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Chapter 170 There is an emperor in Shanghai! (Medium)

Hearing the teacher Xu Guangqi ask about his recent military training, Sun Yuanhua, the former governor of Denglai and now the general office of the Shanghai Youth League Training, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although he once served in the military department and was known for "knowing military affairs", he was really good at repairing bunkers and casting cannons, and did not have much experience in actually leading troops into battle. The only battle he has commanded in his life is the battle in which Chen Xin failed to trap him, but was killed by the Dengzhou rebels.

In short, according to the modern people's point of view, this Comrade Sun Yuanhua is probably a Christian who advocates the "weapon-only theory," a relatively outstanding arsenal manager and designer of national defense fortifications, but he is not a qualified military commander, let alone a master of military training.

Now he insists on driving Sun Yuanhua to the shelves, and is responsible for training and directing the landlords and township warriors in Shanghai to train and train them, which is basically the same as letting the director of the Huangyadong Arsenal command the Eighth Route Army to fight the Battle of 100 Regiments during the Anti-Japanese War.

However, this is also a helpless thing, no matter what, compared with those scholars who only know how to write poems in the Fushe Society, Sun Yuanhua, an official of the military department who has never eaten pork or at least seen a pig walking, is already a rare professional military talent in the local area, at least it should not be like Chen Zilong's "Zhenwu Army", making jokes that more than 1,000 righteous troops were beaten by more than a dozen Qing soldiers on the outskirts of Suzhou, and the whole army collapsed and hundreds of casualties were killed.

In this situation, Sun Yuanhua had no choice but to take over Chen Zilong's banner of "Zhenwu Army", while flipping through the "New Book of Ji Xiao" (a book of soldiers written by Qi Jiguang) published by Hangzhou Wanbi Bookstore, while recruiting strong tenants and teaching them the art of battle formation. However, in just one month, the people in charge were all laymen, and there were no armor and ordnance of all kinds.

As a result, Xu Guangqi and others were disappointed to learn that the 2,000 "Zhenwu Army" in Shanghai County at present were still incomplete in armament and in order, and most of them were physically weak. The only good news is that the city walls of the county seat of Shanghai have been urgently repaired and strengthened by Sun Yuanhua.

In the era of China's feudal dynasties, it has long fallen into the vicious circle of "guarding against the people more than guarding against the Kou". The imperial court declared that "chivalry is forbidden by martial arts" and confiscated civilian weapons. Although the emperor's rule was thus temporarily stabilized, it made the people weak and neglected to train, and once they encountered foreign races, they were like wolves chasing sheep, and there was no longer the fierce and martial style of the pre-Qin era when all the people were soldiers, put down the plough and hoe, and carried the spear to form an army.

The peaceful and rich land south of the Yangtze River is also known for its weakness in the whole of China, and the combat effectiveness of the local militia is naturally even more pathetic.

In fact, compared with the Qing army hundreds of miles away, the thousands of refugees who poured into Songjiang Prefecture, as well as the bandits and thieves from all walks of life, were the real threat facing the "volunteers" in Shanghai at the moment. Just to suppress these lawbreakers, Xu Guangqi has already been anxious.

As long as a few thousand Qing troops invaded Shanghai at this time, this maintenance meeting that Xu Guangqi had raised would collapse in an instant.

Fortunately, the Qing army, which has lost its leader, is in a state of paralysis, and will not invade Songjiang at least for a short time.

Due to the sudden death of Huang Taiji in the army, the princes of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were all in charge of their troops and horses, scattered in various parts of the south and north of the Yangtze River, instead of gathering in one place, which led to the rhythm of this battle for the throne being greatly delayed. Although the emperor's eldest son, Haoge, jumped out at the first time and declared that he was the reasonable and legitimate next emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the problem was that Huang Taiji never left a last word of "being succeeded by Haoge" during his lifetime. Therefore, in addition to the positive blue flag that Hauge himself grasped, even the attitude of the two yellow flags is ambiguous, neither saying that he supports Hauge nor opposes Hauge.

