Wuhu, because of the arrival of the second Mongolian Tatar master, the surname is Ming again.

After successfully defrauding Wuhu City, Qianhu Namutu and Anjun Envoy Wu Chongshan immediately sent a signal to the Zhejiang Army. Soon, the Minister of War Zhang Huangyan stood tall again at the head of Wuhu City.

At this time, Zhang Huangyan swept away the confusion and despair that had been ten days ago and was once again full of energy. With the help of the Taiping Army, more than 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers who were captured by the Qing army were rescued. The navy, which had originally collapsed in Tongling, was also sent to Wuhu to gather. Now the Zhejiang army has recovered to more than 5,000 people and more than 300 ships. The hundreds of Green Battalions captured by the Mutu generals and the seized weapons were also handed over to the Zhejiang army, and now they have been dispersed and distributed to the Zhejiang generals.

The Taiping Army did not station in the city, but retreated outside the city after the Zhejiang Army arrived. The An army envoy Wu Chongshan and a few people stayed in the city to intersect with Xu Yun Gengzu, the Zhejiang Army's army's army.

After sighing at the top of the city, Zhang Huangyan came to Wuhu Prefecture Confucianism, first saluted at the Confucius Temple, and then turned to the Minglun Hall. At this time, men, women, young and old in the city came, and they all wanted to see the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty who came again. When the people saw Zhang Huangyan, they cried about the suffering they suffered after the Zhejiang army retreated, and those who were killed were even more crying.

Zhang Huangyan bowed to everyone with great guilt and said, "It's me, Zhang Huangyan, I'm sorry to everyone! I, Zhang Huangyan, will definitely ask everyone for the suffering you have suffered in the future! I believe that we will recover Nanjing in not long before!"

Most people didn't know what major changes had happened outside, but they only knew that the Zhejiang army was attacking Wuhu again, so they said that the Ming Dynasty had hope of recovery. Therefore, when they heard Zhang Huang's words that Nanjing could be restored, they immediately applauded.

"Dear fellow villagers, our Ming army is a righteous army and will never plunder and liquidate. I issued a strict order when I came before. Today I will also solemnly announce that the livelihoods of the people of Wuhu will be as usual. Those who do business and grow crops will do your business. My Ming army will never invade everyone! Of course, I also welcome everyone to join us, regain Nanjing together, and kill the Tartars together!"

After talking to the people, Zhang Huangyan met with the gentry in the city, and met with the old and righteous men at the same time, and arranged and deployed matters related to the establishment of the government and the maintenance of order after the restoration of Wuhu. However, except for those anti-Qing gentry who had previously had secretly had connections with the Zhejiang Army, most of the Wuhu gentry were uneasy about the resumption of Zhang Huangyan and the Zhejiang Army, because they were afraid that the Zhejiang Army would fail again.

In response, Zhang Huangyan told them that the Guangdong Taiping Army had liberated Jiangxi and was now urging the army to advance eastward and would attack Nanjing soon. After hearing that the Ming army in Guangdong and Guangxi arrived, the gentry was a little calmer, but they still retained it. After all, the Zheng army's defeat left too deep a shadow on these people. If the Zhejiang Army had not returned quickly, many of them would have to expose others and protect themselves.

He talked with the gentry until the evening, and Zhang Huangyancai and Wu Chongshan met in the government office to discuss the next steps of the Zhejiang Army.

The gang general Wei Dalong said excitedly: "Sir Shangshu, since Wuhu has been taken down, we should cooperate with the Taiping Army to attack Nanjing Shunjiang and avenge the dead Fujian army brothers under the city of Nanjing!"

Zhang Huangyan nodded. If the Taiping Army had not helped, the Zhejiang Army would have probably not existed for a long time, so he was very willing to cooperate with the Taiping Army to seize Nanjing.

Wu Chongshan, who represents the Taiping Army, said: "Shangshu Zhang, my general means that the Zhejiang army should defend Wuhu at present and monitor the movements of the Qing army in Anqing downstream and upstream, rather than attacking Nanjing in Shunjiang."

"Don't you fight Nanjing?" Zhang Huangyan was stunned and asked, "Where is the Duke of Guangdong now?"

Wu Chongshan shook his head and did not hide it. He said the truth: "I will not hide it from Lord Shangshu. I don't know the traces of my grandmaster now. But there is one thing I can be sure of, my grandmaster is advancing towards Nanjing at this moment."

“That’s good.”

