Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

The fleet headed west.

Two days and one night later, we passed Guichi, where Chizhou Prefecture is located.

As long as you get off the boat from here and go straight south, you will reach Huizhou Prefecture.

However, Wei Guozheng had no intention of getting off the ship.

Even though Hao Yaoqi was puzzled, he didn't ask.

He knew what Wei Guozheng was doing, and the fleet continued westward to Huaining, Anqing Prefecture.

However, Wei Guozheng still did not mention getting off the ship.

Hao Yaoqi had no choice but to continue on his way, and arrived at Huanggang after a day and night. Wuchang was ahead of him.

"Drive into the Bahe River!"

Wei Guozheng finally gave clear instructions.

Hao Yaoqi wrote the order himself, put it into an iron ball, and threw it into the iron pipe, then he said doubtfully:

"Eunuch Wei, there are only a few dozen miles of Ba River that can be used for boating."

"It's okay!"

Wei Guozheng laughed.

He lowered his voice:

"General Hao will do me a favor later and tell me that I am going to Henan Shangcheng and Gushi via Changling Pass.

You pretended not to care and spread the news that I was preparing to ambush the Qing army! "

Hao Yaoqi's eyes lit up.

He understood Wei Guozheng's agreement:

"Understood, I will reveal it after I return."

The two most trusted ministers of the emperor looked at each other and smiled.

As expected, the Ba River was impassable for navigation. After the fleet had traveled more than 50 miles, it was already filled with shoals.

Hao Yaoqi let the fleet dock in the middle of the river, and used a small boat to release Wei Guozheng's people.

By the time all 2000 people had been transferred to the shore, the sun had set.

Wei Guozheng waved from the shore, Hao Yaoqi had someone blow the whistle, and the fleet turned around and headed in the direction it came from.

Wei Guozheng ordered the entire army to light up torches and head towards Luotian County.

Someone asked:

"Eunuch Wei, where are we going?"

These 2000 people are all "guys" trained by Fang Zhenghua.

Naturally, the rules in the palace were used.

In the Ming Dynasty, only 24 eunuchs holding pens and handprints could be called eunuchs.

Wei Guozheng smiled and replied:

"Go to Caojiachong on the bank of Luotian River."

Wei Guozheng wanted to find someone, an official named Wang Ding.

This Wang Ding is the person who was elected in the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

He has successively served as the magistrate of Daye County, the magistrate of Yuchuan County, Henan Province, the chief minister of the Procuratorate of Henan Province, and the military supervisor.

Because of his integrity and devotion to duty, he always had only a basket of clothes with him when he left office, so he was known as "the king's basket".

In the past few years, the peasant army was rampant. In order to defend against the peasant uprising, the officials and people in Qihuang, Hubei Province built 48 walled cities on the mountains.

In addition to the 24 villages in Anqing and Luzhou, there are also 72 villages in Jianghuai.

Among them, the most dangerous one is Tiantang Village, which is located at the junction of Luotian and Luzhou.

This Tiantang Village, at this time, was only a place where officials and people of the Ming Dynasty fought against the peasant army, and its reputation was not very good.

In real history, it would have to wait until a few months later before the Qing army destroyed Li Zicheng's main force in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

As a result, the "head-shaving order" of "keep your hair but not your head, keep your head but not your hair" that had just died out was once again taken out.

At the same time, Gao Jie was murdered, Kaifeng fell, and Wang Ding returned to his hometown of Luotian.

Recruit troops and horses in Tiantangzhai to resist the Qing army.

Because Wang Ding always had a good reputation, he was publicly elected as the leader of the 48th village.

He also united with the 24 villages in Anqing and became the backbone of the resistance against the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, it exchanges information with 480 nine cottages in Rushui, Henan, Hanjiang, Hubei (thirteen in Kuidong), De'an, Jiangxi and other places.

Wang Ding took Tiantang Village as the main village and set up an anti-Qing camp.

