At the beginning, Hongguang and his entourage fled from Nanjing in a hurry, and after the separation of Lishui, Ma Shiying took Guizhou soldiers to escort Empress Dowager Zou to Zhejiang.

On 12 July, the embarrassed group arrived in Hangzhou, and Zhu Changshu and officials in Hangzhou went to meet them.

At this time, Ma Shiying and others had received the news that the emperor had arrived in Wuhu, and the entourage pinned their hopes on the emperor to rely on the army of Huang Degong and others to reverse the defeat, but soon after Ma Shiying entered the city, Ruan Dacheng, Zhu Dadian and others fled to Hangzhou in panic.

Ma Shiying learned that Huang Degong committed suicide in defeat, and the emperor was also captured by the Qing court, and everyone immediately lost hope, and their hearts were sad and helpless.

Ma Shiying, as a scholar of the first auxiliary university, had to immediately discuss with the officials in Hangzhou and ask Zhu Changshu of the Lu Fan to take up the post of superintendent.

On July 14th, the emperor hunted in the north, in order to make the name of the Lu Fan Prison country justified, Hangzhou civil and military Qiqi visited the Empress Dowager Zou and asked the king of Lu to supervise the country.

Empress Dowager Zou also knew about the crisis, and immediately issued an edict to Zhu Changshu: "Erqin is an uncle, and the virtuous crown is a vassal domain." In the past, Xuanmiao went eastward, Xiang, Zheng Jianguo, and the ancestors were all there, and now they can be followed. ”

The decree in the name of the Queen Mother was made to make the Lu Fan Prison more legitimate, but now the situation is very different from that after Jiashen.

When the Fu Domain ascended to the pole, it was rich in the south half of the Yangtze River, and the five strong domains were a beauty difference, and the Lu Domain naturally had to earn it, forming the Fulu dispute, but now both of them have fallen, and more than 500,000 troops have fallen to the Qing court, or the ashes have been annihilated, and the situation is not the same, and the throne is a potato.

Lu Fan got the Empress Dowager's decree, but he did not have the slightest joy, but was very afraid, fearing that after taking office as the prisoner, he would become the key target of the Qing army, and attracted Duoduo to send troops to attack.

Since the overthrow of the ancient dynasty, the ministers surrendered, and they could still get high-ranking officials, but the king had no reason to surrender, and even if he surrendered, he would not die well.

Lu Fan was worried about these points and refused to accept the Empress Dowager's decree.

During the dispute between Fulu, the crowd of Donglin supported Lu, the excuse was that Lu Fan was virtuous, and Fu Fan was absurd, to this day, Emperor Hongguang was indeed not the hero, and even could be called deaf, but Lu Fan did not see where the sage was.

Lu Fan refused to accept the order and insisted on resigning from the position of supervising the country, which shocked the queen mother and the ministers, so they had to rush into the palace to persuade each other.

At that time, the minister knelt outside, and the queen mother saw each other inside, tears flowed endlessly, and after repeated persuasion, Lu Fan reluctantly accepted Yi's decree and ascended to the position of prison country.

On 15 July, only one day after Lu Fan took office, Wang Weihu Zuo Maodi, Chen Zilong and others arrived in Hangzhou by boat.

When the ministers saw Lu Fan, Lu Fan and Ma Shiying, Zhu Dadian, Ruan Dacheng, Yuan Hongxun, Zhao Bingzhen and other ministers visited the Empress Dowager Zou and thanked him!

Suddenly, someone reported that Zuo Maodi, the left attendant of the military department, brought the soldiers and civilians to Hangzhou, and when Lu Fan heard about it, he hurriedly ordered someone to recruit him to meet.

Not long after, Zuo Maodi, Chen Zilong, and Wang Wei, who had time to change clothes and wash in the future, were brought into the palace, first worshiped the Queen Mother, and then worshiped the prison country, and finally greeted the ministers slightly, and then stood side by side with the ministers.

"Zhuqing, where did you get to Hangzhou? How many soldiers and horses did you bring? The three of Lu Fanguan, especially Wang Wei's armor, still had a trace of black blood, and he couldn't help but ask the question he was most concerned about.

"Enlighten the prison country!" Hearing this, Zuo Maodi saluted and said: "The ministers brought 3,000 troops from Yangzhou, nearly 10,000 people, and 600 warships to Hangzhou by sea. ”

When Lu Fan heard that there were only 3,000 people, he couldn't help but feel disappointed in his heart, and he lost interest in talking about it for no reason, so he said: "Since Zhuqing has come from afar, all the way to the dust, let's go and rest first!" ”

Ruan Dacheng and the others listened to Zuo Maodi's words, but their faces changed, and they immediately stepped out and said: "The prison is slow, and the minister has something to ask Lord Zuo." ”

When the army gathered in Zhenjiang, Ruan Dacheng was the commander of the Ming army, so he was naturally familiar with the three of them, he originally thought that the sailors were all lost in the battle of Zhenjiang, but he didn't expect to see the three of them.

