Wuhu, because of the arrival of the second Mongolian Tartar uncle, the surname is Ming. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After successfully defrauding Wuhu City, Qianhu Namutu and Anjun envoy Wu Chongshan immediately sent a signal to the Zhejiang army, and soon, Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, stood at the head of Wuhu City again.

At this time, Zhang Huangyan swept away the confusion and despair of more than ten days ago, and was once again full of spirit. With the help of the Taiping Army, more than 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers who were captured by the Qing army were rescued, and the sailors who had collapsed in Tongling were also re-contacted by Zhang Huangyan to assemble in Wuhu, and now the Zhejiang army has recovered to more than 5,000 people and more than 300 boats. The Namutu Department handed over the captured hundreds of green battalion soldiers and the captured ordnance to the Zhejiang army, and now they have been dispersed and distributed to the generals of the Zhejiang army.

The Taiping army did not camp in the city, but retreated outside the city after the arrival of the Zhejiang army. The An army made Wu Chongshan stay in the city with a few people to intersect with Xu Yungeng, a member of the Zhejiang army.

After feeling a little at the head of the city, Zhang Huangyan came to Wuhu Mansion Confucianism, first saluted in the Confucian Temple, and then turned to the front of the Minglun Hall. When the people saw Zhang Huangyan, they immediately cried about the suffering they suffered after the retreat of the Zhejiang army, and some relatives were killed.

Zhang Huangyan was extremely guilty and bowed his hand to everyone: "It's me Zhang Huangyan, I'm sorry for everyone!" The suffering you have suffered, I Zhang Huang said that I will definitely ask for the Tartars for everyone in the future! I believe that it will not be long before we will recover Nanjing! ”

The people don't know what big changes have happened outside, but they only know that the Zhejiang army has called Wuhu again, so the recovery of the Ming Dynasty is hopeful, so when they heard Zhang Huangyan say that Nanjing can be recovered, they immediately applauded.

"Fellow villagers, our Ming army is a righteous army, and we will never plunder and liquidate. I gave a strict order when I came here before, and today I also want to solemnly declare that the livelihood of the people of Wuhu is as usual, those who do business, grow crops, and do your livelihood, and our Ming army will never invade everyone! Of course, I also welcome everyone to take the initiative to join us, recover Nanjing together, and kill the Tartars together! ”

After talking with the people, Zhang Huangyan met with the gentry in the city, and at the same time met with the bereaved elders and righteous people, and arranged for the establishment of the government and the maintenance of order after the restoration of Wuhu. However, with the exception of those anti-Qing gentry who had secretly been in contact with the Zhejiang army before, most of the Wuhu gentry were uneasy about the resurgence of Zhang Huangyan and the Zhejiang army, because they feared that the Zhejiang army would fail again.

In this regard, Zhang Huangyan told them that the Guangdong Taiping Army had recovered Jiangxi and was now marching eastward, and would attack Nanjing in the near future. Hearing that the Liangguang Ming army had been killed, these gentry were a little relieved, but they still had reservations, after all, the defeat of the Zheng army left too deep a shadow on these people. If it weren't for the quick return of the Zhejiang army, I am afraid that many of them would have to do dirty things to expose others and protect themselves.

Talking directly with the gentry In the evening, Zhang Huang Yancai and Wu Chongshan met in the government to discuss the next move of the Zhejiang army.

General Wei Dalong said very excitedly: "Lord Shangshu, since Wuhu has been lowered, then we should cooperate with the Taiping Army to attack Nanjing along the river and avenge the dead Fujian brothers under the city of Nanjing!" ”

Zhang Huangyan nodded, if there was no help from the Taiping Army, the Zhejiang Army would probably have disappeared long ago, so he was very willing to cooperate with the Taiping Army to capture Nanjing.

Wu Chongshan, who represented the Taiping army, said: "Zhang Shangshu, what my marshal means is that the Zhejiang army should hold Wuhu for the time being, and monitor the movements of the Anqing Qing army downstream and upstream, instead of attacking Nanjing along the river." ”

"Don't fight Nanjing?" Zhang Huangyan was stunned and asked, "Where is Yue Guogong now?" ”

Wu Chongshan shook his head, he didn't hide it, he said honestly: "Don't hide it from Lord Shangshu, I don't know the whereabouts of my family's handsome now." But one thing I can be sure of is that my family is marching towards Nanjing at the moment. ”

"That's fine."