He attacked the Qing army everywhere, all the way from Luzhou to Lu'an, and captured Huoshan.

All the way down to Yingshan, he killed Shi Liangzhi, the magistrate of Yingshan, and captured Huangmei and Guangji one after another.

Pass through Guangshan, Henan, and arrive at the mall.

Wang Ding's anti-Qing rebel army was powerful in the Dabie Mountains of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui.

In 1648, it was the year when Shunzhi ordered the compilation of "History of the Ming Dynasty" in an attempt to "finalize the coffin" of the Ming court.

The Qing government dispatched a large number of troops to encircle Luotian in an attempt to completely eliminate Wang Ding.

Wang Ding led his righteous troops and fought fiercely for seven days and nights. The Qing army was defeated and fled.

Yongli made Wang Ding the Minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Fengyang and other places.

In 1650, Wang Ding sent a surprise force to recapture Lu'an City.

The Qing court sent the governor of Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Henan, who was holding the flag of the Han army, Ma Guozhu, to raid Wang Ding's home.

Luotian...

Dead bodies everywhere!

Ma Guozhu led the commander-in-chief Bu Congshan (the one who was strangled to death by Huang Shu), and used step-by-step tactics to uproot all the cottages bit by bit.

Wang Ding moved to Qianshan, Taihu and other places.

In the end, he was outnumbered and captured alive by the Qing army.

After being sent to Nanjing, Wang Ding refused to surrender and was killed in Nanjing.

Of the entire Wang Ding clan, only the second son survived because he was fostered elsewhere...

……

Wei Guozheng didn't know about Wang Ding's feats in history.

However, Wei Guozheng knew that Wang Ding was a capable and honest official!

He was born as a juren, and he was able to serve as an inspector in Henan Province, and he also sat in a high position as a military supervisor.

This shows the ability of this person.

What's more, Wang Ding is a native of Luotian.

……

Caojiachong on the bank of the big river.

The bank of the river got such a name because it is next to the Guandu River.

The Cao family is not a wealthy family in the area, but the Wang family is a well-deserved wealthy family in Luotian County.

Since Hongzhi alone, in just 150 years, there have been two Jinshi and five Juren.

When Wei Guozheng found Cao Jiachong, Wang Ding had just sent away the elders of the clan.

I saw Wei Guozheng coming in force with 2000 people, accompanied by the magistrate of Luotian County.

This huge posture startled Wang Ding.

No way!

I just returned to my hometown!

Besides, His Majesty just asked me to evacuate the Kaifeng area, but he didn't arrange a new position for me!

Could it be that if there was no arrangement, so many people would be sent to arrest him even if he went home?

Wang Ding was stunned.

Wei Guozheng took out a copper waist badge from his arms.

Wang Ding's eyes shrank.

This is the eunuch's badge!

"My father-in-law, please forgive me for being dazzled, but I can't remember my father-in-law's last name."

Wang Ding hurriedly raised his hands and saluted.

Wei Guozheng pinched the side of the waistband and placed the front in front of Wang Ding.

On the waist tag, several silver fonts are inlaid with silver wire and silver hooks of stylus pen:

"The Royal Horse Supervisor is ordered to supervise the eunuchs and the admiral to supervise the eunuchs from the south to the north of the Yangtze River."

The waist card was turned over.

A "Wei" character in official script.

"We are Wei Guozheng."

Wei Guozheng said something and took back his waist card.

"Ah, it turns out to be Duke Wei, please, please!"

Wang Ding hurriedly turned sideways to welcome Wei Guozheng home.

Wei Guozheng turned to the county magistrate and said:

"Wu County Magistrate, please go to Commander Yeyou's office in Nanting in person and tell Commander Zhang Tongchang that our family is here.

Tell him to come to me secretly!

Also, the news of my arrival must not be disclosed to the outside world! "

Magistrate Wu did not dare to neglect, he was the youngest official present.

He immediately accepted the order and said goodbye to Wang Ding.

Then he stepped into the night and left with the government servant.