In 1647, in the third year of Longwu, in June, the summer began.

After more than a month of sailing, Zhao Ming's fleet finally returned to Zhoushan.

At this time, Zhao Ming looked at the vast sea and the huge fleet behind him, feeling quite emotional.

Originally, the Longwu court was about to perish in August last year, but because of Zhao Ming's hard struggle, the Qing army heading south was restrained, and the Longwu court survived the second year of Longwu.

It is now summer, and the weather is hot, which is not suitable for the Qing army to fight. Moreover, the Qing army was mobilized by Zhao Ming for half a year and ran continuously. The army was trapped in the army and needed to take a break from summer vacation, so the war between the world gradually stopped.

At this time, the number of Qing army troops outside the pass increased to 20,000. Dai Shan ordered the Qing army to farm in Jinzhou, Haizhou, Gaizhou and other places, and fought against the Ming army in Lushun.

After Duoduo retreated to the pass, the Qing army was exhausted and did not go south immediately to fight, but stayed in Beijing to escape the summer heat.

The Shandong rebel army voluntarily gave up many cities, either entering the Mengyin mountainous area, retreating into Denglai, and many coastal islands. The Qing army did not encircle and suppress it for the time being.

At this time, Zhao Ming and the Qing Dynasty fought for more than half a year. Zhao Ming was already a little tired. The Qing army was disrupted by the Huai River and Shandong. Zhao Ming also inserted a nail in Liaodong, which made him even more tired.

Now the Qing army needs time to rest, accumulate strength, and restore order to encircle and suppress it. Zhao Ming also needs to rest for a while, re-analyze the situation, and count the assets and captures.

June 8th, Jintang Island, Liegang.

Warships entered the harbor one after another, and soldiers lowered the sails, lowered the anchors, and threw the ropes onto the dock. The soldiers on them immediately caught the ropes and put the ropes on the stone piles on the docks.

At this time, the boat ladder was lowered, and the sailors on the deck, as well as the Ming soldiers, cheered immediately.

On the dock, Chen Mingyu and his relatives on the island had been standing and waiting for a long time. When everyone saw the soldiers walking off the boat and seeing their relatives, they quickly waved their hands happily and shouted the soldiers' names. Before they could see their sons and husbands' relatives, they stood on tiptoe, and their faces gradually showed a look of fear.

At this time, Zhao Ming, surrounded by everyone, walked off the boat. Chen Mingyu and others immediately welcomed him, "Welcome the Grand Marshal to return triumphantly."

Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Mr. Chen, how about this time on the island?"

After leaving Jintang Island for more than half a year, Zhao Ming was very concerned about the situation on the island and the operation of the Zhejiang Commander Command.

"Master, don't worry, there is no important big thing happening on the island, but a lot of things happened on the shore." Chen Mingyu said in a deep voice.

Zhao Ming frowned slightly, "Let's go back to the official hall first."

The group left the pier and came to Jintang Fort.

Zhao Ming ignored the dust and just took off his armor, changed into a regular dress, and then came to the official hall to sit upright.

At this time, the people left behind and many civil and military officials who came back had gathered in the official hall. After greeting Zhao Ming, they sat on both sides.

Zhao Ming glanced at the official hall and suddenly found that Hu Weizong was also on the island. He couldn't help but wonder, "Hey, how did Brother Hu go to the island?"

Hu Weizong stood up and clasped his fists, sighed, "Report to the Marquis, it's a long story!"

Seeing his expression, Zhao Ming's heart sank slightly. He asked him to sit down first, then looked at Chen Mingyu and said, "Sir, I just said how many things are there, I wonder what they are?"

Chen Mingyu said, "The first thing the commander did is a good thing. In March, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to issue an order to add the commander-in-chief of the Right Army. The envoy took a boat to the north. I wonder if the commander-in-chief met?"

"Grandmaster of the Right Army?" Zhao Ming asked in confusion, and Tu Xianchen, a member of the shogunate, immediately stepped forward and whispered.

Zhao Ming then understood that at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Governor's Office of the Five Army was established, and it had great power. Each governor managed the training and production of each garrison, and was able to participate in the military decisions of the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of War had no right to interfere in various matters of the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

However, after the early Ming Dynasty, the power of the Wu Army Governor's Office was gradually weakened. It turned out that there was the power to command and train troops. After the Tumu Fort Incident, a large number of noble generals died and captured them. The Five Army Governor's Office could not bear the responsibility of defending the capital against foreign enemies, so the power was taken away by the Ministry of War. When the garrison was deteriorated, the Five Army Governor's Office would only be left with a false reputation.

