In the Taihu Water Village, busy rescue and statistical work was going on nervously. I saw that many familiar faces were no longer there, and I felt guilty. I didn't expect that Huang Degong actually hid an elite cavalry, most of our army.
The casualties were all caused by this elite cavalry.
In the past two days, the spies reported that Huang Degong was building ships and strongholds, and there was no other news for the time being. Huang Ziya came to see me to report the casualty statistics.
After Huang Ziya and I sat down, Huang Ziya said: "We have 2,789 brothers who died in this battle, were missing or captured, four were seriously injured, and almost half of them had minor injuries. Our current
There are only five thousand people left. Chief, I am going to add all the people in the village who are over fourteen years old and under fifty to the army. What do you think?" I nodded and said, "Gather everyone tomorrow, I will
We have a meeting, Brother Ziya, do you think we can withstand the imperial attack and develop?" Huang Ziya looked at me, smiled and said, "We don't have to worry about food here, we have fish and rice, but
It is because we are too close to the grain production areas. If we grow here, we will be wiped out by the imperial court. Chief, think about it, why there were so many water bandits in Taihu Lake in the past, but the imperial court did not encircle and suppress them. We unified the Taihu water bandits.
When they become stronger, will they come to encircle and suppress us? Because our strength has become stronger, the Taihu water bandits have turned from a piece of scattered sand into a force, making the court worried about problems with their food supply. And if we leave Taihu Lake, there will be no one
The danger must be guarded. One is that there is no food supply, so there must be a way to have both ends, that is, to recruit security first to appease the court, and then use the war to develop our power. I contacted my good friend Gu Yanwu, who is very good with Huang Zongxi.
I agree with your idea, but you can only implement our idea if you become the person in power. They are contacting Chen Zilong, who has always had a good impression of us, and Hou Fangyu, the enemy of the eunuch Wang Bao you killed. Because there is no clue about the matter.
, so I didn’t mention it to you, please forgive me, leader.” After hearing about Hou Fangyu, I knew that his lover was Li Xiangjun who was killed by the lecherous emperor and Wang Bao. Hou Fangyu definitely couldn’t want to do anything to the emperor, but
Wang Bao, who took action, naturally became his biggest enemy. By killing him, I just avenged Hou Fangyu. Hou Fangyu knew many high-ranking officials, many of whom were his father's friends or juniors. It seemed that there was still hope for this matter.
I said: "Okay, I will do as you say. You continue to keep in touch with them. The crisis at hand must be solved now. Come to the meeting tomorrow to discuss it." As I said that, I habitually stroked the few places that were itchy after I was injured.
The wound, but it didn't feel itchy anymore. I lifted up my clothes and saw that the wound was gone. Huang Ziya was even more surprised to see that the wound that he had bandaged himself with medicine was gone. He even stroked it with his hand. I immediately felt itchy.
He smiled and said: "Okay, okay." He put down his clothes, Huang Ziya looked at me and said: "The leader must be a god who came down to earth to realize his ambition. It's really magical. With you here, why worry that his ambition can't be realized?
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In the Juyi Hall of Taihu Water Village, I looked at the officers of all ranks below who were missing many people, and said: "We suffered heavy losses in this battle, and I bear the primary responsibility. I didn't expect that they had two thousand cavalry lurking nearby.
However, their losses were also great. Half of the cavalry were eaten by us. The spies reported that more than 2,000 of them were dead, and there were more than 2,000 injured. From today on, we will train water warfare every day. Since they have cavalry
, we can't fight them on land. After all, we only have a few war horses, most of which are farm horses, mules and donkeys. We can't outrun them. They have many soldiers and we can't fight them. So we can only fight on land.
We defeated them in the water, so everyone goes and prepares, and I also practice water fighting with my brothers."
Fifteen days later, Huang Degong saw that the speed of shipbuilding was too slow, but it would take more time to mobilize ships from other places. He anxiously wandered around the military tent. At this moment, a soldier came in with an order from outside and said: "Report to the general, outside
Hundreds of Imperial Guard troops have arrived, saying they are here to deliver the imperial edict, and they are outside the military camp." Huang Degong hurriedly left his tent and asked the Qi generals to leave the military camp. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the military camp, he heard a sharp voice.
