In August and September of the second year of Longwu (1645), the smoke in Fujian suddenly rose, and in the face of the surging Jiannu iron hooves, the people of Fujian Province, who had not experienced the war for a long time, were all panicked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Due to the ambiguous attitude of Zheng Zhilong, the local real power figure and the Marquis of Pingju, who withdrew the defenders from all over the country, the main force of the Qing army led by the general of the Qing expedition to the south and Belebolo easily crossed the Xianxia Pass on August 16, and then attacked Kexian without much effort.

Everywhere the Qing soldiers went, hundreds of people's homes were destroyed, and there was an endless stream of refugees who fled their hometowns in tears. At the time of this national disaster, most of the Ming officials in Fujian were subservient and handed over the table, and only a few officials such as Zheng Weihong, who was the governor of the imperial history, died for the country. From time to time, there is a folk song that says: "The steep Xianxia Road, the free military horses pass." The general loves the people and gives up the mountains and rivers", and sharply satirized Zheng Zhilong's behavior.

On 19 September, the main force of the Qing army reached the city of Fuzhou, the former ruling center of the Longwu court, and the few Ming troops in the city opened the gates and gave up resistance. Zheng Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry who stayed in Fuzhou, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Cao Xuegan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not give in and hanged himself.

On September 20, after leading the army into Fujian from Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Tulai defeated Jiang Xizheng, the general army of western Fujian in Tingzhou, arrived in Fuzhou to join forces with Boluo. Although Pang Yue had sent someone to warn Jiang Xizheng in advance, Jiang Xizheng's army was weak in combat, and in the end it was still unable to defeat the wolf-like Manchurian Jiannu and Han army banner soldiers, and suffered heavy casualties. Jiang Xizheng saw that the general trend had gone, and gathered the defeated troops and retreated into the mountains near Tingzhou.

However, the battle of Tingzhou also cost Turai's troops a lot, not only did the number of casualties in the whole army increase by nearly 1,000, but even Turai himself suffered from worsening injuries due to the rapid fire during the command, and he could no longer ride a horse after passing Tingzhou.

After meeting with Turai in Fuzhou, Bolo stationed his main forces there for a temporary rest, and began to deal with Zheng Zhilong's army, which had retreated to his hometown of Nan'an. In the face of Zheng Zhilong, who had an unclear attitude and intended to bargain, Bolo adopted the strategy of carrots and sticks, on the one hand, he sent Gushan Ezhen Fulakta and other commanders to Zheng Zhilong's hometown of Nan'an County, Quanzhou, and on the other hand, asked Guo Bichang, a Quanzhou squire who had a close relationship with Zheng Zhilong, to write a letter to surrender, and then sent the scholars of the Inner Courtyard University to Anping with their own handwritten letters, stating in the letter that "the Governor of Fujian and Guangdong is waiting for the seal."

Finally, under the military pressure and political inducement of the Qing army, Zheng Zhilong began to contact the envoys sent by Boluo, and soon reached a consensus with them, preparing to go to Fuzhou in person, but his son Zheng Chenggong tried to persuade him to no avail.

For a time, the situation in Fujian was uncertain, and the mountains and rivers seemed to be about to change color......

On the morning of September 20 in the second year of Longwu, Huguang Hengzhou Prefecture.

Hengzhou, initially placed in the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was the east and west Hengzhou, the Sui Dynasty and Xiangdong, Hengyang two counties for the Hengzhou governor's office, Tang Suzong to Germany two years of Hengzhou defense envoy, leading Heng, Heng, Fu, Yue, Tan, Chen, Shao, Yong, Dao eight states. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Hengzhou Mansion was placed, under the jurisdiction of Hengyang County, Hengshan County, Leiyang County, Chaling Prefecture, Guiyang Prefecture, and later set up King Gui and King Yong, all of which were Hengyang.

This place is surrounded by mountains, the vegetation is abundant, the scenery is beautiful, there is one of the five mountains in the north of the Nanyue Heng Mountain, 72 groups of peaks are stacked on top of each other, the momentum is magnificent, it is breathtaking.

