Ren Siqi led the fleet to set off by sea, passing through the Zhoushan Islands, and Huang Binqing, the chief soldier of Zhoushan, took a boat to meet the Son of Longwu. Emperor Longwu knew about the festival between Huang Binqing and Ren Siqi, and also knew that Ren Siqi and Huang Binqing's daughter Huang Fengwu had a bad relationship, in order to show favor to Ren Siqi, and in order to win over Huang Binqing, he issued a decree to marry Huang Fengwu and Ren Siqi, and named Huang Binqing as the Marquis of Dinghai, and appointed Huang Binqing as the chief soldier of the imperial camp to accompany the king.

"Do you ever have a grudge against me in your heart?" At night, the bright moon was in the sky, the bow of the ship was quiet, and Ren Siqi said to Yi Dao who was close by.

"You are now a hero against the Tartars, a hero of Zhongxing Daming, how dare I resent you!" Huang Feng danced on the bow of the boat, and said quietly. How could it be that she didn't complain, when she heard that he was married, her heart was devastated.

"After all, I'm sorry for you, and I'll be doubly good to you in the future." Ren Siqi stretched out his hand and pulled Huang Fengwu into his arms, hugged her hands tightly, felt her resistance and struggle, and whispered softly in her ear.

Huang Fengwu sighed, and fell into Ren Siqi's arms and stopped moving.

On March 13, the fleet reached Hangzhou Bay, and Ren Siqi commanded the fleet to land, but the troops of the Ministry of State Security tried to stop it, but were repelled by the red-coated cannons on board. Ren Siqi led 20,000 troops to the north bank of the Qiantang River.

Seeing the arrival of the Chongming army, Lu Jianguo in Hangzhou was shocked and hurriedly sent an envoy to inquire about Ren Siqi's intentions. In the name of Emperor Longwu, Ren Siqi issued an edict to reprimand King Lu for claiming to be a prisoner without authorization and having the intention of rebellion, and ordered him to immediately confess his guilt, and asked to remove the title of prisoner and wait for the disposal of the imperial court.

After receiving the edict of Emperor Longwu, there was chaos in the city of Hangzhou, and King Lu panicked and didn't know what to do. Zhang Guowei, a scholar under Lu Jianguo, and others discussed overnight, wanting to come up with a strategy to retreat from the enemy, but now Ren Siqi has clearly stood on the side of Emperor Longwu, facing the pressure of the Chongming army, and they don't know what to do if they want to break their heads.

Fighting, although King Lu has two armies under King Lu, the number of which has reached 50,000, but on the opposite side is the Chongming army that continuously broke through the Eight Banners army and killed the Manchu prince, who dares to fight?

And, peace is surrender, surrendering their power is also in vain, and they will even be arrested on charges of rebellion, thinking about Ren Siqi's means of dealing with the gentry under his rule, the civil officials and gentry in Hangzhou are all shuddering.

However, the Chongming army outside the city did not give them time to hesitate, and took the lead in launching an attack on the Fang Guoan Ministry outside the city.

After defeating the Ministry of State Security, the Chongming army approached the city of Hangzhou, and the civil officials in the city no longer hesitated at this time, and rushed to the city gate one by one to kneel and surrender, in order to ask for leniency from Ren Siqi, the king of Chongming County.

Occupying Hangzhou, Emperor Longwu issued an edict to denounce King Lu and demote him to the common people, and the officials of King Lu's family all went to the official to dismiss and wait for processing. The 40,000 Chongming army that entered Zhejiang from Fujian through Xianxia began to move, quickly captured various prefectures and counties in Zhejiang, defeated Wang Zhiren in Shaoxing Prefecture, and occupied the entire Zhejiang Province.

On April 13, Ren Siqi returned to Nanjing, Emperor Longwu. Emperor Longwu issued an order to amnesty the world, in order to recover the old capital, kill tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, restore the great achievements of several provinces, and crown Ren Siqi as the king of Qi, the governor of the five armies, and control all the armies in the world. Ren Siqi opened the mansion, and all major military affairs came out of the palace of the king of Qi, and the Longwu court was reduced to a puppet.

He controlled several provinces in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and the army under his command reached as many as 300,000, and after more than half a year of strict training, the elite musket and pikemen reached 100,000. Ren Siqi sent troops on the Northern Expedition in June, and the 100,000-strong army crossed the Yangtze River and launched an attack on the Duoduo troops entrenched in Yangzhou.