The voice shouted: "The imperial edict has arrived, come and receive it quickly." Huang Degong knelt down and shouted three times, the eunuch who delivered the edict recited the edict. It turned out that Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Chen Zilong, Hou Fangyu and others requested to visit
Those ministers who spoke favorably to the Taihu Revolutionary Army in front of the emperor asked the emperor to recruit the Taihu Revolutionary Army. Originally, the emperor was very interested in the miraculous martial arts of Zhang Huahan, the leader of the Taihu Revolutionary Army who killed Wang Bao.
I am very curious, and now I am interested. He plans to let Zhang Huahan be his imperial guard, and then organize the Taihu Revolutionary Army into the Nanjing City Defense Army. However, a group of Fushe ministers and Ma Shiying have a gap with Zhao Zhilong. How can he make an army?
The troops were so recruited by Zhao Zhilong. Besides, Zhao Zhilong had a grudge against the Taihu Revolutionary Army, so there would definitely be trouble. In the end, the emperor followed the plan discussed by Shi Kefa and the ministers.
The Taihu Revolutionary Army was reorganized and incorporated into Gao Jie's troops stationed in Xuzhou, and Zhang Huahan went to the capital to serve, which could cut off Zhang Huahan's connection with the Taihu Revolutionary Army. The imperial edict that Huang Degong received was to let him supervise the reorganization of the Taihu Revolutionary Army. Huang Degong refused to do it upon hearing this
He had consumed nearly 10,000 troops, and the 2,000 elite cavalry he had built at a high price were crippled. All the benefits were taken by Gao Jie. How could he swallow this sigh of relief?
But after the eunuch conveyed the order, he softly said to Huang Degong: "The slave family heard that many of Liu Liangzuo's soldiers and horses are near Luzhou. General, you should be more careful. In the Northern Expedition next year, your soldiers and horses will be strong. It will not be easy to achieve victory? Why bother?
What about a thief getting angry?"
Huang Degong was hating in his heart. It must be Liu Liangzuo who came to explore his territory when he was not in his hometown. If his army lost the battle, he would definitely occupy his territory. Thinking about it, he would continue to revolutionize with Taihu Lake.
Although the army can win if they fight, the casualties will be huge. The most important thing is to preserve our strength and expand our power by occupying territory during the Northern Expedition.
Huang Degong had no choice but to send a soldier to the Taihu Water Village to ask Zhang Huahan, the leader of the Taihu Revolutionary Army, to come and receive the imperial edict. He also asked several imperial guardsmen to use their badges to prove that it was really the imperial edict sent by the emperor. After all, no one would believe it.
Huang Degong originally thought that Zhang Huahan, the leader of the Taihu Revolutionary Army, would send a subordinate to receive the order. After all, coming here was life-threatening, so he excused himself by saying that he was sick or something, which was what he would do himself. But he didn't expect Zhang Huahan to follow the message.
person, one
A man without any subordinates came in a big way. If many of his subordinates had not told him that the man was the very powerful Zhang Huahan, he would not have believed that this tall and thin young man had killed his fierce general Wang Meng while surrounded by a large army.
A person who reaches great heights.
After Zhang Huahan received the imperial edict, Huang Degong asked Zhang Huahan to release the captured soldiers of his army, especially his nephew Huang Xiqing, and asked Zhang Huahan to return his five cannons, and Zhang Huahan also agreed.
Zhang Huahan asked Li Gaoshun to take more than 500 soldiers and more than 3,000 family members, old and young, to leave the stronghold first, then circle around and then return secretly, and continue to garrison the Taihu water stronghold. Huang Ziya, Li Erdan, Mo Xiao and Zhao Qijin He took 4,800 people to report to Gao Jie's headquarters. Zhang Huahan asked them to bring a lot of silver to bribe the people around Gao Jie and Gao Jie in order not to break up the establishment and keep his troops in his hands.
After Zhang Huahan arranged for them, he followed the eunuch who passed the order to Nanjing. Huang Degong also sent 500 soldiers to protect him. On the way, Zhang Huahan bribed the eunuch who passed the order with two pieces of gold leaves, and invited the generals to drink, and got close to them. People mingle together. Since his appetite for food and drink is more than ten times that of ordinary people, he often gets everyone drunk while he is still eating and drinking. The invincible presence at the wine table makes him feel comfortable and refreshing on the road. very.