At this time, although the scale of the city is not as large as that of many high-rise cities in the north, it can be regarded as one of the best towns in Huguang. In addition, because it lives in the southern part of Huguang and has not experienced war for many years, the people have not been affected by the war much, although like other places, there are strict hierarchies of all classes, and there are not a few people who do not have enough to eat, but the overall order is still relatively stable. Even in normal times, the streets of the city are bustling with pedestrians.

However, unlike the noisy scenes of other places, the streets in the eastern part of the city were even quiet, with few pedestrians to be seen, and all kinds of hawking and shouting with the smell of the city disappeared. …,

"Da'er, Da'er....." With the harsh morning sun, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the streets, and the group urged their mounts to come. I saw that the leader was a young man in his twenties, wearing a black gauze hat, a second-grade military attache collar shirt with a lion pattern, and a flower rhino belt around his waist, and his angular face revealed a self-confidence that could not be concealed.

This is none other than Pang Yue, the new commander-in-chief of Huguang and the commander of Huguang.

"My lord, it's not far ahead." The captain of the pro-soldier Wei Yuan reminded.

"Get off the horse." Pang Yue spoke, took the lead in holding the reins, and jumped off the war horse. Zhang Yunli, Shi Youliang, Lu Qiwu, Cui Shoucheng, and Shi Lang, who followed closely behind, also dismounted one after another and handed over the reins to the soldiers around them. Like Pang Yue, these five people also wore regimental collared shirts and black gauze hats according to their respective ranks, which looked very formal.

However, when he saw Shi Youliang's five big and three thick guys dressed properly, Pang Yue couldn't help but laugh in his heart: Isn't this Li Kui in the Water Margin?

After dismounting, the group walked forward for nearly a hundred steps and came to a magnificent mansion.

Pang Yue stood quietly and looked at the extraordinary building complex in front of him. After reading the historical materials of later generations, he knew that this was the former Guiwang Mansion, the seventh son of the Wanli Emperor and the residence of Zhu Changying, the king of Gui. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong's troops marched into Hunan, and Zhu Changying fled to Guangxi with his family, and never came back. Not long ago, Emperor Longwu came to Hengzhou and turned this place into his own palace.

The day before yesterday, Pang Yue led his army to Hengzhou, stationed the army outside the city, and sent people to send the families of the vassal kings and ministers into the city. Seeing that his family members arrived safe and sound, the attitude of some ministers who were prejudiced against Pang Yue also began to loosen. At the same time, Emperor Longwu's edict once again spread to Pang Yue's army, and Zhang Yunli was promoted to the deputy general of Huguang, the commander of Huguang and the commander of the envoy of Huguang, and Shi Youliang, Lu Qiwu, Cui Shoucheng, and Shi Lang were also promoted to generals. Pang Yue had already been promoted before, and this time he didn't go to the next level, but he was also rewarded with three thousand taels of silver.

Today, after Pang Yue and others received the official seal letter from the Ministry of War, they received an edict from Emperor Longwu from the eunuchs in the palace, asking them to enter the palace to meet them, so the group rushed over without stopping after coming out of the Ministry of War.

At this time, although the Hengzhou Palace was not as good as the imperial palaces in Beijing or Nanjing in the past, the team of Imperial Forest Army dressed in gorgeous bright armor and serious expressions at the gate still showed a royal majesty.

A few eunuchs who came with Pang Yue and the others said to Pang Yue to wait a while, and then went inside to report. After a while, another middle-aged eunuch with a dust whisk in his hand led a few brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and carrying embroidered spring knives out, and after checking the official seals of Pang Yue and other six military attachés, they let them follow in, and of course all the personal soldiers stayed outside the palace.

is about to meet the Son of Heaven, Zhang Yunli and the others all have serious faces, and even Shi Youliang, who has always been very arrogant, and Lu Qiwu, who is extremely casual, have tense faces. Although they had all met Emperor Longwu before, as the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, the sense of awe they had for the emperor in their bones was unavoidable.

Pang Yue wasn't as nervous as they were, but while he was walking, he sorted out in his mind what he might say later, hoping to satisfy Emperor Longwu.