The tenth year of Zhengde was really an eventful year. First, there was a rebellion by King Anhua of Ningxia, and then Liu Jin was overthrown by Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong. Unfortunately, Liu Jin's gang members were not cleaned up before, and then Liu Liu and Liu Qi were in Bazhou.

After the rebellion was finally put down by Shenying, there was another rebellion in Jinan. Although

This made the Ming court very anxious about this, but in fact, the people who suffered the most were ordinary people. Countless people lost everything in the ten years of war in Zhengde. Some people died in the war, and some had no choice but to join the rebellion, but more people joined the rebellion.

They formed gangs and became refugees, becoming the most unstable group of people in Ming society.

Fortunately, the Ming court was not completely corrupt, and the cabinet responded very quickly. After suppressing several rebellions, the last counter-rebellion army was sent out in November of the 10th year of Zhengde. This army was led by Xianning Boqiu Yue.

He led the army and marched day and night, and soon arrived at Jinan Prefecture.

At that time, Yang Hu repeatedly attacked Jinan City three times, but all returned without success. This caused instability among his troops, and even troops fled, which Yang Hu was unable to stop.

In fact, Yang Hu was also riding a tiger at this time. He originally planned to capture Jinan City in one fell swoop, and then use the power of victory to recruit troops. By then, he would definitely be able to expand his army to more than ten times, and he would be facing the imperial court head-on.

The victory or defeat of the army was uncertain, and he firmly believed that given the decay of the Ming army, he was very sure of defeating the Ming army.

It's a pity that although Yang Hu's plan was very good, there was a big accident during the execution. He never expected that he would be able to successfully capture Jinan City, but he didn't expect that Xu would be killed halfway.

Liang, which frustrated his plan to capture Jinan. At first, he was really unwilling to do so. So he organized an army to attack by force. Unfortunately, Jinan City was joined by Xu Liang, who made the entire city very solidly defended. In the end, he lost his troops and generals and was unable to conquer the city.

Half a step into Jinan City.

But at this time, Yang Hu suddenly realized that it was too late for him to retreat. Except for the brothers from Heiniu Village, the rest of his soldiers were poor people who were temporarily organized, and some of them were even forcibly recruited by him.

. These people are doing well in fighting a smooth battle, but now they are experiencing a slight setback.

The morale of the army was immediately shaken, and groups of soldiers often ran away. This made Yang Hu immediately understand that if he retreated at this time, most of his troops would be dispersed immediately, so he did not dare to retreat anyway.

We can only desperately organize manpower to attack Jinan City day and night.

Although Yang Hu's ambition was not small, he did not have the talent to support his ambition. From the moment he decided to attack Jinan City, he had already made a fatal mistake, that is, he underestimated the strength of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that he could

After eating Jinanfu in one bite, he became famous and competed with the Ming Dynasty from then on.

But Yang Hu forgot that no matter how corrupt the Ming Dynasty was, it was still a country. The foundation was so deep that a small rebel like him could not shake it. Therefore, when he rebelled, the most correct strategy was to establish various branches of the Ming Dynasty.

The state capitals are constantly moving and fighting, and then strengthening themselves in the movement, even if they use the means of coercing the people.

As long as he slowly grows stronger, he will be able to weaken Daming's power bit by bit. If Yang Hu can persist long enough, he will probably drag Daming to death and cripple him one day.

After the change of ownership, Li Zicheng and others in the later Ming Dynasty used this method to grind Ming Dynasty to death. Of course, this method will also make countless people buried with Ming Dynasty.

When Qiu Yue arrived at Jinan with the anti-rebellion army, Yang Hu was in a dilemma. If he advanced, he would not be able to capture Jinan City in a short time, but if he retreated, his army would be demoralized. I am afraid it would not take more than a few days.

The army in his hands will be scattered, and he will never be willing to do so given his character.

Although Qi Yanming and others repeatedly persuaded Yang Hu to retreat, even if his troops were dispersed, as long as they were still alive, there was hope for a comeback. However, Yang Hu had a donkey temper and no one could persuade him. In the end, they only

He could watch the arrival of the counter-rebellion army before his eyes, and then start a decisive battle with Qiu Yue's army under Jinan City.

Even before the war started, Yang Hu still had an extravagant hope in his heart, that is, the counter-insurgency army led by Qiu Yue was as weak and incompetent as the guardsmen, so that he could defeat the counter-insurgency army and then take advantage of the victory.

If you take over Jinan City in one fell swoop, your reputation will grow faster than simply taking over Jinan City.

It's a pity that Yang Hu is destined to be disappointed this time. Qiu Yue was a general in the Ningxia border army, and he also put down the rebellion of King Anhua. It can be said that his talents are no worse than Shenying, and he leads the well-equipped Beijing army.

camp, so Yang Hu’s army is fighting Qiu

During the decisive battle, Yue's army suffered a one-sided defeat. To make matters worse, Xu Liang in the city also seized the opportunity and led his Dongchang Guards to fight out of the city, making Yang Hu's defeat even worse.

In the end, he was supported by Qi Yanming and others and escaped from the battlefield.

