In the first year of Hongguang (1645), on the 24th of leap June, Fuzhou City, the residence of Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In a spacious pavilion shaded by greenery in the back garden, three men in silk shirts sit around a round stone table. I saw that the man who was the leader was in his early forties, burly, full of beard, a pair of tiger eyes, and his gestures revealed a kind of majesty that had been in the top position for a long time, he was known as the Fujian general soldier of the East China Sea, Zheng Zhilong, and the other two were his two younger brothers, Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Hongkui. (Zheng Zhilong's original four brothers, the second brother Zheng Zhihu had been killed in the battle with the pirate Liu Xiang in the eighth year of Chongzhen.) ）

At this time, the pavilion is completely shrouded in greenery, and the breeze blows slowly from time to time, so that people do not feel the heat of summer at all. But even in such a comfortable environment, Zheng Zhilong's face was still gloomy, and he was obviously in a bad mood. In fact, his bad mood has lasted for many days, to be precise, it has not been very good since the sixth day of the sixth month of the leap month, but when he was in front of outsiders, he did not show it, and now in front of his own brother, he naturally has no need to hide it.

On the sixth day of the sixth month of the leap month, Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, and his entourage arrived in Fuzhou under the escort of Zheng Hongkui and others. Originally, Zheng Zhilong did not object to this incident, and even had a hint of joy. Because he has clearly realized that now that Emperor Hongguang has been captured and King Lu has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Tang King Zhu Yujian is likely to be honored as the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and Fujian has always been his sphere of influence. But after he met Zhu Yujian and his party, he found that the situation was not what he imagined. Zhu Yujian did not come alone, not only did he have officials of all sizes such as Zhu Dadian, the head of the military department, and Su Guansheng, but also an army of nearly 5,000 people to protect him.

Zheng Zhilong knew very well that these thousands of troops that originally belonged to Huang Degong's army, although they were not too many, they could already compete with his land forces. Although he is famous in Fujian, his family background is mainly at sea, and the huge sailors are his strong backing. On land, the army under his direct jurisdiction is only more than 3,000 people, and he has not experienced a war for a long time, so he can't compare with the Yuan Huang Degong Department who has been fighting all year round, even if he adds the more than 2,000 defeated troops brought back by Zheng Hongkui from Zhenjiang, he can't have an advantage.

It seems that not only can he not turn Zhu Yujian into a puppet controlled by himself as he planned before, but I am afraid that he will be suppressed by Zhu Yujian in the future! As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Zhilong felt anger from the bottom of his heart. What annoyed him even more was that on the seventh day of the sixth month of the leap month, Zhu Yujian sent most of Zheng Hongkui's soldiers and horses to guard Xianxia Pass, and instead stationed the army he brought around Fuzhou. Entrenched in Fujian for many years, when did Zheng Zhilong encounter such a heart-blocking?

"Big brother, you don't have to worry too much! After all, our Zheng family has been operating in Fujian for many years, and almost all the power of money and food is in our hands. After all, the thousands of men and horses brought by King Tang have just arrived, so I don't believe that as long as we pinch their sources of food, what kind of threat can they pose to us! Seeing that Zheng Zhilong had a gloomy face and didn't speak, Zheng Zhibao hurriedly persuaded.

Zheng Zhilong snorted and said, "You don't need to think about this, I have already arranged it." I believe that it will not be long before they will understand that Fujian is not the place they should be! It's just that I really underestimated this Tang King before, and as soon as I was in charge of the country, I transferred the soldiers and horses of Shengyi (Zheng Hongkui's words) to Xianxia Pass, hum! What a good means! Zhu Dadian and others under him are not fuel-efficient lamps, and now even a large group of idle officials such as Huang Daozhou have also thrown themselves under his door. It seems that we will have to worry about it in the future! ”…,

Zheng Zhibao said disappreciably: "As long as that army can leave Fujian, what big waves can Huang Daozhou's group of Wenchen set off?" Big brother, don't forget, the sailor is in our hands, and the sea trade is also under our control. Unless King Tang and his ministers can find the money themselves, they still have to rely on you, big brother. ”

Zheng Zhibao's several persuasions finally made Zheng Zhilong's face soften a little. After a hint of a nonchalant sneer shook from the corner of his mouth, Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "What the third brother said is right. However, we also have to hurry up and expand the Lu Division, my Zheng family has been operating in Fujian for so many years, and we can't let a group of outsiders take advantage of it so easily! Fight with me? Hum! They'll just wait and see! ”

"It's right that big brother can think so!" Zheng Zhibao smiled, but when he saw Zheng Hongkui, who was silent on the side, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. In his eyes, this fourth brother is good at everything, but he is too responsible and soft-hearted!

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At this time, Pang Yue and Wang Dongri didn't know that they had been remembered by Zheng Zhilong, the traitor and pirate king, and they were now busy training in the camp at the foot of Niutou Mountain outside Fuzhou.

After traveling south from Hangzhou on June 11, after a long journey of more than 20 days, they finally protected the Tang King and came to Fuzhou. Although they were tired and tired after marching all the way, after the Tang King officially took charge of the country on the seventh day of the sixth month of the leap month, their previous efforts were quickly rewarded, Pang Yue was promoted from general to deputy commander-in-chief, and Wang Dongri was promoted from guerrilla to general. In addition, Zhu Yujian also specially allocated a batch of salaries and asked them to recruit a group of recruits to supplement their previous losses.

