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Chapter 31 New Wine

No matter how much Fu Mengyu, who inspected the prefectures in the jurisdiction, Taizhou Prefect Liu Yingke was a local guard. There was a mountain between Taizhou and Jinhua, which was not conducive to the attack of the army. Since Chen Wen rose in southwestern Zhejiang, only Cao Conglong had the idea of ​​attacking the army. As a result, Cao Conglong's rebellion was suppressed, and the warehouse that had advanced was burned by Ma Xin, which was not worth the loss.

The terrain is precisely because of the failure of the Cao Conglong Rebellion. Liu Yingke always felt that the success rate was not high for attacking Jinhua from Taizhou or the Ming army from Jinhua to Taizhou. Therefore, compared with military affairs, he paid more attention to it, but he still achieved some achievements in literary affairs to facilitate promotion, such as the construction of Guangwen Temple.

The word Guangwen refers to the Tang Dynasty calligrapher, painter, writer, and poet Zheng Qian. He was a figure in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Because of his "poetry, calligraphy, and painting are wonderful", he was called "Zheng Qian's Three Wonders" by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Zheng Qian was a doctor of Guangwenguan in his early years, but later he was demoted to the Sihu Army of Taizhou because of his capture of An Lushan. After his death, the Guangwen Temple, which was originally named Hucao Temple, was found in Taizhou.

Liu Yingke originally planned to move this ancestral hall commemorating famous literati of the Tang Dynasty to Dagushan in the city to prevent it from being eroded by the Lingjiang River again. He even contacted local gentry and wealthy families to participate in the grand ceremony. However, the four provincial capitals failed to suppress the war and Taizhou also consumed a lot of warehousing. He originally planned to accumulate some of the things to get done by relying on his subordinates. But Hong Chengchou ordered the expansion of the army and the money and grain were first solved by the local government, and a bottomless pit suddenly appeared.

These days, Liu Yingke is troubled by this matter. Who knew that Ma Xin invited them all over the place after he came back a few days ago. It was Zhejiang bandit Chen Wen and the pirate Zheng Chenggong who conspired to Taizhou. Even the famous Nantang Camp of the Ming Army in Zhejiang had already set off. As soon as he heard about this, he was frightened to sit on the chair.

Coincidentally, it was not just Liu Yingke. At this moment, when he heard that Nantangying was setting off as a pioneer, all the civil servants were scared to the point of being disgusted.

Chen Wen, the owner of this not-so-conspicuous name, had his hands covered with the blood of high-ranking officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty. Ma Jinbao, the president of the southern line when he besieged Zhoushan two years ago, Chen Jin, the previous governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and the leader of the Han army flag when it was first established, the leader of Gushan's Ezhen Shiting Pillar, are all examples of this. As for those deputy generals, generals, guerrillas, garrisons and other officers, they have no qualifications to be mentioned.

Now, it’s not just Chen Wen who came. Zheng Chenggong, the big pirate from Fujian, also came. One of them went by land and the other went by water. Taizhou Wenwu immediately became a turtle in a jar and had no place to run!

According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, the city was lost, not only military generals were asked to be punished, but civil officials were also unable to escape responsibility. Chen Wen had been in trouble in southwestern Zhejiang in the past two years. Almost all the civil officials in various counties were punished by the Qing court without exception. Even if they were protected by Chen Jin, Ji Zhenyi was now imprisoned and was sentenced to be punished by the crimes, and the other was seized and was ordered to study and think about his mistakes. This is said to be because the money was in place. Even if Chen Wen was not mentioned, the fall of Jiangshan County in Quzhou that year, Qian Zhizuo, the first Jinqu branch road, was demoted, which is also a clear proof.

Of course, over the years, some people have also been commended for being captured by the Ming army. For example, when Wang Yi first captured Shangyu County, Liu Zhangzhi, the chief prosecutor of the seal, was praised by the Qing court. As for the reason, it was because he was killed in the city by the Ming army...

Unfortunately, the civil servants present at the moment have no choice, no choice, no choice, no choice.

"Ma Xin, he always respects the title of Zhejiang bandit Chen Wen as Marquis of Anyuan and the pirate Zheng Chenggong as Duke of Zhang Guo. Do you want to betray the court?!"

The civil servants here are not fools. Ma Xin’s name is very problematic, and what it means can be imagined. At this moment, the window paper was pierced by Liu Xisheng, the magistrate of Linhai County, who was the lowest in the field. Everyone’s faces were not as simple as losing their human colors. The decayed appearance and the dead body in the coffin were only separated by the sweat flowing like a stream and the unconscious trembling.

"Mr. Liu is indeed a smart person. I don't say anything like those who know the current affairs are heroes. Please sit here and wait for Nantang Camp to arrive, surrender to the Ming Dynasty, keep the chastity for the Tartars, or return to your hometown to live in seclusion, and let it go."