At first, Ruan Dacheng just thought that the three of them had successfully broken through and came from the Yangtze River to the east, but Zuo Maodi said that they were from Yangzhou, but he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Zuo Daren is from Yangzhou, but why?" Ruan Dacheng asked.

Zuo Maodi also asked Hangzhou to send troops to meet Wang Yan, naturally he didn't want to retreat and rest, he wanted to play, but now Ruan Dacheng suddenly stopped and asked, he just told the story of the matter first, and said slightly: "The prison and the ministers don't know, General Wang broke 80,000 sieges of the Qing army, has relieved the siege of Yangzhou, and brought 300,000 soldiers and civilians to the south!" The minister and General Wang separated from the mouth of the Yangtze River, entered Hangzhou first, and asked for reinforcements to meet the army and civilians to go south. ”

"What?" The ministers were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all exclaimed: "What about Wang Shiheng going south? ”

Wang Yan guarded Yangzhou alone for two months, and his reputation was already outside, and now everyone was shocked when they heard that he not only broke the siege, but also defeated 80,000 Qing soldiers.

Among them, Ruan Dacheng was undoubtedly the most surprised, his nearly 400,000 troops gathered in Zhenjiang, in order to relieve the siege of Yang, but was defeated by the Qing army. Now that Wang Yan has fought his way out of the encirclement and crossed south with 300,000 soldiers and civilians, he is both happy in his heart, but very unhappy.

At this time, Zuo Maodi saw the state of everyone, and then retreated to the mouth of the Yangtze River, Xia Wanchun admonished, Wang Yan used a plan, Jin Sheng deceived and surrendered, cut the tower, and even broke the four major battalions of the Qing army, and Li led more than 10,000 people and horses to flee north to Xuzhou, etc., one by one.

After listening to the ups and downs of the Queen Mother, the Lu Fan and the ministers felt the big battle under the city of Yangzhou, and their mood couldn't help but fluctuate, and they deeply felt Wang Yan's righteousness and talent in using soldiers.

Since the failure of Lu Fan to seize the throne, he has rarely cared about the affairs of his family and country, but he has also heard of Wang Shiheng, who is alone in Yangzhou, and now after Zuo Maodi's narration, he was originally uninterested, and couldn't help but ask again: "General Wang went south, how many soldiers and horses did he bring?" ”

"There are dozens of generals and 30,000 elite soldiers!" Zuo Maodi replied.

When Lu Fan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed immediately: "Haha~ This soldier descended from the sky to help the king keep the ancestral inheritance!" ”

Hangzhou's military strength is weak, which is one of the reasons why Lu Fan is reluctant to accept the position of prisoner, and now suddenly there is a strong army that can resist Duoduo's 300,000 troops into Hangzhou, Lu Fan suddenly feels that he is under the throne and stable.

Zuo Maodi saw this tunnel: "Qi Qi Jian Guo, now Duoduo has led 100,000 soldiers, and is about to chase and kill General Wang's soldiers, General Wang is unwilling to abandon the people to go south, and also asks the prison country to send troops to receive the army and civilians into Hangzhou." ”

Lu Fan, who was still happy just now, heard that there were 100,000 Qing soldiers coming after him, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and said in a little panic: "100,000 northern captives, will also come to the city to call?" ”

Zuo Maodi wanted to ask for troops to meet Wang Yan, but Lu Fan was frightened of Duoduo's soldiers, and he couldn't help but be a little speechless.

Seeing this, Chen Zilong on the side frowned slightly, and said: "Qi Yu Jian Guo, Hangzhou is the Southern Song Dynasty, the southeast city, Xiongjun is not lost to Yangzhou, as long as Wang Shiheng's troops enter Hangzhou, in the name of good guarding, Duoduo will not dare to watch Hangzhou!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" When Lu Fan heard this, he barely calmed down, "In the past, Duoduo's 300,000 troops could not be broken, but now only 100,000 will come, and they will definitely not be able to capture Hangzhou." ”

"Exactly!" Zuo Maodi Tunnel: "The minister asks the prison country to send troops to receive General Wang into the city!" ”

"Then let Fang Guoan lead troops to respond!" Lu Fan straightened his body.

"The minister is also willing to answer!" Wang Wei saluted.

"Accurate!" Lu Fan waved his hand.

At that moment, the crowd dispersed one by one.

Retreating from the palace, the ministers went first, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng walked behind, Ruan Dacheng saw that Ma Shiying was not happy because Hangzhou would be escorted by a strong army, but his face was very ugly, and he said: "Ma Fu is not happy about Wang Shiheng's entry into Hangzhou?" ”

Ma Shiying saw that there was no one left and right, and replied: "Wang Shiheng's name moves to China, and his prestige is very high, if he goes to Hangzhou, how will we deal with it?" ”

When Ruan Dacheng heard this, his face changed, and he stopped talking.

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