Chapter 80 The Crisis of King Lu
1645, the year of Yiyou in the lunar calendar.
Many major events have happened in the world and have far-reaching impacts.
In this year, British bourgeois revolutionary leader Cromwell led a new model army to fight against the royal army of King Charles I of Britain, and defeated the royal army at Nasippi.
The scale of this battle was only 20,000 people, and it seemed to be worth mentioning in China's battles of hundreds of thousands of troops.
But this small battle was a turning point in the British bourgeois revolutionary war and a turning point in world history.
It was a decisive battle in the Bourgeois Revolutionary War in the United Kingdom, which completely turned the situation in Britain to the revolutionary side. The British social system gradually changed and eventually affected the entire Western world.
In the same year, the Qing army successively destroyed Li Zicheng's Dashun, Nanjing Hongguang, Hangzhou Luwang Jianguo, and three regimes, and the military strength was unstoppable.
If the original direction of history is followed, the advanced Han civilization will be trampled on and face regression, and will be caught up by the West from then on, leaving China far behind.
1645 was a strange year. This year China retreated, while the West was quietly carrying out a social system change.
The changes in the West are undoubtedly revolutionary, and China's change of Ming and Qing dynasties undoubtedly did not have any advanced nature, which would make China lose three hundred years.
In the second half of 1645, this regression finally ushered in the first turning point.
Just when the world thought that when the Qing army was going to rule the world, a shaving order caused changes in the general trend of the world.
In the south of the Yangtze River, rebels were beeched, and rebels were also spread all over Huguang and Hanzhong.
At the end of August, in order to compete with the Longwu Dynasty, the regime of Lu's generals all formed troops in eastern Zhejiang, united 100,000 people to cross the Qiantang River, and approached Hangzhou.
After rescuing Jiangyin, the Taihu Rebel Army retreated to the island in the lake and temporarily avoided the Qing army's military front. However, the arrival of the envoy of King Lu, Chen Zilong, changed the original plan of the rebel army.
Wu Yi, Li Chengdong and others accepted the title of King Lu. When they learned that King Lu raised an army to restore Hangzhou, they immediately rebeled, attacked Huzhou, cut off the Qing army in Nanjing to rescue Hangzhou, and cooperated with the Lu Supervisor to attack Hangzhou.
After the Jiangyin Rebel Army broke through and the Taihu Rebel Army returned to the island, the Jiangnan Rebel Army originally turned to the defense through the classics, but now it is in full swing again.
At this time, in Hangzhou, the Qing Governor Zhang Cunren had only more than 10,000 people, and formed more than 100,000 Ming troops and attacked more than 10,000 Qing troops.
Now, 100,000 Zhejiang soldiers gathered under the city of Hangzhou, and they surrounded the city. The Taihu rebels also left Taihu Lake to land on the shore and occupied Huzhou Prefecture, north of Hangzhou. It can be said that the anti-Qing armed forces in the south of the Yangtze River gathered around Hangzhou.
This was a great situation, and even Zhao Ming thought so at one time, but the Qing army camp that appeared on the west road made Zhao Ming wake up instantly.
The King of Lu dared to launch the battle to restore Hangzhou. In addition to the rise of the rebel army in Jiangnan and the world was full of turmoil, the main reason was that the Qing army in Hangzhou was the youngest Qing army. The main force of the Qing army's Eight Banners soldiers were still in Beijing to escape the summer heat and it would take some time to go south.
But now it seems that King Lu is wrong.
Although the rebel army seized the food and supplies stored by the Qing army in Suzhou, Duoduo still went south to Jiangnan early.
Ruan Mei, Li Zhongming and others heard that Duoduo was here, and their hearts trembled.
Naduoduo was the fifteenth son of Nurhaci, Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty. He was accustomed to fighting and was insidious and cunning. After entering the pass, he rushed into Tongguan from Beijing, and then set out from Henan to attack the Hongguang court, surrendered to four towns, and massacred Yangzhou. Within two months, the Nanjing court was destroyed.