Zhang Huangyan nodded slightly. The people in Jiangnan are not yet determined, and there are still many anti-Qing Yishi activities. The Taiping Army attacked Nanjing at this time, which can be half effective. If it is too late, wait for the Qing Dynasty to stabilize Jiangnan and re-establish effective rule, it will be much more difficult. But since the Taiping Army is advancing towards Nanjing, he should lead his troops to cooperate with the Taiping Army. Wouldn't it be easier to succeed in one in mainland China and the other in Jiang? Why did the young Duke let himself stay in Wuhu?

Zhang Huangyan was surprised and was about to ask Wu Chongshan, but he heard Luo Lun say, "You are the Lord Shangshu, Luo Lun is young and knowledgeable. If you have an idea, do you want to say it?"

Luo Lun, a native of Anhui, was the nephew of Luo Yunzhang, a powerful general under Zhang Mingzhen, Dingxi Marquis. In order to restore the Ming Dynasty, he visited various places many times to investigate the mountains and rivers. Zheng Chenggong stationed troops in Guazhou, and he rushed to Zhenjiang to observe the changes. Zhang Huangyan went to Nanjing first, and he chased along the river. But he heard that Nanjing was defeated and the Zhejiang army collapsed, but he did not return. Instead, he continued to look for the Zhejiang army alone, but found the Zhejiang army in Wuwei, Jiangbei. This person was a hero and Shang Yi, and said bluntly that Wuyin was not invisible. Zhang Huangyan valued him very much. He asked his opinions from time to time along the way. Xu Yungeng, the army joined the army, also valued him very much.

"Please say Zimu." Zhang Huangyan looked at Luo Lun with a smile, encouraging him to express his thoughts boldly.

Luo Lun said: "I thought that if Zhejiang could control Zhejiang in order to enter Jiangxi and Fujian, it would not only echo the Taiping Army in Jiangxi, but also connect with Jinxia. So I think Lord Shangshu should divide a branch and choose a general to lead the army into Guangde and Xin'an, and catch the Qing army in Zhejiang off guard. This would not only connect Jiangxi and Fujian, but also block Zhejiang and Nanjing. When the Taiping Army attacked Nanjing, it would be unlikely that Zhejiang would have reinforcements."

"Zimu said very much. In addition to defending Wuhu and monitoring the movements of the Qing army in the upper reaches of Anqing and downstream, our army also needs to recruit troops to advance to Chizhou, and one army will lead Heyang to solidify the quarry; one army will leave Liyang to gain glimpse of Guangde; one army will enter Ningguo, and use Xin'an to completely stabilize several prefectures in the upper reaches of Nanjing. What do you think?"

Wu Chongshan recognized Zhang Huangyan's idea. The order he received before was to bring the remnants of the Zhejiang Army to Wuhu, and use the Zhejiang Army's navy to monitor the movements of the Qing army upstream and downstream, without any other orders. Although Zhang Huangyan's deployment would weaken Wuhu's guarding power to a certain extent, it could occupy a larger territory and block the Qing army in Zhejiang. If the progress goes smoothly, it would definitely reduce the pressure of the main force's eastward advance, so he had no reason to object.

Xu Yungeng, general Guo Faguang and others had no objection, so Zhang Huangyan settled down on the spot. When everyone stood up to say goodbye, Zhang Huangyan felt hungry, so he asked his personal soldiers to get some food for him and took Luo Lun, his old nephew, to sit down and eat together. While eating, the personal soldiers led a monk, but the monk was the monk Songyin who had previously sent Zhang Huangyan the news of Zheng's defeat at the city of Nanjing to Zhang Huangyan.

After hearing what Monk Songyin said, Zhang Huangyan sighed: "I don't want Prince Zheng to leave so quickly."

Monk Songyin shook his head and sighed. Before coming, he only thought that Shangshu Zhang was at the end of his journey, but he didn't expect that it would be bright and bright, and he would revive his momentum. If Prince Zheng didn't leave, there would be great things in Jiangnan.

Thinking of the friend's entrusted, Monk Songyin asked Shangshu Zhang: "I wonder if Mr. Luo Lunluo is in Shangshu's army."

"Master, I am Luo Lun. I wonder what the master has to do?" Luo Lun stood up in confusion.

Seeing that the person you were looking for was right in front of you, Monk Songyin couldn't help laughing, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Luo Lun: "This is the letter your uncle asked me to bring to you."

Luo Lun hurriedly took the letter and saw that it was indeed written by his uncle Luo Yunzhang. In the letter, Luo Yunzhang told his nephew that Prince Zheng had withdrawn from Chongming and decided to return to Jinxia to attack Dongfan after he returned to the Jinxia, ​​and asked his nephew to go back with him if he found Zhang Shangshu.

