Lord of Ming Dynasty

Hearing the footsteps outside gradually dissipating, Zhang Qiang called out, "Guards."

"The governor, the younger one is here." A guard came in and knocked his feet on the ground with a "slap."

"Well, I won't see anyone today, just stand in the way of me outside the yard, understand?"

Zhang Qiang said coercively.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

The footsteps went away, and the door creaked and slammed shut.

Zhang Qiang looked back at Zhu Panpan, who had a ruddy complexion, a charming and charming look, and a lazy beauty after the rain, put his arm around her fragrant shoulders, and put his mouth together, "My baby, I didn't have a good time last night, come on, let's Continue, - you are not afraid of being tired, hate it!"

"Why are you tired? You are in the prime of life. Thirty men and a flower are not afraid of withering. But your crabapple needs moisture from clouds and rain to bloom more colorfully. Come on, hurry up."

The two of them sat side by side, not far away, in the meeting room of the Governor's Mansion. Officials at all levels sat in the same room according to their official position, high status, and status. Zhang Huanghuali sat down on the official hat chair and glanced at the other people in the lobby.

On his lower head, down a step, Zhu Dadian was sitting. Opposite to Zhu Dadian was an empty chair, because Mi Chun was transferred to Jiangxi Prefecture as the governor and the chief official of the frontier, so it was vacant.

Mi Chun is now sitting on a chair on the steps below Zhu Dadian on the left.

According to the ranking of the state capitals, Zhang Mingzhen is next. As the governor of the central state capital, he is of course superior.

Everyone was discussing the recent military and state affairs. Without Zhang Qiang's participation, the civil and military generals started the first meeting of the Huaxia Army in the form of a court.

Wei Wuji was the first to speak, "The governor is not here today, so I will talk about the defense line of the Yangtze River. I think the defense line of the Yangtze River is dangerous, but we still have to establish a victory as soon as possible, and then defend the border on the Huaihe River or other rivers. We should bring Anhui Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture into the territory of the Huaxia Army as soon as possible, so that our borders will be on the same level as Hubei Prefecture, which will benefit our defense, and then we will attack in other directions..."

Gu Yuesheng, "Even so, the loss of the Yangtze River defense line that Hong Chengchou has been operating for several years is still too great. The chief governor disagrees because the loss is too great, and he is afraid that it will affect the stability of our existing territory and cause our prestige to decline. Immediately launch a large-scale battle, but think about constantly disintegrating and making trouble, so that the enemy can mess up.

The good thing for us now is that Hong Chengchou can no longer stay in Yangzhou Mansion as before. He has been promoted to a capital official, and the capital official represents internal fighting, which means that he has to allocate part of his energy to Emperor Tong Shunzhi and those former officials. From the struggle of the Xiaozhuang faction in Shunzhi, everyone knows that Hong Chengchou is a subordinate of the regent Dorgon, a popular man, and now he is at odds with the Qing court. This is our opportunity. "

Fang Yizhi didn't talk about it, but said: "Du Ge and Zhang Liang, Zhang Huangyan has already gone to Yunnan Prefecture in the southwest to persuade Li Dingguo and help Li Dingguo. I think Nanming Kingdom is now a big threat to us. The threat of the Qing army fighting each other in the north is even greater, so the matter of Du Ge and Zhang Huangyan should be put on the agenda. I think Li Dingguo should publicly declare to join us, so that we can gain the legal advantage and at the same time form an important position against the Southern Ming Kingdom. Contain left and right."

Zhu Dadian put down his teacup, took a look, and the other party said wisely, "Master Fang, the governor said that Zhang Huangyan will come back when the time comes, where should he be placed?"

Gu Yuesheng knew what Zhang Qiang meant, and as the first group of Zhang Qiang's confidants like Wei Wuji and the others, he didn't care much about Zhu Dadian, and supported Fang Yizhi with a smile: "Master Zhu, your daughter said Maybe you will become the wife of the Great Governor soon, do you still care that a famous Zhang Huangyan will surpass you in our Huaxia Army?"

Zhou Congee and Wei Wuji looked at each other, then laughed at the same time.

Chapter 524 The Provocation of Nanming Kingdom

The days of Zhang Qiang and Zhu Panpan's concubine love are not long. No matter how much Zhang Qiang likes Zhu Panpan, he can't really put military affairs aside. Not small.

