Chapter 573: Zhang Mingzhen Joins His Command
Wu Zheng asked, "What about Emperor Longwu?" ”
"When the city was broken, he was captured with the queen and others."
"When the city of Guangzhou was broken, where was General Zhang?"
"The last general was appointed by Emperor Longwu to go to the vicinity of Kinmen with Zheng Sen to recruit troops."
"What about Zodiac Week?"
When the Qing army entered Guangzhou, Huang Xiang temporarily raised more than 18,000 people and went out of the city to defend against the enemy. Not wanting to be betrayed by his students who had surrendered to the Qing army, he was ensnared by the Qing army, and his troops immediately dispersed. ”
Wu Zheng was embarrassed, this old man and Qian Sule were the same, both of them had the talent of the country, and their loyalty to the Ming family was beyond doubt.
But each is its own master, and what is planned cannot be combined, which is a pity and a pity.
It is not easy to train an official, especially an important minister, and this is a deep feeling that only those in the upper echelons have.
"What about Emperor Yongli?"
"When the Qing army was approaching Zhaoqing, Emperor Yongli abandoned the city and fled, first to Wuzhou. Hearing that Zhaoqing was lost, he fled to Guilin. After that, the last general had already separated from Zheng Sen and crossed the sea to the north, and he never received any news again. ”
"I left you two hundred, why did only eleven come back?"
Zhang Mingzhen said angrily: "Zheng Sen is shameless, when I separated from him, although he did not stop him, he could force my soldiers to stay, and only let me take away the eleven personal guards." ”
Wu Zheng was surprised: "You recruit troops with him, there should be people under your command, plus the two hundred people I left for you, it is enough to deal with Zheng Sen, why was he forced to stay?" ”
Zhang Mingzhen said: "The area around Kinmen is a pirate den, and nine out of ten of the people who can be recruited are all Zheng Sen's father, Zheng Zhilong's old department. These people have long been difficult to change, and they usually gather in groups of fish and meat in the township, at this time, how can they obey the orders of the last general? ”
Wu Zheng's face became extremely solemn.
The move of going to Fujian by himself has very serious sequelae.
That is, with the prolongation of the war in Fujian and Guangzhou, Duoduo did not return to the north according to history and participated in the attack on the remnants of the Northwest Rebel Army.
Then, Zheng Zhilong was not placed under house arrest by Bolo and escorted to Shuntianfu.
This caused Zheng Sen's influence in the Kinmen area to weaken, and Zheng Zhilong was his old boss after all.
Zhang Mingzhen wanted to return north, and the 200 people around him were detained by Zheng Chenggong, but Wu Zheng didn't think so.
When the situation is difficult, there is no one available around him, and Wu Zheng will do the same, which is beyond reproach.
What Wu Zheng is worried about is that Zheng Zhilong was not escorted to the north, and whether Zheng Chenggong can still oppose the Qing Dynasty to death as in history.
This is very important.
Because Jiangnan can survive to block the Qing army's southward movement, the biggest reliance is that the Qing army does not have a water division, and the Qing court has begun to realize this.
If Zheng Chenggong also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, then the Qing army would have a sailor who could attack the Yixing Dynasty.
Wu Zheng had the shadow of Zheng Chenggong in his mind, and he was willing to choose to believe in Zheng Chenggong.
Wu Zheng didn't have a choice.
If you can believe the worst, why not believe the best?
Trust comes from the history in memory, but more importantly, Wu Zheng can only choose to believe, he has to believe, he doesn't believe it, and there is no way.
Because by this time, Duoduo had not yet torn up the armistice treaty and launched an attack from Ningbo to Shaoxingfu, but instead withdrew the vanguard from Yuyao to Ningbo, which shows that Duoduo was not sure.
As for the armistice treaty, Wu Zheng believes that in Duoduo's eyes, he thinks the same as himself, that is, a page, waste paper!
