Shanghai.

Xujiawan, Xu House.

This is a Catholic, a Chinese gentleman.

Xu Ji picked up the teacup, "Flap your wings, drink tea." ”

Murong Parrot sighed secretly and tried one last time, "Teacher, Tartar Pressure, are you sure you won't leave?" ”

Ask directly. Maybe it's because he has been getting along with the Yi people for a long time, and Murong Parrot doesn't care about traditional etiquette anymore.

Xu Ji said leisurely: "If you want to leave, you will go with you, and you don't need to say more." ”

In this case, Murong Parrot stood up and bowed deeply, "Teacher, ten years of teaching, toothless and unforgettable." Since the teacher is not leaving, I will come to see the teacher again when the Tartars are expelled. ”

Xu Ji didn't answer, and Murong Parrot turned around and left Xu's house.

Sun Hejing waited anxiously outside the door, and when he saw Murong Parrot coming out, he asked a little impatiently, "Where is the old man?" ”

Murong Parrot shook his head.

"No way? That Li Chengdong is a murderous demon king, while he hasn't come yet, hurry up. Sun Hejing stomped his feet and said, "No, I'll persuade you again." ”

Murong Parrot grabbed Sun Hejing's arm, "You've been there three times, and it's useless to go again." Although the teacher didn't leave, he still understood that he would go to the city and go to the countryside in chaos, and he should be fine. ”

Sun Hejing stood helplessly.

Murong Parrot: "Have you packed up your things?"

"A wife has a few boxes of books, and it's very simple for me everywhere."

A sailor came over and saluted Murong Parrot, "Lieutenant, sir." ”

"I'll be right here, do you know what's going on?"

The sailor laughed, "No, but everyone is rumoring that they may have to go to sea." ”

Murong Parrot put on his military hat and said to Sun Hejing: "I have a mission. Hurry up and go to Chongming quickly, I have already given you the ferry ticket, go to Sijiao Mountain first. ”

Sun Hejing agreed and went home to find his wife.

Because of Xu Guangqi, Shanghai is the center of Chinese mathematics exchange.

Murong Parrot looked around, since he was a teenager, he spent ten years of his school career in Xujiawan.

"The Original of Geometry", "The Meaning of Measurement", "The Similarities and Differences of Measurement", "The Pythagorean Meaning", "The Square Arithmetic of the Determined Law", "The Proportional Rule", "The Comparative Meaning of the Circle", and "The Calculation of the Same Text", these are the main gains of Murong Yu in the first half of his academic career.

The East is urgent. When the scholars of Nanjing were still in Qinhuai, Murong Yu had already studied the "Far Western Strange Weapon Map", "Practical Artillery Manual", "Measurement Quanyi" and "Hun Gai Tongxian Map"

After Xu Guangqi's death, Murong Parrot's teacher Xu Ji supported the family scene. Shanghai gentry, centered on Xu Ji, the only son of the Xu family. Xu Ji had five sons and four daughters, who married each other. This network includes more than a dozen wealthy gentry, such as the Sun Yuanhua family, Xu Ji's father-in-law, the family of Gu Changzuo, the richest man in Shanghai, and the family of Xu Leshan, the former political envoy of Nanjing.

Murong Yu is a native of Wuxi County, Changzhou Prefecture, and has had little interest in raising his profession since he was exposed to mathematics through Xu Guangqi's geometry, and since then he has been out of control and worshipped the Xu family as a teacher in Shanghai.

Sun Hejing was the youngest son of Sun Yuanhua, the first Ming Dynasty official to combine mathematics with military affairs, and his books "Geometric Usage" and "Taixi Arithmetic" promoted the practical application of mathematics.

Murong Parrot and Sun Hejing are of the same age, they have been classmates since childhood, and their friendship is extraordinary. Sun Hejing sent his wife to Jiading not long ago, if it wasn't for Murong Yu's dissuasion, I am afraid that he would have died under Li Chengdong's knife now.

The orderly stationed on Chongming Island gave Murong Parrot a chance to revisit his hometown. Some time ago, under his travels, three watchmakers from the Xu family immigrated to Taiwan. At this time, there were two places in China where Western clocks would be made, Nanjing and Shanghai. The craftsmen in Shanghai belong to the Xu family, which is the object of Yang Wencong's powerless and Ma Shiying's inability to forcibly recruit, so he can only rely on the persuasion of acquaintances.

Jiangnan was prosperous, and Shanghai was in the rear, so it did not suffer from military robbery. However, the situation on the front line became worse day by day, and Murong Parrot attracted many classmates, the second and third generations of Shanghai gentry, to emigrate during this period.

The contributions made by Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua in the popularization of scientific knowledge made Shanghai a leading place in the late Ming Dynasty, and many of the scholars in Shanghai had a relatively good foundation in mathematics.

Murong Parrot boarded a grain boat, and the wharf was surrounded by Shanghai people queuing up with large bags.