Even if there are Zhou Porridge and Zhu Dadian in civil affairs, Zhu Dayou in his own property steward, and Wei Wuji in the army, but many things still need to be nodded by oneself, and they need to be discussed in detail before they can be finalized. Come out from Ruanrou Township and go to court to discuss matters again.

Of course, what was mentioned in the last court meeting is definitely not on such a large scale as last time, but only a dozen military generals and cabinet ministers in the center discussed the government affairs with Zhang Qiang, grasped the general direction, and then the specific matters were determined by the specifics. people to do it.

"Su Guansheng, an old courtier, is too hateful. This person not only controls the Nanming government by himself, but also yells at us. In the past few months, he has used all kinds of methods to make things difficult for us, and under his call, let's go south. The mission to Li Dingguo's Ministry was blocked by them, beat and scolded, even blackmailed and threatened, and even caused a fatal incident." Milin angrily handed over the information in his hand to everyone, and cursed at Su Guansheng endlessly.

Wei Wuji leaned forward, clenched his fist, and knocked on the conference table in the small conference room, "Not only that, but the Nanming Army made things difficult for our troops stationed in Xiangshan and Haomen. They deliberately raised prices when buying and selling food. , or let the common people make things difficult for our soldiers and play tricks, so five soldiers were detained by the local county government. We tried to find someone to mediate several times, but they ignored them. Finally, a local businessman who was friendly to us came forward They bribed the master of the local magistrate to release the message, and they also set up a military camp under the castle of the Governor’s Mansion in the trench gate to block the road, and our castle guard camp could not communicate with the outside world.”

Zhang Qiang silently listened to their words while holding a teacup. His patience with Nanming Kingdom had already reached its peak in his heart, and he was also a little resentful. Although he had suppressed and cheated them before, he still brought them on the right track and allowed them to grow stronger. But now that they have no enemies, this is starting to swell up. If it weren't for the Huaxia Army's rescue of them several times, they would have destroyed the country long ago.

It seems that some people can't do without beating.

"Have we asked Su Guansheng and Zhu Yujian about this?" Zhang Qiang asked a foreign minister next to him, because Zhang Liang went to Li Dingguo, so Zhang Qiang called his deputy, the minister, over.

"I have sent envoys to inquire, but their attitude was bad. The envoys could not see Su Guansheng and Zhu Yujian, so they had to go back home. This matter has been reported to Lord Shangshu through the letter sent by Fei Ge," said the servant.

The Huaxia Army pays attention to the difference between the upper and lower levels, and the lower level cannot report the situation to the higher level by passing through its own chief officer. Only some particularly important matters can be directly reported to the higher level by the lower level, such as Zhang Qiang summoning directly, or the chief officer directly issuing orders, I am not here Sometimes you can directly report the situation to your superiors, but generally no one will say this publicly, because the superiors don't want their deputy to pass over you, and the deputy usually keeps an eye on your position. Once you make a mistake or other circumstances, the deputy is really your own. Top contender for position.

Zhang Liang, who used to be the chief eunuch, knows these things best. Although he is reassuring and capable in handling affairs, he will definitely not be so magnanimous in these aspects.

Zhang Qiang nodded without asking further questions.

Wei Wuji continued: "Furthermore, Feng Wuyu also said that the Nanming army has recently shown signs of forcing the Guangzhou government. They have stationed more than 30 troops in the counties around the Guangzhou government, and there are signs of continuous deployment of troops to the Guangzhou government. According to According to information from the intelligence officers of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, some chieftain troops from Yunnan and Guizhou that were incorporated into the Nanming Army, and the Ming Army from Li Dingguo’s department who had defected to the Nanming Kingdom were also transferred to Guangzhou. According to the summary of intelligence, it is concluded that about [-] The miscellaneous army will be transferred to Guangzhou and the various border areas that border us."

Zhang Qiang frowned, "So, Nanming Kingdom wants to start a war with us?"

Jin Sheng shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Those old men don't dare to start a war, maybe they want to show us through this gesture that they are the orthodox country, and the country belongs to their Zhu family, maybe they can't fight us, but cross the border Burn a village, take the lead, harm some girl, disgust us, if we pursue it, they will say that the military discipline of these troops transferred from other places is not good, and then punish individual soldiers, the bottom corporals, Even a low-level inspection or something can perfuse us, which is a common tactic used by those officials."