At that time, the Nanjing court had 500,000 soldiers and was surrounded by the Yangtze River, but it could not stop Duoduo. Now that Duoduo is coming again, how can it compete with Zhejiang?
Without Duoduo's troops arrived, everyone was half relieved when they heard the news.
Ruan Mei showed a panic on her face and said tremblingly: "Brother Zhao means that there is Duoduo's camp in front of her!"
Zhao Ming asked: "Old Li, how many people are there in the camp?"
Unconsciously, Zhao Ming had become the leader of everyone.
Li Zhongming licked his chapped lips, "Ala took a look, and there were probably nearly 10,000 people!"
Nearly 10,000 people were shorter, and Duoduo sent a general was enough. His ability was at least one hundred thousand troops.
Zhao Ming said: "I don't know if it was Duoduo's camp, but it must have been sent by Duoduo!"
"What did Duoduo send this army here for?" Ruan Mei frowned.
"Everyone come and see!" Zhao Ming used a knife to draw two circles on the ground, then drew a line on the south side of the circle, pointing to the circle and said, "The inside is Hangzhou City, and the outside is our army besieging Hangzhou."
Several people nodded, and Zhao Ming pointed to the line, "This is Fuchun River and Qiantang River."
Zhao Ming continued to draw a line: "What if the Qing army in front of us marched like this, directly into Fuyang, crossed the Fuchun River, and attacked Shaoxing?"
"That's all over! Our people are fighting Hangzhou, and eastern Zhejiang is empty and no one is guarding them at all. His Highness King Lu's retreat is surrounded!" Li Zhongming, a veteran, reacted first.
Ruan Mei frowned and said, "The Qing army has been interspersed in the rear of Yu Qian. Why not attack the Tu Guobao first and attack our general, and then cross the river?"
Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Because once Yu Qian starts the war, the army under Hangzhou will receive the news, and the Qing army will not be able to wipe us out!"
"What a big appetite!" Li Zhongming couldn't help but curse.
But after scolding everyone, Ruan Mei was stunned again. "The Qing army is so cunning that it actually sets such a trap. Now Zhejiang East will definitely be finished."
Wang Dana panicked: "What should I do now?"
Zhao Ming said seriously: "If the Qing army succeeds, the world will be over. We must give it all!"
Li Zhongming said: "Big man Zhao, Alah knows that Nong is brave, but no matter how powerful Nong is, she can't stop nearly ten thousand soldiers!"
Zhao Ming was upset, "If I had thousands of soldiers, I would have fought to the death with the Qing soldiers. Now I can only compare speed!"
As he said that, Zhao Ming bowed to everyone seriously and introduced himself: "Everyone, I, Zhao Ming, is the master of the Jiangnan Tiandihui Society. Now I hope you can join the Tiandihui Society and do your part for the world!"
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Qing Dynasty, Jiangnan Province, Ningguo Prefecture.
Ningguo Mansion is located west of Huzhou and northwest of Hangzhou, and borders Zhejiang.
Although Ningguo is located in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many mountains and forests in the territory, with Wenji Mountain, which is thousands of feet high and more than 300 miles around.
At this time, in the shade of Wenji Mountain, the Qing army set up camps. Looking into the eyes, they all had a tomb-like military tent, which was endless.
The Qing army was densely packed at the foot of the mountain and there were tens of thousands of people walking through the camp.
In the Qing army camp, in a huge military tent, Duoduo was discussing military information with a group of Eight Banners generals.
In September, the weather was getting cooler for the southerners, but for the Qing army outside the pass, it was still unbearable for the heat.
Duoduo was barefoot and wearing only a single dress. He sat in the middle of the tent with a arrogant look and said proudly: "I ordered Luke Dehun to bluff in Yangzhou and personally led a large army to detour Wuhu and enter Ningguo. It's ridiculous that the pseudo-Lu King did not know how to fall into the trap. When Li led Tai troops to occupy Fuyang and surrounded Shaoxing, I led my army south to set the south of the Yangtze River."
Chapter completed!