Zhang Huangyan nodded slightly, at present, the hearts of the people in Jiangnan are undecided, and there are still many activities to resist the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping army attacked Nanjing at this time, which can be half the effect, if it is too late to wait for the Qing Dynasty to stabilize Jiangnan and re-establish effective rule, it will be much more difficult. But thinking that since the Taiping army is marching to Nanjing, then he should lead his troops along the river to cooperate with the Taiping army, such a land and a river, wouldn't it be easier to succeed, why did the young prince let himself stay in Wuhu without moving?

Zhang Huangyan felt strange in his heart, and was about to ask Wu Chongshan, but he heard Luo Lun say: "Lord Qiqi Shangshu, Luo Lun is young and shallow, and I don't know if I have an idea?" ”

Luo Lun Zimu, a native of Anhui, is the nephew of Luo Yunzhang, a fierce general under Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dingxi. For the great cause of restoring vision, he repeatedly went to various places to inspect the situation of mountains and rivers, Zheng Chenggong stationed troops in Guazhou, and he urgently went to Zhenjiang to observe changes; Zhang Huangyan went to Nanjing first, he chased along the river, but halfway heard that Nanjing was defeated and the Zhejiang army collapsed, but he did not return, but continued to look for the Zhejiang army alone, and found the Zhejiang army in Wuwei in the north of the river. This person is chivalrous and righteous, outspoken, Zhang Huangyan is quite important, and his opinions are consulted from time to time along the way, and Xu Yungeng, who joined the army, also attaches great importance to him.

"Zimu, please speak." Zhang Huangyan looked at Luo Lun with a smile and encouraged him to speak his mind boldly.

Luo Lun said: "I think that Zhejiang is the way to enter Jiangxi and Fujian, if you can control Zhejiang, in addition to echoing with the Jiangxi Taiping Army, you can also connect Jinxia, so I think that Lord Shangshu should divide a partial division, choose a general to lead the march to Guangde and Xin'an, and hit the Qing army in Zhejiang by surprise, so that not only can connect Jiangxi and Fujian, but also block Zhejiang and Nanjing, so that when the Taiping army attacks Nanjing, there will be reinforcements from Zhejiang." ”

"What Zimu said is very true, in addition to holding Wuhu and monitoring the movements of the upstream Anqing and downstream Qing troops, our army must also recruit troops to enter Chizhou, and the first army will pull out Heyang to solidify quarrying; An army went out of Liyang to get a glimpse of Guangde; An army entered Ningguo to take Xin'an and completely stabilize the upper reaches of Nanjing, what do you think? ”

Wu Chongshan recognized Zhang Huangyan's idea, and the order he received before was to bring the remnants of the Zhejiang army to Wuhu, and use the naval division of the Zhejiang army to monitor the movements of the Qing army in the upper and lower reaches, and there was no other order. Although Zhang Huangyan's deployment will weaken the defense force of Wuhu to a certain extent, it can occupy a larger territory and block the Qing army in Zhejiang.

Xu Yungeng, who joined the army, and Guo Faguang, the chief soldier, had no opinions, and Zhang Huangyan made up his mind on the spot. When everyone got up to say goodbye, Zhang Huangyan also felt hungry, so he asked his soldiers to get him some food, and pulled Luo Lun, his old nephew, to sit down and eat together. While eating, the pro-soldiers led a monk to arrive, but the monk was the Songyin monk who had previously gone to Xuancheng to convey the news of Zheng's defeat under the city of Nanjing to Zhang Huangyan.

After listening to what Monk Songyin said, Zhang Huangyan sighed: "I don't want Yanping to leave like this." ”

Monk Songyin also shook his head and sighed, before he came, he only said that Zhang Shangshu was at the end of his rope, and he didn't want to be bright now, and he regained his strength. If Prince Zheng doesn't leave, there is really a lot to be done in this Jiangnan matter.

Thinking of his friend's entrustment, Monk Songyin asked Zhang Shangshu: "I don't know if Luo Lun and Luo Gongzi are in the army of Lord Shangshu." ”

"Master, I'm Luo Lun, I don't know what happened to the master?" Luo Lun got up in confusion.

Seeing that the person he was looking for was in front of him, Monk Songyin couldn't help laughing, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Luo Lun: "This is the letter that your uncle asked me to bring to you." ”

Luo Lun hurriedly took the letter and read it, it was indeed written by his uncle Luo Yunzhang. In the letter, Luo Yunzhang told his nephew that Zheng Wangye had withdrawn his troops from Chongming, and decided to attack Dongfan after returning to Jinxia, and asked his nephew to go back with him if he found Zhang Shangshu.