"It's so rascal. They have robbed our caravan five times and lost nearly one million Huaxia coins. Many people have already complained to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce about the Nanming Kingdom, and these caravans have also used their local connections to complain to the officials. They put pressure on them, but they got the same astonishing results. Those officials either stopped, or sent yamen servants to perfunctory, and cheated food and drink. In the end, the loss was not recovered, but they extorted a lot of property. This is their We eat at both ends, and after listening to everyone today, I understood that this is Nanming Kingdom planning to fight against us, fight, we must fight, and tell them that we are not easy to bully."

Zhu Panpan, who is the minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, also came to the meeting in formal attire, because the Huaxia Army was not a feudal dynasty like the Southern Ming or Qing dynasties, so the Huaxia Army has not had the court uniforms of the previous dynasty, nor the official uniforms stipulated by officials at all levels. , but Zhang Qiang usually wears a set of military uniforms in the army. The military uniforms imitate the straight and fancy military uniforms of European soldiers. Therefore, many people are proud of wearing military uniforms.

Officials also wore modified military uniforms, instead of the Ming Dynasty official costumes. Zhang Qiang really didn't have time to think about and make regulations on this, which led to many people like the Republic of China. The scene of the tunic suit, even in the period when our party was first founded, the streets were full of pedestrians wearing military uniforms with no accessories and no military rank marks.

Zhu Panpan was wearing blue double-breasted buttons similar to Zhang Qiang's military uniform, with white stripes on the edges of the blue trousers, and a top like a small waistcoat on the upper body. This is a bit nondescript in Huaxia, but visually it is still Full of freshness, it makes people look heroic and valiant.

Zhu Dadian also voiced his support for his daughter, "I have ordered the suspension of military cooperation with Nanming Kingdom, the withdrawal of the instructors, and the suspension of the military officer's contract for them to be trained by the Ministry of War, expulsion of their trainers, and ordered the arsenal and artillery factories, They must no longer be supplied with artillery, guns, ammunition.

In the past, I planned to open up the manufacturing technology of Jinkai 2 matchlock guns to them. Now I have ordered the Ministry of War and the Ministry of National Defense to stop cooperation. All cooperation with weapons sold to them will be stopped, and even a single bullet will not be sold again. give them.In the future, all the captured guns, ammunition and artillery will be sent to the factory to be returned to the furnace. The captured guns, ammunition and weapons stored in the warehouse will not be sold to them. I suggest that they be provided to the Ministry of Military Intelligence, so that the Ministry of Military Intelligence can find bandits or some in the Nanming Army. Ambitious generals, sold to them, let them make trouble for Su Guansheng and Zhu Yujian. "

Zhang Qiang's heart skipped a beat, okay, this old man has done a great job for his daughter, but Zhang Qiang supports him, and if he is plotted against by others and doesn't fight back, that's not what he did. If he had known earlier, he would definitely be like this, Not only that, he also decided to increase the support of the Ministry of Military Intelligence for some ambitious generals on the territory of Nanming Kingdom, and let them make trouble.

Chapter 525 Zheng Chenggong Has Rebelled

Zhang Qiang turned to Milin, "Does the Ministry of Military Intelligence have any relevant plans for this situation?"

Milin said: "Yes, the Nanming Kingdom has always had fundamental disputes with us, so the personnel deployed by the Ministry of Military Intelligence in the Nanming Kingdom is second only to those deployed in the Qing Dynasty. In addition, people like Li Chengdong and Wang Deren are not well received by the Nanming Kingdom. , and everyone knows that these people are slaves of the three surnames, and no one wants to see them, so the relationship with them is superficial. The foundation is not solid."

Milin paused for a while, waiting for everyone to digest the meaning of his words, and then continued: "We can support Li Chengdong and the others, and let Li Chengdong fight for the military command of the Nanming Kingdom. There are so many Nanming generals, and no one is convinced. In this way Their army is in a state of disunity. Now Su Zhengqing is leading troops outside to help Wen Anzhi and others resist the Dajin Kingdom. The only one Nanming Kingdom can fight against is Su Zhengqing. Brother Kong Youde lived in Wuzhou Mansion after he was defeated, and now his power has been greatly reduced, if we support him, what will happen to Nanming Kingdom?"