However, Wu Zheng still asked, "Does General Zhang think that Zheng Sen will join the enemy?" ”
Zhang Mingzhen glanced at Wu Zheng in surprise, and then said: "Although Zheng Sen is shameless, the last general will never think that he will surrender to the enemy. ”
"Oh, why? His own father was still in the hands of Dord. ”
"The last general has been with him for nearly two months, and he still agrees with his heart to resist the Qing Dynasty."
Wu Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he preferred to choose to believe in Zhang Mingzhen.
"If the Duke of Zhenguo does not give up, the last general is willing to be loyal to the Duke of Zhenguo for the rest of his life."
Wu Zheng was a little surprised, "General Zhang, why is this?" ”
Zhang Mingzhen suddenly knelt down on one knee and said excitedly: "There is no more Ming Lord in the Ming room, and the Ming Dynasty is not unjustly dead." In such a dangerous situation, the three emperors are still intriguing and fighting each other, dare to ask the prince, can this country not die? The last general originally had the heart to be loyal to the Ming family and revive the Ming Dynasty, but for more than two months in the south, the last general was already dead. Only then did he separate from Zheng Sen and come to serve Zhen Guogong. ”
Wu Zheng was happy, he was indeed looking forward to Zhang Mingzhen's return.
He needs a veteran sailor like Zhang Mingzhen to train an elite sailor for him.
Wang Chaoxian is also a veteran.
But what Wu Zheng prefers to believe is Zhang Mingzhen.
"General Zhang may not know that the crown prince of the previous dynasty has returned to the imperial court and ascended the throne as emperor ten days ago, and now it is the Yixing Dynasty."
"What?" Zhang Mingzhen was obviously stunned when he heard this.
Wu Zheng smiled and said: "If the general wants to return north to Beijing as an official, Wu Zheng will never stop him." ”
Zhang Mingzhen hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "It's just a child who is less than the age of the crown, the building has collapsed, and he hasn't shown up for three years...... The last general does not know the prince of the previous dynasty, nor does he know the current emperor, the last general only knows the prince of Zhenguo, and asks the prince of Zhenguo to take in the general. ”
Wu Zheng was overjoyed, stretched out his hand and said: "If you can get General Zhang, Wu Zheng is like a tiger with wings." I am worrying about the general day and night, hoping that the general will come back safely. ”
Zhang Mingzhen got up and said: "Dare to ask Zhenguo Gong, can the last general still return to Zhoushan Shui Shi?" ”
Wu Zheng smiled and said, "What, do you still remember the Zhoushan Landscape Master in your heart?" ”
Zhang Mingzhen said: "On that day, he was sent by Zhang Gong to hide in the Zhoushan Water Division, and there were many confidants of the last general among the ...... of the Water Division. ”
Wu Zheng said with a smile: "Duke Zhang is also in Hangzhou Mansion, and now he is the commander of the General's Mansion, and he controls the soldiers and horses of the three mansions under the rule of this duke. If you want to see him, I will send him here. ”
Zhang Mingzhen was shocked at first, and then said with great joy: "No, no, the last general should go to see Zhang Gong by himself." ”
Wu Zheng smiled and said: "Okay, your errand, just wait until we meet Zhang Gong, and then you and I will discuss it." ”
"Yes."
Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, you tell Zhang Gong for me, and ask him to go to Songjiang Mansion with me tomorrow...... You go with you. ”
"Whoa."
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The Yangtze River estuary gate, Dongsha and Xisha have a long history.
During the Tang Shenlong period, Chongming Town was built in Xisha, and I think this should be the origin of the name of Chongming Island.
Time flies, big waves wash sand.
The two small sandbars continue to move down the river, rise and fall, and in the Song Dynasty, another small sandbar has appeared in the northwest of Xisha - Yao Liu Sha, so it is collectively called Sansha by the world.
Xisha is the largest in area, with a population of more than 1,800 households.
"Sand soldiers", in the era when Qi Jiguang resisted the Japanese, the local people spontaneously organized themselves to fight against the Japanese invaders, fought bravely, and won many victories, and were called "sand soldiers" by the world, which shows the courage of the "natives" on the island. As a result, a militia of 200 people was formed by the local sand people.