A few days later, at the Wuying Palace in Nanjing, Zhang Huahan heard the emperor's call outside the palace after waiting for a long time. He immediately went to the palace and knelt down to worship the emperor according to the three bows and nine kowtows taught by etiquette officials. The emperor asked him to get up, and then Zhang Huahan saw Nanming Hongguang. The appearance of Emperor Zhu Yousong: Zhu Yousong was in his twenties and had an average appearance, but his eye sockets were blue and his face was a little pale. At first glance, it was clear that it was caused by excessive indulgence. Zhu Yousong was a well-known lustful emperor, and it seemed that he lived up to his reputation.
Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, looked at this man who was said to be very powerful. He was about the same age as himself, with a handsome face, a tall body, and a slim figure. Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong said: "Zhang Huahan, I heard that you You are very good at fighting, so I specially called two of the most powerful guards around me. You have a competition with them. If you win, I will make you a fourth-grade sword-wielding guard to protect my safety." Zhang Huahan kowtowed to express his gratitude.
Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty arrived at the stands next to the open space where they were preparing for the competition. Zhang Huahan saw that his opponents were a short, dark-skinned bald man and a burly man who was half a head taller than himself.
Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong sat down on the high stand surrounded by everyone. He looked at the two carefully selected masters below. He wondered whether Zhang Huahan could win. In fact, when Wang Bao just died, he asked Zhang Huahan to kill Wang Bao. He still felt resentful about the incident. After all, Wang Bao was very good at doing things, so he died like this. However, due to the passage of time, he also forgot about Wang Bao. This time, he selected the best among the Ouchi guards. The two men secretly asked them to kill Zhang Huahan. If they could kill Zhang Huahan, it would mean that although Zhang Huahan's kung fu was high, he was not as good as the guards around him, and he would have saved his face for Wang Bao. If Zhang Huahan can defeat or kill two people, so where can he find such a good guard? After all, a eunuch and his face are not as important as his own life. He is a foolish king, but he is not a fool. He also knows Sizhen, Ma Shiying, and Liu Kongzhao , Zhao Zhilong, Zuo Liangyu, Zheng Zhilong and other people with heavy troops nominally obey his command, but in fact these people are not very loyal anymore. Although they will not blatantly be disadvantageous to themselves, these senior officials It is possible for anyone to send someone to assassinate him for some purpose, and he also has to consider his own life. This is why he wants to use Shi Kefa, who is loyal to him, to recruit people to form a guard army that only listens to his orders. The reason is, if Zhang Huahan, who has nothing to do with any force, is really that powerful, as long as you treat him kindly, you won't have to worry about him not being loyal to you.
Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong was thinking about something when he suddenly came back to his senses when he heard the shouts of the eunuchs in the competition area. The eunuchs in the competition area shouted: "Please two contestants come forward to salute His Majesty the Emperor."
The short, bald man with black skin came up first, and walked to the center of the open space with Zhang Huahan. After saluting the emperor from afar, the competition began. The short, bald man with black skin clasped his fists and said, "I am Ouchi The fourth-grade sword-wielding guards are called Wu Tieli and Zhang Huahan. Remember your uncle’s name so that you can tell the Lord of Hell when you get to the underworld! Haha.” Zhang Huahan also clasped his fists and said, “I’m Zhang Huahan, you take action.”
Wu Tieli's body dwarfed, even lower, and his two palms danced strangely, attacking Zhang Huahan's chest, waist, and crotch. Zhang Huahan's body did not move, but he quickly and accurately flicked his fingers with both hands, hitting Wu Tieli's two palms. Wu Tieli He only felt that both of his palms were numb, and a numb and painful feeling went from his arms to his body and entered his internal organs. He suddenly felt that not only could he not move, but his internal organs were about to be affected by that weird... When Zhang Huahan's powerful and destructive internal force hurt him, as soon as Zhang Huahan touched his shoulders with his palms, Wu Tieli felt that the strange and powerful destructive internal force in his body was sucked back by Zhang Huahan. How could Wu Tieli not know that the other party was merciful? , wanted to say thank you, but his whole body felt like collapse, his arms ached, and he fell to the ground weakly. Zhang Huahan said softly: "You can recover in half a month. If you don't have anything wrong, the emperor will think that you deliberately let yourself go." , I won't let you go." Wu Tieli thought about it and agreed. The emperor and a group of ministers are all laymen. If they admit defeat without doing anything, they don't know how they lost, and they must think that they are cheating. He He looked at Zhang Huahan gratefully and nodded.
Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong and a group of ministers originally wanted to watch a wonderful martial arts scene, but as soon as their figures flashed, one of them fell to the ground and couldn't move, which was very boring.dd