General Jingyang, Zhang Ying and the governor Ruan Shu and Ruan Wu took the initiative to surrender to Fan Shaozu, and when Shaoxing Mansion was broken and Zhu Yihai fled to the sea, their confidence was shaken, and later in Fujian, in Zhoushan, Zhu Yihai's strength has not been very strong, and has been suppressed by some ministers and generals who have always supported Emperor Hongguang and Emperor Longwu, and the development has been very slow and difficult.

Later, the two people led the army to cross the sea and surrender to Fan Shaozu, Fan Shaozu did not reuse them at first, and then they came to Taizhou with the army, and it was not until the decisive battle with Zhang Qiang's troops that they were reactivated by Fan Shaozu, and at this time they were not so hopeful for Fan Shaozu.

If it weren't for the army outside the city, if it weren't for the fact that there is a lot of distance between here and Ningbo Mansion, Zhoushan and other places, they would have run back to Lu Jianguo a long time ago, when the two armies were inextricably separated on the west bank of the Lingjiang River, and the neat and orderly fire of the righteous army gave them a great shock, the flame of rebellion in their hearts began to ignite, and the three of them secretly contacted their own relatives and confidants, and secretly controlled the important places in the state capital city, but they didn't believe it, the Qing army had the Mongolian Eight Banners or the Eight Banners of the Qing Army everywhere they went, monitoring the Ming army's generals, They were discovered.

Because of the thorough preparation, when the fight started, they controlled the important places at the city gate, so with the support of Fan Shaozu who transferred most of the army to the capital city of Taizhou to attack the Jinhua Righteous Army, they captured the capital city of Taizhou and the county seat of Linhai in one fell swoop.

Zhang Ying sat in the lobby of the Taizhou Mansion, and said to Ruan Shu and Ruan Wu at the head of the head: "Two generals, this time we will surrender and rebel, and I am afraid that it will not be compatible with the Lord of the Prison Country when we go back, you have to think about it." ”

Ruan Shu said: "Lord Zhang, we are all military generals of the Ming army, and it is impossible for me to serve a civilian, our brother is ready to go back and continue to serve the Lord of the Prison State." ”

Zhang Ying said helplessly: "Okay, how can you say that we are officials in the same dynasty, so we won't be embarrassed by the two of you, you can lead the people of the headquarters to leave on your own, all kinds of materials, you can bring as many as you want." ”

Ruan Shu said: "Thanks to Lord Zhang, we are going to go to the beach from Sanmen County, from Guizhoushan, there is a shortage of medicine from the Lord of the Prison State, we will bring more food and medicine, I hope the Lord will not be surprised." ”

Zhang Ying waved his hand, "Let's go, after you leave, I will go to the camp of the Jinhua Righteous Army to meet the leader of the Righteous Army who can defeat the Qing army slightly, I heard that he was the confidant of Lord Zhu, and when he was stationed in Wuyi County, Lord Zhu's Jinhua Mansion was breached, and he led his troops to rush to the aid and personally killed the rebellious Ruan Dacheng. ”

Ruan Shu and Ruan Wu hugged their fists and said goodbye, and the army of the two of them totaled more than 4,000 people, of course, most of them were Qing soldiers and Ming soldiers who surrendered.

As soon as they left, Linhai County was empty, Zhang Ying was the general of the Sailor Division, and his subordinates were all officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, but they were only in their early 2,000s, plus only 3,000 soldiers, and the other Qing soldiers either fled or were killed.

Poor Fan Shaozu's 10,000 Qing army fell apart like this.

In the afternoon, a pontoon bridge was erected on the Lingjiang River, and Du Ge led the army through the pontoon bridge and officially took over the capital city of Taizhou and the county seat of Linhai.

Zhang Ying is also very worried at the moment, he is the governor of Jingyang of the court of Lu Jianguo, and he wants a rebel general to surrender, which is a bit unreasonable, but if he does not surrender, there is no way to retreat, he and the Ruan Shu brothers are anxious to get rid of the Qing army, and they still have a little idea of the Ming courtiers in their hearts.

With such an ambivalence, he took the generals of the water division and went out of the city to meet Zhang Qiang.

