Great time travel

Chapter 479: An Emperor Haunts Shanghai!

Chapter 1 Seventy: There are emperors haunting Shanghai!

Hearing teacher Xu Guangqi asking about his recent military training, Sun Yuanhua, the former governor of Denglai and now the head of the Shanghai regiment training office, couldn't help but secretly smiled wryly.

Although he used to serve in the Ministry of War and was known for "knowing military affairs", he was really good at repairing bunkers and casting cannons, and he didn't have much experience in actually leading troops in battle.The only battle he ever commanded in his life was the street fight where he failed to trap Chen Xin and was taken away from his nest by the Dengzhou rebels instead.

In short, according to modern people's point of view, Comrade Sun Yuanhua is probably a Christian who advocates the "only weapon theory", a relatively outstanding arsenal manager and defense fortification designer, but he is not a qualified military commander, let alone a What a training master.

Now that Sun Yuanhua is forced to put the ducks on the shelves and be responsible for training and commanding the training of the Landlord Township Warriors in Shanghai, it is basically the same as letting the director of the Huangyadong Arsenal command the Eighth Route Army to fight the Hundred Regiments War during the Anti-Japanese War. It is completely professionally wrong.

However, there is no way to do this. No matter what, compared with those scholar dudes in Fushe who only know how to recite poems and compose poems, Sun Yuanhua, an official of the military department who has never eaten pork or at least seen pigs walking, is already a rare professional military in the local area. He is talented, at least he is not likely to be like Chen Zilong's "Zhenwu Army", which caused more than 1000 rebels to be beaten by more than a dozen Qing soldiers in the suburbs of Suzhou, and the whole army collapsed, causing hundreds of casualties.

Under such circumstances, Sun Yuanhua had no choice but to take over Chen Zilong's "Zhenwu Army" banner, while flipping through the "Ji Xiao Xin Shu" (a military book written by Qi Jiguang) published by Hangzhou Wanbi Bookstore, while biting the bullet to recruit strong tenants and teach them how to The art of battle formation.However, it was only a short period of one month, and the people in charge were all laymen, without all kinds of armor and weapons. It is naturally conceivable what the "Zhenwu Army" volunteers can be trained to look like.

Therefore, Xu Guangqi and others were disappointed to learn that the [-] "Zhenwu Army" in Shanghai County are still incompletely armed, disorganized, and most of them are weak in physique. The ability of the captives to fight in the field can only be guarded on the city wall to shoot arrows and throw stones.The only good news is that the city wall of Shanghai County has been repaired and reinforced urgently by Sun Yuanhua.

——In the era of feudal dynasties in China, it has long been caught in the vicious circle of "defending the people more than guarding against bandits".The imperial court declared that "Xiamen use martial arts to violate the ban" and confiscated civilian weapons.Although the emperor's rule has been temporarily stabilized, it has made the people weak and neglected training. Once they encounter foreign invaders, they will be like wolves chasing sheep. A spear can become a sturdy and martial style of the army.

And the peaceful and prosperous Jiangnan is also known for being weak throughout China, and the combat effectiveness of the local militia is naturally even more pathetic.

In fact, compared with the Qing army hundreds of miles away, the thousands of refugees who poured into Songjiang Prefecture, as well as the bandits and thieves among them, are the real challenges facing the "righteous soldiers" in Shanghai right now. threaten.Just to suppress these lawbreakers, Xu Guangqi has already suffered a lot.

As long as a few thousand Qing troops invaded Shanghai at this time, the maintenance committee that Xu Guangqi raised would collapse in an instant.

Fortunately, the Qing army, which has lost its leader, is in a paralyzed state. At least in a short period of time, it will not invade Songjiang.