Wei Wuji smiled and said, "Okay, needless to say, the other generals of the Nanming Dynasty can at least listen to orders and listen to the emperor's orders to announce their return to the court. They dare not refuse to go because they are weak, and they can't do it if they don't listen. But what is Feng Shuangli People, when the time comes, he dares to listen to the tune and not to listen to the announcement, and treats Wuzhou Mansion as his own territory. Let's support him and make his ambition bigger.

And we must also support Li Chengdong at the same time. Of course, we can’t let Wang Deren get along with him. Let’s support Wang Deren in another place. This will split Nanming into Feng Shuangli, Li Chengdong, Wang Deren, and Su Guansheng’s family, Wen’an’s family, and the emperor. Zhu Yujian and other six factions, some of them are making a fuss, and when the time comes, they want to make trouble for us, it is absolutely impossible, let’s mess it up, let Nanming Kingdom be a bit more chaotic. "

Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "My opinion is the same. Wei Wuji, you and Milin are going to plan this matter, Zhu Dadian, you accompany them and support their work. Well, Zhou Congee, you'd better leave it alone and take care of our own civil affairs." Well, you have a lot of courage on your shoulders. It is true that we develop ourselves well, and it is our strength. Otherwise, if others make trouble, we will be in chaos, or we will not be able to help or prevent others from attacking us, then Not nice."

Zhou Porridge smiled and said: "Don't worry, the governor, everything is up to me. Over the years, what have I done that made the governor worry? Although the burden is a bit heavy, the humble minister is willing to bear such a burden. If When there is nothing to do one day, I feel uncomfortable instead.”

Hahaha, everyone laughed and ended the meeting.

Zhang Qiang and Milin walked together, while listening to him report some recent military situation, while holding back Zhu Panpan's waist, Zhu Panpan followed Zhang Qiang with a blushing face shyly.

Listening to Milin's narration, Zhang Qiang knew that the battle on the front line had not stopped.

After the integration, the battle between the Henan Army and the Qing Army was fierce. Not only the Qing Army was fighting the Huaxia Army, but also the Dajin Army occupying a corner of the Henan Prefecture was also fighting the Huaxia Army. Brother Zhu and Xuanyuan Longfei were each in charge of one aspect.

Brother Zhu was in charge of dealing with the Dajin army and guarding against the Qing army, while Xuanyuan Longfei fought against Hong Chengchou's Qing army every three days, and fought every five days. The scale ranged from small teams of dozens of people to 2000 There were regiment-level battles involving several people, with tens of thousands of people on both sides fighting back and forth on the battlefield. Wang Guangtai and Qin Mo's No. 20 Fourth Field Brigade and the Qing Army in Liupanshui used the entire No. 20 Fourth Field Brigade in a decisive battle. , Wang Guangtai's garrison regiment, a militia squad, and a logistics battalion of 1000 people.

The Qing army used a new army town of 5000 people, plus 1000 Han army flag soldiers, and they invaded Runing Mansion in Henan Province. Even Xuanyuan Longfei sent a regiment of cavalry from the Fourth Cavalry Brigade to To help out, the battle lasted for nearly three days, and both sides lost a lot. Several villages on the Huaxia Army's side were slaughtered, and more than 200 Musketeers were killed and injured, more than [-] artillerymen, [-] militiamen, and [-] cavalry.

A county town of the Qing army was captured, a regiment in Xinjun Town was annihilated, and a regiment was defeated. Three thousand flag soldiers of the Han army were captured almost completely, and two thousand troops from Xiangyong in the local county town were defeated and the county town was occupied.

The Huaxia Army stepped into the other half of Anhui Province occupied by the Qing Army and took root. Afterwards, the Huaxia Army withdrew its troops. Wang Guangtai stationed there with his garrison regiment, which had not lost much, and faced the Qing Army several times. During the siege, Qin Mo's No. 20 Fourth Field Brigade went out several times and defeated the Qing army's besieging army. Later, they simply transferred another cavalry battalion to the county seat, under Wang Guangtai's direct command.

The militia took 500 captives, a militia squadron, and [-] people stationed in various villages and towns in the county to maintain local law and order, manage the people, and act as an early warning force for the garrison.