The two sides experienced a great battle that lasted 20 days, relying on the musket phalanx to defeat the cavalry of the Eight Banners several times in a row, and finally broke through the city wall of Yangzhou with artillery, and Duoduo fled north in a hurry with a small number of cavalry. Ren Siqi waved his troops northward, and the troops went straight to the front line of Xuzhou.

At the same time, Li Yanzhi led the Western Route Army to march west along the Yangtze River and regained Wuchang, and the loyal battalion also came out of the mountains and began to attack Jingxiangjian.

The three armies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, the Azig Department was annihilated, and most of the Duoduo Department was defeated, only more than 1,000 horsemen fled back to Beijing, only the Haoge Department on the West Road defeated Zhang Xianzhong and occupied Sichuan, but the whole Sichuan became unpopulated after many major wars, and the army could not even levy supplies, so it could only retreat to Shaanxi.

The total number of Manchurian troops in the Eight Banners of the Qing Army is 670,000 people, plus the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Dynasty is also 1230,000 troops, and now in half a year, the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners have lost more than 10,000 people, which can be described as hurting the muscles and bones, and if the Eight Banners of the Han and Mongolian Banners are added, the loss is as much as 30,000, and it can be said that a quarter of the strength of the Eight Banners has been lost, which suddenly makes the people of the Manchu court panic, and the call to retreat outside the customs suddenly rises again.

Faced with this situation, the regent Dolgon forcibly decided to send troops to defeat the Chongming army that was heading north. At this time, Hauge, with the support of Zilharang and others, suddenly sent troops to attack the regent's palace, and the first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Ao Bai, took the lead in the palace and killed the regent Dorgon. Then Hauge began a series of purges of more than 10 people, and most of the officials of the Dolgon family were purged, and the city of Beijing was full of people and a bloody storm.

After seizing absolute power, Haugle ordered Fulin to abdicate and become emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and began to plan to retreat from Beijing to Guanwai.

In August of the third year of Longwu, Ren Siqi led an army of 100,000 to arrive outside Beijing and defeated the Manchu Pingxi king Wu Sangui, who was sent as cannon fodder.

Ren Siqi, the king of Qi, caused the Beijing division to fall into the hands of the Shun army, causing the first emperor Chongzhen to commit suicide, betraying the Ming Dynasty and surrendering to the Tartars as traitors, and killing the Ming army and the common people in the same room.

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of Manchu troops, old and young, were walking between the lofty mountains and mountains from Beijing to Liaodong, and the countless wealth they plundered seriously slowed down the speed of the march.

Ren Siqi sent the Tenth Route Army to harass the retreating Manchu army in turn, and countless Manchu people, old and young, women and children died among the mountains.

After recovering Beijing, the Manchus withdrew from Guanwai, and the prefectures beheaded Manchu-appointed officials one after another, announcing their return to the Ming Dynasty.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Longwu, Emperor Longwu worshiped the Ming Tombs, wept blood and cried in front of the emperors of the past dynasties, and finally completed the great cause of expelling the Tartars and restoring the Ming Dynasty. But Emperor Longwu also knew that he was probably the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Ren Siqi had made such a peerless achievement, and he would definitely not succumb to him again. But now most of the country, the most elite hundreds of thousands of troops are under Ren Siqi's control, and those who disobey the orders of the Qi palace have been swept away.

Ren Siqi successively ordered the exemption of money and grain from the newly recovered provinces, which won the hope of the people all over the world. Even many of the original Ming ministers also swore allegiance to the King of Qi in private, and the imperial historians attached to the King of Qi repeatedly advocated that Qi instead of Ming was a move to conform to the will of the people, and few dared to support Longwu in the Mingli.

Emperor Longwu knew that the general trend was irreversible.

In the winter of the fourth year of Longwu, Emperor Longwu made a peerless contribution to Ren Siqi, the king of Qi, and was expected by the people of the world, announcing that the emperor of Chan was located in the king of Qi. Ren Siqi pushed again and again, and Fang Mian reluctantly agreed.

On the New Year's Day of the fifth year of Longwu (1648 AD), Ren Siqi ascended the throne in Nanjing, and the founding name was "Daqi". (End of book)