The line of King Lu began from Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, who was a vassal in Yanzhou Prefecture. It was the longest lineage of princes in the Ming Dynasty. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army attacked Yanzhou, and King Zhu of Lu'an

Yipa hanged himself.

The contemporary King of Lu, Zhu Yihai, was the son of King Zhu Shouyong of Lu Su and the younger brother of King Zhu Yipai of Lu An. He escaped the pursuit of the Qing army by hiding among the dead, and attacked the title of King of Lu in February of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen.

A month later, the Dashun Army captured Beijing City, and Zhu Yihai fled southward and settled in Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

Later, the Hongguang Dynasty was destroyed, King Lu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing court strictly enforced shaving of hair and changing clothes, which aroused resistance from all over the world. However, the Gui Fan was still in Guangxi, and the scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangsu and Zhejiang as well as the Ming army and the rebels publicly elected King Zhu Yihai of Lu to succeed him.

, it is for Lu to supervise the country.

Although he escaped the pursuit of the Qing army by hiding among the dead, Zhu Yihai had a courage that was different from the emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty. When he started his army, he dared to go to the front line of the Qiantang River to boost morale. Later, in Fujian,

In Zhoushan, everyone also had the experience of fighting with the army.

However, Zhejiang was the forefront of the large-scale anti-Qing movement in the southeast. It was under heavy pressure and was also fighting against the Tang Dynasty behind the scenes. Inside, there were no direct troops in hand, and the civil and military were at odds, so they had to rely on the two commanders Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren.

With selfish motives and overlapping pressures from many parties, when Master Jiang was defeated, he had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield in Zhejiang.

In the days that followed, first Zheng Cai arrived in Fujian, but the two sides were at odds and conflicts broke out. The Qing army went south to encircle and suppress them, and they had to sail away; after they had to return to the battlefield in Zhejiang, various internal strife within the imperial court followed, along with the Siming Mountain

After losing the defense, the power of Jujiao was broken, especially the bizarre failure in the Battle of Hengshuiyang. Zhoushan fell, and they had to fall into Fujian again.

During this period, some Ming troops were discouraged and chose to surrender to the Qing army, both in Zhoushan and Fujian. Chen Kai in Zhoushan was beyond his reach, but the tens of millions of Zhejiang Ming troops who surrendered in Fujian were robbed by him.

He defeated Hu, but now he was taken under Zheng Chenggong's command.

Zhejiang had no place to stand, and Fujian also lacked the support of the people. The Ming army under Lu Jianguo had no place to stand, so they had no choice but to go south and defect to Zheng Chenggong.

"Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion assists in the affairs of the Zongren Mansion. Together with the Prince Consort Duwei, he successfully recruits the general Weiyuan Hou Guo Xing. I have met His Royal Highness King Lu."

According to Pan Gengzhong's advice, Zheng Chenggong met Lu Jianguo and his entourage with the official position of Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion appointed by Emperor Longwu. This attitude of refusing to recognize Lu Jianguo still aroused the dissatisfaction of Zhang Mingzhen and others. However, the dissatisfaction returned.

He was dissatisfied. Now that he was on someone else’s property, he was basically living under someone else’s roof. Zhu Yihai didn’t say anything, and Zhang Mingzhen and others didn’t say anything either. They just let it go in terms of etiquette, and there was nothing they could do about it.

Tang and Lu contended, and old things still lingered on. Zheng Chenggong's attitude towards Zhu Yihai, a clan member of the imperial dynasty, was not bad. He only said that he wanted to live his old life in Kinmen with peace of mind, but the implicit meaning behind his words was that he wanted to bring Zhu Yihai to Zhejiang.

The Ming army returned to his command. Compared with history, Zheng Chenggong knew more about the details of the Battle of Zhoushan and the current situation of the Ming army in Zhejiang. He even called Dang Huhou Ruan Mei and others to meet Zhu Yihai. King Lu and his ministers were helpless.

They had no choice but to accept Zheng Chenggong's arrangement. Otherwise, they had no intention of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, and they had nowhere to go. If the army ran out of food, they would disperse, and they would have no choice but to die.

On the same day, King Zhu Yihai of Lu went to Kinmen to live in an apartment surrounded by some old ministers. Zheng Chenggong announced in public that he appointed Dingxi Marquis Zhang Mingzhen to be in charge of the front army of the Navy, Pingyi Marquis Zhou Hezhi to be in charge of the rear army of the Navy, and Yingyi Bo Ruan Jun.