Pang Yue's Flying Tiger Battalion was a mixed battalion of horse and infantry, and after several battles since May, there were only more than 1,500 soldiers and more than 900 auxiliaries left in the battalion. Of the soldiers, less than five hundred cavalry remained. Wang Dongri's Zhenwei battalion is an infantry battalion, although it was also in a state of supernumeration at the beginning, but after several bloody battles, there were only more than 1,300 soldiers and 8900 auxiliary soldiers left in the whole battalion, totaling more than 2,000 people. After getting Zhu Yujian's permission to recruit soldiers, Pang Yue and Wang Dongri both hurried to recruit young people in the surrounding areas. It's a pity that the effect is not good, and after ten days of work, the number of recruits recruited by the two of them combined is less than a thousand. In this situation, the two had no good way, so they had to continue to recruit and train recruits at the same time, in order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

"Pierce forward! Stab hard! He's s***, Lao Tzu has taught you so many times, and you are still like this bear?! On the school field, Wang Zhangtang, who had just been promoted to the rank of 100 presidents, carried a cowhide whip and walked back and forth scolding in front of a group of recruits who practiced marksmanship.

In order to prove what he said, "all the soldiers in Yiwu are good", the last time the army stayed near Yiwu County for a short time, Wang Zhangtang sneaked back to pull people, and only two or three hours brought twenty or thirty young descendants, so that almost everyone had to sigh at the strength of its appeal. Later, because Wang Zhangtang had outstanding martial arts and high prestige among ordinary soldiers, after recruiting the first batch of recruits, Pang Yue promoted him to an officer, and made him a hundred generals in Lu Qiwu's infantry armor team, and allocated more than a dozen veterans and eighty or ninety recruits for him to govern, including his twenty or thirty fellow countrymen. Don't look at Wang Zhangtang, he can talk to the soldiers on weekdays, but when he arrives at the training ground, he really doesn't recognize his six relatives, no matter who it is, as long as the action is not in place, he will definitely not be able to avoid his beating. But Wang Zhangtang also has his own principles, for the recruits, first teach seriously, only when the recruits are really not enlightened, he will start fighting, and when he fights, he is also very measured, absolutely not hurting the muscles and bones. …,

After coming to Fuzhou to settle down, Pang Yue also formulated a preliminary training plan based on the knowledge of his previous life, which was divided into two parts: queue and physical fitness. In terms of the queue, there are mainly standing, squatting, walking in unison and other items, mainly to cultivate the soldiers' sense of discipline and obedience. In terms of physical fitness, it includes a five-kilometer run, push-ups, frog jumps, etc., which are also supervised by a military judge. However, judging from the training effect during this period, it is obvious that the soldiers are very unsuitable for the amount of training set by Pang Yue, and even some veterans have begun to complain. But Pang Yue was not ready to give up because of this, but did his best to keep the soldiers fed after training, without compromising on the amount of training. Although many soldiers complained, Pang Yue was the commander of the first battalion after all, and he was also very generous in food, so it was almost impossible to find the slightest handle, so the soldiers who complained continued to devote themselves to training after muttering a few words. Soon, under the leadership of the Flying Tiger Battalion, the Zhenwei Battalion also began an upsurge of military training.

"Your Excellency!" Just as Pang Yue was watching the soldiers' drills on the sidelines of the school field, Zhang Yunli came behind him and called softly.

"Oh, Zibin is back." Pang Yue turned around, "Have you brought back all the grain and grass?" ”

Zhang Yunli sighed: "I brought some back, but it was only enough for our army for seven days." ”

After hearing this, Pang Yue suddenly frowned slightly: "What's the matter?" Didn't Lord Zhu say that we would be given a month's share first?

His subordinates have also met Master Zhu, and he said that now that the Tang Dynasty has not been in charge of the country for a long time, the various tax systems have not yet been perfected, so the money and food needed for the operation of the various ministries mainly rely on Nan Anbo to provide. However, in recent days, Nan Amber has cut the amount of money and grain delivered to the household department under the pretext that the sea routes are not smooth and the sea trade is damaged. Therefore, Lord Zhu asked his subordinates to come back first and wait, and he said that he would find a way. Zhang Yunli said helplessly.

Zheng Zhilong? This traitor pirate king's heart is too small, right? A team of thousands of people was actually on his guard! Pang Yue said angrily in his heart.

But as the military director, Pang Yue still knew the need to remain calm in front of his subordinates, so he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded to Zhang Yunli: "Okay, I know." You go about the rest of the business! ”

"Yes, sir!"

It seems that if you want to develop, you can't stay in Fujian anymore! After Zhang Yunli left, Pang Yue recited silently on the edge of the school field with his hands behind his back. Although he is not afraid of Zheng Zhilong, after all, this pirate king has been operating in Fujian for many years, and his power is by no means comparable to that of an outsider.

Originally, Pang Yue didn't really want to stay in Fujian. Now that the main force of the Qing army has returned to the north, he is preparing to take this opportunity to go out and develop well, and do his best to expand a little strategic space for the Southern Ming, only in this way can he be orderly in the confrontation with Jiannu in the future, and there is no point in blindly shrinking in Fujian. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong's recent actions have made him firm in his idea of leaving Fujian.

After the Tang King officially ascends the throne in a few days, I will make a request to him to go to another place to guard! Go out and open the sky! Pang Yue made up his mind in his heart and walked silently towards his residence.

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