——Because of the sudden death of Huang Taiji in the army, the real power factions of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, Baylor and the princes, were all in charge of their troops, scattered in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, instead of gathering in one place, which led to the rhythm of the battle for the throne was greatly delayed.Although the eldest son of the emperor, Hauge, jumped out at the first time, declaring himself to be the reasonable and legal next emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the problem is that Huang Taiji never left a last word "to be succeeded by Hauge" during his lifetime.So apart from the Zhenglan flag that Hauge himself holds, the attitudes of even the two yellow flags are ambiguous, neither supporting Hauge nor opposing Hauge.

Seeing a loud roar, but no one responded, Hauge himself was very guilty, so he has not yet ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

In addition, Empress Zhezhe in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, or Empress Dowager Zhezhe, and the concubines of Huang Taiji generally opposed Hauge's succession.Because the most favored concubines such as Empress Dowager Zhezhe, Hai Lanzhu, and Dayuer were all born in Mongolia, but they all had no children.Hauge, whose biological mother died early, had a bad relationship with them from a very early age. If Hauge succeeds to the throne, not only will the political influence of these Mongolian women decrease rapidly, they may even be forced to die!Therefore, these concubines all hope to choose a younger heir to the throne so that they can make decisions.

——You must know that these women in Huang Taiji are not the ladies of the Han family who are locked in the deep house all day long. They also have the support of the Mongolian army flag and their respective tribes behind them, and they actually control Huang Taiji's private treasury and direct line guards And so on a series of "central forces".

In addition to Hauge, Huang Taiji also has two young sons, Ye Keshu and Shuo Sai, but their mothers are too humble, and they have no right to inherit in principle.Fortunately, the Qing Empire has been driven to the south of the Yangtze River, and the family power in Liaodong in the past has lost its meaning.But the problem is, on the question of whether to choose Ye Keshu or Shuo Sai to fight against Hauge, Huang Taiji's wives themselves split up, and there was a lot of trouble.

Not to mention some of the concubines among them had the vague idea of ​​having an affair with Hong Xing - in addition to Huang Taiji's wife and sons, his younger brothers also wanted to join the battle for the throne.Among them, the most dazzling star player is naturally the wise king Dorgon who holds the two white flags.

However, because Huang Taiji was planning to crusade against this rebellious boy at the last moment of his life, Dorgon's actual power was at its lowest point at this time. 65 Niulu ran away and there were only about [-] Niulu left.Especially Azige, who is his most powerful arm, was previously intimidated and fooled by Huang Taiji and rebelled against Dorgon. He wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River to divide the fields and treasures, but who knew that he had just arrived in Yangzhou. Hearing the news of Huang Taiji's death, he was separated from each other for a while, making Azige want to cry without tears.

Therefore, facing the persuasion and wooing of Dorgon and Hauge, Azig's mood during this period was very contradictory and strange.

——The three Dorgon brothers, who were never separated before Huang Taiji's death, became infighting and jealousy after his death...

Next, seeing Hauge's unpopularity and Dorgon's power declining, Jierhalang, Abatai and others couldn't help but think about it.As a result, the battle for the throne changed from a struggle between two sides to a real chaos. For a while, no one could guess who would win in the end.

Because of the strange and chaotic situation within the Qing court, the war in the entire south of the Yangtze River has basically subsided.The Empress Dowager Zhezhe unhurriedly sent people to search for auspicious land in Zhongshan (Purple Mountain) in Nanjing, and prepared to build an imperial mausoleum for Huang Taiji to bury.The princes of Baylor are ready to fight at any time while preparing their troops, and at the same time they communicate with each other in series to discuss how to form a team.As for the traitor troops who had just joined the Qing army, they were confused and at a loss by these intricate power struggles within the Qing court.As a result, the various Qing armies that had been attacking like fire were now caught in a highly tense mutual alert and confrontation. No one dared to talk or act without authorization, lest they would be the first to be hit.

Therefore, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, which had been waiting to die, invisibly gained a buffer time for coping and adjustment.

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But the problem is, compared with the Qing army temporarily paralyzed by their minds, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River are now even more scattered.