Li Chengdong's massacres in Jiading and Songjiang were a wake-up call for the people of Shanghai. Now there is no need to persuade them in order, and many people move to Chongming Island on their own. The Shanghai area has always had a large number of official ships, with 1,000 boats, more than 20 post ships, and nearly 80 warships. Among them, there are more than 300 red boats, and there are more than 10 that can go to sea. Even if it was requisitioned by various Ming armies for several rounds, the remaining ships were still enough to quickly transfer the people of Shanghai to Chongming Island.

The temporary flagship Whampoa, Shou handed Murong Yu a draft.

"Flutter your wings, and make a sailing plan without delaying the transfer of the people of Shanghai. I'm going to draw some boats to Jinshan. ”

Murong Parrot was one of the first Chinese to enter the Jincheng Navy, and his foundation in mathematics, geography and astronomy was very good. The Colonel only helped him further expand the application of relevant knowledge in military affairs. After graduating from the Naval Academy, he spent two years on a battleship and was transferred to the Naval Command Department as a staff officer.

"Admiral, after going to Jinshan, do we still want to go back to Chongming?"

"I'll come back, you don't need to."

"I'll make a plan right away."

Jin Shanwei is south of Chongming, and Murong Parrot asked if he needs to choose a sea ship with better wind performance. The fleet of the orderly fleet does not need to think about returning to the sea, then it can use the worse ships.

Murong Parrot stayed up all night and made plans overnight.

With the Qinjiang notification ship as the core, a fleet of 12 sea vessels, 7 Shanghai post delivery red ships, and 5 sand ships were formed.

The Galie warships were still deployed in Shanghai, 1 in Sijiaoshan, and 1 in Daqushan. The bluff boat is used for cruising between Sijiao Mountain and the Yangtze River estuary. Murong Parrot did his best not to affect the shipping between Chongming and Sijiao Mountain.

Shou Xian went to find Shen Tingyang, the number of immigrants in Shanghai exceeded the previous plan, the number of ships left by Shou Xian and Shen Tingyang was not enough, and Shen Tingyang was trying his best to raise ships that could go to sea during this time.

Shen Tingyang first asked about Chongming's defense when he saw Shou Xu, "Have you settled the rest of Huang Fei Wu Zhikui?" ”

"More than 400 people, and I inspected all the officers who led the troops. Wang Yunlun, a native of Shanghai, Gu Qingyan, a native of Kunshan, and a native of Shen Fangyan and Jiading, the soldiers who broke through the encirclement were the essence of the Huang Fei Division, and they were arranged on the front of the southern defense. ”

Shen Ting raised his head, "That's good." They are all righteous men, and they cannot be treated badly. ”

Shou Order: "Jing Benche is still in Chongming County?"

"Here, he has more than 3,000 soldiers, all stationed in the county seat."

Li Shilian and Zhang Guozhu, led by Tian Yang in the north of the Chongming River, could not withstand the attack of the captives Xia Chengde's troops, and Zhang Pengyi went up with reinforcements after returning from Yuntai Mountain, which stabilized the front.

In the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the west, Liu Kongzhao of Fushan and Zhang Shiyi, the chief soldier of Huaihe Town, can also hold on for the time being.

The Jiangnan Front, which had the strongest troops, was the first to collapse, and now Shanghai County and Jinshanwei were still in the hands of the Ming army. The Ming army on Chongming Island had some men and horses of Jing Ben Chebu and Mrs. Xing, and Jianyu had to be fully prepared to attack Chongming. The goal of the order is to hold out at least until the autumn harvest in Chongming, so that more grain can be collected.

Shen Tingyang handed Shou Xu a letter asking for help, "Jin Shanwei came, Hou Chengzu asked his boss Jing Benche for help, Jing Benche was unwilling to go, and forwarded the letter to me." ”

Shou Zhi smiled, "That's exactly what I came to you for. I'm going to Jinshan, and the Shanghai immigrants in Chongming are all handed over to you. ”

"How long will it take to be back?"

"It's not good, it may take more than half a month, I want to go to Zhoushan along the way."

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A few days later, on 12 August, the fleet was reorganized. Shou Xiang said goodbye to Hui Xiang first and arranged for her to go to Sijiao Mountain. The woman was a little reluctant, but this time there was no negotiation, Chongming was about to become the front line, and women and children were the priority immigrants to transfer.

The fleet waited in the middle of the river until the tide was low and set sail for the sea.

The Qinjiang is a large dhow with 8 4-pounder guns, the captain is very unlucky, he fell ill a few days before going to sea, and now the captain is temporarily represented by Murong Yu.

The fleet sailed close to the coastline of Shanghai, and arrived at Jinshanwei on the 2nd.

In the whole Shanghai area, a sea pond has been built around the coastline, and there is a salt river network behind the sea pond and a large trench in front of the sea pond. Inside and outside, no matter who controls the mainland, it will cost a lot to block such a coastline.

Jinshan originally had a harbor gate, which had been silted up at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the commercial port was completely abandoned. The fleet is anchored outside the city, and the mainland can block the north wind from setting off waves, and the anchorage conditions are okay.