In the official history of the Ming Dynasty, the battle in which Qiu Yue and Xu Liang defeated Yang Hu's main force was called the "Jinan Victory". In this key battle to pacify Yang Hu, Xu Liang, the commander of Wei, made great contributions in the early stage.

It was he who led 3,000 Dongchang Guard troops to keep Jinan intact and pinned Yang Hu under Jinan City. This gave Qiu Yue's counterinsurgency campaign a chance.

The army created an opportunity and defeated Yang Hu's rebels in the final battle. Although Yang Hu and several other rebel leaders escaped from the battlefield, half a month later, Yang Hu and others were captured in Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places.

, but what is surprising is that the fateful Qi Yanming escaped again, and even the captured Yang Hu and others did not know his whereabouts.

The Ming court also paid great attention to the disappearance of Qi Yanming. After all, this rebel leader had participated in the rebellion twice. The last time he escaped had embarrassed the local government. If he was allowed to escape again this time, not only would

To the outrage of the cabinet,

Even His Majesty the Emperor will pay attention to this matter. So since Qi Yanming disappeared, the officials in Shandong and other places have tried their best to find traces of Qi Yanming. Unfortunately, in the end, many people suspected of Qi Yanming were arrested, but none of them were

The real Qi Yanming.

At the same time that Yang Hu was defeated, Zhou Zhong had also finished handling the affairs of Shuangyu Port, and after Xie Da's guidance, he was confident. He took Wu Shan and other Jinyi guards by boat to Ningbo Mansion, and Xie Da

Tatsuya went with him. However, due to the distance, Zhou Zhong did not know the news of Yang Hu's defeat for the time being.

Ningbo was originally called Mingzhou, and was upgraded to Qingyuan Road during the Yuan Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty, Qingyuan Road was changed to Mingzhou Prefecture. However, because of the conflict with the Ming Dynasty, it was finally changed to Ningbo Prefecture.

, this is also the official name of Ningbo, which has been used until later generations.

In Ningbo Fuzhong, two large rivers, the Yuyao River and the Fenghua River, meet, and then the river water is discharged into the sea through the Yongjiang River. The place where the three intersections are commonly known as Sanjiangkou, and Ningbo Fucheng is located at the Sanjiangkou. In the Ming Dynasty, Ningbo Fucheng

It is not a coastal city. Ships at sea need to pass through the Yongjiang River to reach Ningbo Fucheng. However, near Dinghaiwei on the coast of Ningbo, there is a prosperous port on both sides of the Yongjiang River. That is the Ningbo Port in the traditional sense.

After Zhou Chong's ship left Shuangyu Port, it bypassed the sharp point of the land protruding from Dinghai and soon arrived at Ningbo Port. After the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, in order to facilitate the berthing of overseas tributary countries, Guangzhou and Ningbo were opened

Port, precisely because of this, compared with other Daming ports, Ningbo Port has been in use, so the port facilities are very complete, and the port scale is also extremely large. People can know the status of Ningbo Port at a glance.

The reason why Ningbo Port was opened was mainly to facilitate the Japanese country to pay tribute, and the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the Japanese country could pay tribute once every ten years. In the third year of Zhengde, the Japanese country had just paid tribute once. It is said that now is the idle period of Ningbo Port. The port

There shouldn't be ships coming in and out, but Zhou Chong

When their ship arrived at Ningbo Port, they saw a steady stream of ships coming and going, and the cargo on the port was piled up like a mountain. Countless coolies kept coming and going at the docks and ships, loading and unloading various goods, and there were also businessmen and people of all kinds coming and going.

Small traders make the whole port look very prosperous.

There are naturally reasons why Ningbo Port can remain so prosperous. Unlike Guangzhou, Ningbo has more tributary countries in Nanyang, and the tributes are more frequent, so Guangzhou can maintain considerable prosperity all year round, but Ningbo only receives everyone.

The Japanese country pays one tribute every ten years, so the rest of the time cannot allow those who rely on the port to eat to starve to death, right?

It is precisely the special situation of Ningbo Port, coupled with the huge profit temptation brought by sea trade, that smuggling first appeared in Ningbo Port, and Shuangyu Port was initially dominated by maritime merchants from Ningbo. Shuangyu Port

If there is a shortage of people there, they will come directly to Ningbo to recruit people. Food also needs to be transported from Ningbo. In a sense, Shuangyu Port was originally a special extension of Ningbo Port during the sea ban period. It can even be said that Shuangyu Port

It was originally an outer port of Ningbo Port.

It is precisely because of this special relationship that the connection between Shuangyu Port and Ningbo Port is extremely close. Ningbo Port not only provides Shuangyu Port with the population and resources needed for its development, but also serves as the hub for the flow of goods between Shuangyu Port and Daming Dynasty.

As a hub, a large amount of goods are transported to Shuangyu Port through Ningbo every day, and then transported to Japan, Nanyang, Korea and other places through Shuangyu Port. Therefore, Zhou Chong and the others saw so many ships entering and exiting Ningbo Port.

Strange.

After Zhou Zhong and his fleet docked at Ningbo Port, they boarded the port and rented a few boats on the Yongjiang River, and then rushed upstream to Ningbo Fucheng. Although Zhou Zhong accepted Dinghaiwei next to him, he had not done so beforehand.
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