The situation of the Qing army was that the emperor died suddenly and the throne was vacant.The situation in the Ming Dynasty was that the entire court was destroyed, and there was no leader at all.

Therefore, despite the rogue policy of the Qing government that "demands both money and life", the officials and gentry of the Jiangnan Donglin Party who had no way out, finally took out their hard-earned savings, organized a large-scale group to practice rural courage, For a time, there were "righteous soldiers" of various banners everywhere, and the total force was quite impressive.But no one can stand up again, come up with a justifiable name, and twist these spontaneous and scattered resistance forces into one strand.

On the contrary, these "righteous soldiers" have been looting the people and fighting each other since the beginning of their birth, and the impression in the hearts of the people is not much stronger than that of the Qing soldiers.

People of insight such as Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, and Chen Zilong are worried about this.But with their reputation and influence, at best, they can shock a county in Shanghai, and they can't even fully control the entire Songjiang Prefecture.So we can only take one step at a time.

However, just as the day's routine meeting came to an end and everyone was about to have lunch, an unexpected visitor suddenly came.

"...Oh! It's Ji Ming who came back from Jiangyin with his navy? Please come in quickly! Serve tea!"

Accompanied by Sun Yuanhua's excited voice, a muscular, dark-skinned middle-aged man walked in surrounded by several guards.

This man's name is Shen Tingyang (surname Ji Ming), a native of Chongming Island, Suzhou Prefecture, a famous navigator in the late Ming Dynasty, and one of the important leaders of the Shachuan Gang.The so-called Shachuan Gang is equivalent to the Cao Gang that travels by sea. It starts from Shanghai and specializes in the so-called Beiyang trade. The north returned to Shanghai and shipped "Northern goods".This kind of business was very big in the Qing Dynasty, with annual sales reaching several million taels.In the Ming Dynasty, this level could not be reached, but the total amount was not small. Shen Tingyang's family alone had hundreds of ships and thousands of sailors.When Sun Yuanhua, Xu Guangqi and other Songjiang officials fled from the north to the south, they also boarded the sea boat of Shen Tingyang's family.

With the large-scale invasion of the south of the Yangtze River by the Qing army, the nobles, gentry and powerful men in all prefectures and counties are recruiting troops to separate themselves.Shen Tingyang also took the opportunity to use his fleet and sturdy sailors to segregate his hometown Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River. He proclaimed himself the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, and helped Xu Guangqi and others in Shanghai.Not long ago, he led a fleet of ships to the upper reaches of Changzhou prefecture to deliver supplies to Jiangyin County, which was isolated behind enemy lines in Changzhou Prefecture and surrounded by the Qing army.

Seeing that Shen Tingyang returned safely, Sun Yuanhua was eager to ask about the situation on the Jiangyin front.

"...Jiangyin County is now peaceful. After the violent death of the captive chieftain Huang Taiji, the siege soldiers had no intention of fighting again and had already retreated [-] miles away. The soldiers and civilians in the county had to go out to collect food. The local gentry also organized a few support troops Enter the city to help." Shen Tingyang said lightly, and then pulled out a person from behind, "...Xu Ge Department, brother Chuyang, I went to Jiangyin this time, but I brought a rare visitor! Who do you think is here?"

Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi and others in the room took a closer look, and saw that this person was about 30 years old, with three strands of beard under his chin, which made him look very old.Although the clothes are simple, but he has an extraordinary demeanor, his eyes are even more radiant, and he is not an ordinary person at first glance.

Perhaps because of his old eyesight, Xu Guangqi didn't recognize who it was for a while.However, Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi recognized the visitor immediately, and immediately blushed, pointed at the visitor and roared, "... Zhang Pu! Zhang Tianru! You traitor who colluded with the Tartars and lured wolves into the house!! Jiangnan because How many people have died because of you! How do you still have the face to come here?!!"

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