"The sky is not tired of chaos, so that the trend of my southern capital suddenly collapsed. Looking at the picture of He Tingbin's entry into Taiwan, the fertile field is thousands of miles, and the tax is hundreds of thousands, which is enough to build ships and make weapons. It is occupied by Hongyi, and there are no more than 1,000 people in the city. I want to conquer Taiwan, think it is the fundamental place, settle the generals' families, have no internal worries, and can gather lessons. ”

Luo Yunzhang wrote down the reason why Zheng Wangye said to his generals to fight Dongfan, and after Luo Lun read it to Zhang Huangyan, the latter was silent for a moment and asked Luo Lun: "Did your uncle mention when Yanping will be a teacher?" ”

Luo Lun said: "I will go to Penghu first to wait for the wind direction, which should be in March next year." ”

"The thief Tatar Dasu was vicious, forcing the coastal people to move to the interior, Zheng Yanping's money and food supply was greatly affected, and this time he went north to the river to exhaust his savings for many years, thinking that Jinxia could not make ends meet, so he went to Taiwan for this reason."

Luo Lun was worried: "If you compete with Hongyi for trade patents, it is understandable to levy food and wages to relieve the military." What I'm afraid of is that King Yanping will withdraw from the Yangtze River now and from the Fujian Sea in the future! .... In my opinion, Prince Zheng will immediately return to the division and enter the Yangtze River again, so that there is a land division of the Taiping Army to rely on, how can Nanjing not be able to take it. ”

Zhang Huangyan pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, I will write a poem and send it to persuade Yanping." After speaking, he asked his soldiers to bring pen and ink and wrote a poem on the spot.

Poetry Cloud:

"The Central Plains is chasing deer, why don't you ask Hongliang; If you want to win the south of Ming, talk about the north goose.

The horseshoe crab sails fall in the sky, in the middle of the water of Shrimp Island; should laugh at Qingheke, and the loser is Wangyang. ”

In the poem, "Qinghe Ke" uses allusions to Li Cao and Yan Zhenqing. During the Anshi Rebellion of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Heshuo and other places were captured, and Yan Zhenqing was the only one who held on to Pingyuan County. Li Cao, a young man in his twenties in Qinghe County, met Yan Zhenqing and persuaded him to take Qinghe County as the foundation, he said: "The public leader advocates righteousness, and the counties of Hebei regard it as the Great Wall. Obviously, Zhang Huangyan's poem is a self-comparison to Qingheke, hoping that Zheng Cheng's function will be postponed to Jinxia, and he will come back first to cooperate with the Taiping army to seize Nanjing.

Luo Lun and Monk Songyin read Zhang Huangyan's poem again, and the latter said worriedly: "Prince Zheng has always been quite assertive, can Shangshu's poem make him change his mind?" ”

Zhang Huangyan said to Song Yin: "You go to see Chen Yonghua first, he has always paid attention to the trade of money and grain, raising troops and supplies, and Prince Zheng trusts him very much." You urge him to try to make sure you see Prince Zheng. You must seize the opportunity to repeatedly state the earth-shaking changes in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and tell Yanping that the Taiping Army marched east into Nanjing, which is a great opportunity for us to seize the southern capital again and recover the south of the Yangtze River! ”

Song Yin nodded in response. Zhang Huangyan said again: "I will ask the old Wang Zhongxiao and others to advise again, but the so-called do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!" ”

"The emperor lives up to his wishes, and the Buddha will bless the Ming Dynasty."

Monk Songyin recited the Buddha's name, put away Zhang Huangyan's poems and put them in the pocket of his clothes, and hurriedly said goodbye. Zhang Huangyan said that he was not allowed to eat.

After Song Yin left, Luo Lun also sighed, sat down with Zhang Huangyan and continued to eat. After eating for a while, Luo Lun put down his chopsticks, frowned and said, "Lord Shangshu, I suddenly have a feeling that the marshal of the Taiping Army asked you to stay in Wuhu, and it seems that he has the intention of using the Lord as a bait." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Huangyan was stunned, and immediately chuckled: "If I can attract the Qing soldiers in Nanjing, so that the Duke of Yue can succeed, it will be death, and there will be no regrets." ”

(To be continued.) )