Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Qiang waved his hand.

He said to the firearms player beside him: "They are in your custody. Next, Master Zhou will arrange for them. You will follow them and report their situation to me at any time. Alright, take them back."

Shi stomped his feet and raised his head, "It's my lord."

After getting the five members of Francis, Zhang Qiang built a new weapon repairing battalion in his team. Zhang Qiang arranged for two hundred firecrackers and one hundred infantry to set up a guard camp of the repairing weapon, and Zhou Porridge was in charge of dispatching it.

Now Zhou Porridge is in charge of the civil affairs of the newly captured places in Taizhou Prefecture, Du Ge is in charge of the military, and Zhang Qiang is recuperating in Taizhou Prefecture.

That confrontation made him miserable, and the injuries on his body couldn't heal immediately.

He can only command the soldiers who have just been transferred from Jinhua Mansion and other armies to train on one side.

Progress is much slower than before.

After a month of this, Xuanyuan Longfei finally sent good news. They captured the entire territory of Taizhou County, killed more than 2 Qing soldiers, captured more than 3000 Qing soldiers, and sent Zhang Qiang's entire Jinhua volunteer army to the sea. The territory finally has an outlet to the sea. This kind of expectation is even more urgent than the historical Russian Empire's expectation for an outlet to the sea, and it makes people feel happy.

From then on, the Qing army would no longer have the strength to block them, and they also had a way out.

It owns the Lingjiang River, a waterway that leads directly to the inland Xianju County, and then it can be transferred to the Wuyi River by land, and from the Wuyi River to the Yiwu River and Wujiang River, fully connecting the territories under its rule, and all materials can pass through these two Mainstream transportation, which revitalizes the economy and military of the territory under his rule, is simply a major artery.

Military mobilization by water can also quickly reach any place besieged by the Qing army.

It will not be defeated by the Qing army one by one.

Outside Linhai County, the cavalry was training. Although these cavalry selected from the captives were not very high in terms of combat effectiveness and loyalty, they were still a cavalry unit in Zhang Qiang's hands. To fight against the Qing army, cavalry was indispensable.

Zhang Qiang's two cavalry units, in addition to the two hundreds of cavalry left behind, and his own guard cavalry unit, were almost severely damaged and wiped out. A cavalry force of thousands of households.

It was led by the rebel general Tang Dianfeng who came back from Taizhou County.

Chen Hanhui led his troops to capture Tiantai County. At first Zhang Qiang didn't want to attack there. Later, considering the requirements of defense, he sent Chen Hanhui to capture there. Zhang Ying and Xuanyuan Longfei were stationed in Taizhou County, where 1 troops were still retained. , three thousand sailors, seven thousand rebels.

Du Ge stayed here and was responsible for the defense of Xianju and Linhai County.

A volunteer general was sent to accept Sanmen County, and led a thousand households to station there. After the Ruan Shu and Ruan Wu brothers captured there, they stationed there for a period of time and gave up. Zhang Ying sent people to accept it. The Taizhou government requested by Zhang Qiang has been fully recovered, and he has owned the territory of the two governments since then.

Zhang Qiang watched his blunderbuss training and fought against Fan Shaozu's Qing army. His blunderbuss contributed a lot, but suffered heavy losses. The enemy had more cavalry. In the last period, although the blunderbuss killed There were many enemies, but they were also killed by the cavalry, which directly caused Zhang Qiang's hastily armed firecrackers to flee, and many of them were seriously injured. Nearly five thousand firecrackers lost more than 700 people at once, and now only two are left. Thousands of 100 people.

Among them, many elites died, at least more than 200 people, many senior soldiers died, at least more than 700 people, and more than 1000 skilled soldiers, and the rest were selected prisoners of the Qing army.

"My lord, Lord Jin Sheng is here." A guard cavalry reported.

Zhang Qiang stood up, and Jin Sheng was brought in by his personal guards, "I pay my respects to your lord." Jin Sheng bowed and saluted.

"Get up and sit down."

Jin Sheng sat down, and his personal guards brought him some tea. Jin Sheng took a sip and said, "Congratulations, my lord, the recovery of Taizhou Prefecture has enabled our army to advance and retreat, and it has revived the whole game of chess."

Zhang Qiang smiled, "Master Jin won't come and talk nonsense to me, will he?"

Jin Sheng was already used to Zhang Qiang, and he knew that Zhang Qiang and the people he was used to would not be so restrained and reasonable and hypocritical. Jin Sheng leaned on the back of the chair casually, sipping tea with a cup, and said: "My lord , The Yongli Dynasty has appointed you as the chief soldier of Zhejiang Province, and the Longwu Dynasty has appointed you as the right servant of the Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang Province, what do you mean, my lord?"

Zhang Qiang's mouth was wide open. He didn't expect that in just one month, he would change from the leader of the rebel army to the commander-in-chief of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the governor, and the right servant of the Ministry of War. This happiness came too soon!

Seeing that Zhang Qiang didn't respond for a long time, Jin Sheng coughed deliberately, and asked again: "My lord, do you have an idea, which side should we listen to?"

Zhang Qiang came to his senses, "Well, since it's my promotion, then I want everything, chief soldier, governor, we want everything."

Jin Sheng rolled his eyes and put down his teacup, "My lord, you have to choose, you can't have both."

Zhang Qiang really didn't want to bow down to the court of Nanming. Everyone knew that they could only make troubles, but not build. He had always regarded himself as a rebel army, and never admitted which court leader he belonged to.

