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

They not only undertook the great task of defending the southeast coast, but also fought in the south and north, and went to the north to fight against the Mongols.

In the first war of Wanli's aid to Korea, the old Qi army, which was dominated by the original Zhejiang soldiers, and the Jiliao army, which had been trained by Qi Gong, became the main force of the Ming army in this war.

When attacking Pyongyang, Wu Weizhong, a veteran of the Qi family army who was over the age of six, was shot in the left ribs, and the bloody armor still stood at the forefront of command, and when recovering Seoul, the vanguard of the Zhejiang soldiers was more than 1,000 people, and just arrived under the city of Seoul, tens of thousands of Japanese troops actually closed the city gate and did not dare to fight, and the praise of the Zhejiang soldiers can be seen everywhere in the history books of North Korea.

However, after the glory, it always declined, such a strong army, but also could not avoid the fate of defeat, he with the decay of the dynasty, together to the end, and finally after the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, it disappeared in the long river of history.

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

This Zhejiang army is the men and horses under the command of King Lu, and its elite level, although it is not as good as the Qi family army in history, is enough to be called elite.

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

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

King Lu raised his troops and horses in Zhejiang, poured his nest into Nanjing, and when he walked to Luyang, he found that the situation was wrong, and Nanzhi, which should have been in chaos for a long time, did not show a trace of turmoil.

This made King Lu realize that something might be wrong, and King Tang repeatedly urged him to raise troops, saying that he had already done it, and he deliberately postponed it, and Nanzhi's side should have been in chaos, but in fact there was no movement.

King Lu immediately realized that he was tricked by the king of Tang, and the king of Tang deliberately told him the time in advance, let him take the first step to raise troops, tricked him into coming to Nanjing, let him be a thief, and put pressure on the Nanjing court, and the king of Tang could seek power in Nanjing.

This is really a painful realization for King Lu, he sacrificed to the heavens in Zhejiang, issued a text, and was completely like a fool.

"Straight sissy thief! Don't talk about morality! Dog. Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, deceiving the lonely king to fight the battle, and reciting the name, it's really not a thing......"

King Lu came under the banner of pacifying the civil strife in Tang and Chu, but his banners were all propped up, but Tang and Chu hadn't fought yet, which was damn embarrassing.

For a while, King Lu felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a mouthful of flies.

At this time, as his men and horses drove into Nanzhi, the news that Zhejiang soldiers and horses crossed the border was soon spread to Nanjing, and the envoy of the imperial court interrogated him bumped into King Lu in a blink of an eye.

As the central government, the cabinet questioned King Lu for leading the Zhejiang troops into the country, and asked him to immediately lead the troops back to Zhejiang and enter Beijing for questioning.

Along with the cabinet envoys, there was also a letter written to him by the king of Tang, which began by reprimanding him for rebellion, reprimanding him for ignoring the overall situation and putting the people in fire and water for his own interests.

This is almost the words of King Lu questioning Tang and Chu in the text, and now King Tang directly accuses him, King Lu has never seen such shamelessness, his lungs are about to explode, and he scolds King Tang for being shameless.

At this time, his army had already driven out of Zhejiang, and there was no turning back when he opened his bow, where was there any reason to turn back.

Although King Lu knew that he had been calculated and was in a disadvantageous position, he had no way back at this time, so he had no choice but to continue to move closer to Nanjing.

Since the plan fails, then use it directly, he has Zhu Cihuan in his hand, and it is not impossible to take Nanjing by force.

Seeing that it was ineffective to dissuade King Lu from returning to Zhejiang, the Nanjing cabinet immediately passed a counterinsurgency bill on the one hand, and sent a message to the Quartet on the other hand that King Lu had rebelled and ordered troops to rise up in various places.

At this time, it was difficult for the king of Lu to ride a tiger, and then he competed against each other, re-issued the Jingnan text, from pacifying the Tang and Chu civil strife, to the side of the Qing monarch, and the law of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the treacherous power, and the Tang clan stole the drama and unification, and the 40,000 army marched to Nanjing.

The army posted an article along the way, commenting on the crimes of the Nanjing court, valuing merchants over scholars, and persecuting the clan, and stating that those who cooperate with the army will not raid their homes, do not draw money, and their lives and property will be preserved. Those who can donate land will be promoted according to the situation according to different official ranks, and will be given rewards such as real estate, land, gold and silver.

As soon as this article came out, Lu Fan clearly aimed at the current national policy of the Nanjing Imperial Court, and offered the banner of Zhu Cihuan, and Jiangnan immediately shook.

In Wang Yan's reform, the conservative gentry who did not participate in it because of the old-fashioned and gradually lost their position finally found an opportunity to respond to King Lu, they not only contributed money and food, but even organized clansmen to support King Lu, wanting to overthrow the current national policy of the Ming Dynasty.

On July 22, the Zhejiang army marched north along the Qinhuai River, entered the southern suburbs of Jinling, entered the outer Guocheng through the upper gate, occupied the large altar and the large school field, and the army was temporarily stationed.

King Lu stayed in Nanjing for four years, and knew the situation in Nanjing well, knowing that the high walls of Jinling City were thick, the moat was wide, and the various facilities on the city wall were complex, and the supporting facilities were complete.

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

Although the central army gave up the terrifying outer city and retreated into the inner city, the inner city, which was dozens of miles long, was still too long, and the defenders were not satisfied at all, which was King Lu's chance, and it was also his only chance.

He is now tantamount to completely tearing his face, just one word "Dry!" Only before the central reinforcements arrived in Nanjing, or before the Tang King's men and horses came, captured Nanjing and controlled the head of the Ming Dynasty, could victory be achieved, otherwise there would be only defeat.

40,000 Zhejiang soldiers set up camp on the first line of the school field, and Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, surrounded by many generals, went around the city to check, and just when he was about to take a closer look, a horse army rushed out of the city, only one or two hundred horsemen, and came to him.

King Lu looked at it from afar, and when he saw the first person, he was immediately angry, and he whipped up the horse's belly to meet him. The two horse armies were about the same number, galloping closer, and when they saw that they were about to collide together, both sides restrained their horses.

"Shameless man, dare to deceive me!" King Lu pulled the reins of the horse and scolded, and the war horse circled irritably.

Surrounded by a group of Ming troops, 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 Tang Wang is a little complacent.

"King Lu spoke, it doesn't make sense, didn't you also keep a hand?" Tang Wang pulled the horse rope with both hands, sat straight on the horse's back, and sneered: "Then what's the matter with Zhu Cihuan, don't you really know it?" ”

King Lu was speechless for a while, and then he held back the words in his mouth, he also calculated Tang Wang, but he didn't succeed, there is really no one more noble between the two, who stands on the moral high ground.

"Good! You're great this time, but you don't have to be complacent! King Lu gritted his teeth, raised his hand and pointed at King Tang with a horsewhip and said: "The lonely army is coming to the city, who will kill the deer, it is not yet known, you have to be able to hold Nanjing, you can be considered capable!" ”

After speaking, as soon as King Lu pulled out the reins of his horse, he led the horse army and galloped back to the camp!

(End of chapter)