Chapter 160: The Great Disaster Has Been Caused
For Zheng Jing, of course, it is full of absurdity, because Zhou Shi addressed him as "the eldest son with the surname of the country", not Zheng Jing's self-proclaimed "Prince of Min". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info and the whole text just let Zheng Jing quickly put down his weapons and surrender, and did not mention the treatment of Zheng Jing after surrendering. In addition to guaranteeing his life, Zheng Jing did not see anything in it that was beneficial to him. He no longer expects that he will be able to inherit his father's title of prince, but no matter how bad it is, Zhou Shixiang will have to give him the title of Duke of Guo, Zheng Mingjun can be awarded the title of Duke of Hai, is he Zheng Jing not as good as Zheng Mingjun?
Zheng Jing was very angry.
It is true that Zhou Shixiang is right, he Zheng Jing is indeed exhausted, but no matter how exhausted he is, he is always the owner of Jinxia now, and his prince and uncle are on the other side of the sea.
surrendered to Zhou Shixiang with nothing, Zheng Jing was really unwilling. He hatefully slapped the "Sue Zheng Jingshu" on the table.
"Domain lord, you can't be humiliated if you can kill it, I, the Jinxia army and the people, swear to defend the domain lord to the death!"
Hong Xu is still tough, he advocates defending Jinxia to the death and never laying down his arms and surrendering. But Chen Yonghua, who has always agreed with Hong Xu, did not support him this time. Zheng Jing's close generals, Yang Ying and Ye Heng, did not squeak either.
"What, you are afraid of the Taiping Army, and you are afraid of Zhou Shixiang?" Hong Xu looked at the silent generals with great dissatisfaction, and finally his eyes fell on Chen Yonghua's face: "Fufu, you are joining the army, and the lord of the domain is obedient to you on weekdays, you say." ”
Chen Yonghua smiled bitterly: "What do you want me to say?" ”
Hong Xu said indignantly: "We still have soldiers, boats, and hundreds of thousands of people, is it possible to really give up and surrender Zhou Shixiang?" ”
Chen Yonghua sighed and did not speak. Zhou Quanbin, the governor of the five armies, got up and said slowly: "Lord Huang, even if we really don't fight, we will not surrender to Zhou Shixiang, but return to the imperial court." ”
"Listening to the meaning of the governor of Zhou, is he preparing to surrender to the imperial court?" Hong Xu sneered and said the word "court" repeatedly.
"If the sailor is still there, we can still fight, now," Zhou Quanbin shook his head: "If we continue to fight, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”
Hong Xu said angrily: "The lord humiliated the ministers to death, Zhou Shixiang oppressed the lord of the domain so much, as human ministers, how can we turn a blind eye!" There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jinxia, and if they work together to cut off the gold, they may not be able to keep Jinxia! .... I don't care what you think, in short, the feudal lord must not surrender, he would rather be a broken jade than a complete tile! ”
"If there is a certainty of victory, even if it is only three or two percent, I Zhou Quanbin will do my best to protect the main body of the domain, but the current situation is that his Taiping army does not cross the sea to attack, and my Jinxia army and people are unable to support it. Could it be that Lord Huang really wants all my Jinxia soldiers and civilians to die in battle! ”
Zhou Quanbin is very old, as early as the fifth year of Yongli with Zheng Sen to resist the Qing Dynasty, often dedicated the strategy of entering the army, granted the town of Fangsu, followed Zheng Sen to fight in the south and the north, and made a lot of military achievements, successively served as the left pioneer town, the right Rongqi town. When Zheng Sen went north to attack Fuzhou, in addition to Zheng Tai, the Marquis of Jianping, who stayed in Jinxia to assist Zheng Jing, he was the second division of the water and land of Zhou Quanbin. After Zheng Jing decided to disobey his father and confront him, he made Zhou Quanbin the governor of the five armies, ranking below Zheng Tai. Now that Zheng Tai has been killed by Zheng Jing, Zhou Quanbin is the first person under Zheng Jing on the bright side. But in fact, Zheng Jing believed in Hong Xu and Chen Yonghua, and was quite alienated from Zhou Quanbin, especially Zhou Quanbin's younger brother Zhou Quanyun held the last sailor power of Jinxia, which made Zheng Jing take precautions against the Zhou brothers, lest the two brothers defect and betray like Zheng Mingjun's uncle and nephew. In this way, Zhou Quanbin naturally has dissatisfaction in his heart, and Jinxia is indeed short of food at present, and has no confidence to resist the Taiping army, so he is naturally inclined to surrender.