The arrival of reinforcements made the defenders of Jinshan very excited. After the defeat of Victorious Port, Jinshan was already a lonely city. The defenders of Jinshanwei had combat effectiveness above the general level of the Ming army. Hou Chengzu sent Xie Han and Zhang Changhou 2,000 households to lead 500 elite reinforcements to the general army Wu Zhikui, and there were 2,000 soldiers in the city.

Shou Xuan sighed, he didn't actually bring many soldiers, and he didn't come to reinforce these people to defend the city. Under the pressure of Jianyu, it was only a matter of time before Jinshan City fell. The strongest force on Chongming Island now is undoubtedly Mrs. Xing's troops, but if they are transferred to Jinshan, they will be trapped in the lonely city, and after facing Li Chengdong, they will not be sure how reliable they will be. Moreover, the transfer of soldiers from Chongming Island to Jinshan will occupy too much transportation capacity, and the refugees in Shanghai will not be able to leave.

In the Yamen of Jinshan Counselor, Shou Xiang met Hou Chengzu. After Wu Zhikui raised troops in Songjiang, Hou Chengzu, as his subordinate, led the army to join Wu Zhikui. The relationship between the two was not good, and Wu Zhikui said something heavy.

Hou Chengzu at that time, "Fucheng listens to you, and I will go back to live and die with Jinshan." ”

Now he's going to put it into practice.

No matter how you persuade you to keep the order, Hou Chengzu will not leave.

"The ancestor of my family was the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and his descendants were hereditary Jin Shanwei commanded Tongzhi, and he ate the imperial court for 280 years. Today is the time for me to repay my country with my death. ”

Orderly sighs.

The Ming Dynasty was not good, especially in the last years. If there was no shaving order, not many of the Jiangnan gentry would have been loyal to this dynasty. The rebel armies in various places where the gentry had placed their hopes were suppressed one after another, and a large number of scholars gave up their fame and destroyed Confucian books, which they called "abandoning all beings".

Without fame, there was no right of preferential exemption from forced labor, and the real estate in their names was recovered by the villagers, and was soon confined to poverty.

There are not many people who dare to fight on the battlefield, that is a hero, and there are not too many people who completely abandon their family property and go to the mountains to live in seclusion. But abandoning all living beings is a common trend in Jiangnan.

Hou Chengzu's decision made Shou Xian awe-inspired. Evaluating the quality of the Ming Dynasty is a matter for the literati, and Hou Chengzu, as a hereditary military aristocrat of the country, is loyal to this 280-year-old dynasty, which is a responsibility, a persistence, and a human virtue.

In addition to Hou Chengzu, Jinshan also has several high-ranking military officers. There are five hereditary guard commanders alone, among which Liu Yusheng is the official in charge of the guard. Shi En, Xi Tianmo, Xu Keda, and Xi Zhou are all on errands, and they only take Yu Lu and don't do anything. There are even more conductors and commanders, most of whom are fictitious titles with errands. Among them, Hou Chengzu's hereditary military position is not high, and he can become the commander of the Jinshan garrison because he has the dispatch of battalion soldiers.

Hou Chengzu organized the military households of Jinshan very well, and all the officers with errands were assigned to the city wall. Among them, the commanders Xiao Maogong and Chen Zhirui are good generals.

At the moment of the great enemy, Hou Chengzu did not allow others to go. The general had fallen into a state of obsessive mental state.

Obey the order and retreat to the second, and persuade the ancestors, there is no need to let the wife and daughter live and die with the city.

Hou Chengzu still refused, but this time those commanders were moved. Both the father and the adult son could remain loyal to the court, and each of them had a wife. Daughters, young sons and concubines, it's really unnecessary.

Hou Chengzu drew a line according to age, except for the 80 soldiers who were drawn by lot and Zhang Shijie, the former Shanghai defender who broke through from Desheng Port, only boys under the age of 12 and old and weak women could board the ship and evacuate.

According to this standard, only the underage daughter of Hou Chengzu can get on the ship. Hou Chengzu asked Shou Xiang to send his daughter to Guangdong, and his third brother was serving in the Guangdong Navy Zhelin Water Village, and Shou Xun happily agreed.

The population of Jinshanwei is not large, since the commercial port was abandoned, all that remained were military households, and most of the cultivated fields outside the city were also abandoned.

On 17 August, Li Chengdong's banner appeared. Jin Shanwei still has more than 2,000 officers and soldiers and a family that is determined to be with his son, husband, and father. Li Chengdong sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, and the commander of the same acquaintance Ma Xiangqian's face only changed color slightly, and he was beheaded by Hou Chengzu on the spot.

On the same day, he left Jinshan and returned to the Qinjiang. The fleet did not set sail immediately, and three days later, Li Chengdong's cannon broke the city wall of Beishuiguan and broke the city. Hou Chengzu fought fiercely in the streets, and all the main officers in the city were martyred.

Li Chengdong was shocked, and immediately sealed the knife without slaughtering the city.

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