Isn't it uncomfortable to find a leader for yourself and let others lead you?

Jin Sheng said anxiously: "My lord, Daming is the Ming of the imperial court, we can't underestimate ourselves, how is it different from Li Chuang, and how is it different from the Tartars?"

Chapter 89 The problem begins with loyalty

Zhang Qiang rested his hand on his chin, squinting at Jin Sheng's continued persuasion. From Jin Sheng's meaning, you can know that he doesn't necessarily want you to choose which one, but you must choose one. As long as it is the court of the descendants of the Zhu family, he will I don't mind, but you are hesitant to choose here, so I will quote from many sources, quote from the classics, and bombard you with fatigue.

Seeing Zhou Congee approaching, Zhang Qiang said: "Lord Jin, let's choose who to join for now, we are still surrounded by the Qing army, let's wait and see for a while."

Zhang Qiang reached out to stop Jin Sheng's advice.

Seeing that Zhang Qiang didn't seem to be interested in discussing this matter again, Jin Sheng said reluctantly, "My lord, with such a strong army, serving the imperial court, enshrining his wife and son, and hereditary succession, great achievements are just around the corner."

Zhang Qiang finally understands. To put it bluntly, he still thinks about the imperial court of the descendants of the Zhu family in Ming Dynasty. He is just a leader of the rebel army. He still looks down on him. What about the original oath?What about the oath you swore to be loyal to yourself?

Now I am starting to regret it, because I won the Taizhou Mansion and opened up the sea channel with the outside world, so I can contact the outside world, and my heart has moved again. thought.

Zhang Qiang didn't want to chat with him anymore. Seeing Zhou Congee approaching, Zhang Qiang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and just held it. When Jin Sheng saw it, he sighed helplessly and knelt on the ground and knelt down. After a head and gone.

Putting down the teacup, Zhang Qiang looked at Zhou Congee and said, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Porridge said worriedly: "Just now Zhang Ying sent people to report back. When they were patrolling the sea in Taizhou, they encountered the Zheng family's pirate ships, wreaking havoc on the sea, wantonly robbing and killing merchant ships. Although he had the heart, he was powerless. It has been in disrepair for a long time, and most of them are river-type warships. They cannot compete with the Zheng family's large ships on the sea. Therefore, they can still defend the river and the coastal waters. Hijacked, forcibly plundered, and if things go on like this, even though we are close to the sea, we are still surrounded by the Qing army."

Zhang Qiang slapped the table fiercely, "The Zheng family's pirates are really deceiving people too much. One day, I will destroy these pirates and wipe out their entire family."

After getting angry, Zhang Qiang has nothing to do. On the ground, he can send a large army to sweep it, but on the ocean, he has no ability.

"Let him be rampant for a while, and we will destroy them when our army is free."

Zhou Congee said again: "It's not just the Zheng family. The navy of the Qing army also imposed a blockade on Taizhou. They came from Ningbo, and our army resisted. General Zhang Ying can only form an formation at the entrance of Jianghai to protect himself."

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Needless to say, keep the current state for the time being, everyone guards their own defense zone, I think Xuanyuan Longfei is not very suitable for defense, you let Du Ge replace Xuanyuan Longfei, and bring Xuanyuan Longfei back, he Stay by my side, I feel more at ease, you take over the civil affairs and military garrison work in Xianju County and Taizhou Prefecture. When we grow stronger, we will fight those guys who dare to challenge us."

Zhou Congee said, "Yes, my lord."

Zhang Qiang found that he had no cards to play on the road of legal rule. First, You Haibo, and then Jin Sheng. When these people were in danger, they always thought of the Ming court of the Zhu family. A sharp knife on his head could come down at any time, piercing his own flesh and blood. Although it would not kill him, it greatly delayed and prevented the expansion and development of his strength.

Those ordinary people who took the food they donated and drank the porridge they donated were thinking of the Zhu Ming court, while the common people in other places thought it was the Qing court, and they had nothing to do with their rebel army. .

One more thing, he has nothing to do with the Zheng's pirate group and the Qing army's navy. His only strength is the land force. After removing the seven or eight thousand rebels in the Jinhua mansion, his [-] rebels in the Taizhou mansion are He relied most on the backbone of these rebel soldiers, the rebel soldiers he personally trained were his staunch supporters and supporters.

At present, these people have reached 8000 people.

To put it bluntly, when his team was weak, it was a rebel army. When he was strong and refused to accept official positions from Lu Jianguo, Emperor Longwu, and Yongli, his reputation was almost the same as that of bandits and peasant rebels.

He is just a different kind of rogue who is dreaming of the emperor's dream.

He and Zheng Zhilong's pirate group actually look the same. Maybe in his own territory, he is the king, but in the eyes of other people in Daming, he is a rogue, a warlord. Compared with the strength of Zheng Zhilong's pirate group, his reputation It's just pitifully low.

However, through these several wars, his reputation in the Qing army should be comparable to Zheng Zhilong's group. In the eyes of other Ming army courts or Ming people, he is still nothing.

At that time, the communication was not very developed, and people's grasp of the news was still hearsay, and they couldn't believe it at this level. Maybe they were far away, such as Shaanxi, Khalkha Mongolia, Yarkand, etc., or they didn't even hear it. Said his group.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhang Qiang never thought about letting these distant forces know about him. What do otaku like most is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. He jumped onto a big stage suddenly and surprised all his opponents without making a sound, and then Sweep the world.