"The sky has not been disgusted with chaos, which has caused the power of my Nandu to collapse. In the past, He Tingbin entered Taiwan, with a fertile land of thousands of miles, and a tax of hundreds of thousands, which is enough to build ships and equipment. Recently, it was occupied by the red barbarians, and there were no more than a thousand barbarians in the city. I wanted to defeat Taiwan, and I thought it was the fundamental place, settled the family of the generals, and had no worries, and could gather lessons."

In Luo Yunzhang's letter, he wrote down the reasons that Prince Zheng said to his generals to fight the East. After Luo Lun was heard by Zhang Huangyan, the latter was silent for a moment and asked Luo Lun: "Did your uncle mention when Yanping will be the leader?"

Luo Lun said: "We will first arrive at Penghu to face the wind direction, which should be between March next year."

"The thief, Dasu, was vicious and forced the coastal people to move to the mainland. Zheng Yanping's money and grain supply was greatly affected. He had exhausted his savings from going north to the river. I thought that Jinxia was unable to make ends meet, so he went to Taiwan for this reason."

Luo Lun was worried and said, "If you compete with the Red Barbarians for a trade patent, and collect food and wages to save military use, it is understandable. What I am afraid of is that King Yanping is now withdrawing from the Yangtze River and withdrawing from the Fujian Sea in the future! According to me, Prince Zheng will return to the army immediately and enter the Yangtze River again. In this way, with the Taiping Army's Land Division, how can Nanjing not be taken?"

Zhang Huangyan pondered a little and said, "In this way, I will write a poem and send someone to send it to you. Let's persuade Yanping." After that, he asked his personal soldiers to bring their pens and ink and wrote a poem on the spot.

Poetry:

"The Central Plains is competing for deer, so why don't you ask about the rainbow beam? If you want to win the southern sea, you will talk about following the northern geese.

The horseshoe crab sail falls outside the sky, and the shrimp island is in the middle of the water; you should laugh at the clear river, and you will see the ocean."

In the poem, "Qinghe Ke" uses the allusion of Li E and Yan Zhenqing. During the Anshi Rebellion of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Heshuo and other places were captured, and only Yan Zhenqing insisted on defending Pingyuan County and refused to surrender. Li E, a young man in his twenties in Qinghe County, met Yan Zhenqing and lobbied him to capture Qinghe County as the foundation. He said: "The Duke advocated great righteousness, and the counties in Hebei rely on the Duke to think it is the Great Wall." It is obvious that Zhang Huangyan's poem is comparing to Qinghe Ke, hoping that Zheng Chengyi will temporarily delay his return to Jinxia, ​​and come back first to cooperate with the Taiping Army to seize Nanjing. As long as he takes Nanjing, are you still afraid of shortage of money and grain?

Luo Lun and Monk Song Yin read Zhang Huangyan's poem, and the latter said worriedly: "Prince Zheng has always been quite opinionated. Can the poem by Shangshu make him change his mind?"

Zhang Huangyan said to Songyin: "You go to see Chen Yonghua first. He has always paid attention to the trade in money, grain, and soldiers and supplies. Prince Zheng trusts him very much. You ask him to try and make sure you meet Prince Zheng. Remember, don't cry when you meet. Yanping likes to be decisive and bright. You must seize the opportunity and repeatedly state the great changes in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Tell Yanping that the Taiping Army is going eastward to Nanjing. It is a great opportunity for us to seize Nandu again and regain Jiangnan!"

Song Yin nodded and responded. Zhang Huangyan said again: "I will ask old Wang Zhongxiao and others to advise him again, but the so-called "doing all people and doing their best is to follow the will of heaven!"

"The Emperor will pay attention to those who are interested, and the Buddha will bless the Ming Dynasty."

Monk Songyin recited the Buddha's name, put Zhang Huangyan's poem away, put it in a bag of clothes, and said farewell in a hurry. Zhang Huangyan could not keep him for dinner.

After Song Yin left, Luo Lun also felt emotion and sat down with Zhang Huangyan to continue eating. After eating for a while, Luo Lun put down his chopsticks and frowned and said, "Sir Shangshu, I suddenly felt that the commander of the Taiping Army asked you to stay in Wuhu, and it seemed that he had the intention of using the master as a bait."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Huangyan was stunned and then chuckled: "If I can attract the Qing soldiers in Nanjing so that the Duke of Guangdong will succeed, then I will die, and there will be no regrets."

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!