Guan Shuishi Qianzhen, nominally completed the absorption of the remnants of the Zhejiang Ming Army.

While absorbing the Zhejiang Ming Army, Zheng Chenggong also appointed Fu Ming Hou Lin to supervise the left army of the Navy, and Min'an Hou Zhou Rui to take charge of the right army of the Navy. He was appointed Marshal of the Chinese Navy, re-completed the Ming Army's naval structure.

Compilation division.

Early the next morning, Zheng Chenggong personally led his army from Xiamen and sailed straight into Haicheng Port. The water in Haicheng Port was shallow and it was usually difficult for large ships to enter. When Zheng Chenggong came with his army, the tide rose several feet that day, and Zheng Chenggong sailed in on his ship.

, moored under the Zhongquan Pass, many merchants in Haicheng County were surprised and said: "There has never been a talisman that can be crossed by true water."

According to the agreement, Zheng Chenggong's army arrived, and Hao Wenxing immediately opened the city and led his soldiers to march to Nacheng. Zheng Chenggong immediately rewarded all the generals and soldiers with 10,000 taels of silver, and Hao Wenxing 5,000 taels. Hao Wenxing was awarded the title of Chief Military Officer of Zhongzhen to assist in the suppression of the captives.

The general's seal was given to the python robe and jade belt. In the painting, Mao Heng and Hao Wenxing's generals were promoted and dispatched. The officers and men of the department were led by Hao Wenxing back to Zhongzuo, where they arranged for their families and mobilized troops for the expedition.

As for Haicheng County, Zheng Chenggong appointed his confidant Zhang Ying (Note), who had been with him for many years, to lead the troops to guard it. He also appointed Huang Weijing, a soldier in the army, to hold the county seal, and then built additional cities to serve as a land shield for Xiamen Island.

Speaking of which, Hao Wenxing participated in the Battle of Pantuoling and had quite a grudge against the Ke brothers. This time, Zheng Chenggong held a banquet to celebrate his victory, and Ke Chenshu was also present. Hao Wenxing knew that Ke Chenshu was Zheng Chenggong's confidant.

He quickly toasted and apologized, and the latter said that everyone was his own master at that time, so there was no need to worry about it, and he sat at the table with Hao Wenxing very familiarly, drinking and talking, while asking for advice on the art of war, and they had a great time talking.

Seeing the harmonious atmosphere among the generals at the banquet, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but sigh. There are so many generals under his command, each with different personalities, but he is the only one who has a prickly head like Shi Lang. Before Shi Lang came, the atmosphere in the army was peaceful.

Harmony, now that Shi Lang is dead, the army has returned to a harmonious atmosphere. There may still be some intrigues inside, which is inevitable, but it is better than when Shi Lang was still there.

After the celebration banquet, after a one or two day pause, Zheng Chenggong took Hao Wenxing and other troops back to Zhongzuo Suo. Haicheng County was immediately followed, and the four counties south of Zhangzhou Prefecture were all in the hands of the Ming army. Only Zhangzhou Prefecture was

Specifically speaking, the three counties of Longyan, Ningyang, and Zhangping in the north have penetrated deep into the inland. The nearest Zhangping County is more than 200 miles away from the capital city. In later generations, Longyan Prefecture was specially set up for direct management.

Zheng Chenggong did not intend to go deep into the inland prematurely. According to the strategic direction planned with Chen Kai, he would maximize his strengths and avoid weaknesses, give full play to the Ming army's maritime advantages, first seize the elite coastal areas of Fujian, and then go deep into the inland, seize the checkpoints, and achieve a decisive victory over Fujian.

The recovery of the province. In this case, the target of the next battle is naturally Zhangzhou Fucheng in the northwest of Haicheng County.

"No, our army will not take the capital of Zhangzhou for the time being."

At the first military meeting that Hao Wenxing attended, Zheng Chenggong rejected the strategy of continuing to advance along the land route from Haicheng County. Unlike when he was just starting out, he frequently set his targets at strategic locations or prefecture-level cities. Now,

Zheng Chenggong was much more pragmatic, and his strategies and tactics gradually developed his own style.

"Every ministry should organize their troops and horses, and on the tenth day of the first lunar month, march straight to Changtai!"
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