"Zhang Ying, the guilty minister, knock on the general." Zhang Ying saw Zhang Qiang lying on the soft collapse, and immediately bowed to the ground, and his generals in the water division also bowed down.

Zhang Qiang looked at such a veteran of the Ming Dynasty, bowed down in front of his bed, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, "The old general, please get up, the old general understands the righteousness and returns to the Ming Dynasty, which is very encouraging, I believe that many people will hear the news of the old general's return to the Ming Dynasty, and they will be excited, and they will take the old general as an example to re-raise the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty will have more warriors who fight against the Tartars, and the Tartars will be driven out of the land of China." ”

Zhang Ying's heart skipped a beat, this leader of the rebel army is not simple, this is to promote himself, let the Qing army know that he took the initiative to surrender to the Jinhua rebel army, and he will have no way to retreat in the future The Qing army must offer a reward to capture him, and he will have nowhere to go except to give him his life.

But at this moment, he couldn't regret it, and when he saw the defeat of the Qing army, he was excited, so he discussed with the Ruan Shu brothers to kill the Qing army Tartars and persuade the Green Battalion soldiers to attack the other Han army banner armies together.

became, but forgot that he was still surrounded by others, the Qing army surrounded the Jinhua Righteous Army, and the Jinhua Righteous Army surrounded them.

"I heard that General Zhang Ying is the governor of the water division?" Zhang Qiang asked softly with a warm smile on his face.

"Yes, the last general was originally a Taihu Lake water bandit, and later he was recruited and became the commander of the Daming Water Division.

"Well, since you have decided to do it anyway, then we are a family, I will arrange a thousand soldiers to be under your command, and at the same time you have to teach them the art of boat marching, I don't know what the general wants?"

"The last will obey."

Zhang Ying was also very happy to hear that Zhang Qiang had replenished him with a thousand soldiers.

Zhang Qiang said again: "I have ordered my subordinate Xuanyuan Longfei to lead 10,000 troops to seize the county seat of Taizhou, and you will lead the sailors to coordinate and sweep away all the enemy troops who dare to fight with us, and take back all the villages and seaports by the sea in Taizhou Prefecture." ”

"Yes, the last will obey."

Zhang Qiang is very satisfied, he still has to fight, a battle, the generals are there, the prisoners are there, the labor in the territory is scarce, except for the prisoners who died for various reasons and escaped, and the prisoners who later supplemented the army, he still has 37,000 prisoners, and there is a lot of manpower. In terms of generals, he got two generals, Tang Dianfeng and Zhang Ying.

"Three days later, I will take Taizhou and recover the Taizhou capital." Zhang Qiang said to the generals.

"Yes. Toji-sama. The generals shouted together.

Three days later, Zhang Qiang, with the support of the cavalry, stood on the rooftop of Taizhou Mansion, looking at the West Mountain, the North Mountain, and the entire Lingjiang River.

Xuanyuan Longfei and Zhang Ying led an army of more than 14,000 people to attack the county seat of Taizhou.

Zhang Qiang's army is currently under the command of Du Ge, and the soldiers have been replenished and formed to regain their combat effectiveness.

The wounded were placed on the spot in Linhai County, and the prisoners were transported back to Jinhua Mansion in batches, where many heavens and earths were waiting to be reclaimed, and many roads and docks were waiting to be repaired.

Compared with the mountainous terrain of Jinhua Mansion, Taizhou Mansion is close to the sea, and the population is much more than that of Jinhua Mansion, and the rough statistics are more than 200,000, so Zhang Qiang's territory has a population of 3.67 million.

Zhou Congee stood beside Zhang Qiang, chatting with Zhang Qiang while enjoying the scenery, and said with some regret: "If there are more generals and troops, we can take Tiantai County and Sanmen County, and then approach Wenzhou Mansion, I heard that there is a lot of population there, at least 500,000, business is prosperous, and the annual commercial tax is million." ”

Zhang Qiang smiled: "Slowly, we will bring those lands into our hands, and there will be money." ”

"By the way," Zhou Congee seemed to remember something, "Although we didn't catch Fan Shaozu's old guy in this battle, we caught a group of foreign devils, what do you do with them, my lord?" ”

"Foreign devils?" Zhang Qiang touched his forehead, "How many people are there, that countryman?" ”