Seeing that a voice was roaring down, no one responded, and Haoge himself was very weak-hearted, so he had not yet ascended the throne and claimed the emperor.

In addition, Empress Zhezhe in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, or Empress Dowager Zhezhe, as well as a cadre of concubines of Huang Taiji, were generally opposed to Haoge's succession. Because the most favored concubines such as Empress Dowager Zhezhe, Hai Lanzhu and Da Yu'er were all born in Mongolia, but they all had no children under their knees. And Hauge, whose biological mother died early, had a bad relationship with them from a very early age, and if Hauge succeeded to the throne, not only would the political influence of these Mongolian women decrease rapidly, but they might even be forced to be martyred! Therefore, these concubines all hope to choose a younger heir to the throne so that they can handle it.

You must know that these women of Huang Taiji are not the ladies of the Han family who are locked up in the courtyard of the deep house all day long, they also have the support of the Mongolian military banner and their respective clansmen behind them, and actually control a series of "central forces" such as Huang Taiji's private small treasury and descendant guards.

In addition to Haoge, Huang Taiji also has two young sons, Ye Keshu and Shuo Sai, but the mother family is too lowly and originally had no inheritance rights. Fortunately, now that the Qing Empire has been driven to the south of the Yangtze River, the family power in Liaodong in the past has lost its meaning. But the problem is that on the issue of whether to choose Ye Keshu or Shuo Sai to sing against Haoge, Huang Taiji's wives themselves were divided and made a fuss.

Not to mention some of the little wives, they also vaguely have the idea of red apricots going out of the wall, in addition to Huang Taiji's wife and sons, his younger brothers also have the heart to join this battle for the throne. Among them, the most dazzling star player is naturally the smart king Dolgon, who has mastered the two white flags.

However, because Huang Taiji was planning a crusade against this anti-bone boy at the last moment of his life, Dolgon's actual power at this time was at its lowest point, and the two white flags as the basic plate were shattered by Huang Taiji, and only about 20 Niu Lu were left in the 65 Niu Lu of the two flags. Especially Azig, who is his most powerful arm, was intimidated and fooled by Huang Taiji before he betrayed Dolgon, and wanted to go to Jiangnan to divide the fields and treasures, but who knew that he walked to Yangzhou, and before he crossed the river, the news of Huang Taiji's death came.

As a result, in the face of the persuasion and wooing of Dolgon and Hauge, Azig was in a very conflicted and strange mood during this time.

The three Dolgon brothers, who had not been able to break up during Huang Taiji's lifetime, had internal strife and suspicion after his death......

Next, seeing that Hauge was unpopular and Dolgon's power was greatly weakened, Zilharang and Abatai and others couldn't help but think about it. As a result, this battle for the throne turned from a wrestling between the two sides to a de facto chaos, and for a while no one could guess who would end up in the end.

Because of this strange mess within the Qing court, the war in the entire Jiangnan basically subsided. The Empress Dowager Zhezhe unhurriedly sent people to look for auspicious soil in Zhongshan (Purple Mountain) in Nanjing, and prepared to build the emperor's mausoleum for Huang Taiji to be buried. The princes were ready to fight at any time, and at the same time they corresponded with each other to discuss how to stand in line. As for the traitor troops who had just joined the Qing army, they were confused and at a loss by these intricate power struggles within the Qing court. As a result, the Qing troops from all walks of life, which were originally in full swing, are now in a highly tense confrontation with each other, and no one dares to talk and move without permission, lest they become the first to be attacked.

Therefore, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan, which were already sitting still, have invisibly gained a buffer time that can be dealt with and adjusted.

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But the problem is that compared with the Qing army, which was temporarily paralyzed by the mind, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan are now even more scattered.