"Shameless and despicable husband! The court has given you the title of general town, and your kindness is as deep as the sea. You do not care about the righteousness of the king and the ministers, and do not want to repay the emperor's kindness of knowing the favor and a rebel bandit. You are truly a rebellious minister and thief without a king and father!"

Liu Xisheng's scolding immediately scared everyone. Unexpectedly, when Ma Xin heard this, he sneered: "The righteousness of the monarch and the ministers can be compared with the defense of the barbarians and the Xiamen? I think you have read the books of sages for these years in vain."

Because Ma Xin mentioned it was a secret matter when he met, his subordinates retreated early. At this moment, there were only six people in the tent, including Ma Xin, Fu Mengxu, Liu Yingke, Li Yisheng, Xu Yu and Liu Xisheng. It seemed that Ma Xin was weak, but this was the camp of the green camp in Taizhou. Since Ma Xin intended, their subordinates outside must have been controlled. In addition, Ma Xin was a long-time general and had a reputation of bravery. A group of civil servants who were powerless were shocked by the previous news, so they had no other thoughts.

As soon as Ma Xin said this, everyone present was shocked and their whole body trembled, as if they were being electrocuted. Only Liu Xisheng saw that his words could not arouse the same hatred of the enemy, and in anger he shouted, "I'm fighting with you," and rushed forward.

With a "bang", Liu Xisheng, who rushed to Ma Xin's approach, flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground. At this time, Ma Xin rose up, pulled out the sword around his waist, rushed forward in three steps, and cut off Liu Xisheng's head with one sword, leaving only the lingering sound of "Give you a promise" still surrounds the ears of everyone in the tent.

As the movement and quiet inside the tent came, Ma Xin's personal soldiers rushed in and dragged Liu Xisheng's body out. Ma Xin took away his sword and looked back, but he was stunned. Among them, Xu Yu, the magistrate of Linhai County, covered his mouth and nose with both hands, widened his eyes, stared at the pool of blood in the tent, trembling so hard that he could hardly control himself.

"If you cooperate, you will not end up like Liu Xisheng. I have known each other for many years. I know you are smart people, and I think you will not make me embarrassed by Ma Xin anymore, right?"

Half an hour later, Ma Xin's four personal soldiers each left the camp with a letter. Three of them left the city directly and headed to the west, east and south respectively. The last one did not leave the city, but went to another military camp in the city, where the troops stationed were guarding forces directly under the command of Fu Mengxu.

The organization of the military preparation road mark was a garrison of 200 war soldiers. The central army was called Zheng Zhiwen, and a playwright in the Wanli period was named Zheng Zhiwen. He was a playwright in the Wanli period. This man had a reputation as a good shooting in the army for a long time. Now, his model war is also the only Qing army in the city that was not under Ma Xin's command.

In the original history, Ma Xin led his troops to lure Zheng Zhiwen anyway, but he shot him with an arrow, fled back to the headquarters' camp, and fled out of the capital with his subordinates, which led to Ma Xin's failure to coax more Qing troops anyway. This time, because Chen Wen's plan was very big, it was a bit complicated. Ma Xin did not attract them with these civil officials, but instead summoned him rightfully after taking down Fu Mengxu, the immediate boss.

As soon as Fu Mengxu's order arrived, Zheng Zhiwen rushed to Ma Xin's camp to "Xiangzan Military Affairs". However, when he was about to enter the military camp, he always felt something was wrong.

This doubt always lingers in Zheng Zhiwen's heart until he enters the big tent, looking at the faces of the four civil servants in the tent, and then looking at the blood stains on the ground that have not yet solidified, everything goes without saying.

"Zheng Governor, Marquis of Anyuan, Zhejiang, and Duke of Zhang, Fujian have sent a large army to attack Taizhou, and will soon be here. In order to protect the local people, I have discussed planning to hold Taizhou a prefecture to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Do you have any ideas? Let me explain it and find out more."

After glanced at Fu Mengshuo, Zheng Zhiwen swallowed, and then replied respectfully: "I am obedient to Ma Shuai and the military constitutional orders."

"very good."

After saying that, Ma Xin gave a color to a face-to-face officer and asked the man to follow one of his confidant generals to take the army and Zheng Zhiwen to take the troops and prepare for the Daoba camp.

Zheng Zhiwen was not Ma Xin's confidant, and the two of them didn't even have a unity before. At this moment, Ma Xin sent someone to monitor him and return to the base together, which was naturally the case.

There were more than 200 people in the Daobiao camp. After the empty salary, there were only more than 100 people left. This time, Ma Xin's confidant officer brought more than 200 soldiers and had the guard of Zheng Zhiwen. Although he could not be called a lion fighting rabbit, Ma Xin was not sure enough to carry all the Qing army in the city. So in case of precautions, he chose to solve Zheng Zhiwen's Daobiao camp first and eliminate the variables that were most likely to threaten the plan.

