Zhengde ten years is really an eventful autumn, first Ningxia Anhua King rebellion, then Liu Jin was Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong joined forces to bring down, but unfortunately did not wait for Liu Jin's henchmen to clean up, then Liu Liu Liu Qi rebelled in Bazhou, finally after being pacified by Shen Ying, Jinan was a rebellion, although this made the Ming court anxious about this, but in fact, the most suffering is the ordinary people, countless people lost everything in the ten years of Zhengde war, some people died in the war, some people had no choice but to join the rebellion, However, more people formed gangs and became homeless people, becoming the most unstable group of people in Ming society.

Fortunately, the Ming court was not completely decayed, and the cabinet reacted very quickly, and after quelling several rebellions in succession, it again sent the last of the last rebellion troops in November of the tenth year of Zhengde, which was led by Qiu Yue of Xianning Bo, and marched day and night to Jinan Mansion quickly.

At that time, Yang Hu repeatedly attacked Jinan City three times, but they all returned in vain, which led to the instability of the people in his army, and even the phenomenon of the army fleeing, which Yang Hu was powerless to stop.

In fact, at this time, Yang Hu was also difficult to ride a tiger, he planned to take Jinan City in one fell swoop, and then recruit troops with the power of victory, and then he would definitely be able to expand his army to more than ten times again, even if it was facing the army of the imperial court, the victory or defeat was unknown, and he firmly believed that with the decay of the Ming army, he had a great chance of winning the Ming army.

It's a pity that although Yang Hu's plan is very good, there was a big accident in the execution, he didn't expect that he would be able to take Jinan City smoothly when he saw it, but he didn't expect to kill Xu Liang halfway. This frustrated his plan to capture Jinan. At first, he was really unwilling. That's why the army was organized to attack, but unfortunately Jinan City had Xu Liang's joining, and the entire city was defended very strongly.

However, at this time, Yang Hu suddenly found that it was too late for him to withdraw from the army, and his soldiers were all poor people who were temporarily organized, except for the brothers in Heiniuzhai before, and some of them were even forcibly conscripted by him. It's okay for these people to fight with the wind. But now with a slight setback, the morale of the army was immediately shaken, and there were often teams of soldiers fleeing, which made Yang Hu immediately understand, if he retreated at this time, I am afraid that most of his troops would immediately disperse, so he did not dare to retreat no matter what, and could only desperately organize people to attack Jinan City day and night.

Although Yang Hu's ambition is not small, he does not have the talent to support his ambition, from the time he decided to attack Jinan City. has already made a fatal mistake, that is, underestimating the strength of the Ming court. thought that he could eat Jinan Mansion in one bite and thus gain momentum, and from then on he would compete with the Ming court.

But Yang Hu forgot that no matter how corrupt the Ming court is, it is also a country, and the depth of the foundation is not something that a small thief like him can shake, so when he rebelled, the most correct strategy was to fight in the non-stop movement between the various state capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and then strengthen himself in the movement, even if it was by means of coercing the people.

As long as he grows stronger, then he can weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty little by little, if Yang Hu can hold on long enough, then it is likely that one day the Ming will be dragged to death, and then the whole world may really change hands again, Li Zicheng and others at the end of the Ming Dynasty in later generations used this method to grind the Ming to death, of course, this method will also allow hundreds of people to bury the Ming Dynasty.

When Qiu Yue arrived in Jinan with a counterinsurgency army, Yang Hu was in a dilemma. Advance, unable to capture Jinan City in a short period of time, retreat, but will let his army be discouraged, I am afraid that it will not take a few days for the army in his hands to flee, with his heart is absolutely not willing.

Although Qi Yanming and others repeatedly persuaded Yang Hu to withdraw from the army, even if his army was dispersed, as long as they were alive, there was hope of a comeback, but Yang Hu was a donkey's temper, and it was useless for anyone to persuade him.

Even before the war, Yang Hu still had an extravagant hope in his heart, that is, the counterinsurgency army led by Qiu Yue was as weak and incompetent as those guards, so that he could defeat the counterinsurgency army, and then take Jinan City in one fell swoop with the power of victory, and then his reputation would grow faster than simply taking Jinan City.

It's a pity that Yang Hu is destined to be disappointed this time, Qiu Yue was a general in the Ningxia border army before, and he also quelled the rebellion of King Anhua, it can be said that his talent is no worse than Shen Ying, and he is still leading a well-equipped Beijing camp, so Yang Hu's army is simply a one-sided rout when it is a decisive battle with Qiu Yue's army. What's worse is that Xu Liang in the city also seized the opportunity at this time and took his Dongchang Wei out of the city, which made Yang Hu more defeated and defeated, and was finally carried out of the battlefield by Qi Yanming and others.

