring the government. So much so that a year later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south and broke through Nanjing.
Shi Kefa was martyred, and Emperor Hongguang himself was escorted back to Beijing by the Qing army to be executed.
After the death of Emperor Hongguang, all localities fought for reunification.
At that time, Zheng Chenggong had already returned to Fujian. He and his father Zheng Zhilong supported Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang.
It was for Emperor Longwu.
At the same time, Zhang Huangyan and others supported Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, to supervise the country.
It's a pity that Zheng Zhilong betrayed Emperor Longwu and led Qing troops into Fujian.
After the martyrdom of Emperor Longwu, Zhu Youlang ascended the throne under the support of Qu Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi, and others, and was the Yongli Emperor.
Zheng Chenggong parted ways with his father Zheng Zhilong at that time, vowing to resist the Qing Dynasty and wash away the humiliation of the family.
Although he did not have the merit of supporting, Zheng Chenggong still focused on the overall situation, and played many wonderful local cooperation with Zhang Huangyan.
It's a pity that Huguang was lost, the loyal battalion was far away, and the situation collapsed all of a sudden.
In addition, Sun Kewang later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army controlled Guizhou, and the Ming Dynasty only had two provinces left.
Seeing that the country was about to die, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan hurriedly planned the battle of the Yangtze River.
The one at the beginning of the thirteenth year of Yongli failed, but the second attempt succeeded.
Looking back on these histories, Zheng Chenggong feels vivid.
Now that the situation has improved, Zheng Chenggong will naturally not let the opportunity slip out of his hands.
He must take Hangzhou, just for the sake of those Ming army families who died tragically, he also wants to avenge him!
Blood debt and blood repayment, he wants to use the heads of Lang Tingzuo and Shi Lang to pay tribute to the dead Ming army family!
When they first entered Huzhou, Zhejiang, the Ming army encountered some resistance from the Qing army on the periphery.
It's just that the number of Qing troops deployed in this area is obviously not much, and the Ming army under the command of Zheng Chenggong did not spend too much energy to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Zheng Chenggong ordered a rapid march to Hangzhou as fast as possible.
He couldn't wait to attack Hangzhou, and he didn't want to wait any longer!
"Your Highness, there is Yu Hang ahead."
Yuhang is the gateway of Hangzhou, and Zheng Chenggong took Yuhang, and the Qing army had no danger to defend, so he could only defend Hangzhou City.
He knew that the Qing army would deploy heavy troops here to block it.
But it doesn't matter, Zheng Chenggong has decided to take Yuhang at all costs.
Due to the hilly terrain of Yuhang, Zheng Chenggong's army was mainly infantry.
The Iron Man Army is the absolute core, and it is right by Zheng Chenggong's side.
The rest of the army was under the command of the commander according to the towns.
This time, Zheng Chenggong dispatched 50,000 men to attack Hangzhou, and he wanted to take it in one fell swoop.
Aside from the element of revenge, the political significance of taking Hangzhou is also huge.
As one of the largest cities in the south of the Yangtze River, Hangzhou's political status is second only to Nanjing.
If Zheng Chenggong can hold Nanjing and Hangzhou in his hands, the anti-Qing and anti-Qing people in Jiangnan will definitely rise up one after another after seeing it.
This is the effect Zheng Chenggong wants.
Completely defeat the Qing army and restore the world, he can't rely on him alone, but on the people of insight in the whole world!
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