Ye Heng and Yang Ying, the two cronies and generals promoted by Zheng Jing, also lost their former sharpness, in the past, if Zhou Quanbin showed this intention, the two of them would definitely stand up for tat, but now the two generals just don't speak as if they have taken dumb medicine. Zheng Jing has been paying attention to the generals, and when he saw the two of them like this, he knew that the two of them did not have the courage to help him fight against the Taiping army.
After experiencing the rebellion of the sailors, Yang Ying really had no courage, so he remained silent. Ye Heng chose to remain silent because he didn't want to fight a civil war anymore and fought a civil war with no hope of victory at all.
Hong Xu was not moved by Zhou Quanbin's words, but still stubbornly insisted that the feudal lord must not surrender, and the Second Division of Jinxia Marine and Land also swore to defend Jinxia to the death. In order to cheer up the generals, he took out the Jinxia naval battle the year before last, pointing out that Dasu failed to capture Jinxia when he mobilized so many soldiers and horses, and the Taiping army came from afar.
Zhou Quanbin refuted him, saying that at this time and that time, at that time, the military and people of Jinxia worked together, and everyone fought to the death, so there was a great victory. Now the people are uneasy, the morale of the army is low, the strength of the Second Division is weak, the other party has the righteousness of the imperial court, and the Zheng raid department is helping, where can the isolated Jinxia still hit the opponent as hard as the year before last.
When Zhou Hong and the two argued, Chen Yonghua finally spoke, Zheng Jing thought that he would offer advice, but the teacher said: "The clan is almost gone, and there is only one Lu Shizi who is still there, and there is not even a mediator." If King Lu hadn't died of illness, he would have asked his old man to come forward, or there might be a turnaround. The only way to do this is to fight or defend, or to decide the feudal lord himself. ”
Although Chen Yonghua didn't say anything explicitly, everyone heard the implication, he didn't support continuing the fight, but he didn't want to say it explicitly, but kicked the ball to his students.
The teacher's flickering made Zheng Jing unhappy in his heart, and he walked away with a calm face. A group of civil and military officials supported him on Hong Xu alone and swore to defend him to the death, but the others had the intention of surrendering, which really annoyed him. Chen Yonghua let him decide for himself, but Zheng Jing didn't dare to make a decision, and he couldn't make up his mind. If he gritted his teeth and didn't surrender, he was worried that as Zhou Shixiang said, the soldiers and civilians of Jinxia would all turn their backs on him, the lord of the domain.
Zheng Jing went to find his mother.
In this world, when a son has a problem and is undecided, he often thinks of his parents. My father is gone, but my mother is, and maybe my mother can help me.
On the way, he met his wife Tang Shi, who he didn't like, although Tang Shi was cautious, but the more Zheng Jing looked at her, the more annoyed he became. Zheng Jing had a reason to be annoyed, if it weren't for Tang's father, Tang Xianyue, how could the matter between him and Zhao Niang leak out!
"Where's Mother?" Zheng Jing asked Tang coldly.
The husband's cold tone made Tang very scared, and she whispered, "Mother is in the temple." ”
Zheng Jing snorted, ignored the Tang family, and went straight to the temple to find his mother.
"Mother!"
Outside the temple, Zheng Jing snorted softly. A mother's voice came from inside the house: "Jing'er, come in." ”
Zheng Jing pushed the door into the house and found his mother kneeling in front of the portraits of the ancestors of the Zheng family. The portrait of his father Zheng Sen was hung not long ago, but there was a portrait of his grandfather Zheng Zhilong on it.
"Mother, people's hearts have changed, and the children may not be able to control them."
Zheng Jing gritted his teeth and told his mother about the outside world. After Dong Xian heard this, she stared at her son for a long time, and sighed lightly: "It's all your own fault, you shouldn't have killed Zheng Tai." ”
"Zheng Tai secretly communicates with thieves and talents, if his son doesn't take the lead, he will be controlled for him." Zheng Jing didn't think there was anything wrong with getting rid of Zheng Tai.
"If you really want to get rid of Zheng Tai, you shouldn't be at this time."
Dong Xian shook her head, the catastrophe has been cast, and it is too late to say anything now.