In the official history of the Ming Dynasty, Qiu Yue and Xu Liang defeated Yang Hu's main force of the battle called "Jinan Victory", in this key battle to pacify Yang Hu, the early stage was Wei Commander Xu Liang made a great contribution, it was he who took 3,000 Dongchang guards to keep Jinan unlost, and Yang Hu was contained under the city of Jinan, which created an opportunity for Qiu Yue's counterinsurgency army, and defeated Yang Hu's rebels in the last battle, although Yang Hu and several other anti-thief leaders escaped from the battlefield, but after half a month, Yang Hu and others fell one after another in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, but what was surprising was that Qi Yanming, who had a big life, escaped again, and even Yang Hu and others, who were arrested, did not know his whereabouts.

For Qi Yanming's disappearance again, the Ming court also attaches great importance to it, after all, this anti-thief leader has participated in the rebellion twice, and letting him escape last time has made the local government lose face, if he is allowed to escape again this time, then not only will the cabinet be angry, but even His Majesty the Emperor will pay attention to this matter. So since Qi Yanming disappeared, the officials in Shandong and other places have almost tried their best to find Qi Yanming's traces, but unfortunately the most suspicious people who are suspected of Qi Yanming have arrested a lot, but none of them are the real Qi Yanming.

At the same time as Yang Hu's defeat, Zhou Zhong had also finished dealing with the affairs of Shuangyu Port, and after Xie Da's guidance, this made him full of confidence, and he took Wu Shan's brocade guards to Ningbo Mansion by boat, and Xie Da also walked with him. However, because of the distance, Zhou Zhong did not know the news of Yang Hu's defeat for the time being.

Ningbo was originally called Mingzhou, the Yuan Dynasty was upgraded to Qingyuan Road, and after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, Qingyuan Road was changed to Mingzhou Mansion, but because of the country name of the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to Ningbo Mansion after the most Lu Dynasty, which is also the official name of Ningbo, and has been used until later generations.

The confluence of two large rivers, Yuyao River and Fenghua River in Ningbo Fuzhong, and then discharge the river water into the sea through the Yongjiang River, the three confluence places are commonly known as the Sanjiang Estuary, and Ningbo Fucheng is also located at the mouth of the Sanjiang River. In the era of the Ming Dynasty, Ningbo Fucheng was not a coastal city, and ships at sea needed to pass through the Yongjiang River to reach Ningbo Fucheng, but near Dinghaiwei on the coast of Ningbo, there was a prosperous port on both sides of the Yongjiang River, which was the port of Ningbo in the traditional sense.

After leaving Shuangyu Port, Zhou Zhong's ships bypassed the sharp corners of the land that protruded behind Dinghai and soon came to Ningbo Port. After the ban on the Daming Sea, in order to facilitate the berthing of overseas tributary subjects, the two ports of Guangzhou and Ningbo were opened, and it is precisely because of this that compared with other Daming ports, Ningbo Port has been in use, so the port facilities are very complete, and the scale of the port is also extremely large, so that people can know the status of Ningbo Port at a glance.

The reason why Ningbo Port is open, mainly for the convenience of the Japanese tribute, and the Ming Dynasty stipulates that the Japanese can only pay tribute once every ten years, in the third year of Zhengde, the Japanese State has just paid tribute once, it is said that it is now the idle period of Ningbo Port, and there should be no ships in and out of the port, but when Zhou Zhong their ships arrived at Ningbo Port, they saw the endless flow of ships, and the goods on the port were piled up, and countless coolies kept going back and forth between the wharf and the sea boats, loading and unloading all kinds of goods, In addition, there are merchants and small traders of all kinds, making the whole port look very prosperous.

There is a natural reason why Ningbo Port can remain so prosperous. Ningbo is not like Guangzhou, there are more tributary countries in Nanyang, and the tributaries are more frequent, so Guangzhou can maintain considerable prosperity all year round, but Ningbo only receives a tribute every ten years, so the rest of the time can not let the people who rely on the port to eat starve to death, right?

It is also the special situation of Ningbo Port, coupled with the huge profit temptation brought by sea trade, so Ningbo Port was the first to appear smuggling, Shuangyu Port was originally Ningbo side of the maritime business, Shuangyu Port was short of people, will come directly to Ningbo to recruit, grain also needs to be transported from Ningbo, in a sense, Shuangyu Port was originally a special extension of Ningbo Port in the period of sea ban, and even said that Shuangyu Port originally belonged to Ningbo Port an outer port.

It is also this special relationship, so the connection between Shuangyu Port and Ningbo Port is very close, Ningbo Port not only provides Shuangyu Port with the population and resources needed for development, but also is a hub for Shuangyu Port and Daming goods circulation, every day there are a large number of goods transported to Shuangyu Port through Ningbo, and then transported to the Wa Kingdom, Nanyang, North Korea and other places through Shuangyu Port, so it is not surprising that they see so many ships in and out of Ningbo Port.

After Zhou Chong's fleet docked at Ningbo Port, he rented a few boats on the Yongjiang River after boarding the port, and then rushed upstream to Ningbo Fucheng, although next to Zhou was Dinghaiwei, but he wanted to see Ningbo Governor Yu Wenyuan first, and by the way, how deep the water was in Zhejiang officialdom? (To be continued......)