The situation of the Qing army was that the emperor died suddenly, and the throne was vacant. The situation in the Ming Dynasty was that the entire imperial court was defeated, and there was no leader at all.

Therefore, in the face of the Qing court's rogue policy of "wanting money and life", the eunuchs and gentry of the Donglin Party in Jiangnan, who had no way out, finally took out their savings of good money and hard to give up, and organized a large regiment to train the villagers. But no one can stand up and come up with a plausible name of righteousness, and twist these scattered resistance forces into a rope.

On the contrary, from the very beginning of their birth, these "volunteers" continued to plunder the people and fight with each other, and their impression in the minds of the people was not much better than that of the Qing soldiers.

In this regard, people of insight such as Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, and Chen Zilong are all worried. But with their fame and influence, at best, they can only deter a county in Shanghai, and even the entire Songjiang Prefecture cannot be fully controlled. So I can only take one step at a time.

However, just as the day's regular meeting came to an end, and everyone was about to have lunch, a strange guest suddenly came.

“…… Oh! Did Ji Ming come back from Jiangyin with the water master? Please come in! Serve tea! ”

Accompanied by Sun Yuanhua's excited voice, a middle-aged man with a sturdy figure and dark skin walked in surrounded by several guards.

This person's name is Shen Tingyang (Ji Ming), a native of Chongming Island, Suzhou Prefecture, and a famous navigator in the late Ming Dynasty and one of the important leaders of the Sand Boat Gang. The so-called Shachuan Gang is equivalent to the Cao Gang by sea, with Shanghai as the starting station, specializing in the so-called Beiyang trade, that is, sailing north to Shandong, Tianjin, Liaodong and other places, transporting all kinds of "southern goods", and then returning to Shanghai from the north to transport "northern goods". This kind of business was very big in the Qing Dynasty, and the annual sales could reach as much as several million taels. In the Ming Dynasty, it could not reach such a level, but the total amount was not small, and there were hundreds of ships and thousands of sailors in Shen Tingyang's house alone. When Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi and other Songjiang eunuchs fled south from the north, they also took the sea ship of Shen Tingyang's family.

With the Qing army's large-scale invasion of Jiangnan, the gentry and heroes of various prefectures and counties were recruiting troops to divide the territory. Shen Tingyang also took the opportunity to use his fleet and fierce sailors to seize Chongming Island, his hometown at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and appointed himself the Admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, and helped Xu Guangqi and others in Shanghai. Not long ago, he was quite anxious and righteous to lead the fleet to rush upstream to transport supplies to Jiangyin County, which was isolated behind enemy lines in Changzhou and surrounded by the Qing army.

Seeing Shen Tingyang's safe return, Sun Yuanhua was eager to inquire about the battle situation on the Jiangyin front.

“…… Jiangyin County is calm at the moment, after the violent death of the captive chief Huang Taiji, the Qing soldiers who besieged the city had no intention of fighting again, and had retreated to 20 miles away, and the soldiers and civilians of the county town were able to go out to collect grain. The local gentry also organized several reinforcements to enter the city to help in the war. Shen Tingyang said lightly, and then pulled out a person from behind, "...... Xu Gebu, Brother Chuyang, I went to Jiangyin this time, but I brought a rare guest! Do you think who's coming? ”

Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi and others in the room took a closer look, and saw that this person was about thirty years old, with three wisps of clear beard under his chin, and he looked very old. Although the clothes are simple, but the demeanor is extraordinary, and the eyes are even brighter, and at first glance they are not ordinary people.

Perhaps because of his old dizziness, Xu Guangqi didn't recognize who it was for a while. However, Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi immediately recognized the visitor, and their faces turned red in an instant, and they stretched out their fingers and pointed at the person who came and roared, "...... Zhang Pu! Zhang Tianru! You traitor who colluded with the Tartars to lure the wolf into the house!! How many people have died in Jiangnan because of you! How do you still have the face to come here?!! ”