Along the way, Ma Xin's confidant was tense at first, but Zheng Zhiwen was still chatting with him in a mess. Although no one mentioned what had just happened, as both guards, Zheng Zhiwen's flattery still made the confidant officer let down some vigilance.

The two military camps were on both sides of the city and passed by the city. Soon they approached the camp of the Daobiao camp, and they could even vaguely see the guards guarding the gate dozing there like kowtowers.

"After this incident, my brother will definitely get great help from Ma Shuai. Even the one in the north must have a love for talent. Don't forget me at that time."

"Zheng Shoubei was joking. We are just generals of Ma Shuai. You are the only one who will be given the word "referred to" and you should first use it."

The two of them exchanged these meaningless compliments as usual, but at this moment, Zheng Zhiwen's expression changed. He looked behind the trusted officer and then shouted.

"General Ma, why are you here?!"

Not only the trusted officer, almost everyone twisted their necks and looked there, but they saw nothing except the black alley entrance. However, when they turned around again, they saw Zheng Zhiwen clamping his legs and whipped down, and the war horse under his crotch rushed out like a sharp arrow that had left the string.

"Zheng Zhiwen ran away!"

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Zhiwen twisted the wolf's waist, gently stretched his ape's arms, and rode a bow in his hand. He aimed at Ma Xin's confidant officer and shot him with an arrow.

"Borrowing the court will lead to a dead end!"

……………………

It was already late at night, and there were only two or three hours left before Nantangying committed suicide into Xianju County.

Putting aside the three other personal soldiers of Ma Xin, one headed west to Xianju County, informing the local defenders about the matter in case of unnecessary trouble; and the two men in the east and south walked together until they left the city and went downstream through the pre-arranged ships. Until one of them got off the ship near Huangyan County, they turned south, while the other continued to take the boat along the Lingxi all the way eastward and towards the Haimen Guard's Acropolis.

Haimenwei was built during the Hongwu period and prepared a coastal Japanese garrison for the Duke of Xinguo Tang He. The acropolis was three miles in circumference and five gates. When Jiajing resisted the Japanese, he was the base of the Qi family army naval commander with Songmenwei, and now it is the base of the Taizhou naval commander of the Qing Dynasty.

If the Taizhou Navy is explained in terms of its name, it should be the Qing army naval commander responsible for Taizhou coastal alert and cruise. But in fact, the Taizhou Navy has far more tasks than this explanation.

Before the Battle of Zhoushan, the main force of the Ming army in Zhejiang was located in the Zhoushan Islands. In addition to being responsible for the coastal areas of Taizhou and Wenzhou, the Taizhou Navy also had to cooperate with the Dinghai General Bian Battalion and Ningbo Green Camp to defend Ningbo Prefecture. After the Battle of Zhoushan, the remnants of the Ming army went south to Fujian, while Chen Wen had not officially risen in western Zhejiang, so his troops were only responsible for the coastal defense work of Taizhou and Wenzhou. When Chen Wen became stronger and stronger in western Zhejiang, Hong Chengchou decided to force a breakthrough with the Qiantang Navy and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and he transferred some Taizhou Navy ships to assist. It was not until Shi Tingzhu and Liu Zhiyuan were defeated that he fled back to Hangzhou.

The Taizhou Navy had 3,000 people, divided into three camps, Haizhong, Haileu and Haiyou. Haileu Camp was always stationed at the key points of Taizhou coast, while Haiyou Camp was responsible for Wenzhou's defense. As for Haizhong Camp, it was originally stationed at Dinghai to assist in defense, but now it is Haimen Guard, because they are no longer needed there.

The two places were only fifty or sixty miles apart, and it was not easy to walk, but Ma Xin's personal soldiers walked downstream and soon arrived at Haimen Cialis.

Before dawn, Ma Xin's personal soldiers had emergency military information. The Qing army guarding the city had to hang him up with a hanging basket. After entering the original Haimen Guard Commander and the current Taizhou Navy General Office, the personal soldiers handed over the emergency military information they had personally collected to the Navy General Office.

Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong are both the most fierce generals of the Ming army in the four southeastern provinces. Now the two of them are joining forces to attack Taizhou. This news really scared the generals of the Taizhou Navy. The letter was written by Ma Xin and Fu Mengxu, asking the generals of the Navy to arrive at the capital immediately and discuss how to resist the strong enemy. They also said that they had already sent a letter to Hangzhou to seek reinforcements and were eager to work together.

Ma Xin and Taizhou Navy General were on the same ranks, while Fu Mengyu was a military officer, not a governor, and the governor could directly order him. The documentary of the two of them, although the navy general had the right to not go, if something went wrong in Taizhou's defense, even if he thought about it with his knees, he could guess who these two guys would blame him.

The situation was urgent, and the navy general had to take his personal soldiers to Taizhou. He ran for a night and arrived at the capital the next day. However, he arrived outside the city. Looking at the posture at the top of the city, the navy general always felt that something was wrong. (To be continued.)
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