The five armed forces governor's office was only empty because the guards under the supervision of the five armed forces were completely decayed and useless. In addition, the original noble generals of the Ming Dynasty were killed and injured after the Tumu Fort Incident. The generals in the late Ming Dynasty were mainly recruiting generals, not within the system of the five armed forces governor's office, so the five armed forces governors had already died in name only.

However, this false name is still very useful to Zhao Ming.

Now Zhao Ming's strongholds are spread all over the coast, from Taiwan Island to Liaodong in the south, and in the north, and in the name of the Zhejiang Commander Command, it is indeed difficult to do things. He has the position of the Great Governor of the Right Army and has established a prefecture to establish a festival to facilitate him to better lead the anti-Qing at sea.

After attacking Huaijiang, Zhao Ming submitted a memorial to the court. On the way north, he also recorded his actions and sent them to the court to report his merits to the court, and at the same time let the court understand his intentions.

After reading Zhao Ming's beating newspaper, Longwu gave him the position of governor of the Right Army and encouraged him to continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Ming then turned his head and asked, but no one heard the message from the messenger. He must have missed it during the voyage.

"Guo Zhong, please pay attention to the islands. If you meet an envoy, let them return to Jintang Island!" Zhao Ming ordered.

After Guo Zhong received the order, Chen Mingyu said: "The other thing is not a good thing!"

As he said that, he suddenly looked at Hu Weizong and said in a deep voice: "Brother Hu will tell you about this!"

Zhao Ming looked at Hu Weizong and the left-behind people. Seeing that their faces were gloomy, he couldn't help but frown, "What the hell is going on?"

Hu Weizong sighed and said sadly: "Master, Taihu Rebel Army is over!"

Zhao Ming was shocked, but his face did not show up, and asked, "How could this happen?"

Hu Weizong said: "Since the Hong bandits arrived in Jiangnan, they blocked Taihu Lake while training the naval army. The situation of Wu Xianggong and our water camps has become increasingly difficult. There are many people in each village, and it is difficult to maintain it by fishing alone. Wu Xianggong contacted the gentry in Jiangnan. Unexpectedly, he was betrayed by the traitors and went to Jiashan to raise food. He was ambushed by the Qing army, captured by the Qing army, and took to Nanjing. Fan Wencheng took the opportunity to mobilize troops, transferred the naval army from Dongting and Poyang Lake, and the Qing army naval army in Jiangnan attacked Dongshan Island and defeated the Taihu Lake water camp."

Zhao Ming's face darkened. The Taihu Rebel Army was his important ally in Jiangnan. It was like a sharp sword that resisted the waist of the Qing army in Jiangnan, making it impossible for the Qing army to fight the Ming army in Zhejiang with all their might and prevent Zhao Ming from raiding the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

With the existence of Taihu Rebel Army, Zhao Ming could form a joint attack with Taihu Rebel Army, threatening Hangzhou, Susong and other places. Now that Taihu Rebel Army has been defeated by the Qing army, the Qing army can use tens of thousands of troops in Jiangnan immediately.

At this time, Hu Weizong continued: "The water camp was captured by the Qing army, and many brothers were captured. Some people could not withstand the torture of the Qing Dynasty. They informed the Qing Dynasty some secrets, implicated a large number of people, and attracted many Jiangnan gentry who helped us, as well as the congregation of the Tiandihui, all exposed. The Qing army searched for anti-Qing gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as the congregation of the Tiandihui, and the congregation of the Tiandihui, Kunshan Juren Gu Xianzheng, Gu Tiankui, Jiading gentry Hou Qizeng, Suzhou Xie Yaowen and other 30 gentry were arrested, and even Qian Qianyi was imprisoned. Xia Zhixu hanged himself in the Confucian Temple. Chen Shilang didn't know where to escape, and the heaven and earth would suffer heavy losses."

Zhao Ming's face became gloomy. He recruited hundreds of thousands of people in Shandong, but Shandong was barren and famine continued, so he needed to transport grain to provide assistance.

Now Zhao Ming has no food and grass in his hands, and he still wants to obtain a batch of food through the gentry in Jiangnan and transport it to Shandong to solve the urgent problem.

But now the gentry of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan suffered heavy damage. I don’t know how many people were going to be killed. In addition, the Qing Dynasty’s plan to forbid the sea, Zhao Ming would probably find it difficult to obtain food from Jiangnan without internal support.
Chapter completed!